Chapter 320: Riverside Bandits (1st Update)
Chang'an City Dahan Qian Zhuang Li shopkeeper never thought that such a situation would happen, although the weight of Zhongping Tongbao is full, casting exquisitely, but it is only copper money, in Jingzhou, Yizhou, people are more are exchanging cash, some important households can also exchange a little gold, as for Zhongping Tongbao will generally only be exchanged in small amounts, for pocket use, Zhongping Tongbao this kind of copper money is actually minted by the Han Qian Zhuang, according to reason it should be how much there should be, but the number of copper coins is large, there are difficulties in transportation, Therefore, a large number of Zhongping Tongbao has not had time to be transported to Chang'an, of course, it cannot meet the needs of these courtiers.
Before Liu Xin came to Chang'an, the legal tender in the Guanzhong area was five baht coins and Dong Zhuo's minted unwritten small money, Zhongping Tongbao was still a privately minted currency, which could only circulate in the black market, but the common people preferred to use Zhongping Tongbao, in Chang'an City, the unwritten small money needed a hundred dollars to buy a stone of grain, and Zhongping Tongbao only needed twenty dollars to buy a stone of grain, because Zhongping Tongbao was secretly flowing into Guanzhong from folk channels, so it was very rare, and ordinary people were reluctant to use it, which was already similar to the hard currency of later generations.
The courtiers in the back of the queue can not exchange Zhongping Tongbao, although a little frustrated, but at least able to exchange some cash silver, it is not satisfactory, there are a few courtiers who are not in a hurry to use the money will have more eyes, not busy exchanging the silver ticket in their hands into silver two, or only exchange a small part, but the rest of the silver ticket quietly into the arms, leave it for later to try your luck, see if you can exchange it to Zhongping Tongbao,
In fact, two months of Yulu is not much, but for these courtiers who have not had income for several years, it is really a charcoal in the snow, you must know that from the aristocracy to the common people or even untouchables, it is just one step away, if you can't get it again, when there is really no rice in the pot, it is not impossible to sell children and daughters, and now Liu Xin has given them Yulu, not only let them get through the current difficulties, but also Liu Xin's promise to pay them monthly in the future, but also gave them endless hope, and now, Liu Xin is their savior, let Liu Xin repeatedly let them get up, one by one still knelt in front of the door of the Taishi Mansion and cried silently, Liu Xin looked at several of them with gray hair, shook his head secretly, and said that it was true that a penny suffocated a hero,
Yang Biao knelt at the front, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings, when their Yang family was in Luoyang, they were also considered to be a wealthy family, and in the past few years since they came to Chang'an, they have to buy houses and things, and they have to support their families, and they have to curry favor with Dong Zhuo and his henchmen for three days.
Comparing hearts to hearts, Yang Biao can feel that most of the courtiers kneeling here now are sincerely grateful to Liu Xin, even when they knelt down to worship Liu Hong, everyone did not have such a concerted mind, and a bold idea came up, only to hear Yang Biao suddenly choked up and said: "Liu Xie killed his brother and usurped the throne, and now he has absconded in fear of crime, and the country cannot be said to be ownerless. ”
Yang Biao has always wanted to find a way to please Liu Xin, so as to preempt Huang Wan, racking his brains but never being able to do so, today seeing all the courtiers kneeling here, a flash of inspiration actually made him think of this idea,
Huang Wan knelt next to Yang Biao, and when he heard this, he woke up like a dream, and secretly regretted that Yang Biao had taken the lead, and hurriedly followed up and said: "What Lord Yang said is very true, the country cannot be said to be without a king, please Lord Liu don't hesitate anymore and choose to ascend the throne." ”
All the courtiers said in unison: "The ministers ask for the position of the emperor." ”
Liu Xin only felt that his head was "buzzing", this feeling was too unreal, these self-proclaimed orthodox guys in front of him actually wanted to come out to be the emperor in unison, so many people persuaded him to enter together and Guo Jia persuaded himself to take the throne The feeling is absolutely different, if you can't grasp it, you may lose yourself,
Since there is a chance to cross over, Liu Xin's position as the emperor naturally wants to sit, but he knows very well that there is no time yet, Liu Xin took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and pretended to be calm and said: "Lord Yang, Lord Huang, all of you please come up, Liu Xie killed his brother and usurped the throne, and he is indeed not qualified to be the emperor anymore, but now the world is chaotic, and the princes are faintly disobedient. Liu once said in advance, you need to wait until the world is decided, you can set up another Ming Jun, please leave this matter to mention again, otherwise it will be treated as rebellious, and then you don't blame Liu for not being emotional. ”
Rebellion is a capital crime, Yang Biao wants to shoot Liu Xin's ass again, but also take into account his family name, don't accidentally shoot the horse's leg, it will be troublesome, he has not had much contact with Liu Xin, and he can't figure out Liu Xin's true thoughts, but he also understands that only by following Liu Xin's words can there be a way out, so he took the lead and stood up, turned his head and said to the courtiers: "Since Lord Liu has a life, everyone should get up." ”
Huang Wan saw Yang Biao rushing in front of him, his eyes rolled, he came up with an idea, and he slowly stood up, and arched his hand and said: "Lord Liu, if the lower officials are not mistaken, the first emperor once wanted to crown the lord as the king of Xiangyang, and then the lord refused to accept it five times or three times, and it was a good story for a while. ”
Liu Xin said: "What Liu said is to set up another Ming Jun after the world is calm, not to ascend the throne yourself, don't be mistaken, as for the title of King of Xiangyang, Liu failed to protect the young emperor, which is worthy of the trust of the first emperor, and is about to surrender himself to thank him for his crimes, how dare he call the king, this matter will not be mentioned in the future." ”
In terms of being the king, Liu Xin can see it more clearly than anyone else, whether it is the emperor or the king of Xiangyang, it is just a false name now, Liu Xie is the emperor, but he is just a marionette in the hands of others, Cao Ying is now the self-proclaimed prime minister, but don't say that Liu Xin will not buy his account, even Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, if there is no interest driven, Cao Yingxiu wants to mobilize their soldiers, the key is to look at the strength, as long as the strength is strong enough, dominating the world is just a matter of waiting,
After two days, Xiangyang's official letter arrived again, saying two things, one is that Gan Ning has transferred troops to attack Yuzhang without authorization, and has been ordered to be suspended by Ma Yun, Xu Chu is leading the army to the rescue, and the other is that Zhu Ke Taishou Zhuding has been safely sent to Xiangyang, after Hua Tuo's full treatment, the surname is no longer in serious trouble, but he is missing an arm, and he has become a waste person since then, Zhu Rong has been clamoring all day long to return to Ke Ke to avenge his father, and asked Liu Xin when he will be able to return to Xiangyang, and there is also a private letter, saying that Zhu Qian gave birth to a boy, Ma Yun has already chosen a name for him called Liu Ding, hoping that the world will be pacified as soon as possible.
Liu Xin asked Cheng Yu to write back a letter, in which he praised Zhu Ding, comforted him, and asked Zhu Rong to wait patiently, wait for him to take care of the matter, and personally lead the army to help him avenge, Zhu Qian naturally had to bring a few small things back, so that she liked to be happy, for Gan Ning's safety, Liu Xin was not worried, he knew that Gan Ning seemed to be reckless, but he was quite resourceful, and the 20,000 sailors were also well-trained, and it should be more than enough to deal with Yan Baihu,
Sure enough, two days later, Xiangyang sent an official letter again, saying that Gan Ning had won Yuzhang and waved his teacher to Huiji, in fact, this information had seriously lagged behind, and even Xu Chu had already entered Wucheng at this time.
When Su Fei learned that Xu Chu was coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said: "General Qiyu, General Gan has already taken Haiyan, Wucheng, and Yuhang counties, but there are many bandits here, and the two generals Gan and Huang have gone to the northwest to suppress the bandits. ”
Xu Chu has a lot of soldiers, along the way, the bandit Shui Kou is afraid to avoid it, who dares to take the initiative to touch his moldy head, so there has never been any battle, Xu Chu saw that Yuzhang, Huiji, Wucheng have been defeated, and Gan Ning's water army has not suffered any damage, and immediately relaxed, and did not feel a little itchy, and said: "Since General Gan is not here, you need to stick to the city, and wait for General Ben to go to help them." ”
Wucheng northwest of only a hundred miles is the Yangtze River, at that time the river was much wider than later generations, you can hear the sound of shouts from a distance, it seems that a fierce battle is going on, although Xu Chu does not often lead the troops to fight, but these follow Liu Xin's side, often listen to them discuss the military situation, but also a little bit of the art of war, at this time, he did not rush to enter the army, but sent dozens of cavalry sentry scouts, to the river to inspect the military situation,
More than ten miles ahead, General Gan Ning surrounded a group of thieves, and the two generals Gan and Huang were fighting there with the two thieves for a long time, and the winner was still not distinguished.
After Xu Chu knew that there was no ambush in front of him, he calmly drove the army forward, until he reached the riverside, and saw thousands of sailor soldiers surrounding one hundred and ten bandits in the middle, Gan Ning, Huang Gai and two big men were there to catch and kill, Xu Chu couldn't help frowning,
What is Huang Gai's martial arts, although Xu Chu is not very clear, but he was also one of the best generals under Sun Jian back then, and he must not be far behind, but Gan Ning's martial arts Xu Chu knows, when Gan Ning first voted for Liu Xin, he had a diplomatic hand with Xu Chu in Changsha City, and his martial arts can also be included in the ranks of top masters.
Xu Chu didn't expect that there would be such a master among the thieves, so he was unconsciously moved by his competitive heart, shouted, and said, "General Gan and step aside, and wait for Xu to come and meet him for a while." ”
Gan Ning heard the shouting behind him, slashed a knife, Le Ma jumped out of the circle, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that it was Xu Chu, he was unhappy, and said: "There are three or five more rounds, Gan will definitely capture this thief, and General He Lao Xu will do it." ”
The thief who fought with Gan Ning laughed and said: "What a big breath, you have fought for a hundred and ten rounds, and a certain family has never lost half a move with you, and you want to capture me in three or five rounds, come on, you two go together, and grandpa is not afraid of you." ”
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