Straight man of steel

Chapter 117 It's been a few years, how can you be a Langguan

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yuan and Sima Xiangru have left Chang'an City."

At the court meeting, the ministers were still arguing about various things. Liu Che didn't like it very much. He just needed some officials with executive power instead of ministers vying to specify rules.

Liu Che, who was bored and even full of anger, just nodded when he heard the news, his face remained unchanged, and he looked down with his head propped on his hands.

After leaving Chang'an City, Zhang Yuan listened to Huo Zhong and stopped holding the talisman, and at the same time took out the silk from the wooden box.

There was no big seal on the silk. Sima Xiangru said that it was given to him by His Majesty. Zhang Yuan was very suspicious of this, and it was probably Wang Hui's hand.

The most urgent thing at the moment is to know what the purpose of this trip is, so as to appease the people, it is mainly about the attitude towards Yelang country, whether to go ahead without talking nonsense, or to paralyze the other party to promote the power of the great Han country, and let Yelang, a small southwestern Yi country, continue Keep it up for a few more years.

The silk paper clearly recorded the four destinations of Zhang Yuan and his party this time. They first went to Shu County, Guanghan County, Ba County to appease the people, and finally went to Qianwei County to send an envoy to Yelang.

At the same time, one of the documents was for Tang Meng. Zhang Yuan couldn't open it to read it, but he also guessed that it was a document for the establishment of Qianwei County.

Because the last destination is Qianwei County, Zhang Yuan and his party can only go to Shu County first, then to Ba County, Guanghan County, and finally go out from Fuguan in Ba County to Bie Town, the prefecture of Qianwei County. People are at Fu Pass now.

The purpose of Zhang Yuan's envoy to Yelang is to negotiate for the Yelang Kingdom to agree to serve corvee. If Yelang Wang Duotong refuses to agree, Tang Meng's thousands of Han troops plus tens of thousands of slave troops are more than enough to conquer a Yelang .

Now Zhang Yuan understood why Liu Che didn't stamp the great seal, and now he still cherishes the feathers very much. Although he agrees with Zhang Yuan's theory of colonization in his heart, he doesn't want this matter to tarnish the reputation of the great emperor.

Looking at the map inside the wooden box, Zhang Yuan was a little confused. He drew a few lines, a few mountains, and the names of a few cities to include the three counties of Bashu.

Holding such a map, Tang Meng had no way to cross the mountains from Shu County to Guanghan County to Yelang Country.

The speed of travel was extremely slow, but it also saved them from running around on the road. They left Chang'an City in the morning until it was completely dark, and they did not reach Hu County.

Not being able to enter the city to spend the night is definitely not a safe thing in this era. Fortunately, this is Guanzhong and there are hundreds of soldiers protecting it. Zhang Yuan can sleep peacefully when he camps here.

If you really go to Bashu, all kinds of poisonous insects and all the unknown animals and plants in the forest may take the lives of Zhang Yuan and the others.

It took Zhang Yuan and the others a month to travel from Chang'an to Shu County Chengdu, which was much faster than the time Tian Tian took him to Chang'an.

The official documents sent by the emperor's envoys arrived in Chengdu [-] days earlier than Zhang Yuan and the others, and then entered Wen Weng's hands.

When Captain Mianzhu of Guanghan County was resting, Zhang Yuan also sent a fast horse to Chengdu to tell Wen Weng that he would not arrive until three days later.

Seeing that he had arrived in Chengdu, only officials from Shu County greeted him outside the city gate. The scene Zhang Yuan imagined that the common people lined the road to welcome him did not happen.

"Master, it seems that the people of Shu County are not stable as His Majesty said."

After getting along for a month, Zhang Yuan can't always talk to Sima Xiangru with a straight face. If the two of them are in a state of confrontation every day for two years, it is estimated that one of them will be killed first. .

Zhang Yuan first surrendered to Sima Xiangru. He was the emperor's messenger, and Sima Xiangru was just his deputy. In the end, if he failed to complete the task, he would definitely be the one to take the blame.

No matter how hard you try to persuade him, it doesn't matter. In front of outsiders, Sima Xiangru still has to put himself first in everything. Who knows, the title of Zuo Shuchang and the official position of Xingrenling are all displayed here.

Wen Weng, the prefect of Shu County, who was holding a talisman and had a rank of two thousand stones, also bowed and bowed. Of course, they were not worshiping Zhang Yuan, but Liu Che, who was thousands of miles away.

"Chen Wenweng led a group of officials from Shu County to meet the envoy of the Son of Heaven in person."

After Zuo Yi finished speaking, Wen Weng moved out of the way and allowed Zhang Yuan and his party to enter the city.

This process was extremely long. In order to appease the people of Shu County and let the people of Shu County know that His Majesty cared about them, Zhang Yuan held an imperial decree in one hand and a talisman in the other, and wanted to ride a horse around the city of Chengdu.

Finally, it would be good to read the imperial decree in front of everyone outside the prefect's mansion, but Zhang Yuan felt that the imperial edict was read out by the eunuch, so he gave Sima Xiangru the honor of being worshiped by everyone.

"Officer Sima Lang, read your majesty's will."

He raised his arm for a long time, and when he reached out and handed Sima Xiangru the imperial edict, he almost dropped the imperial edict without trembling, but fortunately Sima Xiangru caught it steadily.

The process of reading out the imperial edict was extremely long. Naturally, Sima Xiangru, a pretentious person, would not miss this opportunity to make a name for himself in front of his fellow villagers. His tone was extremely slow. In the end, Wen Weng couldn't help but glare at him. Only then did he speed up and finish reading quickly.

One-third of the supplies of the accompanying convoy entered the treasury in Chengdu, and they will be distributed to the common people in the future. After finishing these tasks, the group stayed in the prefect's mansion.

"A few years have passed, Sima Changqing has become a lieutenant, and Zhang Yuan you are now a pedestrian. It is really sad that the world is so changeable."

At the dinner party, Xi Wenweng popped out such a sentence just after the opening.

Zhang Yuan had always felt that this old guy was not a good person after being tricked by him before. As a result, Sima Xiangru pretended to be a little stupid today. Not long after, Wen Weng's counterattack came. , and was thinking of bringing Zhang Yuan along with him.

"Haha, Governor Wen is overrated. Naturally, we can't compare to your ability to stay in such a position for decades. We young people are just a little more lively.

I will resign to Your Majesty after I return. Being an official is not my original intention, as you know, Grand Master Wen.

As for the position of Lang Guan after Changqing returned, it was obvious that he could no longer trap him. "

Speaking of being an official, Zhang Yuan was also a little angry. At first, Wen Weng wanted to let him help to make Wen Weng Shishi famous, so he thought of appointing himself as a small official. Later, when he went to Chang'an, Zhang Yuan realized that officials were two different things.

Huo Qubing was a champion, and Huo Guang later controlled all the power of the Han Dynasty by himself. Even to this point, their father Huo Zhongru was still an unknown petty official.

It's the same reason that Shang Yang's mother was still a slave when he died.

Once the various identities of the Han Dynasty are assigned to you, it will probably take several generations of efforts to get out of this vortex.

(End of this chapter)