Volume 2 Chapter 13 Election of Generals

Since the last time he and Emperor Liu Hong ascended the Yong'an Hou platform, Liu Wei has never climbed this high platform, perhaps because he is not as sentimental as his emperor Lao Tzu, and needs to climb high and look far away to express the depression in his heart, or maybe he just doesn't like it.

But today, after talking to Hu Wei, Liu Wei's desire to ascend was particularly strong, so he came out of the palace gate and came to the Yong'an waiting platform.

Yong'an Houtai is located in the southwest of Yong'an Palace, because the emperor Liu Hong is particularly fond of it, so there are more than ten guards in the Yellow Gate throughout the year to ensure the safety of the emperor every time he boarded.

Liu Wei saw the four Zhonghuang Gates under the stage standing respectfully on the side of the door, completely different from the usual casual state, looking up and seeing the lights on the Yong'an Hou platform, he knew it in his heart, so he accelerated his pace more and more, as for the front of the stage, he didn't wait for a few Zhonghuangmen to salute and asked first: "Your Majesty can be on top?" ”

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is on the stage."

"What time have you been up?" "It's been about half an hour."

Liu replied "good", and then entered the stage alone, but he didn't care whether the emperor had an order to prevent others from taking the stage.

This Yong'an platform is the highest platform in the palace, since Zhang Rang and other eunuchs exceeded the high platform and demolished themselves, it is the highest platform in the entire Luoyang City, if you want to climb such a high platform, it does cost a lot of effort, thanks to Liu Wei has often exercised since childhood, although he is only eight years old now, but he is much stronger and stronger than those children of the same age, it is just a stick of incense, Liu Wei will climb to the top of the stage.

"Is Ah Wei here?" The person who spoke was naturally the son of the Han Dynasty, Liu Hong.

"My son, I will see Your Majesty." When Liu Wei heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"You kid, the older you get, the more rigid you become."

Liu Hong waved his hand, motioned for Liu Wei to stand up, then turned his head to look into the distance, and sighed softly: "Without the high platform on Zhang Chang's Mansion, looking from here, it is indeed much more open." ”

Liu Wei didn't understand what he meant, so he didn't talk, just stood up and slowly came to Liu Wei's side.

After a long time, Liu Hong opened his mouth and asked, "Why is Ah Wei here today?" ”

"I'm depressed." Liu Wei replied calmly: "Erchen remembers what His Majesty said in the past, but when he is depressed, he only needs to climb this Yong'an waiting platform and stand here to take a look at Luoyang, even if there is more unhappiness, it can disappear." ”

Liu Hong smiled heartily: "In this case, Ah Wei has been looking at Luoyang City here for a long time, and the displeasure in his heart has dissipated a little?" ”

Liu Wei shook his head and replied truthfully: "No." Liu Hong couldn't stop laughing: "You are just a child, how can you have something unpleasant, talk about it and listen to it." ”

"Erchen is presumptuous, what does Your Majesty plan to do with Ma Yuanyi?" Liu Wei pondered for a long time, and finally spoke.

"Ma Yuanyi?" Liu Hong's expression froze: "Are you talking about the head of the Luoyang Taiping Road thief?" ”

Liu Wei nodded and said: "The child heard that Tang Zhou reported the Taiping Dao rebellion, and Ma Yuanyi, the leader of the Taiping Dao in Luoyang, took it for Yuan Sili in a few days, and is now being detained in the official prison of the central capital in the east of the city. ”

"It does." Liu Hong bowed slightly, and said again: "Disobedience and rebellion, self-righteousness, this is nothing to say." ”

"And what about participating in the Daoists?"

"Naturally, they should all be killed." Liu Hong said calmly.

"Then what about the local officials who colluded with Taiping Dao and even the civil and military officials who were implicated in the Luoyang court?" Liu Wei continued to ask. "Anyone who is involved with the thieves of the Taiping Dao should be killed in full, so that they can set an example, so that these thieves can abandon their armor and drag their soldiers and surrender to the court." Liu Hong didn't even think about it, and said to himself.

"What? Ah Wei is here today to ask this? Liu Hong saw that Liu Wei did not answer, so he asked: "Or do you have anything else to say to your father?" ”

"Your Majesty, why do you think Taiping Dao is opposed?" Liu Wei hesitated for a long time, and said word by word.

When Liu Hong heard this, he turned his head to look at Liu Yan, his eyes were deep, and he made people shudder. Liu Yan didn't dare to continue to look at each other, so he had to turn his gaze to look elsewhere and look beyond the high platform.

"What do you want me to say?"

Liu Bian didn't dare to respond, but fortunately Liu Hong was not angry, but only listened to him calmly say: "I have been the lord of the world for fifteen years, and during this period, the heads of the big and small Qians have rebelled more than ten times, but no matter which time, the trend of rebellion comes and goes quickly, and there is no threat to this Han Sheji. ”

"I don't know."

"In the past, Zhang Jiao rebelled, there were only a few hundred followers, such a scale, only one county soldier quickly pacified it, coinciding with the amnesty of the world, Zhang Jiao was not guilty, you said, the person who took the lead in the rebellion can have such an end, is it his own creation or my favor with him?"

"If Your Majesty is not magnanimous, this horn will naturally not be able to live, and there will be no Taiping Dao today." Liu Wei replied truthfully.

Liu Hong sighed, looked at the stage, and said slowly: "I really don't know what I have done wrong, especially this corner, I think I treat him well, many ministers in the court and the central government will not talk to me about the ambition of the Taiping Dao next time, I think Zhang Jiao is just a cultivator, and the things he does have some good deeds that benefit the ignorant Qiantou, so I have a lot of protection with others, but I don't want this thief not only to know the kindness of the retribution, but even several times to want to shake my Han world, Ah Wei asked me why the Taiping Dao is opposed, in addition to the ambition of his wolf son." What else could it be? ”

Liu Hong said that Xingtou, eloquent words, can not be broken: "I know that Ah Zhi is full of benevolence, in the past, you and I father and son also talked about the foundation of governing the country on this high platform, you think that the affairs of the country, should be based on the people of Qian, as for the rebellion of the head of Qiantou like Taiping Dao now, Ah Yan should think that I am the lord of the world to govern the country and act more biased, the head of the world can not live, and there is no fear of natural death, I also heard the words of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, it is 'death today, death is also death, wait for death, The dead country can be said, from the thought of it, the heart of this Taiping Dao thief can be the same as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang? It's a pity that I have never stayed in this Luoyang Palace, and I have never been to the people since I became the son of the Han Dynasty. ”

Is Liu Hong's words reasonable? In Liu Bian's ears, it definitely makes sense, he is a person of later generations, although he has not witnessed the occurrence of history before, but in later generations he has seen more and heard more, he can naturally associate one or two, plus Liu Bian is now in this world for eight years, what he has seen is actually no different from Emperor Liu Hong, Liu Hong and Qianshou can't empathize with the hardships, Liu Bian can?

As for why Taiping Dao is opposed, Liu Bian only knows that the so-called people are living in dire straits, and the people are not living well, and when it comes to these, the person who bears the blame is naturally Liu Hong, who is called a single (harmonious) husband in front of him, but what else? For example, for deeper class reasons, or political reasons, the clan is not responsible? Haoqiang doesn't have it? Liu Hong really can't look down on these leaders at the bottom of society, but can the family and Haoqiang look down on it?

Therefore, although the rebellion of Taiping Dao is only a social reason from the immediate point of view, in the long run, why is it not a historical reason?

In fact, before coming to the high platform, Liu Bian was very dissatisfied with himself, the emperor's father, but after this language conversation, most of this dissatisfaction was unconsciously eliminated, and he only heard him ask softly: "Your Majesty, the Taiping Dao Rebellion is just around the corner, and its number and scale are incomparable to the previous uprisings. ”

Liu Hong's eyebrows were gentle, and he asked Liu Bian: "What does Ah Bian have to worry about?" ”

Liu Bian did not shirk, and said calmly: "This time the Taiping Road is powerful, and I have a Han national system, the county is not a soldier, and it is inevitable that the county and the township will fall into the hands of the thieves, as far as the sons know, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, the three thieves gathered in Jizhou, Zhang Mancheng gathered in Wancheng, and Bocai Peng Tuo gathered in Yuzhou, these three places are the main force of Taiping Dao, once the county can not be defended, the thieves are unstoppable, and the three are connected as one, so the Han is in danger, so the sons and daughters think that His Majesty should send strong and brave people to send troops to three places, where they can block the Taiping Road thieves one or two, It is bound to not last long. ”

Liu Hong was puzzled in his heart: "Although Ah Wei is young, how can he have such knowledge?" ”

"The child is just a lover of geography, and he reads more of these books in addition to studying the scriptures with Mr. on weekdays, so I know the form of the Han County in my heart, as for the place where the Yellow Turban thief is, it is known to Tang Zhou, but he can't talk about the child's knowledge." Liu Bian hurriedly excused himself.

When Liu Hong heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh: "I don't want me Liu Hong to be ridiculous in my life, but I can get this child, this is my endless Han and twilight and well-known." ”

Fu asked excitedly: "In this case, Ah Jian thinks, who should these three people be?" ”

"The nephew of Huangfu Gui, one of the three Mings in Liangzhou, is now the Taishou Huangfu Song of Beidi County."

"Huangfu Song's uncle Huangfu Gui is a famous general of my Han Dynasty, after Huangfu Song's general, the young man has martial arts, familiar with bow horses, and now he has been too punctual in Beidi County for a long time, and there are many wars in the border areas, and his military achievements are extremely good, and he is indeed a general." Liu Hong bowed his head again and again to show affirmation.

"Zhu Jun Hanmen is famous for filial piety, in the past, the Jiaozhou group of thieves rose together, Jiaozhi Lianglong led the crowd of 10,000 people, and the South China Sea Taishou Kong Zhi rebelled together, breaking the county and the county is unstoppable, Zhu Jun with 5,000 soldiers to break the thieves, quickly level the state, so brave and good generals, can be a general."

"Zhu Gongwei is bright and bright, admiring and martial arts, has no mistakes, and has no worries, and he can be a general." Liu Hong was excited when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Who should this third person be?" ”

Liu Bian was not in a hurry, and replied calmly: "This person is like Huangfu Song, and he is also a person from the border of Liangzhou, who is strong and brave. ”

Liu Hong hurriedly asked: "Who is the person Ah Yan said?" ”

"Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhongying." Liu Wei said calmly.