In the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Long'an in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Xie led the generals from the Eastern Expedition back to Luoyang.
As mentioned above, Zhuge Liang had already set the tone for this matter, saying that this battle was a great victory. All the officials had even written congratulatory messages and sent them to Taichung as soon as the emperor returned to the court. To everyone's surprise
However, after the emperor returned to the palace, the first thing he did was to issue an imperial edict. The imperial edict first stated that he was "eager for success and profit, and acted inappropriately". He originally wanted to "renovate the administration of officials and govern the people with public service", but did not want to "disrupt the north and the south."
The bandits should be killed and fighting for troops." As a result, in Guandong, "wars broke out, and there were no crops in the fields." Therefore, the emperor "thought about it day and night, and was so sad that it was hard to speak."
But in the later part of the edict, the emperor changed the topic again and justified his subordinate generals by saying: "The Emperor Xuan used force to fight three battles of Shang Yun. The original evil has not been eradicated, so we should work together. Meng Jin Muye will wait for a while. I and your Majesty will wait for a while."
Let's encourage each other!" That is to say, even though he believed that the battle was a defeat, he did not punish many of the people who accompanied the army. Including Liang Shuang, who died in ambush in Yanshan Mountain. According to the law, he should be stripped of his title and his fields should be taken back, but the court wanted to do so.
After serving in the army for more than ten years, he worked hard, so not only did he not blame his wife and children, but he also ordered Liang Shuang's son to seize the title.
In addition, Zhou Buyi, the left supervisor of Shanglin, Sima Yi, the right supervisor of Shanglin, Liu Bao, the Shaofu, former general Zhao Yun and other people who have made meritorious service in the war also have their own rewards. Especially Zhou Buyi, the court official
It was thought that he took the lead and used clever tactics, so he should be given a special reward. So he was promoted to the general of Fujun of the Shanglin Army, with a thousand households in the city. He jumped several levels in a day, and actually controlled the power of the Shanglin Army. Such a favor
, even Zhou Buji himself felt that it was a bit excessive, and refused to accept his words. However, Liu Xie issued another edict, allowing him to take office safely.
Such actions were simply because the emperor heard the rumors when he came, and he just wanted to quell the controversy between the government and the opposition. Now that he had seized the opportunity and made a good gesture, the courtiers naturally had nothing to say, and instead wrote another letter praising Liu Xie's saintliness.
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In February of the second year of Long'an, in order to commend Tuoba Li for his effectiveness in guarding the frontier, the imperial court sent Liu Dan, the king of Pingyang, Zhu Hao, the new governor of Youzhou, Du Ji, the chief governor of Yunbei, Yanmen Taigongxuan, Liu Bao of the Shaofu and others.
Tuoba, King Heng of Beiyi, was weak and offered a reward of tens of millions. At the same time, he also agreed to marry Princess Heng as his concubine.
Tuoba Liwei was naturally overjoyed and donated ten thousand fine horses to the court as military supplies. He also hinted in his words that the reason why the Liao army was able to invade was because Daibei had both the Kushan official department and the Murong department.
I hope that the emperor can grant him the right to attack. But this is not something Liu Dan and others can agree to, and they all say that we will discuss it later.
For the imperial court, the recruitment of 200,000 troops this time was also a large expense. Although it was not enough to damage the vitality, it had an impact on the morale of the people. In addition, Sun Quan in the south saw the failure of Liaodong and gradually withdrew his troops.
After returning home, the fighting on both fronts temporarily stopped. The Jihan court also felt that it wanted to rest with the people. Starting from February, Liu Xie took a carriage out of Beijing to inspect the prefectures and counties in Hebei and Henan, and issued the edict "Redemption of Slaves into Common People"
", turning slaves and untouchables into civilians.
There was no war in the country during this year, and appointments and exchanges between the north and the south were considered a peaceful year. However, at the beginning of autumn, two things happened that I have to mention.
And after the war, it was not that there was no punishment at all. The nominal commander of the campaign, General Wei Yan of the Northern Campaign, was dismissed by Liu Xie and demoted to the prefect of Yinchuan, part-time in charge of Longyou Ma Zheng. Longyou provided tens of thousands of people to the country every year.
A war horse, all the armies of the five prefectures depend on it for support, and its responsibilities are not unimportant. However, since the system has been established long ago, there is no merit in providing horses, and the young horses will have to suffer. Moreover, the country has been working hard for many years, and there has been no military disturbance.
Common people are a good thing, but for warriors who rely on licking blood with their swords to gain wealth, it is really a hard job that others can't avoid
The reason why Wei Yan ended up like this was because of the conversation he had with Liang Shuang in Zhuoxian County. After Liang Shuang's defeat, the court sorted out what happened. Afterwards, for some reason, someone spread this conversation to Liu Xie's ears.
After hearing this, Xie remained calm and sent an envoy to ask Wei Yan if this was the case. Wei Yan was sincere. After hearing what the envoy said, he didn't think the matter was serious, so he honestly admitted: "It is true.
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Unexpectedly, when the envoy came for the second time with an edict, the rebuke was like a storm. Liu Xie claimed in the edict that Wei Yan had "presumed his own will and used troops privately", and "made unreasonable statements and disturbed the morale of the army" and "appointed
They are not human beings. They make friends with each other and belong to each other with selfish motives." As a result, they "lose soldiers and generals and bring humiliation to themselves."
At that time, all the generals of Beifu were watching. Although Wei Yan was good at military affairs, he was not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. During this campaign, many generals of Beifu had problems with him. Therefore, when everyone first listened to the edict, most of them came to see Wei Yan.
It’s a joke. But after hearing the edict, many people’s expressions changed. After all, according to what the edict said, almost every article could be used to convict Wei Yan of death. People who didn’t know it thought that the angel had brought a knife and axe, and he was about to do it.
Wei Yan was beheaded. It was not until they heard that Wei Yan was to be demoted to Yinchuan as an official that everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Many people understood that this was probably because of the Prime Minister Chen Chong's sake, and it was not easy to operate on him. p>
But Wei Yan was so angry that he turned livid. He was a direct follower of Liu Bei and Chen Chong. He started fighting in the army at the age of fourteen and made countless achievements. Later, he became the governor of Nanfu and became a noble official. No one dared to speak harshly to him.
He scolded. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei died of illness less than a year ago. Not only did he hand over his military power, but he also heard such a reprimand from the new emperor. He was so angry that he almost drew his sword on the spot! But he also knew that his words and deeds had far-reaching consequences.
I didn't want to have an attack in public, so I almost gritted my teeth and accepted the edict.
Ten days later, when Wei Yan was handing over various military affairs, he left Luoyang and said that he would go to his hometown in Nanyang before taking up his post. As a result, when he returned to Nanyang, he immediately fell seriously ill, and it took several months.
There are no signs of improvement.
Then there is the matter of the Muling Gatekeeper imprisoning Ma Dai. Speaking of which, this is another crime, but unlike Wei Yan who reported on others, Ma Dai's misfortune came from himself. This can also be said from the personnel changes in Henan.
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Although the imperial court fought against the Liao army in Hebei, it also suffered a lot of losses in Huaibei. After all, although Sun Quan did not have the courage to launch a decisive battle against the imperial court, he was able to take the opportunity to send troops to plunder the Qing and Yu states to enrich the population of Xuzhou. Only in the first year of Long'an
From July to October, he ordered Lü Meng to move more than 3,000 households and more than 10,000 people to Xiapi and the East China Sea to farm.
The imperial court did not want to start another war with the Wu people, but it could not sit back and watch their wanton exchanges. So Hao Zhao was appointed as the cavalry captain to guard Guyang, and Ma Dai was the heroic cavalry general to guard Muling Pass. Who knew that after Ma Dai took office,
But he is quite dissatisfied with his current status.
It turns out that before Liu Bei's death, he had made arrangements for the generals of the Western Prefecture and transferred them all from Longyou to Shu. Although it nominally strengthened their power, it actually reduced their foundation. And when Liu Xie came to power,
After that, they began to unscrupulously transfer the generals of the Xifu to separate them from their tribes. Among them, they focused on the Ma family of Fufeng. Except for Ma Teng, who had been retiring in Luoyang, the most prominent Ma Chao was put on hold, and Ma Xiu was transferred to
Nanfu was appointed as the Captain of Fengche, Ma Tie was transferred to Shanglin as the Captain of Cavalry, and Ma Dai was first transferred to Shanglin, and then moved to Dongfu to guard Muling Pass.
It should be noted that although Mulingguan is known as the gate of Qingzhou, it is only a small city in the mountains after all. The garrison only has more than 2,000 soldiers, and they are not elite soldiers. Compared with the 8,000 elite cavalry commanded by Ma Dai in Shanglin Army before, the difference is huge.
Daoliji. What use will he be if the country breaks out in another war in the future? It can be said that not only has the residence been changed to a small border town, but the relatives can no longer speak, and there is probably no hope of promotion in the future. Thinking that my family has worked hard for the country for half their life,
However, he quickly lost power in the new dynasty, and Ma Dai could not help but feel dissatisfied. Especially when he saw the emperor placing cronies in the army, and his subordinates, such as Zhou Bujie, who was more than ten years younger than him, actually became the general of the army that he had dreamed of in one go!
It made him even more angry.
It would be fine if he was just relying on his talent and being frustrated. He had already packed his bags and was about to leave Luoyang for Muling Pass, but when he arrived, he spoke uncontrollably and complained to Liu Fang, who came from the palace to announce the edict and supervise him.
Said: "Your Majesty, you want me to guard the gate in Muling? Now there are powerful enemies in the north and south of the imperial court, and we need the service of a veteran minister like me who has experienced many battles!"
Liu Fang remained calm and only reported back to Liu Xie what Ma Dai said. Liu Xie was dissatisfied after hearing this: "If you want him to guard the pass, he will guard the pass. Who does he think he is? Has he made any meritorious service in Hebei this time? Why, he still wants to go back.
Longyou becomes a local emperor?"
He ordered the envoy to bring an oral edict to Muling Pass to rebuke Ma Dai. He repeated the original words to Ma Dai and ordered him to reflect on his mistakes. After the envoy finished delivering the edict, he asked one more question before leaving: "What do you want to say to His Majesty?"
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Ma Dai was suppressing his anger. Hearing his question, blood rushed to his forehead and he said carelessly: "Your Majesty said so, but you underestimate our family. Back then, we surrendered to the late emperor, and the prime minister incorporated me into the Shanglin Army.
My family contributed 10,000 songs. Later, I conquered the Western Regions for thousands of miles. I was there, drank the wind and sand, and never complained. I also defeated other countries, and I personally captured General Qiuci, which was a great achievement. Not to mention the battle in Pingcheng.
, the late Emperor almost died. It was I who burned down the camp of the Cao thieves and forced the thieves to retreat, thus saving the late Emperor's life. In the ancient sage dynasties, I would have been a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households for all my merits. It was only because of my heart to serve the country that I could
Just don’t care!”
The messenger was silent. Ma Dai continued to talk, and he would not be happy unless he said it: "In this battle in Hebei, your Majesty did not dare to take the lead. Instead, he commanded from a remote location in Xindu. The generals were not allowed freedom in front of them, and they were not allowed to give orders later. They could be expelled from the country.
It’s already rare. I still want to achieve great achievements. Isn’t it just a dream? Instead of blaming me for failing to achieve great achievements, Your Majesty, why not think about the next campaign strategy and the suitable commander-in-chief? How can we pacify Liao and destroy Wu?” p>
Speaking of this, Ma Dai seemed to feel that he had said it before, so he changed his words and said: "I just want to serve the country! I hope your Majesty will learn from it!"
Liu Xie was attending events in Chang'an at this time. When he heard what the envoy relayed about Ma Dai, he became furious. He immediately ordered Sun Zi beside him to write an edict, and Liu Fang took him with him. He led his Qingqi to Muling Pass and ordered Ma Dai to return.