The World of Yellow Sky

And a better piece of news was also sent to Ying Tian Mansion.

Relying on the relationship with the car master, Guo Tai bought a batch of Wusun horses of good breed, and also bought famous Dawan horses from some countries in the Western Regions. Although the number is not large, there are hundreds of them. Horses are enough.

After Xu An received the accurate information from Guo Tai,

Just yesterday, the Central Military Mansion sent an envoy to lead the guards from Chang'an City to the Western Regions with the imperial edict enshrining Guo Tai as the Protector of the Western Regions.

Xu An did not change the system of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and still set up a "Guardian" to govern the Western Regions.

However, there are also subtle changes. During the Han Dynasty, the "duhu" was the highest official in the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, and his "rank ratio was two thousand stones", which was equivalent to the "junduwei" in the Han Dynasty.

"Junduwei" is the deputy of the prefect of a county head, in charge of the military.

Due to the special status of the Western Regions, the establishment of "duhu" is actually equal to the county-level division.

The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, but the Silk Road is too important. After hundreds of years of changes in the Western Regions, it is not appropriate to only set it at the county level, so Xu An raised the level of the Western Regions Protectorate to the state, but still said Western Regions.

Countries in the Western Regions are awarded according to their land size, population, military strength, etc., respectively. , all wear the seal and ribbon of Ming Dynasty.

For the control of the Western Regions, the Ming army also had stronger control than the original Han court.

Although the countries in the Western Regions are countries in name, in fact, once these countries accept the rule of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, they actually become officials of the Ming Kingdom and are subject to the jurisdiction of the Ming Kingdom. Bits can be hereditary only.

Without Ming's recognition and canonization, they would not even be able to inherit the country.

The reason why Xu An has such confidence is entirely because of the cavalry in his hands, and the situation in Monan and Mobei.

Nowadays, several well-behaved films in Monan are like sheep in captivity. In the first battle of the western Xianbei royal court, the western Xianbei was already frightened and frightened, and did not dare to fight again.

In the battle of Shuofang, the Southern Huns, their spine was directly broken, and now even the name of the Huns has been deprived. After Yu Fuluo returned, the old Southern Huns could no longer be obedient. They also built in Wuyuan County, Shuofang County and other places. The city, its clothing and customs have begun to transform towards Han culture.

Since the Shanggu Wuhuan tribe has gained a lot of benefits from Taipingdao, they have always been Taipingdao's most staunch ally. In addition to the marriage relationship, although Xu Yu is not the wife of the first wife, they also recognize Xu An as his wife. own people.

Nanlou spent nearly two-thirds of his time in the Han region in a year. Because of Nanlou, more and more Wuhuan people began to learn the culture of the Han region, began to tie their hair, changed their costumes, and actually ruled A member of Shangguan's Wuhuan tribe has become Liu Shi.

In the Xianbei in the central part of Mobei, Lu Bu has already led the Xiaoqi Battalion to the Northland. The authenticity of Wuhuan in the three counties has been confirmed. No matter who wins or loses in the battle between the central Xianbei and the eastern Xianbei, it is no longer unimportant.

Because no matter who wins, Taipingdao has the strength to make the final decision.

Monan was originally under the rule of the Ming court, and Mobei was only in the pocket of the Ming state.

On the other side of Liaozhou, Gongsun Du also stabilized Fuyu and Goguryeo. Gongsundu is now the governor of Liaozhou pardoned by the Ming court. The Liaodong Marquis, Fuyu and Goguryeo were also granted the title of Yihou and became vassal states. .

Although there was no explanation in the newspaper, it can be said that the danger in the north has been eliminated, and the current Ming Dynasty is the true overlord of the desert, no matter whether it is north or south, or east and west.

Gongsundu guarded the land of Liaozhou and concentrated on governing Liaozhou. Liaozhou has been stable for a long time, and there is no war.

Not enough for Lu Sheng, he was fighting hard. After arriving in Liaozhou from Yingzhou and resting for a period of time, he followed Xu An's order and led his troops to expand towards the Korean peninsula.

There are three countries on the Korean Peninsula. It is actually a bit far-fetched to say that they are countries. After all, their organization has not yet reached the level of a real country. It is more accurate to say that they are three countries.

Its three parts are Ma Han, Chen Han, and Bian Han.

Among the three Hans, Ma Han has the largest territory and is also the leader of the Three Hans. The other two Hans respect Ma Han.

Ma Han occupies the largest territory, and at the same time has the strongest military strength.

Of course, the strongest army is only compared with Chenhan and Bianhan. The three Hans add up, and the total number of soldiers that can be summoned is no more than [-], and these [-] soldiers still have a lot of moisture. It is pitifully small, and the tens of thousands of soldiers are still the result of forcibly recruiting civilians.

On the other hand, Lu Sheng's Ministry, this time in Lelang County, Lu Sheng directly summoned more than 8 soldiers to prepare to go south. This is almost all the men of the Taishan Yellow Turban Army who have not left Youzhou.

The Taishan Yellow Turban Army has always been a soldier of the whole people. Surrounded by powerful enemies on all sides, they have persisted in surviving. Their combat power is more than a star and a half higher than that of Sanhan in the south of the peninsula.

This time Lu Sheng also received military assistance from Gongsun Du, and Gongsun Du also dispatched more than [-] cavalry and more than [-] Goguryeo soldiers to help Lu Sheng attack Sanhan.

In addition to the army, Lu Sheng can also command a navy to assist in combat and attack Sanhan.

The original Liaozhou navy is now divided into two parts, one is still the Liaozhou navy, under the command of Gongsun Du, and the other is the new Yingzhou navy.

Xu An named the Sanhan area, that is, the Korean peninsula, as Yingzhou, which was the same as the name of the state when Gongsun Du occupied Qingzhou.

And the person who commanded the Yingzhou navy was Taishici, the governor of Yingzhou appointed by the original Gongsundu.

Lu Sheng assembled the army and did not hide it, but summoned the army in Lelang County with great fanfare to transport grain and grass.

Sanhan had known Lu Sheng's intentions a long time ago, so Sanhan immediately joined forces, and at this critical moment of life and death, they also put down all the gaps and frictions between each other.

After the scouts they sent in Lelang County spread frightening news one after another, the entire land of Sanhan fell into silence.

A total of 13 Taishan Yellow Turban Army withdrew from Qingzhou and came to Liaodong.

Among them, there are more than 9 men and more than 4 old and weak women and children. This time when he attacked Sanhan, Lu Sheng directly recruited almost all the strong men, leaving only a small number of men to stay in Lelang County to protect the old and weak. women and children.

Facing the [-] Taishan Army, Sanhan had almost no chance of winning.

However, Sanhan still has an army of tens of thousands of people in the northern border, and wants to resist as much as possible.

It's just that they didn't know that their actions played into Lu Sheng's arms.

The reason why Lu Sheng didn't hide it was that he wanted the three Hans to unite and gather all the military forces, and then finish their work in one battle. In the first battle, they directly defeated the main force of the Three Hans, annihilated their vital forces, and disintegrated the three Hans' will to resist.

Although Lu Sheng did not go to any military academy, did not read military books or art of war, but he led the Taishan Yellow Turban Army in Taishan County and has always been fighting alone.

Xu An has always implemented a streamlined army and simplified administration, but Lu Sheng does not have the conditions and foresight of Xu An, nor can he have a stable base like Xu An to fight against the war.

Therefore, Lu Sheng has always won battles by numbers. Whether it was attacking the Jibei Kingdom or leading the Taishan Yellow Turban Army to retreat all the way to Yingzhou, he led more than [-] people and commanded more than [-] people, but he was orderly and orderly. sequence.

He was even able to win consecutive battles, first defeating the Yanzhou Army, and later defeating the Qingzhou Army, breaking through its heavy encirclement, making the Taishan Yellow Turban Army turn from danger to safety, and the crisis of destruction was lifted.

Lu Sheng seemed born to fight, as if Chen Sheng had a photographic memory.

Sometimes Xu An asked himself, he felt that if he was in Lu Sheng's environment, he might not be able to do better than Lu Sheng.

The weather in the north is cold, but now that it is April, the ice and snow have melted in many places. Even if there is still snow left, it will not affect the marching operations.

The date of sending troops in Lu Sheng's plan was April [-]st. When the test papers were still being reviewed in Chang'an City, Lu Sheng had already led an army of [-] to the south of the Korean Peninsula.

After receiving Lu Sheng's report, Xu An did not pay too much attention to the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

The outcome of the war was doomed from the very beginning, without any suspense.

These things have not been published in the newspapers. As secrets, only the cabinet knows, not even the Zhongshufu and the Zhongjunfu, and the Six Departments naturally know nothing. There are only a handful of people in the Ming court who know the latest situation in Liaozhou.

Previously, newspapers about the Western Regions aroused the interest of the people in Chang'an City.

But in the past few days, the enthusiasm of the people in Chang'an City for the national exam has even overwhelmed their curiosity about the Western Regions.

In a teahouse in Chang'an City, a storyteller wearing this Tsing Yi is telling the story in the teahouse in rhythmic rhythm.

In the teahouse, a group of individual customers sitting in twos and threes listening to books and drinking tea.

Although the tea sold in the teahouse is cheap rough tea, it is cheaper, and although it is a bit weaker, the taste is not bad, and you can listen to books by the way.

Therefore, there are quite a few teahouses in Chang'an City, and the things sold in these teahouses are very cheap and affordable, and the main customers are the peasants and craftsmen in the workshops in Chang'an City.

Originally, the storytellers in the teahouses were all hired by the Taipingdao Propaganda Department and paid a certain amount of salary, but with continuous development, self-built teahouses appeared in many places, and some practitioners who took storytelling as a profession also appeared. people.

And because of storytelling, many industries based on writing and storytelling have been born.

Some people adapted some oral deeds into stories, while others specially collected scattered legends of ghosts and ghosts and adapted them into stories.

Most of the people who wrote these stories were county students, and some were from old powerful families.

Because the writers are different, the quality of the scripts is also high or low, but the mainstream is still some scripts compiled by the Ministry of Education.

After all, those battles were impossible in other scripts, and all kinds of descriptions were written by people with outstanding literary talents, and with official support, they naturally led the mainstream.

"Snapped."

Zhenmu patted, the storyteller picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of the tea in the bowl, cleared his throat, and spoke again.

"Recently, everyone should know that the national examination in Chang'an City has just ended."

The storyteller's question immediately aroused everyone's response in the teahouse.

"Naturally know."

"There's nothing I don't know about it."

"On the day of the national exam, tsk tsk, I saw that convoy from a distance, hundreds of cars, it's just..."

The storyteller smiled slightly and said with a smile.

"What I want to talk about today is about the national examination."

"Snapped."

The sound of the town wood sounded again, and the storyteller closed the folding fan in his hand with a snap, and said loudly:

The rich don't have to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millets in the book.

There is no need to erect a high hall in Anju, the book has its own golden house.

Don't hate to be unaccompanied when you go out, there are many horses in the book.

Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife. There is Yan Ruyu in the book.

The man wants to fulfill his life ambitions, so he reads six subjects diligently to the window...

Chapter 757 Live up to the trust of all people

Yin time has just passed.

It's not dawn in the east, and the stars are still bright.

The night in Chang'an City is still deep.

The majestic and majestic Yingtian Mansion stands in the northernmost part of Chang'an City, surrounded by endless darkness, and is still sleeping.

33 carriages, escorted by hundreds of heavily armed cavalry, galloped along Chang'an Avenue towards Chang'an Gate.

In this way, the bleak and deserted Chang'an City, under the echo of the wheels and horseshoes, woke up little by little, and regained its vitality.

Unlike the bleak and deserted city in Chang'an, Ying Tianfu was already busy at this time.

All the civil servants and officials from the six departments of the three governments have already arrived at the government office to start their day's work.

The plan of the day is in the morning.

The ancient times were not the same as today, there were no electric lights, and there were no various modern means of transportation. The daytime was extremely important to people.

Work at sunrise and rest at sunset, not only for farmers, but also for ordinary craftsmen, civilians, merchants, and even civil servants, soldiers and generals.

Those sitting on the 31 carriages were the new supervising students who passed the first national examination this year and were admitted.

The wheels of the four-wheeled carriage ran over Chang'an Avenue and quickly passed through the wide street.

Chen Sheng sat in the carriage, looking out the window through the window.

The tall and deep gatehouse flashed past his field of vision, and his eyes suddenly opened up.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at Chang'an City's largest square——Chang'an Square.

Chen Sheng turned his head and looked to the north, the tall city wall of Yingtian Mansion appeared in his field of vision, and the yellow flags on one side also dispelled his uneasiness.

The tall Zhongzhou tripod in the center of Chang'an Square also completely merged into the night and disappeared from sight.

At this time, the city wall of Yingtian Mansion has revealed a little outline, and the figures on the city wall can be seen faintly.

Chen Sheng withdrew his gaze and sat upright again.

He is the only one in this carriage, and the position of this carriage is also the first of the 31 carriages.

He did not disappoint his teachers. He passed the National Examination No.1 and won the Hui Yuan of the General Examination, so he was able to ride alone.

Among the 31 carriages, the other 98 carriages carried 190 county students admitted to Taipingdao Army Academy, and [-] county students admitted to Shiqu and Tianlu National Academy, a total of [-] people.

After driving for an unknown amount of time, the carriage gradually stopped.

"The new supervisor, please get off the carriage."

Chen Sheng opened the car door and walked out of the car.

A group of newly promoted supervisors also walked out of the carriage like Chen Sheng, and gathered together under the guidance of the guard general.

The new supervisors were divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right.

There are 98 supervised students on the left side and 100 supervised students on the right side. This sort of arrangement is based on the colleges that are admitted.

The 98 people on the left are all students of the National Academy, while the 100 people on the right are all students admitted to the Taiping Road Army Academy.

From the looks of both sides, the supervisor on the left was obviously more refined, while the supervisor on the right seemed a little more heroic.

The reason for this situation is that many family members of the supervisors who were admitted to the Taipingdao Army Academy were soldiers and were born in military villages.

At the beginning, everyone was mixed together, and it was difficult to see, but after it was divided into two parts, the gap became more obvious, and the difference can be seen at a glance.