In November of the first year of Guangxi, the second emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, the emperor with lower intelligence than ordinary people, finally died. The emperor's younger brother ascended the throne and changed to Yongjia. The new emperor followed the old system to handle government affairs and study the classics, so that the imperial court vaguely restored the normal order of Emperor Wu. On the other hand, the kings of the clan, who had gone crazy to seize the central power, attacked and killed each other, and finally withered almost to the point of withering. In order to avoid a violent conflict with the emperor, he led a heavy army out of the town of Xuchang to stabilize the Central Plains.

Many scholars are looking forward to this, and they all believe that the first year of Yongjia should be the year when the Great Jin Dynasty will gradually recover from more than ten years of continuous war.

At the beginning of the year, this expectation seemed to be about to come true: Gan Zhuo, Gu Rong, Zhou Xi and others of the Wu Dishi clan defeated Chen Min, a giant who had tens of thousands of troops and was rampant in the southeast, and passed on the first Beijing division. Subsequently, General Anxi and Liangzhou Assassin Zhang Liang gradually calmed down the situation in the northwest, so that the thief chief Ruo Luo Ba could be conferred the head. Li Xiong, a Diren who occupied Chengdu, was attacked by the official army from the east and north, and although he was helped by Fan Changsheng, the leader of the Yizhou clan and the leader of the Heavenly Master Dao, he could only rely on the lofty mountains and mountains of Shu to barely protect himself. Even Ningzhou came to report, and even the Wulingyi rebellion was thwarted by the efforts of Li Xiu, the daughter of the Ningzhou assassin and the leader of Ningzhou's affairs.

But it wasn't long before the situation took a turn for the worse. The Hebei thieves led by Ji Sang first captured Yecheng, and the important town of Hebei that had been operated for nearly a hundred years was burned to white ground, and Sima Teng, the king of Xincai, was submerged in the army; Although Ji Sang died, the successor thief Shile was even more fierce, he led the army across Jizhou, and successively broke through the famous cities and counties, making most of the rich Bohai, Leling, Qinghe and other counties into ruins.

This situation made the Luoyang court and the king of the East China Sea angry, and a few months ago they sent envoys repeatedly, ordering Jizhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and other places to fight together...... But the result? Just ten days ago, Na Shile actually played Jizhou Assassin Shi Ding Shao ruthlessly. He pretended to fight a decisive battle in Guangzong, but suddenly led his army south, annihilated Gou Chun's army in Yanzhou, and then captured Chiping, and the whole division crossed the river and went straight to the hinterland of the Central Plains!

Since Yuankang, the four seas are boiling, Bao Mao is not coming, and the wealth of China and North Korea depends on it, only Hebei and the Central Plains. However, the thieves and thieves were rampant in the two places, burning, killing, and plundering everywhere they went...... This is clearly shaking the foundation of the Great Jin Dynasty!

It is said that the Jizhou assassin Shi Ding Shao, who was originally full of confidence to annihilate the thieves in one fell swoop, suddenly fell ill and could hardly be a director. The ferocious Yanzhou assassin Shi Gou Xi personally raised troops to the north of Daze to defend himself, and at the same time severely punished his brother Gou Chun, who escaped by luck, with a hundred military sticks, and almost killed him on the spot.

Not only that, but even Xuchang and Luoyang felt a huge shock wherever the news went. In Yecheng, which had been ravaged by thieves, the soldiers and officials and the people were all terrified, and General Zhengbei and Yu Suo ordered martial law in the city.

In the tragic battle half a year ago, countless people in Yecheng were killed and injured, and countless beautiful buildings operated by the emperors of the two dynasties were also burned. If he wanted to restore it to the old view, the human, financial and material resources required were beyond the responsibility of the dilapidated Sanwei, so that He Yu himself could only set up his official residence in a courtyard in the southeast corner of the old site of the Baizang Library.

The white Tibetan warehouse is a well-known large-scale warehouse in the world, and the people of the time praised it: "The white Tibetan collection, rich and boundless, with the great relief, the control of the world's capital." "The scale is evident. After the Hebei group of thieves invaded Yecheng, they broke the white storehouse, swept away the treasures and treasures accumulated in it for decades, and put dozens of fires before leaving. Fortunately, the scale of this large reservoir is huge, and there are high walls between different reservoirs, and there are also introduced Zhangshui tributaries passing through, so the area of the fire is limited, and it is much stronger than the Yedu Miyagi, which was burned to the ground. At least it is enough to conquer the northern generals and Yu, Wei County Taishou Wang Cui and their subordinate officials and many officials to serve the public.

He Yu went out of the town of Yecheng with the post of general of the expedition to the north, and actually put the entire Sanwei region under his control. In order to facilitate administration, among its subordinates, there are also officials such as Separate Drivers, Zhizhong Engaged, and Zhu Cao Engaged, and the specific compilation is the same as the history of assassination. Many of these positions were held by former subordinates of King Xincai.

Of course, Sima Teng, the king of Xincai, is the younger brother of the king of the East China Sea and a very powerful man among the royal nobles, and he is also sitting in Yecheng. It's a pity that he didn't get in the war, and even the corpses were all over the city, and it was a great blessing for the civil and military forces of Yecheng to just beg not to be held accountable, in addition to being attached to General Zhengbei and Yu, what could they do? Anyway, I have to eat first......

Alas...... Thinking of this, Zhou Liang, who had been cited as a cronie by King Xincai, the former master of the history of the Bingzhou Assassin and the middle of the new Cai Wanglang, sighed.

After most of the buildings east of Tongjue Garden were burned down, the political and military center of Yecheng moved westward as a whole. Militarily, it is centered on Santai north of the Jinmyeongmon Gate, and the decree comes from the military residence of the general of the north in the Baizang Treasury. Zhou Liang, who was engaged in Cao, a subordinate soldier of the general Zhengbei, was about to go to Santai at this moment to routinely retrieve various military documents of the day every day.

First, Yecheng withered, and there was an extreme shortage of cattle and horses; Second, after the death of King Xincai, Zhou Liang's status was not as good as before, so he had neither an ox cart nor a horse, so he could only take a few servants back and forth on foot. He walked slowly along a low wall in the southwest corner of the White Reservoir, occasionally puffing up his back to look at the ruins in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh again. Autumn has arrived, and his sigh is like the autumn wind, with a sad and sad mood.

The death of King Xin Cai was too big a blow to Zhou Liang, Shi Xian and other old subordinates who came with him from Bingzhou. The current life of poverty and the happy days of the past are so far away, the pain of losing status, power and wealth twists and wrenches his mind all the time, and the unbearable huge contrast makes Zhou Liang feel that there is a knife in his heart every day and every night.

The seven years that King Xin Cai was in Bingzhou were the seven years that Zhou Liang was deeply nostalgic for. In those days, Zhou Liang followed in the footsteps of the lord, scraping the land, selling slaves, robbing merchants, and collecting goods, which can be described as working day and night. With the majesty of the history of the state assassin, all the affairs he handled made money and profit, so he won the lord's blue eyes, and was promoted from a small official all the way to the main book of the history of the state assassin. Although the status is not too high, it can be called real power in the territory of the state, and anyone who sees it must be respectful. Those years...... Gee...... Zhou Liang couldn't help but smack his lips, it was really a carefree and happy day. Speaking of which, thirty percent of the wealth he handles goes to the lord, but seventy percent goes into his private pocket. If you can spend another three or five years like this, with such a means of making money, even if you meet Shi Chong, who used to be known as the first in the world, you don't have to be too humble.

It's a pity that such a wonderful life can't last long. With the rise of the Xiongnu, the situation in the state became worse and worse. Zhou Liang asked himself, he had tried his best to give advice, but although those lowly soldiers had been raised by the lord for many years, they were of no use...... They simply failed neatly, fled without fighting spirit, and finally forced the lord and many subordinates to give up and merge the state, and fled to Yecheng in embarrassment!

Thinking of the Jin Yu Zhen that was hurriedly discarded when the Huns were chasing, Zhou Liang beat his chest with his fists, and he couldn't control his emotions. It was a long time before I could walk again.

On the way to escape to Yecheng, the property he has accumulated over the years has suffered a lot of losses. However, fortunately, his loyalty was very valued by the lord, not only was he not alienated, but he also took advantage of the time when the lord was named the new king Cai, and climbed to the high position of Lang Zhongling in one fell swoop, and then skillfully obtained the vast land around Jian'an Yi outside the east gate of Yecheng, where he built a large number of buildings and built a first-class gold cave in Hebei...... What kind of treasure land is that place, as long as it is properly managed, it is not a problem to make money every day. But...... A smile at the corner of his mouth was quickly replaced by a distorted expression of pain...... This is true in the state, and it is also true in Yecheng...... In the face of the Jisang Shile thieves, those soldiers have always been defeated! Defeat! They are not willing to contribute to the Lord at all, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death!

Zhou Liang stomped his feet, waved his arms, and gritted his teeth: I, Zhou, am a descendant of my father-in-law, how long and noble is my bloodline? Since I was a child, I have read through the Confucian classics, and I have also studied metaphysics, refuting and analyzing and talking about the ultimate way, how elegant and subtle are my words? Isn't it enough for me to learn and do my good deeds? If the matter of merging the state and Yecheng is really in my hands, then how can it collapse like this?

Hateful! Hateful!

Just as he was immersed in all kinds of thoughts, someone shouted in his ear: "Zhou Zhi! Engaged in the week! This is the transcript of the emergency military newspaper sent to Luoyang, you quickly put it away! ”

Zhou Liang was startled, and he calmed down, only to see that the person who called him was a scholar who was stationed in Santai on weekdays, and he had seen him several times. Seeing that he looked a little anxious and sweating profusely, he thought that the subordinate officials of the General's Mansion who had been collecting the military report for a long time did not come, so he personally brought the military newspaper and ran over.

No matter how depressed Zhou Liang is, his status is much higher than that of these officials from humble backgrounds. He quietly puffed up his chest, coughed lightly, and said with a smile on his sleeves: "Shile thieves have all gone to the Central Plains, what else can be a big deal?" Emergency? As for your panic? Remember, don't be impatient! ”

While scolding, he took the file and opened it at will.

The dossier was dripping with ink, and it seemed that it had just been copied. When military newspapers from all over Hebei are sent to Luoyang, they will first pass through Yecheng, and according to the usual practice, a copy will be transcribed and handed over to the Yecheng garrison who has the authority of "supervising the military affairs of the two prefectures of Hebei" or "supervising the military affairs of Yecheng City", so that this important town in Hebei can respond in time. Although the general of Zhengbei and Yu did not obtain the above powers, he was specially ordered by the king of the East China Sea to clean up the situation in Yecheng, and he also had a special status, so he could also send someone to copy it.

In fact, the so-called emergency military newspaper may not always have any major events, every three or five days, Zhou Liang, who is engaged in the soldier's work, will receive some such copies, and eight or nine times out of ten of them are directly discarded by him. But today's issue is really urgent!

"The Jinyang Army's Liu Yanbu mistakenly killed the hussar general Wang Pengzu? This...... This ......" Zhou Liang's hand holding the dossier shook violently, he frowned, and read the dossier again, again.