Han Shizu

Chapter 772
Tongguan.

A torrential rain washed the whole city of Guan into a new place. Apart from relieving the scorching heat of summer, it seemed that after a dripping vent and release, the tense atmosphere lingering in the city also faded a lot.

The dark clouds dissipated, the bright light reappeared, and a faint rainbow bridge hung in the sky.In the Guan Yamen, the emperor Liu Chengyou sat quietly inside, his expression was a little complicated, and there was a little sadness in his emotion.

What he held in his hand was a memorial, with faint blood stains mixed between the words, although it had dried up, it added weight to it.

Hu Zai, this talented scholar with compelling literary talents, failed to survive this summer after all, and died in the Tongguan camp.Before he died, he braced his sick body, wrote a prose with trembling pen, and entrusted his last talent and sincerity on this watch.

Between the words and sentences, there is a literary talent visible to the naked eye. The rhetoric is still gorgeous, but when he is dying, there is a little more sincere emotion.However, if you experience his posthumous list, you can find that what he narrates is Hu Zai's evaluation and examination of his short life, plus his mental journey since he became seriously ill. Feelings and wishes and expectations for Dahan Tianxia.Well, the word "lick" is highlighted, and the lick is full of emotion and literary talent.

Slowly closing the melody, thinking for a while, dipped a pen into the ink, and wrote three words on the cover: Fu of Expressing Love.Then he handed it to Zhang Dejun and said: "It's a pity that Hu Zai died young. I feel sorry for him. This article will be circulated in the court to promote his talent and loyalty. Put his body in a funeral and send it back to his hometown to give to his family. Two hundred guan coins, fifty shi each for rice and millet, and twenty bolts of silk. Also, let Tao Gu write an epitaph for Hu Zai!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dejun replied: "Your Majesty treated Hu Lang Guan so kindly, even if he passed away, he should go away with joy, and die without regrets!"

Regardless of the ending of Hu Zai in the original history, in the era of Liu Chengyou, he is enough to be remembered in the annals of history.The richness of the posthumous affairs, Liu Chengyou's "Song Qing Fu", which was selected as a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation, and more than a hundred imperial articles drafted by Hu Zai during the Northern Tour, these are enough to help him spread his name.
For Hu Zai, who was chronically ill and refractory to treatment, nearly half a year was better than the past thirty years, and it can indeed be described as death without regret.

Weiji, Guo Tong came in to pay a visit, his footsteps were brisk, his expression was filled with joy, he held the memorial in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, the chaos in Guanzhong has been settled, and the leader of the bandits, Wang Shun, has died. This is the detailed memorial." , Your Majesty, please take a look!"

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou didn't see any joy on his face, but looked dispirited, and waved his hands: "Don't read it yet, tell me about it!"

"Yes!" Guo Tong was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses, cleared his throat, and said, "On the [-]th, after the commander Zhao Hongyin led the army to quell the chaos in Liyang and Weinan, he led the army to rush westward. Stationed in Xingping. During this process, two generals, Murong Chengtai and Ma Renyu, led [-] southwest iron cavalry, and forced more than [-] Wang Shun rebels into the town of Xuelu in the west of Jingzhao.

On the night of the 22nd, the rebels were in a desperate situation and felt that the situation was not good, so they took advantage of the night to escape.Using the persecuted Han people as bait, they went north to attract the attention of our army, and gathered the Shu prisoners to break through to the south. They were observed by the two generals Murong and Ma, and they were surrounded and wiped out on the north bank of the Weihe River.

The leader of the bandits, Wang Shun, was cunning, and while he was unable to escape, he took most of the bandit army as bait, and led a small number of relatives to join him. Taking advantage of the chaos, he took advantage of the chaos to escape, walked away, sneaked across the Wei River, and sneaked into Yulu County.

However, the thieves were cunning and cunning, and it was not expected that the government would have been prepared long after the news of the Weibei chaos spread.The thieves thought they were hiding, but in fact their whereabouts had already been exposed. The county captain Gao Qiong did not disturb them, but planned their route and ambushed them at Zhongnan Pass, Taiping Town. The rebels from Wang Shun and below were all captured and killed! "

"This Wang Shun has a bit of scheming!" Liu Chengyou commented with a smile on his face.

"Before and after the chaos, more than [-] thieves were killed and more than [-] were captured," Guo Tong continued.

"How many of them are prisoners of the original Shu army?" Liu Chengyou asked.

"About half!" Guo Tong replied.

"What about the losses of the affected counties? How many people died? How much property was lost? How many acres of crops were destroyed?" Liu Chengyou asked again.

"Return to Your Majesty, I don't know these things yet, we still need statistics!" Guo Tong said truthfully.

"Order Chang'an, tell Li Shaoyou that I want to know the exact result as soon as possible!" Liu Chengyou ordered, and then asked: "What is the situation in Guanzhong now?"

"After Wang Shun's thieves, who caused the greatest disaster, were wiped out, the chaos basically subsided. Even if the rest were in turmoil, it's nothing to worry about. At present, Zhao Du will still lead people to clear up the scattered thieves, so as to avoid disaster. Dao Si They are also making arrangements, the people return home, the government organizes appeasement, repairs the wounds, and harvests summer crops, I think it will not take long before the situation will completely settle down!" Guo Tong said.

Seeing Liu Chengyou nod his head, Guo Tong said again: "Your Majesty, the commander-in-chief please play, how should we deal with the captured bandits?"

"All Shu prisoners who participated in the rebellion will be killed. As for the persecuted Han people, they need to be carefully screened and corrected. They take advantage of the chaos to do evil. They are also sentenced to death. I don't believe it. They are all innocent. Let Guanzhong According to the inspector, carefully cross-examine!" Liu Chengyou said coldly.

"Yes!" Guo Tong replied, cautiously said: "Your Majesty, yesterday, the procuratorate envoy Shen Yu died of illness while in office!"

Liu Chengyou raised his eyebrows, his expression sank slightly, and he said, "Send a message to Tokyo, let Sun Fangxi come to take over as the inspector in Guanzhong. When he investigated the Huainan case, he did a good job!"

Guo Tong wrote it down and continued to report: "In addition, Zhao Hongyin, the commander of the capital, and Hu Yanke, the former political envoy, successively asked to play. There is chaos in Guanzhong, and they are responsible for military affairs. Please punish the court!"

"These two are quite proactive!" Liu Chengyou murmured, calmed down a bit, and said, "The imperial court has its own judgment on the cause of this chaos! Send it back to Tokyo for the prime ministers to discuss and discuss. Those who want to come to Tokyo Ministers, you are also concerned about the situation in Guanzhong."

Before the chaos, Hu Yanke was replaced by Li Shaoyou, the three officials of the Daoist Department in Guanzhong, Shen Yu died of illness, and Zhao Hongyin was punished for the chaos.It seems that who is responsible has already been decided, and there is even a result
As for the birthplace of the chaos, the Yunyang government was basically killed, and the dead were already dead, and there was no way to chase them.As for other states and counties that stick to the city and protect the people, they have to be rewarded.

After thinking carefully for a while, Liu Chengyou looked up at Guo Tong, and said, "Remember it. Report the results of the chaos in Guanzhong to Tokyo, and discuss the follow-up with the imperial court.

First, reward those who have made great contributions to the fight against chaos and violence.

Second, the transfer of officials from the counties in Guanzhong made up for it.

Third, the taxation of the people in the prefectures and counties who died was exempted from negotiation.

Fourth, the resettlement of the remaining Shu army prisoners in Zhuzhou. "

"Obey!" Guo Tong replied.

Standing up, walking out of the hall, looking at the scrubbed sky, blue and clear, Liu Chengyou felt a sense of relief in his heart.After thinking about it for a while, he opened his mouth and said: "Decree, Luanjia will start heading west tomorrow, and I will go to Chang'an."

"Yes!"

"Inform the states and counties along the way in advance that there is no need to wait. The chaos in Guanzhong has just begun, and everything is based on the safety of the people!" Liu Chengyou added: "Then send an order to the Southwest Army, and let Xiang Xun bring the Southwest generals and military envoys to Chang'an, meet me!"

Originally, Liu Chengyou had no plan to go to Chang'an, and he was already on the verge of returning home after three months of patrolling.If there is nothing to do with the chaos in the middle, he is afraid that he is already approaching Tokyo.

However, the chaos in Guanzhong was on the sidelines, the prefectures and counties were destroyed, and the people were killed. He, the emperor, was close to Tongguan.

Of course, the presence of Luanjia in person and the presence of the emperor to comfort the scholars and the people is also beneficial to the cohesion of people's hearts and the restoration of order.At the same time, since the founding of the country, he, the emperor, has not been to Guanzhong, and this is the first time he has seen Chang'an.

On the other hand, he also needs to personally ask about the Southwest armies and the military preparations for the attack on Shu.It has to be said that Liu Chengyou was greatly touched by the prisoner chaos in Guanzhong. He began to think about the result of the rebellion of the two "Shu armies" Huaiwei and Huaide, and began to consider whether the deployment of the southwestern army was too big a hidden danger. , whether the decentralization is too heavy, and whether Xiang Xun is still loyal to the Southwest after leaving Beijing for many years.
(End of this chapter)