Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 131 Who said that pig butchers cannot be princes and generals?

If you follow the original trajectory of history.

In the seventh year of Guangping (184), that is, the year of Jiazi in the lunar calendar, Taipingdao launched the Yellow Turban Uprising, and the emperor was terrified.

He Jin, a foreign relative, pacified and suppressed Ma Yuanyi's plot, and was awarded the title of "Great General" for this.

In the same year, the emperor was worried that the Yellow Turban Army would unite with the party members, so he lifted the party's shackles. A large number of party members were recruited by the "general" He Jin. For a while, the general He Jin was in the limelight.

Can…

There is a huge loophole in this.

Taiping Road has grown in just a few years, but it hasn't attracted the attention of the court?how can that be?

However, if the manipulator behind it is the scholar-bureaucrat group headed by the Runan Yuan family, then everything is reasonable.

If the scholar-bureaucrat group wanted to push He Jin to the position of general, he had to give He Jin military exploits in order to open the mansion and absorb these party members after the party shackles were lifted, so that the Yuan family could also enter the bureau.

Only then can we arrange for our own people to take control of the military power by quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Dealing with those peasants is too simple, this is just a redistribution of military power.

And this...is the only chance for the Runan Yuan family to come back.

For example, Zhonglang general Lu Zhi led the army to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, but he took the opportunity to constantly replenish his own troops, so he found various reasons to encircle and not attack, and slowly built siege equipment. This is to use the resources of the imperial court to expand himself. The purpose is to strengthen the power of the scholar-bureaucrat group.

The eunuchs didn't kill them, so naturally they couldn't be allowed to grow bigger, so they reported to the emperor, saying that Lu Zhi raised the bandits to respect themselves, and Lu Zhi became a prisoner.

But it was Dong Zhuo who succeeded Lu Zhi. Dong Zhuo was also supported by the Yuan family, and his mission was the same.

This is why, Dong Zhuo, who was able to scare the Qiang people out of their courage, was beaten by the Yellow Turban Army and fled, and finally had to be rescued by Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

But...Dong Zhuo was not only not grateful, but mocked the three brothers as white bodies and no official position!
The meaning couldn’t be more clear, if you are from the scholar-bureaucrat camp, we are our own people, damn it, I will tell you the truth, but you are white and common people, we are not in the same camp at all, I pretend to be defeated, and fight on the sidelines Backing away... Gather your strength, what's the matter with you defeating the Yellow Turban Bandits?

How can I gather strength?

Isn't this all messed up by you?
After that...it was a joy to hear and see, and the Kansai general was not happy anymore.

The Guanxi generals headed by Huangfusong couldn't rub the sand in their eyes, so they complained.

Dong Zhuo also became a prisoner, and now it was Huangfusong's turn to act. He was not a member of the scholar-bureaucrat group, and he was merciless in dealing with these "farmers", and wiped out the entire Yellow Turban Army in one go.

In fact, when the regular army faced a group of peasants, Zhang Jiao's so-called "calling the wind and calling the rain" and "scattering beans into soldiers" did not exist at all, how could the peasants be the opponent of the regular army?
certainly…

Even if Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo were imprisoned, they were not afraid at all.

Because the people behind them will definitely rescue them soon.

The fact is the same...Dong Zhuo was soon sent to Yongliang to deal with the Qiang people, and Lu Zhi was also reinstated!

War has always been a continuation of politics, and no war is purely...

Many people complained that Lu Zhi was inexplicably imprisoned;

Many people only saw Dong Zhuo's arrogance when facing Liu, Guan, and Zhang, but ignored the political game behind the crusade against the Yellow Turban.

This is a game between the scholar-bureaucrat group and the eunuch group plus the Kansai generals.

The weak Yellow Turban Army has become a war game for the various camps to gain political capital!
It seems that in the end it was Huangfusong who wiped out the Yellow Turban Army, but in fact it was still the Runan Yuan family who benefited the most. The Runan Yuan family, who was regarded as the leader of the clan in the world, rescued the party members. The position of the general, holding the military power.

after that...

Their hands will naturally reach out to the emperor.

After Emperor Guangwu was rejuvenated, there were not many who could sit on the throne for such a long time like Liu Hong!

For scholar-officials, it is obvious that they should be loyal to the current emperor, or support a little emperor and use a butcher... This choice is obvious.

The emperor Liu Hong only lived to be in his thirties... At the critical moment of deciding his successor, he died of an inexplicable illness. This event was not simple.

"Cough cough..."

At this moment, Yuan Kai coughed again. "Master, there are some changes in our plan today. Maybe this change will affect your eldest sister becoming the queen, your nephew becoming the future emperor, and even your "general of soldiers and horses under heaven" ' position!"

Yuan Kai deliberately showed a little bit of embarrassment.

"What happened?" He Jin asked hastily, listening one master at a time, making him feel like a fairy, and let him leap to the top of Lingyun in an instant.

At this time, Yuan Kai's sudden change of events was tantamount to sinking him into the bottom of the valley, with a heavy heart.

"Master." Yuan Wei shook his head slightly, and then read out such a sentence with emotion: "I know the road of heroes all over the world, and there is Liu Lang in Yulin who bows his head..."

Well…

He Jin was startled, and quickly asked: "Teacher Yuan is talking about... the Taoist Liu Yu from Yulin Temple in the west of the city?"

"It's not just Taoists, it's Taoism, and even Taoism!" Yuan Kai suddenly stood up, his face suddenly turned cold. "Before, our Runan Yuan family underestimated him. Who would have thought that he could summon the 'Tiangou Shiri' with a single gesture, which severely damaged my Yuan family. My brother was forced to resign from the position of Sikong. Cut off my Yuan family's arm in one fell swoop."

"Such a powerful person has now entered the court. His Majesty appointed him as the prefect of Nanyang to fight the plague in Nanyang. If this is successful, then maybe he can be among the three princes and nine officials. In this way... the biggest change in the court is Appeared, the way of the celestial master...is still a celestial master's way that is not used by the master, when the time comes..."

Yuan Kui's words came to an abrupt end.

In fact, what he said next was more powerful than what he said, which filled He Jin with even more fear of the unknown.

"That...that..."

He Jin hesitated for a long time but couldn't say a word.

Yuan Kui saw his nervousness, and quickly said: "Master, the only way we can do now is to stop him and let him face the plague in Nanyang and completely fail. My Runan Yuan family is related to some clans in Nanyang. The relationship is tacit understanding, but after all the great nobles over there are all 'Yuntai 28 generals', my Yuan family is not enough to fully influence their decision-making, so..."

"Teacher Yuan wants me to..." He Jin opened his eyes wide.

"That's right." Yuan Kai nodded and said: "The master lives in Nanyang for a long time, and we can't go up. We can still go down. The master can stir up the people and unite with those small and medium-sized wealthy families...to stir up the refugees and prevent this Taoist from fighting the plague. As long as he returns with a feather in his willow feathers, we still have the final say in the court!"

Yuan Kui finally revealed his purpose.

Does He Jin have energy in Nanyang?
It wasn't necessarily the case in the past, but now it's not what it used to be.

His sister is noble;

His sister gave birth to the only prince.

He Jin is not popular in Luoyang, but if he really goes to Nanyang, he will be like a fish in water.

Although the eleven of the "Twenty Eight Generals of Yuntai" may not be interested in him.

But there is no lack of a large number of local tyrants to win over and cling to...

The energy of these people is enough to incite the emotions of the people at the bottom, and this energy should not be underestimated.

"I understand..." He Jin patted his forehead, but suddenly, he thought of something again. "But now Nanyang is plagued by plague. I can go to Nanyang, but...but..."

"Plague, hehe..." Yuan Kai said with a smile. "It's a poor man's nightmare. I heard that all those infected with the plague in Nanyang were escorted out of the city and left to fend for themselves. But a noble person like the master? How could he be afraid of the plague? How could he come into contact with those infected with the plague? The plague man."

Yuan Feng's eyes narrowed.

He Jin didn't reply immediately, but frowned and fell into deep thought.

Ten breaths, twenty breaths, he is thinking carefully, weighing...

But when the "thirty breaths" are considered.

Suddenly... He Jin's eyes flickered with light!
Want to be a butcher all your life?

Or fight once, to become the world's military general who is under one person and above ten thousand people?
This... do you still need to think about it?
Immediately…

He Jin clenched his hands tightly, and slammed it heavily on the table with a "bang". The dilapidated table almost couldn't withstand his heavy blow.

"I...I'll go..."

"Master is righteous! Don't worry, master. I will arrange for the old officials of the Yuan family to take care of the master along the way to ensure that the master is safe." Yuan Kai immediately bowed his hand, and Yuan Shao quickly followed.

Yuan Kai had an expression of admiration: "Master, let this Taoist get out of the court, then the future world... or... the master has the final say!"

Yuan Kai raised his eyes slightly and glanced at He Jin's eye sockets. At this moment...he could feel the heat and excitement in He Jin's eyes.

——Hehe, it's done!

Later…

Yuan Kai and He Jin discussed many details. He Jin sent Yuan Kai and Yuan Shao to the carriage. As the carriage walked away, He Jin gradually clenched his fists.

He is not a guy who is good at words, but the light in his eyes seems to be shouting his resistance and unwillingness to fate.

——Princes and generals, would you rather be kind?

——Who said that pig butchers and dogs cannot be princes and generals?

Here, a butcher wants to be a prince, a general!

Over there...

Yuan Kui's carriage had gone far away.

Yuan Shao was puzzled a lot. "In the plan of my uncle and my father, this He Jin is a crucial part, but my nephew...he is so stupid, can he be qualified to be the great general of the world? Instead of choosing him... it is better to choose one An old official of the Yuan family? Isn't that more loyal and better controlled?"

"Ha ha…"

Hearing this, Yuan Wei smiled slightly. "At the beginning, you are still young, and you still have a lot to learn."

"There are many slanderous words against His Majesty today, thinking that His Majesty is a fatuous and immoral king, but in fact, it's the opposite... Your uncle and I are quite afraid of his scheming and imperial mind. Because the emperor knows him too well, it is impossible for such a monarch to delegate military power to us scholar-bureaucrats, so... we must support a person whom His Majesty seems to be able to control, who is not powerful, but who is trusted."

"So..." Yuan Shao interjected, "He Jin is the most suitable one!"

Yuan Kai nodded. "That's right, as you said just now, he is so stupid, so...wouldn't it be easier for me to use? What our Yuan family wanted was never a 'general', nor a 'five generations and three princes'. It is the last step to reach the top, and to achieve this step, the situation cannot be peaceful, it must be chaotic, and the more chaotic we have, the more chances we have!"

At the end... Yuan Kai's eyes almost narrowed.

When Yuan Shao looked at him again, he was full of awe.

I originally thought that my father was better at scheming and my uncle was more like a good old man,

But now...

It's different, everything is different.

After his father retreated, his uncle Yuan Kai had no choice but to reveal the fangs hidden in the deepest part, and the fangs were covered with blood everywhere, and every inch of the fangs had sharp edges hidden under the warmest afternoon sun!
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Nanyang, Wan County, the lobby of the Government Office.

In ancient times, counties like Nanyang belonged to big counties.

Therefore, there are county magistrates with one thousand shi instead of six hundred shi.

In the Han Dynasty, the magistrate of a county had the power of life and death over the people and lower-level officials in the county. Therefore, the county magistrate was also called "Bailihou"!
And under the county magistrate, there is also "Gong Cao Shi" who is in charge of all things;

"County lieutenant" is in charge of the county's military;
"County Cheng" is equivalent to the deputy county magistrate;
In addition, there are also county chiefs and officials who are in charge of the affairs of the country, such as the "Tingzhu" who is in charge of rural affairs, the "chief secretary's office" in charge of documents, and the Shaofu, which is in charge of finances, and so on.

It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs.

You must know that many famous figures in history also emerged from county-level posts, such as Xiao He, Changsun Wuji...

As for Liu Yu, his salary as the governor of Nanyang is two thousand shi, which is twice as much as that of the county magistrate!
It is necessary to popularize science, the grade of two thousand stones does not mean that the one in hand is two thousand stones.

The actual salary is "one hundred and twenty dendrobium in the moon valley", one dendrobium is equivalent to one stone, that is, one thousand four hundred and forty stones per year!

According to the "Chinese Economic History", one stone is about 59.2 kilograms today.

In other words, Liu Yu, the sheriff, earns 14208 catties of rice per month, which is roughly equivalent to 42624 yuan for a sheriff at three yuan per catty.

seem…

The salary of the sheriff in this era is much higher than that of the "sheriff" of later generations.

Of course, this money is nothing to Liu Yu.

It was already late at night when Liu Yu and his party entered Wan County.

As the hardest-hit area of ​​Nanyang plague, the county magistrate ran away without accident.

Fortunately, the "chief secretary's office" that manages the documents and the "shaofu" that is used by the chief treasurer are still there. At this moment...the two of them are kneeling in front of Liu Yu, and they are reporting the situation in Nanyang.

Just like Liu Yu's previous prediction.

Among the 28 generals who contributed most to Guangwu ZTE, the Nanyang faction is the largest faction.

A total of eleven people!
These eleven people became the largest wealthy clan in Nanyang, distributed in six counties, and there were four in Wan County alone, they were the descendants of Wu Han, Zhu You, Liu Long, and Ren Guang...

And these four major families control the current situation of the entire Wan County to a certain extent.

After careful cross-examination, Liu Yu found out...

It wasn't the county magistrate who ran away at all. If the county magistrate didn't run away... his life would be gone.

As for the reason, it still originated from the rules against the plague formulated by the eleven big families in Nanyang.

——As long as the common people are infected with the plague, they will be escorted out of the city immediately, not allowed to enter the city, not allowed to go home, and not allowed to see their relatives.

Let them fend for themselves outside the city, so as to ensure the absolute safety of the aristocratic families in the counties of Nanyang...

Of course, this "rule" is obviously flawed.

If these plague-stricken people are escorted out of the city and they are not allowed to go home, then the extremely serious consequences will be... these plague-stricken refugees wander around, and the plague in Nanyang will quickly spread to the entire Yuzhou... and even the entire Central Plains .

Can…

As the descendants of "28 Generals of Yuntai", how can they care about the life and death of these untouchables?

What about the situation in other states and counties?

The first thing they want to keep is the safety of their own home.

This caused a huge contradiction. The county magistrate was sent by the imperial court. It was his dereliction of duty to let these refugees suffering from the plague run around... How could the imperial court spare him?
But against these eleven wealthy clans...

He may be in danger of his life at any time, think twice, don't run away...stay here?Waiting to die?
hear here...

Liu Yu's eyes condensed subconsciously, the situation in Nanyang was far more complicated than he thought.

"Are there no soldiers in the county government? In the government, shouldn't the county lieutenant be in charge of the military power? How to implement the government order and not let the refugees enter the city? When will the big clans have the final say?"

Liu Yu asked in depth.

"Alas..." the "chief reporter's office" who was in charge of the documents shook his head helplessly, "There are soldiers... but how could these soldiers listen to the county lieutenant?"

The "County Shaofu" on the side also opened his mouth helplessly, "Nanyang is different from other places. These clans are all the heroes of Emperor Guangwu's rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty. The number of songs in their hands is more than that of officers and soldiers? Because of their past contributions ...Even officers and soldiers dare not offend them, go against their wishes, this is not... this is not..."

At the end of the sentence, the county magistrate's tone hesitated, as if there was something unspeakable.

Liu Yu's gaze was cold.

"Speaking of which, failing to report what you know is also a serious crime!"

Only now did the county magistrate falter and say: "The county lieutenant of our county...he...he doesn't agree with the rules set by those clans, and insists on opening the city gates to allow the refugees suffering from the plague to come in and out freely, but in the end...finally ..."

"What happened in the end?" Liu Yu asked, her tone became more and more cold.

"In the end, the four major families in Wancheng united to capture him, put him in prison, and threatened who... whoever dares to let him out, will... kill his whole family together!"

Finally... "County Chief's Office" and "County Shao's Mansion" gave a general account of the situation in Wan County.

Liu Yu gasped...

——Nanyang!
This is known as the "Southern Capital", known as the largest county in the world, and the location of the Dahan Commercial Center!
The energy of the wealthy family is so terrifying, it is not an exaggeration to say that it can cover the sky with one hand.

This point reminded Liu Yu of a certain city in later generations.

I originally thought that the fight against the plague... With the support of Zhang Zhongjing and the two books "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" and "Typhoid Disease", it will be solved soon.

The plague will also have a turning point as time goes by, but now... it's not that it can't be cured, but the people suffering from typhoid fever are blocked outside the city, and the aristocratic families simply don't allow it to be cured.

shook his head...

Liu Yu pondered, he must have stabbed the hornet's nest of the "Yuntai 28 Generals" Nanyang faction.

but…

Liu Yu suddenly thought of something, "You said just now that there is a county lieutenant in Wan County, he disagreed with the rules set by those clans and insisted on opening the city gate, is that true?"

"It's absolutely true!" The county chief's office and the county magistrate's office said in unison.

"Then, who is this county lieutenant?" Liu Yu was suddenly curious.

In the local area, who would be a hero who dares to be a hard-working "Yuntai 28 General" as a "county lieutenant"?

The county magistrate's office paused for a moment, and quickly said, "This county's lieutenant's surname 'Wen' has a single name of 'Pin' and the word Zhongye. He is a native of Wan County. If his parents hadn't died early, the family of 'Wen' in Wan County It can be regarded as a wealthy family, only ranked after the 'Yuntai 28 generals', but unfortunately, the family has fallen, and it is because of the relationship between the parents that they won the title of county lieutenant!"

--Wen Ping!
Nanyang Wan people?

Immediately, Liu Yu's mind came up, in history...Wen Pin in the Cao Wei camp.

If we say that Changshan Zhao Zilong is the ever-victorious general portrayed in "Deduction";
Then...Wenpin is the real in history, the ever-victorious general of the Great Wei, who has never lost a single battle in his life, and even...when he was stationed in Jiangxia, he repeatedly repelled a powerful enemy like Guan Yu.

- is a ruthless person.

And he... just happened to be from Nanyang Wan.

Immediately, Liu Yu's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly greeted: "Lead the way ahead, the county guard is going to meet this county captain named Wenpin!"

This…

The county magistrate paused, and quickly reminded. "Reporting to the sheriff, this Wenpin has a weird and stubborn personality, I'm afraid... I'm afraid he will offend the sheriff."

Ha ha…

Liu Yu just said "hehe", he is not weird or stubborn and he is not willing to use it!
Immediately, Liu Yu remembered the story about Wenpin. It was when Cao Cao went south. Liu Cong surrendered and sacrificed the nine counties of Jingzhou.

Or did Cao Cao come to the door in person and ask why he didn't see him?
Wenpin's answer is - I can't preserve the soil environment, I am ashamed to see others, and I only want to die!
This is a loyal person no less than Guan Yu!
He is also a person who Liu Yu can use.

"Don't talk nonsense, lead the way!"

Liu Yu gave an order immediately, but she was thinking in her heart that to break the situation in Nanyang, a resolute, stubborn and loyal Nanyang native like Wenpin is indispensable!
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(End of this chapter)