I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 23 Court Meeting (please follow up)

Emperor Ling gradually realized the benefits of having Liu Bian share the burden of memorials and official documents for him.

Although Liu Bian still dealt with paperwork every five days on the surface, in reality, the other four days gradually turned into Liu Bian finishing his classes in Dongguan, and then going to Yutang Hall to accompany the Ling Emperor for a while, and help with some minor things. After this continued for half to an hour, Emperor Ling was about to take a rest and leave all the rest to Liu Bian and Lu Zhi.

At first, Liu Bian divided the completed memorial documents into major and minor matters. Later, Liu Bian simply asked Zhang Rang to make an entry based on the content for the major matters that he thought were worth the Emperor Ling's knowledge. He also asked Xiao Huangmen to make an entry for the minor matters. entry. It's simple and clear. The provincial Ling Emperor will have to read the documents one by one.

Emperor Ling agreed to use it.

He just felt that Liu Bian was extremely considerate.

In the past two months, everything in the Han territory except Liangzhou was quiet, which made Liu Bian vaguely feel that a heavy rain was coming.

Time came to mid-June, and another urgent military intelligence report from Youzhou came to Luoyang.

Zhang Chun, the former Prime Minister of Zhongshan, felt dissatisfied after resigning due to some affairs. He returned to his hometown of Yuyang County and rebelled with local powerful Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju, the leader of Wuhuan in western Liaoning.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju led the army to rob and kill Wuhuan Colonel Gong Qichou, Youbeiping Prefect Liu Zheng, Liaodong Prefect Yang Zhong and others.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju gathered a crowd of more than 100,000 in a short period of time, occupying parts of Liaoxi County in the east of Youzhou, as well as Yuyang County, Youbeiping County and Liaodong County.

Currently, the Youzhou rebels are blocked in Yuyang County to the east of Zhuo County by the county soldiers led by Gongsun Zan, the captain of Zhuo County. However, there are still a small number of rebels plundering Youzhou and Jizhou in Hebei.

After Liu Bian saw it, he immediately sent Zhang Rang to inform Emperor Ling.

Emperor Ling was very angry after seeing the memorial.

There must be a beating, but now the winter wheat planted a few years ago has not been put into the warehouse, and the treasury is still empty. After reading the memorial, Emperor Ling looked up and found that neither Liu Bian nor Lu Zhi spoke.

As soon as he looked at Liu Bian, he knew that his son was interested in his money from Xiyuan!

"Lu Qing, please go and tell the three ministers and nine ministers that there will be an impromptu court meeting tomorrow." Emperor Ling immediately sent Lu Zhi away, who would definitely help Liu Bian to persuade him.

After Lu Zhi resigned, Emperor Ling seemed to be talking to himself and asking Liu Bian: "The last time Liangzhou rebelled, they did not remove the Taiwei Zhang Wen. This time, they took the opportunity to remove Zhang Wen, and then used the Taiwei to sell him." One hundred million dollars, isn’t it enough?”

Liu Bian could tell that Emperor Ling really didn't want to use his Xiyuan money anymore, and just wanted to use his money in vain.

But where can I find the next victim like Cao Song?

These days, Liu Bian has learned a lot about some of the realities of the Eastern Han Dynasty through Lu Zhi.

The third Duke of the Han Dynasty was an unstable profession. Whenever there was a natural or man-made disaster, he would have to resign, and the emperor could approve it or not. Among them, the Taiwei, who was in charge of the troops in all directions, was the most important.

In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the prefect was in charge of civil affairs and the captain was in charge of military affairs. Later, Emperor Guangwu stopped his troops to recuperate. Except for the border counties, all the other commanderies were abolished and appointed as governors.

Later, because the third assistant had to face the Qiang rebellion and guard the cemetery, the captains of You Fufeng and Jingzhao Huya were reinstated. It is a pity that the establishment of the latter two was destroyed by the Liangzhou rebels two years ago.

Youzhou is located on the northeastern border. Unlike the inner counties, which only have a small number of soldiers to maintain public order, the troops stationed in the border counties always maintain a certain scale and combat effectiveness. At the same time, the court will also use the attached Hu people's righteous followers to deal with the Hu people.

Once something happens on the border, the central government will send troops to support it at the same time, and sometimes it will deploy troops in advance.

However, the rebellion in Youzhou was stopped by Gongsun Zan and the county soldiers, which shows that it is not that big of a threat compared to the Liangzhou rebels. It is not known how many of the more than 100,000 people who gathered can actually fight.

While waiting for Emperor Ling, Lu Zhi told Liu Bian that the people who needed to worry most were the Wuhuan people.

Two years ago, Zhang Wen mobilized 3,000 Wuhuan Yi to go to Sanfu to quell the rebellion, resulting in many casualties. This resulted in Wu Huan Yi joining the army without fighting spirit, and the remaining Yi Cong refused to fight in the face of battle and fled back to various ministries in Youzhou. Considering that many Wuhuan people did die, the court did not pursue the case in the end. However, the combat effectiveness of these remnant soldiers, mainly Wuhuan in western Liaoning, was not as good as that of Yi Cong in Huangzhong.

Therefore, Lu Zhi's judgment is that the Youzhou rebels' formation looks huge, but it is actually much easier to deal with than the Liangzhou rebels.

Liu Bian informed Emperor Ling of Lu Zhi's judgment and his own understanding. After hearing this, Emperor Ling finally stopped talking about deposing Zhang Wen and selling him for 100 million yuan.

To be fair, Zhang Wen has a good personality and the style of an elder. He coordinated the overall situation during his tenure as Taiwei and did a good job.

The next day, Emperor Ling took Liu Bian to the court meeting.

Liu Bian had come to the court more than once, but this was Liu Bian's first formal morning court session.

The court meetings in the Eastern Han Dynasty were divided into regular court meetings that took place once every five days and major court meetings that only occurred on certain special days. Today's temporary court meeting is also a type of regular court meeting.

There was no scene of shouting "Long Live the Mountain". The officials took their seats and Liu Bian sat close to Emperor Ling.

Officials from the Third Duke level onwards knew the purpose of this impromptu meeting and pooled their efforts.

First of all, the first question is whether North Korea and China need to send reinforcements to suppress the rebellion in Youzhou.

Taiwei Zhang Wen believed that as long as he provided more troops and horses to Gongsun Zan, the commander of Zhuo County, Gongsun Zan's ability would be enough to defeat the rebels.

Situ Cui Lie was more conservative and suggested recruiting troops in You and Ji states.

Secondly, the second question is whether to appease Wu Huan.

Zhang Wen was a little embarrassed about this. The three thousand Wuhuan soldiers he recruited almost emptied the Wuhuan family. At that time, Wuhuan had already proved his loyalty to the Han Dynasty without rebelling.

This question was raised by Zongzheng Liu Yu.

He once served as the governor of Youzhou. During his tenure, he was fair and impartial. He had a high reputation among foreign tribes such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Fuyu. During his tenure, foreign tribes under Youzhou did not dare to invade the people. This time Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju rebelled, but there were also Wuhuan people who did not follow.

The final question is how to treat those who participated in the rebellion.

Cao Teng, the adoptive father of Sikong Cao Song, once promoted Zhang Wen. This connection made the two have a good relationship. Cao Song had no military knowledge and was more supportive of Zhang Wen's opinions.

Regarding these three issues, Jiu Qing and other officials each have their own opinions.

After discussing it for at least more than an hour in the court, Emperor Ling suddenly said: "What do you think Bian'er?"

Suddenly the hall became quiet.

Many people here saw Liu Bian for the first time and looked over.

Under the watchful eye, fortunately Liu Bian was well prepared and calmly replied: "I believe that the top priority is to defeat the rebels. I don't know how to fight, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses are needed. I just thought that if I could pardon those who were kidnapped by the rebels, Can our crimes make the rebels suspicious of each other?"

This answer was discussed between Lu Zhi and him before going to court. It was necessary to be calm and make no mistakes, and at the same time, it was best to have something outstanding.

(End of this chapter)