Probably due to the situation, the envoy from Luozhong came very quickly, and immediately agreed to Gongsun Xun's request to exempt Dongjun from taxes for one year!

However, the center's arrangements for the East County Front Army's next move and the most important reward were all unexpected and reasonable.

The destination was very simple. The emperor passed the chancellor's desk to the Huangmen Supervisor and issued a formal edict, requiring Gongsun Xun to quickly lead troops to Yingchuan Changshe, join forces with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and defeat Yingchuan Bocai's 100,000-strong army.

To be fair, Gongsun Xun and his army are obviously more suitable for fighting in Hebei from the perspective of the large number of cavalry and the native places of the soldiers.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, the Hebei side is going smoothly and does not need Gongsun Xun's support at all.

Lu Zhi led 40,000 elite Northern troops and defeated Zhangjiao. Zhang Liang's troops were defeated in consecutive battles. Now General Renggong and General Renggong have retreated all the way to Guangzong, the important border town of Julu County, Anping State, and Qinghe State. , and they also took the initiative to abandon the occupied areas of Qinghe State, and fully concentrated their troops, battle lines, and supplies.

The same was true further north. Guo Xun, the governor of Youzhou, led troops and horses from various counties in Youzhou, and took the Wuhuan school captain as his deputy. He was cautious and spread a net on all sides, and also forced the local general Zhang Bao to give up the Anping Kingdom. Occupying a large area, they concentrated their troops and supplies into Xiajuyang City, the northernmost important town of Julu.

Correspondingly, the situation in the south is very bad.

Originally, Bo Cai's army was the closest to Luoyang and the greatest threat (they had all reached Zongyuan Pass), so the central government forced Zhu Jun to send troops quickly... However, after Zhu Gongwei came out of the pass, he didn't know whether it was because he underestimated the enemy or because the central government put too much pressure on him. Big, he actually wanted to take back the city of Yangzhai, the governor of Yingchuan County!

As a result, the fortified city was difficult to conquer, and one hundred thousand Yellow Turban troops surrounded them, almost leaving Zhu Jun's entire army there. In the end, a small group of 20,000 people retreated all the way to Changshe in the northeast corner of Yingchuan before they stabilized their footing. But they were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops led by Bocai. In early May, the imperial court saw that the situation was not good, and directly asked Huangfu Song to urgently lead 20,000 reinforcements to Changshe. The two sides combined 40,000 troops, but they still remained motionless for several days, as if The 20,000 reinforcements were also besieged.

In this situation, and in addition to the fact that Gongsun Xun was in Dongjun, not far from Changshe, the somewhat panicked court naturally thought of asking him to lead troops there for reinforcements.

As for the rewards.

To be honest, few people from top to bottom in the army had high expectations for this. This is mainly because those with connections and backgrounds don't care... Just like Gongsun Yue, the trial match, in the blink of an eye, he is directly recruited. The Sima of Thousand Stones was taken for granted by everyone in the court and the army! A famous scholar from Hebei and a descendant of the Gongsun family should have been Sima of Thousand Stones as soon as he came out! And Cao Cao, who was worth two thousand stones as soon as he came out, waited for this At the end of the war, a governor or prime minister must be waiting for him, and everyone thinks that's how it should be!

As for those who have no connections, especially those heroes who came from Youzhou with poor backgrounds, they were already very satisfied when Gongsun Xun was organizing the army in Hanoi. They generally felt that the appointment at that time was enough to serve as a leader. Rewarded.

Just like Liu Bei, who just got up recently. Historically, he worked hard to fight for the Yellow Turban in Hebei for a whole year. In the end, he was given a county lieutenant. The Governor of Baishi asked for bribes! But what now? Thanks to Gongsun Xun’s protection, he who was just a white man in Zhuo County a few months ago turned into a serious Qu Junhou, with a rank of six hundred stones!

Don’t underestimate the six hundred stones. In the Han system, six hundred stones began to serve as imperial officials. County magistrates in charge of counties with more than 10,000 households started with six hundred stones, and the ones above were only the two big classes of one thousand stones and two thousand stones.

, it’s the end of being an official! In other words, each time one of these three thresholds is crossed, it becomes more difficult, and most people will find it difficult to cross to the next level in their lifetime.

At this time, not only Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Qian Zhao, Yang Kai and others all changed from white bodies to official officials of the six hundred stone imperial court in just a few months, even Chu Yan also went from a two hundred stone county official.

The captain has become a six hundred stone leader, what else do you want?

In fact, people in the army had generally speculated that the greatest reward was likely to come from Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang. His fake Sima should be able to become a real Sima and thus step into the ranks of Thousand Stones.

Therefore, after the reward was actually issued, everyone in the army was stunned!

It turned out that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gao Shun, and Cheng Lian all transformed into Qian Shi's army commanders!

And if you think about it carefully, it really makes sense. Among them, Guan Yu killed Cheng Yuanzhi, the commander of the Yellow Turban Canal in Guangyang, Zhang Fei killed Deng Mao, the deputy commander of the Yellow Turban Canal in Guangyang, and Gao Shun led a thousand soldiers to block 20,000.

The rebel army, Cheng Lian, killed Zhang Bo, the deputy commander of the Yellow Turban of Dongjun.

It was reasonable and well-founded, leaving everyone in the army speechless.

Not to mention, these four Sima looked extremely bleak in front of another person's reward - the former Sima Cheng Pu and Cheng Demou were promoted to the rank of captain, and became a two thousand stone officer in one fell swoop!

This seems to make sense.

First of all, Cheng Demou has very high qualifications. He served as a state and county official when he was young, and then joined the army in Yanmen and became the Marquis of Qujun.

Secondly, in this battle, although the Bingzhou Army came very late, it made outstanding achievements... After all, according to the Han Dynasty's tribal system, Gao Shun and Cheng Lian were theoretically just Cheng Pu's subordinates, and their contributions must also be counted.

On Cheng Pu's head.

But the most important point is that everyone in the army knows that Cheng Demou is Gongsun's hometown party member and old official! It is obvious that the court and the central government are unable to formally carry out formal inspections on political figures of Gongsun Xun's level due to the delay of the war.

In addition to rewards, choose an alternative way of praise!

Among them, there must be Gongsun Xun's active hint...or in other words, praise and give credit.

Correspondingly, Gongsun Xun didn't even mention one or a half levels of title this time, and he didn't give any rewards or commendations... Even if the rewards for politicians of his level need to be properly arranged after the war, that's not the right way.

ah?

It goes without saying where his credit went.

As a result, there were four new Sima from Cheng Pu on down. After receiving the order, they immediately went to Gongsun Xun to express their gratitude... However, they were stopped by Han Dang on the spot and persuaded to go back, because the commander-in-chief

The man with the five senses of the festival will be meeting a guest, and it will be a very important guest.

"Brother Ziyuan has worked hard." Under the shade of the trees in the backyard of the official temple, Gongsun Xun was sitting on the ground and entertaining an old friend with a smile. "When the imperial envoy came quickly, I thought you would come too, but I didn't expect you to come so quickly...

…”

"Hard work is hard work." Xu You rubbed his butt and carefully sat on the soft cushion reserved for him, but immediately lifted it up, as if it was too hot, so he finally sat on the ground in a strange posture.

."But Wenqi is so popular now, I don't dare not come soon!"

Gongsun Xun smiled and said nothing.

"There were five armies in total, two were in a stalemate, and two were trapped. Only Wen Qi led ten thousand soldiers, and in ten days he crossed the river four times and leveled the East County. Forty thousand thieves were wiped out in one go... Therefore, everyone in the court was amazed.

Yu Que also pays more attention and expects more to you." Xu You said immediately when he saw this. "Wen Qi is a smart person, and you and I are also close friends. Let me just say it. This time Yuan Benchu ​​sent me to look for Wen Qi.

I just want to test Wen Qi’s mind..."

"What's there to test?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "Ziyuan, brother Benchu, do you think that I, the person who killed Wang Fu, will end up colluding with Beigong Hang after going around in circles? Or do you think I will be with Beigong Hang?"

Is Zhang Huan usually deceived by others? Ziyuan, today's general and I are close friends of the poor and humble."

"Wen Qi is absolutely right." Xu You smiled slowly. "But don't blame Ben Chu too harshly. To be honest with Wen Qi, the situation in Luozhong is extremely tense now. Not only am I here to find you, but also Cao Mengde, Ben Chu.

Chudu sent He Yong to test, and even sent people to Huangfu Song who was trapped... He was also afraid that if he was not careful, everything would be lost!"

He Yong is a celebrity in Nanyang. He has been famous for his actions of avenging his friends very early. He became even more famous after he became a wanted criminal as a party member during the second party imprisonment. And like Xu You, he has always been Yuan Shao's "

"Friends of Running" can be regarded as one of the core figures of this party group headed by Yuan Benchu.

However, the reason why Mr. He Boqiu He will be famous in history books in the future is not because he is Yuan Shao's confidant, but because of his evaluation of the two people:

One is Cao Cao. At a certain period, He Yong said to Cao Mengde, who had a very good relationship with him, "The Han family will perish, and this person must be the one who can stabilize the world." The other is Xun Yu, who very early on

, He Boqiu passed by Yingchuan and suddenly said to Xun Wenruo, who was still very young, "Xun Yu from Yingchuan is a talented person like Wang Zuo"!

Cao Cao and Xun Yu were almost the top and most outstanding people in the late Han Dynasty, but this person revealed the secrets with one word, and it was very accurate! I don’t know if He Yong and He Boqiu really had a god-like gaze, or he was just a sight.

Everyone likes to tell lies, and then a blind cat meets a dead mouse.

"Has Luozhong really reached this point?" Of course Gongsun Xun had no time to think about He Yong's level, because after hearing this, he immediately became nervous.

He was really nervous, because if the party members and the eunuchs really wanted to use weapons now, considering that the emperor was still alive, then how should he, a handsome general with good features who was leading the troops outside, act?

"It's not what Wen Qi thought." Xu You shook his head immediately, and then said sincerely. "But the battle in the court has become intense, and both sides are just taking precautions."

"What's going on?" Gongsun Xun asked with a frown.

"After Wen Qi left," Xu You twirled his beard and sneered. "The emperor saw the memorials of Yang Gong and Liu Gong to Taiping Road that day in Nangong. On the one hand, he gave Yang Gong and our Liu Gong a title of honor to show that

The praise reassured people; on the other hand, it also allowed Mr. Yang to take charge of the Secretariat."

"This is a good thing!" Gongsun Xun replied seriously.

"Better things are yet to come." Xu You continued with a sneer. "No one expected that after Yang Gonglu took charge of the government, his whole temperament changed drastically, like a wood carving, he did not say a word in everything...

The army was out to suppress the rebellion, and the prefectures and counties fell. The emperor began to deal with the government affairs seriously, so how could he endure it? So within seven or eight days, the emperor exempted Yang Gong from recording the minister. The former minister, an important minister of the clan, was also Wenqi.

Your old boss Liu Tao and Liu Gong are the ministers!"

Gongsun Xun suddenly realized.

By the way, now that the party prison has been lifted, party members from all over the country have begun to move around. Many people have been recruited now, and their strength has greatly increased for a while, and the eunuchs have been hit hard because they are not clear about the Taiping Dao... One goes down and the other goes up.

Next, there would have been political struggles in the court, otherwise Gongsun Xun would not have understood the meaning of the word "test" in Xu You's mouth.

However, the newly appointed Shangshu Ling Liu Tao will undoubtedly extremely intensify this political struggle at the central level.

After all, Gongsun Xun knew his old boss very well. Although he was from the clan, he was a party member, and his stance and attitude towards eunuchs had always been extremely radical!

With him in charge of government affairs at the Shangshutai, and Zhao Zhong in charge of Changqiu, if two such intolerant people collided, it would be strange if Luoyang didn't cause trouble... It is almost conceivable that someone in the center will soon be killed.

"No wonder." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh.

"Then Wenqi..." Xu You asked further. "Can you do something to express your position?"

"Of course!" Gongsun Xun didn't blink. "Brother Ziyuan, don't worry, I will do it as soon as possible."

Of course.

The eunuchs and party members were like this, and everyone had to take sides. As early as when Gongsun Xun came to Luozhong to study in Luozhong, he had already understood that he could only choose the party members, because the party members were scholar-bureaucrats... The scholar-bureaucrats and the eunuchs who represented the imperial power were two

Do you need to choose one? Unless you have your eggs cut off and enter the North Palace, are you crazy to be an eunuch?

But then again, hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting in chaos outside, involving seven or eight states and dozens of counties, with tens of thousands of casualties. However, the DPRK and China can't wait to start a full-scale political struggle, and they also force the generals who are leading the troops outside to

They expressed their stance, which is becoming more and more ridiculous!

When Xu You received a positive reply, a stone fell to the ground.

At this stage of the meeting, it was actually beginning and ending. However, Gongsun Xun had no intention of ending the meeting. Instead, he looked at Xu You meaningfully and did not speak for a long time.

Xu You understood immediately, but couldn't help scratching his head and scratching his head: "Is there anything else wrong with Wen Qi?"

"Brother Ziyuan, does he know how much I gained from defeating the enemy in Dongjun this time?" Gongsun Xun asked simply.

"How much?" Xu You felt his whole body soften when he heard this, and unconsciously climbed on the ground and leaned forward.

"Three hundred catties of gold, five hundred catties of silver, a hundred bolts of brocade, ten thousand bolts of cloth, money... thirty million!" Gongsun Xun seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Xu You was dumbfounded, really dumbfounded. His eyes were straight, but he couldn't say a word.
To be continued...