The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 221 Sinner!!
"What happened?!"

Lu Yu, who originally wanted to scold Lu Qin, became stunned after seeing his son crying. The first thing he thought of was that something had happened to his youngest son.

Lu Yu's youngest son, Lu Ting, served as the prefect of Mount Tai.

Only if something happened to him would his son lose his composure like this.

But when Lu Yu asked, Lu Qin was speechless. He handed the petition in his hand to his father. Lu Yu walked quickly to him and took the letter.

Several ministers in the distance looked at each other, not knowing what the father and son were up to.

Lu Yu lowered his head and read it. After just one glance, his face turned pale as paper and his whole body trembled. He couldn't even hold the letter and it fell directly to the ground.

Lu Yu stretched out his trembling hand and wanted to pick up the paper on the ground, but before he could bend down, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He cried out in pain and fell headfirst.

The ministers were in a panic and rushed over to help him up. Lu Qin didn't even care about crying and rushed to his father's side, constantly calling his name.

Everyone sent Lu Yu into the inner room. Lu Yu had not opened his eyes yet, and someone went to call the imperial physician.

"Mr. Lu! What on earth happened?"

Xun Yi was the first to notice something was wrong and asked hurriedly.

Lu Qin opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

He didn't know how to tell the story.

He Zeng said in the letter: A serious rebellion has occurred in Hebei. The rebels attacked the county government office and set it on fire. Many big families in Hebei have suffered from it, and even many members of the royal family have suffered unexpected disasters.

The number of rebels was extremely large. According to He Zeng's description, nearly 100,000 people in Hebei participated in the rebellion. They claimed that the court was unfair and wanted to attack the general and purge the court.

Among them were farmers, merchants, knights-errant, and even foreign troops.

The reason for their rebellion was that the General Zhenbei did not discipline his troops strictly.

That's what the letter said, but Lu Qin could probably guess why they rebelled.

Hebei was not peaceful to begin with, and this time, in order to gain power, my father delayed the normal work of the Secretariat. He forced everyone to recognize his jurisdiction over the Secretariat on the grounds of the country's interests. However, this delayed many things.

The Secretariat is the direct administrative agency. If the Secretariat is paralyzed, all government policies of the temple will come to a standstill.

Unless local officials act on their own initiative without waiting for orders from the Secretariat.

There is a big problem with the allocation of supplies!!

"Rebellion. There's a rebellion in Hebei, hundreds of thousands of people."

"My people were slaughtered by the rebels."

Lu Qin said a few words and burst into tears again.

But the ministers did not comfort him at this moment. Shangshu Cui Zan suddenly jumped up, and regardless of everyone's fear, he picked up the letter that fell on the ground and began to read it. After just a moment, Cui Zan's eyes turned red and he almost crushed the letter in his hand.

He turned his head sharply and looked at Lu Qin.

"Give me back my clan's life!!!"

Cui Zan roared angrily and was about to rush forward, but Xun Yi hurriedly stopped him.

Cui Zan was still yelling.

Cui Zan's clan also belongs to the Hebei clan, the Bo Ling Cui clan.

The Wei and Jin dynasties inherited the unique geopolitics of the Han Dynasty. People from the same region would form groups and spontaneously unite together, just like all the major families in Hanoi were affiliated with the Sima family. In the government, this geographical division was usually composed of the concept of a large region, such as the people of Guanxi and the people of Guandong. Of course, there were many other detailed divisions.

Lu Yu led an alliance composed of many clans in Hebei.

But now, these people are suffering.

Cui Zan's clan was also attacked and although He Zeng did not say that they were massacred, he did mention that they were attacked and destroyed.

Cui Zan didn't know how serious the loss was, and he now wanted to go up and strangle Lu Yu and his son to death.

He Zeng's words were very tactful, seemingly to maintain the dignity of the Secretariat, but Cui Zan knew very well why the rebellion in Hebei suddenly intensified.

It was this Lu Yu who was eager to climb the ladder, and for his own selfish desires, he brought everything in the Secretariat to a standstill!

This is what directly caused the accident!
Looking at the extremely excited Cui Zan, Lu Qin was speechless.

Xun Yi kept comforting him, "Mr. Cui, calm down! Calm down! This is not Mr. Lu's fault! It's not his fault!"

"If it's not his fault, then whose fault is it?"

"I told him from the beginning! Spring planting cannot be delayed! Rewarding the border troops cannot be delayed!!"

"He's so stubborn! He's hiding in his house and won't leave! Why would he hide important documents at home too? He won't do it himself, and he won't allow anyone else to do it, leading to this kind of thing!! Lu Qin!! I won't give up!!"

Cui Zan could no longer maintain his usual image at this moment.

But no one blamed him for losing his composure at this moment. No matter who it was, they would not be able to help themselves after hearing such a thing.

Hebei clan, something big is about to happen!

At this moment, the ministers did not think that Sima Shi was responsible for this matter.

Because to them, Sima Shi was already dead.

However, they have a huge information asymmetry with Hebei, or Youzhou. Without knowing everything, what they see in a single area is different. This is what the ancients often said: looking at a mountain from the side, you see a peak.

Xun Yi was very happy at this moment.

What makes him happy is that his family is not in Hebei, although he has many relatives in Hebei, but the current situation is very favorable to him!

Lu Yu had already established himself and successfully took control of the Secretariat, but once the incident of forcing the people to rebel occurred, he was finished. The Hebei clan group would not let him go. Even if this incident was not directly caused by Lu Yu, it would not matter. As the leader of the Hebei group, Lu Yu caused such unrest in Hebei, and he was ruined.

Lu Yu was finished, and the Lu family was ruined.

They instantly changed from being a huge organization to a small family of just a few people, no, a small family.

Even the small family was regarded as an enemy by the officials of Hebei.

Including my daughter and grandson, there are only seven of us.

For at least a hundred years, they will basically not be able to hold their heads up.

Xun Yi quickly looked around, "Quickly take Mr. Cui away!"

The Shangshutai was in chaos at this moment.

When the ministers heard the news, the first thing they thought of was the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

That rebellion, which also first broke out in Hebei, was the nightmare of many powerful families. A group of untouchables wearing yellow scarves attacked one county after another, massacred officials, burned down one family's stronghold after another, and swept across the country.

There were also many wealthy families from Hebei who were shouting and screaming at this moment, and some were even fainting from excitement.

There was chaos in the Shangshutai, but Xun Yi hurriedly said, "Everyone! Don't worry!"

"First, inform the Queen Mother of this matter and urge the ministers to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. We must not allow it to happen again."

"Report!!!"

At this moment, a petty official rushed into the room in a hurry and shouted, "Yanzhou has submitted a memorial!"

The Secretariat fell silent. Xun Yi rushed forward and snatched the letter. Could it be that the rebellion wasn't just in Hebei?
When Xun Yi saw Deng Ai's memorial, he felt a black screen before his eyes.

Deng Ai's memorial was more detailed than He Zeng's. He informed the court that many rebellions had occurred in and around Yanzhou, and that the actions of the Secretariat had led to rebellions everywhere!

He requested the court to quickly appoint a general, summon the central army, and call for four expeditions and four garrisons to quell the rebellions in various places, so as to prevent the Yellow Turban Incident from happening again.

Several counties in Yanzhou were also affected, but fortunately, those clans did not suffer too serious an impact. Although they were attacked, they were not directly wiped out like in Hebei.

Xun Yi could no longer sit still.

"Quick, quick, prepare the carriage!! Head to the palace!!"

When the ministers rushed into the palace in a hurry, Empress Dowager Guo was listening to Cao Mao telling those interesting stories.

Cao Mao had already taken Sima Li to Sima Shi's residence.

Of course, he also confirmed the fact that Sima Shi was dead.

Cao Mao could finally let loose a little and no longer have to be as restrained as before. The threat posed to him by the ministers in the temple was far less than that posed by Sima Shi.

Of course, in terms of destructive power, they are much stronger than Sima Shi.

Cao Mao currently did not have a good way to subdue his ministers.

After Sima Shi's death, Cao Mao even developed a great ambition.

He wanted to go to court.

This attendance at court did not mean that Cao Mao was going to formally govern the country, but that he wanted to sit in the upper seat and listen to the ministers' opinions on how to govern the world.

But even such a humble request is difficult to achieve.

Even Wang Xiang did not agree with Cao Mao's idea. He believed that Cao Mao should focus on his studies and not be distracted by these things.

In response, Cao Mao could only sneer.

They are not afraid of worrying about their studies, they regard themselves as a nuisance. The ministers are fighting for power, but no one takes the initiative to get close to them and want to support them. Why is that?

Because all the ministers knew that the emperor’s interests were different from theirs.

There are even conflicts in many places.

They could cooperate with Empress Dowager Guo, with whom there was no conflict of interest, but they could not help the emperor with whom there was a conflict. Therefore, although they would not threaten him at every turn like Sima Shi did, his future days would certainly not be easy.

In addition, Cao Mao could not completely say that these ministers posed no threat, but only that they posed no threat at the moment.

When the power of the ministers becomes strong to a certain extent, there will usually be many side effects. A typical side effect is that their monarch is easily soluble in water.

After all, there are many rivers near Luoyang. Even if you don’t go out, you still have to wash up in the palace, right?
Cao Mao still had to be cautious and not turn against these people easily, at least not before he mastered certain "swimming skills".

Cao Mao sat beside the empress dowager and told her interesting stories from all over the country, which made the empress dowager laugh.

Mr. Guo stood not far away, looking at the emperor, and he always felt inexplicably that the emperor was stealing his work.

At this moment, all the ministers had gathered outside the gate of Zhaoyang Palace.

“Queen Mother!!!”

(End of this chapter)