Xuande

Chapter 132 They Give Too Much
Yan Sheng and Wang Meng felt that what Gao Zheng said was reasonable, and that this trick of diverting disasters to the east was interesting, so they all praised Gao Zheng as an old cunt...a smart man.

They reluctantly settled on a course of action.

They themselves developed and expanded in the siege of Jizhou, and let the major canal commanders in the Central Plains lead their troops to attack Luoyang to attract firepower and share the pressure for them.

So around February [-]th, Gao Zheng and others sent people south to various parts of the Central Plains to deliver news.

But at this moment, the news of the turmoil in Taiping Dao in Jizhou has spread to Luoyang, which has aroused great concern from Luoyang's government and the public. The banner made Liu Hong even more angry.

Liu Hong was furious that the obedient card in his eyes dared to really rebel, but for many other people, this matter was very strange.

Because they have learned that another banner of Taipingdao's rebellion is "revenge for the great virtuous teacher".

Zhang Jiao is dead?

For a while, the Taiping Dao believers inside and outside Luoyang City were in a state of panic all day long. Some of the civilian believers were crying in the street, some were fidgeting, and some were inquiring about the news and couldn't believe it.

As for the believers with a certain status, they are much more rational. After inquiring about the news from many sources, they urgently cut off contact with Taipingdao.

People who are not Taipingdao believers but have walked relatively close to Taipingdao are also quite surprised and panicked.

Now, the three major factions fighting endlessly in Luoyang City had no choice but to make a tacit truce for the time being.

Whether it's the eunuch, the ancient literature school, or the modern literature school, they all have a tacit understanding and don't continue to play on each other's table, because they are all shitty.

Leaving aside what happened to Zhang Jiao's death, the fact that Taipingdao rebelled in Jizhou and massacred officials in the city was already a mountain of evidence, and it was a crime that was impossible to erase.

Although everyone usually secretly ridiculed the emperor of Han Dynasty as the prefect of Luoyang, in the final analysis, no one dared to really throw away the banner of the Han Dynasty and set up a new one. anyone's imagination.

Just like the unspoken rules that everyone usually plays about rebellion, as long as they rebel, everything will return to zero, and no student or official can cut it off in time, and no one can get involved with the rebels, even if it is kind host.

How can Zhang Jiao be regarded as the benefactor of these Luoyang dignitaries?

Taipingdao is nothing more than providing them with a new social identity for socializing and exchanging interests.

Once it is related to the rebellion, there is nothing to say, so cut it quickly.

The eunuchs in the palace are cutting.

Scholars of the ancient literature school are cutting.

Some scholars of the Jinwen School are also cutting.

Everyone was cutting, and they didn't even have time to pay attention to Zhang Jiao's death and the situation in Hebei.

Among these people, the eunuchs were undoubtedly more panic-stricken, because the eunuch group had a very high degree of contact with Taipingdao, and many eunuchs themselves were senior Taipingdao believers, and even their identities were made public and they did not hide them.

So Liu Hong also knew some inside information.

After the incident, Liu Hong did not arrange troops to quell the Jizhou rebellion at the first time, but directly challenged the eunuchs. He found the ten permanent attendants, asked them about the Taiping Dao, and asked them furiously what the Taiping Dao was. What's the matter.

Most of the eunuchs themselves can't say anything, because starting from Emperor Huan Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty, the eunuchs came into contact with Huang-Lao's study and believed in Huang-Lao's study, which was essentially a move to please the emperor. Most of the eunuchs are really the same as others, they just regard the Taiping Dao as a fashion style and don't go into it.

They feel that Taiping Road is another path they can follow, a way that can compete with the path of scholars.

Who knows that Zhang Jiao died without knowing why?

Who knew they would actually rebel?

Of course Liu Hong was very angry.

"Taipingdao thieves are rebelling in Jizhou, and many of you have been in close contact with Taipingdao and corresponded with each other. Are you going to rebel in the palace?!"

This frightened the eunuchs, they really couldn't afford such a crime, and they never thought of accepting such an accusation.

Of course, some people have no ghosts in their hearts, and some people have ghosts in their hearts, but in this situation, they really dare not move.

So headed by Zhang Rang, the current ten permanent servants had to kneel in front of Liu Hong to plead guilty, and pushed the pot of the eunuch group's contact with Taipingdao to the previous generation of ten permanent servants Wang Fu, Hou Lan and others, saying that they were from They started to contact Taipingdao.

Then they quickly cut off with Taipingdao one by one, and said in front of the emperor that they had absolutely no wrong dealings with Taipingdao. I hate it very much.

Liu Hong felt even more hated for this, hated that they didn't cherish his trust, and actually did such an outrageous thing, which seriously hurt his heart. Is this something normal people can bear?
Can the emperor tolerate a group of rebels serving him by his side?Do you want to die?

The eunuchs pleaded guilty to Liu Hong again, saying that they were really innocent.

Liu Hong was angry.

"Are you the only ones who are innocent? Am I not innocent? Isn't it your fault that you live with a group of rebels day and night and are in danger?"

Some eunuchs still didn't understand what Liu Hong meant, why were they so recalcitrant, did they really want to do something to us?

It was Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, the high-ranking contestants who wrote to figure out people's hearts, who were the first to react and understand what Liu Hong meant.

Liu Hong's meaning was very clear, he didn't really believe that the eunuchs were all traitors, they would all collude with Zhang Jiao and kill him, but he needed an explanation, a passable explanation.

Want me to turn the page?
can.

Gotta pay more!
Good thing, this is really good thing.

For them, problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

After some discussion, the eunuchs chose to join forces, saying that such a crime was really great, and they decided to pay a huge sum of money to Liu Hong as a fine to punish themselves and once again demonstrate their loyalty to Liu Hong.

This money is our loyalty.

Your Majesty, have you seen our loyalty?
Since ancient times, money has moved people's hearts, and Liu Hong is just a mortal sitting on the throne.

He is greedy, very greedy, so he loves money very, very, very, very much.

Seeing such a large sum of money lying in front of him, Liu Hong was really angry. He really wanted to severely punish these gangsters who are not clean with the Taiping Dao thieves, so as to show the emperor and the law majesty.

but……

They give too much.

Looking at the money, Liu Hong unconsciously began to excuse them in his mind, thinking that these guys are all vested interests, fat and strong, living a happy life, what exactly should Taipingdao promise to be able to Instigate them?
Let them crack the soil and seal the king?

Or is it to bring back some ability they have lost?
So Liu Hong raised it up high, put it down gently, and sternly yelled at them, telling them to purify themselves immediately, and arrest all those who have contact with the Taipingdao thieves for questioning.

Give me a big search of the Taipingdao thieves in the whole city, and let me investigate everything clearly and cleanly!

By the way, there is also the previous incident. Those who assassinated me before were these Taiping Dao thieves, right?
Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang with strange eyes.

Zhang Rang suddenly realized and understood.

After Dongyuan was boycotted by the scholars for his excessive behavior in the assassination case, he was worried that there was no suitable scapegoat to give an explanation to the scholars, and now it happened that the confession came to him!

So Zhang Rang sighed very much.

There is a saying that money can make ghosts turn the mill, and it is true, ghosts can turn the mill, let alone people?

The emperor is also a human being, so when such a large amount of money was spent, the emperor finally chose to give them the grind.

So the crisis in Dongyuan was lifted.

Your own crisis will also be easily resolved.

He can calmly arrange for the diners to erase all the messages between him and Zhang Jiao.

After leaving the palace, Zhang Rang sighed, but at the same time remembered Liu Bei's vigilance against Taipingdao and his intention to investigate Taipingdao.

For a moment, his heart was full of mixed feelings, and he didn't even know whether he was right or Liu Bei was right.

So he decided to find Liu Bei and talk to him about this matter.

(End of this chapter)