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Chapter 13 Sending You Ten Miles to Yecheng(2/3)

"Please invite General Long Xiang to be the leader of the alliance and command the six counties!"

"We can gather troops in Qingshan and Shegu Mountains to resist Bingzhou and Shaanzhou's 20,000 troops!"

"Keep Lintao, don't be afraid of the south!"

"The four counties in the west are completely powerless. The road to Wuwei is so long and narrow that it is too late for them to send troops. There is no need to worry about the west at all!"

"Attack Hanyang! Let General Longxiang be the leader of the alliance and General Huya be the deputy leader. Let's gather 100,000 troops to attack Hanyang!"

"Let him come any way, I will only go one way!"

"Catch the White Horse Thief alive!"

"Enter Chang'an City, General Huya will be the emperor, and General Longxiang will be the prime minister!"

I don’t know since when, the slogans in the audience became more and more outrageous. Han Sui’s scalp was numb when he heard them on the stage. He didn’t know whether these people were his subordinates or spies sent by Gongsun Xun, so he quickly corrected them: “It’s not true.

This is the intention! This is not the intention! The main thing is that Liangzhou must advance and retreat in unison... If everyone is united, we can use this to ask General Wei, and I will not mention it, how does he plan to treat Liangzhou? Is there a charter?

?That’s what it means!”

"If General Wei enters Liangzhou, he will definitely defeat Hu Ya and Long Xiang! We have already made a plan!" Han Sui had just finished speaking when a slightly weird accent suddenly sounded from somewhere on the stage. But because of the crowd,

Everyone was listening silently to Han Sui's words, so they sounded extremely loud, which made many people in the audience laugh.

However, Han Sui understood that this was a southern accent. When he turned around and saw that a young scribe behind Pound who had not spoken had opened his mouth, he couldn't help laughing: "You are a foreigner, why do you come to us to cool down?"

State convention?”

"I am a seventh-grade official under General Wei, Jiujiang Jiang Qian!" He was not afraid of life, but he rode his horse and crossed Pang De forward, facing each other proudly. "You are discussing General Wei here, General Wei has expected it.

If you have this question, I would like to answer this question by treating you as an envoy... If General Huya thinks that General Wei's envoy cannot be here immediately, just kill me. Otherwise, please let me be here immediately to inform Liang for General Wei.

A hero of the state, how will he govern Liangzhou!"

Han Sui and Ma Teng looked at each other, but did not dare to refute. The audience was also quiet for a while, and everyone looked up to see General Wei's envoy.

However, when Jiang Qian marched forward boldly and joined forces with Zhao Ang to face the many Liangzhou people in the audience, he had not yet spoken. Someone in the audience saw him riding carefully on the edge of the stage and couldn't help but taunted him: "This is the end of the journey."

, are you going to be a lobbyist? Let me tell you, you are a Huainan boy who can only ride a boat but not ride a horse. You are working so hard, so why not let the Zhao family next to you continue to talk? Or does General Wei think that the Liangzhou people under his command

Can’t speak?”

"First of all, what this brother said is right." Jiang Gan reluctantly stood on his horse and continued to raise his voice in response. "You are all heroes of Liangzhou, and the next person from Huainan has traveled far away from the wind and sand to get here. It is extremely hard, and it is not here.

What is the purpose of being a lobbyist for General Wei? As for why I have to say it below, General Wei knows very well that most of the Liangzhou heroes stand up with swords and horses, are good at fighting but not good at speaking, and are not good at discussing good deeds, so they specialize in

Send me here! However, I am not here to lobby Huya and Longxiang, because General Wei has already negotiated terms with them..."

"Then who are you talking about?"

"Come on, everyone, let's talk about Liangzhou!" Jiang Qian said with all his strength. "How can Ma Teng and Han Sui be called Liangzhou? There are eleven counties in Liangzhou, with more than a hundred cities and towns, including Han, Qiang, Di, and Xianbei.

Hundreds of tribes are mixed together, and there are tens of thousands of heroes. If you want to talk about Liangzhou, you will naturally have to face you..."

"It's good that all the heroes of Liangzhou are here, but what qualifications do you have to fight against the whole of Liangzhou alone? Is it just because you are the envoy of General Wei?"

Another person in the audience spoke out. Han Sui's sharp eyes saw that it was one of the four Hanyang (Tianshui) clans, the so-called Jiang, Yan, and Ren. Jiang Xu, the younger generation of the Jiang family in Zhaozhong, plus the person who had spoken before.

His younger brother Jiang Ji and Zhao Ang, who stood beside Jiang Qian for protection, could not help but feel cold.

Hanyang, or Tianshui, has always been the most developed county in Liangzhou, so wealthy families live there. Back then, Gongsun Xun took advantage of Dong Zhiwei and forcibly took away half of the county. Later, Huangfusong managed it well and gradually took away the entire county, which also allowed Liang to take over half of the county.

The overall concept of the state has greatly tilted towards the central government, or in other words, towards Gongsun Xun.

But now, regret is useless... I cried before, what else do you want?

"Isn't the envoy of General Wei not enough to defeat the whole state of Liangzhou?" Just as Han Sui was thinking wildly, Jiang Gan beside him had already continued his performance with the tacit cooperation of his teammates. He stood up and scolded him harshly.

, as if scolding a three-year-old child. "If Guangwu is reborn, do you also want to ask again whether the envoy of the ancestor Guangwu is qualified to attack Liangzhou Quanzhou?"

As soon as he said this, Han Sui knew in his heart that the other party was performing, but he still couldn't help but be distracted by it.

Not only that, there were many Liangzhou wealthy families in the audience and on the stage, including the Jiang brothers who spoke against each other, including Zhao Ang beside Jiang Qian, including Fu Qian and Gaishun who were surrounded by many northern Qiang leaders, including those behind Jiang Qian.

Ma Teng and others were all stunned.

The courage of all the heroes in Liangzhou was suddenly snatched away by a Huainan scholar... Of course, they were not afraid of a Huainan scholar, but of General Wei, who had become a powerful figure!

To be honest, although there are more and more private rumors, this is the first time I have heard of Gongsun Xun being compared to Liu Xiu. And Jiang Gan definitely did not discuss this with the young disciples of the Hanyang (Tianshui) wealthy family.

, but really acted on the spot. Therefore, even those children of the Hanyang (Tianshui) wealthy family also lost their luster.

"It is said that Liangzhou has been in constant rebellion since the early Han Dynasty." Jiang Gan held the reins with both hands and continued to look at each other with disdain. "Then I dare to ask one more question...did Liangzhou rebel when Guangwu was there? Did Liangzhou dare to rebel?"

!The general trend of the world is that if it is united for a long time, it will be divided, and if it is divided for a long time, it will be united. Once it is in order, there will be chaos. In two hundred years, a sage will be born. Today, General Wei is whipping the world and has the intention of annexing the four seas. You Liangzhou people who suffered so much in the Han Dynasty will not take the opportunity to do something for you.

Their forerunners have changed the old style of Liangzhou and are instead making noises and showing off with the two generals who were defeated in the Wei River. Do you really think you are still going against those Luoyang fools of the past?"

Jiang Qian gave full play to his free will, but his momentum was overwhelming. When it came to the Battle of Weishui, Han Sui, whose backbone was broken, and Ma Teng did not dare to refute. When it came to the future, Jiang, Zhao, Fu, Gai, and the others who should have appeared

Yang Fu, the younger brother of the Yang Qiu clan, was also speechless... Obviously, Jiang Ziyi no longer needed anyone's help.

The man looked around and continued to face each other on his horse: "Didn't you ask General Wei how to cure Liang? It's easy! The Han Dynasty regards you as a frontier and despises you, but my General Wei was born in western Liaoning and often calls himself a common man.

How can they discriminate against you just because you are from the same place? The Han family is mixed with Qiang and Han, and they often kill them without distinguishing between them. But General Wei regards the Qiang and Han as one, and all Qiang, Di, and even Xianbei people,

If you can speak Chinese and are willing to change your surname to Han, you can be registered as a household and the people... Not only that, you can know that there are Xianbei people who changed their surnames in Yexia University, and the Xiongnu students are college students, and the Xianbei person with the surname Murong is gone.

I have already become a seventh-grade county magistrate? My general Wei can tolerate even Xianbei people, why can't he tolerate Qiang and Di people who are even more sinicized?"

There was a moment of commotion in the audience.

"The Qiang and Han people in Liangzhou have been living together for a long time. The Di people have returned to Han and have been cultivating the Han land for three hundred years. They even changed their surnames early. They are completely the same as the Han people. Do you think General Wei doesn't know these things? I am from Huainan.

People don't know, but General Wei told me personally." Jiang Gan continued. "He had special words before leaving, and asked me to convey them to you..."

The audience suddenly became quiet again quickly.

"General Wei said that he thought Liangzhou was what it is today because, firstly, people in Liangzhou were discriminated against when serving as officials, so that the upper class could not integrate with the world; secondly, in Liangzhou, the Han, Qiang, and Di ethnic groups lived together, and the bottom class actually merged, and the middle class conflicted with each other.

However, the Han Dynasty was arrogant and could not change things and deal with it fairly. It only blocked things but not cleared them, which led to continuous internal Qiang chaos in Liangzhou. Thirdly, it had been nearly 400 years since the Han Dynasty, and the official administration had actually completely collapsed.

The lower class people, regardless of the Qiang Han, suffered from exploitation and had difficulty making a living... In addition, the constant wars cut off the trade routes in the Western Regions, making people's livelihood even more miserable." Jiang Qian talked eloquently in the silence.

"Therefore, my general asked me to ask you if he is willing to start with these four things: to accept the heroes of Liangzhou into official positions fairly; to accept the Qiang people and the Di people to change their surnames to Han; to treat the lower class people as one; to organize the official administration; to remove them.

Warlord, if you want to clear the trade routes, can you hand over more than a hundred cities and more than a thousand tribes in Liangzhou's eleven counties, worship him as the master, and let him work for Liangzhou?"

More than one person in the audience wanted to speak, but didn't know where to start.

When Jiang Gan saw this, he laughed again and pointed his finger at Han Sui: "Gentlemen, you should all know the integrity of General Wei. I won't say more, but I want to ask specifically...

If my general does this, no matter what, it will be better than Huya and Longxiang governing it, right?"

The audience was still speechless.

"Of course, General Wei also said it." Jiang Qianfu raised his head and smiled scornfully. "If the princes of Liangzhou cannot trust him, it is an ordinary thing in troubled times... But if that happens, please don't hesitate to gather troops to attack Hanyang immediately.

Yes, he is waiting for you there, and if you don't dare to go, he will come back to Yuzhong himself! He only fights but does not fight, and does not surrender. A group of so-called heroes gather together in one place, and they only know how to incite others for their own benefit.

Being a pioneer, but accomplishing nothing, isn’t it as ridiculous as a woman?!”

There was a lot of noise in the audience, and many people drew their swords and shouted curses.

But Jiang Gan saw the swords being thrown in the audience, but he was not afraid. Instead, he handed over his hands to apologize, and sneered again: "I was wrong, this is not a good thing to say...I have traveled far in the wind and sand to come here, and I have seen with my own eyes that Liangzhou women dare to hold spears.

In war, you can use a machine to weave, mount a horse to shoot a bow, and dismount a horse to plow the fields. How can all the heroes compare to you? If we forcefully compare all the heroes, it would seem that all the mothers, wives, and sisters are incompetent!"

After saying this, they ignored Han Sui, who was already pale beside him, and the increasingly chaotic situation in the audience, and returned directly behind Pang De under the escort of Zhao Ang.

"Zi Yi went too far." Pang De was also a little angry. "There are still many heroes in Liangzhou, how can you ridicule me like this... ridicule them?"

Jiang Gan smiled and said nothing.

In fact, Jiang Gan's performance today was indeed a bit over the top... His mission was to ensure that Han Sui could not instigate another alliance, and this mission was due to the cooperation of the Tianshui wealthy family, Fu Qian, Pang De, and Gaishun.

It's actually very simple, so I had to improvise a little bit.

On this night, as expected, the heroes of Liangzhou dispersed and dispersed. On the other hand, Han Sui and Ma Teng, who had become sworn brothers before, finally sat down for a candid conversation after the dinner.

Set up the card table, put on the animal cards, draw cards and bet money... As the saying goes, dragons are bigger than tigers, cows are bigger than pigs, horses are bigger than sheep, cows and horses are better than pigs and dogs, dragons and tigers take everything.

At this time, Han Sui was truly desperate, because Ma Teng was not only better at playing cards than him, but also much weaker than he thought.

"Brother, I'm ready to surrender." Ma Shoucheng, a pair of bulls and horses, was absolutely honest. "You can't beat me, so why don't you surrender?"

Han Sui, who was holding a pig and a rat in his hands, hesitated to speak and said not a word.

In fact, Han Sui understood very well, and even envied Ma Teng's mentality... Ma Teng, as a mixed-race Han and Qiang man, had a low background, a poor family, and a generous personality, so his desire for power was naturally much lower. So the logic goes.

It's much simpler and more direct here... Since there is no hope for the military, then surrender!

It's not like General Wei didn't make conditions for Ma Teng, giving him an honorary title of Jiuqing or similar, adding a county prince, giving money to support him, and then he had two remaining sons and a nephew, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Ma Dai.

, if you don’t want to go to school, you can all join Yicong, which means entering Yecheng’s talent system from a high starting point without discrimination.

So what else is there to say? Just drop it!

"Where's the sworn brother?" Another round of cards passed. Ma Shoucheng spread out a pair of dragons and snakes, and after forcefully eating the opponent's pair of cows and sheep, he couldn't help but ask.

"I'll take a look." Han Sui thought for a long time and could only reply like this.

I looked again and found that this was what Han Wenyue said to Pound during the day, and it was also what he said to his close subordinates at the dinner. He still said the same words to Ma Teng now.
To be continued...
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