I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 9 Soldiers are a major event for the country

Liu Bian's sudden mention of He Jin's relationship with the eunuchs was not without purpose.

At present, Emperor Ling still has great trust in Shi Changshi. Liu Bian's attitude towards Shi Changshi, especially those close to Changqiu Palace, is mainly to win over. Liu Bian will not forget that when the Shi Changshi in history overheard that He Jin decided not to listen to the Queen Mother's advice and decided to take action against the eunuchs, he took the initiative and took advantage of it, tricking He Jin into the Jiade Hall in the West Palace where the Queen Mother lived. Kill it.

Jiade Hall was also named He Jin Happy Hall.

Liu Bian could feel He Jin's dissatisfaction with the eunuchs, not to mention the Shi Changshi who was getting ahead in the intrigues and intrigues of the palace.

But unfortunately, Liu Bian wanted to have a frank talk with He Jin, but He Jin was already fascinated by the reputation of the scholar leader and felt that Liu Bian did not understand the true face of the eunuch at all.

How could Liu Bian not understand? Not to mention the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the end of the Tang Dynasty when the eunuchs deposed and established the emperor. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs used the emperor's name to make a fortune. It was difficult for the gentry to rob them, but ordinary people could not rob them casually. The power of eunuchs needs to be limited, but the eunuchs themselves must exist as a buffer between imperial power and the bureaucratic system.

In the end, the meeting between Liu Bian and He Jin ended on bad terms.

But this meeting was not useless. The eunuchs knew very well that as long as Liu Bian was willing to protect them, it would be useless for He Jin to have murderous intentions. The last general who wanted to eradicate eunuchs was Dou Wu, who personally put Emperor Ling on the throne. Dou Wu conspired with Chen Fan, the leader of Qingliu at that time, the Taifu and the Minister of Records, to eradicate eunuchs, but what was the result?

At that time, Zhang Rang had not yet become the leader of the regular servants. The leading eunuchs were Cao Jie and Wang Fu. They were close to the water tower. By relying on their influence on Emperor Ling, they gained the support of Emperor Ling and were able to control the Shangshutai where the edicts were issued. In the end, not only Dou Wu and Chen Fan died, but also the second disaster of party imprisonment began.

Even after returning to the palace, Sun Zhang, the Zhongchang attendant who was often beside Empress Dowager Dong, sent someone to send gifts of goodwill to Liu Bian.

In the blink of an eye, time came to February of the fourth year of Zhongping.

Since Liu Bian made some remarks on the Liangzhou rebellion last time, it has almost become his daily routine to read the reviewed memorial documents.

The earlier court meeting about the civil strife against the rebels in Liangzhou, which was entrenched in Jincheng County, mentioned in the memorial by Fu Xie, the governor of Hanyang County, also had results. Liu Bian was not present, but Lu Zhi told him.

The treasury is empty. If you want to launch a long-distance attack on Jincheng County, even if you can achieve a quick victory, you must prepare two to three billion dollars. This is the most ideal situation. In case of some setbacks, it is normal to double or triple the amount. Although it is impossible to abandon Liangzhou, there is no money to send troops. It is better to wait for the rebels to be internally destroyed.

However, some plans were made during the court meeting, and Fu Xie always paid attention to the news in Liangzhou and informed Luoyang in time. If the rebels fight among themselves and lose most of them, the Han Dynasty will not miss the opportunity to pick peaches.

Facts have proved that the DPRK and China were very right in making a plan to dispatch troops, but unfortunately, the place to be used was not Liangzhou.

In Xingyang County, thousands of people rebelled and killed officials in rebellion. There seemed to be traces of the Yellow Turban remnants among them.

The rebellion, the Yellow Turban, accurately touched the Ling Emperor's inverse scale, and Xingyang was in Henan under the emperor's feet, under the rule of Henan Yin Hemiao, which the Ling Emperor would never tolerate.

With the support of Emperor Ling, the bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty was operating rapidly, and all the materials and manpower originally prepared for Liangzhou were supplied to He Miao, who led the army to put down the rebellion.

He Miao led an army of five thousand to quell the rebellion, and also brought along Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were known as enemies of ten thousand people. It was thanks to the blessings of Guan and Zhang that Liu Bei entrusted the Northern Lieutenant to his colleagues to take care of him and accompany the army on the expedition. The army set off in mid-February. Counting the time to defeat the rebels and hunt down the escapees, the army returned to Luoyang in triumph in early March.

Emperor Ling was very satisfied with He Miao's high efficiency. He personally inspected the triumphant army at Pingguangwai, west of Luoyang City. When he was happy, he named He Miao a general of chariots and cavalry and appointed him as Yin Rujiu of Henan. Those who have made meritorious service in the army will also be rewarded by their respective departments.

The cavalry general is second only to the general and the hussar general in terms of general status. He has the same position as the three princes and has the authority to open a mansion.

The new rider was very excited and sighed to Liu Bian who was accompanying him: "It's so useful against ten thousand enemies!"

Liu Bian felt that fortunately He Miao still had some sense and did not run up to Liu Bei and say something like "Your brother is so useful."

Liu Bei was also very excited. He thought that the conquest from Luoyang was the beginning of his luck. He worked hard for more than a month after taking up his post as Northern Lieutenant, trying to make some achievements. Who would have thought that the achievements would come so quickly. In this battle, Liu Bei led Guan Yu and Zhang Fei directly into the enemy formation and captured the leader of the bandits alive. He Miao later ranked him first in his credit.

Once the fortunes turn around and go as smoothly as in a dream, he can't help but be excited.

Amidst the excitement, an urgent memorial from Fu Xie, the prefect of Hanyang in Liangzhou, was delivered to the Shangshu Desk. There was a vacancy in the Shangshu Order, so Shangshu Pushe asked Lu Zhi, who was always summoned by the emperor, to go to the military parade stand immediately with the memorial.

Liu Bian immediately noticed the anxious Lu Zhi, and hurriedly asked Guo Zhi beside him to attract Lu Zhi, and asked: "Lu Shangshu is so urgent, what happened?"

"Something happened in Liangzhou!" Lu Zhi panted.

It turned out that Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, saw the rebels in Jincheng County were in civil strife, so he mobilized soldiers from several nearby counties to prepare to lead an army to conquer. According to the Han system, border commanders had the power to command and mobilize troops. The main difference from Tang Jiedushi was that there were state governors and county governors to check and balance each other, and the two were not subordinate to each other.

Fu Xie, the prefect of Hanyang, could not dissuade Geng Bi, so he could only send a memorial, saying that Geng Bi would be defeated and hoped that the DPRK would send troops to support him as soon as possible.

Fu Xie analyzed the reason in the memorial - Geng Bi had only served as the governor of Liangzhou last year. Not long after arriving in Liangzhou, he had not yet been recognized by the locals and had no support from the people; in addition, most of the soldiers who had signed Geng Bi's omen were new recruits and had not yet received the support of the local people. Adequate training. Among the opponents he has to face are the original frontier soldiers; the rebels are in civil strife. If troops are sent out now, the rebels will be gathered together again due to external pressure.

After reading the memorial, Emperor Ling felt that Lu Zhi was too impatient. At first, he thought that the Liangzhou rebels were approaching Chang'an Sanfu again! In Emperor Ling's view, Geng Bi had just led his army and had not yet been defeated. What if he, like He Miao, returned with a great victory?

Zhang Rang saw what Ling Emperor meant and said to Lu Zhi: "It's just Fu Xie's alarmist remarks. Lu Shangshu has never been to Liangzhou and doesn't understand the situation in Liangzhou. I guess Geng Bi's memorial hasn't arrived yet, so now I can only see the words of Fu Xie’s family.”

But Lu Zhi still persisted, ignoring Zhang Rang at all, and directly persuaded Emperor Ling: "Your Majesty, I have worked with Fu Nanrong, and I know that he never speaks lies. Although I have never been to Liangzhou, I visited Liangzhou Sanfu two years ago. Chaos, I have heard Huangfu Yizhen mention it. Huangfu Yizhen is from Anding in Liangzhou, so he must know the situation in Liangzhou! He can also ask for information."

(End of this chapter)