Great Han Empire

Chapter 556 Immediately Crossing the Gun
The food and wine were served, a few simple dishes, only a plate of mutton and a small jar of broth.Seeing that neither Shenpei nor Chen Lin raised their chopsticks, Li Hong smiled awkwardly: "Beyond the Great Wall is no better than Jizhou. It is very poor. There was a snowstorm recently, and food is in short supply, so..."

The examiner shook his head and laughed, "I originally thought that the people outside the Great Wall ate cows and sheep and drank mare's milk every day. It turned out that's not the case."

Zhu Mu's face was reddish, and he explained embarrassingly: "There are too many disaster victims outside the Great Wall, plus the millions of people who are concentrated in Yunzhong and Dingxiang counties, we have long been unable to survive. Don't talk about eating meat now, we can drink It would be good with broth."

Yang Feng sneered and said: "Jizhou government has money to recruit soldiers and fight wars, but has no money to provide disaster relief to northern Xinjiang, and even now refuses to accept millions of people who are stranded in northern Xinjiang. Don't forget, there are no more than 100 million people How can we conquer the desert by transporting us food and supplies? This shameless act of the Jizhou government is also called revitalizing the country?"

Chen Lin's face darkened, and she was about to refute, but was stopped by the judge who waved her hand.He didn't take the chopsticks, but picked up the earcup and took a sip.As the wine was in the mouth, the examiner's face suddenly turned bitter, his brows were tightly frowned, and he almost vomited out.At this time, Zhao Yun, Yushi, Yan Liang and others who were sitting with them had already started eating and drinking.Yan Liang smiled and said: "My lord, we haven't eaten like this since the Chinese New Year. It's all thanks to you. Our lord now has [-] households in the city, and we are the richest people here. Generally we All of them are eaten by him. But my lord is very stingy, the salary and food are basically used to subsidize the wounded soldiers, and the rest is given to the two wives, so it is not easy to treat guests."

There was a roar of laughter in the big tent.

"I'm inviting Mr. Judgment and Mr. Chen to dinner. When did I say I'm inviting you to accompany me?" Li Hong pointed at them and said with a smile, "Don't come to my place for dinner next time."

"If you don't call us, the two wives will." Yan Wuwei wiped the wine stains from his beard, and said with a smile, "With the wives at the gate, our food is much better."

Everyone was talking and laughing, while toasting enthusiastically, Shen Pei and Chen Lin had no choice but to eat a little bit.The bottles were empty and the wine was full, and everyone talked a lot, and it was natural to talk about the snow disaster in northern Xinjiang, and then the crisis in Luoyang.Soon, the two sides disagreed with each other, and then began to fight.Yushi, Yan Liang and others said that it was a rebellion to attack Luoyang with troops from various prefectures and counties, and Yuan Shao and others were traitors. It's a big man and a traitor.Yang Feng was more straightforward, saying that these people are all traitors and traitors, and they will die sooner or later without a place to bury them.Li Hong hastily stopped the meeting and let the matter go.

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Shenpei and Chen Lin brought the Sangong Calligraphy, the "edict" of King Hongnong, and a letter written by Yuan Shao to Li Hong.In the letter, Yuan Shao comprehensively analyzed the current situation, stated the advantages and disadvantages, and asked Li Hong to respond to the move to challenge Dong, and quickly sent troops to the south.Jizhou is willing to bear part of the money and food for sending troops.

Li Hong refused.

Li Hong carefully explained the current difficulties in northern Xinjiang to Shenpei and Chen Lin, and believed that he did not have the conditions to go south, and he did not agree with the ten crimes against Dong Zhuo in the Sangong Manifesto, let alone depose the current emperor.Shenpei and Chen Lin noticed that Li Hong did not give a clear attitude to the military uprising in various states and counties from the beginning to the end.In Li Hong's mind, the states and counties raised their troops to challenge Dong. Is it a rebellion or a reconnaissance?
Li Hong said, I sent General Longxiang Xu Rong with [-] elite troops to go south to Luoyang to warn Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others not to attack Luoyang, otherwise they will be jointly attacked by me and Dong Zhuo.I connive and acquiesce to Xihe prefect Cui Jun, Shangdang prefect Yang Qi, and Hedong prefect Wang Han to raise flags to challenge Dong Zhuo, warning him not to maliciously expand the crisis in Luoyang and harm the country, otherwise I may unite with troops from various states and counties to attack Luoyang.I only do this for one purpose, that is, we don't care who is right or who is wrong, this battle cannot be fought, and Luoyang cannot be chaotic. This is the first condition for our survival in northern Xinjiang and the stability of our country.Whoever wants to fight is a big man who is rebellious, and I will unite with the other party to kill him to death.

This crisis has already begun, and how to solve it in the future requires the three parties to sit down and talk together.If everyone is for the country, this problem can be solved.

As for the abolition of today's emperor, I firmly oppose it.My status as the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is respected and inviolable. Why should Yuan Shao and the governors of various states and counties abolish it if they want to?Who gave them such great authority?King Hongnong?The abolition of King Hongnong was agreed by Empress Dowager He and unanimously approved by all officials. Who said Dong Zhuo did it alone?At that time, if the ministers and officials unanimously opposed it, could he abolish the emperor?Did he have that much power and power then?If Dong Zhuo's dethroning the young emperor was his greatest crime, then all the bureaucrats in the court were Dong Zhuo's accomplices, including Tai Fu Yuan Kui.In the future, when Dong Zhuo is gone, will Yuan Shao kill these people as well?From the time Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang to December, you raised your troops to attack him, but he has only been in power for four months. What heinous crime did he commit that requires you to use more than 20 troops to beat him?Where do you put your country and society?Where are the millions of people in Guandong Guanzhong?What do you want?Do you want to overthrow the big man and burn the living?
Li Hong took the Sangong Manifesto and King Hongnong's "edict" and shook them vigorously in front of the two of them, and said angrily: "How many people can be deceived by using these things? How long can you deceive people? Do you think that everyone in the world is an idiot?" ?"

Once this edict is announced to the world, he will be a fool, and he also knows to kill King Hongnong in order to stop your excuses.King Hongnong is dead, what is the purpose of begging Dong?What is the significance of the Qing emperor punishing traitors?Are you forcing me to fight Dong Zhuo or are you forcing me to join forces with Dong Zhuo to fight you?I think your ultimate goal is just to kill Dong Zhuo, the current emperor, and King Hongnong, and then randomly find a vassal king to be emperor, seize power, and exercise exclusive power.What is the difference between you doing this and traitorous eunuchs and foreign relatives' dictatorship?
Since the time of the first emperor, I have been in charge of the military affairs of the three prefectures and two counties, but Han Fu, Yuan Shao, and Wang Kuang raised troops at will without my consent.Today, the emperor is in Luoyang, the ministers and officials are also in Luoyang, and the [-] Northern Army is also in Luoyang. You openly attack Gyeonggi and depose the emperor. Is this what a minister should do?Is this also obeying the Han law?Where is my big man Tianwei?Where is the majesty of the emperor?What is right and what is wrong, don't I know?

Li Hong suddenly clapped the case, and said murderously: "If there is no burden from the northern border, if it is not for the stability of the country, I will follow the late emperor's will and lead an army of 20 to rush down, wipe out the traitors, and return my power to the great man. "

Chen Lin glanced at Li Hong coldly, and asked calmly, "When will your lord go south?"

Now Li Hong has made it clear that he is unwilling to help Yuan Shao, but Li Hong still did not say that the uprising in the prefectures and counties was a rebellion. Due to the consideration of the stability of northern Xinjiang, he had to go south.As long as Li Hong goes south, things will turn around.

Li Hong thought for a while, then said slowly: "After spring plowing, May."

At present, the main forces of the frontier army are stationed in deserts and frontier fortresses, and cannot be transferred. However, the field soldiers in Hetao have a certain strength because of the long training time, but because there are too many things to do in the field, they cannot be transferred.The rest are the Tuntian soldiers in Hedong.The Hedong Army Garrison has achieved initial results, and spring plowing will directly affect the survival of northern Xinjiang, so before the spring plowing, the Hedong Army can't be transferred.If I want to go south, I have to wait until May.

Shen Pei and Chen Lin were secretly startled.

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In the evening, Li Hong invited the judge to chat with him in his military tent.

Time flies, four years is just a short moment, but many things have happened in the meantime.Now things are different, Li Hong is already a great general of Hushi, and the judge is still an unknown subordinate of the state capital, it is very emotional to think about it.

The two chatted for a long time, and finally talked about the matter in front of them.

Li Hong said, at this time Dong Zhuo and you are at war, if I go south to help you fight Dong Zhuo, Luoyang will be destroyed.Even though we teamed up and forced him to Chang'an and Xiliang, my big man has already existed in name only.At that time, we faced the ruins of Kanto, Dong Zhuo's tiger's vision, and talking about revitalization was simply deceiving ourselves and others.If I follow the imperial decree of the emperor and help Dong Zhuo fight you, the two sides will surely fall into a long-term melee.We have a strong military force, but we don't have enough food and wages, and you have both troops and food and wages. After several years of fighting, the Dahan community has long since disappeared.

If I don't go south for the time being, and only deter and suppress the two sides with a small force, so that the two sides remain in a stalemate, then over time, Dong Zhuo will be the first to be unable to support.Dong Zhuo lacked food and wages, so he could not make a quick decision, so he had to retreat to Guanzhong.Dong Zhuo probably also expected this, so he is now stepping up to move the emperor and the court westward to Chang'an.I let Xu Rong go south, in addition to trying my best to ensure the stalemate between the two sides, there is also a purpose to speed up the consumption of Dong Zhuo's money and food.As soon as Dong Zhuo withdrew, I went south to Luoyang to mediate.At that time, Dong Zhuo and you will be separated by me, so you can have a good talk.It is of course best to be able to solve the current crisis, if not, let’s put it aside and talk about it later.As long as we big men don't suffer from wars within a few years and the national strength can be quickly restored, there will be nothing that cannot be solved in the future.

As for the Son of Heaven, there is only one, and that is the Son of Heaven.King Hongnong will definitely be killed by you, and if you want to establish a vassal king as emperor again, you will definitely be threatened by me and Dong Zhuo.Whoever dares to establish a second emperor in the Han Dynasty will be destroyed by me. There is absolutely no room for negotiation on this point.

The judge said with a smile: "Does your lord want to take control of Luoyang and monopolize power?"

The direct consequence of this is that the Great Han Kingdom was artificially divided into three parts. Guanzhong and Guanxi belonged to Dong Zhuo, Northern Xinjiang and Kanto belonged to the adults, and other places were officials from the prefectures and counties. There is no longer any prestige to speak of, and Dahan Sheji was ruined by the adults in a blink of an eye.Adults think too simply.This method not only cannot avoid the disaster of the soldiers, but will immediately attract the flames of war.Although my lord was invincible in the world, at that time, my lord was like a very hungry leopard. Under the attack of the wolves, he died very quickly, and he didn't even have the strength to fight back.

Li Hong nodded and said: "I have thought about this problem too, but the facts are here now. If I want to keep the northern border, the community cannot be chaotic. If I want to keep the community, Luoyang cannot be chaotic. It is about to collapse due to lack of food and various supplies. I know it is dangerous to do so, but what can I do? Dong Zhuo has an army of 20, and Yuan Shao has an army of more than [-]. Do you want them to stop fighting? Is it possible? Besides risking my life to stop them and buy time for Beijiang, what else can I do?"

"It turns out that the lord only thinks about his own northern border, not the Dahan Sheji." The examiner shook his head and sighed.

"You know me as a person. I have no other skills except fighting, and I don't have the ambition to revitalize the big man. I just hope that the millions of people in northern Xinjiang don't starve to death or freeze to death."

"My lord is using the name of northern Xinjiang to implement the reality of separatism." Shenpei said bluntly, "the big man has today's chaos, which has a lot to do with you. Your lord first used the excuse of farming in northern Xinjiang to trick the emperor into changing his ancestors frequently. Then they used the crisis in northern Xinjiang as an excuse to launch a war against the border, and even led an army south to threaten the emperor for an expedition to the desert. Do you know what you have done in the past few years? You wantonly trampled on the laws of the Han Dynasty, bullied the imperial power, and resorted to military force. Seriously hurt the foundation of Dahan. Without you, Dahan might not have come to the precarious situation so quickly."

Li Hong looked at the judge, startled and stunned.It was the first time he had heard this.Could it be that I have done so much with all my heart, not only failed to save the big man, but pushed the big man to a dead end?
"If separatism can save the big man, I might as well give it a try."

"Of course the separatist regime will destroy the big man in an instant." The judge said with a wry smile, "My lord, although you have the heart to turn the tide, you really don't have the strength."

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Looking at the flames jumping in the brazier, Li Hong felt suffocated for a while. Fear, bewilderment, loss, and extreme inferiority made him almost breathless.

He sat there blankly, his mind blank.

The judge looked at him apologetically, and said in a low voice, "You saved my life, and I should help you, so I can say whatever I have to say, and don't take offense."

"No, no." Li Hong said hastily, "Brother Zhengnan, tell me, tell me."

Isn't Dong Zhuo powerful?Why is he turning to you now?Why did he retreat westward?Why are we hunting him down?You are right, Dong Zhuo did not commit any serious crimes before we attacked him, but why did we attack him?Not because he is a warrior, nor because he has control of power, but because he is a potential treacherous person.Today's facts have proved that our guess is correct. We launched an army to attack him, and he immediately revealed his true colors.This kind of person cannot be high above the court, he will bring disaster to the country and the people sooner or later, and you are also this kind of person, or in other words, a potential treacherous person.This treachery is not aimed at your character, but at the harm you may cause to the country after you take power, such as Dong Zhuo's current move of the capital, such as Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and other eunuchs who persuaded the emperor to sell officials and buy nobles.

There are good and bad traitors. For example, Cao Teng and Lu Qiang did a lot of good things for the great man. Warriors and scholars also have good and bad. But this good or bad can't be judged by his character, but by his contribution to the community Come on.For example, Dong Zhuo, he used to defend the frontier fortress for the big man, he has gone through hundreds of battles, he has many scars on his body, he is a good man, but why do we think he is a potential treacherous person?It is not because he lacks knowledge, Dong Zhuo does not lack knowledge, the former Taiwei Duan Jiong (jiong) appreciates him very much.It's not because of his character. Dong Zhuo's character is not bad. He is very generous to his friends and subordinates, and he is also very loyal. On the contrary, the subordinates are very mean, and those who are better are just worshiping a general.

The reason why we think he is a villain is mainly because he has the habit of savage.He and the Hu people call him brothers and conquer the world with Hu riding. For decades, he has been with the Hu people day and night, and he no longer has much etiquette in his mind.Dong Zhuo has no etiquette in his heart, so he has no education. He can be regarded as a half-barbarian. Once this kind of person takes power, he is most likely to be driven by interests. He often prefers to abandon the country's big interests for his own small interests. In other words, he will bring disaster to the country and the people.Monopolizing power is not something terrible, what is terrible is using power to endanger the country.

It is self-evident what the purpose of Dong Zhuo first promulgating the order to sue, and then increasing taxes.Although part of his purpose is to fill the national treasury, this method has harmed the country and the people, causing endless disasters.You are farming in northern Xinjiang, and you have no money. Why can you farm and resettle the victims?There are too many ways to get money, but Dong Zhuo chose the method of eager for quick success and quick profit, which harms the country and the people. This just proves that he is greedy for small profits and abandons big profits.

Dong Zhuo is a warrior, which is another reason why he cannot be in power.Warriors ruled their troops by law, and rewards and punishments were clearly defined, so ordinary warriors believed in the doctrine of Legalism.There was Han Feizi in the Warring States Period before, and then there was Li Si in the Great Qin Dynasty. They were both masters of legalism.Since Emperor Xiaowu, my great man has only respected Confucianism and ruled the country with virtue, but in reality, what he pursues is the policy of Confucianism outside and law inside. In essence, the rule of the world is still governed by the law, which is what Xunzi said.Because of their characteristics, warriors often unknowingly embark on the path of emphasizing law and despising etiquette.This is the reason why it was difficult for the former "Liangzhou Sanming" to enter the imperial court to take charge of state affairs. This is what the scholars are most worried about.Although a small change in a national policy is not an earth-shattering event, as it continues slowly, it will gradually change the fate of the country and the rise and fall of the country.

The examiner looked at Li Hong who seemed to be enlightened, shook his head and said, "Where did your lord come from? The desert. Where did your lord's achievements come from? Hu Qi. Apart from fighting, your lord knows that Confucianism is the only way to rule the country with morality and Confucianism and law are combined." Do you know the specific difference between Rongde, Punishment and Auxiliary in terms of national policy? Do you know whether the various governance policies you have implemented in northern Xinjiang are grand rituals and laws, or laws and rituals? My lord knows that your policy of farming, salt and iron coincides with Huan. The art of management, the power of weight, but what is missing?"

Li Hong shook his head blankly.

The judge pointed to the books on the case table and said: "Your Excellency is very studious and very intelligent. It is a miracle that you can achieve what you are today after losing your memory. But you have been busy marching and fighting for several years. How many classics have you read?" History? How many classics have you read? It is also an astonishing miracle that Beijiang can achieve today's achievements under your leadership, but have you ever thought about how many of all the governance strategies in Beijiang were thought up by you? How many talented and good men you plan to govern the northern border do you like?"

"Your Excellency achieved today's brilliance with Hu people conquering the world, so you cannot be tolerated by scholars; Your Excellency has no outstanding knowledge, no talent for governing the country, no insight to recognize talents, and no ability to promote talents on the merits. Your Excellency ruled northern Xinjiang with laws and strict criminal laws. Hui, push to farm, and scholars, farmers, business, and industry, so you can't be tolerated by scholars."

"If your lord takes control of Luoyang, you will follow in the footsteps of Dong Zhuo and add chaos to the chaos. The one who kills me must be a lord. Scholars all over the world predicted a few years ago that your lord will be the biggest disaster for our great Han country. Those who died in the Han Dynasty must be adults, and this is finally fulfilled."

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Li Hong remained silent.Indeed, he asked himself that he did not have the talent to govern the country, and he did not even have the ability to recognize talents.The reason why Northern Xinjiang can be maintained is because of the efforts of three generations of scholars, Zhao Qi, Zuo Yan, and Li Wei. Without them, I would have been overwhelmed by Northern Xinjiang.Zhao Qi was sent by the imperial court, and scholars with the same qualifications as him are now the mainstay of northern Xinjiang.Zuo Yan is the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, and scholars like him are now the pillars of northern Xinjiang.Li Wei was escorted by himself, Xie Ming was invited by Li Wei, Tang Fang was an old official from Bingzhou, Song Wen was to avoid disaster, Tian Yu was recommended by Yan Wuwei, young scholars like them are now holding up This huge sky in northern Xinjiang.

The only achievement I can be proud of is conquering the desert, but even this achievement was brought in exchange for disaster, and I am the source of the country's subjugation.

Li Hong lowered his head, feeling pain in his heart.

The judge spread out the map on the case table, and continued: "Since your lord is unable to turn the tide, you should stick to the northern border and preserve the last trace of vitality for the revitalization of the great man."

Northern Xinjiang is barren, like a tree without water, fertilization and pruning alone cannot save it, so where is the water?There is Jizhou in the east of northern Xinjiang, east and Luoyang in the south, and Zhonghe and Chang'an in the west. If you choose one of these three places, northern Xinjiang will come alive.Adults, don't simply think that you can occupy any one of these three places.Dong Zhuo is an example.He occupied Guanzhong and Guandong, Luoyang and Chang'an. Why can't he support it?
To be stable in northern Xinjiang, money and food are needed.Where does this money come from?Mainly from the land.Cultivating the land requires a population, and it takes time for the grain to mature. Therefore, having land is not enough, a large number of people and plenty of time are needed.Is that all right?Of course not, the disaster of the Yellow Turbans in the early years of Zhongping and the current Dong Zhuo chaos, both tell us that only with continuous stability can we have continuous money and food.How can we ensure continued stability?The common people have to plant land, the warriors have to guard the frontiers, and the scholars have to govern the states and counties. Coupled with light taxes and light corvees, everyone works together to maintain stability.As long as there is a stable and wealthy state and county that provides everything that Northern Xinjiang needs, Northern Xinjiang will be safe and secure.

So, which of these three places is the best for grown-ups right now?

Your Excellency taking Guanzhong can not only shake Dong Zhuo's foundation, but also surround Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, but now your Excellency will definitely turn against Dong Zhuo, and in the future, your Lord will also carry the heavy burden of Xijiang, so taking Guanzhong will not help. Solve the current crisis and ensure the future stability of northern Xinjiang.

What about Jizhou?If you take Jizhou, you will offend the scholars of the world, and you will be attacked by the Dong Lianjun.Jizhou is now responsible for a large part of the food and supplies of the Dong Lianjun. For us, it must not be lost.If Jizhou falls into continuous war, northern Xinjiang will collapse soon.Although today's emperor has decreed to hand over Jizhou's five-year tax to Beijiang, but now we don't recognize this emperor, and this imperial decree will naturally have no effect.At present, for adults, how to gain the trust of Jizhou scholars is the key, and this is also the key to solving the current crisis.

As for Kanto and Luoyang, adults cannot enter.Why can't I enter? As I said just now, Dong Zhuo is a lesson from the past.Once you enter Luoyang, your lord will be the enemy of all people. Not to mention solving the current crisis, even the northern border is in danger.

The survival of northern Xinjiang has been facing a difficult situation so far, how can it survive from desperation?Check and balance, to survive in the cracks of the three forces.

Today, there are three major powers in the world: adults, Dong Zhuo, and scholars.The adults occupy the northern border, Dong Zhuo retreats to the Guanzhong, and the scholars own all the other states and counties. As for Luoyang, no one is allowed to enter.Before the emperor was established, before the emperor returned to the capital, Luoyang was jointly guarded by the three forces.In this way, the flames of war can be temporarily avoided, the souls can be saved from suffering, the big man can be quickly stabilized, and the crisis in northern Xinjiang can be passed safely.

In order to ensure the balance of power among the three parties, my lord must force Dong Zhuo to retreat, Yuan Shao to retreat, and the imperial power to be suppressed.This suppression of imperial power is the top priority.Your Excellency should neither acknowledge the current emperor, nor deny the current emperor, let alone allow scholars to re-establish the emperor.If the imperial power is weak, Dong Zhuo has no power.If the scholars cannot re-establish the emperor, the scholars will have no cohesion.After a period of time, Dong Zhuo would gradually collapse because of being surrounded, cut off money and food, and his mountains and rivers were exhausted, while the scholars would gradually split because of many conflicts and civil strife.

Three years later, three years at the most, Dong Zhuo will inevitably fall, the scholars will inevitably split, and the northern border will inevitably survive the crisis. At the same time, the checks and balances of the three parties will inevitably collapse.At that time, my lord will sit on the advantage of the northern border, lead a hundred thousand soldiers, go to Luoyang in the south, take Jizhou in the east, and capture Guanzhong in the west, and then welcome the emperor and return to the capital, then the great man will be invigorated.

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Li Hong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and his heart was very excited, "Brother Zhengnan, stay, you stay and help me, okay?"

The judge shook his head resolutely: "No."

Li Hong's joy gradually faded, and he asked with a puzzled look: "Why? Since brother Zhengnan has seen through the situation three years later, why didn't he stay and help me? In fact, this is not helping me, it's about revitalizing the Great Han Society."

"As I said just now, if you enter Luoyang, you must be the second Dong Zhuo." The judge said solemnly, "Those who win scholars prosper, and those who lose scholars perish. If you can't get the support of scholars, you should never enter Luoyang." .I say this not for your life, but for Dahan Sheji."

Li Hong smiled wryly, helplessly and self-deprecatingly, that laughter was worse than crying.

"If you are Huangfusong and Zhu Jun, you can enter Luoyang. Scholars from all over the world will gather here, and all states and counties from all over the world will offer their allegiance. The revival of my great man is just around the corner, but you are a leopard, a general of hussars, leopard." The trial match also smiled wryly, the laughter was helpless and sad.

"When you escaped from the desert, the Xianbei people chased you with two black wood orders. From then on, you became famous in northern Xinjiang, but at the same time, your fate was also doomed. For hundreds of years, I am a big man. ) other than the general, even if you have the closest relationship with the barbarians. Then you form the Fengyun iron cavalry, the Xianbei people and the Karasuma people are extremely loyal to you. They follow you to fight the world and gallop on the battlefield. Brothers of life and death. You are fighting corruption in Xiliang. You started massacring scholars for the first time. Like Dong Zhuo, you killed scholars, bloody and cruel. You went to Bingzhou to appease the ants, resettled the refugees, and reopened the salt and iron private sector. Encourage merchants to operate and rule Xinjiang with the law. And this year you intensified your efforts and even led an army south to threaten the emperor and the court. Think about it yourself, how can a person like you gain the trust and support of scholars?"

"Which scholars in Northern Xinjiang are helping you? Zhao Qi's official career has been bumpy, and he has been unable to fulfill his ambitions for the rest of his life. He is dying and has the opportunity to serve the country. Of course he is willing to stay in Northern Xinjiang. Cai Yong has nowhere to go. He left and stayed, but whenever he had the opportunity, he left northern Xinjiang without hesitation. Wang Jian is just a Confucian scholar with no ambitions behind closed doors. Only you offer him as a master, and his father's " "Theory of the Latent Fu" only became a classic in the northern Xinjiang, and it has a place to use. Xu Shao, a mediocre talent who can only talk about demons to confuse the crowd, he went to northern Xinjiang just to enjoy the worship of the ignorant people. As for Li Wei, Xie Ming and others, they are all young and arrogant people. They all think highly of themselves, but they have nowhere to go, so they have to follow you to get an official position. When they have a good place to go in the future, they will They all leave you."

"Apart from these scholars, who else is willing to be established in northern Xinjiang? Why do you let the scholars of the world believe you? Why do you let people believe that you are not the second Dong Zhuo? Scholars will never see hope with you, I can't see it either. Although helping you can stabilize the big man in the shortest time, it can also destroy the big man in the shortest time. This risk is too great, and no one is willing to take this risk. We would rather spend more The strength of the big man is spent at a greater price to save the big man. The big man can no longer stand any torture."

"In today's world, who can save the big man?" Li Hong asked in a low voice after being silent for a long time.

"Yuan Shao."

"anything else?"

"Only Yuan Shao."
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(End of this chapter)