Chapter 269 The emperor slipped
Before the little princess went to Bingzhou, the emperor and the court officials knew that Dong Hu had expanded Mayi, Pingcheng and a new "Jiancheng" and countless military camps and military camps of all sizes. However, no one had any opinions on this. They all wanted to make Dong Hu spend more people's efforts and let the people who followed gradually dissatisfied with the heavy labor of Hunzi, and the court would have the opportunity to take down everything Hunzi in one fell swoop in the future.
But when Lu Zhi, Guo Sheng, Zhang Gong, Zhang Yi and others brought bamboo slips, they knew that Dong Hu wanted to build three frontier cities that were larger than Luoyang City, they were quarreled by the court for a few days, and they all thought that the little bastard had a disobedient heart.
Today Cui Lie mentioned again, and General He Jin was the first to stand up and question Dong Hu's intention to build a huge city with a length of ten miles. After hearing He Jin's objection, he looked at Emperor Liu Hong's displeasure, and Cui Lie didn't know what kind of mood he was...
"What the general said is that, let alone that Dong Duwei wanted to build three such giant cities, anyone who wanted to build a giant city that was even larger than Luoyang and Chang'an, I also had the intention of doubting his disobedience in his heart, but this was a giant city. If three such giant cities were built at one time, I... I don't think Dong Duwei had the intention of being disobedience."
Liu Hong was stunned and frowned and said in confusion: "No matter whether that boy can build such a huge city, he only has this kind of mind. That boy is also a rebellious boy. Why did he become a loyal minister when Cui Aiqing's mouth?"
Cui Lie frowned slightly, but he still bowed his fists and replied.
"When you go back to your Majesty, you will have a huge city of ten miles long and wide. I don't know how much manpower and material resources it takes alone, and how long it will take to be built. Our dynasty can only build Chang'an with the wealth of the world. Luoyang is a giant city. In addition, even if the Central Plains are rich in prefectures and counties, such a huge city cannot be built, let alone three?"
Cui Lie said again: "According to the words of the princess, from south to north, there are three giant cities, Mayi, Jiancheng and Pingcheng. Each giant city is built on the basis of one year of 100,000 people holding on to each year. Each giant city stores more than one million stones of grain, millions of cattle and sheep and needed forage. It is a giant city that allows more than one hundred thousand people to temporarily escape from war for one year."
"Because the construction time is too short, the three giant cities are just like a camp stationed by 100,000 troops. However, judging by Dong Duwei's arrangements for three giant cities, as well as the three counties of Hetao, Xihe County, and Shangjun, Dong Duwei did not have any signs of being an enemy of the Han Dynasty."
Cui Lie continued: "After the defeat of the Xihe County, Xihe County, the former Huns were transferred to a private ranch by Dong Duwei. The left-behind people were all slaves without fingers. Apart from 20,000 slaves, there were only three thousand cavalry guarding the ranch."
"Although Mayi City, north of Yanmen Mountain and closest to Yanmen Pass, is a military sub-city city established by Dong Duwei, Mayi City is full of old, weak, women and children. Secondly, it is Jiancheng, Jiancheng and Jiancheng's affiliated military sub-city. There are very few young and strong men and women in the military fort. Dong Duwei gathered almost all the young and strong men and women in Pingcheng. In addition, there are tens of thousands of military farming soldiers in the three counties of Hetao, and Zhu Wenze, who led tens of thousands of soldiers to station in Zhu Wenze. Your Majesty can clearly see from the princess' letter that Dong Duwei gathered almost all the young and strong soldiers in the north of Pingcheng."
Speaking of this, Cui Lie sighed in his heart and clasped his fists at the frowning emperor again.
"On that day, Dong Duwei led 200,000 Yellow Turban prisoners from Yuzhou to Jizhou. The 200,000 army was divided into three armies in front, middle and back, with 50,000 each of the two armies in the front, middle and middle. Dong Duwei should have been the commander of the three armies, but he lived in the 100,000 baggage battalion of the rear army."
"The commander of the three armies is Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhonglang, the commander of the army is Gonggong Guo, the prince of Qinghe County, Liu Sheng, the former army and the generals of the central army are all under Dong Zhonglang's name, and the generals under Dong Duwei are the second. At first, I only thought that although Dong Duwei was the commander of Dong Buyi, he was the general under Dong Zhonglang's name, and it was reasonable to be in Dong Zhonglang's name. Until Dong Duwei was furious in public under Guangzong City, I realized that it was wrong..."
The incident where the court was truly afraid of Dong Hu was the incident of "Three Strategies for the Destruction of the Country". After Dong Hu was furious and said the "Three Strategies" under Guangzong City, the whole world knew about the spread of this matter. When Cui Lie mentioned this matter, not only the emperor frowned, but the others were also frowned and displeased.
Cui Lie did not seem to feel the displeasure of others, and smiled bitterly: "There are 200,000 armies in front, middle and back. The two armies in front, middle and middle are the main force of the captured Yellow Turban thieves. Dong Duwei did not take care of the custody himself, but asked the court's important officials to take care of him, and he lived in the baggage camp of the rear army. If Dong Duwei did not say that the capital of Luoyang was empty, I did not notice the hidden worries and dangers brought by the captive 200,000 Yellow Turban thieves to go north to Jizhou. Dong Duwei stayed in the rear and indeed expressed sincerity to the court."
"As the princess reported today, although the Jiancheng of Mayi is a military camp that Dong Duwei wants to set up, except for some old, weak, women and children, there are no soldiers. If the Yanmen Captain Ding Yuan was willing, he could even lead a thousand soldiers directly to Pingcheng. Although Dong Duwei was young, he was used to fighting and fighting. If he really wanted to go south to invade Bingzhou, if he really wanted to rebel, how could he leave his fragile back to the court?"
The little princess has already detailed the entire process of Dong Hu fighting with the Kuitou brothers in the letter. I don’t know how many times the boss discussed with his subordinates in the mansion. Even if he doesn’t want to admit that the little bastard is “accustomed to fighting”, he can’t. How can such a cunning boy not see the emptiness behind it?
Liu Hong understood after hearing this, but wanted to be angry but helpless, and was silent for a long time...
"If that little bastard hadn't always been a mess, if he was really willing to fight for the country, how could I be really angry?"
"I believe what I said, I believe that the boy has no intention of rebellion today, but that little bastard has 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands, but it is true. There is no rebellion today, who dares to say that he has no intention of rebellion in the future?"
After the emperor said such words, Cui Lie was also worried, so how could he argue?
Looking at Cui Lie who lowered his head and looked at the silent officials. After hesitating for a while, Liu Hong spoke again.
"If that bastard is really loyal, even if he says some crazy words, I will not blame him. Even if he serves as the chief magistrate of the Eighth Battalion, I...I will agree to him..."
After hearing this, Zhang Rang jumped out of opposition without waiting for He Jin. Jian Shuo, who was appointed as the military captain of the Central Changshi, hurriedly stood up to oppose it.
"Your Majesty must not! That little... Dong Duwei already has a 100,000 army in Bingzhou. If he takes charge of the Xiyuan army to guard the safety of the capital, I... I am worried that there will be disaster!"
He Jin followed up and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice. If Dong Duwei is willing to enter Beijing to serve, Your Majesty can let Dong Duwei be a lieutenant in Xiyuan, but you must not let him command the troops in Xiyuan!"
Jian Shuo and He Jin stepped forward, and the big bosses from the inside and outside courts had to stand up and oppose them.
"Please think twice."
Liu Hong didn't want Dong Hu to be the commander of the newly established Eighth School of Xiyuan. He said that, and when he saw others stand up to advise, he waved his hand.
"If that kid is really loyal and really willing to be Han Xin, I will follow Taizu, even if I let him be a general, it is not impossible. As long as the incident comes afterwards...that..."
Liu Hong almost let it go, and the big guys in the room were speechless. The little bastard always talked about Taizu killing Han Xin, so he was unwilling to be Han Xin who was willing to die.
"well……"
Liu Hong had a headache. The little bastard was too cunning and asked him to beat up the rebel Qiang people in Liangzhou. He compared himself to Han Xin and brought out the incident of Taizu killing Han Xin. Although Han Xin died at the hands of Empress Lu, if Liu Bang had not nodded, Xiao He had a few heads and dared to collude with Empress Lu to kill such a hero as Han Xin?
Things were obvious. The little bastard was unwilling to be Han Xin who stretched his neck and let him chop it. This made the emperor and court officials think that the biggest reason for his infidelity became a headache for dogs to bite hedgehogs and have nowhere to put their mouths.
He sent troops to attack, forced Dong Hu to bow his head with force, and even cut off his head directly. However, at this time, the Han Dynasty was in trouble with internal and external troubles, and the Heishan Army led by Zhang Yan had not yet been resolved. Although the Hanyang Qiang surrendered, Han Sui also led 50,000 to 60,000 Qiang people to lie on the Jincheng Pass, and lie on the four northwest counties of Liangzhou...
Zhang Wen lost tens of thousands of Han soldiers in a battle and should have recruited some soldiers to replenish them into Meiyang. Then the Qiang people in Hanyang County surrendered. The threat level of the Qiang Rebellion in Liangzhou to the Sanfu of Chang'an suddenly changed from S to D. The Han army camp in Meiyang no longer needed so many soldiers. In addition, the emperor was stingy and unwilling to pay more money, so Zhao Zhong was the general of chariot and cavalry for two or three months. Not only did he not recruit any soldiers to replenish them into the Han army camp in Meiyang, but he also deducted the pension of the soldiers who fell into the battle. Originally, it was a pension of three or four thousand yuan, but he gave each soldier a thousand yuan, which also made the families of the soldiers who fell into the battle. The emperor also took the opportunity to stop Zhao Zhong's general of chariot and cavalry on this ground, but the pension of the soldiers who fell into the battle was still a thousand yuan, which was not supplemented by this.
The emperor was stingy and did not continue to recruit troops to the Han army camp in Meiyang. He even withdrew the pensions of the fallen soldiers. However, he used the saved money to recruit soldiers from the Eighth Battalion of Xiyuan and established the Eighth Battalion of Xiyuan.
The eighth camp lieutenant in Xiyuan is at the level of two thousand stone camp generals, and the battalion general is organized by five parts and ten songs. One part is actually a lieutenant or Sima... So the question is, the eighth camp lieutenant in Xiyuan is a lieutenant, and the five commanders of the "five" soldiers and horses under his name are also lieutenant or Sima. Isn't this an unnecessary move, wouldn't it be better to directly turn the eighth camp lieutenant into the eighth camp general?
Seeing this, the spectators may be confused, but if they know that the "general" is just a false position or a temporary position, and they do not directly command the troops, but the lieutenant directly commands the troops, they would not be surprised why this is the case.
The official position of directly commanding the troops should not be too high. Once you pass the "Captain Captain" and become a general, the general who directly commands the troops can enter the palace to discuss politics, and become an existence that directly commands the troops and participates in politics. This will turn into a powerful minister who is truly powerful in the court. For this reason, the highest official position of directly commanding the troops is fixed at the level of the "Captain Captain". The only person who participates in the court politics is a false general. Of course, the commander-in-chief of the imperial general is a special situation.
There were not many lieutenants at the level of power camp generals in the Han Dynasty. Except for the fifth battalion of the Northern Army of the Imperial Capital and the eighth camp lieutenant of the Xiyuan established by Liu Hongxin, as well as the direct battalion generals of the Sili lieutenant unit of the Huya Camp and Fufeng Yong Camp, the rest were all lieutenants of the generals of the border camp, such as the Qiang lieutenant who controlled the Qiang people, the Wuhuan lieutenant who controlled the Wuwan people, and the Yuyang camp lieutenant. If it were not for the special Huns of Meiji and Xiongnu, the "General of the Central Army of the Protective Huns and the General of the Du Liao" might have been demoted to the 2,000-Shikao general.
Chapter completed!