Chapter 5 The sudden change in the situation Chapter 52
The censor Yang Qin hugged a book of books and walked into the imperial study room in panic.
"My dear, what happened?" The emperor couldn't help but smile when he saw Yang Qin's head sweating, "Have your Censorate caught fire?"
"Your Majesty is telling a joke." Yang Qin bowed and said, "There is a big deal in Jizhou."
The emperor was shocked. Xu Shao said in the afternoon that there was a conspiracy in the north, and there was news about Jizhou in the evening. He was really a god.
"Your Majesty, Yan Liang colluded with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief and led his army to Yecheng. The Central General Bi Lan, the Jizhou Governor Wang Fen and the provincial bureaucrats were all killed." Yang Qin said loudly.
"The news is accurate?" the emperor asked angrily, "When did it happen?"
"What happened the day before yesterday." Yang Qin said, "Xu You, a non-man in Jizhou Prefecture, escaped by luck. He wrote a letter to impeach Li Hong and Yan Liang, saying that they joined forces with the Yellow Turban Ant Thief and the Fangshi Xiang Kai of Taiping County to conspire to hijack Your Majesty and make Hefei the King of Emperor Emperor. The governor of Jizhou Wang Fen discovered their conspiracy and told the Marquis of Bi Lan, who had arrived in Yecheng in advance. Marquis Bi immediately ordered the arrest and killing Yan Liang. Unexpectedly, the news leaked, Yan Liang immediately led his people to Yecheng."
"Li Hong? Hijack?" The emperor pointed at his nose and asked furiously, "Li Hong wants to kidnap me in Jizhou? He wants to make the King of Hefei the Emperor?"
"Yes." Yang Qin handed over the letter and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, this is Xu You's memorial. Li Hong was extremely guilty and should send someone to kill him immediately."
The emperor was furious and waved his hand, "Immediately ask Yuan Shu to arrest him!"
"Yuan Shu has been caught by Li Hong." Yang Qin put the bamboo slips in his hand on the table, took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms and handed them respectfully, and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, this secret memorial is from Yuan Shu, the captain of Changshui Camp. He has been imprisoned by Li Hong. His subordinates deceived him and surrendered to Li Hong and secretly sent someone to send this secret memorial."
The emperor grabbed the silk cloth from Yang Qin's hand and looked at it quickly, his anger became more and more intense.
"Send someone to Jizhou immediately to capture Li Hong."
Yang Qin asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, now Changshui Camp is in his hands, and the Yellow Turban Ant Thief colluded with him again. How can he catch him? Who will be sent to catch him?"
The emperor stared at his small eyes and shouted angrily: "Go and call Zhang Wen, Liu Yu, and Lu Zhi too. This bastard dares to betray me?"
"Your Majesty, then tomorrow..."
"I won't leave tomorrow."
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Li Hong exchanged the lives of all the officers of the Yellow Turban Army for the confession of the bitter chief.
"How do you guarantee their lives?" asked Ku Qiao, "Do you want to bring them all to Xiliang?"
"Yes, if I want to save their lives, I can only do this." Li Hong smiled, "As long as I encounter a general amnesty, it will be up to them to decide whether these people will stay or not."
Ku Ke was also very happy and immediately told the whole story. Now, Wang Fen committed suicide, Xiang Kai had no sign of it, and he was arrested. The matter had completely failed. It was actually the same whether he could give it or not, but if he could save dozens of his subordinates' lives, of course he would make a fortune.
"What did you say just now? Who is Andingshuai?" Li Hong asked suddenly, "What does Andingshuai want to do?"
Ku Jia's face changed and he asked strangely: "Ship An Ding Shuai? I didn't say "Ship An Ding Shuai? Who is Anding Shuai?"
Li Hong smiled and said, "Zhang Yan attacked Taiyuan, Yang Feng occupied Jizhou, Bai Zao attacked Hanoi, threatening Luoyang, so who is Youzhou? Is Youzhou Anding Commander commanding the rebellion? Is your method very good?"
Ku Chief said hatefully: "It's all the money, it's just a missed thing. You are clearly in Xiliang, how could you come to Jizhou? If you didn't come to Jizhou, how could we fail?"
"If this matter is successful, the scale will be even bigger than that of Zhang Jiao." Yan Liang sneered, "You are too big of a mind."
"Xiang Kai's move is like Zhang Jiao, with amazing momentum." Wen Chou exclaimed, "This time, he is even ready for the emperor."
"Who is Andingshoulder?" Li Hong pointed to Ku Chief and asked, "You'd better make it clear."
Ku Qiao denied, "How do I know who Andingshang is? I have already made it clear about Jizhou. The rest is your leopard business. You have to keep your word."
Li Hong stared at him for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I really don't understand what you think. You keep saying that you do this for the people of the world and for the people of the Han Dynasty. But look at Zhang Jiao, look at Zhang Niujiao, look at yourself. Who is the one who dies the most when you lead the Yellow Turban Army to fight? It is precisely the people you are talking about. Is this the result you want? Do you want all the people of the Han Dynasty to die?"
"This heaven is unfair, but what did you mean by Huang Tian bring to the people of the Han Dynasty?"
Ku Kei stood up suddenly and said loudly: "What do you know? Do you know how the dead people die? You only see our miserable creatures, but why don't you see who is harming the world? Who is forcing us to rise up?"
Li Hong was furious and was about to speak sarcastically, but suddenly remembered what Zhang Chun said to him by the Holy Water River.
Li Hong sighed secretly, speechless.
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The emperor will set off with the Empress Dowager to Jizhou tomorrow. The Zongzheng Liu Yu, who was in charge of the matter, was still busy inside and outside the North Palace. Hearing that His Majesty was going to summon him, Liu Yu thought it was about returning home to worship his ancestors, so he hurried to the imperial study room.
The emperor Long Yan was furious. When he saw Liu Yu walking into the imperial study, he cursed him. Liu Yu knelt on the ground and listened for a long time before he could hear what was going on.
"Your Majesty is different." Liu Yu saw the emperor stopping and without saying anything, and hurriedly said, "Have you ever seen Li Zhonglang's memorial?"
"He is going to establish another emperor, so what else can I submit a memorial?" the emperor cursed, "You go to Jizhou immediately to capture him."
"Is there any evidence of the impeachment of Your Majesty, Wang Fen, Yuan Shu and Xu You?" Liu Yu said, "Your Majesty, don't listen to one-sided words and make rude statements. Think about it, there are so many people who want to kill Li Zhonglang, why is it not a false accusation?"
"False accusation? Can the King of Hefei be falsely accused? Can Bi Lan be killed at will?" the emperor slapped, "Are you so confused?"
"At that time, what did Your Majesty transfer Li Zhonglang back from the battlefield in Xiliang? Did Your Majesty forget it?" Liu Yu bowed and said, "Your Majesty was worried that the trip to Jizhou would be dangerous, so he transferred him back to Beijing. Your Majesty trusted his loyalty and entrusted him with important tasks. Now there is a chaos in Jizhou, and Your Majesty's worries have become reality. Is Your Majesty no alert at all?"
The emperor sneered, but his eyes had become calm. Hearing that the minister he trusted wanted to rebel and to make Hefei king the king the emperor, the emperor's mind lost his mind in an instant. Which king was willing to lose his own country? Today, Zi is no exception, especially when he heard that he wanted to make Hefei king the king, it would be more unbearable than killing him. But Liu Yu's words suddenly woke him up. Why did he recruit Li Hong back to Beijing? Wasn't he just beware of such a thing? Now this kind of thing has been revealed, which is what Xu Shao said about the failure of the conspiracy in the north. So, who is behind this matter?
"Your Majesty, Li Zhonglang is just an idiot and a barbarian. What else can he do besides fighting? Your Majesty asked him to go to Jizhou to explore the journey. He didn't know what he should do, so he went to the Imperial Academy and asked several students for help. With such a person, he would come up with such a complicated conspiracy? Who is Xiang Kai? Your Majesty should know that he can trust Li Zhonglang? Li Zhonglang killed hundreds of thousands of Zhang Niujiao, and Yan Liang was his subordinate at that time. Only these two people would ant thief give up his hatred and collude with them to rebel? Do you believe such a stupid lie?"
The emperor was suddenly frightened, his vest cooled, and he suddenly burst into a cold sweat.
"Yan Liang's wife is Yang Feng's sister? This is even more funny. The ant thief was defeated by Li Hong at that time and fled. Most of the families of the ant thief leader were captured. Yan Liang found two beautiful women as maids among them. What's so strange about this? I think Your Majesty should think about it. What's the purpose of Wang Fen trying to dig out such a thing? Xu You, what is Xu You, just an employee of Jizhou Prefecture, what is his credibility? He said that Yan Liang killed Wang Fen and killed Bi Lan. Will Your Majesty believe it? Then why did the bureaucrats in Jizhou Prefecture die from Wang Fen to the guard guards and guards die? Why didn't he die? What happened the day before yesterday, Xu You's memorial was at the Shangshu Depot today. How did he send it? Did this memorial fly with wings?"
The emperor slowly walked to Li Hong's portrait with his hands behind his back and looked at the tear in Li Hong's eyes in a daze. He suddenly thought of what was behind the tears, and his thoughts suddenly extended to Jizhou. He suddenly understood what the conspiracy in Xu Shao's mouth was. A smile slowly appeared on the corner of the emperor's mouth.
"Yuan Shu's secret memorial is full of flaws." Liu Yu spread out the silk cloth and said loudly, "He said that Wang Fen discovered the conspiracy between Li Hong and Yan Liang, and asked him to lead troops to capture Li Hong. As Li Hong's subordinate, Yuan Shu did not listen to Li Hong, but instead listened to the orders of a prefecture and county governor. He is an idiot? He dared to arrest Li Hong, and of course Li Hong would arrest him. What's there to impeach? Also, if Li Hong wanted to rebel, he would catch Yuan Shu and not kill him, so why should he keep it? Is it just to let Yuan Shu write this secret memorial to tell His Majesty that he had already rebelled?"
"Why haven't Li Zhonglang sent a memorial yet?" the emperor interrupted Liu Yu and asked, "Has he encountered something difficult?"
"Your Majesty..." Liu Yu felt relieved when he saw that the emperor had calmed down and his tone of calling Li Hong changed.
"Thank you, my dear." The emperor walked to Liu Yu, patted his shoulder gratefully and said, "Get up." As he said that, he reached out and grabbed Liu Yu's arm and helped him up.
"Your Majesty, according to me, this may be yesterday's incident, not the day before yesterday." Liu Yu said, "There are people in Luoyang who want to cover up the truth."
The emperor nodded as if he had some understanding.
"We also received a document sent by Li Hong from Xindu yesterday. Although Li Hong did not mention Yuan Shu and Yecheng in the book, it can at least show that Li Hong was in Xindu three days ago. If Li Hong rushed to Yecheng overnight after solving Yuan Shu, then we will receive Li Hong's memorial tomorrow. At that time, we will know the whole story."
At this time, the Grand Marshal Zhang Wen and the Minister of Shang Lu Zhi rushed to the Beigong at the same time.
After carefully reading Yuan Shu's secret music and Xu You's memorial, the two were both shocked.
"What do you think of the two beloved ministers? Just say it. If you think that Liu Aiqing is inconvenient to speak in person, I can let him leave." The emperor said with a cold face and a sarcastic smile.
"No need, Your Majesty." Zhang Wen bowed and said, "Li Zhonglang and Yan Duwei were both my subordinates. Although they didn't have much contact, they were both loyal and fierce people and would never do such a traitor. In addition, we have not received a memorial from Li Zhonglang yet. It is too early to say that he is treasonous."
"Your Majesty, I think there are too many doubts in this." Lu Zhi then pointed out the flaws in the two memorials one by one. His analysis was even more thorough than Liu Yu's words, and the emperor nodded repeatedly when he heard it.
"Your Majesty, according to my opinion, this trip to Jizhou has to be cancelled." Lu Zhi finally said, "Now the situation in Jizhou is unstable, and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans are ready to move. The Hu people on the northern border have begun to invade. The timing is very bad, especially the situation in Luoyang..."
Lu Zhi suddenly stopped and stopped talking.
"My dear, why don't you say it?" the emperor asked strangely, "What's wrong with the situation in Luoyang?"
"Your Majesty, it's better not to make this matter public for the time being." Zhang Wen said, "We have no specific report on the matter in Jizhou. Once it spreads in Luoyang, rumors are flying everywhere, which is very unfavorable to Li Zhonglang. Li Zhonglang offended the power of all parties in the court because of the anti-corruption campaign. Too many people want to kill him. If everyone takes the blame, the situation will be difficult to control."
"Now the Xianbei Murong Feng has invaded Youzhou, and Tuoba Feng has also entered Bingzhou. The border situation is very critical. At this time, Luoyang needs stability. Your Majesty, it needs stability." Zhang Wen said anxiously, "I have discussed it many times and think it is better to divide Li Hong's army into two. Some of them are led by the captain Xianyufu and returned to Youzhou immediately to fight the enemy, and some are led by Li Hong to Liangzhou to suppress the rebels."
"Let me think about it." The emperor said, "What I have the most troubles of now is not the invasion of the Hu people on the border, but how to explain it to the Queen Mother."
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The emperor suddenly ordered the cancellation of his trip to Jizhou, which immediately caused a sensation in Luoyang. The emperor's joke was a big deal.
That afternoon, the emperor received a memorial from Li Hong, and at the same time they also delivered confessions from some bureaucrats of Jizhou Prefecture and Ku Chief of the Yellow Turban Army.
"The matter in Jizhou is basically clear." Jian Shuo put down the memorial and frowned, "But why did he not mention Xiang Kai or King Hefei? In the court discussion tomorrow, he will definitely be impeached by the ministers."
"Either it was intentional slandering or Li Zhonglang had no intention." The emperor said, "Look, he tried his best to defend Yuan Shu and He Feng in the memorial, saying that they were deceived by Wang Fen. It's a joke. Is Yuan Shu a three-year-old child? Li Zhonglang said that after careful verification, it was proved that neither Yuan Shu nor He Feng participated in Wang Fen's rebellion. Moreover, Yuan Shu and He Feng immediately woke up. They took the lead in killing into Yecheng with Changshui Camp and made great contributions."
The emperor cursed indignantly: "What do you want to do this leopard? Want to please the general?"
"Your Majesty, Li Zhonglang's writing this is probably a helpless move." Liu Yu said, "He is probably afraid that if he continues to investigate, it will involve too much, so that the government and the country will be in chaos, and Luoyang will be in chaos."
The emperor snorted angrily and said nothing.
"Will Xiang Kai and the King of Hefei continue to investigate?" Jian Shuo looked at the emperor, hesitated for a moment, and said, "In my opinion, Xiang Kai must have a part in it, otherwise Wang Fen would not be able to collude with the ant thief. As for the King of Hefei?"
"Of course we need to investigate." The emperor sneered, "The King of Hefei needs to investigate even more." The emperor picked up the memorial on the table and pointed to the text on it and said, "This leopard is probably afraid of death. He wrote a memorial, hiding his head and pinching his tail, for fear of being caught. He left a sentence in the end, and there are still doubts and is still pursuing it. What does this mean? I just don't want to investigate."
"Check it? It's simple to say, but it's very difficult to do. The key now is to catch Xiang Kai and Xu You. As long as you catch one of them, things will be broken." Liu Yu stroked his beard and said, "But do we really need this kind of investigation? The Taiwei Lord has already said that what Luoyang needs most now is stability."
The emperor stood up, walked back and forth a few steps in a hurry, and said loudly: "I would have tens of thousands of troops in my hands now."
"Why don't your Majesty consider taking advantage of this matter and taking the opportunity to take back the general's military power." Liu Yu stroked his beard and said, "At this time, will the general go to Hefei in person?"
The emperor was stunned, then suddenly realized, smiled, clapped his hands and shouted, "Your dear, please hide it."
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In the court, the voices of impeachment of Li Hong filled the emperor's ears.
The emperor was also furious and said that he would send someone to investigate.
"My dear friends, who would like to go to Jizhou to capture him back?" the emperor asked.
The court suddenly became quiet.
The emperor looked around and joked, "You guys don't go? Haha, I thought you all were going to rush to go?"
"Since everyone is not going, then I will issue an order to ask Li Hong to submit apology first." The emperor said with a sarcastic look on his face, "General, you don't want to go to Jizhou, what about Hefei?"
He Jin hurriedly stepped out and said loudly: "I am willing to go to Hefei, and I will receive the order."
The emperor was overjoyed and a rare smile appeared on his face.
When the court controversy was about to end, an amazing news came.
Xi Zhi, a great hero in Xingyang, gathered more than 20,000 people to occupy Xingyang City. At the same time, Tan Bo, a native of Zhongmu, killed Zhongmu Ling, gathered 30,000 refugees to occupy Zhongmu City. War broke out in Henan Prefecture for a while.
Xingyang and Zhongmu are both in important places in the capital, very close to Luoyang. The rebels actually rebelled at the feet of the emperor, which was really unthinkable.
The emperor issued an order to order General He Jin to stay in Hulao Pass and dispatch the Northern Army to guard the pass to protect Luoyang. Henan Yin He Miao immediately led his army to quell the rebellion.
The emperor looked at General He Jin walking out of the court with a swaying face. He really didn't understand why God didn't help him.
Chapter completed!