Chapter 394 It’s a pity that Liu Hong is not the great magician
To be honest, this Bashu rebellion is not unexpected.
The Tao people living in Bajun were stimulated by the Yizhou Yellow Turbans uprising and were extremely dissatisfied with local officials, so they also decided to rebel.
However, because Liu Bei quickly entered Shu to quell the war, the amazing fighting power displayed by Liu Bei's persistence made the people feel frightened and did not dare to cause chaos.
So they lay dormant for the time being and did not break out into a full-scale rebellion.
However, with Liu Bei's departure and the intensification of conflicts between Bajun officials and the people after the war, at the end of July in the fifth year of Zhongping, less than a month after Liu Bei left Shuzhong, the people began to rebel in Bajun.
, conquered prefectures and counties, killed officials, and made a huge splash.
The governor of Bajun was unable to resist, and was quickly caught and killed by the Taoists. Bajun was in chaos, and Liang Hu, the new governor of Yizhou, was even blocked in Hanzhong and could not go south because of this, so he had to ask the court for help.
Liu Hong is busy preparing to establish a new army, and he has no time to take care of Yizhou. He is so annoyed that he wants to learn the special ability of his ancestor Liu Xiu, summon an extraterrestrial fire stone to fall from the sky, and kill all those traitors.
Smashed to death.
How relaxing would that be?
It's a pity that Liu Hong is not the great magician.
So he thought of Liu Bei again.
"There are many barbarians in Yizhou, they are unruly and the officials are incompetent. It is useless to make the court uneasy! The only way to relieve my worries is to hand over all the military affairs in Yizhou. In this way, I can concentrate my energy.
It’s about matters in Luoyang City.”
Liu Hong really didn't care about the trouble in Yizhou.
He was busy dealing with the situation in Luoyang City and building a new army. Out of his trust and dependence on Liu Bei, he decided to do everything in one step and directly hand over all the security affairs of Yizhou to Liu Bei.
Anyway, Liu Bei manages Liangzhou so well, so he must have enough energy to manage Yizhou.
As the saying goes, those who can work hard should be like this!
So at the end of July in the fifth year of Zhongping, Liu Hong issued an edict to add the post of governor to Liu Bei's hussar general military position, governor of the military affairs of Liang and Yizhou, and stationed troops in Liangzhou and Yizhou respectively to intimidate Xiaoxiao
, maintain the stability of Liangyi Prefecture.
Liang Hu, the governor of Yizhou, was in charge of civil affairs, and all military affairs were left to Liu Bei. In the event of war, local officials in Yizhou, including Liang Hu, the governor, were required to follow Liu Bei's orders without making any mistakes.
Of course, the imperial court could not afford to spend military expenses. Liangzhou and Yizhou would bear the military expenses for this trip to Shu. However, as compensation for the imperial court, part of the future taxes and fees could be exempted and used as military supplies.
It was like the imperial court borrowed money from Liangyi Prefecture to fight the war.
In fact, if he really wanted to give money, Liu Hong could definitely afford it personally. The income he received from selling salt, selling officials, and other miscellaneous incomes were enough to support many small and medium-sized wars involving tens of thousands of people, but he would not do this.
Why do I have to pay personally for the country’s affairs?
This is inappropriate.
When this news reached Liangzhou, it was early August, and Liu Bei was still going back and forth between the Prefecture Mufu and the Prefecture School at his own pace, carefully taking care of the affairs of the Liangzhou Prefecture and the Prefecture School, which were on the right track.
At that time, he was preparing to arrange a summer camp for the students of the state school to go to the countryside. He planned to let them spend a month during the hottest summer season to engage in agricultural internships in the major collective farms in Hanyang County and become strong men for a month.
labor.
Liu Bei needed them to eat and live together with the farmers, and feel the feeling of the hot summer together. He believed that doing so would help students understand the hardships of farmers and the difficulty of agricultural production.
meaningful.
It is also very meaningful for students to accumulate knowledge about agriculture and not to be suspended officials.
While this matter was being prepared, Liu Bei suddenly received the imperial edict. Upon seeing it, his inner emotions were very complicated.
It is not easy to enter Sichuan once, let alone to enter Sichuan twice, and it will cost a lot of money.
However, this time Liu Hong reluctantly became a human being and agreed to fight the war with tax exemptions and fees. This could be regarded as payment, and it could not be regarded as pure prostitution.
What really interested Liu Bei was the position of governor.
The governor initially served as an officer to supervise the army. During the Jianwu period of the early Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the conquests in all directions, Liu Xiu temporarily appointed a governor to supervise the armies when he went on an expedition. After the incident was completed, he dismissed the governor.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the increasingly frequent wars, the military title "dudu" was gradually formed.
The first appearance of the governor was in the third and fourth years of Guanghe reign. At that time, Liu Bei was observing the government at Shangshutai and listened to Lu Zhi and others discussing the position to enhance the power of officials who went out to perform tasks.
But now, this position belongs to Liu Bei himself.
Judging from this meaning, this time, Liu Hong did not plan to withdraw as soon as the matter was over, but planned to put this title on himself, so he would not allow himself to withdraw his troops after the war, but would station his troops in Yizhou for use.
Shock Xiaoxiao.
With this, Liu Bei could almost feel how worried Liu Hong was in Luoyang, so much so that he couldn't even take care of the rebellion in Yizhou.
Is Luoyang really in such chaos?
Liu Bei quickly got the answer.
Two days later, Liu Hui sent news that there was news in Luoyang City that the emperor was going to set up a new army to lead it personally. There was quite a turmoil in Luoyang City because of this matter. All the forces were not stable, and many people were there.
Inquire for information.
For a time, all kinds of news and rumors were flying all over the sky, and it was difficult to tell whether they were true or false. Some said that the emperor would abolish the elders and establish younger ones, and some said that the emperor would go on a personal expedition. I didn't know whether it was true or false.
At that time, the only thing that could be confirmed was that the emperor wanted to establish a new army, because areas around Luoyang had already begun recruiting troops.
When Liu Bei learned about this, he immediately thought of the special existence of the Xiyuan Army.
In the original history, Liu Hong established the Xiyuan Army in order to cope with the growth of He Jin's power and prevent He Jin's power from growing to the level of traditional relatives.
But this time, Liu Bei judged that the essence of the matter was still the same.
But this time, the growth of Yuan's power is a special variable.
The surrender of most of the forces of the Ancient Literature School and Yuan Shao's appointment as Yulin Zhonglang General happened suddenly during this period. The military and political power belonging to the Yuan family suddenly expanded, but the Yuan family was relatively close to He Jin at this stage.
He Jin has been able to secure the position of general because of the success of many wars and missions. Although the general was a bit lame at first and could not truly demonstrate the power of the general, four or five years later, He Jin's status
It's already relatively stable.
Over the years, He Jin has developed his own power in a low-key manner, cultivated his party members in a low-key manner, and united with scholars who are willing to cooperate with him. At the same time, he has not forgotten to develop military power. Today, He Jin has gained a certain degree of power in Luoyang City.
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Moreover, this power is relatively stable, and gradually has some trends like those of the powerful generals in the past.
Perhaps it was because Liu Hong discovered that the Yuan family and the He family, whose power had soared, were getting too close, and that the forces of both parties were tending to go beyond control, that he decided to set up a new army to consolidate the imperial power's intimidation and avoid the loss of imperial power.
After all, in this era, imperial power does not naturally belong to the emperor. The emperor is not the natural controller of power. Imperial power will only belong to the strongest. If Liu Hong is not strong enough, it is very possible for the imperial power to be usurped.
It seems that the situation in Luoyang is on the verge of intensification. Once the new army is established, He Jin and the Yuan family will inevitably respond. By then they will compete with Liu Hong's new army, and there is no guarantee that there will not be any emergencies.
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Having said that, Liu Bei never knew whether Liu Hong had the idea of abolishing the elders and establishing younger ones, but he felt that this possibility was unlikely.
Liu Bian was the legitimate son, Liu Xie was the bastard, and Liu Bian was much older than Liu Xie. Unless there was something wrong with Liu Hong's head, there was absolutely no reason why Liu Hong would abandon his eldest son and choose his younger son to succeed him.
And he should also know what kind of disturbance this will cause.
It would be better to ask him specifically if you have a chance. Anyway, there is an information communication channel between the person involved and Liu Bei.
At the moment, Liu Bei still needs to prepare for the expedition to Shu as soon as possible to prevent the situation in Yizhou from becoming uncontrollable.
Liu Bei had no confidence at all in those bureaucrats.