Great Han Empire

Chapter 599 The Heroes of Troubled Times Like the Abyss
I'm not familiar with state affairs. If I hadn't resettled refugees in northern Xinjiang to farm in the past few years, and took charge of military affairs in northern Xinjiang last year, I wouldn't even know anything about state affairs. But why haven't I been able to see fraud from it for so long?Thinking carefully about what I have done in recent years, I have indeed used a lot of deceitful methods. It is not that I don't know, but I just don't want to admit it.Even if his purpose is correct, in the end, he still cannot conceal the despicableness of the fraudulent means.What Yuan Shu said hit the nail on the head, well said.I am the same as him and Dong Zhuo. In the final analysis, we are all people who do whatever it takes to achieve our ends.I am a bloody leopard, why should I pretend to be a gentle sheep?This is really a bit ridiculous.

If the essence of state affairs is fraud, then only the winners who support the facade are correct.It's like fighting a war. If you win, deceit becomes a meritorious deed.What is the purpose of the fraud?It should be to get the greatest benefit and maximize one's own interests through state affairs.However, judging from Dong Zhuo's case, although he participated in the Li Shangshu affairs as the Prime Minister and monopolized the power, he did not get the greatest benefit, so what is the problem?Where did Dong Zhuo go wrong?
Although Dong Zhuo's failure today has a lot to do with the open and secret struggles and endless conflicts among the various forces, it should not be the root cause. The long-standing estrangement and hostility between warriors and scholars should not be the root cause of Dong Zhuo's failure. The reason, what is the root cause?

The ultimate goal of state affairs is of course the stability of the country, the prosperity of the country, and the people living and working in peace and contentment. From this ultimate goal, it can be traced back to the four classes of scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants in the Han Dynasty. Then, of course, everyone’s interests can be guaranteed, and then it can be traced back to the imperial court. , of course, all forces can maintain the balance of power under the emperor's governance.Was Dong Zhuo's failure because he broke the balance of power?In other words, he tore down the magnificent facade and exposed the power in the court to the broad daylight, which aroused public outrage?
Yuan Shu is in favor of the eldest princess building a dynasty in Jinyang, but he repeatedly talks about state affairs, fraud, and anti-intimidation, so I can understand it as trying to rebuild the balance of power in the court, first propping up the gorgeous facade, and then using state affairs , deceit and rebellion, strengthen your own strength as soon as possible, rebuild a strong imperial court, so as to quickly gather the power of various states and counties, and revitalize the country?
But rebuilding this balance of power in the court requires a huge price. Who will bear this price?

I have already become the General of Hussars, and I am very clear about the balance of power.In fact, the balance of power does not only refer to the power constraints among various powers, but more often refers to the layer-by-layer decomposition and mutual supervision of a certain power.

As far as military power is concerned, all this power belongs to the emperor, but once the power controlled by the emperor is usurped by a traitor, it will be a disaster for the country, so the emperor is not at ease, so the emperor further decomposes the military power and lets it be punished. under heavy surveillance.The military power of the dynasty is very complicated to decompose, but the main principle is to completely integrate the military strategic decision-making power, military command power, military personnel power, military organization and training power, wartime command power, as well as the command power of the theater and the command power of specific troops. separate.Although this division of power seriously reduced the operational effectiveness of military institutions at all levels, it successfully guaranteed the emperor's ultimate control over the Han army.

However, the current situation is that due to the troubles of the emperor and the imperial court, the military power of the Han Dynasty is completely out of control, and the states and counties in various places are embracing their own self-respect and doing their own thing. If the imperial court wants to take back these powers and rebuild the balance of power, it is actually impossible .No one is willing to pay a huge price for a flashy facade that is about to collapse, a facade with little future and no hope, including yourself.

If the Jinyang court ordered him to hand over the army, would he hand it over?Won't.In the same way, the Jinyang court ordered Han Fu to hand over the military administration of Jizhou. Will Han Fu hand it over?Won't.

As Yuan Shu said, people should be more realistic, and a gentleman should take care of his roots, not to mention those of us who are not gentlemen.You can't even control your own destiny, so why talk about saving the country?Isn't that a joke?
Although the idea of ​​establishing the Jinyang court is a good strategy to revitalize the country, it is indeed an outdated strategy that cannot achieve its purpose.The group of ministers who planned this strategy stayed in Chang'an, completely unaware that the world beyond the Kanto had changed beyond recognition.

In just one year, the precarious Han Dynasty was completely defeated by the Gyeonggi Rebellion and the Yellow Turban Rebellion. No one knows what tomorrow will look like, and no one knows where the future will go, so everyone is working hard for survival .State and county officials, wealthy families, Yellow Turban soldiers, and refugees seemed to have been swept away by the torrential flood overnight. Everyone was tossing and falling in the turbulent waves, struggling to stay alive. No one was willing to give up what they held in their hands. Life-saving straw, no one is willing.

Since the Jinyang court is nothing but a facade, and the state affairs are nothing but fraud, and the states, counties and themselves are unwilling to give up the life-saving straw in their hands, there is only one way to survive the overwhelming flood: grab the money from others. Life-saving straw.

When the life-saving straw in my hand turns into a big tree, I will be able to save the country and the common people in the world.

Reverse time?What's the use of turning back now?What is needed now is killing.

Yuan Shu wants me to fight Jizhou, wants me to fight Han Fu and Yuan Shao to the death, and then he is so good at making money, hmph... this kid, he still has the same virtue until now, and he hasn't changed at all.Meet in Chang'an ten years later?This kid is really confident.I'm afraid that after ten years, you will have no bones left.

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Li Hong strode to the table and wrote seven lines: Jinyang Imperial Court, Jizhou, Luoyang, Yellow Turban Army, Liu Yu, Han Fu, Yuan Shao.

He put down his pen, looked at the seven lines of characters, thought for a long, long time, then picked up Gao Lan's letter and read it several times. Finally, he picked up the pen and drew a very long stroke on the three characters of "Yellow Turban Army". Big, thick circles.

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At dawn, Yang Feng hurried to the camp.

Yang Feng strongly opposed Li Hong's handing over the military and political power in northern Xinjiang, and even opposed the establishment of the imperial court in Jinyang.Before that, Zhang Yan sent a letter expressing the same meaning.

Xian Yufu from the Protectorate of Mobei, Zhao Yun from Yunzhong Xingyuan, Qu Yi from Huguan, and Yan Rou from Shanggu all sent letters expressing their support for establishing a dynasty in Jinyang. Together with Xu Rong and Yushi, the nine generals in northern Xinjiang Six of them expressed their support for the general, only Yan Liangyu was dissatisfied, and Zhang Yan and Yang Feng firmly opposed it.At the same time, Li Hong also wrote to seek the opinions of eleven Zhonglang generals including Xian Yuyin and the prefects of the counties outside the Great Wall. (Gao Lan led the army to suppress the rebellion in Xuzhou and could not be contacted.) Everyone basically had these three attitudes.

Zhang Yan and Yang Feng's words were very sharp. They both believed that many people in the Chang'an court and the military and political officials in Northern Xinjiang were eager to use this method to integrate the forces of the states and counties in order to quickly save the country, but they completely ignored the general's own many problems and the status quo in northern Xinjiang.

I won't mention the status quo in northern Xinjiang, everyone knows it well.The general himself has many problems, but the most important thing is that he has no knowledge and experience in dealing with state affairs. Apart from his outstanding military exploits, the general himself has nothing to convince the state and county officials.This year, in order to alleviate the crisis in northern Xinjiang, the general first set up checks and balances to attack Dong Dajun, and then attacked Dong Zhuo after the checks and balances failed.Therefore, regardless of whether there is the Jinyang court or not, the states and counties in various places will not trust the general, let alone listen to the command of the general.

Under such circumstances, no matter what posture the general puts on, the court is just a display. In the end, the general throws a stone at his own foot, causing both people and gods to be angry, and the world to discuss it, just like Dong Zhuo.It doesn't matter if the general is wronged, we still have 10,000+ soldiers loyal to you, but millions of people in northern Xinjiang will suffer, because Jizhou will use this as an excuse to block northern Xinjiang, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Both Zhang Yan and Yang Feng persuaded Li Hong to find a way to send the eldest princess to Jizhou as soon as possible, so that the imperial court could be built in Jizhou.Northern Xinjiang is hard to protect itself, can't afford to support the court, and can't afford to offend the court. We still take it as our best policy to take care of ourselves and adapt to the situation.

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Yang Feng was very excited, but Li Hong looked relaxed. He waited until he had finished speaking before smiling and said, "If you don't come, I will go to find you. I have to talk to you about this matter, and then you go and talk to Fei." Yan Tan. It is not appropriate for me to come forward because my goal is too big."

Yang Feng asked in surprise: "The general agrees to send the eldest princess away?"

"No, the eldest princess can't be sent away, and the Jinyang court has to be established immediately." Li Hong waved his hand and said, "You have been talking for a long time, but you didn't say the thing you wanted to say the most. Are you worried that I will ask you to beat Sima?" Ju, Bairao? When did I go back on what I said? Don't worry, I will immediately transfer the army of Feiyan and Yuntian (Qu Yi) to Hedong, and we will attack Luoyang and Chang'an. We don't care about the affairs of Jizhou. "

Yang Feng looked at Li Hong in bewilderment, "We don't care about the affairs of Jizhou? We don't want the four villages either?"

"No more, give up everything, throw it all to Jizhou, and get rid of all the burdens." Li Hong said, "You and Feiyan are right. As far as I am concerned, all states and counties will not trust me, but Jinyang As far as the imperial court is concerned, it is also unable to control the states and counties in various places, so I have to do two things now. One is to win the trust of the world, and the other is to attack the power of states and counties in various places and weaken their strength. The strength of states and counties in various places has been greatly reduced. I see them What tricks can you play?"

"How do I win the trust of the world? King Qin begged for Dong and attacked Luoyang and Chang'an. I transferred Feiyan and Yuntian to Hedong and assembled an army of [-] to attack Dong Zhuo. Then? Then we attacked Chang'an. No matter what happened, we would Fighting Chang'an, put on a posture of swearing to die and begging the king. To win the trust of the world, of course you have to put on a good posture. From whether you agree with the eldest princess to build a dynasty in Jinyang this time, you can see that there are many big officials in northern Xinjiang who are against me. Therefore, the attack on Luoyang this time is not only to win the trust of the world, but also to win the trust of the officials in northern Xinjiang."

"How to attack the forces of various states and counties? The Yellow Turban Army." Li Hong spread out the map, "Zhengqing (Gao Lan) and Ziping (Gao Shun) explained the situation of Yanqing and Xu in their letters very thoroughly. And for the survival of the Yellow Turban Army, we must go to Jizhou. However, if Feiyan and Yuntian are in Jizhou, Sima Ju and Xu He in Qingzhou, and Bai Rao in Heishan may not dare to attack with all their strength, so I transferred all my troops to Hedong , to give the Yellow Turbans enough confidence."

"The Battle of Luoyang, if nothing else happens, should start at the beginning of the year or February. At that time, the forces of Beijiang, Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu and others will all be concentrated around Luoyang. If the Yellow Turban Army does not take the opportunity to attack Jizhou, then they will be defeated."

"If Han Fu and Yuan Shao ask us for help, we will use King Qin as an excuse to resolutely refuse, thus avoiding the possibility of fighting the Yellow Turban Army."

"If the Yellow Turban Army captures Jizhou..." Yang Feng said worriedly, "Things will also be very troublesome."

"It is very difficult for the Yellow Turban Army to gain a foothold in Jizhou, because Youzhou still has Gongsun Zan." Li Hong said confidently, "With the strength of Gongsun Zan and the Youzhou Army, plus the strength of the prefectures and counties, it should not be a problem to defeat the Yellow Turban Army. .”

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"General, the war is raging in Jizhou, what about the food?"

"I will persuade Zhao Qi and others to give up next year's fallow and embezzle more funds for farmland." Li Hong said with a smile, "Even if an acre of land only produces ten catties of grain, it is better than no harvest, not to mention the northern Xinjiang next year. After getting rid of the burden of Tuntian District in Jizhou, the population has dropped sharply, and the food crisis has to be greatly alleviated. After Luoyang is captured, Jing and Henan can always provide us with some food, and there will be no grain left.”

"What about the future? What about the future?"

"The strength of the prefectures and counties has been greatly reduced, and Han Fu and Yuan Shao cannot protect themselves. Let us take this opportunity to find a good excuse to take down Jizhou." Li Hong drew a large circle in the northern part of the map, "The northern prefectures and counties are connected together, and things are much easier to handle. There is hope for the revitalization of the community.”

Yang Feng looked at Li Hong and smiled knowingly, "The general finally figured it out."

"You know this, I know it, Fei Yan knows it, others don't talk about it." Li Hong rolled up the map and said, "Everyone is for the great Han community, and it's normal to have different ideas. Some time ago, I was also I thought about this question, but I never figured it out. Today I figured it out, and I feel much more relaxed."

"The general trusts Feiyan and me so much, it's really..." Yang Feng felt very guilty when he thought of his rather sharp words just now.

"The reason why I want to tell you and Feiyan is to ask you to think carefully about one thing." Li Hong said solemnly, "If the Yellow Turban Army captures Jizhou, what should I do? promise?"

"Actually, Bai Rao already regarded us as enemies, not to mention Sima Ju and Xu He from Qingzhou." Yang Feng thought for a while, shook his head and smiled wryly, "We grew up on Taiping Road, and in our hearts..."

"Think about it. If the country could be stabilized one day earlier, how many innocent people could we have saved? The purpose of the great virtuous master's army was to save the common people, not to burn them."

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