Chapter 230: Chang'an Yuanyue
Although Liu Yan was ambitious, he still had some self-awareness.
The reason why he was previously appointed as Grand Marshal was because Liu Yu's attitude in Youzhou at that time did not meet Dong Zhuo's demands. In order to show his respect for the Han royal family, Dong Zhuo gave him such a title.
But if we really want to dig deeper, the territory controlled by Dong Zhuo may not be larger than Yizhou controlled by Liu Yan himself.
If there had not been a group of old ministers who thought that Liu Xie was the orthodox one, and if there had not been the foreign threat of Qiao Yan who tried to attack Chang'an and recapture the emperor at that time, Liu Xie's title of emperor would probably not have been so clear, and the value of Liu Yan's title of Grand Marshal would have been halved.
But after the Chang'an court was re-established, if they were still willing to give Liu Yan a high position, such as the position of general mentioned in this news -
This is completely different!
The Chang'an court has occupied three states, which means it is a more powerful court than Dong Zhuo.
The imperial court in Yecheng also has Jizhou and Qingzhou, and now there is also an external vassal state, Gongsun Zan, which also makes three states.
However, these three states are not those three states.
On the one hand, Liu Yan hoped that the two "three states" would fight each other so that he could benefit from it because he was in the position of the emperor. On the other hand, he also knew that now was not the time to offend Qiao Yan. If Chang'an gave him a title, he should just go along with it.
The title of General is even better!
This means that either the new emperor Liu Yu was wary of Qiao Yan, or the court in Chang'an had reached a clear consensus on the need to pay attention to him as the governor of Yizhou.
Whether it is the former or the latter, it is good news for Liu Yan.
Out of considerations of interests, Liu Yan certainly prefers the former.
The relationship between powerful ministers and the emperor in the Han Dynasty has always been delicate, and very few powerful ministers can have a good end. What's more, now the powerful minister is young and the emperor is old. This combination is simply unprecedented.
No matter how Liu Yan thought about it, he felt that something was going to happen.
Compared to himself, who was described by Madam Lu as being in imminent disaster, it was obviously more likely that chaos would occur in Chang'an.
But now is not the time to worry about this matter. It is better to welcome the envoy who comes to confer the title first.
Just as Li Ru guessed, Liu Yan was not so foolish as to reveal his ambitions in front of the envoy.
He also made up his mind to appear respectable in front of the envoy.
Therefore, he sent letters to the governors of Qianwei, Yuexi and Zangke counties in the southern part of Yizhou, ordering them to prevent the southern barbarians from causing chaos in the near future. At the same time, he ordered them to remove all the presumptuous items in his furnishings and ceremonial objects.
Although he didn't know that his conversation with Dong Fu about "Yizhou has the aura of an emperor" was learned by Qiao Yan because of gossip and then passed on to Li Ru, he did not dare to slack off at this time.
When the envoy from Hanzhong came, he acted like a qualified governor.
Li Ru observed Liu Yan's every move.
This governor of Yizhou was much smarter than Dong Zhuo who came to power overnight.
When he welcomed the envoys into Chengdu, he displayed his authority as a governor, and at the same time showed his goodwill towards the imperial court in Chang'an through his words.
In Liu Yan's words, he mentioned that at the end of the previous year, when Dong Zhuo still occupied Chang'an, Jia Long, an official in Yizhou, and Ren Qi, the prefect of Jianwei County, claimed to be generals. They gathered thousands of officials and civilians at the eastern border of Jianwei, intending to attack him in order to form an alliance with Dong Zhuo after taking Yizhou. Fortunately, they were defeated by his troops.
Now that the imperial court in Chang'an is making great efforts to quell the chaos, there probably won't be so many troubles in his state.
He is not too young, so he can just guard this border territory for the Han Dynasty.
As it was getting late today, Qi Zhou and the others checked in and rested as Liu Yan had arranged. It would not be too late to announce the decree in a few days when he would summon all the people who would watch the ceremony and announce the general's appointment.
"It seems that the governor of Yizhou is not as arrogant as I thought." After entering the posthouse, Qi Zhou said to "Li Meng".
Although he felt that the person who was assigned by Qiao Yan to accompany him seemed unreliable, he still had to talk to him. After all, there was no guarantee that he would be a colleague working with him in the future.
Qi Zhou originally thought that Liu Yan, who took the lead in proposing to restart the provincial governor system, must be a heroic figure. Perhaps even if he accepted the order, he still wanted to give them a warning.
But Liu Yan seemed to fit the impression that the land of Yizhou gave him.
It is still winter now, and there are no flowers or trees in the fields, but the temperature is much higher than Chang'an, not to mention a bitterly cold place like Youzhou.
Liu Yan can be considered a kind and amiable person.
Li Meng replied vaguely: "Who said it wasn't?"
As for whether this judgment was wrong or not, it had nothing to do with him, a person who came to Yizhou to travel and broaden his horizons.
Not to mention the fight between Li Ru and Liu Yan in Yizhou in front of Qi Zhou, after Xun Yue responded to the call to the court and Cui Jun rushed over from Bingzhou, the legal changes and adjustments initiated by Qiao Yan were carried out simultaneously with the preparatory work before Tian Gengqian and the recruitment work at Hongwenguan.
After the spring ploughing season arrives, it is the people of the three states who are busy; before the spring ploughing season arrives, it is the officials who are busy.
Most officials in the Chang'an court only knew that Qiao Yan was very capable in marching and fighting, but they rarely cooperated with her in government affairs.
Now I have experienced it head-on.
What should this Qiao Hou say...
When the atmosphere of January in Chang'an was not yet over, she had already shown the attitude that "talents can always be found if we recruit them, and time can always be squeezed out", and she continued to invest manpower and time costs in the three parallel lines she had drawn.
She gave all the available people an attitude of devoting themselves to their jobs, so Sima Fang, the governor of Henan Province, who had first paid homage to the emperor and then visited her, sent his eldest son Sima Lang to work as the Minister of Rites within five days of the visit.
But in fact, it might be more appropriate to call the current situation five-line parallel.
Ma Jun, who was in Bingzhou, had already started researching the Shenbi Bow as Qiao Yan had said in a letter.
According to Qiao Yan's idea, since the existence of the Ju Zhang Nu has been known to other parties, the advantage she can gain by relying on this difficult-to-move weapon will be greatly weakened.
So she couldn't stay where she was.
Now that the stable turret has been upgraded, should we switch to flexible shooting?
On the other hand, Leping Academy in Bingzhou has reopened after the New Year holiday, continuing Qiao Yan's ten-year talent training program.
At the same time, the cultural communication work of Leping Monthly is carried out.
This amazing efficiency made Wang Yun, Huang Wan and others understand why the Bingzhou army could enter Liangzhou and Guanzhong in a short period of time and eventually achieve the result of conquering Chang'an.
But at the same time, they were also amazed by the health-preserving actions of officials from Bingzhou.
A typical representative of them is Cheng Yu, who served as the Minister of Agriculture.
Qiao Yan also helped push this forward to prevent some people from taking on multiple jobs and becoming too busy and sick before spring arrives.
It was not possible for Hua Tuo himself to move from Bingzhou to Chang'an for the time being, so he had to do regular physical examinations for these officials instead.
This is in conflict with Hua Tuo's ambition to practice medicine.
But it has been more than a year since he came to Leping and started to compile things like "Prescriptions for Emergencies" at the suggestion of Qiao Yan.
Although it cannot be said that the record of symptoms is as complete as the original version of "Emergency Prescriptions for the Elbow", it has already provided a framework that can be initially promoted regarding the treatment of various common symptoms in life, the prevention of diseases, and health-preserving methods to improve physical fitness.
A written copy was soon distributed to each of the Guanzhong officials.
After receiving the item, Xun Yue looked at Xun Yu who had given it to him, and was speechless for a moment.
Xun Yue and Xun You look a bit similar. He doesn't like to talk, so he lived a secluded life earlier. Now he was invited to Chang'an by Qiao Yan, not because Qiao Yan persuaded him with his plans for the laws and people's livelihood, but because Xun Shuang, Xun Yu and Xun You all expressed their approval of Qiao Yan's actions.
However, this "calm and beautiful" descendant of the Xun family now has doubts as to whether their three generations of ancestors and grandchildren do not have a complete understanding of Qiao Yan.
But the situation is like this, and people's livelihood is like this. If Xun Yue really wants to say it, he would rather do more. At least it is much better than the previous situation where eunuchs were in power and scholars had no way out.
He just couldn't help but teased Xun Yu: "Now I know why you strongly suggested that I come here."
Because Qiao Yan has so many ideas and she is so proactive, in order to implement these measures, she has to find more people to fill the positions.
Chen Qun had the same idea as Xun Yue.
The "Three Gentlemen" of the Chen family were his grandfather, father and uncle, not himself.
Laws and decrees are simple to talk about but very complicated to formulate. Since they are related to the execution of rewards and punishments, the person in charge of this matter should preferably be the emperor's confidant, but now he has become one of them.
It was hard not to suspect that his father, knowing how capable he was, had sold him out.
Unfortunately, this kind of speculation was obviously not suitable to be asked to Chen Ji in person. At most, Chen Qun muttered a few words in his heart while doing things.
What's more, the prosperous scene in Chang'an City now makes people with real talents feel happy in their hearts while they are busy.
Furthermore, except for very few special cases, Qiao Yan's arrangements only focus on adults.
For example, among the potential stocks from Leping who came to watch the emperor's enthronement ceremony, Zhuge Liang, who had a master-disciple relationship with Xun Yu, visited the preparations for the Chang'an agricultural project after obtaining Qiao Yan's permission, and also participated in it for a few days.
But even though Qiao Yan could see his potential, he had no intention of letting him start directly with practical operations. Instead, he sent him to the Hongwenguan to listen to the debates and presentations by scholars from all walks of life.
It's okay to broaden your horizons, but there's no need to start working directly.
In a few days, let him go back to Leping to continue his studies.
Anyway, most of the scholars from various factions are selected to lead a group. Judging from the current situation, Qiao Yan is not really short of people in the internal affairs positions.
To be honest, what she lacks is technical talent.
In the eyes of most people, people like Ma Jun and Bi Lan are really not doing their jobs properly.
However, Qiao Yan always believed that if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. He also knew that the role played by such talents could even be subversive.
Unfortunately, very little of what she unearthed was recorded.
She could only hope that with the development of mathematics in Leping, Ma Jun would be able to train more disciples and temporarily alleviate her urgent needs.
However, this is not enough.
Computing does not mean innovation, so she also needs to keep looking for potential stocks by rewarding pioneers.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look in the direction of Huang Yueying.
When will this child be able to learn it?
At this moment, because Qiao Yan intended to expand the number of Leping Monthly and send it to Guanzhong, Zhaoji was short of manpower, so Huang Yueying continued to stay here to help.
Perhaps because she was so focused, she did not notice the hopeful look from Qiao Yan, who was also there.
However, there is no such thing as a time machine, and Qiao Yan can only wait for them to grow up slowly.
Cai Zhaoji suddenly asked at this moment, interrupting Qiao Yan's thoughts.
She asked, "Speaking of which, did the Lord send any New Year gifts to the court in Yecheng this year?"
Lu Lingju was also here, sorting out the monthly magazine with Huang Yueying. When she heard such gossip, she couldn't help but stick her head out.
Anyway, this kind of problem is generally seen as a joke to others, not to you, the prince.
So her behavior couldn't be considered inappropriate. On the contrary... on the contrary, it should be called trying hard to learn from Junhou, so that you can imitate her way of attacking opponents in the future.
Qiao Yan withdrew his thoughts and replied, "Of course I gave it as a gift, but it can't be considered a New Year's gift."
Before this, she needed to send Liu Bian a New Year gift, which was equivalent to expressing to the outside world that—
Of the two sons left by Liu Hong, she chose Liu Xie. But towards Liu Bian, she still had some sympathy and respect for him, as she respected him as the King of Hongnong.
However, this year, she put Liu Yu on the throne due to considerations of the current situation, in an attempt to maintain stability in the people's livelihood after Liu Xie's disappearance.
It is precisely because of this decision that she will further regard Yecheng as a pseudo-dynasty.
Under such circumstances, it is certainly no longer appropriate for her to maintain a close relationship with King Hongnong, in case such respect for the other party would become a reason for someone in Chang'an to initiate accusations.
She has always been very strict.
After all, if the emperor she currently worships has any blood relationship with Liu Xie and Liu Bian, then that is really too far away.
During the 400 years of the Yan-Han period, there were many relatives of the Han royal family. For example, if Liu Yan did not have his own strength and status, he would most likely have become a member of the Han royal family with little presence.
She went on to say: "If you say this is a New Year gift, it's better to say it's a declaration of war."
"We changed the era name to Jian'an, and the other side called itself Yonghan, but it is impossible for there to be two Han dynasties forever. It is natural to declare war at this time."
"Prince Hongnong is the descendant of Emperor Xiaoling and a legitimate relative of the Han Dynasty. Given your majesty's kindness, you will certainly not exterminate him. Therefore, my annual gift is only to express that he will be defeated by us in the future and become a member of our side."
"The late emperor entrusted me with the task of clearing the emperor's court, so I am considered half an elder to King Hongnong..."
When Qiao Yan said this, he took out a copper coin from the pouch on his waist.
This copper coin does not have the square mouth of the ordinary Wuzhu coin, and naturally there is no "Wuzhu" word on it. Instead, it is engraved with the pattern of Chang'an City and Qinling Mountains. It is also this year's lucky coin.
"I gave him one of these and a collection of Leping Monthly Bulletin."
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