Zhang Yan took the urgent report from Xu Sheng's hand, and after hurriedly browsing it, he said with a smile: "Ma Chao really lived up to my expectations of him, and actually won the Hanzhong ...... so quickly."

"Congratulations to the regent, congratulations to the regent, after Hanzhong is taken, then Shu is just around the corner." Zhuge Liang said respectfully on the side.

Zhang Yan said: "If it is decided today, only the southwest corner is left, if the southwest is pacified this time, then the world will be completely unified!" ”

"Your Highness, Nanzhong Urgent!" A brocade-clothed guard walked straight from outside, holding a letter.

Zhang Yan glanced at Xu Sheng, and Xu Sheng took the letter from Jin Yiwei's hand, and then handed it to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan opened the letter and saw that he had a happy expression on his face, but he suddenly became even happier, and said loudly: "God help me!" God help me! ”

When Zhuge Liang and Xu Sheng saw that Zhang Yan was so happy, they knew that this letter must be a good thing, so Zhuge Liang asked, "Regent, what makes the regent so happy?" ”

After Yizhou changed hands, several southern counties subordinate to Yizhou rebelled one after another, did not recognize Zhang Fei's identity as a pastor of Yizhou, and jointly promoted Yonghong as the leader, openly rebelling against Zhang Fei. This letter was written by Yonghong, in which he said that he was willing to lead the people to surrender to the Han Dynasty, and prayed that the Han would send a large army to attack Zhang Fei, and he would attack from Nanzhong, flanking the front and back, and jointly destroy Zhang Fei. Zhang Yan said happily.

After Zhuge Liang listened, he said to Zhang Yan: "Regent, this is a good thing, it doesn't seem to be next year." can destroy Zhang Fei. Pacify the southwest. The whole country has been unified. By that time, the regent's prestige would surely reach a new peak. ”

Zhang Yan said: "Happiness is happiness, but Shu Road is difficult to walk, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it may not be possible to capture Yizhou in a short time." It's almost October, and the weather is cold, and if it snows heavily. Then it will be even more difficult to attack Yizhou. Although Yonghong and others have rebelled, their strength is not as good as Zhang Fei's, and the army's equipment is not as good as Zhang Fei's. Moreover, Yonghong and others wrote a letter saying that they wanted to surrender to the imperial court, just to get some rewards, and to act at the opportunity, they may not be willing to cooperate with the Han army to exterminate Zhang Fei, unless Zhang Fei broke into his door, he would be the real enemy of Zhang Fei. Otherwise. What he said could only be empty words. ”

"So to speak. The rebellion of Yonghong and others had little impact on our army? Zhuge Liang asked.

"No, this letter came just right, at least let us know that Yizhou is not all under Zhang Fei's orders, and we can also make further arrangements."

At this point, Zhang Yan turned his face to Xu Sheng and said, "Immediately let the secretary of the military department come to see me, I have important things to order!" ”

"No!"

After Xu Sheng left, Zhang Yan handed Zhuge Liang's recital to Zhuge Liang again, and instructed: "Just follow the plan you wrote, if something happens, this king will bear it!" ”

"Whoa!"

"You go back first."

"Wechen retires!"

After Zhuge Liang left, Zhang Yan ordered someone to open the map of the whole country, locked his eyes on the southwest area, crossed out the name of Zhang Lu of Hanzhong County from the map, and circled the Nanzhong County with a cinnabar pen and wrote Yonghong's name.

This map is not a very detailed map, just a relatively vague map in Zhang Yan's mind, which is densely filled with some words and marked with different colored pens.

This map is the distribution map of the strength of the Han Dynasty, which records the distribution of all the forces of the Han Dynasty, and also records the location of the generals, the troops they lead, and the types of troops.

The rebellion of Yonghong in Nanzhong undoubtedly made Zhang Yan see another hope, and he had already thought clearly, simply letting Ma Chao, Pang Tong, and Xu Huang attack from the north may not be able to attack Chengdu smoothly.

If Zhang Yan sends another army to attack Yizhou from Jingzhou at this time, and then Yonghong leads the Nanzhong army to the north, then Zhang Fei will be attacked on three sides, and when the time comes, it will be easy to eliminate Zhang Fei.

For this reason, Zhang Yan specially asked people to call Shangshu Guoyuan of the Ministry of War, and prepared to let Guoyuan issue an order in the name of the Ministry of War to let the troops stationed in Jingzhou move west to Yizhou.

After a stick of incense, Shang Shu Guoyuan of the Ministry of War hurriedly rushed from the council hall to the place where Zhang Yan was, and as soon as he entered the door, he bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty the Regent will see Your Royal Highness." ”

Zhang Yan said: "You take a look at these two letters first. ”

Guo Yuan took the two urgent reports from Zhang Yan's hands, and after reading them in a hurry, he said to Zhang Yan: "Your Highness, this is a good thing, I don't know why Your Highness is looking for a subordinate official to come?" ”

"That's it. This king plans to send another road of soldiers and horses from Jingzhou to Shu, cooperate with the actions of the Northern Route Army, flank Zhang Fei, and fight to take Yizhou before the New Year. ”

"It's all at the order of the regent." Guoyuan said respectfully.

In fact, although the cabinet system exists, it is basically a non-existent matter, and all affairs are subject to Zhang Yan's own affairs, and Zhang Yan is dictatorial by himself, and only when Zhang Yan leaves the imperial court, the cabinet ministries will exercise their due rights.

In particular, taking the Ministry of War as an example, the Ministry of War was originally responsible for the transfer of troops, the appointment and dismissal of military positions, and the promotion, but because Zhang Yan firmly controlled the army, the Ministry of War was in vain, and the secretary of the Ministry of War was reduced to Zhang Yan's secretary, who was only responsible for issuing orders and writing official documents.

At the time of Zhang Yan's reform, although all the institutions were perfect, because the power was in the hands of Zhang Yan alone, the cabinet could not play a role at all, and these courtiers were originally very uncomfortable with the new system, so they were tied down.

At that time, Zhang Yan was in a hurry, abolished the system of three princes and nine secretaries, and established a system of three provinces and six ministries, but it seems that it has not been very successful to this day. Perhaps, this system is still in the run-in period.

In addition, among the ministers, they still have not been able to get out of the imperial system, and they always think that Zhang Yan's restriction of imperial power is to cover up, and he will definitely usurp the Han Dynasty and become self-reliant in the future, so many people are dreaming of the founding fathers in the deepest part of their hearts.

Zhang Yan gave an order to Guoyuan, and Guoyuan immediately went back and wrote the documents of the military department. The right general Gan Ning was the vanguard, commanding 10,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters to attack Yizhou. Zhang Liao, the general of the cavalry, was the marshal of the expedition to the west, responsible for commanding 50,000 soldiers and horses, including Gan Ning's department, to attack Yizhou.

After Guo Yuan wrote the documents of the Ministry of War, he immediately stamped the big seal of the Ministry of War, and then personally took it to Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan stamped the jade seal, and then officially sent it out.

In addition, Yang Biao, the secretary of the ministry, also came to Zhang Yan with a written official document and asked for a jade seal. This official letter is a holy decree to canonize Yonghong as the general of Nanzhong, and to crown Yonghong as the Marquis of Guannei, with 3,000 households, 1,000 taels of gold, and 2,000 horses of silk. He also added Gao Ding, Zhu Bao, and Wang Kang as generals, sealed the Pavilion Marquis, 1,000 households, rewarded 500 taels of gold, and 1,000 horses of silk.

In addition, Zhang Yan also ordered Yonghong to lead the Nanzhong army to the north, and informed Yonghong that the Han Dynasty had two armies attacking Zhang Fei, so that Yonghong would cooperate with the battle, and if Chengdu was breached, he would not only be added to the ranks, but also rewarded.

Zhang Yan took a closer look at the official document written by Yang Biao, and felt that there was nothing wrong in the holy decree, so he directly covered the jade seal on the holy decree, and then handed it to Yang Biao, and the officials issued it.

In addition, Zhang Yan also wrote two private letters, one was sent to Ma Chao, praising him for his contribution to conquering Hanzhong, and praised him greatly, and said that his merits were recorded first, and when Ma Chao captured Shudi, he would be rewarded together.

The other letter was sent to Pang Tong and Xu Huang, clearly telling Pang Tong that after Shu was captured, he would be the assassin of Yizhou, Xu Huang would command all the soldiers and horses in Yizhou, and Ma Chao would also stay in Shu temporarily, hoping that Pang Tong could pay close attention to Ma Chao's movements and not let Ma Chao have two hearts.

He also told Pang Tong that he had ordered Zhang Liao and Gan Ning to lead Jingzhou soldiers and horses to attack Shu, and that Nanzhong Yonghong rebelled, and would also attack Chengdu, so that Pang Tong did not have to rush to success, but to fight steadily, step by step, the most important thing is to let the people of Shu sincerely accept the Han army, not to let the army act recklessly, and give Pang Tong the right to cut first and then play.

After Zhang Yan wrote these two letters, he sent someone to send them out.

When he was busy with the war in the southwest, Zhang Yan sent someone to call Chen Qun, the head of the household department.

After a stick of incense, Chen Qun came to Zhang Yan's face, and after some greetings, Chen Qun asked, "I don't know why His Highness called the lower officials to come?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "It's nothing, I just want to talk to you casually." When do you think the most appropriate time to move the capital? ”

The question of moving the capital is now a knife hanging over the head of every courtier. Just after discussing this matter last time, the ministers were ready to sell their properties, but Zhang Yan reacted quickly and sent Jinyiwei to the ministers' mansions in person, clearly telling them not to sell their properties and waiting for the regent's arrangement.

This is a month, this month, and Zhang Yan has never mentioned the move of the capital again. Many ministers thought that Zhang Yan was likely to have decided not to move the capital, and even Chen Qun thought so. However, now that Zhang Yan mentioned this matter in front of Chen Qun again, he couldn't help but make Chen Qun's already calm heart lake ripple again.

"What does the regent mean ......," Chen Qun asked.

"I'm just asking casually, because you were one of the people who opposed the relocation of the capital, and as far as I know, you have also bought a lot of properties in Pengcheng in recent years, and if you move the capital rashly, it is very likely that the ministers of the DPRK and China who have industries in Pengcheng will lose something. So, I'd like to ask you what you think. Zhang Yan asked.

Chen Qun thought for a moment, and then said: "The matter of moving the capital is imperative, and Pengcheng is not a city that can be used as the imperial capital at all, Luoyang's geographical location is very unique, and it is the preferred location of the imperial capital." Moreover, in recent years, in order to build a new capital, the money spent is very huge, if the capital is not moved, then this newly built capital will be a waste. Just ......"

"Just what?" Zhang Yan asked. (To be continued......)