I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 49 Drinking and sex harm the body

Liu Yu's attitude was obvious. These barbarians were registered as household members and had not chosen to be thieves, so they should naturally be classified as common people.

Now, instead of appeasing the people, they are forcing the people to rebel. What's the point?

Cao Cao is not an ordinary person. As a person personally appointed by the imperial court and second only to Liu Yu in military position in Youzhou, how could he be suppressed by Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan?

Although he did not bring many confidants, he had the support of the imperial court and Liu Yu, and soon his subordinates gathered reinforcements from the Yuyang Camp of the border army and other counties.

After having a basic base, Cao Cao used both kindness and power, and rewarded and punished equally.

Cao Cao was not afraid of killing, especially those who violated military law.

Although Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan were angry that their subordinates were killing chickens to scare other monkeys, they could only force their troops to obey military discipline unless they rebelled.

Zhang Yan even threatened to withdraw his troops to the mountains, but Cao Cao remained unmoved.

Cao Cao was keenly aware that Zhang Yan was willing to go out, and Liu Yu's good reputation was of course very important, so that Zhang Yan would not have to worry about being stabbed in the back. But Zhang Yan was not a loyal minister to the Han Dynasty. Perhaps the biggest reason was that life in the mountains was difficult. Cao Cao was determined to take advantage of this weakness!

After integrating the army, Cao Cao officially counterattacked. With successive military victories, those who were originally thieves gradually began to surrender in batches.

Then, the Xianbei Kebineng tribe took the opportunity to invade Daijun and Shanggujun in the west of Youzhou.

Cao Cao had to gather some of his forces from the east of Youzhou and defend Xianbei together with the recruited Huns cavalry.

The Xianbei people took a big breath of relief for Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju.

But even so, before the first snowfall at the end of the year, Cao Cao had completely recovered Yuyang, Youbeiping, and most of Liaoxi County.

Most of Zhang Chun's troops were dispersed and he intended to retreat to Liaodong.

This year, there is good news one after another.

……

There is a new snowfall in Luoyang.

Emperor Ling fell ill again.

It's not serious this time.

Liu Bian went to visit and saw Emperor Ling still wrapping himself tightly in the greenhouse, looking very weak.

He suddenly realized that historically, Emperor Ling died next year.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt some indescribable emotions in his heart.

To be fair, except for the time when he first returned to the palace, which was probably due to the influence of hundreds of officials submitting letters to establish the crown prince, Emperor Ling treated him well at other times.

Liu Bian couldn't help but persuade him: "My father looks so haggard and his body is damaged by drinking and debauchery. It's better to rest for a while."

Emperor Ling was stunned for a moment, not expecting to hear this from Liu Bian.

Zhang Rang reacted very quickly and immediately looked moved to tears and said: "Your Highness is a filial son. I am really happy for Your Majesty!"

Emperor Ling thought for a while and ordered Zhang Rang: "In the next period of time, I will not drink alcohol."

Liu Bian: "?"

During the chat, Emperor Ling suddenly mentioned the old house in Hejian's hometown.

A long time ago, Emperor Ling arranged for people to repair the old house. It didn't stop until the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and it started again in the past two years.

The eunuch in charge of this matter sent a memorial that the old house had been repaired.

Emperor Ling then had the idea of ​​​​going out to patrol the river.

He vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a very unprovoked rebellion that occurred when Emperor Ling was patrolling his old residence in Hejian in the north.

Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, teamed up with Chen Fan's son Chen Yi and others to try to seize the opportunity to kidnap Emperor Ling, depose him and establish a new one. Cao Cao was also invited, showing a wise and righteous image in history books who sternly refused and urged Wang Fen to give up. Later, Emperor Ling gave up his plan to go on patrol because of strange phenomena in the sky and red air in the north at midnight.

The mutiny by Wang Fen and others failed, and it seems that they were not exposed afterwards and paid no price. Only the mastermind Wang Fen was frightened and committed suicide.

Some researchers in later generations believed that this rebellion was suspected to be a rumor and did not exist. The main basis is that the world is not yet peaceful, Luoyang is far away from Hejian, and the entire area along the road is the sphere of influence of the Black Mountain Army, so it is not suitable to patrol at all. Moreover, the rebellion plan is too simple and childish, and there are too many details missing in the historical data.

Now it seems that this oolong incident could be true?

At least now, the governor of Jizhou is indeed Wang Fen.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian advised: "Now that Youzhou and Jizhou are not in peace, although Zhang Yan from Black Mountain went to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, most of them are still in the mountains, and the road may not be safe."

Emperor Ling had already thought about it and said: "There is no rush to go on patrol. Didn't Bian'er previously advise me to send Xiyuan money to form a new army? We will form this army when the weather is warmer, and we will use this army to protect this patrol. . If you haven’t been to Hejian, you don’t have to go with me. Then you can stay in Luoyang to supervise the country, how about that?”

A thought suddenly came to Liu Bian's mind - "If Wang Fen succeeds..."

Then he quickly shook the thought out of his mind.

Seeing Liu Bian's entanglement, Emperor Ling asked: "Bian'er doesn't want to stay in Luoyang to supervise the country? In fact, it is not impossible to go to Hejian with me."

Liu Bian wanted to persuade him again, but he saw that Emperor Ling was very determined about this tour.

"I was the Hejian that I left at your age. How many years have passed in the blink of an eye!"

Liu Bian knew that persuasion was useless.

……

After leaving the greenhouse where Emperor Ling was, the cold wind outside instantly lifted Liu Bian's spirits.

Breathing the cold air, Liu Bian thought about what Emperor Ling had just said, and walked forward aimlessly. Guo Zhi behind him quickly followed.

What choice will he make next, and what should he do?

"Your Highness, Dongguan is here!"

It turned out that he had unknowingly followed the path he had taken for more than a year and arrived at Dongguan.

Liu Bian came to his senses and asked, "Isn't today a holiday? Why is there still someone in Dongguan?"

Guo Zhi didn't know either: "Maybe it's the eunuchs who are responsible for sorting out documents."

Liu Bian went in curiously and saw that there were indeed eunuchs and someone he didn't expect.

During the Chinese New Year, Cai Yong actually came to work overtime.

Cai Yong was also surprised that Liu Bian appeared in Dongguan at this time. In his past teachings, he could actually detect that although this Shihou could learn Confucian classics, he was not very interested in it.

"Did Your Highness come here to look for books?"

Of course Liu Bian would not tell the real reason. He just shook his head and said, "I heard that Master Cai has a lot of books in his home. I wonder if there is an unique copy that is not even found in Dongguan?"

Cai Yong stroked his beard and said proudly: "It was there two months ago, and now it has been copied and completed."

Just at this moment, a eunuch came over carrying a food box, and it seemed that he came from outside the palace.

Liu Bian was puzzled: "Isn't there anyone who prepares public meals for Master Cai?"

The palace will provide working meals for officials. Even if it is a holiday, officials from various ministries will stay on duty, and the public kitchen will not take a break.

Although in recent years, due to the empty treasury, the quality of public food has dropped a bit. But given Cai Yong's official rank and responsibilities, the corresponding public food will never be bad.

Cai Yong explained: "That's not the case. It turns out that in the early years, I often neglected to sleep and eat, and my spleen and stomach were not healthy. I relied on my girl at home to take care of and remind me. Now in Dongguan, my girl brings meals regularly."

(End of this chapter)