Five hundred and eighty-sixth chapter of the great hero
Jia Fu is not in Luoyang now, and the post of Jinwu is temporarily vacant, so Liu Xiu asked Wang Liang to take over the post temporarily.
Zhi Jinwu directly controlled the security of the capital. Liu Xiu gave Wang Liang such an important position. Can it be said that Liu Xiu did not trust Wang Liang?
Liu Xiu was indeed tolerant of the heroes who helped him conquer the country. Even if they made unforgivable mistakes, Liu Xiu would tolerate them again and again.
The Wu Han army fought smoothly in Qinghe County, winning consecutive battles and defeating the Fifth Academy Army and Tanxiang Army, forcing the two rebel armies to abandon the foundation they had laid in Qinghe County and retreat towards Wei County.
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The Fifth Academy Army and the Tanxiang Army went straight to Yecheng, the county seat of Wei County, in an attempt to capture Yecheng, and then use Yecheng's strong defenses to resist the attack of the Wu and Han armies.
Currently, the person guarding Yecheng is Yao Qi, the prefect of Wei County.
When Yao Qi first arrived in Yecheng, it could be said that there were internal and external troubles. People in the county government changed their minds, and bandits were everywhere in the county. Even near Yecheng, there were bandits occupying the mountains and becoming kings. They openly opposed the government and robbed passers-by.
and vehicles.
After understanding the situation here in Wei County, Yao Qi made a decisive decision and attacked the bandits near Yecheng first, so as to shock the tigers and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys.
Around Yecheng, there was not just one bandit, but several bandits. They were not rebels, but under the banner of rebels, they blocked roads, robbed, killed people and expropriated goods, posing a great threat to the people going in and out of Yecheng.
Among them, the most arrogant bandit army is Zhuo Jing.
Zhuo Jing was originally a subordinate of the prefect Chen Kang. After Chen Kang took refuge with Liu Xiu, Zhuo Jing resigned and took over a mountain near Yecheng as his king.
At the beginning, he was just fighting a little, and he didn't have many brothers under his command. After the Fifth School Army and the Tanxiang Army fled to Wei County, Zhuo Jing gradually became bolder, recruiting people everywhere, and constantly robbed people in the past.
Caravans, people.
Up to now, Zhuo Jing has hundreds of people under his command. Since he was an official in Wei County before, even now, there are many of his old colleagues in the county.
Zhuo Jing secretly contacted these old colleagues and encouraged them to join forces with him, cooperate internally and externally, and jointly conquer Yecheng.
Yao Qi was not polite to Zhuo Jing at all and led his army to attack him directly. When Yao Qi took office in Yecheng, he brought not many subordinates with him, only two hundred people.
However, the two hundred Han troops led by Yao Qi personally defeated Zhuo Jing's forces, which numbered hundreds of people.
Zhuo Jing was wounded and fled. More than a hundred of his subordinates were killed in the battle and more than a hundred were captured. Even Zhuo Jing's wife and children did not escape and were captured alive by the Han army.
As soon as Yao Qi arrived in Wei County, he destroyed Zhuo Jing's forces, which can be said to have given those who were ready to take action a great disincentive.
After Zhuo Jing was defeated, Yao Qi's prestige in the county army greatly increased. Next, Yao Qi led the county army to first pacify the bandits around Yecheng, and then led troops to attack Fanyang and Neihuang's bandits.
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After a battle, the precarious situation in Wei County finally stabilized.
After solving the external crisis, Yaoqi then started to deal with the internal crisis within the county government.
When Chen Kang served as the governor of Wei County, he did not rebel against Liu Xiu, but he did not care about anything and allowed the situation in Wei County to continue to deteriorate and ignored it.
Now that Yao Qi has taken over as the governor of Wei County, what he has inherited is a huge mess. There are countless officials in the county who have fornicated with the bandits.
Yao Qi did not have time to identify one by one who among the county officials was loyal and who was traitorous.
There are so many officials in a county. If you want to investigate them one by one, it will take at least one or two years. It is impossible for Yaoqi to replace all the officials in the county. In that case, Wei County will only become worse.
Even more chaotic.
The method he adopted was to catch typical examples. Yaoqi chose the subordinate governor in the county government.
The full name of Menxiadu is Menxiadu Thief, or Menxiadu for short, or Governor Thief. This official position was also extended in later dynasties. In terms of product grades, it is a seventh-grade official.
The name of the governor of Wei County is Li Xiong. The Li family is a powerful family in Ye City. Li Xiong is also a master who hangs around in Ye City and no one dares to provoke him.
Li Xiong and his brother Li Lu had a very good relationship with the Tanxiang army and had close contacts. The two brothers came together to plot how to welcome the Tanxiang army into the city.
But there is no airtight wall in the world. The two brothers Li Xiong and Li Lu conspired with the Tanxiang army, and they were soon exposed to Yao Qi.
After Yao Qi learned about this, he remained calm. A few days later, during a meeting at the county government, Yao Qi captured Li Xiong by surprise. Yao Qi asked Li Xiong on the spot whether he had any liaison with the bandits.
Li Xiong is quite a bachelor. He admitted on the spot that he had indeed had an affair with the Tanxiang army. If the prefect wants to kill me, he should kill me now. If he does not forgive his hatred, he will destroy my Li family.
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Even though they were all captured by him, Li Xiong could still be so ruthless. This person was really interesting. After receiving the report, Yao Qi did not immediately touch Li Xiong, but secretly investigated Li Xiong's family background.
Li Xiong's father has passed away, and there is only an old mother and a younger brother Li Lu in the family, but Li Lu is not in Yecheng now.
Although there are not many people in the Li family, the Li family has a wide network of contacts in Yecheng and even in the entire Wei County, and has close contacts with many famous families. If he really kills Li Xiong, he will also kill Li Xiong's family.
Mother, I'm afraid it will cause even greater trouble.
Yao Qi looked at the arrogant Li Xiong and said meaningfully: "If you think being a thief is worse than being an errand, then I can help you now!"
After saying this, Yao Qi ordered his men to take Li Xiong and his mother out of Yecheng.
Li Xiong originally thought that he was dead this time and that the entire Li family was in danger. Unexpectedly, Yao Qi not only did not kill him, but also released him and his mother. Li Xiong and his mother were taken out of Yecheng
After that, he went to seek refuge with Li Lu. After meeting, Li Xiong told Li Lu exactly what happened.
After hearing this, Li Lu was also very moved. Then, Li Lu followed Li Xiong and his mother back to Yecheng, and apologized to Yaoqi outside the west gate of Yecheng.
Before Yao Qi left the city, Li Lu had committed suicide outside the city gate. When Yao Qi left the city and saw Li Lu's body, he couldn't help but sigh.
He ordered Li Lu to be buried with honors, not to investigate Li Xiong's affair with the bandits, and to reinstate Li Xiong to his post.
Yaoqi's actions not only won the favor and respect of the people of Yecheng and even the famous families, but also touched the officials of the county government. From then on, no official in the county government had any affair with the bandits.
With lightning speed, he quickly calmed down the internal and external troubles in Weijun and the prefecture, greatly stabilizing the situation in Yecheng and even the entire Weijun.
The Fifth Academy Army and the Tanxiang Army were chased by Wu Han and fled to Yecheng. When the rebel army attempted to capture Yecheng, they suddenly discovered that the county officials who had had an affair with them in the past had now become
Those who desperately resisted their entry into the city.
These two rebel armies were attacked head-on by the county army headed by Yao Qi. They attacked the city several times and were repulsed several times, resulting in heavy casualties. In desperation, the Fifth Academy Army and the Tanxiang Army had no choice but to retreat.
To the Zhangshui area east of Yecheng.
As soon as they retreated to Zhangshui, the main force of the Han army led by Wu Han also arrived. The two sides launched a decisive battle on the bank of Zhangshui.
In this battle, the Wu and Han armies joined forces with the Wei and Jun armies in the first period to launch a pincer attack on the rebel army. The two sides fought from day to night. In the end, the rebel army was defeated by the Han army and almost the entire army was annihilated.
The number of those killed in battle and drowned by the rebels was countless, and the number of captured rebels alone was over 100,000.
After this battle, both the Fifth Academy Army and the Tanxiang Army were severely weakened. The few remaining troops fled north one after another.
At this point, the troubles caused by the bandits in Wei County and Qinghe County came to an end. Wu Han led the army to return in triumph and returned to the court with his troops.
Shortly after Wu Han led his army back to Beijing, Liu Xiu began his second large-scale enfeoffment of marquises.
Liu Xiu wrote very clearly in the edict, "After people's desires are satisfied, what they fear most is to be greedy for pleasure, only care about temporary pleasure, and forget about national laws and regulations. The generals have made great achievements and want to pass on fame and fortune from generation to generation.
We should walk on thin ice and work conscientiously."
At the end of the edict, Liu Xiu also added a very considerate sentence: "Those who have made outstanding achievements but have not received rewards, fame, or officials must report it to Dahonglu in a timely manner. Dahonglu will report it to me. I will
Then they will be hired separately and rewarded."
Liu Xiu rewarded meritorious officials on a large scale, and those who had outstanding achievements were basically granted the title of marquis. This made many scholar-bureaucrats dissatisfied and jealous.
A doctor directly advised Liu Xiu: "In ancient times, the emperors granted feudal lords and the territory was less than a hundred miles away. The imperial court was strong and the local areas were weak. This is the correct way to govern the country. But now, the lords are as large as four counties, and it is no longer legal.
I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"
The four counties he mentioned were naturally referring to Deng Yu. Deng Yu's fiefdom included four counties, and Deng Yu had the largest fiefdom among Liu Xiu's meritorious officials.
After listening to the doctor's advice, Liu Xiu laughed loudly and said disapprovingly: "In ancient times, countries perished because their monarchs were stupid and immoral. I have never heard of anyone who perished because a meritorious official's fiefdom was too large."
At that time, doctorate was an official title, in charge of books, literature, and history. To put it simply, the doctorate class was a group of old academics.
Liu Xiu did not accept the doctor's advice and continued to confer marquisships on the meritorious officials. He sent out visitors to give the seals and ribbons of marquises to the recipients. However, each of the recipients heard Liu Xiu's message conveyed by the evangelist.
Oral instruction.
"Those who hold high positions and are neither arrogant nor impetuous will never fall, no matter how high their status is; those who have a prominent family but are cautious and abide by the law will not overflow no matter how prominent their family background is.
May you be respectful and careful, pass on your title to your descendants, and be a vassal of the Han family forever!"
After hearing Liu Xiu's words, all those who were awarded the title shed tears of gratitude and knelt down to kowtow in gratitude.
Liu Xiu and his ancestor Liu Bang were completely opposite.
After Liu Bang became emperor, he was wary of his heroes and always suspected that someone would rebel against him. He was also wary of his heroes.
Liu Xiu, on the other hand, is just the opposite. He seems to have no worries about this at all, and does not consider whether someone will rebel against him. As long as I use you, I will trust you. As long as you have merit, I will definitely reward you.
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This is the obvious difference in the way Liu Xiu and Liu Bang behave and do things. Liu Bang's relationship with the founding heroes has gradually become distant and distant, while Liu Xiu's relationship with the founding heroes has always been consistent and close.
In terms of self-confidence and emotional intelligence, Liu Xiu is indeed much higher than Liu Bang. He is not afraid of anyone rebelling against him. Even if you rebel against me, I will still be able to destroy you! This is Liu Xiu's self-confidence.
