Chapter 170 Things at the foot of the mountain (Part 2)
In March of the second year of Yuanping, the emperor wanted to move his mother's place into the ancestral hall and take the title of empress dowager. The ministers were frightened and spoke one after another, saying that something was unexpected.
In the fifth month, the emperor sent 50,000 soldiers to build the Huaye Court, and moved hundreds of officials and their families into it. Guardsmen patrolled day and night with swords. There were imperial guards who knocked on the gate and grabbed the land with their heads.
In June, the emperor visited the Taihe Palace and fell into the water. Then there were rumors that his condition became increasingly critical.
In August, the Governor-General's Office of the Southern Army issued a decree to comfort the military envoys in each town on the pretext of His Majesty's longevity banquet. They returned to Beijing to report on their duties. They were also responsible for appointing officials from the Wei Department to act as governors.
Old order.
The angel left Kyoto and traveled north and south.
However, due to numerous disasters, banditry, military disasters, plagues, or drownings, within half a month, only 10 or 20 of the hundreds of envoys were able to convey the will.
And many places do not worship it.
During the Ming Dynasty, he stayed in Hedong, during the Luo and Song Dynasties, he wandered around the Yongjiang River, and during the Guangzheng Festival, he occasionally caught wind and cold and fell ill in bed...
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"They're all harboring evil intentions!"
In the grain store, Master Liu was talking about the recent major events, the most important of which was the illness of Emperor Liang.
"It's only been a long time since my last birthday, and here's another longevity banquet. How could those Jiedushi, who are so full of fat and rich food, abandon their military power like this?"
Even if the imperial edict states that they can choose their own temporary successor!
According to the other party, the news about Jiankang is spreading everywhere now. This happened a few months ago, and now anyone who is more knowledgeable can find out about it.
Emperor Liang, maybe he is really in trouble.
As for why this was the case, Master Liu remained silent, with only contempt flowing from his eyes and sneers from his mouth.
It was obvious that he had read books, passed the exams, and traveled around the world. Although he had not seen these flies and dogs with his own eyes, he could still make some general guesses.
Wasn't this the case in the Wei and Song dynasties twenty years ago? At that time, changing emperors was more diligent than now.
The crows in the world are as black as the generals in the local Jiedu town. The Gonggun princes in the temple are also the same. Their hearts are filled with lard and are completely bad.
If it is not bad, how can it reach Jiankang Kyoto? If it is not bad, how can it reach the top of ten thousand people!
In addition to being aloof and distant from ordinary people, Chen Yu also learned a lot of things from Uncle Liu.
"The Huangjia Army in the north of the county has been wiped out, and now the official channels are open. If the other counties in Guangyong had not been violently disturbed by the White Lotus Sect, the county town should be more lively these days."
"The price of food has gone up a bit, and there are people down there who want to pick the meat off the mud legs. But those are just a few places outside the county. The farm and fields here are so close to each other that we don't need to do that kind of thing."
The Huangjia Army, which claimed to have yellow scarf warriors going into battle to kill the enemy, collapsed like a chicken and a dog under the concentration of the officers and soldiers.
The defeat was too fast, and the banditry that had suffered from cholera for several months was wiped out in just two days. Chen Yu remembered that he had heard of the name Huang Jia when he returned from Pingcheng. The momentum at that time shocked Shi Ya, and it was really not small.
I didn't expect it to be wiped out so easily.
"They are also the ones who can't afford to be early because they have no profit." Uncle Liu said, with a bit of disdain in his tone.
Recently, not only Shiya, but even the whole of Guangyong was clearing out bandits in various places. He heard that the same was true in Taiding Prefecture, Feixia Prefecture and other places, and even in Baizhou and Yunzhou outside Xizhou.
It seemed to be ignited, in full swing, and very lively.
Most of the southwest is fighting against bandits.
As for the reason... of course it was not that the officials suddenly discovered it due to their conscience, but that General Song, who had also received the order, was arranging and promoting it.
Uncle Liu took a sip of tea and asked the servant to take a piece of hemp paper. A corner was missing and it was torn, as if it had been torn off the wall not long ago.
Passed it to Chen Yu, he unfolded it and looked at it, his expression became weirder and weirder:
Thousands of ministers died, the western region was poor, the people were ignorant, and the bandit disasters continued like sparks, seeming to start a prairie fire. I, a commoner in Yunzhou, saw the remains of my neighbors, wailing all over the field, my heart was filled with sorrow, and I felt how difficult the people's livelihood was, so I asked
His Majesty the Holy Mercy has been waiting for ten days. After defeating the bandits, he should carry himself outside the Jingnan Gate and kowtow to apologize!
Putting aside his literary talent, his eyes focused on the lower right corner of the paper.
"General Zhenxi?"
Uncle Liu laughed, "Of course, that butcher is not a military envoy guarding one side, but he has many soldiers under his command, and the court is unwilling to let them develop outside, so he was promoted to a higher rank. Incidentally, he used this as an excuse.
Order to return to Beijing."
Chen Yu nodded. To put it simply, before giving the stick, give a sweet date, and the sweet date is tied to the stick. If you want to eat it, you have to get a stick.
He shook his head, but he did not expect that Wu Pifu, who was born in the southwest, would be so generous. He did eat the dates, but the stick did not hit him.
Master Liu, who had a lot of knowledge, could naturally see that there was someone behind the butcher who had the idea, and that there were only a few companies that could do such a thing that would cost him a lot of face, but he still managed to prevent the court from turning against him at this point.
All are due to the local situation being strong.
"I can't control the affairs of the big shots, but my nephew needs to be careful not to show off his teeth these days."
There was only one yellow-armed army in Shiya, and they were destroyed early. I don’t know if it was to show who, but the butcher transferred his troops to the north. The fighting in other counties of Guangyong is very fierce now, and the bandit points on both sides of the official road cannot be removed.
few.
It's a mess and it will only cause trouble.
Knowing this, Chen Yu nodded in agreement, and after buying these seeds, he went back to the mountain and continued to work on his own cultivation path with peace of mind.
He glanced at the old man with white beard and hair in front of him, and thought to himself, if it could be perfected and promoted in the future, maybe Master Liu could try it, and maybe he could live longer and live a few more years.
But this was just a thought. He himself couldn't walk smoothly, so how could he bring others with him?
On the other side, Chen Yu asked about the White Lotus Sect, a professional rebel that he had met in Shiya a long time ago.
"Haha, those idiots, I heard that the good lady White Lotus Saint and the guy from the north called Holy Duke had a falling out."
Uncle Liu clapped his hands and laughed.
This... Chen Yu also didn't understand, how could a group of forces still cause trouble? And it sounded like there was quite a lot of commotion.
Sure enough, the other party explained: "That's not all, my dear nephew, you don't know how violent these two guys were in Shiya County in July. The Holy Duke even once gathered fifty or sixty people with sticks to attack the county.
I don’t know what’s wrong with my head to be able to do such a thing!”
Shiya County is remote, but no matter how bad it is, there are dozens of government officials with weapons at their side and a dozen sergeants wearing leather armor staying here.
After a chaotic fight, the White Lotus cultists in the city suddenly became mice that everyone wanted to beat. The county magistrate and several big masters simultaneously offered rewards, causing them to run away with their heads in their hands.
But now I have gone to other counties, and I heard that the two White Lotus sect members were fighting even more fiercely.
"Hey, my dear nephew, it is said that the White Lotus Saint is a second-rate expert and is good at using a pair of meteor hammers!"
The saint with a hammer... Chen Yu was silent, he really couldn't imagine it, but when he talked about the saint, he thought of the cross-dressing man he saw in the city with his eyesight who was being praised by others.