Xuande

Chapter 135 He Has Changed, But Not Completely

This is the difference between eunuchs and scholars.

Eunuchs have no real descendants, and most of the corruption is for personal enjoyment and retirement, and some of them will be left to the emperor. Some emperors get much more than eunuchs.

However, most of the scholars are burdened by the family, and all they think about is the continuation of the family, so what they give to the emperor is definitely not as much as what the eunuchs give.

Therefore, as long as an emperor who can properly control the power of eunuchs, no matter how the country is, at least the emperor will not be short of money.

But if it is an emperor who is not good at controlling the power of eunuchs, life will be difficult.

So the emperor always likes eunuchs more.

In line with this harmony, Zhang Rang asked Liu Hong for permission according to Liu Bei's suggestion, dispatched part of the garrison in Luoyang City and almost the entire armed spies in the East Garden, and began to fully arrest the "Taiping Daoists" in Luoyang City ".

This action happened very quickly, and Zhang Rang almost devoted his energy beyond the times to this action. On the night of February 23, the seventh year of Guanghe, he took advantage of the curfew and launched a full-scale action.

One night later, more than 1000 suspected Taiping Taoists were arrested in Luoyang City, and more than 300 houses and residences were controlled by the army and Dongyuan spies. 37 sets of armor and 50 crossbows were found on the spot. Zhang, more than [-] boxes of arrows and so on.

Armor, crossbows and other things are strictly controlled contraband in any era. Private individuals cannot own them anyway. It’s okay if they are not discovered. Can't kill you.

Zhang Rang thought that he would need to spend some time to find these key criminal evidences, but he did it in one night.

What made Zhang Rang even more excited was that Ma Yuanyi, Zhang Jiao's disciple and an important figure in Taiping Dao, was also captured by him.

After this person was caught, he probably knew that he had no hope of survival. He wanted to die without saying a word. Zhang Rang personally supervised him and sent people to torture him with various tortures. Destroyed his psychological defense.

Then Ma Yuanyi told everything he knew with snot, tears and feces, just for fun.

Zhang Rang was shocked and pleasantly surprised when he learned of Ma Yuanyi's plan to conspire with the entire Taipingdao.

Actually, as Liu Bei guessed, Taipingdao had a shocking conspiracy to revolt across the country, and they were close to success.

The original scheduled time for the uprising was the fifth day of March in the seventh year of Guanghe. They agreed that eight prefectures across the country would rise up together to overthrow the Han court.

At that time, 36 of their armed forces will jointly rise up, and hundreds of thousands of Taiping Taoists will rise up. The situation is so sour that I can't even imagine it.

But for some reason, the three Zhang Jiao brothers died violently in Jizhou in December last year, but Ma Yuanyi didn't know about it through any channels.

he does not know.

He even heard about it in Luoyang, and no one came to tell him specifically.

But I have to say that there was indeed a problem with his contact with Jizhou during that time. He was worried, and was about to send someone back to ask what was going on, only to learn that the Taiping Dao uprising broke out in Jizhou and Zhang Jiao died. .

Of course he didn't believe that Zhang Jiao was dead, but Jizhou had no reason to take the lead in rioting. If something really happened to Jizhou, then Zhang Jiao's death was indeed a good explanation.

So, what the hell is going on here?

While people were panicking, Ma Yuanyi also realized that his situation was very bad.

Some people were ready to leave, and of course Ma Yuanyi could also leave, but his loyalty to Zhang Jiao prevented him from doing so.

He felt that no matter what happened, he couldn't be a traitor who fled the battle. He had to support the great cause of the great virtuous teacher, even if the great virtuous teacher really had an accident, it was the same.

So Ma Yuanyi decided to call on the remaining Taiping Taoists to continue their actions.

But for some reason, the court's actions always seemed to be one step ahead of him.

He contacted the believers among the eunuchs to prepare for internal blasting, but before sending anyone there, the eunuchs began to strictly investigate inside, and then began to clean up. All those who had close contacts with Taiping Dao were arrested, and it seems that many died .

The insiders in the palace were gone, and he tried to find those officials and powerful families who had a good relationship in the past, hoping to get some help from them.

In the end, needless to say, this group of people is busy cutting off Taipingdao, so how can they care about Ma Yuanyi?

Ma Yuanyi had no choice but to put all his eggs in one basket, and led the hardcore Taoists to fight to the death in Luoyang, but before the day of action came, the imperial court took the lead.

Ma Yuanyi and more than 20 organization leaders were caught in a house in the northeast of Luoyang City, and a riot that had not yet started came to an end.

It has to be said that Ma Yuanyi is brave enough, but what Zhang Rang, a psychopath, likes most are brave people. He likes to torture some very staunch people to the process of psychological breakdown, which is addictive.

It would be great if you could get credit by the way.

What Ma Yuanyi explained was handed over to Liu Hong by Zhang Rang, who was ecstatic. Not only was Taipingdao preparing to launch a nationwide uprising, but the list of those guys in Luoyang City who had close contacts with Taipingdao was also passed on. Zhang Rang sorted it out and handed it over to Liu Hong.

Of course, the list belonging to the eunuch group was disposed of by Zhang Rang internally, and the rest were all from the scholar's side, and there were some local-level powerful lists.

After Liu Hong learned that Lei Ting was furious and broke many things in the palace, including a porcelain bowl he liked very much, which was also broken by him. In a rage, Liu Hong issued two orders.

First, the Taipingdao and Taipingdao-related forces will be completely wiped out across the country. He would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. He wants Taipingdao to be physically obliterated in the world.

Second, order Dongyuan to start a comprehensive investigation and review of people related to Taipingdao within the central court.

"Whether it's from the ancient literature school or the modern literature school, check it out for me, check it hard! Don't let any one go!"

Liu Hong yelled angrily for a while with red eyes, then drank a few sips of water, calmed down a little, and made supplements.

"According to my observations, in the current situation, the Ancient Literature School is strong, while the Modern Literature School is relatively weak. Remember, don't favor one over the other. No matter how hard you hit, you can't make the situation unbalanced. Dongyuan shouldn't suppress scholars too much. It's best to stir up internal fighting between the two sides. , Father, you know what to do."

Zhang Rang was stunned for a while, then immediately agreed, then turned and left to prepare for work.

The moment he turned around, Zhang Rang suddenly felt a chill down his back.

Liu Hong has changed, although not much, but still.

In the past, Liu Hong paid more attention to material comforts, and would not pay too much attention to the government. Unless the government took the initiative to find him, he would never take the initiative to find him.

But now it seems a little different.

The former Liu Hong could never say such a thing. Liu Hong seemed to be a normal emperor now.

This is not a good thing for the eunuch group that holds the imperial power on behalf of them.

However, the great enemy is at hand, and a huge change is ahead, so Zhang Rang has no time to take care of it for the time being.

He hurried out to get ready to do something.

As he was running, he suddenly came back to his senses.

In the recent period, the number of women whom Liu Hong has summoned seems to have increased compared to the previous few months.

In the past few months, Liu Hong went to Taixue when he had the time. The women in the palace complained a lot, and some eunuchs who made money by making money with the women in the palace also complained.

This month has improved a lot. It seems that Liu Hong himself is suffering from suffocation. The number of times he goes to the Imperial Academy is less, and the number of times he has fun is more.

Thinking of this, the corners of Zhang Rang's mouth suddenly turned up again.

Liu Hong, the same Liu Hong.

He has changed, but not completely.

(End of this chapter)