I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 158 Mutiny

When Xu Wei was focusing on agricultural production, Liu Bei in Jizhou was doing the same thing. He led hundreds of thousands of people to build fields around the lake in Dayozawa. Unfortunately, he did not have the support of Fu Bian and Liu Yu this time. Relying on the money and rations of his North Zhonglang General's Mansion, it was quickly consumed by hundreds of thousands of refugees, and even the little money Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping earned in Mayi was all put into it.

But still a drop in the bucket!So much so that Liu Bei had to personally lead the soldiers to help the refugees reclaim fields around the lake.

And his younger brother, Jian Yong, was arranged by him to go to Jizhou Inspector Wang Fen to ask for money and food for farming. After all, the Emperor Ling had already said that farming depends on local funds, and Liu Bei can only go to Wang Fen!Otherwise, his North Zhonglang General's Mansion alone would not be able to sustain the reclamation consumption of hundreds of thousands of people.

However, Jian Yong did not give Liu Bei good news. He found Liu Bei on the construction site of Jizhou Governor's Mansion.

Then he said angrily to Liu Bei: "Xuande, I didn't see Wang Fen this time when I went to Hejian Kingdom. He sent a subordinate to tell me that all the money and food in Jizhou are now spent on the construction of His Majesty's palace! Our North Zhonglang General's Mansion will come out, but the Jizhou Governor's Mansion will not give out a single penny!"

Jian Yong came from a poor family, and he didn't have any famous teachers to rely on. There was only Liu Beifa, who could be described as a nobody. Wang Fen didn't want to meet him, so he sent him away with just one of his subordinates. This made Jian Yong very angry. You Wang Fen is a celebrity, but she can't bully people like this!

Zhang Fei, who saw Jian Yong coming over, was furious when he heard this: "Wang Fen really doesn't understand the truth. If it weren't for him, all the refugees in Jizhou would have been solved by Fu Zhoumu. Now we are helping him wipe his ass, and he actually Treat us like this!"

"He almost turned back the entire Jizhou, why didn't the imperial court withdraw him as the governor of Jizhou! What do you do with such a stupid official!"

Jian Yong said with a wry smile: "This stupid official is rich. It is said that he took 2000 million yuan to His Majesty to let His Majesty forgive his faults. I heard that because Jizhou has repeatedly rebelled over the years, the officials who came to Jizhou are even more unreasonable." Cunyi, now everyone is afraid of becoming an official in Jizhou, and the governor of Jizhou has become a hot potato, and no one in the court dares to pick it up, so he, the governor of Jizhou, can continue to be the governor of Jizhou!"

Even Guan Yu shook his head and said: "Our Majesty has used his cleverness to the extreme, but this is a disaster for the common people!"

It is already a public matter for the imperial court to buy and sell officials, and Lingdi’s West Garden is even filled with the price of official positions. It is estimated that Lingdi also knows that Jizhou’s officials are not easy to sell, and the governor of Jizhou can’t sell it for 2000 million yuan. So he offered 2000 million yuan to Wang Fen, and let him continue to commit crimes and meritorious deeds.

Liu Bei also sighed: "Why does our Majesty come to Jizhou to make trouble now? Does he want to force the people of Jizhou to rebel again!"

Emperor Ling should know that now is not the time to come to Jizhou if he has some foresight. If Emperor Ling leads tens of thousands of uncles from Luoyang City, all counties and counties along the way will welcome them. Liu Bei knows that the people of Jizhou will definitely be forced to rebel again.

This year, when Liu Bei had just defeated Zhang Yan, the imperial decree of Emperor Ling was sent to Jizhou.

Said that the emperor will return to his hometown of Hejian country in Jizhou to worship his ancestors in the spring and August of next year, Emperor Ling ordered Liu Bei to suppress the rebellion along the way, and at the same time ordered Wang Fen to start building the palace and make preparations for receiving the emperor's frame.

So Wang Fen really didn't mean to mess with Liu Bei on purpose, but now the money and food of Jizhou Governor's Mansion are all spent on preparing to receive Emperor Ling. As for ordinary people, it is enough for Wang Fen not to rebel, or even It doesn't matter, because now the suppression of the rebellion belongs to Beizhong Lang's mansion.

At this time, Zhao Yun, who was walking beside Liu Bei, looked embarrassed and hesitant to speak.

Liu Bei asked, "Does Zilong have anything to say?"

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said: "Yun has a friend who is a local ranger. He told Yun a strange thing. He said that the construction of His Majesty's palace in Hejian has not started yet. On the contrary, Wang Shishi recruited many soldiers. Strict training! Moreover, Xiangkai, a well-known alchemist in the world, often visits the Governor's Mansion!"

"Xiangkai!" Liu Bei exclaimed in surprise, he wouldn't be so surprised by ordinary people, but this Xiangkai is different.

Xiangkai was a well-known alchemist a long time ago. Decades ago, because Emperor Xiaohuan had no heirs, he heard that Xiangkai's magic skills were superb, so he ordered him to enter the palace to ask for some panacea.

Xiangkai tried his best to help, and the emperor liked him very much.Xiangkai immediately mentioned the "Taiping Jing" to the emperor, and advised the emperor to use the "Taiping Jing" to govern the country.Wanting to reproduce the power of the great Han Huang Lao in governing the country, this was naturally opposed by Confucian scholars in the court.

Just kidding, dismissing hundreds of schools, Confucianism has been the only one for three hundred years, and the officials who study Confucian classics from top to bottom in the imperial court are controlled. How could they make Huang Lao revive.So he was soon suppressed by the court from top to bottom, and was imprisoned and punished.

It was Hengdi who couldn't bear to let him die in Luoyang City, and finally let people release the water, and at the same time notified his disciples to rescue him from the prison, which allowed him to escape.It's just that this Xiangkai doesn't know whether he is an idealist or a true official fan. Even if he escaped from Luoyang City, he still does not change his infatuation. He still runs around and uses his reputation to accumulate a lot of power. The "Taiping Jing" replaced the status of Confucian classics, and of course it has been failing.

But in the past few years, Xiangkai has disappeared, because Zhang Jiao, who also studied "Taiping Jing", launched a massive Yellow Turban Uprising. "Xiang Kai was also wanted by the Han court, and now such a wanted criminal can enter and leave Jizhou Governor's Mansion normally, especially this Xiang Kai is also a good friend with Zhang Jiao, how can this not surprise Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei was surprised and said: "Because Your Majesty went back to his hometown to worship the ancestors, the prefects and prime ministers of the nine counties in Jizhou all contributed 3000 million yuan, and the construction of a palace has not started with so much money. What does Wang Fen need so much money for? Could it be that he even dares to covet His Majesty's money! But what if His Majesty doesn't see Jizhou's palace when he comes to Jizhou, is this Wang Fen not afraid of death!"

Zhang Fei has seen a lot of people who are not afraid of death, but this is the first time he has seen someone like Wang Fen who is not afraid of death.

It's already July, the palace hasn't been built yet, and it's impossible to build it in the remaining month. That is to say, Wang Fen doesn't plan to build a palace, and those who are greedy for money don't even want their lives. Zhang Fei really can only say one word.

Jian Yong said worriedly: "I'm afraid there must be a conspiracy in this. Wang Fen is known as one of the eight chefs, and his knowledge and character are still unclear, but it is true that his family has money. Otherwise, it would be impossible to support so many people in the officialdom. And just look at how easily he can hand over 2000 million to His Majesty, and also look at that their family is not short of money, he shouldn't be this kind of person who wants money and lives!"

At this time, Zhao Yun said in a novel: "I know a piece of news, but I don't know if it's useful!"

Liu Bei said: "Zilong, you are a local, and the news is better than ours. If you have any news, tell us quickly!"

Zhao Yun said: "Since this year, dozens of friends have come to seek refuge with the governor of Jizhou. It is said that each of them has spent a lot of money. In Qinghe country, there have been rumors that the governor's friends have spent hundreds of millions of dollars! It is said that the governor of Jizhou spent hundreds of millions of dollars! Celebrities spent 2000 million yuan to help him build a grand mansion in Wei County. This matter has spread throughout Jizhou. Everyone says that Wang Cishi is a hero who values ​​love and righteousness.

Wang Cishi's friends spend so much money, where did the money come from?
Did you spend all the money to build His Majesty's palace on friends like him? "

Liu Bei and the others shouldn't have believed such a weird thing, but combined with Wang Fen's strange actions earlier, they suddenly felt that this seemed to be the only explanation!
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Zilong, you are well-informed in Jizhou, so I'll let you take someone to investigate this Wang Fen. I'm not worried about his greed for money. I'm worried that he will jump the wall in a hurry. The current big man can't stand the twists and turns! "

The matter of Wang Fen's recruitment also made sense, maybe he wanted to take advantage of His Majesty's coming to Jizhou to stage a mutiny!

Jian Yong was surprised: "What does Xuande mean, Wang Fen wants to rebel?"

Liu Bei nodded!
Jian Yong couldn't believe it and said: "He wants to rebel with the thousands of recruits he recruited, this is not a suicide attempt!"

Liu Bei said: "So he asked Xiangkai to help him. Don't forget that this Xiangkai is Zhang Jiao's friend. He also treats the "Taiping Jing". He must have a close relationship with Zhang Yan on Taihang Mountain. If Xiangkai helps Wang Fen contacted Zhang Yan on the Taihang Mountains, and Wang Fen could use his power as governor of Jizhou to hide Zhang Yan's army, and even changed Zhang Yan's army into Jizhou army. It can be dangerous!"

Zhang Fei couldn't believe it and said, "Is this Wang Fen a lunatic? He actually wanted to rebel in order to help his friends!"

Guan Yu said: "Scholars are good at face, and this Wang Fen is famous for helping friends, so he will naturally be affected by his reputation! Brother still prepares soldiers to arrest Wang Fen. This kind of thing can't be hidden at all. If it is not built well, it is enough to punish Wang Fen for the crime of deceiving the emperor. If the Yellow Turban Army is found among Wang Fen's soldiers, then the fact that he colluded with the Yellow Turban Army to rebel is ironclad proof!"

Liu Bei was still worried and said, "It's just that Wang Fen is still the governor of Jizhou after all. If I arrest him like this, it's not in harmony with the imperial court's system!"

Guan Yu persuaded: "Brother, if you don't catch Wang Fen now, the whole Jizhou will be in chaos when he really makes a big mess. You must know that Hejian Kingdom is Jizhou's confidant. If the Yellow Turban Army makes a big fuss, it will affect the whole Jizhou." Nine counties, how long will it take you brother to calm them down, do we have to use up our business this year!"

In Guan Yu's view, the most important thing in Jizhou now is to settle down the refugees, and everything else is trivial!Especially after such a commotion, Emperor Ling would not dare to come to Jizhou again.

Liu Bei wanted to come for a long time and said: "Okay, Zilong, you go to Hejian Kingdom to collect evidence first, Yunchang, Yide followed Weige and led 3000 cavalry to arrest Wang Fen, Xianhe, you stay here, and command everyone to continue to reclaim the lake. , we must not let others discover our departure!"

Several people saluted Liu Bei: "No!"

After Zhao Yun came to Hejian Kingdom, he soon found out what Wang Fen was doing. After all, Wang Fen did these things without any intention of keeping them secret, and even felt a little fanfare.

He really didn't build a palace, but spent all his money and food on training soldiers, but Zhao Yun found that most of the soldiers Wang Fen trained were soldiers from the Yellow Turban Army. Many of them didn't even change their equipment. The rattan armor is basically the Yellow Turban Army, and when he looked up, all the soldiers of the Zhenhejian Kingdom were wearing rattan armor!This startled Zhao Yun.

After the news was passed to Liu Bei, Liu Bei decisively led 3000 cavalry, rushed directly into Jizhou Governor's Mansion, captured Wang Fen, disarmed the soldiers of Hejian Kingdom, and took control of the entire Hejian Kingdom, and then collected evidence in the entire Jizhou Governor's Mansion. When he saw the letters between Wang Fen and the Luoyang court and Jizhou officials, he was shocked and dizzy. He really caught a big fish. This fish is so big that it can even kill the fish!
Liu Bei shouted: "Hurry up, seal up these evidences and wait for His Majesty's envoy!"

Then he wrote a memorial himself, writing down what happened here, and sent it to the Luoyang court in a hurry for [-] miles!

Luoyang City Palace!
Emperor Ling suddenly received a memorial from Bei Zhonglang General Liu Bei. He thought it was some daily chores, and after taking a sip of the water from the Runtian Yujing bottle, Zhang Rang slowly opened it!

When I saw the word rebellion, I was choked instantly!

"Hum hum!"

Zhang Rang immediately helped Emperor Ling calm down: "Your Majesty, be careful!"

"Is Liu Bei crazy? He actually said that Wang Fen rebelled! He even arrested Wang Fen!"

Emperor Ling grabbed the memorial with his own hands and watched it carefully!

Finally read the whole story of this matter!
Then he doubted: "Is it because Liu Bei has no money in farming, so he falsely accused Wang Fen like this. How could a nerd like Wang Fen rebel?"

Zhang Rang was overjoyed when he heard that, he didn't like Liu Bei or Wang Fen at all, no matter who fell this time, it was a good thing for him.

So he said: "Your Majesty, as long as you send someone to investigate the situation in Jizhou, it will be clear! One of these two people must be lying!"

Emperor Ling thought for a while and said, "Go and call Lu Zhi and Liu Yu. This Liu Bei is their former student and official. Let's see what they explain!"

Emperor Ling and the Empress Dowager drove to Jizhou. Zongzheng Liu Yu, who presided over the matter, was so busy that he didn't even meet at home. Hearing Emperor Ling's call, he immediately entered the palace, but Lu Zhi had nothing to do, so he took the first step Bi Liu Yu came to the palace.

Seeing the two men coming, Emperor Ling directly left Liu Bei's memorial and scolded them: "Look at what good things your disciples have done. He, a general of Zhonglang, dared to arrest the governor of Jizhou. He just wanted to Rebellion!"

Liu Yu and Lu Zhi knew that the matter was serious when they heard Emperor Ling's scolding, so they immediately picked up Liu Bei's memorial and watched it carefully!

After reading it, Liu Yu immediately said: "Your Majesty, I have known Xuande for a long time, and I know that he is a minister for the country and the people. What he said in the memorial must be true. If Wang Fen was not bold, Xuande would not To go to such an extreme, all this is for the safety of His Majesty.

So Lu Zhi didn't have much memory of Liu Bei as a student. After all, when Liu Bei came to him, he was not a good student. I think Liu Bei has no future in the future.

It’s just that the following things made him look wrong. When he heard about Liu Bei again, it was he who became the captain of Tuntian. This made Lu Zhi happy, he didn't expect that a bad student under him would become the first one to make achievements among his disciples!
It is because of unfamiliarity that Lu Zhi is very calm now. After reading the memorial, he said: "Your Majesty, only you sent an envoy to Hejian Kingdom to see that the palace has not been established. If there is a palace, Liu Bei must be lying. If there is no palace , then what Liu Bei said is true! Even if Wang Fen didn't want to rebel, he committed the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Emperor Ling also felt that it made sense, so he said: "Jian Shuo, go to Hejian Kingdom to see if my palace has been completed. If it is completed, you can escort Liu Bei to Luoyang. Escort Wang Fen back!"

Jian Shuo saluted and said, "No!"

Then he goes out slowly!
A few days later, Jizhou Babaili Kuaiqi sent Jian Shuo's letter, and at the same time brought evidence that Liu Bei had prepared long ago!
There is not even a piece of wood in the palace of Hejian Kingdom, but he has no way to escort Wang Fen into Luoyang City, because Wang Fen committed suicide in prison!At the same time, Liu Bei continued to arrest officials who participated in the rebellion in Jizhou. Hundreds of people have been arrested now. Jian Shuo asked how to deal with these people?
When the news spread to the imperial court, the officials were in an uproar. Wang Fen is one of the eight famous chefs in the world. They were all former officials of their protégés, and now they were arrested by Liu Bei, a shabby householder.
But Emperor Ling got more evidence and Wang Fen's letters to the officials, and he found that many of them were very acquainted in the court!
Emperor Ling threw these letters on the court hall and shouted: "Every one of you complained to Wang Fen, are you also Wang Fen's accomplice? I really didn't see it. You people are so courageous that you think that I am the emperor Unqualified, do you want to change to an obedient emperor!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" All civil and military officials knelt down!
Other things that Wang Fen wanted to mutiny, not all civil and military officials of the court knew, but half of them knew, because Wang Fen contacted many friends in the court, especially the local officials in Jizhou. Joining in, it can be said that those who know know it all, and those who don't know it are all kept in the dark.But because of Wang Fen's fanfare, everyone didn't like him. The more secretive the mutiny, the better. How can there be such a big fanfare like Wang Fen!

It's just that everyone is also dissatisfied with Emperor Ling. It would be good if there is a one in ten thousand chance to change to an obedient emperor. So they not only concealed the news from the court, but also Wang Fen offered help. Xiangkai was the one who helped to contact him. of!
Of course, the people in the court are all old foxes, and naturally they will not let Emperor Ling grab the head and tail. Even if they contact Wang Fen, they just chat with each other and have nothing to do with government affairs. This is the reason why Emperor Ling is so angry. Can't hold back their tricks.

Yuan Kui said: "Your Majesty, Wang Fen's rebellion is just a rumor of Liu Bei's family, and the court needs to investigate to find out the truth! Your Majesty can't be so preconceived!"

Emperor Ling sneered and said: "The truth is that Wang Fen raised tens of thousands of yellow scarf thieves with my money. It's really amazing. Zhang Yan is actually strong with my food and grass. There is such a way of raising bandits to be self-respecting. I really have a lot of experience." !, Taifu should look at these evidences before speaking for Wang Fen!"

Yuan Kai picked up the memorial on the ground, and after reading it, he secretly scolded Wang Fen as a waste!They gave Wang Fen hundreds of millions of money, and Jizhou is a place rich in money and food. Wang Fen may have more than 10 billion in money and food, but Wang Fen didn't even build a palace, and Liu Bei caught the ironclad proof up.

Later, a large number of yellow scarf thieves were caught in Jizhou County, and Liu Bei even found a large number of letters in the mansion, all of which recorded the information of Wang Fen's plan to mutiny and the Jizhou officials who participated in it. It is impossible to quibble now. .Even they will be dragged down by Wang Fen!

Yuan Kai didn't even think that Wang Fen was such a waste, not only did he not hurt Emperor Ling in the slightest, but Liu Bei easily caught the ironclad evidence!

Yuan Kui still wanted to struggle and said: "Your Majesty, I think that such a big case should be handed over to the Tingwei for trial, not to Beizhong Langjiang!
But Emperor Ling said coldly: "I seem to remember that Wang Fen was recommended by the Taifu!"

Yuan Kai could only say: "I never thought that Wang Fen would do such a bold thing!"

Emperor Ling said: "Teacher is so ignorant of people, presumably it's because of his old eyesight, he should tell his old man and return to his hometown!"

Yuan Kui had no choice but to salute Emperor Ling and said, "I thank you, Your Majesty!"

If this goes on, maybe even he will be implicated, and he can only retreat!
Emperor Ling continued: "Since Liu Bei found out about this matter, let Liu Bei handle it with full power. I will not let go of any rebellion by a big man. Be optimistic about your disciples and old officials, and let them not have what they shouldn't have." Thoughts, or don't blame me for being unpredictable!"

"Immediately order Liu Bei to kill all these rebels, leaving no one behind!"

Zhang Rang bowed and said, "Follow the order!"

After speaking, Emperor Ling threw his sleeves and left the court!
After Emperor Ling left, the hall became lively. Everyone picked up the letters that Emperor Ling had thrown out. They were relieved after confirming that they didn't have their own names, but they were very annoyed when they saw their former disciples in it!
Yuan Kai said with a bitter face: "Bo'an, Zigan, this Liu Bei is an old official of your sect, and you all hand in hand, what is he trying to do, he is trying to cut himself off from the scholarly ranks!

This is already very serious. Liu Yu is a gentle gentleman. He helped Liu Bei explain: "Xuande is humble, courteous and corporal, and treats others with generosity. He is always loyal to the court with benevolence. He found out that Wang Fen wanted to rebel. Of course, things will not be ignored."

(End of this chapter)