A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 562: Chaos, the fall of Puyang, the death of Emperor Jing, and the chaos in the clan

April
The famine in the Central Plains has become very serious. In some places, the population is even reduced to ten.

Governors and governors from all over the country are looking for ways to survive for the people under their rule.

Everyone has seen that after Liu Qi, the governor of Yanzhou, surrendered to the Xia Kingdom, Xia grain came to Yanzhou, and the famine in Yanzhou disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The ensuing plague was also suppressed by Xia's strong medical development.

April 11

Zhou Cheng, the governor of Xuzhou, Wei Tong, the governor of Yanzhou, Yao Jun, the governor of Yuzhou, and Lehong, the governor of Jingzhou, all surrendered to the Jin State with their cities.

The only condition is to deliver food as soon as possible.

April 13

Wei Pingnan's general Gao Chong and the conquest general Lu Hu arrested Luozhou governor Zheng Xi, and also brought the three counties of Luozhou to submit to the Jin Dynasty.

The entire Wei State began to fall apart, and the area that Yao Yizhong could control was suddenly reduced to only half of the state.

And even near Kaifeng, there are hungry people exposed in the wild.

Yao Yizhong knew that he could no longer sit back and wait for death, and must seek food from outside.

Put down the rebellion?

Of course not. Those governors and governors of Jin surrendered because of lack of food. Even if they were pacified, they would still have no food, which would increase their own burden.

So Yao Yizhong turned his attention to Liu Xian again.

After all, Liu Xian, who is currently building a palace, does not look like he is short of food.

April 20

It happened that Su Hai, the governor of Jiyin, complained to the court. Liu Xian was leading an army to attack Jiyin County and asked the court for reinforcements.

With an excuse to send troops, Yao Yizhong left General Jiang Gan and others to assist Prince Yao Xiang in guarding Kaifeng to prevent surprise attacks by the rebels from Luozhou and Yuzhou.

He personally led eight thousand Qiang cavalry to rescue Yin.

April 23
Yao Yizhong encountered Liu Xian's partial army and the army of Da Sima Wang Ning at Wanju in the west of Jiyin.

Wang Ning had always been dissatisfied with Liu Xian's wanton construction of palaces and no regard for the lives of the people. In addition, he was afraid of Yao Yizhong's force, so he surrendered to the Wei army directly with Wanju.

With the recruitment of Wang Ning's soldiers and the fast cavalry of the Wei army, Liu Xian did not get the news of Yao Yizhong's troops at all.

He believed that Yao Yizhong had to at least deal with the rebels in his own country before he would be free to deal with him.

"In order to deal with foreign affairs, we must first settle our domestic affairs." This is common sense from ancient to modern times.

Moreover, Wang Ning's 10,000 troops were stationed in Wanju. If Yao Yizhong really ignored the domestic rebellion and insisted on sending troops from Kaifeng, there should be news.

I will also prepare myself early.

Just as Liu Xian's army continued to attack Dingtao, Yao Yizhong suddenly led his army to attack from the side.

Seeing Yao Yizhong coming in person, the Han soldiers were as frightened as tigers. They did not listen to orders at all and just ran away.

In this way, Yao Yizhong once again defeated Liu Xian's tens of thousands of troops with thousands of cavalry.

The Wei cavalry did not stop until they reached the gates of Puyang City.

Subsequently, Yao Yizhong ordered Su Hai to collect the captured Han soldiers under Dingtao City, and together with the 10,000 Wang Ning surrender troops who came from Wanju, a total of 40,000 people rushed directly to Puyang to support him.

April 25
The armies of Su Hai and Wang Ning arrived in Puyang, successfully joined Yao Yizhong's eight thousand Qiang cavalry, and surrounded Puyang.

At this time, the offensive and defensive momentum has changed.

Liu Xian in the city was terrified and uneasy when facing the siege of the Wei army, and did not give any instructions at all.

April 26
Cao Fuju, the general of the Han army, opened the city gate without permission to welcome the Wei army into the city.

Yao Yizhong, who had been fighting in Puyang for several years, finally entered this fortified city that defied his orders.

On the same day, Yao Yizhong ordered the execution of Liu Xian and more than a hundred people including his ministers, burned the palaces that Liu Xian had not yet completed, and destroyed the city walls of Puyang.

He also ordered that all the people and food in Puyang be moved to Kaifeng, completely cutting off the basis for Puyang to become a rebel stronghold.

June
Yao Yizhong put down the rebellions in Gaoping, Lujun, Suiyang, and Qiaoxian, and successfully recovered half of the country.

July
Shi Kun, a remnant of the Hou Zhao clan who occupied Qingzhou, was killed by his righteous general Duan Qin.

Duan Qin gathered more than 10,000 people from Hu and Jie to secure Linzi, calling himself Emperor Zhao.

But due to Duan Qin's arrogance, there was no big force to control him.

The Xia State was doing its best to allocate grain and grass to quell the famine in Yanzhou and appease the local counties.

Furthermore, in Liaozhou in the north, the foreign barbarians need to be dealt with by the Xia Kingdom.

The Jin State encompassed several states at once, and it was a bit indigestive. It also needed to allocate a large amount of food and grass to suppress the famine in these states, and there was no extra food and grass for the expedition.

After the Qin State captured the Guanlong territory, it began a policy of recuperation and recuperation, and it has not mobilized troops for several years.

The same goes for Wei State. It needs to solve the local famine problem before it can have time to think about expansion.

As a result, the world fell into a strange balance due to a famine that spanned states and counties.

Only the warlords, large and small, who either separated small states or divided counties, were still trying their best to annex and fight.

All the major forces in the world paused with a tacit understanding.

Ten years of Yanping
New Year
Emperor Xia Bai Kai suddenly suffered from a serious illness and was bedridden.

The imperial court urgently ordered Prince Bai Qian, who was inspecting the front line in Jinan, to return to the court.

February 3rd
Bai Qian was still on the road, but Bai Kai had already passed away. Fortunately, King Bai Ran was in Beijing and ordered the leading generals to guard Qiyang inside and outside. Qiyang began to implement a curfew for the first time since the Bai Kingdom.

February th
Jinwu Su Shao uncovered a case of smuggling standard weapons and arrested more than 20 people involved, one of whom was Sima in the army.

But when Bai Ran arrived at the prison, he found that Sima had committed suicide out of fear of crime.

Bai Ran was furious and ordered Tingwei Mansion, Qiyang Order, and Yushitai to jointly investigate the case.

In the end, he followed the clues and targeted Bai Wenxian, the king of Shangdang.

Bai Wenxian is the brother of the late emperor Bai Zhai and the direct grandson of the former Shangdang King Bai Yi. He is a son of the Bai clan who has lost his divine seal. According to the "Nobility System", after Bai Wenxian's generation, the next generation will be demoted to a duke, and each generation will be demoted one level until they are completely reduced to ordinary people with the surname Bai.

Since Bai Yi had no interest in officialdom when he was granted the imperial title, he did not make any meritorious service. In the end, the original 3,000 households were allowed to live in the city. By the time of Bai Wenxian's generation, only more than 700 households were left.

Bai Wenxian was unwilling to give in, and his mother was a Duanbu girl.

So under the instigation of his uncle Zhonglang General Duan Ma, he relied on his status as Shangdang King to constantly win over people who were dissatisfied with the government and the country.

Gradually, Bai Wenxian became the leader of the largest opposition organization secretly in the Xia Kingdom.

He even won over several Bai people who were also unwilling to be reduced to ordinary tribesmen, and under their continuous operation, they weaved a huge network of relationships.

This organization has been around for more than ten years.

Now the emperor Bai Kai suddenly died of illness, and the prince Bai Qian has not returned to the court. Only King Bai Bairan is in charge of the government, and the central power has fallen into the lowest vacuum in history.

So Bai Wenxian decisively began to launch a coup. He first contacted the garrison outside the city and quietly transported weapons into Qiyang.

He planned to attack and kill the prince at the city gate when he returned to court.

If the prince dies, even if Bai Ran can continue to ascend the throne, the centuries-old inheritance mechanism that the Xia Kingdom has relied on will be destroyed, and sooner or later it will fall into turmoil.

After that, if you continue to secretly eliminate Bai Ran's heirs, Daxia will be in chaos sooner or later.

When the Xia Kingdom falls into civil strife, those with the surname Bai who do not have the divine seal can take the opportunity to slaughter the main clan and even seize the throne.

As long as the descendants of the Bai family who have the divine seal die, the descendants of the Bai family will be the Bai family's Zhengshuo, and they will be destined by fate. After a few generations, the people of the world will soon forget about the main sect.

He will become the main sect, just like the Kong family in Qufu today. Isn't it just a side branch that counterattacked and became the main sect?
February

In the heavily guarded heavenly prison, the thick iron gate slowly opened. After passing the guards who stood guard every three steps, the new emperor Bai Qian, who was in his prime, strode down the corridor with a serious look on his face.

He was followed by several close relatives including Prince Bai Ran, Zong Ling Bai Li, Zong Bo Bai Sheng, Huang Ling Ling Baicheng, Bai Miao Miao Zhu Bai Zheng, and Bai Wenxian.

The dozens of people in the group are all important members of the Bai clan today. It was the first time for Captain Tianlao who led the way to see more than a dozen royal family members with twinkling eyebrows appear together.

As early as an hour ago, the guards in the Tianlao had been replaced by the royal guards and the White Guards. Now he was the only outsider.

"Crash!"

With the sound of iron chains, Bai Wenxian was brought into the spacious room.

It had been a long time since I had seen him so bright, and I had to cover my eyes with my hands.

"Bai Wenxian!"

Bai Wenxian, who had no longer any desire to live, looked slowly and saw that it was his second uncle Changle Gong Bai ammonium.

"Murder the sect master, intend to rebel, and confuse right and wrong. Do you deserve the surname Bai?"

Bai Ammon looked at this with sadness. He had seen his eldest nephew since he was a child and seemed to be in disbelief.

Bai Wenxian lowered his eyebrows and lowered his hands, and said calmly:
"Yes, do I deserve the surname Bai? I don't deserve it, or I don't. Am I a son of the Bai family? No, I am just a person named Bai."

He suddenly looked at Bai Qian, who was sitting in the main seat, and said excitedly:

"Tell me, do you regard me as a clan member? Are we the same?

You have the divine seal and are the person destined by God. What about me? "

Then he laughed at himself:

"Oh, he's just a poor guy who lost his divine seal, so who cares?"

Facing the first rebel in Bai's history, Bai Qian was unaffected and said:

"Before the Bai family becomes emperor, the people with the surname Bai who do not have the divine seal will be reduced to the most ordinary clan members, only enjoying the education in the school set up by the Bai family, and the rest will have nothing to do with the master's family.

Therefore, I can answer you. You and I are just clan members, ordinary clan members.

However, after Emperor Yuan ascended the throne, he thought that you people with the surname Bai have the blood of the Bai family, so he allowed the title to be restricted by the divine seal and inherited for three generations.

Otherwise, since you don’t have the divine seal, how can you inherit the title of King of Shangdang?
Ask yourself, have you made any contribution to the Bai family? Have you made any contribution to Daxia? Have you made any contribution to the people of the world?

Just because of the Bai family's bloodline, he was born a prince, and he was able to enjoy the wealth of the people without paying the slightest price.

I ask you, what else are you not satisfied with? "

Because he had received education from Bai Zong, Bai Wenxian still had a sense of shame, but now it was broken and he fell into extreme madness:
"No, no, my surname is Bai, I have the blood of the ancestors, the descendants of the late emperor, you just have a divine seal that has no effect at all, why do you enjoy it more than me?

You can become kings, but I and my descendants can only be public servants, or even become common people.

It's unfair. My surname is Bai, and I can become a prince. My descendants all bleed with my blood. Why can't they become princes?

unfair. "

Bai Qian knew that asking me again would have no effect.

He immediately stood up and left the room, followed by the rest of the Bai family. Before leaving, Bai Ammon looked at the crazy Bai Wenxian, sighed and shook his head.

February 12

In the name of the head of the Bai family, Bai Qian ordered the ancestral records of Bai Zai to be managed, and all Bai Wenxian and his related descendants, including their heirs, to be removed from their names and no longer treated as Bai surnamed descendants.

Thirteen days

Bai Qian sentenced Bai Wenxian and his related persons to death in accordance with national law.

14th

One hundred and thirty-two people, including Bai Wenxian and other related persons, were all executed at the West Market.

In addition, more than 500 officials were implicated, demoted or imprisoned.

20th

Bai Qian, who was finally free, began to deal with Bai Kai's funeral.

In the end, Bai Kai was given the posthumous title "Jing" and the temple name "Gaozong" was established, which was Emperor Gaozong Xiaojing of Xia.

At the same time, the next year's era name will be "Jingping".

27th
The coffin of Emperor Xia Jing Bai Kai entered the imperial mausoleum. Bai Qian left the prince Bai Ran to supervise the country, and he began to observe filial piety according to the rules.

(End of this chapter)