Since Empress Jia Nanfeng took power, she first killed Sima Liang, the king of Runan, and Sima Wei, the king of Chu, and then appointed Zhang Hua, Pei Wei and a group of capable ministers who had no personal ambitions.

Now, when Empress Jia, who was full of ambition, wanted to propose the abolition of the crown prince again, a sudden rebellion completely disrupted her layout. At that time, Empress Jia did not listen to the advice of Zhang Hua and others, because he privately entrusted Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, with the important task of supervising Guanzhong, as a result, Sima Lun, who was greedy, was provoked by Sun Xiu to oppress all ethnic groups in Guanzhong, and finally aroused the rebellion of the Hu people in the Guanxi region.

In 296 A.D., Qi Wannian, the leader of the Di tribe in Yongzhou, after five years of forbearance, brazenly rebelled, and the local Hu people of the Di and Qiang, Xiongnu and other ethnic groups raised their flags in response. Faced with this situation, Sima Lun, who would only accumulate wealth and had no strategy, panicked and hurriedly sent messengers to ask for help from the imperial court.

In the Luoyang Imperial Palace, Empress Jia Nanfeng, who had not yet received an urgent report from King Zhao, was talking with the minister Zhang Hua and Pei Wei about government affairs, and the only desirable thing about this Empress Jia was that she trusted Zhang Hua more, and it was with Zhang Hua's mediation that the DPRK and China gradually stabilized in the past five years. But as the two clashed over the issue of deposing the crown prince, Empress Jia no longer trusted Zhang Hua as much as before.

In the palace, I only heard Zhang Hua standing aside and reported: "Qi Niangniang, this is the situation of the world's household population and acres of land that the ministers have counted in the past two years, please take a look." The chamberlain next to him took the book and handed it to Jia Nanfeng, only to see the queen slowly flipping through the pages one by one.

After a while, Jia Nanfeng asked, "How many people are there in the total of the states and counties?" ”

Because these data had long been imprinted in Zhang Hua's mind, as soon as Empress Jia asked, he blurted out: "Back to Niangniang, my Dajin subjects have a total of 2,459,840 households, 16,163,863 people. ”

Hearing this, Jia Nanfeng asked unexpectedly: "Oh, there are so many people in the world. Hey? Since there is such a large population in the world, why did the prince say that the world's household registration is insufficient a few years ago, and they are all slaves and maids in the wealthy families? Could it be that the prince harbors evil intentions? ”

Zhang Hua and Pei Wei were dumbfounded, none of them expected Empress Jia to talk about this problem. They can tell Empress Jia that the current population is only the object that the imperial court can tax, and those who are hidden by the wealthy are not among them, and the total amount of those populations is not much less than that of the imperial court.

"A little, a little, there was a misunderstanding in between." After hesitating for a while, Pei Wei spoke, Pei Wei himself is a member of the family, of course he will not tell the truth.

"Well, this palace thinks that the prince is just a little clever, but he doesn't take the world's big families in his eyes. Hum! He didn't know that the foundation of our dynasty came from the family, and if there was no help from the family, how could the first emperor easily seize Cao Wei's country? Hum! Now that the crown prince's wings are stiff, he wants to eradicate all the big families, which is simply a big rebellion! ”

"Two Aiqing, the prince has been in the new city long enough, it is better to find an opportunity to recall him back to the capital!"

After listening to Empress Jia's words, Zhang Hua's heart sank, looking at the situation, Empress Jia was going to do something to the prince! Queen Jia has endured it for so many years, isn't it just for this day? In the past five years, Empress Jia has taken advantage of the family's dissatisfaction with the prince's new policy, and has successively gathered a large number of family members to work for him.

It's been five years, Empress Jia is finally full-fledged, and now she has the support of Sima Tong, the king of Liang, and Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, and the help of the family inside, plus Guo Huai, the king of Guangcheng, who supported the prince, has passed away, so when will she not depose the prince at this time? Just as Empress Jia was slandering the crown prince, her confidant eunuch Dong rushed in.

Dong Meng's face was anxious: "Qi Yu Niangniang, King Zhao sent someone to send an urgent official document of 800 miles, saying that the Yongzhou Di clan Qu Shuai Qi Wannian gathered people to rebel, proclaimed himself emperor, and has captured more than a dozen prefectures and counties!" As he spoke, he handed over the urgent paperwork.

Jia Nanfeng took the document and didn't read it, and handed it to Zhang Hua directly, and Pei Wei hurriedly came to take a look.

After reading the emergency report, Zhang Hua frowned and asked with some concern: "What's the matter?" Beidi Taishou Zhang Yi died in battle, and Shangdang and Feng Yi were captured by thieves?! ”

Pei Wei sighed silently when he heard this: Alas! The matter really made Zhang Mao say it! In the early years, Zhang Hua opposed the governor of Guanzhong, and in recent years, King Zhao has been tyrannical in the Guanzhong area, arbitrarily imposing taxes on the people, and forcibly leviing the cattle, sheep and livestock of the Hu people for private use, which has made people's hearts fluctuate......

Zhang Hua thought for a moment and then said: "The matter has come to this, we should quickly dispatch troops to Qin and Yong." ”

Jia Nanfeng sat down, half speechless. Now at least half of the reason for the erosion in Guanzhong is to blame on her, since Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, has thrown himself under her door, and has donated a large amount of property from Guanzhong every year. This is also the reason why when Feng Yi was too guarded by Ouyang Jian to expose King Zhao's guilt to the imperial court, but did not get any response from the imperial court, the biggest root cause was here in Empress Jia.

Pei Wei sighed: "How easy is it to transfer troops? Last time, the Xianbei leader Shuji rebelled, and the imperial court lost troops and generals, and it took nine years to quell it, and now Ma Long has been dead for many years, and the good fighters in the court, such as Wang Hun and others, have also passed away one after another, who else can bear such a heavy responsibility? ”

Jia Nanfeng interjected: "When Master Pei mentioned Lord Wang Hun, it reminded the palace of a person. ”

Zhang Hua and Pei Wei were a little surprised, and couldn't help but ask at the same time: "Who?" ”

Jia Nanfeng said casually: "When Wang Hun died, he gave His Majesty a twist and turn before his death, which mentioned that if it is necessary to transfer troops to suppress the rebellion in the future, and the court is a little embarrassed, Liu Yuan, the leader of the Xiongnu in Bingzhou, can be appointed as a heavy responsibility. Bengong thought about it just now, this Liu Yuan is the governor of the five Xiongnu departments, let him take command, and use the Huns and thieves to fight, isn't it just right to spend a soldier in the imperial court? ”

Zhang Hua was immediately anxious when he heard this, and shook his head again and again: "This matter is extremely inappropriate!" The minister saw that Lord Wang Hun was old and confused, and in the chaos of the tree function back then, Liu Yuan had personally asked the first emperor for help, but the first emperor refused, and the minister thought that the first emperor was right to worry. Using the Huns to crusade against the Di people, if it fails, it will further boost the arrogance of the Di people, and once successful, the Huns will become stronger because of it. The strength of the Xiongnu is the greatest threat to the imperial court. ”

Jia Nanfeng was a little dissatisfied, and he finally proposed a personal choice, but unexpectedly, the two auxiliary ministers did not agree, so he said angrily: "But except for Liu Yuan, who else can be competent?" ”

Looking at the puffing Empress Jia, Zhang Hua smiled bitterly and said stiffly: "The minister recommends the Zhongshu Huangmen Shilang to be a general." This person has read the scriptures and history, and knows a lot about the art of war, he has talked with ministers many times, and he has talked about the world like a few treasures. With him as the assassin of Yongzhou, he will be able to extinguish the thieves. It's just that King Zhao, as the general of Zhengxi and the military of Qin and Yong, may not allow anyone to share the armies with him. ”

Zhang Hua was worried that King Zhao would fight for power, but he didn't know that King Zhao had already expressed his desire to enter Beijing to Empress Jia, and in order to abolish the crown prince, Empress Jia had already targeted King Zhao for the next target after winning over King Liang of the clan, and now he was transferred to the capital.

So Jia Nanfeng pretended to think for a moment and said: "King Zhao has caused such a big mess, he is still too busy to take care of himself, how can he still have the heart to fight for power with others?" The palace asked the emperor to issue an edict and ordered him to transfer the Yongzhou soldiers and horses to the command of the Xie Department. What do you think? ”

Zhang Hua and the others didn't expect Empress Jia to be so easy to speak, and if they were still dissatisfied at the moment, they all agreed to drop King Zhao and enter Beijing.

And the Xiongnu tribe, Liu Yuan stared at the outside of the big tent and pondered alone. Ever since receiving the news of the rebellion in Kansai, Liu has been pondering how to get the Jin Dynasty to send him on the expedition.

Because, going out means that the war is meritorious, it means that you can get a large number of booty, once you capture and absorb the Qi Wannian tribe of the Di people, the strength of the Xiongnu will increase greatly, but unfortunately since Wang Hun died, there is no one in the court who can speak for him.

At this moment, brothers Liu Cong and Liu Yao walked in.

Liu brothers: "Father." ”

Liu Yuan saw that his son had arrived, and asked with some joy: "You guys came back just in time, I am drafting a chapter, and I want to ask for a general order from the queen to go to Guanxi to crusade against the traitor Qi Wannian." You can think of how to phrase it for me. ”

Liu Cong replied frustratedly: "Father doesn't have to be busy, the imperial court has already sent the Xie Department to assassinate the history of Yongzhou, preparing to crusade against Qi Wannian." This time there is nothing to do with us Huns. ”

Liu Yuan said unwillingly: "Alas, I am unwilling. What a good time this is, if we can go out to Guanzhong, maybe we can gather the Xiongnu tribes scattered in Guanzhong, plus the captured Di people, the strength of our Xiongnu tribes will be greatly increased. But now I can only watch the opportunity slip away from my eyes! ”

Liu Yao persuaded on the side: "Father doesn't have to worry about this, according to the child's opinion, it will be useless to solve the problem?" In the future, once the situation is out of control, there will be no one available in the court, and you will have to rely on your father to help! ”

Liu Yuan was a little surprised and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Liu Yao talked eloquently: "Father, please think about it, the big mess in Kansai is all due to King Zhao's lack of governance." King Zhao is insatiable, and Sun Xiu, whom he trusts, is a stubborn villain, and when he dissolves the system, they will inevitably compete with him, so that he cannot monopolize the military, and the military orders come from many doors, how can he win the battle? ”

Liu Cong also expressed the same opinion on the side: "The third brother is right. At present, even if the queen agrees to her father's expedition to the west, as long as she does not remove King Zhao, her father will be held hostage by traitorous ministers when he goes, so it is better to remain silent and wait for the court to invite herself. ”

After listening to the words of his two sons, Liu Yuan was very relieved: "You have really grown up!" ”

At this time, there were more than one side of the Guanzhong Rebellion, and even the King of Liang, the governor of Liangzhou, also convened strategists in the palace to discuss countermeasures. King Liang held the wine bottle and sighed, "Since being impeached by the old puppet around, the situation of this king is not as good as day by day, you look at the other princes and kings, which one is not full of furniture, a group of rich slaves and holding power?" Only this king's nest is not allowed in a small Liangzhou, alas, I don't know what the gentlemen can do to solve the widow's predicament? ”

"The prince is too worried, but now there is another opportunity for the prince to replace King Zhao in the main pass." Wang Quan, who joined the army under the command of King Liang, saw that King Liang was embarrassed and couldn't help but speak.

"Oh? What is Wang's plan to join the army? Liang Wang Daxi asked.

"It's not a good plan, now that Guanzhong is in chaos, the court will definitely talk about King Zhao, why don't you take the opportunity to ask the queen to go out of the town? Just rely on those people of the Di tribe who drink the blood of Maoru, how can they be the opponents of my Celestial Empire army, when the prince commands the army, he will definitely be able to quell the rebellion in one fell swoop! When the rebellion is quelled, even if he can't sit in Chang'an with the merits of the prince, he can still enter Beijing to assist the government. ”

"Okay, hahaha, Mr. is really talented!"

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