Zhu Nao

Not long after Samoun was successfully surrendered, some remnants of the Liangzhou Army came to surrender.

Originally, with Dong Jiang dead, the main force of the Liangzhou army had been wiped out, and what was left in Liangzhou were only remnants and defeated generals.They had no intention or reason to contend with the Shu Army and the Yanzhou Army.Some people just want to survive, some want power, and some are greedy for wealth.And Zhu Nao arranged a fat job for Samoun, and Samoun's subordinates also got a good salary. Many people came here quickly because of their enthusiasm.

Naturally, some forces also learned that Sha Mowen had been confiscated of military power after he surrendered, and he was unwilling to give up his military power, so he insisted on refusing to surrender.Naturally, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji were not polite to these forces.They have taken over many Liangzhou subordinates, and they are very familiar with Liangzhou's intelligence, so they immediately formulated a strategy to deal with these stubborn forces, vowing to gnaw them down completely.

In just two months, Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji had subdued the forces in Liangzhou to a small extent, and there were still some stragglers left, which were no longer dangerous.

In the past two months, the two of them were still busy with a more important matter - the reorganization of the Liangzhou government.

Because Liangzhou is located on the border and the land is barren, few people here are farming and most are nomadic. The Central Plains dynasty's control over this state has always been unsatisfactory, and the jurisdiction of Liangzhou itself is also very loose.Zhu Nao took advantage of this opportunity to completely rectify Liangzhou.

He first transferred a group of officials from Shuzhong, then selected a group of people from Xie Wuji's subordinates, and finally appointed a group of people from Liangzhou, roughly pulling out a government structure.Then, Zhu Nao and a group of officials spent a long time, held meetings for several days, and discussed a plan to rectify Liangzhou.

Naturally, it is better to be civilized than to be militaristic.He plans to allocate a group of manpower and funds to develop Liangzhou's local resources, encourage business, and strengthen communication between Liangzhou and the Central Plains.In addition, the techniques of farming, mulberry picking, silk weaving, and tea planting in central Shu should be introduced to Liangzhou to promote farming and make the people secure the land; after that, an academy should be opened in Liangzhou to teach Confucianism...all these Some measures can be started immediately, and some are long-term plans, which should be taken slowly.If there is no accident, Liangzhou will be integrated with Shuzhong and Guanzhong in a few years, and it will no longer be a place outside the Guanzhong that is difficult to control.

Another point that is extremely important to both Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji is the war horse.After capturing Liangzhou, the Shu army and Yanzhou army immediately got thousands of good horses.Zhu Nao also allocated funds and ordered people to supervise the management of a horse farm in Hexi.In this way, they will not have to worry about obtaining war horses in the next few years...

So far, the overall situation in Liangzhou has basically stabilized.

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After Zhu Nao finished drawing up a volume of official documents, he raised his head and saw Jing Zhe standing at the door, as if he wanted to say something.

Zhu Nao asked, "What's the matter?"

Jingzhe said: "My lord, several envoys came yesterday, saying that they were ordered by Wang Dongpeng to discuss with us the matter of submission."

"Wang Dongpeng?" Zhu Nao felt that the name was familiar, but recently he was busy arranging appointments and read countless names every day, so he didn't remember who this Wang Dongpeng was.

Jing Zhe reminded: "Wang Dongpeng is Han Fengxian's old department."

Junao immediately remembered.Han Fengxian still has a group of old ministries in Liangzhou, and he has never forgotten it.Therefore, Zhu Nao also conducted investigations on these old ministries.This Wang Dongpeng was one of Han Fengxian's former subordinates.

Zhu Nao dipped his pen in the ink, and said, "Since they are here to discuss, let them go as usual."

He himself has been busy setting up the government recently, and he has no skills at all, so he doesn't care much about the Liangzhou forces who came to surrender, and he has all been handled by special personnel.

Jing Zhe said: "I heard that Wang Dongpeng is not willing to surrender military power."

Without raising his head, Zhu Nao said, "Then we can do whatever we want."

Jing Zhe nodded.He didn't come here to ask how to deal with Wang Dongpeng, but for Han Fengxian.He asked: "Young master, shall we send someone to watch Han Fengxian?" Han Fengxian might be ready to move around, and maybe he will collude with the old department to leave.

Zhu Nao laughed when he heard the words: "Hehe."

He continued to review the official documents, and said slowly, "Take care of our own manpower. Let him do the rest."

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In the afternoon, Han Feng first brought Ge Lingcha to the entrance of the barracks.

Guards guard the entrance and conduct routine checks on people entering and leaving the barracks.

"Which battalion are you from? What are you doing?" the guard asked.

Han Feng first showed his waist card and said, "Go to the town to buy something."

The guard looked at his badge and lowered his head to record it in the notebook.

Han Feng was a little nervous at first, frowning silently.

After a while, the guard put down his notebook and waved his hand, indicating that they could go out.

Han Feng secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and walked out with his elder brother Lingcha.

The two of them left the barracks, and before they had gone far, Han Feng turned his head and looked back vigilantly.However, there was nothing unusual in the rear, and no one followed them.

So Han Feng continued to walk forward, while walking, while continuing to observe his surroundings.There are few shelters in the desert. If someone is watching them secretly, unless that person knows how to escape from the ground, it is really difficult to avoid his eyes and ears.

Han Fengxian gradually became a little puzzled: really no one is watching him?Is Junao really so relieved of him?

After the two left the barracks, they turned a corner and ran towards a sandbar.

When he arrived at the sandbar, Han Feng whistled a few times first, and soon a sneaky person came out from the bushes.When the man saw Han Fengxian, he quickly knelt down and saluted: "My subordinates refer to Tongman."

Han Feng said first: "Get up."

The man got up from the ground and said respectfully: "Tongman, Wang Duman asked me to ask Tongman what his plan is. He is willing to follow Tongman's plan."

This person is Wang Dongpeng's subordinate.As Han Fengxian's former subordinate, Wang Dongpeng stayed in Liangzhou.Before Han Feng first took refuge in Dong Jiang, Dong Jiang didn't value Wang Dongpeng, which made Wang Dongpeng depressed all the time, and he still thought of his old master's goodness in his heart.Now Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji have come to Liangzhou to confiscate the military power of the former Liangzhou Army.Wang Dongpeng sent people to bargain with them, trying to keep hundreds of people under his command, but they couldn't negotiate anyway, so he had other ideas.

Han Feng's face was gloomy: "plan? After I killed Dong Laogou, I have been trying to gather you old troops, but the surname Zhu and the surname Xie will never allow me to lead my own troops."

The man hurriedly said: "Why does the Tongman have to be attached to them? Dong Laogou is dead, Liangzhou has no owner, and the Tongman can stand on his own. Wang Duman is willing to be loyal to the Tongman, and there are several other... Why can't we stand? Those Han people in the Central Plains are outsiders, and we have no reason to listen to them."

A hesitant look appeared on Han Fengxian's face.He was quite moved by what he said, but before that, it was not that he had never thought about starting his own family, but the result of his thinking was not optimistic.

Liangzhou not only has his old troops, but also many of his enemies, if he does not rely on the strength of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, he may not be able to gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou.Although his enemy has been almost surrendered by Zhu Nao now, he will not worry about being revenged by the enemy when he runs out, but Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji clearly do not allow Liangzhou to have other forces in charge.If he insists on establishing his own family, then his future enemies will be Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji!

If he wants to be an enemy of the Shu army and the Yanzhou army, he probably doesn't have the strength yet.

Seeing Han Fengxian's uncertain expression, the subordinate asked, "Tongman, does Zhu Nao trust Tongman?" He looked at Han Fengxian's appearance here in person, and it seemed that the Shu army's surveillance of Han Fengxian was not strict.

Speaking of this, Han Feng couldn't help being puzzled.Does Jun Nao trust him or not?He couldn't tell either.

The subordinate hurriedly said: "Junao took over a lot of old Liangzhou tribes. Those old Liangzhou tribes may not obey him, but they are forced to submit. If Zhu Nao trusts Tongman, Tongman can avoid his eyes and ears, operate in secret, and win over people's hearts." .If you can successfully gather the crowd to rebel, it would be okay to directly take the heads of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji! If not, then rob their granary, take the people and leave, and find another way out."

Han Fengxian became even more excited.The possibility of mobilizing a crowd to mutiny is very small, those old troops of Liangzhou army were immediately reorganized as soon as they surrendered, and the soldiers will be stripped away, and the people of Liangzhou are not united, so he does not have the ability to respond to everyone.As for robbing the granary and leaving?If you can get money and food and your own people, it is certainly better to find another way out than to submit to others.This Liangzhou has an extremely wide terrain, and with Zhu Nao's ability, he may not be able to control the entire Liangzhou.Big deal, if he took people out of Liangzhou and continued northward, there might not be other better opportunities.

Han Feng hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Ge Lingcha beside him.Ge Lingcha frowned slightly, as if he didn't like the proposal.

Han Feng asked quickly, "What do you think?"

Ge Ling took a look at him, and said slowly: "But it's up to you to decide."

Now it was Han Feng's turn to frown first.Ever since Dong Jiang's death, Ge Lingcha seemed to have been a little depressed, and he talked less and less recently.Although he was dissatisfied with this, he didn't know what to do.

Under the earnest gaze of his subordinates, Han Feng hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and shook his head: "Forget it. I will continue to stay in the Shu army."

The subordinate was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "Tongman, three or four! Those Han people in the Central Plains are not of one mind with us! Especially Tongman is...and...they will never reuse Tongman, only Treat Tongman as a different kind, suppress and exclude!"

This is the pain point of Han Fengxian, but the subordinates stepped on his painful feet without winking. He suddenly became furious, and kicked the man over: "You are so brave!"

The more he thought about it, the more he became furious, and even drew out his knife to kill him. Brother Lingcha quickly held him down: "Tong Man, calm down."

If someone was killed here, and the body was found by the Shu army and the Yanzhou army, after careful investigation, Han Fengxian would really get into big trouble.

Han Feng was hugged tightly by Ge Lingcha first, took a few deep breaths, and finally calmed down gradually.

That subordinate was already trembling with fright, and didn't dare to say a word.

After a while, Han Feng kicked the subordinate's chest first, and scolded: "Get out!"

That subordinate hurriedly slipped away.

After the people left, Han Feng was still full of irritability, first he drew his knife and slashed at the bushes, then threw the knife away and sat down on the ground.

He is certainly dissatisfied with the current situation, but he is not stupid.Rather than saying that Wang Dongpeng is still loyal to him, it is better to say that Wang Dongpeng wants to use each other with him because of the power in his hands.

It is too risky to plunder the Shu army and lead the old troops away.He was not sure of winning, but felt that the chances of success were extremely small.And even if he succeeded, where could he go?It is hard to say whether going north is an opportunity or a risk, and it may only be worse.

On the contrary, it is Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, these two people have ambitions in the world, and they may not be unable to have great promise in the future.Following Zhu Nao's side, even though he has been deprived of military power right now, there may still be room for him to use his skills in the future, and he still has a chance to rise to the top.

endure.

It might be the best way to bear it.

Han Feng first scratched his hair vigorously, then stood up slowly.He said to Ge Lingcha: "Let's go. We're going back."

Ge Lingcha didn't say anything, followed his footsteps and walked towards the way he came.

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inside the house.

Zhu Nao, Xie Wuji and a group of officials gathered together, each holding a stack of official documents, and they were in the parliament.

After several hours of intense discussions, everyone finally reached an agreement - they finally stipulated the laws of Liangzhou Prefecture.

After all, Liangzhou is located in a remote place. If you want to manage it well, you can't just copy the rules of the Central Plains. You have to adapt to local conditions and time.So Zhu Nao spent a long time investigating and understanding the local customs and customs of Liangzhou, and also gave the local officials of Liangzhou a lot of decision-making power, and finally came up with a set of regulations.

So far, he and Xie Wuji's affairs in Liangzhou are almost done, and it's time to prepare for the return journey.

When everyone came out of the house, it was already dark, and everyone went back to rest.

Zhu Nao led Cheng Jingzhe back and suddenly heard footsteps coming from behind.The two looked back, and it was Xie Wuji and Wu Cong who followed.

Zhu Nao slowed down and waited for a while, then walked forward side by side with Xie Wuji.

Xie Wuji said: "I heard that Han Feng led people out of the camp today."

They didn't send anyone to follow Han Fengxian's every move, but it was impossible not to pay attention to Han Fengxian's whereabouts.The guards of the barracks had records, and Han Feng immediately reported to Xie Wuji as soon as he left the news.

Xie Wuji also knew that Wang Dongpeng ordered people to discuss the surrender, but the progress was not smooth.And as long as they search carefully, it is not too difficult to find out who has been in contact with Han Fengxian.

Zhu Nao was not surprised by this, and just smiled and said, "I heard that he didn't look very good when he returned to the camp. It seems that we didn't agree. It's a pity."

"What a pity?" Xie Wuji looked at him sideways, "Do you want him to go?"

"Yes." Junao admitted generously.

Xie Wuji and Wu Cong thought it was Zhu Nao who didn't want to keep this hot potato, and were about to say that there are many ways to drive him away, but Zhu Nao continued: "If he leaves, I can take him in again. What a pity."

Xie Wuji: "..."

Wu Cong: "..."

I dare to take Han Feng as an example of buying bones with a lot of money first, and I am not satisfied, and I want to do it a few more times.

... But it is also true, if Han Feng is an unfaithful and unrighteous person first, then betrays and surrenders again, and Zhu Nao can tolerate him, then this reputation of employing people regardless of talents and promoting talents will be fully realized.Who will not dare to vote in the future?

Xie Wuji's face changed slightly, he was a little dumbfounded.He also knows that different people have different usages, but Zhu Nao can still use people like this, which really opened his eyes...

Walking near the residence, the two were about to separate.

Xie Wuji said: "Rest earlier."

Zhu Nao said, "So is General Xie."

Tomorrow, they will leave for Middle Earth.