The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 342 Zhang Mao’s decision

The news that Liu Tai ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor and officially re-established Yanhan began to spread around like the wind.

The first person to receive the news was Liangzhou Zhang Mao. At this moment, Zhang Mao was also thinking in the lobby about how he should respond.

After all, it is not easy to grow up step by step to the current Lord of Liangzhou.

Because Zhang Mao killed hundreds of Yan Sha and his party members externally, and implemented amnesty within the country, successfully avenging his brother.

Internally, because his wife's brother Jia Pan was Jia Xu, a famous family in Xiliang, when the folk began to sing the folk song "Move your hands to show Liangzhou", Zhang Mao decisively judged that this person was Jia Pan and directly trapped him to death. , making the wealthy families in Liangzhou tremble with fear, and also allowing his majesty to be successfully implemented in Liangzhou.

Only this can only be said that Zhang Mao is a hero in troubled times who is good at making decisions. What really shows his character is that after doing these things and allowing the Zhang family to stabilize in Liangzhou, he appointed Zhang Jun, the son of his brother Zhang Shi, as his successor. The general of Fujun, the governor of Wuwei, and the title of Duke of Xiping can cultivate their own power and prepare themselves to succeed them in the future.

In contrast, Sun Shiwan, who was hanging around in Jiangdong, also took over the power left by his brother and settled down, and then suppressed the factions and women left by his brother to the extreme, which shows the level of his character.

Just as Zhang Mao was pacing back and forth, not long after, the captain Han Pu, the soldier Wang Jiu, the commander on the left Shi Fanyi, the commander on the right Shi Mamo, and the scholar Liu Qing all came to the hall one by one. Zhang Jun was also listening.

Zhang Mao saluted everyone, and then said: "I invite you all to come together today to discuss the matter of Liu Taizhong establishing Yanhan and ascending the throne as emperor. Now we in Liangzhou are bearing the brunt, but we have to find a way to survive!"

After hearing Zhang Mao's words, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other. This news also took time for everyone present to digest.

After all, the appeal of the banner of Han makes even foreigners want to hold it high, let alone Han people like them. This is the Yanhan established by the orthodox descendants of the Han Dynasty recognized by Liu Kun. This The appeal it brings is unparalleled by others.

In particular, this Yanhan not only has a reputation, but also has strength.

It was built in the ruins after the fall of the Jin Dynasty. It kicked Xianbei, killed the Jie tribe, and surrendered the Xiongnu. It represents Liu Tai's absolute fighting power. It also shows that Liu Tai is an extremely upright and meritorious Han nationality who has won the country, so that the Jin Dynasty who conspired to seize power cannot compete with comparison.

You need to know that the aristocratic family represented by the Jin Dynasty was defeated by the Huns and the Han Dynasty, and the aristocratic family moved southward. This is incredible to the Han nation since the Zhou Dynasty.

Because even during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the Han nation was completely divided, they still used various methods of circling and kicking the foreigners in the north.

Although the Xiongnu, the lifelong enemy of the Han people, appeared in the later period, after all, the Xiongnu Han Kingdom was also a type of Huns in the eyes of a large part of the Jin people. After all, although Liu Yuan had been completely Hanized, he was still a Xiongnu noble.

But before Liu Yuan, the Xiongnu were kicked by the Han people represented by Yan Han in various circles, such as Feng Langju Xu, Yan Ran Shi Le, basically the highest martial arts of the Han people were all proof of the kicking of the Xiongnu.

As for the Southern Xiongnu who forced the Jin court to move south, they were only kept in captivity by the Han Dynasty and had almost lost their spinal cords. Even their heirs were completely trained in Chinese culture.

But the Jin Dynasty was so bad. Faced with such an opponent, the emperor was captured and the queen became a slave. As for those wealthy families with a reputation for benevolence and righteousness all over the world, they could only move south to escape. There is nothing more embarrassing in the world than this. Dynasty? ?

If at this moment, Liu Yao and Shi Le were the emperors who were not Han Chinese, then Zhang Mao would naturally be the staunchest opponent.

In order to defend the Han people's right to live in Liangzhou, whether he had to endure hardships or fight to the end, Zhang Mao could do it.

But if it were a man from the Han Dynasty who once again stood tall in the land of China, Zhang Mao really didn't have much resistance.

"Now the world is divided into three parts. There is the Yan Han in the north, the Cheng Han in Shu, and the Jin court in the east of the Yangtze River. It is just like the story of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty!" Liu Qing said, "It's just that now, the people who dominate the sky and time The one who wins is the Yan Han, and the one who gets the advantage of the land is the Cheng Han and the Jin court. If your Majesty makes a decision, you still need to learn from history and make a careful decision!"

When Zhang Mao heard Liu Qing's words, he couldn't help but give Liu Qing a hard look. If he wasn't careful, how could he call you here?

However, after hearing the words "learn from history", although Liu Qing said nothing, Zhang Mao understood what Liu Qing meant.

At this time, Han Pu said: "Although our people in Liangzhou are fierce and not afraid of war, Liu Tai destroyed Wang Jun, defeated Shi Le, captured Liu Yao, and killed Gou Xi. He shocked the world and was like the reincarnation of an overlord.

So far, except for Zu Ti who died of illness before Liu Tai, there has been no real contest between the two sides. No other famous general in the world has fought against Liu Tai, whether with more or less soldiers, but who won in the end.

Do not!

Who can make a comeback after defeat like Gou Xi? Although I am not deprecating myself, I am indeed a little worse than Liu Tai. "

Han Pu took out his thumb and fingers and gestured a little, indicating that he was really only a little bit behind.

When other people heard Han Pu's words, they immediately understood that being able to admit that Liu Tai was better than him from Han Pu's mouth, instead of trying to find out first, showed that Han Pu was already afraid, but he just refused to admit it. That’s all.

Zhang Mao couldn't help but sigh, but looked at the others. Ma Mo was the first to speak:

"My lord, now the Yan Han occupies two out of three in the world. Even though my lord has never thought of surrendering to Liu Yao's hypocrite, now that I heard about the rise of the Yan Han, I will not consciously be affected by this flag in my heart." shake.

So now that we are experiencing war, how many of the people who long for stability have returned to the banner of the Han Dynasty, recreating the heroic scene of the Han Dynasty arriving at Wuhu! "

Zhang Mao knew very well that what Ma Mo said was not wrong. Before the Jin Dynasty, everyone felt that no matter how bad a unified court was, it would either be as cruel as the Qin Dynasty, or as cruel as the New Dynasty. nerves.

But the emergence of the Jin court directly refreshed the lower limit of dynasties in everyone's eyes. After all, how could a unified dynasty be so bad?

The thousand-year-old family since the end of the Han Dynasty originally thought that they had mixed up from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty in the past thousand years, and they had not seen anything. However, when faced with the various messes created by the Jin Dynasty, they said that they really had not seen such a situation. Saw it.

The country was won unfairly, the rulers were corrupt and incompetent, and the army could not defeat even the foreigners. More importantly, if we take a closer look at the emperors of the Sima clan, the one who was most likely to leave a good name was a stupid emperor like Sima Zhong.

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Taiyan and Han reorganized the northern mountains and rivers and raised the banner of Han. This gave Zhang Mao and other orthodox Han people a really strong sense of belonging. Emotionally speaking, everyone present wanted to surrender.

The most important thing is that Xiliang has always been a representative of the barren land, which makes the people here particularly like hunting, but not farming.

After all, it's not that there are no people farming here in Xiliang, but you just know how to farm, but if you can't be particularly good at fighting, you won't be able to survive here.

This leads to the fact that even the aristocratic families here, the most important thing is to see whether your fists are strong and whether your decisions are ruthless. As for things like land, the Guandong aristocratic families may not value it. Because if you want to survive in Xiliang, the Han people must stick together. Whether you stick together or not, various foreign races will invade your territory.

Therefore, they are local people from Xiliang, even if the Xiliang family does not object to the tax policy implemented by Liu Tai.

After all, the Xiliang region had to wait until the Northern Zhou Dynasty if it wanted to start becoming wealthy. Of course, it would have to wait until the Tang Dynasty to truly reach its peak. If the Silk Road was not opened, then Xiliang had nothing to do with prosperity. The only problem was how to survive.

Whoever can let the people of Xiliang survive in the land of Xiliang, then Xiliang will support him. As for land, in a place like Xiliang with strong folk customs, it is important to say that it is important, but it must be compared with survival. Than, it's far worse.

In contrast, the problem of how to get along with the foreigners in the Xiliang area is probably more about the land issue.

"What about you!" Zhang Mao couldn't help but cast his eyes on Fan Yi, "What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, now that the world is gradually becoming the Three Kingdoms, we in Xiliang have also reached a time when we have to make a choice." Fan Yi couldn't help but sigh,

"Li Xiong of the Han Dynasty is difficult to control. King Dun of the Jin Dynasty in the east of the Yangtze River is by your side. If your Majesty has the heart to strive for hegemony, we are willing to sacrifice our lives to accompany you. If your Majesty wants to abide by the way of being a minister, then let Young Master Jun go. Chang'an is the Yulin Guard."

Zhang Jun on the side was shocked when he heard Fan Yi's words, but he didn't expect that he actually had his own affairs.

At this time, Zhang Mao couldn't help but think deeply when he heard Fan Yi's words, and soon his eyes fell on Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun was about to stand up and respond, but at this moment a guard came over to report and said:

"Reporting to the Zhou Mu, Cui Yue, the envoy from the Han Dynasty, came to serve as an envoy. He has now come outside the city gate to ask for an audience."

"Messenger of the Han Dynasty?!" Zhang Mao heard the guard's words and said seriously, "Please, please quickly!"

Zhang Mao looked at the people around him and said, "I'll go and meet the big Han envoy first. Jun'er, you go too!"

Zhang Jun nodded, but he also wanted to see the envoy of this big man.

Soon Cui Yue saw Zhang Mao without any obstruction, but she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Generally speaking, a place's attitude towards envoys reflects its attitude towards a country. I just came to Guzang, Liangzhou, and was able to meet Zhang Mao smoothly. This in itself shows that Zhang Mao treats him. Pay attention to.

Otherwise, it is very possible to sharpen yourself first, but as for killing yourself, this is unlikely.

The two parties came to the main hall, and after saluting, Zhang Mao said to Cui Yue: "Why did the envoy come here this time?"

Cui Yue said to Zhang Mao and Yan Yue: "By your Majesty's order, I will plan for the long-term interests of the state pastor.

His Majesty said that Zhou Mu was the queen of King Changshan. The Zhang family and the great ancestors fought against the Qin and Chu, but now their descendants are still pastoralists and protect the Han people from being bullied by foreigners.

Therefore, His Majesty hopes that Zhangzhou Mu can enter Chang'an and wants to see you, this Han hero, with your own eyes! "

After hearing Cui Yue's words, everyone understood that Liu Tai wanted to recruit Zhang Mao to surrender, which seemed to everyone to be a matter of course.

After all, Zhang Mao is one of the remaining princes. He has no hatred against Liu Tai and does not want to be a prince himself.

Under such circumstances, Liu Tai naturally came to recruit and surrender with the intention of fighting three poles if he had more dates.

It would be best if Zhang Mao can be recruited and surrendered at this time. As for the impact on Shu, to be honest, Xiliang has already got it. Even though Shu is on guard, when the big bricks fly down, Shu will It’s also difficult to do!

And the real purpose of Cui Yue coming here this time was not to make Zhang Mao surrender.

After all, this kind of thing is not realistic in Cui Yue's view. After all, no one can give up their rights when the world is in chaos. Could Zhang Mao be an exception?

So Cui Yue's real purpose this time was to come here to allow Zhang Mao to do business with Liu Tai.

After all, Xiliang is really a poor place. Food, weapons, salt, everything can be traded everywhere. As long as trade can be carried out smoothly, it will become easier for Liu Tai to conquer by force in the future.

So Cui Yue was already prepared for Zhang Mao to reject her, and then she took advantage of the opportunity to make a request for trade.

At this moment, Cui Yue looked at Zhang Mao with bright eyes, but felt a little confused.

Zhang Mao naturally knew that when Cui Yue asked him to meet Liu Tai, he naturally hoped that he would surrender to Liu Tai.

But why are you so excited about this kind of thing? You shouldn't wait for yourself to reject it and then justifiably raise an army to attack it!

Zhang Mao muttered in his heart that if he said he was not afraid of Liu Tai's troops, it would be a lie. After all, Xiliang did not have any terrain advantages. The only advantage of the place was that the locals could fight, and the most famous Liangzhou horse .

But facing Liu Tai... well, Liu Tai's family history is a history of fighting cavalry. He started from using infantry to fight cavalry, and fought all the way from Qingzhou to Chang'an. There was no cavalry he had seen or killed.

In particular, Liu Tai's own heavy cavalry are rumored to be like ghosts and gods. It is undeniable that this army will be unbeatable on the battlefield!

Zhang Mao was really afraid of fighting Liu Tai at this moment, so he said to Cui Yue: "Yongjia was in chaos and China was robbed. Thanks to the kindness of his ancestor Yu De and his brother, Mao temporarily managed everything on behalf of the shepherd of Liangzhou. He couldn't ask for more than he could live up to Jin." The government's salary is worth the food of the people.

But after all, Mao was a minister of the Jin Dynasty. Today, the Jin court is still the same. Without the permission of the monarch, there is no such thing as a minister entering another dynasty. "

Cui Yue nodded after hearing Zhang Mao's words, not surprised at all.

After all, although Zhang Mao didn't want to be a prince, it was incredible that he surrendered just because he said a few words.

But Zhang Mao then pulled Zhang Jun aside and continued: "This is brother Yan's son Jun. Since I have received the Jin salary, I cannot change my ambition. However, this son has never been an official. I hope that the envoy can bring him back." Chang'an, see the style of the Yan Han Dynasty, build up the Han family's prowess, so that I, the Zhang family, can return to the Han family and regain the glory of our ancestors!"

"This..." Cui Yue realized that a big pie seemed to be about to hit her head!

(End of this chapter)