Everyone knows that the world is constantly changing and people's hearts are treacherous. However, thousands of years have passed, so many truths have been kept from the mouths of the dead, and many secrets have been buried in the writings of historians. Although the twists and turns are not known by ordinary people, they are also sad for the world.
This is also the case for the Linzi Rebellion.
In the second year of Gengcang's reign, Gengcang's army first captured Xuzhou, then subdued the Heishan Army, and then occupied Yanzhou. Although there was a slight setback, they expanded the territory thousands of miles away and gained huge momentum. After all, no one in the world could compare with them. Even Chen Chong, who has fought in hundreds of battles, dare not claim a quick victory, and even Yuan Shao, who has been fighting for a long time, has many fears in his heart. The only thing in the world is that Geng Cang's army occupied the land of three states and had half a million strong soldiers. It was the time to continue to advance at the height of the sun. But unexpectedly, in early July, the Linzi Rebellion suddenly broke out.
Later generations' descriptions of the Linzi Rebellion were inconsistent. Because there are so many characters involved and the outbreak is too sudden, it is even more difficult to discuss who is right and wrong among them. However, its influence is huge and profound, and it is recognized by the world. Therefore, when the author writes here, he has to peel off all the details and record it truthfully.
After Liu Bei led the Dongping Army to invade, Qingzhou was empty, and the Yellow Turbans took advantage of the situation to rise again and reoccupy the Qingzhou area. However, after Zhang Jiao was crowned and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were killed by Huangfu Song, the rest of the Yellow Turban tribes were all mixed up, and no one could command the crowd and command the hearts of the crowd. Even Peng Tuo ran away, and this was the case until the resurrection. .
Zhang Rao and Zhang Jiao were distant relatives. After Zhang Liang's death, Zhang Rao succeeded him as the leader of the Yellow Turbans. But for several years, Zhang Rao tried to take over all the military power of all ministries, but in the end he could not convince the crowd. At this time, Liu Xi, the crown prince of Langya, entered Qi from Langya and recommended himself to Zhang Rao, advising him to imitate the story of Liu Xuan of Lulin and conspire with him in the world.
Liu Xi, the heir apparent of the Langya Kingdom, was fond of reading and practiced riding and archery. He thought the court was incompetent and compared himself to Tian Dan and Zhao Wu. When Tian Danchu was destroying the country, he used the fire ox strategy to defeat the Yan army and restore the foundation of the Qi state. Zhao Wu suffered the disaster of annihilation and became an orphan. Later, he revived the Zhao family, became a minister, and ruled the Jin state. Both of these two men were heroes who restored the country and rejuvenated their clans. Liu Xi compared himself with this, which shows that his ambitions are high in the sky and he is not an ordinary person.
After making an alliance with Zhang Rao, Zhang Rao convened the Yellow Turban tribes in Linzi. After twenty years, he finally convinced Guan Hai and others to respect King Langya as their master and reciprocate their love. Once King Langya conquered the world, he should respect Taiping Dao as the state religion. After the two sides reached an agreement, Liu Xi led the Yellow Turban Army into Xu, defeated Mount Tai and Langya, and ordered his father Liu Rong to proclaim himself emperor.
The political situation of the Linzi court was thus divided into internal and external affairs. Prince Liu Xi was in charge, recruiting talents, establishing legislation, and contacting celebrities. He was known as the Prince of Dongming. General Zhang Rao, on the other hand, was in charge outside, coordinating the various Yellow Turban ministries, moving horizontally and vertically, attacking cities and territories, and deploying troops and selecting generals, all based on his calculations. The two sides were able to achieve such great things in just two years because of the mutual support both internally and externally. But the world didn't know that Liu Xi was the founder of the establishment, while Prince Daolangya and his son were captured by the bandits, and they were forced to become emperors.
It's just that as time has passed and the war has been going on for a long time, the situation in the DPRK and China has also undergone some changes. At the beginning of the establishment of Gengcang, Liu Xi played a central role in Linzi, stabilized the political situation, and became famous, which can be said to be a great achievement. But now that Linzi sits on the land of three states, the prestige of the Emperor of Linzi has not been extended. Instead, the general and shogunate have gradually grown in size.
Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Rao has recruited talents. He first recruited Huainan heroes such as Lu Su and Liu Ye, and then recruited Westerners such as Han Xian and Yang Feng to join his army. His momentum became increasingly uncontrollable. The battle of Xuzhou was originally attributed to Guan Hai, but Zhang Rao first sent Baibo's army into Xiapi, and repeatedly recruited famous Qingxu men to conquer Zang Ba Changxi and other Taishan bandits in high positions. Xuzhou was almost his private territory.
In addition, Zhang Rao took advantage of the good alliance with Yuan Shao to first send hostages to each other, and then marry each other. Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan married Zhang Rao's eldest daughter, and Zhang Rao's eldest son Zhang Shao married Yuan Shao's eldest daughter. From then on, the two parties exchanged letters continuously, so much so that Yuan Shao's envoys never entered the court, but only entered the Zhang Rao shogunate.
The Prince of Linzi was not unaware of this, so he supported the brothers Guan Chengguan Hai to maintain the balance of the court. When he went to Yanzhou, he made his brothers the commander in chief. However, in the battle of Yanzhou, although Guan Hai and Guan Cheng occupied Yanzhou, their merits were judged afterwards as having no merit and only fault.
After all, Guan Cheng failed to lead the siege of Dongmin and Changyi, and instead was rescued by Guan Yu. Guan Hai defended Yuan Wu from behind, but was defeated by Duan Xuan. It can be said that Dao is victorious but force is inferior. Zhang Rao took advantage of the opportunity and demoted Guan Hai and Guan Cheng, and donated the land of Yanzhou to Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan first entered the court, observed the political situation, and judged that Zhang Rao had the upper hand, so he sent envoys to Zhang Rao's house every day to discuss important matters to show that the Montenegrin army surrendered to the general.
By May of the third year of Gengcang, Zhang Rao had basically controlled all the counties in the three prefectures, excluding Linzi City, and all the officials in the court looked up to him. There are already rumors in Linzi City that the general has vague ideas of replacing the imperial army and banning the capital.
The Prince of Linzi was restless. He thought about it for many days and finally proposed a plan at the court meeting. He wanted to promote Liu Ye, the military advisor of Zhang Rao Mansion, to be the governor of Jinwu, and send Hua Xin, the former governor of Jinwu, to be the governor of Xuzhou. Liu Ye was a member of the clan and Zhang Rao's think tank. If he was roped in and used by the court, Zhang Rao's power could be reduced. After Hua Xin became the governor of Xuzhou, he could take the opportunity to win over Baibo's army and then lead the army to attack Yuan Shu in Yangzhou. If he gained anything, he could promote the reputation of the imperial family and restore balance to the court.
It's just that although the idea is good, Zhang Rao refuses to give in. At the court meeting, Zhang Rao vetoed all the proposals of the Prince of Linzi, and suggested that the Prince "should bow down and observe his duties to demonstrate his holy virtue", and as the leader of the ministers, he would definitely "eliminate the evil groups and destroy the small ones". After the court meeting, Zhang Rao went over to the court and replaced important positions such as City Gate Colonel and Northern Army Lieutenant with people from the shogunate. Only Wei Wei, Zhi Jinwu and other imperial guards in the palace were still under the control of Liu Rong and Liu Xi's father and son.
At this point, Zhang Rao's disobedience was clearly revealed, and the internal and external balance of the political situation was gone. The Prince of Linzi secretly conspired with his ministers, thinking that it was too late to do anything, and he must imitate the story of Emperor Huan's execution of Liang and Ji.
At that time, General Liang Ji had been in power for more than 20 years. He was extremely prosperous and powerful both internally and externally. Hundreds of officials looked at him with side eyes and no one dared to disobey orders. Emperor Huan only showed respect to himself every day and was not allowed to have any personal influence in government. In order to kill Liang Ji, Emperor Huan secretly planted close associates, contacted the Imperial Army with his regular servants, and suddenly sent troops to surround Liang Ji's mansion. Then he regained military power and advanced to destroy the entire Liang and Ji clan, and Emperor Huan took charge of the government.
In June of the third year of Gengcang, the Prince of Linzi sent a letter to the General's Mansion, saying that he wanted to marry the General and marry the General's fourth daughter, so as to bring peace to the court and invite the General to the palace. Zhang Rao was happy but hesitant when he heard this, so he asked Liu Ye for his opinion.
Liu Ye said: "Ming Gong has now expressed his hope for great achievements, and he has the intention of flying an eagle, which is the most taboo for the king. The prince has always had great ambitions and a reputation, but now he doesn't have any resentment. Isn't it strange?"
Zhang Rao then smiled and said: "The situation now belongs to me. All the prefectures and counties, and all levels of the army, belong to me. The fact that we can conquer three states now is also my contribution. The prince is a wise man. Even if he has a grudge, he will not do it." You have to be aware of current affairs!”
He paused and then said: "What I hesitate about is whether he will be resentful. I married Ah Nuan to him. There is no affection between husband and wife. I'm afraid it's not a good thing!"
Liu Ye did not object, but just suggested: "If you want to meet the prince, it is better to wait a little longer until Duke Ming is transferred to the Imperial Guard in the palace. It is not too late to go. Otherwise, if the prince takes action, Duke Ming may be killed." Danger!"
Zhang Rao pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. The prince knows the current situation. If I die, how many of them can survive? It's just a meeting, no need to make a fuss." After that, he murmured: " If the prince is resentful, should An Nuan get married or not?"
With that said, Zhang Rao drove into the palace and met with the Prince of Linzi in the newly formed Mingguang Hall. Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, Liu Xi sent people to capture Zhang Rao. Without waiting for Zhang Rao's words, Liu Xi sent thousands of Yu Lin troops in the palace to surround the general's residence, and sent Chen Deng to lead thousands of people to block the city gate.
When Zhang Rao entered the palace, Liu Ye sensed something was wrong and sent spies to find out the news at the city gate. At this time, I saw a warrior suddenly running out of the palace, and I immediately realized something was wrong, so I contacted my friend Lu Su and a dozen subordinate officials, and rushed out before the siege. I grabbed the seal and fled through the door, ten miles east and ran straight into Dong'an City. .
There are about ten thousand foot soldiers in Dong'an City at this time, and they are all members of Zhang Rao's tribe. Liu Ye knew that time was running out, so he immediately issued a letter from the general and ordered the Dong'an army to return to Beijing quickly.
At this time, it started to rain heavily, and the sky and the earth were dark. Liu Ye did not dare to rest, so he led his army back to Linzi in the heavy rain. The sound of rain was like trembling, and the sound of thousands of people marching was covered up. Chen Deng didn't notice until they knocked on the gate of Linzi City. That day there was another violent storm and the sky was filled with vapor. Chen Deng led the palace guards to shoot arrows, but failed to hit. Seeing the enemy's strength, the soldiers dispersed one after another. Chen Deng fled Linzi, but Liu Ye was able to return to Linzi.
But at this time, Linzi had undergone great changes. The prince had captured Zhang Rao's entire family, and all the more than a thousand people in his general's military department had been gathered into the palace. Next, the prince only needs to force Zhang Rao to send a message to the whole country and confess his guilt, and then he can regain his power.
But Zhang Rao was in prison, but his bones were extremely strong. No matter how much the prince tortured him, he refused to admit his guilt. He claimed that if the prince killed him, all the soldiers in the three states would turn against him. It happened that Liu Ye led his army to besiege the palace, and the prince could only use his life as a threat to order Liu Ye to stop his troops. Then he made a promise from a senior official that if Liu Ye defected and surrendered, he would be named Grand Sima.
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Liu Ye only replied with a cross: "The Han Dynasty cannot be prosperous! Public opinion cannot be violated!" So he stepped up his attack on the city.
Seeing that his men could not hold on and he had no way to escape, Liu Xi was very angry and ordered the entire Zhang Rao family to be slaughtered. He also sent people with iron rods to kill the traitors who followed Zhang Rao. For a while, the palace wailed. It goes on and on, as if a group of ghosts are in prison.
As a result, Gengcang General Zhang Rao was killed, Linzi Prince Liu Xi committed suicide, Linzi Emperor Liu Rong was deposed, and Sikong Xuhe also died in the chaos. Afterwards, Liu Ye communicated with Guan Hai and Guan Cheng's brothers to come to Beijing. The Guan brothers were reorganizing their troops in the plains. When they learned of this sudden incident, they hurriedly led their troops back to Linzi. The two took charge of the overall situation and made Liu Rong's second son Liu Chao the emperor. Changed to Yuan Dynasty Huangchu.
In just one day, the Linzi imperial court was completely empty. The elite talents it had recruited over the past three years were reduced to withered bones, and the ambition to unify the world also vanished at this time. When the people of Linzi saw soldiers and corpses passing between the city gate and the palace gate, they couldn't help but lament:
"General Zhang has great talent, and Prince Dongming has great courage. The days when the two complemented each other seemed like yesterday, but now they are in hell together. I have had Gaoliang Huangjiu for the past three years, and I thought it would last forever. But now it seems It’s nothing more than a dream.”
"Who can die happily in front of this position?"
