Chapter 57: Huiji County Guard
After the banquet, Zang Min wrote a note to the court in the couch room, and from the mouth of the angel Li Zhong who came to Wu County to announce the decree, he found out a lot of news and trends about the center, among which the Son of Heaven was angry and reprimanded the ministers in the Jiade Hall because of the "rebellion of the Hui Ji Xu Sheng", and he secretly remembered it in his heart.
However, it has only been a few days since the Son of Heaven appointed him to assassinate the history of Yangzhou, and the traitor who had broken several counties in a row and was so arrogant that he had fled in panic and became a lost dog.
The next day, this euphemistic rhetoric was ordered by Zang Min to send a cavalry to Wu County on a fast horse, and then through the sound pavilion system of Wu County, the horse was sent to Luoyang as soon as possible.
After two days, the time came to January 2 of the second year of Xiping, and Chen Kun, the Taishou of Danyang, rushed to Shanyin City with 3,000 people at the order of Zang Min.
These 3,000 people and horses saw Liu Hong quite greedy, at this time, the south, because it has not been fully developed, has always been known for its poor mountains and rivers and fierce folk customs among the states and counties of the empire, and it is an excellent source of soldiers, and Danyang County is one of the leaders.
In the past, when Emperor Xiaowu was the emperor, Li Ling fought with 80,000 Xiongnu cavalry for eight days and eight nights with 5,000 dead soldiers trained by Danyang Xiangyong and rangers, killing more than 10,000 enemies.
However, greed is useless, so Liu Hong had to temporarily put away his mind and focus on business. After Zang Min set up a banquet to wash Chen Kun's dust, the matter of sending troops to attack Xuchang was quickly put on the agenda.
In a hall in the Sanyin County Government, Zang Min summoned Chen Kun, Liu Hong, Liu You, Jia Wei, Sun Jian and other major officials and generals, and through an afternoon of discussion and deliberation, it was decided to send troops on two routes, each with 5,000 troops, to attack Shanyin. Among them, Liu Hong is the main coach on the left side, and Jia Wei is assisted; On the right side, Chen Kun was the main commander, supplemented by Sun Jian, and the time of departure was set for noon on the second day.
The next day, under the leadership of Zang Min, the generals prayed to the heavens for a smooth war and an early pacification of the rebels.
When it came to Juzhang, eight days had passed, looking at the closed city gate and the thief army looking like they were strictly defended, Liu Hong and Chen Kun not only did not show a worried look, but also laughed. If that's the case, with the size of the meeting and the people of the mountains and forests, it will take years to wipe out all the bandits.
After that, although Xuchang defended with an extremely positive attitude, but the general trend had gone, coupled with Liu Hong and Chen Kun's continuous implementation of the offensive plan, in the end only three days, the sentence was broken by the Han army.
With the fall of the city, the remaining Vietnamese army also fell into a panic, and Xuchang also had the idea of fleeing, but as soon as he ran to the south gate, he met Jia Wei head-on and shot him with an arrow, ending his short career as emperor.
In the following month or so, Liu Hong and Chen Kun did not rest there, but worked hard to carry out a large-scale search and suppression of the fugitive Xuchang Yu Party, and finally officially announced on February 18 of the second year of Xiping that the counterrevolutionary conspiracy of Huiji Xu Sheng and the Xuchang anti-Han clique had been completely thwarted by Wang Shi.
On March 15, the second year of Xiping, in the palace of Luoyang, Liu Hong looked at the three pieces in front of the case, and his face was full of smiles. In April, after only four months, Huiji's rebellion was completely quelled, and all this smoothly made him more and more convinced that his son of heaven was "destined by heaven".
"Liu Yi? Liu Hong? It's fun. Liu Hong muttered to himself, and in the first note sent from the meeting, he noticed this person. At first, I was amazed by the surprise attack of "Liu Yi" on Shanyin and the amazing move of reversing the tide of the battle; Then he was puzzled by his slightly strange name and characters - Liu Yi, Liu Ziyi.
The person who expresses the words is also the system of the first king. Therefore, when taking the word, there are rules and regulations to follow, generally speaking, either to express virtue and ambition, or to elaborate its name; The method of taking words and names like Liu Yi is really a bit unlearned.
But before the official document about his situation was taken out and sent to his imperial case in the Zhishang Pavilion in the middle of the waiter, Liu Hong only realized after reading it that he should have misunderstood, the name Liu Yi was obviously taken to avoid his respect, and this person seems to have a bit of a remote relationship with himself.
Because of these reasons, coupled with the two letters of "capturing Xuchang" and "purging the remaining party" that Zang Min later served, Liu Hong suddenly became interested in this cadre. As he grew older, he gradually could not bear the reality that his rights were seized by eunuchs and courtiers; However, above this court, whether it is a eunuch or a courtier, they are all big and deep-rooted, and it is definitely not something he can pry for a while.
In order to break the situation, not long after last year, he took advantage of the funeral law of the late Empress Dowager Dou to suppress and co-opt the two forces, and it was only after this incident that he became somewhat worthy of the name.
But Liu Hong was not satisfied, from a small pavilion to the supreme position, he was far more aware of the real situation of the empire today than those who were better than the hands of the ladies of the deep palace.
At the age of eighteen, at this age when his blood has not yet cooled and his ambition is beating, the young Liu Hong also has his own ambitions and ambitions deep in his heart - that is, like Emperor Xuan of the former Han Dynasty, he will prosper the Han family and enjoy the temple number.
Therefore, he desperately hopes to cultivate a force that truly listens to himself in the imperial court, and Liu Yi, who is from a humble background, has outstanding talents, and has a little kinship with him, but does not pose any threat to his throne, is the best candidate in the eyes of Liu Hong at this moment.
Picking up the three letters on the case and reading them a few times, Liu Hong gradually conceived a plan for the disposal of "Liu Yi" in his mind, everything is just waiting for tomorrow's Jiade Hall court meeting, and now he needs to go to the Jade Hall to relax.
On April 6 of the second year of Xiping, the edict from the imperial court finally arrived in Huiji Shanyin, in this edict, the Son of Heaven rewarded all the officials and generals who had made meritorious contributions to the peace.
Needless to say, material rewards such as gold silk and silk were introduced, and Zang Min was promoted to the rank of Xiongnu Zhonglang general; Chen Kun was transferred to Qingzhou to serve as the county guard of Pingyuan, although it seems to be a flat move, but the prosperous land of Qingzhou is not comparable to the remote Danyang; Liu Hong and Jia Wei went to the word "generation" and became the genuine Huiji County Guard and Huiji County Captain; As for Sun Jian, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Yuyao County, which was much better than his original history of Yandu County.
After a parting banquet, everyone went their separate ways for the future, Liu Hong fell into a short period of excitement, he is not a person who is moody, but he has just been promoted to the magistrate of Yan County, and in a blink of an eye, he has become a party Taishou, and even Jia Wei has been promoted from county lieutenant to county lieutenant, which is a little too lucky.
Liu Hong also had some speculations in his heart, but he soon put this excitement and speculation behind him and threw himself into his busy work.
In the rice field, Liu Hong was dressed in a short costume, wearing a straw hat, standing barefoot, raising his arm to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then bending down to insert the rice seedlings, and behind him were a group of officials who would be judged.
About two hours later, this small rice field can be planted seedlings, a group of officials with Liu Hong on the shore, more than their lumbar spine to make a slight complaint, Liu Hong at this time is actually not comfortable, when he was young, he also did some farm work on the few acres of thin fields at home, but after a long time, the wheat millet in the north and the rice in the south are still quite different.
However, even if the lumbar spine hurts so much, Liu Hong is still silent, after all, he is now the magistrate of a county, if he complains about the whole day because of a little pain like this group of small officials, what kind of system will it be?
Liu Hong took off his straw hat and used it as a fan to fan himself, thinking about tomorrow's itinerary in his heart. Although Xu Sheng's rebellion is now a thing of the past, the remnants of the party have also been purged; However, the bad impact it has on Huiji County will not be eliminated in a short time.
For example, he killed the bureaucrats of various counties without authorization, resulting in the semi-paralysis of the bureaucratic mechanism of the auditors; ravaged the township pavilion and coerced the young and strong, which directly led to the fault and lack of middle-aged labor force in Huiji County; As for other cases such as the destruction of the county seat, roads, and other cases involving the rest of the party, there is no need to go into details.
Moreover, more importantly, as April passed day by day, Liu Hong had to suspend all the work in his hand and organize people to rush for spring ploughing. After all, Liu Hong understood that at some point the people of the empire were extremely tolerant and even cowardly towards the so-called superiors, but if they could not even eat, then they would coldly withdraw all the tolerance they had been given.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Hong not only went to the counties non-stop to inspect and speak, but also personally led the county officials to go to the fields to plant seedlings to persuade farmers and mulberries.
It was not until early May that the spring ploughing was completely over, and Liu Hong was relieved, although the poor harvest of the year was a foregone conclusion, but through replanting, coupled with the relief grain allocated by other states and counties ordered by the imperial court, this year could barely survive.
By July, with the arrival of the officials rationed by the imperial court, the bureaucratic mechanism of the Huiji was further restored, and even because of Liu Hong, a rather strong county guard, his operation efficiency was several points higher than that of the previous county guards, so the rice harvest was also carried out in an orderly manner.
In August, Liu Hong, who finally got rid of the agricultural mulberry matter, turned around and devoted himself to dealing with the backlog of old things, which was half a month, until he received a letter from Zhuo County.