I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 159, The means of the powerful

Just now Situ Xuxiang was not in a good mood and said: "If Liu Bei wants money to farm the fields, just say it. We can all find a way to raise it. After all, this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. Why do we have to do it like this? It's cheap for us to kill each other. It's just Shichang serving them!"

Situ Xu Xiang, courtesy name Gongbi, was a native of Pingyu, one of the newly appointed three princes of the Great Han Dynasty.

The Xu family is also the most powerful family in the Han Dynasty, and has a great reputation among scholars. He has two brothers, Xu Shao and Xu Jing, who are famous all over the world for their "Yuedan Commentary". Shake the world.

But Xu Xiang's reputation is very bad. He is notorious for clinging to eunuchs in order to get promoted. Brothers Xu Shao and Xu Jing are even unwilling to recognize him as an elder brother because of this matter, and they have not been in touch for more than ten years!Of course, Xu Xiang didn't think that he was a gang of eunuchs, and everyone was just taking advantage of each other.

From Xu Xiang's point of view, it is impossible for Liu Bei to keep an eye on Wang Fen for no reason. It is because he is short of money in farming that he has an eye on Wang Fen. , but when Liu Bei dealt with Wang Fen, he made him miserable.

This rebellion has involved many of his protégés and old officials. Originally, Liu Bei should have informed them of the situation first, so that they could be prepared, but Liu Bei was not one of them. Went to Lingdi.

That's why today's scene happened. A large number of former disciples of the Xu family, the Yang family, and the Yuan family were implicated, causing them to suffer heavy losses.
.Cui Lie's disciples were not affected much, but the rebellion occurred in Hejian Kingdom, and the powerful people under it were probably about to die.

Because of the relationship between the three mutual laws of the Han Dynasty, how many officials in Jizhou were from Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Sili. This is why Yuan's family is in Runan, but Yuan Shao can raise an army in Hebei to resist Dong Zhuo.

This is not only Xu Xiang's thoughts, but also the thoughts of all the civil and military officials present. This time, Wang Fen's rebellion will definitely not end if hundreds of people die!I didn't see it, this Liu Bei is a ruthless person!Hundreds of officials were killed in one fell swoop, and there were not so many people killed in the first two party prisons.

On the contrary, Lu Zhi said angrily: "Xuande is arresting rebellion. Could it be that he is wrong? This is Wang Fen's mistake. It's because you didn't take care of your own disciples and old officials. You dare to do such a thing as rebellion!"

Lu Zhi is eight feet two inches long and has a voice like a bell.He has a resolute personality and noble moral character. He often has the ambition to help the country and save the world.When he was young, he worshiped the great Confucian Ma Rong as his teacher, and recommended Zheng Xuan as his fellow disciple.Lu Zhi knows the past and the present, and likes to delve into the Confucian classics and not be limited to the chapters and sentences defined by the predecessors.Ma Rong is from a wealthy family with foreign relatives, and there are often singers performing songs and dances at home. Lu Zhi has studied in Ma Rong's home for many years and has never glanced at it. Ma Rong admires Lu Zhi very much.

Lu Zhi was originally from Youzhou, and his teacher was Ma Rong from Fufeng County. Since he entered politics, he has spent more time holding a knife than holding a pen. In addition, he has a good relationship with Huangfusong, so he can be regarded as a general in Kansai. , so even though he is a famous Confucian, he was still squeezed out by the Guandong clan headed by Yuan Kai, and he could only be regarded as an idler in the court, without much influence!

It can also be seen from this incident that half of the court knew about such an important matter as Wang Fen's rebellion, but Lu Zhi was still kept in the dark.

This is also the reason why he was so angry. Originally, everyone's political struggles were ignored, and the mutiny was intended to turn the tables!

Yuan Kai also knew that they did something wrong this time. He said guiltily, "Now that the Yellow Turban has not been destroyed, Xiliang has not been completely flattened, and Lei Gong in Bingzhou is getting stronger, the people are living in hardship, the treasury is empty, and the court is struggling. It is conceivable that if there is another disturbance in the hall, it will deal a severe blow to the Han Dynasty. You two must persuade Liu Bei well so that he will not cause further disturbances!"

Lu Zhi said coldly: "Although Liu Bei is my student, we haven't been in touch for more than ten years, and there is nothing I can do!"

"Why are you doing this? Don't you know that doing this will cause chaos in the world!" Even a good man like Liu Yu cannot accept Yuan Kai's plan for a mutiny. Don't think that Wang Fen did it, but say Yuan Kui didn't know at all, this was just lying to a fool.

Yuan Kai sighed and said: "The world is already in chaos, and we can't see any hope in Your Majesty. We want to get rid of the eunuchs, clean up the Han Dynasty, and let the whole Han Dynasty be put right. But what Your Majesty trusts is Shi Changshi them!"

Yuan Kai went on to say: "What is Zhao Zhong? He sent a little money to His Majesty, and His Majesty made him a chariot general. What achievements did he have? He wiped out hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves like Zigan and you. Still put down the rebellion, nothing, Zhao Zhong didn't even leave Luoyang City.

Let this Zhao Zhong be a general, but His Majesty even asked him to preside over the rewards for those who have contributed to the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.Everyone knows what Zhao Zhong did. He corrupted the law and slandered the heroes!
If you don't give him money or bribe him, you will be dismissed no matter how great your contribution is.If you give him money, you can get an official position without merit. He even dared to sell the prefect of 2000 shi, turning a good imperial court into a market. As a result, everyone saw that in less than half a year, the yellow scarf bandits revived and captured Overwhelmed the whole Jizhou!So much so that the way of the Yellow Turban bandits has not been calmed down yet, and there are even bandits like Lei Gong! "

Then Yuan Kai looked at Lu Zhi and said, "Zigan, don't you want to wipe out the eunuchs of the imperial court and return the big man to a bright sky!"

Lu Zhi took a deep breath and said, "Differences in Taoism do not conspire with each other!"

Then he left the hall, and Liu Yu also left. As a clan member of the Han family, he even disapproved of Yuan Wei's behavior!
Yuan Kai sighed and said, "It seems that we are going to launch a backup plan!"

In the Hejian Kingdom of Jizhou, Liu Bei captured all officials, big and small, in Hejian!Then, according to the list in Wang Fen's letter, these officials and tyrants were arrested one by one. Only a few people mentioned that they got the news and escaped. Of course, hundreds of people were arrested at once, and they were all court officials. Liu Bei and the others were also panicked. disturbed.

After Lingdi's decree came to Hejian Kingdom, Liu Bei and the others breathed a sigh of relief. With Lingdi's imperial decree, their actions would not exceed their authority.

Liu Bei went through the latest interrogation records in the governor's office, but he found that the arrested officials began to scramble and bite others and shook their heads.

Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping were by Liu Bei's side, helping him count the money he got from the ransacking!
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Jian Yong, and others came in chatting and laughing.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Brother, this time we don't have to worry about money but land reclamation. These corrupt officials only have gold, silver, jewelry and other property, shops, and houses worth more than 10 billion yuan, and there are millions of acres of land in Jizhou. We have made a fortune! Sure enough, we can get rich by stealing our homes, I understand Lei Gong and Zhang Yan a little bit now, this feeling is so cool!"

"Brother should continue to torture them, arrest all these corrupt officials, and let them spit out all the money they corrupted!"

But Liu Bei calmly said: "Enough is enough, if they are all arrested, the whole Jizhou will be in chaos, and they are now chasing and biting randomly, if they continue, they will only be wronged and innocent!"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Among us big men, when these officials are arrested, there are no innocent people, just taking this opportunity to kill a group of such scourges.

But Jian Yong said: "Yi De, you want Xuan De to be separated from the scholars who are big men, let Xuan De be calm and lonely!"

Guan Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Brother, the most important thing for us now is to farm the fields. It will not benefit Jizhou if we continue to investigate the matter of Wang Fen's rebellion this time."

After listening to their opinions, Liu Bei said: "Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, you two will share the money paid this time, and hand over the gold, silver and jewelry to Jian Shuo for him to bring to His Majesty. Leave it to His Majesty.

The copper coins, grain, grass, and land will be left to us in Beizhonglang General Mansion to farm money and grain. With these lands, we can resettle more than 10 refugees. If Onozawa succeeds in farming, there should be no refugees in the whole of Jizhou. "

In this way, Jian Shuo returned to Luoyang City with a large amount of gold, silver and jewels, as well as hundreds of rebellious officials and their families. He nodded and said: "This Liu Bei is very good. He is not only a member of the Han family, but also knows how to farm and fight. He is a talent. In the future, we must promote such people!"

"As for these rebellious officials, continue to torture them and find out who is behind them. I don't believe that such a small fish would dare to betray me!"

None of the officials arrested by Liu Bei was worth 2000 shi, because officials with a price of more than 2000 shi could only be arrested under the order of the court, and Liu Bei did not dare to move.But Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, is only 600 shi in name, not to mention the rest of the officials, there are not many thousand shi, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are small fish!
Lingdi wanted to take advantage of this rebellion to attack the power of the nobles again. It would be better to involve some more officials so that he could clean up a group of officials from the nobles and use them to install his own people!
Zhang Rang sneered and said, "This old slave will not disappoint His Majesty!"

Just kidding, the favorite thing for these eunuchs to do is to attack the powerful and powerful.

Because of the Yellow Turban Uprising, none of the eunuchs could fight. Over the years, the eunuchs have retreated step by step in the face of the attacks of the nobles. Only Luoyang City and the generation of Sili barely retained their influence, and now the eunuchs dare not go to the localities for activities, because if they go, they will undoubtedly die!
And now the eunuchs finally have the opportunity to attack the powerful and powerful, and they are professional in framing Zhongliang!
And Liu Bei in Jizhou didn't know all this!After he got the money from Wang Fen and the others, Liu Bei finally had the start-up funds for farming, and he posted posters all over Jizhou!Any refugee who is willing to go to Onozawa to farm can get 10 acres of wasteland. Bei Zhonglang will provide farm tools and food, and then they will pay 5% of the food in the first year, 4% of the food in the second year, and 3% of the food in the third year. After three years, the land will belong to them.

After Liu Bei’s announcement came out, 30 refugees in Jizhou rushed to Onozawa. The refugees all wanted to get land. Even if there was no land, it would be good to find a place to eat. Onozawa is surrounded by lakes and farms. , Everyone is passionate about opening up wasteland for themselves. Of course, Liu Bei’s food and grass are rapidly depleting, and he feels lucky. If it weren’t for Wang Fen and the others who provided more than one million shi of food, he would not be able to support so many refugees!
Liu Bei's life is easier, but Zhang Yan's life on Taihang Mountain is sad. Although Wang Fen spent money and food to invite them to go down the mountain to rebel, but his [-] elites were disarmed and detained by Liu Bei. Tuntian.This made Zhang Yan feel distressed to death, these are all veterans who have been with him for several years, and they are gone like this!
And his subordinates on Taihang Mountain are also losing rapidly. Now his subordinates disappear as soon as they go down the mountain. Zhang Yan is so frightened that he dare not send troops down the mountain, but only dares to hide in Taihang Mountain. He can see it. Farming is a crime, as long as you start farming, there will be no good for him.

Fortunately, this is not the first time Zhang Yan has experienced this kind of thing. He knows that Liu Bei will stay in Jizhou not long ago, and he will come out again when Liu Bei leaves Jizhou.

When Jizhou became stable due to the disappearance of refugees, the situation in the Luoyang court became more and more turbulent. Every day, people were involved in Wang Fen's rebellion. In less than a month, 30 officials in the entire Luoyang city were arrested. The eunuchs were arrested and tortured in the prison of Tingwei's Mansion. These actions reminded the elites in Luoyang City of the old party prisons again. Could it be that the third party prison is about to start?

Just when Luoyang's city gates and nobles were panicking, their savior came.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, in August.

Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun blatantly rebelled, causing a sensation in the entire Han Kingdom!
Because these two people are completely different from other people who rebelled.

Zhang Ju is the former Taishou, and Zhang Chun is the former Zhongshan Prime Minister. They are both officials of the Han Dynasty, and they are also high-ranking officials with an official residence of more than 2000 shi.They are all members of the core ruling class of the Han Dynasty, and they have all rebelled. This does not mean that the senior officials of the Han Dynasty are not optimistic about the future fortune of the Han Dynasty!If a chain reaction is caused, the prefects in all parts of the Han Dynasty will also learn from Zhang Chun, and Zhang Ju will rebel, and the whole Han Dynasty will collapse.

So Emperor Ling was furious and roared like thunder above the court.

"Decree, let officials from all over Youzhou go all out to encircle and suppress the two rebels Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun! I won't see their heads for a month, so I'll ask them!"

This rebellion is different from the Zhangjiao Zhangniujiao in Jizhou and the Bianzhang in Xiliang in the previous few times. This time they not only rebelled, but also openly established a court, established an emperor, and named the country Dayan .

Zhang Ju established himself as the Son of Heaven, known as the Emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom, and Zhang Chun also proclaimed himself the Prime Minister of the Great Yan Kingdom, General Mi Tian, ​​and King Anding.

Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun also mobilized their relationship in the Han Dynasty, and issued official documents in the counties and counties of Youzhou and Jizhou, notifying the people in the prefectures and counties, declaring that the Kingdom of Yan will replace the Kingdom of Han, and that Zhang Ju is the real emperor of the Dragon. The three princes and nine ministers of the imperial court welcome Zhang Ju to Luoyang to take charge of state affairs.

It's no wonder that Lingdi is so angry, this is to replace him as the emperor!

None of the Sangongs and Jiuqings in the court responded to Emperor Ling, because they knew that this rebellion was completely different from the previous ones.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju are both strong men in Youzhou. Once they rebelled, they could gather hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Feiru County, Liaoxi County, Youzhou. How could such a rebellion be put down easily!
　I forgot to ask for a monthly ticket these two days, more than [-] words a day, people are writing in the dark, really wake up to write, fell asleep, others are isolated and relaxed, but I feel that there is not enough time, I have been isolated for several days , I didn’t even watch a movie. Seeing that I work so hard, I also ask everyone to support the monthly pass.

　　
　
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