Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 340

As the old capital, Luoyang was originally divided administratively. Different from other states and counties, it was the seat of Sili Xiaoweibu and Hehe Yin. Sili Xiaoweibu, also known as "Sizhou", was actually the imperial court. There is no statement from Sizhou, let alone the governor of Sizhou. In the past, this was at the feet of the emperor, and there was no need to arrange a governor.

Further west of Luoyang, there are Hedong County to the north, Hongnong County to the south, and further to the west are the three auxiliary places of Jingzhaoyin, Youfufeng, and Zuofengyi.

Chang'an, the former capital of the former Han Dynasty, is the center of Jingzhaoyin. It was renamed "Tongguan" a few years ago, and the former "Taolinsai" is the east gate of Jingzhaoyin.

The land of Sanfu is also called the land of Sanqin - as the name suggests, the place where the Qin State started was enfeoffed to three surrendered generals of the Qin State during the Xiang Yu period, so it was called Sanqin.

There are also two terms: Guanxi and Guanzhong. In fact, Guanxi and Guanzhong overlap to a large extent. Guanxi refers to the west of Hangu Pass, while Guanzhong refers to Hangu Pass plus Sanguan, Wuguan, and Xiaoguan. A fenced area.

At this time, Hangu Pass was abolished and replaced by Tongguan.

In any case, Guanxi is not the west side of Guanzhong, but the area between Guanzhong and Longyou, and Longyou can be generally regarded as the eastern part of Liangzhou - excluding the Hexi Corridor and the area adjacent to the Western Regions in the west, this area next to Guanzhong .

Just talking about Guanzhong, there is the fertile and easy-to-cultivate Guanzhong Plain, which was once the [-]-mile Qinchuan River.

There are not only the Zheng Guo Canal built during the Qin Dynasty, but also those built during the Han Dynasty, including the Liufu Canal to the north of the Zheng Guo Canal, the Bai Canal to the south of the Zheng Guo Canal, and the Longshou Canal, the first underground water canal in history...

20 years ago, this was the most developed area for irrigation along with Xichuan and Nanyang.

But now... after experiencing too many wars and harsh treatment, there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles in Guanzhong, the land is deserted, and the channels are blocked.

……

"My lord, my lord?" Yang Xiu curiously patted Cao Cao.

Dian Wei on the side already wanted to kill this little guy...

"Hmm... eh? Oh, Dezu... I have nothing to do and I was distracted for a while. Not long ago, Zhang Yan actually sent an envoy to visit Xu Du, hoping that the imperial court would grant him the title of General of the Western Conquest. It seems that he wanted to enter Guanzhong , what do you think?" Cao Cao asked after reacting.

At the same time, he glared Yang Xiu back to his seat...

When I was reading the letter sent by Xu Du and submitted by Zhang Yan just now, Cao Cao was a little stunned because he saw the familiar word "General Zhengxi".

As for what Zhang Yan said about controlling Guanxi for the imperial court, Cao Cao didn't take it to heart at all, nor did he read it out.

The only useful information is that Zhang Yan is going to Kansai to develop...

Cao Cao was noncommittal about this, and most of the army staff led by Guo Jia believed that this matter should be facilitated.

After all, the influence of the Prime Minister's Office on the west is limited to the Helianyin area. Even Hongnong is aloof, and Guanxi... is the place where Dong Zhuo's old tribe and the Xiliang warlords compete.

Historically, after Cao Cao failed in the Battle of Chibi and was unable to conquer the south for the time being, he headed west and directly killed Ma Teng in Xudu. Taking advantage of the fact that all the princes in Guanzhong were leaderless, he wanted to "falsely attack Guo" , used the road as an excuse to attack Hanzhong, but... the generals in Guanzhong were average in ability, but they were not stupid, and they dared to think, so they all raised troops to join forces in Tongguan to fight against Cao.

However, Cao Cao secretly invaded Puban, alienated the allied forces in Guanzhong, and defeated Tongguan. Ma Chao retreated to Longyou, but Longyou returned to Cao Cao. After Ma Chao returned, the local guards turned against Ma. Ma Chao had no place to live, so he had to go to Hanzhong to join Zhang Lu.

It can be seen that many generals in Longyou and Guanzhong have no ambitions, including Ma Teng in Liangzhou!

After Cao Cao completely annexed the Central Plains of Hebei, they would even accept Cao Cao's orders and accept the appointment of some local officials by the court. Longyou, where Ma Teng and Han Sui started, became a place full of "Cao faction".

At the same time, the princes of Guanxi are unwilling to lose their status as local overlords. When they find out that Cao Cao wants to completely annex Guanzhong, they will fight back.

It's just... They usually bow to Cao Cao, and the rear area is penetrated into a sieve. Cao Cao ignores them for a day, and they dominate Guanzhong for a day... Only when they finally trembled, did they think of resisting?

A little too naive!
It was these strange things that prevented Guanzhong from “raising” any significant princes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty...

For the current Prime Minister's Office, it is better for Zhang Yan to go to Guanxi than to stay in Jingzhao. After all, it is quite close to Xu Duke.

At this time, Cao Cao's main enemy was still the Yuan family in the north, and he did not want to cause trouble.

Xun Yu, who was in charge of Xudu, even suggested in a letter that Cao Cao could win over Zhang Yan as a support for the future Western Expedition!

"General Zhengxi... ah, just General Zhengxi, let him... no, send an order back to Xudu and ask the court to name him 'General Zhengxi', so that he can be powerful and majestic in Guanzhong!" Cao Cao said like this! Said disdainfully.

His subordinates Xia Houyuan and Xia Houdun heard this and winked at him. Cao Cao pretended not to notice, but Xun Yu and others were confused as to why Cao Cao was so "disdainful" of Zhang Yan.

but don't know...

Cao Cao's disdain was not for Zhang Yan, but for "General Zhengxi", for his own ideals, and...for his former self!
The current Cao Cao is not satisfied by just any general who conquers the west.

"This handwriting... cough cough cough... is not the style of those yellow turban gangsters." Guo Jia said two words at this time and had to gasp for three times.

"Could it be that Sima Zhongda? Hey, Mr. Jiang is suffering too." Liu Ye shook his head empathetically at this moment.

"Jiangong" was Sima Fang's nickname, and he truthfully reported the matter about his second son being kidnapped.

Zhang Yan wrote to him at that time, saying that he wanted to "conquer" his son, but Sima Fang was not angry to death...

However, regardless of whether Sima Yi will really defect to Zhang Yan, it will not damage Cao Cao's trust in Sima.

After all... Sima Yi did not hold an official position, he was just the son of Sima Fang. It is not unreasonable to have defected to another family, not to mention that Sima Fang was kidnapped now because he was collecting territory for Cao Cao.

Hearing this, Cao Cao also nodded and said: "Yes, we will not forget the sacrifice Sima made for the Prime Minister's Mansion... This time, thanks to Sima's strategy, the Black Mountain Army passed through and did not bring too much trouble to Hanoi County. After the war here is over, I will personally petition the imperial court for the loss!"

Now Sima Fang's eldest son is detained in Jinling, and his second son is sick and kidnapped by Zhang Yan. Cao Cao can only comfort him...

Everyone knows that at this time the court is listening to the prime minister's office, and Cao Cao said that he wants to ask for credit in person, so the weight is obviously different, at least... he can also be a governor, or a Tinghou with a fief?

At this time, Cao Cao was on the front line of Jizhou, approaching Yecheng step by step. In Cao Cao's heart, by the time he was "finished" here, most of the world would have been unified.

Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined how turbulent the next six months would be, and that he would not have the opportunity to "personally" ask for credit for others...

(End of this chapter)