Chapter Twelve Clearly Will Gain the General's Will
Chapter 12 of the text of Overthrowing the Han Dynasty It is clear that the general will gain the will of the general. The riot that took place in Chang'an City at the end of July in the fifth year of Jian'an was eventually classified as a military coup. The masterminds were the three closest relatives of the young emperor, and the target of the conspiracy was
It was General Wei Gongsun Xun who had absolute power in power. Naturally, it ended with the total failure of his relatives because someone reported him.
The general process of the incident was written down in an official document and sent to Jiuzhou, Hebei with the permission of seventh-grade officials. At the same time, a notice to calm the people was also posted in Chang'an City to provide some comfort... The content of the notice was reasonable and irrefutable.
After all, the whole world knew that these three people had enough motives, and Dong Cheng made so much noise that day that the blood stains on Beique Street could not be washed away even after four or five days of washing. In the end, he relied on
After a rain, the old appearance was barely restored. Who among the people and scholars in Chang'an City didn't know about it?
Not to mention, with the popularity of paper nowadays, more and more educated officials are writing diaries and writing letters more frequently. This incident is the largest sudden bloodshed in Chang'an City in the past five or six years.
, many officials in Chang'an City mentioned this matter in their diaries or letters sent to close friends and family members... Putting aside the question about the leader, the choice between Wang Yun and Wang Bin, Gongqing and
Except for General Wei's confrontation and compromise, which were destined to cause controversy because of his stance, most people identified the responsibility as Dong Cheng's.
There is no other way, why is this guy just a Xiliang soldier leader? And he was defeated.
However, the matter is destined not to end here, and there will always be no less repercussions.
At the end of July and the beginning of August, a large number of personnel appointments and adjustments were announced in Chang'an City:
Obviously due to the need to "defeat Shu", Zhao Qian, a Zhongsan official from Chengdu County, Yizhou, ascended to the position of Situ, replacing Situ who was vacated after Huangfu Song left office, and he presided over the campaign against Shu.
The official work of local officials in persuading surrender... Many people are envious of this, because after the Dong Dong movement, the political situation in Chang'an has been extremely stable. Sangong is no longer a sign official who has to leave office after an earthquake. However, the people in Chang'an City are eager to take this opportunity to make progress.
There are many ministers from noble families who have joined the public clan.
After all, that's all the Han court seemed to have at this time.
In addition, the minister Liu Dan, the Huangmen ministers Gaishun and Fu Qian were also recruited into the army one after another obviously because of their backgrounds to participate in the preparation of the strategy of "conquering Shu". The emperor originally participated in the selection of
The twelve ministers had a lot of free time at one time.
Not to mention, General Wei Gongsun Xun appointed Liu Yu, Yang Biao, and Shi Sunrui as the emperor's disciples in the name of those who were indispensable for the emperor to study with his hair tied up.
Among them, the minister was all from Hebei, and the other two simply changed careers from righteousness... As for the other two, one was named Guan Jing and the other was named Wang Men.
At the same time, because of his outstanding performance in the Dong Cheng Rebellion, Weiwei Gongsun Zan was able to join the post of General, Commander-in-Chief of Chang'an Guards, Public Security, and Chao Zhonggang Chronicles. Taking into account the previous policy of dividing the states, the Sili Xiaowei originally had a special status.
The position disappeared, and Zhong Yao also became the censor Zhongcheng, so Gongsun Bogui knew his responsibilities at this time without asking!
Finally, Gongsun Xun actually issued a "learning discipline" manual to the emperor in the name of Liu Yu and other three imperial masters, requiring the emperor not to meet with foreign ministers without authorization, not to ask for documents other than scriptures, and not to send eunuchs without authorization
When an attendant enters or exits the Weiyang Palace, he must summon the attendant, the attendant, and other close ministers, and they must be supervised by Huben Zhonglang in Jingze and recorded in the register.
how to say?
These personnel arrangements, and the study discipline booklet, people who don't understand will naturally not understand, and those who don't know will naturally not understand. However, in the eyes of the real powerful people, General Wei's gesture of purging Chang'an, or purging the emerging forces around the emperor, is too much.
direct.
Of course, General Wei has caught the Dong Cheng incident, and there is not much to say about it now... In fact, at this time, other rumors have arisen among the officials of Chang'an, saying that since ancient times, powerful ministers have abolished and established things.
The reason why young clan members are often used is not because the emperor is young and easy to control, but because the emperor is young and will inevitably act childishly and impatiently, and can easily expose his flaws and be counterattacked.
To be fair, this is actually very reasonable, but it seems to mean shirking responsibility at this time, especially when the emperor's life has become extremely difficult.
Think about it, regardless of study discipline, just from a human ethics point of view, this young emperor lost his mother when he was born, and lost his father, grandmother, mother, and brother when he was young. He only has one uncle and two uncles left.
A cousin is considered a close relative. But now, he finally reached the age of fifteen or sixteen, got married and had two more in-laws. As a result, in the blink of an eye, his uncle died together with the two newly recognized father-in-laws and their whole family.
The remaining two cousins also insisted on leaving, unwilling to stay in Chang'an.
His father's family, his mother's family, and his wife's family were all lost, and only two of his relatives also abandoned him. The palace was like a prison. The so-called "lonely family" is by no means a lie.
If this kind of thing happened to an ordinary young man, he might have collapsed a long time ago, but this young emperor was able to send eunuchs to rescue him in time on the day of the incident, and then reluctantly sent away his two cousins, and then later
A certain silence has been maintained during the purge. All I can say is that, as everyone said, he is indeed smart and wise, and truly extraordinary.
In fact, in the few days after the incident, in the face of Gongsun Xun's repeated orders from a distance, the ministers, in order to be honest and to stabilize people's hearts, repeatedly asked General Wei to enter the Weiyang Palace to meet the emperor once and inspect the Chancellor's Stand. It was best to preside over the meeting again.
A formal court meeting was held to make a political statement of reconciliation. However, these requests were all rejected by Gongsun Xun on the grounds that "the matter is at this point, and I cannot bear to see the emperor"... This excuse, in a sense, is not actually true.
lie.
Because from the perspective of Gongsun Xun, who was not a political animal, this young emperor, apart from being the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the son of Emperor Ling, was actually just a poor man. He was really unbearable to see!
But there were too many poor people in the world, and he was not the only one missing. However, he was the only emperor in the Han Dynasty, so Gongsun Xun would not stop taking action because of this.
I can only say that I was born in this time when the imperial family was in decline, what else would I want to do?
But no matter what, after the busy autumn harvest, on August 15th, after the Chang'an court was cleaned up and Gongsun Zan was replaced to take charge of the city's defense, Gongsun Xun finally continued his "big plan to conquer Shu"
On that day, he declined the emperor's scepter and also declined the invitation from the ministers. He only led more than 10,000 elite soldiers led by Baima Yicong to set off with Xu Rong's tribe, leaving Chang'an and heading west, preparing to move to Chencang and wait.
Liu Yan turned his back and surrendered.
On August 23, the city of Chang'an received definite news that General Wei himself had led the White Horse Yi Cong, Zhao Yun and Xu Rong's troops, about ten thousand elite troops, together with military advisors Jia Xu and Xi Zhong, and had officially settled in the westernmost part of Guanzhong.
The important town of Chencang; Wang Xiu and Wang Shuzhi, who were in charge of logistics, also established a logistics base camp in the old town of Xiwu with Zhang Ji, the Yi Congwen guard army, as his deputy; in addition, about 3,000 cavalry from General Zhang Liao under General Wei directly entered Liang
The prefecture of Hanyang County governs Jicheng!
Long before this, Yi Congwu's guard Pang De, Zhang Liao's deputy general Yang Qiu, and Ma Teng's eldest son Ma Chao had already settled in Hanyang and negotiated with Han Ma and Liangzhou heroes on behalf of Gongsun Xun.
It was on this day that Shangshutai got some other information from Mu Zhongyao of Yongzhou. For example, General Zhenxi led Bingzhou Mu Gongsun Yue led 10,000 Bingzhou troops from east to west, and General Ningshuo Zhang Sheng led 10,000 Shuofang.
The army from north to south has crossed the Yellow River and reached Shangjun of Shaanzhou to the north of Sanfu and east of Liangzhou, and joined forces... And the Mu Guo of Shaanzhou asked the prosperous Sanfu and Hedong to send grain to help maintain logistics.
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how to say?
On this day, everyone finally confirmed two things. One of them was that General Wei's westward journey was not clear whether he wanted Bashu or not, but his intention to annex Xiliang was actually very determined, and he was even fully prepared for a full-scale war.
Secondly, General Wei is already three hundred miles away from Chang'an City, and it is conceivable that he will not come back for quite some time!
In other words, some people can finally take a long breath and relax a little.
However, as the saying goes, some people are happy and others are worried. General Wei, who was like a star of mourning, came to Chencang from Chang'an. The princes and emperors of the Chang'an family were probably excited by his departure. However, Liangzhou Ma and Han two felt that General Wei suddenly
After changing his previous kind words, he became frightened and uneasy because he directly criticized her at his own door.
The house leaked and it rained all night. Before Ma Teng and Han Sui could make up their minds, and even before they could find out the intentions of the local military leaders in Liangzhou, something seemed to have happened inside Liangzhou first!
What happened was not the several counties in the east of Xiliang in the traditional concept, but the four counties in the west of Liangzhou. The so-called Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Juyan belong to the country!
Officials from the four prefectures and states jointly sent envoys, who suddenly appeared in Chencang for some unknown reason. They then publicly invited General Wei Gongsun Xun to pay homage to General Wei, and reported to General Wei in detail the chaos in western Liangzhou and Dong Zhuo's explanation.
After the chaos, the countries in the Western Regions actually broke away from control, as well as the military harassment of the Western Four Counties by the Xianbei in the west, and pointed out that the Liangzhou Governor's Department is now located in Ji County, Hanyang County, close to Sanfu, and it is useless to the Western Four Counties.
Therefore, they asked General Wei to follow the policy of dividing the prefectures several years ago and divide Liang Prefecture into two. The four counties in the west plus the Tianshan area in the east of the Western Regions Protectorate, which is still under the control of the Han Dynasty, were combined into one prefecture.
At the same time, they also requested General Wei to send capable troops to sweep away the area west of the Tianshan Mountains, the Protectorate of the Western Regions, who had rebelled against the Han Dynasty after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and to repel the harassment of the Xianbei in the west, so as to restore the power of supervision over the countries in the Western Regions and bring silk merchants back to the throne.
The road is thorough.
How should I put it? General Wei, who is in power, very much recognizes and appreciates the political consciousness of the officials in the West Four Counties.
Therefore, he immediately issued an order to establish Cheshi County in the Tianshan area, and upgraded the post of Shu Ji Xiaowei originally established in Cheshi territory to General Pingxi, specializing in supervising the countries in the Western Regions and maintaining local security.
Shijun will be combined with the four western counties of Liangzhou, plus the essence of the western part of Wuwei County, to form a new state, called Zangzhou!
Moreover, General Wei is by no means a man of empty words. In order to truly stabilize Zangzhou and the Western Regions, he also stated on the spot that he would promote Han Sui, the former General Huya, to lead Jincheng Prefecture, to General Pingxi, to lead Zangzhou Mu, and add the Western Regions as the Protector, immediately.
Move the town to Tianshan and send troops to pacify the west!
I don’t know what happened, but even though it was the envoy from Xisi County who was being received in Chencang, and even though General Wei specifically rejected the Emperor’s Scepter during this trip, General Wei still took out the Emperor’s Seal, General Wei’s Seal, and Shangshu in the afternoon of that day.
A legal imperial edict made in Taiwan and a complete set of seals and ribbons of General Pingxi, Zangzhou Mu, and the Protector of the Western Regions.
There are three large seals, and when you turn each one over, you can clearly see the finely carved inscription "Han" in Chinese characters.
After waiting for another three days, while Cavalry Commander Zhao Yun led 3,000 cavalry across Sanguan and entered Wudu County, Han Pingxi's son-in-law Pang De Pang Lingming set out from Ji County in person, leading more than a hundred people with seals and ribbons.
I went to Jincheng to meet my father-in-law!
When the news came, Han Sui was dumbfounded. He wanted to rebel but did not dare to rebel. He wanted to refuse but did not dare to refuse. He wanted to obey but was unwilling to do so. However, Gongsun Xun had already begun to urge him... But after thinking for a long time, he could only think of one way, that
He summoned the heroes from the six counties to Yuzhong to discuss the overall situation, and also asked his son-in-law Pang De to wait for him in Yuzhong.
Unexpectedly, after hearing the news, General Wei Gongsun Xun actually sent a public letter of congratulations to Chencang, expressing his approval.
However, he also clearly pointed out in the letter that Han Sui had made a technical error, that is, the Liangjiazi of the six counties of the Han family who were established in martial arts were not the six eastern counties of Liangzhou that are now in the hands of Han and Ma, but
It is Xihe, which now belongs to Shangjun of Shaanzhou, plus Longxi, Anding, and Beidi of Liangzhou, plus Hanyang, which is in the hands of the imperial court.
Therefore, this meeting must have the participation of heroes from the three counties of Hanyang, Shangjun and Hexi. Moreover, after this meeting, the good men of the six counties should use the old imperial system and appoint those who are skilled in bow and horse as Yulin Lang... But before that, they must go to
Chen Cang and his party followed him to 'defeat Shu'!
Along with this news came the news that Xihe and Shangjun's envoys, as well as Gongsun Yue and Zhang Sheng's 20,000 troops entered Liangzhou Beidi County and forced Ma Teng's troops back.
When things got to this point, Han Sui and Ma Teng were really at a dead end. They were typical warlords and were unwilling to surrender easily. Apart from holding a meeting to see clearly the situation in Liangzhou, they seemed to have no other choice.
gone!
As a result, the Han and Qiang heroes from the six counties left for Yuzhong one after another, leaving behind reliable people to lead troops to defend their stronghold.
On the eighth day of September, Zhao Yun led his troops to Hechi, Wudu. The Qiang leader of the Han Sui tribe stationed in Hechi knew that he was outnumbered and left without fighting. The county magistrate of Hechi went out of the city for several miles to meet him... After Zhao Zilong took over the city, he immediately followed the instructions
The original plan was to fly the horse behind him and send guard Cheng Yinbu to the rear. Without hesitation and without stopping for a moment, he directly led the troops to the west, trying to control Qishan Mountain, the strategic point of Shuiwudu Road in the Western Han Dynasty, and connect it with Hanyang.
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And on this day, Han Sui welcomed the heroes of the six counties in Yuzhong... and his own General Pingxi.
"My general gave me instructions when I came here." After Pang De handed the three sets of seals and ribbons to his father-in-law, he said sincerely. "If my father-in-law insists on handing over this seal to me in private, then I will have to give it to my general."
Father-in-law, you can send a few words privately..."
"What do you mean?" Han Sui asked, forcing himself to cheer up.
"My general has said it." Pang Lingming couldn't help but sigh. "If your father-in-law thinks you are too young and you don't want to be the General of Pingxi, then he will ask the Chancellor to issue a decree next time and make you the King of Pingxi; and if your father-in-law misses you
Hometown, if you don’t want to go to Tianshan alive, then please wait for me to die, so that my son-in-law can take your body away and bury it in Tianshan with his own hands before you come back..."
Han Wenyue held three sets of seals and ribbons and hesitated to speak.
"My general also said that." Pang De quickly stopped the other person and continued. "Anyway, it's just a sword fight. There are thousands of miles of sand in the Yellow River. With your majestic appearance, father-in-law, what's so scary about you?"
What? If you want war, peace, life or death, please feel free to do so. However, he is short on time and can only stay with you for three days. When the eleventh day of September, he will personally lead his troops to Liangzhou to see you!"
To be honest, although Jia Xu's strategy of slowing down before rushing, and slowing down before hurrying is very good...but it seems that it doesn't make much sense now, at least it doesn't make much sense to Han Wenyue, because this General Huya
Although he was really reluctant to leave his hometown and leave behind the life of a separatist emperor, he was really scared of being beaten by someone during the battle on the Weishui River!
Some things are really not just a deal to him!
Faced with the aggressiveness of his old friend and rival, this man known as the Nine Bendings of the Yellow River, a veteran warlord who had divided the three counties of Liangzhou for almost ten years, was in a dilemma. In the end, he actually cried while holding three sets of seals and ribbons.
self.
I am the dividing line that wants to cry
"In the autumn of the fifth year of Jian'an, Xun went west to attack Shu and arrived at Chencang. He used Liu Fan, the eldest son of Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou, as his envoy to persuade his father to surrender; he took Zhao Qian of Chengdu as his disciple to appease the county chiefs of Yizhou; he took Zhao Yun, the captain of cavalry, as his envoy.
The vanguard was to leave the Sanguan Pass and strangle the Wudu Road; the general Gongsun Yue, who suppressed the west, was the rear army... Not long after, the envoys did not return, the rear army did not arrive, and the food and grass were not ready. Wuwei Pang, an official from the four western counties of Liangzhou, arrived.
, all talking about the chaos in the Western Region, the harassment of Xianbei in the west, and the misery of the soldiers and people in the four counties. He spoke sincerely, and his heart was filled with tears. There were many people in tears at the table. Xun felt his loyalty and sighed at his sincerity, so he cut the case and swore an oath.
Soldiers Heading West." "Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty". Wang Can
