Chapter 39 2. Warm water frog

When dark clouds gradually covered the sky of the Han Dynasty, Liu Hong was like a frog soaking in warm water. He thought he was enjoying himself, but he didn't realize that danger was approaching every step of the way.You know, Zhang Jiao, who is wearing the cloak of the Taiping Shinto, is as powerful as the sky. At this time, the basic deployment has been completed, and he is ready to tear his true face. According to Liuliu Dashun, Zhang Jiao divides the world into thirty-six sides, each of which is equivalent to a military area. There are large and small military areas. The large military area has more than 10,000 people, and the small military area also has six to seven thousand people. There are administrative areas and administrative areas. Personnel, each military region has appointed a key person in charge.Look, what a terrifying behemoth.

Rebellion is not scary, only organized rebellion is feared.Taipingdao also put out a slogan: the sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world will be happy. They painted the slogans on the streets and alleys, Luoyang Street, and even outside the gates of local state and county governments and central government units, and wrote them prominently with white lime. Zhang Jiao's political slogans on the posters were actually the secretly scheduled rebellion time.Cangtian refers to the Han Dynasty; Huangtian refers to the Yellow Turban Army; the Year of Jiazi refers to AD 184.

What is even more frightening is that Zhang Jiao also sent people to drag the two Zhongchang servants into the water. . They were armed to the teeth, with swords up to their necks, yet Liu Hong didn't realize that the frog in the warm water was too comfortable to soak in the water. The commander-in-chief of Zhang Jiao's thirty-six parties is called Ma Yuanyi.The spring of 184 came a bit late.When the whole world waited anxiously for that great day, it certainly felt that spring came too late.They waited anxiously, anxiously while waiting, but the more anxious they were, the more they spoiled things.

Because, there was a rebellion in the path of peace. Chinese traitor culture has a long history.Back in the day, Han Xin wanted to rebel and gave Liu Bang a vote to avenge his great revenge, but he was still sued by the traitor. Later, Yingbo also fell into such a terrible trap.Unfortunately, Zhang Jiao didn't do his job well, and he also ran into a traitor. This person is Zhang Jiao's disciple, Tang Zhou from Jinan.Liu Hong immediately realized that something was wrong. He lowered his head and saw that Zhang Jiao had not only prepared warm water for him, but also brought him a lot of firewood and put it beside the pot. As soon as he arrived, he immediately heated up the fire, and when he wanted to jump out, there was no way.

It's just too scary. Angry Liu Hong immediately issued an edict to arrest him.Ma Yuanyi, the commander-in-chief of Zhang Jiao, was arrested first, and then directly dragged to Luoyang City to be tortured by car crackling.Then, Liu Hong ordered that the three princes of the Han Dynasty and the school lieutenants of Sili should investigate the court and government officials and common people. Anyone who participated in the Taiping sect should be arrested and killed one by one. The central government was ordered to attack quickly, and within a short period of time, more than a thousand people were arrested and killed.Then, Liu Hong issued a third order to let the Jizhou government arrest Zhang Jiao.

The paper could no longer contain the fire.Changing the plan was not as good as changing, so Zhang Jiao urgently issued an order to the 36 parties to order the rebels to wear yellow scarves and prepare to rise up in February ahead of schedule. In February, there was a strong murderous intent in the spring wind. Zhang Jiao called himself General Tiangong, Zhang Jiao's younger brother Zhang Bao called himself General Digong, and another younger brother Zhang Liang called himself General Rengong, and they officially declared their rebellion. The rebel soldiers caught the government army by surprise, and the government army was defeated everywhere.State and county government officials all over the country abandoned their posts and fled. In less than a month, the color of the whole world changed, and teams with yellow scarves on their heads were roaring everywhere.

Has it really reached the point where the sky is dead and Huang Tian should stand? At this time, if the sky is not dead, it will be frightened to death.The vassals and kings surnamed Liu in various parts of the Han Dynasty were in danger. Two vassal states had already been controlled by the country's rebels, and they were the first to surrender. Luoyang shook.Liu Hong was scared. On March 3, Liu Hong promoted He Jin, his relative, as a general, and led the central elite corps to garrison the main intersections in Luoyang to defend the capital.At the same time, troops were stationed at the eight major passes including Hangu Pass outside Luoyang to prevent accidents.

The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, Liu Hong's figure is not so bad that he can't move, and his reflexes are still good.Then, he convened an imperial meeting and called important officials from all over the central government to a meeting to discuss countermeasures. The fire is almost burning to the eyebrows, so we find a countermeasure. If we knew this before, why bother?The three princes of the Han Dynasty seemed to have lost their temper, and no one said anything.Everyone seemed to be blind and deaf, and they all looked on from the sidelines, as if they all had a kind of schadenfreude.

Indeed, they came here today in a fit of anger.The reason for this is to take a gamble and rescue their comrades. Don't forget, how many scholar-bureaucrats Liu Hong imprisoned in the previous disaster of party imprisonment, they are still squatting in prison.When arresting people, they don't show affection, why should they give him face when they come to find a countermeasure today?Of course, face can be given, but you must agree to one condition.This is - let people go. Liu Hong waited for a long time, almost losing his composure.At this time, a local sheriff slowly stood up and expressed his opinion.

He told Liu Hong: There are still ways to talk about it.It's just that this method is a bit difficult, and I don't know if His Majesty can agree. The person who spoke was called Huangfusong. Seeing this name, someone might immediately think of Huangfu Gui.That's right, Huangfusong and Huangfugui are not only a family, but also a group of people, standing in the same trench. Huangfusong, with the word Yizhen, was the nephew of Huangfugui, the former general of the Liao Dynasty. He was born in Xiaolian.Back then, he was appreciated by Taiwei Chen Fan and General Dou Wu, but when the seniors recruited him to be an official, he pretended to be cool.Later, Liu Hong sent a bus to meet him and worshiped him as Yilang, and he officially debuted.Not long after his debut, he moved to the north to be the prefect.

Today, he came out to speak as the prefect of the Northland.He told Liu Hong like this: First, you should release all the members of the so-called treacherous party and restore their political power; second, you should use the emperor's own private money and private horses to reward the army.Do these two points, you just wait for the good news. When Liu Hong heard this, he was dumbfounded. You Huangfusong, thanks to you, I personally promoted you. Now, which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted, I can completely do the first point.But the second point, how many officials and nobles did I sell to save such a small amount of money, you actually came up with such an idea and asked me to throw it out to comfort the army? Liu Hong was very depressed, but he was not easy to refute.He loves money, but loves life even more, there is really no other way, he is still willing to spend money to eliminate disasters.But he was still a little unwilling, so he asked one of the eunuchs: "What do you think of Huangfusong's opinion?" As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, he replied: "Huangfusong's opinion basically represents my opinion, and it is very reliable. Besides, I have a slightly different idea." When Liu Hong heard this, he was at a loss.So far, it seems that the only way to eliminate disasters is to throw money. Liu Hong has a characteristic, that is, he is confused about big things and small things, but his mind is clearer than anyone else at critical moments.Why do you say that?He listened to what Huang Fusong said, if he didn't want to spend money, he would definitely ask flatterers like Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, but he chose to ask a eunuch who didn't like to flatter but was quite reliable.This person's name is Lu Qiang. Lv Qiang, courtesy name Hansheng, was born in Chenggao, Henan.When he was young, he took eunuchs as the little Huangmen, and later moved to the middle school as a regular servant.Everyone can imagine what kind of people the Zhongchang servants are.But unfortunately, these things have nothing to do with Lu Qiang. In the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, we have seen too many jerk eunuchs, but we also occasionally see one or two good ones.One is Sun Cheng from before, and the other is Lu Qiang in front of him.These two people, in the circle of eunuchs, may be different in the words of their circle. Lu Qiang is indeed an outlier, let's not talk about anything else, you can see where his ambition is by looking at his character Han Sheng.He is a person who cares about the country and the people. He has always been loyal to the public, and he looks like he can't see the endless prosperity of the Han Dynasty.Because of this, he often blows Ming Jun's wind in Liu Hong's ear. Tell me a few typical examples. Once, Liu Hong made Lv Qiang the Marquis of the capital, but he refused to accept it. He even told Liu Hong in the memorial that the great ancestor Liu Bang said that no one who is not a meritorious official should not be a marquis, nor can anyone who is not a royal family with the surname Liu be a marquis.Now that you are making a Marquis indiscriminately, you are simply breaking the rules of your ancestors.I suggest that you should withdraw the Marquis of eunuchs like Wang Fu and Cao Jie.The reason is simple, they all have Zhao Gao's chaotic spirit, so we must guard against them. After talking about the eunuch, let's talk about the maid.He warned Liu Hong like this: You have too many women in your harem, there are thousands of them.Now that the country's finances are tight, taxes can hardly be collected, and you still spend money lavishly.So I suggest you, send some court ladies out to farm, spend less money, and generate income for the country, why not do it. In short, he said a lot, and what he said was on a different path from other Zhongchang servants.After listening to Liu Hong, he knew in his heart that the suggestion was correct, but he just didn't adopt it.Unexpectedly, Lu Qiang gave him another super difficult question. Lu Qiang told Liu Hong in this way: the Yellow Turban rebellion was mainly due to the long-term ban on the party, and the release of scholar-officials was necessary; secondly, there was another reason for their rebellion, that is, there were too many eunuchs in the palace, and they had to be dragged out to kill them. Head, to thank the world.As long as these two points are achieved, the Yellow Turban Rebellion will naturally subside. Kill the eunuch?It's not easy. Zhang Rang is my father and Zhao Zhong is my mother. This is what Liu Hong said in public.Killing them now is tantamount to killing my father and my mother. Even if they are not killed, other relatives are killing my father and my mother's relatives. How can he do this kind of killing. But if you don't kill, it seems that you don't understand both public and private.As I said before, Zhang Jiao sent Ma Yuanyi to Luoyang to contact Xu Feng and others for internal response. This group of people scrambled inside and out, and if they didn't kill a few, it seemed that they were not at peace. Looking back, if Liu Hong is a copy of Ying Huhai back then, then Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong are Zhao Gao.The reason why Lu Qiang said that Zhang Rang and other eunuchs have Zhao Gao's chaotic spirit is not made up, but in fact they did it. Once, Liu Hong wanted to climb to the high platform of Yong'an Palace to look far away.As soon as the eunuchs heard this, they immediately ran to tell him that His Majesty could not ascend the height, as once he ascended the height, Feng Shui would be destroyed, and the people would be scattered.When Liu Hong heard this, he had no doubts and never went to climb again. Why are the eunuchs afraid of Liu Hong climbing high?The reason is that they built many mansions outside the palace, fearing that Liu Hongdeng would feel unbalanced and cause trouble when he saw it.One more thing is worse than one less thing, it is better to coax him and not let him go up. At that time, Zhao Gao used this unprecedented deception technique to deceive Ying Huhai into hiding in the deep palace, and then took the opportunity to seize power.Today, there is another Ying Hu Hai, many Zhao Gao, how can Lu Qiang not be in a hurry, and want to kill the eunuchs. There was no reason not to kill him. Thinking of this, Liu Hong seemed to have made up his mind. Therefore, Liu Hong adopted the opinions of Huang Fusong and Lu Qiang, and released all the so-called rebellious parties arrested.Then, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were called to question again. Liu Hong asked: "At the beginning, you insisted that the literati and bureaucrats were rebelling against the party, but the facts have proved that it is not them who want to rebel, but you. You eat mine, take mine, and collude with Zhang Jiao to get me. Do you deserve to die?" Zhang Rang and a group of eunuchs were so frightened that they all lay down on the ground, kowtowed collectively and shouted: "Only Wang Fu and others can do this, it has nothing to do with us." After a long time, Liu Hong sighed, shook his hand, and told the eunuchs to go down. The knife was drawn out, but it was retracted again.The matter of killing eunuchs was left alone.At that moment, Liu Hong fully embodied the absurd style of having a long body but not a long brain. Zhang let the group escape, and Lu Qiang's danger is coming. We know that at the beginning of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the number of Zhongchangshi was generally only four, but in Liu Hong's hands, the establishment was suddenly expanded to twelve people, known as Ten Changshi.The number of people is not a problem, the problem is that there are too many people, and there are a lot of bastards. Except for one Lu Qiang, the others are basically rubbish. From Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang's point of view, Lu Qiang and they ate in the same pot, so it's fine if they can't get along with each other, and it's no fun to smash their jobs.Therefore, there is only one result now, either you die or I die, this is unavoidable. They are ready to shoot. Zhao Zhong and others blew the cold wind to Liu Hong, saying that Lu Qiang once criticized the government with traitors, and what was even more frightening was that this guy often read "Huo Guang Biography".Also, Lu Qiang said that we are corrupt, but in fact his brothers who serve in the court are the most corrupt. The above three points, both before and after, are understandable. The key is how can reading "Huo Guang's Biography" be regarded as a crime? As long as the people of the Han Dynasty knew this truth, they knew it well.We all know that when Huo Guang welcomed Liu He into the city to become the emperor, he later saw that Liu He was a piece of mud and couldn't support the wall, so he removed him and replaced him with Liu who was already sick. The eunuchs said that Lu Qiang read "The Biography of Huo Guang", which meant that they wanted to follow Huo Guang's example and depose the emperor. In this way, the problem is serious.After Liu Hong heard this, he jumped up and sent Zhonghuangmen to lead the army to recruit Lu Qiang. In the Han Dynasty, no matter which emperor sent troops to greet you, most of them would be punished by death.So Liu Hong's move is to scare the world that Lu Qiang will not live long. Lu Qiang understood this truth very well.When he saw the army coming to his door, he was filled with grief and indignation, and shouted: "A man who serves the country loyally, how can he be tortured by these prison guards. If I die, the world will be in chaos." After speaking, he committed suicide. As soon as Lu Qiang died, Zhao Zhong ran to Liu Hong and said, "Your Majesty just summoned him for questioning, and he committed suicide. This is enough to show that this guy committed suicide out of fear of crime." Liu Hong was so excited that he jumped up again, and issued an order to confiscate all the property of Lu Qiang's family. Killing Zhongyi and seizing his wealth is simply a mess. The Han Dynasty can't think of chaos unless Liu Hong is possessed by the spirit.In fact, the spirit possession is probably hopeless. The devil lurking in Liu Hong's heart is too powerful.