Chapter 4: Dividing the Heroes, Section 7: Conspiracy (II)

On August 15, in the middle of the city, Liu Bei was watching the equestrian competition on the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival, when a soldier hurriedly walked in and whispered in Liu Bei's ear. When Liu Bei heard this, he accidentally broke the glass cup.

Behind the screen, Huang Ying heard the sound and hurriedly sent someone to hear the news. Liu Bei's face was expressionless, and he said in a low voice: "It's okay." Then, I watched the performance uncertainly.

The officials saw it in their eyes and were worried. coincidentally came to a similar conclusion: the movements of the court are unknown, and looking at the expression of the lord, I am afraid it is bad news.

Subsequently, the game seemed boring, in the stands, the lord Liu Bei clapped with a smile, the officials looked around absentmindedly, the big mother never appeared on this occasion, the second mother did not sit for a long time after giving birth, and she was not able to sit for a long time, so she watched it a little and quickly withdrew. The audience in the audience was infected with the mentality of the Taoist officials, and applauded weakly, and the atmosphere suddenly became embarrassing.

After the game, all the officials gathered in the conference hall, waiting for Liu Bei's appearance. For a long time, Liu Bei appeared in front of everyone with a melancholy face: "Everyone, Wu E is seriously ill, I have delayed a little time, let's start now." ”

Jian Yong straightened up and asked, "Lord, what did the doctor from Izumo City say?" ”

All the officials knew that Jian Yong had a good relationship with the eldest master's mother, so they quietly waited for the lord's answer.

Liu Bei slowly walked to the long table, sat down slowly, and replied: "Wu E has been in a depressed mood for several years, and has been pestering mian on the sickbed. ”

Jian Yong hurriedly said, "I'll accompany her." ”

Liu Bei nodded and agreed: "It's okay, I'll tell you about the matter here, you can go and accompany her more." ”

Waiting for Jian Yong to walk out of the meeting hall, Liu Bei beckoned to the officials: "Everyone, sit down, Luoyang is here to report urgently, everyone listen." ”

Li Wei casually took out the letter and handed it to Fu Zhi. Frustrated Professor hurriedly tore open the cover and read: "Jingshi Rebellion ......"

Suddenly, Fu Zhu's voice became quieter, and he read the letter carefully, and read it in a low voice: "The Jingshi rebelled, and the general He Jin was killed by the eunuchs. Lu Gongzhi took the head of the general and galloped into the general's camp, and the general Wu Kuang Zhang Zhang, who was sad and angry, waved his troops straight to the palace; When Yuan Shao heard the change, he immediately sent Yuan Shu from his younger brother Hu Ben Zhonglang to help Wu Kuang Zhang Zhang.

The palace gate is closed, the middle yellow gate is armed and guarded, and the foreign soldiers are strictly refused, Yuan Shu and others are scolded outside, and the palace is forced to hand over Zhang Rang and others, and there is no movement for many times, so they set fire to the Qingzuo gate. The fire was fierce and shone through the palace. Zhang Rang and others were shocked, kidnapped the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor Chen Liuwang, and the palace provincial courtiers, and fled to the North Palace from the tunnel.

Shangshu Lu Gongzhi, dressed in armor, led 20 guards, waited on the imperial road, killed Duan Cheng, and rescued Empress Dowager He.

At that time, Yuan Shu, Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, and others had invaded the Nangong, killing all the eunuchs who stayed behind, and from the rebel Fan Ling Xu Xiang, and the general's brother, the general He Miao. The people in the palace, whether old or young, but seeing that he had no need under his chin, he killed them all, killing more than 3,000 people one after another; There were a few who were not eunuchs, but they were also killed by mistake because they were young and had few beards. Inside the palace, rivers of blood flowed. ”

There was silence in the hall, and Frustrated Scholar repeated with a cry: "In the palace, there is a river of blood. Immediately, he hid his face and wept.

Gao Tanglong took the letter and continued to read: "Zhang asked Duan Cheng to eunuch all the powers, kidnapped the young emperor and Chen Liuwang out of the palace, stepped out of the north gate, and walked to Xiaopingjin at night; The ministers will not follow each other, and they will not even be able to carry the national seal. In the middle of the night, it was only by the Shangshu Lu Gongzhi, and the central part of Henan Peng Min Gong, rushed one after another, Lu Gong visited the young emperor, beheaded the eunuchs and slaves to let Duan Qi, and committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

Lu Gongzhi and Min Gong supported the young emperor brothers and looked for a way back. The sky was dark, the ground was full of thorns, the young emperor and Chen Liuwang Xiang grew up in the palace, and they were still young......"

When Gao Tanglong read this, he wept bitterly, unable to read any more, and the hall suddenly wailed.

After a long time, Guo Yuan wiped his tears, took the letter, and continued to read: "The young emperor and Chen Liuwang Xiang grew up in the palace, and they were still young. Fortunately, there are groups of fireflies in groups, revealing a glimmer of light, flying to the side as if coming to guide, so there is still a shadow of the road, and they hesitate to go south.

About a few miles, there are people on the side of the road, there is a cart outside the door, there is an axle under it, Min Gong looked, he ordered the accompanying soldiers to take the car over, please the young emperor brothers, and sit on the car, by the foot pawn in the back push wheel, slowly to Luoyang Station.

At this moment, I can hear the sound of the post house, it has turned five watches, the sky is foggy and misty, and the young emperor and others are sleepy, and it is difficult to go again, so they stay in the post house.

In the dawn of the day, Lu Gongzhi got up first, knocked on the young emperor, and said that there was a military talisman in his hand, and he could recruit 300 guards from the Qingzhou trading company by the Luoshui River to escort him, and there was a carriage at home, which could be ridden by the young emperor, and he was willing to go back to Luoyang first and summon the ministers to come here to greet him.

Of course, the young emperor agreed, and Duke Lu immediately resigned. Min Gong to the post house is inconvenient to stay for a long time, that is, to set off, there are only two horses in the post house, one horse please the young emperor to sit alone, Gong and Chen Liuwang sit on a horse, out of the house south gallop; There are ministers of the DPRK and China, and they are coming one after another, and they are driving together.

After passing under the north mountain, suddenly saw the flag covering the sun, the dust rushed to the sky, the former general Dong Zhuo led a large group of men and horses to arrive, intercepted the holy car, all the officials were discolored, the young emperor was even more panicked, frightened to tears, at a loss. ”

Zhang Fei Guan Yu was furious, took the case, and scolded: "Dong Fat Pig dares to offend the Holy Driver like this, big brother, give me 20,000 soldiers and horses, I will kill this fat pig." ”

Xu Shu asked in surprise: "Who wrote this report, and how could it be written in such detail?" ”

Liu Bei replied lightly: "The guards around Duke Lu were sent by me, and they have been guarding the side of the holy car. ”

Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei didn't answer his words, and shouted: "Big brother, did you hear what I said?" ”

Liu Bei coldly reprimanded: "Yide, sit down, I have my own opinions." ”

Immediately, he turned his head to Xu Shu and ordered: "Yuan Zhi, you continue to read"

Xu Shu picked up the letter and read: "King Chen Liuwang saw that the emperor was afraid, so he passed the edict to stop Dong Zhuo, and led Dong Zhuo to see the young emperor." The emperor was shocked and could not speak in detail, so Chen Liuwang comforted Dong Zhuo on behalf of the emperor and briefly described the cause of the disaster. Dong Zhuo then asked the royal driver to return to the palace.

After the young emperor returned to the palace, he issued an edict on the same day, granted amnesty to the world, changed the name of the Guangxi year to Zhaoning, and only said that the national seal had been lost, and there was no whereabouts.

Attached: Luoyang was under fire all night, the soldiers stormed the Qingzhou trading company, attempted to loot, the building was burned in many places, because the guards were transferred by Lu Gong, the Qingzhou merchants were killed three people, fortunately the water clipper support, repelled the soldiers. Now, the Qingzhou guards and merchants withdrew to the Duke of Lu's mansion to rest, waiting for the lord's order.

Wang Shi (Wang Yue) led his apprentices to protect the holy car, the martial arts hall was burned down by soldiers, 300 disciples went to the disaster, Wang Shi did not know where to go, and the remaining 200 people withdrew to the fast boat, waiting for the lord's order. ”

Xu Shu read this and whispered, "It's over." ”

There was a long silence in the hall.

A glass lamp suddenly burst out of a spark, breaking the silence. Liu Bei opened his mouth and asked: "Yuan Zhi, how many troops does our army have?" ”

Xu Shu counted his fingers and said: "Our army originally had 11 corps, and now, the Linzi garrison is organized into the 11th, 12th, and 13th legions, the plain yellow turban troops are organized into the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th legions, and the Taishan Yellow Turban troops are organized into four legions, which are divided into 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th legions. Our army has 22 corps with more than 70,000 troops, and in addition to the military strength stationed in various places, the corps that can be mobilized now are the Guards Corps and the Sixth Auxiliary Corps. ”

"Well, we must quickly shrink our forces, transfer the 8th, 9th, and 10th Army Corps that went to the plains to suppress bandits back to Guanghuan, and then transfer the 14th and 15th Army Corps back to Guanghuan for training, and transfer them back to the 23rd and 24th Army Corps from Taishan; The 1st and 2nd Swift Gallop Corps, plus the 7th Corps, were transferred back from Pingyin City to participate in the winter training around Guanghuan. Pyongyin Castle, which was garrisoned by the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Korean Corps this winter.

Also, tell the leader of the Aries tribe Ruidong (recommended by book friend R ), doesn't he often say: The Eagle tribe has the hero Niman, the Bull tribe has the fighter Poljin, and the Tianma tribe has Liu Hun, I don't care about their tribe. Let him personally lead 3,000 Aries tribal warriors to reinforce Pingyin City, and accept the command of Lejin Le Wenqian.

In addition, we will select 2,000 of the strongest men from the Yellow Turban Clan, another 1,000 strong non-commissioned officers from each regiment, and 500 strong lieutenants and non-commissioned officers from the Guards Regiment to form the Ironclad Legion in Qingzhou, and train them hard this winter to become an army in the spring of next year."

Fu Zhu interjected: "The Fifth Army moves slowly, and it is useless to stay in Taishan, let them move towards Pingyin, and garrison Pingyin this winter." ”

Yes, Taishan County is too far away from Luoyang, and once something happens, I am afraid that the Fifth Army will not have time to transport it to the front line. Stationed in Pingyin City, our army can load them on ships at any time and transport them to the front line. Liu Bei nodded and agreed to Fu Zhu's suggestion.

"Everyone, Dong Zhuo is arrogant, that is, he supports the army to enter the Beijing Division, and he must want to monopolize power. The danger of the court is imminent, and I, as a courtier, please prepare as soon as possible. Ladies and gentlemen, please. Liu Bei stood up from the table, knelt on his knees, and bowed deeply to the officials.

The officials knelt on the ground in a panic and bowed their heads in return: "The lord is gracious, we can only die to repay it." ”

Outside the door, a voice shouted, "Urgent." ”

Liu Bei suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Pass."

The messenger hurriedly ran in, handed over two letters, reached out to take them, opened one of them and read: "After our army suppressed bandits in the plains, Pingyuan County did not descend the Yellow Turbans into Jizhou, and joined forces with the Yellow Turbans of Jizhou to the north with 300,000 troops, trying to join Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, General Gongsun Zhan led 20,000 horses out of Youzhou, and attacked the enemy position with 5,000 white horse Yicong as the main force, broke the Yellow Turban in the Yellow River, and captured tens of thousands of vehicles weighing Yellow Turbans. ”

"This Brother Gongsun, I really can't bear the loneliness" Liu Bei shook his head and sighed: "However, after a few years of rest and recuperation, Brother Gongsun's power has also become stronger. Good. ”

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty called this battle "blood and danshui", and only more than 70,000 people remained of the 300,000 yellow turbans, and the remnants of the yellow turbans retreated into Pingyuan County again. At this point, the vigorous Yellow Turban Rebellion dissipated, and after a battle, the Yellow Turban Army did not realize its desire to be the emperor (the so-called "Yellow Sky should stand"), but only added countless lonely graves and wild bones to the earth. The land of the Central Plains was barren, ten rooms and nine empty, thousands of miles of uninhabited, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban bandits sought refuge one after another, becoming officials they once hated and opposed. Of course, they also took up arms and oppressed the people by the way.

Liu Bei picked up the letter and read it unwillingly: "Tens of thousands of vehicles weighing yellow turbans were seized. Hmph, other people make money by playing yellow scarves, why do I play yellow scarves, not only do I not make money, but I have to support them after the fight. Ask Yu Poison of the Plains, why didn't he hand over his baggage when he surrendered, and the yellow scarf who didn't surrender took all the baggage, he was fine, and he asked me to feed him empty-handed. ”

Fu Zhu hurriedly persuaded: "Lord, no. The lord treats people sincerely, so although General Yu Poison is unruly, he is willing to surrender to the lord. His subordinates may not obey, even if General Yu Poison sends them all the grain and grass as a friendship to break up, it is nothing. Those who have left have two hearts, and those who wish to stay are those who trust the lord. Yu poison, the general also, with tens of thousands of cars in exchange for a general and hundreds of thousands of yellow turbans from the loyalty. The lord should rejoice. ”

"Loser, all of them are prostrate" Liu Bei muttered to himself, but he had to make a happy expression on his face to accept the suggestion: "I think it's worth spending some money and food in exchange for the population, and I don't look at it, how much do you have to lose when you go in and out?" The chaos in the world is about to begin, how much food do we have to waste? ”

Liu Bei raised his head and ordered angrily: "What does the other letter say, read." ”

Frustrated Zhu opened the letter and read: "The imperial court edict made Situ Huangwan the Tai Lieutenant, Sikong Yang Biao the Situ, Xun Shuang was appointed as the Ping Yuan Xiang, Shangshu Han Fu was the Jizhou Mu, Liu Dai in the service was the Yanzhou Assassin History, Kong Ling was the Yuzhou Assassin History, Zhang Miao was Chen Liu's Taishou, Zhang Zhi was the Nanyang Taishou, Jiao He was the Qingzhou Assassin History, and the cavalry captain Bao Xin was the Tai Shou of Taishan.

Recruit Cai Yong as a sacrificial wine, and order Taishan County to guard, you can urge Cai Yong to go on the road. ”

"Xun Shuang was appointed as the plain minister", Liu Bei stood up and said unhappily: "Isn't the plain phase Fu Hao (Tian Feng), our army has just pacified the plain, and the court doesn't ask, so they want to change their appearance, so they don't take me seriously." ”

Frustrated with the letter, he explained: "These people are not Dong Zhuo's relatives, and they have to be let go of their positions, and they are finally promoted to the virtuous and advanced scholars." Dong Zhuo seems to still have some scruples about the lord, Jiao He was only appointed as the assassin of Qingzhou, not the state pastor. The Assassin had no authority to appoint a county warden. The lower-level officials of each county in Qingzhou are all appointed by the lord, and in addition to the northern overseas, the county guards in various places also come out of the hands of the prince. Jiao He, it is said that this person is a figure who talks about politics and changes the order every day. Let such a character control Qingzhou, Qingzhou will have difficulties. Now that all the county guards are here, everyone, make a statement. ”

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Fu Zhu first added: "I'll take the lead first, I have been to Donglai for a day under the name of Donglai Taishou, and I can go back to Donglai to convene subordinate officials after today's meeting, and tell them: The new appointment of the imperial court is the assassin Shi not the state minister, so he has no right to remove the officials from all over the country, and they have appointed the independent duke, it is best to see the current situation clearly and continue to obey the orders of the lord." ”

Guo Yuan bowed his hand and said: "The people of Le'an are all alive by the lord, and I am willing to guarantee for the officials of Le'an that I will continue to obey the lord's orders." ”

Gao Tanglong coughed, and suddenly there was silence in the hall, and everyone held their breath, waiting for the great prime minister to speak.

"I have been with the lord for many years, and I understand the lord's intentions" Gao Tanglong said: "Qingzhou is still the Qingzhou of the imperial court, but the Han government has been eroded so far, and it is no longer able to return to the sky. The lord intends to use Qingzhou to test another set of statecraft, and hopes to help the world at the same time. Nowadays, the world has been in turmoil for a long time, and Qingzhou has financial and material resources in reserve, which is the capital to save the country, and corrupt officials must not be allowed to harm them.

Ladies and gentlemen, the old emperor has passed away, the new emperor has ascended the throne, Vientiane is renewed, and with the talent of the lord, he is about to fly thousands of miles. You are all the people who have been chosen by the Lord to govern the world, and I hope you will take good care of the capital of governing the world for the Lord - that is our law and the administrative law of Qingzhou."

All the officials stood up and swore an oath in unison: "We are willing to obey the orders of the lord." ”

Gao Tanglong sternly added: "From today onwards, the lord will stop using the Qingzhou seal ribbon and use the white book 'Liu Xuande seal', and I will hand over the seal to every official when I turn around, and all my Qingzhou officials, those who do not obey the seal will be regarded as rebellion; if the official decree is not stamped with the seal of the lord, the officials who carry it out privately will be regarded as rebellion; the transfer of troops must be made by the public in their own hands, and those who do not have the official decree to send a soldier and a soldier without a command will be regarded as rebellion; we will punish rebellion according to the law." ”

All the officials shouted in unison: "No."

Fu Zhu explained indifferently: "After the new assassination history comes, if you still let the princess govern, everything will be as usual in Qingzhou." Otherwise, let him call the shots in Linzi City. Counties and counties are optimistic about their officials and soldiers. ”

Liu Bei seemed to be in deep thought, not caring about everyone's discussion, the hall was silent for a long time, Liu Bei Fang thought about it and said: "Strange, recruit Cai Yong as a sacrificial wine, why should the Taishan County Guard urge him to go on the road?" ”

Liu Bei seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly said: "It's bad, Cai Yong offended the eunuch, didn't he just hide in the home of the Taishan Wang clan Yangdao?" In the past few years, I have been busy governing Qingzhou, almost non-stop patrolling all over Qingzhou, why did I forget to collect talents from Taishan County. ”

Cai Zhaoji (Cai Wenji) was married for only one year, and her husband Wei Zhongdao died of hemoptysis. The people of the Wei family thought that she had killed her husband, and Cai Zhaoji, who was only arrogant at the time, resolutely returned to her parents' house despite her father's opposition. Then, isn't it also hiding in Taishan County?

Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, it was next year, Cai Zhaoji was plundered by the Huns, about 3 years later, no matter what, Cai Zhaoji could not follow Cai Yong to Luoyang. But Dong Zhuo recruited Cai Yong in the name of the imperial court, what reason should he protect?

After thinking for a long time, Liu Bei stood up and advised: "Everyone, it is all up to you to welcome the new assassination history. I'm going to Tai'an City, Taishan County, where there is a master of the art of war, named Yu Ban. I got acquainted with him during my study tour, Yu Ban is a master of military training, and I am going to recruit him as a captain of the Yue Cavalry of Qi County.

After recalling the rich forces in each county, we have 11 mobile regiments in our hands, and with the addition of the Guards Corps and the auxiliary corps, our mobile strength reaches more than 40,000 men. I am going to recruit Yu Ban to train the village warriors for us. In this way, if there is a war, we can mobilize civilian forces to deal with it. ”

The frustrated foil said: "I also hope that the lord will visit Cai Yong before he goes to Beijing by the way." Let's see what he has for us Qingzhou. ”

Liu Bei was silent, in history, Dong Zhuo pursued Cai Yong very urgently, Bao Xin was the first keeper of Taishan, and he was officially appointed by the imperial court, he was already overjoyed, and it is estimated that he will not offend the imperial court for one person.

Sure enough, a few days later, Liu Bei returned to Guanghuan in a daze. Dong Zhuo forced Cai Yong to go, and before Liu Bei entered Mount Tai, Cai Yong's family had moved away. After Qingzhou adopted the strategy of forcing the yellow turban into Mount Tai, Tai'an County was ruined, and Yu Ban's family moved into Chenliu. Xun Shuang traveled to Wanling, and was transferred back to Luoyang, moved to Guangluxun, and worshiped as a commonplace three days later.

Bad news came one after another, and after losing useful people, useless people came instead, Jiao He wandered on the border of Qingzhou, waiting for permission to enter Qingzhou. It is reported that he brought with him two officials: Wang Xiu, a native of Beihai, and Yan Fei, a native of Jibei. It seems that these two people are here to be Jiao He's officials.

Historically, didn't Jiao He take office half a year after his appointment? Why are you in such a hurry now? Liu Bei looked at the urgent report with annoyance, and thought in his heart: If you leave, you will pacify the Qingzhou Yellow Turban early, and the stability and wealth of Qingzhou will definitely attract many greedy people.

"Give him a pass pass and allow him to enter Qingzhou." Liu Bei ordered irritably.

Wang Lie, the chief priest, asked: "It is reported that there are many former Qingzhou gentry around Jiao He, and when the gold was in turmoil, these Qingzhou gentry fled to Luoyang for refuge, and now their land has been distributed to people with military merits, and these gentry are ready to follow Jiao He and get their land back." Do you want to let these gentry enter the country as well? ”

"Let them in," Gao Tanglong suggested: "Instead of letting them make noise outside the country, let them in and see how they make noise." ”

Wang Lie had a bitter face and said, "What should I do if there is a dispute over land and property?" ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said contemptuously: "The land that the soldiers have obtained for the rest of their lives, they want to take it, yes, we respect personal property and let them take money to redeem it." Pay for our military expenses, for policing, and we give them back land. Before that, whoever dares to encroach on the land of the soldiers, let them come. Tell the soldiers and Qingzhou heroes that they have the right to protect their homeland. If the soldiers didn't even have the courage to defend their homeland, they deserved to lose their land. ”

After receiving Liu Bei's order, Jiao He and his entourage entered Qingzhou in a mighty way, and at the same time, the remnants of the Yellow Turban, who were defeated by Gongsun Zhan in Jizhou, retreated all the way into Pingyuan County.

After getting the news of the entry of the remnants of the Yellow Turban, Jiao He and the others did not dare to stay in Gao Tangjin, and went straight to Luoyin in panic. Along the way, I saw that the army of Jinan County came from the south of Luoyin, the army of Pingyuan County came from the west of Luoyin, and the defenders of Le'an entered Luowo City, forming a posture of encircling the remnants of the Yellow Turban on three sides.

When Jiao He saw this scene, he said to the people around him with emotion: "Shuzhi (Wang Xiu), it seems that Liu Xuande's governance of Qingzhou is not without merit. With the power of a county in the plains, it is difficult to exterminate the inbound yellow turbans. And the joint forces of various counties to suppress bandits are a good way to prevent the remnants of bandits from wandering. ”

Wang Xiu snorted from his nose and said disdainfully: "Liu Bei, it's just a martial artist." When it did not make a living, it relied on selling mats and weaving shoes to make a living, and after it made a career, he exploited the people and the people, and did everything he could. It's a pity that Ming Gong doesn't have a general under him, otherwise, hum ......"

Yan Fei persuaded on the side: "Brother Shuzhi (Wang Xiu), Liu Bei, and Jiangcai." Since he joined the army, he has been invincible, attacking everything, and his subordinates are full of tigers and wolves. ”

Wang Xiu replied confidently: "I'll wait for the opportunity." ”

At this time, a squire accompanying him smiled flatteringly, approached Jiao He and said, "Ming Gong, my former industry is on the outskirts of Luoyin City. Ming Gong sees, do you give me a paperwork so that I can get rid of those mud legs. Hehe, after I take back the property, I just happened to receive Ming Gong in Luoyin City. ”

Jiao He kindly asked, "What's your name?" ”

The squire replied, "The villain's name is Gary." ”

Jiao He turned his face to look at Wang Xiu, Wang Xiu nodded, and said, "Well, Gary, I'll write a document for you, you can go." ”

Turning his face to Jiao He, Wang Xiu explained in a low voice: "We just took this opportunity to test Liu Bei. ”

Jiao He suddenly urged: "Hurry up, I'll wait to enter the city and wait for news." ”

At the Luoyin City Gate, when the soldiers guarding the gate saw this line-up, they were furious and scolded: "Get off the sedan chair!" Since then, to the east, has entered Qingzhou, the land of Qingzhou, prohibiting people to ride on people. You can go to the post house to change carriages and horses, and you are not allowed to sit in a sedan chair. ”

Wang Xiu came out of the crowd and replied: "Qingzhou does not allow people to ride on people, and it is not allowed to ride in a sedan chair - now it is allowed." This is Qingzhou's new thorn Shi Jiao and the adult, and from then on, Qingzhou was allowed to take a sedan chair. My lord is here, and he still doesn't kneel. ”

The soldiers guarding the gate hesitated, and after a while, the captain of the city gate came out in line and asked loudly: "My lord is acting in Qingzhou, do you have an official document?" ”

Wang Xiu proudly took out the edict issued by the imperial court, and said in a swaying voice: "This is the imperial decree, do you want to see it?" I don't know you. ”

The captain of the city gate snatched the official document and replied: "I am the lord who personally ordered the captain of the city gate of Luoyin and Qingzhou to attack the people." If you don't pass the Qingzhou government assessment, how can you serve as a lieutenant? ”

Wang Xiu looked at the city gate captain coldly, only to see him looking at the official document upside down, sweating profusely.

"You took the official document down," Wang Xiu said sarcastically.

The city gate captain was annoyed and explained, "I know all these words, and I don't know what to say about them how to put them together." ”

Those who have only passed literacy will certainly not know what the crepe official document means. Liu Bei didn't read much himself, and he often dealt with merchants and soldiers. The orders are concise and clear, and I don't like to quote scriptures. Therefore, the officials under his command did what they liked, and the official correspondence was simple and beautiful. As a petty official, the captain of the city gate has seen such a gorgeous and empty "beautiful text".

Wang Xiu stretched out his hand to ask for the paperwork, and asked with relief: "What, what do you think after reading this edict?" ”

The city gate captain's face sank, and he replied honestly: "I can't understand the paperwork, but it's ......."

The city gate captain dragged his long voice and gestured to the soldiers around him. When the guards at the city gate saw the gesture, they immediately unsheathed their swords and surrounded Jiao He and his party. At this time, the city gate lieutenant slowed down his voice and added: "This document is not stamped with the seal of my lord Liu, and in Qingzhou, this official document is invalid." ”

Jiao He was furious and rebuked loudly: "Bastard, the edict of the imperial court must also be stamped with the seal of your family, rebelling against you." ”

The captain of the city gate shook his head and said stubbornly: "I can't read the official document, and there is no seal of my family on it." said, how did you get into Qingzhou, if you don't make it clear, you are spies, and we will kill you. ”

There was a buzz from the city gate guard: "Spies—military merits." Immediately, all the guards showed salivating expressions, and looked at Jiaohe's team with wolf-like eyes, eager to try.

"Wait", Yan Fei shook a document in his hand, pushed everyone away and walked to the front of the team: "This is a letter of passage issued by Lord Xuande." Ladies and gentlemen, we are not spies. ”

The city gate captain carefully looked at the order letter, nodded and said, "I can understand this, it is indeed the order letter of my family, put away the knife and gun." ”

There was a loud noise, and the city gate captain muttered: "If there is a pass order, don't take it out early, take that incomprehensible document, and play tricks on someone." Immediately, he commanded loudly: "Stand upright, salute." ”

Jiao He's face was gloomy, and he waved his hand to the palanquin man and said, "Enter the city." ”

The palanquin man did not move, Jiao He was furious, and scolded: "Hurry up and enter the city." ”

The captain of the city gate maintained an upright posture and said loudly: "My lord, the guards of the city gate have not been cleared, and the palanquin driver will not leave."

Wang Xiu was extremely angry and stomped his feet. Asked: "Since you have a pass order for your family, why don't you let it go?" ”

The city gate captain replied loudly: "Please get off the sedan chair." My family has an order: the people of Qingzhou can only bow their knees to the saints, the respected deceased, and the gods. There are no slaves in the land of Qingzhou, and no one is allowed to ride on top of others and be free. The officials of Qingzhou should put the people first and prohibit slavery to the people. Ladies and gentlemen, there are no kneeling people in Qingzhou, Qingzhou prohibits people from riding, please get off the sedan chair. ”

Jiao He's lips trembled, and he said viciously: "It's a big rebellion...... For the official to take office, what do you sit in the official sedan chair, Liu Xuande, do you intend to be the enemy of the officials in the world?"

The captain of the city gate replied solemnly: "The laws of Qingzhou are harsh, and if you violate the criminal law with my family, you may be punished according to the law." Ladies and gentlemen, I am a servant of the city gate, and I dare not disrespect the law. Your Excellency can retreat, think about it, the official sedan chair must not enter the city. ”

Strictly speaking, Liu Bei did not explicitly order that "Qingzhou prohibits sedan chairs". Liu Bei, who is gloomy and calculating, will not risk the world's condemnation like this. It's just that he says it occasionally at the meeting (he did it on purpose). As a way of de-slavery education, Liu Bei did not approve of people riding on people - sitting in a sedan chair. However, Zhang Shiping, the leader of the Qingzhou Veterans Organization who was present at the time, keenly felt the business opportunities (as he hinted at), so he took the opportunity to vigorously promote the strategy of "Qingzhou prohibits sedan cars".

Qingzhou prohibits sedan chairs, and all merchants and officials who come and go must go to the post office to change the carriages and horses. The post houses are all controlled by the Qingzhou Gongmin Association, and its standard carriages are purchased from the trading companies under the Qingzhou Veterans Organization. There are more people in Qingzhou who use carriages and horses, and the sales of carriages will rise, and after the Qingzhou soldiers retire, the retirement money they will receive will be rich. It is also easy for retired soldiers to enter the civic service center to earn a living.

In the Han Dynasty, the art of driving was one of the six arts of a gentleman, especially driving a four-wheeled carriage. In ancient times, it was also a special honor to drive for people as a royal person. After the Qingzhou soldiers retired, most of them entered the post house to make a living - as mercenaries (bodyguards) and as royals. Therefore, as the beneficiaries of this policy, soldiers from all over Qingzhou naturally spared no effort to implement this policy after tasting the sweetness.

The secret of politics is that by identifying the beneficiaries of each policy and letting them implement it, they will naturally come up with all sorts of specific ways of brainwashing.

Luoyin Pavilion Station, Jiao He looked at Wang Xiu and Yan Fei with a displeased face, and said: "Liu Bei's method of controlling lower-level officials is really amazing, a little city gate captain actually defies the imperial court's edicts. If it weren't for Liu Bei's order, it would be difficult for Qingzhou to do it. ”

Wang Xiu frowned, and said peacefully: "Ming Gong, let's wait for Gary to come back, I want to see how Liu Bei controls the township and county." ”

At this moment, after entering Beijing, Dong Zhuo annexed the troops led by the He Jin brothers, and as a result, the desire to abolish the emperor became more and more enthusiastic. In the court, Dong Zhuo put forward the idea of abolishing the emperor. Yuan Shao, a lieutenant of the Chinese Military Academy, refuted proudly: "The Han family has been the king of the world for more than 400 years, and the grace is profound, and the people admire it; Today's saint is in his infancy, and there has never been a major mistake in the world, and the public wants to abolish the heir, and I am afraid that the public will not be convinced, please think twice! ”

Dong Zhuo was furious and said: "Everything in the world is in my hands, I want to abolish it, who dares not to obey?" ”

Yuan Shao replied: "Is there no minister in the imperial court? It is not appropriate to be arbitrary. ”

Dong Zhuo became more and more angry when he heard this, drew his sword and shouted: "Vertical son dares!" Is it not good for me to use my sword? ”

Yuan Shao replied excitedly: "Is there no one in the world who has a knife?" Your sword is sharp, my sword is not disadvantaged! "The two are facing each other at the feast. Yuan Shao said as he drew his saber horizontally and came out.

Out of the palace gate, Yuan Shao broke out in a cold sweat, hurriedly urged the horse to run to the east gate of Luoyang, untied the seal, hung the head of the door, and immediately crossed the horse and whipped up, and ran to the Bohai County of Jizhou led by the eldest son Yuan Tan.

Dong Zhuo asked again about the abolition of Zhuqing, and Ding Yuan, the former lieutenant of Wumeng and the current governor of Jinwu (the highest magistrate of public security in Beijing), reprimanded loudly: "Who are you to dare to say such big things?" Now today's son is the son of the first emperor, and there is no fault, why should he discuss the abolition of the establishment! Do you want to be ***? ”

Dong Zhuo saw the opponents one after another, and said angrily: "Those who follow me live, and those who oppose me die!" Then he grabbed his sword and wanted to cut Ding Yuan. At this time, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Li Ru saw a person behind Ding Yuan, who was born with a majestic and majestic style, holding Fang Tian's halberd, eager to try. Li Ru hurriedly persuaded: "Let this go in advance, I will discuss it in the coming day." ”

Above the court, everyone persuaded Ding Yuan to get on the horse and leave, and then, everyone took the opportunity to disperse.