Chapter 45: The Seizure of Military Power

"It's just in time, and there is no excuse. I sent it to the door, okay. The order was given, and the entire Yulin army assembled outside Anmen. The defense of Chang'an will be handed over to the Northern and Southern Army, and the military power will be returned to His Majesty, and he will go to handle it quickly" After speaking, he handed over the Northern and Southern Army Talisman to Han Liang. "No!"

In the current situation, Ouyang Xuan can directly transfer troops without asking for instructions, but he still has to enter the palace to ask for instructions in terms of etiquette. There is one thing that Ouyang Xuan has never understood, Liu Wu did have a move to seize power in history, but in the end, because there was no response from the court, he failed, and he could only kill people in the street. And why now? Originally, the crown prince and Liu Wu were supposed to be hostile parties, but now they actually came together, which made Ouyang Xuan puzzled. And why against yourself? Why Liu Qi suddenly lost control of the army was a mystery that plagued Ouyang Xuan. Just thinking all the way, slowly beating the horse forward, the soldiers patrolling the road kept saluting Ouyang Xuan, or shouting a sentence of "Hu Hou mighty".

Entering the Qingliang Hall of Weiyang Palace, Yulin at the door reported after giving a salute: "The general Jin sees Your Majesty!" Huang Men, the deacon in the door, immediately bowed down to greet him in the door, leading the way. Entering the side room, Liu Qizheng was reading the bamboo slips after the case, and when he saw Ouyang Xuan coming in, he got up and stayed to greet him. "Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses of the King of Liang and the King of Huainan have captured Luoyang and are coming to Chang'an. Please send troops to quell the chaos". "Quasi-play. I ask Hu Hou to be sure to capture Tian Wei, and all the reasons are from Wu Anhou."

"Oh? Chen has always been unable to figure out the reason for this, it was originally that water and fire are incompatible with the two forces, and now they are working together to build momentum, why? Your Majesty, please make it clear".

"Originally, I couldn't figure this out, but the queen often told me that the rich can rival the country, and the new grain will be planted for five years, and the grain will be enough to feed millions of people. In addition, Hu Hou attacked everything in the south of the desert, drove the king of the left valley and the prince of the Huns and the north of the desert, and captured the east of the south of the desert, and the merit was comparable to the Marquis of Huaiyin. The ministers of the court and the central government have many worries, and they often think about the affairs of the queen mother. Fang ordered the Empress Dowager to think of Empress Lu, coupled with the coercion of Guo Xie by his martial brother, and learned from the female Pavilion Marquis that I would live to the age of the Rods Dynasty because of the waiting, which caused the prince's relatives to worry. Coupled with the vast southern and eastern deserts, there is today's situation. In short, it is greedy for money and power. If it weren't for Hu Hou leading the troops alone, this kind of thing would have been delayed."

"Your Majesty does not know that the current Hetao and the land of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King are all occupied by the vassals. At present, there is no one to manage and be on duty. King Zuoxian's land belongs to the bitter cold land, and the minister does not like it for the time being, but this Hetao area, with abundant water and grass, is an excellent grain planting area. The ministers want to grow corn, potatoes, cotton, etc. there."

"After the work of quelling the chaos this time, I will seal the land of the Hetao to you, and belong to it according to the vassal state. According to the rules of the Han system, if you are not surnamed Liu, you cannot be crowned king, and I am not unable to disobey it, so I will seal your country and the land of Hetao and Monan, and then determine the title after discussing with the princes of the court. The population and soldiers can take care of themselves, and they can pay tribute according to the vassal state. It can also cut off the side troubles for the Han family. I don't know if you can be satisfied? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister retires." After speaking, he exited the side room, beat the horse and went straight to Anmen.

After inspecting the armaments, the army galloped eastward, and three days later encountered the combined forces of King Liang and King Huainan who were marching west at the Wei River on the border between Huayin County and Xinfeng County (today's Lintong County). The two armies were a mile apart from each other, and seeing that the formation of the coalition army was only 50,000 people, Ouyang Xuan felt a little bored, and these generals under him even felt that they had used a knife to kill chickens. Ordered the trebuchet to drop two rounds of white explosives and three rounds of yellow explosives, and the foot soldier moved forward as the trebuchet threw it. As for the six-zero cannon, Ouyang Xuan didn't plan to use it. There was almost no suspense in the battle, after the explosives were thrown, the cavalry and infantry phalanx met the enemy at the same time, and they were crushed at the first touch, with less than 10,000 people surrendered, and the others were killed. Han Anguo was killed in battle, Tian Wei was blown off a leg and taken prisoner, and the leading generals under the King of Huainan were blown to pieces. After bandaging and processing the captured Tian Wei, he was put into a prisoner car, and 500 soldiers were sent to escort Chang'an, and the army continued eastward with the surrendered army.

It was the king of Huainan who guarded Luoyang, and the defenders were less than 50,000. It was only after three rounds of trebuchet bombardment that the defenders in the city escorted the king of Huainan out to surrender. The army entered the city and set up a government office in the Taishou Mansion. He ordered his father Hong, Han Liang, and Huo Xin to bring 10,000 soldiers and horses to pacify the rebellious kingdoms such as King Liang and King Huainan. Through the captives, it was learned that there were still King Hengshan, King Jiangdu, King Zhao, King Jibei, King Hejian, King Dai, King Chengyang and King Lu in the coalition army.

I saw the King of Huainan again in the main hall of the Taishou Mansion. "King Huainan, the last time Huainan said goodbye, I haven't seen you for seven years, I don't know how it is recently? How do you think of rebellion? Do you want to emulate Liu Bihu? ”。“ The destiny of heaven is like this, and I never thought that seven years later, you would become the first military general of the Han family. Needless to say, he will be captured, and life and death have their own destiny." "It's okay, the kings' affairs, I don't bother to participate. Thinking of old friends, I'll give you a good time, come and push it out, cut it". "You dare to behead this king? Not enough? This king wants to see His Majesty and explain this matter." "Haha, rebellion is death, let you see Your Majesty, can you still exist? If you don't die, how can the Han family prosper? ”。“ Drag it out, chop". Now that he has power in his hands, he is naturally not afraid of the blood of the kings surnamed Liu on his hands. Ignoring Liu An, who was dragged out, shouting, and staring at the map by himself. The kings surnamed Liu, this time they must kill at least half of them, and those who can't be killed must also be deterred.

Two months later, in the autumn, the three routes of soldiers and horses returned one after another, 30,000 at the time of departure and 100,000 when they returned. They are all carefully selected elites from various countries. Lang Shou and Zhang Jian also returned with them. Lang swore that he had been the prime minister of the Lu kingdom before, and as soon as the Yulin army arrived, he directly captured the king of Lu and Huo Xin to fight in the east and west. Zhang Jian was originally appointed as the Taishou of Runan, and later changed to the minister of the Hengshan Kingdom, and Lang Oath, directly captured the king of Hengshan and Han Liang, easily captured Guangling, captured the king of Jiangdu, and this time sent troops to capture a total of six kings and their sons. Ouyang Xuan was not polite at all, but after a little interrogation, he asked him to write a confession, that is, all of them were pushed out and beheaded, and Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao, was beheaded by Ouyang Xuan, and all his sons were beheaded. With the remnants of killing the kings, Ouyang Xuan led his troops back to Chang'an.

At this time, Chang'an was already in turmoil, and Ouyang Xuan's wanton attack and killing outside brought great pressure to the ministers of the court. Especially when the news of Luoyang's killing of the Six Kings and their sons reached Chang'an, Liu Qi was a little afraid. Glad that I didn't agree with the Queen Mother's opinion, otherwise the consequences would be really unpredictable. After Ouyang Xuan returned to Chang'an, he just briefly exchanged money with Liu Qi, and after leaving a letter of sparseness, he directly returned to the fiefdom with his own soldiers. Lang Xuan and Zhang Jian were appointed by Ouyang Xuan as the left and right generals of Yulin, Huo Xin and Han Liang were appointed as the two deputy generals, the main father Hong was appointed as the former general of Yulin, Zhou Zhong was appointed as the deputy general, and the other captains were promoted. The garrison is the Southern Army Barracks and the original Yulin Barracks. 10,000 people from the Yulin Army were selected to be stationed in the fiefdom mountain base for special training in firearms. The original commander of the Yulin Army was directly promoted to the commander of the tun, and was promoted step by step to conduct special training for the newly replenished 100,000 Han troops. According to the size of the merit, a number of new chiefs and captains were also promoted, and all the original princes and princes were promoted to captains, and the original captains were all promoted to low-level generals.

Returned to the fiefdom, found Nie Ping, and carefully inquired about the assets, for an army of 150,000, with Ouyang Xuan's existing economic strength, it can still be raised. The mansion of the fief has been rebuilt and renovated on the original foundation. Of course, the money and people are from the Shaofu, and because Ouyang Xuan has equipment, the whole building restoration process is very fast. It's still the same as it was, but with some added defenses and electricity. The workshop is gradually resuming and waiting for the busy work to be finished. Drinking tea with Nie Ping and Liu Hui in the pavilion, talking about their respective experiences this year. Liu Hui has been estranged from Gongliang since she was a child, and she will not be surprised and curious about this thrilling thing. It's just that she looks at her husband very admiringly, it seems that everything around her has nothing to do with her, there is a husband who stands up to the sky, and now she is very satisfied. As for her status as a princess, she didn't care about it, and she was left to Nie Ping to take care of it.

"My lord, this time. If you think you are changing positions, you may not be able to do it so satisfactorily. Quelling the rebellion and establishing authority, killing the king and cutting power, giving way to the throne and establishing a name, the lord has made great progress over the years. I think I can't do it, and I can't be ruthless." Ouyang Xuan, the title of the lord, didn't want these people to be called that, but as a retainer and general, he could only be called that. In the past five years, Ouyang Xuan, in addition to his own soldiers, has also accepted apprentices from other courtyards and retainers who have been following him, Nie Ping, and his master father Hong. Before the Sui Dynasty, the retainers called the head of the family, and they all addressed the lord according to the etiquette system.

"Alas, if it weren't for this campaign, I would really want to live in this mansion. The land of the Xiongnu was obtained, and Brother Nie was asked to send someone to take care of it. A certain wants to move the families of the generals of the Yulin Army to the land of Hetao, open up wasteland and farm, and everything is settled by Brother Lao Nie. Recruit some poor orphans, and want to train another group of craftsmen and generals."

"Hire it. In addition, the lord only leads the army and does not enter the government of the court, and I am afraid that there will be changes."

"It's okay, just go down and do it. How much cotton has been purchased? ”

"There are 10,000 catties, and there are still 1,000 catties of cottonseed stocks. Due to the clearing of the field, there are still 10,000 stones in the library. The most improved wheat grains are still in the storehouse, and there are still 500,000 stones. There are 10,000 catties of potatoes to grow grain."

"Well, continue to grow corn, potatoes in the spring of next year. Strive for the Hetao immigrants to be able to plant. Can students in other hospitals be injured in the military disaster? ”。

"Two people died in the fight with the soldiers, and the others were fine."

"If there are family members who are rewarded, if there are no relatives, they will be buried in the temple, and the nursing home of the war dead will be buried according to the great ceremony to support the family."

Liu Hui listened to the conversation between the two of them silently, without saying a word, sipping tea, never leaving Ouyang Xuan for half a minute, even if Buick and Guli were drinking her tea on the desk with their front feet, they didn't pay attention to it.

"By the way, the eldest princess was also implicated this time, and she just transferred Brother Nie's eldest son to the mansion to help take care of it." "Thank you so much, my lord."

"You go get busy". Ouyang Xuan put down the tea bowl and smiled when he saw Buick licking the tea in Liu Hui's cup there. After summoning two fellows, who are now taller than a ten-year-old child, he ordered the servants to go to the kitchen to get two roast leg of lamb.

"What are you looking at? Go and call the concubine and the lord's father. Don't be a nymphomaniac here, go ahead". "Oh. The two of them are in Canggong's house."

"Next time you go on an expedition, take you dressed as a man and a woman, or you will be at home every day. It's also boring and tight, and the affairs of the house will be handed over to the Nie family and his son in the future. You, just figure out the servants up and down the house. Tell me a good father-in-law, do you understand? Ouyang Xuan looked at Liu Hui, who was smirking, and his head was right. Lightly, it's not serious, hum, don't touch me with that hand that killed someone." "Haha, it's late, I've killed people with both hands, and I can't count the dead." Liu Hui snorted and laughed, and the tea she had just drunk sprayed Ouyang Xuan's face. Ouyang Xuan got up and walked over, rolled up Liu Hui's skirt and wiped his face. hugged Liu Hui and kissed her hair gently, "The boss is not small, I have to take care of something in the future." Don't be like a disciple, you don't grow up, the outside affairs are determined by the Nie family's father and son, and the things in the house are more than a snack, looking for a credible official." "Hmph, it seems like you're very big", Liu Hui replied very dissatisfied. "Well, it's not big, alas, I don't know" The sentence reminded Ouyang Xuan of his son in later generations, and he almost told the secret in his heart.

"Let's go, go back to the room, and I'll teach you how to play the piano and draw." called the white wolf and pulled Liu Hui back to the room.

After more than ten days, it has entered autumn, and it has not rained. Through mobilization, the families of the Yulin Army who joined later also began to go to the Hetao area one after another, and Ouyang Xuan's policy was very good, with 50 acres of private land and 100 acres of public land. Exemption from tax for five years, half of the tax is paid. In later generations, the city was built in Ordos and named Xiagu City. Ouyang Xuan set up an agricultural technology department in the city, which was responsible for agricultural technology, improving land, and digging ditches to divert water for irrigation. The pastures of the original Xiongnu continue to be preserved. At the same time, the workshops and craftsmen also moved to Summervalley City. With the consent of Liu Qi, the expanded Yulin Army was renamed Wei Xia Army. The establishment of the Yulin Army was still retained, and it garrisoned Chang'an together with the Northern and Southern Army. Ouyang Xuan's ammunition workshop could not be relocated for the time being because the power station there had not been built.

At the court meeting in early September, Liu Che's crown prince was abolished, demoted to King Zhao, and the queen was abolished together and lived in the North Palace. The kings who participated in the rebellion were destroyed and the kingdom was eliminated and the counties were re-established. Empress Dowager Dou was confined to the Yongning Hall of Changle Palace, and apologized with her ancestors. Dou Ying and Tian Sheng, who participated in the rebellion, were demoted to commoners, Tian Wei abandoned the city, and Dou Pengzu was implicated and was also demoted to commoners. Li Juan and Wang Zang were beheaded for fornicating with the Huns, and the nine tribes were punished. King Liang was demoted to the common people due to rebellion, and the Guangyang Hall of Changle Palace was imprisoned. The eldest princess Liu Concubine and her husband Tangyi Hou Chen Wu were reduced to commoners and filled the Yan land. The other ministers of the court and China who participated in the rebellion were all demoted to civilian officials. Among the generals of the forbidden army, General Wei and the former general were sentenced to death by the Nine Clans.

Yuan Ang was appointed prime minister, Wei Juan was appointed as the imperial historian, and the post of Taiwei was vacant. Ouyang Xuan was appointed as the general and led the post of lieutenant, and Ling Dai was appointed as Fengchang. Zhao Zhou was transferred to lieutenant. Lang swore to be the general of the Fujun army to lead the Yulin army, Zhang Jian was appointed as the general of the Shangjun army to lead the Wei Xia army, the main father Hong was the general of the long history, and the general of Shanshan was engaged in Zhonglang. Huo trusted the former general of the Yulin Army, Han Liang served as the former general of the Weixia Army, Wei Teng served as the general Ling Shi, and Zhou Zhong served as the left general of the Yulin Army to lead the Yulin Infantry Army. Ma Tang served as the former general of the Yulin Army to lead the cavalry, and when the officials were appointed, everyone in the hall looked at Ouyang Xuan, who had a sword and a case. Some people also began to play their own little Jiujiu in their hearts. As soon as Huang Men finished reading the edict of appointment, a person stood up in the ranks of civil officials and stood in the hall. He bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the reward and punishment in this matter are inappropriate." Ouyang Xuan turned his head to look at this person, not recognizing. With a delicate face and a crown ribbon, it should be a two-thousand-stone official.