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Chapter 87: The young tiger is trapped among the wolves

It has to be said that history is about to change tremendously because of Zhao Xing's violent kick. The sequelae of killing Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang broke out together when he killed Hanoi prefect Yuan Yi. Sometimes, money alone may not work. At least this time, Zhao Xing's desire to spend money to buy Sima directly as the governor of Hanoi may be disappointed! Because Zhao Xing's rapid rise, his ability to both civil and military, and his age of sixteen were enough to arouse fear and defense from all parties in the court.

After two "party and foul disasters", the eunuch group is currently the strongest in the court; the connections and power accumulated by the three Dukes of the Yuan family should not be underestimated; the two brothers He Jin and He Miao are also proud of their relationship because of their sister, Queen He; although the royalists Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and others are not very high in status, they are very prestigious. Once the Yellow Turbans are in chaos, they will definitely be valued; there are also some ministers in the court who are like grass on the wall, who usually remain silent, and when they encounter interests, they will never be polite when they can stretch their mouths and bite them.

It sounds very pleasant to be named General Pingbei, but unfortunately he was not in the temple and had a title, and he had no soldiers under his command. If Zhang Rang had not been thinking about the large amount of money that Zhao Xing often gave, he wanted to tame Zhao Xing into a tiger he held, and just use the Jiguan incident as an excuse, the forces in the court united and could destroy Zhao Xing, the emerging force in one fell swoop. Don’t forget that Luoyang City and the Sili area (Pingyang, Hedong, Henoi, Hongnong, and a Henan Yin), there were more than 300,000 regular military troops in the court. Shangdang County was just a county, far from being strong enough to compete with the Han Empire.

Zhao Xing's current situation is just a stage from scratch, and it is far from being strong. How to stabilize the territory and accumulate strength has become a top priority. This is also the reason why Zhao Xing did not hesitate to let Guo Jia and others return west and head north while he ran to the east with peace of mind. He is now in a hurry to lack talents who are good at governing counties. Since he cannot recruit, he has to re-employment and start a job that abducts the population.

While Zhao Xing was still searching for talents but was unable to get it, for the forces he represented, good and bad things happened one after another.

The good thing is that Zhao Yu's injuries have improved significantly and he can already go downstairs. Guo Jia's body gradually improved after Hua Tuo's conditioning, and he is no longer so weak. Ten teams sent by Zhao Xing to look for talents from all kinds of people have returned to Shangdang one after another, and they have really brought back many talents that would make Zhao Xing sleepless. For example, the miraculous doctor Hua Tuo was invited to Wohu Village when practicing medicine in northern Jizhou. Fang Yue and Qu Yi, captured by Zhao Yun, were honest and were waiting for Zhao Xing to come back to deal with them. Since no one said he would kill these two brothers, his lives were basically saved. Their official positions have been eliminated by the court, and their future opportunities can only be with Shangdang. It depends on how Zhao Xing lost his fate after he came back.

Compared with these good things, the impact of bad things is more profound. Under the balance between the eunuch Zhang Rang and various factions in the court, the position of county magistrates in many counties around Shangdang County has undergone great changes. Specifically, the position of county magistrates in the south is the descendant of the Sima family, the first wealthy Sima family in Hanoi, and Sima Lang, the son of the Jingzhao Yin Yin, was taken over by Sima Lang; the position of prefect of Jizhou Guangping County, which was separated from Shangdang in the north is the descendant of Yuan family, Yuan Shu; with the full efforts of the royal party, Lu Zhi also took over the position of prefect of Hedong County, and Huangfu Song also took over the position of prefect of Pingyang County. These four counties formed a huge "concave" shape from east to west, from north to south, surrounding Shangdang, and only the north is left with Zhao Xing, a passage for Zhao Xing to run outside Yanmen Pass to fight the Huns and Xianbei people.

Fortunately, the officials appointed by the court had been granted a while from being granted to office. Otherwise, if Zhao Xing knew that his old rival Yuan Shu had become the prefect of Guangping County, Jizhou, he would have escaped back to Shangdang as quickly as possible. Even if he passed by his hometown, Anyang, Wei County, he would not have stayed for a while.

After all the so-called "big bear, leopard" were arranged around Zhao Xing, the eunuch Zhang Rang felt that the work of beating Zhao Xing was almost done. In order not to hurt Zhao Xing's enthusiasm for continuing to be loyal to him and give gifts, Eunuch Zhang also gave Zhao Xing a sweet date. Under Zhang Rang's inspiration, Emperor Liu Hong issued an edict to Shangdang County, which means that the battle of Jiguan fully demonstrated that the combat effectiveness of Shangdang County soldiers was far better than that of Hanoi. As the gateway to Luoyang, Jiguan needed strong troops to guard them. In the future, the important task of defending Jiguan will be transferred from Hanoi to Shangdang! As for the handling of those Hanoi County soldiers captured by Shangdang, you can do it yourself, as long as you don't kill people casually...

Jia Xu, who received the imperial edict, immediately recruited everyone, analyzed the current situation facing Shangdang, and made a new division of labor for everyone. Xu Huang was temporarily responsible for the garrison work of Jiguan, but this time he was officially appointed, Pei Yuanshao as his deputy general; Guan Yu, as the county commander, naturally could not guard another pass, Huguan, so everyone recommended Zhou Cang to guard and let Li Jinwu be the deputy general. More than 3,000 surrendered soldiers in the Hanoi County, who were willing to continue to serve as soldiers and eat imperial grain, stayed after passing the assessment and were scattered among the Shangdang County soldiers; those who were unwilling to stay in Shangdang were sent back to their hometowns and were not treated as deserters. More than 3,000 people left half of them in the end, which was a good result.

Shangdang County has now embarked on the road of healthy development. All walks of life are gradually building and developing according to Zhao Xing's blueprint. As for what to plan in the future, everyone has stretched their necks and waited for Zhao Xing to return to Shangdang as soon as possible before making a decision.

Diao Chan's sister, who was married by Zhao Xing for 1,000 taels of gold, naturally returned to Shangdang with Xu Wanlin, who was full of grievances, and was placed in a new house in Zhao Xing's backyard. After Zhao Xing's mother Li Yuping saw Diao Chan, she was so happy that she couldn't hold her mouth. She thought in her heart that her son Zhao Xing was really lucky. Their married wives were all as beautiful as flowers and would definitely be able to import children to the Zhao family in the future and glorify their ancestors.

In the room of the eldest wife Xu Wanting, Xu Wanlin was telling her own sister pitifully about her depression.

"Sister, you and your aunt agreed to let me be the 'miss third'! In order to get out of her own, my brother-in-law got back from Luoyang City when he was about to leave. What should you do if you ask me to do?" Xu Wanlin pestered Xu Wanting unyieldingly.

"Wanlin, you like Xiaoxing. Sister knows that I agree that we will serve him together in the future, but you are too young now, so Xiaoxing will definitely not agree. When I got married with Xiaoxing, he said that if I weren't the same age as him, he wouldn't have..." At this point, Xu Wanting's voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end she blushed and couldn't continue to say anything.

"Brother-in-law is nothing?" Xu Wanlin forgot about her grievances, stared at her big curious eyes, and asked her sister very gossipedly.

"Oh, your child is asking so much, why are you asking so much? When you get married with Xiaoxing, you can ask him on the wedding night!" Xu Wanting was so thin that she couldn't tell the past when Zhao Xing was worried about whether to fulfill his family with him on the wedding night.

"Hehe, I know if my sister doesn't say it! If my sister and brother-in-law were not very skilled in the room technique, my brother-in-law might not be able to hold on for a whole night, right? I heard Myolie Wu's little fox talk to the White Bone Demon along the way, saying that my brother-in-law was so scary at night!" Xu Wanlin said to her sister thriftly.

"Oh, what are you talking about? There is nothing at all. Your brother-in-law only did it once that night, not all night!" Xu Wanting was anxious and suddenly gave Xu Wanlin a final word.

"Oh, so that's it! Hehe..."
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