Chapter Ninety-Four: Seizure of the Throne
Ouyang Xuan naturally understood Gong Jing's thoughts, it was nothing more than taking a fancy to the soldiers and horses in his hands, and he probably also knew that the three counties were under his control. Only by killing himself can he get the control of the soldiers and horses of the three counties and the three counties, and he may have sent people to the three counties to buy or assassinate some important officials.
Ouyang Xuan turned around and instructed the guards beside him to say something in Duliba language, and the Yulin Army had used Duliba as the language of internal communication since the founding of the army. Especially in the presence of outsiders, the usual secret matters are in Duliba language. The guards were ordered to turn around and go down to arrange the arrangement.
After a while, the three Liu Bei brothers and Zou Jing got up and left their seats, and said goodbye to Gong Jing and Ouyang Xuan, Zhong Zhao, and Tai Shici, and before leaving, Liu Bei patted Ouyang Xuan's shoulder and said: "Brother Xian, the elite soldiers and fierce generals under his command are rare in the world, and a general is worth tens of thousands of teachers, so we must make good use of them to benefit one party and achieve meritorious deeds."
Ouyang Xuan arched his hand and said: "Fame and I are just a passing eye, Xuande is here, you have to be more careful, especially the surname Dong can't be saved." Otherwise, it will be a great trouble for the nation." For Ouyang Xuan, who knows the Three Kingdoms well, it is very clear what Liu Bei is going to do and what he will encounter.
After everyone resigned, Ouyang Xuan and the four guards around him were left alone, and the servants removed the residual wine and food, and re-arranged the new wine bottles and meals. Ouyang Xuan glanced at Zhong Zhao, just now Ouyang Xuan was talking to the guards, he also heard it, so he naturally understood. Pulled Tai Shi Ci next to him, gave him a look, and signaled not to touch the wine and food, and Tai Shi Ci immediately understood the meaning. With the hilt of the sword in hand, ready to fight. Ouyang Xuan bowed slightly after the case, and said to Gong Jing: "I don't know what else the assassin Shi commanded?" A certain is also entangled in military affairs, please instruct? ”。
Gong Jing smiled slightly and said: "I have heard that the two counties of Donglai in Beihai and Langya County in Xuzhou have recently had enough soldiers and food, and there are millions of people under their rule, suppressing the wealthy family, which is contrary to the suspicion of the imperial court.
"What if you don't? What else can you do with me? ”
"Then the only way to do that is to take you and hand them over to the imperial court for adjudication."
"Haha, joke, you might as well ask, the emperor doesn't dare to do anything with so-and-so, where did you come from?"
"You dare to despise the king, come and take down Zou Zhonglang with me." As soon as the words fell, more than fifty black-armored warriors instantly poured out from the two compartments in the hall, each with a long sword in their hands, surrounding Ouyang Xuan and the other seven people. "Haha, Gong Tingshi is so hospitable? set up a Hongmen banquet for a certain overlord who also learned Chu, but this person is a little poor."
"Hugh will speak wildly and kill him with me", "No! ”。
Those black-armored warriors raised their swords and went straight to Ouyang Xuan to kill the seven people, Ouyang Xuan got up in an instant, pulled out the sword in his waist, Zhong Zhao and the guards almost made the same action. Ouyang Xuan said with a smile: "Gong Tingshi, since you have turned your face, then Hugh blames a certain ruthlessness." Before he finished speaking, he swung his sword and went straight to the black-armored warrior in front of him, waving the sword in his hand, where the faint blue light flashed, a spring of blood gushed out, and the black-armored warrior in front of and behind Ouyang Xuan didn't even react at all, and was cut in half. Zhong Zhao was not idle, the sword in his hand was danced by him like a god of death, and in an instant, more than a dozen black-armored warriors were already in different places. Ouyang Xuan's side was empty, turned around and crossed to Tai Shici's side, waved the sword in his hand, and slashed the remaining black-armored warriors. In a vertical leap in the hall, the sword edge had reached Gong Jing's neck, Zhong Zhao and the four guards stood in the wartime position, and all this happened too fast, Tai Shi Ci had not even drawn his sword, and the battle was over. The current Tai Shi Ci is really completely convinced, these people are not mortals, they are all god-like existences. Just as he drew his sword, more than fifty black-armored warriors were already in a different place, how fast this was.
"Gong Tingshi, if you are not greedy, you can stay for some time. Now if you want to kill him, it can only be blamed for the inadequacy. With a flick of his wrist after speaking, Gong Jing's head was already flying, and a bloody sword rushed straight to the roof." At this time, the guards who had just gone out hurriedly returned and arched their hands: "Lord, Linzi City has been taken." Please make it public".
"Is there any news from Beihai and Donglai?"
"Back to the lord, there is no news yet. His subordinates have sent out fast riders, and they can arrive at night."
"Qianshu quickly led people and captured the king of Qi." "No!"
Ouyang Xuan took Tai Shi Ci and the guards out of the heavily defended mansion, sat down in front of the steps, and waited for King Qi. Liu Cheng, the king of Qi, was taken to the front of the palace yamen. Ouyang Xuan didn't get up, fiddled with the sword in his hand, didn't raise his head, and said to Liu Cheng: "His Royal Highness King Qi, just now Gong Assassin Shi wanted to assassinate the general, but now he has been killed, what do you think should be done?" ”。
"General Zou has a great merit in exterminating the Yellow Turban Army and the Han family, Gong Jing is greedy for merit and wants to assassinate General Zou to snatch military merit. Lone wrote to the imperial court and asked General Zou to temporarily take the post of Qingzhou Assassin to show his military merits." Liu Cheng said while wiping his sweat.
"Well, then go to the book quickly, and I have to deal with the aftermath here. Someone came to send the king of Qi back to his house, so that he could be treated alive."
In the evening, he received information from Beihai and Donglai County that it was indeed as Ouyang Xuan expected, but the assassin was captured or beheaded before he could assassinate him. At the same time, Liu Cheng, the king of Qi, also wrote the song, and Ouyang Xuan ordered someone to send the song to Donglai County overnight and handed it over to Tang De for full control. At the same time, he ordered Zhong Zhao to be the main general, Tai Shici as the deputy general, to the west to clear all the Yellow Turban Army in the Plains, garrison here, control the Plains King Liu Shuo, and at the same time ordered Peng Fei to lead 50,000 troops from Beihai to the west to march to Le'an County, encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army, and order Hu Zhang to lead 30,000 troops from Langya County to clear the Yellow Turban Army in Jinan, and at the same time garrison here, and control Liu Yun, the king of Jinan. At the same time, let the King of Pingyuan and the King of Jinan write a song together, impeaching Gong Jing for assassinating the counterinsurgency heroes and robbing the military merits. Ouyang Xuan was stationed in Linzi with the guard battalion, and remotely commanded various places to quell the rebellion.
In November 184, under the operation of Tang De, Liu Hong's edict and seal ribbon arrived together, and Ouyang Xuan achieved the position of Qingzhou Assassin. At the same time, there are also the seals and edicts of the Prime Minister of the Plains and the Taishou of Le'an County. As for Ouyang Xuan, the minister of Jinan, he didn't expect it to be Cao Cao, but it was very interesting, it seemed that it would take some time to completely control Qingzhou. Ouyang Xuan hurriedly found a tablet and read the history of the Three Kingdoms repeatedly, only to know that Cao Cao had indeed been the minister of Jinan, and he was quite meritorious. Through the summary of information from all parties, Liu Bei's brother aid to Lu Zhi has also been reused, in the order to reinforce Yingchuan Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Cao Cao led 5,000 foot cavalry and Huangpu Song jointly defeated Zhang Liang Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang Zhang Bao escaped on the way, and was killed by Liu Bei's brothers, on the way back to the army, met Lu Zhi who was being escorted back to Beijing and was framed by eunuchs, the three of them immediately planned to go back to Zhuo County, and on the way they really saved Dong Zhuo, who had just lost the battle. The latter three brothers switched to Zhu Jun, and Liu Bei and the three defeated Zhang Bao as the vanguard. Zhang Bao fled into Yangcheng and held out, at this time Zhang Jiao died of illness, Huangpu Song took advantage of the situation to attack Guangzong and killed Zhang Liang. With the assistance of Liu Guanzhang and Sun Jian, who later rushed to help, Zhu Jun exterminated Zhang Bao, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, Sun Zhong and other remnants of the Yellow Turban. Liu Hong rewarded meritorious deeds, Huangpu Song and Zhu Jun sealed the general of the chariot cavalry, Cao Cao served as the minister of Jinan, Sun Jian served as the Sima of other departments, and Liu Bei served as the lieutenant of Anxi County, Zhongshan County, Dingzhou.
The massive Yellow Turban Rebellion ended, and some of the remaining remnants of the Yellow Turban Army continued to wreak havoc throughout the country. Ouyang Xuan also began to govern Qingzhou and replaced all the original officials with his own people, like the three counties, to suppress the powerful and wealthy families, dismiss the private army, and expel Confucianism, these policies were also implemented in Jinan, with the support of Cao Cao, and the means were more ruthless. Ouyang Xuan also transported tens of millions of stone of grain from Huaxia to help the displaced people and distribute land to the displaced people for cultivation. Wheat, corn, and potato seeds that have been improved by the Chinese monster are also available.
In the spring and March of 188 AD, Qingzhou and Langxie County under the rule of Ouyang Xuan had 13.6 million people and millions of soldiers and horses. In September, under the operation of Tang De's money, Ouyang Xuan was promoted from Qingzhou Thorn Shi to Qingzhou Mu, and at the same time put Langya County under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou. Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with the wanton rampant behavior of the imperial court magnates two years ago, fearing that his family would be affected, so he resigned due to illness and returned to his hometown, and the prime minister of Jinan was also replaced by his own people, and now Qingzhou is completely controlled by Ouyang Xuan. In other states and counties, the Yellow Turban Army was revived, and only Qingzhou was spared.
After Cao Cao returned to his hometown, he studied hard, and later served as a councilor, and in August, he was appointed as the military captain of the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden; Liu Bei defected to many people, and finally served as Sima of other departments under the command of Gongsun Zhan, the commander of the cavalry; Sun Jian was reappointed as the Taishou of Changsha because of his meritorious service in quelling the chaos. Luoyang is now a miasma, a scene of no country, there are rebellions everywhere, so that Liu Hong is also overwhelmed, and he has to worship He Jin as a general, and Dong Zhuo sent troops to conquer Youzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou for the former general. At the same time, Gongsun Zhan's department was recruited to rush to Youzhou. Because of the arrival of Ouyang Xuan, he occupied the area north of Juyong Pass, so the original Youzhou is no longer there, and the current Youzhou is still south of the Great Wall set up by Liu Xiu, north of Yuzhou, west of Qingzhou, and east of Sili, in today's southern Hebei, western Shandong, and northern Henan. It was also Liu Xiu who wanted to distinguish Jizhou in China, and Ouyang Xuan did not use the place name Youzhou in China. Liangzhou is not the original historical place, but refers to the Guanzhong region.
Of course, Qingzhou's current wealth has also attracted forces from all sides, the imperial court has been transporting a large amount of copper coins from Qingzhou, and various wealthy families are also eyeing here, but because of Qingzhou's strong military strength, they can only sigh, of course, the Yellow Turban Army is no exception, after many times of detaining the border and suffering a miserable defeat, they no longer dare to approach Qingzhou half a step.
Liu Hong also issued edicts many times to Qingzhou to send troops to quell the rebellion, but Ouyang Xuan turned a blind eye. At this time, it was just in time for Liangzhou Han Sui and Ma Teng to join the Xianbei rebellion, and had to transfer Dong Zhuo to the Western Front. Dong Zhuo occupied the land of Guanzhong Sanfu, and for a time Dong Zhuo's soldiers were strong and strong, and his momentum was comparable to Ouyang Xuan's Qingzhou.
In 189 A.D., Liu Hong finally died in the Jiade Palace, and the general He Jin established the young emperor Liu Wei as the emperor, and at the same time wanted to clear the eunuchs appointed by the original Emperor Ling, which was opposed by the Empress Dowager He. had to recruit Dong Zhuo and Ouyang Xuan into Beijing at the same time, Ouyang Xuan was still unmoved, Dong Zhuo was happy to march into Luoyang, just when Dong Zhuo was still on the way to Beijing, He Jin was killed by the eunuchs with a joint strategy, and at the same time killed the Empress Dowager He, after learning that the general He Jin was killed, the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden immediately led his troops into the palace to slaughter the eunuchs in the palace, and the middle servants Duan Si and Hong Liang hurriedly hijacked the young emperor Liu Wei and Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, and fled to the Yellow River ferry in the middle of the night, and was rescued by Dong Zhuo, who had just arrived here, and welcomed back to Luoyang, began to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes. A troubled era has also begun, and Ouyang Xuan is also ready to meet this troubled world, everything is ready, just waiting for the arrival of that key point.
The key point did not wait, what was waiting for was the letter of help from the Empress of Huaxia and Ouyang Gui, Ouyang Xuan had to hand over the affairs of Qingzhou to Ling Huzhang and Zhong Zhao Dali, and rushed back to Xia Gu overnight with Tang De, Li Mu, Peng Fei and the guard battalion. Ouyang Gui, Huang Tingzhong, and Nie Sheng were already anxious, and seeing Ouyang Xuan come back was like seeing a life-saving straw, and they made a detailed report to Ouyang Xuan on the problems they encountered.
In recent years, due to the abundant water brought by the drinking water project, coupled with the improvement of the saline-alkali barren flats and deserts by the Gongsun Diemao and Duliba people, the arable land in China has increased geometrically, and the yield of improved rice, wheat and corn per mu has reached a new high every year. Today's China is full of grain and cattle and sheep. It is such a bumper harvest that is now plaguing the top management of China, with enough grain in stock for the whole country to last for ten years, and cattle and sheep are fine, because the herdsmen have always maintained a fixed number of pastures for their protection. It has always been in a state of short supply, but now there is a serious oversupply of food. Even the desert in Australia is now a vast wheat field, melons and fruits, lush trees, and if this continues, the farmers who grow grain will be hit by the bumper harvest, and the second is that the national finance that has just emerged will also suffer huge losses, so that the paper money will lose credibility and then be wasted. This is indeed a headache, capital has long been in full bloom in China, and a little wind and grass will be a devastating blow. At present, China has a population of 430 million, and all kinds of commodities and basic materials such as grain are on the verge of surplus, and if they are not digested in time, it will be a disaster.
After listening to the report, Ouyang Xuan stood on the noon gate and looked into the distance and thought for a long, long time, he was not an economist, but the experience and knowledge he had learned for more than 300 years made him aware of the risks. This stop is three days, and I will go through all the economic knowledge I know in my head and the plans of the future. In the end, Ouyang Xuan convened business-related courtiers, the cabinet and the Parliamentary Council, the Privy Council sat in the court hall to discuss together, Ouyang Xuan put forward his own plan, through the war to transport grain to the Han Dynasty, the Anxi Empire and the Xiongnu, to solve the current food dilemma, and at the same time establish a material futures market, the bulk material trading in the futures market, to encourage deep processing of food, Ouyang Xuan also put forward the concept of stock financing, so that the Council and the Privy Council to study a suitable plan. When Ouyang Xuan said his plan, the participants were all a little moved, and various suggestions came one after another. After five consecutive days of discussions, it was finally agreed to open border trade between the Anxi Empire and the Xiongnu, to set up an asset tax on excess agricultural land, to set a basic area of agricultural land per capita, and to levy high taxes on the excess part, to encourage afforestation in terms of taxation, to return farmland to forests, and to adjust the proportion of grain and agricultural and sideline products through taxation, which was set by each county according to the grain output of the previous year and belonged to local taxation. When grain output exceeds the quota standard, it is necessary to raise the tax on the transaction of grain products and the property tax on land used for growing grain in excess of the quota in the following year, and reduce the tax on land and transactions for agricultural and sideline products. If the grain land below the baseline is not subject to tax, if all the excess agricultural land is planted with trees to ensure survival, the grain transaction tax can be exempted, and the trees planted belong to the landowner, and after the timber is completed, they can buy and sell on their own, as long as they are replanted before selling. In order to control grain prices, an open bulk material trading platform has been set up, and a complete national warehousing system has been established, with a three-year period as the limit. Through taxation to encourage the nationwide circulation of materials, reduce the vehicle and vessel tax, material transaction tax, but increase the asset tax and inheritance tax, through the tax to encourage the wealthy family to invest in infrastructure construction and charity.
By the time everything was finished, it would be ten days later. The rest is for the Cabinet, the ministries of the Imperial Court, the Parliamentary Council, and the Privy Council to formulate specific implementation plans, laws, and regulatory plans. This crisis was resolved invisibly before it was formed, and the happiest were the wealthy families, and the happiest were the farmers in China, because the surplus grain in their hands was bought out by Ouyang Xuan and the wealthy families with huge sums of money, and the grain purchased by Ouyang Xuan was transported to various seaports in Qingzhou by sea, and the grain purchased by the wealthy families entered their food processing factories, and all kinds of exquisitely made delicacies were all over China in less than half a year. The rotational planting of forests has once again set off a boom in the land of China.
In January 190, in the Huaxia Palace, Ouyang Xuan was preparing to return to the Han Dynasty after dealing with Huaxia affairs. In the courtyard of the harem, Ouyang Gui took Ouyang Xuan's arm and took a walk in the pavilion, "Father, that little Han land, don't do it, now that the time and space gate is about to be completed, and the Han land is no longer a place to be entangled, the sons still hope that their father and emperor are by their side, so they feel steady." Just send a general to pick it up, why go where to be instructed."
"My son's words are wrong, China has the same root in the Han land, it is the land of the ancestors, and it cannot be discarded. If it weren't for the relationship with Emperor Jingwu, I would have included it in the Chinese territory, and now the people there are not living well, and I can't bear to see it. This expedition is based on attacking the heart, supplemented by attacking the city. This time, I originally wanted to leave Tang De behind, and I was around my son, but it was very difficult to predict, so I still stayed by my side to be my right-hand man. This time, I will take away two battalions of Yulin Army, and you have to make good use of the rest, all of them are good ministers and fierce generals who govern the army on the horse and govern the country on the horse. Do not neglect them, I treat them as brothers."
"Father, rest assured, they are all my uncles, and they all watched me grow up, so they will protect Gui'er. The sons are much more generous than their fathers, and now in addition to guarding various bases, they are now serving in the local area or in the court. It's just that I don't want my father to be away for too long, and my son is now in the Nuoda Palace, and he feels very lonely. My father and sons are scheduled to get married in August this year, and my father will come back."
"That's certain, I don't know which son is so lucky?"
"Mr. Huaxia University who teaches calligraphy and painting, this is still my uncompetitive great-grandson."
"Then I must come back. And a big gift." As soon as he finished speaking, he watched from a distance as Buick and Guli flew over with a phoenix, "Have the four of them ever been well-behaved?" ”
"Very well-behaved, but the miscellaneous servants in the palace are suffering, not to mention serving these four fairy beasts every day, and being jointly teased by them, especially the cook. Every day they eat under their eyes."
"Haha, fine, as long as you don't cause trouble. I almost forgot that the square flag was well designed, and it should be used as the symbol of the country, and it could not be messed with."
"Well, last year's gang of guys in the House of Representatives also mentioned that they wanted to redesign a flag, but they were rejected by the ministers and the Privy Council. This time, the sons listened to their father's father, so let the craftsman design."
"Don't just look for craftsmen, send an edict and collect it from all over the country. The money will be paid out of my treasury."
"Well, according to my father's words."
At the beginning of February 190, Ouyang Xuan and his party returned to Linzi again, and at the same time arrived with Cao Cao's crusade against Dong Zhuo sent to various counties. Ouyang Xuan's journey of the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms also officially kicked off.