Xiangkai looked helpless. This Thunder Lord is indeed difficult to deal with. He is not excited at all when a celebrity like him comes to join him, and he has no intention of soliciting. Do you still want to dominate the world?
However, he still planned to stay in Mayi first. After all, he couldn't go to other places in the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Yan was hiding in Shangshan. That kind of environment was really not suitable for an old man like him. However, the prosperity of Mayi was not inferior to that of Luoyang City.
, but he liked this environment very much.
The most important thing is that Xiangkai is very optimistic about Xu Wei. This flood of the Yellow River has made all the wise people in the world understand that the Han Dynasty has completely come to an end.
Everyone was looking for Qianlong. Xiangkai was originally very optimistic about Zhang Yan. After the failed mutiny, he hid in Zhang Yan's territory in the Taihang Mountains. But after staying there for a few months, he discovered that Zhang Yan himself had only a few martial arts skills.
However, his own background also limited his ability to absorb talents. The rebellion still stayed in the Taihang Mountains for three or four years. Although there were millions of people, it could not become a phenomenon.
Then Xiangkai fell in love with the Thunder Lord of Mayi. Wenzhi didn't know it yet, but he knew that the Thunder Lord of Mayi had won many battles in recent years. He fought three battles with a level of 100,000 people, and won all of them.
This kind of martial arts is enough to dominate the world.
Moreover, Lei Gong’s territory was also the second strongest in the Han Dynasty. Compared with Zhang Yan who was hiding in the Taihang Mountains, Lei Gong from Mayi at least occupied half of Bingzhou, with 5 counties! That’s why Xiangkai asked for an alliance from Zhang Yan
My errand is just to see Thunder God!
But when he came to Mayi, he found that Lei Gong's martial arts was also terrible. A remote Mayi, under the hands of Lei Gong, managed it in just a few years, which was comparable to Luoyang City. It was unimaginable to have such kind of martial arts. He really believed that Lei Gong was the master.
The strongest Qianlong at this stage is worthy of being trusted by a celebrity like him!
It's just that Xiangkai didn't expect that Lei Gong, a hidden dragon, would actually look down on him, leaving him unable to come up with any ideas for governing the country.
Xiangkai himself was a fan of officials. Emperor Heng originally wanted Xiangkai to help him diagnose his infertility problem, but he didn't expect that Xiangkai himself didn't have much medical skills, so he madly recommended the Taiping Jing to Emperor Heng.
, saying that as long as the "Taiping Jing" is used to govern the country, the Han Dynasty will surely prosper again.
This angered all the civil and military officials of the imperial court, and they arrested him directly in Zhao Prison, where he almost died. But even after experiencing this, he still did not change his original intention, and actually deceived Wang Fen into rebelling and wanted to overthrow the emperor! Of course!
His action failed again, and he himself even became a wanted criminal. If Zhang Yan hadn't taken him in, there would have been no place for him in the world.
But now he has taken a fancy to Xu Wei. In his opinion, there is no civil servant in Mayi at all. With his reputation, he can easily become the leader of civil servants in Mayi. Then he can promote him in the entire Tengjia Army territory.
Lao Zhizhi! But he didn't expect that Xu Wei didn't like him at all, which made him extremely depressed.
Fortunately, he saw the close relationship between Xu Wei and Zhang Ning, so he smiled and said: "Uncle also wants to see the scene around Mayi, but these days he just disturbs his niece!"
Zhang Ning smiled and said: "My niece will definitely show you the wonders of Mayi!"
Zhang Ning still wanted to help Xu Wei recruit Xiangkai. He believed that Mayi now just lacked a good reputation to recruit scribes.
Taiyuan County, County Sheriff’s Mansion!
"This Thunder Lord from Mayi has turned his back on me. He was so good a few days ago, but now he brings an army of 100,000 people to attack my old Dong without even saying a word!" Dong Zhuo said angrily.
He originally thought that he and Lei Gong had a very good relationship, and they could be regarded as friends. Even when the Yellow River flooded this time, he was happy because he had to transport the refugees to Mayi. Lei Gong had to give himself billions
Money, but now all these fantasies have come to nothing. Lei Gong is planning to rob it directly without giving money!
Li Ru also looked at Xu Wei's conquest documents with a strange expression. He was clearly attacking Taiyuan County, but Lei Gong actually said that he wanted to rescue the victims, and that he was serving the country and the people, and doing justice for heaven. It was quite like this.
The nobles and nobles were so shameless that a rebel talked about serving the country and the people, and also said that he would rescue the victims. He really made himself a member of the imperial court. Even Li Ru admired Xu Wei a little. This was so shameless.
Niu Fu said with fear on his face: "What should we do? Zhang Yan from Jizhou has become powerful again. The land east of Hanoi and Hedong is also full of refugees. Millions of refugees will rebel at any time. Now Lei Gong from Mayi has come. We
We are already surrounded on three sides. If we are not careful, we may not even be able to escape from Bingzhou!"
The current situation is not friendly to Dong Zhuo at all. Behind him and on his right are millions of rebellious refugees. In front of him is Xu Wei's 100,000 army. And the terrain of Bingzhou is made up of mountains and rivers, and the terrain is closed. He really wants the land east of the river.
If a rebellion is triggered, their rear will be cut off! It is no wonder that Niu Fu is so frightened if the situation is so critical.
Dong Zhuo saw Niu Fu's frightened face and said, "Why are you panicking? His Thunder Lord is so powerful. Is it that Dong Zhuo is a vegetarian! Considering the strength of Taiyuan County and Bingzhou's 60,000 troops, Thunder Lord wants to conquer Taiyuan County with 100,000 soldiers. It's just a daydream."
, I am fighting with Duke Lei right here in Taiyuan County, let’s see what ability Duke Lei has to defeat Taiyuan County!”
Li Ru thought for a while and said, "It is a bad idea for our Xiliang army to fight forcefully. If we are not careful, our whole army will be wiped out! Now the general will contact the Shichangshi and them, asking them to help us first. Your Majesty's grace."
He said, let us withdraw from Taiyuan County, it is best to garrison in Hedong County!
At the same time, the general also needs to contact Lei Gong to see if he can cooperate with the general. We can let out Taiyuan County, but we cannot let it out easily. We have to give us some time. If we can attack with Lei Gong's 100,000 troops, we can defend 3
In a few months, the court will have nothing to say, and maybe they will take the initiative to mobilize us to the land east of Hedong in order to defend Luoyang City!"
Li Jue asked strangely: "If the imperial court sends reinforcements, wouldn't we be a gangster?"
Li Ru sneered and said: "It is impossible for the imperial court to send reinforcements to support us now. The imperial court's focus is now on the Central Plains. If there were an army, they would send troops to the Central Plains to suppress the victims. After all, there are millions of victims there. How could the imperial court not be afraid?
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Then Li Ru said to Dong Zhuo: "The general will ask Luoyang City for help now. The more exaggerated the strength of Thunder Lord, the better, so that all the civil and military officials in Luoyang City will think that we are desperately defending Thunder Lord's attack in Taiyuan County! If it happens again!
Without the arrival of reinforcements, we will not be able to hold on!"
Dong Zhuo laughed when he heard Li Ru's words: "Okay, let everyone in Luoyang City feel Dong Zhuo's pressure!"
Soon Dong Zhuo's letter asking for help came to Luoyang City, which caused a sensation in the entire court!
Emperor Ling became even more angry and said: "Who is Lei Gong? He is a rebel. He saw our great men in trouble and now wants to take advantage of others' danger. He says he wants to save the country and save the people. He, a rebel, can't say anything about saving the country and the people! This is simply unreasonable.
I will destroy this Thunder Lord!"
General He Jun came out with a grimace to persuade: "Your Majesty, the Northern Army is now guarding the Eight Passes of Luoyang to guard against the millions of refugees in the hinterland of the Central Plains. There really is no army to assist Taiyuan anymore!"
Emperor Ling continued: "Liu Bei has an army of 100,000. Why don't we send him to defeat the Thunder Lord?"
Lu Zhi came out and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yan is causing chaos in Jizhou now. Ever since the Yellow River burst its banks, Zhang Yan has been recruiting refugees. Now there are millions of people. It would be difficult for Liu Bei to suppress Zhang Yan without an army of more than 100,000.
, if Jizhou is occupied by Zhang Yan, the situation of the Han Dynasty will be out of control. For the current plan, Dong Zhuo can only be ordered to defend to the death, relying on the 60,000 troops in Bingzhou to defend Taiyuan County!"
Then Lu Zhi persuaded: "Your Majesty, the situation on the various battlefields of the Han Dynasty is now critical. The Xiyuan Army is wasting people and money. Should the imperial court stop building the Xiyuan Army first and use the money raised to build the Xiyuan Army for disaster relief? It only needs to spend millions in the Central Plains.
The refugees have been resettled, and neither Zhang Yan in the Taihang Mountains nor Lei Gong in Mayi are just habitual problems.
"No, the money for the Xiyuan Army is from me. Without any money from the imperial court, no one can stop the construction of the Xiyuan Army. It is precisely because the current situation is critical that the imperial court needs an additional army!" Lu
Zhi's suggestion touched the Ling Emperor's bottom line. He now believed that his newly built Xiyuan Army could protect his safety, and no one else could believe it!
Lu Zhi could only smile bitterly. Even if the Xiyuan Army is built, it can only stay in Luoyang City as a guard army and cannot play any role in the current war situation. However, if the refugees can be appeased, Zhang Yan, Lei Gong and others will immediately
They will become a rootless tree, and the imperial court can rely on its strong strength to defeat them!
Taiwei Ma Rixi said: "Your Majesty, even if Zhang Yan and Lei Gong have Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei to deal with them, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Bandits and Xuzhou Yellow Turban Bandits have arisen again. But now that the national treasury is empty, please Your Majesty's internal treasury to provide 3 billion yuan to help the refugees in the Central Plains!"
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"Yellow turban thieves also appeared in Qingzhou and Xuzhou?" When Emperor Ling heard this, he suddenly felt that the sky was dark and the earth was dark. It was really the sky that wanted to destroy the Han Dynasty.
Ma Rixi smiled bitterly and said: "The refugees were in danger and had no choice but to join the Yellow Turbans to survive. The governor of Qingzhou said that there are now as many as one million Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, and there are hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou. If the imperial court does not provide relief, I am afraid that the Central Plains will also
Just like Jizhou!"
Emperor Ling said angrily: "I took 3 billion yuan a month ago to replenish the treasury. Taiwei, tell me how much money is left in the treasury now?"
Ma Rixi said with a bitter face: "With these three billion dollars, the imperial court has purchased food, clothing and other materials and distributed them to the refugees in the seven counties affected by the disaster!"
"This is the effect of Aiqing's disaster relief work for one month!"
Emperor Ling said with a cold face: "I assume that there are 3 million victims in the Central Plains and 3 billion yuan. Each victim can receive 1,000 yuan. I am not wrong in my calculation!"
Ma Rixi nodded with a grimace and said: "Your Majesty did not make a mistake!"
Emperor Ling continued to say expressionlessly: "The price of food is soaring now, but the food for the court's disaster relief was purchased from Luoyang, and it doesn't seem to cost more than 300 yuan. Even if I pay 300 yuan per stone, I should be able to buy 3 stone of grain with this money! Too much
Lieutenant, I am not mistaken!"
There was silence in the court, everyone realized what was going on, everyone looked at Ma Rixi!
Ma Rixi could only continue to smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty did not make a mistake!"
Emperor Ling was so cold that he couldn't show any expression at this time: "Please tell me, Taiwei, why these victims of the disaster actually rebelled after eating my 3 kilograms of food in less than a month. Is it because they ate too much?"
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Ma Rixi was speechless!
Ma Rixi didn't say anything, but Emperor Ling said: "Why did the Taiwei have the nerve to tell me that I will continue to use the money from the inner treasury to help the victims? Shouldn't it be the Taiwei who told me where all my money went!"
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Of course it was in the hands of corrupt officials, but Ma Rixing! As a scholar leader, you cannot say such things!
Ma Rixi was originally a great scholar, but he was not an experienced bureaucrat and did not have much experience in politics. As a lieutenant, there were too many natural and man-made disasters this year. There were too many lieutenants who took the blame for Emperor Ling. He was replaced within half a year.
The 3rd lieutenant, Emperor Ling had just promoted him. He originally thought that he was from the Kansai clan and would not join the ranks of the Kanto clan.
But Emperor Ling did not think that it would be better to choose someone from the Guandong clan. At least he would not dare to deceive the subordinates. However, Ma Rixi was deceived by the subordinates and spent all his 3 billion money in one month, and the effect of disaster relief was not at all.
None, he is really a white-faced scholar!
Ma Rixi knelt down and persuaded: "Your Majesty's money can be investigated later. The most important thing now is to appease the victims and prevent them from causing harm to the Central Plains! After all, this country belongs to your Majesty, please cherish it!"
Emperor Ling was furious and overturned the desk in front of him!
The ministers immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, calm down!"
Emperor Ling saw the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty sneering for a long time and said: "This is my loyal minister and filial son. You have embezzled 3 billion of my money in a month, and you still want me to pay! You really treat me as a fool."
Come and see!”
"Okay, you are right. This world belongs to me, okay! I will offer another three billion dollars, but this time I want you to guarantee the payment. If there is another rebellion in the Central Plains, even if it is just a rebellion of thousands of people, I will
I will confiscate your homes and exterminate your clan, and use your property to provide relief to the people all over the world. After all, all dogs know how to look after the house. I have raised you so fat that if I kill and save the people, I will make the best use of it!"
Emperor Ling's murderous words silenced the entire court. No minister dared to make such a guarantee, because the big men are rotten now, and corruption is the norm. But no one thought of what those officials in the Central Plains did.
So outrageous, they actually embezzled all the money for disaster relief! None of it was used for disaster relief.
Emperor Ling didn't see a single minister speak out for a long time. Emperor Ling said: "Since you all have stopped speaking, I will issue an order, ordering the governors from all over the Central Plains to recruit soldiers to guard against rebellion. The powerful nobles from all over the country can also recruit on their own.
Army. Tell them that the imperial court will not send any soldiers for them. They will either kill all these yellow turban thieves, or they will be killed by these yellow turban thieves."
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Emperor Ling is about to give up treatment. How can he come up with such a policy that will harm the country and the people? The governors of various places can recruit troops without the order of the court. Won't these governors become small princes?