Chapter 745 Things
"Auntie, if it were someone else or another place, it would definitely not be possible to do this."
Zhang Xingyi moved a chair and sat in front of the couch, "But the Huqiang Colonel's Mansion is different. That, uh, brother of the Feng family is also different."
“What’s different?”
Huang Yueying's eyes were burning and she asked Zhang Xingyi.
“Because the captain who protects Qiang is a brother of the Feng family!”
Zhang Xingyi said matter-of-factly:
“In Longyou, no matter whether it’s a barbarian tribe, a local big family, or even an aristocratic family coming from Shu, they only recognize two people.”
Zhang Xingyi raised a finger and said, "One is the prime minister. This goes without saying."
Then he raised his second finger and said, "There is another one, brother of the Feng family."
“When Longyou was first pacified, the wealthy people in Longyou wanted to send a beautiful kapi concubine to their house to show their attachment.”
Zhang Xingyi said this with a righteous look on his face, "It's just that the Feng family brother is not good at beauty, so he sternly refused."
“However, the current state of the Han Dynasty to protect Qiang is very different from the past. It is not just as simple as protecting the Hu people.”
“Those people mentioned earlier, just dividing the pasture, there are countless people whose interests are affected.”
The tribe has its own fixed pasture.
The Great clan of Shu Zhong came to Pingxiang's starting workshop to pay for the grassland for food. It was definitely not because there were too many money and food, and there was no place.
As a local snake, the local wealthy people in Longyou naturally cannot just watch others come to their own territory to eat meat.
The most successful participants so far are the Jiang family, one of the four surnames in Tianshui, and the Li family of Longyou.
The Jiang family released Jiang Wei, a sergeant from Liangzhou, although there was a certain element of gambling.
But more importantly, the Jiang family felt that there was great hope for the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition.
After all, judging from the situation at the time, as soon as the Han army left Qishan, the counties in Longyou rebelled against Wei and returned to Han, and the situation was excellent.
So the risk of this gamble is not too high.
It turned out later that the Jiang family had indeed won the bet.
"It's just that the current affairs of the Protector Qiang Xiaowei Mansion have never been done before. Not to mention the Qiang and Hu, even a wealthy family has no rules in mind."
“If it were anyone else, it would definitely not be possible to greet guests and accept gifts by making excuses like this. But Brother Feng is different. After all, with his reputation..."
When Zhang Xingyi mentioned Feng Yong's reputation, not only Huang Yueying, but also Guan Ji, who was leaning on the couch, looked over with strange eyes.
Zhang Xingyi noticed the look between the two of them and quickly defended, "I'm talking about Brother Feng's reputation for making money, not any other reputation..."
Yeah, the more you draw, the darker it gets!
“Oh, anyway, what I mean is that Brother Feng is no better than others. On the surface, he is accepting gifts lavishly, but in fact, he is just trying to appease everyone.”
The look on Huang Yueying's face became more and more strange: "I always think your words are strange. You are accepting gifts so generously, and you still get a good thing out of it?"
Seeing that Zhang Xingyi wanted to say more, Huang Yueying waved her hand, "But what you said makes sense."
“Feng Mingwen’s behavior is indeed different from others. If other officials say that they want to collect money, they are most likely greedy for money. But when Feng Mingwen says that he wants to collect money, no one will say that he is greedy for money.”
“After all, he is the most famous money-spender in the Han Dynasty. I don’t know how many people can give him money!”
Zhang Xingyi smiled and said, "My aunt said it thoroughly."
Now in the place governed by the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion, things are quite different from usual.
In the past few years, these woolen bills can really be used as hard currency, which is almost the same as five baht.
All kinds of woolen materials produced in Nanxiang and Nanzheng are in great demand.
I don’t know what’s going on these days. Winter is getting colder every year, let alone the north.
Last year, the Han Dynasty conquered Longyou. Just to supply sweaters and blankets to the garrison in Longyou, the woolen materials produced in Nanxiang and Nanzheng were out of stock.
For a whole winter, there was not even ordinary goods on the market in Jincheng, let alone high-quality woolen materials.
On the other hand, over in Nanzheng, a batch of low-quality goods was purchased by the Qiang Guards Office because the craftsmanship was not up to standard.
Then the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion received another credit contract - the debtor was a Hu tribe.
Let alone there is a way to get wool and sell it to Soochow and Cao Wei.
Cao Wei spent several times the price and finally saved a batch of woolen materials, which he directly used for the elite soldiers in Guanzhong. Even the Central Army in Luoyang was not able to use them.
These things, not to mention those who have a quota in the wool spinning workshop, or those who don’t have a quota, their eyes will be red.
Once the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion proposed the grassland poverty alleviation contracting system, whoever had the ability would rush to get it?
The Qianghu people in Longyou are a little confused: In the past, the Han people were robbing us of our things, but now they are rushing to give us things?
So the more alert tribal leaders tried their best to find out the news: Is this thing reliable?
The officials who were escorting the Qiang captain's mansion showed disdain for the tribal leaders who came to inquire about the news.
What are you afraid of? If they give it, you want it!
This matter was the idea that Feng Langjun came up with in order to improve the lives of the Qiang and Hu brothers in Longyou.
You don’t trust others, why don’t you still trust Feng Langjun?
As long as you are willing to be the subjects of the Han Dynasty and pay taxes according to the rules of the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion, all this will be true.
The chiefs of the tribe came in confusion and went back in confusion.
The people in the clan asked: "Why do the Han people want to help us?"
"Because this is the rule set by Feng Langjun. As long as we are the people of the Han Dynasty, they will help us live a good life."
“They sent us food, do we have to pay back double the amount in the future?”
"There is no need to pay it back. Just follow Feng Langjun's instructions and hand over the wool and part of the cattle, sheep and horses to pay off the debt."
“Do you have to pay a lot?”
“It’s not much. You don’t need to pay it all at once. If you pay it back a little every year, there will be enough livestock left and there will be enough food for the winter.”
Thinking of the grain that the big man lent them last winter, the tribesmen all nodded: "Hello, big man, Feng Langjun is really our great benefactor!"
“So we can still content ourselves with being the subjects of the Han Dynasty.”
"right!"
…
There are two ways to feel at ease as a subject of the Han Dynasty.
One is farming, which is basically the fertile land to the south of Pingxiang City and the border with Zuli in the north.
One is to graze cattle, sheep and horses in the pastures designated by the Huqiang Xiaowei Mansion, and this kind is all in the north of Pingxiang City.
It’s not like no one has suggested that since Longyou has a vast territory and there is no shortage of food in Sichuan, didn’t last year’s food all come from Sichuan?
Therefore, it is suggested that the south side of Pingxiang should also be designated as pasture.
Then he was slapped directly by Feng Junhou and scolded him for being short-sighted.
I personally begged the Prime Minister back then and asked him to set aside Chenggu County next to Nanxiang and specifically supply food to Nanxiang. Do you think I am full of food?
Then he said something else that others could not understand.
The primary industry is the foundation, and there is not enough food supply. Everything is like beach construction.
It’s hard to understand if you don’t understand, but Feng Junhou attaches great importance to farming, that’s for sure.
There are a large number of people under his command who specialize in guiding the Qiang guards and the Han people in farming.
Even Zhang Xingyi couldn't understand some of the strange things happening under the Huqiang Colonel's Mansion.
Let alone those outsiders.
Since there is no way to explain it to them, there is no need to explain it, just express it through actions.
Look, I even accepted the gift, what are you still afraid of?
I can’t destroy Feng Langjun’s golden brand, right?
Huang Yueying understood what Zhang Xingyi meant, looked at Guan Ji, and asked, "Does Feng Mingwen know about this?"
“The messenger has just been sent out and has not arrived at Jincheng yet!”
Guan Ji replied.
Huang Yueying's eyes glanced back and forth between Guan Ji and Zhang Xingyi, "Is he so relieved to leave all the affairs of this house to you?"
"Let you take advantage of his reputation...well, this," Huang Yueying suddenly remembered, this guy's reputation seems not to be very good?
Zhang Xingyi said with a smile: "He said it himself, women are not inferior to men, women can hold up half the sky."
Looking at Zhang Xingyi’s smile, Huang Yueying sighed secretly in her heart.
Feng Mingwen's views and actions towards women are a bit too shocking in the eyes of the world.
But for such arrogant women as Sanniang and Siniang, they are like honey, which makes people want to stop.
In August of the seventh year of Jianxing, the Han generals Wei Yan and Feng Yong each led their troops to break through Yuzhong Jincheng, and then crossed the river to occupy the city according to their orders, in order to force Wuwei County in Liangzhou.
Xu Miao, the governor of Liangzhou in Cao Wei, hurriedly ordered Lu Pan, the guard of Xiping County, to lead his troops back to defend and abandon Xiping.
At the same time, Wei Yan divided his troops and led ten thousand people to cross the river west and go north along the Huang River.
The cities in Huangshui, Po Qiang, Anyi, etc., were unable to resist, so they surrendered in the hope of wind.
The Han army went directly to Xiping County to govern the Western Capital, officially declaring that Xiping County was once again under the rule of the Han Dynasty.
In the west, the Great Han Wei, who was sent to Soochow, was assigned the task with the Soochow Alliance.
However, in the Soochow court, they praised the benevolence of the Han Dynasty in a subtle way to express their dissatisfaction with Sun Quan's proclaimed emperor.
Chen Zhen's words are sharp, and in addition, he extends Han Zuo's words, which is called orthodoxy.
Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty had just proclaimed himself emperor, and in the final analysis, his name was still somewhat unfair.
More importantly, in the edict to proclaim himself emperor, Sun Quan said that the Han Dynasty no longer existed and there was no way to save it. He was very "sad" in his heart:
The Han family is in turmoil and cannot be saved, so why bother competing?
Then he emphasized that the rules of the world were broken by the Cao family and his son, and he just had to be the emperor:
The Han Dynasty enjoyed four lives in its twenty-fourth year, and four of its four hundred and thirty years passed. At the end of the qi movement, the fortunes of fortune and zuo were exhausted, and the whole world was relaxed and the earth fell apart.
The evil minister Cao Pi then seized the artifact, and Pi Zirui succeeded him as the emperor, with a reputation for lewdness and chaos.
Quan was afraid of the destiny and did not dare to disobey him. He chose the first day of the lunar calendar to burn sacrifices on the altar, and he became the emperor.
First stepped on the Han Dynasty, then stepped on Cao Wei, and then said that he was following the destiny of becoming emperor.
Needless to say, Cao Wei refused to admit that Ji Han, his ally in the west, was a Han Dynasty.
Chen Zhen was sent as an envoy to Dongwu. He looked around at the monarchs and ministers of Dongwu and said: "I sent a Han Weiwei as an envoy to Wu. How can I say that the Han family is gone?"
The king and ministers of Soochow could not be right.
Sun Quan felt guilty and subconsciously looked down at the front, only to find that Zhang Zhao was no longer in his seat.
Recalling the first day when he became emperor, he was so satisfied that he forced his teacher to lie on the ground and sweat.
In the end, he had to return his official position and the army he commanded on the grounds of old age and physical illness.
Although he was given the honorable title of Assistant Wu General, he actually had no real power at all.
In addition, every time Zhang Zhao met in court, his speech was strict and vigorous, and his righteousness was reflected in his appearance.
He repeatedly said that his remonstrance violated the imperial decree. In order to save worry, Sun Quan directly ordered him not to go to court again.
Chen Zhen ordered the courtiers not to be right, which made Sun Quan feel a little regretful:
If Zhang Gong were here, the Han envoy would be restrained even if his sharpness was not broken. How could he be as boastful as he is now?
Chen Zhenli defeated the king and ministers of Dongwu and let out a bad breath. Then he took out the document given by the emperor of Han Dynasty and handed it to Sun Quan, along with the letter from the prime minister of Han Dynasty.
The Kingdom of Shu sent envoys to congratulate him on becoming the emperor. Sun Quan originally thought this was a happy thing, but now it made him feel aggrieved.
He opened the letter of credence given by the Emperor of Han Dynasty with some gloominess. He had only read half of it when he immediately sat upright.
His eyes lit up, and his mouth made an involuntary sound.
Sun Quan's behavior made the Wu officials below a little strange: What did the Lord of Shu say from above to make His Majesty so happy?
“Good, great!”
After reading the letter of credence, Sun Quan unconsciously had a smile on his face, and the sullenness just now was completely gone.
“The Emperor of the Han Dynasty wants to divide the world equally with me, how can I not respond?”
It turns out that this credential states that the Han Dynasty wanted to form a formal alliance with Soochow to destroy Cao Cao's traitors and divide the world among them.
After hearing this, the ministers of the State of Wu below all looked at Chen Zhen.
Damn it, you clearly came here to make a pact with us, but just now you actually made fun of us?
What do you mean by this?
Sun Quan, who could only hear the news above, said happily, "Han and Wu are originally an alliance. In fact, there is no need to say this in the credential."
Chen Zhen sneered in his heart and said to himself: Soochow, you have rat ears! If you didn't like to take advantage of others, why would the big man do this?
"Your Majesty, this time is different from the past. Since your Majesty is honored by the title, Han and Wu are two countries of brothers. We should go to the altar to offer sacrifices to heaven to tell the emperor and the empress about the earth, mountains and rivers."
"In this way, everyone in the world will know the intention of the alliance between Han and Wu. In the future, the two countries must not betray the alliance again, otherwise they will be punished by heaven and be spit upon by both humans and gods."
Sun Quan’s smile froze.
The officials of Soochow were even more upset!
What do you mean? You obviously can’t trust us?
How dare we let our boss go to the high altar and swear an oath in front of the emperor, empress, mountains and rivers, and everyone in the world?
Who came up with the idea?
It’s so vicious!
Chen Zhen laughed again, "Your Majesty, after the Prime Minister pacified Nanzhong, he also built high altars in Wei County and Pingyi."
“I made an alliance with the rulers of the southern barbarians, and even set up a monument to remember it, to show that I will never forget it!”
“It is precisely because of this that Nanzhong has been able to gradually establish its discipline in the past few years, and Han and barbarians can live in peace.”
When Lu Xun heard this, he couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance at Chen Zhen: Are you kidding me?
When Zhuge Liang sent troops to Nanzhong, it was when he was the governor of Jingzhou, and he spared no effort to understand the situation in Shu.
So he knew that this statement was just a fart!
On the other hand, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Chen Zhen's words: It turns out that Shu people like to swear oaths on the altar, and it is not deliberately targeting him.
“It is indeed a good idea to go to the altar to sue the emperor, empress, earth, mountains, rivers, and the people of the world, but I don’t know who proposed it in the first place?”
“Feng Mingwen, Marquis of Jiequanting.”
Lu Xun’s eyes twitched: Xiao Wenhe is indeed vicious!
(End of this chapter)