Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 143 Going to Qingzhou as an envoy, this edict is of great importance

In order to prevent Huangfusong from making too many achievements and making it difficult to control, Dong Zhuo sent someone to remove Huangfusong's military power when he decided to leave Chang'an.

After arriving in Luoyang, Huangfu Song was left to dry for a few days, and Huangfu Song was not called until today.

Looking at the calm and stern old enemy in front of him, Dong Zhuo wished he could slash Huangfusong with his sword, but he was also afraid that he would be destabilized if he slashed Huangfusong for no reason.

After all, Huangfusong is different from Yuan Kai. Although Yuan Shao and others are known as diligent kings, they are just rebellious to the Chang'an court, and killing Yuan Kai is justified.

But Huangfusong only listened to the order of the emperor, even if the order of the emperor came from Dong Zhuo!
As soon as the emperor's decree arrived, Huangfusong handed over the military power to Dong Zhuo without delay.

If it is chopped off for no reason, it will be tantamount to putting everyone in Chang'an at risk.

Dong Zhuo wanted to kill Huangfusong under the guise of military law, but his plan also failed, and he even lost his confidant Hua Xiong.

"Huangfu Yushi, you have made great achievements in repelling the rebel Lu Zhi, and this grand master has not rewarded you yet."

"Do you have a request?"

Dong Zhuo pretended to be kind.

Huangfu Song's face did not change, he still had a stern face.

"Seeking thieves for the country is an internal matter, and there is no need to ask for rewards." Huangfusong's answer was also simple and straightforward.

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly: "This is not acceptable! Not rewarding meritorious service will make the generals think that the Grand Master is not clear about rewards and punishments?"

But the next moment, Dong Zhuo's eyes became dark and cruel: "Then, reward you with a chance to make meritorious deeds!"

"There is a general under Lu Zhi's command named Guan Yu, who was originally under Liu Bei's command in Qingzhou."

"This grand master promised Liu Bei the post of Qingzhou pastor, and wanted Guan Yu to retreat."

"But Guan Yu was punished by Lu Zhizhang with a hundred army sticks. It is really hateful and a pity."

"However, Wen You said that Lu Zhi might be playing tricks, trying to make the grand master mistakenly think that Guan Yu can be the internal response."

"It just so happens that you have nothing to do recently, why don't you go to Lu Zhi's barracks for my Grand Master. If Guan Yu really hates Lu Zhi, what should I do?"

Huangfusong resolutely refused: "Grand Master, I have enmity with all the generals under Lu Zhi's command. If we go to inquire, it will definitely ruin the grand master's affairs. Please also appoint another capable person to go."

Dong Zhuo sternly reprimanded: "The two armies are fighting, don't kill the envoy! How can Lu Zhi not understand the reason? Are you going to disobey?"

Huangfu Song was silent.

Dong Zhuo's plan to kill with a knife is too obvious.

This is to make Huangfusong die at the hands of Lu Zhi!
"I also ask the grand master to send a trusted aide to be a deputy envoy." Huangfusong looked at Li Ru who was beside Dong Zhuo with a stern look.

Li Ru couldn't help being startled.

This Huangfu Song is so cruel, is he trying to drag me to death?

Before Li Ru could speak, Dong Zhuo rejected Huangfusong's proposal: "What kind of deputy envoy do you want? At most, a few personal guards will be assigned to you."

Seeing Dong Zhuo's determination, Huangfusong stopped arguing and took orders to retreat.

Looking at Huangfusong who left, Dong Zhuo felt indescribably relieved: "What a trick, this gave me a chance to borrow a knife to kill someone."

"Huangfu Song killed Lu Zhi's troops so ruthlessly. There must be someone under Lu Zhi's command who hated Huangfu Song to the bone. If Huangfu Song can die in Lu Zhi's army, it will not only save his confidant, but also the people of Huangfu's family. This grand master is doing his best."

Li Ru secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said flatteringly: "The Grand Master will use his tricks, and at the same time plot against Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song, even the Qin Emperor and Han Wu are no match for the Grand Master's wisdom."

Dong Zhuo was very pleased with what he heard, he laughed and said: "It's ridiculous that Lu Zhi is so young and Huangfu is so foolish, he dared to show off his tricks in front of my Grand Master."

Liu Ai returned to Chang'an at night to meet the emperor Liu Xie.

Dong Huang, who was in charge of the guards in the palace, saw that it was Liu Ai, the chief historian, and did not stop him.

Almost all officials in Chang'an City know that Liu Ai is Dong Zhuo's confidant!
Going straight to the palace, Liu Ai found Liu Xie.

Although Dong Zhuo is domineering, Liu Xie will still be notified when the imperial edict is issued.

But it's just a notification, Liu Xie is not qualified to refute.

The purpose of Dong Zhuo's doing this was only to express an attitude in front of the officials: look, this Grand Master is still a Hanchen!

Although all the ministers knew the meaning of this, no one objected.

As long as Dong Zhuo regards himself as a Hanchen, there is still a chance for mediation.

Although Liu Xie is young, he is talented and intelligent, different from ordinary teenagers.

In the face of the authoritarian Dong Zhuo, he is also called Shangfu obediently.

"Liu Changshi, why did you come to look for me late at night?" The emperor, who was less than ten years old, also had the dignity of a royal family.

Although he is well-behaved and sensible in front of Dong Zhuo, his royal manners are not bad in front of ministers like Liu Ai.

After all, Liu Xie was a smart young man who was able to demeanor and answer questions fluently when facing Dong Zhuo's army who knew no friends or enemies during the Shichang Shi Rebellion.

At that time, Liu Xie was only eight years old!
Far more calm than the young emperor Liu Bian who was trembling with fright, his legs trembling, and unable to speak.

Liu Ai bowed respectfully and said: "According to the order of the grand master, I will ask for the seal of Qingzhou Mu's imperial decree, and I will personally go to Qingzhou as an envoy."

Liu Xie frowned: "Why do you need to ask again? Where is the seal of the previous imperial decree?"

Liu Ai did not hide anything, and gave Liu Xie a concise statement of everything about going to Guan Yu's camp.

"Old man Lu Zhi, not only committed rebellion, but also dared to seize my imperial decree, which is unforgivable!" Liu Xie was "furious": "When will Shangfu return to Chang'an?"

Liu Ai said: "The battle in Luoyang will not end in a short time."

Liu Xie frowned and shouted: "This group of rebels is really hateful! Liu Changshi can go to Qingzhou to announce the decree."

After Liu Ai left, Liu Xie was still "angry".

a long time.

Only then did Liu Xie's eyes return from "anger" to peace.

Everything that happened just now was just deliberately disguised by Liu Xie to listen to Dong Huang's cronies outside the door.

"It seems that this time, the Kwantung Allied Forces against Dong Thief are more active than last time."

"It's time for Liu He to ask Da Sima to send troops!"

Among the ministers and officials in Chang'an, there are not many civil and military officials who are loyal to Liu Xie.

It's just that Dong Zhuo was so cruel that he killed all civil and military opponents who ostensibly opposed it.

The rest of the Qingliu ministers headed by Wang Yun, on the surface catered to Dong Zhuo, but secretly sought opportunities to contact Wang Yishi.

And clan ministers such as Liu Ai, the minister of Xiangguo, Liu He, the son of Youzhou Mu Liuyu, Liu Fan, the general of Zuo Zhonglang, and Liu Dan, the governor of the imperial court, were also trying to kill Dong Zhuo in their own ways.

These people are not a whole, but they are all trying to get rid of Dong Zhuo for Liu Xie in different ways.

Liu Xie was calm and cautious, calling Dong Zhuo's father arrogance to Dong Zhuo, while conspiring with Wang Yun, Liu Ai and others quietly.

Not long after Liu Ai went to Qingzhou, Liu He also left Chang'an City with the imperial decree without any risk.

Clan ministers like Liu Yu needed Liu Xie's edict to serve the emperor.

The taboo in this is very deep.

If you are not careful, you will become a traitor.

After all, Dong Zhuo at this time still represents the emperor!
As for Yuan Shao and other Kwantung allied forces who joined the alliance for the first time, they had no intention of acknowledging Liu Xie as the emperor at all, and the slogans for begging Dong were Dong Zhuo's arrogance and abolition of the emperor.

Even Lu Zhi also used Dong Zhuo's arrogance to dethrone the emperor.

However, Yuan Shao, Lu Zhi and others were always Han officials. Even if Dong Zhuo was killed, they had to support Liu Xie.

After all, Liu Bian is dead, who else can support Liu Xie?

However, Liu Yu, Liu Biao, and Liu Yan are different. They are all ministers of the clan. If they succeed in winning Dong, they may not need to support Liu Xie!
It is more likely that Dong Mengjun directly supported one of them as emperor!

For the civil and military people who participated in the discussion of Dong: Compared with supporting Liu Xie, the clan surnamed Liu who supported the election of Dong must have gained more benefits.

This is also an important reason why Liu Yu, Liu Biao, and Liu Yan did not participate in the two discussions on Dong.

Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was quite helpless. After all, almost all the prefectures and states in Yanzhou participated in the discussion of Dong, and if Liu Dai didn't go to Yanzhou, no one would listen to him.

Huangfusong came to Lu Zhi's barracks without fear.

Before Chenggao Pass, Huangfu Song won for a while, and blocked Lu Zhi in Chenggao Pass, not daring to leave.

Now it is Lu Zhi who has won the victory for a while, causing Huangfusong's military power to be removed by Dong Zhuo.

"Brother Zigan is good at strategizing as always." Huangfusong ignored the angry eyes of the generals in Lu Zhishuai's tent.

After all, in the next battle at Chenggao Pass, Huangfusong's ruthlessness caused heavy losses to Lu Zhi's troops.

In particular, Qu Yi's Xiandeng Shi lost more than half of it!

Lu Zhi smiled lightly: "Yizhen is so clever at using troops, the old man is ashamed of himself, so he can only use methods other than this battlefield."

"Yizhen came to the old man's camp, didn't he come to inquire about Dong Zhuo's information?"

Huangfusong glanced at the handsome tent generals, but he didn't see Guan Yu, and he already had a guess in his mind: "Dong Zhuo suspects that brother Zigan is playing tricks, so let me see if the brave Guan Yunchang was really beaten a hundred times." Army stick."

"By the way, he angered Brother Zigan, and beheaded me with Brother Zigan's hand."

Seeing Huangfusong speak so frankly, Lu Zhi's eyes froze: "Since Yizhen has a gap with Dong Zhuo, why should he resist the old man's King Qin's army?"

Huangfusong said without hesitation, "I am the imperial censor Zhongcheng appointed by the emperor, but brother Zigan, you are just a traitor to the party."

Tian Yu drew his sword angrily: "Huangfusong, you are helping the emperor to abuse others and still say so grandly, humiliating Master Lu, do you really think I dare not kill you?"

Huangfu Song rubbed his neck: "Cut here, with one strike of the sword, my Huangfu clan will be devoted to Dong Zhuo, and will never die with brother Zigan."

Tian Yu was stunned, suddenly at a loss.

Lu Zhi waved his hand, and asked Tian Yu to talk to him: "Yizhen, you go back. I won't kill you, but I won't let you spy on the truth in the army. As for whether it's a trick or not, let Dong Zhuo guess!"

"Brother Zigan, even with Yuan Shu's help, your plan to be king will not succeed. If you want to punish Dong Zhuo, external force will never work. Brother Zigan, you should understand what I mean." Huangfusong left a sentence, Turn around and leave, clean and tidy.

Looking at Huangfusong who left, Lu Zhi's eyes became deep.

"Huangfu Yizhen, this old man is different from you."

"Even if Qin Wang's plan really fails, the old man will not choose to join forces with Dong Thief."

"You have such ability, but you chose the most foolish and loyal way. It's a pity, it's sad."

Dong Zhuo appeared in Luoyang, and the forces of Lu Zhi and Sun Jian became stretched.

After the two discussed, they chose to temporarily retreat to Taigu Pass and Chenggao Pass, while recharging their energy and recharging their energy, while increasing their troops and food.

In order to avoid being discovered by Dong Zhuojun when he walked through Chenggao Pass, Liu He, who carried the imperial decree, came to Taigu Pass to meet Sun Jian, and wanted to go to Youzhou through Taigu Pass and Luoyang Zhe Road.

Sun Jian saw that Liu He had an imperial edict, so he sent someone to send Liu He to see Yuan Shu first.

When Yuan Shu saw the imperial decree, he was instantly happy.

When sending troops to challenge Dong, Yuan Shu always worried that without Liu Xie's holy decree, even if he succeeded in killing Dong Zhuo in the future, he would be easily slandered.

But now with the imperial decree, Yuan Shu can let go of his hands and feet.

"Liu Shizhong, it's a long way to Youzhou. If the imperial decree is lost on the way, wouldn't it ruin His Majesty's plan?"

"Why don't you stay in Luyang, and then write a letter to Da Sima, asking Da Sima to send cavalry to Luyang to meet the alliance?"

"The cavalry of the Xiliang army are brave. Without the help of the cavalry from Youzhou, we would have been hard-pressed to defeat Dong Zhuo."

Yuan Shu's words were "sincere", as if he really hoped that Liu Yu would come to the alliance.

"How about lending me a soldier and horse to escort the imperial decree into Youzhou?" Liu He is not stupid.

If this imperial decree is in Yuan Shu's hands, is it Yuan Shu's or his own father's who deserves the credit?

But Yuan Shu was obviously more treacherous than Liu He, and he said worriedly: "Master Liu, Governor Sun has been urging me to increase troops, but most of Luyang's soldiers are recruits, how can they resist Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry?"

"Does Liu Shizhong want to spoil the country's affairs for his own self-interest?"

Liu He suddenly had no reason.

In desperation, Liu He could only write a letter to Liu Yu, asking Liu Yu to lead his troops south to join Yuan Shu.

"Yuan Shu actually detained the envoy of the Son of Heaven, so he must notify the envoy and brother Xianmou immediately." After hearing the news, Hua Ji sent another person to deliver the news to Qingzhou.

Since Yecheng returned to Qingzhou, Liu Bei and Zheng Ping have been busy with spring plowing in Qingzhou.

This year's spring plowing is especially important!
It is not only necessary to persuade the scholars and people of the counties and states to prepare for spring plowing in time, but also to organize a large number of refugees to reclaim wasteland and farmland.

Tuntian is actually not a benevolent government.

The refugees in Tuntian were actually a group of serfs in essence.

When to farm, when to eat and when to sleep, there are strict legal requirements.

Once the law is violated, it will be punished.

Its severity is not weaker than military law!

In order to increase the fear of the law among the villagers in the village, there will be harsh punishments similar to sitting in a row.

This is actually contrary to Liu Bei's original intention!
However, even Liu Bei, who wanted to let the people recuperate, had to adopt this method of farming the refugees as serfs.

Only through large-scale agricultural collective production can more wasteland be reclaimed and cultivated.

This is a helpless reality!
If you can't be cruel, once you can't get enough food during the autumn harvest, Qingzhou's food crisis will become more and more severe.

The only thing Liu Bei can do is to open up wasteland with the villagers.

Use your own hands to tell this group of villagers who are bound by strict laws and regulations that as long as they last until the autumn harvest, they will be able to solve their food and clothing for the coming year!
That's why Liu Bei will use the simplest and simplest way to gain the trust of the people in Tuntian.

After all, a majestic governor of Qingzhou came to reclaim wasteland every day, so what could not be trusted?
"Inspector Liu went to reclaim wasteland in person?"

In Linzi City, Liu Ai, who was ordered to announce the decree, looked at Zheng Ping in the Governor's Mansion in astonishment.

(End of this chapter)