Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 343
In the back hall, the fireworks of an oil lamp swayed, stretching Zhuge Liang's shadow very long.

Pan Jun had already left, Zhuge Liang sat alone on the couch and meditated, the ginseng tea in his hand had already cooled completely, but he didn't know it.

After a while, Pan Jun re-entered the hall and said, "Report to the Prime Minister, everyone is already waiting outside."

"Yeah!" Zhuge Liang woke up from deep thought, looked up at Pan Jun, and said, "Okay! Liang will leave the hall now."

As he said that, Zhuge Liang lowered his voice and said with a voice that the two of them could hear: "What Chengming said is correct. The fields of powerful and powerful gentry should be restricted, and their annexation behavior should be restrained. Those who violate it will be confiscated into counties."

"The matter of officials and nobles restricting land that I just said has a rough draft by Lao Chengming, and I will hand it over to you. As for the extent of land occupation by the powerful and the common people, we will discuss it later when we return to Chengdu. Remember the words of today's conversation, don't worry about it." Known to a third party!"

"No!" Pan Jun replied with a smile.

Zhuge Liang and Pan Jun roughly restricted the discipline of the land and established the core governance ideas of the policy. As for the specific measures for in-depth determination of the land system, they had to go back to Chengdu to report to the emperor Liu Chan for discussion before they could be further determined.

Zhuge Liang and Pan Jun walked out of the hall, only to see the officials of the inner government and the main generals gathered in the hall.

Zhuge Liang sat in a high position and said with a smile: "It's getting late today, Liang still called you to discuss matters, I hope you will forgive me."

"I dare not wait! Please give orders to the prime minister." Everyone clasped their hands in response.

Zhuge Liang put the cool ginseng tea on the table, and said: "The thief general Cao Zhen died of illness, the army against Wei retreated, moved to the court, and the people entered the Guanzhong, and were joined by Yuanxiong (Wu Ban) and Bo Zhan (Ma Dai) I have been defeated and returned to the army. I don’t know what you think our army should do next.”

Huo Yi hesitated for a while, then cupped his hands and asked: "Dare to ask the Prime Minister, what is the current military situation of each ministry?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Yang Yi and said, "Duke Wei, tell everyone about the latest military report."

"Promise!" Yang Yi clapped her hands, took out a scarf, and said, "Wang Zhenbei pacified Zhangye County, suppressed the Wuwei and Zhangye counties against Wei, and maintained the peace of the counties and counties in Hexi; Jiang Xiaowei divided his troops into Hexi, Recover Jiuquan County and attack Dunhuang County; Anhan General Deng Shizai, braved the heavy snow and lightly rode for hundreds of miles, defeated the Xihai prefect Pang Yu, and recovered Xihai County."

"At the same time, Lu Jiyang, the governor of Liangzhou, has gone to Guzang County, Wuwei County, Liangzhou's governing body, to manage the government and stabilize the people, and restore the stability of the counties in Liangzhou."

After finishing speaking, Yang Yi looked at the people present and said with a smile: "The war in Liangzhou is progressing smoothly, just as Prime Minister Shang expected, Liangzhou is at the beginning of peace this year, and Liangzhou will be completely pacified next year."

"How is the current progress of General Zuo's troops?" Liu Ba asked.

Yang Yi twitched her nostrils, she didn't take it seriously, and said indifferently: "General Zuo's troops have not made any progress, and they are still implementing the plan arranged by the Prime Minister, besieging Jincheng and Yuzhong City, waiting for their food to run out."

Pan Jun glanced at Yang Yi, and added: "General Zuo has led an army to pacify other counties in Jincheng County, and most of Jincheng has been stabilized."

Zhuge Liang smiled, looked at Huo Yi, and said, "I don't know what Shao Xian thinks?"

When Huo Yi heard this, he turned his face slightly, cupped his hands and said, "If Yi sees it, it's better to stop the troops and return to the division. Ni Wei withdraws his troops and sticks to the pass. Although our army has won against Ni Wei, our soldiers are already exhausted. If we continue to pursue them, It will be difficult for our army to attack Guanzhong. Now that we have returned to Liangzhou, the goal of the Northern Expedition has been accomplished, it is better to return to the division and wait for another battle in the coming year."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, and said: "What Shaoxian said is not unreasonable. The army is almost a year old when it goes out to fight, and it is difficult to transport food for thousands of miles. It is the twelfth lunar month, and the soldiers are homesick. Although Liangzhou was initially safe, but Yang Fu was not conquered. Dunhuang and Jincheng are still in the enemy's hands, Liang thought it was a good idea to return to the teacher, rest and recuperate, stabilize Liangzhou, and wait for the next year to fight again."

"What the Prime Minister said is very true. Your Majesty also wrote a letter saying that the people have been in poverty for three consecutive years of war, and Longyou has not yet been ruled. I hope our army can return to the division as soon as possible, so as not to hurt Chungeng." Pan Jun also echoed.

Seeing this, the warlike general in the army could only keep silent in resentment.

"In this case, after three days, the whole army will withdraw and return to the division."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang continued: "Who dares to guard the two cities of Gaoping and Xiaoguan?"

As soon as he said this, Huo Yi cupped his hands and went out, raised his voice, and said: "Yi is willing to guard the two cities of Xiaoguan and Gaoping, so as to oppose Wei and prevent Guo Huai from entering."

Zhuge Liang showed regret, and said: "Shao Xian has this heart, and he is strong enough! It's just that Shao Xian is the leader of the Tiger Army, so don't move lightly."

The Tiger Army was incorporated into the central army by Zhuge Liang, and if Huo Yi wanted to be appointed outside the army, he would basically resign as the head of the Tiger Army.Not to mention that the tiger infantry army is the elite of the army, the difference between the Chinese army and the foreign army is quite large, and the place where they are serving is still in the northwest, and they are only guarding Xiaoguan. How can ordinary generals be willing!
Huo Yi gritted his teeth and said excitedly: "The tiger infantry army can be succeeded by deputy general Meng Yan, and Yi is willing to serve outside."

Zhuge Liang looked at Huo Yi solemnly, and asked in a deep voice: "Shao Xian's statement is true?"

"Not fake!"

Zhuge Liang caressed his beard in relief, and said: "Good! Shao Xian has such a heart, how can Liang stop it. General Huo Yi of the Yi Army obeys orders!"

"The end is here!"

Zhuge Liang originally wanted to put Gaoping City under the rule of Hanchang County. After all, there is only one city, and now it is very wasteful to set aside another county.

But in the face of Huo Yi's request for orders, Zhuge Liang decided to make amends to Huo Yi after a little thought, expressing himself as the prefect of stability to encourage his ambition and heart.

"I represent you as the prefect of Anding County, under the jurisdiction of Qinzhou, and under the control of the chariot and cavalry general Huang Quan." Zhuge Liang ordered.

Under Anding County, Linjing, Pengyang, Jingyang, Jingyin, Yinmi, Wuzhi, and Chaona counties.The first city of Gaoping and Xiaoguan belong to the city of Chaona County, but it is not a county yet, Huo Yi is the empty prefect.

"The last general takes orders!"

Stimulated by Wang Ping's Ding Heyou, Huo Yiwai's appointment as Gao Ping was entirely to lead the army alone and to practice himself, and he didn't want to be dragged down too much by Wang Ping. After all, he had followed Zhuge Liang for a long time, learned a lot, and still had to practice.

Zhuge Liang turned his eyes to Guan Xing, the Central Supervision Army, and ordered: "An Guo, send four thousand soldiers to Huo Anding's tent, and half of the soldiers are mixed with the soldiers in the fields."

"No!" Guan Xing replied.

"Shaoxian, remember, don't waste the land in Wushui, but work hard to cultivate it." Zhuge Liang urged.

"promise!"

Zhuge Liang stood up, looked around the crowd, and said, "Is there anything else?"

Pan Jun went out, clasped his hands and asked, "Report to the Prime Minister, our army will return to the division, who will be in charge of the war in Liangzhou?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, and said slowly: "General Zuo is the governor of Liangzhou, so he should be in charge of the war. Now that the war in Liangzhou is about to be settled, and Hanzhong is empty, let Wang Zhenbei lead his troops back to Hanzhong to show that he is Hanzhong. Governor, Shi Zai is temporarily transferred to General Zuo's tent, and after Liangzhou is completely pacified, he will return to General Cheqi's tent."

As he said that, Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and said: "At the same time, let the governor of Qinzhou and General Cheqi assist General Zuo and Governor Lu to stabilize Liangzhou."

Wang Ping has contributed a lot to stabilizing Liangzhou. If he continues to stay in Liangzhou, it will affect Wei Yan's prestige and make it difficult for Wei Yan to work in the future. After all, there are still Jincheng and Dunhuang counties that have yet to be settled.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for Wang Ping to return to Hanzhong. First, he can take over Hanzhong's military affairs and increase Hanzhong's defensive strength;

"No!" Pan Jun replied.

Zhuge Liang looked around at the crowd, and said in a deep voice, "Order the whole army to withdraw and return to the division in three days."

"The last general takes orders!" Everyone responded.

(End of this chapter)