Chapter 310: Chaotic Situation
Gao Shun concealed the assassination, stayed out of the matter, and hid in Taoyuan Fort to live a low-key life; and began to plan for the recovery of Wuyuan County.
Jizhou and the imperial court were in chaos.
The county officials reported level by level, and Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, was shocked; Now he was busy plotting to depose the emperor, and such a big tragedy suddenly appeared in the jurisdiction, which directly disrupted his plan.
Wang Fen is famous in the world and ranks among the "eight kitchens" among the party; The cooks praise those who can help the world with their family wealth; After the ban was lifted, he was appointed as the assassin of Jizhou.
Subsequently, the ministers of Hejian, Zhongshan and Zhuojun respectively wrote to the imperial court, pointing the spearhead directly at the Yuan family, and the evidence was conclusive, and the human and material evidence was there, and the Yuan family could not be allowed to quibble.
Emperor Liu Hong wanted to patrol the Hejian Kingdom in person, and such a big tragedy suddenly appeared in Jizhou, and the location of the incident was Hejian Kingdom, he shouted luck and secretly said that this must be used by the Yuan family to deal with him, so he canceled the plan to go on patrol.
However, the emperor was unwilling to give up, and ordered someone to investigate strictly, and he must find out what is going on.
The important ministers of the imperial court felt that these crazy guys actually wanted to attack the county seat, and they were even more indignant, especially Lu Zhi, if Fanyang County was conquered, Fanyang County would definitely be slaughtered and looted by them, and their families would not be spared.
Among the oldest generation of the Yuan family, only Yuan Kui remained, and he married the daughter of Ma Rong, a great Confucian in the late Han Dynasty; When Lu Zhi was young, he worshipped the great Confucian horse as a teacher.
With this relationship, Lu Zhi is not easy to attack, but the anger in his heart is difficult to eliminate.
The Yuan family is crying out for wrongdoing, there must be someone who wants to blame the Yuan family, but their justification pales in the face of the facts.
Those families also gradually understood the process and details of the matter, and were very disappointed in the Yuan family; Most of the families that were destroyed were friendly with the Yuan family, and all the evidence pointed to the Yuan family, and it was not a sentence of injustice that could dispel the suspicion of the Yuan family.
The corpses of those dead soldiers have been examined, not ordinary people, thieves, and even more non-soldiers, judging from their bones and other contents, it can be easily confirmed that their identity is the dead.
There are only a handful of families that can mobilize so many dead soldiers in the Great Han, and the Yuan family is one of the most likely families.
Even if it wasn't the Yuan family's doing, these families all lived under the protection of the Yuan family, and the Yuan family had the responsibility to find out the facts and return their innocence.
Subsequently, even more unfavorable things broke out, Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and even the Sili area, from local officials to ordinary people, all spread that the Yuan family had a heart of disobedience.
Some people even use the Five Elements Doctrine to explain the inevitability of the Yuan family on behalf of the Han Dynasty.
However, Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, shouted luck, this move could cover up his conspiracy to depose the emperor, and in order to shirk the blame, he secretly added fuel to the fire, and the situation was even more unfavorable to the Yuan family.
Wang Fen jumped up and down, making the Yuan family's situation worse and more passive, which made Yuan Kui very annoyed.
Hundreds of dead soldiers have not returned, and even the person in charge is nowhere to be found, the Yuan family guessed that Gao Shun did it, their goal was to assassinate Gao Shun, Gao Shun was unharmed, but they lost hundreds of dead soldiers, and the bodies of these dead soldiers inexplicably appeared in Zhuo County and Zhongshan Kingdom, and so many assets were quietly transported away, except for the champion Hou Gaoshun, no one has such great ability and means to cover up the facts, but they are hard to argue, do they want to take the initiative to admit that they assassinated the champion Hou?
For such a big matter, there must be enough people to come out and take the blame, so as to dispel His Majesty's anger and appease officials and people at all levels who do not know the truth; After thinking about it, Yuan Jiasi decided to use Wang Fen as a scapegoat.
The secret agents of the Yuan family are all over the Han Dynasty, and Wang Fen's behavior, the Yuan family has long been well aware.
As a result, the Yuan family secretly operated, made precise deployments, and leaked many of Wang Fen's actions through the mouth of his protégé.
Zhang Rang and other eunuchs are inseparable from the Shi family, the Yuan family is the representative of the Shi family, and they want to take advantage of this to suppress the Yuan family, and they will never let go of this opportunity easily.
The relationship between the general and the scholars became more and more intimate, and after receiving the support of the scholars, his position was very stable, so he strongly supported the Yuan family.
And His Majesty knew the influence of the Yuan family, and it was not appropriate to tear his face now, so he chose to forbear.
Under the intentional guidance of the Yuan family, with the deepening of His Majesty's review of the matter, the spearhead smoothly turned to Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou.
In the end, the matter was determined to be Wang Fen's conspiracy to abolish His Majesty, and in order to seek self-protection, blame the Yuan family; And the many families that were exterminated were killed by Wang Fen in order to eliminate the evidence of the crime; His Majesty helped the Yuan family eliminate suspicion.
His Majesty shouted that it was a fluke, and Wang Fen was guilty of forgiveness.
In order to avoid involving her family, Wang Fen committed suicide in fear of crime.
His Majesty felt that the emperor could still rely on him, so he appointed Zongzheng Liu Yu as the assassin of Jizhou, and the rich Jizhou must be firmly in the hands of his own family.
However, people with a heart will not think so, they think that the Yuan family is operating behind the scenes, the matter is exposed, and Wang Fen is just a scapegoat who was pushed to the forefront; Therefore, the rumors about the Yuan family's disobedience are spreading more and more, and many people are convinced of this, and many small and medium-sized families are gradually distancing themselves from the Yuan family.
The people of Jizhou did not believe that it was Wang Fen who assassinated Shi Shi.
During Wang Fen's four years in the state, he actively accepted displaced people, encouraged reclamation, pacified the people, cracked down on rebellions, and governed the army and government, and made outstanding achievements, making Jizhou relatively stable and rich in people's livelihood; How could such an official betray the imperial court?
Natural disasters of all kinds have continued one after another, grain prices have risen quarter by quarter, the lives of the people have been miserable, and uprisings have emerged one after another in various places.
The division between the nobles began to intensify, each planning for the future, and the small families accelerated their search for supporters.
The eunuch family of the Cao family, itself has a very close relationship with Zhang Rang, and also wants to seek high-ranking officials, Cao Song spent 100 million yuan to buy the post of Taiwei, ranking one of the three dukes, hoping to seek greater benefits for future generations.
The Yuan family first used their connections to release family members as officials, among them, Yuan Yi was appointed as the Taishou of Shanyang County. Shanyang County is located in the plains, very wealthy, and is a key transportation point, connecting Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and close to Qingzhou.
In addition, they actively wooed and befriended a number of young generals or local officials.
In the middle of the year, the people of Changsha County (now Changsha, Hunan) called themselves generals, gathered more than 10,000 people, attacked the county, and raised troops against the Han. The general He Jin recommended that Sun Jian be moved to Changsha Taishou and enter the Xingyi Army in the district. Sun Jian went to the county, set up a strategy, took the lead, and in January, he was about to level the district star army. Sun Jian was awarded the title of Marquis of Wucheng for his merits.
Sun Jian had made great achievements in the war and was extremely dissatisfied with the position he had obtained; At that time, Changsha County was sparsely populated and considered a wild land; Therefore, he had a resentment towards the general, thinking that the general did not attach importance to him, and purely regarded him as a tool, and did not regard him as a core personnel at all.
The Yuan family saw the way out, seized the opportunity, and actively wooed Sun Jian, so that Sun Jian betrayed the general and threw himself into the arms of the Yuan family.
In order to avoid greater suppression and befriend families from all over the world, the Yuan family accelerated the collection of financial resources, closed many businesses in the north, and took the initiative to cede the market to affiliated families.
Concentrate the strength of the family and focus on cultivating Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao.
His Majesty felt the huge pressure of the scholars, and was even more saddened by the general's fall to the scholars, so he intensified his efforts to sell officials, and even the title of Marquis of Kannai began to be sold to the outside world; He must get enough money as soon as possible to rebuild the Southern Army as soon as possible, otherwise, his own safety will not be guaranteed.