Chapter 56: Great Chaos in the World
As the gentry of Suiyang agreed to temporarily let go of the land and fully assist Ye Zhao in restoring Suiyang's government affairs, Ye Zhao's decree was implemented. While Ye Zhao posted a notice to relieve the people and opened warehouses and grain, he quickly wrote to the court, hoping to obtain the right to act cheaply, expand recruitment of troops, and clear the Taiping Cult and Rebellion in the Liang Kingdom.
Nowadays, in addition to Suiyang, seven counties in the eight counties of Liang State have been occupied by the Taiping Cult. With the military power in Ye Zhao's hands, even if the county guards and county soldiers are re-enlisted, there will be only 600 people. If you want to clear out the tens of thousands of Taiping Cult members entrenched in the two countries, judging from the data, it is difficult to reach the sky. Ye Zhao's request is reasonable, but it is unknown whether the court will agree.
"The reason is that there was a traitor within the Taiping Sect. Zhang Jiao had a disciple named Tang Zhou. Because he was dissatisfied with Zhang Jiao's refusal to give him the power of Qu Shuai, he felt resentful and secretly reported the matter to the court, causing the Taiping Sect god Ma Yuanyi to be sentenced to a car split in Luoyang. This happened in early February, which means that when we captured Ma An."
"Then the Taiping Cult had no choice but to initiate the matter in advance. Zhang Jiao called himself General of the Heavenly King, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang called General of the Earth and General of the Rengong. He initiated affairs in Jizhou. Those who followed him gathered, burned the government and killed officials. The thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and wars broke out in seven prefectures and twenty-eight counties."
Three days have passed since the mutiny in Suiyang, and Ye Zhao has successfully contacted the court and obtained a lot of information. In the study, Qiu Chi told Ye Zhao the sorted information.
"What we know now is that around our Liang Kingdom, Chenliu, Rencheng Kingdom, Dongjun, Pei Kingdom and other places have fallen. However, the borders such as Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and Jiangdong are less likely to be bandits, but there are also some impacts. The specific number of Taiping Cult in our Liang Kingdom has not yet been counted. Since Liang Fa was driven away from Suiyang by his lord, Mengxian, Ningling, Yuxian, Gushu and other places have fallen. They have taken the people as Yellow Turbans to seize the treasury of each county, and are slowly approaching Suiyang."
"Lord, if this continues, it will be difficult for us to maintain communication with the court." Fang Yue frowned.
"Ding Li has been sent to Luoyang by me, and my mentor will help me." Ye Zhao nodded and said, "Fang Yue, you should recruit some brave men for training first, and tentatively set a thousand people to gather in the name of brave men of various villages. Don't use the name of the imperial court, and after the official documents are issued, you will then use the banner of the imperial court."
"Here!" Fang Yue nodded and bowed to leave.
"Lord, the food and grass needed for training soldiers..." Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao worriedly. He was afraid that the wealthy families would not help pay the food these foods. He could have seen these days. Although those people were grateful to Ye Zhao, if they wanted to give them more money and food, these people would be resolute. It was already the limit to send some generals from the family to help.
"The treasury has thirty warehouses of grain, and two warehouses are opened as military rations. When the court reported it, it said that the Taiping Sect traitors plundered the five warehouses when they attacked." Ye Zhao said calmly.
Qiu Chi understood it. Obviously, Ye Zhao was not ready to do anything in vain. In addition to two warehouses of military rations, Ye Zhao obviously had to stuff three warehouses into his pocket. However, Qiu Chi was also a retainer of the Ye family, so he would naturally not object to this matter. The stronger the Ye family, the better his life will be in the future.
"In addition, select excellent armor from the warehouse, thousands of weapons, five hundred crossbows, and three thousand bows and two thousand arrows. Taking advantage of the fact that the Taiping Sect's rioters had not completely blocked the retreat and sent them back to Hanoi, Uncle Liang knew what to do." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
"Here." Qiu Chi understood and agreed, and withdrew from Ye Zhao's study. He had done such things before. He had done these things for Guo Xuan when he was in Macheng. He was better at how to operate than Ye Zhao.
Ye Zhao sat on Hu's bed, thinking about how to go next.
He did not drink the verbal soup of Taiping Cult. With the Taiping Cult uprising, although the world was turbulent, it was a reshuffle. Just like this time, even if he drove away the Taiping Cult in time, more than a dozen wealthy families were wiped out in Suiyang, and there would be a certain power vacuum in the uppermost circle of the Han Dynasty. He wanted to find an opportunity to take this opportunity to enter this power vacuum zone.
It is not enough to rely solely on military merits. This is an era of family background. Many times, his origins can limit development. Now he should have entered the emperor's vision, but it is just entering. He needs to heavier the bargaining chips in the emperor's heart.
As for how to aggravate it... I can only take one step at a time, but the Ten General Assassins have to step up their walking, but giving gifts is not enough, and some truth needs to be done.
Just as Suiyang gradually stabilized under Ye Zhao's comfort and began to restore order, the Taiping Cult became more and more intense. Suiyang's failure did not cause the Taiping Cult to be frustrated. Instead, as more and more people were brought under control, more and more Yellow Turban thieves were also increasing. As the counties and counties were said to have fled, the huge Central Plains land was almost over in just one month.
Most of these officials have obtained status from buying officials. After taking office, they often consider how to make a profit, and they will not care about the lives and death of the people. Therefore, the public is extremely resentful. Once it breaks out, these people will feel more irresponsible and will escape with their families. With the result of the ups and downs, the officers and soldiers in the Central Plains are also corruption, and the matter is hasty and the thief is in a huge way.
In early March, the emperor urgently ordered the general He Jin to fight against the thieves, but He Jin was the one? A butcher, with his nepotism, had the power to command the troops in the world, but he did not have the ability to command thousands of troops. He Jin obviously knew his ability, so he said that he was sick and did not go to war. The emperor had no choice but to mobilize Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to lead elite troops to attack the thieves in three ways.
At the same time, he accepted the memorial from Zongzheng Liu Yan, restarted the provincial governor system, and ordered all officials to donate bows, horses and crossbows, and elected descendants of famous generals and talented people to go to the Public Vehicle Bureau for inspection, and then pass the customs and passes to the army to serve.
The world is in chaos, and the emperor has no intention of accepting buying an official position at this moment. As long as he has the ability, he can take office.
But for several consecutive days, although there were many candidates, there were few that suit Liu Hong's wishes, which made Liu Hong quite anxious. On this day, after hearing a group of officials in the Jiade Hall say a bunch of inspirational but nonsense, Liu Hong impatiently ordered the court to scatter and go to the palace in a depressed mood.
"Your Majesty, no one can use any troubles?" Zhang Rang was by Liu Hong's side. Seeing the emperor frowning, he couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"My father should know the current situation, that horn..." Liu Hong stopped talking at the end, just said depressedly: "It's really hateful!"
"There is one old slave, which may be of some use." Zhang Rang said with a smile.
"Oh?" Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang curiously: "My father has never left the palace, how can he know about talents?"
"Although the old slave has not left the palace, he has ears. Your Majesty has forgotten the disciple Cai Weng." Zhang Rang said with a smile.
"Ye Zhao?" Liu Hong suddenly realized.
"I have heard of this person. When I was in the northern border, I often defeated the more with less and killed the Xianbei Shanyu. This person would be slightly visible." Zhang Rang mentioned with a smile and stopped talking.
"I also remember this person, not only because of outstanding strategy!" Liu Hong nodded after hearing this, "It's just that Liang State is the most dangerous place for bandits, I'm afraid this person has already..."
Chapter completed!