Chapter 305: Jiangxia is in turmoil

In the third year of Guanghe, the Han Dynasty in April was as prosperous as ever, but the princes of the court were able to get by by handling political affairs, just because more and more ministers in the court occupied official positions, but they no longer took things seriously.

There are many reasons, there are many reasons, Liu Hong somehow promoted the Song family's relatives, and he was promoting the He family, and the strength of the He family was not as good as the Song family, so in order to strengthen the strength of the He family, the power of the eunuchs in the court, who was already inferior to the Song family, suddenly surged.

Countless eunuch relatives and protégés have been in high positions, although many of these people have experts in governing government affairs, but more are lazy people who rely on eunuch relations to get high positions, and how much effort they can spend on caring about political affairs can be imagined. And in the place, because of the emperor's favor, more and more eunuch protégés are flooding the place, it seems that the direction of the entire court has changed all of a sudden, the emperor does not love his relatives and loves eunuchs, and he does not love the crown prince Liu Chong but loves the emperor's eldest son "Shihou" Liu Bian, which is really confusing.

If Fuquan was still in the court, he would definitely scold the emperor Liu Hongzhen for being as "capricious" as history, obviously he was not as good as before to the eunuchs, but he still let the eunuch group that had gradually shrunk since Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others lost power. It's just that if you think about it deeply, you will understand that as the Song family's relatives gradually became more powerful after they had the crown prince, and they faintly deterred the imperial power, Liu Hong did not take some measures to deal with the Song group, is this still the emperor's doing? The emperor's mental trick is like this, even the closest relatives must be guarded against, even if the Song family is the queen and Liu Chong is the crown prince.

Without further ado, with an urgent report from Jiangxia that was quickly sent to Beijing, Emperor Liu Hong, who was enjoying himself in the West Mansion, suddenly became angry and immediately issued an edict to the court meeting of hundreds of officials and ministers.

The will was conveyed quickly, and within an hour the ministers were already standing on the main hall and discussing, they did not know why His Majesty suddenly issued an edict to summon each other, and the ministers of the hundred officials, who had been at peace for a long time, did not know that they were about to be reprimanded by the emperor again because of the rebellion in the Han region.

Jiangxia was brutally rebellious, connected with the Lujiang thief Huang Sui, a total of more than 100,000 people, conquered four counties, and the prefectures and counties were difficult to overcome.

"Your Majesty has arrived at ......"

"Long live Your Majesty."

With a sharp shout from the small temple people, Liu Hong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, slowly walked into the Chongde Hall under the guidance of Huben and Yulin. Then there was a rumble in the hall, and all the officials and ministers in the hall knelt down and saluted, and then they took their places and began the court meeting.

"The former Fanba County rebelled, and now Jiangxia rebels again, and colluded with the thief Huang Sui to join forces in one place, and now the four counties have been conquered, and the states and counties are difficult to overcome. Why? cough, cough ......" After Emperor Liu Hong sat down, he pointed to the hundred officials and ministers in the hall and shouted angrily, he didn't understand how these courtiers who kept saying that the world was peaceful could open their eyes and talk nonsense like this?

Liu Hong's voice shouted so loudly that the entire wide Chongde Hall seemed to shake a little, but perhaps he said it too loudly and violently, causing him to be out of breath all of a sudden, and he kept coughing. Someone who cares looks at Liu Hong's face will definitely secretly say that this Han emperor, who often does not participate in court meetings, is addicted to wine day and night, and his health is getting worse and worse.

"The ministers are guilty!" The hundreds of officials and ministers in the palace saluted and apologized, and at this moment, the emperor was angry, so he had to slowly follow his words and let him dissipate his anger.

"Humph!" Liu Hong relieved himself, snorted coldly, and then said, "What good strategies do you have to quell the chaos?" ”

The emperor's question naturally started the main topic of this court meeting, but it was obvious that the hundred officials and ministers in the palace immediately had someone to say. Here it is said that the surrounding counties of Jiangxia County are ordered to transfer troops to quell the rebellion, and there is said that the forbidden army from Beijing is removed to quell the rebellion, anyway, all of them are thieves, and no one has said anything to appease Zhao'an, at this time, it is not after the Yellow Turban Riot, when the prestige of the Han Dynasty plummeted, in front of the strong men of Tianwei, even if many officials and ministers in the palace had not been on the battlefield, they did not dare to say that they would surrender to these traitors.

After the officials who wanted to show their faces in front of the emperor had finished speaking, Liu Hong saw that the hundred officials also had the world in mind, so his face softened slightly, and said: "What Zhu Qing played, I am very relieved, but I want to quell the rebellion in January, and do not transfer the troops in Luoyang and the border areas, do you have a good plan?" ”

Obviously, the words of these courtiers did not meet Liu Hong's wishes, so Liu Hong directly said what he thought in his heart and asked them to do what he wanted. The so-called above sentence, the following ran and broke the leg, just like the later generations, Liu Hong made a request, and the people below had to act according to the requirements.

Another noisy voice came, this time it was not Shicai's admonition, but a real discussion left and right, hundreds of officials and ministers exchanged heads and ears from time to time, and the whole hall was like a busy city, and it seemed that there was no solemn side of the court meeting at all.

"Enough!" Liu Hong was still able to wait at the beginning, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see anyone admonishing him, his face sank a little bit, and his patience gradually lost.

If the courtiers are the most sensitive to whom, it is naturally the emperor, no matter how noisy the palace is, they are always paying attention to the emperor, at this time, when they heard this, they shut up one after another, and the hall became quiet for a while.

However, no matter how lazy the officials were, they knew the emperor's intentions at this moment, and understood that the emperor was in a hurry, so someone immediately sent a heavy minister to Jingzhou to mobilize the soldiers of the counties and counties to quell the chaos. Of course, some people proposed, and some people refuted, thinking that it was impossible to pacify in January, after all, the thieves were powerful, and there were more than 100,000 people in the two armies, even if many of them were weak, but compared with the county soldiers in Jingzhou who had been peaceful for a long time, their advantage was still great.

All in all, it is easy to pacify the thieves and thieves with the meaning of the hundred officials, but it is very difficult to pacify them within a month, not to mention that they are not under the condition of the forbidden army.

It's just obvious that their proposals will definitely not satisfy Liu Hong, after provoking Liu Hong to scold him angrily, I saw a person in the court: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister Wenba County is too good at guarding Fuquan and making good use of soldiers, and now Jing and Yierzhou can be connected by waterway, so it is better to send an order to send troops along the waterway to quell the rebellion. ”

To the twenty-third year of Jianwu, Nanjun Mountain Barbarian Lei Qian and other began to rebel, plundered the people, sent Wuwei general Liu Shang to break more than 10,000 people, migrated more than 7,000 people to the Jiangxia boundary, and now the barbarians are also. In the thirteenth year of Emperor Yongyuan, Wu Man, Xu Sheng, and others collected taxes unevenly with the county, and they were resentful, so they rebelled. In the summer of next year, more than 10,000 soldiers from the counties of Jingzhou will be sent to ask for it. The saints rely on the barrier and do not break it for a long time. The armies went their separate ways, or attacked them from Bajun and Yushu, and the barbarians scattered and beheaded their commanders. Take advantage of the victory to chase it, and break the saint and so on. The saints begged to surrender and resettled in Jiangxia. In the second year of Emperor Ling's Jianning, Jiangxia rebelled, and the state and county sought peace. In the third year of Guanghe, Jiangxia rebelled, and was connected with the Lujiang thief Huang Sui, more than 100,000 people, conquered four counties, and suffered for many years. Lujiang guarded Lu Kang to break it, and the rest of the people dispersed.