Lord Yuan

Chapter 189 Yellow Turban War
Yuan Shao also didn't expect that Gongsun Zan's core trump card would be in his hands again.

Looking at Huang Zhong's unquestionable attitude, Yuan Shao sighed. He felt that he might not be able to use this elite among the elite for the time being.

However, Huang Zhong saw that this posture did not make sense, so he summoned Han Dang, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others, and firmly put Yuan Shao's safety first.

In addition, Yuan Shao's son has been born, and he is now almost in his teens. For Yuan Tan, Yuan Shao must also pay attention to his own safety. Huang Zhong knows roundabout tactics.

Don't you see, during the second disaster of party imprisonment, even many famous officials and great scholars at home and abroad did not have absolute power in their hands. When faced with the combined punches of the eunuchs and Liu Hong, they could only cry and drink in hatred.

Although Yuan Shao was in Liaodong, he was also very well-informed about the second party prison disaster that had been launched previously.

After the great changes in the court and Cao Jie's death, Zhang asked Zhao Zhonger and a group of eunuchs to take over Cao Jie's power, and even more.

Brothers, nephews, relatives and neighbors were all placed in every corner of the Han Dynasty. They claimed to be governing the place for the emperor, but in fact they fully exercised their power and occupied many prominent positions.

The aristocratic families and others are naturally not willing to sit still and wait for death. Why should a group of people with no eggs be placed in the positions that should belong to their disciples and former officials?

Therefore, in a long-planned action, the emperor hid behind the scenes, and the ten permanent attendants became the executors leading the struggle.

The disaster of Party imprisonment broke out again, causing all the scholars in the world to be imprisoned by the Party. Officials at all levels in the county where they are located are not allowed to be appointed or dismissed. Even if they leave the local county, they must go through the review from above.

Then, in order to consolidate the power in his hands, Emperor Liu Hong launched the Hongdu School.

In order to completely reverse the situation where the scholar family was dominated by the scholar family, the ten permanent servants, relying on the emperor's will and the emperor's love for poetry and calligraphy, began to search for ordinary people with low status among the people who had never had contact with the scholars. Li Shu.

After he enrolled in school, he received many preferential treatment. Even the eunuchs like Shi Changshi, who were extremely greedy for power and loved money, chose to give all the high-ranking officials generous salaries. Most of them served as governors of prefectures and counties, prefects, and even three princes. Positions also happen from time to time.

Of course, if you want to take up these positions, you also need to pay a lot of money. For this reason, Liu Hong is actually quite satisfied with this plan.

Not only can you gather your own power, but you can also harvest a large sum of money to fill your own coffers, so why not do it!
Therefore, under the witness of the common people in the world, Emperor Liu Hong started a life of cheating.

He sold his official position, established the Hongdu sect, launched party supervision, and then built the west garden of the palace on a large scale.

The emperor's power was restored, and the ten permanent servants also got what they wanted. Only the scholar class was the biggest loser in this operation.

Seeing that half of the prefectures, governors, prefects and other frontier officials have become eunuchs and even the emperor's spies, the scholars are unwilling to accept it. However, Liu Hong is no longer the object of ravage he was when he first ascended the throne. If you have broken teeth, you can only swallow it by yourself.

The tragic situation of the scholars did not affect the vigorous development of the Yuan family at all.

While other aristocratic families were being persecuted by the party initiated by the emperor and even the ten permanent servants, the Yuan family was uncharacteristically rising.

It turned out that among the eunuchs favored by Emperor Liu Hong, there was also a person named Yuan Mingshe. He was from the Yuan family in Runan. In addition, Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei at this time all wanted to use this opportunity to get Yuan She. As a support deep in the palace.

Yuan She also wanted to get their support because all the ministers in the Manchu Dynasty were from the Yuan family, and the two hit it off.

As the Yuan family grew bigger and bigger, they became the three official positions, and Yuan met and Yuan Wei took turns to hold them.

Although sometimes he was appointed and dismissed because of some so-called visions of heaven and earth, which were actually the reason that Emperor Liu Hong was short of money and wanted to harvest a wave of money, but it would not be long before he was reinstated.

Therefore, the Yuan family at this time can truly be called the Four Generations and Three Dukes.

Under this situation, the Yuan family naturally became the target of verbal criticism from other aristocratic families and even scholars, but these superficial obstacles were completely scratching the itch for the Yuan family.

Yuan Shao also took advantage of this autumn wind and successfully became the general of Du Liao, taking charge of all military and political power in the border area.

During this period, Yuan Shao also worked diligently to develop Liaodong, and he dealt a particularly heavy blow to Xianbei.

At the back, when the Xianbei people heard that the crossbow cavalry camp was dispatched, they would immediately start to move without looking back. Even the livestock that had been raised for a long time could only be slaughtered with tears.

Since the death of Tan Shihuai, the leader of Xianbei, the whole Xianbei has been torn apart, with constant internal strife. Under such circumstances, Huang Zhong and others chose to make friends far away and attack those close to home. At the same time, they sent envoys to make peace with the surrounding Xianbei tribes and gave them large sums of money. , supplies.

Speaking of which, the attack on Xianbei was simply limited to the large land in eastern Xianbei, causing heavy losses to the Xianbei people living in this area. However, the Xianbei people in other areas were happy to see the results, and even in Xu and With huge profits, nearly [-] Xianbei people have joined Yuan Shao's army.

Although he has never served as an elite member of the Crossbow Cavalry Battalion, he has formed his own army, with Yan Liang as its leader.

Facing this man who was famous in Xianbei in the past, everyone who heard Yan Liang's name was extremely afraid.

This gave Yan Liang himself a very high reputation within Xianbei.

At that time, Xianbei was often called a captain in Liaodong. He had a strong and brave temperament and was not afraid of life and death. There were frequent fierce generals under his command, especially Yan Liang, who bore the brunt and was revered as a heavenly man by the Xianbei people.

With Yan Liang leading this sturdy Xianbei army, it is basically difficult for them to rebel. What's more, any benefits, salary, and even the armor they wear must be provided by Yuan Shao.

To put it bluntly, you people are not working for the Duwei Mansion, nor are you working for the title of General Du Liao.

It can be said that it is Yuan Shao's personal tribe, a foreign army that is not recognized by the Han Dynasty.

Although these Xianbei cavalry were almost killed when facing the crossbow cavalry battalion, their own abilities were actually restrained by the crossbow cavalry battalion. Now that there is no threat from the crossbow cavalry battalion, this Xianbei cavalry is in In the face of the conquest of Goguryeo, Buyeo and other countries also made great achievements.Yuan Shao has never been stingy with rewards for his subordinates. Over the years, Liaodong's taxes have been increasing day by day, and it has almost completely built up the county with the most populous population in Youzhou, with a population of nearly 60.

Xuantu County has also become the area where the Gongsundu family has taken root. Its governor is Gongsundu. When he was appointed by the court, Gongsundu even gave up the appointment as the governor of Jizhou. It was because of Yuan Shao that he decided to hold on to him to the death. This thigh.

After some operations, he successfully became the prefect of Xuantu County, taking over the duties of the late prefect Gongsun Yu.

In this case, the land of Liaodong was far away from the center of Luoyang. With the government orders blocked, Yuan Shao, who had already become the general of Liao Dynasty, naturally became the absolute ruler of this large area.

In the mainland, the Han Dynasty was already under various ravages at this time, the people were in dire straits, and the situation was full of dire straits everywhere.

The grain does not grow, the people are despised and have little food, and the taxes required to be paid are also ridiculously high, far from the so-called tax of one in thirty.

Zhang Jiao came into being.

Facing the big man who had lost all his former glory, Zhang Jiao understood that it was time to make a change.

Therefore, he vigorously developed the Taiping Religion, spread morality, and used talisman water to treat diseases and save people. Over time, almost more than half of the entire Han Dynasty, from top to bottom, chose to believe in the Taiping Religion. Even among the ten permanent servants who did all kinds of evil, were corrupt and perverted the law, there were also some They colluded with each other deep in the palace to seek personal gain.

Under such circumstances, all the people were starved of food and finally chose to follow Zhang Jiao.

Amidst the denunciations, the big man has become synonymous with infamy.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhang Jiao divided the congregation into 38 parties in Youji, Qingliang and other eight states. Each party had as many as [-] people and as few as [-]. The leader was called Qushuai.

With the slogan that the sky is dead, the yellow scarf will stand, the year will be Jiazi, and the world will be auspicious, they agreed to start an uprising at the right time. At the same time, they posted notices in various counties and government offices, and then joined forces with the eunuch Xu Feng and others to plan to cooperate internally and externally.

In the first month before the uprising, some members of Tang and Zhou Dynasty went to the imperial court, causing believer Ma Yuanyi and others to be torn apart by chariots.

Zhang Jiao had no choice but to revolt in advance and call himself General Tiangong.

He was awarded the titles of Qushuai at all levels, his younger brother Zhang Liang, and Zhang Bao were also called the Lord of the land and the Lord of the people.

Because many of their heads wear yellow turbans, they are called yellow turban thieves.

The common people in the world have long lost faith in such a big man. Within a few months, the radiation range of the Yellow Turban Uprising has swept across the entire Han Dynasty, and wars are everywhere.

The Yellow Turban army was so powerful that it carried thousands of public opinions. Many officials who saw such a feat for the first time were at a loss for a while, and then the Yellow Turbans invaded the prefectures and counties.

The whole man was shocked.

Seeing that the situation was getting more serious, Liu Hong specially summoned Lu Qiang to ask about his countermeasures.

The scourge of the party's imprisonment was lifted, and at the same time, it was ordered that prefectures and counties at all levels could recruit troops on their own to resist the Yellow Turbans.

At the same time, General He Jin was sent to command the palace guards, and angels were sent to Yin and others in Henan to defend Luoyang.

Huangfu Song and other generals were dispatched to lead the Han army to counter the rebellion.

In the early days of the Yellow Turban Army's overwhelming power, all 27 counties and counties in the eight states of the Han Dynasty were embroiled in war.

Perhaps it was because the Han army had not been on the battlefield for a long time. Facing these poorly equipped Yellow Turbans, they were beaten and retreated.

At this time, Cao Cao, who had been worshiped as the Cavalry Commander, was ordered by Liu Hong to go to Yingchuan and work with Huangfu Song to suppress the rebellion.

The Yellow Turban Army slaughtered state and county officials wantonly. When faced with a city with high walls, the Yellow Turban Army did not have to pay much price at all. Naturally, there were Yellow Turban believers in the city who tricked them into coming to the city gate.

At this time, Guo Xundu, the governor of Youzhou, was beheaded by the Yellow Turban Army who broke into the city.

When the Yellow Turban Army was in full swing and was about to go north to liberate Liaodong and West Liaoning and other places, many of its disciples showed signs of rejection.

The number of this Yellow Turban Army is increasing. By the time they occupied almost half of Youzhou, they had grown to more than [-] people, and their number was still increasing.

When he learned that his troops had decided to give up the plan to attack Liaodong, Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of Qu, was furious. At a time when the Yellow Turbans were gaining momentum and were invincible, someone in the army was hyping up Liaodong. Naturally, he couldn't. tolerate.

They immediately sent out their subordinates to arrest them all. After some interrogation, they did not expect that more and more of these yellow scarves were being arrested.

Most of what he said was praise for Liaodong, and some were even brave enough to narrate it to Huang Long quietly.

Liaodong is the current general who conquered Liao. Yuan Shao has been building it for many years. He has the people's will and has nothing wrong with him. Moreover, his bravery is extraordinary. He has never been timid in the face of the Xianbei cavalry. Now, even though I have many yellow scarves, I am afraid that it will not bring any results. .

When Huang Long heard this, he immediately became furious, pointed at the opponent and angrily said: "My troops fought through thorns and thorns, and they were not frightened at all in the battle with the Youzhou governor. They captured no less than five thousand heads of the Han army, even the head of the governor. The title is still hung at the east gate of Jizhou, but you are now making such nonsense to boost the morale of others and destroy your own prestige. What are your intentions?"

"I have made up my mind. I will make some repairs today and set out for Liaodong tomorrow to cut off the head of Yuan Shao, the general of Liao Dynasty, in order to comfort our fallen comrades!"

(End of this chapter)