sweeping the world

Chapter 383

The royal family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the Sima family, but because of the "clothes crossing south", the Sima family was almost left with the title of Zhengshuo and had nothing. First, the Langya Wang family and the Sima family shared the world, and later The Sima clan used the Yu clan of Yanling and the Xie clan of Yangxia to settle the Wang clan of Langya, so that the Wang clan of Langya was seriously injured and could no longer have power.

When the Yu clan of Yanling became the largest foreign relative, the Xie clan of Yangxia also rose strongly, and the Longkanghuan clan steadily caught up, and the south of the Yangtze River became the Yu clan of Yanling, the Xie clan of Yangxia, and the Longkanghuan clan. The era of the four powerful clans of the Wang family of Langya, whose vitality was severely injured, ruled the court together.

In addition to the four great clans, there are aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, some of them fled from the north of the Yangtze River, and some have lived and developed in the south of the Yangtze River for generations. They almost carve up the territory in the south of the Yangtze River. They only belong to the same country in name, but in fact most of them do their own thing. Sima has no royal title and can only marry with it again and again to ensure his survival.

It’s still funny to say, the Eastern Jin dynasty really had a lot of kingdoms within a state, the number of private soldiers of clans and aristocratic families was much more than that of the court’s armed forces, and the family’s private soldiers who repeatedly broke out in wars were more than the state’s armed forces .

In some respects, it is obviously wrong to say that those clans and aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River were disregarding the overall situation. It should be said that they guaranteed the existence of the small~chao~court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty at the cost of the Sima royal family's power being sidelined.

On the Han side, there are people from clans in the south of the Yangtze River. Xie An is on the western front and he is about to follow Ran Min's orders to fight. Naturally, he has no time. Huan Wen in Linzi, even though he is a Tingwei, really doesn't have much to do.

Ting Wei is the eagle dog of the king, Liu Yan has no plan to deal with anyone, and it is a good thing that Huan Wen is getting moldy when he is idle.

If the Han Dynasty wanted to stabilize the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ji Chang's opinion was to send Huan Wen, instead of going to see the Sima royal family, it was enough to use Huan Wen's extensive contacts south of the Yangtze River.

There are a lot of marriages among aristocratic families, which is basically a status quo of constant cutting and chaos. The Huan family is also a family that has married with many parties. Furthermore, Huan Wen's four younger brothers all work in the small~chao~ting, and some of them are manipulated. space.

"Your Majesty wants Wen to go to work?" Huan Wen hadn't received a formal assignment yet, and welcomed Ji Chang as a guest at home. After setting up the banquet, the two listened to music and watched singing and dancing, but when it came to business, he was very embarrassed. With a wry smile, he said, "Prime Minister, Wen is already a minister of the king, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have any more sympathy."

The aristocratic family has its own integrity, they can invest in multiple parties, and they can also exchange information with each other in private, but they will not mess around in the choice of major national affairs.

Of course Liu Yan didn't know about the aristocratic family, Ji Chang's humble background was even less qualified to know, and it was difficult for those who knew to explain, the problem was posed in front of Huan Wen.

It was precisely because of that that Ji Chang looked at Huan Wen very strangely.He said: "If Yuanzi has any problems, you can tell them one by one."

Huan Wen said that he was more of a warrior character than a literati. He had something to say: "If you don't pay much, or if you don't pay enough, Wen can get a good reception if you go, but what you say is like air, and you will be rejected." People listen but don't listen."

Ji Chang immediately said: "If you need money, how can a big man be stingy?"

"Money and silk may play a role, but the effect is very limited." Huan Wen smiled wryly: "As a family, even love of money has a limit. Their high-ranking officials can do it, and everyone has beautiful jade and satin, not to mention the farmland , What you want is to go further, or to get a big name."

At that moment, Ji Chang immediately understood, it was the kind of "it's not that he didn't betray, but the bargaining chip is too small", and the price he paid to achieve his goal was not enough to attract people, he needed to know what the price was.

"Expand the land." Huan Wen said directly: "Return the captured land of Nanyang County, and perhaps add assistance to the small~chao~ting to send troops to Li's Bashu."

In fact, the effect of becoming a minister would be the best, but Huan Wen wouldn't even mention it, even if it was just a false surrender for strategic needs, it was impossible based on his understanding of Liu Yan.

Li's Bashu is Li's Chenghan. Huan Wen's biggest wish before coming to the Han Dynasty was to defeat Li's Chenghan. He has been working hard for this goal for several years. After a lot of hard work, he only got the approval of Yu Yi, and none of the others was with the same philosophy.

"Attack Bashu?" Ji Chang paid attention to the south of the Yangtze River. There have been a lot of troubles there, but he didn't hear any news about Li's Chenghan, so he asked, "Why did Yuanzi say that?"

"The so-called one moment and another moment." Huan Wen was still smiling wryly, and said: "Those guys opposed the attack on Bashu before, but it was because Bashu was stable and the people's hearts were loyal to them when Li Shou was alive..."

There is no need to talk about the following. The Han Dynasty also has its own attention to the Li family Chenghan. After Li Shi became the new lord, he repeatedly did inexplicable things, and he also imitated Shihu to build palaces and collect beauties.

In fact, it is nothing to just build palaces and collect beauties. Which king did not do this, but Li Shi is not only pursuing pleasure, he is not very good towards civil and military officials, and he is not sympathetic to the people. A good country can be ruined within a year.

"A few years ago, the lord of the Li family fought with the Shijie State of Zhao, and [-] troops were wiped out near Fufeng. In recent years, he has been fighting with the Jin army in Jingzhou..." Huan Wen did not hide that he had a source of information, as long as It's a high-ranking official who doesn't have his own source of information.Full of pity, he said: "There is no more suitable time to conquer Bashu than now."

It would be a pity, but of course Huan Wen felt that he hadn't encountered such a good thing in the early years. Although Li Shou was also confused at the time, at least Li Shou would not mess around.

Ji Chang's eyes immediately lit up. It is a feasible way to use Li's Chenghan to involve the Eastern Jin Xiao~chao~ting. It will not contribute to the strength of the small ~chao~ting of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and will cause trouble for the Han army to go south in the future.

Huan Wen also knew that with Liu Yan's ambition to annex the world, sooner or later there would be a war between Han and Jin.He said: "We just need to stabilize before Xiao~chao~ting really grasps and digests Bashu..."

"Yeah." With a pensive expression on his face, Ji Chang cut off Huan Wen's words and said, "Yuanzi's suggestion is very good, at least it is the most feasible way at present."

Of course, Bashu can’t really be digested by the small~chao~ting of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, then the situation involved will be very large and complicated, including matters about Qin, and even Yuzhou and Jingzhou, it will not be a small scene .

Huan Wen was not stupid, so he quickly guessed what Ji Chang was thinking, and said, "The affairs in Yuzhou are easy to handle, the main battlefield is not there, and if the Xiao~chao~ting really took action against Bashu, they would not enter Yuzhou. The more difficult thing is Guanzhong.”

Half a month has passed since Ran Min Xingye rushed back to Guanzhong, and the spies also confirmed that Shi Hu led the army into Hanoi County.

According to estimates, the army led by Shi Hu would arrive in Hedong County no later than 20 days later, and the time when the war broke out should be about a month later.

What Ran Min is doing now is to strengthen Tongguan and Yiguan, and to carry out necessary fortifications in Puban and Mianchi, but he sent Jiang Gan and Xie An with cavalry to approach Chencang. It is time to drive away Fu Hong's troops first, and then ask Liu Yan to tell Zhang Jun to advance from behind Fu Hong.

It is reasonable to focus on the war in the east after stabilizing the back road, but Ran Min’s actions actually made the Han side suspicious. If the population in Guanzhong had not been migrating to the Han territory, it was almost certain that Ran Min It was a trick of deceit.

"Can it be done before the war in Jizhou breaks out?" Ji Chang stared at Huan Wen very cautiously, and promised: "If Yuanzi can do it, he will make a great contribution to the great man. Changhui will advise the king, Yuanzi is a great talent in commanding the army, he shouldn't have stayed in Linzi, he should have gone to the army to gallop on the battlefield."

Huan Wen was not hypocritical, he patted his chest and said: "In order to be able to gallop on the battlefield, Wen must not disappoint the prime minister's kindness."

This is how people are with each other. Whoever communicates with whom, how to communicate, and what to say can make the person do things work harder. It all depends on what kind of benefits the person gives.

Huan Wen was making relevant preparations with great enthusiasm. He wrote letters frantically before he set off. When he got home, he also wrote to those old friends, and especially to the Sima royal family.Before he did this, he still reported it to Liu Yan, and even submitted it before sending it out to clear up doubts.

"This guy..." Liu Yan couldn't help but wonder if he suppressed Huan Wen too obviously, and said with a smile, "You're pretty careful."

Liu Yan was walking in Zhangtai, besides the guards and maids, Cui Wan, Tuobaxiu and other concubines, Ji Chang, Sang Yu, Lu Yi and other important officials and their families were also there.

Zhangtai is actually a part of the palace with a relatively high terrain. Generally, it is a place for the king to climb high and look far away. There will be quite a lot of courtyards and recreational facilities. It is also a place that concubines prefer to stay because it is only in this place. To play happily with the king.

Liu Yan is here to relax today. It is better to have fun alone than to have fun with others. It is estimated that there will be no time to relax in the future. Several ministers will leave Linzi to go to the places they need to go, so we have to have fun with the monarch and his ministers. , It is to connect feelings, and it is also to show favor, so as not to think too much about the minister leaving.

I know what it is for, but it still makes Ji Chang and other important officials happy. Although Liu Yan had the power of a king before, he lacked some of the magnanimity that a king should have.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that today is just a romantic day, and you won't talk about state affairs?" Tuobaxiu still looked wild, and said in front of everyone: "If you can talk about state affairs, my concubine should talk about things about the grassland. Said, Dai Guo and Dahan are brotherly kingdoms, why doesn't your majesty let Dai Guo attack Shijie or Murong from behind?"

……Dividing line……

Early in the morning, all kinds of tickets are asked.

(End of this chapter)