Enlightenment of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 54 Zhang Chun's Rebellion, Li Meng's Atonement

Li Meng fell down and bowed. Only then did he truly understand what he had done all these years.Why did I go back to my hometown, and everyone I saw raised eyebrows at me?Can't wait to report to the police to arrest him?It turned out that all of this was my fault, and in order to live with my conscience, I had to find a way to make up for all these mistakes.So that the fathers and folks in my hometown will no longer poke their backs; so that parents can really rest in peace under the nine springs.

My five hundred personal guards are all members of the Yuyang family. When everyone returned to their hometown, they had suffered grievances. Only then did they realize that all of this was caused by themselves, and they have no one to blame!Li Meng knelt down in front of Chen Yong and said: "General Chen, I, Li Meng, am willing to forgive my sins for the first half of my life. I hope the general will give me this opportunity. You were named General Zhengbei by Youzhou Mu Liu Yu to protect Wuhuan three County, the land of Yuyang happens to be the hometown of 500 of us!

General Chen, don't worry, we will perform well.We must set an example in front of the fathers and folks in our hometown.Let them all see that the general is willing to make these contributions to the happiness of the border people, which cannot be given by others.I know what the general wants. You wholeheartedly want to make some contributions to the great Han Dynasty.Even so, let us complete this task together!Don't worry, we 'prodigal sons' will not disappoint the general! "

Chen Yong replied: "Okay, Li Meng! I can understand the pain in your heart. Even so, you have to bear the unbearable weight in order to achieve the effect you want! No matter what others think of you, your heart As long as you have the heart to do practical things for the people in your hometown! Don’t worry, with the sincere cooperation of all of us, this Yuyang will definitely be able to develop quickly and well!”

This night Li Meng was really drunk in front of Chen Yong, he spoke out what was on his mind.This confession made Chen Yong better understand the pain in this man's heart.Why did Li Meng follow Zhang Chun to do things that endanger the people of the Han people?It turned out that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were originally from Yuyang, and they were both rich and famous.

Zhang Ju was once the prefect of Mount Tai, but he was dismissed from office because of a small mistake and returned to his hometown.Zhang Chun had been acquainted with Zhang Ju since he was a child. The reason why he was able to become Minister of Zhongshan later was because of Zhang Ju's recommendation.Zhang Ju is more than ten years older than Zhang Chun, and Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's families have always controlled Yuyang's iron smelting and salt, so Zhang Chun naturally got acquainted with a group of salt sellers.

Li Meng's family was poor, but he was a righteous person, and because of this, he was appreciated by Zhang Chun, and he was willing to share a piece of the pie for him, thus Li Meng's salt smuggling career began.This year, Zhang Chun, who was the Prime Minister of Zhongshan, unexpectedly returned to his hometown and found Li Meng.And this year, something happened to Li Meng's family. His mother was seriously ill and spent all his savings, and his father even stood up for Li Meng, and was arrested by the government.

Zhang Chun rescued Li Meng's father, and spent huge sums of money to hire a famous doctor to treat his mother's illness. Therefore, Li Meng was willing to go through fire and water for Zhang Chun, and would not hesitate to do so.At this time, Zhang Chun, who was returning to his hometown, naturally had a plan, and what he wanted was Li Meng's benevolence and righteousness, and his brothers who sold private salt!

It turned out that in the first year of Zhongping, the imperial court had clearly marked the prices of all levels of official positions from the top to the Sangong and down to the county sheriff. got an official position.

More than a year later, the Liangzhou rebellion broke out. With the full efforts of Bian Zhang, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others, the war fell into a stalemate, and the military situation became increasingly urgent.So the imperial court began to mobilize and recruit soldiers across the country to supplement the source of soldiers from Sanhe and Five Schools.

Zhang Chun, who was eager to recover, felt that his chance had finally come after hearing the news of the recruitment.He immediately entrusted someone to report to Zhang Wen, the chariot general who was fully in charge of the crusade at the time, and said that he could mobilize the Wuhuan tribe in Youzhou to serve the court.

He can form a powerful cavalry force consisting of more than [-] people, composed entirely of Hu people who are tough and good at shooting.He is in charge of supervising and commanding this army with super mobility, marching all the way westward, he is bound to hit Jincheng, the nest of traitors.Using the Northern Hu cavalry to wipe out the Xiliang Hu cavalry, this can be said to be controlled by the Hu cavalry.

However, due to the unfavorable war, Zhang Wen, who was reprimanded several times by Emperor Ling and was in a state of desperation, did not have the time and energy to pay attention to the wishful thinking of Zhang Chun, a gentry in the field.In his opinion, this person is a complete idiot.He conscripted [-] Wuhuan cavalry, appointed Gongsun Zan, the magistrate of Zhuo County, as the general, and led the [-] Wuhuan cavalry to Liangzhou to suppress the rebellion.

Zhang Chun has always been worried about this, so he looks around for opportunities to strengthen his power.When Zhang Chun was the Prime Minister of Zhongshan, he managed the trade in Zhongshan State of Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes who migrated from Liaodong, Yuyang, Shuofang and other places. These Hu people traded privately with the people of the Central Plains.

One of the main responsibilities of Prime Minister Zhongshan was to assist the Huwuhuan captain appointed by Luoyang to jointly manage these hundreds of thousands of Hu people who appeared to belong to the court but actually acted independently and had complicated interests.Zhang Chun often settles and arbitrates for the Hu people who are constantly killing each other, and makes friends with the powerful chieftains.Therefore, he is extremely influential among the major local tribes.

But it wasn't until the fourth year of Zhongping two years later that he broke out completely.Because the imperial court owed the Wuhuan cavalry soldiers food and payment, they ran away directly.Those three thousand Wuhuan Tuqi fled back to Youzhou, Zhang Chun naturally seized the opportunity.Although he has resigned as Prime Minister of Zhongshan, in the eyes of these Wuhuan people, he is still a big Han official who can do things for his own people.

Full of ambition, Zhang Chun joined forces with Zhang Ju, the former prefect of Taishan in the same county, and incited the Wuhuan people to launch a rebellion together.Zhang Chun is attached to Qiu Liju, the master of Wuhuan, which can be said to be an alliance or defection.Not only Qiu Liju, the master of Wuhuan in western Liaoning, but also Su Puyan, the master of Wuhuan in eastern Liaodong, participated in the Wuhuan rebellion.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, the war broke out again in Liangzhou. Zhang Chun, who had been planning for a long time, thought that the opportunity must not be missed, so he immediately raised the banner of "General Mi Tian" and openly rebelled.Zhang Ju of the same county was even more arrogant. He called himself "Son of Heaven" and threatened to fight to Luoyang and become the co-lord of the world.

Zhang Ju and Qiu Liju cooperated, and more than [-] Wuhuan cavalry began to wreak havoc in Youzhou.At that time, Huangfu Song led the main force of the official army and fought fiercely with the Hezhong General Kingdom in Longxi, so he had no time to spare.Therefore, Zhang Chun's troops seized this rare strategic gap and fought smoothly.Jicheng, the state's pastoral government, was easily breached by him.

Hu Wuhuan Xiaowei Jichou was killed by him in one fell swoop. Yuyang, Shanggu, Fanyang, Youbeiping, Liaodong, and Liaoxi counties either died in battle or opened their doors to surrender.Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping, and Yang Zhong, the prefect of Liaodong, died in battle one after another.Most of Youzhou was caught in the flames of war.

The crazy "General Mi Tian" Zhang Chun could no longer be satisfied with his title of general at this time, he couldn't wait to give himself a new title - "King Anding", he wanted to be the Lord of Youzhou.And Li Meng and his brothers who sell private salt have also been promoted to the pro-army of "Prince Anding" at this time!They have become private salt dealers who lick blood from the knife head, and have become the prince's personal guards in one fell swoop. What an honor is this?

But the faster you rise, the faster you fall!When Zhang Chun proclaimed himself king in Youzhou, Zhang Ju proclaimed himself emperor in Yuyang. How could the two of them not be suppressed by the imperial court in a rhythm of fighting each other to death?Hanling Emperor Liu Hong sent Zhonglang General Meng Yi to lead the cavalry captain Gongsun Zan to fight the rebellion!Due to the strength of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's thieves, Liu Hong used Liu Yu again and ordered him to be the shepherd of Youzhou.

At this time, Zhonglang General Meng Yi and Cavalry Captain Gongsun Zan had joined forces and defeated the rebel army steadily.When Shimen was victorious, Gongsun Zan heard bad news. The Youzhou Shepherd he was thinking about had been acquired by Liu Yu, a clan clan member of the Han Dynasty.Gongsun Zan, who ran away in anger, ignored the dissuasion of his generals and insisted on going his own way. Qingqi reduced his obedience and only led his own lineage troops. Three thousand cavalry chased and killed Zhang Chun, the "King of Anding" who was defeated in Shimen.

This is why there was an incident in which Guanzi City was trapped for more than 200 days, but Zhang Chun, the "king of stability", was murdered by his own subordinate Wang Zheng, defeated Shimen, and finally had to listen to Master Liju, Wuhuanqiu in western Liaoning. According to the order, he lived in seclusion in Liucheng and took care of the money for Mr. Qiu Liju.At this moment, Li Meng is the most loyal and loyal person.

However, Li Meng was devoted to repaying his kindness, but Wang Zheng, who did not think carefully, was even more appreciated by Zhang Chun.In the end, Zhang Chun, the "King of Stability" who liked to listen to flattery, ended up decapitated.Li Meng led Zhang Chun's troops, set fire to Liucheng, burned, killed and looted at the four gates, but still kept all his cronies who had followed him for many years by his side.

Finally, it was discovered that Zhang Chun's old enemy, Gongsun Zan, had suddenly appeared in Liucheng, and Xianbei Shanyu Budugen and Ke Bineng's troops both led the army to attack Liucheng again.Li Meng was almost sober at this time, so he led his "private salt" army and fled back to Youzhou together!He wanted to lead his bodyguards back to his hometown in Yuyang, reunite with his relatives, and spend the rest of his life.

However, after Li Meng surrendered to Chen Yong, the general who conquered the North, he returned to Yuyang and found out that not only the families of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were wiped out, but also the people of Yuyang who followed Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion were all ransacked by the imperial court. !They were still filled with righteous indignation, and had the urge to kill and set fire, and make another scene.But when seeing Yuyang being devastated by the war, no one in Yuyang had a good impression of Zhang Chunzhangju, so they really knew that they were wrong at that time.

Li Meng went to the grave of his parents to pay homage to his ancestors, and the soldiers who followed him all found their own family's spiritual tablets to pay homage to their ancestors.After they came back, they all lost energy and lost confidence in their future life.However, Chen Yong's ideological education to Li Meng made him realize again that the mistakes he made in the first half of his life should not be avoided!

I need the rest of my life to make up, to redeem, to compensate the relatives of those Yuyang folks who died because of the disaster, so that they can regain their lives.Those whose families were destroyed and their wives and children were separated due to the war, they were displaced, and there are many people who are still living on the streets.These are the people they need to atone for their sins. Li Meng and his personal guards will work together to build Yuyang first, so that these homeless people can have new homes. This is the top priority.

Chen Yong told Li Meng that Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, had agreed with him to establish his own territory in the three counties of Wuhuan.Refugees can be accommodated, wasteland can be reclaimed, and soldiers like them can have their own small homes.Chen Yong not only hoped that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who followed him would have families, but also hoped that Li Meng's troops would settle down here and continue the blood of the family.

Only in this way can they be worthy of their parents and relatives.Only when Yuyang is built better can they be worthy of those folks who died due to the war.More importantly, first settle those displaced people so that they don't die of freezing and starving this winter.

Early the next morning, Chen Yong ordered Fang Ming to lead Li Meng's men to Yuyang, and asked them to find a piece of land there so that they could build a base for them...

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