Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 7 Huazhou Rebellion (1)

On the night of July 25th in the first year of Zhenguan, Huazhou, Huayin County, Guanzhong was extremely hot in July. Old Liu Tou, who was beating the watch, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. Good things happen.

Walking outside Zhang Blacksmith's shop, Old Liu sat down and comforted himself: "I must be greedy for drinking at night and drank a few more. It seems that I am still old. I must restrain myself in the future and drink less. If That day because I was greedy for drinking, I lost my job to eat, how will my family live."

Just when old Liu was about to continue his night watch, suddenly, there was a jolt, a sound like thunder, like the neighing of a ghost, the ground cracked picturesquely, or burst into hills, or sank into ditches, and countless buildings collapsed in an instant.

The sleeping people were defenseless, and there were countless dead. The county magistrate Wang Zhi crawled out from the ruins of the county government, screaming loudly, looking for survivors.

After a while, he only found six yamen servants, and led them along the street, watching the collapsed houses on both sides, men moaning in pain, women, and children crying endlessly, the scene in front of him seemed like hell.

Wang Zhi and the yamen servant kept yelling, telling the men to dig out the people buried under the rubble, while telling the women, children and the wounded to take refuge in the threshing ground in the county town.

Wang Zhi bit his finger, tore off a corner of his official robe, and wrote an urgent letter, asking the yamen servant to ride on the only old horse in the county to report to Zheng Kuan, the governor of Huazhou.

The earthquake also affected Zheng County and Baishui, the other two counties in Huazhou. For a while, Huazhou was full of sorrow.Zheng Kuan saw that the earthquake could not be concealed, so he ordered people to send them to Chang'an immediately. There were no victims that year, so he asked the court to pay more money, and then he would come forward to appease them.

Not only can he get a lot of benefits, but he can also get political achievements. If he looks for his uncle Zheng Yuan, he might be able to get a promotion, and then he turns around and goes back to his new third concubine.Zheng Kuan didn't expect that the earthquake not only caused civil uprisings, but also made him lose his head.

In Zheng County, Liu San, whose face was covered with blood, was holding the head of County Magistrate Hu. Yesterday, County Magistrate Hu robbed more than a dozen girls in the name of rewarding the officers and soldiers of the county government. Among them was Liu San's younger sister. Liu San and others were tied up, and they beat the women violently in front of them.

This county magistrate Hu was originally a bandit near Mount Hua. During the reign of Wude, seeing Li Tang's strength, he led his men to join Zhang Liang. Later, he was unable to serve in the army due to war injuries, so he came to Zheng County to serve as the county magistrate.

Yesterday he took the officers and soldiers to organize disaster relief, and he brought a few more drinks in the evening. The bad nature of being a robber showed up, and he began to ask Liu San and the others to ask the female relatives in the village to come out to accompany the wine. Seeing that everyone refused to follow, they tied them up , grab it directly, and rest at the village head's house after finishing the work.

The women in Guanzhong are fierce, where they can bear such humiliation, women hang themselves, jump into wells, and even cut their wrists while their family members are not paying attention.The men looked at the dead bodies of their own women, and their hearts were full of anger, and they couldn't eat enough.

They are bullied by these dog officials on weekdays, but now they don't even let their own women go, the blood of the men in Guanzhong is surging in their bodies.

Liu San and the men in the thirty or so villages were angry for a while, and when no one was around, they killed the county magistrate Hu and a dozen yamen servants. After the killing, the men sat in the room and regretted it. Seriously, who would do that.

Seeing that everyone was panicking, Liu San bit his head and said, "If we kill the officials, we can only die. Right now, there is no other way out except rebellion." After finishing speaking, he went to cut off the magistrate Hu head of.

The men stared blankly at Liu San, who was honest and friendly on weekdays. To be honest, they killed the magistrate Hu and the yamen servant out of righteous indignation, but no one thought of rebelling.

Liu Sanyi held the head of County Magistrate Hu, pointed at the crowd and said: "We were forced to do so today. If we don't rebel, we will either starve to death or be bullied by the dog officials. Look at your own women, can you return the favor?" Go back to grow crops?

We took the guys, took advantage of the chaos in the county town of the earthquake, broke into the county government, robbed the treasury, and we distributed it to the villagers. "

"Okay, third brother, my brother listens to you, rush into the county government office, open a warehouse to release food."

"Yes, we all listen to the third brother." Everyone echoed.

The next day, Liu San and others led a group of villagers into the county government office and beheaded more than 50 county government officials and county government servants. They opened the county government office treasury and granary.

The disaster-stricken people didn't care who gave the food, they only cared about their own stomachs, and whoever gave the food was a good person. For a while, Liu San took in more than [-] people and occupied Zhengxian County.

The news of the occupation of Zheng County spread to the state. Zheng Kuan threw five or six teacups angrily, and quickly ordered Captain Zhechong Lanshan to lead troops to Zheng County to quell the rebellion. At the same time, a fast horse left Huazhou City to Headed towards Chang'an.

Three days later, Huazhou’s memorial was from Zhongshu Province, who arrived at the front and back. That night, Changsun Wuji was on duty at Hongwen Palace. After seeing the memorial, Changsun Wuji could manage it. Is it late at night? Quickly report to the emperor, there are important military and state reports.

Li Shimin, who was dragged out of the bed by his elder brother, rubbed his eyes while listening to the report of Changsun Wuji. When he heard that the civil uprising was triggered by the earthquake, the county magistrate was killed, and the county seat was occupied, he said angrily: " What did Zheng Kuan, the governor of Huazhou, do? He passed on the crown prince, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong, Hou Junji, and Hongwen Palace to discuss matters."

Don't talk about Li Chengqian before the emperor can sleep, he hastily saluted his father, Li Shimin waved his hand, and signaled Changsun Wuji to tell him about Huazhou.

When he heard the news of the fall of Zheng County, Li Chengqian's drowsiness disappeared immediately. This is so fucking hot. Didn't the rebellion in Zhenguan years seek death?

Although the current national strength is poor and weak, any army in the Tang Dynasty can wipe out Zheng County. What will the people of Zheng County do?

Just when Li Chengqian was thinking about what to say, all the ministers came to Hongwen Hall and greeted Li Shimin and Li Chengqian respectively. Changsun Wuji explained the matter of Huazhou to everyone, and Li Shimin asked in a deep voice: "What do you think about the matter of Huazhou?" How to deal with it".

"Your Majesty, Huazhou occupies Huashan in the front, Jingwei in the back, Tongguan on the left, and Lantian on the right. It has always been a battleground for military strategists, and it cannot be allowed to develop."

Hou Junji said while observing Li Shimin's expression, "Most of the Huazhou government's troops are from local origin and their combat power is low, so I think we should send troops immediately to put down the rebellion as soon as possible."

As soon as Hou Junji's voice fell, Wei Zheng said: "Soldiers are going to be sent, but can sending troops solve the problem? The reason for the chaos in Huazhou was natural disasters, or the local officials were not good at disaster relief. Otherwise, why did the people take the risk? Is it true that the governor of Huazhou is telling the truth?"

Wei Zheng shook his sleeves and stretched out his hand: "Your Majesty, the people in Guanzhong are used to holding farm tools in their hands. What made them pick up knives to fight against the court?".

After hearing what Hou Junji and Wei Zheng said, Li Shimin signaled his servants to serve tea to the ministers: "Huazhou is an important place in Guanzhong, and there is no room for loss. Besides, the reason for this is that the imperial court can't listen to Zheng Kuan's one-sided words and forcefully send troops to suppress it. How is it different from Yang Guang?"

"What your majesty said is that the minister thought that he should send important ministers to suppress and appease. The new dynasty was first established. If such a thing happened, it must be calmed down as soon as possible. Otherwise, what is the majesty of the court?"

From Changsun Wuji's point of view, whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it is better to send someone to take a look first. What's the use of talking about it here.

"Father, the chaos in Huazhou was definitely caused by natural disasters. As for how the local officials rescued the disaster, the imperial court didn't know, and the governor of Huazhou didn't mention it. His first letter was for money, and the second letter was for soldiers.

There are so many prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty, if they all become officials like Zheng Kuan, then my Tang Dynasty official is too easy to be an official. Everything is pointed at the court, so why should he be the governor? No matter what, Zheng Kuan will never resign to blame.

The minister thought that he would send an imperial envoy to lead the military administration of Huazhou to thoroughly investigate the matter. At the same time, the imperial court allocated relief supplies. Regardless of whether there are rioters or not, the people of Huazhou are still the people of the Tang Dynasty. I don’t know what the emperor thinks. "

Li Chengqian's words made Fang Xuanling's eyes brighten: "Your Majesty, I think the prince's words are indeed feasible."

"I think the prince has such insights, and he is the best candidate to pacify Huazhou this time. I am willing to accompany the prince to go to Huazhou." The eldest grandson Wuji did not expect that Li Chengqian was so smart, and his nephew was so competitive. What about steps.

"Prince, I entrust this matter to you, can you handle it well?"

Li Shimin stared at Li Chengqian and asked

"My son will live up to expectations."

"Pass down the decree to order the prince Li Chengqian to be the appeasement envoy, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Qin Qiong to be the deputy envoys to deal with the affairs of Huazhou, to act cheaply, and to accompany Zuo Wuwei with five thousand soldiers and horses,"

"In addition, the Ministry of Households allocated [-] dans of grain to Huazhou."

(End of this chapter)