Chapter 925 Reconciliation

Chapter 925 Reconciliation

Chapter 925 Reconciliation
Niyang City is neither high nor big.

When Fu Zan led his men closer to the city, he looked up and sighed imperceptibly.

There were people from the Fu family serving as officials in Chang'an, but they were minor officials of the fifth or sixth rank, two in total.

There were also brothers Fu Chang and Fu Xuan who served as officials in the Jin Dynasty.

Of course there are people in Jianye as well. Currently there is only one, namely Fu Zan’s second brother. But I heard that his nephews have reached the age to enter officialdom and are already looking for someone to flatter them. I believe that they will be able to get a low-level staff position in a while.

But the Fu family's business is still in the north.

Fu Zan's grandmother, Mrs. Du, and his mother, Mrs. Wei, were both prominent families in Guanzhong, as one could tell from their family names. They had complex relationships with each other, intermarried, and protected and helped each other.

Even if the Huns wanted to deal with them, they had the bargaining power because they were faced with a difficult situation where one move could affect the entire body.

If the Xiongnu people don't care about the casualties, they can certainly kill these nobles, but why? If you kill us, you won't have enough talents to serve as officials to help you manage internal affairs, and you will lose the support of the people and your foundation will be unstable.

It's okay when nothing happens, but once you encounter an adverse situation, you will realize how serious it is.

So why don't we sit down and talk about it. I'll think about what you want and see if I can give it to you.

In addition, you should also restrain yourself. Even if you are the emperor, I will give you face, but you should not be shameless. This is not an era where the emperor's words are final and his will is unconditional.

Therefore, in the end, the situation is often like this: the local area is completely dependent on the autonomy of the major clans.

Don't be afraid of losing face. This was the way it was during the Later Han Dynasty. It is only natural to do so.

Fu Zuan arrived outside the city of Niyang County. When the soldiers on the city wall saw him, they immediately saluted and said, "Mr. Fu."

"Open the door." Fu Zan said loudly without any nonsense.

The soldier was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Fu, the Lord has already issued an order that martial law must be enforced even during the day, so we can't open the gates."

"Will it be opened?" Fu Zan glared and asked, "Where is Lord Liu? Where did he go?"

"There are Xianbei people in Fuping looting everywhere, and the governor has gone to request troops." A small officer on the top of the city wall answered.

"Whose soldiers are you asking for?"

"Jin's Cavalry."

"Brother Jin Zhun's?"

"Yes, Jin Zhun is in Zheng County, Jin Ming is in Chang'an, and now it is Jin Kang who is leading the troops."

"Open the door!" Fu Zan waved his hand and said.

The people on the city wall looked at each other, and after weighing the pros and cons, the door opened reluctantly.

Fu Zan did not send anyone to test the situation, but rode forward with great confidence - of course, you could also say that he was confident.

There were more than a thousand people following him, and they quickly entered the city in a mighty manner.

Fu Zan did not feel embarrassed at all and went straight to the prefect's mansion. Under the surprised and fearful gazes of everyone, he sat down in the courtyard.

Soon, more than a dozen military academy students and officials rushed over.

Fu Zan looked up and said to one of them, "Chen Hu, your father was selling cattle and sheep, and was robbed by thieves. Who helped him get the cattle and sheep back in the end?"

"It's Mr. Fu." said a warrior in helmet and armor.

Fu Zuan nodded.

In fact, that matter did not require much effort. The Fu family knew everything that happened in Beidi County after a little inquiry, and then sent people to ask for it. With the Fu family's reputation, it was easy.

Chen Hu's father received this favor, otherwise their family would have been ruined long ago, and Chen Hu would have no chance of growing up, and would most likely have been sold into slavery by his creditors.

"Go and tell your soldiers later that they will no longer work for the Xiongnu emperor and will only obey the orders of King Liang of the Jin Dynasty." Fu Zan glanced at Chen Hu and said as a matter of course.

Chen Hu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you want to surrender to Jin?"

"This is called 'reformation'." Fu Zan corrected him, then asked, "You never obey orders?"

"I will follow Mr. Fu's orders." Chen Hu replied.

Fu Zhan looked at another person and said, "Zhen Dao, since you are the county magistrate, you can send a clerk to write a letter of restoration and post it on important roads. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Li Zao bowed and said, "If it weren't for the former Sili (Fu Xian), how could I have gotten my position? Today is the time to repay my gratitude."

He was an old official of the Jin Dynasty employed by the Xiongnu. He was originally the county magistrate of Fufeng and now the magistrate of Niyang.

Fu Shi told him to do it anyway, and he didn't hesitate too much, because Fu Shi had to bear a greater risk in this matter. If they were not afraid, why should he be afraid? The family's wealth and honor were at stake.

"Bu Si, you are a Hun and easy to be trusted. Go and spread false news to lure Jin's troops here." Fu Zan said again.

"Yes."

Fu Zuan named a few more people and arranged all the affairs. Then he stood up and said, "Defend Niyang well, don't take it lightly. I will go to Fuping to pacify a few tribes."

Beidi County is not big, but not small either. It only has two counties. There are a lot of open spaces in the countryside, and many tribes are settled there.

In addition to the Jin clan Huns, there are also some old Hun tribes.

What are the "Old Xiongnu"? Actually, they are the Xiongnu people who grazed here before Liu Cong and Liu Can, father and son, entered Guanzhong.

In terms of closeness of relationship, they were closer to the Xiongnu tribes in Henan than to the five Xiongnu tribes in Bingzhou.

After Liu Can entered Guanzhong, he tried hard to win over the Xiongnu tribes that had lived there for a long time, but later found that there was really not much identification between the two sides. To put it bluntly, these old Xiongnu people in Guanzhong may identify more with Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiele Xiongnu, and Dugu, the leader of the Tuoba Xianbei, and they are really not familiar with you.

Who is this little Tu Ge? His bloodline is not as pure as that of Liu Hu and Liu Lu Gu.

In the end, Liu Can could only regard them as the same as Di Qiang, Xianbei, Jin people, and Jie people, and not as his confidants.

The Fu family has very close relations with these tribes, and if they can explain the righteousness to them, the possibility of success is still not small.

He now really wanted to see, after achieving such a great feat, whether King Liang would be overjoyed - uh, or frightened?

Probably not.

If you don't have the ability to influence officials and generals and change the situation of a county or several counties, can you still be called a noble family?
Starting from the eighth day of July, for several days in a row, feathered dispatches were sent back and forth from all parts of Beidi County.

Niyang and Fuping counties successively removed the "Han" flag and replaced it with the "Jin" flag, directly changing color.

Some officials and generals who were still loyal to the Xiongnu were killed without knowing why - some of them were innocent, but which temple doesn't have innocent ghosts? It's your fault for being too slow to react. The brothers want to borrow your head as a stepping stone for advancement.

Jin Kang was a man with some brains. He keenly sensed that something was wrong, guarded the gate carefully, and fought a fierce battle with the Xianbei people who came to plunder. He won at first but then lost, so he fled far away to Anding.

The Fuping tribe, instigated by Fu Zan, officially raised the banner of rebellion, gathered seven or eight thousand cavalry, marched towards Chang'an, and fiercely attacked the Xiongnu soldiers stationed in Huangbaicheng.

To Liu Can, the Guanzhong hinterland was leaking everywhere and was deteriorating overall.

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Outside Pingyang City, Liang Fen, the Minister of Personnel, and Fu Xuan, the Chief of the East Pavilion of the General's Mansion, boarded a carriage and headed south to Puzhou Pass.

The ever-changing situation on the battlefield is dizzying.

Not to mention ordinary people, even these high-ranking officials did not expect the situation to change so quickly.

It's ridiculous that some powerful families thought that King Liang was stuck in a quagmire and had no time to care about other things, so they raised the banner of rebellion.

People in the four counties of Runan, Qiaoguo, Shunyang and Yiyang rebelled one after another and colluded with the Wu army.

However, after the Silver Spear Left Camp and the government soldiers were quickly dispatched, they first repelled the Wu soldiers who came to support them. The rebels soon lost their momentum and were soon surrounded. The young men from all the counties were recruited to defeat them in one go.

There was only one county in Hebei where people rebelled, namely Yangping County.

The prefect Shen Zhong put down the rebellion at the first opportunity, defeated the rebel soldiers under the county city, and then took advantage of the situation to kill them and seize their manor.

This level of rebellion is really not worth mentioning.

Compared with the rebellion that swept across Hebei many years ago and was finally brutally suppressed by Li Chong, Liu Ling and others, the momentum is far less.

Even the rebellion is so weak, perhaps the situation in the world is really unlikely to change.

"It's better to be careful when going to Guanzhong." Liang Fen looked at Fu Xuan who was sitting opposite him and said, "Go visit Governor Hou first, and then ask him to send an army to escort us. Don't worry about Fengyi County, but you must persuade Beidi County to surrender."

"Yes." Fu Xuan cupped his hands and replied.

"I'll think of a way to stabilize that situation." Liang Fen said with a smile.

There is not only the Liang family in Anding County, but also the Huangfu family. The two families have often intermarried and have a very close relationship.

Even at this time, there were still members of the Liang clan serving as officials and generals in the Xiongnu, such as Liang Xun, who was granted the title of marquis.

This man was originally a general under Sima Bao, King of Nanyang, and later surrendered as the prefect of Longxi.

Liu Can relocated more than 10,000 households from Longxi to live near Chang'an, and Liang Xun also followed. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Sima Yan, Longxi County only had 3,000 households of Hu and Han people. As a result, the Huns forcibly relocated more than 10,000 households to Chang'an. I really don't know how the household registration was compiled. How many people in the world can figure it out?
By the way, Yan Ding was also an official in the Xiongnu. Liang Fen wanted to save him in the end, letting him make up for his crime with meritorious service, and not let his entire family be implicated.

The situation in Kansai has actually been determined.

Whenever she thought of this, Liang Fen couldn't help but smile. The world is at peace.

"Ming Gong." Fu Xuan interrupted Liang Fen's thoughts and said, "After conquering Guanxi, how will King Liang treat the scholars of Xizhou?"

Liang Fen thought for a moment and said, "The situation in Xizhou is complicated, so we may try to calm it down first."

"What does it mean to calm something with peace of mind?" Fu Xuan asked.

"The main thing is to appease people's hearts." Liang Fen said: "I think King Liang will ascend the throne and become emperor before he will take drastic measures."

Fu Xuan nodded silently.

Liang Fen glanced at him and said, "Don't think too much. King Liang is sensible and won't do anything rash. Besides, he is the founder of the dynasty, so he will definitely think about getting rid of the old and starting anew."

How can you expect the ruler who maintains the status quo to accomplish something that even the founding emperor couldn't do?
The simplest thing is that the founding emperor can keep their people loyal to him even if it damages the interests of his base to a certain extent, but the king who maintains the status quo cannot do this.

It is not that the king who maintains the status quo is not capable enough, but that he has not had the process of conquering the world and cannot establish that kind of supreme prestige. This is also the reason why it is difficult for the reforms in the late dynasty to succeed and the last emperor to continue the country's rule - he does not have enough prestige to break free from the shackles of the bureaucratic "negative assets" and can only be dragged down by them in the end.

Once Shao Xun proclaimed himself emperor, he would certainly move south to Jiangdong, and then slowly start to survey the land outside the twenty counties of Liang State.

If these things were left to future generations, they would certainly be abandoned halfway, or even cause chaos in the world.

Some missions are destined to be accomplished only by the founding monarch, and he is well aware of this.

"Let's finish the task at hand first. This mess has been going on for more than 20 years, and finally someone has come forward to clean it up." Liang Fen smiled and said.

A smile also appeared on Fu Xuan's face.

It has actually been more than thirty years since the Wannian Rebellion of Qi began. It is really not easy for the north to finally be unified.

(End of this chapter)