Fantasy Three Kingdoms: Four knots in Taoyuan at the beginning

Chapter 160 Chapter 157, Three Powerful Groups of the Eastern Han Dynasty
After that, Chen Yuan told Lu Zhi some things about Jingzhou, and then he left.

This time I came to visit Lu Zhi mainly by the way.

The main purpose is to recruit people, Tian Feng, Jushou, Zhang He, Yan Liang, Wen Chou.

For these five people, Yan Liang and Wen Chou should not be a big problem.

After all, Tong Yuan was his uncle and also his master.

As for Tian Feng and Jushou, this needs to be fooled.

Both of them are wise men with IQs as high as 90+, and they need to be carefully prepared to be able to succeed in fooling around.

About Zhang He.

Chen Yuan was a little uncertain.

Because Zhang He is not a foolish and loyal person.

Zhang Xi was actually responsible for Yuan Shao's failure in the Battle of Guandu.

Because after the food in Wuchao was burned, Yuan Shao's huge army was still there.

Although the morale of the army has declined, if Zhang Xi and Gao Lan hadn't surrendered first, the army would not have collapsed.

As long as the morale of the army can be stabilized, there will still be fights.

Zhang He is more selfish.

But his outstanding military talent made Chen Yuan not want to give up.

At most, some key battles will be over if he is not allowed to join.

Chen Yuan thought about it and went back to Yan Mansion with Zhao Yun.

Because of Tong Yuan's explanation, Chen Yuan and his two entered Yan's mansion smoothly and came to the main hall.

Although Tong Yuan came from a poor background, he has a high level of cultivation.

So the Yan family respected him very much.

At this moment, Yan Liang was talking with Tong Yuan.

Tong Yuan didn't hesitate, and said directly to Yan Liang: "Zi Cheng, your current cultivation is considered a small success, do you have any idea of ​​becoming an official?"

Yan Liang nodded: "To tell you the truth, Uncle, some people in the county have invited me to be an official, and I'm still hesitating."

"Hesitating for what?"

Yan Liang scratched his head: "Uncle, you also know that I'm not good at studying Chinese. Now that Jizhou is in peace, it's useless for me to be an official. I can't do those government affairs."

Although Yan Liang was born in the Yan family in Anping, Hebei, he felt a headache when he read the slips, but he was very interested in practicing martial arts.

Now there is no room for Yan Liang in Jizhou.

Therefore, Yan Liang is hesitating.

Because the county government valued Yan Liang's family background and wanted him to be a Chinese official in the county.

How could Yan Liang do this.

But Yan Liang is not young anymore, and it is inevitable to become an official, otherwise how can the Yan family in Hebei continue to establish a foothold in Anping and pass it on.

"In this case, then you come with me and go to Jingzhou."

Yan Liang was taken aback.

Go to Jingzhou?
"Yes, come with me to Jingzhou. Mr. Liu Shijun of Jingzhou is generous and benevolent, he appoints people on merit, and the territory of Jingzhou is not peaceful. There are many wars and wars. There is definitely room for you to use your skills. How about it?"

This is because Tong Yuan doesn't know much about the situation in Jingzhou, thinking that Jingzhou is still full of sect thieves.

When Yan Liang heard this, his eyes lit up: "Uncle didn't lie to me?"

Tong Yuan snorted: "The old man has never lied to you."

Yan Liang chuckled when he heard the words: "In that case, I will follow my uncle's orders and go to Jingzhou."

Chen Yuan walked to the door, just hearing this sentence, he couldn't help clapping his hands and shouted: "Brother Zicheng went to Jingzhou, it's really a blessing for me in Jingzhou, my lord must be overjoyed to hear this news."

Yan Liang looked up, and a handsome young man walked in.

Tong Yuan introduced: "This is Jingzhou Biejia Chen Yuan and Chen Zichu, the fourth younger brother of Jingzhou Shijun Liu, the most important minister under his command, Zicheng will meet Chen Biejia soon."

Although Yan Liang's IQ is not too high, he is not stupid either.

Hearing Tong Yuan's introduction, he knew Chen Yuan's status in Jingzhou.

So Yan Liang hurriedly saluted: "Anping Yan Liang met Chen Biejia."

Chen Yuan quickly helped Yan Liang up: "Zi Cheng doesn't need to be too polite, I have always heard that Anping Yan Liang and Yan Zicheng have unworthy courage, my lord has it, it's like adding wings to a tiger."

Good guy, Chen Yuan is also a bit at a loss for words now.

You can only use it back and forth.

This made Zhang Liao on the side feel inexplicably familiar.

I seem to have heard this word there?
Yan Liang was still young, and he felt a little embarrassed when Chen Yuan said that.

Scratching his head, he said, "Don't be so harsh, Liang will have a lot of strength, don't be able to afford such a compliment."

Chen Yuan likes this kind of pure and pure people.

"I can afford it, I can afford it, Zicheng is only known to me. By the way, Zicheng, I heard that you have a friend named Wen Chou. Why don't you invite us to Jingzhou to make contributions."

Yan Liang nodded: "Brother Wen is stronger than me, so I'll send someone to invite Brother Wen here."

Wen Chou is also in Anping, not far away.

Therefore, it didn't take long for a big man to appear in front of everyone.

I saw that big man's body was majestic, eight feet long, with a face like a Xiezhi, walking very fast, with a majestic prestige.

Wen Chou entered the main hall, and saluted Yan Liang: "Why did Brother Yan call me here?"

Yan Liang immediately told Wen Chou that he was going to Jingzhou, and Wen Chou immediately said: "Brother Yan, you and I feel like brothers, since you are going to Jingzhou, then Chou will go to Jingzhou with you."

It is indeed a famous CP in history.

There is nothing to say about this feeling, Jiao Buli Meng, Meng Buli Jiao.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou are done, and the rest are Tian Feng, Ju Shou and Zhang Yun.

It should be relatively easy for Zhang Yun to handle it, because he is still very utilitarian, and he only needs a relatively high official position to recruit him.

As for Jushou and Tian Feng, we need to talk about ideals and life.

Of course, the benefits cannot be missed.

The Ju family is also a tyrannical force in Hebei, and it may not be so easy to persuade them without interests.

So is Tian Feng.

Especially for the two of them to go to Jingzhou, which is quite difficult.

This brings up a problem.

That is the struggle between Hebei Haoqiang and Nanyang and Ruying Haoqiang.

This starts with Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu himself was born in Nanyang, so it stands to reason that he should be the representative of Nanyang's powerful.

However, Liu Xiu's rise and growth was in Hebei, which was closely related to Hebei's tyrants.

Later, Ruying Haoqiang joined in again, and Ruying Haoqiang was very loyal to Liu Xiu and never left him.

These three major groups have been fighting each other since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The concentrated expression is in the struggle of the 28 Yuntai generals.

Don't look at Yuntai 28 will be known in the world, but they are not in harmony.

28 will be just the front desk, behind it is a larger network of interests, and where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Although Liu Xiu's subordinates are full of talents and envy others, every family has a hard-to-recite scripture, and only you know the taste of it.

In the second year of Jianwu alone, there were many incidents of internal strife, which showed that Liu Xiu's team was not monolithic, and the gods from all walks of life centered on the three major groups were constantly at odds.

The first is the struggle of Liu Yang sent by the Hebei faction. Who is Liu Yang? show.

Of course, I also want to get something in return. Although I am already a prince and king, there is nothing to seal, but it is justified to give more counties, even if I give more counties.

Liu Xiu didn't say anything, maybe it was because of his negligence, but Liu Yang didn't think so, he felt that he was neglecting himself.

What makes Liu Yang even more puzzled is that Liu Qiang, born to Guo Shengtong, is almost one year old, but the queen and prince have not been born yet.

The confrontation between Guo Shengtong and Yin Lihua, on the surface, is a dispute in the harem, but in fact it is a form of struggle between the Hebei faction and the Nanyang faction.At this time, Guo and Yin are both nobles, and Liu Xiu vaguely expressed the intention of establishing Yin. Liu Yang, who is a direct stakeholder, will naturally respond.

Liu Yang first resorted to the popular prophecy to build momentum, saying that "after the Chijiu, Yingyang is the main one".

"Gall" means goiter, which is exactly what Liu Yang suffered from.

When Liu Xiu heard the news, he sent the guerrilla general Deng Longzheng Liu Yang to enter the court, and he closed the gate of the city tightly to prevent entry.

Although Liu Yang may not really be rebellious at this time, Liu Xiu knows his energy well, and if he hesitates, big trouble will happen.He decided to cut the mess quickly and behead Liu Yang. Who should he send?

Liu Xiu chose Geng Chun in the end. Geng Chun was related to Liu Yang, so it would not cause too much suspicion. Moreover, he once set fire to his own manor, which seemed like a lonely official.

Geng Chun pretended to hold festivals to inspect the prefectures and counties, and when he arrived at Zhending, he called Liu Yang to the post station.

Liu Yang said he was sick and refused to show up, and wrote to Geng Chun, wanting to meet in private, but Geng Chun declined.

After all, Liu Yang was wronged, and he wanted to have tens of thousands of troops, while Geng Chun only followed a hundred people, so it didn't matter, so he led the troops there with his brothers.

At the gate of the inn, Liu Yang asked his brothers to wait outside, and went in to meet him.

Geng Chun was kind, saluted, and invited Liu Yang's brothers to come in together.When they completely relaxed their vigilance, Geng Chun quickly closed the door and beheaded all the Liu Yang brothers.

Geng Chun carried their heads and walked out the door, announcing the charges, "It's really shocking, no one dares to move."

After Geng Chun returned to his command, he knew that he had offended many people and it was difficult for him to gain a foothold in the court, so he asked himself to be the prefect of another county.

Liu Xiu also knew that the Hebei clan was not easy to mess with, so in order to stabilize people's hearts, Liu Yang's son Liu De was continued to be crowned king; and in June of this year, Guo Shengtong was officially canonized as queen and Liu Qiang was crowned prince, which can be regarded as an explanation to the people of the world.

After Liu Yang rebelled, Peng Chong rebelled.

Peng Chong was from Wancheng, Nanyang. His father, Peng Hong, was the prefect of Yuyang during Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, and he was very famous in the local area.

He himself was a county official when he was young, and he was a subordinate official of Da Sikong during the emperor's reign, and followed Wang Yi's army to march eastward.

As soon as he arrived in Luoyang, he heard that his younger brother had joined the Han army. He was afraid of being implicated, so he fled to Yuyang with Wu Han and joined his father's old disciple.

After Gengshi ascended the throne, he sent envoys to inspect Youzhou and gave him the power to appoint officials below the prefect.

After the emissary arrived in Yuyang, considering Peng Chong's influence there, he immediately appointed Peng Chong as a partial general to act as the prefect of Yuyang.

Soon Peng Chong joined forces with Geng Kuang of Shanggu County and sent Wu Han, Gai Yan, and Wang Liang to assist Liu Xiu.

However, unlike Geng Kuang, Peng Chong was half-hearted from the very beginning. If Wu Han hadn't used a trick to facilitate this matter, I'm afraid he would fall to Wang Lang's side, and the situation in Hebei would be different.

When Liu Xiu regrouped and went north to pursue the Bronze Horse Peasant Army, Peng Chong came to see him with arrogance.

Liu Xiu was busy with military affairs, and his etiquette was a little rough, so Peng Chong felt that he had "fallen out of favor".

Liu Xiu noticed it and asked the new Youzhou Shepherd Zhu Fu what was going on.

Zhu Fu was from Xiao County, Pei County. From the origin, it can be guessed that he might be Liu Xiu's childhood friend in Xiao County.

He served as chief secretary and partial general, and participated in the battle to break HD. After Wu Han attacked and killed the former Youzhou Mu Miao Zeng, Liu Xiu changed Zhu Fu to be the general and Youzhou Mu.

Zhu Fu didn't have any outstanding performance before, we can boldly infer that this appointment is most likely nepotism.

Zhu Fu is impatient, self-righteous, and has a bit of a poisonous tongue.

He replied to Liu Xiu: "At the beginning, His Majesty gave him a sword and called him the master of Beidao. He felt good about himself and felt that His Majesty should welcome him with his hand. Now he has not fulfilled his wish, so he is dissatisfied." He added embellishment and said: "Wang Mang is the prime minister At that time, Zhen Feng was often summoned in the middle of the night, and he was deeply favored; later, the relationship became estranged, and Zhen Feng held a grudge because of this, and was eventually killed. Peng Chong is just like Zhen Feng!"

Liu Xiu thought it was a big deal, so she didn't take it to heart. This negligence almost caused a catastrophe under the combined effect of various factors.

After Peng Chong returned to Yuyang, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Wu Han and Wang Liang were originally his subordinates, but now they are in the third rank, and he is still standing still, feeling very unbalanced.

When people are unbalanced, they are most afraid of being stimulated, and Zhu Fu, who works with him, is just a thorn.

Zhu Fu was eager to seek cure, visited famous scholars and Confucian scholars in Youzhou, and recruited him into the shogunate, spending money and food to support their families.

Peng Chong was not happy anymore, now that the world is uncertain and it is time to use troops, why bother to support so many idlers.

He refused to carry out Zhu Fu's order, and Zhu Fu issued a document to scold Peng Chong severely.

The wording was very harsh, and there were probably words like "you don't know what to do", Peng Chong was so angry after reading it that he gnashed his teeth and tore the document to pieces.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Fu wrote a letter to sue Peng Chong for his infidelity, accusing him of being disloyal, unfilial, embezzled and bribed, disregarding human life and so on.Liu Xiu gradually became suspicious, and ordered Peng Chong to come to Luoyang to answer.

Peng Chong thought he was trying to double-check me, so he asked to go to Beijing with Zhu Fu, confront him face-to-face, and vomited bitterness to Wu Han and Wang Liang.

Wu Han and Wang Liang were not stupid, and hurriedly submitted the letter to the court.

As the emperor of the Qin Empire, Liu Xiugui couldn't bargain, and it was taboo to make friends with courtiers privately, so he resolutely rejected Peng Chong's request.

Peng Chong's wife is also a staunch person, saying that Yuyang's soldiers are strong and horses are strong, so it doesn't matter who's face.Peng Chong discussed with his subordinates again. These old colleagues who have been working for many years also couldn't understand Zhu Fu's behavior, so they unanimously agreed to fuck him.

Peng Chong was impulsive and immediately sent troops to besiege Zhu Fu.

Zhu Fu had few soldiers and hurriedly asked the court for help. He originally hoped that Liu Xiu would personally lead troops to suppress the rebellion, but Liu Xiu only sent the guerrilla general Deng Long to go there.The reason is also very simple. At this time Liu Xiu is fighting on the east, west, and south sides, and there is no room for troops.

After Deng Long arrived in Yuyang, he didn't meet Zhu Fu immediately, and they were more than 100 miles away from him.

Peng Chong, who had been through battles for a long time, decided to take the initiative to attack each of them after inquiring about Deng Long's location.He personally led [-] troops to confront Deng Long, and sent [-] cavalry to attack behind him, defeating Deng Long's army.

Zhu Fu was beyond his reach, and could only watch helplessly as his allies perished.

(End of this chapter)