Great Han Empire

Chapter 594: Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Dangerous
In mid-October, in the cities of Hedong and Hebei, the general of the hussars went to the camp.

Within a day of riding eight hundred miles, Li Wei's letter was delivered to Li Hong.

Li Weidu asked Li Hong to return to Jinyang to preside over the overall situation immediately when the war in Hedong was suspended.General Longxiang Xu Rong and General Zhechong Yushi are both in Hedong. What is the general worried about?Now the most critical issue in northern Xinjiang is not to challenge King Dong Qin, nor is it food and wealth, but the issue of power distribution.If we allow the power of the eldest princess to expand rapidly in northern Xinjiang, the eldest princess and the general will inevitably fall into a power struggle, there will be no peace in northern Xinjiang, and everything the general wants to do will come to naught.

Li Wei explained in detail the analysis of the current situation and the countermeasures put forward by the princess palace.Due to the different views of the current situation from the Palace of the Princess Princess and the Palace of the General Hussars, the countermeasures are also very different. The differences between the two palaces are very large, and there is no possibility of coordination at all.Because of the irreconcilable differences between the two governments, the issue of power distribution between the two governments inevitably came to the fore, and the most intense debate was the issue of military power distribution.

The army in northern Xinjiang is now the backbone of fighting against King Dong Qin and stabilizing the country. Who is commanding this army?Does the decision-making power of military strategy and military administration belong to the eldest princess or the general of Hussars?

Li Wei said that Mr. Zhang Wen only discussed this matter with me in private, and the two governments have not formally discussed it. Obviously he wants to know the general's attitude so that he can respond quickly.

My prestige and qualifications cannot be compared with Zhang Wen's, and I don't know what the general's attitude towards this matter is, so I don't have the confidence, and I don't dare to argue with Zhang Wen about this matter with confidence.I said a few words in anger, but Zhang Wen questioned me, saying that the Northern Border Army is the private property of the general?I was terrified.Zhang Wen said something, which showed that the eldest princess and they had made up their minds to take over the military decision-making and administrative power of the Northern Xinjiang army.

General, you should know that now that Dong Zhuo has fallen out with us, he will do everything possible to attack and suppress the general. If at this time Zhang Wen secretly writes to the emperor in the name of the eldest princess, begging the emperor to put the Northern Xinjiang army under the eldest princess Under the control of the emperor, do you think the emperor and Dong Zhuo will agree?To Dong Zhuo, the chaos in northern Xinjiang was great news.From this point, we can also see Dong Zhuo's intentions in asking the emperor to grant the eldest princess the military and political power of the six states, and sending seven ministers from the court to the northern border to assist the eldest princess.Of course, the purpose of the ministers in the DPRK and Central Committee was to force us to attack Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo probably didn’t know about it, but he knew the Hussar General better, and he knew that in order to fight for the control of the army, the northern border would definitely be chaotic.

Dong Zhuo saw that the opportunity for the chaos in northern Xinjiang had come, so he would definitely ask the emperor to agree to the request of the eldest princess.When the imperial decree arrives in northern Xinjiang, will the general accept the decree or resist it?If you accept the imperial decree, the eldest princess and Zhang Wen will definitely take you out of the air. You must know that there are nine generals and twelve Zhonglang generals in northern Xinjiang, and anyone can lead the army to fight.But if these people lead troops to attack Chang'an, Dong Zhuo may not be afraid.If you don't accept the imperial decree, openly disobey the emperor's order, and ignore the majesty of the eldest princess, then how can the general explain that he respects the emperor and wants to revitalize the country?In the eyes of the northern Xinjiang officials, what is the difference between you, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao?After the general's prestige and loyalty have been severely hit, how will he control northern Xinjiang in the future?
Since the eldest princess arrived in northern Xinjiang, because of her status and status, all officials in northern Xinjiang, rich and powerful, Confucian scholars, and ordinary people all respected her as a god.The first emperor had two sons and one daughter. Now that King Hongnong is dead and the emperor is in trouble, only the eldest princess came to northern Xinjiang with the last emperor's edict and took on the important task of saving the country. This shows her importance in the hearts of the people of the world.In the past, the status of the general was the most respected in Northern Xinjiang, and the general had the final say, but now it is different. Although the general still holds the important power, in front of the eldest princess, the general is just a minister, so now in In northern Xinjiang, the eldest princess represents the great man and the emperor. People in northern Xinjiang only have the eldest princess in their hearts, and the general has already taken a back seat in everyone's mind.At this time, if the general defies the order openly and breaks with the eldest princess, he will inevitably be criticized by all parties, and the officials in northern Xinjiang will also be alienated from the general. Even if the northern border is not chaotic, it will leave deep worries.

If the general is the same person as Dong Zhuo in everyone's minds, then no matter in the Northern Xinjiang army or in the Northern Xinjiang provinces, someone will secretly contact the eldest princess and plot to kill you.This is not my alarmist talk, look at Dong Zhuo, how many people want to kill him?Once a riot breaks out in northern Xinjiang, will the general have the power to recover?

Li Wei finally said that the eldest princess supervised the military administration of the six prefectures, which included northern Xinjiang. That is to say, the eldest princess actually controlled part of the military decision-making and administrative power of the northern Xinjiang army.Although there is still part of the military decision-making and administrative power in the hands of the emperor and the court, but because the emperor is in trouble now and the court is controlled by Dong Zhuo, this part of the power has actually belonged to the eldest princess.At present, the war in the Kanto region is tense, and Dong Zhuo has no time for him. It is impossible for him to think of asking the emperor to add an imperial decree to the eldest princess. Considering the current situation and the status quo in northern Xinjiang, Zhang Wen and others are definitely unwilling to break with the general, so he It is also impossible to implore the eldest princess to play the emperor's decree, but just in case, the general should be on guard to prevent the eldest princess from sending people west to Chang'an.The presence or absence of this imperial decree is a matter of life and death for Beijiang. Please do not neglect it, the general.

Last month, I repeatedly asked the general to refuse the envoys from the imperial court to enter Jin, but the general refused to listen.The general said that the check and balance has just been established and needs the understanding and support of the emperor and the court, and we cannot openly resist the edict, but now the situation has changed suddenly, Dong Zhuo has completely broken with us, and the check and balance has been completely destroyed. We are under the control of the eldest princess. response?General please return to Jin quickly.

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Li Hong didn't expect such a thing to happen.Before I left Longshan, didn't many things have already been settled?Although Dong Zhuo made peace with us temporarily, the crisis in northern Xinjiang has not eased, and the strategy of attacking Luoyang cannot be changed.Why did it suddenly involve the distribution of power?Why is the crisis in northern Xinjiang getting bigger and bigger?
Xu Rong, Yushi and Zhu Mu read Li Wei's urgent book one after another, and the three looked at each other speechlessly.After the eldest princess entered the Jin Dynasty, the threat to northern Xinjiang finally began to emerge.

"It's all my fault and Zhongyuan's." Zhu Mu said apologetically, "I didn't know the general very well in the past, and I had some misunderstandings about the general, but after such a long time of contact, what kind of person is the general? I know in my heart that the general has worked hard, exhausted his efforts, and tried his best for the sake of the great Han society and the northern border, but because of the incompetence of us people, the general has been dragged to a desperate situation step by step."

Li Hong looked at Zhu Mu, and reached out his hand to pat him on the back very touched, "Don't say that, Gongding, we have tried our best, not to mention that we haven't reached the end of the mountain yet, we still have ways to do it."

"General, Lord Xu, Lord Yu, you have been fighting in all directions for several years, and you have never been in contact with the government. It is understandable that you can't think of what happened today, but Zhong Yuan and I should have thought of it long ago." Zhu Mu sighed, "Unfortunately, Zhong Yuan and I are too young. Apart from our high-spirited discussions in Taixue, we have only been minor officials in the county government for a while. We don't have any experience in handling state affairs, and we know little about political affairs, especially the power struggles in the court. I don’t know anything, and thinking about it now, I’m really ashamed of my ignorance.”

"Looking back now, since the time of the first emperor, the imperial court has been trying to weaken the power of General He Zhibow. Due to various chances and coincidences, they have finally succeeded."

Before his death, the first emperor did two most important things, one was to give the general two wills, and the other was to send the eldest princess to Hejian Kingdom. The purpose is to weaken and support the general.One of the two edicts for the general was sent to Beijiang immediately, and the other to Yuan Kai.Yuan Kai understood the late emperor's intentions very well. Even though the matter of the emperor's reunification had been resolved, the matter of the general had not been resolved, especially since Dong Zhuo appeared later, so Yuan Kai had a plan to kill two birds with one stone.The stone is the alliance against Dong, and the two birds are the general and Dong Zhuo.

For one stone to kill two birds, various conditions are required, and it is not possible to kill two birds just by wanting to.The best way to kill two birds is to tie a rope around the necks of the two birds and then kill the two birds.The rope that binds Dong Zhuo is the Son of Heaven.Dong Zhuo held the emperor hostage, and the emperor was in trouble, and he would fight if he didn't fight.The rope that binds the general is the eldest princess. The eldest princess wants to help the king eliminate adultery, and she must be beaten if she doesn't want to.Now both birds are tied up and ready to be stoned.

If the eldest princess didn't have the late emperor's edict, at most she would be extremely respected, but with the late emperor's edict, it would be completely different.When we look at the edict, we don't just look at the content, but we need to deeply understand the purpose of the edict, the emperor's mind.What is the purpose of the first emperor's edict?It is a stable country.Everyone in the world knows that the ultimate goal of the late emperor to resolve the imperial lineage was to stabilize the country, but now the ultimate goal of the late emperor has not been achieved, which means that the effectiveness of the late emperor's edict still exists.

What is the other will of the first emperor to the general?Han, a big Chinese character, what its purpose is, it goes without saying, it is loyalty, it is loyalty to the great Han society, to the first emperor, to the emperor, and to the edict of the emperor.

Facing a long princess and two wills, what choice should the general make?Would the general want to put this rope around his neck?Obviously, the general is unwilling.The general would rather resist the order, but also suppress all parties to implement a strategy of checks and balances.Therefore, the emperor amended the law, publicly granted the eldest princess to supervise the military administration of the six states, and sent seven veteran ministers to assist the eldest princess. Taking advantage of the general's weakness of ignorance of government affairs, he quietly wrapped the rope around the general's neck superior.

Why did we neglect it?Because we have always recognized the present day and the court controlled by Dong Zhuo, we have not publicly announced that we will seek the emperor, and we have been trying to get rid of the crisis in northern Xinjiang. We are still imagining that in time we can use the northern Xinjiang's powerful forces forced Dong Zhuo to return to the emperor, so we all ignored the potential huge power of the eldest princess and the eldest princess.

At this time, the general had turned against Dong Zhuo, and the eldest princess had no scruples anymore, and she could immediately follow the late emperor's edict, announcing that the emperor and the court had been held hostage by Dong Zhuo, and that the edict of the emperor was Dong Zhuo's coercive edict, which had no effect. In order to challenge King Dong Qin, the eldest princess took control of the power to act on behalf of state affairs and gained greater power than the general.At this point, the general's power in northern Xinjiang began to be restricted by the eldest princess, and his strength will be gradually weakened by the eldest princess.

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We can imagine what the world will be like after the eldest princess raises the banner of begging Dong Daqi.Yuan Shao is humble and powerless, and he and his alliance will gather under the big banner of the princess without hesitation.Compared with the prominent status of the eldest princess, the "Decree of Chengzhi" in Yuan Shao's hand is not worth mentioning at all.Not to mention Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and others.From the perspective of the eldest princess, she also needs Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to restrict and balance the power of the general, so she will be very careful to avoid the issue of imperial lineage, and pull Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu under the banner of Dong Daqi.What about the general?The two edicts given by the first emperor to the general have been made public. If the general does not ask Dong, serve the king, and obey the eldest princess's order to send troops to save the country, his prestige and prestige will be wiped out, and his fate is self-evident.

General, you must be soberly aware that Northern Xinjiang is not the fiefdom of your general, nor is it a vassal state. It is only a part of the territory of the Han Dynasty. All the officials, big and small, are basically loyal to the great man and the emperor. It is because you are loyal to the great man and the emperor that everyone obeys your military orders and obeys your commands.If the general breaks openly with the eldest princess, why should the general convince the people in northern Xinjiang of your loyalty?Why do people believe that you can stabilize northern Xinjiang and save the country?Except for some Hu people and cronies who are absolutely loyal to you, how many people in northern Xinjiang can you trust and support?People in Beijiang don't trust you to support you, how can Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu trust you?If everyone can't gather under the same banner and work together, how can they challenge King Dong Qin?How to save the country and save the common people in the world from the fire and water?

You may think that the eldest princess has no army and no strength, and the general can rely on his strength to firmly control her. Then let me ask, where did the big man's chaos come from today?Is it because Yuan Shao and other states and counties opposed Dong Zhuo's rule?Why can Dong Zhuo be in power?It is because he controls the emperor.You have to know that even though Dong Zhuo didn't do anything terribly evil, his control of the Son of Heaven is an act of treachery and heinousness, and everyone in the world can condemn it.If the general relies on the army to control the eldest princess, I can say with certainty that northern Xinjiang will be in chaos.Why?Master Han Fu of Jizhou will first cut off the aid to northern Xinjiang, Master Liu Yu of Youzhou will also fight back angrily, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others will add fuel to the flames. Seeing another treacherous Dong Zhuo appear again.

Everyone knows the current situation in northern Xinjiang. If we lose the four tuntian counties in Jizhou and the aid from Jizhou, the people will riot because of hunger, and the 12 army will collapse because of lack of rations. How can this be the case? , can the general turn the tide?Dong Zhuo has some interests in it, but what about us?We only have barren Sanjin and desolate desert.The general will bear the notoriety of rebellion and be defeated before Dong Zhuo.

If the general is willing to be a traitor of the great Han, willing to give up the northern border to conquer everywhere, willing to join forces with Dong Zhuo, willing to ruin the world, willing to let the great Han society be overthrown, the general can do whatever he wants, but the general will definitely betray his relatives and die quickly in war.The general can look at history. Without any foundation, what will happen to the rebellion of conspiring to usurp the country by one person?It's nothing more than charcoal and the stink of life for thousands of years.

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Northern Xinjiang has just gone through an expedition to the desert, the army has not had enough time to breathe, and the imperial court has cut off the army's food and pay due to repeated wars, and there is a crisis within the army.The population of northern Xinjiang has exceeded the capacity of northern Xinjiang, and farming in various places has not yielded results, and refugees from various states and counties are still going north, and there is a wealth and food crisis in northern Xinjiang.When the eldest princess arrived in northern Xinjiang, the emperor amended the law to give her power over northern Xinjiang. At this time, Dong Zhuo broke the checks and balances, which immediately led to a more serious power crisis in northern Xinjiang.The survival of northern Xinjiang depends on the general's thoughts.

The power crisis in northern Xinjiang was planted from the time of the first emperor, and it has finally taken shape today.What Zhang Wen said made Li Wei terrified, and he didn't dare to contradict him, because no one could bear the consequences of this crisis.The ministers in the DPRK and China unanimously recommended Zhang Wen and other seven veteran ministers to go to Northern Xinjiang. They thought very carefully. They thought of all aspects of the situation, and it can be said that there was almost no omission.

Why hasn't Zhang Wen asked the eldest princess to tell the king of the world to ask Dong?Zhang Wen clearly knew the current situation in northern Xinjiang, and he personally commanded the anti-insurgency war in Western Xinjiang, but why did he propose a two-pronged strategy of attacking Chang'an and Luoyang at the same time?Why did Zhang Wen discuss this matter with Li Wei in private, but did not convene a joint discussion between the two governments to propose this policy publicly?

Zhu Mu looked at Li Hong, cupped his hands and said, "General, Lord Zhang Wen is asking you, are you loyal to the big man? Or to yourself?"

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I'm on shift today, so I won't update it tonight.Continue tomorrow.

190 and 191 were the crucial two years for the downfall of the great Han. The ministers struggled fiercely between being loyal to the great Han or loyal to their ideals.The plot is indeed very slow and lengthy.In 191, as the Yellow Turban Army swept across the prefectures and counties, the forces of all parties fought more cruelly in order to survive. The thinking of the ministers changed immediately, and the plot was much faster. In 191, wars were very frequent, and the forces of all parties gradually became stronger, and the pace was much faster.After I ended 190 years, the situation was different.Please understand.Thank you all, thank you.

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