Chapter 26 The Way of Compromise
"General Xu, what does this mean?" In Linrong City, Huangfu Jianshou looked at Xu Huang with an ugly expression. The two Xu Huang's personal guards cut him tightly. Although Huangfu Jianshou had some skills, Xu Huang's personal guards were all veterans who had been through the battlefield for a long time. They were strong, so how could they make it?
He looked at Xu Huang with some resentment. If Xu Huang hadn't taken action suddenly, he wouldn't have been captured so easily. Linrong City, but the territory of his Huangfu family was surrounded by three thousand generals, and he, the major general, was captured alive by someone at the door of his house. It was a bit embarrassing to tell him.
Xu Huang ignored Huangfu Jianshou, but swept his eyes around and surrounded them. He stared at the Linrong guards who were eyeing them, snorting coldly, and said loudly: "I am your Majesty, the General of the Central Army of the Huns. All the soldiers in Hetao are under my jurisdiction. Who are you, and you want to rebel?"
When the guards of Linrong heard this, they did not react at all. They were the private soldiers of the Huangfu family. They only listened to the Huangfu family's dispatch. Even if Xu Huang was the General of the Central Army to protect the Huns, what could he do?
When Huangfu Jianshou heard this, his expression changed drastically. The Huangfu family could not afford this crime. He said in a deep voice: "What does General Xu mean? These people are my Huangfu family's private soldiers! My Huangfu family is a great clan in Xiliang. What's wrong with raising some private soldiers?"
"Private soldiers?" Xu Huang knew in his heart why His Majesty wanted someone to replace Huangfu Song. He said coldly: "Wearing the uniform of my Han army and holding the weapons assigned by the court to the border army, Huangfu's family's ability to fill his private bags is really beyond the reach of the world."
"Xu Huang, don't slander people with blood. My father's loyalty to Your Majesty can be seen by the sun and the moon!" Huangfu Jianshou's face changed and he shouted sternly.
"Is that true?" Xu Huang sneered: "Your Huangfu family's private soldiers dare to openly point weapons at the generals in the court. This loyalty is indeed a testament to the sun and the moon. Unfortunately, the weather is not good and the sun and the moon cannot be seen."
"Hmph, how could you know if you suddenly attacked?" Huangfu Jianshou said with his neck.
"Raise the arrow!" Xu Huang snorted coldly, too lazy to talk nonsense to Huangfu Jianshou. According to the court's regulations, although aristocratic families are allowed to raise scholars, public and private must be separated. Moreover, the county magistrates, Hu Ben Duwei and Tingwei are directly appointed and removed by the court. It has been a quarter of an hour since he entered the city, but he has not seen any of the three tribes. I am afraid that these three tribes have died in name only.
As a general of the Huns, Xu Huang had no right to inquire about county affairs on weekdays. Unexpectedly, what the Huangfu family did was so rampant that they directly abolished the three Linrong tribes.
"Swish~" A personal guard accompanied him quickly bent his bow and arrow, shooting a sound arrow into the void.
Huangfu Jianshou looked at Xu Huang with a gloomy face, squinted his eyes and said, "Brother Gongming, don't force people too much. You are the General of the Huns and have no right to ask about political affairs! Be careful that your father will write to Your Majesty for your book!"
"Contact me?" Xu Huang sneered when he heard this: "I am here to be here to obey His Majesty's orders, otherwise how can I mobilize the border troops?"
What!?
When Huangfu Jianshou heard this, he felt panicked. His family knew his family's affairs. Many of the things their father and son did in Hetao were contrary to the imperial court's orders. Did Your Majesty already notice it?
"General Xu!" In this moment, Huangfu Song hurried over in the distance with a group of generals. Looking at Huangfu Jianshou, who was captured by Xu Huang's personal guard, Huangfu Song looked at Xu Huang with a gloomy expression: "What does General Xu mean?"
"According to Your Majesty's order!" Xu Huang turned his head and looked at Li Yan. Li Yan stood up with a smile, took out an edict, and said with a smile: "The edict will be promoted to General Huangfu as the Grand Marshal. When the edict will be issued, the edict will be followed in the court. No mistakes shall be made."
Huangfu Song's expression changed. He didn't want to return to the court. He knew very well what he would face after returning to the court. He left the court to avoid being involved in this whirlpool. Moreover, according to Yang Biao's letters, the aristocratic family was planning something big recently. He really didn't want to be involved. But it seemed that the emperor seemed to have noticed something that would call him back to the court at this time.
Looking at the edict in Li Yan's hand, a fierce light flashed in Huangfu Song's eyes.
"Everyone, put down your weapons and surrender immediately!" In this moment, a young general suddenly rushed into the city with a large number of officials. Without any extra words, he quickly occupied the city gate and the city wall. He set up crossbow arrows on the top of the city, and his cold edge locked the Huangfu family private army that was still surrounding Xu Huang in the city.
"This..." Huangfu Song looked at Xu Huang with a ugly expression: "General Xu, what is this?"
"The Taiwei Mingjian, these soldiers in the city are not the imperial soldiers, but they hold court weapons, wear court armor, and pretend to be imperial troops. This... is a serious crime!" Xu Huang looked at Huangfu Song coldly: "Although the last general has no right to inquire about political affairs, the troops stationed in various counties in Hetao are controlled by the last general. Now a large number of troops outside the imperial system have appeared. The last general has reason to suspect that some people are planning to rebel and must be arrested. Those who disobey should be killed without mercy!"
"These... are my Huangfu family private army! Guards!" Huangfu Song said gritting his teeth.
"The number is too large, and what right do these private troops have to enforce the law? What we see along the way, these people not only openly collect city gate taxes, but also attempt to replace the responsibility of the Tingwei and Hu Benwei. What explanation is this?" Xu Huang said coldly.
this……
Huangfu Song was speechless. Looking at the border troops that had quickly occupied important places and drove Huangfu's private army off the city wall, Huangfu Song did not dare to respond. At this time, he said a wrong sentence. Even if Xu Huang could not kill him, there would be no problem in killing Huangfu Jianshou.
Xu Huang glanced at him and snorted coldly: "Don't you put down your weapons for me? If you really don't have the laws of the court, you will be killed without mercy if you have any stubborn people!"
"Kill without mercy!" On the city wall, Hao Zhao raised the sword in his hand and shouted sternly.
"Kill without mercy! Kill without mercy!"
A famous border army raised the swords, guns, swords and halberds in his hand, and the loud voice gathered into a wave of sound over the entire Linrong City, rushing straight into the sky.
These border troops are all brave men in the army that have fought with all races all year round. Although Huangfu Song is also good at using troops and training, he dare not openly train troops. These private troops of the Huangfu family are not as good as those who are really good at shooting out on the battlefield. The well-trained border guards are just the sound that makes them breathless.
"Dang ~"
A private army of the Huangfu family threw down their weapons, hugged their heads in their hands, knelt on the ground, and chose to give up resistance. After all, they also fell in love with the energy of the Huangfu family, hoping to be blessed by the Huangfu family here. However, after two years of joining, they would have a sense of belonging. They would not be willing to fight with these elite imperialists for the Huangfu family.
As someone took the lead, more people threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender. The expressions of Huangfu Song and his son became even more ugly, which means that the Huangfu family's operation in Hetao for several years will disappear today.
"Hao Zhao!" Xu Huang saw these private soldiers being intimidated and shouted sternly.
"The last general is here!" The young general who led his army into the city had slapped him to Xu Huang's side.
"Send all these people to Jilu Village, and transfer 500 more troops to maintain Linrong's defense and promote a county lieutenant. Later, this general will ask the court to reorganize the court's two divisions, Linrong will reorganize the court and the Hu Ben." Xu Huang said coldly.
Huangfu Song felt a little astringent in his mouth. At this moment, he understood why Yang Biao was so crazy. The Huangfu family was in Linrong for several years, but Liu Xie only needed one sentence to let the years of hard work disappear. This time, he truly felt how terrifying the status of the aristocratic family was exploited by Liu Xie. If it were in the past, Huangfu Song's behavior was not a fault at all. Although the law had restrictions, most of the time, the emperor turned a blind eye and had never been as stingy as he is now.
"Here!" Hao Zhao could not understand Huangfu Song's complicated mood. After quickly agreeing, he began to direct people to find ropes in the city, tied five or ten of these people, and rushed out of the city.
"I have already understood the matter, can I let my son go?" Huangfu Song said with a gloomy face: "I am old and I need my beloved son to take care of me when I enter the court this time. I hope the general will understand it."
When Xu Huang heard this, he was about to answer, but he saw that Li Yan had already smiled and said, "Forgive me, the old general. Your Majesty has long heard of Jianshou's reputation. This time, I came to take office and asked Your Majesty for a chief clerk. Your Majesty has already regarded Huangfu Jianshou as the chief clerk, and I am afraid that I will not be able to accompany the Grand Marshal back to the court."
"Who are you? When is it your turn to speak here??" Huangfu Song was furious when he heard this. He disliked the young man at the beginning. He was obviously just a junior, but he was arrogant. It was really annoying. Seeing that he actually wanted to detain Huangfu Jianshou, how could Huangfu Song tolerate it?
"Li Yan, Nanyang, was appointed by His Majesty this time to take over as the prefect of Hetao. There is an edict as evidence. In addition, the order for Brother Jianshou is also here. The Taiwei can check it." Li Yan said with a smile.
Huangfu Song took the edict in a daze, and opened it with a ugly expression. The edict was exactly the same as what Li Yan said. He smiled miserably. His Majesty did not leave any way to live for himself. He said he was staying to be the chief clerk, but in fact Huangfu Song knew very well that Liu Xie left Huangfu Jianshou in Hetao as a proton.
This time, I will inevitably be involved in the war between imperial power and aristocratic families. Liu Xie forced himself to take sides! And his own superfluous choice~
"Forget it~" After a long time, Huangfu Song seemed to have a few years old in an instant, and sighed with a sigh: "Old me will set off now and head to Luoyang."
He chose to compromise again. At that time, Dong Zhuo was in power and humiliated Huangfu Song several times, and even humiliated his uncle Huangfu Gui's widow until his death. Huangfu Song had endured it without saying anything. Now facing Liu Xie, who was in power, Huangfu Song still chose to compromise. The country and the world are in power. Huangfu Song wanted to put family first, and the country was behind the family, so why were other aristocratic families also a country?
"Taiwei walked slowly." Li Yan bowed slightly, and after Huangfu Song left, he immediately ordered someone to put Huangfu Jianshou under house arrest. Xu Huang was a little confused when he saw it. This literati turned against him, so fast.
Chapter completed!