I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 199, The Struggle of Emperor Ling
Luoyang City Palace!
At this time, Emperor Ling could only lie on the bed and gasp for breath. The palace was full of eunuchs who served him. It was not until Lingdi realized that his time was approaching.

The Ten Permanent Attendants all came here, Lingdi's serious illness made them feel like the end was coming, they were all panicked, only when they came to Lingdi's side did they feel a sense of security.

Zhang made Zhao Zhong's eyes even redder when he saw Lingdi like this. They had a deep affection for Lingdi, even surpassing their family members, and Lingdi treated them like relatives. No matter how many wrong things they did, Lingdi would forgive them They, Emperor Ling even said that Zhang Rang is my father and Zhao Zhong is my mother. It can be seen that the deep relationship between the two parties is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

Lingdi, who was seriously ill, opened his eyes, and groaned when he saw the ten servants surrounding him!
Zhang surprised them and said: "Your Majesty, you are awake!"

Emperor Ling said weakly: "I won't be able to die for a while!"

Zhao Zhong said in surprise: "It's only natural, Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and it will definitely get better!"

"Your Majesty doesn't have a jade bottle. The immortal who bought the jade bottle said that using a jade bottle can prolong your life. Your Majesty is just suffering from a cold!"

Emperor Ling smiled wryly and said: "I have used the jade bottle for many years, and I have long since discovered that it is just a bottle made of special materials, and it has no function of prolonging life at all! If it is really possible to live forever, it is impossible for anyone to sell it! But this bottle is also considered a bottle. Treasure, I have been looking for it for many years, but I have never found another bottle like this, and I have not even found the raw materials for making this bottle, but it is a pity that its boasted functions are all fake!"

Then Emperor Ling said sadly: "I know my body well, and I can no longer protect you in the future. If you have any backups, use them as soon as possible. After I die, you can only rely on yourself!"

Zhao Zhong's heart ached when he heard the words, tears flowed down immediately, and the eyes of Shi Changshi and others were also red, they didn't expect that Emperor Ling was still thinking about them at this moment!

Seeing their appearance, Emperor Ling shook his head and said: "Without Zhen's protection, you will be played to death by Yuan Kai and the others. You really don't make progress at all!"

"After I die, you go to the queen and let the queen protect you. As long as you don't stand out, He Jin will definitely fall out with Yuan Wei and the others. I know Yuan Wei and the others. Although they have some schemes, they are too arrogant. You are arrogant, sooner or later you will fall out with He Jin, and He Jin will need you at that time!"

Zhao Zhong whispered in Emperor Ling's ear: "Your Majesty understands what your majesty means. If you take refuge in the queen, your servant and others can avoid the bloody disaster in front of you, and wait for the general and the scholars to fall out! The general will know when the time comes. , Scholars have never looked down on him! I can save my life by waiting!"

Emperor Ling nodded and said: "One emperor and one courtier, Luoyang City is a place of whirlpool after all, if you have a chance, you should find a way to leave Luoyang City!"

It's just that these words made Zhang Rang and others see each other. They relied on imperial power to fight Yuan Kai and the others. After leaving Luoyang City, even a small official could kill them!
Zhang made them regret it now. They did things so badly before that they didn't even have a way out. If they knew that they would learn from Boss Cao Teng, at least they would have a home to go back to.

Looking at Zhang Rang and the others, Emperor Ling knew that Zhang Rang and the others hadn't reserved any escape route, but even if he was the emperor, he had no choice but to rely on their own efforts.

Emperor Ling continued to ask: "What happened in the court during this time?"

Zhang Rang immediately said: "It's all a good thing. The rebellion in the Central Plains has stopped, the disaster victims have been taken over by Lei Gong, and the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains has no backup and was defeated by Tao Qian and the prefect of the underworld. Now they can only hide on the mountain and linger!"

Zhao Zhong also followed up and said: "Because the Xianbei people killed the people of the Tengjia Army, Lei Gong of Bingzhou took the main force and the Xianbei people to the grassland to fight. The Shangshu ordered Lu Zhi to take this opportunity to mobilize Liu Bei's army and Dong Zhuo's army to attack Zhang Yan's army. In the First World War, Zhang Yan's 30 troops were wiped out, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Jizhou was completely put down!"

Emperor Ling was shocked when he heard the good news and said with a smile: "Okay, okay! Lu Ziqian is worthy of being a famous general in the world. His plan for the court is much better. With such a minister assisting the eldest prince, I can do it too." Rest in peace!"

Zhang Rang thought for a while and said, "But Liu Bei has turned against Jizhou!"

Then Zhang Rang told Emperor Ling all about what happened in Jizhou!
Lingdi laughed and coughed after hearing this!

The frightened Zhang Rang hurriedly helped Lingdi calm down!

After a long time, Emperor Ling smiled and said: "It's because they are in a hurry, they are really in a hurry. Even the party guards can't make these nobles show their prototypes, but they didn't expect that Zhang Yan, a small bandit, would give the face of the nobles to the world. After being exposed, it seems that Zhang Yan really did a lot of harm to the elites in Jizhou, otherwise they would not directly attack the people regardless of their reputation.

From today onwards, the reputation of Jizhou's elite clan will be notorious!I didn't expect that such a horse as Liu Bei would appear in the clan. If I had known that Liu Bei dared to fight with scholars, why should I rely on you! "

Although Zhang Rang and the others were obedient and dared to go down the mountain against the scholars, they didn't have any great talents. Even with the help of Emperor Ling, they often won the battle with the scholars, so that the name of the eunuch party was ten miles away. Smelly!

As the emperor, Lingdi has not always been a salty fish. He also wants to regain his power and control the power of the big man, but he has tried and failed repeatedly.

In the beginning, Emperor Ling wanted to establish prestige through war so that he could take charge of the court, but he dispatched 5 troops to the north to conquer the Xianbei people, but he was defeated and returned. The first attempt failed.

After a few years of Xianyu, Emperor Ling once again accumulated confidence and wanted to challenge the powerful and nobles again.

He ordered the correction of Confucian classics, and sent his teacher Cai Yong and other famous Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty to compile the seven classics of Confucianism ("Lu Shi", "Shangshu", "Zhouyi", "Chunqiu", "Gongyang Zhuan", "Yili" and "Analects") It took 8 years to copy and engrave it into stone books, and it took 46 years to engrave it into 3 stone tablets.Each stele is more than 1 meters high and more than [-] meter wide.

The Xiping Stone Classic once caused a sensation in Luoyang, the capital, and even the whole country.The stone scriptures were carved and erected in front of the gate of Taixue. "Those who watched and copied it took more than a thousand two (vehicles) a day to fill up the streets."The lively scene that caused traffic jams lasted for a long time. This is the first time that the government has spread knowledge on a large scale, so that poor scholars all over the world can have books to read.

This is the Emperor Ling's challenge to the nobles in terms of knowledge. He wanted to pass the official standard version of the Seven Classics, which interrupted the way for the nobles to rely on their family studies to win over disciples and attract talents. Use it for yourself!
Then tell Emperor Ling the truth, you think too much!Many people have copied the Xiping Stone Classic, and those who read it say it is good.

But if you want to be an official, you still have to rely on flattery. The elites even produced the "Yuedan Review".Therefore, apart from promoting the Confucian classics, the Xiping Stone Classics did not change the Great Han at all!After everyone has copied it, they are not interested.

Afterwards, Emperor Ling stayed for a few more years, and felt that he could not just give up like this, so Emperor Ling founded the Hongdu school, to train his own disciples and old officials, and use them to rule the court.

Therefore, Emperor Ling set up a school in the Hongdu Gate of the Luoyang Imperial Palace. During the edict, all ministers who are proficient in literature and art are waiting for the edict, and the school has built-in portraits of Confucius and seventy-two disciples.The magistrates of the local states and counties and the three princes of the imperial court recommended scholars who were good at writing Fu on rulers and calligraphy and bird seal script to enroll. It was called Hongdu School at that time, and there were as many as [-] students in its heyday.

Hongdumen students can be regarded as the confidantes of the Emperor Ling, or even the disciples of the Son of Heaven. The Emperor Ling trusted them. After these students completed their studies, they might become governors of governors, servants of ministers, or even confer titles of marquises.

It's just that these students affect the interests of the noble families in the world, especially the Lingdi's Hongdu Sect recruits most of them from poor families, bypassing their noble families to train officials, how can they bear it!
As a result, the nobles and nobles all over the world began to slander the students of Hongdumen because they relied on their influence and had no ability.

In addition, according to his own preferences, Emperor Ling selected officials by means of poetry, calligraphy and painting.

Emperor Ling recalled his battles with powerful clans all these years, unless he turned the table as emperor, he had never won against them by conventional means.

Now he has discovered that Liu Bei's department is colluding with powerful clans, not to mention that the two sides are even in fierce conflicts. If he had discovered that Liu Bei was such a person, he would have transferred Liu Bei to Luoyang City.

You must know that even Liu Yu and Liu Yan, who are very capable and famous in the clan.But they also had good relations with the nobles, and it was impossible to completely stand on the side of Lingdi and fight against the nobles, but Liu Bei was not the same as the nobles.

It's a pity that it can't be used now, it can only be used by the First Prince!

Emperor Ling closed his eyes and asked, "What is the opinion of the court towards Liu Bei?"

Zhang Rang's novel said: "Most of them are screaming for beatings and killings. It is said that Liu Bei controls the entire Jizhou and wants to usurp the throne. Moreover, he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, accounting for half of the elite court. The threat to the court is too great. This army in Liu Bei's hands must also be weakened!"

After hearing this, Emperor Ling sneered and said: "Have people who said such things thought about it, Jizhou is surrounded by Lei Gong from Bingzhou, and if they want to weaken Jizhou's soldiers and horses, and Lei Gong rushes out of Taihang Mountain, what Jizhou can do to resist Lei Gong's army? Mouth?

Moreover, Liu Bei really wanted to rebel, so what he had to do was to please the elites in Jizhou. Now that Liu Bei had offended the entire elites in Jizhou, and made himself a loner, he just told me that Liu Bei wanted to rebel. I am a fool to see! "

"The most important thing is, have these people thought that Liu Bei would imprison them at most, but if Lei Gong rushed out of the Taihang Mountains, he would hang them all. Didn't the elites in Bingzhou let them learn their lesson? Lei Gong doesn't care what they are Famous family, hairpin tassels for many generations! A group of short-sighted guys!"

Emperor Ling thought for a while and said, "What's Lu Zigan's opinion? After all, Liu Bei is his favorite disciple, so it's impossible for him to ignore it, right?"

Zhang Rang looked for Lu Zhi's memorial and said: "The order of the Minister said that Liu Bei offended the officials of Jizhou and could not stay in Jizhou. You can transfer Liu Bei to Xiliang to suppress Xiliang's rebellion, and at the same time transfer Huangfusong to Jizhou.

Shang Shuling said that the only rebellion that poses the biggest threat to the Han Dynasty is Leigong in Bingzhou. As long as Leigong is eliminated, the Han Dynasty will be at peace. It is also difficult for the imperial court to expand its strength. "

"And the imperial court can take this opportunity to recuperate. After three to five years, the imperial court will have a strong army and sufficient money and food, and then Huangfusong will lead the troops to completely wipe out Lei Gong in Bingzhou!"

Emperor Ling thought for a while and said: "This is a pertinent statement. Lei Gong in Bingzhou wants to limit it. I have underestimated Lei Gong these years, so that Lei Gong became bigger, relying on a barren land in Mayi, horse fighting thieves, and warlords. The Xianbei people, the swallowing Huns. Even the refugees who even the court couldn't solve this time, he was completely resettled in a barren land like Bingzhou."

"It's simply beyond my imagination. The barren Bingzhou can actually support tens of millions of people. There has never been such a thing since ancient times. This Lei Gong's ability can be said to be unparalleled in the country!"

Then Emperor Ling glanced at Zhao Zhong, and as Lei Gong's fame grew, his strength became stronger and stronger.The story between Lei Gong and Zhao Zhong spread more and more widely. Such an incomparable national scholar was forced to turn against Zhao Zhong's cousin, and all the people of insight in the world shouted at Zhao Zhong to kill him.

Fortunately, Emperor Ling knew that Lei Gong was killing clans in Bingzhou and dividing the land.Knowing that this kind of person is inherently rebellious, even without Zhao Zhong's cousin, he would rebel because of other things, so he didn't blame Zhao Zhong too much.

"The imperial court is going to prepare to deal with Lei Gong now, otherwise it will definitely bring disaster to future generations!"

Although Emperor Ling was not a qualified father, he had to think about the future of his eldest son at this time!
Lei Gong now has more than ten million subordinates. In this era, except for the big man, it is almost the most populous country. Now he is also trying to find ways to help future generations solve Lei Gong's future troubles, at least he must be prepared for this!

After thinking about Lu Zhi's proposal, Emperor Ling said: "Liu Bei will be promoted to General Zhenxi to fight against the rebellion in Xiliang, and General Zuo Huangfusong will be promoted to General Chariots to suppress Jizhou and guard against Lei Gong in Bingzhou!"

Then Emperor Ling said with a cold face: "The officials in Jizhou were lawless and murdered the people of my big man. The crime was heinous. I ordered Liu Bei to arrest officials from Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhao, Wei, and more than 600 shi in four places. The lieutenant judges the crimes of these officials!"

Zhang Rang said in a novel: "Shang Shuling also said that now Jizhou needs a highly respected official to suppress it, otherwise the conflict between Jizhou clans and common people will be difficult to control, which will not be conducive to the court's crusade against Lei Gong in the future!"

(End of this chapter)