"General! I can't hold it back!!"
"Two more counties have been breached!"
The scout hurriedly came to the camp and reported to General Zhengbei He Zeng.
He Zeng had a straight face, and his expression was extremely ugly.
At this moment, he was covered in armor and sitting in front of the case, with several generals standing beside him.
Sima Division appointed him as the general to conquer the north and asked him to governor Hebei. But at this moment, the situation in Hebei was a little out of control. The newly appointed general to conquer the north was a little unable to suppress it.
"Where is Chen Ben?! What is he doing?!"
He Zeng's eyes widened and filled with anger, he raised his head and asked.
Chen Ben is Chen Qian's brother and the general of Zhenbei. He is responsible for the defense of You, Ji, and three states, and is stationed in Jizhou.
And He Zeng was stationed in Jizhou.
The official position of the Four Expeditions was higher than that of the Four Towns. The Four Expeditions were only lower than the Three Dukes and had the power to send troops.
To explain it in the simplest terms, the generals of the four towns are only responsible for guarding. They have no right to go out on their own unless they get a military order from the temple to send out troops.
The generals of the Four Expeditions have a certain sense of independent power to send troops, which is not comparable to the four towns.
After hearing He Zeng's question, a general timidly said: "His army also mutinied, and some of them participated in the rebellion. They said they were reorganizing the army and could not send troops."
"Send troops! Let him send troops! If he dares not to send troops again! I will go to the temple to punish him!"
Never beat the documents.
In fact, He Zeng was much closer to Sima Zhao than the other generals. The other generals were close to Sima Shi, but he was close to Sima Zhao.
He Zeng was born in the He family of Chen County. He was erudite, studious, filial to family members, and had a great reputation. His father was the imperial servant He Kui. Like Guan Qiu Jian, he served as Cao Rui's literary advisor when he was young.
Emperor Wei Ming ascended the throne and successively served as Yuanwai Sanqi Shilang, Diannong Zhonglang Jiang, and Huangmenlang. He advocated that "the foundation of government lies in winning people", which was quite praised by people at the time.
He was very polite, filial, protective of his friends, and very gentlemanly. But, like Sima Zhao, these were all external. He was actually a villain who was lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside. In history, he Facing Jia Chong, who came from behind, he actually bowed his head and took him as the leader, and also helped him deal with the direct ministers in the court.
Speaking of which, he is a qualified heir to a rich family, shameless, ambitious, and good at disguise.
But Sima Zhao couldn't help but like him. He always acted like a confidant and even asked his son to visit him. He was so doting on him that even people inside Sima Zhao felt that He was the most powerful person in the Four Expeditions and Four Towns. Close to the Sima family.
But obviously, Master Sima didn't think so.
He Zeng didn't know what happened at all. He just woke up and heard that there was a rebellion in Jizhou. He Zeng was quite happy at first.
He felt that this was a good opportunity for him to make military exploits. Of course, He Zengming could not do anything like massacre people to pretend to be military exploits, but if someone under his command did it, he would not go too far to stop it.
However, things were a little different from what he thought. This time the chaos in Hebei seemed to be a little different from the past.
There are really too many contradictions in Hebei, and the contradictions have accumulated to a very serious point. When someone with an intention makes a fuss about it, a spark can start a prairie fire, which is shocking.
Within a few days, great turmoil broke out in various places, rebels were everywhere, the county government was defeated, and many wealthy families in Hebei were massacred. At this time, He Ceng could not be happy.
His relationship with the temple ministers is still good, and they are very good in private.
At this moment, a large family in Hebei suffered such a massacre. As the highest military commander in the area, he must bear the responsibility.
Just when he sent troops to various places to suppress it, Chen Ben remained unmoved.
Just blocking the road very calmly
Although He Zeng had a high official rank, he did not have many troops in his hands, because his station was in Jizhou, and Chen Ben was also responsible for defending against the barbarians outside, so he would have more troops in his hands.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers under He Zeng's command is not very high. After all, there has been no war here for a long time.
The Yongliang War Zone fought against Jiang Wei every day, the Yuyang War Zone fought against Soochow, and the Youbin War Zone fought against the Hu people. This Jizhou's new general who conquered the north was a little embarrassed.
The best way He Zeng could think of at this moment was to shift the blame and place the blame on the Zhenbei general.
What's more, this incident is indeed a bit unusual. Although there have always been rebellions in Hebei, this is the first time I have seen such a large-scale one. He Zeng always felt that there seemed to be something going on here.
He Zeng hurriedly wrote the form and had it sent to Luoyang again.
In the above table, He once severely reprimanded General Zhenbei for his poor military management, thinking that what happened in Hebei today was all because of Chen Ben.
At the same time, he went to the temple and asked for help.
At the same time, Chen Ben, who was far away in Youzhou, was still sitting in his comfortable general's mansion, eating tea and chatting with his confidants.
Today, Chen Ben is still the head of the Chen family.
Their father, Chen Jiao, whose real surname was Liu, adopted his mother's family name and changed his surname to Chen. There was no high-ranking official in the family who had served as an official with two thousand stones, nor was there a big figure who was famous for his classic governance. Like Guan Qiu Jian's father Guan Qiu Xing, the family was from They began to rise as the first representative figures of the clan.
They cannot be regarded as being from an old-established wealthy family. The old-established wealthy family is the kind that can be traced all the way back. For example, if He Zeng comes forward, he can say: He is the son of the former emperor's servant after Emperor An of the Han Dynasty.
Chen Ben and his brother have completely different personalities.
Chen Qian is a gloomy person, doesn't like to make friends, and values himself more than his family. This is understandable, after all, his family doesn't have many people.
Chen Ben is pragmatic, simple, cautious, and very polite to others. The two brothers are a bit like Zhong Yu and Zhong Hui, and Chen Ben actually served as a court captain.
"General, General Zhengbei issued an order again, asking us to suppress it as soon as possible."
One of the counselors spoke up.
Chen Ben said displeasedly: "Didn't I send people to fight against the thieves these days?"
"How else should I send troops? Abandon all the fortresses, ignore the barbarian thieves outside, and go all out to attack the rebels in each county? If the barbarians came in, how could he dare to fight back?!"
Everyone was silent.
In Hebei, the person who received the order from Sima Shi was not He Zeng, but Chen Ben.
Sima Shi sent dead soldiers to help, so Chen Ben also sent people to secretly carry out these things. Those officials who were close to him had already left because of "important meetings."
But what Chen Ben didn't expect was that the scale of the rebellion in Hebei was somewhat beyond his original expectation. There were even several self-proclaimed generals and kings. Chen Ben had already begun to attack it. Unlike He Zeng, his army still had fighting capacity. of.
Although there were some risks in doing so, Chen Ben thought it was worth it, just because those dead soldiers not only brought orders, but also brought appointment edicts.
If the two families form an alliance, he can also change his word "Zhen" to "Zheng".
Because of the remoteness, Master Sima asked Sima Zhao to blockade Luoyang. These places are too remote, and it is not yet known what happened in the temple.
Master Sima just said that he was not in good health and could not handle the big family, but he did not tell him how critical the situation was.
There is an information gap between temples and localities.
When the ministers in the temple felt that Master Sima was seriously ill, the local generals believed that Master Sima was still very active.
Now all the Sima divisions are dead, but the local generals are still in the stage of serious illness.
Master Sima was very good at taking advantage of this information gap, and even made advanced judgments on many situations.
Before Lu Yu started causing trouble in Shangshutai, Master Sima probably knew what he was thinking, and immediately decided to use the civil uprising in Hebei and the mines laid by Lu Yu to detonate this heated situation.
The aristocratic families are not gods. If they are hit by an arrow, they will die. When the Yellow Turban Army swept the world, countless wealthy families were overwhelmed by the angry people.
If it's just ordinary people plus some dead soldiers, it certainly won't be able to have much destructive power, but if you add the generals stationed in various places, it's different. In front of the army, who do you think your family is? If the combat effectiveness of your clan is really higher than that of the army, it will not be so passive during the Eight Kings Rebellion, nor will it be so unbearable when the barbarian army is rampaging across the Central Plains.
Luoyang.
"What did you say?!"
Lu Qin took the letter from the scout and just glanced at it a few times. He felt dizzy and almost fell down.
Lu Qin looked through it again and again in disbelief, his eyes were red, and his heart was filled with anger and blood.
He took a deep breath, and rushed towards the house with the letter he had sent. Because he ran too fast, he even fell at the threshold, but he didn't care at all and rolled around. Climbing towards the inner palace.
"Father!!!"
Lu Qin's shout interrupted the meeting at Shangshutai.
Lu Yu, who was in the limelight, raised his head and sat on the upper seat, with the ministers sitting on both sides.
At this moment, Lu Yu vaguely seemed to be the leader of the ministers. After using intimidation to obtain the power of the Chancellor, he easily filled up the mines he had laid. All the supplies were ready, and the officials would After being promoted, the soldiers will receive supplies, and the people can go farming!
Lu Yu completed all this in just a few days. He was eager to show off his abilities.
All the ministers knew that he had been preparing these for a long time and was not completed temporarily. Even though they knew it, the ministers still congratulated him against their will.
Lu Yu was indescribably happy at this moment. Sima Zhao had gone to observe filial piety, Gao Rou was hiding in the palace and would not come out. The Queen Mother had great trust in her, and the ministers did not dare to disobey her. Next, he would justifiably make the generals everywhere surrender. , and the policies that I want to implement next can completely achieve this.
At this moment, he was discussing with everyone the reform of the Zhongzheng system.
Lu Qin rushed into the house disheveled and interrupted their meeting.
"Father!!"
Lu Qin looked at Lu Yu and suddenly started crying.
