In February, Henan woke up from winter, and the chaos seemed to be no different from the previous Wang and Li battles.

There are fewer and fewer people who can farm and live with peace of mind, although Li Mi was defeated and his head turned around in the north, he did not deter anyone, and the effect was far from what Wang Shichong thought.

So the war is still not far away, with the arrival of spring, many people have emerged from the hole, bandits are everywhere, and some people have even re-established the banner of robbing the rich and helping the poor in Wagang Mountain.

After a period of violent expansion, Wang Shichong's soldiers and horses were obviously weak, and then the expansion also fell into a state of stagnation.

Wang Shichong, who started with the suppression of bandits, then started his old business again, went out to suppress bandits, quell the rebellion, and was very busy.

There is nothing surprising about this situation.

As soon as it comes, Heluo is the land of four wars, once it falls into the war, it needs some support points, otherwise the war will be difficult to calm down, and Wang Shichong obviously does not have that kind of vision, and at the same time lost that opportunity, he and Li Mi have been entangled for too long.

Second, Wang Shichong's credit has been almost used up before, and no one believes in his promise anymore.

Thirdly, his subordinates were roughly divided into three distinct parts, one part was the old department he brought from Jiangdu, one part was Li Mi's descendant, and the other part was the Luoyang courtiers led by the Heluo lord.

These people all have profound contradictions, which can almost be described as incompatible with fire and water, and what makes Wang Shichong even more painful and headache is that the old Jiangdu troops he relied on the most suffered heavy casualties in the continuous battles with Li Mi, and after Li Mi was defeated, he had to recruit Li Mi to suppress those stubborn sons of the world lords in Luoyang City.

At this time, it is not unreasonable for many Luoyang people to call Luoyang City a nest of bandits, once the lawless guys under Li Mi enter Luoyang City, they will suddenly make Luoyang a miasma, which makes people really dare not compliment.

And at the beginning of this year, there is no need to mention the bandits, most of Li Mi's subordinates voted for Wang Shichong, but there are many people who fall into the grass again.

By this time, the famine in Henan was already very serious, and the banditry naturally intensified, which was a vicious circle that was very common in the war-torn season, and the people of Shandong and Hebei had already set a typical example, so there was no need to elaborate.

What's more complicated is that some bandits are inextricably linked with Li Mi's old department, so some new characteristics have emerged, and they can get some supplies from time to time.

If you really don't succeed, you can find a nearby acquaintance to take refuge, and after getting the grain and grass, you will disappear again when you turn around, much more cunning than the chaotic bandits at the beginning.

Wang Shichong saw that the bandits were in trouble, and he was so angry that he immediately moved his knife, and seven or eight local guards were recalled to Luoyang, and they were not allowed to argue, so they fell to the ground one after another.

Wang Shichong passed on his head everywhere, and strictly ordered all departments to behead the bandits, and the bandit leaders who fell into his hands no longer had to distinguish their talents, reputations, or family backgrounds, and there was only one dead word left to write.

In fact, the harsh suppression did not make the bandits much less, Henan has been in turmoil for too long, and today, when human life is like grass, the degree of madness can almost only be described as the people are not afraid of death, but how can it be described as fear of death.

There are fewer and fewer people with strong temperaments, but there are more and more people who are not afraid of death, and once this contradictory characteristic is manifested, it will become more and more difficult to remedy the troubles.

What's even more terrifying is that in addition to the bandits, there are also more rebellions everywhere, which is not surprising, and when the local guards see that you don't have many means to bring peace to order, it is inevitable that you will have a different opinion.

And the side effects of Wang Shichong's claim to be the emperor also continue to plague him, the so-called improper name is not good, Li Mi's old subordinates are quietly nostalgic for the old master, of course, this nostalgia is not specific to Li Mi, they are just nostalgic for the lawless good days in the past.

Zhang Xutuo's old subordinates have completely lost their loyalty, and the death of Pei Renji and others has sounded the alarm for them, and they are also secretly questioning the legitimacy of Wang Shichong's succession, as evidenced by the fact that some people went west to vote for Tang after that.

And the most disgusted with Wang Shichong's ascension to the throne is definitely not them, but the sons of the world lords living in Luoyang, who have been hit hard one after another, and have to endure humiliation, and those bandit leaders who are extremely humble in their eyes and deserve a thousand knives are side by side, and when they force their faces to laugh, what follows is the hatred of Wang Shichong, a person who is not in the right position.

As a result, a series of defections were staged, Wang Shichong's Zhongshu Sheren actually changed four in a year, one lost his head during Pei Renji's rebellion, one defected to Li Tang, and was captured by Wang Shichong and stripped of his skin, and the other two successfully staged a Jedi escape.

One took his family to vote for Xiao Miao, and the other rode out alone and ran to Chang'an.

This is just a microcosm, after Wang Shichong became the emperor, the children of the Henan Shifeng who fled could not be counted at all, and when it was the most serious, Wang Shichong had to strictly order the guards of the four cities of Luoyang to strictly investigate the people out of the city, and ordered the guards everywhere to send wives and sons to Luoyang, etc.

But the deterrent effect of these measures on people's flight is not obvious, and it is not uncommon for people to abandon their families and children, which makes Wang Shichong very embarrassed.

More and more people are dying, and he always kills like this, and sooner or later he really becomes a loner, and the examples are easy to find, and his old rival Li Mi is a lesson from the past.

In February, Wang Shichong cut off a few relatively large heads and hung them on the head of Luoyang City to show the public, including the courtiers who angered him, the so-called traitors, and the moths who wantonly embezzled grain and rice.

Rounds of purges and seemingly never-ending political struggles, all kinds of wars, have made people numb, and all kinds of unjust souls are hovering and roaring over the land of Luoyang and Henan, making this place full of anger.

Looking at the princes today, the most chaotic may be under the rule of Wang Shichong of Henan.

So Wang Shichong is very troublesome, of course, Wang Shichong himself will not admit it.

On the bank of Luoshui, Zhougong Temple, this day is full of crowns.

Emperor Zheng Shichong brought the ministers of civil and military affairs into the Zhou Gong Temple, offered all kinds of sacrifices, and prayed for the blessings of the people.

Needless to say, the reason is very simple, it is not that there are still frequent bandits, nor that there are more and more traitors, but that the food shortage is getting more and more serious, the grain and rice in Luoyang Dacang have finally been tossed almost over, and the matter of starving to death is no longer new, not to mention that the magnates in Luoyang City have tightened their belts, and even the quality of life of Emperor Wang Shichong and his concubines has begun to deteriorate day by day.

And the beggars in Luoyang City are more than one day a day, and it is estimated that it will not take long for the number to surpass the defenders of each department.

This is really a more frightening thing than the emperor's capriciousness and his life, so Wang Shichong led the crowd out of the palace to sacrifice Zhou Gong Temple.

The immortals he believes in are a little strange, and he doesn't know if Duke Zhou has the magic power to protect the people.

Zhou Gong Temple was built by Wang Shichong himself, and the original intention of the establishment was not pure, he and Li Mi jointly attacked Yu culture and, and then found a reason for himself to turn his face, that is, Zhou Gong entrusted a dream.

From this point of view, Zhou Gong's mana is indeed up for debate, because he failed to beat the old enemy to death with a stick, but was bitten back, and almost didn't let the crazy Li Mi attack Luoyang City.

Of course, he didn't know who the guy who changed the trajectory of history was, he only knew that Zhou Gong probably didn't care much about him, a powerful minister who wanted to emulate his predecessors.

However, in the end, Zhougong Temple was built by him, according to those monks and Taoists, since they need to pray for the people, then Zhougong Temple is still the first choice.

So, a few days after becoming the emperor, there was a lawsuit, and Wang Shichong, who seemed to be hungry, absentmindedly gave incense to the Duke of Zhou, offered sacrifices, read the sacrificial text, and did not stay in the temple of the Duke of Zhou, so he went out of the temple gate and prepared to drive back to the palace.

Surrounded by everyone, Wang Shichong turned his head and said a few words with a smile to the eldest grandson An Shi, the chief of the internal history, before he said slowly: "The big war is coming, how is the morale of the army?" ”

Without waiting for the eldest grandson An Shi to answer, there was already a humane next to him: "The soldiers are waiting for the Emperor, and they are all willing to die for the Supreme." ”

The eldest grandson An Shi turned his head and glanced at the man, scolded the old dog in his heart, nodded with a smile on his face, and echoed: "Duan Gong said this, there is the voice of Jin Ge...... The Supreme Emperor drove the expedition, and everyone dared not to compete for the first? This must be a success, and the ugly group is waiting to be restrained. ”

Wang Shichong's increasingly round face smiled, and he seemed to be very satisfied with the words of his close ministers.

The man who spoke just now glanced at the eldest grandson An Shi, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he also scolded in his heart, the dog cub of the eldest grandson's family gave his lips and tongue, and he was used to coaxing people to be happy.

Obviously, he and the eldest grandson An Shi don't deal with each other very well, but they have scruples about each other and don't want to tear their faces.

This person's name is Duan Da, a native of Guanxi, born in the Wuwei Duan family, the threshold is not too high, but it has been inherited for many years, starting from the Western Wei Dynasty, and has some reputation during the Northern Anniversary.

It was very remarkable to come to Duan Da again, he inherited his father's title at the age of four, and later entered Yang Guang's private residence and became one of the old people in Yang Guang's mansion.

In fact, Yang Guang's insight into people goes without saying, Tu Wanxu, Yin Shishi, Yao Junsu, etc. were all born in the Jin Dynasty's mansion, and they did all have talents.

Duan Da did not disgrace Yang Guang, all kinds of wars during the Great Cause years have Duan Da's figure, from the counterinsurgency war in the early years of the Great Cause to the western attack on Tuyuhun, and then to the three expeditions to Goguryeo, Duan Da has repeatedly made military exploits and won Yang Guangxin's appreciation.

Especially in the battle for the throne back then, Duan Da made a lot of efforts, if Yang Guang hadn't lost the Sui family, it would not be far from Duan Da's peaceful days, and the statement that he would be in the prime minister was likely to be verified again by Duan Da.

It's a pity that history doesn't say that Duan Da, Yuan Wendu and others were ordered to guard Luoyang, and what they were waiting for was Wang Shichong, a chaotic minister and thief.