This time, the emperor moved very quickly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, he arrested the two people in prison, Feng Zhen and Xu Feng, he didn't want people to be disloyal to him around him, these eunuchs were tolerated for corruption and bribery, and if they were betrayed and disloyal, they would not be tolerated.

Secondly, he ordered Zhou Bin to lead the subordinates of the Three Dukes, Taiwei and other prefectures to inspect the palace, province, Zhizhi, Wei and the people of Beijing, and all those who participated in the Taiping Dao were arrested; Zhou Bin lived up to His Majesty's trust, wantonly hunted down and killed Taiping Taoists, punished more than 1,000 people, stabilized the order of Luoyang, and eliminated potential dangers.

In the end, he ordered Henan Yin He Jin to immediately arrest Ma Yuanyi, He Jin lived up to his expectations, and according to Tang Zhou's secret report, he quickly arrested Ma Yuanyi, the commander of the Jingzhou Canal of Taiping Road, and more than 1,000 Taiping Dao believers.

Without any hesitation, Liu Hong directly ordered someone to split his car in the city; and named He Jin as a cautious marquis to show his merits.

The incident of Ma Yuanyi, the commander of Jingzhou Qu Shuai, being torn apart, severely shook the faith of Taiping Dao believers.

The emperor's series of resolute actions immediately resolved the crisis of Taipingdao's direct capture of Luoyang; If Taiping Dao wants to wave troops to Luoyang in an instant, the plan to destroy the Luoyang court has been shattered.

Before the uprising broke out, Ma Yuanyi, the marshal of Daqu, died in advance, losing the opportunity to directly destroy the Luoyang Imperial Court, and also disrupted Zhang Jiao's perfect layout.

The planned palace coup is gone, the planned Luoyang City mutiny is gone, and the plan to attack Luoyang City has been greatly affected.

The news of Luoyang was transmitted back to Jizhou, and the three brothers of Zhang Jiao were terrified when they learned about it.

Zhang Liang asked: "The matter has come to this, what can I do?" ”

Zhang Bao said: "When the interruption continues, but suffer from the chaos, please give the order of the eldest brother." ”

Zhang Jiao said: "If you advance, you will live, and if you retreat, you will die, we have no choice, so we immediately sent orders to the commanders everywhere to start the incident immediately." ”

Since the plan was disrupted, Zhang Jiao decided to revolt in advance, which was very decisive.

On 25 February, Zhang Jiao and others announced an uprising, calling themselves "General Tiangong" with the slogan "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious."

His younger brother Zhang Bao is the "General of Digong", and Zhang Liang is the "General of Rengong".

Because the insurgents tied yellow turbans on their heads, they are known as the Yellow Turban Rebellion or the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

In the following days, Qu Shuai from all over the country received Zhang Jiao's order, and all of them revolted, and the local government was caught off guard. Unprepared, the county was lost, and the officials fled, shaking Kyoto.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Emperor Liu Hong saw that Taiping Dao was so powerful, and hurriedly appointed Yin Hejin of Henan as the general, and led the five battalions of the Yulin Army to be stationed in Duting to repair equipment to defend the Beijing Division; In addition, in Hangu Pass, Datani, Guangcheng, Yiju, Xuanyuan, Xuanmen, Mengjin, Xiaopingjin and other passes and ferries, the garrison of the commander was set up to ensure that the Beijing division was foolproof.

Emperor Liu Hong only wanted to keep Luoyang, and he didn't want to immediately suppress the Yellow Turban thieves in various places, otherwise it would not play its due role.

Originally, the ministers saw that the emperor had been resolute and resolute recently, and that they should send troops to suppress the thieves in various places, but after a few days, His Majesty still did not move, and the ministers couldn't help but feel anxious.

Emperor Fu Song, the Taishou Emperor of the Northland, asked the emperor to lift the ban on the party, take out the palace money and the good horses of the West Garden and give them to the sergeants to improve morale so that they can send troops as soon as possible.

His Majesty didn't pay attention, and directly pressed down the chapter, asking him to pay money and go out, and he didn't even have a door, this old guy didn't understand the emperor's character too much.

And the eunuch Lu Qiang suggested to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the party members have been imprisoned for many years, and their grievances are deep, if they are not pardoned, once the party members unite with the Yellow Turban, it will definitely endanger the imperial court." ”

This time there was no mention of money, and the emperor took his suggestion and granted amnesty to the party members on Renzi Day, and returned them to the migrants.

The sparks were reported urgently, and the ministers were anxious.

In order to make an appearance, Emperor Liu Hong appointed the imperial servant Deng Sheng to replace the resigned Yang Ci as the imperial lieutenant, and discussed the dispatch of troops with the general.

Deng Sheng was the first lieutenant, and he couldn't make up his mind about some things, so he asked Situ Yuan Kui to negotiate.

Yuan Kui smiled and said, "Hehe, Taiwei Deng still doesn't know our majesty." ”

"Yuan Situ, what do you mean by this?"

"Everything is in the hands of His Majesty, why should I worry?"

Deng Sheng said humbly: "Please Yuan Situ make it clear!" ”

Yuan Situ said: "Yang Ci, Liu Tao and many ministers have written to Your Majesty, saying that many believers in Zhang Jiao will suffer from it in the past; Your Majesty does not believe it; Before long, Tang Zhou told the whistleblower and said that Zhang Jiao wanted to start an incident, so His Majesty vigorously arrested the followers of the Taiping Sect in Luoyang, and immediately arrested Feng Zhen and Xu Feng and others, and cracked Ma Yuanyi, but there was no follow-up; In March, the Yellow Turban thieves were all up, and His Majesty ordered He Jin to be the general, and you to be the captain, only sending troops to defend the eight passes, but not sending troops to sweep away the thieves, why not? ”

"Why?" Deng Sheng was puzzled.

Yuan Kui smiled and said: "Hehe, Tang Zhou is His Majesty's person, and the thief is the sword in His Majesty's hand, and the one who wants to get rid of it is the family family, this is a plan to kill people with a knife!" ”

Deng Sheng was shocked for a long time and didn't speak, but he was not stupid, if Tang Zhou was not His Majesty's person, as a high-level person in Taiping Dao, why did he want to tell the truth? And after he arrived in the capital, he went straight to tell the truth, without even a little hesitation, which is very unreasonable, this must be acting for everyone to see; If he is not His Majesty's man, why does His Majesty so easily believe the words of an outsider and not the minister on whom he depends? He returned to the mansion in a daze and no longer wrote about sending troops.

In the palace, the emperor was annoyed by the song that asked for troops, and asked Zhang Rang: "What does Zhang Changshi think about this?" ”

"Wait!"

"Wait? Why? ”

Zhang Rang said: "Your Majesty, Youzhou Assassin Shi has reported that they have long guessed that Taiping Dao will be in turmoil, and they have united with Guangyang County Taishou Liu Wei to entrust Gao Shun to recruit 4,000 strong soldiers to garrison Jixian County and Zhuo County respectively. Guangyang County guarded Liu Weibao, Gao Shun recruited nearly 10,000 troops in Youzhou and Hebei in the name of protecting the Wuhuan Captain's Office, and stationed troops in Jixian County; If there is no order from His Majesty, he will successfully exterminate the Yellow Turban thieves in Youzhou and keep Youzhou safe, which will confirm that he is loyal to His Majesty and can be used by His Majesty; can order Gao Shun to lead his troops south at any time, and the thieves will be swept away; If he is not loyal to His Majesty, it is advisable to make plans as soon as possible, and the minister suggested that after exterminating the Yellow Turban Bandits, he should bring the newly victorious soldiers and sweep them all away. ”

"When is the best time to get rid of the Yellow Turban Thieves?"

"It can't be delayed until winter at the latest, otherwise it will last too long, and it will change for a long time!"

Liu Hong thought about it for a while and said, "Okay, wait for the news from Youzhou first; Pass on the order to secretly get rid of Zhang Jiao before October this year, so the remaining thieves don't have to worry! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang immediately responded

It seems that there are also the emperor's spies around Zhang Jiao, and he has gained Zhang Jiao's trust and can easily approach Zhang Jiao.

Liu Hong asked again: "The ministers write every day to request that troops be sent to eliminate the thieves, I am very annoyed, these thieves have this value left, if they are easily removed, won't it be a waste of so many years of support?" What is Changshou's plan for this? ”

"Your Majesty, this matter is easy, you can order those who want to send troops to donate money, food, bows, crossbows, armor, weapons, horses, etc., and ask each family to provide at least 1,000 strong families to be incorporated into the northern army, and wait until they are fully prepared before talking about sending troops."

Liu Hong was overjoyed, in this way, he could not only get a lot of money, food and other materials, but also form a strong army, and block the mouths of those who wanted to send troops, and weaken the strength of each family; praised: "Haha, Zhang Changshi, this plan is very good, one stone with one stone, tomorrow I will issue this decree; In addition, many ministers have ordered the formation of righteous armies in various places to jointly suppress thieves, what does Zhang Changshou think about this? ”

Zhang Rang said: "Your Majesty, this is their selfish intention; There is a high shun, strong soldiers and strong horses, which has made His Majesty worried, if he has different intentions, it will be a disaster for the court; If the ministers are allowed to recruit troops and horses privately, there will be many Gao Shun and the like, and they are located in the Central Plains, then disaster will not be far away. ”

The emperor is not stupid, if he is stupid, he will not be able to be the emperor for so long, Zhang Rang's words will be understood as soon as he hears it; Gao Shun did not come to the Central Plains, he was willing to defend the country and Xinjiang, if he had different intentions, the harm would be less; If the ministers in the Central Plains were allowed to recruit the rebels, they would definitely not dismiss the rebels after the war, and they would be a greater destabilizing factor in the Central Plains afterwards and would do more harm to the imperial court in the future.

Liu Hong thought to himself, having a Gao Shun is enough, and he doesn't want more Gao Shun to appear, otherwise it will be even more uncontrollable; And now that the Taiping Road Incident has not been in the past month, there are too few people who have responded, and there are not many scholars who have not been harmed, so they are not in a hurry to suppress it.