A wave of anger came out of Liu Hong's mouth. It was obvious that Bo Cai's soldiers invaded Yingchuan, frightening him, and he was clearly venting his anger.
After a while, Liu Hong calmed down and asked slowly: "Have all the princes in the imperial court heard about the good news?"
Zhao Zhong said flatteringly: "It should be later. Your Majesty ordered your servants to wait for the news at the Chancellery. So as soon as the good news arrived, he was taken to the inner court by the servants. Therefore, in Luoyang City, your Majesty was the first person to see the good news.
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"Yes." He nodded, and Liu Hong began to read carefully again. After a while, he smiled and said: "He entered the enemy camp, burned the enemy's food, captured the enemy's head, and forced the enemy to surrender. What a young hero, let his father, Zhao
You two, please come and have a look. This Zhu Gongwei wants to show his merit for two young generals. The first one is Sun Jian, the righteous soldier of Wu County, named Wentai. He is only more than 20 years old. He is brave and resolute. He must fight for the first place in battle and often puts his life and death at risk.
When he killed the ant thieves in Duwai, his commander did not count them, and acted like a general who broke the bandits."
"The second one is Zhu Kui of Moling County who burned down Changshe and captured Bocai. He is named Huaiming. He is twenty years old. He is a talented general and is known as General Weilu."
Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang looked at each other, and Zhang Rang said: "Although these two have merit, but this will not make them faster. Although they are just ordinary generals with more than three thousand stones, they may not be able to convince others at the age of twenty."
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"Party members are just so pushy. As soon as the party ban is lifted, they will get meritorious service for this and that." Zhao Zhong said slanderously.
Liu Hong smiled, Zhao Zhong was just not as steady as Zhang Rang, he was too impetuous, and was about to say something else.
Another eunuch came in crying and shouting.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that Lu Zhi is so rude and bullies his slaves."
"Hey, it's Zuo Feng, he's back." Zhang Rang recognized the person at a glance and said to Liu Hong. He stood up and walked over, scolding: "Zuo Feng, your majesty is here
How dare you cry like this?"
Zhang Rang took Zuo Feng and sat down together. "If you have anything to do, please tell your Majesty."
Zuo Feng slowly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with some choking: "Your Majesty, that Lu Zhi man was arrogant and unreasonable. He said to his face that I was a rootless person and that I could be disabled at any time. But he also went to Guangzong on behalf of Your Majesty.
, he scolded the slaves, wasn’t it just to insult His Majesty? He also said that Your Majesty was stupid and instigated us slaves to cause harm to the country and chaos in the government. The sin of the Yellow Turbans lies with us and ten others, and with Your Majesty.”
"Your Majesty, if the Lu Zhi men only humiliate the slaves, then that's it. It doesn't matter if they are angry with the disabled people. But Your Majesty is the emperor of the Holy Tomorrow. How can the Lu Zhi men be able to discuss it? Wuwuwu."
As he talked, Zuo Feng started crying again, as if he was complaining about Liu Hong's injustice.
After hearing this, Emperor Ling Liu Hong's face darkened and he said slowly: "What's the current situation in Northern Hebei?"
Although he was extremely angry, he also had priorities, so he rashly changed generals on the spot. If the situation in Northern Hebei was corrupted, killing Lu Zhi would not solve the problem.
Zuo Feng was prepared and immediately opened his mouth to answer: "The soldiers of the five schools of the Northern Army fought hard and defeated the bandit leader Zhang Jiao in a series of battles, and captured more than tens of thousands of people. Now Zhang Jiao and other bandit leaders retreated to Guangzong and resisted with their hands behind their backs. Your Majesty
, The thieves of Guangzong are easy to break, but Lu Zhi is passive and negligent, telling his slaves all day long to solidify the base and stop the army, build siege and cut trenches, and wait for the ants and thieves to vent their anger, and then pull them out."
"Actually, the ant thief has long been discouraged. All he needs is an order. It was Lu Zhi, the common man, who deliberately stagnated. Even if he was not having an affair with Zhang thief, he still wanted to claim credit from your majesty. These party members only think about themselves.
, all manner of pretense, threatening His Majesty with promotions and promotions."
The voice got louder and shriller.
"Okay, that's enough." Ling Emperor Liu Hong thought for a while: "Zuo Feng's words may be exaggerated. What about Lu Zhi having an affair with Zhang Jiao? It's impossible. He doesn't have the guts to insult me? It's also impossible, obviously. Zuo Feng touched upon these Confucian scholars. But he was right about one thing. Lu Zhi was passive and negligent and did not do his full work. He had to report his troops to besiege Guangzong earlier. After so many days, is he still besieging?"...
"Zhu Jun was defeated in the first battle, but as long as the soldiers were willing to work together to kill the enemy, and defeated Pengtuo within half a month, Bo was able to conquer Yuzhou and Yingchuan. This shows that our Han soldiers have not been in battle for a long time and have little fighting strength as those party members said. .Forget it, let’s withdraw Lu Zhi’s charges first and suppress the momentum of this group of party members. I can either free the party from prison or revitalize the party. This world belongs to me.”
Thinking of this, he said: "Tomorrow morning, the court will issue an order to order Lu Zhi to return to Beijing to investigate."
"Yes, Your Majesty is wise." The three eunuchs fell to the ground in obeisance. Their faces close to the ground were full of sinister smiles. However, Ling Emperor Liu Hong did not see it. He was thinking: "Zhu Jun has done meritorious deeds against thieves, so he agreed to his request." , and appointed those two young men as generals, so as to calm the public mouths of the imperial court, so as not to say that I do not divide rewards and punishments."
In the morning of the next day, Ling Emperor Liu Hong announced at the court that Lu Zhi, the general of Beizhonglang, "carried his own weight as a thief and was unfavorable in the battle" and marched into Luo in a carriage. He decreed that Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Hedong, was appointed as the general of Xinbei Zhonglang to replace Lu Zhi in the expedition against Zhangjiao. .
The court was astonished. The news of Zhu Jun's victory came yesterday. The ministers discussed the matter and prepared to congratulate the emperor and talk about the contributions of the party members. They did not expect that Lu Zhi was suddenly convicted and caught them off guard.
Without waiting for these three princes and nine ministers to come forward to acquit themselves, they announced another decree.
"You Zhonglang General Zhu Jun, Po Bocai, Peng Tuo, pacified Yingchuan and Yuzhou for their meritorious service. They moved the bandit Zhonglang General to the town and were granted the title of Marquis of Xixiang. Zhu Kui, the righteous soldier of Moling, had meritorious deeds and was appointed as Weilu General. He was compared with the two Thousands of stones. Sun Jian, the brave warrior of Wujun, killed the enemy bravely and had meritorious service in quelling the bandits. He was appointed as the general of Polu. He was more than two thousand stones. I hope that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun will go north early and continue their efforts with the soldiers. They will decide on the Yellow Turban early and return the world to a bright future. Qin this!"
Now all the officials in the court were in an uproar. No matter how the Ling Emperor revealed his will, he would definitely not discuss it with them.
Seeing the Qing family members coming back to their senses, each of them seemed to have a thousand words to say, Ling Emperor Liu Hong's eyes turned cold, he snorted, stood up suddenly, fluffed his sleeves and returned to the palace. Then, the eunuch shouted loudly: "Your Majesty returns to the palace and retires from the court."
Seeing Emperor Ling leaving angrily, all the officials gathered around Situ, Sikong and Taiwei to ask the whole story.
It can be said that the three ministers in the court took turns to deal with the disaster caused by the former party's imprisonment. For example, Yuan Wei, the great situ, was promoted from Dahonglu to the great situ in the first year of Jianning. He did not serve for two years and was soon dismissed. After that, several people were replaced. Now it's his turn to continue being a Situ.
Sikong Zhang Wen and Lieutenant Yang Ci smiled bitterly for a while and asked Yuan Wei: "Ciyang (named by Yuan Wei), what's wrong with your majesty? How come Ziqian (named by Lu Zhi) is arrested and held accountable for his failure in the campaign?"
"Yes, isn't it true that we have already surrounded Guangzong, is it possible to decide the opening soon?" Deng Sheng, the servant on the side, also asked doubtfully.
"Yesterday, the news of Zhu Jun's victory came, and we were just thinking about how to express our gratitude to him. We didn't expect that His Majesty would reward so much in the first reward. Why did he start to confer generals when he was only halfway through suppressing the rebellion? Then he returned to the court in victory, wouldn't he? Reward again?"
Sikong Zhang Wen shook his head, expressing his incomprehension, and looked at Yuan Wei: "Ciyang, many of your Yuan family's children are fighting in Guangzong, do you know how Zi Qian could offend Tianyan?"
"Humph, it wasn't that Shi Changshi who caused trouble. His Majesty sent the eunuch Zuo Feng to supervise the army in Guangzong. Unexpectedly, the eunuch asked Ziqian for money. Ziqian had an upright temperament and would rather break than bend, so he scolded him. It must have been
The eunuch was unwilling and slandered His Majesty. Alas!" Yuan Wei sighed angrily and glanced at the supreme throne on the top.
"As for the early reward to Gongwei and others, it must be to tell us that Lu Zhi's matter has been decided, so we can't wait any longer."
Taiwei Yang Ci took a long breath and said: "We thought that once the party shackles were lifted, it would be the time for the party to serve the country and revitalize the Han Dynasty for your majesty. I don't want to still be so favored by the ten permanent servants. This official and general will still be replaced at will.
If this is the case, what is the difference between the party’s understanding and its incomprehension?”….
Several people were worried about each other, but they were not allowed to chat in private for too long. They agreed to meet at Yuan Kai's house in the evening to discuss how to exonerate Lu Zhi, and then they dispersed. They, a group of party members, would not compromise so easily.
Yes, Liu Hong also knows this.
Changshe, after a period of rest and reorganization, the Han army is ready to assemble the army again.
A soldier from the county government hurriedly walked into Huangfu Song's meeting room.
"Report to the general, urgent report from the north."
"Urgent report?" Huangfusong, who was actually reviewing military affairs, suddenly felt that it was not the defeat of the north. He quickly stood up and personally grabbed the official document from the other party's hand, and quickly browsed it with his eyes.
This official document was issued by the head of state of the Communist Party of Korea. Soon he threw the official document on the case and shouted: "What a bad thing, eunuch." His expression was extremely excited. It took him a while to calm down, but he saw that the soldier over there was still kneeling.
On the ground, he waved his hand: "It's none of your business, stand down."
After the soldier retreated, Huangfu Song sighed, bent down and picked up the official document again, and went out, obviously to consult with Zhu Jun.
In another study room, Zhu Jun comforted the angry Huangfu Song, took the official document, and after a quick glance, sighed: "Yizhen, forget it, the situation is not out of control yet, you and I must quickly assemble the army and set off. When I
When the party members return from their victory, we can deal with those eunuchs later."
After Huangfu Song heard this, he could only nod his head. After all, the two of them had no choice at this time. The emperor made a mistake, and all a minister can do is repair it.
But they did not think that Lu Zhi would die, and the princes of the court would definitely try to save his life.
Early the next morning, Zhu Jun had just woken up when he heard the soldiers summoning him, saying that an angel was coming from Luoyang.
He was so frightened that he had to dress up in a hurry and go to the government hall to receive him. On the way, he met Huangfu Song who came with him. Their eyes were full of worry. Could it be that a supervisor had come, or could they really want to bribe him with money.
In the palace, a man dressed as a eunuch sat in the center, gently opening his beardless chin, sipping tea. He set out on the same day as the official documents of the imperial court, but the eunuch was lazy, resting here and there along the way, and the schedule was natural.
A day late.
Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song came to the front. They suppressed their reluctance and said in unison: "Left (right) Zhonglang General Huangfu Song (Zhu Jun) didn't know that the angel was coming, and he was far away to greet him."
The eunuch put down his tea cup and said strangely: "Come here, the two generals will welcome us. Stop talking nonsense, we are here to read out the imperial edict, and then we will leave."
When the two of them heard this, they felt a little at ease. It would be better if they were not supervising the army. In fact, they knew each other. He was the servant of Zhang Rang, the eunuch of Shichang. His name was Zhang Jie, and he was from the Xiaohuangmen of the inner palace.