Han Yin was shouted loudly by Han Sui in front of so many people, and his face suddenly turned into a pig's liver. He couldn't help but feel angry and resentment couldn't help but emerge. He is over 40 years old this year, why doesn't his father still treat him as an adult? His subordinates don't give him their troops, and they don't look for him for major affairs. Now he scolds him in front of the generals, asking him to step down and how he can show his might in front of the soldiers in the future? Han Yin dared not look back at others. He felt that they must be gloating at him and looking at him with disdain, and his subordinates must also look at him with contempt, preparing to change the party at the right time.

Han Yin was angry and aggrieved, his fingers spasmed twice, and he couldn't help but stretched to the long knife around his waist. When his fingers touched the cold knife ring, the bone-broken coldness suddenly calmed him down. Cheng Gongying's eyes suddenly shrank, and he turned to Han Sui, whose face changed drastically, and said, "General, what the major general said is not unreasonable."

Han Sui looked at Cheng Gongying in surprise, his eyes twitched twice, and he slowed down and said, "Why does he make sense?"

When Han Yin heard Cheng Gongying agree with him, the tense string loosened a little, and raised his ears to listen to what Cheng Gongying explained. Cheng Gongying raised his head and looked towards Hanyang County. He took two steps back uneasyly and was a little far away from Han Sui. He tied the reins, stopped the war horse, and approached Han Sui again. The voice happened to be heard by Han Sui and his son.

"General, Major General, we Xiliang people can support us to this day because the general is calm and wise, the major general and General Ma are invincible, and the general is invincible, and the general is united. In addition, only the people of Xiliang people can survive in this land, so we survived safely for decades under the oppression of the Korean and Korean army." Cheng Gongying did not go to see Han Yin, but Han Yin felt much relieved when he heard Cheng Gongying compare himself with Ma Chao. He looked at Han Sui, and Han Sui was also looking at him. His face was gone, but he showed a satisfied look. Han Yin was happy, and he smiled on his face, and he quickly said modestly: "Your honor is too much, how can I compare to General Ma. My father is very resourceful and good at making a decision, so he is today."

Cheng Gongying nodded and continued, "The Major General is too modest. Because the general is resourceful and good at decisive, he can grasp the overall situation of Xiliang, and knows that the principle that mutual benefit is beneficial and division is harmful, he has always been restrained with General Ma and has not done anything that his relatives are happy with the enemy. We have never been involved in Hanyang and Longxi. However, the situation today is quite special. If we don't want to plunder Hanyang County, we will definitely not be able to survive this winter. If we can't hold on, only General Ma is left. Can he deal with the chariot and cavalry general sent by the court?"

"Pongying said it right." Han Yin first echoed loudly.

Han Sui did not refute and pondered for a while. Cheng Gongying's words were second to ease the relationship between father and son. The key was that he had reached the current dilemma. If he was still stuck to the previous default sphere of influence, he would not be able to explain to Li Kan and others today. Unless he fought to kill Jieting and then went to Guanzhong to plunder, whether he could get something or not, whether he could withdraw safely is the top priority. But if he was defeated, Ma Chao would not survive. With Ma Chao's mind, he would not recognize it.

Not sure about the situation in front of him, sending someone to communicate with him may get his understanding and letting himself solve this urgent problem. If he cannot recognize this trend, then it is not wise to cooperate with him to fight Cao Chong, the general of the cavalry who will soon arrive in Guanzhong. Instead of failing in the end, it is better to abandon Ma Chao now and show his goodwill to Cao Chong, and maybe he can still maintain his troops and power. Therefore, it is necessary to test Ma Chao at the moment.

"What you said makes sense." Han Sui nodded, stroked his chaotic beard, squinted his eyes to cover the tighter and tighter north wind: "Send someone to say hello to Meng Qi, explain our difficulties, and ask him several counties to let us overcome the difficulties. I believe he can understand it."

When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed.

In the late October, Cao Chong led the army to Chang'an. The Sili School Chief Zhong Yao and the Jingzhao Yin Zheng Hun went out of the city to greet him.

Cao Chong and Zhong Yao are old acquaintances who have met many times. This time they met again in Chang'an, and they were extremely intimate. The two walked hand in hand and showed a very harmonious look. Zhong Yao introduced the officials to Cao Chong. Cao Chong was very polite to Zheng Hun because he was very famous in later generations. It was second to treat him as an inventor in fantasy novels. There was an extremely famous stele in the calligraphy of later generations, which was the tombstone of this person. As Cao Chong, who had great achievements in calligraphy, he had a deep impression of this person.

Unfortunately, judging from the information Cao Chong has so far, this man is not an inventor at all, and he cannot invent anything like Zheng Hunche.

Zheng Hun's name is Wengong, from Kaifeng, Henan. He is a famous family member in Kaifeng. His great-grandfather was a great scholar in the early Eastern Han Dynasty and a famous minister Zheng Zhong. Zheng Zhong received his career at the age of twelve and was proficient in "The Spring and Autumn Period", "The Book of Changes", and "The Book of Songs". He once wrote a book called "The Regulations on the Spring and Autumn Period" and was a master of "The Spring and Autumn Period". He was a master of "The Regulations on the Difficult Record of the Spring and Autumn Period". He was a master of knowledge and was very famous at the time. Zheng Hun's father Zheng Xing had a family background and was well-known in the world, but

The most famous person in the Zheng family recently was not Zheng Xing, but Zheng Xing's son, Zheng Hun's brother Zheng Tai. Zheng Tai was a very extraordinary person. When he was a teenager, he went to study at the Imperial Academy. Seeing that the world was in chaos, he did not manage his studies. He used all the income of the 400 hectares of land in his family to make heroes. He did not go to recruit anyone to the officialdom. It was not until He Jin wanted to kill eunuchs that he entered He Jin's mansion and became an aide. Later, because He Jin did not listen to his dissuasion, he refused He Jin and left. In He Jin's mansion, he met Xun You, and later planned to kill Dong Zhuo with Xun You and others. After the failure, he escaped. Later, General Yuan Shu regarded him as the governor of Yangzhou, but he died of illness halfway through the way.

After Zheng Tai's death, Zheng Hun took Zheng Tai's youngest son Zheng Mao to Huainan. He knew that Yuan Shu was not a person who could achieve great things. He then crossed the river and relied on Hua Xin. After Cao Cao took power, he heard about his deeds and summoned him back to Xu County and became a lieutenant. Later, he was released from other counties. When he was an official, he strengthened the foundation and suppressed the end, opened rice fields, promoted water conservancy, and rewarded farmland. When he saw those idle, he was severely punished. At that time, the people lived a difficult life, and often gave up their children when they were worried that they could not raise them. After Zheng Hun took office, he formulated a high-quality law to prohibit abandoning his children. The people were afraid at first, but later their lives gradually improved, and they realized his goodness. Therefore, many people had the character Zheng in their words, which shows that their political achievements were outstanding.

Zheng Hun was a capable official, but he was also an authentic Confucian scholar. He was quite dissatisfied with Cao Chong's new policy that raised the status of merchants to the same level as Confucian scholars. So when Cao Chong greeted him, he just smiled politely and did not have much enthusiasm. Cao Chong had already known the officials of the Sanfu on the way he came, and knew that this famous man was not very good at his own way, and he could not show too much attention. He just smiled and continued to walk forward with Zhong Yao.

"Duke Wen has such a temper, but his political achievements are quite good." Zhong Yao said softly.

Cao Chong smiled and said nothing, thinking that you used the title of Zheng Hun on this occasion instead of calling him Lord Zheng. Obviously, he wanted me to sell you face. This is not a big deal to me, so why bother to disobey your kindness?

When Zhong Yao saw Cao Chong smiling and said nothing, he felt a little nervous. Prime Minister Cao had a habit of killing people when he got angry. But when he smiled, that person was dead. Could it be that General Cao and Prime Minister Cao had the same temper? Zhong Yao regretted it and did not remind Zheng Hun specifically. Perhaps, he also wanted to know what General Cao's attitude towards Confucian scholars was.

As soon as the official introduction was introduced, Cao Chong looked at Sima Yi, who was covered in loess but neatly dressed in front of him, and was very surprised. Isn’t he under Xiahou Yuan’s hands? Why did he get here? “Why are you... in Chang'an?”

"I am hereby a general in charge of the command of the army, and I am here to wait for the Lord." Sima Yi responded with neither humility nor arrogantness.

"Hahaha..." Zhong Yao smiled and said, "Mr. Sima had just arrived from Mei County. I heard that the general had not even entered the city, so he didn't have time to wash up, so he came to greet the general with yellow earth. Fortunately, his elder was not here, otherwise, he would have been beaten." After saying that, he laughed.

Cao Chong also smiled. Sima Yi's old man Sima Fang's family rules were very strict. It is said that when he was eating at home, no one dared to eat first. Even when he was in a state of mind, he had to sit upright. If he was facing a VIP, like Sima Yi, it would be a good idea to have a meal. Of course, according to Cao Chong's idea, it would be better to chop him up with one knife.

When Cao Chong thought of this idea, he was eager to try his hand and couldn't help but want to touch the sword in his waist.

Sima Yi lowered his head and looked at the white tiger embroidered on the tips of Cao Chong's two boots, and sweat beads oozing out of his nose. His eyes glanced at Cao Chong's gently beating fingers, and he saw the dance of the god of death. His heart was filled with panic. The tension from a few years ago enveloped his whole body again, making him almost breathless.

"General, go to the city to rest." Seeing that both of them looked a little strange, Zhong Yao remembered the rumors, and hurried forward to block Sima Yi's side, and smiled at Cao Chong calmly.

"Hehe... Please, Lord Zhong." Cao Chong bowed and smiled.

"Please, Lord Cao." Zhong Yao smiled and turned toward him, signaling Cao Chong to go first. Cao Chong was about to leave, but suddenly stopped again. He turned around and said to Sima Yi who was about to raise his hand to wipe his sweat, "Since you are from the general in charge, come and report on the military situation in a while."

"No!" Sima Yi responded quickly. He lowered his head and listened to Cao Chong's footsteps. It was not until Cao Chong left that he straightened up and looked up. Only then did he realize that the sweat on his back had soaked the cotton coat on his body, and the loess on his face were mixed with sweat, which was very uncomfortable.

Zheng Hun looked at Sima Yi from afar and pulled the corner of his mouth quietly. Unexpectedly, Sima Yi was raising his head, and the two looked at each other. Sima Yi bowed and smiled humbly, and saluted Zheng Hun from afar. Zheng Hun was stunned, and raised his arm and bowed.

Cao Chong rested in Chang'an for two days and temporarily handed over more than 10,000 official slaves to Zhong Yao. Zhong Yao was very happy. Guanzhong had a small population, which was his most troublesome problem. Now with these ten thousand official slaves, once Cao Chong's more than 30,000 soldiers arrived, he could arrange them to those idle fertile fields to reclaim land, which was equivalent to adding 40,000 labor to Guanzhong at once. There were too many fertile fields abandoned in Guanzhong. After these people came, they could give full play to their role. By next autumn, the food problem in Guanzhong would be greatly alleviated. Although it was still far from the size of the two million people in Guanzhong, it was not a big problem to achieve initial self-sufficiency.

"Mr. Zhong, I will rush to Mei County to meet with the general in the leadership. Please ask Master Zhong for these things. The grain and various agricultural tools from Jingzhou and Yizhou will be transported soon. Before Guanzhong can be self-sufficient, all the materials needed will be supplied by these two states. This has been decided by the Prime Minister." Cao Chong smiled and then said: "There are four or five thousand people under him. The security of Chang'an is entrusted to the south. There will be no trouble in the south. You only need to be careful of Anding County in the north and don't let them in trouble with the military farm."

Zhong Yao nodded with a loud laugh: "Don't worry, General, although Zhong Yao has no great ability, it is still okay to protect this industry for the general. Besides, the general's army is heading west, so I am afraid that the stable bandits will also go west together. It is very safe here."

Cao Chong also smiled, and shook his hand and said, "This is the industry of the Han Dynasty, not my industry. Lord Zhong, don't make such a stubborn joke, I can't afford it."

Zhong Yao quickly apologized: "I am talking nonsense, please don't blame him."

Cao Chong smiled faintly, stretched out his fingers to scratch the ends of his hair. Xiaoshuang's hair was a little tight today, and his scalp was a little tight. He thought for a while and said, "Only a population is not enough. I have asked the emperor for an order and told the Prime Minister that some people should be transferred from Xiangyang Academy to open another academy in Chang'an. At that time, I hope Lord Zhong will be more attentive to recruit students."

Zhong Yao was overjoyed and asked quickly, "I wonder who is coming?"

"At present, there are Liu Zhongyu, Zhou Yuanzhi, Mr. Cai, Yu Zhongyi, Lu Gongji and others, as well as a group of workers and peasants, about a hundred people, and some will come one after another in the future." Cao Chong said: "In addition, there is another thing I would like to ask the adults to worry about."

When Zhong Yao heard Cao Chong talk about those names, he felt that Cao Chong was determined to turn Chang'an into a second Xiangyang. He was already overjoyed. Now, when Cao Chong said that there was something else, he quickly responded: "General, just say it."

Cao Chong frowned slightly and said with some worries: "I think Lord Zhong knows the new policy in Xiangyang. To be ashamed, at first I just thought that most of the officials have read the classics of the saints and are quite shameful. I will give them enough salary to support their families. They should be able to keep themselves clean and cherish their reputation as a feather, so as not to do anything greedy. Unfortunately, things were as big as I expected. In just five or six years, many officials in Jingzhou became unscrupulous, colluded with illegal merchants, took advantage of their robbery, and tried their best to clean up a group of them. But to be honest, Lord Zhong, among the arrested officials, many of them have a lot of promising prospects, and I really feel sorry for them. After thinking about it carefully, I still underestimated the ugly side of human nature at the beginning and failed to prevent it in advance. This... is all my fault."

When Zhong Yao saw Cao Chong's sincere speech, he looked sad and unbearable. Obviously, he was not pretending to be self-examination, and he was a little silent for a moment. He had been immersed in the officialdom for many years, and he knew the faces of those people clearly. He might have felt more about Cao Chong's ugly face as mentioned by Cao Chong. However, he himself was also a big clan and knew the difficulties of the big clan. He had no objection to Cao Chong's corruption campaign this time in Xiangyang. Because Cao Chong's attack was mainly large clans and large officials, and the proportion of Confucian scholars among officials was the largest, so naturally the most punished.

This made Zhong Yao hesitate.

"Mr. Zhong has a deep study of the Legalists, so I don't need to say much about the principles of this usage. After the Xiangyang officials arrived, they will explain to you some of the newly formulated provisions in Xiangyang. You will use them according to the specific situation of Guanzhong. I hope that in Guanzhong, you can control the greed and ink from the beginning, so as not to make up for the problem." Cao Chong looked at Zhong Yao very seriously and said.

Cao Chong's face was very heavy, as if he was still blaming himself for the problems that arose in the new policy of Xiangyang. He could not see the hypocrisy in the officialdom that seemed modest but actually boasted about the famous one. Zhong Yao saw it and sighed with sarcastic pleasure: "Don't worry, General, Zhong Yao will do his best to refer to Xiangyang's successful experience, improve its unreasonable areas, and strive to make a good start in the new policy of Guanzhong."

"In this way, it will be a blessing for Lord Zhong." Cao Chong respectfully bowed down and bowed respectfully. Zhong Yao did not avoid it, solemnly received the gift, and then returned the gift with a serious expression.

After Cao Chong entrusted the civil affairs matter to Zhong Yao, he led his army westward and arrived in Meiwu five days later. He met the leading general Xiahou Yuan for the first time. Xiahou Yuan was about seven feet and five inches. Among the Han people with an average height of seven feet, he was also tall. He was not strong, had a thin face, slightly sunken eyes, sharp and agile expression, serious expression, and seriousness, which naturally gave people a sense of majestic pressure. Xiahou He and Xiahou Rong stood behind him one by one.

Cao Chong stepped forward to greet him, and both sides talked politely. Xiahou Yuan led Cao Chong into the tall meiwu and into the main hall. Xiahou Yuan asked Cao Chong to sit in the main seat and sat on the foil of his subordinates. Seeing that he was so direct, Cao Chong felt a little embarrassed, but if he didn't distinguish between the main and the secondary, the subsequent things would be even more difficult, so he sat down, and then everyone sat down according to the seats.

Xiahou Yuan ordered people to take the roster and explain to Cao Chong one by one, saying in detail which person has many people, what equipment is in, what kind of tasks are they stationed in, what kind of tasks are they responsible for, and what current situation is. Cao Chong was very grateful. After listening to the report, he praised Xiahou Yuan: "The general is indeed a capable general under the Prime Minister's account. The military affairs in Guanzhong are handled very well. With the general as the auxiliary, Chong is very lucky."

Xiahou Yuan smiled faintly and bowed and said, "Yuan was ashamed. He held heavy troops in Guanzhong for five years. He failed to advance to Xiliang and could only sit in Guanzhong. He watched Ma Chao and Han Sui and other rebels Xiaoyao Xiliang were powerless. Before the general came to the west, Han Sui and Ma Chao invaded again. Although Jieting and Chen Cang were safe, Han Yang was poisoned and was waiting for the general to save the people from the fire and water."

Cao Chong was stunned, and then suddenly realized that Xiahou Yuan had prepared a difficult problem. It seemed that although he handed over military power very happily, he was not in a mood at all. It was impossible. He just didn't know what kind of questions he had prepared to test himself. He was quiet and looked at Xiahou Yuan with a normal expression and smiled twice: "What does the general mean when Hanyang was poisoned?"

Xiahou Yuan waved his hand, and soon the personal guard brought a middle-aged man in ragged clothes and covered in blood. The man walked to Cao Chong, knelt down on the ground with a plop, and shouted in a crying voice: "Don't guard Liangzhou, the commander of Tianshui Yan Wen, and pay homage to General Cheqi and Cavalry. Ma Chao and Han Sui's troops surrounded Jicheng to cause disaster to Liangzhou. Please send troops to rescue him quickly."

"Ma Chao, Han Sui joined forces to surround Jicheng?" Cao Chong was shocked and almost stood up. The test question was not ordinary.

"That's right." Yan Wen wiped his tears and said sadly: "After being sent by Wei (Wei Kang), the governor of Liangzhou, stationed in Xiaji, Ma Chao failed to capture Chen Cang, turned his troops westward and connected with the Di King. Ren Yang, the county's people, was confused by him and welcomed Ma Chao into the city. The few soldiers under his subordinates were unable to stop him, so he had to escape back to Jizhou alone and inform the governor of Wei. After Ma Chao got to go to the country, he was greedy and surrounded Jicheng. More than 30,000 cavalrymen surrounded Jicheng and were unable to escape. Jicheng was in danger. Master Wei's life was hanging on the line. Please send troops to rescue quickly."

"How did you escape?" Cao Chong asked strangely.

"I dived from the waterway and went day and night, but didn't dare to rest. I entered Guanzhong from the Longguan Road and asked for help from the general. The general of the army said that there was insufficient food and grass and could not go on an expedition. My subordinates were anxious and could only ask the general of chariots and cavalry to send troops."

Cao Chong looked at Yan Wen's torn clothes, frowned slightly, then let go of his face, and asked calmly: "Since you came out of Longguan, have you heard of any movement on Jieting?"

"Han Sui was blocked in Jieting, turned west and attacked Longxian, Lueyang and Xianqin counties. Now he is stationed in Xianqin."

"Han Sui attacked Hanyang County?" Cao Chong was surprised and happy, and glanced at Jia Xu sitting next to him. He thought to himself that the old man really calculated. Is Ma Chao going to turn against Han Sui now?

"Han Sui attacked Hanyang, what's the matter with Ma Chao?" Jia Xu raised his eyelids and asked as if nothing had happened.

Yan Wen was stunned for a moment, thought carefully and said, "I didn't hear anything. My subordinates left Jicheng and went straight to Jiwu for help, but did not focus on inquiries about the matter between them. However, when Han Sui attacked the three counties, when he was attacking Ma Chao, he inferred from his subordinates that Ma Chao should know that Han Sui was attacking the three counties."

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to stroke his beard, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Cao Chong: "General, it seems that the two of them have a tacit understanding. This time, they are attacking Hanyang, I am afraid that they will be angry in advance."

Cao Chong nodded, a little disappointed. He originally expected the two of them to fight, but in this way they had an agreement, and it seemed that they would occupy Hanyang County together. In this way, his original plan to appease Ma Chao and fight Han Sui first would have to be adjusted.

"You go down and rest first, I have my own arrangements." Cao Chong said to Yan Wen.

"Please send troops to rescue Lord Wei." To Cao Chong's surprise, Yan Wen did not go down, but instead lay on the ground and shouted loudly, then kowtowed hard on the ground. The ground made of blue bricks was quickly printed with a pool of bright red. Yan Wen's forehead was already bright red, and blood soon flowed all over his face, dripping onto his already bloody clothes.
Chapter completed!