Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 249: Deputy Governor of An Dong, Judicial Envoy Fan Xian competes with Liu Hong, and the corruption of his generals
As Jiangbei Road fell into Liu Hong's hands neatly.

The generals of Dongshan Road and Jiangnan Road understood that the day when Liu Hong would completely control the three routes of Andong would not be far away.

Under Liu Hong's command, they all headed to the Wuzhou camp on Jiangbei Road.

Even with the dissuasion of Li Chengru and Fan Xian, it was of no avail.

After all, they can get high positions and generous salaries under the command of the Grand Commander of Anton. If they follow the king, they will probably become part of the rebellion sooner or later.

For a time, the situation in the three routes of Anton was almost one-sided.

It seems that in the near future, Liu Hong will be able to become the true Grand Commander of Andong.

Emperor Qing's imperial edict came down again.

The eldest prince Li Chengru was transferred back to the capital, and Fan Xian, Marquis of Nanyue, was appointed as the deputy governor of Andong and concurrently the judicial envoy of Andong, with the first rank.

In just less than a year, he was promoted from a fourth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites to a first-rank official.

Although the Director of the Internal Treasury and the Director of the Supervisory Council are equivalent to first-rank officials, they are not regular positions in the imperial court and actually have no rank.

Such a transfer almost breaks the rules of officialdom.

Emperor Qing's action is to tell the world.

He is the emperor. Let alone promoting a fourth-rank official to a first-rank official, what would it matter even if he promoted a commoner to a general?
Just as he had done before, officials who had done nothing wrong were forced to return home, and relatives who had done nothing wrong directly became powerful kings and princes.

Regarding this imperial edict, all officials in the world, as well as the aristocratic families and the common people fell silent.

They have warned him many times, but His Majesty insisted on his own way. What else can they say?
Prince Jing and others were obsessed with establishing three provinces and six ministries and restoring the power of the prime minister, although they succeeded.

However, the Imperial Study Attendant still holds absolute power. Every memorial must pass through the eunuchs and the Imperial Study Attendant before it can be passed to Emperor Qing.

The so-called system of three provinces and six ministries and the reform actions of the aristocratic families became a complete joke.

Under such overbearing imperial power, all reforms were nothing but a change of name and meaningless.

Liu Hong stared quietly at the imperial edict in his hand. His close associates below were filled with indignation, their faces flushed, and they were almost ready to fight to the death with the emperor who was far away in Kyoto.

After working so hard to create a good atmosphere, he ended up picking peaches with just one imperial edict, and also asked Fan Xian, the favorite minister, to share power.

This is not only a slap in the face of Liu Hong, but also a rubbish on the officialdom rules of the entire world.

No matter what Liu Hong did, he followed the rules of officialdom. Even if he was eliminating aristocratic families, he had to prepare charges in advance.

The assassination at the Hanging Temple and the rebellion of King Wubei.

The officials can still accept it with a pinch of their noses, after all, there is nothing to say, the problem is their own.

But the question is, how did Fan Xian become a first-rank official and the Marquis of Nanyue?

Does he have military merits? Does he have experience in local governance?

Just with the emperor's trust, plus the fact that he was sent as an envoy to Northern Qi and presided over the Spring Examination, the fourth rank was the highest he could get.

At that time, when public sentiment was outraged, Liu Hong's measures to reduce taxes and levies and encourage commerce were successfully implemented.

Officials from all three directions in Andong came closer to Liu Hong.

Not everyone can rise to the top overnight. Officials and generals who have passed the military merits and imperial examinations have a natural aversion to the emperor's favorites, and can even be said to be jealous.

Although following Liu Hong may cause losses to your interests.

The problem is that Liu Hong is not unreasonable and would not exchange official positions, policies, or interests.

Following Fan Xian... there is no way out for the time being. So far, except for Deng Ziyue becoming the head of a department of the Supervisory Commission, there are no benefits for others.

"Brother, Emperor Qing is so heartless and disloyal, why don't we just rebel?"

Er Gouzi had just become the general of the Wuzhou camp and was full of ambition, so he couldn't help but speak.

Liu Hong raised his eyebrows and spoke with interest.

"What are you going to do?"

"Of course, we will recruit another 200,000 soldiers, train them for three years, and then mobilize 300,000 troops to attack Kyoto and slaughter the entire Nanqing royal family. Then, big brother, you will be the emperor!"

It was the first time that Er Gouzi saw that Liu Hong did not refute him, but listened with great interest.

I couldn't help but perk up and spoke with great interest.

Liu Hong fell silent. After all, Er Gouzi was still thinking about recruiting soldiers to increase his power.

As for the series of events leading to the attack on Kyoto, they were all put aside for now.

Let’s not talk about whether the three routes of Anton can recruit another 300,000 troops while supporting the other two routes.

There is also the world's aversion to rebellion.

Besides, only so much grain is produced each year, and supporting 150,000 people is already the limit. Liu Hong doesn't want to exhaust all the resources, so he only selects 100,000 people.

Furthermore, if a rebellion breaks out, with the drastic consumption of food and silver, it would be impossible to seize the world just by taking over half of the Jiangbei Road.

"Let's talk about this later! Er Gouzi, you haven't visited the common people for a long time."

Liu Hong spoke slowly and looked at Er Gouzi. He felt tired and terrified at the same time.

Ergouzi is just a microcosm of the old brothers in Danzhou.

He doesn't care about people's livelihood and strength now, so will the generals under him care?
Everyone wants to make achievements and climb up.

Er Gouzi was a little puzzled after listening to Liu Hong's words.

"Brother, aren't the craftsmen of the Hanging Temple and the common people in Danzhou all from the people?"

Liu Hong shook his head and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

"Gather my personal guards and take a good look at the disaster victims in Jiangbei."

Zhang Liang and Versace also didn't understand what the deeper meaning of Liu Hong's action was.

Shouldn't the most urgent task now be to quickly consolidate the military and political power of the three routes of Andong to avoid being eroded by Fan Xian and the Western Factory?
However, under Liu Hong's constant majesty, these people chose to remain silent and followed Liu Hong to the place where the Jiangbei disaster victims were resettled.

Jiangbei and Jiangnan, the vast river divides the two places.

The disaster victims who had been homeless for several years finally returned to their long-lost homeland at the call of Liu Hong.

He received land from his hometown and rebuilt his home.

While I was happy and grateful to Liu Hong, I was also a little confused about the future.

After all, floods are something that is hard to predict, and we can’t say for sure what will happen after everything is settled.

A major flood would destroy all their efforts.

Liu Hong, with his trusted confidants and thousands of personal guards, was on the distant hills.

Looking at these people whose lives are already in tatters but who still have not lost hope.

Life in Qing Kingdom is hard, but as long as you can survive.

These people don't care who the ruler is. Even if the taxes are heavy, they will endure it silently. It is an unprecedented act for them to complain a few words.

Because they had no weapons, they were treated like livestock and driven around at will in the eyes of rulers of all dynasties.

They are even worse than livestock. After all, cattle and horses are precious, but human life is worthless.

Er Gouzi looked at it for a long time and still felt that there was nothing wrong, so he couldn't help but speak.

"Brother, is there something wrong?"

The food has been given, the land has been given, the money has been given, and everything has been done to the utmost.

Liu Hong was able to do this, so even if he died suddenly now, it would be enough to make the disaster victims in Jiangbei spontaneously wear white cloth to show their filial piety to Liu Hong.

"Nothing's wrong, let's go."

Liu Hong shook his head and finally realized what he was missing.

No wonder his subordinates were so easily corrupted. Except for Zhang Liang and Ji Xin who had followed him for many years, everyone else basically looked at the people from the perspective of aristocratic families.

It turns out that faith was lacking from the beginning to the end.

The inscription that Ye Qingmei left at the Supervisory Council may seem like empty words, but at least it fills the fantasies in people's hearts.

However, Liu Hong focused too much on practical work and neglected theoretical support.

But now, it's not too late! At least Liu Hong is still young.

(End of this chapter)