Shouchun.
Wen Qin strode into the residence and headed toward Guanqiu Jian's study. Along the way, the officials in the residence bowed in greeting. Wen Qin merely nodded in return, walking all the way to the study door before knocking.
"General."
"Come in."
Wen Qin entered the study, closed the door, and sat down before Guanqiu Jian with a smile.
Guanqiu Jian was not alone. Beside him sat none other than Mouqiu Dian.
"Those key targets have all been killed. I've recalled the men. Should we send people to restore order now?"
Had an outsider heard these words and connected them with the unrest occurring across the region, they would certainly have jumped in fright.
The unrest in the localities had already persisted for a long time. It had not begun just recently.
After Wang Yuan rose up, Hebei was the first to follow suit. Officials were killed and rebellions broke out everywhere, prompting Sima Shi to hastily dispatch He Zeng to Hebei to suppress the rebellious peasants, Wanderers, merchants, and other groups there.
Such conflicts existed not only in Hebei but throughout the Central Plains, though neither on such a large scale nor across so wide an area.
At Wen Qin's words, Guanqiu Jian nodded.
"Huainan faces Eastern Wu directly, after all. We cannot let matters spiral out of control, nor let the common people suffer too much harm... go and suppress it, then, but keep it secret. Do not remove the guards controlling the local roads. Just say that widespread unrest has erupted in the commanderies and is being put down."
Wen Qin nodded, then broke into a broad grin.
"Hahaha! Those men were always so overbearing, relying on their connections at the Imperial Court. When we previously approached them about stockpiling grain, they all claimed they had