Chapter 5 Towards Unification Section 77
Hua Xin pulled Dong Guiren's hair and dragged it outward, ignoring the existence of the emperor. Cao Chun pressed his sword and followed, kicking a few times from time to time, Dong Guiren's hair was dragged off, blood flowed all over his face, and the sound was like a cuckoo crying blood, which was unbearable to hear.
Dong Guiren's wail alarmed the soldiers of the Yulin Army in the courtyard. Qingzhou has always paid attention to "conquest and killing has nothing to do with women", under the guidance of this concept, Qingzhou soldiers have always believed that warriors should not be embarrassed by women.
In fact, the attitude of Qingzhou soldiers towards women is relatively lenient, and there are more hidden reasons for the formation of this concept: at the beginning of the establishment of the Qingzhou army, only strong men were left in the land of Qingzhou after several killings, resulting in a huge difference in the proportion of men and women. For this reason, Liu Bei plundered everywhere and collected all the beautiful women of the Wa Kingdom, Sanhan and different races in the grassland. In the beginning, captured women were distributed only to those who had made meritorious contributions, and then to ordinary soldiers, and then to ordinary people. Having a wife was a status symbol at that time, and it was too late to spoil her, how dare you beat and scold.
The young people of Qingzhou, who grew up in this family atmosphere, saw this moment and saw Hua Xin, who was known as the "dragon head (the three sages of the Eastern Han Dynasty are known as a dragon, the dragon head is Hua Xin, the dragon belly is Bing Yuan, and the dragon tail is Guan Ning)", so tormenting a woman with an extremely noble status in the past, all of them are pale, and they are glaring at the sword - if it weren't for the strict military law in Qingzhou, they would have pounced on it and beat this "great sage" violently.
Hua Xin was still unconscious, and proudly dragged Dong Guiren to the outside of the palace. Qingzhou Bing's resentful gaze turned to Zhou Yu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, unable to bear to watch with his eyes closed.
"Uncle Huang save me", Dong Guiren even called for help, but no one helped, and in a hurry, he shouted this sentence in his heart.
"Enough!" , Zhou Yu suddenly opened his eyes and scolded softly: "It's too much."
With this sentence enough, the Qingzhou soldiers knocked the Tiger Ben soldiers to the ground like hungry wolves, and the angry soldiers took the opportunity to beat Hua Xin Fat and quickly recaptured Dong Guifei.
"It is really chilling to bully women and children like this, to mutilate the palace concubines, to dare to be called 'great sages'", Zhou Yu said disdainfully.
Zhou Yu didn't know that bullying women and children and mutilating the people has always been the symbol of the Confucian "Great Sage", and when it comes to the reputation of the Great Sage and the means of bullying and oppression, the "Great Sage" Hua Xin is far inferior to the previous Dong Zhongshu and later Zhu Xi.
"Dong Guiren is guilty, free and has a clear canonical punishment, and the sentencing acts. Your Excellency is so persecuted, is it too much. Now she has called for help to my lord of my family, I'm sorry, my Qingzhou soldiers will never sit idly by, Dong Guiren is now under the protection of my Qingzhou soldiers, what's the matter, my lord's guild will deal with you", Zhou Yu said calmly to Cao Chun.
"Zhou Gongjin, the Yunlu army has been destroyed, the tiger is still there, there are still tens of thousands of city defense troops in Luoyang, and you have 3,000 Yulin troops, can you resist? Dong Guiren communicated with his relatives in an attempt to rebel, this is a felony of rebellion, can the 3,000 Lin Army be sheltered? Cao Chun was furious.
"There are tens of millions of people in my Han Dynasty, and for hundreds of years, there are as many people as the sand of the Ganges, but how many people have left their names in history? How many people can enter the Qingzhou Martyrs' Shrine and serve with 10,000-year-old incense? If you want to do it, it's very good, the 3,000 feather forest army may not be the opponent, but we still have Qingji and the four states behind us, and the 10,000-year-old incense of the martyrs' shrine is waiting for us, please give me a battle. ”
"Please give me a waiting battle", the Qingzhou soldiers struck their shields with their swords and responded to Zhou Yu's words in unison.
The Qingzhou soldiers were so belligerent, to Cao Chun's imagination, they wanted to remind them of the situation in Luoyang, but they didn't expect this absolute disadvantage to inspire the viciousness of the Qingzhou soldiers.
Hua Xin got up from the ground at this time, because he was a literati, after the soldiers disarmed him, they let him go, seeing that the two sides were at a stalemate, he ignored the pain, and squeezed his eyebrows and eyes at Cao Chun, and the sneaky expression appeared on the face with a blue nose and swollen face, and a bleeding mouth and nose looked particularly funny. Cao Chun saw Hua Xin's eyes, and immediately came to his senses, the hero did not suffer the loss in front of him, he hurriedly put down a hateful sentence: "Okay, I will ask the prime minister to talk to Liu Qingzhou about this matter." ”
Cao Chun turned around and wanted to leave, but the Qingzhou soldiers forced him with a gun and didn't give an inch. Cao Chun drew his sword and shouted angrily: "Who dares to stop me? ”
After a long silence, Zhou Yu coughed lightly and ordered: "Get out of the way." ”
Cao Chun and Hua Xin walked away in a huff, leaving the Tiger Ben soldiers who were pressed down all over the ground in the garden. Dong Guiren sat on the ground barefoot, with a cloak and a hairbeat, crying loudly, the Son of Heaven saw that the situation was over, and said at the door of the hallway: "Zhou Aiqing has worked hard. Pointing to the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army in the courtyard, the emperor gave a majestic order: "These untouchables are in rebellion, oppressive and bowing, and they are all cut down by me." ”
The Qingzhou soldiers did not move.
A wave of anger rose, and the emperor screamed: "Zhou Aiqing, hurry up." ”
Zhou Yu gave a military salute and said, "Your Majesty, if a person is guilty, he can only be arrested and tried by Yousi, and then he can be punished." Chen Gang saved Dong Guiren for such a reason, and did not dare to violate this rule again, and treated the tiger soldiers with lynching. I beg your Majesty's forgiveness. ”
The emperor was furious, but in a blink of an eye, he saw the natural expression of Qingzhou soldiers, turned around dejectedly, staggered towards the hall, and muttered: "It's all the opposite, I am the Son of Heaven, my mouth is the holy decree, it is the law, they dare to reason with me, dare not obey the decree, dare to ......"
The emperor's back was indescribable, Xun Yue gave up his hand at this back and left. Zhou Yu's order sounded in the garden: "Hurry up, send someone to send Dong Guiren to Duke Lu's mansion, and ask Duke Lu to personally escort Dong Guiren into Qingzhou." Also, notify the Qingzhou Trading Company to transfer all the guards into the Lu Gong's mansion and protect Lu Gong along the way. Go now, go now. ”
In the main hall, the emperor sat lonely on the dragon chair, and said to himself lonely: "The power of Cao thief's thunder is coming, these people don't transfer guards into the palace to protect me, but they want to protect Concubine Dong, they are really not afraid of death." Why is such a fierce warrior who is not afraid of death willing to contribute to me? ”
"If there is a man who regards the people of the world as pigs and dogs, and regards the world's property as his own flower. One day, when the forces that maintain his power collapse, he will also be treated as a pig and a dog. Such a simple truth, we haven't figured it out for thousands of years", thousands of miles away in Qingzhou, at the highest point of the central tower of the Lei Building, Liu Bei was silently reading while picking up books.
"The day before yesterday, the property and dignity of the people were wantonly plundered and trampled on, and no one cared; Yesterday, the property and dignity of the ministers were wantonly plundered and trampled on, and no one cared; Who cares today, when the property and dignity of the country's biggest predators are threatened? The funny thing is that the heroes of the past generations have been for the pleasure and dignity of that moment, they only care about enjoying the pleasure of the predators, but they never thought that one day, they will also be the plundered, the bullied and the oppressed, and all the enjoyment of the past will turn into a thousand times the resentment and retribution will be retributed to them. It's strange that we've been unaware of this problem for thousands of years. ”
"It's time", Liu Bei tapped his fingers on the table and made up his mind: "After more than ten years, the arrogance of the warlords, the imperial power has weakened to the last moment, let me complete this final blow." ”
Liu Bei picked out a clean piece of paper from the table, picked up the pen, pondered for a while, and wrote the next letter:
"Brother Meng Dewu: I was shocked to hear of the Luoyang rebellion, my brother is very sorry, and I write this letter to relieve my anguish with my brother.
At the beginning, the saint returned from Chang'an in a panic, his bags were lost, the car was gone, the palace concubine was colorless, the ministers were all down, the tiger and wolf chased after him, and the entourage was all embarrassed. He never expected that after the two cavalry drove me, they would be able to get today's worry-free. Come to think of it, without the two of us, I don't know how many people in the world are emperors and how many people are kings.
The emperor has today, all thanks to the hard work of Brother Meng De, the taxes of my Qingzhou, Your Majesty, how could there have been a little hard work with the people, with the ministers, and with the world. The four bodies are not diligent and the grains are not divided, they are enshrined every day, they are fed and have nothing to do all day long - this is not enough?! You still need to do whatever you want, you still need to attribute the world to one person, and you still need to take life and death to be the master of it. Rather this matter?
The world, not the world of one person, the former lord was very unclear, and the eunuchs confused the palace and interfered in the government, causing the yellow scarf to be a disaster? Every time I think of it, I grit my teeth and hate the eunuchs for confusing the palace and interfering in the government. However, how can eunuchs be a disaster for the world - the government comes from one person. Entrusting one person with the authority of the world is always unsatisfactory, and the source of chaos is precisely because of this, and I do not want to make the same mistakes.
Fang today, north to the extreme north of the ice sea, south to the red hot jungle, all belong to my Han Dynasty, Jingzhou is not a minister, Jun will be with Sun Quan to cut it, Yizhou Liangzhou, Jun army in front, I Qingji and the four states of Youzhou for grain and grass and later, see that the world will return to unity, at that time, my Han territory will be the most extensive and vast in history, the new land is enough for us to develop for hundreds of years, this foundation for thousands of generations! It is at this time that the name will be left in history. Wanggong and I encourage him.
I believe that at this moment, what our Han needs is to unite the joint efforts of our nation to jointly develop this new territory and create a foundation for future generations, rather than changing the dynasty. Therefore, although I am very disdainful of the struggle for power and profit above the court, I am still willing to reaffirm the covenant to you, which you can take as a kind support, or you can take it as a stern reminder: the emperor is the co-lord of my Han Dynasty, and it is sacrosanct; The government belongs to the prime minister, who gathers virtuous people and rules the world together; The power to elect the prime minister lies in the princes of all walks of life, and at the beginning, the system of taking turns to sit in the village was adopted, and the prime minister elected by each town served for ten years; The local princes adopted a vassal system under their rule, and the territory was self-supporting and the appointment of officials was autonomous; The tributes to be paid to the central treasury in each territory shall not be in arrears in any name; The above contract lasts for 30 years, and the final timetable for the unification of the government is to be resolved through consultation among the princes, and the ultimate goal is to implement a law, a government, and a system of officials in the Han Dynasty.
I've always believed that rules are meant to be followed, not broken. The rules are unreasonable, and after they are changed, they are still used to abide by them. Although I do not like the seizure of power by the Holy Lord, I still want to remind you that I support the government you preside, and yet, within the limits of the law, I am still a subject of the Han Dynasty, and I have been, and still am.
Thirty years, let a generation be born, a generation grows up, but in the long history of my Han nation, thirty years is just a sand in the Ganges, there are thirty years, you and I create a rule, leave a name in history, at this time. So, I don't want you and me to be rule breakers in the first place – then there would be no point in establishing rules.
I hope that, as long as the situation permits, you and I, as well as Sun Quan in the south, will be able to hunt with Your Majesty somewhere, and use the stone as evidence to fix our change and make it continue.
Please think twice: Today you and I do not protect the power of the emperor according to the rules, and tomorrow you and I will not be able to protect my own power. ”
Taoism says: Three begets of all things. This is the reason why Liu Bei insisted on leaving all the princes in the south. The tripartite shape is the strongest, and it is a wonderful way to check and balance. Therefore, Liu Bei was determined to pull Sun Quan into the alliance. Of course, if Cao Cao did not approve of leaving Sun Quan to secede, Liu Bei was also willing to negotiate on specific candidates.
After the letter was sent away, Liu Bei groaned and wrote another letter to Chen Deng in Xuzhou, agreeing to the "Qingxu integration" plan that he had repeatedly requested. Xuzhou is sandwiched in the Sun-Cao-Liu triangle, and the strategic depth is not enough, so it has to choose a strong reinforcement. In comparison, Xuzhou and Qingzhou are the closest, the two sides choose the same currency issued by Lianyun Trading Company, and the economic ties are close. That is to say: Qingxu adopts a unified law, mutual recognition of academic qualifications, mutual recognition of meritorious titles, and so on.
Subsequently, Qingzhou issued a series of orders. Chen Zhi and Gao Ran succeeded Le Jin Le Wenqian and left Pingyin, while Le Wenqian was recalled to Guangrao to replace Zhang Fei and co-head the 1st and 2nd Army Corps in Qingzhou with Guan Yu; Gao Shun entered Jinan as a follow-up support for Pingyin City; Guanhai entered the Wei State, connecting the West River and Jining, and at the same time forming a triangular defense line with Pingyin and Jinan; Xun Yu entered the Governor's Mansion as the acting commander of the Left Army Xu Shu; Chen Qun was officially relocated to the position of Great Prime Minister.
In the name of going to the West River, the Qingzhou army moved to the border, and Liu Bei planned not to allow Cao Cao to delay and use force to force him to submit.
"This army has another role - all the way to the west. The exchange of civilizations can only be achieved by conquest, this is a simple truth. If we can open up the road to the west by land, combined with the sea route, it is equivalent to my Han stretching out two fists to hit the west, Rome, we are coming. Liu Bei meditated.
Standing at the window, Liu Bei was condescending, and he saw Liu Hun leading the men and horses into the city, and the well-fed and well-fed boy scouts were arrogant and proud. The corners of Liu Bei's mouth gave a smug smile.
Although the country is small, it is warlike. Cultivating successors starts small. If even the children understand this truth, the prosperity of my Han is just around the corner.
"Well, listen to what they have achieved".
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