—————— Tianzi glared at Liu Xiu and gritted his teeth in anger: "You...... You just arrested all the people in Taiping Dao? ”

Liu Xiu was ashamed: "The minister is ashamed of His Majesty's trust. The minister didn't know that Taiping Dao actually had such a great strength, not only there were corner towers in the village, there were secret roads, but also hundreds of villages. If it weren't for the help of the hussar generals, the ministers might have suffered their losses. ”

"Fart!" The Son of Heaven couldn't cry or laugh: "You brought a hundred heavy armor soldiers and a thousand steps to ride, can't you still put hundreds of Taiping Dao believers on the table?" I have to pull in the hussar general to help, do you think I don't know your little thoughts? ”

Liu Xiugan laughed twice: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister's little bit of caution has been seen through by His Majesty, it's really ashamed." ”

"Whew!" The Son of Heaven was so angry that he looked up to the sky and sighed, hating that iron could not become steel, and knocked on Liu Xiu's head: "You and Zhang Jiao are both people I trust, Zhang Jiao is still working hard in Runan and the Yuan family, you can't give me a stop, you have to stab him at this time?" ”

"The minister is ignorant, and the minister is dizzy because of Yingzi's disappearance." Liu Xiu blushed his face, said good words, and then was stunned again, with a look of sudden realization: "No, Your Majesty, when the minister was in Yingchuan, I heard that Zhang Jiao was very fierce in Runan, but he didn't touch a single cold hair of the Yuan family." Moreover, he has hundreds of trilogies, all of which are brave and good at fighting, and he is desperate for him, going to the soup and going to the fire, and he will not give up, but after fighting for a few months, he has not even done a single Wufu, he is raising his own respect. ”

"Raising your own respect?" The Son of Heaven was stunned for a moment, and raised his thin eyebrows: "Does he have hundreds of parts?" ”

"That's not it, I heard that all of them are disciples of Taiping Dao, which is amazing." Liu Xiu's voice became louder: "Wu Fu also fought with Yuan Shao in Northern Xinjiang, but he was beaten by Zhang Jiao and his nose and eyes were swollen, and he lost his armor." But it's strange to say, Wu Fu can escape every time, and Zhang Jiao is getting stronger and stronger, and he dies one to make up for two, he doesn't look like a war, it's more like a military training. If this is played for a year and a half, his song will be terrible. ”

The Son of Heaven was suspicious, his eyes swept over Liu Xiu's face, and finally landed on the Pingzhuang structure diagram presented by Liu Xiu, and the four tall corner towers made his heart tremble for a while. The height of this corner tower has far exceeded the scale of ordinary residences, and the number of sect members caught from Pingzhuang made him suspicious, there are actually hundreds of strong men in a village?

"By the way, Your Majesty, although more than 10 million have only been found in the village, the minister feels that there must be a large amount of property that has been transported away." Liu Xiu continued to give Zhang Jiao eye medicine, "Chen Ke has heard that Zhang Jiao has tens of thousands of believers in Luoyang City, and there are thousands of die-hard people, among whom there are extraordinary people who have quite family resources, and many of them have dedicated all their belongings to Zhang Jiao, saying that they are teaching homelessness. But the minister has only found more than 10 million at the moment, which seems to be too far away. ”

The Son of Heaven's eyes flickered, and he didn't say anything, about the question of money, he believed that there must be more than 10 million, Liu Xiu must have been blackened part, but more should have been hacked by the Queen Mother and the Hussar General, less can not be less, there must be 30 million, otherwise the Queen Mother will not praise Liu Xiu in front of him three times and twice as a loyal minister.

Zhang Jiao has been in Luoyang for so long, and he will definitely have some strength, but now this strength seems to be too big.

The Son of Heaven pondered for a moment, and pretended to be very casual and said: "Yang Biao asked the edict to arrest the people of Taiping Dao in Luoyang, do you know?" ”

Liu Xiu shook his head again and again: "Yang Biao is the son-in-law of the Yuan family, and the ministers rarely interact with them. I don't have a good impression of the Yuan family. ”

The Son of Heaven didn't ask again, just took care of Liu Xiu not to hold on to the Taiping Road, and if he did it like this next time, he would never be spared. Liu Xiu patted his chest and swore that there would be no next time, and then turned around and said goodbye. After he left, the Son of Heaven called Zhang Rang and told him about it, Zhang Rang was startled, and said again and again that if what Liu Xiu said was true, it would be too terrible and must be thoroughly investigated.

The Son of Heaven felt justified, and sent an edict to Liu Yu, the assassin of Yuzhou, to report Zhang Jiao's situation in Runan, and at the same time sent someone to ask Zhang Jiao how much property he had lost in Pingzhuang, and when he returned it in the future, he had a good number.

…… Ma Qiang escaped from Pingzhuang from the secret passage, did not dare to stay for a moment, rushed to Runan non-stop, and found Zhang Jiao, who was competing with Wufu in Funiu Mountain. Zhang Jiao was anxious when he heard this, "How much money did you lose?" ”

"About 300 million."

Zhang Jiao's eyes immediately straightened, and it took a long time before he gasped, "Three hundred million, all gone?" ”

Ma Qiang couldn't cry: "The disciple didn't expect him to bring so many people, and he didn't even have time to transfer." If the disciple is guilty, please punish the great sage and good teacher. ”

"Reprimand?" Zhang Jiao laughed angrily, "Liu Xiu is crazy, you want to fight against me to the end?" I haven't messed with him yet, but he's messed with me first? Dare to rob me of my money? ”

"Great sage and good teacher, you can't talk about this." Ma Qiang hurriedly told Liu Xiu's sinister intentions. When Zhang Jiao heard this, he also felt a burst of blackness in front of him. Liu Xiu robbed him of his money and hated it, but it was even more of a disaster to let the Son of Heaven know that he was so rich, but he didn't pull out a dime when the Son of Heaven needed the money the most. It seems that no matter what, whether this money falls into the hands of Liu Xiu or the Son of Heaven, it will not come back for the time being, maybe it will be better if it falls into the hands of Liu Xiu.

But this breath is too hard to swallow, and he was robbed of money, so I have to thank him?

"Great sage and good teacher, who did it?"

Zhang Jiao sighed: "Yuanyi, I know you may not believe it, I still don't know who did it, otherwise I would have told you a long time ago." I can't figure it out, who has such the ability to rob people in Liu Xiu's hands and not say anything, and can hide from the eyes of many disciples of my Taiping Dao. He hesitated for a moment, then added, "I have checked, and everyone is in their own parish, and there is no transgression. ”

Ma Qiang bowed in response, although he still didn't know who kidnapped Tang Yingzi on his territory, but since Zhang Jiao said that no one crossed the line, then he believed that he had never doubted Zhang Jiao's words.

"The disciple is incompetent."

"I'm wondering, could it be that Liu Xiu did it himself?" Zhang Jiao groaned, "He hid the Holy Aunt himself, so not only are we desperate, but he can also use the topic to make trouble and slander us?" ”

Ma Qiang was stunned, "It's very possible, Liu Xiu...... Do it. ”

"If that's the case, then we've fallen for his trick." Zhang Jiao smiled bitterly, "Liu Xiu's plan is insidious enough." ”

Ma Qiang suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Xun Yu of the Xun family also arrived in Luoyang, and it is said that he went with Liu Xiu." ”

"Xun Shuang's servant?"

"That's him."

Zhang Jiao's thick eyebrows tightened, he couldn't understand how a powerful disciple like Xun Yu could get together with Liu Xiu, all along, Liu Xiu had only some martial artists who were in the same border as him, and the children of the families in the Central Plains looked down on him. Why did he go to Yingchuan for a trip, Xun Yu followed him, and he was the most outstanding one among the young generation of the Xun family.

This person is a fierce opponent, Zhang Jiao sighed secretly.

"Great sage and good teacher, the matter of Luoyang ...... What to do? ”

"Don't worry, let's see how the Son of Heaven reacts." Zhang Jiao shook his head helplessly, "You go to Jingzhou, after Liu Biao arrived, Mancheng was very tight, I besieged Wufu this time, and he couldn't get out to help." ”

"Whoa."

Zhang Jiao was upset by the affairs in Luoyang, and was not in the mood to act with Wu Fu again, so he seized an opportunity and took Bu Ji, Peng Tuo and several other disciples into battle in person. The martial arts of several of them are not comparable to ordinary soldiers, especially Zhang Jiao under the rage is even more invincible, a loud shout, shocked Wu Fu dizzy, Peng Tuo rushed forward and slashed his head.

As soon as Wu Fu died, his men were demoralized and quickly subdued. Zhang Jiao immediately rushed back to Pingyu, and was thinking about how to appeal to the Son of Heaven, when the edict of the Son of Heaven arrived, almost at the same time, the secret letter in the palace also arrived. The secret letter said that the Son of Heaven was very angry at Zhang Jiao's hidden strength, and now he has issued an edict to Yang Biao, the lieutenant of the Sili School, Yin Hejin of Henan, and Zhou Yi of Luoyang to hunt down the Taiping Daoists in Gyeonggi, and ask Zhang Jiao not to leak the list no matter what, otherwise Luoyang City will be full of blood.

Zhang Jiao knew the stakes well, so he had to endure this evil breath, and said to the Son of Heaven that Luoyang Jinglu only had so much money, and there was absolutely no private collection or transfer, and Liu Xiu was slandering him. At the same time, he reported on the battle exploits of Wu Fu and asked for further eradication of Haoqiang in Runan County, this time, he wanted to take action against the Yuan family and their relatives. The Yuan family is not only the first powerful family in Runan, but also the first wealthy family in the Han Dynasty, and the Yuan family and in-laws are not one or two, not only the Hongnong Yang family married the woman of the Yuan family, but also the Yingchuan Li family and the Chen Liugao family are among them, as soon as the Yuan family moves, these two families will definitely have a move, Zhang Jiao asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict and order Yingchuan and Chen Liu to be prepared, once these two families have any changes, they will be arrested immediately.

As soon as Zhang Jiao's recital arrived in Luoyang, the Son of Heaven was overjoyed, on the one hand, he eliminated his doubts about Zhang Jiao, and on the other hand, he was very satisfied with Zhang Jiao's drastic behavior, and issued an edict to agree to implement it, and ordered Liu Yu, Yingchuan Taishou Dong Zhuo, Yanzhou Assassin Shi Xue Tu, and Chen Liutai Shouchun Yujia to cooperate.

After getting the edict, Zhang Jiao breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his level was over for the time being. He immediately ordered to surround the Yuan family, arrested all the more than 100 members of the Yuan family in Ruyang, sealed the family property, re-measured the land, and made a register and sent it to Luoyang.

This stabbed the hornet's nest, and the whole Runan shook, and in a very short period of time, it affected the surrounding counties.

Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui and others gathered together to discuss countermeasures, Chen Yu and Xun Shuang attended, and everyone argued so much that even those who originally had dealings with Zhang Jiao couldn't sit still. Because this is not only against the Yuan family, in fact, Zhang Jiao has declared war on the entire clan, if he sits back and watch the Yuan family be cleaned up by Zhang Jiao, then who else he dare not move, more importantly, as soon as the Yuan family falls, his protégés and former officials will also be unlucky, just like when the Liang family fell and the court was empty, if the Yuan family fell, there will be countless officials who will suffer from it.

Without any hesitation, opinions were quickly unified, and it was necessary to make the most fierce counterattack against Zhang Jiao, on the one hand, to attack him at the imperial court, and on the other hand, to make him untenable in Runan, to let the Son of Heaven see that Zhang Jiao would not be able to settle down if he was in Runan for one day.

…… Xun Yu and Xun You walked into General Wei's mansion side by side, and Liu Xiu was losing his temper at Yang Biao, He Jin and Zhou Yi.

"Yingzi has been missing for more than half a month, and you haven't even had any news so far, aren't you taking it seriously? I tell you, you can not take me seriously, but you must know that Yingzi is not only a little red in front of the Queen Mother now, she is also the daughter of Sikong Tang Zhen. ”

Yang Biao was very unhappy, and choked up: "General Wei is serious. Not to mention that she is a commonplace servant, nor that she is a little red person in front of the Queen Mother, just because she is a person in General Wei's mansion, we dare not slack off. General Wei can ask how much effort we have spent these days, but we can't find out the news, and we can't do anything. ”

Zhou Yi also sneered: "Who dares to take General Wei seriously, General Wei is a person who leads troops to fight, for a little girl, he has put hundreds of people in Taiping Dao in prison, and a few of us combined, but more than a hundred people, where is General Wei's opponent." ”

"Hey, Zhou Yi, what kind of attitude do you have?" Liu Xiu was furious, "If you say so, I really have to compete with you." Taiping Dao has such a big den in Luoyang, it's not a day or two, have you noticed it in Luoyang? I copied this den and lifted a hidden danger for Luoyang, if you don't thank me, why are you not satisfied? I would like to ask, are you also a believer in the Taiping Dao? ”

Zhou Yi was speechless.

Liu Xiu turned his face and said to Yang Biao again: "Lord Yang, I have to say that you are too much worse than Ling Zun. Ling Zun noticed as early as three years ago that the influence of Taiping Dao among the displaced people was too great, and it was a hidden danger. What about you, this lieutenant has also been doing it for a few years, not only did you not look at Taiping Dao, but you actually let them accumulate such strength under their noses. Do you think that last time Luoyang swept away the gangsters too hard, and there was no way to do it, you were idle and had nothing to do? ”

Yang Biao rolled his eyes and was speechless. In any case, it was indeed a dereliction of duty to let Taiping Dao create such a big momentum in the old house of the Ping family, and they didn't notice any movement at all.

Liu Xiu was so angry that he was about to scold a few more words, but when he saw the uncles and nephews of the Xun family coming together, his face was a little uneasy, and he was not in the mood to talk nonsense with Yang Biao and them anymore, so he waved his hand: "Give you another ten days, if you still can't find Yingzi in ten days, I will go to Your Majesty and arrange someone to search for it myself." I still don't believe it, such a big living person is gone? ”

Yang Biao and the three left depressedly.

Liu Xiu led the uncle and nephew of the Xun family to the hall, and as soon as he sat down, Xun Yu said: "General Wei, something happened to Runan. ”

"Zhang Jiao?"

Xun Yu nodded, told the news he had just heard from Xun Shuang, and finally said: "Zhang Jiao's arrest of the Yuan family has caused public anger, and the chaos in Runan is imminent, which is likely to endanger Gyeonggi, so please ask General Wei to prepare in advance so as not to be caught off guard." ”

Liu Xiu was taken aback: "Why, the family of Runan dares to rebel?" ”

"There will be no rebellion, but it is imperative to drive Zhang Jiao away." Xun You said, "The Yuan family is not the Wu family, the Yuan family is too widely involved, once the Yuan family falls, more than half of the officials in the imperial court will be implicated." At this time, they could not sit idly by. He looked at Xun Yu, and then said: "Ruying has always been one, if Runan is chaotic, Yingchuan will also be affected." We don't want Zhang Jiao to lead this disaster to Yingchuan. ”

Liu Xiu understood, the Xun family is also strong, Zhang Jiao dares to move the Yuan family, naturally he also dares to move the Xun family, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, at this time, the Xun family must be on the side of the Yuan family without hesitation. In fact, he has long thought of this, the marriage between the powerful and powerful families is intertwined, and it affects the whole body, especially a giant like the Yuan family, if you cut his branches and leaves, he may be able to endure it, you have to dig his roots, it is strange that he doesn't work hard with you.

What kind of madness is Zhang Jiao, he would make such a stupid move, is it the instruction of the Son of Heaven?

"Then what does the Yuan family want to do?"

"Clear Zhang Jiao out of the imperial court." Xun Yu said lightly: "If it's possible, kill him." ”

"If it's possible?" Liu Xiu was curious about Xun Yu's statement, "Could it be that it is still difficult for the Yuan family to kill Zhang Jiao?" ”

"There are difficulties." Xun Yu nodded, "Zhang Jiao not only has the trust of the Son of Heaven, but also has not weak strength, killing Zhang Jiao is likely to cause a turmoil." At present, only Yuan Shao of the Yuan family is in control of the Liyang battalion, and with his little force, he is not the opponent of General Wei. forced Zhang Jiao to rebel, and it would only be General Wei who would lead the troops, not Yuan Shao. If there is not enough certainty to take full credit, the Yuan family should not take this risky move. ”

Liu Xiu didn't say anything, he had some guesses about it, but now it was just verified by Xun Yu. What the Son of Heaven wanted was nothing more than to use him and Zhang Jiao to deal with the Yuan family, and he and Zhang Jiao had the role of checking and balancing each other, so that they would not be the only one family. Worshipping him as General Wei, on the one hand, deprived him of the direct military power of the annexed states, and on the other hand, he was also used to ensure the safety of Gyeonggi, and no matter how chaotic the other counties were, it would not affect Luoyang. Yuan Shao has the Liyang Battalion in his hands, Huangfu Song has the Yongying Battalion in his hands, one east and one west contain him, and there are five schools of the Northern Army inside, even if he has any ideas, he can't fully grasp the situation in Luoyang.

What a complicated game of chess.

"So what do we do now?"

"Zhang Jiao is reckless, such a person is not suitable for a foothold in the court." Xun Yu said very simply, "If General Wei wants to assist the Son of Heaven in reorganizing the dynasty, he must drive such people out of the court." This time, Zhang Jiao caused an incident in Runan, as long as General Wei watched from the wall, he could not support it alone, and it was expected that he would leave the court. ”

Liu Xiu shook his head, the reason why he recommended Zhang Jiao to the Son of Heaven was to lead Zhang Jiao from the dark to the light, if he drove Zhang Jiao out of the court according to Xun Yu, wouldn't he be busy in vain?

"However, have you ever thought that if he leaves the court and hides from the people, the danger may be even greater?"

"General Wei's worries are not unreasonable, but if he is above the court, will the Son of Heaven still rely on General Wei so much?" Xun Yu asked rhetorically, "What's more, Zhang Jiao's eunuchs in the past few years have proved that he does not have the ability to govern the government at all, as long as anyone with a little brain, he will not join forces with him to fight against the Yuan family." ”

Liu Xiu understands this meaning, the so-called is not afraid of god-like opponents, only afraid of pig-like teammates, Zhang Jiao is too radical in doing things, but he can fool people, with him in the court, the Son of Heaven may not have the patience to implement his new policy, he is more inclined to Zhang Jiao's quick knife to cut through the mess. But he didn't know that a quick knife to cut through the mess was refreshing, but in the end, it was likely to chop a good hemp into pieces. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was only a few months before the clarion call for the collapse of the Han Dynasty was sounded, which was the result of cutting through the chaos with a quick knife. Any change of dynasty in history will cost the blood and tears of hundreds of people.

Killing, killing few people in the end, when the time comes, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the contradiction between people and the land is naturally resolved, so after the troubled times, it is often a so-called prosperous era. After Qin, there was the rule of Wenjing, and after Sui, there was the rule of Zhenguan, no exception.

It's just that this solution to the problem is cruel, and there is no milder reform besides this method?

"General Wei, we admire your compassion very much. But there are many ways to solve Zhang Jiao, as long as General Wei can get the support of the Son of Heaven and implement the new policy you implemented in Bingzhou, at that time, the family does not have to compete for profits in the land, and naturally can ease the annexation, and ordinary people can also get the land they rely on for survival, isn't it better than Zhang Jiao's method? ”

Xun Yu further analyzed: "Zhang Jiao's foundation is in the displaced people, as long as the problem of land annexation is solved, the displaced people will naturally return to their own land, and at that time, who is willing to follow Zhang Jiao to rebel?" At that time, just one pavilion chief will be enough to capture Zhang Jiao, and where is it so laborious as now. ”

Liu Xiu carefully weighed Xun Yu's suggestion, and felt that no matter from which point of view, it was a wise move to draw a line with Zhang Jiao, Zhang Jiao was in the court, which not only gave the Son of Heaven more choices, but also ran counter to his ideas.

It seems that although it was not ridiculously wrong to introduce Zhang Jiao into the court, it turned out that it was indeed thoughtful, and Zhang Jiao was not properly examined before.

In fact, from his point of view, he may not be able to see that Zhang Jiao had such radical ideas under the circumstances at that time.

"Okay, just as you see it." Liu Xiu finally nodded.

Xun Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that Liu Xiu was now on Zhang Jiao's side, with Liu Xiu's support, the Son of Heaven was even more bold, and it was likely that he would order Liu Xiu to lead the army into Runan to quell the rebellion.

Of course, Xun Yu didn't know, Liu Xiu was also very contradictory in doing this, on the one hand, he was very disgusted with the family's strong counterattack, and on the other hand, he also felt that it was not a good thing for him to release Zhang Jiao back to the people. Judging from the current situation, the world is not chaotic, and he has no chance, even if he wants to be a powerful minister, he is not stable, let alone complete his father's grand vision of changing the dynasty. Since providence is like this, he doesn't want to be a noble praying mantis.

(To be continued)