The first thousand two hundred and forty-sixth chapters (3)
After leaving the imperial prison, Zhang Yue already had three self-report books. They came from Liu Qumao, Li Guangli and Jin Riyi. These three self-report books were sincere in words and both loud and affection, and were also important officials from the other two sides that night.
With them, Zhang Yue can wash himself cleanly.
So, Zhang Yue chose to make them public and immediately printed thousands of copies at any cost, and sent them to the hands of famous people and ministers in the world, as well as famous people from all over the world.
Of course, others will definitely doubt and disbelieve it.
But at least, it can dispel many people's anger and delay many people's movements.
This has bought enough time for Zhang Yue.
So, from July fifteenth to the end of July.
The counties and counties that announced the rebellion of the southeastern counties did not move.
Apart from the lack of cooperation and coordination between them, the biggest reason is the three self-reports published by Zhang Yue.
The chaos of the Southeast rebels allowed Zhang Yue to calmly make all military deployments.
On July 21, three thousand cavalry of the Eagle-Yang Brigade were ordered to enter Chang'an. In the following three days, elite field troops from Hexi rushed to Chang'an continuously.
By the 25th, the number of Hexi troops in Chang'an City had reached 30,000.
The time is ripe for armed efforts to resolve the Southeast issue.
But before that, Zhang Yue needs to do another thing - completely stabilize Guanzhong and win over the hearts of the people.
So, on July 28, Zhang Yue issued another edict in the name of the old emperor, announced to reduce all the rent and taxes owed by the thirty-two counties in Guanzhong in the past.
Then he ordered Sang Hongyang to immediately count and calculate the losses of the people, officials and merchants in Chang'an during the turmoil that day.
And declared that in the name of the country, pensions and advantages should be exempted from harm to the people's families.
If the unfortunate victim dies, one of his descendants can enjoy "returning to Shandong". If the house is destroyed, the state will build a new house for him according to the size of his original house. At the same time, these people are allowed to live in the government before the new house is completed.
The soldiers and generals who died in battle in the turmoil to defend the emperor and the country were posthumously awarded the title of meritorious officials and allowed their descendants to be officials.
On the other hand, Zhang Yue completely untie the restrictions on Xinfeng Workshop Garden.
There is no longer any restriction on workshop owners, they can only open their business in the workshop park.
It is allowed and agreed that the workshop owner can freely choose a location and hire a worker freely, and the relevant legal restrictions have been relaxed.
Zhang Yue even ordered Wang Sui, the left-behind Juyan, to order Wang Sui to immediately summon the Western Regions Protector Wang Mang back to Beijing to report his duties in the name of the court. He also sent a great eunuch Guo Rang to order him to go to the south of the Moon to reward Fan Mingyou, the Protector of the Moon South Protectorate, for Fan Mingyou's hard work and made contributions, and was granted the title of Anhou, with a fief of two thousand households.
He also ordered the general Xin Wuling to sit in Yanmen to command and control the county soldiers in Bingzhou, and to deter Fan Mingyou on the grasslands in the south of the desert and the Xiongnu Xuyan Shi Shanyu in Longcheng. Although Xuyan Shi was just a puppet, he also wanted to prevent this person from taking the opportunity to escape from the control of the Han Dynasty.
In general, Zhang Yue’s strategic policy is to stabilize Guanzhong, stabilize the north, possess Heluo, and deter the southeast.
In comparison, the southeastern counties and states are simply a mess.
The Confucian scholars in Qingzhou and the Confucian scholars in Xuzhou quarreled as soon as they met, and the scholars in Lu land in confronted the local scholars as soon as they arrived in Qi County.
Who will be the leader just for the sake of fighting for? Who will be the co-leader?
They quarreled for almost twenty days without a result.
Not to mention anything else.
While they were quarreling, Shangguan Jie quietly headed south, and entered the core areas of Qing and Xu with light and simple clothes.
In these places, Shangguan Jie was stunned.
Because now, even though these counties and states have announced their uprisings to "protect the emperor and revive the Han Dynasty."
But in fact, they didn't even make basic military preparations.
It was just a symbolic way to block the road, but in fact the road was still smooth.
Businessmen from Heluo and Jiyan can still go in and out of Qingxu in a swagger.
The local people didn't even know what was going on? They only knew that the men increased their taxes and corvee labor, and forced a large number of civilians.
Therefore, a large number of people fled into the mountain tombs in order to avoid harsh policies.
What's even more exaggerated is that the county soldiers from all over the country are not even ready for war.
There is very little reserve of ordnance and the training of soldiers is very bad.
There were only a few troops ready for combat.
But they lacked armor and weapons, and could only stay around big cities such as Linzi.
So, Qingxu's counties and states, like their predecessors, Liu Bi, King Wu, and Liu Wu of Chu, fought across the Yangtze River and reached Changyi.
Shangguan Jie suspected that as long as the elite troops in Chang'an moved, these guys would be cleaned up immediately.
The elites of Chang'an destroyed them, which may be easier than when he destroyed Huainan King Liu An, who caused rebellion.
The only thing that made Shangguan Jie afraid was that in order to manage the river, the country organized a large number of young and strong people in Qingxu.
Now that the prince is dead, the young and strong people who manage the river have not been disbanded, they are still in their original place.
Therefore, these people from Ruoqing Xu's rebellious organization may cause trouble for the central government's rebellion army.
So, Shangguan Jie changed his mind and temporarily gave up his plan to buy the generals of the counties and states. Instead, he took Zhang Yue's confession and pardon letter to him and ran to the river management camps in various places, met with officials responsible for river management affairs, and explained the prosecution and prosecutors from the court, and then took out the pardons and prosecutors from these people, and gave them a reward.
So, in just a few days, Shangguan Jie basically convinced more than a dozen officials and persons in charge of the He Daying camp from Qingzhou to Xuzhou.
Through these people, a huge number of young and strong men in the river were under the control of Shangguan Jie.
Based on this, Shangguan Jie continued to walk among the counties and states, disguised as merchants, approached the county soldiers' captains, Sima, and other middle and senior officers. According to Zhang Yue's instructions, he first stated the reasons for the Chang'an incident and left all the blame to the people around the princes such as Kong Anguo and Jin Rizhao, Liu Quqi and other emperors.
Tell these people that things were corrupted by these treacherous ministers.
Now, the emperor is still in power, and the country is still surnamed Liu in the Han Dynasty. General Ying Yang is just taking the imperial edict to temporarily take charge of state affairs. When the emperor comes out of his sadness, he will return the major policies.
He also took out the gold, absolution letter and accused him of the emperor, and promised that if these officers could rectify the situation, the country would not blame him and would be rewarded with the Ming Duke!
The team leader is promoted to Sima, Sima is promoted to the lieutenant, the lieutenant is promoted to the lieutenant and even the county lieutenant.
And these middle and low-level officers are Shangguan Jie's opponents?
What's more, Shangguan Jie also brought real gold and silver and an edict that covered the seal of the emperor.
So they turned against each other.
By early August, the county soldiers of ten counties and states in Qingzhou had already turned against Zhang Yue, and even the county soldiers of Xuzhou and Yangzhou had mostly turned against him.
Chapter completed!