The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Zheng vaguely remembered that there was indeed a position of prime minister in the Western Han Dynasty, but it was later changed to Da Situ.

Now that Da Situ already has someone, it is impossible for He Jin to abolish Da Situ. If he goes up by himself, he will lose the hearts of the people, so he can only change the way and restart the position of prime minister. In addition, he himself is the general and controls everything Power and power are not just words.

"In order to enhance his prestige, He Jin re-established the position of prime minister. This move officially brought the He family's prestige in the court to its peak, but it also offended many people."

"Oh? How did you offend someone?"

He Jin already had quite a few political opponents, such as Lu Zhi, the backbone of Huangfusong's lineage, had some conflicts with He Jin to some extent, during the period when He Jin was in power.

Those who had offended He Jin before were either directly sent to prison because of too much hatred, or they lost their official positions and returned home because of minor festivals. In this way, even Yuan Shao, a wealthy family with four generations and three princes, because He Jin killed Emperor Han with him. He Jin had some minor problems, and He Jin was also dismissed from office.

Yuan Shao was originally the city guard of Luoyang, responsible for the safety of Luoyang, but how could Yuan Shao, who had a problem with He Jin, continue to hold such an important official position? It didn't take long before he was directly replaced by He Jin with his cronies. With the position of the prefect of Bohai Sea, Yuan Shao could not be dismissed.

There are many people who have encountered the same situation as Yuan Shao. Cao Cao, because he was close to Huangfusong, was also excluded from the center of power in Luoyang.

More and more people complained about He Jin, but they dared not speak out.

Now the only one who can still compete with He Jin is the Zhonglang general Lu Zhi who fought against the Qiang uprising in Xiliang.

Although Huangfu Song put down Wang Fen's rebellion in Jizhou, the Qiang rebellion in Xiliang has not been alleviated.

The [-] Qiang cavalry led by Beigong Boyu and Han Sui were not comparable to Wang Fen.

Xiliang is good at cavalry raids, and Lu Zhi lacks cavalry. Most of the time, he can only rely on infantry to support himself under the city wall. The tens of thousands of troops lasted for a year, not only failed to quell Beigong Boyu's rebellion , On the contrary, there is a tendency to practice more and more intensely.

He Jin's confidant once gave He Jin a way to let Dong Zhuo, who was born in Xiliang, go to quell the chaos.

In this way, he can replace Lu Zhi, and secondly, he can cultivate his own cronies.

At first, He Jin didn't believe that Dong Zhuo had this ability.

However, after his staff recounted Dong Zhuo's deeds to him, He Jin agreed.

It turned out that when Dong Zhuo was young, he liked to be a chivalrous warrior. He once visited the Qiang tribe and made friends with many Qiang leaders.Later, when Dong Zhuo returned to his hometown to farm, some Qiang chieftains came to visit him. Dong Zhuo went home with them and killed the cattle to entertain everyone.The leaders of the Qiang people were very moved. After they went back, they gathered thousands of various livestock and presented them to Dong Zhuo.

In this regard, he had some friendship with the Qiang people. Even if Dong Zhuo was not to quell the chaos, it was just to appease the Qiang people. Dong Zhuo might have a chance to complete it.

At least it can ease the current situation.

So He Jin agreed to Dong Zhuo to replace Lu Zhi, and asked Dong Zhuo to lead troops to Xiliang to quell the chaos.

After Xu You's explanation, Liu Zheng finally had some peace with the court's messy things, but when he heard that the court did not continue to send people to Jiaozhou to fight with his troops, Liu Zheng was still a little worried before. My heart finally let go.

After Xu You finished talking about the court, Yuan Zhou began to tell Liu Zheng about some recent things in Jiaozhou.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he first talked about the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party.

Chapter 293 The Class Teacher Returns to the Court

It turned out that not long after Liu Zheng left Jiaozhou and went to Linyiguo to quell the chaos, Zhang Ning and others who had just occupied Lingling County couldn't stay idle.

Zhang Ning is not a person who likes to be idle, so he began to implement the Yellow Turban Army in Lingling County, promoting the teachings of the Yellow Turban Army in various ways.

Not to mention, the effect is not bad. After all, Lingling County is close to Yizhou, and there is another religion nearby, the Five Dou Rice Sect.

So those common people were able to adapt to Zhang Ning's rhetoric very quickly, and made the Yellow Turban Army revive in Lingling County, reaching tens of thousands in a short while.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Ning's people hyped up the Yellow Turban Taoism, which quickly touched the interests of the Five Dou Rice Sect.

The reason why the Five Dou Rice Sect is called the Five Dou Rice Sect is actually named after the fact that those who enter the Tao must pay five Dou rice.

In fact, his real name is Tianshidao.

That is, Taoism unique to China.

The person who founded the sect is called Zhang Daoling, and it was established in Yizhou. With the development of more than 100 years, it has gradually gained some believers in Yizhou, Jingzhou and other places.

In fact, Liu Zheng is quite familiar with this, because the gate of Tianshi Dao was later moved to Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi, and Longhu Mountain has also become one of the three holy places of Taoism.

The predecessor of Taoism is the five buckets of rice religion.

Although the Yellow Turban Army established by Zhang Jiao is also one of Taoism's Taiping Dao.The two naturally had some conflicts.

Honda was originally a member of the Five Dou Rice Sect, but Zhang Ning abducted him into the Yellow Turban Army, which naturally aroused the fear of the Five Dou Rice Sect.

Although the sphere of influence of the Five Dou Rice Sect is not in Lingling County, the believers who developed in Lingling County will gradually spread the news to the Five Dou Rice Sect's main altar after receiving obstacles, and sooner or later the two sides will explode conflicting.

The Bashu area was originally a place where shamanism was prevalent, so the Five Dou Rice Sect was easy to develop, and Zhang Lu inherited the cause of his ancestors, and he did a good job. Quickly accumulated a lot of wealth for Wu Dou Mijiao.

More importantly, in a time of turmoil, there is nothing more demagogic than ambition disguised as religion.

Liu Zheng remembers that in a few years, this guy Zhang Lu will start to capture Hanzhong, and then become a prince during the Three Kingdoms period, until he finally surrendered to Cao Cao.

If Zhang Ning was his enemy at this time, he would be restrained by Zhang Lu to some extent.

After all, today's Yellow Turban Army and Wudou Mijiao are not rivals at the same level.

"The people under Zhang Ning are all the hooligans of the Yellow Turban Army. Most of them are unruly people. They are living aggrieved in Lingling County for the time being. It is definitely not easy to manage. Sooner or later, there will be trouble."

"Yes, my lord, they not only had some conflicts with the Five Dou Rice Sect, but also had a small-scale conflict with Guo Shi of Wuling County. Guo Shi saw that these people are our friends, so he didn't do anything to them, but If you don't restrain yourself, I'm afraid."

Yuan Zhou reported the recent incidents of the remnant party of the Yellow Turban Army to Liu Zheng. After Liu Zheng heard it, although the Yellow Turban Army is not his team now, he has no right to manage it. Liu Zheng gave it to them, and this place is also a place that Liu Zheng must control.

If people from the Yellow Turban Army are really allowed to mess around here, it may break the agreement between Liu Zheng and Guo Shi and others. At that time, let Liu Biao of Jingzhou find an opportunity to disintegrate this alliance, then Liu Zheng is very unwilling to see it. The result has arrived.

"I will send someone to talk to Zhang Ning about this matter, so you don't have to worry about it."

Liu Zheng nodded to indicate that he understood, and then continued to look at Yuan Zhou, waiting for Yuan Zhou to talk about other things.

"Those things about the Yellow Turban Army are harmless, but on the other hand, we have to guard against this matter."

"whats the matter?"

Yuan Zhou said something, which made Liu Zheng curious too.

"A month ago, General Zu Lang had a battle with some water thieves in Poyang Lake. General Zu Lang didn't participate in that time, but sent some deputies to guard the merchant ships of Mi's family. As a result, the fleet was robbed and lost more than Goods worth a thousand gold!"

As soon as Liu Zheng heard Yuan Zhou mentioning this matter, his expression changed immediately.

"Why didn't you say this earlier!"

Liu Zheng immediately became nervous. If the matter of the Yellow Turban Army only made him care a little bit, then it was different with the Mi family.

The Mi family is Liu Zheng's source of income. If something goes wrong with the Mi family, Liu Zheng will lose a lot of money.

Therefore, Liu Zheng was more concerned about this matter, and immediately asked Yuan Zhou for the details of this matter.

"What's the specific situation, Zulang people?"

"That was last month. The incident happened in the waters of Poyang Lake. Because that area was General Zulang's territory, the general relaxed his vigilance. In the end, he was robbed by a group of unknown robbers in his own territory. The cargo, and even the crew, were killed."

"what!"

Yuan Zhou had just finished speaking, and when Liu Zheng heard it, his expression suddenly changed.

At first, he only thought that the cargo had been robbed, but now that he heard that even the crew had been killed, it was not that simple.

So Liu Zheng didn't let Yuan Zhou say anything more, but immediately rushed to Xu You.

"Let the bastard Zu Lang come and see me!"

Originally, Liu Zheng planned to go directly to see Zu Lang by himself, but Liu Zheng thought about it, now Zu Lang is still in Poyang Lake, the distance is too far, and the year is about to close, and the Mi family's fleet will not continue to operate for a while , so there is nothing to worry about for the time being.

"Yes!"

If you ask Yuan Zhou about the matter, you may not be able to know the details, but if you ask Zu Lang himself, the matter may become simpler and clearer.

Liu Zheng put Zu Lang's matter behind him for the time being, because in a few days, it was the New Year of 185.

This is also the second year that Liu Zheng came to the Three Kingdoms period. What is different from the last time is that in the first year, Liu Zheng was just a mountain king in Mingyue Village. Now only one year has passed, and he has become The Lord of Jiaozhou.

For him, the changes in the past year are not insignificant, so he should be encouraged in turn, continue to work hard, and strive to achieve the goal in his heart earlier.

Because of the big changes this year, Liu Zheng decided to reward the three armies, and reward those generals and soldiers who had been with him since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Chapter 294 Rewarding the Three Armies

This time, Liu Zheng returned from Linyi Kingdom triumphantly, and Jiaozhou, which was originally economically strained, was relieved, because he brought back a lot of money and food from Linyi Kingdom's treasury.

Although Lin Yiguo is only a country that has been established for decades, in any case, there are hundreds of thousands of people under its command, and there are more than a dozen counties. A fortune.

Although Liu Zheng did not get all of Lin Yiguo's savings, part of it was taken away by Prince Fan Yi.

But there were many things that Fan Yi couldn't take away. In addition, he left in such a hurry that it was impossible for him to take all the valuables away, so Liu Zheng took a chance.

After counting some, those things are worth tens of thousands of gold. Liu Zheng only needs to use part of them to reward the three armies, and it can also greatly encourage the soldiers under his command.

Sometimes, although spiritual encouragement is very important, material encouragement is equally important.

He can firmly grasp people's hearts and make those sincere people more willing to work for you.

Near the end of the new year, Liu Zheng spent part of his money to buy wine and meat in a big way, and reward the three armies during the few days of the new year.

Not only at the end of the year, some financial rewards are given to those generals and sergeants who have made contributions, but at the same time, a commendation meeting is held in the army, so that these heroic figures can be worshiped and respected, and more people, Get motivated to be a hero!

And Liu Zheng himself, in addition to rewarding the three armies, at the same time, at this time, in his mansion, prepare a few tables of food and wine, invite these right-hand men around him to come to the banquet, have a good chat with them, and at the same time Thank them for their dedication this year.

Without them, it would be impossible for Liu Zheng to lay down such a foundation by himself.

As the banquet was set up, Liu Zheng's generals and advisers, as well as local officials from Jiaozhou, including Shi Xie, all arrived at Liu Zheng's mansion one after another.

There are not many people that Liu Zheng really needs to entertain, except for the generals who have been following him in the South and North Wars before, that are the counselors and civil servants who joined him later.

Of course, to show off, Liu Zheng also sent someone to send invitations to Zhang Ning and others, asking them to come over for a meal and catch up.

After everyone arrived, Liu Zheng toasted immediately.

"Everyone! Another year has passed. During this year, our small team has undergone too many changes. Some of you here just joined us this year, and some of you followed me last year. The life-and-death acquaintances who have come here together, no matter what your status is, I must first say thank you to you."

"Thank you! Thank you for your support this year. Although you have always regarded me as the lord, I have never regarded you as subordinates. From the bottom of my heart, I regard you as brothers, and as life-and-death friends who can be entrusted to my back !"

"It is because of your efforts that our small team has been able to walk step by step, step by step, to where it is today, from a small yellow scarf remnant soldier in Quyang County to the later Commander Daqu in Runan County, and then As of now, the Lord of Jiaozhou, with your help, I, Liu Zheng, would never be where I am today, so this is not due to me alone, but to the joint efforts of everyone."

"Of course, what are we living for? To put it more noble, it is to overthrow the rule of the corrupt man and establish a peaceful new dynasty, but to be more honest, it is nothing more than conferring marquis and ministers, conferring wives and sons, I can assure you , as long as our team is still there, there will be a day when you will be named marquis and prime minister, and your wife and son!"

Holding the wine bottle, Liu Zheng spoke out what was in his heart. He was really grateful. The people in front of him, whether it was Xu Huang, Zhou Cang, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Yuan Zhou, Xu You, etc. .

Without their support, Liu Zheng would not be able to make it to where he is today, and it would be impossible for him to achieve such a great achievement. Although he is a little clever, he also knows some things that will happen in the Three Kingdoms. He is a real traveler, but apart from this, Gan Ning Xu Huang is not inferior in martial arts, and Xu You is not as resourceful as Xu You. After all, it is impossible for him to go on forever with his blood.

He still needs to rely on these capable people around him. Only with their help can Liu Zheng continue to win people's hearts, which is the most important thing.

Just like Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, he was inferior to Han Xin in fighting, Xiang Yu in fighting, and even those capable people around him. People who are inferior to others can win people's hearts and seize the world.

"Where is the lord talking, we can have today, and we all rely on the lord, otherwise, we will still be bandits, rogues, and even farmers who cultivate the land. Mutually!"

"Yes, only by following the lord can you seal your wife and son, and make you a marquis and prime minister!"

"Okay, we have already captured Jiaozhou this year. We only hope that next year or even the year after that, we can consolidate this achievement and strive to expand our achievements!"

"Brothers, come, drink, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!"

Liu Zheng drank the water and wine in his wine bottle in one gulp.

Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Zhang Zhongjing and the others below also immediately raised the cups in their hands, and drank all the water and wine inside. Although Zhang Zhongjing is not good at drinking, at this time today, he is also very fast. I just drank a few cups with Huang Zhong.

During this period of time, because of Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu, Huang Zhong and Zhang Zhongjing got very close, and the two of them were already familiar with each other. They didn't usually have many opportunities to communicate with each other. Now it was Liu Zheng who gave them the opportunity. With such an opportunity, Huang Zhong, like an old father, was asking Zhang Zhongjing about his son's situation.

Gan Ning, on the other hand, was reminiscing about the old days with Su Fei, Zu Lang and others, discussing the days when they were water thieves together.

Even Xu Huang, Zhou Cang and others were chatting with Zhang Ning's generals about the days when they were yellow scarf thieves together a year ago.

Of course, there are no friends who can only drink boring wine by themselves.

Cai Yao is a woman who is relatively lonely on Liu Zheng's side. First, she has no friends in Liu Zheng's military camp. Second, she is a woman herself. In Liu Zheng's military camp, there is only one Zhang Mu Yu, and Zhang Muyu is usually busy studying medical skills, and rarely goes to accompany Cai Yao.

So after coming and going, Cai Yao seemed to be alone.

Liu Zheng saw Cai Yao at a glance, drinking alone here alone.

Chapter 295 Don't Get Drunk, Don't Return

"Drinking alone, isn't it boring?"

Liu Zheng walked over with the wine bottle, Cai Yao was still a little disappointed, but after hearing Liu Zheng's voice at this time, a hint of surprise appeared on her face.

"Hey, why are you here, don't you want to drink with your good brothers?"

After all, Cai Yao is an embarrassing person. Although she usually joins the school and teaches some students cultural courses, after all, her elder brother is Cai Mao, a member of the imperial court, and she is not treated particularly well in Liu Zheng's barracks. See.

Usually only Zhang Muyu would stay with her, but now, Zhang Muyu was by Zhang Zhongjing's side, and she couldn't come to accompany her, so she was naturally a little disappointed.

"They are drinking happily, how can they care about me now."