A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 225 "Peace in the World"

March

Wen Zhaojun, who had already recaptured Wen County, learned that the bandits were attacking Bo County, so he ordered the entire army to march towards Bo County.

But halfway, they were ambushed by the rebel army. Thousands of county soldiers died or surrendered, and the entire army was wiped out. Wen Zhao relied on his horse power to escape and returned to Huai County.

The rebel army that received county soldiers and equipment became even more powerful, and soon retook Wen County, and sent Yuan Zhuang's, Zhang Yang's, and Zhao He's troops to attack Qinshui and Heyang counties respectively, and Dong Ma's troops were sent to support Jiubong. The Kinlu tribe is not inferior to Bo County. He led his headquarters to Wen County.

April 10
The rebel armies that had completed their respective tasks gathered under the prefecture and county capitals.

With the successive capture of Bo County, Heyang County, and Qinshui County, almost half of Hanoi County has been captured. The rebel army has a strength of 20,000 people, including 5,000 elites. There are 5,000 people from Fan Sheng's headquarters, 4,000 people from Jianlu tribe, 3,000 people from Yuan Zhuang tribe, 3,000 people from Dongma tribe, and 2,500 people each from Zhao He and Zhang Yang tribes.

Generally speaking, Fan Sheng still had the main say in the rebel army, but Jianlu tribe became the second general after Fan Sheng.

The rebel army of 20,000 people began to attack the prefectures and counties where only a few hundred people were garrisoned. However, despite their best efforts, the insurgents were unable to attack and lingered under the prefectures and counties for half a month.

On this day, Fan Sheng, who was supervising the siege, received a piece of information: As the news of Fan Sheng's army's uprising spread further and further, Mei Min and Baizheng of Nanyang County; Yin Zhong and Du Shao of Chu District; Xu Bo of Qi County They all raised troops to respond to Fan Sheng, and each captured the county seat to express uprising. They called themselves generals and respected Fan Sheng as the general of heaven.

But this made the Han Emperor in Chang'an very angry. He immediately ordered to strengthen the protection and pickets in Guanzhong to strictly prevent the heroes of Guanzhong from colluding with them. Zhang De and others led the Central Army to suppress the riot.

He also ordered Xiu Yi to directly attack the local officials who were unable to suppress them. However, because Fan Sheng's army captured several counties one after another and occupied half of Hanoi County, Xiu Yi directly came to Huai County to attack the local officials who had failed to suppress them. Dozens of officials, including Grand Administrator Gan Jian and County Commander Ma Wenzhao, who failed to suppress the bandits were imprisoned.

And let the new governor, Lu An, who had just been transferred from the border county, become the new governor.

When Lu Anchu took office, he directly mobilized all the county soldiers except for a few counties around the prefecture and county to the county town, and formed a 5,000-strong rebel army with the county soldiers. He personally commanded it to support the prefecture and county.

"Everyone, the imperial army is on the way, and the army of the new governor of Hanoi is also on the way. Tell me, what should we do?" Fan Sheng was very worried.

"Now we have 20,000 people. According to what I said, we will defend the city. They only have 5,000 people. Can we still attack it? As time goes by, the counties in the east will not have a large army to suppress them. They will definitely rise up in response to us. , Such great things can be expected." Zhao He said.

"General, I think it's better to stay away from the enemy for now. Even if we can hold back Lu An's army, but we are so close to Guanzhong, the emperor will definitely send troops to annihilate us first. It's better to go straight up from Qinshui River, across the Taihang Mountains, and go to Shangdang Development in the county." Yuan Zhuang said.

So those who stayed and resolutely resisted and retreated were divided into two groups. Fan Sheng also preferred to stay away from the front for the time being, so he said: "There are only four places where uprisings are taking place now, and the scale of the uprisings is not large, unlike the late Qin Dynasty. In that way, wars are raging all over the world and connecting counties across states. It seems that the man's spirit is not exhausted, so it is better to keep a low profile."

"Pa!" Zhao He stood up and said: "Humph, you only encourage others' ambitions. Anyway, I, Zhao He, and his Liu family are at odds with each other. If you want to run away, I won't stop you, and I can't stop you. But I hope that General Fan can leave and he will Hand over the city so that we can resist.”

Fan Sheng sighed as he looked at the divided rebel army.

So the rebel army was directly divided into two. Fan Sheng took Yuan Zhuang, Dong Ma, and Jian Lu to develop elsewhere, while Zhao He and Zhang Yang chose to stay where they were. Because most soldiers are unwilling to leave their homes.

Of the 20,000-strong army, Fan Sheng and the others only took away 8,000 people, while 12,000 people chose to continue to resist with Zhao He and others.

The rebel army divided its troops directly under the prefecture and county seat, and Fan Sheng's troops went directly north from Qinshui, preparing to enter Shangdang County. Zhao He led his troops back to Yewang, preparing to hold on.

April

The five thousand rebels led by Lu An successively captured Wen County, Bo County, Heyang County, and Qinshui County, making Yewang an isolated city. The governor of Shangdang, who had learned that the bandits were moving north, immediately sent 3,000 men to garrison at the border between Shangdang and Hanoi, preventing Fan Sheng's troops from entering.

With the help of Heiliang, Fan Shengbu plunged into the Taihang Mountains, and under the leadership of the guide, headed for the land of Yanzhao.

May 3rd
After many days of fierce attacks, Yewang City, which was defended by thousands of people, was captured by Lu An, and the bandit leaders Zhao He and Zhang Yang were beheaded, which declared that the rebellion in Hanoi County had been completely put down.

Lu An, the prefect of Hanoi County, was granted the title of Marquis of Guannei due to his meritorious service and transferred to the central government.

After the serious troubles in Hanoi County were resolved, the imperial court's counter-rebellion army moved towards the insurrectionary armies in other places, but they did not know that Fan Sheng's troops had quietly entered Changshan County from Taihang Mountain.

July
Because all the counties and counties in the world were dissatisfied with the court's laws and harsh punishments, the Han emperor jailed Prime Minister Zhang Tang and promoted Gongsun Hong, the imperial censor, as prime minister. Tianhan four years
As the imperial court began to suppress the rebellion, the leaders of the rebel armies in Nanyang County, Chu District, and Qi District were either betrayed by their subordinates who were stimulated by the court's high rewards, or were killed by the imperial army, or strangled by the local prefect who took over.

Only Fan Sheng and Jian Lu were still active in the land of Yanzhao.

Originally, Jianlu was subordinate to Fan Sheng, but after Fan Sheng sent Jianlu to Yan to develop the rebel army, Jianlu decisively attracted Dong Ma, made himself a general, and advocated breaking away from Fan Sheng's command, so the rebel armies of Yan and Zhao It has become essentially two parts.

It stands to reason that the other rebels have been wiped out, and Yan and Zhao should not survive for a long time. Jianlu in Yan is too far from the center, and it has to guard against the northern barbarians and cannot be wiped out. This is understandable, but strangely, No matter what tactics the court used, Fan Sheng's troops were just like a slippery loach, they were run away by him.

Even the Taihang Mountains that fled into Changshan County, relying on the complex terrain, have been resisting, calling themselves the Black Mountain Army. As soon as the court relaxes, they will come out to attack the county.

In order to wipe out the "bandits from the East", the Han Emperor promulgated the "Severe Law" and strictly urged local officials to wipe out "thieves". No fewer than dozens of county chiefs were thrown into jail because of thieves.

The best among them is the prefect of Changshan County. Because of this Black Mountain Army, the prefect of the county was reported to the Han Emperor by the Jizhou governor. Five of them were withdrawn and three were imprisoned. The county commander withdrew three and four were imprisoned. The rest Dozens of officials, big and small, were dismissed or imprisoned in the past three years, making the Changshan County Governor, a big official with a salary of two thousand dan, a formidable position in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty.

But since Bai Bin, the current governor of Changshan, took office, I don't know what method he used to calm down the rebels and stop causing trouble.

The chiefs of other counties sent people to study, and found that Bai Bin was actually connected with the thieves. He gave them food and cloth, promised to give them fields as long as they put down their weapons, and canceled a large number of exorbitant taxes and sent as few corvees as possible. Under this series of policies to rest with the people, Changshan County was in great control for a while, and the Black Mountain Army also plowed deep into the mountains and stopped showing up.

The chiefs of other counties also followed suit, contacted the local rebels, promised them something, and in order to keep their official positions, they hid the news from the superiors, which suddenly caused the thieves in the world to disappear.
-
"Okay! I'm just saying, this method works. That's what these people are like. If you don't put pressure on them, they won't care!" Emperor Han looked at the reports on the disappearance of bandits in various states reported by the governors of various states in his hand.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Xiu Yi next to him pointed directly at Jiang Chong and said in coordination.

The Embroidered Clothes Envoy was a position established by the Han Emperor to specifically monitor illegal officials in various places. In order to supervise the suppression of thieves and thieves in various places, he had the right to kill officials with a value of less than 2,000 dan without filing a written complaint. He only had to make up for it later.

Jiang Chong and Baoshengzhi are both the best among the Xiuyi messengers, known as Xiuyi Zhizhi.

With his censors, governors, and embroidered messengers, the Han Emperor almost had the highest power in the history of the world. Anything that was detrimental to him in the world would reach his ears as quickly as possible.

"Your Majesty, I arrested the prince's retainers for walking on the horse and carriage road, so I handed them over to the officials for punishment. However, the prince kept pleading with me: 'It's not that I don't want to part with the carriage and horse, I just don't want your majesty to know. It's because I don't discipline the people around me." I hope you will forgive me for once.'

As the prince is the king of the country and the future emperor, I should have listened to him. However, I was appointed by His Majesty as Xiu Yizhizhi. I only obeyed your Majesty's orders and ignored the prince's request, which hurt the friendship between your majesty and the prince. Please punish me, Your Majesty. "

After speaking, he knelt down on the ground, took off his hat, put it aside, and grabbed the ground with his head.

"What did Jiang Aiqing do wrong? Enforcement must be impartial and the wise ministers of ancient times cannot do it. So what about the prince? Can the prince escape if he breaks the law? You are right."

Emperor Han said so, and deepened his dissatisfaction with the prince in his heart.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Everything I have is given by Your Majesty. From now on, I will definitely think of Your Majesty's thoughts and become the most convenient weapon in His Majesty's hand." Jiang Chong said with a tone full of gratitude, but he kept thinking in his heart: Now I have offended the prince. died.

"Haha, good, with Jiang Qing's words, I can sleep peacefully." Emperor Han said with satisfaction.

After Jiang Chong withdrew, the Han Emperor thought for a moment and said, "Send the order, I will go to Zhao Jieyu tonight."

"Here!" The eunuch next to him obeyed the order and left.

The fifth year of Tianhan (the first year of Taishi)
The Emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered the Yuefu to be established in Shanglinyuan in addition to the official Da Yue in charge of elegant music. It was in charge of secular music and was responsible for collecting folk songs. The "Xielu Duwei" in charge of Yuefu affairs was Li Yannian, a master of Yue family. Literary masters such as Sima Xiangru from Bashu and Bai Tiao from Baiguo were recruited to participate.

In the same year, Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu" and Bai Zhuo's "Taihang Fu" came out and were sought after by people all over the world.

As the Han emperor grew older and his temperament became more and more changeable, he successively dismissed the prime ministers Gongsun Hong, Xue Ze, Zhao Zhou, and Zhuang Qingzhai within a year. Shi Qing is now the fifth prime minister this year.

(End of this chapter)