Chapter 14: Inspection of Youzhou ()

Time has passed again, and it has only been 3 or 4 months since the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Yan Bin was secretly anxious. It would be impossible to stay in Luoyang to achieve his goal. At the court meeting that day, he suddenly received an urgent report from Youzhou Governor Guo Xun, saying that the outbreak of locust plague in Youzhou requires emergency assistance from the court. Perhaps because of his happy mood recently, the stingy Emperor Ling was rarely generously allocated 100 million yuan from the national treasury to Youzhou for disaster relief. However, Ling Emperor, who is stingy, felt heartbroken after all the money was allocated. He kept saying in his mouth that he hoped that the money could be used on the victims and not be greedy by local officials.

After seeing the opportunity, Yan Bin quickly responded to Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted and allocated huge sums of money to help the victims. But it is true that officials must be greedy. Guo Xun has a good reputation and has always loved the people as much as his son. Even the barbarians on the border of Youzhou are grateful to him, so Guo Xun cannot be greedy. But he cannot guarantee that his subordinates are not greedy. Youzhou is vast, and Guo Xun has to deal with government affairs and disaster relief to the people. How can he supervise his subordinates? If those local officials become greedy, they will not only steal His Majesty's money, but also bring unfavorable reputation to His Majesty for helping the court. His Majesty was really kind to him at that time."

After hearing Yan Bin's words, Emperor Ling couldn't help but be anxious and asked repeatedly what to do? "Your Majesty, although you are young, you are always the official of the court. It was originally supposed to do your best to do your best for the Han Dynasty. Now there are so many wise ministers in the court who are in charge of your Majesty, and you can't play any role. So you want to go to Youzhou to supervise those officials for Your Majesty. After you go, you will not interfere with their normal administrative affairs, but just keep your eyes open for your Majesty. If anyone dares to greedy Your Majesty's money, you will report to Your Majesty and let the greedy people search the house and let them steal chickens without losing their rice."

Although Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others next to Emperor Ling had a good personal relationship with Yan Bin, Emperor Ling loved Yan Bin more and more, which made them feel extremely stressed. Seeing that Yan Bin took the initiative to leave the power center, it was a great thing that he could not afford, so he hurried out to speak to Emperor Ling: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, although the attendant of the Sanqi Chang is so loyal to the country. If he goes to watch the disaster relief money for Your Majesty, you can rest assured. If everyone in the court ministers could share your worries and problems like the attendant of the Sanqi Chang, the Han Dynasty would naturally have a peaceful and peaceful country, and the sea was clear and the river was peaceful."

Emperor Ling did not want Yan Bin to leave him, but Yan Bin was one of the few people he could trust. He could not send other confidants except to send him to him. He was also very moved to think that Yan Bin had to run around for himself at such a young age. Therefore, he issued an order to designate Yan Bin as the imperial envoy to inspect Youzhou and investigate the disaster situation. He also asked Yan Bin to go to the Northern Military Camp to select 500 soldiers as guards, equipped with 500 new sets of weapons and armor, and 500 war horses.

Yan Bin was overjoyed, but it didn't matter if 500 soldiers were involved. When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, some refugees could form an army. But 500 war horses were different. Not to mention that they were valuable in themselves. In the Central Plains where horses were not produced, even if they had money, they might not be able to buy so many war horses.

Yan Bin brought Huang Zhong, Wang Yue and Wei Yan to the Northern Army camp. At that time, the combat effectiveness of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army was still very famous, not only far beyond ordinary county and state soldiers, but also similar to the border soldiers. Yan Bin gathered the soldiers of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army and asked Huang Zhong and Wang Yue to walk among the soldiers to pick people. I believe that with Huang Zhong and Wang Yue's martial arts and vision, everyone should be elite. After waiting for a long time, Huang Zhong and Wang Yue picked out 500 people and let them line up alone, Yan Bin saw a strong young ten-husband standing in the first row holding a long-handled battle axe. Yan Bin called him out and asked his name and hometown. "Sir, the villain's surname is Xu, Huang and Gongming, and the Hedong clan." Yan Bin thought to himself: It was him. Yan Bin asked Huang Zhong, Wang Yue, Wei Yan and Xu Huang to lead 100 soldiers each, and he also led 100 soldiers as personal guards.

Next, Yan Bin rushed to Zhou Yi's mansion and said to Zhou Yi: "Uncle, I was sent by Your Majesty to Youzhou as an imperial envoy. The so-called: Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. So I want to take my second brother to meet the market. I also ask my uncle to agree. Although Zhou Yi was a little reluctant, it was not a bad thing to ask Zhou Yu to go out to meet the market, and it would be of great benefit to his future official career, so he agreed. As for the child's temperament, Zhou Yu was even more happy. He had been tired of being able to go out for fun and was free from his father's constraints. That was a great thing that he could not afford. The father and son did not realize at all that Yan Bin deliberately tied Zhou Yu to his side.
Chapter completed!