Some words are really hard to put on the table. After all, everyone is an official and they need face.
Zhang Xi can't openly tell Pan Jun to mix more sand in Jiaozhou and try to recruit more refugees to work in Jingzhou. As long as there are no big problems, the state pastoral office can not see you and take advantage of the opportunity to line his own pockets. This is a What should the Han cavalry general, Jingzhou Mu, say? !
Pan Jun couldn't openly ask Zhang Xi, in order to make the matter bigger, could I fan the flames and even send out the army to Jiaozhou to get more refugees and bring back more money and food? This is not a Jingxiang celebrity or aristocratic family. What a great scholar should say.
Isn’t this a conversation between two bandits? ! !
We are all high-ranking officials in the imperial court and famous generals in the world, so we cannot speak too directly. Therefore, the conversation became confusing and it all relied on the tacit understanding between everyone.
Anyway, as the governor of one side, Pan Jun still has the right to take some corresponding measures if there are changes in Linjun. As for Soochow's discovery of Pan Jun's actions, will it cause turmoil in the two countries? Please tell me, these are troubled times. China is not an ally, it is just an armistice agreement.
Besides, you Soochow are not much better.
During this period, Soochow, under the leadership of the newly appointed governor of Yuzhang County, Lu Kai, made many infiltrations into the southeast of Changsha County.
Yes, Yuzhang County had a new governor, and it was still the same Lu Kai who had been captured by Shi Bao during the Battle of Jingnan.
During the Battle of Jingnan, the Han captured three generals from Soochow, Lu Kai, Zhang Cheng, and Lu Ju.
But these three people are not easy to deal with.
Lu Kai is the nephew of Lu Xun, Zhang Cheng is the eldest son of Zhang Zhao, and Lu Zhi is the eldest son of Lu Fan. These three relatives are all famous and important officials in Soochow.
No matter what, these three people will not choose to surrender.
But you can't kill him. After all, Zhang Xi was thinking about a truce with Soochow at that time, so he didn't want to irritate Soochow too much.
Therefore, these three people were finally detained in Changsha County. They were not released by Zhang Xi until Bu Zhi returned from his mission to Chang'an, and then returned to Jiangdong with Bu Zhi.
Of course, Soochow must have paid some price, otherwise even Zhang Xi would not be so easy-going and would just let him go.
As for whether the price was paid by Sun Quan or the three families, Zhang Xi has nothing to do with it.
And after these three people returned to Jianye, they also had different fates.
Lu Ju was the worst off. He was dismissed from all his posts and had no choice but to reflect behind closed doors at home. Who asked him to guard Changsha County for seven days, without even giving Zhu Ran a chance to return to the army for rescue.
Zhang Cheng was transferred to Lujiang County and became the captain of Lujiang County. Although his official position has been reduced, he can at least continue to lead troops.
Although Zhang Cheng was defeated and captured in the Battle of Jingnan, his overall performance was not bad. He always used less to fight more, and also divided his troops to Lu Ju to defend Changsha. Of course, the most real reason is that , Zhang Cheng has a good father, and his father is still alive.
As for Lu Kai, tell the truth. Among the three prisoners, Lu Kai was the most unjust.
Zhu Ran was the one who made the strategic deployment, but it was Lu Dai who didn't realize that Shi Bao was the one who divided his forces into the mountain. He, Lu Kai, was inexplicably sneaked into the background.
As for the choice of rescuing Quanling, let alone Lu Kai who was in the situation at that time, Lu Dai or Zhu Ran would have made the same choice. The subsequent development of the battle also proved that when Shi Bao really led What will be the ending after the soldiers sneak into Changsha County.
It can be said that Lu Kai made the right choice. His biggest problem was that he failed to stop Shi Bao.
Therefore, Lu Kai not only did not receive too much criticism from Sun Quan, but also continued to reuse him and replaced Xie Jing as the new Yuzhang governor.
Yuzhang is adjacent to Changsha. One of the cross official roads in Changsha County leads to Yichun County in Yuzhang County.
Lu Kai and Shi Bao met again in Changsha County and Yuzhang County. Well, these two people have been fighting quite lively at the junction of the two counties in the past two years.
It's just that neither of them are the kind of people who are desperate for personal grudges and fame and fortune. They know that the two families are now on strike and keep the fight within the scope of border friction.
So, really don’t tell anyone.
You Soochow can create friction on the border of Changsha, the Han Dynasty, so why can't Lingling County, the Han Dynasty, make some small moves in Jiaozhou? !
Not to mention, by doing this, you can also attract a lot of refugees, solving the problem of lack of people in Jingnan in one fell swoop.
Although they are just refugees, it is better than having empty land but no one to cultivate it.
Moreover, since we are going to set up farming in Jingnan, we still need to think carefully about the candidates for the farming office and the farming captain. In addition, Zhang Xi cannot do anything about reestablishing the sand smelting mint in Guiyang County alone. To decide something, you must first go back to Jiangling and report it to Zhuge Liang to get his approval.
Zhuge Liang did not need to put any thought into setting up the farming station. Zhang Xi had already set up farming when he was in Guanzhong, and now he can just copy it in Jingnan.
But Zhuge Liang still needs to help select the candidate for the Tuntian Captain.
It is definitely not possible to choose this military commander in Jingzhou. Otherwise, it will be too deeply involved with the local aristocratic families in Jingzhou. Will this military base eventually become like Cao Wei in the north, becoming a hidden base for the aristocratic families? It’s really hard to say.
Secondly, the garrison captain also needs to have a strong background. Even if Zhang Xi wants to lead his troops to fight, or is transferred from Jingzhou, he will still have enough confidence to maintain the normal operation of the garrison and ensure that it will not be affected.
Thirdly, the military commander must have certain personal abilities, be down-to-earth and hard-working, and be knowledgeable in practical matters. We cannot send a fool who can only talk empty talk.
After all, the situation in Jingnan is complicated. There are not only powerful families, but also Wuxi barbarians. Even the refugees brought by Pan Jun may not all be Han people. There may also be barbarian tribesmen from Jiaozhou. No point. My ability really can’t hold it together.
This kind of candidate, at least in Zhang Xi's hands, does not exist. He can only select talents from the court's talent pool through Zhuge Liang.
Less than two months after this letter was sent to Luoyang, Zhuge Liang was extremely efficient and sent Zhang Xi the military commander he needed.
It was none other than Zhuge Liang's eldest son and Zhang Xi's son-in-law, Zhuge Qiao.
Indeed, there was no special connection between Zhuge Qiao and the Jingzhou aristocratic family, and his background was strong enough. He was the son of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and the son-in-law of the general Hussar. No one in the Han Dynasty would dare to offend him.
As for ability, when Zhuge Qiao was in Chang'an, he worked for a period of time under Jiang Wan, responsible for water conservancy facilities. During the Northern Expedition, he was also responsible for coordinating grain and grass allocation under Jiang Wan, and according to Jiang Wan I mean, you did a pretty good job.
Moreover, Zhuge Qiao is a pretty good character, down-to-earth, hard-working, and low-key. If it weren't for this guy's moral advantage, Zhang Xi would not have married Xiao Xuan'er to him.
So, after such a comparison, Zhuge Qiao is really the best choice for the Jingnan Tuntian Captain.
Just one thing, Zhang Xi doesn't quite understand that even if Zhuge Liang is upright and does not seek personal gain for himself, is it too much for you to let Zhuge Qiao become the captain of the field? !
The Tuntian Captain is not a high-level official position. It is completely different from the Sili Colonel and the Qiang Protector Colonel.
Although the official titles of the latter two do not sound high, they are just captains, but their actual power is extremely great. They are basically equivalent to the prefect of a county or the captain of the field, but they are really just captains, not even as good as ordinary captains in the army.
When Zhuge Qiao was in Chang'an, he was also an aide-de-camp of the state capital, in charge of the entire water conservancy project in Guanzhong, and he was also a talent who coordinated logistics work during the war. You, Zhuge Liang, are really ambitious to let such a person become a captain.
But looking back, Zhuge Jun is the third brother of the Zhuge family. The eldest brother is the general of Soochow and the second brother is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. However, he has been the right minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Han Dynasty for more than ten years. None of the ministers were appointed.
What else can you say? !
Zhuge Liang was so open-minded, so Zhang Xi couldn't hold back his objections. He gave his son-in-law a slight promotion and changed him from Tuntian Captain to Tuntian Colonel. At least he wouldn't embarrass his daughter too much if he said it. .
The fathers of both families were in high and powerful positions, but the official position of the son-in-law became smaller and smaller. There is probably no second such example in Chinese history.
Zhuge Qiao's matter has come to an end for the time being, and as Zhuge Qiao went to Jingzhou to take up his post, a decision was also brought from Chang'an - the matter of rebuilding the sand refining mint in Guiyang County, which was announced by Shangshu Province. Li Yan dismissed it.
The reason is that the imperial court must make a decision to mint coins. It cannot mint more or less. Therefore, it is not feasible to establish a mint in Guiyang.
As for the sand refinery, since there were precedents in both the former and later Han Dynasties, the imperial court would not interfere. The state government could decide on its own regarding the reconstruction of the sand refinery.
This Li Yan is so special! ! !
Zhang Xi has always had a very bad impression of Li Yan. Even if you beat Zhang Xi to death, Zhang Xi still wouldn't believe that Li Yan's decision was truly made out of public motives. This guy must be using himself to establish his authority. .
Otherwise, from Li Yan's perspective, couldn't he see that this poor place in Guiyang County had no other development path other than using sand to mint coins to obtain financial subsidies? !
Anyway, in Zhang Xi's eyes, Li Yan has firmly secured his position as the minister, and he is beginning to be unwilling to be placed below Zhuge Liang and others, and he plans to declare his sense of existence, right? !
Zhang Xi was very unhappy, but the reason why Zhang Xi couldn't help Li Yan was that even Zhuge Liang couldn't refute it, because what he said was indeed right.
It is true that copper coins are not a completely credit currency, but additional issuance and indiscriminate issuance also require certain risks. It can easily lead to unstable regional prices, and may even cause aristocratic families to hoard large amounts of currency, or melt it and cast it into copper. This violates the The economic policy formulated by Liu Ba at the beginning.
Money is for circulation, not for hoarding.
Therefore, even though he knew that Li Yan had selfish motives, out of public concern, Zhuge Liang still agreed with Li Yan's criticism and wrote a special letter to Zhang Xi to comfort and explain, asking Zhuge Qiao to give it to Zhang Xi when he took office. .
After Zhang Xi read Zhuge Liang's letter, his anger was half gone. He had nothing to say, so he should go home after get off work.
The son-in-law came to Jingzhou to take office, so naturally he brought his daughter back for tonight's family dinner, and his grandson was by his side, so he didn't want to worry about these troubles.
(End of chapter)
