"His Royal Highness the King of the East China Sea is the Taifu Lu Shangshu, and the emperor entrusts the military and political affairs, which is the most important thing in the world. Since we are loyal to the Great Jin, we naturally have to respect the orders of His Royal Highness the King of the East China Sea. Merely...... When the situation is chaotic, how to make the center of Luoyang and the king of the East China Sea understand our intentions still needs to be carefully considered, and there is no need to rush for a while. Lu Yao said slowly.

After Fang Qinzhi hesitated for a moment, he replied, "Yes, yes." ”

After the death of Emperor Hui, King Yuzhang ascended the throne to inherit the great treasure, and the king of the East China Sea led the army out of the town of Xuchang to control the government remotely. According to Lu Yao's meaning, it seems that while he is losing his sincerity to the King of the East China Sea, he also intends to communicate with the Luoyang Imperial Court at the same time? Considering the military positions of General Yingyang, Daijun Taishou, and Supervisor Daijun Shanggu Guangning, it turned out to be unilaterally given by the King of the East China Sea. With such a sincere woo from the King of the East China Sea, the young general in front of him seemed to be not so enthusiastic...... Such an attitude really made Fang Qinzhi feel quite unfathomable.

While contemplating, Lu Yao sat down again and continued: "Fang Jinhu Er is restless, and Northern Xinjiang is uneasy. I am the Taishou of Daijun, and I intend to unify the various departments of Hujin and Jin, and have some help. Mr. Fang thinks that in order to achieve this goal, what needs to be done urgently at present? ”

Fang Qinzhi finally waited for Lu Yao to ask about political affairs. But when he was about to quote the scriptures and make a long comment, he saw Lu Yao's confident smile; So he had an epiphany in his heart, bowed his head deeply, and said: "What you continue to do is to show that there is nothing to do!" ”

"Show it all right?" Lu Yao repeated meaningfully.

"The thing to do is to show that nothing is done." Fang Qinzhi responded.

This sentence suddenly made Lu Yao think a little more highly of Fang Qinzhi's talent.

How to completely subdue the Jin people in northern Xinjiang and how to manage the vast area of the grassland in Weiyuan and Bashang, Lu Yao and Shao Xu had been planning for a long time before they sent their troops.

Although the source is included in the sphere of influence of the Daijun Army. But the Jin family on the grassland has been isolated from the imperial court for decades, and there are not many thoughts of loyalty to the monarch; They are also united through marriage, relying on the authority of the clan to govern themselves, and even if outsiders have authority, it is difficult to suppress them. At this time, it is the special moment of the so-called "governing a big country if cooking small fresh", that is to say, governing a place is like cooking small fish, once it is stirred too much, it will be rotten and inedible. According to the explanation of Wang Bi, a master of metaphysics in the previous dynasty, the more complex the environment must be managed, the more it cannot be stirred indiscriminately. This is because if there is restlessness, it will inevitably cause panic and anxiety, and on the contrary, the situation will be pushed to a worse condition.

Therefore, Lu Yao planned to maintain the status quo from the beginning, fully respect the status of each family, and follow the old practice without making any changes. First of all, the entire grassland should be stabilized, and then we can talk about implementing various specific policies. He never thought that Fang Qinzhi, a businessman he met after coming to Weiyuan, would have a completely consistent opinion with himself. Lu Yao couldn't help laughing: "Okay! ”

The next day, Lu Yao's guards issued a handwritten document, and the three brothers Fang Qinzhi, Fang Mianzhi, and Fang Jianzhi were studious and talented, and they were recruited to engage in General Yingyang's mansion. The three of them were overjoyed, and immediately held a banquet to celebrate, during the banquet, Fang Qin boasted and praised himself on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was grateful to the court and Lu Taishou. Fang Mianzhi and Fang Jianzhi were additionally grateful to their brothers, chanting long songs on the spot to show their friendship, and their words were like rivers and seas, which was simply overwhelming.

Obviously, as Fang Qinzhi said, these three brothers have been pretending to talk for more than 20 years, and they have pretended to be used to it.

Except for introducing the three Fang brothers as officials, Lu Yao did not take any other actions. He stayed in Weiyuan for a few days, feasting and singing with the leaders of the homeless people, and spent most of his time touring the scenery, like a scholar who went on a trip.

On the fifth day, Lu Yao proposed that he would return south. In the evening of the same day, the local clan leaders gathered and set up a banquet for Lu Yao to practice. When he was drunk, someone finally asked a question that had been held back for several days: Since Weiyuan has returned to the rule of the imperial court, how will Taishou want to govern? Lu Yao replied casually, the acting county Taishou Mansion will send various official positions to report to him, and everyone can be appointed as they please. As for the governance of the source, how is Deyuan Gong and how it will be in the future, there will be no slight variation. As soon as these words came out, many clan leaders present suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere of the banquet became a little warmer.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Yao set off for the south to return, and Wei Cao also said goodbye to the clan disciples and accompanied Lu Yao to the south. His official positions of General Zuo and Marquis Dingxiang were still given by the imperial court during the Taixi period, and in terms of position alone, it was really frighteningly high. Although the official officials may not take this kind of official title that is usually given to foreign races seriously, even for the sake of the dignity of the imperial court, it is impossible for him to serve as Lu Yao's subordinate. can only accompany the army under the banner of returning to Daijun's hometown, so that Lu Yao can consult on affairs.

Accompanying the team, there were dozens of descendants of the Weiyuan Jin family who had gathered urgently. Each of these young men brought their own armor and horses, and some even brought a number of riders, all of whom said that they intended to serve in the army under Lu Yao. Lu Yao knew that they were the protons sent by the various families of Weiyuan.

As far as Lu Yao's own thoughts are concerned, he doesn't think that relying on one or two hostages can ensure the loyalty of the entire family, but since the various families in the source have repaid the favor, there is no need to deliberately refuse. If you think about it more deeply, the behavior of these families in sending protons must have been tacitly approved by Wei Cao. It is likely that Wei Cao also intended to use this to express to the Daijun regime that he had no intention of setting aside the control of the imperial court and holding tens of thousands of Jin people in Weiyuan for a long time.

Therefore, Lu Yao did not pretend to refuse, and directly organized these dozens of teenagers into a team, and asked them to nominate grass-roots officers such as Shi Chang and Wu Chang on their own, and selected a skilled archer and horse to serve as the team leader. This cavalry team belonged to He Yun's department, and on the way back to Daijun, they served as Lu Yao's subordinates.

In addition to these young protons, Fan Ban, Jia Qing, Li Yi and other powerful leaders of the displaced people also went south with Lu Yao. This is because Lu Yao announced that the entire grassland on the dam will be surveyed, and no matter the agricultural and pastoral land, the land will be granted after unified accounting. The Fan, Jia, and Li clans originally did not belong to the Weiyuan Jin system controlled by the Wei family, and most of their family tribes were gathered in the southern part of the Bashang grassland, and they were all forced to flee to the source for refuge due to the Xianbei attack. They each have scattered but substantial amounts of arable land, which are in urgent need of recognition on behalf of the county. Although it is said that with the area of the grassland on the dam, the land survey will only take three to five years, but the leaders of each family naturally have to take precautions to avoid suffering losses when they get it.

The last thing that fell into Lu Yao's group was a blacksmith team of hundreds of people. For a long time, they were strictly supervised by the Xianbei tribe, engaged in high-intensity work with little personal freedom, and lived an extremely difficult life. During this grassland turmoil, many craftsmen were killed by the manic Hu'er, but a considerable number of them were accepted by other Jin clans and fled together to survive in the source. For the importance of these blacksmiths, Lu Yao knew better than anyone else. He asked the Fang brothers to come forward and invited, and selected more than 100 of them who were outstanding in craftsmanship and willing to contribute to the Daijun army, and they were all included in the artisan camp in the Daijun Luochuan Daiwang City.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Since the Han Dynasty, various prefectures and counties have set up departments such as iron officials, salt officials, engineering officials, and capital water officials, and according to the number of affairs, they are responsible for the management of orders, chiefs, and ministers. By the time of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, there were a total of 49 iron officials in the world, and countless copper and iron were produced every year. Among them, the iron official located in Daling County, Taiyuan has continued to this day, and after several breakdowns, it is now gradually resuming production in the hands of Yue Shigong, providing sufficient weapons for the Jinyang army.

According to the people of Daijun, near Warrior Fort in the southeast of Daijun, there were several small iron mines in the former Wei Dynasty. Although there is no high-quality iron ore production, there are huge mines in various places around Daijun, such as Fanyang and Yanguo in Youzhou, Zhongshan and Changshan in Jizhou, which have been mined for hundreds of years. Lu Yao planned to use the caravan strength of the three Fang brothers to purchase iron ore from these counties, and then concentrate it on Dai County to smelt it, so as to meet the needs of the military and civilians.

Fort Warriors has the advantage of water transportation, and there are many forests nearby, which is suitable for the use of iron officials, or the craftsmen can be concentrated there for unified management. Lu Yao thought so, and even suddenly had an idea: maybe he could simply change the name of Warrior Fort to Iron Furnace Fort to show his importance to the craftsmen?

The group traveled south, and returned victoriously in the crisp autumn weather, Lu Yao couldn't help but feel a little complacent. About five days later, they arrived at the Daijun Army camp in the center of the Bashang grassland. Lu Yao joined the army here, and stayed for two more days, waiting for Zhu Sheng's return from the scouts sent to Youzhou.

In the days after the defeat of the Youzhou army, Zhu Sheng was not idle at all. He used a large number of Xianbei prisoners of war captured on the battlefield to torture and inquire about the military situation in Youzhou in many ways, and even sent a large number of soldiers to disguise themselves as defeated soldiers to chase after Wang Jun and others along the escape route. Although it is far from enough to fully grasp the reality of Youzhou, the large-scale military movements have at least been discovered.

Combining these detailed reports and corroborating each other, it can be understood that after Wang Jun, Duan Ji and Lu Jun and other high-ranking officials of the Youzhou Army fled, they did not enter Jixian County. Probably unwilling to accept this rare fiasco, they reorganized their forces in the area of Anle and Hunu, and urgently recruited a lot of cavalry from the subordinate tribes, and once sent a partial division to enter Shanggu County from the direction of the gateway army in the eastern mountains of Daidi. But after all, their losses on the grassland were too heavy, and the nobles of the Duan Department and the Yuwen Department all had a lot of opinions about it. Therefore, they quickly withdrew this army again, and even the Xianbei subordinate tribes of Duanbu, which were originally scattered in the two counties of Shanggu and Quang Ninh, showed signs of shrinking. Now it seems that unless Wang Jun makes a desperate gamble and forces the Hu people to send troops in a big way, it will never be possible to launch another attack.

This reminded Lu Yao that since he was ordered to supervise the military forces of Dai County, Shanggu, and Guangning, he must bring Shanggu and Guangning into the scope of military control, and at the same time, the strength of the Youzhou Army must be resolutely contained to the east of the military capital, and must not relax slightly.

This is the next direction of action of the Daijun Army. However, considering that the autumn harvest was approaching and the Daijun army was unable to mobilize on a large scale, Lu Yao pondered the personalities and specialties of several generals under him, and finally planned to transfer thousands of Chen Pei's troops to the expedition, and then recruit a number of miscellaneous cavalry to assist. After all, Youzhou and Daijun are both under the rule of the imperial court, and Lu Yao was ordered by the imperial court to take charge of the military of the three counties, and Wang Jun would not dare to openly obstruct it if he was not under the banner of Xianbei people. Chen Pei should be enough with these horses.

After another three or five days, the Daijun army basically adjusted from the fatigue after the war, and Lu Yao was ready to set up his troops and return.

At this moment, Shao Xu's envoys came one after another.

"What happened to Daijun?" This time, the army of the county went north, and Shao Xu presided over the local affairs, and Liu Fei and Chen Peier led the headquarters to stay. The Zahu tribe in Dai County has long been cleared, Murong Longcheng in the west is an ally, and the Hu tribe in Guangning County is isolated from the Hu tribe in Guangning County in the east by relying on rivers such as Luoshui and Luanshui, so it should be in a relatively safe state. But Shao Xu suddenly sent a messenger, and Lu Yao was inevitably a little nervous.

The lack of scribes in the county was evident at this time. The messenger was an old soldier with a weathered face, and in the face of Lu Yao's inquiry, he couldn't say that he was ugly for a long time, and he said again and again: "Changshi said, please return to Daijun quickly." ”

Lu Yao had just sent him to rest, and another messenger came, but he still didn't know what to ask, so he only said, "Please return to Daijun quickly." ”

The news of Lu Yao's victory in northern Xinjiang had already sent someone to inform Shao Xu. Shao Xu only replied to congratulate him, and sent a number of grains with the letter. This Shao Gong has been up and down several times in the Huan Sea, and he can be called a person who has been weathered for a long time and has a deep city, but he is not the kind of person who is shocked when he encounters trouble. Lu Yao thought about it again and again, but he didn't know why Shao Xu was so anxious, and summoned Xue Tong, Ding Miao and other generals to discuss, and the generals were puzzled.

The more this happened, the more suspicious Lu Yao became. Fortunately, the army was already preparing to return to Daijun, and all preparations were ready-made. So he gathered his cavalry and selected hundreds of additional horses, ready to set off immediately. Before leaving the camp, Shao Xu's third messenger arrived.

What was it that was so tense that three messengers galloped hundreds of miles to urge? Lu Yao tried his best to suppress the anxiety in his heart, and raised his whip to signal: "Bring the messenger!" ”

The third messenger was a man of letters, and he galloped for days, both of which were worn out by the saddle and drenched in blood. Hearing Lu Yao's call, he limped to Lu Yao's horse and bowed down. Lu Yao took a look and knew that this person was Shao Xu's close clan, a reliable official who was the secretary of the Daijun Taishou Mansion and had access to various secrets.

Lu Yao jumped off the horse, helped the messenger up, first said hard, and then asked in a deep voice: "What happened to Daijun?" Please come on! ”

The messenger looked around. Lu Yao bowed slightly, and He Yun immediately waved his hand knowingly and gave an order, ordering dozens of soldiers to disperse and isolate people from each other. The originally noisy road immediately quieted down, and the messenger took another step forward, until he approached Lu Yao's ear and whispered: "General, Jizhou Thorn Shi Ding Shao is critically ill. ”