The wind was howling in the sky, the lightning was thundering, and then the heavy rain was like a note, and the majestic imperial capital Luoyang was still a sick man floating in the wind and rain at this moment.

In the solemn and luxurious hall of Chongde Palace in the past, there was an indescribable depression, which made the Han court officials who were usually high up tremble and walk on thin ice.

Urgent bulletins poured in from all directions, and all the documents meant two things in the final analysis: either they stated that they had lost their cities and land, or they demanded money, food, and soldiers.

Even the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, who usually rarely goes to the court, was alarmed, and rushed to the Jinluan Hall early this morning.

All the civil and military officers didn't dare to look up at the dragon chair on the Dan rhino, for fear of accidentally offending Long Yan.

Tension and dullness pervaded everywhere, and the pressure was overwhelming.

In the depths of the main hall, the carved dragon throne is high above. In the middle of the throne, a thin man of about thirty years old pressed his hand on the armrest, his face was gloomy and terrible, and he was seen wearing a purple and gold crown and a big red dragon robe; Suddenly, he let go of the handrail, stood up suddenly, grabbed a stack of concerts, and threw them hard at the Wenchen generals in the audience, roaring: "Wait and take a look at these concerts: In January, Zhang Mancheng captured Nanyang and killed the county guard Chu Gong; In February, Bocai defeated Zhu Jun in Changshe, and Liu Pi of Runan captured Shaoling and defeated Zhao Qian; March. Guangyang Yang Feng killed Youzhou Assassin Shi Guo Xun and Yuyang Taishou Liu Wei; In April, Zhao Hong occupied Wancheng; In May, the thief chief Zhang Liang entered Qingzhou, except for Donglai and Beihai, the rest of the counties fell into the hands of thieves... The more and more ant thieves are suppressed, the city is lost, and the land is lost, and the court is retreating, what does the court want you to do! ”

The crowned man on the dragon chair is the current emperor of the Han Dynasty - Liu Hong, known as Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty in history.

Liu Hong stared at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and couldn't wait to pick up these guys one by one and throw them into the dungeon, so that they could reflect on themselves.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was furious, the courtiers in the palace were all frightened, and the next few people were even more scared out of the urine, for fear that the official hat would be dropped if they were not careful, but they had just spent a lot of money to buy it, and they couldn't take the opportunity to be taken off before their buttocks were hot, and it would be a big loss.

"Your Majesty is incompetent, please punish Your Majesty." The general He Jin and the great Sikong Yuan Kui hurriedly kowtowed and apologized.

The hundred officials in the back also hurriedly bowed down like farts and agreed.

After a fire, Liu Hong sat down on the dragon chair. Zhang Rang, the waiter of Zhongchang, walked quickly behind him, rubbing his shoulders and loosening his back diligently for his master.

Glancing at the people below, His Majesty the Emperor waved weakly to get them up and speak.

The big boss's face eased slightly, and the military generals also breathed a sigh of relief, and someone came out of the crowd and said: "If you want to level the yellow scarf, first of all, you should remove the party and gather talents from all over the world for my use; secondly, recruit strong men in various states, counties and counties to form a township army, and cooperate with the imperial army to suppress thieves; Third, concentrate on the elite to destroy the bandit head first, so that the Yellow Turban Dragons in the world are leaderless, and then they will be broken individually. ”

Listening to the advice of people to remove the party, Liu Hong couldn't help frowning, the first time the party was raised in Emperor Huan, but the next few trends were initiated by his own edicts, wouldn't the removal of the party be a denial of his wise decision? This is a real challenge to his imperial authority. Who is so blind? When he was about to write down this person's future accounting, he inadvertently looked up, but it was Shangshu Lu Zhi, who was known for his loyalty and daring to admonish. Ay! This person is a tendon, once he compares the real oil and salt, he will not regret it, even if he is added with a knife and axe. His Majesty the Emperor had a little headache, and he forced his spirit and smiled: "What Lu Qing said is a big matter, what do you think?" ”

Although this faint monarch who has left a name in history is poor and extravagant, greedy for money and lustful, but he is not stupid, he is inseparable from a group of flattering villains, but the Han still needs a few people who can do things, otherwise how can this court be maintained, and the world is not chaotic?

Zhang Rang behind him was immediately shocked when he heard this, most of the scholars who were exiled and imprisoned were good deeds done by their eunuchs, and it was strange that those people didn't hate them to the core, if they were reactivated, there would be their good fruits to eat! Thinking about this, he hurriedly turned to the emperor, bowed down and saluted: "Your Majesty, by all means, those party members have always been ill-intentioned, like to form a party for personal gain, and now they have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and they have long been dissatisfied with the imperial court. ”

Liu Hongzheng was about to nod yes, but when he saw Lu Zhi's beard, he retorted angrily: "What nonsense, gelding dog An dares to insult my scholar like this, please Your Majesty immediately behead this thief!" ”

"The Sprinkle family has always been loyal to His Majesty, and its heart can be known to the sun and the moon; Lu Zhi deceived the people in my palace too much, and I implore Your Majesty to make decisions for us! Zhang Rang's face was full of grievances and begged sadly.

Lu Zhi opened his eyes angrily, staring at Zhang Rang, Zhang Rang was looking at the Son of Heaven, the two did not back down from each other, and they were bound to see each other.

At this time, another person came out and said respectfully: "Lu Shangshu's policy is very good, the party has been accumulating for a long time, if you conspire with the Yellow Turban, you will regret it and not save it!" "It turned out to be the Emperor Fu Song of the Northland.

I don't understand the party, endanger the country, and poke Liu Hong's pain point, he wanted to protect the middle servant, but when he heard Huangfu Song's remarks, he was shocked in his heart, and hesitated for a while.

At this moment, He Jin slapped his forehead and suddenly said: "Two days ago, an urgent military report came from Qingzhou, and then I sent someone to the palace, has Your Majesty ever seen it?" ”

Liu Hong was puzzled, so he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

He Jin replied: "Ten days ago, the Qingzhou local army broke Zhang Liang's 200,000 thieves..."

"Why didn't you report it?" Liu Hong was very happy when he heard the defeat of the thieves, but then he thought that no one had come to report such good news, and he was immediately ashamed, so he scolded Zhang Rangdao with a black face.

Zhang asked Wen Tianzi to ask, and secretly screamed in his heart.

The day before yesterday, the military report was delivered to the palace, and as soon as he saw that it was a good news from Donglai County, he immediately suppressed it and did not report it, just because the position of Donglai Taishou was sold from his hands, and the eunuchs under him at that time pitted a handful of Mihua, and then he was afraid that things would make a big fuss, so he bought one and gave one away a long historical position, and he couldn't imagine that they turned over and really recaptured Donglai from the hands of the thieves, and also requisitioned the Xuanwu Villa of the eunuch Duan Qi to build the Qingzhou Institute of Technology of Lao Shizi, Duan Qi and Zhang Rang and others breathed out of one nostril, and Liang Zi was knotted. Now that the Donglai Army has defeated the Yellow Turban Army, isn't Mi Hua even more rushed! The eunuchs didn't want to make Donglai feel better, so they suppressed the good news first, and wanted to come up with a good idea for the yin people...

So far, the trick to harm people has not been thought of, and it has been mentioned by the general, Zhang Rang no longer dares to hide it, and replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the old slave thinks: East Laiding is only more than 10 thousand, how many county soldiers will there be?" It is really unbelievable that he can defeat 200,000 yellow turbans, so the old slave is worried that the people below will lie about the military situation, so he will suppress it first, and then report it to His Majesty after verification, and ask His Majesty for forgiveness. ”

When Liu Hong heard this, he immediately became angry.

In the past six months, the bad news has continued, and the yellow turban thieves have swarmed in all states of the world, and the news from the front is either defeated or lost; Especially in recent days, every midnight, he is always haunted by nightmares, in the dream, millions of yellow scarves into Luoyang, his own body died and the country was destroyed, so that he did not dare to sleep, if this is the case, what is the use of the gold and silver mountains he has worked so hard to save! A few days ago, there was finally good news, but Zhang Rang, the old ghost, was suppressed for no reason, which made the fire in his heart soar, so he angrily reprimanded: "Zhang Rang, you are so bold, you dare to hide such a military event from me!" ”

Zhang Rang saw that the Son of Heaven was really angry, and suddenly his back was drenched in cold sweat, he fell to his knees with a plop, and cried with a handful of snot and tears: "The old slave deserves death, and he is willing to donate his family funds to help the court suppress the thief, please spare the crippled body of the old slave." ”

"Remember your first offense, spare your life, if there is a next time, I will not spare it." Liu Hong saw that the old thing knew each other so well, and he couldn't bear to punish him too much, so he slowed down his tone and said, "Don't get out yet, go and present the good news quickly." ”

It didn't take long, the good news had been found, Liu Hong glanced at ten lines, only saw the dragon's heart and joy, and said: "Donglai Shen Lang, the pillar of the real man!" Quickly announce Shen Qing's entry into Beijing! ”

……

When the will of the Son of Heaven reached Qingzhou, I was busy seizing the counties of Qingzhou. After Zhang Liang was defeated, the yellow turbans left behind in various places had already lost their hearts, and our army marched all the way, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, the soldiers pointed out, and the defending enemy all fled in the hope of the wind; However, in half a month, the entire Qingzhou has been fully pocketed.

On May 20, Guo Jia and Jia Xu gathered in Linzi, and I sat in the main seat with Gong Yan, and the four of us had a simple meeting.

After half a year of tempering, Guo Jia's bearing has become more and more condensed, his eyes that have insight into the world are already introverted, and his mind has obviously improved. I saw him folding his fan and shaking it gently, taking a sip of wine, and chuckling: "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is good at business, not only selling officials and lords, but also opening a fang market in the palace... Therefore, my brother must bring more money to Luoyang this time, and make a few big deals with His Majesty, hehe. ”

Guo Jia's tone was relaxed and comfortable, and his disdain for Liu Hong was overflowing.

The Eastern Han Dynasty did not collapse in the hands of this wonderful emperor! I was really speechless.

Guo Jia proposed to go to Luoyang here, it is best to get the Qingzhou Thorn History, even if you have more money to buy it, you have to buy it, so that you can sit in this state justifiably, so as not to have many dreams at night.

Jia Xu is an old fox, his slender eyes flashed, and he smiled: "Xu has been a Lang official in the palace for half a year, and he knows a little about the internal affairs of the imperial court. ”

As soon as his words fell, Guo Jia and Gong Yan looked at me and laughed together.

I rolled my eyes angrily and sneered, "What kind of tricks? This official vigorously develops ink technology, is for the well-being of the common people in the world, the benefit of the contemporary, the merit of the future, such a great thing, but you use it as a joke, it is really careless to make friends! ”

After saying that, I couldn't help but laugh.

Jia Xu is an old fox, his slender eyes flashed, and he smiled: "In addition to the Qingzhou Thorn History, it is best to buy another general position with the right to expropriate, so that he can fight across borders in the future, such as exterminating the Yellow Turban, and fighting against foreign races in the future." ”

After the two finished speaking, Gong Yan, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "How many people, have you ever heard of the hero Wang Yue?" ”

Jia Xu and Guo Jia both nodded in agreement.

As soon as my heart moved, I said to the public: "It is said that his swordsmanship is unparalleled in the world, he once stepped into Helan Mountain on horseback, and killed the Qiang White Wolf tribe alone, no one dared to be its front, and he went straight to the head of the enemy chief among the thousands of troops!" But this person? ”

There was a hint of pride on her face, she smiled lightly, nodded and replied, "Yes, it's him!" The only surviving old man in my Momen is also my uncle. When Momen moved overseas, Uncle Shi stayed in Luoyang to establish the Hero Building to observe the general trend of the world; This time you go to Luoyang, you will stay in the Hero Building, just have a response. ”

Xiao Yan's suggestion is good, and I also want to meet this famous swordsman.

I took all the orders, took Jia Xu, Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Shi A and more than ten tiger guards, all the way to Luoyang.