Chapter 14: The Comeback of the Thief

After confirming that Liu Bei and the others had gone away, the superintendent immediately went to Dingzhou Taishou to complain, and Taishou immediately ordered to arrest Liu Bei and others. After some residents got the news, they told Liu Bei, and Liu Bei immediately took his brothers to Daizhou to take refuge with Liu Hui. After Liu Hui knew that Liu Bei was a relative of the Han family, he secretly hid him at home and did not mention anything to the outside world.

In the imperial court, the Ten Standing Servants began to wield power, and they colluded with each other to find a way to slander him and kill him whenever anyone went against their will. Zhao Zhong drank Zhang Rang to send people to ask for money from the thieves' soldiers, and as long as they did not give it, they slandered the emperor and removed them from their official positions.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are both righteous people, and they refused on the spot to ask for money, so their end was to be dismissed.

Not only that, the emperor also named Zhao Zhong and others as chariot generals, and Zhang Rang and other thirteen people were made liehous, which made the political system of the imperial court more and more corrupt and the people resentful. The Yellow Turban thieves had just been pacified, some thieves in Changsha were in rebellion, Yuyang Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun openly rebelled, Zhang Ju was called the emperor to the outside world, Zhang Chun was called the general, and the local officials were in a hurry, and such important news was hidden by the ten permanent servants and not reported, so that the emperor did not know that there was such a thing for a long time.

One day, the emperor was having fun in the back garden, drinking with the ten permanent attendants, and Liu Tao, the counselor, suddenly rushed to the front of the emperor and cried. The emperor asked the reason and said, "The world is already in danger, why is Your Majesty still drinking with the eunuchs!" ”

The emperor was a little confused, and said: "The Yellow Turban Thief has been exterminated, and now that the four seas are peaceful, where is there any crisis?" ”

Liu Tao cried out: "Thieves from all over the world have risen up and invaded the prefectures and counties, all because of the misfortune of the birth of the Ten Standing Servants selling officials and harming the people, and their deception of the monarch has caused the upright people in the court to leave one after another, and the court will be defeated if it goes on like this!" ”

When the Ten Standing Attendants heard this, they were shocked, knelt down in front of the emperor, sighed lamentingly, and explained: "We have done nothing, but the minister cannot tolerate us, and we do not want to live anymore. After saying that, he cried loudly, and the atmosphere was suddenly sad.

After hearing this, the emperor angrily reprimanded Liu Tao and said, "You also have some servants in your family, why can't you tolerate the subordinates who serve me around me, it's really hateful." ”

So he summoned left and right, ready to drag Liu Tao out and behead the public.

Liu Tao shouted loudly: "It's not a pity for the minister to die, but it's a pity that the 400-year foundation of the Han Dynasty will be destroyed in the end!" ”

The samurai took Liu Tao out and was about to be executed, when suddenly a minister came and said, "Don't do it yet, wait for me to persuade Your Majesty." ”

This person was Situ Chen Tan, who walked straight into the middle palace to admonish him, and asked, "Why should Liu Tao be beheaded?" ”

The emperor replied: "He slandered his close ministers and blasphemed the emperor's authority." ”

Chen Tan said: "The people of the world are eager to eat the flesh of the ten permanent servants, but Your Majesty, you respect them like parents, they did not make any credit for the court, but they were all named liehous, and the previous Feng Zhen and others colluded with the Yellow Turban leader Zhang Jiao, almost causing civil strife, a lesson from the past, if Your Majesty does not reflect, the country will be ruined!" ”

The emperor said with a smile: "There is no substantial evidence of the rebellion, even if there are some treacherous villains among the ten permanent servants, there will always be one or two loyal ministers among them." ”

Chen Tan knew that the emperor would not follow his advice, so he slammed his head into the stone steps, wanting to wake up the dimwitted emperor.

The emperor thought that Chen Tan was forcing the palace, but he was even more angry, and ordered him to be dragged out left and right, and together with Liu Tao, they were all imprisoned to await trial.

That night, the ten permanent servants took action, murdered the two in prison, and at the same time issued an edict to the following through the emperor's will, ordering Sun Jian to be the Taishou of Changsha and go to crusade against Ou Xing, more than a month later, received Sun Jian's good news, Jiangxia's rebellion was quelled, and Sun Jian was crowned as the Marquis of Wucheng.

At the same time, he also issued an edict to seal Liu Yu as the pastor of Youzhou, and led the troops to Yuyang to recruit Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun.

Although he lived in Liu Xu's house, after all, he was a guest, and it also caused him a lot of trouble, Liu Bei asked to leave many times, but was refused.

During this time, Yuyi took out "Lu's Spring and Autumn" and flipped through it, hoping to get some enlightenment, but this thing is just an opportunity, sometimes it can be changed by non-human beings, and it is unavoidable.

The two major moves of the imperial court soon spread to all parts of the place, and Yu Yi also inadvertently overheard a conversation with the servants of Liu Hui's mansion, and learned that there was another local rebellion, he thought that this was an excellent opportunity to turn over, so he went to discuss with Liu Bei.

"Big brother, now that the imperial court has sent Sun Jian to Changsha to crusade against Ou Xing, and Liu Yu to Yuyang to conquer Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, should we go to them and make new contributions?"

Yuyi suggested.

Zhang Fei seemed to be a little dissatisfied after hearing this, and said: "Now that the emperor of the court is unconscious, even if we make a contribution again, we will not be able to reach the heavens. ”

"Yes, Hades is so good, the little ghost is difficult!"

Zhang Fei's words are not unreasonable, Yu Yi sighed.

But then he changed the conversation and said: "Now the opportunity has come, if we don't try, then there is always no way to try the dilemma, and who will know what will happen in the future." ”

After Liu Bei thought about it, he agreed with Yuyi's idea, and the two went to see Liu Hui together.

Liu Hui asked what he meant, thinking that Liu Bei and the others were reasonable, and he was willing to help him, and it happened that he had some friendship with Liu Yu, so he repaired a letter to introduce Liu Bei and others.

Liu Yu's army happened to lack generals, and with Liu Bei's joining, he was overjoyed, and he worshipped Liu Bei as a lieutenant that day, and led the army directly into the rebels' lair.

With the experience of crusading against the Yellow Turban thieves in the early stage, Liu Bei's four brothers were divided into two teams, one team was led by Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, and the other team was led by Yuyi and Guan Yu, and attacked the thieves' nest from the front and back.

Yuyang is near the water, there is no high mountain and severe place, there is no danger to defend, the strength of the two sides is equal, in order to decide the victory as soon as possible, the two teams of soldiers and horses attacked continuously, and the battle lasted for several days, which made the opponent's vitality greatly damaged.

Zhang Chun's personality was violent, and he often whipped and killed soldiers for no reason, which aroused the disgust of his subordinates, and some of the soldiers who had long been dissatisfied with him took advantage of his sleep to sneak into the account of His Excellency Zhang Chun's head, and dedicated the head to Yuyi, and led the people to surrender.

Zhang Ju was surrounded by Liu Bei at this moment, it was already the end of the crossbow, the news of Zhang Chun's beheading came again, he was remorseful for a while, and finally hanged himself in the tent, so Yuyang's rebellion was put down.

Later, Liu Yu showed the merits of Liu Bei's brothers and others, and the name of Yuyi was displayed on the table, which reminded Emperor Ling of some of the past, at this time his body was not as good as before, and the resentment in his heart was much less.