After the emperor's car arrived in Chang'an, Chen Cheng placed Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He in Changle Palace. He still occupied Weiyang Palace. Because the official office was next to Weiyang Palace, it was convenient to handle various matters. As for whether he would be imprisoned for this
Chen Cheng didn't care at all when people said he was arrogant and domineering.
The ministers who came with the emperor also had their own places to go. After many powerful men were exiled to the Western Regions, many places were vacant inside and outside the city. Among the court ministers, few were willing to join Chen Cheng's command. Only those who had been promoted
The middle and lower-level officials, who were hopeless and couldn't climb up even if they wanted to, threw themselves into the arms of the new regime one after another.
But this is not surprising. Xu Chao, who is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, is very unfriendly to these people from Luoyang. Except for a few very famous people who were given some salaries, all other middle and lower-level officials stopped paying salaries.
Rice. If you don't become an official, you won't get any salary, and you can only feed yourself at home.
Due to livelihood constraints, those who want to take another look, or want to wait for a price, have to fill their stomachs first. People always have to eat, right?
As a result, the original contradiction between the Liangzhou faction and the Guanzhong faction soon changed greatly. The contradiction between the local faction and the ministers was no less than the contradiction between local forces. In the past,
The high officials in the court were yelling at the local civil and military officials, but now that Chen Cheng had used officials from the three provinces and six ministries to seize all the power, the ministers could no longer suppress the subordinates.
There was a fierce fight among these people, but the provincial officials headed by Yan Zhong did not show mercy to them at all. After testing them several times, the ministers in the imperial court became even more angry and cursed secretly.
I don’t know how many people there are like Chen Cheng, but there have been many people inside and outside Chang’an.
Everyone understands Chen Cheng's attitude. No matter how they fight, they can't put pressure on the provincial department.
Within a few days, Chen Cheng, in the name of the emperor, canonized himself as a general, commanding the world's soldiers and horses, and granted a special license to "praise and worship without name, enter the court without following, and go to the palace with swords and shoes." Then Chen Cheng issued a series of
According to the personnel orders, Jia Xu was appointed as the Shizhongling, Dong Zhao was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and others were promoted and promoted.
Even Wei Li, who once roared at Chen Cheng, got the position of minister of the Ministry of Justice, which was considered a promotion. This is easily reminiscent of the story of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang who granted Chiyong at the beginning of the Han Dynasty. In addition,
When Chen Cheng first arrived in Chang'an, many people thought that after Chen Cheng came back with his troops, he would change the high-pressure policy of harsh punishments and laws during Yan Zhong's reign.
But the fact is completely contrary to what these people think. The government is indeed allocating land to the poor people, and distributing seeds, and even cattle, lambs, suckling pigs, etc., but what follows is that there has not been any for a long time.
After Emperor Guangwu revitalized the Han Dynasty, Qingtian was a national policy of the imperial court for a long time, but that was more than a hundred years ago.
In the past 100 years, no emperor or ruler has ever pulled out the national policy of "clearing fields" from the pile of old papers. These days, which powerful family does not have a lot of "hidden fields"? The government has re-"cleared the fields"
"Qingtian", doesn't it mean to take food from everyone's bowl?
As soon as the "Qingtian" decree was issued, it caused an uproar in Guanzhong. Many officials wrote letters one after another, denouncing the move as "competing with the people for profit." In the countryside, there were many cases of powerful officials expelling officials, and some even had factions.
The staff who went down were killed.
Many officials in Guanzhong thought that this kind of mass opposition would definitely force the military generals in Yongliang to withdraw their orders, but they were wrong. When he heard that the officials who went to measure the land were killed, Chen Cheng suddenly
It reminded me of the arson case in Fuping. They immediately dispatched three thousand tooth soldiers to capture the county magistrate, county magistrate, and officials at all levels in the county where the incident occurred. They and their entire families were packed and sent to the Western Regions.
went.
Then they implemented military control in the county and killed more than two hundred people. All powerful families in the county were sent to the Western Regions and were not allowed to return if they were pardoned. This kind of thunderous method immediately silenced the entire Guanzhong land.
Only then did everyone realize that the general relied on absolute force to force Duan Yan to surrender, defeat Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, and then take control of Guanzhong.
Although Chen Cheng was kind to people, how could a man like this who conquered the world by force be swayed by so-called public opinion? When Emperor Gaozu was trying to conquer the world, he was also rude to Confucian scholars and even went so far as to urinate in a Confucian scholar's hat.
Come.
Now that the local military power in Guanzhong has been destroyed, even if there was some resistance, it was quickly put down. In addition, the government distributed land to the poor people, which broke down the resistance of the local people, and the policy was actually implemented smoothly.
Go down. This made the officials in the provincial department happy, but made the ministers in the court disappointed.
They still thought that some righteous people would stand up and put an end to the tyranny. When they were in Luoyang, they were suppressed by He Jin, but at least they still maintained their dignity as public ministers. They were still high-ranking court officials. After arriving in Chang'an, they were suppressed by He Jin.
Hang it aside to dry.
They no longer need to deal with all kinds of things, and there is no one to report to them. The only thing they can do every day, besides eating and sleeping, is to get together with each other and curse Chen Thief and Wujun. Every day.
When they talk about it later, they will sigh: If I had known this, I might as well have stayed in Luoyang with Taiwei Yang Biao!
Yang Biao and others who were far away in Luoyang were so hungry that their eyes were dim and they were complaining endlessly. Many people deeply regretted that if they had known that they would starve when they returned to Luoyang, they might as well have gone to Chang'an with the Emperor's chariot.
.At the very least, the people of Xiliang will give them food to eat!
After Yuan Shu captured Luoyang, his reputation rose to the peak for a while, and many heroes in the world joined him. Even Taiwei Yang Biao and others abandoned the Emperor's chariot and ran back to Luoyang. They were waiting for Yuan Jiuyang.
Eliminate the heroes and rebuild a new dynasty.
At the beginning, Yuan Shu did seem to have destiny. After his general Sun Jian defeated Zhou Ang, he turned to attack Liu Biao and once led his troops to attack Xiangyang City, forcing Liu Biao to hide in the city and dare not come out.
Seeing that Jingzhou was about to fall into Yuan Shu's hands, the situation took a turn for the worse.
When Sun Wentai was chasing Huang Zu, he encountered an ambush and was shot to death by a crossbowman. Liu Biao retook Jingzhou. Without Sun Jian, the weakness of the Yuan Shu Group was quickly exposed. In the battle with Yanzhou Mu Cao Mengde,
Yuan Shu's army suffered repeated defeats. In just a few months, he lost 20,000 to 30,000 troops. Not only was Yingchuan County captured by Cao Cao, but even Nanyang County, which he had occupied for a long time, was captured by Liu Biao.
Without Nanyang County and Yingchuan County, Luoyang almost became an isolated city. Originally, some grain and grass could be transported from Runan and Yingchuan, but now Cao Cao and Liu Biao cut off the grain route, and famine began to break out in Luoyang City again.
After Sun Jian captured Luoyang, Yuan Shu's army swarmed in and looted the city.
For more than ten days in a row, Yuan Shu's army could be seen everywhere in the city. After Yang Biao and others returned to Luoyang, they were shocked to find that there were only a few hundred households left in the city, and most of them were half-clothed and skinny.
.However, the life and death of the common people has never been taken seriously by the big bosses. They turned a blind eye to the tragic situation in the city and went directly to visit the satisfied Yuan Shu.
Later, famine began to break out in the city, and even Yuan Shujun himself could not eat enough. Yang Biao and others also began to starve. They had been hungry for more than ten days in a row, but suddenly they saw the city decorated with lights. When they inquired about it, it turned out that Yuan Shu had a whim.
It is believed that he has occupied Luoyang, and now Cao Cao and Liu Biao are still against him because he has not become emperor.
"What?" Yang Biao was shocked, "Yuan Shu wants to proclaim himself emperor?"
It is not impossible to proclaim oneself the emperor. We are all the top dignitaries of the Han Dynasty. I have no objection to you proclaiming the emperor. Anyway, the benefits will still fall into the hands of the aristocratic families. But the situation is not right now! Outside, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Zhang Yang,
Huangfu Song, these are all enemies. If you don't deal with them and claim the title of emperor, wouldn't that be courting death?
Although Yang Biao was born with a golden key in his mouth, he is not stupid. Not only is he not stupid, Yang Biao can also be considered a smart man. He never thought that Yuan Shu could be so stupid and cut off the road to Yuzhou.
Even though he was in trouble, he still dared to proclaim himself emperor.
He didn't try to dissuade Yuan Shu, and just ran away with his family. Yuan Shu went crazy, and Yang Biao would not accompany him to go crazy. Fortunately, the Yang family's hometown is in Hongnong, which is not too far from Luoyang, and there are no livestock to travel with.
It doesn't matter, just walk for a few more days.
Thirty miles out of the city, suddenly there was a huge cloud of smoke and dust behind him. Yang Biao looked back and couldn't help but turn pale with fright, and said in a panic: "It's something bad!"
He hurriedly ordered his family to speed up and run towards the fields. However, there was no shelter in the vast plains near Luoyang. Even if he wanted to escape, where could he hide?
Yang Biao wanted to take his family to hide in the woods, but was overtaken by Yuan Shu's men. The cavalry rode into the crowd with swords. Although there were only more than a hundred cavalry, they still had a very strong impact. Dozens of Yang family members
They held weapons in hand and tried to resist, but they were all hacked to death one by one.
The leading general laughed loudly and said triumphantly: "I have long heard that the Yang family has been serving as high officials for several generations, and the family has accumulated a lot of wealth. Today it can be regarded as falling into the hands of our brothers!"
The subordinate flattered him and said, "It's still the general's opinion. As soon as he heard that Yang was out of the city, he led us to chase him. If others find out, how can we still have a share?"
Some people were worried: "The Yang family has always had a good reputation. If the master knew about it, would he be angry?"
"What are you afraid of?" the general shouted loudly: "There are so many bandits around Luoyang, who knows who made us do it? Besides, my lord is obsessed with becoming the emperor, so how can he take care of these things?"
Yang Biao was stabbed in the back and lay on the ground in a bloody state. He said sadly: "You can take the money, but you can just let me wait for a way out, okay?"
"Good for you, mother!"
The general came over, stepped on Yang Biao's chest, and slashed with his sword. The ring-headed sword slashed Yang Biao's face, blood splattered everywhere, and soon it was impossible to tell who this person was. This gang
The soldiers and horses killed Yang Biao and his party, looted all the money, and then fled away.
The corpses lay scattered on the road, and it soon became cold. The smell of blood attracted many wild dogs and wild wolves. These beasts roared to each other to intimidate their opponents. After a confrontation for a period of time, they avoided each other.
They each picked some corpses and feasted on them.
At night, someone suddenly crawled out of a ditch on the side of the road. The man was about twenty years old. He looked at the corpse on the ground with fear and grief, and then ran towards the west.
