Chapter 481, Assassin Liu Zhang

Liu Feng and Liu Yan's friendship was only in Luoyang for a short time, and for this "uncle", he called him kiss, but in fact, he kept a distance. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info because he knew that if he dealt with an old fox like Liu Yan, he would be cheated if he was not careful.

At the beginning, Liu Yan dared to propose the state pastoral system during Wang Mang's period, because he also had his own hole cards, knowing that Liu Hong had the possibility of agreeing, even if it didn't work, he had a reason to get out.

It was more difficult for Liu Yan to enter Shu, after all, it was the peak of the Yellow Turban in Yizhou at that time, and even the Thorn History Department was occupied. But with the prestige he had accumulated over the decades, as well as the support of the local wealthy clans, Liu Yan quickly put down the rebellion and took control of Yizhou.

For Liu Feng, Liu Yan and him didn't have much intersection after entering Shu, so he didn't pay much attention to the affairs of Yizhou, but it didn't mean that he didn't know anything about Liu Yan's actions.

When Liu Yan entered Shu, he didn't have many people with him, and he was able to pacify the rebels, relying on the local clans. But when the external troubles were resolved, internal disputes arose.

Liu Yan is not like Liu Biao, before he became the assassin of Jingzhou, he was a candidate in the Northern Army, a petty official of 600 stones, when he was in the court, he was in a high position very early, and later successively served as Zongzheng and Taichang among the Jiuqing, only under the general and the three dukes.

Therefore, the status of the two determines their different ways of dealing with the local clans, Liu Yan rode into Jingzhou, and could only rely on the Jingzhou clans to control the whole county, but Liu Yan is different, he is a strong person, and naturally he does not allow others to point fingers on his own territory.

The mentality of the big clan is complex, but the most important point is that everything is based on their own interests. Originally, they accepted Liu Yan into Shu, firstly, because this was an appointment by the imperial court, which was justifiable; It's that there are too many rebellions in Yizhou, and a leader is urgently needed to end the situation where the Yizhou clans are fighting for each other; Third, he also wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the world to stand on his own feet and become an independent kingdom according to Shu.

But this kind of independence is independence under their leadership, and what they need is a complete dependence on their lord like Liu Biao. But Liu Yan is obviously not this kind of person, so the contradiction between the two sides gradually deepened.

The reason why Liu Yan changed his mind and came to Yizhou was because Fang Shi Dong said that Yizhou was a genius, so Liu Yan was also ambitious, and naturally he would not allow the Yizhou clan to do whatever he wanted on his own territory. Therefore, after Yizhou was stabilized, he immediately strengthened his strength with the assistance of his own people, accepted all the people who had been exiled from the Guanzhong area, and organized and trained the "Dongzhou soldiers". When he felt that it was almost enough, he found an excuse to kill more than a dozen wealthy clans in Yizhou in one fell swoop, and then annexed their power with lightning speed to expand himself.

This provoked the hornet's nest, and the Yizhou Hao clan could no longer bear it, and began to resist, led by Qianwei Taishou Ren Qi and engaged in Chen Chao, who was also actively welcomed Liu Yan into Shu. But it's a pity that Liu Yan's strength has been achieved, and he has the support of Dong Fu, Zhao Key, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Lu, Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Deng Xian, Gan Ning and others, and it is no longer something that Ren Qi and others can compete with, and Ren Qi is defeated and leaves.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was still in Chang'an, seeing the rebellion in Yizhou, thinking that Liu Yan responded to the princes to ask Dong (did not send troops), so in line with the intention of making trouble for Liu Yan, he sent Situ Zhao Qian at that time to bring some soldiers and horses into Shu, and persuaded Yizhou to engage in Jia Long to raise troops, unite Ren Qi and others, and jointly oppose Liu Yan. But it's a pity that in the battle of Qingqiang, Liu Yan still won a big victory, Jia Long and Ren Qi were all killed, only Chen Chao was missing, Situ Zhao Qian, Liu Yan was not easy to deal with, and only drove him away.

The resistance forces were leveled, Liu Yan quickly integrated Yizhou, although there are still many people who are unwilling to do this, but finally, there is no one to oppose on the surface, in this closed environment, Liu Yan's strength has grown very fast.

Soon after Shu was pacified, Liu Yan sent Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu of Wudou Midao to march into Hanzhong and expel Hanzhong Taishou Sugu. This is something that Zhang Xiu has been looking forward to for a long time, when he started an army, he was defeated when he attacked Hanzhong, and later took refuge in Liu Yan, one of the conditions was that Liu Yan helped him capture Hanzhong and kill Su Gu.

But the result was that the goal was achieved, but Zhang Lu became the Taishou of Hanzhong, and Zhang Xiu, whose strength was as high as the 8th order, was poisoned by Zhang Lu and spent half his life when he was proud at the celebration banquet, and then died of anger under the siege of Zhang Lu and Liu Yan's generals. And the reason why Liu Yan did this was because he felt that after Zhang Xiushi became a success, he couldn't control him. Then Zhang Xiu's Wudou Mi Sect became a tool for Zhang Lu to fool people, combined with his own ghost road, and established a **** regime in Hanzhong.

It can be said that so far, Liu Yan's action has been successful, and he has completed the transformation from a central minister to a local prince with real power in just two or three years.

It's a pity that Liu Yan still has something on his mind, that is, the issue of heirs.

Liu Yan took office as a prince, and his family members must not be able to take it away, except for the third son Liu Mao, all three stayed in Luoyang, and were later taken to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo. When the princes begged Dong, Liu Yan only seconded a few words, and did not send a single soldier, Dong Zhuo didn't want to provoke Liu Yan, causing instability in the rear, so he didn't care about Liu Yan's sons, of course, the treatment would not be much better.

However, Liu Yan's son has been frail and sick since he was a child, and Liu Yan was busy taking power, so he neglected to take care of him. When he was in power, Liu Mao died of a terminal illness, which hit Liu Yan deeply.

It was at this time that Dong Zhuo, in order to win over Liu Yan, sent Liu Zhang to persuade Liu Yan not to communicate with the imperial court, and by the way, he mourned on behalf of Zongzhengfu. Of course, Liu Yan knew the meaning of the imperial court, and directly left Liu Zhang, and in the absence of other heirs, Jizi Liu Zhang became Liu Yan's heir in the eyes of the generals.

After Dong Zhuo's death, the Xiliang army that supervised Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west returned to Chang'an to fight for power, and Ma Teng and Shui thus restored their strength. Ma Teng is the general of the expedition to the west, Tunyi. But just this spring, Ma Teng asked Niu Fu (not Li Dao) for help, but Niu Fu refused, and then Ma Teng was dissatisfied, and united with Han Sui to force Chang'an. At this time, there were also people in the court who wanted to get rid of the Xiliang army, so Chong Shao and Ma Yu joined forces with them to overthrow the rule of the Xiliang army, including Liu Yan's eldest son, Zuo Zhonglang's general Liu Fan and Zhishu Yushi Liu Dan.

But soon, the news was revealed, and several people had to flee Chang'an and hide in Ma Teng's army. Later, Niu Fu, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others defeated Ma Teng and Han Sui and fled back to Xiliang, while Liu Fan and others fled to Huaili and resisted stubbornly.

However, the Xiliang army group chased after and broke through Huaili, Chong Shao, Ma Yu, and Liu Fan were killed, but Liu Yan's second son Liu Dan was nowhere to be found, and his whereabouts became a mystery.

When the news reached Mianzhu, Liu Yan was heartbroken, because he didn't like Liu Zhang, the heir, very cowardly, and couldn't suppress the arrogant generals under him, and he also fantasized that one day the other two sons would come back, but it was obviously impossible. At this time, there was another fire in Mianzhu, with the participation of players, this fire was even bigger, almost burned Mianzhu to the ground, and the public security was even more chaotic, Liu Yan had to move the government office again, and moved the state pastoral mansion to Chengdu.

After a few blows, Liu Yan's body collapsed, although he had the strength of the 7th order before, but after falling ill, he was just a powerless old man. Of course, this is also Liu Yan's catastrophe, which Zhi Brain deliberately did.

Just when Liu Yan was sick, Liu Dan suddenly appeared in front of him, and took Liu Yan's grandsons Liu Yan to know that on the way to escape to Huaili, he was separated from his brother, and was persuaded to take another way, and did not leave the Jingzhaoyin territory at all, and then he has been hiding, and only after the limelight has passed, he returned to Yizhou with the help of others. On the way, he meets Pang Yi. It was Pang Yi who tried his best to leave Chang'an with Liu Yan's grandsons in this situation.

So Liu Yan's mood was relieved, and his illness also showed signs of recovery, and he also praised the actions of Liu Dan's brothers, and faintly entrusted Yizhou to Liu Dan.

Now Liu Zhang is in a hurry, no one is in a hurry before, but now this second brother suddenly appeared, how can Yizhou still have his share, in a hurry, he found Liu Yan's old subordinate Zhao Spoon to discuss.

Zhao Ji had already invested his chips in Liu Zhang before, and he also felt that Liu Yan had a gentle personality and was easy to control, so of course he didn't want the person who killed him halfway to pick peaches. But he couldn't say anything else, he could only say to Liu Zhang that unless Yizhou Mu was replaced immediately, according to Liu Yan's attitude, Yizhou Mu would still fall on Liu Dan's head in the future.

After going back, Liu Zhang thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a "smart" way, he poisoned Liu Yan's medicine, directly killed him, and then blamed Liu Dan, saying that he was eager to usurp power and seize the throne.

If it was a normal time, a person with a 7th-order strength would obviously not be an ordinary poison that could be killed directly, but because of what happened before, Liu Yan's body had not yet improved, and he was killed. A generation of heroes ended up like this.

But since Liu Yan is dead, it doesn't matter who poisoned Liu Yan's generals, what matters is who will become the new Yizhou pastor.

It is true that Liu Dan is more favored by Liu Yan, but the time he came back was too short, he had no connections at all, and he was also involved in the murder of Liu Yan. Of course, Liu Zhang could not escape suspicion, but after all, he had been regarded as the heir for two years, so in the end, Liu Yan's subordinates unanimously agreed to jointly recommend Liu Zhang to the imperial court as the assassin of Yizhou.

Then, under the auspices of Liu Zhang, he mourned for Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou.

Poor Liu Dan finally escaped from the hukou and went home, but found that he had entered the wolf's den again. (To be continued.) )