Chapter 283 Han Zhan's Plan
Regardless of whether Li Jue died or fled, the soldiers and horses in the city soon fell into a state of headlessness. Han Zhan ordered the soldiers and horses to shout in the city: "Only kill the evil people, never ask about the threat, and those who abandon weapons will not kill them!"
Most of the soldiers in the city were not Li Jue's direct subordinates, but because the general who led the troops was replaced by Li Jue's confidant, he had to temporarily obey Li Jue's orders. At this moment, Li Jue's "death" had spread throughout the city. When he heard the shouts of the soldiers in Jizhou, everyone had no intention of fighting again. When they saw the soldiers in Jizhou rushed over, they immediately abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
After dark, the entire Chang'an City was controlled by the Jizhou Army. Grand Marshal Yang Biao and Grand Marshal Zhu Jun brought all the civil and military officials in the court to the palace to meet Han Zhan.
Seeing the corpses everywhere along the way, many civil servants were frightened and their legs were trembling. They needed help from others to stand up. Han Zhan saw these people so scared that they were scattered, and knew that even if they could gather them together, they would not be able to discuss anything. Therefore, he and Yang Biao and Zhu Jun greeted each other and said, "Two sirs, our army has just pacified the capital today, and there are still many Li Jue's remnants that have not been eliminated. Why don't you ask you to go back home first? After the situation stabilizes tomorrow, it will be too late to discuss matters?"
Zhu Jun didn't understand the purpose of Han Zhan saying this, so he asked curiously: "Mr. Ting, I don't understand what you mean. Since civil and military officials have gathered here, what's wrong with us here to discuss matters? Why do we have to wait until tomorrow?"
Han Zhan pointed at the civil servants who were scared and said, "Please look at the Grand Secretary. These adults were frightened by the corpses everywhere. I believe that even if they stayed, they would be out of their minds and difficult to discuss matters. In this case, it would be better to let them go back and rest for a night, and it would not be too late to discuss matters tomorrow."
After hearing Han Zhan's words, Zhu Jun turned his head and asked Yang Biao who was standing aside: "Taiwei Yang, I wonder what you mean?"
In fact, when Yang Biao saw the scene of corpses everywhere and the smell of blood in the air, he was also disgusted. However, he was worried that he would offend Han Zhan, so he could only summon all officials to come here. At this moment, when Han Zhan took the initiative to ask all officials to go home to rest first, and wait until tomorrow to discuss matters, he naturally wanted to ask for them. However, he pretended to think for a while before nodding and said, "Grand Chief Person, since Ting Hou said that, let's do what he wants. After clearing the remaining Li Jie party in the city tomorrow, it will not be too late to come here to discuss matters."
After saying that, Yang Biao walked to the civil and military officials, waved at them, and said loudly: "Everyone, there is nothing left here, so don't delay the Jizhou Patriarch's official business. Everyone will be dispersed, let's disperse~!"
When many civil servants heard Yang Biao say this, they couldn't help but murmur: "If you hadn't sent someone to force us here, who would have come to such a ghost place with corpses everywhere at this time?" Although they were complaining in their hearts, they heard that Yang Biao asked everyone to go home first, and they were just asking for it, so they immediately scattered.
After Yang Biao left with all the civil and military officials, Zhu Jun was left with Han Zhan. He thought that Han Zhan had said that he would eliminate Li Jie's remnants, and was afraid that another big killing would occur, so he quickly reminded him tactfully: "Han Tinghou, although there are many ministers in the court who cling to Li Jie and Guo Si, there is no way. The two thieves Li and Guo have always had great power. If civil and military officials do not rely on him, they may bring disaster to themselves."
Han Zhan is a smart man. When he heard Zhu Jun say this to him, he knew what the other party was worried about, so he smiled and said to him: "Please rest assured that the Grand Secretary's Peasant. Although this marquis will not let a bad person go, he will not kill a good person by mistake. The civil and military officials in the court, regardless of whether they had ever been dependent on Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, and Guo Si, as long as he is loyal to the court, he can continue to stay in the court as an official."
When Han Zhan said this, he saw Zhu Jun's face showing a puzzled expression, and then continued: "Grand Chief Person, this marquis is definitely not a person who kills indiscriminately. He will not kill all those close to Dong Zhuo like Wang Situ in power. Those ministers who have close ties with Li Jue and Guo Si will not make things difficult for them as long as they do not do many evil deeds."
After receiving Han Zhan's promise, Zhu Jun's heart fell to the ground. After a moment of pause, he thought of Emperor Xian of Han who was far away in Jizhou, and asked tentatively: "Mr. Ting, I want to ask, once the capital is pacified, when do you plan to welcome the Holy Driving?"
"Grandmaster," Han Zhan looked at him in surprise and asked, "What do you mean is to welcome the Holy Driving back to Chang'an and continue to set the capital here?"
"That's right, I'm just thinking." Zhu Jun nodded in response to Han Zhan's statement and said with certainty: "No matter I'm, even Taiwei Yang has the same idea."
"No, Grand Secretary, I will not welcome the sage to return to Chang'an." After Han Zhan and Zhu Jun finished speaking, he said firmly: "Even if you want to establish a capital, you should choose to be in Yecheng instead of the incomplete Chang'an."
"Tinghou," Zhu Jun's face looked angry when he heard Han Zhan say this: "Tell me, why can't you welcome the sage back to Chang'an?"
Han Zhan did not answer this question immediately, but instead called Zhu Jun to sit down, then asked: "Grandmaster, let me ask you, how much does a hu of rice cost in Chang'an City and how much does beans and wheat cost? Have the people in the city ever had no worries about food and clothing?"
Han Zhan asked Zhu Jun at once. If it were a major event in the court, Zhu Jun could still tell me about the ugly and Yin Mao, but when asked about people's livelihood, he would be speechless.
Seeing that Zhu Jun could not answer, Han Zhan said to him: "As far as I know, the grain of rice is now 500,000 yuan and beans and wheat are 200,000 yuan. Many places in the city have been killed. Before being rescued by this marquis, the emperor had arranged for Taichung to use the rice beans from Taicang to provide relief to the victims, which made many people survive.
If we want to continue to stay in Chang'an, we must transport grain and grass from other places to supplement the needs of the capital. Do you think it is appropriate for us to transport grain and grass from Jizhou for a long time?"
"What Tinghou said is very true." Zhu Jun was not a pedantic person. When he heard Han Zhan explain the reasons why Emperor Xian of Han could not welcome him to return to Chang'an, he did not stubbornly, but humbly asked: "But I don't know what Tinghou planned?"
"After a few months ago, I ordered the military supervisor Ju Su to build a large-scale construction in Yecheng. I believe that in another month, the new palace will be completed. At that time, the new capital can be set in Yecheng." Han Zhan felt that if he wanted to convince the civil and military officials in the court, he must first convince Zhu Jun in front of him: "I plan to move all the civil and military officials in the capital to Yecheng. As for the people, those who are willing to follow me will provide them with food every day; those who are unwilling to leave their hometown will not force me, and will leave them the necessary food and let them continue to live here."
Chapter completed!