Three Kingdoms: I am not Liu Bian

Chapter 62 Let them stir it up, let them stir it up!

"Your Highness, someone has arrived from Luoyang."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bian, who was reviewing memorials, suddenly stopped the pen in his hand, and the ink smudged a small stain on the silk.

He slowly raised his head and looked straight at Chen Qun who walked into the study.

In just one day, Chen Qun's identity underwent a drastic change.

From the eldest son of Chen Ji, the head of the Yingchuan Chen family, he became the new head of the Yingchuan Chen family, and was promoted from a commoner to the Prince's attendant with a rank of 200 stones.

Although the Prince's Sheren is the same as the Prince's Zhongshuzi and the Prince's Shuzi as the Prince's attendants, he does not have as much say as the Prince's Zhongshuzi and the Prince's Shuzi and is not often asked for advice by the Prince. He is often appointed from good families.

Although Chen Qun was the head of the Yingchuan Chen family, the prince only gave him the position of the prince's attendant, which shows his disgust for the Yingchuan Chen family.

However, Liu Bian was also observing Chen Qun's reaction. After all, he was someone who would go down in history and even become a minister entrusted with the care of the young emperor. If Chen Qun could demonstrate his due ability and serve him, he would not kill the Yingchuan Chen family with one blow.

That day, when Liu Bian saw Chen Ji "vomiting blood and fainting", he rode away and found the person in Xu County who played music for funerals.

If Chen Ji still stubbornly tried to criticize him externally, saying that he had humiliated him to the point of vomiting blood, fainting, and even becoming seriously ill, then he would send those who played funeral music to play funeral music outside the Chen family mansion every day.

Fortunately, there was still someone in the Yingchuan Chen family who understood the situation. Xun Yu recommended Chen Qun to him and confessed his relationship with Chen Qun's friend. He said that Chen Qun had opposed Chen Ji's behavior from the beginning. He also vouched for Chen Qun and begged the prince to accept Chen Qun into the prince's palace.

Chen Qun, who was "humiliated" by the position of Crown Prince's attendant, was not annoyed. He came to the office early every day, sat upright, and handled his job diligently and responsibly. In his spare time, he also took the initiative to share some affairs with Xun Yu.

In fact, Chen Qun was very open-minded. It was a blessing that the Yingchuan Chen family was able to survive. Moreover, although the position of the prince's attendant was humble, there were not many servants in the prince's mansion to assist the prince.

Apart from Dian Wei and Xu Chu who were in charge of the guards, there were only the Prince's Secretary Xun Yu, the Prince's Groomsmen Chen Lin and Qian Zhao, the Prince's Secretary Guo Tu, the Prince's Stable Master Li Su, and the Prince's Secretary Xun You. Including him, there were only seven people.

Among them, Chen Lin was also the Censor of Military Food, Li Su was the Censor of Military Equipment, and Qian Zhao was the Censor of Military Horses. They were responsible for supervising officers at all levels of the baggage camp. In recent days, they also executed four Simas who were reselling military supplies.

Guo Tu has been responsible for persuading the wealthy families in various counties of Yingchuan County to "voluntarily" donate military funds to the anti-rebellion army on behalf of the prince. The prince has sent a hundred guards from the prince's mansion to protect him, and he has been running around non-stop these days.

Therefore, in reality, the only two people who could truly share the prince's worries were the prince's secretary Xun Yu and the prince's concubine Xun You.

Under such circumstances, how could Xun Yu not be trusted by the prince?

And since the prince currently lacks staff around him, does the height of his position still matter?
These days he has been serving as the Crown Prince's attendant, doing the work of the Crown Prince's secretary. As long as he can demonstrate his abilities to the Crown Prince, why should he worry about the size of his official position?

When he heard that someone was coming from Luoyang, Liu Bian frowned slightly, clenched his fists subconsciously, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

If anything happened in Luoyang, it would usually be reported in a memorial, even if it was an urgent military report.

This time they sent someone here specially. Could it be that something happened in Luoyang or Jizhou?

Liu Bian said in a low voice, with a hint of suppressed urgency: "Announce!"

Following Liu Bian's announcement, two young men of similar appearance slowly walked into the study and bowed to salute.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is here to see Liu Dai, the Imperial Censor!"

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, is here to see Liu Yao, the Imperial Censor."

"Oh?" Liu Bian stopped writing, raised his eyebrows and looked at the two of them. A smile appeared on his face. He looked at Xun You, the prince's concubine beside him and said, "Gongda, our family's steed has arrived!" When the brothers Liu Dai and Liu Yao heard the prince's praise, a hint of joy appeared on their originally tense faces, and their chests were slightly straightened. They felt quite pleased.

Although this was just a joke, it meant that the prince cared about and understood them.

Tao Qiuhong, a famous scholar in Pingyuan, once recommended Liu Yao to Jiao He, the governor of Qingzhou, as a Maocai. The previous year, he had recommended Liu Yao's elder brother Liu Dai as a Maocai. Jiao He felt that nominating two brothers as Maocai in succession would cause criticism. Tao Qiuhong praised the talents of Liu Dai and Liu Yao as "the so-called controlling two dragons on a long road and galloping a steed for a thousand miles", and thought that since they were recommending talented people as Maocai, why should they worry about criticism from others?

However, Tao Qiuhong's praise of the two was not widely known. Therefore, the two brothers could not help but think that the prince must have been paying attention to them, the two relatives of the clan, otherwise how could he know such a little-known praise.

This is indeed true. When the Han Dynasty still had its majesty, the clan members were still Liu Bian's own family members whom he could trust to employ, so he would naturally pay attention to talented people among them.

Liu Dai and Liu Yao were the sons of the late Shanyang prefect Liu Yu and nephews of the late Taiwei Liu Chong (who had the same name as Chen Wang Liu Chong). They were rare talents among the royal family members.

"Gongshan (Liu Dai's courtesy name) and Zhengli (Liu Yao's courtesy name), what brings you here this time?" After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Bian leaned forward slightly, his smile gradually fading as he turned the conversation to business. "Is there something major happening at court, or is the military situation in one of our states unfavorable?"

"I, your Highness, will not elaborate further. We have a letter from the Chief of the Imperial Clan and a report from the various states. Your Highness, please review it."

Liu Dai and Liu Yao looked at each other, a trace of worry flashed in their eyes, and each took out a document from their arms.

Xun You stepped forward, took it respectfully with both hands, and handed it to Liu Bian.

Zongzheng Liu Yu?

After the Taiping Rebellion, Liu Bian re-employed Liu Yu, who had resigned due to illness, and appointed Liu Yu as the Minister of the Imperial Clan. However, he did not expect that Liu Yu would receive a letter at this time.

When Liu Dai and Liu Yao saw the prince reading letters and military reports, their expressions changed slightly at first, and then became increasingly gloomy. They could not help but sigh inwardly, lowered their heads and hunched their shoulders, preparing to face the prince's wrath.

"Bastard!"

Liu Bian stood up suddenly and threw the memorial in his hand with both hands. The pens, inkstones and inkstones on the table shook, and an unprecedented murderous look appeared on his face.

In a letter from Liu Yu, the Minister of the Imperial Clan, it was stated that Liu Yi, the King of Xia Pi, had openly abandoned the city with his family and property, causing the Yellow Turban Army to raid the city gate and capture Xia Pi City, while Liu Yi, the King of Xia Pi, disappeared.

In addition, Liu Hao, King of Changshan, Liu Zhong, King of Ganling, and Liu Xu, King of Anping, repeatedly disobeyed the orders of Lu Zhi, the governor of Jizhou. Seeing the power of Zhang Jiao and his three brothers, they abandoned their country and fled, causing the morale of the soldiers in the county to drop. Feng Xun, the prime minister of Changshan, died in battle to protect Zhending County, the capital of Changshan. Among the three kings who escaped, Liu Zhong, King of Ganling, and Liu Xu, King of Anping, were captured by the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army threatened the lives of the two kings and forced many cities in Jizhou to surrender, which worsened the situation in Jizhou for a while. Lu Zhi and the three Zhang Jiao brothers had finally fought to a point of equal strength in Jizhou, but were ruined by these three idiots!

The number of cities captured by the three Zhang Jiao brothers in the two or three months since the Yellow Turban Rebellion was less than the number lost by these three fools. Cai Yong and Lu Zhi even lost troops while sending troops to rescue.

Moreover, Liu Yi, the King of Xia Pi, and Liu Hong, the King of Changshan, even wrote a letter to impeach Cai Yong and Lu Zhi for not trying their best to help them, which forced them to flee. They also blamed Lu Zhi for not rescuing Feng Xun, the Prime Minister of Changshan, for his death in battle.

After being captured and detained in Guangzong County, Liu Zhong, the King of Ganling, and Liu Xu, the King of Anping, were ordered by Zhang Jue to send a letter to Lu Zhi, hoping that the emperor and the crown prince would pay 40 million coins to redeem them.

Jizhou was originally the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Army. Lu Zhi, relying on the soldiers from the counties and states and Liu Bei's Changshui Cavalry, was already exhausted from dealing with the situation. He was so exhausted that he managed to maintain this situation with great difficulty, but was harmed by these three idiots.

Liu Bian took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently, his heart raging with rage: "Stir it up, stir it up, let them stir it up!"

"This caused chaos in Cai Yong and Lu Zhi's rear, leading to their defeat!"

"It caused chaos in all the states and brought about the downfall of the Han Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)