Great Han Empire

Chapter 596: Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Dangerous
A day later, Li Wei's letter was delivered to the General Hussar's camp again.

Everything was as expected by Li Wei and Zhu Mu. After Zhang Wen received the affirmative reply from General Hushi, he really came up with a carefully prepared new court structure.

In the book, Li Wei explained Zhang Wen's plan in detail.

Once the eldest princess declares to the world, takes charge of the state affairs, forms the imperial court, works hard for the king to challenge Dong, and revitalizes the country, the blow to Dong Zhuo can be imagined.This is a clear declaration to the Gyeonggi and Xijiang prefectures and counties under the control of Dong Zhuo, and to some states and counties that are still hesitant to wait and see. Dong Zhuo is a rebellious man. In peril, the great man needs to work together to defeat the Dong thief and work hard to rejuvenate the country.

At the same time, this also pardoned all the crimes of Yuan Shao and the League of Dong. Yuan Shao and the Alliance of Dong immediately became national heroes, and everyone gathered under the new court ruled by the eldest princess to fight together for the great Han society.

However, due to the principle of respecting the current emperor and a court, this new court is not a reconstruction, but a part of the Chang'an court, which is mainly composed of Beijing officials serving in various places.

The eldest princess acts as an agent of state affairs, and the eldest princess's mansion is equivalent to the inner court, and is engaged in the ministerial affairs of the inner court, mainly dealing with ministerial affairs.

The outer court is composed of Taifu's Mansion, Hushi General's Mansion, and Jianyushi Mansion.

Taifu's mansion is the prime minister's office, and the mansion has thirteen Caos in the East and West, who are in charge of the administration of the Han Dynasty.

Hussar General's Mansion is a Taiwei, and he is in charge of the military affairs of the Han Dynasty.

The censor's office conducts the work of the censor and is in charge of supervision.The Jianyushi Mansion is no longer affiliated to the Hushi General's Mansion, but is listed with the Hushi General.

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The current three princes in this dynasty are composed of Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong. Each of them leads the three ministers. In fact, the duties of the prime ministers in the past are divided into three. However, Zhang Wen changed the system of three princes back to the early days of the dynasty. The three officials are established.

At the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, the three officials were the prime minister, the Taiwei and the royal doctor.The prime minister is the highest chief executive with the greatest power and all-encompassing power.Except for the military, the Taiwei hardly cares about other things, but he just participates in the collegiate state affairs routinely.Doctor Yushi is equivalent to the deputy prime minister.In the past, there was a custom in this dynasty. Generally, to be a prime minister, one must first be a royal doctor.

Why did Zhang Wen want to change the three officials system?
In the past, the prime minister not only had to manage state affairs, but also intervened in the emperor's family affairs, so if the emperor had anything to do at that time, he would first report it to the Yushi Zhongcheng, who would then report to the Yushi doctor, and then the Yushi doctor would report to the prime minister.If the prime minister has any business, it will also be transferred from the royal doctor to the Zhongcheng, and then from the Zhongcheng to the inner court. The imperial power and the prime minister's power are separated, but this is not static. When you meet a talented emperor like Emperor Xiaowu, this matter is different. up.Emperor Xiaowu wanted to make great achievements for all ages and seize the power of the prime minister, so at that time, the nine ministers of the outer court directly listened to the inner court for orders.The weight of the Inner Court Shangshutai began here.

Zhang Wen's meaning is obvious. During the period of revitalizing the country, the eldest princess must not be allowed to monopolize the power of the country.

The current Taifu of Dahan is Liu Yu.Liu Yu is the minister of the clan, the pillar of the dynasty, the uncle of the eldest princess, the old master of Li Hong, and the old official of the generals from Youzhou in northern Xinjiang.Before his death, the late emperor had worshiped him as the assistant minister of Tuogu, but it was a pity that the late emperor died a little earlier, and Liu Yu could not take charge of the overall situation before the late emperor came back.If Liu Yu could return to Luoyang in time, Dahan Sheji would not be in such a desperate situation today.Now no matter from which aspect, Liu Yu is the only one in the world capable of holding state power, and no one can replace Liu Yu, not even one.Liu Yu is the only person in the world who can convince Hushi General Li Hong and the northern Xinjiang army.

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Hussar General Li Hong leads the general military, and has already obtained the command right to conquer the four directions of the battlefield. Now that he is given the task of being a lieutenant, all the military administrative power will be given to Li Hong, and the rest is the military strategic decision-making power.

In the three-official system at the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, the decision-making power for military strategy also belongs to the emperor, but it has flexibility. For example, when encountering a weak emperor and a strong prime minister, the decision-making power belongs to the prime minister. For a powerful monarch, the decision-making power belongs to the emperor.Later, the power of the inner court was increased, the great general Sima assisted the government, and the official system of the three officials was revised, so the decision-making power belonged to the inner court.

Now the eldest princess must be a weak imperial power, Liu Yu must be a strong "Prime Minister", and Li Hong must also be a strong "Taiwei", so is the military decision-making power shared by these two people?No, there are three people in charge, and the other is the censor, and this censor is also in charge of Jizhou Mu Han Fu.

Zhang Wen came up with such a three-official system, which can be regarded as painstaking, comprehensive, and considered everything.If you want to fight, you need money and food. Where does this money and food come from?Beijiang and Youzhou are two brothers in need, a pair of poor people, only Jizhou has money and food.Whether we can fight, in the end, does not depend on whether we have an army, but whether we have food and supplies.Now the status quo is here, as long as everyone respects the eldest princess and the court in Jinyang, there will only be two wars to be decided in the future, one is to counter the rebellion, and the other is to seek Dong, and these two major decisions are closely related to the three people, Even if there are some differences, it won't be too big.

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Below the imperial court are all states and counties.

Under the persuasion of Cui Lie, Ma Rixun, Chen Ji, and Yuan Pang, Jizhou Mu Hanfu will definitely respond. As for Qingzhou Inspector Jiao He, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Yuzhou Mu Kongni and others, of course they should not say anything. Yes, Zhang Wen is fully sure of this.Because Jingzhou and Yangzhou are far away, and there are Yellow Turban Army passing through prefectures and counties, it is inconvenient to contact them, but they will definitely get a reply next spring, and Zhang Wen is also confident in their response.Grand Tutor Liu Yu is in charge of the military administration of Youzhou, and Hussar General Li Hong is in charge of the military administration of Northern Xinjiang. Naturally, there is no need to talk about these two prefectures.

According to Zhang Wen's vision, the suppression of the Yellow Turban rebellion and the crusade against Dong Zhuo should be completed within two to three years. His only worry was that Dong Zhuo hijacked the emperor and fled to western Xinjiang.The war in Xijiang scared him back then.Now it is not like in the past. In the past, the imperial court could continuously send food, grass and supplies to the western border, but now it is not possible. Without more than five years of recuperation, the army is simply unable to make an expedition to the western border.As the emperor suffers for a long time, the affairs of the emperor will become very, very difficult.

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Li Wei said that Zhang Wen, Ding Gong, and Cai Yong (yong) repeatedly explained that once the eldest princess ordered the king of the world to ask for Dong, and the Jinyang court was established, the emperor and the Chang'an court would be useless, and all states and counties would hear about it. From, in this way, our strength will suddenly increase. Whether it is to challenge Dong or suppress the rebellion, we can form a huge synergy, which depends on the first battle. Therefore, if Li Hong agrees with this strategy of the court, then immediately reply, Zhang General Wen quickly sent people to Youzhou to invite Taifu adults Liu Yu and Lu Zhi, and Jizhou Mu Hanfu to Jinyang to discuss major issues.

Li Wei finally said that the plan that Zhang Wen brought to northern Xinjiang was perfect. Obviously, many ministers of the Chang'an court had carefully planned and thought about it for a long time.

This plan is beneficial to all forces, whether it is the eldest princess, the grand master Liu Yu, the general, or Han Fu, Yuan Shao and other state and county bureaucrats, they have all benefited from it.

With the current strength of the General and Northern Xinjiang, it is impossible to talk about making any military decisions. On the contrary, the General is constrained by crises such as population, wealth and food. The general eased these crises that northern Xinjiang is currently facing.Now the general has truly obtained the military administrative power and part of the military strategic decision-making power of the Han Dynasty, and the power of the general has increased significantly.The most important military administrative powers are personnel power, military resources distribution power and organizational training power.With this substantial personnel power, the general can assign and dispatch generals with a rank and salary of more than [-] shi at will, and almost all the armies of the states and counties affiliated to the Jinyang court are under your control.

Grand Tutor Liu Yuxing works as the prime minister and does what he should do, but he is still the shepherd of Youzhou. The many difficulties in Youzhou that he cares about most can be partially resolved because of the establishment of this court.

Regardless of Han Fu or Yuan Shao, all those who challenged the Dong alliance finally found righteousness for their own. What made them most gratified was that Li Hong, the bloody leopard, had finally become a fellow minister, and they no longer had to worry about his tyrannical force.On the contrary, with Li Hong and the northern Xinjiang army, it is no longer a distant task to quell the disaster of the Yellow Turban, and to punish Dong Dong.

Of course, the emperor, the eldest princess and the imperial court are the biggest beneficiaries, because they have saved the great Han society, saved thousands of miles of lands and mountains that are about to be overthrown, and saved the lives of tens of thousands of common people.

I implore the general to make up his mind for the sake of the common people.

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Li Hong, Xu Rong, Yushi and Zhu Mu read Li Wei's letter seven or eight times over and over again.

Zhu Mu kept explaining to the three people the evolution process of the Han official system, as well as the "separation of powers" contained in the three official system suggested by Zhang Wen and its advantages and disadvantages, as well as the role of this court structure in solving the current crisis of the Han Dynasty. possible outcomes.

"General, Master Xu, Master Yu, what do you think?"

Li Hong smiled and said: "Master Liu is here, it's really great. I have no objection, as long as you follow Master Liu, you can do whatever you want. He told me to fight east, and I will never fight west."

Yushi said happily: "Like the general, I am willing to follow Master Liu and serve the country, even if I go through fire and water, and my body is broken to pieces."

Xu Rong handed Li Wei's letter to Zhu Mu, and said slowly: "I am a big man with 400 years of foundation, how can a gang of traitors and thieves easily overthrow it? It seems that we can go home after fighting a few battles."

Zhu Mu took the letter and threw it on the table casually, with a melancholy expression.

"What? What code word did Zhong Yuan write in the letter this time?" Li Hong asked with a smile, "Did he say anything bad again?"

"Zhong Yuan told the old men Zhang Wen that he was dizzy. Can this strategy be called perfect? ​​There are many hidden worries in it." Zhu Mu sighed, "I thought Zhang Wen would rebuild a new court. There will be endless troubles for such a four-faced imperial court. Such a good opportunity was wasted by these old men who stick to the rules."

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

"The general used to like disheveled hair. Did he look like a general at that time? No." Zhu Mu smiled wryly. "What about now? Now the general looks neat and majestic. He looks like a general at first glance."

If the three of them realize something.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, maybe I was wrong. Yuan Shao is an example. He said with great fanfare that he wanted to rebuild the imperial system, and even killed four ministers in a row to show his determination. What happened? There were very few responders, and there were a lot of curses." The ministers in the court may also have the same worry. If the eldest princess can act on behalf of the emperor and worship the ministers at will, the consequences may be the same as Yuan Shao." Zhu Mu said with a wave of his hand, "Just as Master Xu said, the 400-year foundation of the great man, Is it possible that a group of rebels can overthrow it? Don’t think about it, since the general and the two adults agree, I will write back to Jinyang.”

Li Hong said with a smile: "I will personally write back to Mr. Zhang Wen. You write back to Zhong Yuan and ask him to discuss with the eldest princess's mansion in detail, and follow Mr. Zhang Wen's arrangement to make preparations."

"Also, give each of Xian Yufu from the Protectorate of Mobei, Zhao Yun from Xingyuan in the Cloud, Zhang Yan from Changshan, Qu Yi from Huguan, and Yan Rou from Shanggu each a book, tell them the matter in detail, and ask for their opinions .”

"Please Yang Hua, let him go to Luoyang, tell Master Zhu Jun and Yan Liang about this, and bring their opinions back as soon as possible."

Xu Rong added: "Tell Yan Liang to pay attention to Dong Zhuo's movements at all times, so as not to be attacked suddenly by Dong Zhuo after the news leaks."

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Under October, Jizhou, Yecheng.

After the four old ministers including Ma Rixun (di) arrived in Yecheng, they were received grandly by Han Fu, and all matters went very smoothly.Han Fu agreed to everything he could, and explained clearly what he couldn't.A few days later, Cui Lie, Chen Ji, and Yuan Pang rushed to Bohai County, Hejian Kingdom, and Anping Kingdom to buy food from the local rich and powerful, while the oldest Ma Rilun stayed in Yecheng.

On this day, Ma Rixun received an urgent letter from Zhang Wen, and hurried to Jizhou Mansion.

Han Fu's reaction was not as excited and exciting as Ma Rixun imagined. He asked some details calmly, and then said that he would discuss it with his staff, and immediately replied to Ma Rixun when he got the result.

Ma Rixun was very angry and asked him, what is there to discuss about this matter?Do you still want to be king alone?What did Yuan Kui tell you when he arranged for you to go to Jizhou to serve as a shepherd in Jizhou?Have you forgotten all?

Seeing that Ma Rixun was angry, Han Fu hurriedly said, "My lord, you misunderstood. Do you know what I'm worried about?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm worried that the Jinyang court will become Li Hong's court. Dong Zhuo's misfortune has not yet been eradicated, and another leopard's misfortune occurred. As a result, my great man was devastated and the society collapsed."

"Why do you think that Jinyang's court will become the leopard's court?" Ma Rixun asked.

"Based on what he did this year." Han Fu said, "Who defeated us in Xingyang in March and April? Who led the army to plunder Yingchuan and Nanyang? And who killed Li Min, the prefect of Yingchuan?" (min)? In the summer, who dispatched troops and generals to gather an army to attack Jizhou? Now, you expect to persuade him to attack with the venerable eldest princess, Master Taifu Liu Yu, and my money and food from Jizhou Dong Zhuo, don’t you think this is wishful thinking? Who is Li Hong? He is a bloodthirsty beast, a ferocious leopard. My lord, how can you believe him? Don’t I, Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, and Yuan Yi are not as loyal to the big man as that leopard? Why can’t the eldest princess and the court be built in Jizhou?"

Han Fu looked at Ma Rixun, and said with a sad expression: "My lord, if you insist on me going to Jinyang, I will go, I will not embarrass you and all my lords, but I really don't understand why you trust Leopard But you don’t trust me, don’t you trust Jizhou? I don’t understand why you want the leopard to suck the last drop of blood from my Dahan Sheji, and eat the last bone of my Dahan Sheji, why?”

Ma Rixun was speechless.He sat there for a long time, then reached out to pat Han Fu, "Do you want to hear my explanation?"

Han Fu shook his head, "My lord, I only eat one meal a day now. My wife and children are like this, and so are the family members in my mansion. For nothing else, I just want to save a little food supply for the army. Our army will defeat The Yellow Turbans that ravaged Hebei, Yan, Qing, Xu and Hanoi must move westward as soon as possible to attack Dong Zhuo and revitalize the country. We are bleeding and sweating, and we are fighting hard, but what about Li Hong? What is Li Hong doing? Li Hong has 12 frontier troops , Why can’t he ask King Dong Qin? He beat us and forced us to give them money and grain, I don’t understand, why didn’t he beat Luoyang, Chang’an, and force Dong Zhuo to ask for money and food?”

"Now Dong Zhuo has turned against him and beat him. Beijiang is short of money and food, and he immediately wants to fight Dong Zhuo with us. Now we are not rebellious, Dong Zhuo is rebellious." Han Fu said excitedly, "Just such a sinister, vicious, wolf-hearted person, you actually trust him? You even give him the job of a lieutenant, and you want to put our army under his command. Boss, do you want to save the country or destroy it? Sheji?"

Ma Rixun was speechless.

"My lord, no matter how you explain it, neither I, Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, or Zhang Miao, we can't accept this fact." Han Fu's eyes were a little wet, and his voice choked up, "Without Li Hong, we might need a longer It takes more time to defeat the Yellow Turban Army and defeat Dong Zhuo, but once we help Li Hong and create a disaster that is even more violent than Dong Zhuo, what shall we do? What about Dahan Sheji? Who will save this devastated country?"

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(End of this chapter)