Guzang is the largest city in Liangzhou and the seat of the capital of Liangzhou. After four generations of Liang Zheng's operation, the whole city is more majestic, with tens of thousands of residents inside and outside.

In addition to the original strong city, there are still small cities outside Guzang City, just like Luoyang's Jin Yong City or Jiankang's Stone City, which is guarded by elite soldiers all year round, guarding the tranquility of this Hexi essence land.

In addition to the garrison city, there are also many dock walls of different sizes around Guzang City, some of which still belong to the tun land under the jurisdiction of the state government, and some belong to the powerful families in the realm, such as the stars guarding Guzang City, which is also a true portrayal of the current situation in Liangzhou.

In the vicinity of Guzang City, there are still many large-scale buildings and pavilions, and these palaces are surrounded by large gardens without exception. These palaces and gardens were built in the main circle of the state in successive dynasties, and ordinary people should not be lightly involved.

In the depths of winter, it is inevitable that the grass and trees in these gardens will wither, but the pine and cypress trees are still green, and it is difficult to show the beauty of the garden villas. Hundreds of horses were galloping in the garden, and knights were roaring to and fro, driving some of the beasts around a towering pavilion in the plains.

There is a martial guard around the pavilion, there is a middle-aged man in military uniform with a majestic posture in the fence above the pavilion, his person is holding a strong bow, Zhang Xian shoots at the surrounding beasts that flee in terror, every time the prey falls to the ground with an arrow, there are armor soldiers around the group shouting: "Your Highness shoots!" ”

This middle-aged man is the current advocate of Liangzhou. Zhang Jun was less than forty years old, it was the age of the prime of life, although his status was respected, and there was no need to be a pro-division, but he was skilled in archery and horses, good at fighting, and heroic, not inferior to the courage in the army.

Winter birds and beasts are hidden, and it is really not a good time to hunt, and although the surrounding sergeants try their best to find prey, they are only limited to be driven to the vicinity of the pavilion. After missing the frequency, Zhang Jun gradually became prosperous in his heart, handed the bow to Wu Ben beside him, and then slowly walked down the pavilion.

This piece of garden palace is called Qianguang Palace, it is more than two years ago that Zhang Jun intended to build in the south of Guzang City, one of the large halls, and each side built a palace, each with spring, summer, autumn and winter as the number. In addition to the beauty of the building, the various utensils and furnishings in the palace are also many rare and dizzying.

Although Liangzhou is located in the western border of the river, if it comes to the beauty of things, it is not inferior to the abundance and beauty of Zhongzhou, and the variety of categories is even far more than that. It's just that because of the large-scale use of Henan last year, it is difficult to maintain large-scale construction in the state, so this piece of palace has not been completed for a long time, and small-scale construction is still being maintained.

However, due to the uproar caused by the arrival of the state lord a few days ago, many craftsmen were moved out and construction was suspended. The messy construction sites were covered with felt and curtains so as not to disturb people's eyes.

After leaving the hunting platform, Zhang Jun came to the Xuanwu Black Hall of the Winter Residence in the north of the Qianguang Palace. In addition to some Wu Ben and Shi'er who accompanied the car, several other state officials were already waiting here. Seeing the state lord returning to the temple, all the subordinate officials greeted and bowed, or called His Highness, or called the Lord.

Although the Zhang family still worships Jin Zuo externally, and regards himself as the Duke of Liangzhou Thorn and Xiping County, he does not follow the Jin Zuo calendar internally, and the bureaucratic temple set up is like the king, because it is called His Royal Highness by the bureaucrats. The so-called "King of Liang" began with the feudal conferral of Liu Yao of Zhao of the Han Dynasty, although the Zhang family was not subject to this title, but the country has done so.

"There is a commotion in the house, has it calmed down recently?"

After Zhang Jun entered the palace, he summoned Zhang Tan to engage in the state government, and asked, and now all kinds of chapter positions in Liangzhou are also awkward, which not only retains the original structure of the assassin history to engage in and join the army, but also has a set of state pastors, as well as a set of fake kings.

These sets of teams, the meaning is also different, if in terms of the chapter system, the highest is naturally the fake royal bureaucracy, mostly the Zhang family's close clan or the state lord's cronies. The officials of the pastoral government are mainly from the wealthy clans in the realm, and now, the officials of this department are faintly excluded and neglected. And Zhang Jun's real handling of state affairs mainly relies on a group of people to engage in and join the army.

Zhang Tan is also a member of the Zhang clan, and after hearing Zhang Jun's question, he stepped forward and said: "The various divisions under the government are still full of irony and cannot be unified, and the speakers talk about the many giant slippery thieves in Longbian, and the income is insufficient, and there is no ......worry about causing trouble."

When Zhang Jun heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly: "Is there less giant slippery and evil in the state?" ”

A few days ago, he moved out of the state capital and moved into the Qianguang Palace, in order to avoid the many disputes in the state capital. And these disputes, the main thing is naturally the disagreement over Longshang. Many wealthy families in Liangzhou, such as the Song family and the Suo family, were mainly inclined to give up part of the results of the Longshang war and avoid a more direct conflict with the royal division from the west.

But not to mention what Longshang gained, the proposal itself was unbearable for Zhang Jun. Now the king of the west expedition, but Zhongzhou Xingtai is a partial journey, because of its Shanglong, he has to withdraw by himself, which is tantamount to directly bowing to Zhongzhou Xingtai, how can he stand up in the future?

Although Liangzhou is far away from the core of the war, the situation has never been truly stable over the years. The main contradiction has changed from the conflict between the local gateway and the outsider in the early days, to the contradiction between establishment and naturalization.

When Zhang Jun's father Zhang Yu was in power, Zhang's foothold in Liangzhou was not stable, and he still had to rely on the support of the local heroes, and Guanzhong and Longshang were in turmoil one after another, which was also the peak period for outsiders from Liangzhou to flock in. Zhang Wei was killed by his subordinates for ridiculous reasons, but in the final analysis, it was nothing more than because these foreign heroes were not angry with Zhang Wei for treating local heroes and outsiders harshly.

Later, his uncle Zhang Mao reigned, the situation in Liangzhou gradually stabilized, and the local wealthy families gradually had a tendency to become big, and the military and political affairs of Liangzhou were mostly controlled by wealthy families, and Zhang's uncles and nephews became puppets. Therefore, Zhang Mao needs to attract outsiders and turn around to suppress the local heroes in Liangzhou.

By the time of Zhang Jun's reign, in fact, the contradictions between the two forces in Liangzhou had been suppressed, and even if there were, it was no longer as direct as before, but in other ways, that is, whether to call the king to establish in Liangzhou, or to continue to establish the broken banner of Jin Tong, which was full of holes?

Hu Lu is still known as a lonely and eager heart, not to mention Zhang Jun, a powerful overlord of Hexi who has accumulated several generations of might, especially when both Han Zhao and Liang Zhao imposed restraints and wooing over Liangzhou, the king of the capital agreed, which strengthened Zhang Jun's eagerness in his heart.

If it can be established in Liangzhou, it is not only the honor brought by the name, but also under this system, it can strengthen the deterrence and control of many forces in Liangzhou through various means such as rules and regulations, etiquette and law, so that Liangzhou no longer has to maintain the current embarrassing situation.

"Dou Rong or Kui Huan? It's really a joke, even if I'm Dou Rong, Wu Er can be a glorious martial artist? ”

Thinking of the many such current discussions in Liangzhou recently, Zhang Jun couldn't help but sneer again and again, the old things can be learned, but the world is always artificial, such a rigid analogy and imitation, but a group of idiots who are mediocre.

For Zhongzhou Xingtai, Zhang Jun didn't have much good feelings, and even felt a little bored in his heart. His family has guarded Liangzhou for several generations and kept this party peaceful, just because it is located in a remote area, and it is not a royal road. On the contrary, it was the gateway of the Wu people in the Shenwei Zhou District of the Xingtai, and with his power struggle, he controlled the Jin Zuo Wang Zheng in one fell swoop, far exceeding the operation of his family for several generations.

In such a position, how can Zhang Jun have no intention of winning? In fact, the rise of Zhongzhou Xingtai also drove him to intensify various preparations for breaking away from Jin Zuo in the legal system. For example, this time he sent troops to Longshang, which was an important step in his plan to divide the system. With the partial peace and wealth of Hexi, and then controlling many Jin and Hu strong people in Longshang, it is enough to get a close look at Guanzhong, waiting for changes in Zhongzhou.

Although Zhongzhou Xingtai is very strong, there is still a great enemy in Hebei, and the final result of the war between the north and the south is still in sight. The Zhang family has been dominant in Hexi for several generations, how could he be willing to naturalize Jin Zuo and lie behind the traitor of Wu Township!

In the past, it was still involved in the name of Zhongzhou, but now with Wang Shi entering Longshang, the contradictions between the two sides are on the verge of breaking out, which also makes the game between the forces of all parties in Liangzhou reach a white heat.

Speaking of this, Zhang Jun had to sigh again, this Shen Weizhou reached such a high position in the year before he was established, and stood out under the constraints of many families in the north and south of Jiangdong, it really didn't just rely on luck or family strength.

Although he is still far away in Zhongzhou, he does not care about the strategic gains and losses of the first brigade in this area, but it completely detonates and aggravates many hidden dangers and contradictions in Liangzhou, and also completely disrupts Zhang Jun's steps to pass through the west.

Originally, in Zhang Jun's estimate, even if Zhongzhou Xingtai recovered Guanzhong, but for a flank stability, the main pressure still came from the remnants of Qianhu in Hebei, and it was impossible to invest too much energy and troops in Shaanxi. And Liangzhou can take advantage of this period of time to take advantage of the situation to quickly pacify Longshang, and obtain the capital that can be completely self-reliant.

But he still underestimated the pattern and strategy of that General Shen, and overestimated his prestige. The greatest significance of Longshang's brigade is not to attack, but to force them to express their position in Liangzhou, whether to continue to submit to Jin Zuo, or to become completely independent? In other words, Zhang Jun either completely gave up the idea of self-reliance and separation, or completely gave up the tiger skin of Jinzuo's righteousness on his body.

Whether Liangzhou is self-reliant or not, this should have been a difficult question for Shen Weizhou, but now it is a headache for Zhang Jun and it is difficult to decide. In terms of major decisions, he really felt that there was a gap between himself and that General Shen.

Once Liangzhou chooses to become completely independent, it will bring a heavy blow to the seemingly thriving revival of Jinzuo, and may even affect the rise and fall of Zhongzhou and Hebei's power. But Shen Weizhou still did this, and when he should have been restrained, he chose to let Zhang Jun make a statement, so that he would not have any room for vague exploitation.

However, Zhang Jun really didn't dare to give up Jin Zuo's tiger skin, or he was afraid to bear the price he needed to pay after making a choice. If the time is pushed back for another year, before Wang Shi recovers Guanzhong, Zhang Jun still has such courage.

But now, the situation in Longshang is stalemate, and the state capital is seriously divided, if he really dares to do this, once he can't stand on his own, the situation in Liangzhou is likely to fall apart.

"Is there any military intelligence coming from the east?"

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Jun asked again. He is dragging it out like this, in fact, he also hopes that his brother Zhang Qian can break the situation strongly in Longshang, and if necessary, he can even start a war with the Jin army to puncture the illusion of its strength. But in his position, it is not suitable to express his position directly, otherwise it will exacerbate the division within the state capital.

The front line won the victory, and on the contrary, he had more confidence to suppress those opposing voices. No matter how fierce the dispute between the parties is, in the final analysis, it is still a contest of strength. But now in Liangzhou, his strength is constrained by internal strife, and cannot be easily used.

"Yes...... Henan summoned that Wang Shi first entered Shangqi, and then entered Ji County, Conggui was afraid that the two armies would fight each other, so he did not dare to send troops to stop it, but just begged His Highness how to ......"

"Stupid, stupid! The slave is really a dog! Don't you know that the generals are outside, and things are expedient, and there is something to be ordered by the superiors? Don't dare to stop it for fear of evil? Could it be that on the other day, his army crossed the river and went into the cold, and he also wanted to attract everyone to watch? My ancestors' foundation will defeat the hands of such dogs! ”

Hearing Zhang Tan's report, Zhang Jun was even more angry, jumping to his feet and scolding, which also saw Zhang Jun's stupidity, courage to pursue profits, and cowardice to fight for his life. He previously fully supported Zhang Qiandong's entry into Longshang, is this statement insufficient?

Tianshui, as the most important area in Longshang, was so allowed to be seized by the Jin army, which is tantamount to telling all the heroes in Longshang, and their Zhang clan simply did not have the strength and courage to compete with Wang Shi in Longshang! is so weak to others, how can he still expect those heroes in Longshang to support his family and dominate Longshang!

There are ** constraints inside, and there are mediocre talents outside, and Zhang Jun's delay during this period of time is completely meaningless. Tianshui County, which is close to the mouth, has been robbed of the past, and maybe there are no more people in the state capital who are laughing at them Zhang has no one.

"Prepare for the house, return home."

After Zhang Jun said this, his tone was dry, and a sense of powerlessness permeated his heart. ()

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