The Nameless of the Common Clans

"Lord, Zang Hong is here." Zhang He strode in at Yuan Shao's camp in Dongjun and saluted Yuan Shao.

"Let him in." Yuan Shao said softly, looking at Zang Hong who came in from outside the tent with complicated eyes: "Who put the shackles on Ziyuan? He hasn't taken them off yet!"

"No need, Hong is indeed guilty!" Zang Hong reached out to stop Gao Lan, looked at Yuan Shao and said calmly.

"It's good if Ziyuan can realize his mistake." The expression on Yuan Shao's face softened a lot: "Zhang Chao rebelled against Meng De, which is unjust..."

"Since Mr. Yuan had no intention of sending troops to rescue him at that time, why did he delay me for three months?" Zang Hong shook his head and looked at Yuan Shao.

"What I did was to stop you from doing stupid things and die in vain!" Speaking of this, Yuan Shao felt a little depressed. At that time, he used words to hold Zang Hong back, just to stop Zang Hong from doing stupid things impulsively. Who knows? Zang Hong directly rebelled?

"But Mr. Yuan taught me to break my faith with my old master!" Zang Hong said loudly: "Today I hang up the shackles and come here. I am indeed guilty, but it is not because of Mr. Yuan. First, because I cannot die with my old master, I feel guilty. Secondly, I raised troops rashly and caused countless soldiers in Dongjun to lose their lives for me. I should not have come this time, but should have died fighting in Dongwuyang. Perhaps Mr. Yuan was doing it for my own good, but Hong believed that life in heaven and earth There are things that are more important than life. Although Mr. Yuan saved my life, he trapped me in injustice. This is not what I want."

Yuan Shao's calm expression gradually turned cold: "Then why are you here in shackles today?"

"Bo Dao wrote to me. This matter is indeed extreme. I should not coerce the entire city's soldiers and civilians to fulfill my righteousness. Moreover, this matter is related to the battle between Bo Dao and Yuan Gong. If Hong dies here, it will inevitably happen. Another loss of life, this is not what I want. As a Han minister, I can't help the Han Dynasty. As a friend and old official, I can't share the hardships with my friend and old master. What's the use of leaving this disabled body? ?" Zang Hong shook his head and sighed: "I came here today to say goodbye to Mr. Yuan. No matter what, Mr. Yuan has been kind to me after all. If I come here today, it doesn't matter if Mr. Yuan wants to kill me or let me go. , Hong Jie has no complaints, it’s a kindness to you and me.”

Zhong Yun frowned, looked at Yuan Shao, bowed and said: "Mr. Yuan, my lord misses his mentor very much, and I hope that Gong Yuan can show my lord's filial piety."

Yuan Shao stared at Zang Hong, and Chen Mo nodded for a long time and said: "It doesn't matter, you and I are not on the same road, but Ziyuan, you and your disciple may not be on the same road."

"Don't bother Mr. Yuan to worry about it." Zang Hong said calmly.

"Tell Chen Mo that he has moved a lot of people away from Hanoi. I don't care about it, but the Sima family members still ask him to put them back." Yuan Shao said solemnly.

Zang Hong couldn't stay, so Chen Mo moved away many people in Hanoi, including many wealthy families, including members of the Sima family.

The Sima family is a prominent family in Hanoi. When Dong Zhuo entered the dynasty, Sima Lang led his clan to move to Liyang on his father's orders, thus escaping Dong Zhuo's rebellion. The Sima clan is now considered under the rule of Yuan Shao, but some of them stayed in their hometown in Hanoi. This The next time Chen Mo directly moved away a large number of Sima family members, the Sima family was naturally unwilling. Sima Lang ran to Yuan Shao and cried, hoping to get his family back.

Yuan Shao and Sima Fang still have some friendship. Now that Sima Lang has come to cry and complain, Yuan Shao will not sit idly by and just take this opportunity to ask Chen Mo for someone.

Moreover, Chen Mo captured Hanoi and nominally exchanged Hanoi for Zang Hong, but he moved all the people in Hanoi who could move. This was a bit ugly, and Yuan Shao was very disgusted!

"I'll bring the conversation later." Zang Hong nodded. As for what Chen Mo would choose, Zang Hong didn't guarantee.

Yuan Shao did not embarrass Zang Hong anymore, and ordered Gao Lan to lead his troops to escort Zang Hong to Hanoi. After Chen Mo's people picked him up, the contest between the two sides was considered over. As for things in Hanoi, Yuan Shaolai was busy dealing with Gongsun Zan at the moment. He said that he could only swallow this bitter pill first, and after Yuan Shao captured Youzhou and sorted out Qingzhou, he would then settle today's affairs with Chen Mo.

Three days later, Cheng Gao.

Chen Mo took Xu Huang, Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu, and Yu Sheng out of the city to welcome Zang Hong back.

"Teacher, don't worry. The disciples of my mentor's family have been ordered to welcome them back. Don't worry, mentor. In addition, Zhang Shijun's family members... I have ordered people to go and look for them." Chen Mo looked at the haggard Zang Hong and felt a little sad in his heart. Although he was rescued, But now Zang Hong seems to have lost the spirit of the past. In addition, he has lost a lot of weight, and the whole person looks much more depressed.

"Bo Dao thinks he did something wrong as a teacher?" Zang Hong nodded. He was very pleased that his disciple was so considerate in everything he did.

"Teacher said that there is no great or small righteousness." Chen Mo shook his head. From beginning to end, he never criticized Zang Hong: "The disciple is not very clear about the friendship between the teacher and the envoy. If we look at it from the so-called moral point of view of the majority of people, , the teacher is naturally wrong, but just like what happened with Zhou Yuan back then, the teacher said, don’t persuade others to do good unless they have suffered.”

"Do you still remember him?" Zang Hong nodded when he heard this, feeling much more relaxed. If even the people closest to him couldn't understand him, then this life would be really boring.

"Of course I remember, he is... very similar to me!" Chen Mo nodded. Even after many years, Chen Mo still remembered Zhou Yuan's incident as if he was another himself.

Others are not Zang Hong. Even Chen Mo, as a disciple, has a hard time understanding the friendship between Zang Hong and Zhang Chao. He is not qualified to say what is right or wrong. In Chen Mo's letter, he only asked Zang Hong for advice in a discursive tone. righteousness without regard to whether the righteousness of others is correct.

If Zang Hong still felt that he was right, Chen Mo would not say anything more and could only wait until the city was broken before asking Yuan Shao for help.

"This is Chen Rong, courtesy name Gongxu, from my hometown. He is here with me..." Zang Hong looked at Chen Rong and said, "If Gongxu doesn't want to stay, Bodao won't make it difficult for him."

Chen Rong bowed to Chen Mo and said, "Rong is willing to be a minor official under the envoy. I hope the general will help."

The envoy here is not Chen Mo, but Zang Hong.

Chen Mo nodded and said, "I have also heard about Mr. Gongxu. He is a loyal and righteous man. It is a bit of a waste of talent to be a minor official. Since Mr. Gongxu is willing to obey the orders of my teacher, I will arrange an official position for him to assist my teacher."

Since Zang Hong is here, he will naturally be used. Chen Rong still has some ability. Chen Mo will naturally not let him be a minor official.

Besides, Zang Hong is obviously going to work for Chen Mo now. There is no difference between being loyal to Zang Hong and being loyal to Chen Mo.

"Thank you, general!" Chen Rong bowed again.

"Teacher, please recuperate in Luoyang for a while. After you recover, you can set off to Luoyang. I am afraid that I can't accompany you back." Chen Mo looked at Zang Hong and smiled.

This time, he came to Heluo for inspection, which has delayed a lot of time. Guanzhong needs Chen Mo to be in charge this year. Many things are not perfect. This time, he has wasted a lot of time in Luoyang. Chen Mo can't stay here to accompany Zang Hong to recuperate.

"Bo Dao, just go by yourself. Don't let personal matters affect public interests!" Zang Hong nodded. As the overlord of the northwest, Chen Mo has been delayed for a long time because of his own affairs. It is enough. If he stays in Luoyang to accompany him, it will be his own problem.

"If Shulin doesn't understand anything, you can ask the teacher." Chen Mo nodded. He had already arranged the things in Luoyang. Zhong Yun is now the official governor of Henan, and Xu Huang is still responsible for the defense of Heluo. Yu Sheng is the garrison commander of Hedong, sitting in Ao Cang and taking care of Jiguan. Zhang Xiu led the army to occupy Xingyang and was responsible for the defense of Xingyang.

Zang Hong stayed here to recuperate. Some things can also be pointed out. After all, Zang Hong's political achievements are there. In Qingzhou for two years, he made Qingzhou bandits run away and the people live in peace. He governed Dongjun and made Dongjun open its doors at night. Not to mention his military ability, just in terms of governing the local area, Zang Hong's ability is probably rare in the world.

"Yes!" Zhong Yun and others bowed in response. No one dared to disrespect him, whether in terms of ability or Zang Hong's identity.

The matter of Zang Hong came to an end. At the end of May, Chen Mo, on the second day after welcoming Zang Hong back, took Jia Xu, Dian Wei and a group of personal guards on the road again and rushed back to Guanzhong. After May, the autumn harvest was approaching. This year was the first year of tax collection after Chen Mo occupied Guanzhong. It was also the day to test the results of Chen Mo's governance in the past two years. The counties have begun to prepare statistical data for reporting.

Household registration, grain production, and per-acre yield and other detailed data. In the past two years, Chen Mo has been using manure and grafting, vigorously building water conservancy, and specially established a craftsman camp responsible for water conservancy and military preparations with Ma Jun as the head. It has consumed countless manpower and material resources. It depends on whether there will be a harvest that matches this year, and it can also shut up some people who oppose Chen Mo's vigorous recruitment of craftsmen, the establishment of a special craftsman camp, and the use of farmers as the general of agriculture.

Of course, the premise is that the data collected by the counties this year can be bright enough, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Within ten days, when Chen Mo led his men back to Chang'an, the scene in Chang'an had changed a little. Walking on the streets, there seemed to be more people on the streets of Chang'an. In addition, there were more merchants than before. Even in the market, you could occasionally meet Hu merchants from the Western Regions.

"My lord's move to open the trade route has indeed brought a lot of convenience now." Jia Xu sat on the horseback, looking at the prosperous scene in front of him, and said with some emotion.

Whether it was Chang'an during the Dong Zhuo period or the Li Jue and Guo Si period, even if the emperor was here at that time, it could not hide the decline of this majestic city, especially during the Li and Guo periods, there were almost no people on the streets of Chang'an City. I am afraid that this scene now can only be traced back to decades ago.

"Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans all have their uses, but later generations read them wrongly." Chen Mo nodded and shook his head. Perhaps he did not read them wrongly, but was deliberately led to the current interpretation. He was actually a beneficiary, so there was no need to change it completely. If the business world really flourished, it might not be a good thing for the world. It was best to control it in his hands.

Jia Xu nodded. This topic was a bit broad, so he didn't talk about it anymore...