Chapter 71
A few days later, bad news came from Luoyang and Nangong caught fire.
Wang Yun, the governor of Yuzhou, and Wang Xiang, the prefect of Yingchuan, rushed to Zhang Yu's house to discuss.
Wang Yun sat on the chair and was very restless. He couldn't help but adjust his sitting posture, scratched his ears and sighed.
The fire in the palace is an ominous sign in folk legends. The recent plague has raging, indicating that the world is about to change. As a great scholar, Wang Yun was worried about the country and the people, and was extremely sad.
Wang Xiang was also a great scholar, looking extremely dull and in a trance.
The little princess sitting in Zhang Yu's arms doesn't care whether the palace is in trouble or not? She has no feelings for the palace. As long as Zhang Yu agrees, she is willing to live with Zhang Yu for the rest of her life. In the eyes of the little princess, as long as Zhang Yu likes her, it doesn't matter if the man is destroyed. The little princess is rubbing with Zhang Yu's arms, playing with the toys without distraction.
The Nangong fire was a real historical event and a landmark event in the Eastern Han Dynasty when it entered a period of no return to the dark rule.
The eunuchs, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, would urge Emperor Ling to tax the land and build a mu of palaces and cast bronze men. Therefore, Emperor Ling of Han ordered the world to tax ten coins to help repair the palaces in addition to normal rents. He also issued the tutors to transport the prefectures and counties to the capital. The eunuchs were traitors and assassinated officials. The prefects increased their private transfers and the people resented them. In addition, it was stipulated that the governors, prefects, Maocai, and filial piety and honest people would pay the money to help the army to repair the palace. In addition, the people who were given major counties must pay 20 to 30 million yuan before taking office. Before taking office, they must first go to the West Garden to determine the amount of money. Those who paid the money in the prescribed time can take office, those who had no money or who could not pay it at the time can commit suicide. Therefore, the new official would definitely plunder the people even more crazily and accumulate wealth to compensate, and the people would complain.
The people were unable to bear the heavy pressure and rebelled everywhere for a while, reaching Yizhou in the west and Jiaozhi in the south. There were dozens of rebels such as Huanglong in the Central Plains, including two to three thousand soldiers, and six to seven thousand soldiers in the smallest. Later, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou gathered more than one million, and the number of soldiers in Heishan reached one million. The rebel army attacked counties and counties and killed officials. The momentum was huge, and it was rising one after another, forming a prairie fire.
Soon, Emperor Ling of Han ordered his ministers to build Wanjin Hall in Xiyuan, and moved all the national property and money stored by the Jinnong into the hall to store it for private storage.
Emperor Ling of Han was the great-grandson of Emperor Zhang of Han, and his family was not wealthy. After becoming the emperor, he only wanted to accumulate wealth and take over it. In the second year of Guanghe, he opened the Xiyuan to sell officials and the counties and states paid tribute. They first sent officials to pay the "directorship fees". All the money they received was privately owned and stored in the eunuch's homes, and each person saved tens of millions of dollars in his home. After the Wanjin Hall was built, the money was moved into the hall to store. Soon, Emperor Ling of Han bought a large amount of land at a low price in Hejian County, building houses and temples, for fear of plundering and plundering all the money in the world.
Zhang Yu has seen this stage of history in modern times, and these historical memories have become increasingly clear due to the Nangong fire incident.
Zhang Yu would not interfere with what Emperor Ling of Han did. He just wanted to use his understanding of history to strengthen his strength and enable the express delivery company to develop more smoothly.
Zhang Yu said to Wang Yun and Wang Xiang: "It is useless to be anxious. We will write a letter to send the express company to Luoyang immediately to greet you. Luoyang will inevitably be in chaos. If you return to Luoyang, it will only cause chaos. We must share your worries for Your Majesty, quickly start the meeting of the powerful alliance, and immediately take action against Huang Hu to comfort Your Majesty's holy heart."
Wang Yun nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay! That's it. Let's write a letter each of us today. Representatives from all over the country are coming one after another. It is estimated that the meeting will be held in three days. I thought the meeting was chaired by me, and the prefect Wang Xiang must vigorously promote the letter to be the leader of the alliance at the meeting."
Wang Xiang nodded and said, "The meeting was held in the county magistrate's office, and they must listen to us."
Zhang Yu smiled and said, "I have a thousand people, and I can be the main force. They just need to send people to follow me."
Three days later, twenty powerful families arrived at the Yingchuan County Governor's Mansion.
The Yuan family in Runan sent a man named Yuan Mu, who was of the same generation as Yuan Shao. This person has no record in history. He may have been killed by the coalition forces after Yuan Shu became emperor. Yingyin sent Xun Yu, who is famous in future history and is Cao Cao's best assistant. The representative of the Zhang family is Zhang Bang, the representative of the Chen family is Chen Qun, the representative of the Lai family is Lai De, the representative of the Fang family is Fang Shuo, the representative of the He Jin family in Nanyang is He Liang, the representative of the Li family is Li Yong, and the representative of the Cai family is Cai Mao.
It is precisely the gathering of heroes that have arrived.
The first stage was the accusation conference. All of these powerful families were plundered by Zhang Manchengbo and Peng Tuo's Yellow Turban Army, and now they were plundered or threatened by the Yellow Tiger. Everyone was indignant, hoping to eliminate the Yellow Tiger as if they were looking forward to the rain.
Zhang Yu sat in the middle of the main seat, Wang Yun sat on one side and Wang Xiang sat on the other side.
Wang Yun presided over the meeting and asked about the situation of all major tribes. All major tribes complained about the suffering of being ravaged by the Yellow Turban Army and the bandits.
Zhang Yu introduced the situation in Luoyang and told everyone that there was a fire in the palace, and thieves arose in Liangzhou and Central Plains. The court had no soldiers to send, so they could only defend themselves.
Wang Yun proposed to establish a powerful alliance. He chose a man who had fought a war, had a high prestige, and was confident of eliminating Huang Hu to become the leader of the alliance, and led everyone to work together to eliminate Huang Hu.
The nature of a great man was instantly revealed, and everyone showed the attitude of wanting to be the leader.
Cai Mao, the representative of the Cai family in Xiangyang, stood up first and talked about the idea of eliminating the Huanghu.
It seems that only he can lead the family to eliminate Huang Hu.
All families in Nanyang support Cai Mao.
The second person who stood up and spoke was Yuan Mu, the representative of Runan Yuan family. He was not quick to speak, but his attitude was extremely arrogant and he was quite arrogant. He was the only one in the world.
Everyone in Runan direction immediately supported it.
The third one who stood up was Chen Qun. After he made a big splash, he received support from many Yingchuan people.
The most powerful man Xun Yu didn't say a word, and he observed coldly.
Of course, what Zhang Yu was most concerned about was Xun Yu. He knew that this man was the strongest strategist of the Three Kingdoms and had a super influence. Cao Cao could dominate the world. It was absolutely impossible without Xun Yu's recommendation of talents. However, Xun Yu had just gotten married and was slaughtered. Only Han Fu was the only famous scholar who came to his house to congratulate him.
Therefore, getting married is very important. If you marry the right wife, not only will your happiness index be particularly high, but it will also be beneficial to gain fame.
Marrying the wrong wife will make you stigmatize your reputation and you won’t be able to raise your head in front of everyone.
If Xun Yu did not marry Zhang Rang's adopted daughter, Zhang Yu could guarantee that he would take the opportunity to stand up and fight to be the leader of the alliance.
Zhang Yu could have predicted the noisy situation.
After Zhang Yu found that everyone was almost quarreling and it was impossible to reach an agreement, he winked at Wang Xiang.
Wang Xiang immediately stood up, used his great scholar's talent, cited widely, and talked about the importance of fame and understanding of military affairs.
Fang Shuo stood up without waiting for Wang Ying to finish his words and made a loud statement that Zhang Yu was the only one who was the leader of the alliance. There are three reasons. First, Zhang Yu established great achievements on the battlefield of the Yellow Turbans last year, and his ability was fully proved. Second, Zhang Yu had prepared a team of 1,000 people and could fight to the outside mountains at any time. Third, Zhang Yu was His Majesty's favorite minister, and he came to lead everyone to wipe out the Yellow Turban bandits according to His Majesty's order.
As soon as Fang Shuo finished speaking, Chen Qun glanced at Zhang Yu and immediately stood up to express his support.
Chen Qun is the grandson of Chen Da, and he represents the attitude of scholars. As soon as he spoke, many representatives of the great families in Yingchuan immediately expressed their support for Zhang Yu.
Xun Yu stood up at this time, and after a brief call, he stated that the leader of the alliance was Zhang Yu, emphasizing that everyone must listen to Zhang Yu, otherwise, the Allies could not be formed, and it would be even more impossible to win the battle to encircle and suppress the Yellow Tiger.
Zhang Yu's role in saving Xun Yu's family was reflected at this time. After gaining the support of Xun Yu, he gained the support of the vast majority of people.
There was another heated debate among everyone.
Wang Xiang stood up again and made a clear statement, saying that Zhang Yu would be the leader of the alliance.
Wang Yun finally emphasized the five major benefits of being led by Zhang Yu.
After unanimous approval, everyone shouted at Zhang Yu: "Leader, leader!"
Zhang Yu stood up happily and said loudly: "Everyone recommends me, Zhang Yu as the leader of the alliance. Although I know that this leader is not easy to be, in order for the people of Yuzhou and Jingzhou to live a peaceful life, and for the great families to avoid being robbed by bandits, I decided to take on this burden. I suggest that Xun Yu take the lead, Chen Qun, Yuan Mu, Zhang Kuang, Cai Mao, He Liang, Li Tong, and Laid help formulate the alliance, and the governor Wang Yun and the prefect Wang Xiang are responsible for supervision. All of them are founding members, and the alliance should be open-ended. If other families want to join in the future, they can obtain the consent of more than two-thirds of the members. Not only now, but also in the future, as long as there are bandits and other invasions, the alliance has the obligation to protect the alliance family.
Chapter completed!