Royal Road - Chapter 128

[Chapter 128]

Ge Hong’s Taoist temple finally settled on a remote hill in the west of the city.

First, two huts were hastily built as temporary living places, and the others will be slowly expanded in the future.

This is also helpless.

Gunpowder’s secrecy level is far superior to other projects. It is not easy to find a place with a large area and few people, where it is not easy to hear the movement and ensure safety.

Ge Hong didn’t dislike it. After the house was built, he moved in and started his own research and development.

Liang Feng also selected three smart children from Liang’s house who had learned arithmetic and a thousand-character script, and sent them to the Taoist temple to help Ge Hong make alchemy.

In fact, even if Ge Hong didn’t want anyone, Liang Feng would find a way to put a few inside, and finally encouraged people to study chemistry. Wouldn’t it be a waste to not have a few apprentices?

Most of the officials and even aristocratic families did not pay much attention to the sudden whimsical construction of a Taoist temple by the new prefect.

There are countless number of taxis who are keen on alchemy, and many people have alchemy rooms at home, and they do alchemy by themselves.

Fujun likes Buddhism, which was a headache in the first place, but now it has been changed to alchemy, but it can bring more topics.

Who cares about this little Taoist temple?

And there are more important things to worry about than this.

“Fu-kun, two more prestigious families have packed their bags and are ready to move out of Bingzhou.” Cui Ji got the news and immediately came to report.

Unlike other county officials, he is a native of Lucheng, and he is more familiar with the nearby prominent families.

Over the past month, several families have packed their bags one after another, and the whole family has left Shangdang.

It was Liu Yuan’s uprising, and the news of the chaos of the five generals of the Xiongnu gradually spread.

No one can guarantee that the state will be safe.

No one has a few relatives and a few villas, so why stay here and wait for the disaster to come.

“Let them go if they want to go.” Liang Feng didn’t care.

It is also a good thing for these fleeing factions to leave early. It is much better than fleeing in a panic and disturbing the morale of the army when the chaos comes.

Cui Ji nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said: “There is news from Li Shi that Liu Yuanhai wants to make the family clan a doctor.

The fact that Cui Ji can say this proves that the Cui family is still on his side. Liang Feng can’t help but sit up straight: “Mr. Cui knows the righteousness, Liu Yuan is disobedient to the court, and he must not be taken lightly.

” However, one of the three princes in the Han Dynasty wanted to make his teacher the third prince. It seems that Liu Yuan is preparing to proclaim himself emperor!

Cui Ji sighed softly, “Not everyone is like this in the high gate of Bingzhou.”

This is also the current situation.

The world has been in chaos for more than ten years. Seeing the endless civil strife in the imperial court, there are people in various places who have rebelled and become kings, and the local nobles have also begun to think.

If you can choose a hero in the troubled times, the whole family will rise with it.

Not to mention the poor, even some high-ranking families are eager to move.

Just like Daijun Wei Cao, who used to be the general Wei Kuan of the Northern Expedition and was promoted to the general of Yamen.

The Xianbei Tuoba clan near the descendant county was strong, so he went to the Tuoba clan with his family and recruited many Jin people to work for him.

The Xianbei were nothing more than the vassals of Jin, not to mention the great power of the Huns.

There will never be a few who want to take advantage of the chaos of the world!

Liang Feng frowned.

This behavior, which later generations would call “traitors”, was extremely common at the time.

It is only because of the strife between the heroes from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty for more than 100 years, the aristocratic families have long developed the habit of waiting for a price.

Even if the Sima Clan achieved unification, they were unable to strengthen the centralization of power. On the contrary, they greatly ingratiated these local emperors, resulting in numerous clansmen and numerous fiefdoms.

In this case, family interests will naturally take precedence over national interests.

Whether it is the Xiongnu or the Xianbei, there are officials and titles bestowed by the imperial court.

Taking refuge in them is not much different from taking refuge in those governors and county kings.

Not to mention the impoverished commoners who were suppressed by the ninth-rank middle-ranking and could not turn over, how could they miss such a good opportunity to rise?

This is simply a wolf before a tiger, and it is very dangerous.

“There are only a few who will vote for the Xiongnu when Duke Dongying is in charge.” Liang Feng finally said.

Although the world is in chaos today, the imperial court is Zhengshuo after all.

Speculators also need to weigh the situation before making a bet.

In a short period of time, the situation in Bingzhou should not be too bad.

“What the lord of the house said is very true. But the lord of the house should also win over the gentry, and don’t let others take advantage of it.” Cui Ji said.

In his opinion, this mansion is good everywhere.

After he took office, he settled the civilians, used the virtuous, and also communicated that the counties should strengthen the vigilance and stockpiled food to prepare for the disaster. All aspects were considered carefully.

The only thing is that he is too ignorant of the family.

In order to ensure the stability of the county, it is not incomprehensible that the children of the big clan will not be used for the time being.

But daily feasts, elegant gatherings, etc., should not be less.

Before the September 9th Chongyang Ascension Day, the prefect’s mansion had never hosted a banquet to entertain the scholars, which was really inappropriate.

How could Liang Feng not understand the meaning of Cui Ji’s words.

China’s wine table culture has a long history. They don’t often get together to eat and drink, so how can they get closer?

But now that the situation in the Shangdang was so dangerous, he really wasn’t in the mood to drink and have fun with others.

After thinking for a moment, he finally said: “Then let’s hold a banquet at the Sushui Pavilion the day after tomorrow. Let me, the new prefect, meet a few families in Lucheng.”

It was funny, Sima Ying took the emperor and fled back .

After Luoyang, instead of scolding Sima Teng for defeating his own generals, he added officials to him, and was promoted from General Ningbei to General Anbei.

Ba looked at his thoughts of guarding Bingzhou.

Thanks to this, Liang Feng’s enlargement and inauguration were successfully approved, and now he is the official appointed prefect of the court.

Hearing what Liang Feng said, Cui Ji couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He wasn’t worried about the political ability of the newly-appointed ruler, but he was afraid that he would be too eclectic in his use of people, and he would slow down the family.

It should be noted that even Wei Wuzhi is strong and does not have to make some compromises with the family.

If you blindly seek talents and offend those rich and powerful families entrenched in places, it may cause problems instead.

The way of balance has always been an important task in government, how can it be ignored?

It is also because there are not many high-ranking members of the Shangdang, and they have suffered repeated military disasters, so they can be so chaotic.

If it were changed to Taiyuan, the government’s decree would no longer be able to get out of the lobby.

Cui Ji’s idea is not very comprehensive.

However, the Banquet of Upstreaming Water did not take place, only because of a battle report, it was handed to Liang Feng’s desk.

The Xiongnu light cavalry five thousand, straight to Lucheng!

“The enemy army has passed Tunliu, and will arrive at Lucheng tomorrow.” Liang Feng said to the people around him with a gloomy expression.

The enemy came too fast, all of them were cavalry, everyone was equipped with two horses, and even the food and grass were carried with them, and the long drive entered in an instant.

Thanks to Liang Feng’s preparations, the sentry stationed in Tunliu was able to grab this day.

Otherwise, the enemy cavalry will come directly to the city, maybe they haven’t reacted.

But what if he knew the enemy’s situation now?

Not to mention the deployment of troops from Huguan, even the deployment is tense!

“Why did Liu Yuanhai attack Lucheng first?” Duan Qin’s eyebrows were locked tightly, puzzled.

Now is the critical moment when the Xiongnu Danyu is preparing to proclaim himself emperor. How could he call out these five thousand elite soldiers to attack Shangdang?

Even if Duke Dongying can’t react in time, he will send troops to contain it. Isn’t this kind of partial division unnecessary?

Or is it that the other party is going to loot the Shangdang territory and cause some trouble for Duke Dongying?

“Maybe Liu Yuanhai thinks that Lucheng has just been in chaos, and there is an opportunity.” Cui Ji understands other people’s thoughts better than Duan Qin.

There is no way, except for the Liang Fujun in front of him, no one can make Lucheng’s management monolithic in just one month.

“No matter what he thinks, Lucheng and the surrounding Xingdao must not fail!” Liang Feng said coldly, “Immediately notify the nearby counties and shut the door to reject the enemy. However, thousands of cavalry cannot conquer the fortified city for a while. .”

If there is 20,000, maybe he will be a little more worried.

But for a few thousand, it would be too whimsical to want to nibble on the Lucheng in his hands!

“Subordinates can go to Huguan to adjust troops…” Yi Yan couldn’t help but said.

“No! Let General Linghu stay at Huguan, and don’t go out of the city to fight at will!” This is not the elite of Liang’s residence. No matter how much Liang Feng trusted Yi Yan, he would not dare to let him bring a group of Jin troops to fight the Xiongnu Iron Hoof.

If Huguan is lost, Lucheng is really in danger.

Yi Yan gritted his teeth.

How could he not know that the soldiers in Linghu Kuang’s hands could not be relied upon.

But the enemy is right in front of him, should he let him attack the city?

“Don’t be in a mess. Look at the enemy’s intentions first, and then make plans.”

With Liang Feng’s order, Lucheng entered a state of alert.

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“General, Lucheng is closed!” Sentinel sent back the latest news.

This time, it was Liu Xuan’s confidant, Liu Wei, who led five thousand cavalry to join the party.

This person is unparalleled in riding and shooting, calm and measured, and even more rare is that he has some strategies.

It is for this reason that Liu Xuan entrusted him with the task of conquering Lucheng.

Unexpectedly, when he entered Shangdang territory, Liu Wei immediately realized that something was wrong.

All the cities along the way were prepared for battle.

Not only was there no team to transport autumn grains on the road, but even the farmers were extremely scarce.

In this case, there is nowhere to loot.

Liu Wei gave up other large and small cities and approached Lucheng, the capital of Shangdang County.

Therefore, he was not surprised when he heard the news that Lucheng was closed.

The boy surnamed Liang was obviously wary.

I am afraid that I want to wait for Duke Dongying to come to help.

He couldn’t let the other party succeed so easily.

“Divided two thousand horses and ambushed on the main road from Huguan to Lucheng. Then I sent someone to deliver a letter to Lucheng, saying that our troops and horses just wanted to use Baixing to go to Luoyang to help the King of Chengdu. Let The

prefect lets go. If not, I will lead troops to attack Lucheng!”

As long as this news reaches Lucheng, it will definitely cause chaos in the city.

At this time, if he attacks Lucheng again, it will make the group of cowardly Jin people panic.

If you want to defend Lucheng, you must send troops from Huguan to save it.

At that time, he will use the side divisions in ambush to eliminate the reinforcements and occupy Huguan, and most of his task will be completed.

The rest is fine to say.

He wanted to see what kind of role he could make his good brother go back and forth!