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Chapter 255 Yizhou Rebellion, Zhao Wei takes command

Wang Shang's words made Zhao Wei look shocked.

He didn't expect that the other party would have private contacts with Xu Shu for a long time, and he didn't expect that Xu Shu would take the risk and go to Chengdu to lobby for him.

Just when Zhao Wei was astonished, Xu Shu said to Zhao Wei: "Good birds choose trees to roost, and good ministers choose their masters to work. The general is a famous scholar in Yizhou. He was loyal and helped Liu Zhang succeed to the throne, but he was very jealous." Reuse.”

"Nowadays, people from Dongzhou invade the old people of Yizhou, and both the scholars and the people are resentful. If the general can raise his arms and call for help, there will be countless followers."

"At that time, when the general welcomed the Jingzhou army into Yizhou, he could repay the emperor's kindness and comfort Ming Ming. Isn't it beautiful?"

Zhao Wei had been persuaded by Wang Shang before, but now that he saw Xu Shu coming in person despite the danger, he had secretly made up his mind.

However, Zhao Wei still said hesitantly: "I only have a false position now, how can I accomplish this?"

When Xu Shu heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "May I ask, General, if there are any officials or aristocratic families that we have good relations with in various places in Yizhou?"

Zhao Wei nodded and said, "That's true."

Xu Shu turned to look at Wang Shang again and asked: "As far as I know, Wenbiao has recommended many talented people to hold important official positions in various places in Yizhou. Is this possible?"

Wang Shang said: "Of course."

In fact, even Zhao Wei was recommended by Wang Shang from the beginning, which is why the relationship between the two is so close.

Not only that, Wang Shang also recommended many talented people from Bajun, such as Chen Shi from Anhan, Gong Yang, Zhao Min and Li Jing from Dianjiang, Wang Dan from Langzhong, Meng Biao from Jiangzhou, etc.

Including Zhao Wei, who was born in Anhan County, they are all Bajun surnames.

Although except for Zhao Wei, none of the others entered the Yizhou Center and were all local officials.

However, it was precisely for this reason that they were not gradually suppressed and ostracized by Liu Zhang like Zhao Wei, but instead became quite famous in the local area.

Seeing Wang Shang nod, Xu Shu smiled even more.

He knew that the general had high hopes for him, so since he became the governor of Bajun, in addition to promulgating a series of policies to appease the people of Bajun, he also set his sights on the wealthy families of Bajun.

Nowadays, with the help of Yan Yan, Xu Shu has a very close relationship with the Bajun family.

After the relationship became good, Xu Shu gradually discovered that most of the people who served as officials in other counties and counties in Yizhou were recommended by Wang Shang and Zhao Wei.

With Xu Shu's intelligence, he quickly decided on a strategy of lobbying Wang Shang and Zhao Wei, and then contacting officials from Bajun's hometown to stir up the situation in Yizhou.

He deliberately made friends with Wang Shang, which was the first step in his plan.

Using Wang Shang to persuade Zhao Wei is the second step in the plan.

As long as Wang Shang and Zhao Wei can be persuaded, and with the secret contacts of the major families in Ba County, those Ba County officials who are scattered as officials in various counties and counties in Yizhou can make huge waves.

However, the matter was serious. If Zhao Wei had not stepped forward to take charge of the overall situation, those officials from Bajun would not have dared to risk being exterminated to cause rebellion.

Xu Shu looked at Wang Shang and Zhao Wei with bright eyes and said: "Wen Biao has recommended these people, and General Zhao has a friendship with these people."

"If the two of them unite their families and secretly write a letter asking everyone to unite the aristocratic families in the local area to work together, will they be able to do it?"

Wang Shang and Zhao Wei looked at each other, and finally Zhao Wei said: "If this is true, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Whether it's Wang Shang's recommendation, Zhao Wei's friendship with the same county, or the family ties, it's hard to refuse.

The three of them work together, and even if these people have concerns, they will definitely agree.

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Nowadays, the conflict between the Dongzhou people and the Yizhou people is gradually becoming more intense. The Dongzhou people's atrocities have gradually aroused complaints from the officials and people of Yizhou, and all the wealthy families are dissatisfied.

Even if these people are making decisions for Yizhou people, they will work together under the lobbying of Zhao Wei and Wang Shang.

Wang Shang pondered for a moment, but then shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't be possible with them alone."

Xu Shu said: "They alone can only cause a temporary disturbance at most."

"However, Liu Zhang was secretly weak. He must have been horrified when he learned that there were rebellions all over Yizhou. At that time, Wen Biao recommended General Zhao to lead the army to quell the rebellion. How could Liu Zhang not agree?"

Zhao Wei asked doubtfully: "If the rebels are all from the same county, wouldn't Liu Zhang become more and more wary of me? Why would he let me lead troops to put down the rebellion?"

Xu Shu did not answer, but looked at Wang Shang with a smile.

Wang Shang pondered for a moment, then clapped his hands and sighed: "Yuan Zhi is really good at calculating."

Until this moment, Zhao Wei was still full of doubts and asked: "Why did Wen Biao say this?"

The corners of Wang Shang's mouth raised slightly.

Not long after Xu Shu left Chengdu, Shen Mi, Lou Fa, Chen Shi, Gong Yang, Zhao Min, Li Jing, Wang Dan, Meng Biao and other local officials from Bajun received letters from Zhao Wei, Wang Shang and their families. , all expounding the current situation in Yizhou and persuading them to raise troops to rebel against Liu.

Liu Zhang and the Dongzhou clan are indeed unpopular now.

In addition, Wang Shang and Zhao Wei were in secret contact, as well as General Zhou Qi as their backing, so these people agreed without much hesitation at all.

Since then, everyone began to contact aristocratic families in Guanghan County, Shu County, Jianwei County and other places.

After several months of secret communication, massive rebellions broke out in various places, and many county officials appointed by Liu Zhang were killed.

Most of Guanghan County, Shu County, and Jianwei County were controlled by the rebels.

Shu County, Chengdu, State Mufu.

After Liu Zhang heard the news of rebellions in various places, he was extremely panicked and hurriedly summoned all his civil and military officials to discuss matters.

"Now under the rule of Yizhou, half of the counties are rebelling. Do you have any good strategies to put down the rebellion?"

At this time, even Wu Yi, the leader of the Dongzhou faction, looked very ugly, and he couldn't help feeling frightened.

In recent years, Dongzhou people were highly valued by Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son, so many Dongzhou people were promoted to important positions.

As outsiders, after they gain power, they naturally want to buy a family property.

In this era, the so-called family property of aristocratic families and wealthy gentry is nothing more than fertile land and mansions.

However, the fertile land and the well-located mansions already had owners, who were the original Yizhou nobles and gentry.

If they want to buy a family property for themselves, they must plunder it from others.

In addition, Gan Ning and Yan Yan successively surrendered to Zhou Qi, freeing Ba County from Liu Zhang's rule. Therefore, even the Yizhou scholars in other places were inevitably jealous of Liu Zhang.

This further fueled the arrogance of the Dongzhou people.

They fabricated crimes and launched an unprecedented suppression of Yizhou's local aristocratic families and tycoons, and also took the opportunity to steal countless wealth.

Since Fazheng came to Yizhou, he had secretly advised Wu Yi. If the people of Dongzhou did not know how to restrain themselves, they would inevitably arouse the anger of Yizhou and cause endless disasters.Wu Yi also wanted to make changes.

However, human nature's greed never ends, and no one is willing to give up countless wealth and interests just by Wu Yi's persuasion.

Historically, it was only after Zhao Wei and others raised their troops to rebel and besieged Chengdu that the Dongzhou people repented.

They finally knew that Yizhou people were still the majority in Yizhou after all. If they really caused the wrath of heaven and people, the Dongzhou people would be retaliated sooner or later.

It was also since then that Dongzhou people began to gradually converge.

Now, due to the loss of Bajun and Xu Shu's advance layout, the rebellion was advanced by two years, catching Wu Yi by surprise.

Seeing that the scholars in Dongzhou were all fearful, Wang Shang took the opportunity to stand up and bluntly said: "The reason why various places in Yizhou are rebelling is because over the years, the emperor has allowed the Dongzhou people to invade the old Yizhou. People, countless Yizhou scholars were destroyed and their families were destroyed."

"The scholars and common people everywhere were forced to have no choice, so they raised their troops."

"They are not against the envoy, they are against the Dongzhou mob!"

Wang Shang's words immediately caused the officials of the Dongzhou faction to angrily rebuke.

Wang Shang was not afraid at all, he just looked at everyone with a sneer.

The officials of the Yizhou faction naturally sided with Wang Shang, and they were at loggerheads with the Dongzhou faction, yelling at each other.

Seeing everyone quarreling endlessly, Liu Zhang felt a splitting headache. He was so angry that he stood up and shouted: "Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, you don't want to put down the rebellion and protect Yizhou. Instead, you are blaming and abusing each other here. What kind of behavior is this?"

After everyone heard this, they stopped cursing and became silent.

Looking at Liu Zhang, who was blushing, Wang Shang stepped forward again and said, "Since your Majesty favors the Dongzhou people and is suspicious of us, you might as well send the Dongzhou Army to quell the rebellion."

After Wang Shang finished speaking, the meeting hall suddenly fell into silence.

The Dongzhou Army has been a direct descendant of the Liu family since Liu Yan. How could they be sent to Chengdu to quell the rebellion?
What's more, the Dongzhou Army only has more than [-] people.

Nowadays, there are rebels in every county. Even if the Dongzhou Army is sent, it may be difficult to put down the rebellion in a short time.

The most important thing is that Liu Zhang was worried that the Dongzhou Army would suffer too many casualties, and he was also afraid that his life safety would not be guaranteed after the Dongzhou Army left Chengdu.

Not only Liu Zhang knew this, but also Wu Yi and other Dongzhou scholars.

"When Cheng Yizhou's survival is in danger, why should Wang Zhi be so aggressive?"

In the end, Wu Yi stood up and said to Wang Shang.

Wang Shang did not give in, but asked: "If the Dongzhou Army doesn't go to quell the rebellion, how can it send any troops to quell the rebellion?"

Another official from the Dongzhou faction said: "Can't the Yizhou army suppress the rebellion?"

Wang Shang sneered: "Do you think it is possible for the Yizhou generals to lead the Yizhou army to attack their own counties and townspeople?"

Given the current conflict between the Dongzhou faction and the Yizhou faction, it is indeed impossible to do this.

Liu Zhang also knew the seriousness of the matter at this time, stepped down from the main seat, took Wang Shang's hand, and said with a slight pleading: "If Wang Shang hadn't been involved, I wouldn't have been able to become the lord of Yizhou."

"Yizhou is in trouble today, please ask Wenbiao to save me!"

Looking at Liu Zhang with a pleading look on his face, Wang Shang still felt a little soft-hearted, and then sighed: "Wang Shang was not the only one who made the effort to make you the shepherd of Yizhou."

At this point, Wang Shang pointed to Zhao Wei, who was standing next to him without any presence, and said: "General Zhao also made great contributions back then."

"Whether the rebellion can be quelled this time depends on General Zhao."

Liu Zhang looked shocked and asked, "How do you say this?"

Wang Shang looked around at the people in the room, then shook his head and said, "There are many people with mixed opinions, and it is difficult to discuss national affairs."

Liu Zhang understood and immediately dismissed everyone except Wang Shang and Zhao Wei.

He first left Zhao Wei outside the door, but pulled Wang Shang into the study, and then solemnly bowed: "Please teach me, sir!"

Wang Shang sighed: "Gan Ning and Yan Yan surrendered to Zhou Ziyi. What does it have to do with General Zhao? Why did you listen to the slander, ignore General Zhao's past achievements, and abandon him?"

When Liu Zhang heard this, his mouth trembled several times, but he still didn't know what to say.

Wang Shang continued: "Most of the local officials who participated in the rebellion were from Ba County. They were worried that they would follow in the footsteps of General Zhao. In addition, the Yizhou people were indeed oppressed by the Dongzhou people, so they risked the world. Bu Wei raises his troops to rebel."

"In the final analysis, what they oppose is the Dongzhou clan, not the envoy."

"If you can entrust General Zhao with important responsibilities again, it will be like buying a horse bone for a thousand gold, and it will definitely give hope to the local officials who participated in the rebellion."

"Your Majesty will issue another pardon document and ask General Zhao to lead the troops to quell the rebellion."

"With the reputation of General Zhao, coupled with the friendship with many rebel generals, and the pardon document from the envoy, we will surely be able to put down the rebellion in all directions without bloodshed."

If it had been replaced by another powerful king, he would have become more suspicious of Zhao Wei because of these rebellions.

Liu Zhang was different.

He has a dark character, and he is already frightened when he learns that people everywhere are rebelling against him.

Now I heard that as long as Zhao Wei was reactivated, rebellions in various places could be quelled without any bloodshed, and I was immediately overjoyed.

Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "It was my mistake to stop the traitorous remarks before, which caused General Zhao to be wronged. I will now order him to regain command of the Yizhou troops and go to various places to quell the rebellion."

"I can also guarantee that after this incident, the Yizhou scholars will be reused and the behavior of the Dongzhou scholars will be more restrained!"

When Wang Shang heard this, he immediately lowered his hands and bowed: "Make you holy!"

When the news spread that Liu Zhang rewarded Zhao Wei heavily and ordered him to lead troops to put down the rebellion, everyone in Dongzhou was panicked.

With great difficulty, they gradually pushed Zhao Wei out of the center of power.

If Zhao Wei is allowed to take charge of the army again and put down the rebellion, Zhao Wei's future status will never be shaken.

Wu Yi and others hurriedly asked to see Liu Zhang and persuaded him: "Most of the rebel officials are scholars from Bajun, and they have learned from the mistakes of Gan Ning and Yan Yan. If you surrender all your troops to Zhao Wei, if he rebels, Who can restrict it?"

When Liu Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate, and then asked: "If Zhao Wei is not allowed to lead the army to quell the rebellion, who can take on this important task?"

Wu Yi immediately recommended himself and said: "It would be inappropriate to send only Zhao Wei to quell the rebellion. It would be inappropriate for you to appoint me and Zhang Ren as your deputy generals."

"Let Zhang Ren command [-] troops as the vanguard, Zhao Wei command [-] troops as the middle army, and I personally will command [-] Dongzhou troops as the rear army."

"In this way, the three armies can both support and restrict each other. Why not?"

Liu Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, so he accepted Wu Yi's advice and ordered Zhang Ren, Zhao Wei, and Wu Yi each to lead an army, totaling [-] troops, with Zhao Wei as the commander, to attack the rebellion.

(End of this chapter)