Great Han Empire

Chapter 941 Troubled Times Heroic Chapter Wins Central Plains
In the middle of the night, Fu Gan, Wang Ling, and Jiang Ji sat in the big tent, looking at the files on the case table, with sad faces.

Three drafts of the memorial to the court have been written, but they were all rejected by the general. Fu Gan and Wang Ling were at a loss for what to do.The general invited Bo Jiangji to write the memorial, and asked Fu Gan and Wang Ling to revise it as appropriate.Not long after Jiang Ji arrived in Hebei, he was not familiar with many things in Hebei, but he had a quick mind and a calm personality. After a period of contact, the general admired him very much and gradually let him participate in military affairs.This time Li Hong asked him to write the memorial, obviously he has regarded him as his confidant.

Jiang Ji was very excited, and secretly vowed to repay the general for his kindness.Although he was mentally prepared and knew that this memorial was not easy to write, after carefully reading the letter from the eldest princess and the first draft drawn up by Fu Gan and Wang Ling, he was still extremely shocked, feeling as if a mountain had suddenly hit him. On his back, he would crush himself into powder at any time.

"Can the two adults explain a thing or two?" Jiang Ji calmed down and asked respectfully.

"Explain?" Fu Gan looked at Wang Ling blankly, and smiled wryly, "Explain what? How?"

Wang Ling shook his head and tightly shut his mouth.Back then, the Jinyang rebellion decapitated the innocent Wang Rou, and almost involved the entire Wang family.Lessons learned from the past must not be forgotten.I can offend the general, but I must not offend the eldest princess. This His Highness really can't afford to offend her.

"Talk about it casually. It's right to chat." Jiang Ji has been in the officialdom for many years, so he naturally knows the power of it, but if he doesn't explain the key points of the matter clearly, he will have no way to start this memorial, and he will ask without asking.

Wang Ling pouted, stared at the candlestick next to the desk, and said nothing.

Fu Gan thought for a while, then slowly said: "This matter should start with Li Wei."

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Master Li Wei has followed the general to conquer the world very early, and it has been 15 years since then.The relationship between Master Li Wei and the General is well known throughout the world.

Without the great help of Li Wei, Xie Ming, Yu Peng, Chen Hao and other adults back then, it would have been impossible for the generals to resettle millions of refugees in northern Xinjiang, nor would it be possible to stabilize northern Xinjiang, and it would be impossible to start with northern Xinjiang as the foundation. The great cause of ZTE.After the eldest princess, Ma Rixun, Zhang Wen and other old ministers rushed to northern Xinjiang, they worked hard to formulate and implement new policies, trying to revive the country, but all the new policies were formulated and implemented by the northern Xinjiang scholars headed by Mr. Li Wei. completed with great efforts.

Lord Li Wei has always been the right-hand man of the Great General. He used to be the disciple of the former Taiwei Lord Zhu Jun, and later became the son-in-law of Lord Zhu Jun. His status gave him a very high prestige among the officials in Northern Xinjiang, and at the same time It has been recognized and wooed by other forces in North Korea and China.

More than ten years have passed, Lord Li Wei holds a very important position in the imperial court, and his power is obvious to all.Around him, Xiao Lan, Zhu Mu, Xie Ming, Yu Peng, Chen Hao, Tang Fang, Yin Si, Tang Yun, Ding Li, Zheng Yan and many other ministers were important ministers in the court. They not only formulated and implemented the New Deal, It laid the foundation for the great cause of ZTE and assumed the important task of promoting the sustainable development of the great cause of ZTE.

Last year, the Great General took advantage of the opportunity of the re-revision of the official system to join forces with the eldest princess to deal with the outer courts, allowing many officials in northern Xinjiang to successfully enter the Chinese and inner courts. The forces in northern Xinjiang finally firmly controlled the power, but if you take a closer look at the From the list of ministers of the Shujian, it is not difficult to find that more than [-]% of the ministers belong to Li Wei's family.

This has already explained the problem very well. Zhongshujian is controlled by the northern Xinjiang forces in name, but in fact it is controlled by Mr. Li Wei.To put it more bluntly, last year the eldest princess and Lord Li Wei took advantage of the opportunity of foreign courts to prevent the imperial court from increasing its troops, and revised the official system again, and the reform was successful with the support of the general. In fact, it was a premeditated weakening of the power of the general.In the new official system, the generals are in charge of the military power and rely on the military power in their hands to check and balance the imperial power and prime minister power. This is an extremely abnormal official system.Military power itself is a part of imperial power and prime minister power, and forcibly separating it from imperial power and prime minister power will lead to the abnormal development of the official system in the New Deal.The official system is the basis of all the systems of the Han Dynasty. If the official system is not normal, the development of the New Deal must be abnormal, and the consequences are self-evident.

The general realized that this kind of bureaucratic system would do incalculable damage to ZTE's cause, but because the situation was very urgent last year, this was the only emergency solution, and it had to be done if it didn't work.

After the implementation of the new official system, many problems were immediately exposed.

As I said just now, military power was originally a part of imperial power and prime minister power, and they were inseparable. Once separated, troubles would follow.When the eldest princess and Zhongshujian make decisions, they need the military decision-making power to be subordinate to the state affairs decision-making power.For example, the eldest princess and Zhongshujian decided to move the emperor and the imperial court to Guanzhong this year, so the strategy of the Luoyang war would have to be revised.In the same way, when the prime minister and the courts exercise executive power, they also need military administrative power to be subordinate to the executive power of state affairs.For example, if the prime minister asks that civilian husbands and materials be used for relocation first, then the Taiwei, who is in charge of military administration, must obey it.

In the past, the generals led the Shangshutai, participated in the affairs of the Lishangshu, and represented the state affairs. Military power was placed under the imperial power.The general and the eldest princess make state policy decisions first, and then make military decisions, so there are no such contradictions, but it is different now.Now the general and the four senior officials, the Taifu, the prime minister, and the Taiwei, are all involved in the affairs of Li Shangshu. His authority has been severely weakened, and the main decision-making power of the state affairs is almost in the hands of the eldest princess and Zhongshujian.In the past, when the general was in charge of Shangshutai, he still had a large part of the power in his hands, but now most of the power of Shangshutai has been transferred to the outer dynasty, and the main executive power of state affairs is in the hands of the prime minister and the outer courts.Therefore, the contradiction between the three inevitably broke out.

The eldest princess and Zhongshujian, who are in charge of decision-making power in state affairs, the mansion of Da Sima, who is in charge of military power, the prime minister, who is in charge of executive power of state affairs, and the foreign courts immediately clashed fiercely for military power, and the conflict developed to a certain point. , it is necessary to confront each other head-on.Now the weapon for the three-party confrontation is the Luoyang War.

It stands to reason that the Zhongshu monitoring system is in the hands of the people in Beijiang. As long as the Beijiang people in Zhongshujian follow the orders of the general and let the decision-making power of state affairs be accommodated to the decision-making power of military affairs as much as possible, conflicts will not erupt for the time being, but in Luoyang At the critical moment of the war, this kind of conflict broke out. Obviously, the officials in Beijiang in the Zhongshujian no longer obeyed the orders of the general, but came together closely with the eldest princess.

Why did this unbelievable thing happen?The instigator of this is Master Li Wei.

Zhongshujian is the decision-making body of state affairs. In order to ensure the smooth development of ZTE's great cause, not only the northern Xinjiang officials are needed, but also the northern Xinjiang officials who are extremely loyal and have a thorough understanding of the ZTE great cause. Obviously, these people can only follow the generals in northern Xinjiang. Only those who have struggled for more than ten years can do it, and these people are almost all of Li Wei's lineage.After these ministers entered the Zhongshujian, they immediately found that they needed military decision-making power, otherwise the Zhongshujian would be like a lame man with a broken leg, unable to guarantee the sustainable development of ZTE's great cause.

The official system needs to be revised urgently, and the key point of the revision is that the generals must hand over part of the military decision-making power.

At the same time, the Outer Court also urgently needs to regain military administrative power, otherwise it will be subject to the Elbow of the Da Sima Mansion in everything.After all, this is an era of frequent conquests, and any trivial matter will take a long time between the two governments, so what else is there to do?

At the most critical moment of the Luoyang War, when Hebei's wealth was in jeopardy, the Outer Dynasty, the Central Dynasty and the Inner Dynasty finally couldn't hold back and joined forces to attack the general.

The general had noticed this, and he wanted to test it out, so he strongly recommended Li Wei as the post of supervisor of Zhongshu, but the eldest princess did not agree, and Li Wei himself refused. The general felt very disturbed, but he miscalculated Unexpectedly, with the development of the war situation, the Qiang people would occupy more than half of the western border, and Yuan Shao would burn down the periphery of Luoyang, leaving hundreds of thousands of refugees needing relief out of thin air.The court's wealth was unable to support the battlefield, which finally led to the sudden outbreak of the biggest hidden danger in the court.

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"At this point, the reason why the eldest princess and Lord Li Wei introduced the new official system last year has been fully exposed, but the crux of the problem is that the eldest princess and Lord Li Wei did not want to seize the opportunity to seize the military power of the general."

Jiang Ji was stunned, he thought for a long time, and finally shook his head in doubt, cupped his hands and said, "Master Fu, please advise?"

"The official position of the great general is that the great Sima is also in charge of the general and participates in the official affairs." Fu Qian said, "The great Sima is originally in charge of military affairs, and the general is in charge of commanding the battlefield. The identity can also allow the general to control part of the decision-making power of the state affairs. In this case, the general handed over part of the military decision-making power to the Zhongshujian. There is more room for choice when making policy decisions abroad, which is conducive to the promotion of ZTE’s great cause.”

Fu Gan smiled slightly and continued: "The eldest princess's trust in the general is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and Li Wei has been with the general for more than ten years, and he knows the general's character very well. They are making this decision. At that time, I must have taken all the dangers into consideration, this strategy can be said to be foolproof, and the general has no excuse to refuse."

Jiang Ji was even more confused. He looked at Fu Gan and asked impatiently, "What's the crux of the problem?"

"In the early days, the general used various opportunities on various occasions to frequently advise the generals in northern Xinjiang to learn from teachers and read scriptures, and to study and learn. The general said that because of poverty, our generation has no conditions to study. Chanting scriptures, but our next generation, the next generation, should be scholars who have read the scriptures well, should govern the country, and should continue to promote the development of the great man, so that the great man will become rich and powerful and dominate the world." Fu Qian reached out and knocked on the table. , said in a low voice, "The crux of the problem is that the eldest princess, the prime minister, and Li Wei, almost all the ministers in the court, do not want the northern Xinjiang warriors to appear in the court, and do not want the northern Xinjiang warriors to govern as ministers. Sheji. In their view, warriors should guard the territory, and should not dictate to them in the court, but the general is just the opposite. After pacification, control the court, establish the country with force, and rule the country with force."

Jiang Ji suddenly realized.

The Great War in the Central Plains was over, Luoyang was surrounded, and Luoyang's conquest was only a matter of time. Once the imperial court stabilized the Central Plains, there would be no power to stop the great cause of ZTE.Once the world is settled down, the warriors of northern Xinjiang will take off their battle robes and rush into the court. At that time, no matter whether it is the old ministers like Yang Biao and Cai Yong, or the civil servants of Northern Xinjiang like Li Wei and Yu Peng, they will all Without the outstanding achievements of the northern Xinjiang warriors, they would all be squeezed out of the center of power. Therefore, whether they are protecting their own power or protecting the great cause of ZTE, they must join hands to fight against the northern Xinjiang warriors. The key to fighting against the warriors in northern Xinjiang is to control military power.

However, this touched the general's bottom line, hurt the general's feelings, and damaged the interests of the warriors in northern Xinjiang, which the general could not tolerate.

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"The general is very passive now." Fu Gan smiled wryly and shook his head again and again.

There are very few warriors from northern Xinjiang who serve as ministers and ministers in the court, and because of frequent wars, they spend far more time on the battlefield than in the court.

The eldest princess and Lord Li Wei control the Zhongshujian and control the decision-making power of state affairs, and because they want to maintain and promote the sustainable development of ZTE, they must continue to control the court.

Ministers of the Outer Dynasty are all over the court and local states and counties. As the recovered territory becomes wider and wider, the court urgently needs more scholars to enter the court, so the power of the Outer Dynasty will become stronger and stronger.

The more victorious battles are fought, the faster and faster the pace of the northern border army going south, and the day when the world is peaceful is getting closer and closer, but the living space of the northern border warriors is getting smaller and smaller. The point of not fighting back.

But at this moment, both the imperial court and ZTE's great cause are fragile and cannot withstand any serious damage. If the society is to be revived, and the great man wants to continue to dominate the world, stability and unity are the most important things, otherwise the fate of defeat Disaster is imminent.

In order to realize their great cause of rejuvenation, the eldest princess and the ministers of the court took every step extremely cautiously, lest the current good situation be destroyed, and the general was the same. Forbearance is all to let the big man go to ZTE earlier.

Seizing Luoyang and taking all of the Central Plains, the cornerstone of ZTE's great cause was laid immediately. The eldest princess and the court ministers finally couldn't wait, and the general finally made up his mind.

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"After the success of the Great General Qin Wang, Emperor Xiaoxian wanted to seize the power as in the past, but was stopped by the General and a group of veterans. The way to stop it was to support the eldest princess and let the eldest princess lead the Shangshutai to act as an agent of state affairs." Fu Gantan He breathed a sigh of relief, "Now the eldest princess is pressing her every step of the way, even splitting the Northern Xinjiang faction, endangering the safety of the country. The general has no choice but to stop it, and the way to stop it is to support the emperor."

Jiang Ji was dizzy, he had never been exposed to such a complicated court struggle, he swallowed hard, and asked awkwardly: "Master Fu, the eldest princess is the aunt of today's emperor, what she is doing now, is it not true?" Is it to pave the way for the emperor to rule in the future?"

Wang Ling laughed, and looked at Jiang Ji with disdain.Jiang Ji's face was slightly red, and his expression became more and more embarrassing.

"The great cause of ZTE is not the property of today, the eldest princess, the general, or the ministers of the court, but the great man. Only when the great man is revived can everyone's interests be guaranteed. It is very important to ensure that the great man is revived." Difficult things are things that require the continuous efforts of two or even three generations." Fu Gan said calmly, "Everyone has a set of strategies for Zhongxing Dahan in their hearts. The eldest princess has it, the general has it, and the prime minister has it. My lord has it, and so does my lord Li Wei, but who can say that their ZTE strategy is correct? Since we can’t be sure whether the ZTE strategy is right or wrong, then we have only one way, which is to ensure that the ministers in the court can maintain the great cause of ZTE. Long-term loyalty. Who can do this? Only us, only Beijiang people, only Beijiang warriors. The Beijiang warriors were born in poverty, and a peaceful and happy life is their dream, a dream that goes deep into the bone marrow. The general thinks , Only the northern Xinjiang warriors and their descendants can use their bravery and loyalty to defend the great man and defend the great cause of the great man's resurgence."

"We don't need people who give up their territory, people who are loyal to power, and people who are afraid of the battlefield." Fu Gan waved his arms a little excitedly, "Big men need warriors with strong bones, and iron cavalry that are invincible. , need an invincible army.”

"Who can give us these? The eldest princess? Today, under her education, under the education of a group of ministers who would rather give up their territory than cherish their own power, can they give us these?" Fu Gan sneered, "If If we don’t support the Son of Heaven in time, don’t take him to the battlefield, and don’t forge him into an iron-blooded warrior, will the northern Xinjiang warriors still gain a foothold in the court and fight for the great cause of ZTE?”

Jiang Ji was almost suffocated, he opened his mouth wide and looked at the impassioned Fu Gan, dumbfounded.

"How much will the emperor who grew up under his wings achieve? If the emperor's intelligence is limited, the eldest princess will return to the emperor? Looking back at the history of this dynasty, aren't the bloody lessons not enough profound enough?" Fu Gan punched When it came to the case, "The general's decision cannot be changed. If the eldest princess insists on not obeying, the emperor and the court will never get out of Jinyang."

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Fu Gan and Wang Ling obviously couldn't control their emotions, and the memorials they wrote always had an aggressive taste.Being too rigid is not conducive to persuading the eldest princess, so the general invited Jiang Ji.

Jiang Ji finally understood the whole story, he thought about it for a while, and he did it in one go, eloquently, very wonderfully.

The general was very satisfied with the memorial, and did not change a single word, and sent Babaili Kuaiqi to Jinyang overnight.

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At the end of August, Jinyang.

Before the eldest princess had finished reading the general's memorial, her pink face was flushed with anger, and her expression was extremely angry.

The general did not respond to the court's decision, and he only made two suggestions in his memorial.

Considering that the Son of Heaven will undertake the great cause of ZTE and rebuild the former glory of the Han Dynasty, from now on, the Son of Heaven must be honed in the flames of war and grow up in the midst of suffering. He must be as persevering as Emperor Xiaowu and Emperor Guangwu, Being brave and fearless will lay a solid foundation for future achievements.

The general suggested that the emperor immediately go to the Luoyang battlefield and command the soldiers of the Han Dynasty to fight bravely. From then on, whenever the army goes out, the emperor will go to the battlefield himself.With His Royal Highness and ministers sitting in the capital, and the emperor and the great Han generals conquering the world, why not worry about the great cause of ZTE?
Then the general said, considering that the emperor is away all year round and cannot waste his studies, he recommends Zheng Xuan, Taifu Yang Biao, Guang Luxun Zhang Yan, Long Xiang General Zhao Yun, Zhongshu Supervisor Tian Chou, Liangzhou Jia Xu, the governor, Shi Fugan, the chief of the general's office, and eight ministers in total are "Teachers of the Son of Heaven".When the emperor was in Beijing, he was taught by Zheng Xuan and Yang Biao. When the emperor was conquering, he and the other six ministers taught him.

These two suggestions are less than a hundred words, but the reasons are thousands of words, and the benefits of the emperor's personal conquest are exaggerated.

After the eldest princess read the two suggestions made by the general, she raised her hand and smashed the memorial to the ground, "Decree, urgently summon all ministers to the Phoenix Pond to discuss matters."

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The atmosphere in Phoenix Pond was tense.

The general's counterattack was too outrageous.

Let the emperor go to Luoyang, which is called Yujia's personal conquest if you put it nicely, or kidnapping if you put it badly.

To worship the eight ministers as "Teachers of the Son of Heaven", to put it bluntly, is to prepare the strength of the Son of Heaven.Master Zheng Xuan's disciples are all over the world.Yang Biao was born in the Yang family in Kansai. The Yang family was the grand lord of the four generations and three princes of this dynasty, and there are countless disciples and old officials.Needless to say, the general himself.Zhang Yan used to be the commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turban Army, but currently the majority of the Northern Xinjiang Army is from the Yellow Turban Army. Having Zhang Yan's support is equivalent to getting their support.Jia Xu is a native of Liangzhou, with both civil and military skills, and outstanding resourcefulness. With him teaching the emperor, it is estimated that every inch of the frontier of the Han Dynasty will be contested in the future.Zhao Yun, Tian Chou, and Fu Gan are not very old. When the older generation in Beijiang is gone, they can still help the emperor to support the overall situation.

The general prepared strength for the emperor early, which seemed normal, but in fact he was warning the eldest princess, restraining the eldest princess, and paving the way for the emperor to rule in the future. However, more serious problems lie behind.

Although the emperor is only five years old this year, he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty and represents the imperial power of the Han Dynasty.The Son of Heaven marched in person, and was with the general, and part of the imperial power was immediately controlled by the general. In this way, not only did the general not have to hand over his military power, but he took away part of the imperial power from the eldest princess.

The general made a thunderous stab, hitting the vital point of the eldest princess and the court.

Agree or disagree?If she agrees, the eldest princess and the court will immediately fall into a passive position, and will be under the control of the general in everything in the future.If you don't agree, things are unpredictable, because the general is now irritated.Although the eldest princess and the court have been trying their best to avoid such a situation, with the development of the situation and the intensification of contradictions, fierce frontal conflicts inevitably occurred.

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