Chapter Fifty-Six: The World Is in Turmoil
As the Suiyang gentry promised to temporarily let go of the land and fully assist Ye Zhao in restoring Suiyang government affairs, Ye Zhao's decree began to be implemented.
Now in addition to Suiyang, seven of the eight counties of Liang have been occupied by the Taiping Sect, and with only the military power in Ye Zhao's hands, even if the county guards and county soldiers are re-recruited, it is only six hundred, and if you want to clear the tens of thousands of Taiping Sect members entrenched in the two countries, from the data point of view, it is difficult to ascend to the sky, Ye Zhao's request is also reasonable, but it is unknown whether the imperial court will agree.
"The reason is that there are traitors within the Taiping Sect, and there is a disciple named Tang Zhou under Zhang Jiao's name, because he is dissatisfied with Zhang Jiao's refusal to give him the right to be the commander of the canal, he is resentful, and secretly reports the matter to the imperial court, resulting in Ma Yuanyi, the divine envoy of the Taiping Sect, being sentenced to car splitting in Luoyang, which happened in early February, that is, when we caught Ma An."
"Then the Taiping Sect had to raise things in advance, Zhang Jiao called himself the general of Tiangong, and his place Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang called the general of the land and the general of Rengong, and raised the matter in Jizhou, and the servants gathered, burned the official mansion, killed the officials, and there were wars in seven states and 28 counties in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty."
It has been three days since the mutiny occurred in Suiyang, Ye Zhao has also successfully contacted the imperial court and obtained a lot of information.
"Now those who know, in the vicinity of my Liang country, there are Chen Guo, Chen Liu, Ren Chengguo, Dongjun, Peiguo and other places have fallen, but the border such as Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and Jiangdong bandits are lighter, but there are also affected, the specific number of Taiping Sect in my Liang country has not yet been counted, Liang Fa since was driven out of Suiyang by the lord, in the past three days, Mengxian, Ningling, Yuxian, Gushu and other places have fallen, they coerce the people as yellow scarves, robbing the county government of the stock of grain, is slowly approaching my Suiyang."
"My lord, if this continues, it will be difficult for us to keep communicating with the imperial court." Fang Yue frowned on the side.
"Ding Li has been sent to Luoyang by me, and the teacher will help me." Ye Zhao nodded and said: "Fang Yue, you go and recruit some brave men for training first, tentatively appoint a thousand people, and assemble in the name of each Zhuang Zhuang bravery, don't use it in the name of the imperial court, and then play the banner of the imperial court after the official document is issued." ”
"Whoa!" Fang Yue nodded and bowed to leave.
"Lord, the grain and grass needed for this training ......" Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao worriedly, these grains, I am afraid that those wealthy families will not help to pay, these days he can see it, don't look at those people are grateful to Ye Zhao, but if they want to give them more money and food, these people will push back, and it is already the limit to send some family generals to help.
"There are thirty warehouses of grain in the treasury, and two warehouses are opened as military rations, and when they report to the imperial court, they say that the Taiping traitors plundered five warehouses when they were in trouble." Ye Zhao said indifferently.
Qiu Chi comprehended, obviously, Ye Zhao was not ready to do things in vain, in addition to the two warehouses of military rations, Ye Zhao obviously had to stuff three warehouses into his pocket, but Qiu Chi was also a retainer of the Ye family, so he naturally would not object to this matter, the stronger the Ye family, the better his life would be in the future.
"In addition, from the warehouse, we selected excellent armor, 1,000 sets of weapons, 500 crossbows, 3,000 bows and 20,000 arrows, and sent them back to Hanoi while the Taiping thieves had not completely blocked the retreat, and Uncle Liang knew what to do." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
"Whoa." Qiu Chi understood, and after agreeing, he withdrew from Ye Zhao's study, he had done this kind of thing before, he had done these things for Guo Cheng when he was in Macheng, and he was better at how to operate than Ye Zhao.
Ye Zhao sat on the Hu bed, thinking about what to do next.
With the Taiping Sect uprising, although the world is in turmoil, it can be regarded as a reshuffle, just like this time, even if he drove away the Taiping Sect in time, in Suiyang, there are still more than a dozen wealthy families who have been wiped out, and there will be a certain power vacuum in this circle at the top of the Han Dynasty, and he wants to find an opportunity to take this opportunity to enter this power vacuum.
Military merit alone is not enough, this is an era of heavy family, and his background can limit development in many cases, and now he should have entered the vision of the Son of Heaven, but it is only to enter, and he needs to be a little heavier in the heart of the Son of Heaven.
As for how to aggravate ...... For the time being, I can only take one step at a time, but on the side of the ten permanent servants, I have to step up my movements, but it is not enough to give gifts, and I need to make some truths.
Just when Suiyang gradually stabilized under Ye Zhao's appeasement and began to restore order, the Taiping Sect became more and more intense, and the failure of Suiyang did not make the Taiping Sect frustrated, but with more and more people coerced, there were more and more Yellow Turban thieves.
Most of these officials are buying official positions, after taking office, most of them are thinking about how to return to their roots, which will take into account the life and death of the people, and therefore the people's resentment is extremely heavy, once it breaks out, these people are better irresponsible, and they flee with their families, and under the effect of going up and down, most of the officers and soldiers in the Central Plains are also corrupt, and the incident is hasty, and the thieves are huge.
At the beginning of March, the Son of Heaven urgently ordered the general He Jin to beg for thieves, but He Jin who was also a thief? A butcher, with nepotism, although he has the right to command the world's soldiers and horses, but he has no ability to command thousands of troops, He Jin obviously knows his ability, so he said that he is sick and does not go to war, and the Son of Heaven has no choice but to mobilize Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun to lead elite soldiers to fight for thieves in three ways.
At the same time, he accepted Zongzheng Liu Yan's performance, restarted the state pastoral system, and ordered all ministers to donate bows, horses and crossbows, and recommended the descendants of famous generals and civil generals to go to the bus department for inspection, and they can be sent to serve in the army after passing the customs.
The world is in turmoil, and the Son of Heaven has no intention of accepting to buy officials anymore at the moment, as long as he has the ability, he can take office.
It's just that for a few days, although there are many applicants, but there are few that meet Liu Hong's heart, which makes Liu Hong quite anxious, on this day, in the Jiade Palace, after listening to a group of hundred officials say a bunch of words that sound inspirational but equal to nonsense, Liu Hong impatiently ordered to disperse, and went to the palace in a depressed mood.
"Your Majesty, but there is no one to worry about?" Zhang Rang was by Liu Hong's side, and when he saw that the Son of Heaven was worried, he couldn't help but smile and ask.
"Father should know the current situation, that corner ......" Liu Hong stopped talking at the end, and just said sullenly: "It's really hateful!" ”
"There is one old slave, and it may be of some use." Zhang Rang said with a smile.
"Oh?" Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang curiously: "Father has never been out of the palace, how do you know talents?" ”
"Although the old slave does not leave the palace, he also has ears, but His Majesty has forgotten that Cai Weng Gao." Zhang Rang smiled.
"Ye Zhao?" Liu Hong was stunned.
"The old slave heard that this person, when he was in the northern Xinjiang, he often won more with less, and even killed Xianbei Shan Yu, this person will be slightly general." Zhang Rang smiled and said no more.
"I also remember this person, not only is he strategically outstanding!" Liu Hong nodded when he heard this: "It's just that Liang Guo is the most troubled place, I'm afraid that this person has ......."
"Your Majesty, Duke Cai is asking to see you outside the palace!" At this moment, a small yellow door trotted in and bowed to Liu Hong.