Wei and Jin Cooks

   Zhang Ji's health is much better, but he still feels tired easily, so he now leaves most of the things to his son Zhang Yan, and only some important things will be personally checked.

  A subordinate officer came in, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Huang An and others have brought all the military files, and there is a letter from Luoyang."

  The letter was written by Zhao Hanzhang herself. She not only received a letter from Zhang Gui, but also a letter from Zhao Xin who came back with him. He described the situation in Xiliang in detail, as well as what he saw and heard all the way from Luoyang and Changan to Xiliang.

   It can be said that in comparison, the situation in Xiliang is much better. Zhongzhou, especially the section from Luoyang to Yumen Pass, is full of refugees displaced by famine and war.

   Even if Zhao Hanzhang repeatedly issued announcements to let the people return to Luoan, there are still many refugees who would rather go into exile than return.

   In the past two years, life in Luoyang was too sad.

   Xin Zhao went all the way west, and saw only the bones. He saw with his own eyes that some refugees fell while walking, and then they fell silent, and then the fellow refugees dragged the corpses into the forest, and in the end only a pair of bones remained.

   Zhao Hanzhang had never seen such a scene, but just listening to Xin Zhao's description made him shudder. This fear is not for those refugees who cannibalize, but for the difficulties of this world.

  This is what Xin Zhao saw with his eyes, and how many things like this, or something more extreme, happened where they didn't see it?

   Outside the gate, Zhang Jigang quelled the civil strife. Last year, he defeated Zhang Zhen and killed Cao Qu and others. As soon as the civil strife was pacified, he began to appease the people.

Like Zhao Hanzhang, he first gathered the people who were separated due to the war, and then let the officials tell stories of loyalty, so that the people could return to their hearts, and finally pardoned the traitor who had not been sentenced to death. Until now, the work of appeasing the people is still in progress. conduct.

   Zhao Xin's words are full of admiration for Zhang Gui, and Zhang Gui is the second person to convince Zhao Xin besides Zhao Hanzhang.

   He said: "It's a pity that the two envoys were not able to meet above, otherwise the two would definitely become friends."

   He believes that Zhang Gui and Zhao Hanzhang have roughly the same actions, and the other party has achieved remarkable results, and the two can learn from each other.

   Zhao Hanzhang can't see Zhang Ji, but that doesn't mean she can't be friends with him.

   After sending Bei Gongchun and the others away, she began to carefully ponder the reply to Zhang Ji.

   After knowing the situation of Xiliang, Zhao Hanzhang wanted to cooperate with Zhang Gui even more.

   Her ability is limited now, but she still hopes to save more people.

   Zhang Ji opened the letter and looked at it slowly.

   After a while, he sat up slightly, tears glistening in his eyes, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

  He got up, paced the room for a moment, took out the letter and read it again.

  Although Zhang Gui has always supported the rule of the imperial court, he is not very confident in his heart.

   He was so scared, afraid that one day he would wake up and find that the emperor had changed again, and even changed his surname to a foreign name.

   There will definitely be chaos in the world at that time. At that moment, will Xiliang be the opposite?

   He has always been lonely, but at this moment, he feels that he has found a fellow traveler.

   Zhang Jiu didn't care about the night, so he immediately summoned his cronies and said to them: "I decided to build a post station all the way from Dunhuang County to Chang'an, and send troops to guard it to ensure the safety of the caravan from Zhongzhou."

  Zhang Lang was shocked and asked quickly: "Why is the envoy suddenly so spent?"

  Zhang Rui: "Zhao Hanzhang of Yuzhou, a good minister, I decided to open up the business route from Zhongzhou to Xiliang with her and exchange information."

   "Didn't the envoy have promised Zhao envoy before, but now Chang'an to Xiliang has its own business road, which is enough to use. It takes a lot of money to send troops to guard such a long business road."

  Zhang Gui sighed and said, "The Central Plains have been wiped out. Many people have left Zhongzhou and want to go to Western Liang. I heard people say that there is a famine in Chang'an and Luoyang, and it is impossible to see the people die from starvation and cold."

   He said: "So I decided to divide a part from Wuwei to set up Wuxing County, and then divide Xiping County into Jinxing County to collect refugees."

   Zhang Lang and the others looked at each other in dismay, "This... two counties will be set up to take in refugees, how many refugees does the lord want to take in?"

  Zhang Ji said with a serious face: "Do your best."

   "But food..."

   "The Duke of Zhao said she would help me. As long as I was willing, she would send someone to send a batch of food, in addition to weapons, to strengthen our army and prevent Xianbei from attacking."

  Zhang Lang looked suspicious, "Zhao Hanzhang is so good? She is willing to give food for free to support us?"

   This person stayed in Xiliang, but he was their Xiliang person.

   Zhang Gui sighed: "She is just like me, she wants peace in the world and people live in peace, how can she care about those conflicting interests?"

   The cronies were silent, and couldn't help but break their hearts, "The person who can make General Bei Gong willing to stay in Luoyang will not be the sadness of evil."

   Everyone acquiesced in Zhang Zhi's decision.

  Zhang Gui thought of Beigongchun, and felt a little heartache. He failed to bring people back. He actually felt guilty for these soldiers of Xiliang who went out.

   So Huang An brought someone back to take the army roll, and he agreed without even thinking about it.

   "Tomorrow I will send someone to invite Zhao envoy. I want to see him in person."

"Yes."

   Zhao Hanzhang felt that as Zhang Ji was a person, he would definitely agree to her proposal and accept a large number of refugees from Zhongzhou.

   So she started to grab her own money.

The more she counted, the more distressed she became.

   Fu Tinghan is more familiar with her assets than she is. Although he doesn't care about the public and private affairs, he occasionally helps her calculate it so as not to let people waste it.

  Especially Gao Hui brought back the gold and silver jewelry traded for the first time.

   Seeing her wrinkled face and a distressed headache on her face, she asked, "Do you regret sending Zhang Gui's food?"

   "I don't regret it, it just hurts," Zhao Hanzhang said, "My heart hurts."

  Fu Tinghan smiled and said, "You can't eat enough now and don't get warm enough to wear. How did you think of giving him food?"

   "There is no way. Although Xiliang holds the Hexi Corridor in hand, it occupies a very large area, and their life is not easy." Zhao Hanzhang said: "If there is no foreign aid, even if Zhang Gui wants to collect refugees, he will not be able to collect much."

   "And Yumen Pass is guarded by the King of Nanyang. Don't look at the emperor and courtiers always exaggerating. In fact, they are also very wary of him. Yumen Pass will never be given to Zhang Gu."

"Zhang Gui himself knows that in order not to arouse suspicion from Emperor Jin and his courtiers, he never does anything out of line, otherwise, with his military power and might, the Xiliang army led by Beigong Chun has all arrived in Chang'an, and he will lead people directly. Wouldn't it be good to rush through Yumen Pass and take people away?"

   Zhao Hanzhang said: "There are not many people in this world who can stop Bei Gongchun and him."

"So it's not that we can't, it's just that we don't dare," she said. "Zhongzhou is miserable now, but in fact, as long as we have money, we can buy food from Shudi, Liangjiang and Jiangnan, but in Xiliang, it is Yumen Pass, so we can enter. You can't get out if you don't go."

   "There are so many refugees, neither me nor Grandfather Fu can control them, and they can't be left alone. Letting them go to Xiliang is a way of life."