C173 (1/2)
Under the Little Yellow Gate's lead, Yang Lin entered the Righteous Hall. After entering the hall, only then did Yang Lin see a few familiar figures. They were Huangfu Song, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and the others. After the audience ceremony ended, Huangfu Song introduced Yang Lin to Hanling Emperor.
”Oh, so you're that Yun Che's mediator, General Yang Lin? What a tiger general. ” Liu Hong sat on his throne and looked at Yang Lin with interest.
”Reporting to the Emperor, this subject is Yang Lin.” He didn't know what kind of expression to have, so he indifferently said.
”I heard that you broke Zhang Jiao's demonic technique, where did you learn such a technique?” Liu Hong was even more interested in demonic techniques.
”To return to the Emperor, this subject does not know any magic. However, this subject knows that evil does not worry about righteousness. No matter how powerful his demonic art is, it cannot defeat the righteous teacher of the imperial government. ” Yang Lin also learned to kiss ass, making Hanling Emperor Liu Hong happy. If you want to hear more, I'll say more.
”Yes, yes. My army is an upright Imperial army, the master of justice, how could those insignificant tricks be enough to defeat it? ” Liu Hong's face started to shine.
”The Emperor is blessed to the heavens. He will surely be able to settle down in the four seas and bring all the kingdoms to rule.” A minister standing in the main hall followed suit.
”Hur hur, hur hur hur.” Liu Hong laughed repeatedly, he did not know what to say, as though he was no longer interested in the topic.
Following that, Huangfu Song introduced Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and Liu Bei one by one, but Liu Hong was no longer enthusiastic. It was just that when he introduced Liu Bei and heard what kind of Han Dynasty he was talking about, he only asked a few questions, which made Liu Bei dance in joy.
”Honored ministers, Imperial army has already settled down, and we are returning to the capital. As a meritorious official, what suggestions do you have? ” In order to reward the meritorious personnel, Liu Hong went straight to the point.
”Your majesty, Yun Che rode on the coachman Yang Lin, left coachman Huangfu Song, right coachman Zhu Jun and performed meritorious services for the imperial government's annihilation of the Yellowtowel rebel. This subject thinks that he deserves a heavy reward.” Grand General Ho Jin said. Seems like Yang Lin's money was not given to him for free.
”Your majesty, this subject, Deng Sheng, has something to do.” At this time, the Grand Commandant Deng Sheng stepped forward and said: ”Yun Che will be able to receive all the remaining evils in the world with great effort. Now that the yellow cloth was gone, Yang Lin actually had a hundred thousand soldiers. According to the Jizhou, what was his intention? This subject thinks that not only is Yang Lin not reprimanded, he should be heavily punished. ”
With that said, the entire hall immediately became deathly silent.
In these few days that he had been in the Luoyang, Yang Lin did not interact with any of the Minister of the Court s. He never thought that there would be someone who would use the yellow cloth army captive to talk. This old fart, did I offend you? Why did you give laozi such a big hat? This was the legacy of the cultural revolution, Yang Lin scolded in his heart.
Yang Lin raised his head to look at the emperor, only to see Liu Hong expressionlessly sitting there, and Zhang Jean, Zhao Zhong, Song Dian and the other eunuchs beside him also did not have any expression on their faces, and he could not help but feel a little nervous. If Liu Hong got so angry, wouldn't he end up taking's life on the spot? Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and loudly said:
”Your Majesty, this subject also has something to say. The crime of Yellow scarf wreaking havoc was Zhang Jiao and his brother. They were the ones who had wild ambitions, bewitching people with their demon words, and it was an unforgivable crime. But with hundreds of thousands of citizens accompanying them, if they were deceived and tricked, or if they were forced to be captured by the xanthopanax, what crime did they have? The Emperor had also ordered the Pardoners of the world, those who had already been exiled to the border regions and their families could all return back to their homeland. Only Zhang Jiao was not included in the amnesty. May I ask sire, if I kill all these people, wouldn't there be harm to the heavens and earth? Where is the will of the Emperor? Who would be the one to bear the notoriety of killing a prisoner? Isn't this discrediting the emperor? If they're all released, can you guarantee that they won't be responsible again? We will take in the yellow cloth captive s, and let them till the end to fend for themselves, why not? ”
Yang Lin stopped here for a moment to observe Hanling Emperor's reaction. He understood that he had reached the point where he needed to explain it clearly to everyone. Seeing that Liu Hong was listening intently, he continued.
”As for the one hundred thousand that you mentioned, according to the Jizhou, this is even more ridiculous. Tens of thousands of soldiers responded to the imperial edict and followed us to fight in the north, successively pacifying Guang Yang, Qingzhou, Zhang Ge, Lunan, Nanyang, Puyang, Guangzong and Guangzong's yellow cloth, establishing outstanding war achievements. Now that the yellow scarf was gone, shouldn't he give them some military pay? Shouldn't the victims receive some kind of pension? Shouldn't some help be given to the disabled? ”We have asked the Emperor, for their loyalty to the nation and their illustrious military exploits, to allocate some money to them and reward them for their meritorious service.”
As soon as the battle of the Guangzong ended, the imperial government quickly ordered the Imperial army to return. The official army of the State County was reduced by a huge amount, and all the brave men in the villages were dispersed. Zhou Yong, on the other hand, with the excuse that he had no money to reward his warriors, had already sent a request to the emperor.
”You … You... That's a quibble. ” Deng Sheng was extremely furious, he continued to speak, ”According to what you said, if the imperial government does not reward these warriors, you will not disband the army?”