Chapter 121 Luoyang

Li Qin was busy in the expansion of Fujiao Fort and desperately developing weapons and equipment. He was busy, while in the officialdoms of Liangzhou, Chang'an and Luoyang, the high-ranking officials were also busy.

Before the Qiang Hu Qiang lieutenant Leng Zheng sent a letter back to Long County before he returned from Lian County, and sent it to Liangzhou Governor Wei Yuanpi. After receiving the letter, Wei Yuanpi was shocked. He was already surprised after receiving Li Qin's battle report. This time, after receiving Leng Zheng's letter, he was determined the real result of this war. Of course, he could only be surprised again!

Wei Yuanpi was born in a wealthy family in Luoyang. He was good at calligraphy and was not good at being an official, but it doesn’t matter whether he has the ability to be an official. What’s important is that he is good at writing. It’s great to have a good handwriting these days. If his family background is more solid, it would be no surprise that he became a high-ranking official. It would be strange if he couldn’t become a high-ranking official!

After Wei Yuanpi became the governor of Liangzhou, he had no political achievements. In fact, after his death, due to his inaction, the position of the governor of Liangzhou was vacant, which triggered a fight among bureaucrats. The local forces in Liangzhou also quickly rose, which led to the replacement of five of his successors, Liangzhou's governor, within four years. Not only did they all fail to be the governor of Liangzhou, but they were also cut off by the princes. After that, several were replaced, and they were all unlucky. Anyway, after him, whoever became the governor of Liangzhou was unlucky, Han Sui finished chopping, and Ma Chao continued chopping and took turns chopping!

Because Wei Yuanpi had no political achievements, he was particularly eager to achieve political achievements, and defeating the attacks of the Hun soldiers, no matter from any aspect, it was a great political achievement. In the Liangzhou officialdom, civil and military officials, no matter how different the credit was, who would be counted on Wei Yuanpi, and it was his credit!

After receiving Leng Zheng's letter, Wei Yuanpi's hands trembled, and he said, "Is that true? Then, then, did Li Qin really defeat Liu Jiu? That's Liu Jiu, not a messy little king of the Huns!"

The lobby of the governor's yamen was full of people. The officials passed on Leng Zheng's letters one by one, and everyone was surprised. After reading it, they all said that this was God bless Liangzhou. This great victory against the Xiongnu soldiers was all due to Wei Yuanpi!

Wei Yuanpi was a literati and was a little embarrassed to seize other people's credit. Everyone knows whether he will fight or not. The officials in the court also know that they have to force all the credit on themselves. Not to mention that others don't believe it, he doesn't believe it.

He took out a private message from Leng Zheng to himself and said, "Since Li Qin has made the contribution, there is no need to hide some things from everyone. I will say that Li Qin is the favorite student of General Leng, and General Leng is his mentor. In fact, before the Huns moved south, I got the news with General Leng. For this reason, we discussed this battle overnight and formulated a plan. This plan was handed over to Li Qin to implement. It seems that he did not disappoint General Leng and I for his expectations, defeating the Hun soldiers!"

The officials thought to themselves: "Nonsense!" But everyone nodded together, with a sudden enlightenment on their faces, and said in unison: "So that's it. The officials are still wondering why Li Qin is so great. It turns out that he was guided by the Lord and General Leng, and then he won the battle. With the Lord and General Leng, he can win if he has planned, then anyone else can win!"

Wei Yuanpi smiled and said, "This...is true!" He asked the officials to give advice, how could they ask the court for merit so that everyone could get benefits? It cannot be said that everyone has a share, but those who "should have a share" must have a share.

Officials are very concerned about this kind of thing. After all, it is related to everyone's interests and they all come up with advice, saying that they can speak to any minister in the court and what kind of effort they can do if they have any relationship.

After a discussion, we made a plan to repay merit and ask for rewards. Wei Yuanpi ordered people to act according to the plan. In fact, their plan was similar to Leng Zheng's, but it was more perfect and took care of all details.

The first battle report and the private message written by Wei Yuanpi were quickly sent to the Sili School Captain. When the Sili School Captain in Chang'an saw it, he was shocked, just like the officialdom in Liangzhou. It was hard to believe that this was true. However, with the guarantee of the governor of Wei and Leng Zheng, he could only believe that it was true. He was acquainted with Wei Yuanpi and Leng Zheng. He knew the temperament and nature of the two, and knew that others dared to tell them about such a big lie, but they did not dare to tell them. Therefore, although this military achievement was exaggerated, it might be true.

After reading the battle report, the Sili School Captain immediately read Wei Yuanpi's private message again, feeling that Li Qin was most likely to have a great result in the great fortune. As the military commander guarding Chang'an, he certainly knew how to fight. Liu Jiu's sudden evacuation was most likely because something happened on the grassland, so he could only return in a hurry. The moment when Liu Jiu retreated was exactly the moment when Li Qin was guarding Lian County. After two moments, Li Qin was able to fulfill Li Qin and all the officials from all over Liangzhou!

The Sili Captain took Wei Yuanpi's private message and read the last paragraph, smiling in his heart: "Fortunately, the two brothers are very interesting. They are so far away from me that they have not forgotten me, and they have fulfilled me once!"

The last paragraph in the private message said that it was because the Sili School Captain sent a letter to Liangzhou in advance, saying that Liu Jiu would go south to make a big move and remind them to prepare early, so Liangzhou can win this victory!

The Sili School Captain, formerly known as the Wohu, was a secret inspector who supervised the capital and the surrounding areas of the capital. His power was similar to the Jinyiwei and the East and West Factory in later generations, but he had greater power. Because he was specifically used to secretly monitor others, it is not surprising that he could monitor the Huns on the grassland. Isn’t it just that he was able to send the news to the governor of Liangzhou in advance, which just shows that he was capable of doing things and was a very capable official!

Once he knew that he would get benefits, how could the Sili School Captain not work hard? He immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Luoyang with the war report to ask everyone for me!

The battle report was quickly sent to Luoyang, the capital, and to the desk of Shizhong He Jin.

He Jin was the queen's brother and was deeply favored by Emperor Liu Hong. He was very rude. From the perspective of being an official, he was quite unqualified. However, because he was against the Ten Generals, he received support from many officials in the court, especially military generals. Even if he could not be an official, he did a steady job and became bigger and bigger. He had become a general and was expected to become a general. The ministers in the court were very flattering to him, and even took him as a benchmark. Everyone thought that the emperor was thinking that way, so everyone figured out the best intentions and followed He Jin's words in order to gain the favor of the emperor.

The battle reports were sent in succession, but He Jin had just seen that his job was to eat, drink and have fun. He was in opposition to the ten general servants and only handled government affairs in his spare time. The battle reports of the Liangzhou victory had already spread in Beijing, but he had just learned that if his subordinates had not been reminded by him, he would not have time to read the battle reports until now. His subordinates told him that he would have asked about this during the imperial court meeting, and he would have read it. Otherwise, it might have been delayed for a few days. Leng Zheng's serialized battle reports were good for other officials, but not for He Jin!

He Jin looked at the battle reports one by one and said in surprise: "How is this possible for the county soldiers of the two counties to defeat Liu Jiu's 200,000 Hun soldiers?" He asked the officials in the yamen, what was going on.

This matter had been spread in Luoyang long ago, and the officials naturally knew it, and they all understood it so much that they could not understand it anymore. They explained to He Jin, but the more He Jin was talking about it, the more he became confused, and he didn't believe that this matter was true.

He Jin said: "Even if Wei Yuanpi wants to make a fortune, there is no need to form such a great military achievements! There are less than a thousand soldiers in the two counties, so how can it defeat 200,000 Hun soldiers? Besides, does Liu Jiu have 200,000 soldiers? I don't believe it!"

After thinking about it, he said again: "Do the people in the palace know about this? What did they say?" He couldn't make up his mind to say what he said, so he asked what the Ten Changshi said. He just opposed it. No matter what, as long as the Ten Changshi said it was right, he must say it was wrong, and only objected to it for the sake of opposition!

The officials under his command shook their heads and said they didn't know that the great victory in Liangzhou had spread in the capital. What makes people wonder is that there were always some troubles in the past, and the Ten Constellations always jumped out to express their opinions first, but this time, there was no news in the palace.

He Jin heard this and thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow will be a grand court meeting. Let's talk about it when you go to court. I will respond to all changes with the unchanging situation and let the ten regular attendants speak first. Whatever they say, I will say the opposite way!"

The officials thought to themselves: "You have only this skill, and you have to look at the other person's face first!" But they nodded at the same time and said: "Great and clever, Master Shizhong, responding to all changes with the same ease, is the most clever way to counter the situation!"

He Jin discussed matters with the officials in the yamen, and in a hall in the palace, the ten regular attendants were also discussing matters, and what they were talking about was Li Qin's affairs.

In the hall, all the eunuchs came and sat around Zhang Dacha, listening to Zhang Rang's speech.

Zhang Rang took a piece of sheepskin and spread it on the table, and his voice was hoarse: "Everyone, you must have received the news in advance. I don't have to hide anything. I asked everyone to come here today to discuss this matter. This was sent to the palace by Liu Jiu, saying that he would present it to the emperor. But as long as the things that entered the palace must pass through my level, I intercepted it and wanted to hear what you mean."

None of the eunuchs came over, and they had known what was written on the sheepskin for a long time. The things in the palace could not be hidden from Zhang Rang, nor could they be hidden from them.

Cao Jie was the first to speak, clearing his throat and saying, "Isn't it just that Liu Jiu wants to use the counter-espionage plan to provoke discord. If Brother Zhang wants to promote the boy named Li and take out the sheepskin for the emperor to see. If he doesn't like him, then press down the sheepskin and then praise the boy at the meeting. It's guaranteed that he won't get any reward, and he will die so much that he doesn't even have any bones left!"

Zhang Rang chuckled and said, "I want to cultivate a boy named Li. I heard from Zhang Jiu that he is quite sensible and even made a note to go against He Jin. Such a good seedling, how can we not cultivate it carefully?"
Chapter completed!