Chapter 11 The Salary Suppression of the Luoyang Dynasty

Since ancient times, Luoyang has been regarded as "the middle of the world", and the 400-year-old Han Dynasty has greatly advanced its urbanization. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

So in 184 A.D., which is called the seventh year of Guanghe, how can the prosperity of Luoyang be described in words?

As the "middle of the world" of the "world", the Han Imperial City is naturally towering and domineering, as the supreme and only political center in the world, although the people in the Chongde Hall at this moment are not all the world's elites, but they are all people who have invaded the political road for a long time, and their minds are complicated.

"Your Majesty has arrived~"

After a shrill and piercing shout, Emperor Liu Hong, who was wearing a dragon robe and a crown on his head, came to the Chongde Hall surrounded by a group of eunuchs and palace maids. Liu Hong, who walked slowly, slowly walked to the royal platform under the bowed gaze of a group of courtiers, and sat on the dragon chair representing the top power and status in the world.

"Let's talk about it, what do you think about the current war situation in Hebei?"

After the entire hall was silent for a while, Liu Hong, who seemed to be out of his mind for a long time, said coldly.

It seems that Liu Hong's words broke the atmosphere of the palace, and after Liu Hong's words, the whispers in the hall that could be heard sounded again, and the few big people at the head of the row were still stunned at the moment.

"Silence!"

Looking at the noisy officials below and the emperor who was frowning, Zhang Rang, the eunuch who was serving on the side, immediately pinched his throat and shouted.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this should let the three states of Youhe and Qing reorganize their armies and immediately send troops to Jizhou to relieve the pressure on the Sili region."

When an official standing in the back row looked at the big guys in front of him and said nothing, he stood up and spoke first.

"Lord Xu, but what if the Yellow Turban thief didn't enter the division from the giant deer, but instead changed the target? If the army of our three states is defeated head-on, then the four states of Hebei can be said to be lost in the hands of thieves. ”

Before the official could finish speaking, another official jumped out and said.

"Lord Meng, this is not appropriate, if the thief enters Sili, then the soldiers of the three states have not moved, what is the use of it?"

Another official jumped out and retorted.

"Su-sama ,......"

Seeing that you said something to the court, I was overwhelmed by these small officials who couldn't be on the stage at all, and Zhang Rang above had to pinch the duck and shout before the court quieted down again.

After this sound, the petty officials present who said that they were playing soy sauce all kept silent, and poked on the court like sculptures, and no one made any sound, because next, it will enter the personal show time of the big guys.

"Your Majesty, Minister Yuan Kui believes that at this time, there is a shortage of major generals in the Sili area, so he should pardon the party members who were implicated in the year, and recruit soldiers together with the wealthy families, and resist the enemy who is forcing the Sili by order of the imperial court."

At this moment, as a high-ranking but powerless prince Yuan Kui in the imperial court, a sentence sounded the clarion call for the wealthy family to ask the emperor for salary to quell the rebellion.

"Could it be that my court has no available soldiers? Where is the Liyang camp? Where are the guards of my Imperial City? ”

Seeing the general He Jin standing there without showing his eyes at all, Emperor Liu Hong had to roll up his arms angrily, and he was ready to argue with the representatives of these families.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the imperial city is guarded, the Liyang camp is naturally my Han's army, but although the Liyang camp is strong, it is beyond the reach of the whip; The guarding of the imperial city is the top priority, and protecting the peace of His Majesty is naturally not to be moved. The only way to do this now is to pardon the party members who were implicated back then, fight against the Yellow Turban Army together with the wealthy families, and preach His Majesty's policy of amnesty to the world, so that those civilians can obediently go home and farm. ”

Sikong Zhang Wen seems to have jumped into the arms of the family, coupled with Situ Yuan Feng and Taiwei Yang Biao, the power of this family has made the entire court unable to support the emperor's three ministers.

Amnesty for the world?

In fact, this is a very simple and effective, but also very complex and changeable strategy.

The simplicity lies in the fact that in the 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the people's awareness of political participation has been strengthened, and as the official mouthpiece, Confucianism has personally rolled up its arms and shouted for the imperial court.

Ideas such as "Inner Sage and Outer King", "Xiu Qi Zhiping", "No Intention", "Scholars and Scholars, Not Enough to Be Scholars" and other ideas were ruthlessly instilled into the heads of various scholars who studied in Confucianism, and scholars, as the most basic support point of the country, also affected their hometowns and counties, so that the whole world was filled with the idea of serving the country.

Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion seems to be powerful and welcomed by the people everywhere it goes, the most fundamental reason for this is that the imperial court did not pardon those who were forced to embark on the road of uprising, which forced them to go further and further on the road of uprising.

And now, as long as the imperial court orders go down, those civilians will immediately go home to farm after hearing the decree, and the Yellow Turban Army's men and horses can be reduced by at least thirty percent, and even be able to surrender without a fight, which is the best policy.

But now the problem is that the efficient propaganda and news dissemination mechanism of the Han Court has gradually been controlled in the hands of the family in the evolution of the years, and now the decree of the Han Court must be transmitted to the people through the power of the family, and as a family with the family as the focus, how can it easily help the emperor to quell the rebellion before asking the emperor for any benefits?

You must know that these wealthy families are looking forward to the Yellow Turban Army being able to kill a little more families in Hebei, and when the time comes, once the rebellion is settled, it will be time for them to divide the land!

They have long been drooling greedily at the four states of Hebei, and it is precisely with their help that the Yellow Turban Uprising has intensified in Hebei.

Although the situation is a little out of control now, the confident families are just embarrassed that the play does not follow the script, and it does not hurt their core interests at all, so they are not so anxious.

"Raising private soldiers?"

As soon as Liu Hong heard this, he almost shouted that the warrior in front of the palace dragged Zhang Wen out and chopped him, but it was only a momentary anger, you must know that although Liu Hong is not a holy emperor, he has been sitting on this son for at least 16 years, and there is no shortage of wisdom at all, how can he not know the thoughts of these families.

Originally, it was just a matter of secretly training private soldiers, but now he still wants to take advantage of this opportunity to blatantly recruit soldiers to gain self-respect, isn't this destroying the foundation of his Han family!

But after thinking about it, now the medium-sized families in the four states of Hebei have been broken by three percent under the blow of the Yellow Turban Army, and as the foundation of his governance, it is also the Hebei family that supports him the most, and it must not be lost.

I can't say it, I have to pinch my nose and admit it.

The angry Liu Hong suddenly had an idea in his head, behind the momentum of the Yellow Turban Army, is there a family behind it? What's more, is there a family secretly giving orders to their protégés to do nothing?