I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 140, Dahan's Donglin Party

All civil and military officials read the battle report from Xiliang, and the main hall suddenly became lively. The most powerful Xiliang rebel army was defeated by the imperial army, and it will be much easier to counter the rebellion later. Everyone feels that the big man can do it again Yes, the hall is full of joyful atmosphere.

Cui Lie immediately said: "Your Majesty, the rebels in Xiliang are now worried about their inadequacy. Let Dong Zhuo lead his men to station in Anding County. It is enough to put down the rebellion in Xiliang. Let the left general Huangfusong lead the army to march into Jizhou. If you want to put down Zhang Yan, you will surely be able to capture it."

Cui Lie could see that it was Huangfusong who had to rely on Huangfusong to fight the war these days, no one else could do it!

A vulgar martial artist like Fu Bian doesn't know the severity, they can't bear it.People in Jizhou can't stand a celebrity like Wang Fen cheating the world and stealing his name.

Emperor Ling was also a little moved. He was tired of the endless rebellion in Jizhou in the past few years, and wanted to find a general who could fight to suppress it in Jizhou.

But Shang Shuling Lu Zhi objected: "Your Majesty, if we really want to completely put down the rebellion in Xiliang, we must leave the left general Huangfusong behind. From the battle report in Xiliang, it can be seen that Dong Zhuo is suspected of supporting the bandits. He has a deep entanglement with Xiliang's rebellion, and if Dong Zhuo stays in Xiliang, I'm afraid that the rebellion will be hard to put down!"

The civil and military officials present were all thousand-year-old foxes, and Dong Zhuo couldn't hide his little thoughts.

Most of the rebels in Xiliang were veterans of the imperial court, and many generals were friends of Dong Zhuo. This is also a relationship that is difficult to put down in the rebellion in Xiliang, because most of the main force of the rebellion in the imperial court are from Xiliang, and the entanglements between the two sides It's too deep, they didn't work hard, how could they put down the rebellion, and even the Xiliang army put the Northern army in a trap, Zhang Wen has a deep understanding.

Emperor Ling also suspected that Huangfusong was from his hometown because of the rebellion in Xiliang, and he was unwilling to put down the rebellion.

In the second year of Zhongping (AD 185), Huangfusong, who had just quelled the Yellow Turban Uprising, hurriedly led an army of [-] to Chang'an, and fought consecutive battles with Bianzhang Han Sui and other hundreds of thousands of Xiliang rebels in Sanfu.

But the strength of the rebel army is strong, they are veterans who have experienced many battles, and the number of troops is too large, as many as hundreds of thousands. Ren Huangfusong has great abilities, and there is no way to repel the enemy.We can only stabilize the front line in Suyi, Guyi, Qixian, Yunyi, and Chencang.

In August, Beigong Boyu ran out of food and grass, and led the army back to Liangzhou, and Huangfusong led his troops back to Chang'an.Unexpectedly, not only did he not receive a reward, but instead he was punished heavily by the court under the pretext of being futile in the continuous battle and wasting a lot of money. .

At the beginning, everyone thought that Zhao Zhongzhang let the two of them frame Huangfusong and slandered Emperor Ling.

Because of the intense conflict between the two sides, when Huang Fusong was attacking the Yellow Turban leader Zhang Jiao's army last year, he led his troops through Yecheng in Wei County, Jizhou, and saw that the residence of the Zhongchang servant Zhao Zhong's family was very luxurious and luxurious, comparable to a royal palace, which completely violated the laws of the Han Dynasty. The regulations on house building, so he went up to play Emperor Ling angrily. Because Emperor Ling was short of money after the Yellow Turban Uprising, he was overjoyed after seeing the memorial, and immediately confiscated Zhao Zhong's house, scolded Zhao Zhong, and fined him [-] million yuan. From then on, Zhao Zhong hated Huangfusong.

After defeating the Yellow Turban, Huangfusong made outstanding achievements. He was appointed General Zuocheqi, led Jizhou Shepherd, and was granted the title of Marquis of Huaili, Shihuaili and Meiyang Counties, with a total of [-] households. He worked hard, otherwise he wouldn't have rewarded eight thousand households in one battle, and he was only a little short of becoming a marquis of ten thousand households. After all, Emperor Ling was very stingy, so he sent someone to find Huangfusong, asking him to give [-] million yuan, and at the same time find Huangfusong discussed the alliance.

The power of eunuchs and the alliance of military generals have always been the norm in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. After all, both of them were suppressed by the Kanto clan.

Here I want to talk about the political situation of the imperial court at that time. The Guandong faction dominated the imperial court. It was a bit like the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty. The Guandong faction controlled most of the court positions and suppressed other forces. The method of controlling the appointment of officials by the imperial court is a bit like the official department of later generations.

Of course, the Donglin Party is good at eliminating dissidents, and they will still do it. As long as it is one of their own, even Bai Ding can quickly become a top official like Sangong Jiuqing.

Just like Wang Fen, because he is the eighth chef among the party members, he can be directly appointed as the governor of Jizhou when he comes out of the mountain. He was the prefect of Bohai, and later he recognized himself as a general of chariots and riders. He became one of the top officials in the world in less than 10 years. The same is true for Yuan Shu. After the general.

This is why the Yuan family can have four generations and three generations. The two brothers became the top bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty before they were 30 years old. Even if they lined up in the next 30 years, they would have to be ranked as the third generation. Follow this process and do it for ten generations and three generations. It's here!
Dong Zhuo, who was born in a good family, fought desperately for 30 years, and became a captain of 2000 shi.

Later, with the help of his son-in-law Li Ru, he took refuge in the power of the eunuch, which was a step closer, and then he walked through Zhao Zhong's family some time ago, and spent tens of millions of dollars to get the official position of a former general. But his official career has basically reached its peak, and it is impossible to go any further! (Of course he flipped the table behind and proclaimed himself Prime Minister, which is another matter.)
And a poor family like Liu Bei, who was in decline, worked hard to get a county lieutenant, and was dismissed because he had no backer. In the original history, Liu Bei would have to wander for a few years, and finally he could only rely on his old classmate Gongsun Zan. In troubled times, people like Liu Bei will reach the peak when they become county magistrates.

Through these few examples, everyone knows how much the powerful clans in Kanto have gone too far!

Therefore, Emperor Heng and Emperor Ling must rely on the party to attack the Guandong clan, and at the same time cultivate the power of eunuchs to fight against the Kanto clan.

But even if the eunuch forces had the emperor's support, they were not opponents of the Kanto clan. The Eunuch Party had at most some influence in Luoyang City, but there was nothing they could do locally.

When the party was imprisoned back then, the party members wanted by the imperial court still walked the world openly without being affected. They even became the superstars of the emperor at that time. Everywhere they went, they were warmly welcomed. Even Lingdi could only pretend not to arrive.

The eunuch party thought of contacting Kansai Jiangmen as an ally. Both parties were suppressed by the Kanto clan, so they were natural allies.

So Zhang Huan, Dong Zhuo's boss, helped the eunuch party suppress the Tai students at the time, and also suppressed Dou Wu, the general who wanted to launch a coup to massacre the eunuch.

When it came to Duan Ying, he even made an alliance with Cao Jie, and directly stood up to the eunuch party to suppress the power of the Kanto clan.

So under the circumstances at that time, the military generals in Kansai were naturally allies of the eunuch party. Zhang Rang promoted Huang Fusong because he wanted to learn from his old boss Cao Jie, find an alliance of generals, and jointly control the court internally and externally!

(Here I have to say that the three famous generals in Xiliang have completely different attitudes towards the eunuchs. Huangfugui hated the eunuchs, regarded himself as a scholar, and even wrote books and biographies, but the scholars looked down on him. At that time, he still thought that he regretted that he had not become a party member, but he actually wrote a letter saying that he was also a party member. The court knew this, but did not ask questions. Only at this time did the Kwantung clan recognize Huangfu Gui and call him a sage.

On the other hand, Zhang Huan acted and stood up, and led troops to suppress the Tai students, but he did not expect that things would get worse. Not to mention the death of hundreds of Tai students, he even killed the then general Dou Wu, and was punished by all the powerful people in the world. Clan hatred.So he said that he was deceived by Cao Jie and refused to accept the reward from the court. As a result, both sides were offended, and his official career was not smooth all his life!
But when it came to Duan Ying, she directly attached herself to the eunuch, and became a partisan with the Zhongchang servant Wang Fu Cao Jie and others, and finally became a Taiwei who was a rare warrior in the late Eastern Han Dynasty!But in the end, he was involved in political struggles, and a generation of famous generals committed suicide by taking poison in prison! )
What Zhang Rang didn't expect was that Huangfusong was not on the right track. Although he was a general, he logically wanted to join the eunuchs, but he was influenced by his uncle Huangfu's rules, looked down on the eunuchs, and even scolded Zhang Rang's men. After a while, Zhang Rang found Dong Zhuo as a backup. (After the Yellow Turban Uprising, Dong Zhuo’s official career began to become smooth. He lost a battle and was named a general. After killing thousands of Xiliang rebels, he was named a township marquis, a thousand households in the city, and later became a A former general who rose to the top five in the Han military ranks, no one would believe that there is no eunuch's power.)
At the same time, the two resolved their enmity, so when Huangfusong was demoted, everyone thought it was Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong who planned to frame him in order to avenge Huangfusong.

But the real situation is that Emperor Ling saw that he could easily put down a million Yellow Turban thieves, but could not put down hundreds of thousands of rebels in Xiliang. Excuse him for dismissal.

After Zhang Wen's defeat, Emperor Ling realized that the rebellion in Xiliang was completely different from the rebellion in other places, and he trusted Huangfusong again.

Back to the court.

After hearing Lu Zhi's words, Sangong Jiuqing felt that it was better to keep Huangfusong in Xiliang than Dong Zhuo in Xiliang!

Zhu Jun went out and said: "Zhang Yan's generation is just some ants and thieves. They are not dangerous at all. On the contrary, Lei Gong in Mayi can easily defeat the imperial army. We should pay attention to it. I think that even if Lei Gong is ordered to be safe, he still needs to send a large army to support Bingzhou. To guard against Lei Gong's rebellion, Dong Zhuo's troops have experienced many battles and are extremely elite, the court can appoint Dong Zhuo as the prefect of Taiyuan County to guard against Lei Gong!"

Cui Lie was furious. It was so difficult for him to ask for some reinforcements, but Bingzhou, which had few wars, got tens of thousands of elites, while he had only a few Youzhou troops in Jizhou. He immediately retorted: "Jizhou is much more important than Xiliang and Mayi. We need a pillar of the country like General Zuo!"

Then he said to Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, the predicament of the imperial court these years is because of Jizhou's repeated catastrophes, so that the imperial court cannot receive enough taxes in Jizhou. If Jizhou is stable, the imperial court will still have no money and food to suppress the rebellion! "

"Jizhou urgent report!" At this time, another eight hundred miles urgent report came to the hall.

Emperor Ling asked people to download the battle report, and after reading it, he said ecstatically, "It's really double happiness today. Liu Bei, the general of the beggar Zhonglang, has appeased [-] Jizhou troops, and fought against Zhang Yan in Anping County. Zhang Yan's main force, now Zhang Yan has fled to Zhongshan, Zhao, and Changshan to resist the imperial army, it seems that Zhang Yan can't resist for long!"

The civil and military officials were also very pleasantly surprised when they heard the news, what a surprise!A month ago, the imperial court of the Great Han was still in jeopardy, as if it was about to be destroyed at any time, but a month later, the stars have changed, and all the rebellions are no longer a problem. This world is still the world of the Great Han!

Civil and military officials saluted Emperor Ling and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for putting down the rebellion!"

Emperor Ling was also happy and said: "As long as my soldiers are still there, the world will never be reversed!"

"It seems that Jizhou will be pacified in a short time, so let Dong Zhuo lead an army of 3 to take office in Taiyuan County! He is also a veteran who has experienced many battles. If he can defeat Lei Gong, I will not hesitate to reward him!"

Lingdi stopped talking about appeasing Lei Gong in an instant!

The officials knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is holy!"

Only experienced generals like Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun are worried. Unlike Zhang Yan, who has been defeated repeatedly, this Lei Gong's strength has been tested by the Xianbei people, and his strength is not inferior to Xiliang's rebellion at all. Dong Zhuo's strength Even if the United State Army may not be able to defeat Lei Gong.

Jizhou, Changshan Country!
Liu Bei led an army of 8 to surround the entire Yuanshi County, and sighed as he looked at the snowy sky.

Liu Bei, who led [-] Youzhou elites, came to Jizhou to fight very smoothly. The county soldiers in Jizhou had conflicts with the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro, and many people even had hatred with the Yellow Turban Army. They had to unite because of the oppression of Jizhou's elite clan.

But after Liu Bei came to Jizhou, he brought the imperial court's decree to pardon them, and even Liu Bei assured the soldiers in Jizhou that they would not suffer revenge from the Taoist clan, and no one would dare to invade their fields.

The soldiers of the county in Jizhou had already helped Fu Bian take revenge according to the families on the list. With these guarantees, and they were soldiers and horses of the imperial court, they quickly took refuge in Liu Bei's command. He didn't want to submit to the imperial court, but took some soldiers who thought the same as him, and went to Taihang Mountain to become the king of the mountain, specializing in robbing the caravans of the powerful and noble families. Of course, this is a later story.

It is a pity that Liu Bei knows Wen Chou Yanliang's decision. Such loyal people cannot work together, but he also knows that Wen Chou and Yan Liang are the leaders of the rebellion of the Jizhou Army. Even if the court pardons ordinary soldiers, it will treat Wen Chou and Yan Liang. Therefore, I did not force the two of them, but said to them: "If you have any troubles in the future, you can come to me!"

After receiving Liu Bei's promise, the two led hundreds of people towards Taihang Mountain.

(End of this chapter)