Eight hundred and fifty-ninth chapter power in Kyushu
After Liu Xiu personally commanded the Battle of Changlu, he left the Guandong region and returned to Luoyang.
He left full power to Wu Han for the rest of the war. When Liu Xiu returned to Luoyang, Yin Lihua had already given birth to a son for Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu's fourth son, but she had not yet named the child.
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This child's appearance has inherited the advantages of his parents. He has a round and cute baby face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and long and upward eyelashes. When he blinks, he looks like two small fans.
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When Liu Xiu saw the child that Yin Lihua had given birth to, he immediately picked it up. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. He smiled at Yin Lihua and said, "Lihua, let's name the child 'Yang'!"
Yin Lihua murmured: "Liu Yang." She nodded with a smile and said, "Your Majesty's name is very good."
Liu Xiu looked at the baby in his arms and said with a smile: "Yang'er! Yang'er! Haha!" Liu Xiu laughed. I don't know if his smile infected the baby in his arms. Liu Yang, who was only a few months old, also
chuckled.
It must be said that Liu Xiu's harem is very good at giving birth to children. Queen Guo Shengtong has given birth to three sons for Liu Xiu in a row. The noble Yin Lihua gave birth to a son for Liu Xiu in her first child.
Liu Xiu's harem is not big, but it has many sons. Now it has four sons and a little princess.
During this expedition, the relationship between Liu Xiu and Xi Cheying improved a lot. On weekdays, Liu Xiu was also willing to sit with Xi Cheying.
Unlike Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua, and Xu Xiling, Xi Cheying was very interested in state affairs and military affairs, and was willing to discuss these matters with Liu Xiu.
The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. This is a rule of the Han Dynasty, because the Queen Lu Rebellion happened before, and future generations have taken warnings from it, but it is still okay to talk and discuss it in private.
In fact, being an emperor is also very lonely. You stay in the palace all day long and there are few people you can talk to.
Guo Shengtong, Yin Lihua, and Xu Xiling were not interested in these boring state affairs. It was rare that Xi Cheying liked them, and Liu Xiu was willing to talk to her casually and listen to Xi Cheying's opinions.
Not long after Liu Xiu returned to Luoyang, the Shangshutai was reorganized. The Shangshutai was still under the control of the Shaofu. In fact, the Shangshutai was not under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, but was directly responsible to the emperor.
He divided the Shangshutai into six chambers, namely the three public chambers, the official chamber, the civilian chamber, the host and guest chamber, the two thousand stone chamber, and the Zhongdu officer chamber. Each chamber had one chamberlain, collectively known as the six chambers of chamberlain.
The top leader of Shangshu Ling is Shangshu Ling. Under Shangshu Ling, there is one Shangshu Pushe. Next, there are six Shangshu, Shangshu Ling, Shangshu Pushe and six Shangshu. These eight are the core personnel of Shangshutai, collectively known as the Eight.
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The power of the Chancellor's Desk was all concentrated in the hands of the eight lords. Whenever there was a major event, the eight lords would jointly submit a report and discuss it with the emperor.
In addition to the eight seats, there are also one Zuocheng, one Right Cheng, thirty-six ministers, and twenty-one ministers. This is the main body of the Shangshustand.
The daily morning affairs were held in the large court hall, while the Shangshutai was a small court. Liu Xiu's important decisions were increasingly made in the Shangshutai, through consultation with the eight ministers.
Liu Xiu concentrated the power of the country in the Shangshutai, which was equivalent to concentrating it in his own hands. The embryonic form of China's centralized government for thousands of years began to sprout from Liu Xiu's period.
The six Cao Cao of the Shangshutai, namely the Three Gong Cao, the Li Bu Cao, the Min Cao, the Host and Guest Cao, the Erqian Shi Cao, and the Zhongdu Guan Cao, were actually the prototype of the later six departments of the Official Department, the Household Department, the Rites Department, the Military Department, the Punishment Department, and the Work Department.
All affairs in the world are submitted to the Shangshu, who participates in the decision-making with the master (the emperor), and then goes to the three mansions (the three Dukes). Although the three Dukes are established, the affairs are returned to the Taige. This is Liu Xiu's political philosophy.
The three masters, Da Sima, Da Situ and Da Sikong, gradually became dispensable, leaving only a false name, and the decisions on major national affairs were basically completed at the Chancellery.
The Shang Shutai discussed the decision and then issued it to the three ministers for specific implementation. To put it more simply, the three ministers gradually became the people who do things, and the process of formulating how to do things is no longer involved in the three ministers.
On this day, battle reports came from the south, saying that Cen Peng had won a great victory in Yiling.
After reading the battle report from Cen Peng, Liu Xiu beamed with joy and couldn't help laughing.
In the Battle of Liqiu, Tian Rong was defeated and fled back to Yiling. Cen Peng led his troops to pursue him. After Tian Rong returned to Yiling, he gathered his troops and started a battle with Jiangling and Cen Peng's troops in Nanjun.
In this battle, the Han army had 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the Tian Rong army also came out in full force, with 200,000 soldiers. The strength of the two sides was almost the same, and they were evenly matched. The battle between the enemy and ours, with a total of 400,000 troops, was huge.
At the beginning, the two sides only sent out small forces to test each other, and the scale of the battles that occurred was also small. As time went by, the scale of the battles between the two sides became larger and larger.
Although the Han army was approaching fiercely, Tian Rong had the advantage of a favorable geographical location. The battles between the two sides resulted in winners and losers. As the war continued, the Han army's logistical supplies began to be tight.
Cen Peng released the news early, saying that the Han army planned to retreat. Tian Rong was overjoyed when he heard the news and stepped up his offensive against the Han army. In the next few days, the Han army hid in the camp to avoid fighting.
When Tian Rong's offensive relaxed a little, Cen Peng led the Han army soldiers to set up camp and prepare to evacuate the Jiangling area.
These days, Tian Rong has been waiting for the Han army to withdraw so that he can lead his army to pursue the Han army. Now that the Han army has finally withdrawn, how can he miss this golden opportunity? Tian Rong led his soldiers to pursue the Han army.
Unexpectedly, the retreat of the Han army was a fake, and the real thing was to lure the Tian Rong army out of their camp system and lure them to fight on their own side. After that, the troops of both sides collided with each other on the eastern plain of Jiangling.
This battle lasted for two days and two nights, and finally ended with the victory of the Han army and the collapse of the entire Tian Rong army.
In the Battle of Jiangling, Tian Rong almost wiped out all his troops and fled to Yiling with only more than a thousand remnants.
Cen Peng took advantage of the victory to pursue and led the Han army to Yiling, where he again defeated the Tian Rong army and captured Yiling.
Tian Rong and his remnants fled from Yiling in a hurry and ran to Zigui County. Cen Peng refused to give up and continued the pursuit. When they arrived in Zigui County, they defeated Tian Rong again.
After this battle, Tian Rong completely lost his foothold in Nanjun and fled westward to Shu with only dozens of remnants to join Gongsun Shu.
Tian Rong's family members were all captured alive by Cen Peng. Unlike Wu Han, Cen Peng captured Tian Rong's family members and did not kill them all. Instead, he had them escorted back to Luoyang and handed over to His Majesty.
After Tian Rong fled, Cen Peng took control of the entire Nanjun, and he continued to lead his army to station in Jiangling.
As for whether to invade Shu, continue to pursue Tian Rong, and fight Gongsun Shu, this is not something he can decide. It depends on the decision of the imperial court.
However, while Cen Peng was stationed in Jiangling, he was not idle, and he frequently exchanged letters with his old friend Deng Rang.
At present, Deng Rang serves as the pastor of Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou belongs to the area far away from the emperor. The jurisdiction of Jiaozhou includes present-day Guangdong, Guangxi, northern and central Vietnam, as well as Hainan and other places.
It has a large area, but the economy is extremely poor and there are many foreign races in the territory. Originally, Deng Rang was loyal to Liu Xuan. After Liu Xuan's death, the Red Eyebrow Army took control of Chang'an, and later Liu Xiu claimed to inherit the throne.
In the Central Plains region, the situation with the King's Banner changing at the top of the city made Deng Rang not even know who he should be loyal to.
When the world was in chaos, all the heroes came together and the warlords separated their regimes. In the Central Plains areas such as the Lianghe area, Guandong and Kansai, they had already been beaten to death and bloodied, and corpses were everywhere. However, it was better here in Jiaozhou. No one attacked, no one fought, and the areas were separated.
The heroes seem to have collectively forgotten that there is such a place as Jiaozhou.
It was only when Cen Peng defeated Tian Rong and garrisoned Jiangling that he remembered his old friend Deng Rang.
He wrote letters to Deng Rang, explaining to Deng Rang the current situation in the world, analyzing the interests and weighing the pros and cons, and finally persuading Deng Rang to surrender to the Luoyang court and return to the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.
Deng Rang was not familiar with Liu Xiu, but he had a good relationship with Cen Peng and admired Cen Peng's character. During the correspondence with Cen Peng, he was gradually persuaded by Cen Peng.
Later, Cen Peng sent Qu Chong, a partial general under his command, to the south of the Yangtze River to appease him.
After learning the news, Deng Rang ordered the prefects of seven counties under his rule, including Nanhai County, Cangwu County, Yulin County, Hepu County, Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County, and Rinan County, to send envoys to Jiangnan.
Donate gifts and gifts to Qu Chong.
At this point, Jiaozhou officially surrendered to the Luoyang court. It can be said that Liu Xiu did not use any soldiers and relied entirely on the friendship between Cen Peng and Deng Rang to capture the entire Jiaozhou without bloodshed.
With the surrender of Jiaozhou, most of the thirteen states in the world were under Liu Xiu's control, except for Zhang Bu's Qingzhou, Lu Fang's Bingzhou, Kaixiao's Liangzhou, and Gongsun Shu's Yizhou.
To break down the areas controlled by Liu Xiu, Jizhou and Youzhou were obtained by Liu Xiu after defeating Wang Lang, as well as the Tongma, Chimei, Wuxiao and many other rebel armies; the Sili area was obtained by Liu Xiu after defeating Chimei.
Yuzhou was won by Liu Xiu after defeating Liu Yong; Jingzhou was won by Liu Xiu by defeating Deng Feng, Qin Feng, Tian Rong and others; Yanzhou and Xuzhou were won by Liu Xiu by defeating Dong Xian; Yangzhou was won by Liu Xiu
It can be achieved by pacifying the local separatist forces.
Only Jiaozhou, which was far away from Emperor Tiangao, relied on the good relationship between Cen Peng and Deng Rang to prevent Liu Xiu from fighting a single battle and successfully succeeded.
Liu Xiu now occupies nine of the thirteen state capitals. The heroes are divided and the situation of constant fighting gradually becomes clear. Liu Xiu stands out among the heroes and becomes the sole leader.
Of course, until this period, Liu Xiu was still far away from unifying the whole country. Luoyang had Zhang Bu to the east, Wei Xiao to the west, Lu Fang to the north, and Gongsun Shu to the south.
The strength of each of these four powerful enemies cannot be underestimated.
Even Lu Fang, the weakest among them, had the Huns supporting him behind his back. In addition, Gongsun Shu relied on the natural dangers of Shu to continue to grow bigger and stronger in Yizhou. It is not an exaggeration to describe Luoyang as a henchman.
