Xuande

Chapter 509 Leading one hundred thousand soldiers, stepping down Luoyang, fulfilling the last wish of the late emperor

Among the many people who rushed to Luoyang to work, Chen Liuren Gao Shun was quite special.

He was born in the Chen Liugao family, and received family education since he was a child. He has good achievements in politics and military affairs, and has a relatively good reputation in his hometown.

At the same time he received Liu Bei's summoning order, he also received a letter from Gao Xuan, and learned of the recommendation, so after expressing his gratitude to Gao Xuan, he decided to accept Liu Bei's summoning.

Like everyone else, Gao Shun also faced difficulties and obstacles and border robbers when heading to Luoyang, and his progress was very slow.

Fortunately, he likes military affairs on weekdays and has some military talents. He has trained private guards for the family since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he has some experience and achievements.

This time when he went to Luoyang, fifty family guards escorted him. Relying on these fifty people, he marched all the way, fought all the way, defeated three robber teams all the way with the army fighting method, and rescued more than 50 robbers who were captured The refugees who lived there belonged to Chen Liu, a fierce man who had beaten Luoyang abruptly.

Because of his cautious character, his progress was very slow. It was already April [-]th when he arrived around Luoyang, and when he went to Luoyang City to inquire about news, he learned of the shocking changes that occurred in Luoyang during this period .

He is not a martial artist who knows nothing, and he feels that this incident has a great impact.

Moreover, as a member of Yuan Shao's wife's family, the Gao family may also be implicated in the Yuan family's rebellion. Is he coming to Luoyang now, is he a self-inflicted trap?
But he felt that since he was here, he couldn't leave, otherwise it would be an insult to his character and ambition. He couldn't accept this kind of insult, so he let the escort team return to the family, and he resolutely went to the General's Mansion to report.

Liu Bei's understanding of Gao Shun was limited to the camp. He knew that this was a very powerful army, and he also knew that Gao Shun had a low-key, honest and loyal personality, but he didn't know much about it.

He was from the Chen Liugao family, which really surprised Liu Bei—because the Chen Liugao family was Yuan Shao's wife family, and Yuan Shao's first wife was from the Chen Liugao family. After the Gao family died, Yuan Shao continued to marry the Liu family.

In this way, Gao Shun is still related to Yuan Shaozhan?

Liu Bei felt as if he understood why Cao Cao wanted to kill Gao Shun and Lu Bu together.

But according to this, Gao Gan and Gao Lan...

I can only say that it is a bit interesting.

Liu Bei guessed that Yuan Shao was currently on the run. The Gao family may not know the specific situation yet, so their attitude towards this matter is not clear. Gao Shun's arrival does not represent their attitude.

But this is not important, Liu Bei did not intend to implicate the Gao family, unless the Gao family opposed him openly, or too many members of the Gao family followed Yuan Shao to rebel, otherwise it would be considered Gao Xuan's face. Liu Bei wants to open up to Gao's net.

So Liu Bei warmly welcomed Gao Shun's arrival, and immediately appointed him as a general, to examine his ability and give him a stage to play.

Gao Shun was very grateful to Liu Bei for his tolerance and generosity, and decided to work for Liu Bei.

After Gao Shun, Zhang Ji from Zuo Fengyi and Du Ji from Jingzhao Duling arrived together.

They arrived on April 22, eleven days after the Luoyang coup, the dust had settled, and many things had been confirmed.

They mainly came to Hongnong County, where they learned the news of the major event in Luoyang, followed by a series of shocking events such as the death of the emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor Liu Xie. They felt that the way forward was unclear. I was so shocked that I couldn't make up my mind for a while.

The two didn't know each other, but they both happened to stay in Hongnong County. After thinking independently for a while, they thought that it would be difficult for them to continue to move forward as Kansai natives without Liu Bei's support.

So they decided to go to Luoyang, and were accepted by Liu Bei, and were appointed generals.

Because of the relatively short distance, these people had less time to think, so they just happened to hit the time before and after the Luoyang coup, so they joined the group urgently.

The remaining people, such as Zhang Zhao from Pengcheng, Xuzhou, and Zhang Hong from Guangling, who were older than Liu Bei and had been famous for a long time, were well-known Confucian scholars in Xuzhou, so they must be more comprehensive in thinking about problems.

Sometimes, however, that may not be the case.

After receiving Liu Bei's summoning order, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong also received letters from Zheng Xuan successively. This was Liu Bei's letter asking Zheng Xuan to help him.

After reading Zheng Xuan's letter, the two made the decision to leave Xuzhou for Luoyang.

It was also a coincidence that both Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were in trouble at this moment.

The reason is simple, these two people were followed by Liu Yan.

After Liu Yan arrived in Xuzhou, although he was unwilling to stay in Xuzhou from the bottom of his heart and wanted to live in a safer place, but the current situation was tight and he was not given more room.

So in desperation, he decided to give full play to his subjective initiative, use the record of pacifying the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans as his political bargaining chip, and then bargain with the court.

But the problem is that his military ability is really a bit stretched. Facing the Xuzhou Yellow Turban, he could not win after a long battle, and his prestige could not be established, so most scholars in Xuzhou did not have a good opinion of Liu Yan.

It wouldn't work on his own, so Liu Yan wanted to recruit some famous and talented people in Xuzhou to help him, in exchange for political power, and leverage local resources for his own use.

He felt that as Xuzhou Mu, he would be able to do this smoothly.

However, he has no kindness to Xuzhou. He has not done any good deeds since he arrived in Xuzhou, and he has no foundation in Xuzhou. No response.

He summoned 50 people, but most of the locals did not respond, including Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong.

These two people have their own reputation and foundation. Before the central government of the imperial court summoned two people, neither of them agreed to take care of them.

They can't be moved by the summoning of the imperial court, let alone Liu Yan's summoning?
These two people didn't like Liu Yan at all, and felt that he would leave sooner or later, so they didn't want to have anything to do with him, so they rejected Liu Yan.

Who knows that Liu Yan is not a broad-minded person, and feels that these people are shameless and despised and insulted him, so he ordered the local governor to give them a good look.

Arrest them, or check their problems, cut their flesh, let them know what a county magistrate and an extermination magistrate are!
Don't blame me for being cruel if you don't listen to me with nice words!

Therefore, it is a very bad thing to offend the chief executive. It's not that he can't deal with you, but it's just that he doesn't do it casually after weighing many things.

Land, taxation, business, and officials can use too many methods.

When Liu Yan gave an order, the local governor certainly didn't want to make things too ugly with the local people, but Liu Yan held great power and offended Liu Yan, and they couldn't bear it anymore. Consult with those who are more famous in the local area.

Or you guys run away first to avoid the limelight?

Otherwise, if it continues, we won't be able to do business, and the official hat will be taken off, so I can only feel sorry for you.

During this negotiation, only Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others know what state shepherds are. It is really inappropriate to deal with state shepherds in the same way they used to deal with state governors. State governors don’t have that much authority, but state shepherds do. They have no experience. loss.

Just when they felt that something was going wrong and were about to run away, they received a call from Liu Bei.

Good guy, this summoning order came at this time, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a talisman from heaven.

Considering the practical needs and Zheng Xuan's persuasion, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong made the same decision in different places and at different times.

With great fanfare, let's go to Luo!
As a result, the situation was reversed, and the others didn't know what happened. Anyway, the local governor didn't dare to embarrass Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong's family in an instant.

Although it was not yet the time for the Luoyang coup, Liu Bei's title at that time was already Hussar General Kaifu.

Moreover, even Liu Yan might not dare to offend Liu Bei.

In this regard, the information Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong heard showed that Liu Yan was very angry, but he seemed very afraid of Liu Bei, so he continued to torment other families, forcing many people to run away at night and leave Xuzhou, but they were very angry with Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong. Hong's family did nothing again.

Feeling this, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong felt that Luo Yang had to go.

They set off soon. The time of departure was early April, from Xuzhou across the Central Plains to Luoyang area. With their slow progress, it would take nearly a month.

During this period of time, Luoyang changed drastically, the Yuan family and He family were defeated, the emperor passed away, the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Bei became a general, the chief assistant minister, after a fierce bloody confrontation in Luoyang, what will happen next? What happened, no one dared to confirm.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong didn't set off all the way, but when they arrived in Chenliu County in early May, they met and discussed the current situation.

Originally, this kind of negotiation was unnecessary, but due to the occurrence of special circumstances, this kind of negotiation became necessary.

The so-called special circumstances are two things.

The first thing is that they learned a series of things such as the Luoyang coup, the death of the emperor, and the ascension of the new emperor on the road.

The second thing is that when they arrived in Chenliu County in early May, Yuan Shu's [Written Call for Thieves] from Runan County was heard in Chenliu County, and the content was very explosive.

This call for thieves talks about the conspiracy of the rebels headed by Liu Bei to kill the late emperor, tamper with the edict, and mutilate loyal ministers in order to realize their selfish desires. Yuan Shu claims to be the general of the rebellion, and hopes to call on loyal ministers and people from all over the world to crusade against Liu Bei and other rebels .

The call to arms claimed that the emperor was deceived by the rebels and wanted to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones, but at a critical moment, he woke up and wanted to call Yuan Kai, He Jin and other loyal officials to discuss the matter of re-establishing Liu Bian, but he was boldly killed by Liu Bei and others , and tampered with the imperial edict, making Liu Xie the emperor, instead of following Liu Hong's original intention and taking Liu Bian as the heir.

In order to further establish the established facts, Liu Bei and other treacherous people were so cruel that they killed the general and Situ, causing the country's Zhongliang and Zhushi to die, and the great Han country was in danger and was about to collapse. In order to restore the great Han country and set things right, Yuan Shu called on Everyone quickly unite and march into Luoyang!
Yuan Shu himself has already raised troops in Runan County, and will [lead one hundred thousand troops to flatten Luoyang, fulfilling the late emperor's last wish].

(End of this chapter)