Before the second snowfall south of Yanmen Fortress, a guest came to the Governor's Mansion in Jinyang.

This guest's surname is Zhuge, given name is Qiao, and given name is Bosong.

He had just been recommended by General Youhussar as the chief governor of Bingzhou last month, and now he was here to take up the post.

"Oh, Zhuge Changshi, we have been waiting for a long time. Please come in quickly, please come in quickly!"

A group of officials, headed by Deng Zhi, the governor of Bingzhou, gathered at the governor's mansion today to welcome Zhuge Qiao's arrival.

This made Zhuge Qiao a little flattered, and he quickly bowed in return:

"How could Qiao Hede be so virtuous as to be able to afford the right guard general to personally greet him?"

General Youwei is also in charge of the military and political affairs of Bingzhou. He is definitely ranked among the top five in the Jihan court.

Seriously, ranking in the top three is not impossible.

At least in name, the right hussar generals had to take second place.

If he can make more outstanding political achievements or accumulate military merits in Bingzhou, he will be able to retire as one of the Three Dukes after returning to the court.

It was truly condescending to come out of the Governor's Mansion to greet Zhuge Qiao in person.

Deng Zhi has passed the age of hearing loss, but his body and bones are still very strong, and his arm holding Zhuge Qiao up is very strong:

"Zhuge Changshi, why should colleagues be polite? It's cold outside, please come inside."

So what about the top three?

Is it bigger than the Prime Minister?

Although the Prime Minister is no longer here, the tomb on Lantian Mountain has been staring at the big man!

From the emperor down, how many people have to be favored by the prime minister?

Even Deng Zhi himself is no exception.

Are the people present looking at Zhuge Qiao’s long history?

What matters is the identity of the prime minister's son.

Of course, there is also the identity of the brother of the right hussar general.

Zhuge Qiao was naturally not ignorant of etiquette when someone gave him face: "General Youwei invites you first."

"Okay, Chang Shi also invites you."

Everyone returned to the house together and entered the living room.

Thick and exquisite blankets were hung around the living room to block the cold wind outside.

There are heaters in the four corners, which burn clean coal, and there are copper pipes to exhaust the smoke to the outside.

A dozen candles as thick as a child's arm illuminated the entire living room extremely brightly.

On each table, there are peach wine, honey wine and rice wine.

Rough luxury.

Deng Zhi is not a person who cares about ostentation, let alone someone who likes luxury.

On the contrary, he has a simple temperament, does not show his ambition, makes clear decisions about rewards and punishments, and is kind to his soldiers.

All his food and clothing come from his salary, and he is unscrupulous and frugal, and does not manage private property.

If his son Deng Liang hadn't been one of the top ten leaders of the Xinghan Society, and with his small salary, the family, his wife, and the children would have been able to survive until his death, and there might even have been problems with food and clothing.

After all, the Prime Minister still has hundreds of acres of mulberry fields left, and he doesn't even own any land.

But it is precisely because Deng Zhi has a straightforward temperament and does not hide his emotions, so he values ​​talented people very highly.

Such as Feng Duhu, Jiang Zhengdong, etc., he would greet them with a smile.

As for those scholars who did not live up to their reputation, especially those promoted by local wealthy families, he often did not bother to deal with them.

Therefore, scholars did not like to associate with him.

At this time, he was uncharacteristically putting on such a luxurious scene. Even though Zhuge Qiao had been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Then he glanced down subconsciously.

At this banquet, in addition to the main officials of Bingzhou Governor's Office, Taiyuan's Wang family, Guo family and other wealthy families were also invited.

Of course Zhuge Qiao knew that Deng Zhi's move was not just to cleanse himself of the troubles.

At the same time, it was also to suppress the aristocratic families in Bingzhou in terms of momentum.

But it's obvious that Deng Zhi's goal seems to have been achieved.

These things placed on the table really made some people look shocked.

In the past, I only heard that the Han Dynasty was rich in supplies, but now I actually saw it.

Not to mention other things, they had never seen the dozen or so thick and large white jade candles.

But despite being frightened, there were also sober people who tasted the taste:

"Today's banquet seems not to be simple!"

The Han army's cavalry circled around Jiuyuan's hometown, attacked in the east and west, and made a surprise attack on Bingzhou, catching the Wei Dynasty by surprise.

Taiyuan, a Bingzhou prefecture, was taken over by the Han army with little resistance.

The Han army was able to easily control Taiyuan because of the success of strategic and tactical deception and the skill of the Han army's soldiers.

It is also inseparable from Wei Guo's misjudgment and the Taiyuan clan's wiseness to protect themselves and watch with cold eyes.

Even before Bi Gui, the former governor of Bingzhou, committed suicide, he ordered people to burn the treasury and not leave food and fodder for the Han army, but this was blocked in private.

After all, the only defenders in Bingzhou were defeated at the front, and the city was basically undefendable.

The big families in Taiyuan can either be loyal to the Wei Dynasty or be loyal to the Wei Dynasty.

But you can't burn yourself for the sake of the Wei Dynasty and use the body and flesh of the clan members to stop the Han army's cavalry, right?

If you do this, you can really stop it.

After all, he defended Bingzhou for the Wei Dynasty and broke King Feng Gui's reputation of being invincible. The rate of return was simply immeasurable.

But in that case, how to block it?

It's better to be a human being and stay on the line.

Sure enough, the subsequent civil unrest in Hedong made the Taiyuan clan headed by the Wang family and the Guo family secretly rejoice and at the same time couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

King Feng Gui's actions are indeed as sinister as his mother's!

However, the facts were not yet settled. At that time, the elders of various families in the east of the river kowtowed and begged King Feng Gui, who was fishing by the river, to send troops to cause chaos among the people.

"Who can't see it yet?"

Someone next to me said, "I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

There were rumors in the past that Ji Han imposed tyranny on aristocratic families, and there were even rumors that he used armored cavalry in Liangzhou to exterminate all the people.

Of course, everything has its pros and cons.

There are also rumors that any aristocratic family that follows the right direction can even start a new branch and become a sect of the same line.

Many aristocratic families in Shu were dismembered, but there were also branches that left Shu.

Some wealthy families in Liangzhou were exterminated, but others also made a lot of money.

"When they went south to Hedong, we paid for it anyway, and the cunning rabbit ran away... Bah, I mean, even if you want to hide a good bow, you wouldn't do it at this time, right?"

Although I was tight at the time and it was a bit delayed.

But when the Han army broke through the Guanque River Valley and entered Hedong, didn't everyone immediately gather together the first batch of grain and grass and send it away?

"What are you thinking about? Do you really think this is the Hongmen Banquet?"

The representative of the Wang family was named Wang Chen. Hearing the conversation, he glanced at the two of them and said calmly:

"The civil unrest in Hedong gave such a good opportunity, but they didn't take action. How could they take action at this time?"

Who is Zhuge Qiao?

That's someone who everyone named Feng would call "brother".

Making trouble at the banquet where he was given the opportunity to be reunited?

Who is brave enough!

Guo Pei, the representative of the Guo family in Taiyuan, turned his head and looked at Wang Chen seriously.

Wang Chen looked back at the other party without showing any signs of weakness: "What are you doing?"

Guo Pei asked: "Are you really not worried?"

Wang Chen is the representative of the Wang family in Taiyuan, but he also has another identity, that is, he is the brother of Wang Ling, the general of the Wei State in the East.

After Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo, he became increasingly arrogant and his subordinates gradually became disloyal.

Later, Wang Yun did not listen to the advice, and wanted to forcibly remove the Liangzhou generals from power, and then use Guandong people to control the Liangzhou army.

Liangzhou has always had rifts with Guandong for so many years.

As soon as the news spread, it turned out that Wang Yun was going to lead the Kwantung troops eastward, preparing to kill all the Liangzhou people.

The generals of the Liangzhou Army were in panic all day long, and finally rebelled and invaded Chang'an. Wang Yun's family was killed, and many members of his clan were killed.

Only his nephews Wang Chen and Wang Ling climbed over the wall and fled back to Taiyuan.

After this incident, the Wang brothers, who were still young, finally understood the importance of "not putting eggs in the same basket".
To be continued...