Big Ear Thief Selling Straw Sandals

Chapter 102 Super Forced March

On the sixth day of June, Tai Shici saw Zhi Jinwu again.

The purse was returned, but nothing was touched.

Liu Bei was not surprised, but asked curiously: "It's not easy to live in Dongdu. Tell me, how did you spend the past three days?"

Seeing that Liu Bei was not angry, Tai Shici felt a little relieved.

"Receipt Jinwu, grass people have strength, working in the wharf warehouse for half a day is enough to feed and live for a day."

Liu Bei suddenly said: "Tai Shici, courtesy name Ziyi, is from Huang County, Donglai, Qingzhou. After entering Beijing two years ago to destroy the official documents of the state government, in order to avoid vendetta, he has been hiding in Liaodong until now. The above, is it true?"

Tai Shici was taken aback.

Even Gongsun Du didn't know these things, but Liu Bei knew them all. Where did he know about them?

But he didn't run away, but asked openly: "Is Zhi Jinwu going to accuse the grassroots people?"

"I don't care about accusing someone, you haven't returned home for several years, go home and visit my mother!"

As he said, he threw the purse to Tai Shici again: "Help me express condolences to the old lady."

The great man ruled the world with filial piety!
This is everyone's weakness.

When Tai Shici left Zhijinwu's mansion, Liu Baniu led his horse to catch up and gave him a carved wooden plaque.

Obverse: Quan, Duwei of Dongdu Public Security, Tai Shici.

On the back: Big man, Zhijinwu!
Although it is only a false title of temporary agent, it is enough to deal with the government of the local state and county.

After thinking for a while, and weighing his identity plate, Tai Shici got on his horse, left Luoyang east, and galloped back home.

At this time, the chief officials of most states and counties had arrived in Dongdu, with a total of more than 180 people, and less than [-]% of them did not arrive.

According to rumors circulating in the market, the Empress Dowager faction, which is dominated by the Taifu family, won [-] votes, which is evenly matched with the Taishi faction that supports the Queen Mother He, and even has a high chance of surpassing it.

Therefore, the direction of public opinion gradually favored Liu Xie, Emperor Yonghan.

On the seventh day of June, the court meeting.

Empress Dowager He commended Liu Bei, the executive king, for his loyalty to the country in court, and approved the "Proposal for the Establishment of the Fire Safety Bureau and the River Road Administration Bureau" memorial.

Later, all yamen and departments were required to study in depth, establish a down-to-earth and pragmatic atmosphere, and resolutely abandon the bad habit of exaggeration and flattery.

At the end of the court meeting, Emperor Guangxi suddenly proposed to Empress Dowager He: The first emperor's hundred-day sacrifice should be an amnesty for the world!

really!

All the courtiers had expected it, and used their power to show their favor to the world and win the public opinion of the ruling and opposition parties.

Human relations and filial piety, benevolent government and love the people!
Therefore, it was unanimously approved: the imperial court will offer a [-]-day sacrifice to Emperor Ling and amnesty the world.

Sure enough, that night, the news spread across the streets and alleys of Dongdu.

Officials, big and small, traffickers, and pawns all praised Emperor Guangxi for his benevolence and goodness.

Therefore, quite a few bigwigs who did not stand in line decided to follow suit, showing signs of leaning towards Emperor Guangxi.

Empress Dowager Dong, received the rumors and remained silent.

After a while, his eyes were determined.

On the eighth day of June, at dawn.

In the northern barracks, in front of the gate, on a crooked tree, hangs a dead body.

The police whistle sounded, and the patrol team of the barracks, nearby residents, and the police from the Luoyang government office arrived one after another.

The watchman was the first to discover that the patrol team controlled the scene, and the residents watched and pointed and talked.

It was confirmed that the deceased was Dong Min, the former Marquis of the Northern Army, with a suicide note in his arms.

The content of the suicide note, apart from self-criticism, mostly accuses Liu Bei of colluding with the Queen Mother, oppressing soldiers, and wantonly extorting bribes.

Dong Zhuo rushed to hear the news, laid down the dead body and wept, and even arrested the arresting head and asked him to give an explanation.

For some reason, the news of Dong Min's death and the content of his suicide note spread throughout the city in the blink of an eye, and heated discussions arose.

During the court meeting, those more than a dozen officials who had not made a firm stand acted like grass on the fence, sitting and watching the wind.

Although the officials of the Tai Tuo Department had solemn expressions, they couldn't hide the smile in their eyes.

What remains unchanged through the ages is that people's hearts are changeable.

Yuan Ji's expression was flat, showing neither joy nor worry.

But amidst the noise, Liu Baili rushed the Hongling messenger to the hall.

"Three days ago, the Lujiang River was flooded, and the urban and rural fields and houses were all flooded!"

Whoa!
There was a lot of noise in the hall, encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters, it was tantamount to directly slapping Empress Dowager He and Emperor Guangxi in the face.

Although everyone knows that every summer flood season, frequent floods occur in various sections of the Yangtze River, which is a natural phenomenon.

At this moment, the scenery brought by the amnesty of the world is gone.

Sili Xiaowei Xuanbo immediately stopped all the ministers to clean up the order in the palace.

At the same time, he also suggested that the flood was a warning from heaven, and it was necessary to remove important officials to show the vigilance and awe of the emperor.

As soon as the old boy spoke, Liu Bei stood up decisively.

Damn it, it's not over yet, is it?

"I report to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, I have something to say, and I have to say it!"

"Prelude!"

"The victims of the disaster in the Lujiang River are displaced and their lives are precarious. If you are the son of heaven, you should love the people like a son, undress them, and feed them. The Empress Dowager should appoint important officials to go to the Lujiang River for disaster relief, and the imperial court should also allocate money and food to save the people from the water! There is no delay!"

Empress Dowager He immediately nodded in agreement, but who should be sent to Lujiang for disaster relief?
The keen Taifu Yuan Ji immediately stepped out.

"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Zhi Jinwu is well versed in the essentials of firefighting, so I recommend Zhi Jinwu to go to Lujiang for disaster relief on behalf of the imperial court."

Aren't you very capable?

Don't you want to transfer our people away?

Now I will directly recommend you. If you don't go, it will prove that you are a villain who can only speak beautiful words, and your reputation will definitely be ruined!

When Yuan Ji exited, all the bigwigs in the palace understood, and praised Yuan Ji's "smoothing with the current" move was so beautiful.

"My minister agrees!"

A large group of officials followed behind Yuan Ji, advocating for the Grand Tutor.

Empress Dowager He didn't know how to choose and fell into a dilemma.

But I heard Liu Bei say calmly: "If Your Majesty the Queen Mother agrees, I would like to go to Lujiang."

what!
Everyone was taken aback. This meant that one of the queen mother's right-hand men left the capital before the decisive battle for the throne.

The situation of Emperor Guangxi is even worse.

Empress Dowager He was a little anxious. The selection of the emperor was proposed by Liu Bei, and she also had considerable influence. Once she was away, it was hard to say what would happen.

"Liu Qing's disaster relief can be selected as the emperor."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "There is a grand master sitting in the court, so it doesn't matter if you jump a beam, please don't worry about it, Queen Mother!"

Empress Dowager He saw that Liu Bei had a plan in mind, although she was unwilling to do so, she could not forcibly stop him.

Yuan Ji attacked one after another, Grand Master Lu Zhi naturally couldn't let the opponent get his way, no matter what, he had to pull back.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty! General Hushi is a prudent man, and he is also a relative of the Empress Dowager. I think that I can go with Zhi Jinwu to condolences to the victims."

Now that the master and apprentice have spoken, the Empress Dowager He can only order Liu Bei and Dong Zhong to set off immediately to rescue the disaster and calm the people in Lujiang.

Yuan Ji didn't care, a Dong Zhong left in exchange for a big-eared thief, no matter how you look at it, he won't lose money.

From Changle Palace, Liu Bei went straight to the Northern Army barracks, beat drums to gather generals, and conveyed the imperial court's will.

He led [-] cavalry southward to Lujiang, handed over the Northern Army camp to Zhang Feipound, and sent Jia Xu to assist him.

When the troops were ordered to go out, Liu Bei asked Liu Ba Niu to go back to the house to inform his wife Cai Yan that he was going to Lujiang for disaster relief, and it was too late to go back to the house.

Let's also follow the example of Dayu, control the flood three times without entering the house.

Luoyang is [-] miles away from Lujiang River.

Liu Bei gave an order to the big Yueqi school lieutenant: "Water and fire are relentless, rush to Lujiang within six days, otherwise military law will be used! Is there any problem?"

A real forced march is almost unimaginable in the pampered Zhongyang Army.

Seeing that the other party showed embarrassment, Liu Bei dismissed him on the spot without hesitation.

"Whoever can do it will be the Captain of Yueqi!"

Under normal circumstances, Qingqi marched 150 miles a day, and the forced march was only 250 to [-] miles. As for [-] miles, it was almost the limit. For six consecutive days, both men and horses had to be abolished.

Therefore, no one in the whole army dared to go out.

Suddenly, someone said: "I can."

Liu Bei looked over, and saw a middle-aged Confucian with a slightly fat body and well-dressed appearance, and his gestures were very elegant.

Zhong Yao, Zhong Yuanchang, a native of Yingchuan, 39 years old, served as the chief secretary of the Northern Army under the order of General He.

Prior to this, Liu Bei kicked out military generals with more than a hundred generals, and civil officials such as advisers were temporarily stayed in the camp for observation.

The master's rank is four hundred shi, and Zhong Yao wants to seize the opportunity to taste what it is like to be a captain with a rank of two thousand shi.

"Master Zhong, please speak."

"Select thousands of riders, without armor, food and grass, and counties and counties along the way will provide food and drink. Everyone will ride on two horses day and night, and they may arrive on schedule."

"Okay! Lieutenant Zhong, pick someone."

Zhong Yao was not ambiguous, as soon as he had the power in his hand, he began to wave carrots.

It was announced that the knights of the Northern Army who could reach Lujiang within six days would receive five times the reward during the expedition.

According to the plan, the disaster relief will last for one month.

You can get nearly half a year's salary for a trip. The applicants are extremely enthusiastic, and five hundred brave men stand out.

Before departure, Zhong Yao proposed to follow Liu Bei to Lujiang.

Looking at the slightly fatter figure of the other party, it is estimated that he can't even ride a horse well?

Liu Bei categorically refused: "This super forced march, you can't do it!"

Unexpectedly, in the end, Zhong Yao managed to go south.

(End of this chapter)