Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 201 On Politics

To be honest, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden arrival today, Yuan Kai was not surprised, on the contrary, it was more of a surprise.

Going a step further is the gentry, and becoming an official in the court is the path that a powerful family will choose after it develops to a certain stage.

As a local tycoon, the Zhu family can be said to have developed to the top. If they want to develop further, they need to enter the court and become an official. This is the necessary stage for a tyrant to become a noble family.

That's how the Yuan family came here back then, and now the Zhu family will do the same.

This is the rule set by the world family.

Before, the Yuan family and Zhu Yuanzhang actually had some nasty fights because of some things, and the final result was that the Yuan family took the initiative to back down.

Why did Yuan Kui take the initiative to give in and show weakness? Because he knew that when Zhu Yuanzhang asked him, it would come now.

"Brother Zhu, it is not difficult to become an official with the reputation you have gained in the past two years. If Brother Zhu is willing, I can go to the court tomorrow to recommend Brother Zhu as a county guard. This is completely no problem." Stern way.

At present, there is no imperial examination in the official selection system of the imperial court, and the only way is to promote filial piety.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's current reputation, coupled with the recommendation of a heavyweight Taifu like Yuan Kai, there is indeed no problem for a county guard.

But Zhu Yuanzhang ran over from Jizhou briskly, not for a county guard.

He believed that Yuan Kai naturally saw this too.

Now this old guy doesn't know how to pretend to understand, he is obviously playing tricks with himself, and it is obvious that he wants to show his sincerity on his own initiative.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing, but he didn't continue to entangle on this issue. Instead, he said: "I heard that Xiongtai entered the palace to participate in politics today. The general He Jin is not easy to get along with. You didn't have any conflicts, did you?"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question about the affairs of the palace, Yuan Kai couldn't help but sigh.

"Contradictions have always existed. I think Brother Zhu has also understood that He Jin is domineering. Today, in front of the late emperor's spirit, he dared to say that he wanted the official position of Taiwei. Not only did he want to be in power, but he also wanted to take over the power of the world's soldiers and horses. Sensational."

"How could such an important position be given to him? If it were given to him, wouldn't it mean repeating the Wang Mang Rebellion 200 years ago?"

When Yuan Kai said this, the expression on his face eased, and he continued: "But after all, the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty are still wise, and did not agree to He Jin's request, but only gave him the ruling power."

"The current situation is very good. He Jin is in power, and I will assist him from the side. The military power in Luoyang will be handed over to Dong Zhong. Everyone will assist the young master to complete the transition of power as soon as possible. The current big man is better than anything else to stabilize the court!" Yuan Kai said.

"That's true, but I don't think He Jin will just let it go like this?"

"For a general, the position of being in charge of court affairs seems to be unable to satisfy his desire for power." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"Brother, have you ever thought about assassinating He Jin?" Zhu Yuanzhang said suddenly.

"He is the empress dowager's brother. If he dies, His Majesty and the empress dowager will trust the eunuch even more. If the eunuch controls the military power, it will be even worse!"

Yuan Kai shook his head and said in a deep voice, "This is the best situation now. After all, we want to give His Majesty enough sense of security, and this is He Jin's role."

"Although this person is arrogant and domineering, he still has some bottom lines after all."

"is it?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly: "Brother Yuan, the reason why I came here in a hurry today is actually because my subordinates intercepted an important piece of information and specially sent it to Xiongtai."

While Zhu Yuanzhang was speaking, he took out a secret letter from his sleeve.

Yuan Kui didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when he opened the secret letter and read the content on it, his whole body felt cold instantly.

"This……."

"He Jinzhuzi, how dare you act so recklessly." Yuan Kai jumped up from the chair in a jerk, his expression extremely ugly.

The content of the secret letter was exactly He Jin's secret order for Xiliang Army and Bingzhou Army to enter Sili.

Letting the frontier army join the Sili is tantamount to taking off a beautiful woman and throwing her clothes into the homes of two big men to test the man's self-control, but it is impossible for a normal man to control it.

What's more, one of the men is Dong Zhuo.

Others Yuan Kai didn't dare to say it, but Dong Zhuo absolutely couldn't hold it back.

"This is luring wolves into the house!"

"But he still knows how to check and balance, so he also transferred the Bingzhou Army." Yuan Kai pinched his brows with a headache.

These two soldiers and horses are the two strongest frontier troops of the Han Dynasty today, with a total strength of up to 30.

The combat power is brave and powerful, and now looking at the content of the secret letter, it is obvious that He Jin has reached an agreement with the two parties. Whether it is the commander of the Xiliang Army Dong Zhuo or the governor of Bingzhou Ding Yuan, they are willing to serve He Jin as the master.

"Brother Zhu, this is not a joke. Are the contents of this secret letter serious?" Yuan Kai looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again.

"It's true."

"And this matter is also easy to investigate. Brother Yuan can now send a fast horse to check the movements of the Bingzhou Army and Xiliang Army. If my prediction is correct, they should have started to advance towards Sili by now." Zhu Yuanzhang said .

"If this is the case, then there will be big trouble!" Yuan Kai said.

"At the beginning, you should investigate this matter now. If this matter is true, you must clarify to me the approximate number of people and marching routes of the Xiliang Army and Bingzhou Army entering Sili this time!"

"This is the most important thing!" Yuan Kai told Yuan Shao in a deep voice.

"Yes, father!" Yuan Shao saluted respectfully, then left quickly.

"In fact, there is no need to be too anxious. After all, it takes time for the army to advance."

"It will take at least a month for them to enter Sili."

"Now that we have discovered this matter in advance, we have enough time to deal with it calmly." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

In the original history, it would take at least more than a month for Yuan Wei to receive the news of the frontier army entering Beijing.

But by then it will be too late.

Because both Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan had led their elites to advance secretly into Sili.

Also because of this, there is no need to negotiate with He Jin, because he has already grasped the absolute initiative.

Perhaps this is also the reason why the emperor and Yuan Kai finally chose to kill He Jin and directly assassinate He Jin.

Because from the moment the frontier army entered Sili, the political balance of Sili was broken.

If the Sili gentry and the emperor did not resist, the only thing waiting for them was to lie down obediently and do their job.

But history has fully demonstrated that if things really reached the point of no return, neither the gentry nor the emperor would be willing to lie down.

They used the simplest and most brutal method, assassination.

In the end, everyone is a loser too.

Because this directly led to the complete imbalance and complete collapse of the central authority of the Han Dynasty.

As a result, He Jin died, Dong Zhuo went to Beijing, and killed the young emperor Liu Bian, the Empress Dowager He, Yuan Kai, and nearly ten thousand Sili gentry.

The Three Kingdoms War, which lasted for half a century, officially kicked off.

(End of this chapter)