Great Han Empire

Chapter 595: Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Dangerous
Li Hong looked dignified, and said without hesitation: "I am loyal to the big man, this is my home."

Zhu Mu was overjoyed.Xu Rong looked very worried, looked down at his big hand, and remained silent.

Yushi stared at the eloquent Zhu Mu, thoughtful.

Zhu Mu analyzed the ins and outs of this sudden power crisis very thoroughly. Although some words are exaggerated, it is understandable that everyone has a different perspective on the problem, so it is understandable that there is a difference in understanding. One point, but the real intention of Zhu Mu's words. Zhu Mu obviously agreed to give up part of the decision-making power and administrative power of military strategy to the eldest princess.In addition, Yushi also noticed that Li Wei did not propose any countermeasures in that letter, but only urged Li Hong to return to Jin Dynasty, which greatly violated Li Wei's usual behavior.Does it mean that Li Wei also agrees to give up power?Li Wei and Zhu Mu are the great officials in Northern Xinjiang. The Chief History and Sima of Hushi General's Mansion can be said to be the right-hand men who help Li Hong take charge of the military and government in Northern Xinjiang. The importance of the two to Northern Xinjiang and Li Hong is self-evident Well, if these two people are pushing for the General Hussars to abdicate power, is it understandable that the scholars in northern Xinjiang all recognize the Eldest Princess' control of military decision-making and administrative power?

Zhu Mu has already made it very clear that no matter from which point of view, the Hussar General has no basis for controlling military decision-making and administrative power. On the contrary, the eldest princess does. If she insists on taking away this power, Li Hong only broke with the princess.Zhu Mu also explained clearly the consequences of breaking up with the eldest princess.After all, it was all the curse planted by the late emperor. If the eldest princess did not come to the northern border, where would these things come from?
"As a rule, once the power of military decision-making and administration is given to the eldest princess, it will be a disaster for the northern army?" Yushi asked tentatively, "Can't you see it?"

When Zhu Mu heard Li Hong's firm and unquestionable answer, he already knew the answer in his heart, and the haze buried in his heart was swept away immediately, and his expression looked extremely happy and relaxed.

"Lord Yu, you think so because you don't know much about state affairs, and you despise veteran officials like Zhang Wen and Ding Gong too much. They can serve as Sangongs and assist the emperor in handling state affairs. How could they be so simple-minded as to forcibly seize power and overthrow the North Xinjiang?" Zhu Mu smiled and said, "If the general breaks up with the eldest princess because of this matter, what good will it do to the emperor, the eldest princess, northern Xinjiang, and the whole country? Is Jianglai here to assist the eldest princess in overthrowing the Great Han State?"

Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yushi looked at Zhu Mu suspiciously.

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"General, Mr. Xu, Mr. Yu, you can read Zhong Yuan's letter again, and take a closer look. Why did Zhong Yuan repeatedly mention the impact of the eldest princess's prominent status on Northern Xinjiang in the letter? Why did he repeatedly mention What about the consequences of breaking openly with the general if the eldest princess forcibly obtains the imperial decree from the emperor? Why do you repeatedly mention that Zhang Wen only discusses with him in private, such a major matter that is related to the life and death of northern Xinjiang?"

Zhu Mu picked up Li Wei's letter, pointed to the words on it, and said, "I don't know if you can understand what Zhong Yuan said. Zhong Yuan said that king Qin is just a means, and stabilizing the country is the goal. Stability of the country is the work of the late emperor." The ultimate goal is also the goal we are working towards today. My lords, Queen Qin, can the country be stable? The answer is self-evident, it cannot be stable. According to the current situation, even if we can defeat Dong Zhuo and save the emperor within a few years , but the big man does not have five or ten years, and it is impossible to restore the stable situation before the Yellow Turban Army riot."

"The general and the two lords may have glanced over Zhong Yuan's words without attracting the slightest attention from you, but it is precisely this sentence that is the gist of this letter." Zhu Mu looked at the embarrassing three Ren continued, "We tend to focus on the means and get lost in fighting for the means, but forget our true purpose."

"We're talking about stabilizing the country now. Let's forget King Qin for a while." Zhu Mu said with a smile, "How can we stabilize the country? Zhong Yuan gave the general three countermeasures."

"The first is to honor the eldest princess. Since the eldest princess arrived in northern Xinjiang, there have indeed been many changes in northern Xinjiang. For example, in the past, we always complained that there were not enough subordinates in the various governments, which caused incomprehensible government orders and little effect in doing things, but now this This situation is gradually improving with the arrival of the eldest princess. Many Confucian scholars used to choose to go south to Jingzhou and Yangzhou due to the wars in various places, but now some people have begun to choose northern Xinjiang as a place to avoid disaster. Another example is the northern Xinjiang. Regal. Due to the princess’s pleading and persuasion, the rich and wealthy are more willing to accept and cooperate with the many decrees issued by the northern Xinjiang governments than in the past, which makes the stability of northern Xinjiang more guaranteed. And this time I went to Jizhou to buy Regarding the matter of food, the four old ministers came forward at the same time, and the result can be imagined. In other words, the eldest princess can help Beijiang, we must honor the eldest princess and give full play to these advantages of the eldest princess, which is important for stability Northern Xinjiang is still beneficial to the revitalization of the country, but nothing harmful."

"If you want to maximize the advantages of the eldest princess, the general cannot break with the eldest princess. This is Zhong Yuan's second countermeasure. If you don't break with the eldest princess, does the general have to give up power? No .”

"The great general cedes power, that is, the eldest princess seizes power, and the consequences will inevitably lead to a break between the two sides. Therefore, in order to stabilize the country as soon as possible, it is necessary to integrate the two forces of the eldest princess and the great general. The real reason why we sent Zhang Wen and other seven veterans to northern Xinjiang."

"If the two powers of the eldest princess and the general are fully integrated, the power of the general will be even greater, and the power of the eldest princess will also be more prominent. It is also because the eldest princess and the general have gained huge benefits from this integration that both sides can Only with sincere cooperation and teamwork can the big man see the hope of ZTE."

Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yushi looked at each other in dismay, and they couldn't help admiring and being frightened at the scholars like Zhang Wen, Li Wei and Zhu Mu.In the eyes of these people, the power crisis in northern Xinjiang is not a crisis, but an opportunity to integrate forces and revitalize the country as soon as possible.

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"Gongding, how to integrate? Can you talk about it? Zhongyuan hides his head and pinches his tail when he speaks, and it's the same as not saying it." Yushi asked very respectfully: "Is there any way to make the general not only not have to give up power, but Can you get more power?"

Zhu Mu twirled his short beard with his hands, and thought for a while, "Master Xu, Lord Yu, you have been on the battlefield all year round, and you are indeed not familiar with the government, and you can even say that it is very strange. Although the general has been in charge of the military administration of the northern border for more than a year , but the general's attention is all on the battlefield, and he basically doesn't care about the specific matters of the government office. Mr. Zhao Qi, Zhong Yuan, and the subordinates in the mansion handle them by themselves. So far, the general The specific operation of the government office and the role of the officials in the government office may not be fully understood. For example, you adults know that food is very important, but you adults know that the government offices at all levels need to go through How many methods and how many procedures are used?"

The three shook their heads.They don't know about this, but they know that this is a very, very complicated process. Although it is a small matter of collecting dozens of catties of grain, it involves many aspects such as national policy, official system, wealth, civil affairs, etc. Let's explain it in detail It may take several hours.

"The great general led an army expedition to the desert, and 10,000+ soldiers made great feats, but is the victory in the expedition to the desert only the credit of 10,000+ soldiers?" From ministers to civilian husbands and ordinary farmers, all the top and bottom of the Han Kingdom have paid countless hardships and sweats for the victory of the expedition to the desert. Let’s talk about Dong Zhuo. Do you know how much he and the entire imperial court did for the expedition to the desert? Without the efforts of Dong Zhuo, the ministers of the court, and the officials of the prefectures and counties, would the expedition be successful? Could the desert be conquered by us? Is it? To be honest, I don’t think the general can conquer the desert without the support of the court.”

"It is the blood and sweat of the ministers of the court, the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties, and the tens of millions of people in the Han Dynasty, which have achieved the glory and meritorious deeds of the general and the soldiers of the northern border."

"Now that the general is devoting himself to the matter of food and pay for the army, he should be able to deeply appreciate the hard work and contributions made by him, the ministers in the court, and the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties when Dong Zhuo was in charge of the government." Zhu Mu Seeing Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yushi who felt the same way, they suddenly raised their voices and said, "Compared with the expedition to the desert and the revitalization of the country, which one is more difficult, more expensive, and more time-consuming? Do we need the concerted efforts of the whole country?"

"Of course it is to revitalize the country." Yushi said.

"With the general and 12 northern soldiers, plus the financial resources of the sixteen counties in northern Xinjiang, can we independently support the great cause of revitalizing the country?" Zhu Mu then asked.

"Of course not." Li Hong said, "We need the support of the imperial court and more states and counties. Now that our survival is a problem, how can we talk about revitalizing the country?"

"Where is the imperial court? How can the forces of various states and counties be integrated?" Zhu Jun continued to ask.

Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yushi suddenly woke up.

The imperial court was hijacked by Dong Zhuo and became the target of everyone's shouting and beating. The states and counties in various places lost the control of the imperial court and became rootless duckweed.Although Yuan Shao used the so-called system to command the world, and Li Hong used checks and balances to restrain the power of all parties, they could not conceal the fact that the Dahanzhou County was in its own right.At this time, what the Han Kingdom needs most is not the emperor, but the court, a court that can control and integrate the power of various states and counties.

Zhu Mu looked at the suddenly realized expressions of the three and smiled slightly.

"What is the role of the imperial court? It is to make full use of the resources of our Han country to integrate national power. What is national power? To put it bluntly, it is the money and food of nearly ten million households in the Han country. The role of the court is to use various methods to gather these money and food together, Then use the money and food to create more wealth for the tens of millions of families in the Han country, so that the money and food of the tens of millions of families in the Han country will increase."

"The ministers in the court have clearly seen that the development of the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to the great Han society. The emperor and the court in Chang'an have become a complete decoration. Not only can they not make the slightest contribution to saving the society, but they have become the ones that destroy the society. Accomplices. In order to save the country, they finally made up their minds to rebuild a court. For this reason, they dispatched seven highly respected pillars of the Han Dynasty, and they pinned all their hopes of revitalizing the country on the general."

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Zhu Mu smiled helplessly: "Actually, no matter whether it is Yuan Kai, Yuan Shao or Han Fu, they are all right. Without the imperial court, what is the use of a lonely emperor? If we want to quickly restore the stability of the country, we must first integrate all regions. The power of the states and counties defeated Dong Zhuo. To integrate the power of the states and counties in various places, the imperial court must be established according to the official system of the Han Dynasty. Although Yuan Shao had the Yuan Clan as his support, he was humble and light in power. He is not qualified to form a court, so he strongly advocates rebuilding the imperial line."

"I don't know whether Yuan Shao, Han Fu and others understood Yuan Wei's intentions, and I don't know if they have hidden selfish intentions, but rebuilding the imperial line, forming the imperial court, and integrating the forces of the states and counties are indeed the fastest way to quickly defeat Dong Zhuo and restore the country. The best and most effective way. Yuan Kui indeed has the ability to know the world, and he is worthy of being the pillar of the great man. If he can personally go to Jizhou to preside over the overall situation, maybe the country will be restored."

"Due to various reasons between Yuan Shao and the alliance against Dong, including the general's refusal of his plea and his efforts to implement checks and balances, the Yellow Turban Army riot in Qingzhou, etc., he failed to rebuild the imperial line, form the imperial court, and integrate the prefectures and counties. For the purpose of power, he and the League of Governors are in a desperate situation, and they don't know what to do. Now that the states and counties are all in charge, Yuan Shao has almost lost control of the League of Leaders. He can only use his power to exert some influence on the states and counties in various places. strength."

At this time, Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yushi finally fully understood the revitalization plan carefully planned by the ministers of the Chang'an court to save the country.

Yuan Shao was an example of failure. The resistance to rebuilding the imperial lineage was too great. Not only did Beijiang and most states and counties disagree, but the Chang'an court also disagreed. So they finally thought of another flesh and blood of the late emperor, the eldest princess Liu Xiao.With the eldest princess as the leader of state affairs, the most sensitive issue of the royal line will be resolved.Without the trouble of imperial lineage, it would be much easier to form a new court.Because of the eldest princess representing the imperial power and the court with a relatively complete Han official system structure, it is possible to appease and integrate the scattered states and counties, and there is hope for saving and revitalizing the Han society.

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"Northern Xinjiang should be the biggest force supporting the new court. The general will get more power in addition to the existing power, because at this time the general is not fighting alone with Beijiang, but with the eldest princess. , together with the new imperial court, with the power of the entire Han Kingdom to fight together." Zhu Mu said, "Although we don't know what specific strategies Zhang Wen brought, we don't know whether the new imperial court can integrate the power of various states and counties. Power, I don’t know when we will be able to realize our desire to revitalize the country, but now we have the righteousness, the righteousness that everyone in the world can follow, the opportunity to continue the country, and as much power as possible, That's enough. It's better to have hope than no hope, and better to have purpose than no purpose."

"But all of this requires the loyalty of the general, the loyalty to the great Han country. Without the loyalty of the general, this is not a difficult move to revitalize the country, but an act to quickly overthrow the country, because Dong Zhuo is an example." Zhu Mu looked at Li Hong and said, "If Dong Zhuo controls the Son of Heaven and the court of Chang'an, and the General controls the Princess Chang and the court of Jinyang, Yuan Shao and other prefectures and counties have no hope. It's just a test, if the general refuses, he may quickly take the eldest princess to Jizhou, and let the general bear the same reputation as Dong Zhuo for rebellion."

"In order to prevent the eldest princess, Zhang Wen and others from making actions that are not conducive to the general, Li Wei immediately made a third countermeasure, killing."

"Li Wei begged the general to prevent the eldest princess from asking for orders from the emperor. His real intention was to tell the general that if the general disagreed with Zhang Wen's policy, he would immediately tell Dong Zhuo about Zhang Wen's policy and ask for an agreement to send the eldest princess back to Chang'an. According to the imperial decree, at the same time, we dispatched troops to go northward secretly, and surrounded the princess's mansion, so as to avoid the disaster in the northern border. We should do what we should do."

Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yushi suddenly looked shocked.

"For safety's sake, Zhang Wen must have ordered the eldest princess' tiger and ben army to secretly surround the Hussar General's Mansion." Zhu Mu shook his head and said, "At the beginning I advised the General to leave two thousand tiger and ben guards to protect the Hussar General's mansion, but the Great General The general insisted against it. Zhang Wen is a good man, but for the benefit of the country, a good man will become a bad man, the general trusts him too much."

"Of course I trust him, because I know him well. Mr. Zhang Wen only has Dahan Sheji in his heart." Li Hong suddenly realized that he had recognized Zhu Mu's words, and he immediately relaxed, "Ding, you said this letter, is it Zhang? Master Wen read it first?"

"No." Zhu Mu said with a smile, "Now Longquan only has [-] Tigers from the Princess' Mansion, Zhong Yuan has to be careful, especially since this letter is related to the life of the Princess and the peril of Northern Xinjiang."

"Are you the only one who can understand Zhong Yuan's letter?" Li Hong picked up Li Wei's letter and looked left and right, then asked very suspiciously, "Do you two have any secret words? Do you really have such a secret?" clever?"

Xu Rong, Yu Shi and Zhu Mu laughed.

"Gongding, how do we return to Shu Zhongyuan?" Li Hong asked with a smile.

"The power of the emperor belongs to the eldest princess, the power of the court belongs to the eldest princess's mansion, and the power of the Hussar general's mansion is still the power of the Hussar general's mansion. We will never violate the laws of the Han Dynasty."

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Another chapter tonight.Organizations and armed forces are indispensable.

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