Chapter 123: Retreat

The original system of local officials, the largest of which is the history of assassination, controls the land of a state, listens to the subordinates, and is directly appointed by the central government, but as soon as the state pastoral system comes out, the officials in the major states and counties have the ability to recruit soldiers and horses by themselves.

As soon as this decision came out, it would lead to a struggle for hegemony among the princes in the future. The culprit of the crowd.

Originally, the local princes only had administrative power, and did not have the power to recruit soldiers and horses themselves, and the soldiers and horses were controlled by the imperial court.

However, as soon as the state pastoral system came out, the local Taishou and the state pastor had the right to recruit their own soldiers and horses, and the local military strength once skyrocketed, which was enough to compete with the imperial court, and the centralized power was greatly reduced, and the imperial court naturally lost its dominant position, and it became the same as the Great Zhou period, the Son of Heaven was only in vain, and the lowly princes were the overlords.

Then why should the local princes obey the orders of the imperial court?

It is precisely because of these extremely stupid decisions that the terrible consequences of the later competition between the heroes and the Three Kingdoms for hegemony led to the end of the Han Dynasty, which had been inherited for more than 400 years.

So Liu Zheng didn't have any good feelings about the dead fat man in front of him.

"Come on, tie up this fat man for me!"

Liu Zheng didn't bother to answer Emperor Han Ling's inquiry at all, but directly asked him to be tied up, intending to take him with him to escape from here.

After catching Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zheng was equivalent to holding the gold medal for avoiding death.

His original plan was not to kill Emperor Han Ling and let the final fruits of victory be handed over to He Jin.

If he really killed Emperor Han Ling, he would not be able to get out of this palace.

After all, Liu Zheng is not stupid, He Jin that guy wants to kill Emperor Han Ling with his hand, and in the end, if he turns his face and denies people, he will lead someone to exterminate Liu Zheng, so that his charge of leading Liu Zheng to attack can be offset, but he really welcomes Liu Zheng to the throne according to what Liu Zheng said.

not only got the position of regent, the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, but also took care of the unfavorable factor of Liu Zheng, which is simply the best of both worlds.

But Liu Zheng was empty, and he didn't get anything.

Therefore, Liu Zhengcai will not be so stupid, he wants to use Emperor Han Ling as a shield, only with Emperor Han Ling's protection, he can escape from Luoyang City safely with his own men and horses, as long as Emperor Han Ling is in hand, the soldiers and horses of the Han court will no longer dare to fight with him.

He also has to do the feat that Cao Cao once did, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

It's just that the Son of Heaven he coerced was not the princes, but the ministers.

Let these ministers not dare to act rashly.

captured Emperor Han Ling, and the old eunuch Zhang Rang next to him also caught Liu Zheng's men and horses.

In the entire palace, the sky was blown up and it was a mess, and with Emperor Han Ling in hand, Liu Zheng was not worried, and he also sat on the dragon chair.

I touched the golden dragon-shaped sculpture on the chair with my hand, and felt some of the emperor's usual luxury.

"Qu Shuai, ours has now captured the emperor, what should we do next?"

Liu Zheng's personal soldiers came up, and now they don't know what to do next, and they want to ask Liu Zheng about his next plan.

"How's the situation outside, what about that guy?"

Liu Zheng was not in a hurry, firstly, Zhou Cang had not come back yet, and he was not in a hurry to leave from the imperial city, and at the same time, he finally ran to the imperial city for a trip, and it was not good to leave empty-handed.

"He Jin's men and horses didn't follow us in, they have been guarding the palace gate, probably waiting for us to go out."

"I understand, you immediately take people to loot near the palace, try to grab some things that are not large in size and easy to take away, after a stick of incense, come here to gather, and when the time comes, when Zhou Cangqushuai comes back, we will prepare to break through from the imperial city together."

Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to leave, He Jin's men were waiting for him to get out of the palace, and Liu Zheng was also waiting for Zhou Cang to come back.

Although he caught Emperor Han Ling and had a gold medal for avoiding death, an Emperor Han Ling might not really be able to restrain He Jin.

In case He Jin, this guy, is determined to rebel, and kills Liu Zheng and Emperor Han Ling in a fit of rage, and then he can still help Liu Wei to take the throne.

Therefore, one Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is not enough, Liu Zheng still has to hold Liu Wei in his hands, only in this way can He Jin be able to throw a mouse bogey.

It didn't take long for more than 1,000 Yellow Turban troops here in Deyang Hall to take action, looting the surrounding palaces, and some people even set a large fire, which made a lot of fire on the side of Nangong, and many people were frightened and fled.

And creating a fire is also Liu Zheng's intention, only in this way can their people and horses leave calmly in a panic.

Soon, this guy from Zhou Cang brought people back with him.

When he came back, he was accompanied by a child who looked to be seven or eight years old, and the child was wearing a small yellow robe and was carried by Zhou Cang.

The child looked extremely flustered, but there was a sense of ruthlessness.

"Let go of me, let go of me, you thieves!"

This child is Liu Wei, the eldest son of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and the original Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately he was abolished by Dong Zhuo and was poisoned at a young age.

Liu Zheng took the child to Emperor Han Ling's side, and as soon as Emperor Han Ling saw this child, his expression immediately changed greatly.

immediately shouted at Liu Zheng.

"Argue, let go of Wu'er! What do you want to do! ”

Emperor Han Ling kept screaming, Liu Zheng didn't pay attention to it at all, and the reason why he asked Liu Wei to come over was just to confirm the identity of this child, so as not to catch the wrong one, which would be embarrassing.

After identifying this child as the young emperor Liu Wei, Liu Zheng threw the person to Zhou Cang.

"Zhou Cang, this kid will be handed over to your care, remember not to lose it, this is the key for us to get out of here alive, and whether the Yellow Turban Army can continue to survive."

"If this kid hangs up, I'm afraid we'll all have to follow the funeral."

Liu Zheng solemnly commanded Zhou Cang, and repeatedly told him the importance of this child.

Although Zhou Cang didn't understand why Liu Zheng valued this kid so much, it was enough for him to listen to Liu Zheng's words and know the importance of this kid.

When everyone arrived, Liu Zheng had no intention of staying in this imperial city longer, and if he continued to wait for a quarter of an hour, Xu Huang and the others who attacked Luoyang outside the city would be in more danger.

So he had to get out of the palace quickly.

Turning back along the way they came, Liu Zheng soon led people to the entrance of the imperial city.

Here, hundreds of soldiers and horses from He Jin's headquarters, plus the men and horses guarding Wufu at the palace gate, were waiting for Liu Zheng to appear.

As soon as he saw Liu Zheng, He Jin immediately opened his mouth to ask Liu Zheng.

"How's it going, thief!"

He Jin was very excited, thinking that if Liu Zheng really killed Emperor Han Ling, then everything was under his control.