One post passes by one post, and the post rides like a shooting star.

Liangzhou is rich in good horses, and Xiliang Yiding's footsteps are also faster than the Central Plains.In northern summer, the days are long and the nights are short. When the messenger arrived at the Jincheng government office, the sun had not yet fully set.

"Thank you." Jia Xu nodded to the haggard courier, reached out to take the handwritten letter from Luo Yang, and handed it to Cai Yan intact.

"The soldiers have worked hard, let's go to rest first."

The county official had already arranged a room for rest. The officer thanked him and left.

Seeing him walking away, Cai Yan sighed quietly: "I have been promoted to an official position, but I have worked harder."

Jia Xu smiled.He has always been cautious in his words and deeds, never causing trouble for himself, and of course he will not comment on the lord in private.

Cai Yan had worked with him for many years and understood his characteristics, so he didn't care about it. After speaking, he lowered his head and opened the envelope, and began to read it carefully.

"Guannulu..."

Jia Xu thought she heard it wrong: "What?"

"My lord has banned Luoyang's daughter-in-law." She raised her voice slightly, repeated it quickly, and then read slowly, "It has caused... Yuan Gonggong and Yang Wenxian's dissatisfaction.

"So I'm going to use all the tricks, ban the women, and lead the slaves who are willing to leave to Luoyang in batches. The destination is Jincheng and Dongwu."

Closing the women's house is a small matter, but it involves the migration of the population, and it is to the distant Jincheng and Tobu-the amount of information is too great.

Jia Xu closed her eyes, but her mind turned quickly, and immediately asked, "Who are you and me going to Tobu?"

Cai Yan's expression remained unchanged: "Me."

Jia Xu lowered her eyebrows and thought.

It is easy to understand that the slaves who had made a living in Nulu were introduced into Jincheng.After all, this is the base of Qin and Chu. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are high-yield crops that have been promoted for a long time. It is the time when there is a lack of labor to spread the territory.

As for Dongwu—a group of Qin Chu’s cronies when she was young were still left in Xu/zhou. Dongwu is the hometown where she grew up as a child. place.

"Zhaoji is good at internal affairs, so it is indeed more suitable to go to Langya to 'open up wasteland'." Jia Xu praised, and then slowly answered the turning point, "It's just manpower..."

"Although they are 'women's market advocates' on the surface, they are mostly homeless refugees in the suburbs of Beijing, and some of them are young and strong."

Cai Yan's eyes were still glued to the letterhead: "Oh, there is also Wen Ruo's nephew, and a general named 'Zhang Liao', my lord said, they are all trustworthy people."

In addition to confidantes, there are additional civil and military officials, and the population distribution of the emigration is also suitable.Now it's ready.

Qin Chu's roots in the eastern part of Xiliang have been thoroughly established. Since the foundation was laid five years ago, and now it is thriving. Even without the two great counselors Cai Yan and Jia Xu sitting in the town, relying solely on the county officials and military officers under him, as long as they operate according to the regulations, stability will continue.

He was speechless, took a sip of hot wolfberry tea from an old earthenware cup, squinted his eyes, and smiled like a slender version of a Buddha puppet:

"Good, good."

Jia Xu is very satisfied with this arrangement - he prefers stability more than change, and even the clay cups for drinking tea can not be changed for three years, and of course he does not want to travel to the south to work hard in Tobu, where the situation is unknown.

What's more, Jincheng still has a great general like Gao Yue. As long as he sits quietly in the governor's office and devises a few strategies to lead the rebel generals in Wuwei to civil strife, they can complete additional missions and expand their territory by one more level. expanded.

The future is really promising!

All Jia Xu’s thoughts of sabotage, but his attitude is not negative. After considering the conditions of internal affairs and infrastructure, he moved the topic back to Luoyang:

"The Yuan family in Runan and the Yang family in Hongnong are aristocratic families. Even if Yuan Shu has little plan, if we really want to deal with them, I'm afraid we need to be careful."

"However, if Feng Xiaowen is here, there is no need to worry."

At the same time, Qin Chu, who was the center of the topic of banning daughter-in-law, was still flipping through the secret report as usual.

As expected, Yuan Shao summoned an army of righteous men in Jizhou, and now he has drawn Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao and Jizhou Mu Hanfu into the team.

However, Luo Yang's news was deliberately blocked by her for a while, and Yuan Shao conscientiously formed a clique, but he still didn't know that Dong Zhuo himself had been killed by a knife.

Qin Chu: "..." Thank you for your hard work.

"Yuan Benchu ​​can't move now." Sitting beside her, Guo Jia pushed a cup of herbal tea graciously, and Xu Xu said, "The Yuan family in Runan is the number one family in the country, and it can be called the head of the family, this is just a part.

"More importantly, the news of Dong Zhuo's death has not yet spread to the capital, and the princes in the country are still terrified. Yuan Shao killed the eunuch and rejected Dong Zhuo. This kind of spirit is respected by scholars all over the world."

"Hmm." She took the pottery cup and felt Guo Jia's fingers hooked intentionally or unintentionally. She blinked and saw the other party staring at him eagerly, and quickly looked away.

"The concubine brothers who look down on him are all self-proclaimed generals, ready to force into the void of the capital to kill the enemy, and he, Yuan Shu, is still imprisoning a daughter-in-law for me so he is so angry... Really."

I really feel that the level of the Yuan family is not good enough.

This fact does not blame her as a chicken thief. When Qin Chu went to the palace to kill Dong Zhuo, he never thought that he could be named a general, and was confused by the follow-up matters, so he arrested Xun Yu, who had lived in Luoyang for a long time, to deal with the matter. .

Who would have thought that Xun Yu, who appeared calm and quiet on the surface, was quick and accurate in his attacks. As soon as he received her order, he quickly sent soldiers to surround the gates of Twelve City, and firmly blocked the news of Dong Zhuo's execution.

The logic behind it is also very simple: although Dong Zhuo's evil deeds were excessive, the spread of news in the Eastern Han Dynasty was really slow.

Xun Yu's original intention was very simple, he wanted to wait for Qin Chu to stabilize the situation in the court, and at the same time, he also hoped that the fleeing officials in Beijing would spread the news of Dong Zhuo's evil deeds. thereby gaining the upper hand in public opinion.

"Their family is still the most cunning," Qin Chu excluded himself from the lineup of the family without hesitation, and made a merciless evaluation, "Never miss an opportunity to control public opinion."

Guo Jia thought she was talking about Yuan Shao, and agreed with him deeply: "Yuan Benchu ​​took advantage of the trend and raised troops, which is considered smart."

He used the name of crusade against rebels to recruit princes and gained the reputation of "loyalty", so even if he was a step behind, he was blameless.

"I also stepped on Dong Zhuo to ascend to this position, and now I intend to rectify the chaos of the aristocratic family, and I have no position to stop him." Qin Chu did not correct Guo Jia's misunderstanding, but sighed, "Yuan Shao made the wrong move."

"My lord, don't worry. Yuan Shu is narrow-minded and self-righteous. We might as well take a few steps back and draw his attention to Yuan Shao."

"What does Fengxiao mean?"

Guo Jia shook his feather fan, smiled and winked at her, and the tail of the fox behind him swayed back and forth.

The next day, Luoyang Beigong.

The Deyang Palace was burned by eunuchs, witnessed the rebellion of rebels, and was later stained with the blood of Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army. After many repairs, it can be regarded as Antai.

Liu Bian sat on the couch with his head bowed, with a sick look on his face.

That day, the residual poison of Dong Zhuo's poisonous wine hadn't dissipated, Luoyang's several imperial physicians were helpless, so they had to prescribe some prescriptions to soothe the nerves and nourish the body, comforting him and saying, "Your Majesty can take care of himself slowly when he is young."

He knows best about his own body. Although he is not seriously ill, he can't lift his spirits all day long, and even the frequency of court meetings has been reduced.

"Yuan Gonglu has not been in court for a long time, and Yuan Gonglu is like this..." The young emperor sat back on the throne after many twists and turns, but privately he was terrified, even a derogatory word was vague, and the criticism was weak and almost deliberate, "Fu Qing is my secret order Loyal ministers of the emperor, how can you have a different heart?"

Qin Chu didn't answer his words, but followed his first half of the sentence, and said with emotion seemingly casually: "Also from the Yuan family, Yuan Gonglu who is born in the same line is not as good as his elder brother."

Liu Bian really became interested, shook his crowned head, his eyes lit up: "Oh? How should I say it?"

Liu Bian also walked along the "Brothers' Wall" several times.Ever since Dong Zhuo wanted to make Chenliu queen, his relationship with Liu Xie has become more comfortable, and he is even willing to pay attention to the anecdotes of the brothers in the family.

Yuan's eldest son is a conservative and honest person, with no sense of existence, but the younger brother and the younger brother below are a bit sharp-edged.Coupled with the fact that Yuan Shao lashed out at Dong Zhuo at the banquet earlier, and rumors spread in Luoyang for quite a while, Liu Bian became even more interested in the Yuan brothers.

"I heard rumors from all over Beijing that Yuan Shao has been thinking about eradicating Dong Zhuo since he fled to Jizhou, so he recruited troops in the north to defeat his Xiliang army. Loyalty is a lesson from heaven and earth."

Liu Bian: "Hey, even if Dong Zhuo's head was beheaded by Fu Qing himself, what Yuan Shao did was useless, do you still want to judge him like this?"

Qin Chu smiled, and she put her hand on the hilt of the sword unconsciously: "Zhongliang is naturally worthy of admiration. Compared with the mediocre people who gossip in Luoyang City, Yuan Benchu ​​is considered a 'hero of the times'. Although he is not valued The eldest son of the concubine, his mind and vision are far better than...others."

Liu Bian understood.The general was dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's lackeys chewing her tongue, trying to step on him.

"However, Fu Qing is right." He consciously saw through the thoughts of his subjects, and it was rare to find some "emperor's dignity", and thought complacently, "An unfavored eldest son can also do this, Yuan Shao really is available."

He was scratched to the itchy place, and his heart felt ironed, and even his complexion improved a lot.

Liu Bian coughed, suppressed the corner of his raised mouth, and changed the topic in a decent manner, pointing to a plate of fruit on the table: "Fu Qing, don't worry, I understand you—come, this is Yingchuan Chen." You eat the Dawan grapes that you paid tribute to."

Qin Chu didn't refuse, thanked him, sat opposite Liu Bian, picked one at random, peeled the skin and threw it into his mouth, his eyebrows raised in sourness on the spot.

Liu Bian looked at her with a smile and squinted her eyes. She seemed to be in a good mood. After a while, when her expression gradually eased, she slowly opened her mouth and said:

"Grapes in Dawan are scarce, even if they are presented to the palace, there are not many. Fu Qing may not have eaten it, grapes are so sour, and I only eat them after meals."

"..." Qin Chu didn't answer.

Liu Bian didn't feel her weirdness at all, so he grabbed one and bit it down slowly. After thinking about it for a while, he smiled soothingly at her, imitating the leisurely voice he had seen on his father. :

"I probably understand Fu Qing's thoughts. You can go back to the manor, and I will give you an explanation later."

"promise."

The general looked at the young emperor for the last time, made a simple clasping ceremony, then turned around, and walked out of Deyang Hall amidst the humility of the servants.

Liu Bian smiled behind her.

Probably the emperor is like this, even if he was cowardly and incompetent when he was young, and was played by eunuchs and relatives, but after he thought he was mature, he could not learn the lesson when facing the courtiers who bowed their heads in front of the palace, and really thought that he was supreme.

It's like thinking that grapes are only sour, thinking that the Chen family in Yingchuan is the best tribute, thinking that the general... really just dissatisfied with Yuan Shu.

Qin Chu brushed the broken hair around his neck, raised his head slightly, his green eyes narrowed by the sunlight.

——The sun is shining brightly today, and the weather is fine again.

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