Luoyang, formerly known as Luoyi, is also known as Luoyi. Since the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu established the capital here, and after nearly 200 years, this small city has continued to grow and become the political and cultural center of the Han Empire.

There are all kinds of powerful people such as royal nobles, civil and military officials, wealthy businessmen and magnates. It was not only the center of political power in the entire Han Dynasty, but also the richest place in the entire Han Dynasty.

Just a day earlier, a letter from Zhang Yang, a soldier from Yanmen County in the northern state, had reviled the calm surface of the behemoth.

Qianyuan Palace, in the palace of the Han Emperor Liu Hong.

"If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat", a voice of neither men nor women with a cold atmosphere sounded in the hall.

At this time, in the Qianyuan Palace, His Majesty the Emperor Liu Hong was reclining on the majestic dragon chair, looking at the courtiers below with dull eyes.

As soon as the eunuch's words were finished, he saw a fat man walking out of the queue of military attachés on the left, kneeling on the ground with a wat board in his arms, and said loudly: "Long live the emperor, there was good news from the state last night." Ashina, the king of the Xiongnu Zuoguli, did not obey the king, and led 30,000 troops to attack Yanmen Pass without authorization. Fortunately, Cao Zhangyang, a soldier of Yanmen County, led the army to rescue in time, which saved Yanmen Pass. Not only that, under the command of Zhang Yang, the officers and men of the three armies used their lives to break the Hun army in one fell swoop and behead more than 20,000 people."

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was immediately indignant.

The Han Dynasty has not won such a big battle for many years, and for a time there was jubilation and heated discussions among the government and the opposition.

At this time, an old eunuch in his fifties on the left side of the emperor, wearing eunuch clothes, said in a gloomy voice: "Your Majesty, the person in charge of this Yanmen Pass is the guard captain Han Tao, who is loyal to the country and relies on His Majesty's Hongfu to break the Hun army. The soldier Cao Zhang really led the troops to arrive after the good news spread, and the old slave has the good news document of Captain Han here, please take a look at it."

As soon as these words came out, the old eunuch took out a fire paint document and handed it to the emperor Liu Hong on the dragon chair. The moment he bowed, the man also glanced at the fat man kneeling below, and his face was grim.

"Your Majesty, I also have a letter here. The document recorded the process of each battle in detail, according to the document, the victory of each battle was related to a Sima named Liu Jin, and later the minister sent someone to check the various clans in detail to know that this son turned out to be Liu Min, the king of Lu. The new rebellious thief (Wang Mang) was almost cut off after King Lu after wantonly poisoning the clan, but fortunately, it was recorded in the genealogy of the ministers, so that the clan would not be exiled to the people." As he spoke, the clan official who spoke actually held a thick genealogy and a fire-lacquered document and handed it to the eunuch.

When Liu Hong, the emperor on the dragon chair, heard this, he was immediately shocked, and said with a smile: "Is Zongzheng's words true? ”。

Zongzheng, the official in charge of the royal family in all dynasties. And the Zongzheng of the Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong's dynasty is the famous Yizhou separatist princes in later generations, Liu Yan and Liu Junlang.

This Liu Yansheng is eight feet tall and has a decent face. Liu Yan, who is in his forties, has a long beard and is very handsome.

I heard Liu Yan say: "Your Majesty, what the minister said is true, I dare not deceive Your Majesty, and please make a clear judgment." As he spoke, Liu Yan also put on a solemn appearance.

Hearing this, Emperor Ling opened the family tree suspiciously. On page 48, the fifteenth line reads that Liu Min, the king of Lu, gave birth to nine sons, and the seventh son was Wenyang Hou Liu Ji, and Jisheng Pingcheng Pavilion Marquis Liu Fu. At that time, the new reckless thieves stole the country, and they were not allowed to do so. Avoid giving birth to Liu Han, Han giving birth to Liu Qun, and group giving birth to Liu Zhou and Liu Jin.

Seeing this, the emperor frowned. Obviously, just based on such an unclear genealogy, it is not certain that Liu Jin is the queen of the clan. However, Liu Hong is not really stupid, this battle inside and outside the court has long been reported to him by the secret agency directly under the emperor.

looked at the three people in front of him, Zhang Rang, He Jin, and Liu Yan. Liu Hong's face was cloudy, and he said secretly in his heart: "The first line of eunuchs, the military of He Jin, the general of the chariot and cavalry, and the first line of the clan, the three parties have gone to such great lengths for a small Yanmen Pass. Looks like there's a lot going on here! ”。

However, Liu Yan is Zongzheng after all, and Liu Hong trusts the clan more than the eunuchs and the military. Don't look at Liu Hong's call Zhang Rang Father, but after all, it is not a family, there is a way that people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and they have to be guarded against.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong pretended to be surprised and said: "Haha, the clan has this unicorn, and the reward must be rewarded."

As soon as these words came out, the officials were in an uproar. He Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, although this son is a clan, it is difficult to say whether this battle is meritorious or not."

"Your Majesty, the general of the chariot cavalry is reasonable, don't chill the loyal ministers", another knelt on the ground and said in a complaining tone.

Everyone looked at it, and it turned out to be Yuan Kui, the captain.

This Yuan Kui is a leading figure in the family of scholars, and he has a position of weight.

Seeing that Yuan Kui also came out, Liu Hong couldn't help but have a big headache, and said in his heart: "Isn't it just a small Yanmen Pass, and you are waiting for the head of the fight to break the blood?"

At this moment, he heard a voice that was neither male nor female whispering in his ear: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that with just a piece of paper, it is still to be determined who has merit and who has not. The minions felt that everything they had done to them could be recognized as true, and all the generals mentioned would be promoted. However, it is necessary to make them triple the annual money (that is, the money from the sale of official positions), so that they can balance the forces of all parties, and at the same time collect more annual money for His Majesty, so why not."

"Eh, my mother is right, that's how it should be." As soon as Liu Hong heard Zhao Zhong's words, he immediately became interested.

"Spread the decree and promote the Yanmen County soldier Cao to engage in the party guard. The guard of Yanmen Pass will be Han Tao as the guard of Yanmen County; Liu Jin, a son of the clan, made outstanding contributions to the national garrison, and was promoted to the guard general of Yanmen Pass, the rank of captain of Wu Meng, and commanded 5,000 troops for the national frontier. After speaking, Liu Hong turned around and left, ignoring the ministers behind him who wanted to persuade him.

As for how to collect the New Year's money in the future, he doesn't have to worry about it, and someone will naturally do it for him. He is not afraid that these people will not pay the money if they are promoted, if anyone dares not to pay him, hehe, I'm sorry, a holy decree will go down, and the resignation will be light, and the life will not be guaranteed.

Several faction bosses who were stunned couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they saw that the emperor had done things like this. They all scolded in their hearts: "Faint king, faint king." You know how to accumulate wealth."

However, there was no way, although their several lines constituted the largest bureaucracy of the scholars in the entire Han Dynasty. However, the military and the eunuchs restrained each other, and the clan and the clan were very close. The three parties contain each other, and no one can help the other.

Among these three parties, the military has tens of thousands of people in control of the Yulin Army and the five schools of the Northern Army, which can be described as strong and strong.

However, the eunuch family is not weak at all, they are deeply trusted by the emperor, and they control more than 20,000 people from all parts of the southern army stationed in the palace, which can be said to be the second largest power group.

Comparatively speaking, the strength of the clan is much higher. They only mastered the emperor's pro-army, the thousands of people in the tiger army, and their strength was not strong.

Therefore, the clan united another force, the clan members.

Yuan Kui, the leader of the Shi Clan, was in charge of the military power of the whole country. But what can actually be in his hands is only the tens of thousands of local troops led by Cui Lie, the captain of Sili.

However, the tens of thousands of local troops in the division and captain department were not strong in combat. Not only that, but even in terms of equipment and soldier quality, it can't be compared with the Yulin Army, the Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army, the Southern Army and the Tiger Ben Army under the control of the other three parties.

Therefore, the clan and the scholar clan can be said to hit it off. The two parties join forces to form a third-party force, which can compete with the other two.

After these three parties mastered the forces near the Jingshi, they found that they could not have an absolute advantage in the battle. So, I started to move around again.

In addition to the Sili School Commandery, the states and counties, these most powerful forces of the Han Dynasty all had an intricate network of influence.

Taking Yanmen Pass as an example, a small Yanmen Pass has two or three thousand defenders. However, the three major factions of the imperial court have all installed their own people in it, which shows how far the struggle for power and profit has reached.

In the afternoon of the same day, a group of elite troops of the southern army rode war horses and escorted a carriage out of the north gate of Luoyang City and marched straight to Bingzhou in the north.

At this time, in Yanmen Pass, the traces after the war have not completely faded. Although the blood stains covering the walls and inside the city were covered in mud, the strong smell of blood was still pungent.

After Liu Jin said goodbye to Meng Lie, Zhang Yang and others, he returned to Beiying after a few days of absence. Except for the four strong guards guarding the camp gate and a few patrols, the entire camp was as scary as a ghost domain.

When he arrived at his big tent and saw Yang Ye and Meng Yao, the two generals who had been waiting for a long time, Liu Jin greeted him lightly, and then sat down on the main seat and said: "Now that the Huns have been defeated and left, and the good news has also reached the Beijing Division, there will be a reply within a few days." The top priority at the moment is to step up the recruitment of strong men and rebuild our department. I wonder if you two have any suggestions? ”。

Yang Ye is also an old man in the army, and he is quite familiar with this aspect. He took the lead and said, "My lord, I will be foolish at the end." We first have to report to the captain, and then the adults will send out the recruitment papers. And we can promote the existing non-commissioned soldiers, and the non-commissioned soldiers will be promoted to captains, and the captains will be promoted to captains, and so on. Presumably, we will be able to regain combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time."

Nodding, Liu Jin motioned to Meng Yao with his eyes to express his opinion.

Meng Yao understood, so he said: "My lord, the last general thinks that the top priority is to first transfer the elite to reorganize the guard. Only you are safe for our army

, we can always guarantee combat effectiveness."

Liu Jin smiled when he heard this, shook his head, and said: "There is no need to rush this matter for a while, now the Yanmen Pass has a small number of soldiers. If the Huns and the Huns make a comeback, how can we resist it".

After a pause, Liu Jin said again: "I have already reported the matter of conscription to the captain, this is a document. Tomorrow you will lead twenty of your brothers to the north gate to set up a conscription office, and you must do it voluntarily." As he spoke, Liu Jin took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms and handed it to Meng Yao.

Meng Yao took the bamboo slip, bowed down and said, "No."

However, Meng Yao was still thinking about Liu Jin's guards, so he said again: "Lord, how can you be the commander of the three armies without protection. The general thinks that it is important to form a guard first." (To be continued)