Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1509 Nine Before Enthronement

The Central Plains is definitely going to have a big war. Whether Youzhou is going to fight Hebei or Hebei is going to fight the Central Plains, it is all in a fog, and no one can see through it for the time being.

After all, the current situation seems too chaotic, even the people in it feel very confused.

In the war that just ended, everyone thought that it was time to recuperate, but at this time, Hebei brazenly mobilized troops.

And Hebei just started to mobilize troops, and Youzhou sent troops out of the blue.

Emotions are calculated.

As to who is fighting whom, or who is uniting with whom, even the most shrewd people are somewhat confused, including the Ming Dynasty, who are all in a stage of doubt.

But at this time, the Ming country must rest and recuperate.

No matter how they fight outside, as long as they don't enter the territory of the Ming Kingdom, this is not related to the Southwest Ming Kingdom's affairs. In this battle, the Ming Kingdom will try not to participate as much as possible.

Of course, it is not absolute. If someone really thinks that the Ming army has released Nanshan and wants to pick things up, the Ming army can go to war immediately.

Mujing's bottom line is very strong. No one can step into the sacred and inviolable territory of the Ming Kingdom. If you dare to enter, I will declare war.

But under the premise that no one provoked them, the Ming army did begin to relax its vigilance, and the chiefs and generals of all ministries began to prepare to return to Yudu for their duties.

In the hearts of many generals, nothing is more important than the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

The news that Mu Jing is about to ascend the throne has already spread, and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty is a huge matter. No matter what matters, they are not as important as such matters.

The Ming Dynasty is just the Ming Dynasty of the Great Han Dynasty. After all, it is just a small vassal state. It is not a real dynasty, and it is not a court that can unify the Central Plains.

And when the Ming Dynasty evolved into the Great Ming Dynasty, this is the dream of all the generals of the Ming Dynasty. If the civil servants are more modest, the generals will tell the people of the world straightforwardly that we want to be emperors, build a dynasty, and establish an imperial court. .

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Wancheng.

The war has been over for a while, and it has been ending. Zhuge Xuan has already ascended the position of governor of Nanzhou with fame and eyes. During this time, he has been cleaning up the hidden dangers caused by the war.

And the army began to withdraw from Wancheng one after another.

The main force of the Ming army must follow the rule of not disturbing the people. After the war, the next step is to defend and recuperate. There is no need to station in Wancheng.

The main force of the Ming army in Nanyang began to be divided into two groups. First, the main force of Jingping moved northward, preparing to be stationed at the border of Yuzhou to guard against the north.

Of course, it is important to organize the army and arrange defenses, but it is also important to return to Yudu for a review, especially at this juncture, more generals want to go back to witness.

But the frontier cannot be guarded by generals. Finally, after a heated discussion between the First Army, the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Fourth Army, Jingping returned to Yudu with Meng Huo and Zhang Ren as representatives.

Why are they? First, Chen Dao, a general of Jingping’s First Army, is Mu Jing’s direct descendant. His loyalty to Mu Jing does not need to be questioned. He does not need to show his loyalty. Second, Meng Huo and Zhang Ren are both generals. They need to witness such a moment, mainly to enhance their sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty. As for Gaoding, he also wants to go, but the Jingping Army is in charge of the northern defense, and he must assist Chen Dao to hold down the border Otherwise, if the border line is breached when the king ascends the throne, they will be dereliction of duty and will be the sinners of the entire Ming Dynasty.

And the second group, the main force of the Violent Bear Army, will be stationed in Ruzhou, that is, Runan. Runan is also a big county, and there is no problem with one county and one state.

The most depressing thing about the establishment of Ruzhou should be Yan Yan. Yan Yan originally thought that he would have the opportunity to return to the army this time, but as a result, he became the governor of Ruzhou with a document from the Zhengshitang, and he still did administrative work.

Yan Yan still prefers to lead troops to fight more than managing places. He is no longer young, and this time he cannot leave the Political Affairs Hall, which means that he will have little chance to return to the army in the future.

This is a very depressing thing.

But no matter what, they are all the big officials of the frontier, and the higher-ups have issued orders. Unless the king personally orders, otherwise he can't say that the higher-ups are important. .

And the Violent Bear Army's entry into Ruzhou is already a certainty.

After Wenpin and Zhou Cang made a decision, after discussing with Huang Zhong, the person who returned to Yudu on behalf of the Violent Bear Legion was Wenpin, and Zhou Cang would stay and guard. In the same way, Wenpin needed to be appeased, and Zhou Cang Already a veteran, he has served two generations of shepherds, and this kind of formalism is no longer needed.

So after reorganizing and setting up defenses, Huang Zhong took Wenpin, Meng Huo, Zhang Ren, and dozens of generals above the rank of lieutenant, and began to return to Xudu day and night.

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But in Luoyang, Zhang Liao had no way to leave, especially the current situation in the Central Plains, which was rather special, and if he was not careful, problems would arise in Henan.

The army must suppress the land in the north.

However, Mu Jing's proclaiming the emperor was such a big event, the generals in the army should at least represent the soldiers in the northern border, and return to Yudu to congratulate, this is a matter of attitude.

Just when Zhang Liao summoned all the generals to prepare to select generals to go back, at this time, he traveled day and night from Yudu, and it took only one day and one night, and the secret letter sent to Luoyang appeared in Zhang Liao's hands.

This made Zhang Liao change his mind.

This time, no one from the Northern Zhaoming Legion will return to Yudu, because they are about to face a severe test.

Defense is not the same as taking the initiative to send troops.

Hedong is now occupied by the Youzhou army, and the Ming army sent troops, which is regarded as a provocation, which may trigger a war between the main force of Youzhou and them.

Mu Jing also couldn't control the situation in the northern border, he just made a request based on strategic needs, and hoped that Zhang Liao would win Hedong. As for how to decide, he left it to Zhang Liao to make his own decision.

Zhang Liao was silent for a long time, Xi Zhicai was not around, the only people he could discuss with were these generals, but each of these generals was a general, not a counselor, that is, Huang Shao, who had a bit of a talent for strategy, and the others were like Pound is good at war and layout, but if you ask him to analyze the situation, he won't be able to say a fart for a long time.

In the end, Zhang Liao and Huang Shao conspired for a long time before deciding to send troops on their own initiative, because the spies discovered that most of the main forces of the Ming army in Hedong were in Shangdang.

They seem to be ready to annex the state.

This is a great opportunity, as long as the Ming army is in the areas of Hedong and Hexi Shangdang, which belong to Bingzhou, the Ming army will not step in for half a step. There should be room for negotiation.

Zhang Liao began to purge troops and horses, preparing to send troops...

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The news of Mujing's proclaiming himself emperor has completely covered all the territory of the Ming Kingdom, from south to north, from east to west, and all the people under the Ming Kingdom know this.

Naturally, people all over the world couldn't be hidden. The Ming Kingdom was about to split with the Han Dynasty. The news, like a storm, swept across the world.

In the Ming Dynasty, the discussion among scholars became more and more intense, and it was no longer limited to Bashu in the southwest, but began to sweep through Guanzhong and Jingxiang.

Guanzhong was almost slapped in the face, and the Guanzhong family was incompatible with the Ming Dynasty. Most of them speculated on the Central Plains court and naturally opposed it.

But the strange thing is that under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, none of the local Confucian scholars in Yongzhou raised their voices against it, but some sporadic Confucian scholars chose to support it.

This surprised many scholars in the Ming Dynasty. In their view, Guanzhong Shilin had already fallen, and the credit naturally came from Governor Yongzhou.

Kuai Liang, governor of Yongzhou, was Liu Biao's first counselor and first minister of state affairs. Although he chose the wrong person, his family was almost destroyed. Chaotic Guanzhong.

That is today's Yongzhou.

The Ming Dynasty established Yongzhou in Guanzhong to completely change Guanzhong. In fact, this was also a test for Kuai Liang by Mu Jing, and Kuai Liang did not disappoint Mu Jing.

Wherever gold goes, it shines brightly. He Kuailiang is super capable. He manages a Guanzhong properly. At least the chaos is settled, and it is stable on the surface.

A stable Guanzhong is very important to the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Mu Jing to prefer Kuai Liang to enter Zhaoming Pavilion. Kuai Liang's ability and Kuai Liang's position that has no way to change are what he needs most.

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Guanzhong has stabilized, which means that Mujing proclaimed himself emperor among the scholars, and the door of convenience has been opened. For the remaining Xiliang and Xiqiang, people successively attached themselves to each other, so there is no big problem.

As for Jiaozhou, Shi Xie personally played the melody, begging Mu Jing to proclaim himself emperor. Once his melody came up, there was nothing in the south that could stop him.

That leaves the hardest bone to crack.

Jing Xiang.

The Ming Dynasty overthrew the former county system in Jingxiang, established the Governor's Mansion of the Five States, and placed the first step of the new policy directly in Jingxiang. This was the gap after Jingxiang was almost disabled.

Therefore, the harvest in these years is quite good. The majesty of the Ming Kingdom that has been established in Jingxiang, at least many people in Jingxiang already regard themselves as Ming people.

But after Jingxiang came down to peace, the family of Jingxiang began to revive. The Kuai family of the Cai family supported Liu Biao at the beginning, which was considered a serious injury, but they were only the leaders. Yes, they didn't dare to stretch out their heads at first, but after they stabilized, they dared to stretch out their claws.

After all, when the war just ended, they were still afraid that the Ming army would settle accounts after autumn, and that Mujing would kill regardless of everything, so they disappeared and broke their arms to survive. Anyway, they would do whatever means to save the family, and put their posture at the lowest level. , everything is in line with the governance of the Ming Dynasty.

But the war has passed, and now Jingxiang is safe and stable, they have expected that, as long as they don't do things out of line, Mu Jing won't cause chaos in Jingxiang again because of them.

First of all, on the basis of the New Deal, these elites from the Jingxiang family joined forces with the local wealthy families to obstruct it in all aspects, making it difficult for Xu Shuwei and others to move forward and stagnated for a while.

In the end, Hu Zhao was even forced to transfer Xu Shu, the vanguard of the New Deal, directly out to calm the conflict, which made them feel their victory.

Now that Mu Jing suddenly proclaimed himself emperor, and the Ming Dynasty was about to break away from the title of the Han Dynasty, they also saw a lot of opportunities. Whether it was opposition or support, they were all plotting for the direct maximum benefit.

But looking at Jingxiang, the people who can control the scholars are those few people, Sima Wei, Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan, these famous Confucian scholars all over the world.

Sima Wei's Lumenshan Academy is now a relatively important academy in the Ming Dynasty. Among the academy, there are more than [-] people who have become officials this year alone, which is the number of people who have been crowned for many years.

Moreover, Sima Wei's disciple, Xu Shu, is a famous person under Mu Jing's command, a vanguard of the New Deal, and Sima Wei's status will naturally rise.

Mr. Pang De was originally Jingxiang Qingliu, and those Qingliu families all looked forward to him, and had great influence.

Huang Chengyan, the leader of the Jiangxia family, Jiangxia in the past, and Xiazhou today are important places in Jingxiang. There are many powerful families in the family, and their influence is not weak.

However, Huang Chengyan is now Mujing's father-in-law, and his attitude makes the scholars of Shilin hesitate, so he will not express his position unless it is absolutely necessary.

What's more important is the attitude of Sima Wei and Mr. Pang De.

Once they agree to the act of proclaiming the emperor, then the scholars of the Ming Dynasty will unify their opinions and fully agree with Mu Jing's proclaiming the emperor, and another day will change.

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Lumen Mountain.

There is an academy standing on the mountain, which is Lumenshan Academy.

Lumenshan Academy used to have a name but no reality, but after Xu Shu became an official, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Cui Jun and other students left to serve in the Ming Dynasty one after another, and they gained more and more status in the Ming Dynasty.

It is second only to the No. [-] Academy of the Ming Dynasty, under Hongdu School.

In the academy, the sound of reading is loud, and there are endless figures of students on the small road. More and more people worship at the door, which naturally makes this clean mountain become lively.

On the mountainside, there is a quiet gazebo.

Sima Wei, Pang Degong, and Huang Chengyan, the three who laid the foundation of the academy, are now cooking wine with green plums, discussing major events in the world.

"I've thought that one day he would take this step!" Huang Chengyan drank a lot of wine, his voice became a bit bitter: "But I didn't expect it to be so soon!"

"Anyway, Cheng Yan will be the head of the country in the future!" Sima smiled. He is the most open-minded. Since the beginning of the chaos in the world, he has not expected much from the Han Dynasty. Liu Biao back then He was still looking forward to the rise, but after the fall, he had already given up.

The 400 years of Liu Han should come to an end. In Sima Wei's mind, perhaps the people of the world are more important, and someone needs to rule the world. If this person is Mujing, it is unacceptable.

"The real head of state is in Zhaoming Pavilion!" Huang Chengyan shook his head.

Mu Jing became the emperor, Cai Yan was the queen, and Huang Yueying was at best a concubine.

"Mr. Cai was the most loyal man back then. I didn't expect him to give up. Now he writes to us personally, hoping that we can take care of the overall situation and express it in the memorial!"

Mr. Pound's feelings were very affectionate, with some sighs and some regrets.

"Being in the game, he woke up early!" Sima Wei agreed with Cai Yong's decision. Although it may be a bit of a blow to him, it will definitely affect his reputation, but it is a good thing for the world.

"What about us?"

Huang Chengyan asked.

"The old man will play!" Sima Wei thought for a while.

(End of this chapter)