In early September, the emperor and his palace arrived at Jicheng, Zhuojun.

A minister reported to the emperor that his actions in Yanbei not only intensified the conflicts between the central government and local governments and local forces, but also intensified the conflicts between the Han and the Han throne. If they were not stopped, they would inevitably threaten the security of the border of Yanbei.

The emperor ignored him and ignored him. He only rested in Linshuo Palace for a day before heading back to Dongdu.

The emperor did not express his opinion and left, and the situation in Yanbei suddenly became tense.

Jialan was a central official appointed by the emperor to Yanbei. When he first arrived in Yanbei, he couldn't wait to attack local forces, publicly rob the interests of local forces, and acted as if a strong dragon crossed the river and snatched food from the tiger's mouth, which made Yanbei people very angry, but they were anxious to understand the reality of Jialan. Of course, Yanbei people should respond carefully, first show the enemy as weak, and then look at the direction of the situation.

This victory in the Eastern Expedition, the authority of the emperor and the palace increased, and on the way back, if the Yanbei people had a direct conflict with Jialan early, it would inevitably make the emperor lose face. Even if the Yanbei people were reasonable, they would become unreasonable and would even be hit hard by the emperor. Therefore, the Yanbei people endured it first and used the Youyan interest group behind it to "appeal" to the emperor through normal channels, striving to "from top to bottom" to resolve the current Yanbei crisis safely and safely.

Unexpectedly, the emperor left without paying attention, neither opposing what Galan did in Yanbei nor publicly expressed his support, which gave the people of Yanbei endless thinking.

Jialan and the Dragon Guard were heroes of the Eastern Expedition, but they were scolded by the emperor and the Central Committee for the bloody killings. Therefore, the former subordinates of the Jialan and the Dragon Guards went to Yanbei in disguise to "exiled" the border guards. In other words, these people are insignificant in the eyes of the emperor and the Central Committee. Since that is the case, what else should I worry about? Confrontation with tit and head-on, can the strong dragon really beat the local snake? However, the killing of the former subordinates of the Dragon Guards on the battlefield in Liaodong was too terrifying. The two cities and hundreds of thousands of people died at their hands. Who can afford such a vicious Asura? Don't pay for the wife and the soldiers.

Think about it and go first, then the army. Isn’t it just a dispute over interests, why sacrifice your life for money? Besides, if you can bring the former subordinates of the Dragon Guard into the Yanbei circle of interests. If you have money, you will make money together. I believe that with the "fame" and force of the former subordinates of the Dragon Guard, Yanbei's interests will definitely become bigger and bigger. When the "meat" of Yanbei becomes bigger and fatter, will everyone benefit from it? It’s a happy thing.

The first generals of the Border Town Governors were the generals. They took the initiative to visit Jialan at the headquarters of Yanbei. After some verbal tests, they took the initiative to propose the matter of equalizing interests.

The generals were very hard to guard the border, and they could not seek power. They could not enjoy the prosperity of the two capitals, so they could only seek wealth. When they made money and became rich, it would be more convenient for the generals to run for relationships or officials. In this way, they had the opportunity to leave the poor mountains and rivers such as the border, which did not shit. The generals of the Yanbei border army relied on the mountains and drought water. They used their powers to actively participate in smuggling. They also openly used the soldiers and military supplies to smuggle. From this, they could imagine how much the Yanbei border army had fallen to, and they could also imagine who benefited from the benefits of Yanbei smuggling.

The most feared, the most difficult, and the most difficult to deal with is the Yanbei Border Army. Head-on-headed battles are definitely not possible. Nearly half of the soldiers of the former subordinates of the Jialan and the Dragon Guard Army were from border troops, and they themselves are a group of rebellious and lawless leaders. You can imagine what the Yanbei Border Army looks like. If you really want to turn against each other, the two sides will definitely fight. Of course, it is even less possible to actively compromise. In this way, Galan's mission cannot be completed. Therefore, when Jialan arrived in Yanbei, he went directly to fight smuggling without any discretion. The purpose was to force the opponent to compromise first. If the opponent compromised first, and handed over the initiative, the matter would be easier.

Instead of directly answering the generals, Galan asked them what plans they have in the future? The implication is that you cannot keep guarding the border for the rest of your life, and people will go to high places and water will flow to low places. You smuggled money in Yanbei without any effort to make money. Isn’t it that you can go further in your career?

Several generals have already understood Galan and their background through their respective channels. In their opinion, the power behind Galan, a young upstart, must be extremely huge, which is also an important reason why several generals lowered their stance, took the initiative to visit Galan, and took the initiative to compromise with him.

When Jialan suddenly asked this, the generals' thoughts were immediately alive. Could this young upstart have a way to make him go further in his career? Or could he help him leave this poor mountain and bad water? Why do he work hard to make money? Isn't it for promotion or to leave the border?

Several generals immediately spoke and tried.

Jialan wanted to win the trust of several generals, so he did not keep a low profile at this time and brought his background relationships one by one. Pei Shiju, Yang Gongren, and Xue Shixiong, which one is not a prominent and powerful person? He was chosen by the emperor from the northwest to the northeast, and it is conceivable that the emperor valued him.

Then, Galan bluntly said that after the end of the Eastern Expedition, the focus of the empire's national defense and diplomatic strategy would be shifted to the northern desert. As for when a large-scale attack will be launched to minimize the threat of the Northern Seizures to Central China, it is unknown at this time. The empire will definitely be unable to launch the Northern Expedition in the short term after the Eastern Expedition. Therefore, in the next few years, the empire will definitely use a series of diplomatic means to use the art of uniting and connecting the alliance to attack and weaken the strength of the Northern Seizures. Starting from this strategy, Yanbei's smuggling must be prohibited, and it was under this background that Galan brought the old subordinates of the Dragon Guard to Yanbei to implement the empire's new national defense and diplomatic strategies.

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals smiled on their faces, but they felt uneasy. Obviously, Jialan was not talking nonsense and talking nonsense. His words were well-founded. Besides, with his relationship with Pei Shiju, Yang Gongren, Xue Shixiong and others, it was reasonable that he obtained such a central secret, not to mention that the emperor now entrusted him with the important task of Deputy Ambassador of Northeast Road, which is enough to prove that Jialan does have a special mission. This mission reminds the future situation in Yanbei. Several generals knew that this trip was the right way, and the reward for Jialan lowering his posture was also very generous. Not only did Galan not grasp their "painful feet", but instead opened his mouth and took the initiative to give them a clear path.

Yanbei could not stay anymore, so he tried every means to leave quickly. Jialan's anti-smuggling was just the beginning of reorganizing Yanbei. Once Jialan killed himself and wiped out all the local forces and foreign forces in Yanbei that had something to do with the Northern Barbarians, he would inevitably implicate the Yanbei Town Guards, and these generals would definitely be "dragged into the water" in the end. It was a very simple thing, if the fish were defeated to the death, the local forces in Yanbei and even Youyan would definitely pull them into the water, because the forces behind these generals were the last straw.

At this time, several generals could not help but blush when they thought about the "purpose" of visiting Jialan when they came to Yuan. There was no interest in Yanbei in their eyes. On the contrary, he wanted to take the "interests in Yanbei" in one fell swoop, destroy this circle of interests, and dig up the forces of all sizes in this circle, thereby completely cutting off the private markets between China and the desert, and doing his best to curb the development and growth of the Northern Territory.

In the face of the interests of the empire, the interests of Yanbei are not worth mentioning at all. Therefore, it is now the generals' turn to express their views that they can no longer place their personal interests above the interests of the empire. This is a matter of principle and there must be no mistakes.

Jialan said that before the first heavy snow in winter, that is, in the next one to two months, it will completely destroy the private market in Yanbei. Therefore, it needs the strong support of several generals.

Several generals hurriedly expressed their firm support, not only providing support on force, but also providing support on relevant confidential information.

Galan immediately rewarded him, hinting that he would do his best to help the generals leave Yanbei as soon as possible and leave this place of right and wrong. As for whether to transfer or get promoted, it depends on the energy of the forces behind the generals.

The one who followed the general of the garrison army to visit Jialan was the head of the eighteen county governments in northern Yan.

The prosperity of Yanbei private markets and the indulgence of Yanbei local governments and Yanbei border troops. However, compared with the unscrupulous "smuggling" of border troops, Yanbei local governments should be much more implicit and low-key. Of course, the government will not participate in smuggling, but it can be ignored and turned a blind eye. The gain of inaction is that all local forces involved in smuggling must "pay tribute" to the government. To put it bluntly, if the government collects protection fees, it will require commissions. Over time, this has become a "rule". The rules need to be followed, including any foreign aristocratic bureaucrat who goes to Yanbei to be a chief official, and must follow this unspoken rule, otherwise it will definitely be "swallowed" by this rule.

Jialan responded without hesitation to the kind advice of the officials of Yanbei County Government. After the end of the Eastern Expedition, the general trend of the world changed rapidly, and the empire's national defense and diplomatic strategies in the northern border were also changing. The Yanbei area is the key to implementing the new strategy. As stated, the sky in Yanbei is about to change, and the local governments in Yanbei must cooperate, otherwise the consequences will be borne by themselves.

Faced with Galan's warning, the county officials realized that they had made a wrong judgment on the situation. Compared to money, the career path is more important. As long as the career path is preserved, they are still afraid of not having money? How to choose is self-evident for these not the local aristocratic bureaucrats in Yanbei.

Jialan made a hint that cracking down on private markets will not harm the interests of local governments. On the contrary, in the future, private markets will be completely monopolized by local governments headed by Yanbei Headquarters. The money will not be gone, but will soar at an astonishing speed.

The local officials in Yanbei suddenly realized that it was like this. But it was normal to think about it. The empire not only needed war horses, but also needed to secretly help some weak foreign tribes to grow through private markets, and then provoke fighting among the northern desert barbarians, and use the chaotic desert situation to achieve the goal of continuously attacking and curbing the northern desert barbarians' threat to Middle-earth. For this reason, the empire naturally had to completely control and monopolize the private markets of Yanbei, and use the private markets of Yanbei to achieve this strategic goal.

What should the local government do next, how to support and help Jialan, be clear at a glance.

In mid-September, Yanbei Headquarters, Yanbei Border Army and Yanbei local governments worked together to set off a massive anti-smuggling frenzy in Yanbei.

Overnight, the sky in Yanbei changed.

=(To be continued...)
Chapter completed!