Chapter 206 Conspiracy to State Shepherd
The Yellow River has many harms, only rich ones.
The land of Hexi is not only an important business road for trading in the Central Plains to the Western Regions, but also a heavy grain production land in the northwest region. In later generations, it was known as the Jiangnan of the Frontier.
Sima's family has been operating here for many years and has long seen the value of its land. Therefore, in fact, there is no need for Huo Hai to say much. Sima Chong can arrange every piece of land and every lake water source here clearly.
Therefore, after a short meeting, Huo Hai asked Sima Chong to temporarily take over the position of prefect of Hexi County and temporarily set the county seat of Hexi County in Lishicheng.
Afterwards, he asked Zang Min to write a war report to the court for regaining Hexi and to show his merits.
Because Huo Hai's next tiger hunting operation is a private itinerary, he does not intend to let Zang Min and Cao Cao continue to follow. The war here must come to an end first.
Zang Min naturally disagreed with Huo Hai's proposal. The county prefect was a member of the two thousand stones and must be appointed by the emperor. Even if Li Shicheng was designated as the capital of Hexi County, it was not something that Huo Hai, General Anbei, could decide. His power could only allow him to lead troops in Bingzhou to fight. The local politics after the war must be dominated by the court.
"Believe me, the Sima family is the most suitable person to govern Hexi. If someone else comes, the Huns will rebel soon. At that time, I am afraid that even if I emptied the treasury of the Bingzhou counties again, it would be difficult to solve the problem of military capital." Huo Hai looked at Zang Min with a stern face and said.
"General Huo's command did not fight with the main force of the Huns at all. How could it consume so much military capital? According to my official's opinion, General Huo also had to return most of the money and food in the Bingzhou treasury." Zang Min returned to Huo Haiding.
"Who said that military funds are only used for food and food for soldiers? This also includes the money and food needed for post-war reconstruction and peace.
There are hundreds of thousands of people within a radius of three hundred miles from Shicheng. The money and food they need every day are astronomical. If they are not properly handled and the Xiongnu rebelled, they will rebel first.
What we need is a rich and stable Hexi, not a mess.” Huo Hai explained to Zang Min.
"The people here are all the Huns and Qiang people. Why should the court care about their lives and death? Moreover, how to arrange political affairs in Hexi is the court's business. The Anbei Army's responsibility is to eliminate the rebellion. Please don't overthrow it, General Huo." Zang Min said with his neck.
"It seems that according to the rules of the court, Bingzhou was the general government of Anbei during the war. Now, my main army has not yet fought a final decisive battle with the Huns, so it is still in wartime, and for a long time in the future, our army may not be able to completely destroy the Huns' army, so it will be in wartime.
I wonder if you have any objections to this, Governor Zang?
If so, please write to the court to impeach me, because you are the position of Bingzhou Governor, and you can't control me at all. If you have any objections to my decision, you can only report it to the court and let the emperor decide.
If not, please submit the court as I want, so that we can both of us can live up to our face." Huo Hai used the court rules to suppress Zang Min.
"Since General Huo, you said that the Anbei Army had not fought with the Huns yet, how could this official convey your achievements to the court?
Since the Hexi land has not been completely recovered, why can the court appoint the county prefect according to your will?" Zang Min is not a pedantic person, but no matter what Huo Hai said, he will immediately take it back and prevent Huo Hai from monopolizing the power in Bingzhou and leaving the center. This is his inner persistence.
However, Cao Cao, who was watching the show, looked at Huo Hai meaningfully and asked, "Does General Huo intend to ask the court to add Bingzhou Governor to you?
If this is the case, relying solely on Governor Zang’s memorials will not work.”
"Since Meng De, you have explained your words, I won't hide it. The position of the Bingzhou governor must be given to the court, and if not, I have to give it to you." Huo Hai smiled confidently.
"Why?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.
"Because Wen Hao has led his army to block the 300,000 Xiongnu people's way west, and formed a cross-bone attack on the Xiongnu people with Zhang Wenyuan. The Xiongnu people can be destroyed by the blink of an eye. The court will add the governor of Bingzhou to me. Then the Han Dynasty will not only have a rich Bingzhou, but will also expand its territory for thousands of miles, allowing the Han army's flag to penetrate the Qilian Mountains.
If the court did not add me to the Bingzhou Governor, my subordinates would not be careful in fighting, and the Huns might rush to Guanzhong, or even Hedong, and eventually threaten the safety of Luoyang." Huo Hai smiled and said.
"You are threatening the court." How could Zang Min not know Huo Hai's plan? The reason why he looked for Huo Hai was because he didn't want to see the court produce a Yizhou governor who had actually been separatist, and then another Bingzhou governor.
If Huo Hai also killed himself like Liu Yan, then after the court recovered, at least there would be a reason to attack him.
If the court took the initiative to give Bingzhou to him and then repent later, then Huo Hai would have a reason to confront the court.
The court cannot easily lose justice, as this will cause the court's prestige and no one will be willing to contribute to the court.
The key is that Zang Min, who knew the direction of the court, knew that as long as he wrote a memorial to Luoyang, Huo Hai would definitely become the governor of Bingzhou.
Because the dynasty had already begun to plan for independence, and pushed Huo Hai to the position of the governor of Bingzhou, and the rest of the people who asked for the governor of Pengzhou would become legitimate.
In addition, Huo Hai would definitely bribe the Ten Constables to clear the last obstacle from the emperor. Ninety-ninety percent of this matter would be done. Only Cao Cao was naive at this time that those knowledgeable party members would come out to oppose it.
But they didn't know that those party members were the vanguards who really wanted to undermine the emperor. Yuan Shao would definitely be the first to jump out to support him. The Yuan family had long taken a fancy to the position of Yuzhou's governor.
Once all states in the world are governed by the governors, the existence of the emperor will not be of great significance. The next step will be to kill the emperor and remove the shackles on their heads.
Therefore, although Zang Min shouted this sentence in anger, his voice seemed very weak. He knew that he could not stop Huo Hai at all and could not stop the general trend.
Because Guanzhong is too important to the royal family, the Liu Taimiao is still in Chang'an!
Three hundred thousand Huns entered Guanzhong, with symbolic meaning and even greater than actual meaning.
Moreover, they may threaten the safety of Luoyang and cut off the connection between Xiliang and the court. In this way, half of the imperial court's country from the southwest to the northwest will be completely destroyed.
If Zang Min was a fool who couldn't see the general trend clearly, he wouldn't be so painful. He could see clearly, but he was unable to make changes. This was where he felt sad.
Huo Hai naturally would not accept the hat he had put on. He would not be stupid enough to be the first person in anti-Han. It is Huo Hai's strategic policy to quietly develop himself.
So, he waved his hand and said, "Governor Zang, what you said is a bit too much. The soldiers won the battle. We officials who are in charge show their achievements to the court. This is a matter of course. If there is no reward for the merits, then no one in the world will be willing to work hard for the emperor. You cannot carry the emperor on your back and act against the local area.
Therefore, if you report the actual information to the emperor, how to reward and how to deal with subsequent matters in Bingzhou, it is up to the emperor to decide. This is the duty of being a minister.
If you force your will to the emperor and make decisions for the emperor in everything, that is the real sin of usurpation.”
"I am loyal to the Han Dynasty. Is it a transgressor? The emperor will judge that it will not be used by a wolfish ambition like you." Zang Min did not take Huo Hai's trick.
It is true that as Huo Hai said, everything he did was reasonable. However, such things that seemed reasonable would get some of the results that Zang Min thought were unreasonable. This was caused by the emperor being blinded by the audio-visual and influenced by his thoughts. Zang Min could help the emperor resist Huo Hai for a while, but there were too many ambitions in the world who were taking advantage of the emperor's lack of judgment to develop and strengthen himself.
"Actually, I can write the memorials of the memorials myself. Although it seems a bit shameless to express my memorials, I believe that when I go to Luoyang, the effect will be the same. It is better to do this! If you don't believe it, we can make a bet..."
"I won't bet with you." Zang Min directly interrupted Huo Hai's words.
He knew what Huo Hai said was true.
Therefore, I don’t plan to give Huo Hai any chance to convince himself.
"I understand." Huo Hai suddenly laughed when he saw Zang Min's appearance.
Cao Cao, who was not sure about it, asked, "What do you understand?"
"Governor Zang wants to be a person who is alone." Huo Hai replied.
"What's the solution?" Cao Cao continued to ask.
"He cannot stop the development of the situation, so he decided not to ignore the development of the situation and put himself outside the whirlpool, so as not to defile his reputation. I don't know if he should be cleansed! Or he should be selfish."
"Don't attack me. In this world, how many people can be like me who can not be with evil spirits?" Zang Min looked at Huo Haidao with fierce eyes like a cat.
"Look, he no longer has the courage to participate in pushing the situation in a better direction, so he just cherishes his feathers and is unwilling to wade into the muddy waters of the court, allowing the world to continue to be in chaos." Huo Haiyu said sarcastically.
"Who said I don't have the courage? I am just a careless person and didn't think of a good idea for a while." Zang Min retorted with a cold face.
"Then I just think you didn't think of a good idea! Actually, I am just like you, and I can't do anything about the court. Today I have something to explain to you that I actually have no interest in the world of the Han Dynasty.
However, for the people in the world, I will do my best to make them live a better life. This is the case with Heishanzhai, Bingzhou, and the people in the territory that Hexi and even the Anbei Army can reach.
Since I can’t be a person who saves the country, I will settle for the second best and be a person who saves the people.”
Can't save the country, save the people?
Zang Min looked at Huo Hai skeptically, and after thinking about it, he found that he really did this.
But the more this happens, the more he feels that Huo Hai has a big plan.
Chapter completed!