Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Chapter 227 The Emperor Trusts Eunuchs!

Xiao Ran didn't answer directly, "Listen to me in detail."

"Since the defeat of General Ma Xian, the General of the Western Expedition, the court has been unable to suppress the Eastern Qiang, and they have frequently invaded the Three Auxiliary Prefectures. Later, General Huangfu Gui and General Zhang Huan tried to persuade them to surrender, but they always rebelled again after surrendering. Liu Zhi wanted to order Duan Xing to suppress them, but Duan Xing said that the Eastern Qiang had rebelled many times, but many tribes surrendered to Huangfu Gui. Zhang Huan was reluctant to move forward, perhaps because he was afraid that the enemy would unite internally and externally, and that sending troops would scare the surrendered. Duan Xing analyzed that the Eastern Qiang could not be appeased with kindness, but must be intimidated by military force, and asked Liu Zhi to dispatch him only."

"In the first year of Jianning, Duan Xing led his troops and carried 15 days' worth of food and grass to attack the Eastern Qiang. The Qiang soldiers were numerous and the soldiers were afraid. Duan Xing encouraged the soldiers and launched a surprise attack, which caused the Qiang army to collapse. At this time, Empress Dowager Dou was in power. She issued an edict to allocate money and treasures to increase military expenses and appointed Duan Xing as the General Who Defeats the Qiang. In the same year, Duan Xing pursued the Qiang soldiers again. Hearing the news that the Qiang were in Sheyan Lake, he led the light troops to advance quickly and defeated them. The remaining bandits fled to Luochuan. He sent two generals to attack them respectively, and the Qiang soldiers divided into six or seven thousand people to besiege them."

"At the same time, Duan Xing led his army to advance rapidly. The soldiers were hungry and thirsty, so they took the water from the Qiang people, and the Qiang people fled again. Duan Xing continued to pursue and kill them, and the Qiang people retreated while fighting. Soon, the Qiang people were defeated and fled, abandoning their weapons."

"Unexpectedly, Zhang Huan in the court made a report, saying that they should surrender and stop chasing them."

The Eastern Qiang rebelled many times and plundered the people living in the border areas.

Zhang Huan's words left Xiao Ran speechless. "Zhang Huan has also been stationed at the border. He has seen the crimes of the Eastern Qiang. Duan Xing has won great victories all the way, but now he stands up to persuade them to surrender."

"Why should we miss the opportunity to annihilate the Dongqiang? Could it be that Zhang Huan really got benefits from the Dongqiang people?" Liu Ying also disagreed.

Xiao Ran continued, "In the second year of Jianning, the imperial court sent envoys to persuade the remaining Qiang people to surrender. Duan Xing believed that even if the Qiang people surrendered temporarily, they would become bandits again when they ran out of food, so it would be better to annihilate them directly."

"Therefore, Duan Xing went to camp himself, 40 to 50 miles away from the Fanting Mountain where the Qiang were stationed, and sent Tian Yan and Xia Yu to lead 5,000 people to guard the mountain. The Qiang army launched an attack, deliberately using words to provoke fear among the soldiers. Tian Yan and others encouraged the soldiers, and after a fierce battle, they defeated the Qiang. The Qiang army fled eastward again and gathered in Shehu Valley."

"Not long after, Duan Xing completely eliminated the Eastern Qiang. This is what I briefly mentioned before. It was precisely because he repeatedly disobeyed the imperial edicts and had no allies in the court that the subsequent disasters occurred."

"In the third year of Jianning, the court summoned Duan Xing back to the capital. Emperor Ling of Han sent the Grand Herald to welcome him in Gao and comfort him. He appointed Duan Xing as the Palace Attendant and transferred him to another post. Later, because thieves dug up the tomb of Concubine Feng, Duan Xing was convicted and demoted, but was soon promoted again."

At this point, Xiao Ran shook his head, somewhat helplessly, "Emperor Ling of Han trusted the eunuchs, and Duan Xing also relied on the eunuchs to keep his wealth. He also formed a clique with the eunuch Wang Fu and others, and unjustly killed the eunuchs Zheng Sa, Dong Teng and others."

"In the second year of Xiping, 173 AD, Duan Xing replaced Li Xian as the Grand Commandant. He was dismissed due to illness in the same year and was transferred to another position several years later."

"In the second year of Guanghe, Duan Xing impeached himself because of a solar eclipse. The emperor ordered to take away his seal of the Grand Commandant and put him on trial. It happened that Yang Qiu, the lieutenant of the imperial court, implicated Duan Xing in the execution of Wang Fu. He was interrogated in prison, and Duan Xing committed suicide by taking poison. His family was also exiled to the border. Later, the eunuch Lu Qiang prosecuted Duan Xing's achievements, and Duan Xing's wife and children were returned to their county."

Liu Ying sighed, "The emperor trusts eunuchs, and the ministers in the court naturally follow him. What Duan Xing did after returning to the capital was probably forced by the situation."

"Duan Xing committed suicide by taking poison. Emperor Ling of Han was indeed at fault." Liu Bang said in a deep voice with his brows furrowed.

"Can you tell me more about this unjust killing?"

Xiao Ran said, "This incident is probably similar to Zhang Huan being deceived into thinking that Dou Wu was rebelling and then having him executed. Otherwise, he would not have committed suicide by taking poison after being questioned."

"Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others are indeed not good people."

Hearing this, Liu Bang stopped asking questions and looked at Xiao Ran and said.

"In that case, please write down the names of the eunuchs and ministers who have committed crimes, and we will discuss their rewards."

"Row."

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Jimo ancient city
After handing the list to Liu Bang, Xiao Ran asked Liu Zhi to click complete and go home with the reward.

Xiao Ran was lying at home watching videos when he suddenly saw a TV series about stealing from another country and sat up abruptly.

"I've read all the official and unofficial history, but this is the first time I've seen shit."

After saving the video, Xiao Ran was so angry that he cursed in his heart and immediately went to Datang.

Directly teleported to the palace where Li Shimin was. Seeing Xiao Ran's grim expression, Li Shimin was puzzled, "What happened? Why do you look like this?"

"How are the two small countries I mentioned last time?" Xiao Ran asked.

"I have ordered an attack, and we should receive news of victory today."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Have their descendants offended you again?"

Xiao Ran's face was heavy, "You will have a calamity in a thousand years."

"..."

Li Shimin was speechless and glared at him angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Are you going to dig up my tomb in the future?"

"I have a video, don't hold back your anger after watching it." Looking at Li Shimin with sympathy, Xiao Ran spoke solemnly.

Li Shimin became more and more curious, "Let me see."

The video was played in front of Li Shimin. As it played, his expression became more and more gloomy, and his eyes were filled with rage.

"How dare they!"

"I have fought for many years and annihilated countless enemies. How can I be so blind?"

"Shameless person, how dare you slander me!"

Li Shimin was so angry that his face turned blue. He had never seen such a shameless person in his life.

Xiao Ran said solemnly: "So I said, you will have a disaster in a thousand years."

Thinking of the comments in the comment section, I felt powerless as I wanted to tag Li Shimin but couldn't.

Li Shimin smashed the teacup on the table with his palm and said sternly, "Come here! Pass on my order. No prisoners will be taken when attacking Silla and Baekje. All those who go to the battlefield will be killed, and the people will be forced to do hard labor!"

"And Goguryeo." Xiao Ran added.

In a rage, Li Shimin delivered the edict to the Tang army generals at an extremely fast speed, and the captives who had been captured were immediately dragged out and beheaded.

At this time, the people of the Three Kingdoms did not know why they were being attacked so fiercely.

Within two days, the Tang army won a great victory, Silla, Baekje and Goguryeo disappeared completely and became the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Hundreds of thousands of people became forced laborers on the borders of the Tang Dynasty.

When Xiao Ran learned about this, he was in a good mood. He immediately took Huo Qubing to prepare the ingredients, intending to invite everyone to come and have a lively hotpot to celebrate.

Ying Zheng and others who came were very surprised to see that Li Shimin was in a bad mood.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to move forward and said, "Old Li, why are you so gloomy? What happened in the Tang Dynasty?"

"It's okay, it's just the destruction of three shameless small countries." When Li Shimin mentioned this, his expression became even uglier. (End of this chapter)

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