Although Liu Xiu's troops were insufficient, in the face of more than 30,000 Qiang people, he occupied enough initiative to chase the Qiang people farther and farther away, until he rushed to the area of Daxia and Caohan in Longxi County. There is a man named Song Jian in www.biquge.info Han, but he did not rob around with the Qiang people, but built a white stone city in Songhan, occupied the mountain as the king, and called himself the king of Heshou Pinghan. The Qiang people were chased by Liu Xiu and had nowhere to escape, and most of them ran to Caohan to take refuge with the king of Heshou Pinghan.

When Liu Xiu heard the news, he laughed out loud angrily, and said in his heart that Lao Tzu didn't dare to make a head rafter, and Yuan Shao didn't dare to be too arrogant with the family voice of the fourth and third princes as a backer, but you closed the door quietly and called the king? Is it really the emperor who is far away, the eldest of the heavens, your second child?

Liu Xiu sent someone to send a letter to Song Jian: Hand over the Qiang people, tie your hands, I can spare your life, otherwise I can kill your entire family and raze your three clans by virtue of your king.

Unexpectedly, Song Jian was better than him, and sent someone back with a high-spirited edict, and the face was also covered with the seal of the king of the Han Dynasty at the head of the river, to the effect that the Han family's fire virtue has declined, and the world is in chaos. The Qiang people have come to join me, how can I give them over to the generals regardless of their lives or deaths? The general is young and promising, but he can't see the general trend of the world clearly, and the pearl is secretly cast, if you can submit to my river head Ping Han King, I can make you a general, and work together for the benefit of the common people in the world.

Liu Xiu was completely speechless, he had seen two hundred and five, but he had never seen such two hundred and five, it was really a big forest and there were all kinds of birds.

However, Liu Xiu was not really in a hurry to attack the city. He only had seven or eight thousand men under his command, and he was mainly cavalry, and he was okay in the field, but he couldn't attack the city. Besides. With such a fool staying here, and it seems that his strength is quite terrifying, he can just use this excuse to recruit soldiers. So Liu Xiu retreated to Longxi County Zhidi Dao, while waiting for news from Yan Zhong and Zhao Yun, on the other hand, the Son of Heaven: Someone in Longxi has called the king, and my troops are not enough. Conscription is underway, please issue an edict to conscript and allow me to conscript.

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"Han Seven Battalions, Qiang Seven Battalions?" The Son of Heaven gently threw Liu Xiu's recital to the case, and the corners of his mouth were raised: "This shaft is now bullish, and his ambitions are not small." ”

"The Son of Heaven Jiuding. The princes are seven tripods, and General Wei is actually just a marquis, which is not excessive. Yuan Kui said lightly: "Although General Wei's background is unknown, he first pacified Northern Xinjiang and then settled in Liangzhou. Such a meritorious title is also expected. Your Majesty, why should you worry. ”

Tianzi's eyes tightened. Staring at Yuan Kui's calm face, he didn't speak for a long time, and finally forced a laugh: "Lord Situ thinks my reward is too thin, so Liu Xiu is asking for it?" ”

Yuan Kui bowed down without humility or arrogance: "Your Majesty is too worried, the minister just thinks that now is the time to employ people, and the monarch and the minister are single-minded." Don't be suspicious. Although Liu Xiu is young, he is good at using soldiers. The future is limitless. If His Majesty is suspicious of him because of some trivial matter, he may hurt the pillars of the country. ”

Yuan Kuiyue explained to Liu Xiu. But the Son of Heaven was unhappy in his heart. The Son of Heaven has nine tripods, and the princes have seven tripods, this is the past saying, that is to say, the princes fall to the first rank of the Son of Heaven. But now the situation is different from the past, there is still a king under the Son of Heaven, the Han family has a system, and the descendants of the surname Liu cannot be kings. Although Liu Xiu is likely to be the descendant of King Chu Yuan, it is not impossible to be crowned king, but Yuan Kui doesn't know, he said this on purpose, he was deliberately provoking, he was using the topic to play, and he wanted to use Liu Xiu as a shield. Liu Xiu wants to build the Seventh Army, that is arrogance, if you don't deal with Liu Xiu, then if Yuan Shao does this in the future, you can't say Yuan Shao.

The Son of Heaven frowned, he was very unhappy that Liu Xiu had done this at this time, this was not to make trouble for Lao Tzu.

Yang Biao, the captain of Sili, coughed: "Your Majesty, although General Wei has made outstanding achievements, but his knowledge is ......" Yang Biao shook his head and expressed disdain: "I heard that he doesn't say much about Lu Zhonglang's disciple outside, but often claims to be Duan Cheng's disciple, probably because he thinks that his knowledge is too poor, and he may smear Lu Zhonglang's face." ”

The face of the Son of Heaven was a little kinder, Yang Biao said that Liu Xiu's poor knowledge was to exonerate Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu wanted to build the Seven Armies, which may not be the meaning of the princes' seven tripods, Yuan Kui said this, there was a suspicion of deliberately planting falsehoods. "I heard that General Wei's battle flag is Vermilion Bird, Vermilion Bird, born because of fire, and died if there is fire, this is the meaning of Gong Wei Han. Suzaku Seven Houses, the first Sujing Muqian is a wolf, the minister is stupid, and it is estimated that his Qiang Seven Armies are probably built according to the Suzaku Seven Houses. ”

"Si Li's words are reasonable." Taiwei Qiao Xuan opened his eyes, and his jaw echoed Yang Biao's meaning: "Vermilion Bird Southern Fire, Liangzhou Western Gold, and the Seven Camps of Qiang with Vermilion Bird Seven Residences are the auspicious omen of taking fire and gold." Zhang Jiao is in trouble, Shandong is uneasy, if Liangzhou can be pacified as soon as possible, it will also be a good thing for the imperial court, even if there are some inappropriateness, His Majesty will arrange for a well-educated person to assist him for one or two, and he can't expand the matter, so as not to make Liangzhou unhappy for a long time. In case the hussar general is unfavorable, it is not possible to draw reinforcements from the general Wei. ”

The Son of Heaven nodded, his heart was relieved, and he laughed self-deprecatingly: "Taiwei is reasonable, Liu Xiu is knowledgeable...... It's really not good, you see how coarse this piece is, there used to be Liu Biao to give him palm writing, and then there was a volcano, this time he didn't go, and he went wrong again. It seems that after the matter in Liangzhou is settled, he will be forced to study in Taixue for a few days. ”

"Your Majesty, then he will feel very bored." Sikong Tang Zhen made a joke at the right time. The Son of Heaven couldn't help laughing when he thought of Liu Xiu sitting in Taixue and looking bored. Yuan Kui's face remained unchanged, but the hand in his sleeve squeezed it hard, and he wanted to say a few more words, but when he thought of Yuan Shu, who was still in Guanzhong, he had to endure it again. Qiao Xuan has always been at odds with him, Tang Zhen is said to be related to the little girl Tang Yingzi next to Liu Xiu, and they can help Liu Xiu, but the hateful thing is that Yang Biao, as the son-in-law of the Yuan family, actually helped Liu Xiu to explain, which made him very unhappy.

He coughed: "Your Majesty, Liangzhou assassin Zhou Hong died in battle, and the imperial court has not issued an edict to praise it so far, but I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." Moreover, the Liangzhou Thorn History has been vacant for too long, and all the responsibility falls on the shoulders of General Wei, which does not seem to be very convenient. Your Majesty, please think again. ”

The Son of Heaven was a little hesitant, he originally wanted Liu Xiu to lead the Liangzhou Thorn History, and it was convenient to do so, but now that Liu Xiu made such a scene, several people were staring at the position of the Liangzhou Thorn History. If you force the fortress to Liu Xiu, I'm afraid that it will be inappropriate. He exhaled softly: "I have already made arrangements for this, so let Zuo Chang go, and Situ Mansion will make a document, and it will be too." As for Zhou Hong, he is loyal to the country. The horse leather shroud is also a rare loyal and righteous man, and since he should be rewarded, Situ Fu drafted a charter. ”

Yuan Kui originally wanted to install a cronie of his own in Liangzhou, but when he heard the Son of Heaven say so. He swallowed back the words that came to his lips. He quickly thought about it in his mind, the big and small officials of the Great Han Kingdom, starting from the county magistrate, are basically all like a few treasures, although Zuo Chang has no outstanding political achievements. But Zuo Chang has a younger brother named Zuo Feng. It is the little yellow gate in the palace, who is on an errand beside the Queen Mother, presumably he made a request to the Son of Heaven through the Queen Mother, since this is the case, then he can't compete with the Son of Heaven for the position of the Liangzhou Assassin History. What's more, the Son of Heaven also agreed to reward Zhou Hong as a condition in exchange for his support.

"Your Majesty."

The Son of Heaven sneered secretly. Of course, he knew that Yuan Kui wouldn't really think that he was some kind of saint. It's just that everyone knows these things, and there is no need to tear your face.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Shandong chaos, how will it be handled? ”

Qiao Xuan bowed: "Your Majesty." The minister thought that the hussar general was noble, but he had never fought on the battlefield, and suddenly paid a heavy responsibility, and the country was suspected of defeating the army, and he was already in danger of being injured, which was very inappropriate. When the ministers died, they dared to ask His Majesty to invite the hussar generals to return to Luoyang, guard Gyeonggi, and let them conquer Shandong. ”

The Son of Heaven wrinkled his brows, this Qiao Xuan is really getting older and more stubborn, this is in front of everyone to say that the hussar general Dong Chong is not good, that is to say, I am not using people properly. Dong Chong has never fought, but he is just sitting in Shandong to dispatch, and he doesn't want him to fight in person, is it so serious? Does he want this military power too?

"Although the hussar general has not been in battle, this is just a matter of the people's livelihood, and it is not a war between the two countries, where is there so much danger." The Son of Heaven waved his hand and interrupted Qiao Xuan's words, "Even if the hussar generals are not familiar with warfare, but Huangfu Song, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo are all battle-hardened people, can't the three of them level down those rabble?" ”

Qiao Xuan still had to fight again, but the Son of Heaven had already raised his sleeves and walked straight out of the main hall, throwing them all in the hall. Zhang Rang walked out from behind the curtain, smiled on his face, stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone, please." ”

Yuan Kui bowed silently and got up to leave. Tang Zhen refused to stay longer, bowed his hands with everyone, and left on his own. Qiao Xuan let out a long sigh, stood up helplessly, and slowly paced out. Yang Biao hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and as he walked, he asked softly, "Qiaogong, is this matter ...... That doesn't seem right. ”

"What's not quite right?" Qiao Xuan turned his face sideways, glanced at him, and said angrily: "Your Majesty is too careless, he thinks that those homeless people can't succeed, just like the usual rebellion, as long as the imperial army arrives, it will naturally be calmed down." But Your Majesty doesn't want to think about it, in the one hundred and fifty-seven years since the founding of the country, which time was the eight states combined? ”

"Qiao Gong is reasonable, Biao just thinks that the situation is serious, and it is really inappropriate for His Majesty to deal with it like this. Although Yuan Shao, Huangfu Song, and Dong Zhuo are all famous generals who can fight well, they are hussar generals...... He has never fought a war, and letting him command the armies will only contain the generals, and there will be no benefit. ”

"Why not." Qiao Xuan sighed and shook his head again and again: "Although Your Majesty has dissolved the party, the differences between the scholars have not been resolved, and he is too suspicious of the Ruying scholars, so he has to support his relatives, but his relatives are not a scourge, the previous Liang Ji ......"

Yang Biao frowned, and reminded: "Gong Qiao, I'm afraid it's not just about supporting relatives and balancing the forces of the DPRK and China? ”

Only then did Qiao Xuan notice what Yang Yu meant, he stopped, turned to look at Yang Biao, "Wen Xian, what did you hear?" ”

Yang Biao shook his head, "I didn't hear anything, I just felt strange." There were many eunuchs in the palace who had close contacts with Zhang Jiao, but this time Zhang Jiao had an incident, but he didn't hear any news about dealing with them, which is a little too strange. ”

Qiao Xuan frowned, and he also felt very surprised, the Son of Heaven's actions this time seemed to be too calm. At the beginning of the chaos in Liangzhou, and Liu Xiu was still in Guanzhong, the Son of Heaven was taken aback, why did the eight states rise up this time, but the Son of Heaven was not the same thing?

"I heard that when Zhang Jiao first entered the palace, he once offered a few witches who were in the room to His Majesty, but now Zhang Jiao has become a traitor, but those women are safe and sound. The kid is daring, could it be that His Majesty has already ......" Yang Biao said this, he didn't dare to say any more, and looked around cautiously. Then he looked straight into Hashigen's eyes.

Qiao Xuan was taken aback: "You mean, Your Majesty has been controlled by their witchcraft?" ”

"How else can you explain this?"

"So, it's a bit suspicious." The more Qiao Xuan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and even his hands and feet trembled: "How is this good?" ”

"The Son of Heaven has been deeply obsessed, but I'm afraid it's not easy to remind." Yang Biao groaned: "Are you looking for a few people who really have Taoist skills to take a look?" ”

Qiao Xuan nodded: "Without further ado, this matter should be done as soon as possible." ”

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The Son of Heaven walked out of the temple. Unconsciously came to the Jiaofang Palace, he raised his head, looked at the lintel of the Jiaofang Palace, suddenly smiled, and walked towards the palace door. The eunuch inside the door hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. At the same time, he sent someone to report to Lu Qiang in Dachangqiu, and Lu Qiang hurriedly greeted him, knelt on the ground, and said long live.

The Son of Heaven stopped in front of him and looked down. There are so many eunuchs in the palace. He had a very good impression of Lu Qiang. Lu Qiang is not only loyal to his duties, does not fight for power and profit, and does not form factions, but he is also one of the more knowledgeable eunuchs.

"Lu Qing, flat." The Son of Heaven bent down and gently supported Lu Qiang's shoulder with his hand. Lu Qiang was flattered and hurriedly got up. Stand aside with your waist bowed. The Son of Heaven walked forward slowly, and he followed closely.

"Lu Qing. The eight states of Shandong are all in chaos, and the displaced people are huge, you see...... How should this be? ”

Lu Qiang was stunned for a moment, and replied without thinking: "Your Majesty, the number of displaced people is everywhere, all because there are too many corrupt officials and corrupt officials. And the reason why there are too many corrupt officials and corrupt officials is because these people come from the powerful, do not know the right way, do not know the courtesy, righteousness and shame, do not appreciate His Majesty's love for the people, act recklessly, loot the people's fat and ointment without control, and rob the people of the land on which they depend. If you want to quell the civil unrest, you only need to take away the officials of these people and appoint those who are well versed in the scriptures and teachings of the saints and can rule the people with virtue......"

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows and interrupted Lu Qiang's words unhappily: "But you must know that it is those families who have forcibly occupied a large amount of land now. ”

Lu Qiang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously raised his head to look at the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven's face was gloomy, his eyes were full of evil, and his anger was overflowing. Lu Qiang hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head again: "Your Majesty, the family does also occupy a large amount of land, but the wealth of the family has been accumulated over several generations. Isn't it wrong for a gentleman to love money and take it in the right way? Those who do not follow the right path to take office, their purpose in becoming officials is to loot money, and they do everything they can, and the harm to the people is far greater than that of the family. Your Majesty ......" Lu Qiang's eyes wept, he couldn't cry, and he fell to his knees with a plop: "Cao Jie has been in the palace for thirty years, and the wealth he has looted exceeds that of the family, and Wang Fu's children are officials, and they have hundreds of millions of assets in just a few decades, and they are the real silverfish." Although the family said that there are also those who live up to the teachings of the sages, but the vast majority of the people in the world still uphold the solar terms, which is the result of Emperor Guangwu's hundred years of raising soldiers, and it cannot be exhausted in the hands of His Majesty. ”

"!" The Son of Heaven was furious, stood up, lowered his face and shouted: "Lu Qiang, you are too tired, go home and rest for a while!" With that, he turned around and left.

Lu Qiang was shocked, looking at the back of the Son of Heaven in a hurry, and fell to the ground weakly.

With a rush of footsteps, Wang Chu appeared at the door of the hall, and when he saw Lu Qiang's appearance, he was startled, and hurriedly rushed over, shouting: "You don't have long eyes, don't you know how to help?" The officials next to him heard this, and hurriedly walked over and picked up Lu Qiang.

"Mrs. Wang, please tell the queen that the old minister has gone home and thought about it behind closed doors at the behest of His Majesty." Lu Zhang wiped his tears, gave a salute to Wang Chu, broke away from the support of the Lang officials, and staggered towards the door. He was carrying a terrible back, as if he had suddenly aged ten years. When Wang Chu saw it, he was puzzled, and the officials next to him hurriedly relayed what had just happened to her. However, Lu Qiang and the Son of Heaven did not start to speak loudly, they only heard the angry rebuke of the Son of Heaven behind, and they did not know what they said before.

Wang Chu was very worried, turned around and entered the main hall, and relayed the words of the Lang officials to Empress Song. Queen Song frowned, thought about it for a long time, and also wanted to come up with a reason. She smiled embarrassedly: "I'm also good at these things, you can't figure it out, and naturally I don't understand it." ”

Wang Chu rubbed his hands a little anxiously: "It's a pity that the eldest princess went to Chang'an, otherwise she would at least know better than us." ”

Empress Song thought for a while: "In this way, after you leave the palace, go to the General's Mansion and tell my brother and daughter-in-law about the situation, she is a smart person." Maybe you can guess something. ”

Wang Chu nodded in agreement, and said worriedly: "Liangzhou is in turmoil, Guanzhong has no money for money, no money for food, and I don't know how he copes with it now." ”

Empress Song smiled: "Don't worry, General Wei is a person with a way." He can also come up with a way to solve the big difficulties. You don't have to worry about him, it's better to take care of that orchid and let him do things with peace of mind. ”

Wang Chu smiled. said enviously: "Feng Xue's body is good, in the end, he is a person who grew up in the bitter cold land of Northern Xinjiang, which is very different from us Central Plains women." Now he can eat and drink, and his body is as strong as a cow. ”

"Then have you ever heard that Orchids were all slender beauties when they were young, and they were old. Plus gave birth to a child. No matter how beautiful a woman is, will she become a cow? Queen Song covered her mouth and chuckled: "Ah Chu, the last thing you have to worry about is this orchid." ”

Wang Chu lowered his head embarrassedly and muttered softly: "The queen's words are serious, I have nothing to worry about." ”

Empress Song smiled silently.

Wang Chu gossiped for a while and left the palace. went straight to the Song Mansion and found Cao Luan. Cao Luan listened to her intentions. I can't figure it out. Lu Qiang has never argued with others, even if he says two things that don't like him. The Son of Heaven also knew that he was loyal and generally didn't care about him, how could he suddenly get angry this time, and asked Lu Qiang to go back to the house and think about it behind closed doors?

"Could it be because of Zhang Jiao's matter, Your Majesty is in a bad mood, and Lu Qiang happened to touch the mold?"

"I don't know." Wang Chu thought for a moment, and then said, "Your Majesty did not go to the Jiaofang Hall during this time. However, I heard Mao Zong and Lu Shen say that His Majesty often goes to the Empress Dowager's palace and talks and laughs with the Empress Dowager, as if there is nothing unusual. ”

"Talking and laughing?" Cao Luan sneered, "Your Majesty, doesn't you think that the hussar general's meritorious service this time is a gesture?" Eight states are combined, millions of displaced people, this is not a rebellion in one state and one county, just with the ability of the hussar general, if it can be pacified, it will be strange. ”

Wang Chu smiled bitterly and dissuaded: "You can be quiet, if this word spreads, Your Majesty will think that you are crying out for the Song family." His Majesty is a filial son, and it is not surprising that he wants to support his mother's family. ”

Cao Luan suddenly became a little impatient, got up and turned around twice: "Your Majesty Chunqiu Zhengfu, he supports the Queen Mother's family, and he is a threat to the Queen Mother's family." Although the crown prince has not been established, the eldest son of the emperor has reached adulthood, but His Majesty has never made him the crown prince, so it is naturally the emperor's concubine. The Song family should be a relative, but it's a pity that the Song family has no outstanding talents, so they can only sit back and watch this great opportunity. ”

Wang Chu didn't say anything, whether it was the Dong family, the Song family, or the Yuan family, they all wanted to be rewarded for meritorious service and strive to become the strongest relative. The Song family has no outstanding talents, so they can only rely on their husband, but unfortunately, it can be seen from the prison sāo that Cao Luan has just revealed, Cao Luan may not have ranked his husband as the highest priority. By the way, Cao Cāo is now quelling the rebellion in Ba County, Cao Luan is naturally towards the Cao family, she probably still hopes that Cao Cāo can quell the rebellion in Bashu as soon as possible, and then rush to Shandong to get a piece of the pie.

Alas, it's only strange that the husband is a lone seedling, not only does he not have a brother to help him, but he doesn't even have a sister, if there are people in the palace, why did he fall into this position. Fortunately, he gave birth to a daughter, and he was close to the emperor's concubine, and he would enter the palace as a princess in the future, and then become a queen, and his husband would naturally be a general.

Thinking of this, Wang Chu became happy again, and said with a smile: "Although the Song family does not have outstanding talents, but with a heroine like you and a capable minister like Cao Changshui, there will be no help in the future." Why should you worry, the Dong family only has hussars, and hussars are only middle-aged, not talented at all. Be careful, but Yuan Guiren's family, the fourth and third dukes, both internal and external, once this counterinsurgency has made a contribution, I am afraid that even a hussar general will not be able to cure her. ”

"Yuan Guiren?" Cao Luan snorted and laughed, his eyes fluttering, "I didn't think about her." ”

Wang Chu was puzzled.

Cao Luan laughed secretly, feeling a little proud in his heart. Although Wang Chu is smart, can calculate, and knows how to play chess and piano, he is very superficial in politics, and he doesn't know how Liu Xiu, who is good at scheming, takes a fancy to her, and even does not hesitate to quarrel with the Son of Heaven. Could it be that she has taken a fancy to her frankness and has no scheming?

"Your Majesty's most taboo is a family like the Yuan family, he doesn't want to knock the Yuan family to the ground all the time and step on one foot again. Yuan Guiren, as the hand that the Yuan family stretched out to the palace, was afraid that what His Majesty was thinking about every day was to chop off this hand, how could he cover it in the palm of his hand every day. The fall of the Yuan family is when Yuan Guiren reports to the court, so why should I worry about her? It's better to worry about her than to worry about the butcher girl. "To be continued.