Xuande

Chapter 394 Unfortunately, Liu Hong is not a great magister

To be honest, the Bashu rebellion this time is not unexpected.

Stimulated by the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army uprising and extremely dissatisfied with local officials, the Ji people living in Berkshire also decided to rebel.

However, because Liu Bei quickly entered Shu to quell the war, Liu Bei's astonishing combat power displayed by his persistence made the people frightened and did not dare to make trouble.

So they hibernated temporarily, and there was no full-scale rebellion.

However, with Liu Bei's departure and the intensification of the conflict between the Berkshire officials and the Zong people after the war, at the end of July in the fifth year of Zhongping, when Liu Bei had just left Shuzhong for less than a month, the Zong people began to rebel in Berkshire , Raiding states and counties, killing officials, with great momentum.

The governor of Berkshire couldn't resist, and was quickly caught and killed by the people. Berkshire was in chaos, and the new governor of Yizhou, Liang Hu, was blocked in Hanzhong and could not go south, so he had to ask the court for help.

Liu Hong is intensively preparing for the establishment of a new army, and he has no time to manage the affairs of Yizhou. He is so annoyed that he really wants to learn the special ability of his ancestor Liu Xiu, summon a flint from the sky, and kill all the traitors. Stoned to death.

How easy would that be?
Unfortunately, Liu Hong is not a great magister.

So he thought of Liu Bei again.

"There are a lot of barbarians in Yizhou, they don't obey the rules, and the officials are incompetent. It's useless to make the court uneasy! Only Xuande can relieve my worries. If that's the case, let's hand over all the military affairs of Yizhou to Xuande. Now I can concentrate on the affairs in Luoyang City."

Liu Hong really didn't care about the trouble in Yizhou.

He was busy dealing with the situation in Luoyang City and building a new army. Out of his trust and reliance on Liu Bei, he decided to take one step at a time and directly hand over all the security affairs of Yizhou to Liu Bei.

Anyway, Liu Bei manages Liangzhou so well, and he must have spare power to manage Yizhou.

The so-called capable people work harder, as it should be!

So at the end of July in the fifth year of Zhongping, Liu Hong issued an edict to add the post of governor to Liu Bei's hussar general, the governor of Liangzhou and Yizhou, and stationed troops in Liangzhou and Yizhou respectively to deter Xiaoxiao. , to maintain a stable situation in the two states of Liangyi.

Liang Hu, the governor of Yizhou, was in charge of civil affairs, and all military affairs were handed over to Liu Bei. In case of war, local officials in Yizhou, including Liang Hu, the governor of Yizhou, had to obey Liu Bei's dispatch without making mistakes.

Of course, the military expenditure of the imperial court is really beyond the reach, and Liangzhou and Yizhou will bear the military expenditure for entering Shu this time. However, as compensation for the imperial court, part of the future taxes and fees can be exempted as military funds.

It means that the imperial court borrowed money from the two states of Liang and Yi to fight the war.

In fact, if he really wanted to give money, Liu Hong could definitely afford it personally. The income he got from selling salt, selling officials, and other miscellaneous income was enough to support many small and medium-sized wars with a scale of [-] people, but he would not do this.

National affairs, why should I pay for it personally?
This is not appropriate.

When this news reached Liangzhou, it was early August, and Liu Bei was still going back and forth between the State Shepherd's Mansion and the State School at his own pace, taking care of Liangzhou's state affairs and state school affairs that were already on the right track.

At that time, he was preparing to arrange a summer camp for the state school students, and he planned to let them spend a month in the hottest summer season to enter the major collective farms in Hanyang County for agricultural practice, as a month's strong labor.

Liu Bei needs them to eat and live with the farmers, and to feel the feeling of being in the scorching summer together. He believes that doing so is very important for students to understand the hardships of farmers and the difficulty of agricultural production. meaningful.

It is also very meaningful for students to accumulate common knowledge in agriculture and not to be suspended officials.

This matter was being prepared, and Liu Bei suddenly received an imperial edict, and upon seeing it, his inner emotions were very complicated.

It is not easy to enter Shu once, not to mention that it will cost a lot of money to enter Shu for the second time.

But this time Liu Hong reluctantly became a man, and promised to fight the battle by reducing or exempting taxes and fees, which can barely be regarded as payment, not pure prostitution.

What really interested Liu Bei was the position of the governor.

The governor was originally an official who supervised the army. During the Jianwu period in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the conquest of the Quartet, Liu Xiu temporarily set up the governor of the army to supervise the army when he went out.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the increasing frequency of wars, the military title "dudu" was gradually formed.

The earliest appearance of the governor was in the third and fourth years of Guanghe. At that time, Liu Bei was observing politics at Shangshutai. After listening to Lu Zhi and others discussing this position, he used it to strengthen the authority of officials who went out to perform tasks.

And now, this position is Liu Bei's turn.

Look at this meaning, this time, Liu Hong didn't intend to withdraw immediately after finishing the work, but planned to put this title on himself, so he didn't let himself withdraw after the war, but let himself station in Yizhou for Shock Xiaoxiao.

In this way, Liu Bei can almost feel how exhausted Liu Hong is in Luoyang, so that he can't even take care of the rebellion in Yizhou.

Is Luo Yang really in such a mess?

Liu Bei quickly got the answer.

Two days later, Liu Hui sent news that there was a rumor in Luoyang City that the emperor would set up a new army to lead himself. Inquire about news.

For a while, all kinds of news and rumors were flying all over the sky, and it was hard to tell whether it was true or false. Some said that the emperor would abolish the elders and establish the younger, and some said that the emperor would personally conquer the emperor.

At that time, only the fact that the emperor wanted to set up a new army could be confirmed, because there were already areas around Luoyang that recruited troops.

When he learned of this, Liu Bei instantly thought of the special existence of the Xiyuan Army.

In the original history, Liu Hong set up the Xiyuan Army to deal with the growth of He Jin's power and prevent He Jin's power from growing to the point of traditional relatives.

But this time, Liu Bei judged that the essence of the matter was still the same.

But this time, the growth of Yuan's power is a special variable.

The joining of most of the forces of the Ancient Literature School and Yuan Shao's appointment as Habayashi Zhonglang were sudden events during this period. The military and political power belonging to the Yuan family suddenly expanded, but the Yuan family was closer to He Jin at this stage.

Because of the success of many wars and missions, He Jin has always been able to secure the position of the general. Although the general was a little lame at the beginning, he could not really show the power of the general, but four or five years have passed, and He Jin's status It has become relatively stable.

Over the years, He Jin has developed his power in a low-key manner, cultivated his party members in a low-key manner, united with scholars who are willing to cooperate with him, and at the same time did not forget to develop military power. Today, He Jin has already grasped a certain amount of power in Luoyang City .

Moreover, this power is still relatively stable, and gradually there are some trends of those very powerful generals in the past.

Liu Hong may have decided to set up a new army to consolidate the imperial authority and prevent the imperial power from being sidelined because he found that the Yuan family and the He family were too close, and that the forces of both sides were faintly out of control.

After all, in this era, the imperial power does not naturally belong to the emperor, the emperor is not a natural controller of power, and the imperial power will only belong to the strongest. If Liu Hong is not strong enough, the imperial power will be usurped, that is also very possible.

It seems that the situation in Luoyang is already on the verge of intensification. Once the new army is established, He Jin and Yuan will inevitably respond. At that time, they will compete with Liu Hong's new army. There is no guarantee that there will be no emergencies .

Having said that, Liu Bei has never known whether Liu Hong has the idea of ​​abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones, but he thinks this possibility is unlikely.

Liu Bian is the eldest son, Liu Xie is the concubine son, and Liu Bian is much older than Liu Xie. Unless Liu Hong has a problem with his head, there is absolutely no reason for Liu Hong to abandon the eldest son and choose the youngest son to succeed him.

And he should also know what kind of disturbance will be caused by doing so.

I have a chance to ask him specifically. Anyway, there is an information communication channel between the person concerned and Liu Bei.

At the moment, Liu Bei still has to prepare for the battle in Shu as soon as possible, so as to prevent the situation in Yizhou from deteriorating to the point of uncontrollable.

For those bureaucrats, Liu Bei has no confidence at all.

(End of this chapter)