Chapter Twenty-Three: The Yellow Turban Rises
When Ma Yuanyi was still lamenting in prison, the pot had exploded in the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He Jin presented Tang Zhou's whistleblower letter in front of the emperor's case, Liu Hong was like a smoker after reading it, threw it out, and said angrily: "The thief dares to mess with my Han family!" He Jin, did Ma Yuanyi catch it? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, since the minister received the letter yesterday evening, he sent someone to arrest Ma Yuanyi, who was arrested and put into the prison of the Tingwei Mansion yesterday night and interrogated strictly, but the thief was very stubborn, and he never said his party until now."
"Humph! Don't say? Then you don't need to say it! Didn't this letter say that Ma Yuanyi wanted to contact Na Feng Xu and Xu Feng to rebel together, father, the people under your hands are not small! Liu Hong almost gritted his teeth when he said this, during the Chinese New Year, Zhang Rangcai begged himself to be promoted to the two people in the middle of the permanent service, but two months later, he found out that they were going to rebel against themselves, who can bear this kind of thing?
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, who were waiting on the side, were so frightened that they fell to their knees with a puff, kowtowing vigorously and saying words begging His Majesty to atone for their sins. Zhao Zhong even bluntly said that he wanted His Majesty to issue an order, so that he would arrest Feng Xu and Xu Feng immediately, so that he could ask other comrades.
Liu Hong just snorted coldly and said, "Where is Cao Mengde?" ”
"The minister is here." Cao Cao heard the emperor call his name and hurriedly walked out of the queue.
"I remember that you used to be the lieutenant of northern Luoyang, and you did a good job, although you are now a councilor, you might as well go back to the old things. I have given you an order, ordering you to immediately mobilize 500 Praetorian Guards, capture and bring the whole family of Feng Xu and Xu Feng to justice, interrogate them, and confiscate the family property immediately. ”
"Whoa!" Cao Cao received the order, took the order that Liu Hong had just written, and then turned around and went straight to the forbidden army camp.
The court was still shrouded in the emperor's wrath, and Cao Cao had already led the men and horses into the palace to capture Feng Xu and Xu Feng. And he sent them to their houses, and confiscated their possessions. The Feng Xu family saw a group of Praetorian Guards rushing into the mansion, and the housekeeper shouted and asked them what they were doing, they didn't know that their master was in full swing now, and he dared to come here to make a mistake! How do you know that this group of soldiers ignored him at all, and directly ordered everyone to be taken away, and Feng Xu's younger brother only scolded a few words, and was slapped out of three teeth by the captain of the Praetorian Guard.
The powerful Feng family had ever been so angry that they were about to break out, but they heard the captain sneer: "Feng Xu colluded with the demon Dao to rebel, now the matter is leaking, Your Majesty is furious, Feng Xu has been taken to the Tingwei Mansion by Cao Yilang, you?" Hum! ”
As soon as he said this, everyone in the Feng Mansion was shocked, and Feng Xu's relatives shouted that they were wronged. It's a pity that where is anyone willing to listen? After all, his task is to arrest them and interrogate them, and it's all Lord Cao's.
In the gloomy cell, Cao Cao sat in front of Feng Xu, who was tied up with five flowers, in the past, Feng Xu watched others tremble in front of him, and he wantonly used torture to vent his perverted heart, but today he found that the feeling of being tied here is really uncomfortable.
"Feng Xu, don't be surprised, when Ma Yuanyi was captured, you should have thought that there would be this day. He Ma Yuanyi refused to say anything after being tortured, so His Majesty had to ask me to ask you. ”
"Nonsense! Our family has been serving Your Majesty diligently in the palace, who dares to say that our family wants to rebel? Cao Mengde, do you think that a chaotic party can tarnish our family's innocence by biting a few words! ”
"Oh, since you said that you are biting indiscriminately, why don't you bite Zhang Changshi, Zhao Changshi, don't bite the doctor and the general, but bite you? What good can they do by killing you? ”
"Hmph, our family is not them, how do we know what they want to do!"
"Feng Xu, it's not been a day or two since we met, I know you're not a tough person, don't force me to torture you, happily recruit who your accomplices are, and die happily!"
"Cao Cao! You are trying your best to slander our family and I are in the same stream as Taiping Dao, and if you want to be unfavorable to Your Majesty, you will punish our family without evidence, I want to see Your Majesty! ”
"Hmph, I just said a Ma Yuanyi, how do you know it's Taipingdao? I, Cao Mengde, don't know this person when I travel all over the world, but you, a eunuch who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, actually know, and say that you have no collusion! ”
"You ......" Feng Xu was speechless for a while.
"Don't make a quick move!" Cao Cao slapped the table suddenly, and the frightened Feng Xu was a spirit, and the whole person no longer looked arrogant just now, and if he said the wrong word, everything would be over.
"Our family, I... I don't know, Lord Cao. That contact is all done by Ma Yuanyi alone, he just stayed in Luoyang and prepared to wait for their men and horses to hit the city, so that he could contact us and others to deal with it together! As for who he contacted, I, I, I really don't know. ”
"Hmph, stubborn! Come on, pull him down, hit him fifty boards first, and see if he can recruit him. ”
"Don't! Don't, Lord Cao, I really don't know, Lord Cao. ”
At the beginning of the lantern, this can be regarded as the completion of the trial. In fact, he also knew that the probability that this Feng Xu could know about the same party was not large, after all, after listening to Feng Xu talk about how Ma Yuanyi coerced and lured him, he knew that such a thoughtful person would not tell Feng Xu such an unstable factor about such an important matter. However, Cao Cao still received a confession, hum, he was still thinking about how to make the eunuch lose power, and he wrote to His Majesty several times without a problem, which really disappointed him. It's just that this time luck came, Feng Xu couldn't stand the punishment, so he could only bite indiscriminately! But it's good to bite it, just this bite, bite out these dozen people, all of them are characters from his Zhang Rang faction, just this one, how many forces can you beat the eunuchs! It's a pity that they don't dare to bite Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, but even if they bite, I am afraid that His Majesty will not believe it. If you can say that Zhang Rang is my father's emperor, how can you believe that he will rebel against him? But it doesn't matter, if you can move these eunuch minions above the court, it can be regarded as a victory, and there is still a Xu Feng waiting for him, maybe how many people can be implicated!
Cao Cao has never been a good bird, how can he let go of this opportunity to kill the eunuchs? He doesn't care if these people are really involved in Taiping Dao, as long as they can be killed, it will be a victory!
At the beginning of the dawn, Cao Cao walked out of the prison with a few scribes and went straight to the palace gate, just waiting for the early dynasty to begin. Sure enough, as soon as he went to court, the first thing the emperor asked was what the result of last night's interrogation was, Cao Cao hurriedly went out of work and handed over the bamboo slips in his hand, Liu Hong looked at them one after another, his face was gloomy and he could drip water, and suddenly threw the bamboo slips out fiercely, and said angrily: "It's the opposite, it's really the opposite!" These rebels and thieves, kill me, kill me! Kill them all! ”
Liu Hong's anger made the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty silent, and even Cao Cao was silent at this time, without a single superfluous word. However, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong fell to their knees in a plop, and kept saying the words "Your Majesty is angry".
Maybe Liu Hong was really angry enough, and his already blue face became more and more hideous. "Cao Cao, go, arrest all these people on the list for me! Strict interrogation! Crack that thief Ma Yuanyi to my car! Car cracks! Liu Hong's words were almost shouted, if in normal times, the punishment of car splitting would inevitably be applied, and some people would inevitably have opinions, hoping that the emperor would not use such torture. It's just that now, Liu Hong's anger is not to mention the ministers of the court, and even the guards standing guard at the door feel it clearly, who dares to persuade him? If you say one more word, you may be dealt with as a chaotic party.
When Cao Cao heard this, he hurriedly responded, Liu Hong waved his hand and asked him to do something quickly, Cao Cao had to leave the hall in a hurry, beckoned his subordinates, and went to arrest the people on the list.
Liu Hong also ordered that the state capitals immediately arrest the people of Taiping Dao and not delay, and for a while, the entire Luoyang City was full of chickens and dogs, and countless armor soldiers walked through the streets and alleys. All those with the word "Jiazi" on the door were all arrested, and the Luoyang prison was overcrowded for a while.
Ma Yuanyi was looking up at the sky at this time, thick clouds obscured the sun's rays, and from time to time a few birds would fly over his head. He lay on the ground like this, with a noose on his hands, feet, and neck, and when noon came, he would be torn apart by five horses.
Sitting on the platform of the prison beheading is Cao Shi Yuan Ming, the commander of the Taiwei Mansion, and Ma Yuanyi is not the only one under the prison beheading stage, there are 1,371 "fellow thieves" waiting to be shown to the public. With the arrival of three o'clock in the afternoon, an order was given, and the five horses galloped straight in different directions under the drive of the little official, and the strength was so great that Ma Yuanyi had just felt the pain, and he no longer felt anything.
With the word "beheading" came out, more than 1,000 people were beheaded and the city, and the twenty executioners killed them for two hours, and the strong smell of blood smoked Cao Shi Yuan Ming to the ground. I think that although he is in the execution of Cao, he is usually in charge of executions, but he has never had the experience of beheading more than 1,000 people at one time. Although he had endured it, he was already vomiting in the middle of the execution. Without his order, the executioner could not carry out the execution, and it dragged on for two hours.
Zhang Jiao learned the news the day after Yuan Ming's execution. Tang Zhou rebelled, Ma Yuanyi was torn apart, the believers in Luoyang City were brutally killed, and the emperor had issued an order to capture himself and enter Beijing for questioning. Zhang Jiao knew the news quickly, but it was much faster than the little eunuch sent by the emperor to deliver the decree.
When Zhang Jiao heard the news, he almost turned his back on anger, he had been planning hard for ten years, and if he was not careful, he fell into the situation in front of him. He tried his best to stabilize his mind, this is not the time to panic, if he arrives now, then he will really be like Ma Yuanyi, and he will be torn apart by a car in the downtown area.
Zhang Jiao hurriedly asked people to call Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, and as soon as the two entered the door, they saw their eldest brother's face was discouraged, and hurriedly asked the reason.
"Alas..."Zhang Jiao let out a long sigh and said, "I ordered my disciple Tang Zhou to send a letter to Ma Yuanyi, he was good and reported us halfway." Now I have received news that Ma Yuanyi was killed by a car, more than 1,000 believers have been beheaded and the city is in trouble, and the imperial court has also issued an order to send people to arrest me and wait. What should I do for now? ”
"Ahh Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang couldn't help but scream, "Tang Zhou, this son of a bitch, knew that I would stab him to death with a knife!" Zhang Liang scolded directly.
"Big brother, for today's plan, there is only a quick reversal! We can't wait, although we are not fully prepared now, we still have the strength to fight, and we can't say that we can succeed. Otherwise, I'll just sit here and die. Zhang Bao said in a deep voice.
"Well, that's what I thought." Zhang Jiao closed his eyes tightly and said in a solemn voice, "Second brother, quickly go and inform Zhang Baiqi and tell him to do it in Yecheng immediately, so that Bocai can set off immediately and lead people to cause trouble in Yuzhou." Third brother, you immediately send someone to inform the other parties of Qu Shuai, and act immediately after receiving the letter. ”
"Yes, big brother!" The two replied together.
The orders have been issued, and the three of Zhang Jiao are no longer rubbing, although it is already night, but Zhang Baiqi's movements are really fast enough, and the Yecheng County Order and a cadre of officials have already been captured. Countless Taiping Dao believers gathered in Yecheng, Zhang Jiao climbed the city tower, raised his arms and shouted: "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand." The year is in Jiazi, and the world is lucky! ”
He shouted aside, and the believers below followed suit, and so on and so on three times before he stopped. Zhang Jiao immediately ordered someone to bring the Yecheng County Order to the city tower, and shouted: "Everyone, this person is the Yecheng County Order, who is powerful and powerful on weekdays, bullying men and women, and the crime is unforgivable!" The court is full of such officials, where can we people still live! The believers in the city shouted loudly.
"I, Zhang Jiao, got the immortals to teach the "Taiping Sutra" to save the Li people, today is the time, overthrow the sky, and wear the yellow sky together!"
"The year is in Jiazi, and the world is lucky!" The people of the city shouted in unison. These tens of thousands of people shouted the same slogan together, and their prestige was so strong that they were so frightened that Yecheng County's pants were wet.
"The Taiping Sutra says: 'There is the rule of heaven, the rule of the earth, the rule of man, the three extremes of qi, and then the rule of all things!' Today, I Zhang Jiao, who has been granted the mandate of heaven, is the 'General of the Heavenly Father', my brother Zhang Bao is the 'General of the Earth', and the third brother Zhang Liang is the 'General of the People'. Conform to the yellow sky, to cut the sky! ”
Everyone in the city shouted the four slogans loudly, and the shouts shook the sky. In the midst of this shout, Zhang Jiao slashed off the head of the Yecheng county commander with a knife, and blood splashed straight from the city to the city. Zhang Jiao raised his knife and shouted loudly: "The Han fortune is over, and the saint has come out." If you follow the heavens, you will be able to enjoy peace! Kill, kill to Luoyang, slaughter the sky! ”
"Kill!"
With the roar of everyone, a team of people set off overnight and went straight to all parts of Jizhou.
All the people who rebelled tied yellow scarves on their heads to show that the yellow sky should stand. However, on the fifth day, the 28 counties of eight states were full of yellow turbans. The people of the Quartet, four or five hundred thousand opponents, the momentum is huge, the officials and soldiers flee in despair, and the yellow scarves are naturally overwhelming. The state and county were lost, and the Yellow Turbans entered the city every time, and whenever they encountered a house with the word "Jiazi" on the door, they all knocked on the door and wanted to fight the house and act together. burned down the government, killed officials, and plundered everywhere to prepare for military supplies.
Liu Hong's messenger was only sent out for ten days, and he thought that he could directly arrest Zhang Jiao, escort him back to Beijing, and sentence him to death with a car split, where did he think of it, but in just ten days, the Yellow Turban thieves actually swept the land of Bazhou, and the officers and troops were actually beaten and retreated, and the troops were lost and lost.
He Jin has been scolded by Liu Hong for an hour, although there is no one else here except the eunuch, but you must know that He Jin's biggest enemy is this eunuch Zhang Rang. was scolded like this by Liu Hong in front of him for an hour, even if he was just a pig killer, his face was flushed.
The time had just arrived in the afternoon, and Liu Hong's will was issued, ordering He Jin to lead the left and right Yulin armies, garrison troops and Duting, and defend the Beijing Division. Liu Hong also knew that He Jin was not a war material at all, so let him go to suppress the bandits, and it was estimated that he would die faster than the bandits. He also ordered all Kyoto passes to reorganize their armies for war, and all units were heavily defended. At the same time, the officials of all states and counties were ordered to prepare for battle, and these chaotic parties must be eliminated! A dozen edicts were issued in a row, and the courtiers were busy. It's just that Liu Hong doesn't know that this is the beginning of the decline and fall of his Han Dynasty.