Chapter 7: Duan Ying and the Eclipse
Liu Hong, who returned to the dormitory, did not give the family time to compete for the Great Honglu at all, and directly passed on the holy decree of "Moving Guanglu Doctor Du Mi to the Great Honglu".
After the deliberation of the cabinet, it was better to say that it was better to say that it was Liu Hong's direct order, so the cabinet directly passed the holy decree of "moving the Qiang people into the division" to the hands of Duan Ying, the general of the Qiang.
Two flowers bloom and one each table, not to mention the battle between the DPRK and China for the time being, let's talk about the matter of Xiliang first.
Duan Ying, the word Jiming, a native of Wuwei Gu. At the beginning of a filial piety, worship the Xian Cemetery, Yangling Order, and later moved to Liaodong Subordinate State Captain, Xianbei Koubian, in order to break it. In the second year of Yongshou (that is, 156 years), he suppressed the uprising of the exiles led by Guo Dou and Gongsun Ping of Langyadong, and made the marquis.
It can be said that Duan Ying is a rare general.
Duan Ying received the holy decree from the imperial court, and then thought about the previous affairs of the court, so he smiled and said to the generals in the tent, "The emperor today is really a wise monarch!" I'm hopeful! I wonder if you are willing to contribute to the rise of the Han Dynasty? ”
"By the general's dispatch alone." The generals in the tent said in unison.
Under Duan Ying's account, there are a lot of cattle!
The famous Huangpu Song in later generations served as the captain of the Yue Cavalry under his account, and the famous Dong Zhuo also served as Langzhong under his command.
Captain Sima of the Yue Cavalry was the official position of the Northern Army of the Beijing Division of the Han Dynasty, and the army of the Han Dynasty was mainly divided into three branches: the Beijing Division Garrison, the Local Garrison and the Border Army.
The local garrisons were the local defensive garrisons in the hands of the county lieutenants, county lieutenants, and state lieutenants.
The border army was set up separately, only stationed at the border, and although there were many troops, they were all half-soldiers and half-peasants.
The Jingshi garrison is the real elite, divided into the southern army and the northern army, and during the Jingdi period, the southern army existed in name only and merged with the northern army. Each expedition was accompanied by generals sent by the imperial court, who selected officials and soldiers from the northern army and rushed to the border to defend against foreign enemies with border troops.
Although this system ensured that the army was under the control of the central government, it could not effectively support the border, which made every time the border was plundered, and the Han Dynasty counterattacked.
It's not that the border army is incompetent, it's really a problem of the system.
At this time, the elite northern army of the Han Dynasty had only more than 100,000 people, 30,000 in the hands of the northern Liao general Huangpu Gui (now the right general, Hou Zhanghuan of Wuyuan County), 30,000 in the hands of Duan Ying, and 10,000 in the hands of Wei Wei to guard the palace, and now only 30,000 people in the northern army are under the control of Jinwu.
Speaking of Duan Ying, Duan Ying took the 30,000 Northern Army and 30,000 Border Army to fight dozens of battles with Dongqiang, and finally beat Dongqiang to shrink his forces, and he didn't dare to fight.
Duan Ying was in the big tent, and after reading out the holy decree, he said, "Now this Dongqiang doesn't dare to fight, I'm waiting here, it's really a waste of grain and grass, I don't know if you have any good suggestions?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Dong Zhuo, who had always wanted to show himself, got up and said, "General, the reason why we wait for the enemy to attack every time is just because our army has few cavalry, and the Dongqiang army is all cavalry, so it is better to let my subordinates go to Xiqiang to lobby and let him send troops, and then we can take Dongqiang in one fell swoop." ”
Huangpu Song heard the words and said, "Dong Langzhong has a high prestige in Xiqiang, which is well known to everyone. It's just that I don't know what conditions Lang Zhong plans to use to let Xiqiang send troops? You must know that although Dongqiang has been defeated by our army again and again, they are all cavalry, and we have not caused much loss to them, and now Dongqiang is afraid that there are still 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers who can fight. ”
After a pause, Huangpu Song saw that everyone was listening, so he continued, "And if you want to completely annihilate this Dongqiang and move it to Sili, I'm afraid that Xiqiang must send at least 20,000 cavalry to do so, otherwise it will still be allowed to escape." That would be more than worth the loss. ”
Dong Zhuo said disapprerovingly, "As long as you promise, the pasture of Dongqiang will be handed over to Xiqiang to manage, not to mention 20,000 people in Xiqiang, I am afraid that 40,000 people will be sent." ”
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Duan Ying patted the desk in front of him and said angrily, "It's nonsense, the emperor just came to the holy decree and asked me to move the Qiang people into Sili, and you want to hand over the land of Dongqiang to Xiqiang." You treat the court as nothing like nothing, who taught you, is it Zhang Ranming? (Zhang Huan's character is clear)"
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "My subordinates don't dare, it's just that this method is the best way for our army to quickly solve Dongqiang!" ”
Duan Ying, Zhang Huan, and Huangpu Gui all have a 'Ming' character in their tables, and they are all from Xiliang, so they are called Liangzhou Sanming.
But Duan Ying and Zhang Huan are extremely discordant, Dong Zhuo knows this, and he can be regarded as suffering an unwarranted disaster, after all, the military account will not be held accountable for what is right or wrong. But Dong Zhuo was really unwilling to be subservient to others like this, so he lowered his head, and a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.
When all the generals in the tent saw this, they all stood up to convince them.
Seeing this, Duan Ying said, "Okay, get up!" It was General Ben who lost his temper. ”
"General Xie," Dong Zhuo said pretending to be respectful.
Then there was a period of deliberation, but there was no other way but to give up.
In the blink of an eye, it's October.
On the evening of October 10 in the first year of Jianning, Liu Hong sat depressedly in the dormitory.
The reason why Liu Hong was depressed was because just this afternoon, there was an eclipse.
This is a very common thing in modern times, but in this era, it is necessary for one of the three princes to step down to calm the situation.
Because in the eyes of the ancients, this is a warning from God to the human dynasty, the disadvantage of ignorance!!
After thinking about it, Liu Hong still decided to let Taifu step down, just because Chen Fan's age was too big.
So Liu Hong shouted loudly outside the door: "Pass on the Taifu Chen Fan." ”
"No"
It didn't take long for Chen Fan to come to Liu Hong's dormitory.
Liu Hong took Chen Fan's hand, walked to the seat in the main hall, and asked him to sit down.
Chen Fan sat down in his seat very calmly, because he knew that he must be responsible for this eclipse.
Immediately, I heard Liu Hong say, "Taifu! I'm young, and I'm still thanks to you for all the things in the court! ”
Chen Fan didn't dare to say anything when he heard this, and then said, "Your Majesty, it's Mingjun." Knowing people and being good at their duties, as long as you give Your Majesty time, Your Majesty will definitely be able to make me prosperous. It's a pity that the old minister can't continue to assist His Majesty. ”
As he spoke, Chen Fan knelt on the ground and shed tears.
Liu Hong knew that if there were ministers in the Han Dynasty who were dedicated to the Han and strictly disciplined themselves, then Chen Fan was called second, and no one dared to call him first.
So Liu Hong helped Chen Fan up and said, "Taifu is my teacher, although there are eunuchs in the past, relatives are in charge, and there are all kinds of government in the future, you and I can't really become teachers and students." But Taifu has always been my teacher in my heart. ”
Hearing that Liu Hong did not call me in front of him, but called me, Chen Fan was suddenly moved, and he only wanted to serve him.
Then he said, "Your Majesty, the ministers of the court and the central government are all loyal to the Han, even if they are from Runan and Yingchuan. It's just that his heart for his family is a little heavier. If the emperor wants to prosper in this Han Dynasty, he depends not only on the court, but also on the places outside the court! ”
"The emperor is a Ming monarch, and the emperor can easily control all the affairs of the court, but the affairs of the local clans are not easy to solve!"
"Although the emperor pretended to be gracious, he opened the imperial examination. But the people who study in the world are all in the family, even those who are from poor families, but they are also after the family. Relying on these imperial examination people, Your Majesty may be able to solve the people of Sili County, but other states and counties can't! ”
"Why?" Liu Hong listened carefully to Chen Fan's words, and when he heard him say this, he asked out loud.