I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 435 He is anxious He is anxious
Liu Bian lived in the deep palace, but he was not unaware of the outside world.

In fact, he was very concerned about the movements of the Qingliu.

Are the Qingliu people anxious?

You should be anxious.

If you are not in a hurry, how can you have the motivation to cut the Gordian knot!

The more urgent the better.

This was also within Liu Bian's expectations. The more anxious he was, the happier Liu Bian was.

After Liu Bian came to power, many upright officials were given important positions. The most typical among them were Huang Wan and Yang Xu, who had once suffered from party persecution and are now the backbone of the government.

Liu Bian wanted to see which of the two would be more powerful when conflicts arose between these upright people who had the lofty ideals and wanted to realize them, and the powerful families in the counties and kingdoms who held the greatest power and interests in the local areas and were unwilling to make the slightest concessions.

The former is not afraid of sacrificing his life for his ideals, and the latter is equally willing to sacrifice his entire clan for the sake of profit.

The eunuchs who were mobilized by local rebellions were the catalyst for the chemical reaction between the two.

After seeing the reactions of the upright people, Liu Bian became even less anxious.

Anyway, all the departments in the court are now on the right track. The more core ones, such as the Secretariat, the Three Dukes' Office, and the Nine Ministers, even if their leaders are not famous figures, can at least behave properly.

So, half a month after sending Zhang Rang, Liu Bian saw that the court was still running smoothly, so he added fuel to the fire in the court of Luoyang.

Liu Bian appointed General He Miao and Grand Marshal Huangfu Song to handle the affairs of the Secretariat, and went to Yuntai Palace with Grand Tutor Lu Zhi to handle paperwork.

Once this edict was issued, it was like a stone that caused a thousand waves.

The emperor has been ruling the country for several years, and there is no news that he is unwell, nor is there any talk of the crown prince acting as regent. How come there are suddenly two more Shangshu officials?

As soon as this edict came out, even those upright people who believed in the character of Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song could not help but have doubts in their hearts.

There are also some impulsive people who have already started writing letters to impeach Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and He Miao.

And because the emperor had never appeared in public, in addition to continuing to write memorials to advise Liu Bian not to neglect the affairs of state, some people suspected that Lu Zhi and others had held the emperor hostage.

At first, Liu Bian did not take the latter words seriously until he received news from Jia Xu. After hearing the news, some students of the Imperial College were filled with righteous indignation and spontaneously organized themselves to go to the Nangong Palace to knock on the gate and ask to see the emperor.

Always being incited, always being moved...Facing this group of young Tai students, Liu Bian felt somewhat helpless, but he would not really let them knock on the palace gate.

After learning the news, he left the harem immediately and visited places like the Secretariat and the Censorate.

At the Censorate, Liu Bian met Kong Rong and Bian Rang.

When the two saw Liu Bian, they could not wait to advise him face to face.

Kong Rong said first: "I bow my head and report that Your Majesty has not dealt with state affairs for many days..."

"Wait, don't say anything else. Who said I haven't dealt with state affairs for many days?"

Kong Rong replied, "Your Majesty has cancelled three court meetings in a row. I have not seen Your Majesty go to the Secretariat on weekdays. I have heard that Your Majesty has not been to the Yuntai Palace for many days."

"What does this have to do with my handling of state affairs? Putting aside other matters, what state affairs have been delayed during this period of time?"

Kong Rong thought about what had happened recently in the court and in the local area, but he couldn't remember anything for a moment.

All matters were indeed handled promptly as usual.

After Kong Rong was speechless, Bian Rang immediately took over: "I am afraid of death to report that the arrival of the eunuch Zhang Rang in Jizhou has caused panic among the people of Jizhou. Everyone is in danger. Please recall Zhang Rang to reassure the people." "This is the general of the cavalry who was ordered by me to investigate the rebellion and appease the people. Those who have nothing to do with it, why should they worry? If someone takes the opportunity to bully innocent people, the officials will impeach them, but if they are advocating for the rebellion, I will never let them off easily!"

As the advice and answers between Liu Bian, Kong Rong and Bian Rang spread, the rumors about Lu Zhi and the other two disappeared.

Just when the ministers were expecting Liu Bian to resume his previous diligence, Liu Bian disappeared again.

This time the emperor learned his lesson from his previous stay in the harem, and it may also be because some state affairs can be directly handed over to the Taifu and the two Pingshangshu for handling. Later, the ministers discovered that the emperor began to wander around.

Sometimes he would take the two empress dowagers and concubines to the West Garden for a visit, and at this time the emperor would probably go to the West Garden military camp to sit for a while.

Sometimes the emperor would leave the palace and go to the Northern Army camp stationed between the North and South Palaces to meet with the Northern Army soldiers.

But apart from that, the ministers rarely saw the emperor.

This also sent a message to the outside world that the emperor was in good health.
Half a month passed like this, and news came from Xuzhou that something had happened again.

Ba Ju, the governor of Xuzhou, who had unique behavior, thoughts and style, was somewhat helpless this time.

The rebellion started in Guangling County.

This time is not like Que Xuan’s previous ridiculous rebellion.

Liu Bian saw a familiar scene in the military report from Xuzhou: "When the state and county soldiers arrived, the rebels returned to their homes and became good citizens again. When they were investigated and questioned, they all pretended to know nothing. There are many people in the rebellious areas, and they are afraid that the punishment will hurt the innocent, so they dare not use heavy punishment. Even if a few rebels are captured, it is difficult to hurt their roots."

Ba Ju and the governor of Guangling could only lead their troops back and forth to put out the fire.

But this is just a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

As the fire quickly spread to several other counties and prefectures in Xuzhou, the troops in the prefectures and counties were already insufficient.

It is needless to say who was the instigator of this rebellion. The nobles and powerful people in Jizhou at least knew how to keep up with the times and first used the Black Mountain bandits to cause trouble, while the nobles and powerful people in Xuzhou actually took out an old method that was recorded in history books more than a hundred years ago.

I don’t know whether to say they are stupid or they did it on purpose to start a prairie fire.

But it has to be said that this almost cheating method is old-fashioned, but effective.

At least it could not be solved by local officials alone, so Ba Ju quickly pushed the matter to Luoyang.

At this time, the eunuch Zhao Zhong, who had already recovered, could not wait to ask Liu Bian for orders.

Liu Bian agreed immediately.

A month ago, when Zhang Rang and Man Chong set out, Liu Bian still used the name of Dong Zhong and only allowed Zhang Rang to take the identity of military supervisor.

Now that the wealthy and powerful people in Xuzhou no longer pretended, Liu Bian naturally revealed his true colors.

He sent the eunuch Zhao Zhong directly as an envoy to Xuzhou.

Every profession has its own expertise. The troops of the General of Cavalry, who were once specially trained to raid homes and arrest people, have all been taken to Jizhou.

Now, Liu Bian can only settle for the second best. Since he is not that good at raiding houses and arresting people, he might as well send those with high combat effectiveness and win by quantity!
If you want to get things done, you need to have elite troops accompanying you.

After much deliberation, Liu Bian finally decided to send Captain Zhang Yang to work with Sima Taishi Ci from another department.

Because these two people had never been exposed to this kind of intelligence, Liu Bian transferred Qian Zhao from the School Affairs Department to help.

(End of this chapter)