Among the many people who rushed to Luoyang to take up posts, Gao Shun, a native of Chenliu, was considered quite special.
He was born in the Chenliu Gao family and received family education since childhood. He has considerable attainments in politics and military affairs and has a relatively good reputation in his hometown.
When he received Liu Bei's summons, he also received a letter from Gao Yu and learned about the recommendation. After expressing his gratitude to Gao Yu, he decided to accept Liu Bei's summons.
Like others, Gao Shun also faced difficulties and obstacles and border robbers when heading to Luoyang, and his progress was very slow.
Fortunately, he likes military affairs and has some military talents. He has been training private guards for his family since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he has gained a lot of experience and achievements.
This time when he went to Luoyang, fifty family guards escorted him. He relied on these fifty people to advance and fight all the way. He used military fighting methods to defeat three teams of robbers along the way, and also rescued more than 300 robbers. The refugee captured by the bandits was Chen Liu, a tough man who was beaten to Luoyang.
Because of his cautious character, he moved very slowly. It was already April 20 when he arrived around Luoyang. Then when he went to Luoyang City to inquire about news, he learned about the shocking changes that had occurred in Luoyang during this period. .
He is not a arrogant warrior who doesn't understand anything, and he feels that this matter has a big impact.
Moreover, as a member of Yuan Shao's wife clan, the Gao clan may also be implicated in the Yuan clan's rebellion. Does he think he has thrown himself into a trap now that he has come to Luoyang?
But he felt that since he was here, he could not leave, otherwise it would be an insult to his character and ambition. He could not accept this insult, so he asked the escort team to return to the family, and he resolutely went to the General's Mansion to report.
Liu Bei's understanding of Gao Shun was limited to the trapped camp. He knew that this was a very powerful army. He also knew that Gao Shun had a low-key and honest temperament and was very loyal. He didn't know much else.
He was born from the Chenliu Gao family, which really surprised Liu Bei - because the Chenliu Gao family was Yuan Shao's wife, and Yuan Shao's first wife was from the Chenliu Gao family. After Gao's death, Yuan Shao married the Liu family.
Speaking of which, Gao Shun is still related to Yuan Shao?
Liu Bei felt that he understood why Cao Cao wanted to kill Gao Shun and Lu Bu together.
But according to this, Gao Gan and Gao Lan...
I can only say it’s a bit interesting.
Liu Bei guessed that Yuan Shao was on the run. The Gao family may not know the specific situation yet, so their attitude towards this matter is unclear. Gao Shun's arrival does not represent their attitude.
But this is not important. Liu Bei has no intention of implicating the Gao family. Unless the Gao family openly opposes him, or too many members of the Gao family follow Yuan Shao in rebellion, otherwise, even for the sake of Gao Yu, Liu Bei wanted to be open to the Gao family.
So Liu Bei warmly welcomed Gao Shun's arrival, and immediately appointed him as the general, inspected his abilities, and gave him a stage to perform.
Gao Shun was very grateful to Liu Bei for his tolerance and generosity, and decided to serve Liu Bei.
After Gao Shun, Zhang Ji from Zuofeng Yi and Du Ji from Duling in Jingzhao arrived together.
They arrived on April 22nd, eleven days after the Luoyang coup. The dust had settled and many things had been determined.
They mainly learned about the major events in Luoyang after arriving in Hongnong County. They then learned about a series of shocking events such as the emperor's death and the new emperor Liu Xie's ascension to the throne. They felt that the future was unclear. I was so shocked that I couldn't make up my mind for a while.
The two of them didn't know each other, but they just happened to stay in Hongnong County. After thinking independently for a while, they thought that as Kansai people, it would be difficult to move forward without Liu Bei's support.
So they decided to go to Luoyang, and were accepted by Liu Bei and appointed as generals.
Because these people were relatively close to each other and had less time to think, they happened to hit the period before and after the Luoyang coup, so they joined the group urgently.
The remaining people, such as Zhang Zhao from Pengcheng in Xuzhou and Zhang Hong from Guangling, are older than Liu Bei and have been famous for a long time. They are famous local Confucian scholars in Xuzhou, and they must be more comprehensive in thinking about problems.
But sometimes, that's not necessarily the case.
After receiving Liu Bei's summons, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong also received letters from Zheng Xuan. Liu Bei wrote to ask Zheng Xuan to help him.
After reading Zheng Xuan's letter, the two of them unanimously made the decision to leave Xuzhou for Luoyang.
It was a coincidence that both Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were in trouble at this moment.
The reason is simple. These two people were targeted by Liu Yan.
After Liu Yan arrived in Xuzhou, although he was unwilling to stay in Xuzhou and wanted to live in a safer place, the current situation was tight and did not give him more room.
Therefore, in desperation, he decided to use his subjective initiative and use the victory of quelling the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans as his political bargaining chip to bargain with the court.
But the problem is that his military ability is a bit stretched. Facing the Xuzhou Yellow Turban, he could not win for a long time and could not establish his prestige. Therefore, many Xuzhou scholars did not have a good opinion of Liu Yan.
It was impossible to do it on his own, so Liu Yan wanted to recruit some famous and talented people in Xuzhou to help him, in exchange for political power, and leverage local resources for his own use.
He felt that as Xuzhou Mu, he would be able to accomplish this smoothly.
However, he has no kindness to Xuzhou. He has not done any good deeds since arriving in Xuzhou, and he has no foundation in Xuzhou. The people of Xuzhou do not think that Liu Yan can serve as the pastor of Xuzhou for a long time, so they are not willing to call him. No response.
He summoned thirty or fifty people, but most of the locals did not answer the call, including Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong.
These two people have their own reputation and foundation. The central government of the imperial court had also summoned two people before, but neither of them agreed to use this to support their reputation.
Even the official summons from the imperial court could not impress them, let alone Liu Yan's summons.
These two people didn't like Liu Yan at all, and felt that he would get out sooner or later, so they didn't want to have anything to do with him, so they rejected Liu Yan.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yan was not a broad-minded person. He felt that these people were shameless and despised and insulted him, so he ordered the local governor to give them a good look.
Catch them, or investigate their problems, cut their flesh, bleed them, and let them know what it means to be a county magistrate who destroys a family, or a magistrate who destroys a family!
If you don’t listen to my nice words, then don’t blame me for being cruel!
Therefore, it is a very bad thing to offend the chief executive. It's not that he can't deal with you, it's just that he won't do it casually after considering many factors. If you really offend him, officials of the unified dynasty will have many ways to make you uncomfortable.
Land, taxation, commerce, there are so many methods that officials can use.
Liu Yan gave the order. Of course the local governor did not want to make things too ugly with the local people, but Liu Yan held the power and offended Liu Yan. They couldn't bear it. They were caught in the middle and suffered from both sides. It was very uncomfortable and they could only Negotiate with the more reputable people in the area.
How about you guys run away first to avoid the limelight?
Otherwise, if we continue to do this, we will not be able to communicate with each other, and our official hat will be taken off, and I will have to feel sorry for you.
After this negotiation, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others knew what Zhou Mu was. It was really inappropriate to deal with Zhou Mu in the same way as they had dealt with the governor in the past. The provincial governor did not have such great authority, but Zhou Mu did. They had no experience. loss.
Just when they thought something was wrong and were about to run away, they received a summons from Liu Bei.
Good guy, this summoning order comes at this time, and it looks like a talisman from heaven.
Considering the actual needs and Zheng Xuan's persuasion, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong made the same decision in different places and at different times.
With great fanfare, set off to Luo!
So the situation was reversed. I don't know what happened to the others. Anyway, the local governor immediately did not dare to embarrass the families of Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong.
Although it was not the time of the Luoyang coup at that time, Liu Bei's title at that time was already Hussar General Kaifu. He was an upstart who was famous and powerful in the central government. They were full before they wanted to offend him.
Moreover, even Liu Yan may not dare to offend Liu Bei.
In response to this, the information Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong heard showed that Liu Yan was very angry, but he seemed to be very afraid of Liu Bei, so he continued to torment other families, forcing many people to run away at night and leave Xuzhou, but he was very angry with Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong. Hong's family never took any action.
Feeling this, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong felt that they had to go to Luoyang.
They set off quickly. The time of departure was early April, crossing the Central Plains from Xuzhou to the Luoyang area. At their slow pace, it would still take nearly a month.
And during this period, Luoyang underwent drastic changes, the Yuan family and the He family were defeated and destroyed, the emperor died, the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Bei became the general and the chief auxiliary minister. After a fierce bloody battle in Luoyang, there will be more No one dares to confirm what happened.
Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong did not set out together, but when they arrived in Chenliu County in early May, they met and discussed the current situation.
Originally, this kind of negotiation was not necessary, but due to the occurrence of special circumstances, this kind of negotiation became necessary.
The so-called special circumstances are two things.
The first thing was that they learned about a series of things such as the Luoyang coup, the emperor's death, and the new emperor's ascension to the throne.
The second thing was that when they arrived in Chenliu County in early May, Yuan Shu's "Pleading Against Thieves" from Runan County came from Chenliu County, and the content was very explosive.
This petition against traitors tells the story of the rebellious people headed by Liu Bei who conspired to kill the late emperor, tamper with the imperial edict, and harm loyal ministers to realize their selfish desires. Yuan Shu claimed to be the general against traitors, hoping to call on loyal ministers and lofty ideals from all over the world to jointly crusade against Liu Bei and other traitors. .
The imperial edict claimed that the emperor was deceived by the rebels and wanted to abolish the elders and establish younger ones. However, he woke up at the critical moment and wanted to summon Yuan Wei, He Jin and other loyal ministers to discuss the matter of re-establishing Liu Bian, but Liu Bei and others audaciously killed him. , and tampered with the imperial edict and made Liu Xie the emperor instead of following Liu Hong's original intention and making Liu Bian his successor.
In order to further establish the established fact, Liu Bei and other treacherous people actually went so cruel as to kill the generals and Situ, causing the death of the country's loyal and pillars. The country of Han Dynasty was in danger and was about to collapse. In order to save the country of Han Dynasty and bring order to the chaos, Yuan Shu called for Let's unite quickly and march into Luoyang!
Yuan Shu himself has already raised troops in Runan County, and will "lead one hundred thousand troops to conquer Luoyang to fulfill the late emperor's last wish".
(End of chapter)
