Chapter 52: Embattled
"Luoyang residents listen well, the Han Dynasty Dong Taishi has an order, not to talk about the government, violators of the order will be beheaded!"
"Students from other places listen to the order, the Yellow Turban thieves are in a difficult situation, you wait to leave Luoyang immediately, you are not allowed to stay, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!"
"The Han Dynasty Auxiliary Political Dong Taishi has an order, the court officials restrain their children at home, not to go out at will, violators will be punished as collaborators! It's all over the place! ”
"The Great Han Dong Taishi has an order......
As the saying goes, fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers, and sure enough, Kang Peng's various perverse orders issued by him in a rage, other strategists and generals are still trying to persuade him to calm down, Dong Chong, Dong Man, the two brothers and Lu Bu, who are like thunder, have already driven into Luoyang City with their respective troops, searching for those literati who spread 'rumors' everywhere, and they will not be given a chance to defend themselves if they are caught, or beheaded on the spot, or cut off their limbs to let them wail and scream to death, or even tied to the back of a horse and dragged to death, Luoyang City suddenly fell into a bloody storm. At this time, Dong Zhuojun's weakness of lax military discipline was also completely exposed, and many Dong Zhuojun soldiers who had been suppressed for a long time took the opportunity to burn, kill, loot, and rape ** women in Luoyang City, so that Kang Peng's image of Dong Boss's love for the people that he had recently re-established was in vain.
The evolution of things became more and more difficult to control, Dong Taishi was scolded and slandered by the scholars and forced to fight back, and the news quickly spread to the ears of the victims outside Luoyang City, these foreign victims who were grateful to Dong Taishi were also angry, regardless of Kang Peng's order not to allow them to enter Luoyang City, they rushed into Luoyang City one after another, and assisted Dong Zhuojun's soldiers to slaughter the scholar Rulin, but all the guards in Luoyang City were Dong Boss's descendant Xiliang Army, all of whom were loyal to Dong Boss, and I heard that the victims entered the city to help Dong Boss kill people, and the Xiliang Army not only did not stop it, He also distributed some weapons to the victims, pointing out which places were inhabited by the nobles, and asking the victims to help the lord vent his anger.
In the city of Luoyang, countless officials and scholars burned into flames, reflecting the night sky red, the ragged victims and the heavily armed Dong Zhuojun soldiers rampaged in the streets and alleys of Luoyang, and when they saw people in Confucian shirts, they rushed up in a swarm, and divided the unlucky guy into the corpse, especially the Taichang Mansion where the scholars from other places lived in Beijing, and the blood flowed like a river, and the corpses were all over the field. Later, when the Confucian scholars on the street were killed, they simply rushed directly into the homes of the court officials, killing all the men, and the women were dragged into the dark by a group of wolf-like men......
"Taishi, please give the order to stop the slaughter of soldiers and victims, if it goes on like this, Luoyang City will be finished, and your reputation will be ruined, Taishi." Although they are also among the three princes, Ma Ridan still kowtowed to Kang Peng and pleaded: "Although the scholars are sorry for the Taishi, they are all the pillars of the court and the pillars of the country. ”
There was a riot between the army and the victims in Luoyang City, Ma Ridan was friendly with Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuojun was not affected because of his friendship with Dong Zhuo, but he still hurriedly came to Dong Zhuo's mansion to beg for mercy for the Shi clan, and begged Kang Peng to open up the net and let go of the Shi clan who were being slaughtered.
Kang Peng looked at this seventy-year-old court master with silver hair, and did not support him, but said coldly: "Mrs. Ma, didn't your students Zhou Huan and Cui Lie break off the master-apprentice relationship with you because you defended your own appearance?" They still spit on you to your face, why do you still intercede for them? It's not that they want to kill them all, but they force them to do it. ”
Ma Ridan kowtowed his head and cried: "Taishi, the old decay doesn't blame them, the sage cloud, 'God has the virtue of a good life', the old man only asks the Taishi to look at this thin side of the decay and let go of these evil obstacles that don't know what to do." ”
Kang Peng snorted heavily, and then did not answer, turned his head to listen to the noisy crying sound from outside the house, but the bitterness in his heart is the same, since he came to this era, in addition to knowing the history of burning the allied army's military rations to achieve a great victory in the Tiger Prison Pass, the others are not going well, want to Tuntian to benefit the people and be resisted by the scholars, fight the local tyrants to divide the fields, the fields are divided, but the spies came to report, their front feet just left, the back feet of the scholars will be allocated to the peasants and forcibly snatch back; Luoyang rebelled against himself one after another, and the uncles and nephews of the Xun family who were finally pulled in were to take refuge in him in order to harm him, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army pointed the spearhead at himself, and a large number of victims poured into Luoyang, and he kindly accepted the victims, but the grain was burned by the scholars and Cao Cao and Liu Bei in collusion, so that they had lost their previous efforts. In the face of the cruel reality, Kang Peng has already understood that he is just an ordinary bad student, not a good military and political talent, let alone a genius, and his so-called strategies are just arrogant and ignorant fantasies.
Ma Ridan begged for a long time, Kang Peng still refused to take back the order, Jia Xu glanced at Li Ru, Lu Su and others, and the three of them knelt next to Ma Ridan together, "Taishi, Ma Taifu is reasonable, please take back your life." Then several of Kang Peng's generals Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and others also knelt down and pleaded with Kang Peng's priests.
Kang Peng was still expressionless and did not say a word, and after a short time, the ministers who were good friends with Kang Peng, Zhu Xi, Dong Cheng and Fu Wan, and others rushed to Dong Zhuo's mansion to intercede on behalf of the scholars. After Dong Zhuo returned to Luoyang this time, his behavior respected the imperial family, and the administration to appease the people was not without effect, at least the government and government improved slightly, and Dong Chenghe Fu Wan and other hardcore loyal ministers of the Han family also gradually changed from hatred to respect for him, and the relationship became better and better, and assisted Dong Zhuo in implementing government decrees many times. When Kang Peng ordered the slaughter of the scholars tonight, Li Ru's persuasion was useless, so he had to transfer his own soldiers to protect these ministers and save their families from military disasters.
Although several ministers with good relationships came to intercede, Kang Peng still gritted his teeth and did not let go, but his eyes kept glancing out of the door, as if he was waiting for someone. After another period of time, the servant came to report, "Master Yu, Cai Shizhong asks to see you." ”
"Yes, please." Kang Peng's voice trembled a little, since he was knocked out by Cai Wenji that day and made love with Princess Pingyang, he has never seen Cai Wenji again, and wanted to ask Sun Shangxiang about Cai Wenji's situation, but the little girl ignored him with a small face, and even took Zhen Mi, Wu Xin and other little beauties to hide from him, so that Kang Peng had nothing to do, but the longing for Cai Wenji in his heart was deepening day by day, and even reached the point where he didn't want to eat.
But the facts disappointed Kang Peng, the Cai family only came to Cai Yong, and he was also a saint like Ma Ridan, who talked about the great truth that heaven has the virtue of a good life, but he didn't say a word about his daughter Cai Wenji.
Kang Peng was disappointed, and hated those sour Confucians even more, and said coldly: "It's useless for you to ask for it, the Prime Minister has made up his mind, and he will definitely kill all these corrupt Confucians who slander the reputation of the Prime Minister." Kang Peng didn't care that everyone was still kneeling in the room, brushing his sleeves and going back to the room to sleep, out of sight and out of mind.
After Kang Peng left, everyone stood up in disappointment, not to mention that they discussed how to advise Kang Peng in the room, Zhao Yun quietly went out with a blue face, Zhao Yun went out quietly with a blue face, Zhao Yun returned to the room to clean up, left a letter, picked up the package and wanted to find Ma Chao's brothers and sisters, who knew that as soon as he opened the door, he found that the military advisor Jia Xu was standing outside his door.
Jia Xu said lightly: "Zilong, the Taishi has disappointed you, do you want to leave?" ”
Zhao Yun was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice: "Taishi is too cruel. ”
Jia Xu nodded, "Yes, there will be thousands of heads falling to the ground in Luoyang tonight, this Taishi is indeed too cruel." But Zilong, do you know why Taishi did this? Taishi is also forced to be helpless. ”
Zhao Yun shook his head, and said in his heart that it made sense to kill people indiscriminately, "I don't know, please ask the military advisor for guidance." ”
"Come on, I'll tell you." Jia Xu pulled Zhao Yun into the room and sat down, "Zilong, are you from the army last year?" ”
Zhao Yun nodded, "Yes." ”
"Then after you joined the army, you have been following the Marquis of Qixiang for much longer than following the Taishi, why is it just a small cavalry captain under the tent of the Marquis of Qixiang? Are you greedy for life and afraid of death on the battlefield? Or are you not good at martial arts? ”
"Because, because Yun's origin is a commoner." Jia Xu's repeated questions made Zhao Yunjun's face flush, and Zhao Yun muttered: "The fourth and third dukes of the Hou family of Qixiang, there are many generals from famous families under the account. In fact, Zhao Yun only said half of what he said, it was not that he did not have meritorious service under Yuan Shao, but the credit was robbed by the generals of the Shi clan.
"Zilong, do you know how many generals and strategists like you are born in cloth under the Taishi's account?"
Zhao Yun really didn't pay attention to these, he honestly counted them with his fingers, he didn't know if he didn't count, and Zhao Yun was taken aback when he counted them, among the main generals and strategists of Dong Zhuojun, in addition to Li Ru, Sima Lang and Chen Gong from the broken scholar clan, others such as Lu Su, Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Gao Shun, Wei Yan, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Xu Rong and others, all came from civilians! It can be said that there are so many generals in the army from civilian backgrounds, and there is only Dong Zhuojun and one family in the world, and there is no other semicolon.
Jia Xu saw Zhao Yun's face showing surprise, and knew that he had already said something, so he hit the railway while it was hot: "Zilong, do you think that under the same army and the same equipment, who will win against the army under the Taishi who is mostly civilian-born and the army under the Marquis of Qi Xiang, who is mostly from the scholar family?" ”
Zhao Yun didn't even think about it, "Taishi's army wins!" Zhao Yun added: "Taishi's army is far superior to Qi Xianghou's army in terms of training, morale, and unity of soldiers, and it is difficult to win." ”
"Then why can Taishi's army surpass the army of Qi Xianghou in terms of training, morale, and unity? Isn't there the most scholar clan in the army of the Marquis of Qixiang? ”
Zhao Yun was silent for a while before he said: "Military Master, Yun knows that you are trying to tell me that the Shi clan is corrupt and incompetent and occupies a high position, and it is not worthy of sympathy to rely only on the shadow of Zude's legacy to make a fortune. But no matter how incompetent they are, they don't deserve to die? ”
Jia Xu shook the folding fan lightly, "Zilong, Shang Tang broke Xia Ji, King Wu of Zhou discussed the discussion, between Gaozu and the Overlord of Chu, how many people did they kill?" Do those who die deserve it? In the change of dynasty, how many people must be unjustly killed in order to bring stability to the world? ”
Jia Xu closed the folding fan with a 'snap' and said sharply: "Before the Taishi entered Luoyang, what was the situation in the imperial court?" The eunuchs are in power, the relatives are rampant, the villains are all over the government and the opposition, and the gentlemen have no place to stand, resulting in the rise of the yellow turbans, the country is in turmoil, and the people are not happy, but after the Taishi enters Beijing, what is the situation in the imperial court? The scourge of the eunuchs who have entangled my Han dynasty for many generations has been cleared up in one fell swoop, and the party can no longer interfere in the government and the people. It was the Taishi who washed Luoyang in blood, it was the Taishi who exchanged his reputation as a demon king, and it was the Taishi who was misunderstood by the princes and even met each other in battle! Now although my Han Zhongxing has improved slightly, there are yellow turbans on the outside, princes are divided, there are scholars on the inside, and under the combination of internal and external difficulties, do you know how difficult it is for the Taishi? When the time comes, the chaotic army will come to Luoyang City, and the scholars will collude with it inside and outside, and my Han Dynasty will never turn over! ”
Jia Xu was impassioned, and said in a low voice: "Zilong, now is the most difficult time for my Han and Taishi, Taishi and we are like walking on the same road, a road that falls off a cliff on both sides and falls into hell forever, it is very dangerous, if you want to escape, I don't blame you, I will explain it to the Taishi for you......"
Zhao Yun began to hear cold sweat all over his body, and then burst into tears, and pounced on Jia Xu to kneel, "Military Master, Yun is wrong to blame the teacher......
At the same time, at Xu Huang's home, Li Ru was saying similar things to Xu Huang; Zhang Liao's room was Lu Su, it was Sima Lang who did ideological work for Gao Shun, and even Wei Yan, who was not very disgusted with Dong Zhuo's massacre of the scholars, Jia Xu persuaded Zhao Yun to go to his residence as well, just in case, a storm that might move the foundation of the Xiliang Army was quietly resolved by Jia Xu, Li Ru and others who had been prepared for a long time without Kang Peng's knowledge......
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In the early morning of the next day, the joint massacre of Dong Zhuojun and the victims of Luoyang City was finally stopped by Kang Peng's order, but Luoyang City was already full of sores, thousands of houses were burned down, nearly 10,000 Shi died under the butcher's knife, and countless people were injured. The sky is blue and the sun is white, but Luoyang City is like a ghost city, full of crying and howling.
The previous turmoil was different, this time the catastrophe in Luoyang City was completely committed by Dong Zhuojun, and the people of Luoyang, who had already had a great impression of Dong Zhuojun, naturally hated them again, and the massacre of the demon king Dong Zhuo to the Shi clan was of course a non-confession of the rumored crimes, and the people of Luoyang also changed from sympathy to hatred for the victims outside the city. Although the notices and rumors that were unfavorable to Dong Zhuo in Luoyang City were gone, they had been deeply engraved in the hearts of Luoyang officials and people, which Kang Peng probably never dreamed of.
On the road of the early dynasty, Kang Peng's mood was extremely heavy, overnight, the bustling long street of Luoyang completely turned into hell, there were countless thick black smoke columns rising in the sky in the distance, and the streets were full of corpses, and some streets even had to move away from those thick piles of corpses before the team could move forward. Although Kang Peng's resentment for the hardships of the Shi clan has not disappeared, seeing these scenes, Kang Peng also regrets his impulse in his heart to let so many innocent people be implicated.
The main hall of the palace is even more miserable, in addition to Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and Cai Yong and a few other ministers who were not implicated in the last court, there are also several subordinates of Dong Zhuo, and the other ministers either died in the turmoil last night, or submitted their resignations to return to their hometowns, and no longer want to go to the same dynasty with Kang Peng, even the Taifu Ma Ridan was so angry with Kang Peng that he couldn't afford to come to the court. Since Wang Mang's usurpation, the Han court has had a shortage of ministers for the first time, a veritable empty shelf.
"Situ Qing Daofu, Sinong Ma Jun, Sikong Zhang Trap and the servant Zhou Huan and others all died in the turmoil, Da Honglu Chen Kang and Shaochang Xie Bo and others are missing, and it is estimated that they are also more auspicious, and the Zhongshu Supervisor ordered ......" Li Ru whispered to Kang Peng to report the losses of the courtiers.
"Don't read it." Kang Peng weakly interrupted Li Ru's words, "You can arrange to promote a group of officials from below first, take the place of these officials, and run the imperial court." ”
Li Ru smiled bitterly: "Taishi, the low-level officials have also suffered heavy losses, even if they are all promoted, it is not enough." ”
"It doesn't matter." Kang Peng's voice was so low that he seemed to be talking to himself, "Anyway, you have to do it for me." Li Ru didn't dare to say anything more, and leaned down.
There was silence in the hall, as if a needle fell on the ground, and Emperor Han Xian, who was only ten years old, was even more frightened and trembled, and he didn't even dare to look at Kang Peng. Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and Cai Yong glanced at each other, suddenly left the table and knelt down, and the three of them said in unison: "Taishi, we have a joint name, please adopt it." ”
Kang Peng glanced at them, "Say, if it's good, the true appearance will be adopted." ”
Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and Cai Yong, you look at me, I look at you, hesitated for a long time, Cai Yong said ruthlessly: "Last night's Luoyang rebellion, although the students slandered and attacked the Taishi, they deserved it. But the cause of the turmoil is because of the Taishi's own immorality, the Taishi, you defiled the court, was cruel and unkind, oppressed the monarch's father, and all kinds of actions hurt the heavens and reason, these things are conclusive evidence! ”
Kang Pengteng stood up, rushed to Cai Yong and the others in three or two steps, glared at them viciously, Dong Chong and Dong Man, who commanded the Royal Forest Army, had already pulled out the swords at their waists, and rushed to the three of them with a shout, "Are you looking for death?" ”
Kang Peng stopped Dong Chong and Dong Man, gritted his teeth and asked, "Then what do you mean, the original appearance should be cut by a thousand cuts?" ”
Although Cai Yong and the others were frightened, Cai Yong still raised his head and said, "Not bad! These crimes of the Taishi, according to the laws of the Great Han Dynasty, can only be atoned by a thousand cuts. ”
Kang Peng roared wildly, shocking everyone's ears for a while, Emperor Han Xian couldn't help being scared anymore, and cried out with a 'wow', Kang Peng didn't care about him, pointed at Cai Yong and the three of them and shouted: "Benxiang has done so much for the country and the people, isn't it enough to atone for the previous sins?" Why are you pushing yourself so hard? If you don't force me, am I willing to kill? Good! Good! If you want to kill your true nature, come on! ”
Facing the almost crazy Kang Peng, Cai Yong, who was still terrified just now, calmed down, "Yes, after returning from the Taishi's conquest of the princes, the Taishi has indeed done a lot of good things for the country and the people, and slightly made up for the Taishi's previous mistakes, but Taishi, you have exploited and killed the scholars several times, shaking the pillar of the country, this is the sin of the Taishi." ”
Kang Peng was so angry that he stammered, but he regretted that he hadn't studied politics well before, and he couldn't reprimand these old stubborns of the feudal era, and just pointed at Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and Cai Yong, and the whole body trembled. Suddenly, Kang Peng felt numb in his limbs, dizzy for a while, and almost fainted, but he also sat on the cold ground.
"Big brother!" "Taishi!" Dong Chong, Dong Man, Li Ru, and Lu Su hurriedly rushed over to help Kang Peng, Kang Peng pushed them away, Tong Ling's eyes almost exploded, and he said breathlessly: "Then what do you want to do with the real picture?" Committed suicide to thank the world? ”
"The ministers don't dare." Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and Cai Yong kowtowed and said: "The ministers want to ask the Taishi to issue an edict to return to the current emperor and lead the troops to withdraw from Luoyang." ”
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