Chapter 267 Menacing (Part 2)

Zhongping, the fourth reign name of Lingdi Liu Hong, was used by the Han Dynasty for a total of six years.

In fact, it has no special meaning, or in other words, no particularly auspicious meaning.

Middle: in the middle, flat: ordinary.

Zhongping: good or bad, inauspicious or inauspicious.

For Liu Hong, this is probably his highest expectation for this country.

Unfortunately, in the first year of the new year, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Taiping Dao, who was well-known among the poor peasants, decided to overthrow the Han Dynasty and establish a new world ruled by the Yellow Turban Army.

All of a sudden, the world was in turmoil, and even three-year-old children knew the slogan "Heaven is dead, Huang Tian should stand", let alone others.

The eight prefectures of Qing, Xu, You, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yan, and Henan, the thirty-six armies were like a broken bamboo, and they all attacked Luoyang, the capital of the country.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

The imperial court took one last breath and suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising.

And this year, the fifth year of Zhongping, the last straw that crushed the Han Dynasty appeared——

It wasn't the resurgent Yellow Turban bandits, and it wasn't the aliens who took advantage of the chaos to plunder the border, but a few days later, Liu Hong responded to the suggestion of the clan Liu Yanzhi and issued an edict to reset the state shepherd.

The original intention of doing so was to reassure the people, effectively quell the rebellion, and delay the spread of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to other regions, and it finally achieved the goal desired by the emperor.

However, in the process, a large number of local forces with heavy troops were created. The governor and prefect became ambitious, and began to use the forces that suppressed the Yellow Turban Rebellion to separate one side.

After all, if you have real power, you can get on the horse to manage the army, and you can get off the horse to manage the government. In addition, the state and herdsmen have high rank and weight, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. No one can check and balance——

Although the prefect is exercising the power of state pastoral, but its rank is only six hundred shi, and it is under the rank of doctor. In fact, the county guard is more noble than him.

"Using lightness to control weight, and humbleness to respect, this basic balance technique, but the emperor is stupid."

Since he chatted with Zhao Yun for a long time, and they were talking about important national affairs, Lu Li was not too sleepy now, so he simply lay on the wooden board and thought wildly.

Anyway, the Han Dynasty was exhausted, and he had no thoughts, let alone the ability to continue the country.

State shepherd?

If there is no accident, then the lord will be named the governor, as to whether he can be the governor of the state.

Frankly speaking, Lu Li didn't think there was any possibility. Although the Emperor Ling was stupid, the ministers around him were not fools. These people would definitely analyze the pros and cons for the emperor, and Liu Hong probably listened to it, so he was about to appoint Among the three state herdsmen, two belonged to the clan, and although Huang Wan was not from the clan, he was a son of the public clan and was loyal to the Han clan.

It's a pity that Emperor Ling overestimated himself and underestimated the current situation. Once this opening was opened, the spread of state herdsmen became unstoppable.

...

"General Lu, my lord has summoned all the generals in the army to go to the side camp to discuss matters." Early the next morning, Lu Li, who was sleeping in armor, was called up by a personal guard.

"Partial camp?"

Lu Li pulled himself together, and while looking for his boots, he asked, "Have all the leaders of Xiutu's ministries arrived?"

"I don't know, but there are indeed two people from different races here, and their attitude is very humble."

"Let's go."

At the same time that Lu Li opened the curtain, King Xiutu and a tribal leader were sitting on the stools, silently listening to Ding Yuan's reprimand.

King Xiutu is in his fifties this year. When he came here, he specially changed into a white satin robe, with a spike necklace crossed around his neck. This is a costume that is only worn on very formal occasions, to show respect in his heart .

Of course, today is different from the past, and King Xiutu came here this time only to beg for forgiveness.

Late last night, the heads of King Zuoxian and King Guli were packed in boxes and sent to the desks of the heads of various ministries for display. What a power it is.

Because of this, he rushed to the Han army camp to plead guilty at night, but he was still led into the side tent. There were no beautiful maidservants here, only a thick and thick sergeant came and brought two cups of tea, which smelled not bad , but the tea powder was sieved too coarsely, and the green onions, ginger, and orange peels were not mashed, and when the boiling water was washed, the froth scattered in all directions.

Then, the five big and three rough generals arrived one after another, some didn't say anything, they just frowned coldly, some pointed at him and scolded him, if it wasn't for someone watching him, King Xiutu felt like he would be split in two part.

Not long after, an old man pushed the curtain and entered.

King Xiutu was well versed in the culture of the Han family, and when he saw the official uniform, he knew that this person had a very high status, so he hurried forward to salute, keeping his posture extremely low.

It's a pity that Ding Yuan didn't give any face to him, and just yelled at him. If he hadn't been careful, he probably would have done it long ago.

"..."

As soon as Lu Li entered the side camp, he saw the lord pointing at an old man of a foreign race, spit flying all over the sky.

"The general taught you the right thing."

"I know I was wrong."

At this time, King Xiutu, who had been silent for a long time, took a deep breath, summoned up his courage and defended himself in blunt Chinese, "This knock to the side was not Xiaowang's original intention, but King Zuoxian's repeated coercion..."

As if to increase his persuasiveness, he added: "These days, when facing the Yanmen Pass defenders, we have always used the camps built in advance to confront them, and never took the initiative to attack. , we have already retired.”

He was here to plead guilty, but when he said this sentence, King Xiutu became more and more humble in an instant, but Ding Yuan did not gain power, instead he smiled slightly and said: "I know that all the ministries of Xiutu are honest and sincere. If you are not being forced, how can you collude with a traitor?"

Hearing this, King Xiutu breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't bother to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead, he quickly squeezed out a smile, and kept nodding his head in agreement.

Lu Li, who stood there watching the show for a while, walked in silently and found a place to stand at random.

In his opinion, it doesn't matter what the facts are, as long as Xiu Tu Gehu withdraws his troops immediately, so that the 20,000 county soldiers can go south as soon as possible.

However, King Xiutu's performance made Ding Yuan feel that the heat was not enough and he had to beat it again, so he raised his eyes and gave Zhang Liao a look.

Zhang Liao understood instantly, and said loudly:

"It is advisable to hang between the mansions of the barbarians on Touji Street to show thousands of miles away. Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away!"

This sentence comes from a letter written by Chen Tang, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty. King Xiutu has heard of it and knows its meaning: the heads of foreign races should be hung on the street where the barbarians live, so that they can understand that those who dare to invade the mighty Han Empire People, no matter how far away, we must kill them.

What does this imply?

You must know that officials in the Han Dynasty always paid attention to "stories" to rely on when dealing with matters. As long as similar events and remarks happened before the Han Dynasty or this dynasty, they can be used as a reference.

Thinking of this, King Xiutu stood up tremblingly, he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of King Zuoxian and King Guli, who had their heads cut off and put into boxes.

"I heard that the remnants of the Yellow Turbans are attacking Taiyuan County..."

Last night, I drank with my friends until three o'clock in the morning, and he also returned to the army. Next, he rushed to the street and worked hard to type, and waited for the complete holiday to start the third shift.