Liu came in very quickly. After leaving Chang'an, the grandson of the Han Dynasty entered the north through Longxi, then walked back to the middle road and turned into Hexi. It took about ten days to enter the Heli Mountain area, and then arrived at Juyan in just four days.

In other words, he was actually rushing to the road, just when he was resting, and looked at the scenery along the way.

On September 22, 2018, the third autumn of Yanhe, Liu Jin's convoy arrived at Heicheng Pass.

Zhang Yue personally led officials above 400 stones and officers above the lieutenant and above to go out to greet them.

"I am welcome to welcome Your Highness!" Zhang Yue took a step forward and bowed a lot. Behind him, hundreds of civil and military officials followed him and said, "I am welcome to welcome Your Highness the Grand Prince!"

Liu Jin walked out of the carriage and smiled at Zhang Yue: "General Ying Yang is exempted from gifts..." He said to others: "You are equal!"

"Your Highness is here, and the journey is exhausted. I have prepared a banquet at the official residence to welcome you..." Zhang Yue stepped forward and said, "Your Highness's follower and others come to the city to rest!"

Liu Jin nodded, and surrounded by Zhang Yue, led his people into the Black City Bulletin.

The arrival of His Royal Highness the Grand His Majesty shocked Juyan.

Inside and outside the Heicheng City, there were crowds of scholars and people who came to pay homage to the grandson.

The Hu merchants from the Western Regions even went out, observing and recording with various eyes.

Especially those Hu merchants with various backgrounds dare not neglect at all.

"The Han Taisun is here, I'm afraid..." Hu Shang thought to himself: "According to the Han people, those who come are not kind will not come... I'm afraid that someone will suffer a disaster and be unlucky!"

How could these people have been dealing with Han bureaucrats for a long time, so how could they not understand the ecology of this huge empire?

In this country, the face and thoughts of the top determine the behavior and determination of the people below.

And in order to please Shangguan, there is nothing that the people below dare not do.

Some Hu Shangs who had been in Juyan for a long time can even remember that when the former General Li Guangli of the Second Shi was in his residence, whenever the Emperor of Chang'an sent an order, the General Ershi would provoke a border friction and even launch a war to prove his ability and loyalty to Chang'an.

Now, the third person in this country, the future monarch, arrives here in person.

How could this General Chi You, Ju Yan, let this Highness return to Chang'an empty-handed?

Don't let him bring any souvenirs back?

Therefore, the people in Hu Shang who had close ties with the Huns were anxious and wanted to run out of Juyan to contact the Huns and report the bad news to them.

Not only the Hu merchants thought so, most of the Juyan military and civilian officials inside and outside the Heicheng Frontier already had thoughts in their minds.

So, each of them blushed and excited.

His Highness the Grand Prince arrived in person?!

Shouldn't you give a gift?

Then what better gift than a great victory?!

So, at the moment Liu Jin arrived, war preparations and mobilization were ready.

Now starting, Zhang Yue no longer needs to mobilize or call.

People with insight and vision have begun to wipe their armor, sharpen their weapons, and feed their horses.

These people's actions led everyone else to participate, and then the trend spread from Juyan to the entire four counties of Hexi, especially the border wall area.

In a few days, the county soldiers and militia in Juyan, Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye and other places had automatically entered a state of assembly and preparation.

The field standing army was fully armed.

Local governments began to collect materials needed for various wars and gathered them together, and even the transport vehicles, horses and civilians began to prepare.

Therefore, after September 25, 2013, the Hexi region had entered a state of war in fact.

There is no turning back when the arrow is drawn!

Now, even if Zhang Yue wants to not fight, it is no longer possible.

Because the war can no longer be stopped!

The four counties in Hexi, including Juyan, have more than 40 counties, more than 20 lieutenants, chief lieutenants, thousands of officials, local tyrants and the ministries that have just been appointed as households and civil servants, made mobilization and preparations for war without any orders or orders.

Tens of thousands of civilians have received orders to serve.

Tens of thousands of weapons were sent to the hands of county soldiers and militias.

Thousands of horse-drawn carriages, ox carriages and deer carriages were recruited.

Uncountable arrows, coarse materials, sauces, coarse cloth, dry food, and jerky meat have entered the official warehouses in various places and are ready to ship.

There is no way, who told Zhang Yue to kill someone and establish his authority just now?

He sent hundreds of bureaucrats who were against him to prison or even guillotine for crimes such as dereliction of duty, embezzlement, abuse of power, and murder.

The two prefects and one county lieutenant were sent back to Chang'an to enjoy the advanced services of the Tingwei Tour.

As a result, a large number of new people were promoted and a large number of officials were discovered to fill the vacant positions.

So, the other people who survived were at terrified and uneasy.

So, after learning about the arrival of His Royal Highness the Grandpa, these two groups of people automatically imagined the idea of ​​"General Ying Yang must go out to the army". The logic was also very correct. Liu loved face and liked to show off. Since Emperor Gao, he had always wanted to show off to the Emperor Gao: Who is the only one who has a certain career today? And today's Zi is even more amazing. His life is either on the road to pursuing face or on the road to showing off.

What's more, General Ying Yang, Zhang Zizhong, is also a close minister of the grandson, and is from a secret residence.

Now that the Grand Prince is here, how can General Ying Yang not save some face for His Highness so that His Highness can return to the court and make him look big in front of the emperor and all officials? And even more, I will have a good impression in front of the people of the world?

Since this is the case, General Ying Yang will inevitably send troops to the Western Regions soon.

At that time, if anyone is not good at doing things or even a little slacking off, with the general's temper and habits, the bad guys will have to think about how to die to thank the general so as to avoid implicating the clan commander.

Therefore, no one dares to neglect, and no one dares to hesitate at all.

More importantly, these officials are all smart people, and they all know that this may be a big opportunity to show their faces. Maybe if they do well, they can get along with His Royal Highness, enter the eyes of His Highness, and become successful from now on!

Therefore, after receiving the news, officials from all over the country immediately began to raise supplies, prepare manpower, build various vehicles, level roads, and repair bridges.

Its enthusiasm and efficiency are so high that it is jaw-dropping.

If Li Guangli was here, he would probably be scolded by the fact that he had never seen the local government in Hexi have such efficiency and work attitude!

Naturally, such high efficiency and enthusiasm also have its disadvantages!

That is, once the war does not happen, a large amount of manpower and material resources will be wasted.

That's fine, but more importantly, no one will reimburse the large amount of materials made for war, such as vinegar cloth, dry food, jerky, gelatin, arrows, bowstrings, and oil.

This will directly lead to the financial bankruptcy of the entire Hexi.

All relevant officials and officers will be guilty and must be given an explanation to Chang'an.

Therefore, the arrow has already come out of the string and cannot be recovered!

However, Zhang Yue has been accompanying Liu Jin these days, inspecting farmland, channels, and river embankments in Juyan Senei, and did not notice these things for a while.

By the time he discovered it, the local counties had completed all the procedures.

Even if he ordered to stop it, it was too late.

So, he smiled bitterly for a moment.

"Why are you like this?" Liu Jin found Zhang Yue's abnormality and couldn't help asking.

"It's nothing else. I just remembered some of the atrocities of the Huns that I just learned about, and saddened the people of Dayuan..." Zhang Yue sighed and said, "Your Highness, you don't know that the Huns led beasts to eat people and did all kinds of atrocities in Dayuan!"

So, Zhang Yue added fire to the fire to introduce the Huns to the city, plunder and destruction of the city in Dayuan.

Especially the Yu Chengcheng Massacre, it was specially aggravated.

When Liu Jin heard this, he was immediately angry and said, "I heard that Mencius said: A gentleman cannot bear to see his death when he sees his life, and cannot bear to eat his flesh when he hears his voice! How did the Huns do it, even women, children and babies?"

Then, the highness looked at Zhang Yue again and said, "You are General Ying Yang, and the general of the military affairs inside and outside. Why don't you stop it?"

"Your Highness, I have done my best..." Zhang Yue bowed: "Send envoys to question and send people to monitor, so that the Huns can be restrained. However, Dayuan is thousands of miles away, even if I try my best, it will be beyond my reach!"

Liu Jin frowned slightly as he heard about the Dayuan War in Chang'an and on the road, and also learned some inside stories.

He naturally understood that his minister was not as righteous as he said.

However, he is no longer the silly and sweet thing he used to be back then.

Are the people of Dayuan miserable?

If it were three years ago, he might have shed tears of sorrow for his true feelings.

But now...

It is already very good to verbally condemn the Huns for being vulgar and barbaric, and leading beasts to eat people.

Want to make this highness angry and send troops to fight him?

That is impossible!

Because he already knew that war was a money-burning act.

Moreover, if you want to intervene in the Huns, it is impossible to accomplish without tens of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of militias.

This may cost the Han family's treasury one to two years of fiscal revenue.

Farmers all over the world may double the burden as a result!

And what does the Dayuan people have to do with him and the Han Empire?
To be continued...