On the way to Xiaoguan, Shao Xun received news from the south.

In early April and mid-April, Zuyue sent two groups of envoys to Jianyou, with the same demands: for rewards and to relocate their families.

What is shocking is that several days after the second batch of envoys arrived, the Jianye court has not officially discussed this matter. In other words, after the first batch of envoys submitted their requests, they may have been suppressed, or this matter

It was not what the Jianyou court was most concerned about. They had more important things to do at that time.

That's fine, Shao Xun didn't bother to pay more attention because he also had more important things.

We set off on the tenth day of May and arrived in the county one day later.

The famous Longshan or Longdi is located dozens of miles west of the county.

The army was walking entirely along the water valley.

The river valley is not very wide, but it still opens up a lot of farmland.

Shao Xun did not ride in a carriage most of the time, but rode his horse in the mountains and river valleys to carefully inspect the local people's livelihood.

"Going west after Yong County, the river valley is the most precious, and the competition is fierce." Shao Xun pointed to the mountains on the left and right with his riding whip and said.

The fourth son Bu Yu, the fifth son Shao Yan, and the sixth son Shao Jin followed behind, looking up into the distance.

The mountains are densely covered with flags, and a large group of sergeants can be seen walking.

A little further away, you can occasionally see a dock.

If nothing unexpected happened, it was the Wubao of the Rong family. They had previously gone to Caobi Town to donate 100,000 dendrobiums of grain and 5,000 cattle and sheep to support military supplies. They even included two legitimate daughters of the family, both of whom looked like Zhou Zheng.

, was declined by Shao Xun.

The Rong family is now a rich man.

His ancestor, Rong Ci, once followed Liu Bang as a captain to defeat Xiang Yu, and settled 8,000 households in the city. Later, he was convicted and defeated. During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, he moved to Chang'an. In the later Han Dynasty, he moved to Fufeng again, and his status was not as good as before.

After the Hu people poured into Guanzhong in large numbers, the Rong family was poor and wanted to change. They began to build forts, run manors, practice their troops, and interact with the surrounding Hu chiefs.

There are even many Hu people among the guests in Quzhuang of the Rongjia tribe, but who cares? When the households are compiled in the future, the Hu people in the Han manor will all be Han people, and the Han people in the Hu tribe will all be Han people.

I don’t know how to distinguish carefully,

There is no way to tell, because they themselves can't tell whether their ancestors are Han or Hu, so it can only be so simple and crude.

"Liang Nu, Yong, and Chencang counties are your food towns. Do you have any feelings about this scene?" Shao Xun asked. Liang Nuce immediately took two steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, Shao Xun glared at him.

"Grandpa, there are no less than 1,500 or 2,000 fortresses in the Rong family," Liang Nu said.

"There are only 5,000 households in the yellow rolls in the three counties. Do you think it's accurate?" Shao Xun asked.

"It's definitely not allowed. The Fufeng Qiang are causing chaos, tens of thousands of people, and I don't know how many families there are. And the source of the trouble is in the counties in the west." Liang Nu said: "In the past, Yao Yizhong led the Qiang people

When they moved eastward, tens of thousands of people followed them, farming and herding in Yumei. Over the past few years, not only did the tribe not disperse due to hunger, but they became increasingly prosperous, which is evident from this."

Yumei was between Yong and Yong (near today's Qianyang County, Shaanxi Province). Yao Yizhong advanced here and became a powerful faction in Guanzhong. He was canonized as Pingxiang Gong by the Huns.

Now that Yao Yizhong has left, this land has been taken over by the imperial court, and most of it has been assigned to Caobi Town.

When it comes to household registration, it’s black humor.

During the heyday of Taikang in the Jin Dynasty, there were 23,000 households in the six counties of Fufeng. However, after years of war and natural disasters in the late Jin Dynasty, the imperial court sent people to check the household registration (non-dutian) in Fufeng County last year and found 25,000 households.

In fact, it was originally reported as 23,000, but there were traces of alteration on the original yellow book. A thousand households were added to the names of the counties and Chiyang counties, making it 25,000.

Shao Xun directly withdrew the Fufeng Prefect and appointed Jin Zhaohui from Jingzhao as the Fufeng Prefect. The reason is that you don't want to bother trying to fool me.

It is said that Jin Zhaohui is a descendant of Jin Richan, a famous minister of the former Han Dynasty, and the great-great-great-grandson of Jin Shang, the governor of the prefecture during the reign of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. His father, Jin Daozhen, served as Yangzhou Biejia during the reign of Emperor Puwu, and then settled there.

Jin Zhaohui has an eldest brother named Jin Zhaoming, who is currently the military commander of the Jin Dynasty. The third brother Jin Zhaoxian is in the construction of Yezhi industry. The second brother is Jin Zhaohui. The whole family ran back to Chang'an early.

After the fall of Liu Han, he took up the post of Chiyang Order. He was recommended by Liang Fen and promoted to Fufeng Prefecture.

The Jin family is also a large wealthy family in Jingzhao County. As a descendant of Jin Ri, no one served Liu Han as an official.

"Sixth brother, these wealthy families just need to be beaten." King Yan Shao Yu said loudly: "It would be great if you would give me thousands of elite soldiers to show off. I will clean up Sixth Brother's food."

Shao Xun whipped his horse whip over him. The tiger's head seemed to have been prepared for this move for a long time. He jumped up and down in the lightning flash.

Got out of the way.

"Come here." Shao Xun waved.

Shao Yu chuckled and rode up again.

Shao Xun gave him a strong crack with his whip, and then praised: "My riding skills are good, and I have the same demeanor as my father."

"It's not even close." Hutou said with a playful smile.

It's not an exaggeration.

My father can still ride a strong horse, shoot a strong bow, and his riding skills are far ahead of him. Even the masters in the army are amazed.

"You've already opened a government, but you haven't paid much attention to government affairs yet. You haven't recruited many staff, so why?" Shao Xun asked.

"My son is short of money, so the Prime Minister will give me money. Don't worry." Hutou smiled and said, "It's good to stay with my mother and father and help my brothers and sisters.

Shao Xun shook his head and laughed. This son's personality followed his mother's, and his bravery followed his.

Liang Nu also laughed.

Among the brothers, he and Hu Tou are relatively close.

Shao Xun looked at Liuzi again and asked, "The army is still here. If you don't hurry up and clean up your household registration and fields, you will regret it."

Shao Jin immediately replied: "Don't worry, father, I have recruited several people to serve as officials in Fufeng. With the help of this kind of people, it is expected that there will be no serious problems. Now more than 3,000 households have been cleared, and 10,000 households are not far away."

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Liang Nu was the king of Qin and lived in the third west county of Fufeng County. Although he could only enjoy the rent income from the city and could not intervene in political affairs, according to the tradition since Wei Pu, he still liked to promote talents in this virtual fiefdom.

These talents have a natural psychological attraction towards him and consider themselves to be King Qin's "nationals". This means that they go both ways and everyone is happy.

"For your food, Hou Feihu fought two more battles in Fufeng and Lueyang." Shao Xun said, "Your other brothers don't have such benefits, so they take advantage of you."

After that, he waved his whip and galloped away.

The third son followed closely behind.

For a time, the valley was filled with the sound of cavalry galloping.

Tribes in Wubao near and far were shocked when they heard about it, almost thinking that the imperial court was settling accounts after the fall.

On the way, Shao Xun issued an edict: The three counties of Dunhuang, Jinchang, and Gaochang in Liangzhou were divided and established in Shazhou. Xi Jian was appointed as the governor of Shazhou, leading the Yumen Guards Army, and Wuji was the captain.

He also appointed Hou Feihu, the general of the Fu army, as the commander-in-chief of Liang, the military forces of the two states, the governor of Liangzhou, and the general protector of the Western Regions Protectorate.

Based on previous appointments, Shao Xun apparently divided the Liangzhou area into two parts, namely Hexi and Longyou.

Longyou was divided between Xin Yan and Jin Zhun, while Hexi was decided by Hou Feihu.

After the upper level structure is determined, it becomes the middle and lower levels.

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On May 18, at the foot of Xiaoguan City, a group of officials headed by Anding Prefect Yuan Xi had been waiting for him for a long time.

Yuan Xi has followed Shao Xun for many years. He was originally a warlord in the Huangtou Army and is now the prefect of Anding. He controls this place where Hu and Han people mix.

He happened to be from Lueyang, a neighboring county in Qinzhou. After Yuan Yan passed away due to illness, Yuan Xi, a domestic slave who had been given the surname, actually entered the Yuan family tree and opened a new page. This is outrageous.

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And precisely because of this, the Lueyangyuan clan who once helped the Xiongnu avoided the bad luck of moving eastward and remained in the local area.

Behind Yuan Xi and a group of officials, there were also elders from wealthy families such as Liang, Huangfu, Hu, Yang, Xi, Wu, and Zhang.

This "Zhang" is Zhang Gui, the seat of Zhang Jun's clan, located in Wushi County (southeast of today's Guyuan, northwest of Pingliang, the former home of Wushi Rong during the Warring States Period, and the result of the opening of Xinjiang during the Qin Dynasty).

The first part of the accompanying army had arrived two days in advance, occupied the Xiaoguan city and the mountains near and far, set up several lines of defense, set up camps and set up strongholds, and were heavily guarded.

At this moment, one group after another of soldiers and soldiers, and one carriage after another approached,

Everyone watched carefully, and when they saw the emperor Yupan, they all fell to the ground and said in unison: "Long live my emperor."

Yu Pan stopped dozens of steps outside Xiaoguan City. Shao Xun got off the carriage and looked around.

The terrain of Xiao Pass is very high. It blocks a mountain pass to prevent the enemy from attacking from the northwest and breaking into the Jingshui River Valley. Of course, such a complex terrain cannot be blocked by just one Xiao Pass. It is conservatively estimated that it will have to be built running from north to south.

There are seven or eight passes over hundreds of miles.

This pass is just blocking a relatively easy road. It has average military value but quite a lot of symbolic significance.

"Everyone, get up." Shao Xun said, holding his hands up.

Everyone stood up together.

Shao Xun did not enter the city, but only took a few steps forward, looked at the prefect Yuan Xi, and said with a smile: "I think back then, Yuan Qing was the first warrior under my command who dared to charge naked. Times have changed, and now he is the governor of a county.

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Yuan Xi bowed again and said: "Without Your Majesty, I would be nothing more than a slave. Now that I have won the honorable position, I will have honored my ancestors and will die without regrets."

"Wu Qing, An Ding is uncertain." Shao Xun pulled Yuan Xi up and said, "Please introduce me to the talents of An Ding one by one."

"I obey your order," Yuan Xi replied.
To be continued...