As the king of Ganling, Liu Zhong openly mingled with the rebels and openly opposed the imperial court's orders. This was a very important political signal to the local people.
The rebels of the Ganling Kingdom happened to want a leader who was nominally from the past, so they chose to respect Liu Zhong as their leader and asked him to lead them against the imperial court.
This guy actually started giving orders in a grand manner, with the style of declaring himself the king. Those who didn't know it thought he was going to launch an army to attack Luoyang and take action against Liu Bei.
So Xu Huang could only choose to pass through Julu County quickly, and then arrive at Ganling State to deal with Liu Zhong. Fortunately, there were no large-scale enemy forces in Julu County. Xu Huang passed through Julu County quickly, and in early July of the first year of Zhenguan,
The forced march arrived near the boundary bridge, where the army was allowed to rest for a day before continuing to advance.
At that time, the situation in Ganling Kingdom was very bad, and the situation in Bohai County was also dangerous. Cai Yong was having a hard time persisting.
Fortunately, the Yingyang Army led by Cao Ren completed the cleanup mission of Qingzhou ahead of schedule with the cooperation of Xun Yu. After learning about the bandit rebellion in Bohai County, he led his troops across the Yellow River and advanced towards Bohai County.
When Xu Huang was unable to do anything else, Cao Ren shouldered this burden.
So the battlefield situation in early July was that the two armies of Xu Huang and Cao Ren were advancing towards Ganling Kingdom and Bohai County respectively. The total number of rebels in Ganling Kingdom and Bohai County had exceeded 60,000, and the armies led by Xu Huang and Cao Ren
The number is less than 30,000.
But neither Xu Huang nor Cao Ren thought they could solve this battle with a huge disparity in numbers.
Xu Huang and Cao Ren rushed to their respective battlefields.
At the same time, fighting of varying degrees of severity also broke out in other areas in the north.
Although the land transfer decree was nominally the first wave of attacks on officials, as some officials resisted, the powerful landlords could no longer sit still and started to resist together. They did not wait for the second phase of the land transfer order to be issued by the court.
The war started in full force.
They know very well that they cannot escape. If they sit back and watch the officials' resistance being suppressed by the imperial court, who will be able to help them fight against the imperial court when they are in trouble?
So they chose to start an uprising in advance and act together with the rebellious officials, determined not to make the same mistakes again.
So one after another they emerged from the water and officially broke up with the court.
It can be said that fighting broke out in many places in this round. In many places, rebels rebelled under the banner of resisting the Dutian Order. It seemed to be on a large scale, and it seemed that the whole world was rebelling.
However, if you take a closer look, you can see that the rebels that appear in most rebel areas are quite weak, with few numbers, poor equipment, and better than nothing combat effectiveness. They are a complete mob, so generally speaking, most rebellions are controllable.
For those rebels, the local garrison can deal with them. Some of them don't even need the local garrison to be dispatched. They are all solved by the local soldiers who do not have full strength under the leadership of the captain of the county soldiers.
In a county, two to three hundred county soldiers under the leadership of a county soldier captain can eliminate the rebels in that county, even if there are thousands of rebels in that county.
From mid-to-late May to early July, the news from all over the world was like this. Therefore, Liu Bei, who was in Luoyang to have an overview of the overall situation, looked at the specific situation and felt that there was no need to dispatch the Luoyang garrison to assist in the battle.
But there was one thing that surprised him.
He originally thought that the people who jumped out in this wave would be some guys with shallow eyelids, so their status would not be very high. However, he did not expect that several sect kings would also jump out in this wave and openly oppose Du Tian.
Order, go against him.
He knew that the news was not notified to him by Xu Huang, but by the intelligence system controlled by Liu Hui. He first knew the news about King Zhao Liu She, and the news about the back assassination of King Ganling Liu Zhong did not come to Liu Bei until mid-to-late July.
I know, Xu Huang's message was also sent a few days after that.
King Zong joined the rebel army and resisted the order to save the land. This was not news that the court could laugh off.
The identities of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty are sensitive and special, and they are basically descendants of Liu Xiu. They are relatively close to Liu Xie, and they are just strangers to the current emperor Liu Bei, not to mention having nothing to do with them.
When Liu Bei expanded the target of the slave restriction order to include the king, the ministers were suspicious and felt that Liu Bei might want to attack the king, but the kings did not come out to object at that time.
But this time, under the intimidation of Dutian Ling, the princes finally couldn't bear it anymore.
According to the rules of the Eastern Han Dynasty, only princes can serve as princes, which is far different from the rule of the Western Han Dynasty where seven aunts and eight aunts may serve as kings. This rule has been continued from Liu Xiu to the present, it has been almost two hundred years, and everyone has become accustomed to it.
When Liu Bei came to power, according to the rules, he should make his sons kings and blood relatives. As for the clans of the previous dynasty, there are probably some other ways to deal with them.
But Liu Bei didn't.
He only established his eldest son Liu Shen as the crown prince. The other sons were not given any titles on the grounds that they were underage, so they still stayed by his side to teach and raise them personally.
As for the Liu clan in Zhuo County and Zhuo County, except for a few people who have been serving as officials by his side, Liu Bei received material rewards. Even if they were promoted in title, it was because of their real merits. For the Liu clan in Zhuo County and Zhuo County, Liu Bei did not give any rewards.
Any unexpected reward was not given, and even the expected reward was not given.
Generally speaking, the circumstances of Liu Bei's ascension to the throne are special, and even the matter of being ennobled is very special.
Therefore, some people have been discussing privately. Do they think Liu Bei has some special ideas in not taking action on the imperial system? Or do they want to wait for some opportunity to bring down the old clan kings?
Everyone thinks that keeping those old clan kings will not do any good for the Third Reich, but they don't know when Liu Bei will officially take action.
And now, they found that this opportunity seemed to have appeared.
Zhao Wang Liu She openly opposed the imperial court and tried to cooperate with the rebels in fighting. The evidence was conclusive, so he was captured on the spot by Xu Huang and escorted to Luoyang for trial.
Liu Bei was furious and handed Liu She over to a judge for trial. He ordered a strict investigation and interrogation. He would never be tolerated. If there were really relevant circumstances, he would be punished in the most severe way. He must not be spared just because he was a member of the Han clan.
Here, the prince breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people!
If such a thing really happens, in fact, it really is what it is. You are rebelling after all. This kind of thing is something that will make you lose your head in any dynasty or generation. If you don’t lose your head, it would be abnormal. If you really want to lose your head,
No one can say anything.
Therefore, Liu She's matter was really in line with the thoughts of the ministers.
It’s just that Liu Bei really doesn’t think so. He has no idea who should be the clan king. Anyway, they are all descendants of Liu Bang. Who should be the successor? As long as he is honest, he doesn’t want to treat the Han clan clan harshly once he gets to the throne.
Dear reputation.
Although he later had the idea of operating a little on the Han clan clan groups, it was similar to Du Tianling, thinking of using these relatively wealthy Han clan clan kings, big landlord clans and other groups to collect their
They used their taxes to subsidize the impoverished Han clan members.
We are all descendants of Liu Bang's ancestor. Liu Bei also felt the same situation as the Han clan clan group in the current Han Empire. He also understood the gap between the clans of the Western Han Dynasty and the clans of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so he came up with this method.
Let's do a gentler robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, so that this group will not appear so indifferent.
But he didn't expect that a sect king would actually stand up and hang out with the rebels who opposed the Du Tian Order, and would actually mobilize troops, blatantly oppose the imperial court, become their leader, and engage in such rebellion.
Which one is more important: taxes or the status of the clan king?
Are these guys really completely clueless?
Liu Bei shook his head and was very dissatisfied with these high-ranking clan members who had been raised and wasted. He felt that they were all just insects, hopeless ones. They gave up long-term interests for a small profit. They were really among the insects.
Insects.
Such people continue to hold high positions and enjoy state salaries and tax exemptions. It is simply the Han Empire digging a hole for itself.
So Liu Bei made up his mind to conduct a detailed review of the Han clan clan groups, especially those who are still receiving salaries from the imperial court. If there are any problems, all of them will be removed and their titles will be removed.
Save some money on the court and take care of these evildoers.
The following trial was against Liu She. Because of Liu She's special status, the three divisions were a bit reluctant to let him go. So Liu Bei personally served as the presiding judge and interrogated Liu She without mercy, asking all heart-wrenching questions.
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Liu She also pretended to be calm at the beginning, then collapsed later, and finally knelt down directly in front of Liu Bei and begged for mercy.
He honestly confessed that he was just worried that Liu Bei would depose his king in accordance with the Eastern Han Dynasty practice. He was very worried, afraid of losing his king, afraid of losing his current status and honor, so he made the mistake under the threat of Du Tianling.
path of.
But this is all avoidable. This is all a misunderstanding. He feels that he must explain clearly to Liu Bei that he does not want to rebel at all, just because he is afraid. There is no other reason. He has no intention of threatening Liu Bei's throne. It does not matter if Liu Bei continues to be emperor.
He just hopes to get a guarantee to protect himself.
But Liu Bei didn't want to hear it anymore.
For your own safety, you sent troops to threaten the lives of officials and responded to the call of the rebels. How dare you say that you are innocent?
If you are innocent, are there any criminals in the world?
The chaos in the world is still going on, but Liu Bei has already made a judgment against Liu She.
Liu She colluded with the rebels, committed rebellion, killed loyal people, and betrayed the emperor. It was unforgivable and was sentenced to death. Three tribes were executed. Zhao was exterminated and renamed Zhao County, thus severing its inheritance.
Liu She is finished.
He shouted Liu Bei's name loudly, begged Liu Bei for mercy, and cried bitterly to the point of almost collapse. He completely lost the arrogance, domineering and self-confidence in Prince Zhao's palace.
This is not unexpected.
As the first top Han clan member to be dealt with after Liu Bei came to power, Liu She's demise was completely expected by everyone. From the news of his collusion with the rebels, everyone knew that he was doomed and the three clans disappeared.
He will definitely be indispensable for Xiaole.
Originally, he shouldn't have such an end, but it's hard to persuade the damn ghost. He committed suicide. Who can save him?
Because of the special circumstances, Liu She was sentenced to death on July 26 of the first year of Zhenguan, the fifth day after the trial. Liu Bei personally supervised the execution at the Luoyang execution ground.
Liu She's head soon fell to the ground, and Liu Bei ordered his head to be treated with lime, and then sent to the kings of the world in turn, asking them to take a look and think about what they should and should not do.
In order not to follow Liu She's old path, they should probably reflect and think carefully about whether they have made mistakes. If they have, then admit their mistakes quickly. If they reflect on their behavior well, they may still survive.
For the sake of his clan members, Liu Bei didn't want to do anything too extreme, but if someone really broke the rules, there was nothing he could do.
For example, Liu Zhong was even more hateful than Liu She.
Liu She had the thoughts and actions of rebellion, but he was a poor man and was suppressed. From the beginning to the end of Zhao's rebellion, he was under guard and unable to move. He was a pure waste.
But Liu Zhong was not. He had ideas, actions, and some intrigues. He specifically targeted the defenders when they were vulnerable, killed them, killed many loyal and brave soldiers, and allowed the rebels to plunder Ganling County.
, causing a large number of innocent deaths and injuries.
Liu Bei was extremely angry with this man.
So he directly gave an order to Xu Huang, asking Xu Huang to capture them alive, and not to let Liu Zhong die too happily. He must let Liu Zhong feel what it means to live worse than death, and what it means to live but not to die. Let him
After suffering all the suffering in the world, I left this world with a feeling of regret that I would not be a human being in the next life.
Liu Bei's anger was transferred to Xu Huang along with the order. Xu Huang, who had just won a battle, sighed repeatedly after reading Liu Bei's edict.
The subordinate asked Xu Huang why he sighed, and Xu Huang shook his head.
"If Liu Zhong had done nothing, he could have continued to be a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and maybe he could have continued to be the clan king. However, he didn't know that he took the wrong medicine and actually wanted to rebel. Did he really think that
Can his rebellion be successful with just one rebel from Ganling Kingdom? He underestimates Your Majesty."
The subordinate thought about the victorious battle that had just ended and nodded, feeling that Xu Huang was right.
There is such a huge disparity in the combat capabilities of the two armies. What thoughts did Liu Zhong have that led him to become the leader of the Ganling rebels so decisively?
It is undeniable that there are so many people in this world who have an inexplicable sense of superiority and think that they are particularly awesome and powerful, even if they actually have no ability at all.
Liu Zhong is this kind of person.
At first, Xu Huang just felt that this person was somewhat arrogant, or a little unclear about his own abilities, but Xu Huang soon discovered that he was wrong, and the wrong was a bit outrageous.
the reason is simple.
Not long after Xu Huang fought a victorious battle near the boundary bridge, as the army was advancing, he heard that Liu Zhong was instigated by the Ganling rebels and shouted new slogans, and began to question Liu Bei's legitimacy on the throne.
Sex.
Liu Zhong believed that Liu Bei's throne was illegitimate. It was a very shameful bullying of the weak and was snatched from the hands of weak children. It had no legal basis at all, especially when Liu Hong still had a son alive, even if
The eldest son Liu Bian was deposed as a commoner because of his crimes. Isn't Liu Xie still there?
Therefore, Liu Bei should return the throne to Liu Hong and his family and stop his attempts to usurp the throne.
For this reason, Liu Zhong publicly shouted slogans, asking Liu Bei to return the throne. He also called on the people of the world to unite, first go to the Hejian Kingdom to welcome Liu Xie back, then support Liu Xie as the emperor, and then together conquer Luoyang and let Liu Bei
Hand over the throne.
If Liu Bei surrenders the throne, he can still survive, but if he refuses to surrender the throne, he will be punished with the most severe punishment, even beheading.
To be honest, when he heard the news, Xu Huang was stunned. For a moment, he felt as if he had taken the wrong medicine and had auditory hallucinations.
What? Some people question Liu Bei's throne, so they want to force Liu Bei to abdicate?
Who is so brave?
Oh, Liu Zhong.
Xu Huang was silent for a while and expressed his sincere "admiration" for Liu Zhong's behavior of not only dying but also trying to survive.
It would be fine if you were simply against the Order of Dutian. If Liu Bei wanted to label him as a rebel, he would be asking for trouble. But now Liu Zhong is seriously attacking Liu Bei's throne, and everyone in the world recognizes it.
Open up the matter, openly challenge the existing political order, and openly fight against the current vested interests.
Good guy, you think your life is too comfortable and your life span is too long, so you can’t wait to be reincarnated, right?