Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 160 Yuan Shu and Sun Jian make trouble (please order)

Yangzhou, Shouchun, Governor's Office.

"This is unreasonable!" Yuan Shu looked angrily, threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, and said loudly, "When others are in charge of a state, they can take charge of the military power, but when it is our turn to take charge, we cannot take charge of the military power. This so-called New Deal It’s clearly targeted at you and me!”

Opposite Yuan Shu, Sun Jian frowned, slowly put down his wine glass, and said: "I do have this feeling, and I can't rule out that it is aimed at you and me. I was wondering, if His Majesty does not allow a general amnesty, is it also aimed at you and me?"

Now the two of them were like frightened birds. Everything they looked at felt that the emperor was targeting them.

"Now that the world is in chaos, we are not the only one left behind!" Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "Let's just rebel against him. Besides, we still have the prince Liu Xie in our hands. In the name of the prince, we can also occupy the great righteousness."

Sun Jian was still a little hesitant and said: "It's not that we can't start an uprising. This was part of our original plan. It's just that the timing wasn't good and we were too anxious. Although I have a lot of newly recruited soldiers and horses, I haven't got enough yet." If you carry out decent training, I'm afraid if you go to the battlefield, you will lose to the elites of the imperial court."

"Are you not in a hurry?" Yuan Shu said a little hysterically, "When the emperor's official edict is handed down, the whole world will know that Zhou Mu cannot lead troops. By then, your appeal will be much weaker if we start another uprising. And the Wen Tai please Think about it, where are the elites in the court now? The elites are all fighting Dong Zhuo in Hanoi, and they are fighting the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou. The few Xiyuan troops left in Luocheng have all their generals purged, and how many percent of their combat strength is left? ?”

Sun Jian thought for a while, and it seemed to be the same truth. Instead of being slaughtered by others, it was better to take the initiative to resist, and maybe there was a chance of survival.

At that moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Jiujiu is right. If others can do what others can do for the Great Sima and the Great Situ, you and I can do it, but I'm afraid it's just too weak for you and me alone. As the prince, The name of the edict spreads throughout the world, calling on all the princes in the world to join forces to attack the unprincipled and ignorant king, so that you and I can take the opportunity to become bigger."

The two hit it off immediately, and they immediately supported Liu Xie as the crown prince. They preached to all states in the Han Dynasty and listed the many sins of Emperor Liu Hong of Han Dynasty, such as: unkind, unrighteous and unfilial, immoral, incompetent and ignorant, killing his mother, his wife and his son, greedy for money and lust. , dissolute and extravagant, corrupt the imperial court, bring disaster to the country, etc.

Let them say that the current emperor is a heinous villain.

In addition, Yuan Shu took charge of himself as Chief Situ and Yangzhou Mu, and Sun Jian took charge of himself as Chief Sima and Jingzhou Mu.

Yuan Shu sent people to various parts of Yangzhou to recruit soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and gathered in Shouchun. Even the bandits and water thieves who gathered in the Xiaoshan Forest were all recruited under his command. For this reason, the quantity will be increased first, and the quality will be discussed later.

Sun Jian immediately returned to Jingzhou, reorganized his troops, and went to Wancheng in Nanyang to garrison in case the imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress him. At the same time, we will continue to recruit soldiers, horses, and civil servants and generals within our jurisdiction to strengthen our own strength.

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Luoyang, Kyoto.

Liu Ming felt that the courtiers had fully understood and accepted his new policy in the past few days, and some officials began to make tentative gestures to the emperor.

For example, Wang Yun, the imperial censor, sent a beautiful woman, saying that she was his adopted daughter, named Diao Chan, who was good at singing and dancing. She was specially sent to the palace to serve his majesty.

Even Cai Yong, who was regarded as an honest man, came to Liu Ming. However, instead of giving his daughter away, he wrote a poem praising the emperor's merits. He wrote it in his own Feibai style, framed it and gave it to Liu Ming. .

Yang Biao presented a merit plaque, saying that the people of Hongnong were very grateful when they heard that Your Majesty sent troops to recover Hongnong, so they made this plaque to thank His Majesty for his kindness.

Although they didn't say anything explicitly, Liu Ming knew that what they were doing was just to take advantage of this restructuring opportunity to get a little higher. They may not necessarily reach the sky in one step, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Liu Ming had basically determined the candidates for the five major departments, so he held an ordinary meeting on the 15th day of the first lunar month to formally announce the appointments, so that in the future, the major departments could promote the implementation of various political and military orders step by step.

Although I know many talented people from God's perspective, such as Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, etc., they currently have no foundation and are still ordinary people. It is too shocking to directly support them to the position of the five major officials. Hard to convince the public.

Therefore, the current candidates for the five major divisions can only choose those with outstanding reputation and ability from among the current courtiers.

"Shang Shu Ling Lu Zhi has a long-standing reputation, both civil and military skills, and has been in charge of the Shangshu Desk for many years. He is very knowledgeable about documents, memorials, palace bans and other matters. I have decided to make Lu Zhi the Grand Secretary." Facing the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Liu Ming solemnly announced. , "Please ask Grand Si Zong Lu Zhi to receive the seal ribbon!"

Lu Zhi hurriedly left work, walked up to the high platform according to the prior arrangement, and knelt down in front of the imperial case.

Liu Ming stood up and hung the seal and ribbon around his neck, saying: "Don't forget my instructions, be loyal to the country, perform your duties faithfully, and live up to my expectations and the expectations of the public."

Lu Zhi touched his head to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I accept the decree to express my gratitude. I will never disappoint His Majesty's instructions and live up to the expectations of the people. I will go through fire and water without hesitation, and I will do my best to repay the Emperor's favor!"

Lu Zhi wiped away tears and returned to the class train, and everyone looked at him with envy.

Then Liu Ming appointed Cai Yong as the Grand Si Zongcheng to assist Lu Zhi in handling daily affairs. He was suddenly promoted from Yilang of 600 dan to Grand Si Zongcheng of 2,000 dan, which can be described as a leapfrog promotion.

"Gai Xun is a fair man, hates evil as much as his enemy, and has outstanding achievements in eradicating bandits. I have decided to make Gai Xun the chief minister of punishment." Liu Ming continued to announce, "Gai Xun is still suppressing the rebellion in Hanoi, and I will grant Wang Yun the title of chief minister of punishment. Temporarily handling the affairs of the Chief Justice."

Wang Yun hurried forward and knelt down to receive the seal ribbon. Liu Ming encouraged him as usual, and Wang Yun expressed his loyalty to perform his duties.

Wang Yun is similar to Cai Yong. He was originally a Censor of 600 dan, but now he was directly promoted to the Chief Xingcheng of 2,000 dan, crossing several levels in the middle.

"Zhu Jun is an upright man, capable of both civil and military skills, and is diligent and honest in government. I have decided to designate Zhu Jun as the Great Sikong." Liu Ming glanced at everyone and continued, "Zhu Jun is still suppressing the rebellion in Hanoi, and Yang Biao has always had a pure character. , knowledgeable and knowledgeable about etiquette, he conferred the title of Grand Sikong Cheng on Yang Biao and temporarily handled the affairs of the Grand Sikong."

Zhu Jun was promoted from two thousand stones to ten thousand stones, and Yang Biao was promoted from Taizhong doctor, who was originally Guangxun's subordinate officer of one thousand stones, to two thousand stones, Sikong Cheng.

"Huangfu Song put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Western Qiang Rebellion, and made outstanding military achievements. I have decided to grant Huangfu Song the title of Grand Sima." Liu Ming continued to announce, "Huangfu Song is still leading his troops to fight. Huang Wan, the shepherd of Yuzhou, is quite capable of doing his job and also has general knowledge. His military strategy was so powerful that he moved to the position of Great Sima Cheng and temporarily handled the affairs of the Great Sima."

Huang Wan was considered a mediocre person, with only two thousand stones. Liu Ming was still deeply impressed by him. He also served as one of the Three Dukes in history, and he was upright and very capable. He would be able to assist Huangfu Song in managing military affairs. .

Of course, when he was in Yuzhou, he was also under the control of the military and political affairs, and he had considerable political achievements in pacifying the thieves. Liu Ming also intended to transfer him away to facilitate the subsequent implementation of the new policy of separation of military and political affairs in Yuzhou.

At this time, there was only one Chief Situ left among the five chief ministers. It was so quiet in the court hall that one could hear a needle drop. Everyone wanted to know who would take this top administrative position.

Liu Ming glanced at the ministers, and finally set his sights on Situ Yuan Wei.

"Situ Yuan Wei is highly respected and diligent in his work..." Liu Ming briefly commented on Yuan Wei's achievements. The courtiers knew that the next position of Great Situ would definitely belong to Yuan Wei. Yuan Wei also put a hanging heart in his stomach, his waist straightened up, and he was quite excited inside. Hehe, I just said that this position must be mine, and sure enough...

At this moment, Wang Yue hurried into the palace and shouted: "Report, Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the south. Yuan Shu, the governor of Yangzhou, and Sun Jian, the governor of Jingzhou, have rebelled!"

what! ?

The whole court was in an uproar. Why did Yuan Shu and Sun Jian rebel?
If it is reasonable for those hungry refugees to rebel, how could the good governors of your two states suddenly rebel?

Especially Yuan Wei, his face turned green, his heart was pounding, he felt his eyes going black, and he almost fainted in the hall.

What a sin, why did the Yuan family produce such a person who doesn't know how to advance or retreat? !

With Yuan Shu making trouble, the position of Chief Situ may no longer be with the Yuan family.

"What happened, please report in detail." Liu Ming said solemnly.

He originally wanted to stabilize the court situation first and then find an opportunity to deal with these two people, but he didn't expect that they couldn't stay idle and jumped out on their own.

"Yuan Shu took the title of Grand Situ and Mu of Yangzhou, and Sun Jian took the post of Grand Sima and Mu of Jingzhou. The two supported the prince Xie as the crown prince. They spread the word to all states in the world and encouraged the shepherds and governors of each state to raise troops to overthrow His Majesty and let Prince Xie ascend to the throne and proclaim himself emperor." Wang Yue As he spoke, he stepped forward and handed a document to Liu Ming, saying, "This is the statement issued by the two thieves."

Liu Ming took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but laugh.

This is really an old lady getting under the covers - it made me laugh.

It turns out that Liu Xie was kidnapped by the two of you. No wonder I couldn't find him even after searching all over Luoyang City. It seems that you had already had the intention of rebelling when you left Beijing.

But not to mention, the timing found by these two guys is quite coincidental. After describing all the "evil deeds" of the Hunjun in the article, he also pointed out that the Hunjun wanted to weaken the power of the state pastors through the separation of military and political affairs, and used the new tax system to hinder the growth of the family. , instigating the chief officials of various states and major aristocratic families to raise troops to overthrow the foolish king, establish a new king, and protect their own interests.

"What's going on in other states?" Liu Ming asked calmly.

"Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, came to the table and said that bandits were rampant in Yizhou and it was not suitable for the state to separate military and political affairs." Wang Yue reported, "Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, raised troops and claimed to avenge his brother Bao Hong. There was no movement from other states for the time being."

Liu Ming nodded. Although this Liu Yan was also from the clan, he seemed loyal, but in fact he was cunning. It was he who proposed the state pastoral system, and then he went to Yizhou and became the emperor.

Liu Ming looked at the lost Yuan Wei again, shook his head and said: "Yuan Aiqing, I originally wanted to give you the position of Great Situ, but I gave you the opportunity and you didn't use it. The Yuan family rebelled, and I'm afraid the family will be confiscated and destroyed. This family I'm afraid there will no longer be a place for the Yuan family in Zhilin..."

Yuan Wei fell to his knees with a thud, and crawled forward a few more steps before crying and crying: "Your Majesty, please be clear that the Yuan family is loyal to the country and will never dare to have any disobedience. The affairs in Yangzhou must be caused by Yuan Shu." Listening to other people's deceptions, I will personally go to Yangzhou to order him to stop his troops, and bring this unscrupulous person to your majesty to plead guilty!"

"Yuan Shu has made trouble many times. In view of the Yuan family's hard work and merit, I also gave him a chance to change his ways. I didn't expect that he didn't want to make progress, but made the mistake he did." Liu Ming said with some ruthlessness, "In order to shock the world. , Yuan Shu must die, if the Yuan family does not know how to advance or retreat, and still wants to protect this traitor, then the Yuan family will be exterminated, and you don’t have to go to Yangzhou, I will personally lead my troops to exterminate this traitor!"

As soon as Yuan Wei heard the emperor's words, he seemed to be at ease with the Yuan family, so he loudly said: "The Yuan family is loyal to the country. The veteran hereby solemnly declares that the traitor Yuan Shu will be expelled from the Yuan family, and the Yuan family will draw a clear line between them. The traitor is not allowed to enter the Yuan family's ancestral hall. All the children of the Yuan family are responsible for killing this thief. Please be merciful and give the Yuan family a chance to serve and atone for their sins."

At this time, Lu Zhi came out and said: "Yuan Situ is loyal to the country and has the same heart. Please show mercy to your majesty."

Immediately afterwards, several ministers came out to intercede on behalf of Yuan Wei and the Yuan family.

Liu Ming thought about it and realized that things were still too rushed. The person he was interested in had not yet had the experience and experience to hold on to the big job. At present, Yuan Wei seemed to be the most suitable person for the position of Chief Situ. However, the Yuan family relied on himself as the head of the family. In recent years, He did many disgraceful things.

Moreover, Yuan Shu rebelled, and Yuan Wei could no longer let him comfortably be the great Situ.

"Da Sikong is responsible for supervising all officials. Please ask Da Sikong Cheng Yang Biao to thoroughly investigate whether there is any support from the Yuan family behind Yuan Shu's rebellion, and remove Yuan Wei from the post of Situ. How to deal with it will be decided after Da Sikong's thorough investigation." Liu Ming ordered.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Yuan Wei kowtowed and thanked him. His clothes were soaked with sweat all over his body. It felt like the Yuan family had walked through the gates of hell.

"I accept the decree!" Yang Biao came out to receive the decree.

Liu Ming once again felt the lack of talents. Of course, it was also related to the fact that the big man was leaking information everywhere, and there were not enough talents.

Not to mention that there is no one to replace this behemoth of the Yuan family. Just to put down the rebellion of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, it is no longer possible to send out suitable generals.

Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Gai Xun are all leading troops. Although Lu Zhi knows the military, his current position is that of Grand Sizong and it is inconvenient to interfere in military affairs. Zhang Liao, Guan Yu, and Yang Feng have also been sent to Hangu Pass.

The remaining capable generals Liu Bei, Feng Fang, Zhang Fei, and Lu Bu are not handsome. Most of them will have difficulty resisting Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, let alone quelling the rebellion.

After much deliberation, I had no choice but to fight in person again as a hard-working emperor.

"I am issuing an edict to the world to deprive the traitors Yuan Shu and Sun Jian of all their titles." Liu Ming said loudly, "I have decided to go on a personal expedition to exterminate the traitors to demonstrate the power of the imperial court."

The ministers tried to persuade him for a long time to no avail. The key was that they could not come up with a suitable commander-in-chief, so they had no choice but to follow Liu Ming's will.

At that time, Liu Bei was granted the title of Zuo Lieutenant, and together with Feng Fang, he led the army to guard Luoyang. Zhang Fei was granted the title of Lower Military Academy Lieutenant, and led the black horse Yi Cong and former Bao Hong's subordinates to accompany the army. Pinglu Colonel Lu Bu led two thousand newly trained soldiers. The cavalry went out with the army and brought 10,000 soldiers from Montenegro.

Yang Feng and Zhang Liao took Bai Bo to surrender 20,000 soldiers, and there were 10,000 Heishan soldiers outside Luoyang City. The imperial court really did not have many soldiers, and its finances were on the verge of collapse. It could not support such a huge military force. System, Liu Ming could only make use of these descended soldiers from the Black Mountains, which were at least better than those newly recruited by Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in the south.

The army totaled 15,000 men and set out on the next day.

All the ministers were worried about the emperor. I heard that Yuan Shu and Sun Jian had a combined army of 100,000 people. Wouldn't your majesty's troops be like a fat sheep falling into the tiger's mouth?

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