After breakfast, Liu Bei summoned Zhang Zhao again to arrange the construction of the printing plant, and then arranged this inspection, accompanied by Jia Xu, Tian Feng and Zhang Zhao! And set off five days later!

Just when Liu Bei was inspecting the entire Western Regions, the situation in the world was constantly changing!

In February of the second year of Zhongping (185), a fire broke out in Luoyang, the capital division, and the Nangong was destroyed. Among the eunuchs, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong persuaded Emperor Ling to tax acres of land to repair the palace room and cast bronze people.

In April of the second year of Zhongping (185), Emperor Ling ordered his subordinates to build Wanjin Hall in the West Garden, and moved the state property and money hidden by Si Nong into the hall for private storage.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong said that the emperor collected the world's fields and paid ten dollars to repair the palace room and cast bronze people. So Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered the world, in addition to the normal rent, the mu tax of ten yuan to help repair the palace.

Shi Le'an guarded Lu Kangshang and said: "In the spring and autumn period in the past, Lu Xuangong levied a field tax per mu, so the larvae of locusts hatched in large quantities, causing disasters; Lu Aigong wanted to increase the taxes of the people, but Confucius thought that this was wrong. How can you forcibly loot the people's property to build useless bronze men? How can you ignore the admonitions of the saints and follow the example of the deceased monarch yourself?! ”

Lu Kang (126-195), the name Jining, was a native of Wu County, Wu County. Lu Kang is a son of the Lu family of Wu County, loyal to the Eastern Han court, and has quite significant political achievements. And his grandfather was a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty one after another.

However, Zhang Rang and others informed Emperor Han Ling that it was really disrespectful for Lu Kang to compare the saint with the king of the dead country, so Emperor Han Ling ordered Lu Kang to be imprisoned and escorted back to Luoyang, the capital of Beijing.

At that time, Liu Dai, the servant of the imperial history, learned of this, read the text carefully, and then hurriedly went to the table to explain to the emperor, so that Lu Kang was exempted from returning to the field.

Emperor Ling also issued an edict to let all states and counties to donate wood and stone with beautiful textures to the imperial court, and send them to the capital Luoyang in batches. When the eunuchs were inspecting, they were very picky, and forced the state and county officials to sell those that were considered unqualified, and the price was only one-tenth of the original price.

The states and counties could not meet their quotas, so they bought new timber, but the eunuchs were still very picky and refused to accept it immediately, so that the timber was piled up and decayed, and the palace was not completed for many years.

The assassins and taishou in various places took the opportunity to increase the taxes of the people privately, and embezzled from them, and the people complained and mourned. Emperor Ling also ordered the royal guards of the West Garden to go to the states and counties to supervise, and these people intimidated and frightened the state and county officials and accepted a large amount of bribes.

At the same time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict that the assassin Shi, the officials of Erqianshi, Maocai, and Xiaolian must pay money for "helping the army" and "repairing the palace" when they are promoted and go to office.

The Taishou of the big county usually has to pay twenty or thirty million yuan, and the rest varies according to the official rank.

All newly appointed officials must first go to the West Garden to agree on the amount of money to be paid before they can take up their posts.

Some honest people who asked for resignation were also forced to take office and pay money.

At that time, Sima Zhi, a native of Hanoi, had just been appointed as the Taishou of Julu, and because he was known as a clean and humble man, the amount he should pay was reduced by 3 million.

After Sima went directly to the edict, he sighed and said: "As the parent official of the people, I can't bear to exploit the people to cater to the current maladministration. He resigned, citing illness, but was not approved.

On the way to his post, he went to Mengjin, wrote a very detailed and straightforward statement of the various malpractices of the time, and then committed suicide by taking poison. After his recital was presented, Emperor Ling was shocked and temporarily stopped collecting money for palace repairs.

Since Zhang Jiao's incident, thieves from all over the country have risen one after another.

There are Zhang Niujiao from Boling, Chu Feiyan from Changshan, Huang Long, Zuo Xiao, Yu Yigen, Zhang Baiqi, Liu Shi, Zuo Wenba, Pinghan Daji, Si Liyuancheng, Lei Gong, Fuyun, Baique, Yang Feng, Yu Poison, Wulu, Li Damu, Bai Huan, Zhenggu, Bitter Cockroach, etc., which are too numerous to mention. The large ones were twenty or thirty thousand people, and the small ones were six or seven thousand.

Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan jointly attacked Gauntao, Zhang Niujiao was shot by a stray arrow, and before he died, he ordered his subordinates to honor Chu Feiyan as the commander, and at the same time let Chu Feiyan change his surname to Zhang.

Chu Feiyan's original name was Chu Yan, because he was as light as a swallow and brave and good at fighting, so the army called him "Feiyan".

After Zhang Yan took over Zhang Niujiao's team, the rebels in the mountainous areas joined him one after another, and the number of troops gradually increased, reaching nearly one million, known as the "Black Mountain Bandits".

The counties and counties north of the Yellow River were all harassed, but the imperial court was unable to send troops to encircle and suppress them. So, Zhang Yan sent an envoy to the capital Luoyang and wrote to the imperial court to ask for surrender.

Emperor Ling then appointed Zhang Yan as the general of the Ping Nan Zhonglang, so that he could manage the administrative and public security affairs of the mountainous areas north of the Yellow River, recommend filial piety to the imperial court every year, and send officials to Luoyang to report.

And Liu Bei knew that this matter was already at the end of the second year of Zhongping. And when Liu Bei knew about this, he sent Tian Feng as an envoy to Zhang Yan, and at the same time sent the tribute of the first year of Zhongping and the second year of Zhongping to the court!

Situ Yuan Kui was dismissed. In May, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty appointed Cui Lie, the imperial commander, as Situ. Choi Yeol is Choi's cousin.

At that time, officials often offered money to the West Garden through eunuchs or the nurses of Emperor Ling's childhood, before they could serve as the third duke.

Although Zhang Wen and others have military merits or are very prestigious, they are also the first to donate money and materials, and then they can ascend to the position of the third prince.

Cui Lie donated five million yuan through Emperor Ling's nurse, so he became a boss. On the day of the official appointment, Emperor Ling personally attended, and all the officials came to participate.

Emperor Ling said to his cronies left and right: "I really regret that I didn't spare a little, otherwise I could have asked for 10 million." ”

Mrs. Cheng, the nurse, continued beside her: "Cui Lie is a famous person in Jizhou, how can he use money to buy officials!" Thanks to me, he is willing to give so much, are you not satisfied! ”

As a result, Cui Lie's prestige suddenly plummeted.

Emperor Ling of Han was not happy for a few days, Beigong Boyu and others attacked the Sanfu area, and Emperor Ling issued an edict and ordered Huangfu Song, the general of the left chariot cavalry, to guard Chang'an and command the army to carry out a crusade.

After that, there were people in the Liangzhou area who continued to rebel, and the government continued to levy taxes in order to raise military expenses for requisition.

Situ Cuilie thought that Liangzhou should be abandoned. Emperor Ling issued an edict to let the ministers and officials discuss this matter, and Fu Xie, the speaker of the Lang, said with a stern face: "If you kill Situ, the world can be stable!" ”

And the official department Shangshu impeached Fu Xie for publicly insulting the minister in the palace.

Emperor Ling ordered Fu Xie to state his reasons, and Fu Xie replied: "In the past, because the Xiongnu were guilty of offending China, Fan Xu asked to send troops to recruit because of his loyalty and indignation, and he did not lose the courtesy of his ministers, and Ji Bu also said: 'Fan Xu should be executed. Today, Liangzhou is the world's main transportation artery, and has the important task of guarding the western gateway of the country.

When Gaozu had just pacified the world, he asked Li Shang to occupy Longyou; Emperor Wu opened up the territory and set up four counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang, and public opinion at that time believed that this was to cut off the right arm of the Xiongnu.

Now, the misgovernance of local officials has led to a rebellion in the whole state, and Cui Yeol, as the prime minister, does not consider the strategy of how to quell the rebellion for the country, but wants to abandon this vast territory, I feel embarrassed!

If the Hu people were able to live in this place, with strong soldiers and strong armor, and to cause chaos on the basis of them, this would be the greatest worry in the world, and it would even endanger the stability of the regime.

If Cui Lie doesn't understand this, it means that he is extremely stupid; If he knows how to make this suggestion knowingly, he is disloyal. Emperor Ling agreed and listened to Fu Xie's advice.

At that time, Lu Zhi and other women in the court suggested that Emperor Ling of Han order Liu Bei to send troops from the Western Regions Department to attack Liangzhou, and Huangfu Song to attack Liangzhou on both sides.

Because Emperor Ling of Han was quite jealous of Liu Bei, he did not agree to Lu Zhi's suggestion, and did not issue any edict to Liu Bei.

At this time, Liu Bei was already patrolling the entire Western Regions with Cai Yan and others!

Regarding Beigong Boyu's rebellion, in fact, Liu Bei knew about it before the Han court, and the Beigong Boyu rebellion was actually in response to Zhang Jiao, which began in the first year of Zhongping.

It's just that Zhang Jiao's forces were led by Liu Bei, but the Han army was extinguished with lightning speed, and when Beigong Boyu received this news, he was afraid that Liu Bei would lead the army to come to conquer, so he would die down.

In September of the second year of Zhongping, when Beigong Boyu knew that Liu Bei had returned to the Western Regions, he relieved his heart and raised 100,000 righteous troops to attack the land of Sanfu.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was helpless, and he didn't want to appoint Liu Bei to send troops from the Western Regions, so he used Dong Zhuo again and cooperated with Huangfu Song to attack Beigong Boyu together!