Han Dao world

Chapter 220

Liu Xie knew it in his heart, and he didn't say anything about the petty thoughts of these veteran officials.

"In this case, let the governor of Hedong handle it."

All paths lead to the same goal, and Xun Yu must deal with it in the end. This is one of the few consensuses between him and these veterans.

After watching the workshop, Pei Qian arranged a dinner.

It's not rich, but it's very affordable, especially the porridge is very badly stewed, which is very suitable for veterans with bad teeth.

Zhao Wen and Yang Biao looked at Pei Qian with admiration.

Zhang Xi's pressure is even greater.

If the emperor is stationed in Hedong or Bingzhou, it will be extremely unfavorable to the people of Kanto.The long distance will make many people choose Yuan Shao who is closer. The number of Kanto people in the court will decrease, and the voice will become weaker.

The current hope is pinned on the Xun's uncle and nephew.

Taking advantage of taking a walk after dinner to digest food, Zhang Xi found Xun You to test the emperor's plan to crusade against the Xiongnu.

Xun You arched his hands and said nothing.Don't say you know, don't say you don't know.

Zhang Xi asked several questions in succession, but got no reply. He knew that Xun You was keeping secrets from himself, so he couldn't hold back his old face.

But he was an old minister after all, so instead of blaming Xun You, he praised Xun You a few words, saying that he has a city and can do great things.

Xun You remained unmoved and silently resigned.

Zhang Xi turned around and found Yang Biao.

"Wen Xian, isn't it too risky for the emperor to go out with three thousand horses?"

Yang Biao saw Zhang Xi meeting Xun You, but he didn't know what they said. Seeing what Zhang Xi said, he thought it was Xun You who revealed it, and believed it.

In fact, after hearing Pei Qian's report, he also had the same guess, but he just didn't want to believe it.

He was worried.

The emperor used [-] riders to conquer the Xiongnu. In addition to the high risk, what disturbed Yang Biao most was that the emperor deliberately excluded the scholar Sun Rui.

This obviously did not meet their expectations.

But it was inconvenient for him to directly advise.

Shi Sunrui cut first and then played, and accepted Wei Gu's request to surrender, which touched the bottom line of the emperor, and strong remonstrance would only be counterproductive.

After thinking twice, he wrote a letter and ordered someone to send it to Shisun Rui camp.

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Shi Sunrui supported his head, kneading the sore and swollen eyebrows, his eyes were bloodshot.

When he received Yang Biao's letter, he had just accepted Fan Xian's request to surrender.

Knowing that Wei Gu was spared the death penalty, Fan Xian accepted his fate and sent someone to ask him to surrender.

Fan Xian is very knowledgeable and just wants to save his life.

Under the charge of treason, his greatest hope is to save his life, and he can't take care of family property and the like for the time being.

Wei Jie, Ju Jun and others all expressed their opposition.

Sparing Wei Gu's life has already angered the emperor.If Fan Xian was let go, and he killed him first and played later, no matter how many reasons Shi Sunrui had, no matter how much credit he had, he could not appease the emperor's anger.

However, after repeated consideration, Shi Sunrui still rejected all opinions and accepted Fan Xian's request to surrender.

It was easy to kill Fan Xian, and all the soldiers under his command were gearing up, waiting to make meritorious service.As long as he gives an order, everyone will definitely fight to be the first, and it is only a matter of time before Fanshiwubao is broken.

But he didn't want to.

It is easy to break through Fan's Wubao and destroy the Fan family, but this will put everyone in Hedong at risk, and it will be difficult to stabilize in a short time.

Although Wei Gu and Fan Xian were the only ones who raised the anti-flag, Wei Gu and Fan Xian were not the only ones who were waiting and watching in Hedong, and there were not a few people who had relatives by marriage.

If it is not thoroughly liquidated, it will leave hidden dangers.

If it is completely liquidated, some people will take risks and raise the flag of rebellion again.

The court's foothold is not stable, and it is really inappropriate to kill too much.

Only in this way, Yang Biao's self-avoidance will lose its meaning.He resisted the imperial edict twice in a row, and the emperor would definitely not transfer him to Taiwei.

Shi Sunrui weighed and weighed repeatedly, and after thinking hard all night, he decided to stick to the established plan.

He wrote a memorial with his own hand and sent someone to Anyi to explain the reason for his choice.

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It was already midnight when Liu Xie arrived in Anyi.

Xun Yu sent someone to clean up the Fucheng in advance, and Liu Xie moved in smoothly.

Tang Ji, Song Du, and Dong Wan were all awake, waiting to be picked up.

Tang Ji just greeted and picked up Cai Yan.The two share a small courtyard and want to talk privately.

Song Du and Dong Wan felt somewhat uneasy when they saw Fushou.But when Liu Xie asked about their whereabouts in the past few days, they forgot about Fushou, happily showed their merits, and took out two paper samples to show Liu Xie.

In Liu Xie's view, the paper they made was rough and could not meet the requirements of use at all.

But technology development is like this, and it is unrealistic to expect perfection from the beginning.It is the routine operation of technological development to improve while doing and to continuously carry out technological iterations.

What's more, few of the people Tang Ji recruited were real craftsmen.It's just hearing and seeing, understanding some details, piecing them together, and figuring out possible processes.

It's not easy to do this.

So he didn't hit them, and asked about the research and development process with great interest, and provided some suggestions based on his memory.

Generally speaking, the basic process is roughly in place, but it is not refined enough and needs to be improved.

During this period, Dong Wan accidentally said something to remind Liu Xie.

Dong Wan said that the Xiliang people kept these Kwantung captives in the camp, partly out of inexplicable revenge and partly for pleasure, so most of them were women from aristocratic families.Most of the real craftsmen are men. Even if there are women, they are yellow and thin due to years of hard work.The Xiliang people were not interested, so they either killed or ate it.

Liu Xie immediately thought of a question: There should be a large number of craftsmen in the Baibo army.

There is a paper mill in Hedong, but the papermaking technology in Hedong is not high, and the profit is not high, so the scale of the paper mill is not large, and powerful families are unwilling to do it, and only some ordinary people operate it.

There was chaos in the east of the river, and these people either fled or joined the Baibo army.

Besides, the east of the river will be settled, so it's time to recruit the Baibo army.

With so much abandoned arable land that no one cultivates, the Baibo army is simply a ready-made labor force, and it would be too wasteful not to use it.

Early the next morning, Liu Xie had just finished breakfast and was about to send someone to summon Yang Feng, when Sun Rui's memorial arrived first.

After reading the memorabilia, Liu Xie was also in a conflicted mood.

The opponent, Sun Rui, once again beheaded and played later, violated the previous edict and accepted Fan Xian's request to surrender. He was very angry.

His opponent, Sun Rui, would rather anger him than give up the chance to become a Taiwei, just to avoid the turmoil in Hedong, and he was very pleased.

He may not agree with Shi Sun Rui's judgment on the situation, but he believes that Shi Sun Rui is out of sincerity, not for personal gain.

If it was for personal gain, he could ignore it and order a storm to raze Fanshiwubao to the ground.

For such a veteran, simple and rude treatment is by no means the best way.

After repeated consideration, Liu Xie sent someone to draft an imperial edict and agreed with Shi Sun Rui's solution.

At the same time, Sun Rui was dismissed from his position as a Weiwei, and transferred to the Northern Army Zhonghou, commanding the Fifth School of the Northern Army, completing the acceptance and liquidation of Fanshiwubao, and selecting elites from the trilogy to join the Northern Army.

Dong Cheng, the general on the right, led Wei Wei's affairs, and Wu Meng Du Wei Xu Huang led Wei Weicheng to assist in the management of Wei Wei's battalion.

Chapter 221

As soon as the edict came out, Zhao Wen and Yang Biao received the news before Dong Cheng left Anyi City.

They sighed at each other, feeling very complicated.

On the one hand, they all felt that Shi Sun Rui's move was reckless.Obviously they could go to the memorial to ask for an imperial edict first, and then accept Fan Xian's surrender, but knowingly committed the crime, there was no reason for them to want to talk.

On the other hand, they also knew that what the emperor did seemed to be harsh, and he directly demoted Shi Sun Rui to the rank of Marquis of the Northern Army, which actually gave Shi Sun Rui a chance to stand up.

Hou Zhi of the Northern Army, with six hundred stones, originally only supervised and led the Fifth School of the Northern Army.Now that the situation has changed, the emperor intends to expand the Northern Army, and then handed over the Northern Army to Shi Sun Rui's command, which shows that his trust in Shi Sun Rui is not fading.

As long as Shi Sunrui can seize the opportunity and train the Northern Army with all his heart, he will have the opportunity to make meritorious service in the future.

The emperor dismissed Sun Rui, not so much as punishing Sun Rui for resisting the edict, but as a counterattack against the Taiwei's soldiers.

The emperor did not directly veto their request, but dismissed Sun Rui, who was most suitable to be the captain of the army. When they find the next suitable candidate, I don't know when it will be.

Zhao Wen was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Wen Xian, Your Majesty didn't say anything before, did you just wait for this moment?"

Yang Biao smiled wryly.

He also has such doubts, but it is too late to say these now.

"Zirou, the heart of a king is like an abyss, don't speculate, you and I do what we should do, and it's enough to be worthy of our hearts."

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Shi Sun Rui received the imperial edict, and immediately handed over Wei Wei's seal and ribbon, and handed over the command of Wei Wei's battalion to Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng was both excited and uneasy.

Shi Sunrui, the Weiwei, is not an ordinary Weiwei, he is supported by military exploits.In the Battle of Huayin, the scholar Sun Rui faced Li Jue and his son head-on. His courage was irrefutable, and his ability to command troops was even more unmatched by him.

Changing generals just before the battle, if the officials and soldiers of the Weiwei camp refuse to accept and make trouble on purpose, it will embarrass him.

Facing the calm Shi Sun Rui, Dong Cheng was cautious, as if the one who made the mistake was not Shi Sun Rui, but himself.

In contrast, Xu Huang was very calm and didn't see too many emotions.

"Gongming is a young man who is promising, has combat experience, and is familiar with the situation. If the general is unclear, you can ask him." Shi Sunrui said to Xu Huang again: "It is a blessing in life to meet the Ming Lord. Gongming, work hard!"

Xu Huang bowed and saluted, and then proposed to send someone to urge Fan Xian to come out of the dock to surrender and end the war.

Sun Rui agreed, and immediately arranged for someone to contact Fan Xian.

Knowing that Sun Rui was dismissed by the emperor because he accepted his request to surrender, Fan Xian was so frightened that he didn't dare to neglect him, so he immediately went out of the dock and surrendered.

This opportunity was won by Shi Sunrui with his wealth.Now that scholar Sun Rui has been dismissed, if the emperor changes his mind due to delay, no one will stand up for him.

Fan Xian knelt down in front of Shi Sun Rui, and thanked him again and again.

Sun Rui asked Dong Cheng to escort Fan Xian's family back to Anyi first, and commanded the Northern Army to take over Wubao, and counted and recorded the property.

With these properties, especially the more than 6000 shi of grain hidden in the dock, the crisis of the court's food shortage has temporarily passed.

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The news that Fan Xian surrendered and Shi Sun Rui was dismissed soon spread throughout Anyi.

For a while, the big family in Anyi had mixed feelings.

On the one hand, Fan Xian and Wei Gu only saved their lives and confiscated all their property. The heavy loss was enough to make them vigilant and dare not act rashly again.

On the other hand, the fact that Fan Xian and Wei Gu were still alive made them feel that the court still had a trace of goodwill and that they hadn't killed them all.

In this case, the vast majority of people wisely chose to surrender.

Even if he is unwilling, he can only go into hibernation temporarily at this moment, so as not to catch up with Wei Gu and Fan Xian.

They may not be so lucky to find ministers who are willing to intercede for them.

The big families who were originally on the sidelines scrambled to express their support for the imperial court and were willing to contribute money and food.Those officials in counties and counties who were suspected of corrupting ink also returned the stolen goods one after another and offered compensation.

An endless stream of convoys appeared on the official road, transporting carts of food and supplies to Anyi.

Xun Yu, the prefect of Hedong, arranged for people to receive contributions in an orderly manner.

When Shi Sunrui himself returned to Anyi City, Anyi had already changed his appearance, everywhere was filled with the lively atmosphere of the approaching New Year, and there was no trace of chill.

Liu Xie met Sun Rui immediately.

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After a few days of not seeing each other, Liu Xie and Shi Sunrui have a new understanding of each other.

"Don't be surprised by favor or disgrace, you are worthy of being a minister." Liu Xie cut to the chase and gave Shi Sun Rui a very high evaluation.

After Dong Cheng and Xu Huang came back, they told him about Shi Sunrui's performance, and he roughly guessed what Shi Sunrui was thinking, and also affirmed his original analysis.

Shi Sunrui resisted the imperial edict not for himself, he just felt that the result was the most reasonable and beneficial.