Luoyang, the imperial palace.

After receiving the news that the siege of Changshe was cracked by Ye Zhao and that Bo's army of only 100,000 retreated to Yangdi, Liu Hong was in a good mood these days. It seemed that the Yellow Turban Army's unstoppable momentum had been exhausted. Although there would be news that somewhere was broken by the Yellow Turban thieves would be sent back to Luoyang during this period, some good news would be heard from time to time, and what he heard in his ears was no longer all bad news.

This Ye Zhao is really a blessing general!

Liu Hong, who was playing with his youngest son Liu Xie, suddenly laughed inexplicably.

"Have your Majesty a happy event happened?" Zhang Rang looked at Liu Hong in confusion, a little confused.

"I suddenly thought of Ye Zhao." Liu Hong did not shy away from Zhang Rang and said with a smile: "Huangfu Song is known as my famous Han general. He led 40,000 elite troops to be defeated by the Yellow Turban thieves. Now Ye Zhao has only one school army to remove the siege of Changshe. I really want to see what Huangfu Song looks like now."

Liu Hong really had no good feelings for Huangfu Song. He first refused to send troops and threatened himself to lift the party ban.

Liu Hong didn't want to resolve the party ban. It was not only like slapping himself in the mouth, but more importantly, once the party ban was lifted, the power of scholars would be further strengthened.

Now Liu Hong has finally created a situation where eunuchs, relatives and scholars check and balance each other. Once the party ban is lifted, the power of scholars will grow unprecedentedly, and this balance will be broken. What’s even more hateful is that even though he has lifted the party ban, Huangfu Song is still defeated.

You should know that Liu Hongke is not really stupid. He fought against General Dou Wu in his early years. After so many years of the emperor, he had done some things, even if he didn't know how to do them, he was still clear about them.

If Huangfu Song's previous behavior was to gain greater voice for the scholars, then he would have defeated the Yellow Turban, demanded money and food from the court, and even asked him Liu Hong to use his own money to pay military pay, which was unscrupulous in seeking selfish interests.

This is why Liu Hong took his anger to Lu Zhi to prevent Lu Zhi from threatening him with his troops like Huangfu Song, and replaced Lu Zhi.

Maybe he was wrongly blamed Lu Zhi, but during this period, Lu Zhi got close to the general and the others, and the scholars also divided a group of people to serve He Jin, which made the existence of scholars not so eye-catching after the party ban was lifted. Only He Jin, the fool, was happy to think that he had been recognized by scholars and was silly there all day, but he didn't know that he was used as a gun.

Lu Zhi needed to beat him, after all, Lu Zhi's reputation was there. After being escorted back to the court, Liu Hong only dismissed his official position and did not really harm him. What Liu Hong really wanted to deal with was actually Huangfu Song.

Unfortunately, because of Lu Zhi's incident, it has been dissatisfied by many people. It is difficult to attack Huangfu Song again. Ye Zhao's appearance at this time was a way to help Liu Hong exclaim and slap Huangfu Song in the face. This is where Liu Hong is really happy. In this way, if Huangfu Song does not do anything, it will really become Ye Zhao's stepping stone.

After that, Huangfu Song did not ask for food from the court, and began to actively arrange a decisive battle with Bocai's Yellow Turban Army.

"Talk Ye Zhao, I received the news yesterday. In the past half month, Ye Zhao has split up with Huangfu Song, turned to Runan, and recovered many cities." Qian Shuo, who was standing beside him, interrupted with a smile.

"Okay!" Liu Hong was even more happy when he heard this. He held his youngest son Liu Xie and sat on the table and said, "After this battle, I want to recruit him into Luoyang. Now Luoyang is full of old ministers, and I also need to add some new people."

Zhang Rang and Qian Shuo smiled and agreed. Although there was no open exchange, Ye Zhao had a lot of filial piety over the years. They didn't mind doing some such favorable favors.

"Your Majesty!" At this moment, the Central Constable Guo Sheng walked in and bowed to Liu Hong and said, "Runan sent a memorial."

"Runan? But the Ye family?" Liu Hong laughed when he heard this. Although he had never seen Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao could always bring him surprises.

"No," Guo Sheng nodded and looked at Zhang Rang and Qian Shuo: "It's a good news. Ye Zhao has been expelling 70,000 Yellow Turbans in Runan in half a month and recovering thirteen cities. Now he is confronting Dingying's place with He Yi, Liu Pi, Gong Du and others."

"Okay!" Liu Hong clapped his hands and smiled, "It's done well!"

"Just..." Guo Sheng whispered: "In the memorial, Ye Zhaoyan had few soldiers and was afraid of losing to the Yellow Turbans. He hoped that the court could allocate some troops for him."

When Liu Hong heard this, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and his eyes became cold. He looked at Guo Sheng and sneered: "What? I just won a few battles, so I want to hold me back?"

What he hates the most now is that someone takes the opportunity to threaten him. It is one thing to ask him for power and money. It is one thing to give him by himself, but it is another thing to ask for it directly.

Zhang Rang stood behind Liu Hong and frowned at Guo Sheng. Ye Zhao had broken up with Huangfu Song now. In short, he was considered a person from his side. In addition, Ye Zhao had a lot of filial piety before, so Zhang Rang did not want Ye Zhao to lose his emperor favor at this time.

"Your Majesty calms down. As far as I know, Ye Zhao's actions were unscrupulous." Guo Sheng hurriedly bowed.

"Oh? How can you not?" Liu Hong sneered.

"Your Majesty, after Ye Zhao and Huangfu Song divided the troops, except for the troops brought by Liang State, the left Zhonglang General only allocated 3,000 troops to him, which was only 5,000. However, there were 200,000 Yuan Turbans. Although Ye Zhao had many expelled by Ye Zhao, the Runan Yellow Turbans are now gathered in Geling and Shangcai. There are as many as 150,000 people. Ye Zhao only had less than 5,000 troops, but Ye Zhao had to confront the 150,000 Yellow Turbans. Even if the Yellow Turbans were a mob, the difference in the number was too great. Therefore, I thought that it was not easy for Ye Zhao to achieve the current level with 5,000 troops. It was really a bit... "

"Bastard!" Liu Hong frowned and said after hearing this, "Why only give him three thousand soldiers to pacify Runan?"

"This..." Guo Sheng whispered: "According to Ye Zhao's official position, now he is just acting as the Prime Minister and the Chief Commander, and leading the troops of the two schools is already the limit, and he has even exceeded his authority."

"Then..." Liu Hong frowned and said, "But now there is no extra force sent to him in Luoyang."

In fact, there are still soldiers in Luoyang, but at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising, a large number of Yellow Turban troops attacked Luoyang were still in front of him. The soldiers and horses of the five colleges had been sent out. Liu Hong really didn't want to transfer Luoyang troops to Ye Zhao anymore.

If the opening is open today, I may be coming from everywhere to ask for soldiers tomorrow. The Han Dynasty has only so many troops, so where is enough?

"The military force is not difficult to solve." Zhang Rang said in the right time.

"Oh? What's the trick of letting your father?" Liu Hong turned his head and looked at Zhang Rang.

"The reason why General Huangfu did not give Ye Zhao a new army was because Ye Zhao was not in power enough. Now that the battle in Liang State has been settled, Your Majesty intends to recruit Ye Zhao into Luoyang. In addition, Ye Zhao has established his merits this time, why not take this opportunity to take the post of Prime Minister of Liang State and incorporate him into the army? Even if General Huangfu still shirked his responsibility, Ye Zhao can recruit troops in Runan by himself. Didn't Your Majesty intend to order the powerful people from all over the country to recruit troops to fight against the thieves?" Zhang Rang said with a smile.

When Liu Hong heard this, he frowned and fell silent.

Liu Yan had mentioned it before, but Liu Hong did not allow it. Zhang Rang mentioned it again at this moment, which made Liu Hong hesitate.

The existence of Taiping Sect has now become an uncontrollable cancer for the court. The longer it lasts, the more unfavorable it will be to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, it must be suppressed as soon as possible, but if the power is released, it is not what Liu Hong wants.

When Zhang Rang, Qian Shuo and Guo Sheng were silent when they saw Liu Hong silent, they no longer spoke. They knew very well that although Liu Hong had a bad reputation, they were actually very independent and would not be influenced by others.

After a while, Liu Hong seemed to have made a decision and looked at Guo Shengdao: "Gram a decree for me and order Ye Zhao to be the captain of the enemy to recruit brave men in Runan and allow him to lead the troops of the five schools, but he needs to defeat the enemy as soon as possible."

The Captain of the Anti-Kou was the same as the Captain of the Wuhuan who Ye Zhao had served in Youzhou before, but it was not permanent. It was a temporary official position in the war. Naturally, the status could not be compared with the three generals of the Central Army. It was still dispatched by Huangfu Song and others, but it also had some independent rights and was directly appointed by the court, so even Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun had no right to dismiss him.

"I obey the order." Guo Sheng nodded quickly and went to prepare the edict. In the afternoon, he asked Liu Hong to review and stamp the seal and sent it to Runan, asking Ye Zhao to recruit troops as soon as possible to fight against the rebellion of Runan.

Although the five schools had only 10,000 troops, according to the rules, Ye Zhao could also temporarily indicate some auxiliary troops. The actual troops within 20,000 were not considered a violation of the law.

The edict was delivered to Ye Zhao the next day.

"Congratulations to the lord! With this edict, all the Yellow Turban surrendered soldiers can be incorporated into the army." After sending away the eunuchs who came to pass the edict in Dingying County, Qiu Chi said to Ye Zhao with excitement.

"What are you happy about? It's just a flat tune. The Captain of Wuhuan was no worse than the Captain of the Captain of the Confrontation." Ye Zhao solemnly put away the tiger talisman, turned his head to look at Qiu Chi, who was excited and inexplicably, and shook his head.

For example, today Zi relaxed the scoop, the governor, the prefect and other local officials have the right to act cheaply. The lieutenant of the Kou is really not as good as the Prime Minister of Liang. However, the Prime Minister of Liang is only the acting Prime Minister. Now the lieutenant of the Kou still has the right to recruit troops by himself, and the value of the lieutenant of the Kou has increased a lot.

"This is naturally different. This time, His Majesty appointed him personally, which shows that the lord has been valued by His Majesty, and his career will definitely be open in the future." Qiu Chi said with a smile.

"Maybe." Ye Zhao shook his head. If the emperor attaches importance to it, his career will be smooth. That is too underestimated by the energy of the aristocratic family. If there is no sufficient reason, it will be useless even if the emperor favors it.

"Immediately send people to various counties to post the list documents and recruit soldiers to fight against the thieves in the name of the court." Ye Zhao quickly wrote a handwritten order and handed it to Qiu Chi, saying: "I will accept it when I see it. Since Your Majesty has delegated power, we should do some practical things to repay Your Majesty."
Chapter completed!