Great Han Empire

Chapter 281 The situation changes suddenly
Yang Qin, the doctor of imperial history, walked into the imperial study in a panic with a volume of slips in his arms.

"Aiqing, what happened?" The Son of Heaven couldn't help laughing when he saw Yang Qin was sweating, "Is your Yushitai on fire?"

"Your Majesty told a joke." Yang Qin bowed and said, "A major event happened in Jizhou."

The emperor was surprised.Xu Shao said in the afternoon that there was a conspiracy in the north, and in the evening there was news of Jizhou, what a god.

"Your Majesty, Yan Liang colluded with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief and led his army into Yecheng. The Zhongchang Attendant Bi Lan, Jizhou Inspector Wang Fen and the state government bureaucrats were all killed." Yang Qin said loudly.

"The news is accurate?" The emperor asked angrily, "When did it happen?"

"What happened the day before yesterday." Yang Qin said, "Xu You escaped from Jizhou Prefecture by chance. He wrote a letter to impeach Li Hong and Yan Liang, saying that they joined forces with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief and Fang Shixiangkai from Taiping County to kidnap His Majesty and set up a separate government. The king of Hefei is the son of heaven. Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, discovered their conspiracy, so he told Bi Lan, Bi Houye, who had arrived in Yecheng earlier. Bi Houye immediately ordered Yan Liang to be killed. Unexpectedly, Yan Liang led people to kill him. Yecheng."

"Li Hong? Hijack?" The emperor pointed to his nose and asked furiously, "Li Hong wants to kidnap me in Jizhou? Want to make King Hefei the emperor?"

"Yes." Yang Qin handed over the letter and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, this is Xu You's memorial. Li Hong committed a heinous crime and should be executed immediately."

The emperor was furious, waved his hands and shouted, "Ask Yuan Shu to arrest him immediately!"

"Yuan Shu has already been captured by Li Hong." Yang Qin put the bamboo slips in his hand on the case table, took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms and handed it out respectfully, and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, this sealed note is Changshui Camp Captain Yuan Shu, he has been imprisoned by Li Hong. His subordinates cheated and surrendered to Li Hong, and secretly sent someone to send out this secret memorial."

The Son of Heaven grabbed the silk cloth in Yang Qin's hand, looked at it hastily, and became more and more angry.

"Immediately send someone to Jizhou to arrest Li Hong."

Yang Qin asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, now that Changshuiying is in his hands, and the Yellow Turban Ant Bandit is in collusion with him again, how to catch him? Who should be sent to catch him?"

The emperor stared at a pair of small eyes, and shouted angrily: "Go and call Zhang Wen, Liu Yu, and Lu Zhi. How dare this bastard betray me?"

"Your Majesty, tomorrow..."

"I won't leave tomorrow."

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Li Hong exchanged the lives of all the officers of the Yellow Turban Army for the confession of the bitter chieftain.

"How do you guarantee their lives?" Bitter Chief asked, "Are you going to take them all to Xiliang?"

"Yes, I can only do this if I want to save their lives." Li Hong said with a smile, "As long as there is an amnesty, these people's fate is up to them to decide."

The bitter chieftain was also very forthright, and immediately told the ins and outs of the matter.Now, Wang Fen committed suicide, and Xiang Kai is nowhere to be seen. He himself was arrested. This matter has completely failed. It is the same whether he confesses or not, but if he can save the lives of dozens of subordinates, then of course he will make a lot of money.

"What did you just say? Who is Shuai Anding?" Li Hong suddenly asked, "What does Shuai Anding want to do?"

The bitter chief's expression changed, and he asked strangely, "Anding Shuai? I didn't say Anding Shuai? Who is Anding Shuai?"

Li Hong smiled and said: "Zhang Yan attacked Bingzhou Taiyuan, Yang Feng occupied Jizhou, Bai Rao attacked Hanoi, and threatened Luoyang. Then, who is Youzhou? Is it that Commander Anding of Youzhou is directing the rebellion? Is your idea a good idea?" ?”

The chief bitterly said bitterly: "Thousands of calculations have been made, but you have been missed. You are obviously in Xiliang, why did you come to Jizhou? If you didn't go to Jizhou, how could we have failed?"

"If this matter is successful, the scale will be larger than that of Zhang Jiao." Yan Liang sneered, "You guys are thinking too much."

"Xiangkai shot like Zhang Jiao, with astonishing momentum." Wen Chou praised, "This time, he even prepared for the emperor."

"Who is Handsome Anding?" Li Hong asked, pointing to the chieftain, "You'd better explain it clearly."

Ku Chief denied it flatly: "How do I know who Shuai Anding is? I've already explained the matter of Jizhou clearly, and the rest is about your Leopard. You have to keep your word."

Li Hong stared at him for a long time, then shook his head, and said: "I really don't understand what you think, you keep saying that you are doing this for the people of the world, for the people of the big man, but you Look at Zhang Jiao, look at Zhang Niujiao, look at yourself, you lead the Yellow Turban Army to fight everywhere, who is the one who died the most? It is just the common people you talk about, is this the result you want? Are you going to let the people of the big man die?"

"The sky is unfair, but what did Huang Tian bring to the people of the big man?"

The bitter chief suddenly stood up and said loudly: "What do you know? Do you know how those dead people died? You only see us devastated creatures, but why can't you see who is harming the world? Who is Force us to rise up?"

Li Hong was furious, and just about to say something sarcastic, he suddenly remembered what Zhang Chun said to him by the Shengshui River.

Li Hong secretly sighed, speechless.

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The emperor will drive to Jizhou with the empress dowager tomorrow, and Zongzheng Liu Yu, who is in charge of the matter, is still busy inside and outside the Beigong.Hearing that His Majesty was going to summon him, Liu Yu thought it was about going back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, so he hurried all the way to the imperial study.

Emperor Longyan was furious, and when he saw Liu Yu walking into the imperial study, he scolded his head and face.Liu Yu knelt on the ground and listened for a long time before he realized why.

"Your Majesty is different." Seeing that the emperor stopped talking, Liu Yu hurriedly played, "Has Your Majesty ever read Li Zhonglang's memorial?"

"He's about to set up another emperor, so what memorial is he going to make?" The emperor scolded, "Go to Jizhou immediately and arrest him."

"Your Majesty, is there any solid evidence for the impeachment of Wang Fen, Yuan Shu, and Xu You?" Liu Yu said, "Your Majesty, don't listen to one-sided words and make rash judgments. Think about it, why are there so many people who want to kill Li Zhonglang?" Isn't it a false accusation?"

"Framed? Can the King of Hefei be framed at will? Can Bi Lan be killed at will?" the emperor yelled, "Are you confused?"

"At the beginning, what did Your Majesty call Li Zhonglang back from the Xiliang battlefield? Have you forgotten, Your Majesty?" Liu Yu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty called him back to Beijing because he was worried about the danger of his trip to Jizhou. Your Majesty trusted him." His loyalty is what entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. Now that Jizhou is indeed in trouble, and His Majesty's worries have become a reality, isn't His Majesty not at all vigilant?"

The emperor sneered and said nothing, but his eyes had become calm.Hearing that the minister he trusted was going to rebel, and he wanted to make the King of Hefei another king, the emperor's mind lost his mind in an instant.Which king is willing to lose his country?Today's emperor is no exception, especially when he hears that the king of Hefei is going to be appointed as the king, which is more unbearable than killing him.But Liu Yu's words suddenly woke him up.Why did I conscript Li Hong back to Beijing?Isn't it just to be careful that this kind of thing will happen?Now that this kind of thing has been leaked out, that is, the conspiracy in the north that Xu Shao said has failed. So, who is behind this matter?

"Your Majesty, Li Zhonglang is an idiot and a barbarian. What else can he do besides fighting? His Majesty asked him to go to Jizhou to find out the route. He didn't know what to do, so he went to Taixue and asked several students for help. That's all. Such a person, he would come up with such a complicated conspiracy? Who is Xiangkai, Your Majesty should know, can he trust Li Zhonglang? Li Zhonglang killed Zhang Niujiao's tens of thousands of people, Yan Liang was his subordinate at the time, just these two people, Ant Will the thieves give up their hatred and conspire with them? Do you believe such a stupid lie, Your Majesty?"

The emperor was startled suddenly, his vest felt cold, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Yan Liang's wife is Yang Feng's younger sister? This is even more ridiculous. The ant thief was defeated by Li Hong and fled. Most of the family members of the ant thief leaders were captured. Yan Liang found two beautiful women as maidservants. What's so strange about this? I think His Majesty should think about it. What is the purpose of Wang Fen's painstaking efforts to dig out such a thing? Xu You, what is Xu You? He said that Yan Liang killed Wang Fen and Bi Lan, would His Majesty believe it? Then why did the bureaucrats of Jizhou Prefecture, from Wang Fen to the gatekeepers, all died? Why didn’t he die? What happened the day before yesterday , Today Xu You’s memorabilia arrived at Shangshutai, how did he send it? Does this memoir grow wings and fly by itself?”

With his hands behind his back, the Son of Heaven walked slowly to Li Hong's portrait, staring at the tear in Li Hong's eyes with ecstasy.He suddenly thought of what was behind those tears, his thoughts suddenly extended to Jizhou, and he suddenly understood what the conspiracy Xu Shao was talking about.A smile slowly appeared on the corner of Tianzi's mouth.

"Yuan Shu's secret melody is full of flaws." Liu Yu spread out the silk cloth and said loudly, "He said that Wang Fen discovered the conspiracy between Li Hong and Yan Liang, and asked him to lead troops to capture Li Hong. Yuan Shu, as Li Hong's The lower official did not listen to Li Hong, but listened to the orders of a state governor. Is he an idiot? He dared to arrest Li Hong, and of course Li Hong would arrest him. What is there to impeach? Also, if Li Hong wanted to rebel, so why did he catch Yuan Shu and not kill him? Could it be that he wanted Yuan Shu to write this secret memorial to tell His Majesty that he had already rebelled?"

"Why hasn't Li Zhonglang sent the memorial yet?" The emperor interrupted Liu Yu and asked, "Did he encounter something difficult?"

"Your Majesty..." Seeing that the Son of Heaven had calmed down and the tone of addressing Li Hong changed, Liu Yu felt relieved and couldn't help shouting excitedly.

"Thank you, Aiqing." The Son of Heaven walked to Liu Yu, patted him on the shoulder gratefully and said, "Get up." He stretched out his hand to hold Liu Yu's arm and helped him up.

"Your Majesty, according to my opinion, this matter may have happened yesterday, not the day before yesterday." Liu Yu said, "Someone in Luoyang is trying to cover it up."

The emperor nodded if he understood.

"We also received a document from Li Hong from Xindu yesterday. Although Li Hong didn't mention anything about Yuan Shu and Yecheng in the book, it can at least explain that Li Hong was in Xindu three days ago. If Li Hong solves the problem After Yuan Shu, he rushed to Yecheng overnight, so tomorrow we can receive Li Hong's memorial. At that time, we will know the whole story."

At this time, Taiwei Zhang Wenwen and Shangshu Lu Zhi rushed to Beigong at the same time.

After carefully reading Yuan Shu's secret memorial and Xu You's memorial, the two were shocked.

"If you two Aiqings have any ideas, feel free to tell them. If you think it's inconvenient for Liu Aiqing to speak face to face, I can let him go." The emperor said with a cold face, with a smile on his face.

"No need, Your Majesty." Zhang Wen cupped his hands and said, "Li Zhonglang and Yan Duwei used to be my subordinates. Although they didn't have much contact with each other, they are both loyal and loyal people, and they will never do such a rebellious thing. In addition, we have not yet received Li Zhonglang's memorial, so it is too early to say that he is rebellious."

"Your Majesty, I think there are too many doubts in this." Lu Zhi then pointed out the flaws in the two memorials one by one. His analysis was more thorough than Liu Yu's, and the emperor nodded repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, according to my opinion, this trip to Jizhou has to be cancelled." Lu Zhi finally said, "Now the situation in Jizhou is unstable, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans are about to move, and the Hu people on the northern border have begun to invade. The timing is very bad, especially in Luoyang. situation..."

Lu Zhi suddenly stopped and did not continue talking.

"Aiqing, why didn't you say it?" The emperor asked strangely, "What's the situation in Luoyang?"

"Your Majesty, it's better not to say anything about it for the time being." Zhang Wen said, "We don't have a specific report on the matter of Jizhou. Once it spreads in Luoyang, rumors will fly all over the sky, which will be very unfavorable to Li Zhonglang. There are too many powers in the DPRK and China, and there are too many people who want to kill him. If everyone makes trouble, the situation will be difficult to control."

"Now Murongfeng from Xianbei has invaded Youzhou, and Tuobafeng has also entered Bingzhou. The border situation is very critical. At this time, what Luoyang needs is stability. Your Majesty, you need stability." Zhang Wen said eagerly, "I and The generals have discussed it many times, and they think it is better to divide Li Hong's army into two. One part will be led by the school lieutenant Xian Yufu to return to Youzhou to fight against the enemy immediately, and the other part will be led by Li Hong to Liangzhou to suppress the rebels."

"Let me think about it." The emperor said, "The biggest headache for me now is not the invasion of barbarians on the border, but how to explain it to the Queen Mother."

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The emperor suddenly ordered the cancellation of the trip to Jizhou, which immediately caused a sensation in Luoyang.The emperor made a big joke.

This afternoon, the Son of Heaven received a memorial from Li Hong, along with a confession from some bureaucrats in the Jizhou Prefecture and the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, Ku Chief.

"The matter of Jizhou is basically clear." Jian Shuo put down the memorial and said with a frown, "but why didn't he mention Xiangkai, nor did he mention King Hefei? Tomorrow's court meeting, he will definitely be impeached by the ministers. "

"Either someone deliberately framed it, or Li Zhonglang had other intentions." The emperor said, "Look, he still tried his best to defend Yuan Shu and He Feng in the memorial, saying that they were deceived by Wang Fen. What a joke, Yuan Shu is three years old. A child? Li Zhonglang said that after careful investigation, it proved that neither Yuan Shu nor He Feng participated in Wang Fen's rebellion. Moreover, Yuan Shu and He Feng immediately came to their senses. Great work."

The emperor scolded angrily: "This leopard, what does he want to do? Want to please the general?"

"Your Majesty, Li Zhonglang's writing like this is probably a helpless move." Liu Yu said, "He is probably afraid that if the investigation continues, it will involve too much, so that the government and the public will be shaken, and Luoyang will be in chaos."

The emperor snorted angrily, but did not speak.

"Then Xiangkai and King Hefei should continue to investigate?" Jian Shuo looked at the emperor, hesitated for a moment, and said, "From my point of view, Xiangkai must have participated, otherwise Wang Fen would not be able to collude with the ant thief. As for King Hefei?"

"Of course we need to investigate." The emperor sneered, "The King of Hefei wants to investigate even more." The emperor picked up the memorial on the table, pointed to the words on it and said: "This leopard is probably also afraid of death. Yes, for fear of being caught. He also left a sentence at the end, there are still doubts, and he is still investigating. What does this mean? Don’t you just don’t want to investigate.”

"Check? It's easy to say, but difficult to do. Now the key is to catch Xiangkai and Xu You. As long as you catch one of them, there will be a breakthrough." Liu Yushu said, "But we are Isn’t it really necessary to do this kind of investigation? Lord Taiwei has already said that what Luoyang needs most now is stability.”

The Son of Heaven stood up, walked back and forth a few steps impatiently, and said loudly, "It would be great if I had tens of thousands of troops in my hands now."

"Your Majesty, why don't you consider taking advantage of this matter to take the opportunity to take back the military power of the General." Liu Yu stroked his beard and said, "At this time, is the General going to Hefei in person?"

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then Mao Sai suddenly realized, with a smile on his face, he clapped his hands and shouted loudly: "It's still Aiqing who is hiding it."

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In the court hall, the voice of impeaching Li Hong filled the ears of the emperor.

The emperor was also furious, and even said that he would send someone to investigate.

"My dear friends, who is willing to go to Jizhou to arrest him?" the emperor asked.

The hall fell silent for a moment.

The emperor looked around and joked: "Aren't all the lovers going? Haha, I thought you were all rushing to go?"

"Since everyone is not going, let's order Li Hong to submit the petition first." The emperor said mockingly, "General, if you don't want to go to Jizhou, what about Hefei?"

He Jin hurried out of the queue and said loudly: "I am willing to go to Hefei, and I will receive the order."

The emperor was overjoyed, a rare smile appeared on his face.

When the court meeting was about to end, a shocking news came.

Xingyang Dahao Xizhi gathered a crowd to rebel and occupied Xingyang City with more than 2 people. At the same time, Tan Bo, a Zhongmou man, killed Zhongmou Ling, and gathered [-] refugees to occupy Zhongmou City. War broke out in Henan Province for a while.

Xingyang and Zhongmou are both located in important areas of Gyeonggi, very close to Luoyang. It is unbelievable that the rebels rebelled at the feet of the emperor.

The Son of Heaven issued a decree, ordering General He Jin to sit at Hulao Pass and dispatch the Northern Army to guard the pass to protect Luoyang.Henan Yin Hemiao immediately led the army to suppress the rebellion.

The Son of Heaven watched the General He Jin swagger out of the court hall with a livid face, he really didn't understand why God didn't help him.

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(End of this chapter)