Chapter 1315: Envoy From Jingzhou

Bai Xiaowen was respected as "Yan Guogong" by the court, and he was appointed as an official and connected with courtiers, making his power even more powerful.

Many courtiers, such as Dong Zhao, also served in the Duke's Mansion; no one said that this was a violation of the system.

Although Xiliang is pacified, the main mission 2 of the unification has not yet been completed.

Bai Xiaowen sent Zhang He to lead his army north to attack the bandits. Accompanied by other teammates of the White Phoenix team, it is also to make a small contribution to the war for the teammates.

However, after several days in Yedu, Bai Xiaowen never mentioned the matter of attacking Zhang Lu.

This made Ma Chao a little anxious. He sent people to ask many times, and finally came to ask in person.

Bai Xiaowen replied: "The soldiers and horses of the imperial court have just gone through a great battle and need to rest. There are bandits and horse thieves in the north, and the border is unstable, so it is not suitable to go out. Besides, the terrain in Hanzhong is dangerous, and we must be prepared before we can attack."

What Bai Xiaowen said were all valid reasons, and Ma Chao had no choice but to bow again and said: "I vow to find out the murderer who killed my father. I hope that Lord Yan will understand the situation and borrow troops as soon as possible."

Bai Xiaowen said seriously: "Of course I also want to find out the murderer. Don't worry Meng Qi, the shortest is ten days, and the longest is one month. I will definitely borrow troops from you to conquer Hanzhong."

Ma Chao is overjoyed and thanks.

Bai Xiaowen added: "Try to keep this news as secret as possible, and don't let it out, lest Zhang Lu get prepared."

Ma Chao agreed to go.

Zhang Yun went north to fight against the bandits, and his first target was the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan.

However, upon hearing that Zhang He's troops had arrived, Zhang Yan directly led the crowd to surrender.

After Bai Xiaowen heard the news, he was not surprised.

Zhang Yan in history has a lot of foresight, which is quite different from ordinary bandits. According to Bai Xiaowen's evaluation, it is "a man who knows current affairs is a hero"!

During the period of Emperor Ling, Zhang Yan became a gangster, and the people gathered under his command were said to be in the millions. Let it go.

However, Zhang Yan took the initiative to ask the court to recruit him.

So Emperor Ling appointed Zhang Yan as a general in the middle of the disaster, in charge of public security and civil affairs in the mountainous area north of the Yellow River, and even had the power to inspect Xiaolian! He has become the governor of the mountain area and the prince of bandits.

During the period when the princes were fighting for Dong, Zhang Yan was even qualified to form an alliance with the princes from all walks of life.

When Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were fighting for Jizhou, Zhang Yan jumped out to get a share of the pie and sent troops to help Gongsun Zan, but Yuan Shao defeated him; Yuan Shao's conquest of Zhang Yan later, although it was not settled, the Black Mountain bandit army suffered a lot of casualties.

This probably broke Zhang Yan's heart, and made him see clearly the gap between the mob under his command and the armies of the princes.

In history, when Cao Cao pacified the Yuan family, before Zhang Yan was beaten, Zhang Yan saw that Cao Cao was powerful, so he led the crowd to surrender to Cao Cao and won the title of Marquis.

Now, Bai Xiaowen's power in the Three Kingdoms plane world is even worse than that of Cao Cao back then. It is not surprising that Zhang Yan asked to surrender.

Bai Xiaowen then dispatched officials from Yedu to receive Zhang Yan's tribe.

After the final count, there were more than 100,000 people in Zhang Yan's department.

Zhang Yan usually boasted that he had an army of 100,000, but it turned out that he had counted all his subjects. Among them, the elderly, women, and children are all counted.

Bai Xiaowen granted Zhang Yan the title of Marquis of An Guo Ting, with five hundred households in Shiyi.

Zhang Yan's subordinates,

Bai Xiaowen selected thousands of young men to join the army.

The rest were all disarmed and returned to the fields (in fact, they did not have "armors"), and they were scattered and distributed to Guanzhong, Sizhou, Bingzhou and other sparsely populated places.

Bai Xiaowen also ordered the governors of various states and counties to allocate fields for these people to cultivate, and a series of good governance, such as exempting money, food, taxes and so on within two years.

As soon as the government order was issued, all Zhang Yan's tribes were grateful and helped the old and the young to leave.

In fact, Bai Xiaowen basically can't see the benefits after two years. He did this only because these people have just turned from thieves to civilians, and their minds have not settled down;

Promulgating good governance now can quickly calm their minds. Even if Zhang Yan revolts again, these former tribes will basically not respond.

Zhang Yan in Montenegro has become a thing of the past, so Zhang He led an army across the border of Jizhou and Bingzhou to attack the horse bandits in Bingzhou.

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Bai Xiaowen received a wave of envoys from Jingzhou in Yedu.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou died of serious injuries.

The second son Liu Cong inherited his father's business, but because of his youth, his uncle Liu Bei temporarily took charge of Jingzhou's military and political affairs.

This envoy from Jingzhou was sent by Liu Bei to ask for the imperial edict, please make Liu Cong the shepherd of Jingzhou.

Saying please seal, is actually a routine notification to the court. Even if Bai Xiaowen refused, the Jingzhou side would not bother.

Bai Xiaowen squinted his eyes and asked the envoy from Jingzhou: "I heard that Liu Jingsheng has two sons, the eldest son Liu Qi, and the second son Liu Cong. Why did you abolish the elder and establish the younger?"

The envoy of Jingzhou replied: "Reporting to Lord Yan, Mr. Liu Qi unfortunately died early, and it has been more than a month."

Bai Xiaowen was shocked.

The time of Liu Qi's death happened to be the time when he cut in!

This confirmed Bai Xiaowen's guess.

When he matches the rules of the spirit world, he picks out the identities of two spirit world characters who are about to die (or just died) on the target spirit world plane for him to choose.

This time Bai Xiaowen cut into the Three Kingdoms plane, and the spiritual figures who were about to die and fit the famous family and prominent status should be Yuan Xi and Liu Qi.

If Bai Xiaowen had chosen Liu Qi's identity, he would have heard the news of Yuan Xi's death soon after.

As for Yuan Xi and Liu Qi's death earlier than in the novel, Bai Xiaowen is not surprised. The time of appearance and exit of historical figures in the spiritual world does not strictly match the time in the novel.

Bai Xiaowen said quickly: "Liu Cong is too young to govern the prefectures and counties. At the request of the imperial court, another well-known and respected person will be sent to govern Jingxiang."

The envoy of Jingzhou replied: "Although my lord is young, he is smart and eager to learn, and he is assisted by the emperor's uncle Liu Bei. If the court chooses someone else to replace him, it will not only violate the will of the old lord, but also make the Jingzhou people dissatisfied. This is a disaster. source."

Bai Xiaowen saw that the envoy was answering fluently without any fear, so he was curious, so he asked, "Who is the envoy and what is his position now?"

The man replied, "I'm Hua Xin, whose name is Ziyu. Now I'm under Liu Jingzhou's tent."

Bai Xiaowen's heart skipped a beat.

This Hua Xin is not an ordinary person, he is a more ruthless gangster than Dong Zhao.

In the novel, when Cao Wei usurped Han, Hua Xin was the vanguard.

What Bai Xiaowen wanted was such a talent, so he got up and went down the stairs, and solicited: "I have heard of Pingyuan Huaziyu's name for a long time. With the talents of the public, why do you condescend to Jingzhou and become an official? Why don't you come to Yedu? I can show what I have learned.”

Seeing Bai Xiaowen's sincere attitude, Hua Xin bowed down and bowed down: "I wish to be the pioneer of Duke Yan."