Great Han Empire

Chapter 972 Chapter [-]
In the afternoon on the sixth day of August, Liyang.

Da Si Nongqing Li Wei rushed over 100 miles to Liyang to meet the eldest princess.

Lu Bu welcomed him into the city, "Where is Your Majesty? Is it safe?"

"Your Majesty is in the Northern Army Camp, and he is fine for the time being." Li Wei's expression was solemn, his brows were full of worry, and his voice was slightly hoarse, giving people a strong sense of uneasiness.

Lu Bu's face changed drastically. "Temporarily safe" means that there is a lot of danger, especially when this sentence comes from Li Wei's mouth, which makes the situation even more dangerous.

"Where is the Northern Army? Have they entered Chang'an City?"

"Not yet."

Lu Bu felt suffocated, he took a few short breaths, lowered his head and stopped talking.Li Wei didn't speak either. He was very tired. He hadn't rested for two days and one night. He galloped between Chang'an, Fenghao Daying and Liyang.

When approaching the palace, Lu Bu hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "Can Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and other adults..."

"Impossible." Li Wei turned to look at Lu Bu with a sad expression on his face, "You should try to protect yourself, don't forget, you still have a group of brothers, a group of brothers who will fight with you all over the world, you have to go first Only by keeping yourself can you keep them, and the rest..." Li Wei waved his hand weakly, "You have experienced the Luoyang Mutiny and the Chang'an Mutiny, so you should be very aware of the cruelty of the court struggle. Now my situation is more difficult than yours, you You know? I can't help you, you can only rely on yourself."

Lu Bu's hands trembled slightly, and his heart was filled with grief and anger. He felt like a ferocious animal in a cage, watching the screaming weapons piercing his body, but he had no power to resist.

Li Wei was very powerful, and the prime minister took advantage of his tricks to attack him. He immediately retaliated and dragged the people of Yanzhou into the vortex of struggle.The two sides killed each other, but gave the warriors of northern Xinjiang a chance, a chance to catch them all.If the people of Yanzhou can't keep it, the prime minister can't keep it; if Ding Li and Zhu Wei can't keep it, Li Wei can't keep it either.Both the prime minister and Li Wei fell, and the eldest princess lost her left and right arms to support, and the eldest princess could not keep it.

The development of the court situation has become more and more clear.The timing of the military mutiny in northern Xinjiang was very well grasped. They took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the generals in the army with the court's appeasement strategy, and when the conflicts between the various powers in the court were fierce due to endless fighting, they struck with a thunderbolt. Not only the support, but also the support of some scholars in the court who are already clearly at a disadvantage.Now they threaten their opponents with the ready-to-go army, and kill them through the assassination of the emperor. When the two major forces of the prime minister and Li Wei fall, the eldest princess will also face the fate of being banned from the deep palace.

Judging from the current situation, the Prime Minister is unable to keep it. The cause of the mutiny is the wrong tactics of the imperial court, and the Prime Minister will bear the direct responsibility for it.When the prime minister fell, so did the Qingyan scholars.I have a close relationship with Qingyan Shiren, if I don't try to get rid of the relationship with Qingyan Shiren at this moment, I will be implicated.My own life is nothing, but Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Li Feng and others who have followed me for many years will be implicated.Two trade-offs, which is more important, is self-evident.

If I want to keep it safe, I have to protect the eldest princess with all my might, so as not to let the eldest princess suffer any harm, so as to wait for the general to come back to save the situation.

"Is there still time?"

"I'm trying to save myself." Li Wei smiled wryly, "I hope the general can also protect himself, and protect those brothers who have followed you for many years."

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He Feng stopped Li Wei outside the hall with a murderous look on his face.Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Tian Yu hurriedly found an excuse and slipped away.

"Hehe..." He Feng gritted his teeth, "You still dare to come to Liyang?"

Li Wei raised his brows and was furious. He grabbed He Feng by the collar, "Where is your army? Where is your army?"

Li Wei was taller than He Feng, and was burly. Although he was usually gentle and easy-going, this time when he showed his power, he had a mighty aura, which immediately frightened He Feng.Although He Feng wanted to tear Li Wei into pieces, he was guilty. If he wanted to get out of the predicament, he still needed to rely on Li Wei.At this moment, when Li Wei yelled at him, he immediately thought of the consequences of angering Li Wei, and immediately lost his courage.

Although he was deceived by Li Wei to send troops to Liyang, but he can't say that, not only will he lose his face, but his head will be lost immediately.Li Wei is a big farmer, and he is a mighty general. One is in the court and the other is in the army. Eight sticks can't fight together. If he said that Li Wei took the general's warrant to force him to send troops this time, who would believe it?Even if someone believed it, he would be the first to be beheaded. He dared to do such a violation of the law. He was either a rebel or an idiot. It would be a disaster to keep it.As for Li Wei, he would not admit that he had the general's warrant in his hand, let alone that he dispatched troops in violation of the law.For him, this is a capital offense, even if he is executed Ling Chi, he will not say anything.This matter is a secret, a private secret, whoever tells it will be a disaster for the family.

Now everyone thinks that before leaving Chang'an, the general secretly left a warrant for himself to send troops to escort him when he was in danger because he was worried about an accident in Chang'an.This warrant is a secret agreement between the general and himself, and it is within the scope of the general's power. That is to say, even if he misjudges the situation, he will not be killed. charges.

However, this time I not only misjudged the situation, but also exacerbated the deterioration of the situation to a certain extent, and put myself in a difficult situation.

What Li Wei said to himself in Chang'an was not wrong. This was the reason why he decided to send troops. However, Li Wei only analyzed what the mutiny showed, but deliberately concealed the essence behind the mutiny.The ultimate goal of Zhang Yan's mutiny was to seize the power from the Eldest Princess, but once Zhang Yan took control of the power, once he got along with Yang Biao, Xun You, and Li Wei, would they still need a general?They are very likely to use the general's warrant and the fact that they sent troops to Liyang to push the responsibility for the mutiny and the coercion of the eldest princess to hand over power to the general and themselves.The general was finally forced to leave the desert, the eldest princess was imprisoned in the deep palace, and she herself died. Zhang Yan, Li Wei and others used the excuse of supporting the little emperor to seize power and do whatever they wanted.

Now Zhang Yan is still in the camp of the Northern Army, but he brought his troops to Liyang to face Lu Bu tit for tat. In fact, the mutiny has already taken shape. Mutiny, the development of the situation will be extremely unfavorable to the princess and the general.

I can only gamble.Since the general handed over the secret order to Li Wei, asking him to decide whether to send troops to protect the eldest princess according to the development of the court situation, then Li Wei should be trustworthy, and he can only listen to him what to do in the future.As for right or wrong, life or death, I don't care.If it is wrong, it is also the fault of the general, because the general was blind and saw the wrong person.

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He Feng grabbed Li Wei's collar with his backhand, "Are you here to frame me? Say?"

"Are you kidding me? What time is this?" Li Wei pushed He Feng away forcefully and cursed a few words angrily.He was talking in his native language, and He Feng couldn't understand a word, but he knew that Li Wei was scolding him, so he was so angry that he wanted to pounce on him again, "You dare to play me, I skinned you today..."

"Okay, okay..." Li Wei was powerless and shook his hands again and again, "He madman, you must bring in the army, you know? What's the use of you here alone? It's not enough for others to chop."

"I've already been fooled, and I won't be fooled again." He Feng looked around and shouted in a low voice, "If you dare to harm His Highness and the General, I will kill you now."

"What did you fall for? What nonsense?" Li Wei said, "If your army doesn't move, can I stop Zhang Yan from sending troops? If your army doesn't reach Liyang, can the Southern Army be threatened? If you don't pass the general's secret order Pass it to the eldest princess, can the eldest princess dispel her doubts about the general?"

"Zhang Yan won't send troops anymore?"

"We won't send troops for the time being. Sending troops will intensify the conflict and will not help solve the court issue. Zhang Yan's purpose is to solve the court issue, not to harm the country and make life miserable, so he will restrain himself for now." Li Wei walked , said in a low voice, "Lu Bu can't control the Southern Army. Zhang Yan took advantage of the opportunity of acting as a lieutenant to replace a large number of Southern Army generals. Several Southern Army generals Guo Xun, Yang Yi, and Liu Yu all He is Zhang Yan's confidant, so don't keep your eyes on Lu Bu, but keep a close eye on Yang Yi, Guo Xun and others. They are the biggest scourge in Liyang City. In the past two days, you have to do everything possible to pull the army Go into town, don't waste any more time."

"How do you know that His Highness is suspicious of the general?" Seeing Li Wei walking faster and faster, He Feng grabbed him, "Go slower, I have to ask clearly before I can be fooled again."

"What did you do?" Li Wei said angrily, "Only the general and the three of us know about that warrant. If the general doesn't believe me, will he give me the warrant? If I don't believe you, I will risk getting caught." You are in danger of slashing with a knife to find you? You should trust me and stop thinking about it. After this matter is over, you will gain the absolute trust of the eldest princess and the general, and your future will be very bright."

He Feng stared at Li Wei fiercely, and said with a smirk: "I feel cold when I hear this, and I feel uncomfortable all over."

Li Wei didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued the topic just now: "The general recommended Mr. Zhang Yan as the emperor's teacher, and gained the trust of the emperor, which is why the crisis of the mutiny happened. If it were you, you would be against the general. No doubts? But your appearance at this moment and the general's warrant are enough for the eldest princess to dispel her doubts and continue to trust the general, which is extremely important for us to resolve the crisis."

He Feng didn't quite understand, but he didn't want to ask, he just wanted to get himself out of the predicament, "My army can't get in now, you have to find a way for me."

"Begging the eldest princess, keep begging, to make the eldest princess feel that the danger is close at hand, to make her doubt Lu Bu's intentions, to doubt the loyalty of the soldiers of the southern army, to make her worry about the little emperor's safety all the time, to make her The whole Liyang is in a bloody panic." Li Wei approached He Feng and said quickly, "We must race against time and solve the problem as quickly as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

He Feng suddenly realized, and nodded again and again, "Zhong Yuan, won't Master Zhang Yan be unfavorable to the general?"

"Don't always worry about the general. If the people of the yellow scarf line don't have the general, they will die immediately." Li Wei pointed to his nose and said, "Why don't you worry about me? Do you know how many knife holders there are now? On my neck? I'm going to die soon, you know?"

"You're dead." He Feng sneered, "I wish you were dead."

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After listening to Li Wei's report, the eldest princess, prime minister Cai Yong, Zhongshu supervisor Liu Fang and other ministers breathed a sigh of relief, but everyone knew that a bigger storm was coming.If Zhang Yan fails to achieve his goal, the crisis will immediately turn from the assassination of the emperor to a mutiny, and severe situations will ensue.

The report of the assassination of the emperor was put on the case table.

The persons involved in the case include Cai Mao, Wang Lang, Hua Xin, Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, the special envoys from Xiangyang, and Kong Rong, Mi Heng, Chen Deng, etc., the officials of the court and China. There is evidence that Zang Hong and Zhang Miao Chen Gong and other ministers are also implicated in this case, and Grand Sima Xu Rong has ordered Tingwei Mansion to try the two cases together.

The censor Liu Heshangzuo, considering that he was from Qingzhou and had a close relationship with ministers such as Kong Rong and Mi Heng, took the initiative to ask to avoid it and recommended the old minister Sima Fang to temporarily lead the censor platform.

Ting Weiqing Xian Yufu and Ting Weicheng Chen Hao played, reporting the interrogation in detail.

The imperial censor, Xi Ji, played the role, impeached Kong Rong, Mi Heng and other ministers, and begged the eldest princess to decree to detain all ministers involved in the case immediately.

Grand Sima Xu Rong, Tai Wei Xun You, Guang Luxun Zhang Yan, Ting Wei Xian Yufu and other ministers jointly signed the petition. At present, there are many crises in the court. In order to stabilize the state and counties, we request the replacement of [-] county prefects and state officials who are closely related to the ministers involved in the case. Prime Minister, and asked these outgoing officials to return to Beijing immediately.

Prime Minister Cai Yong has a close relationship with many ministers involved in the case, and implores the eldest princess to issue an order to ask the prime minister to temporarily avoid it, and the affairs of the prime minister's mansion will be temporarily represented by the old minister Zhou Zhong.

General Zuowei, Wei Wei Lu Bu and many ministers involved in the case are closely related, and they are no longer suitable for supervising the Southern Army. It is recommended that the eldest princess issue an order to immediately order him to evade and hand over military power, and recommend Yang Feng, the right general, to temporarily supervise the Southern Army to guard the palace. .

Grand Sima Xu Rong played alone. From the perspective of stabilizing the current situation, the minister suggested that His Highness should not send troops to Beijing without the Northern Army's dispatch, so as not to repeat the disaster of Dong Zhuo's chaos.

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"Is General Zhao Yun still in command of the Northern Army?" the Eldest Princess was silent for a long time, and asked in a low voice.

"Your Highness should be clear about Master Zhao's situation." Li Wei smiled wryly, "If His Majesty forcibly orders Lord Zhao to send troops, Lord Zhao will bear the responsibility of instigating the mutiny." Li Wei looked at Cai Yong who was sitting beside him with an angry expression on his face. Shaking his head, "Master Prime Minister must make a choice, either take the initiative to admit that the imperial court made a major mistake in recruiting strategy and bear all the responsibilities, or Mr. Zhao will..." Li Wei paused and sighed softly, "Zhao If something happens to your lord, after the general returns, the problem will become more complicated, and Zhang Yan and others may seize the opportunity to seize power, leading to a worsening of the situation."

"Now the big man is in charge of me, not the emperor..." The eldest princess became a little annoyed.

"If the prime minister refuses to take responsibility for the crime, he may be involved in the assassination of the emperor, and he will be suspected of holding His Highness hostage. In this way, the authority in His Highness's hands will be lost, and the little emperor will be in power with the assistance of Minister Gu Ming. At that time, Master Zhao Yun was detained, and Zhang Yan commanded the Northern Army to dispatch, it was not a mutiny, but a suppression of the rebellion, it was to save His Highness, it was an act of righteousness."

"How can there be such a reason..." Cai Yong sighed miserably, "Is there any reason in this world?"

"Yes." Li Wei said, "as long as the prime minister tells the emperor that he was deceived by a traitor in his strategy of appeasement and almost fell into the catastrophe of overthrowing the whole country, the crime is serious, and he takes the initiative to accept the guilt and resign, then the mutiny will not happen. The court will also quickly restore stability, Chang'an is just an attempted assassination of the emperor."

"Zhong Yuan, tell me the truth, is it true or not that His Majesty was assassinated at Weiqiao? Did Kong Rong, Mi Heng and others participate in the assassination?" Cai Yong said excitedly, "Tell me, as long as you tell me the truth, I will Please resign as prime minister immediately. Even if I die, I will die clearly."

"Your Majesty was indeed assassinated at Weiqiao." Li Wei said without hesitation, "Xiangyang's special envoys Xu Shu, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian disappeared, which shows that the rebels did plan to assassinate the emperor. When His Majesty will arrive in Chang'an, only the ministers of the court I know, so there must be ministers in the court who participated in the assassination. What is the purpose of assassinating the emperor, I believe you know better than me. What will happen to Chang'an when the only heir of the first emperor is suddenly killed? Chang'an will collapse. We will not be able to rebuild the emperor for a while. Rumors of the great general's regicide will be spread all over the world, the states and counties will betray, the army will betray, the counter-rebellion will be indefinitely, the great cause of ZTE will suffer heavy losses, the confrontation between the North and the South will inevitably become a reality, the Han will split, and even It could be overturned.”

"The rebels came to negotiate a peace, which is a conspiracy in itself. Many ministers have repeatedly written warnings, but His Highness and the Prime Minister simply didn't listen to it." Li Wei was heartbroken, "Why did Your Highness and the Prime Minister insist on going their own way? Why? We all know the reason, and this It is also an important reason for the crisis in the court today."

"The imperial court has been severely damaged, and it will take some time to recover, and the suppression of the rebellion will have to be delayed." Li Wei said angrily, "The treachery of the rebels has succeeded, and they have won a breathing space. The imperial court will pay a heavy price for this. ZTE The great cause will suffer serious setbacks, isn't the guilt big enough?"

Cai Yong smiled wryly, "Okay, what Zhong Yuan said is good, I am indeed responsible for a serious crime, I will submit my resignation, but I will wait until the general returns."

"This crisis has exposed a problem that we have worried about for many years, that is, the erosion and control of the government by the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army. In the past, Zhang Yan and others have been hiding behind the general, hiding deeply, but this time the general The general is gone, and they jumped out immediately. If there is no accident, before the general returns, they will try to coerce His Highness to hand over power on the condition of His Majesty's life, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of controlling the government."

"This problem must be solved, and it is best to use this crisis to solve it once, otherwise there will be endless troubles." Cai Yong sighed, "Just imagine, if the power is controlled by Zhang Yan and other ministers who are born in yellow scarves, the eldest princess Both the general and the general will be emptied, and the battle in the court will be more bloody and tragic."

Li Wei was stunned for a while, then pointed to the outside of the hall, with a somewhat helpless expression, "Master Prime Minister, please take a look at the current Southern Army, look at Huben and Yulin, how many soldiers are from the Yellow Turban? Look at the court hall, Look at the army, how many ministers and generals of yellow turban origin? Solve it? How to solve it? Are you against the entire court and the entire army? Your Excellency, the reason why the big man has come to this point is that these yellow turban They have made great contributions to the great man, they are not a threat to the great man, they are the pillars of the great man's revival. What the imperial court has to solve now is not the issue of birth, not the issue of factions, but the issue of ZTE's strategy."

The faces of the eldest princess and Cai Yong immediately became ugly.

Li Wei's words have already expressed his own position, and it can also be said to represent the thoughts of most ministers in the Chang'an court. Although the mutiny has not happened now, the reason for the mutiny is still there, and the mutiny may happen at any time. To alleviate the crisis and completely eliminate the possibility of a mutiny, the most urgent task is to eradicate this cause, which is the modification of ZTE's strategy. To put it bluntly, it is to reduce and restrict the power in the hands of the eldest princess.

Although Cai Yong intentionally shifted the focus of the conflict to the Yellow Turban faction, trying to get the ministers of the court to clash with Zhang Yan and other Yellow Turban forces for the safety of the emperor, thereby delaying time and waiting for the general to come back to deal with the crisis, but the court officials The ministers were obviously unwilling to do this, and they couldn't wait to grab as much power as possible from the eldest princess before the general returned.

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At the request of the ministers, the eldest princess issued the following edicts, but the eldest princess did not want to let Yang Feng go to Liyang. authority.

The eldest princess did not order Lu Bu to avoid him.Lu Bu has already made an oath and said that she would rather hand over her head than the palace, what else can she do?Thinking of Lu Bu's loyalty to his younger brother Emperor Xiaoxian in the past, the eldest princess regained her trust in him, but she was extremely afraid of Lu Bu's subordinates.She met with Lu Bu again and explained the situation in Chang'an in detail, asking him to reconsider whether to allow He Feng to bring some troops into the city to guard the palace, but Lu Bu still refused, without any room for negotiation.

The eldest princess burst into tears with anger.She thought of the general, if the general was still in Chang'an, would Lu Bu dare to say "no"?Zhang Yan and others dare to persecute themselves unscrupulously?But it's too late to say anything now.

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Li Wei got into the carriage.He was too tired, and after returning to Chang'an, there were all-night discussions, so he wanted to sleep on the way back.

The carriage stopped before leaving the palace.Xiao Lan opened the door, jumped into the carriage, hugged Li Wei, and cried bitterly.Li Wei sighed, gently stroked Xiao Lan's back, and whispered, "My body is too dirty, it already stinks."

Xiao Lan hugged her even tighter, "Can you hold on?"

"I can still support it." Li Wei smiled. "Back then, you abandoned your glory and wealth and walked thousands of miles with me to the western border. You suffered so much. What is my suffering?"

"You don't need to stay out of your head. Why are you so stupid and insist on getting out?" Xiao Lan sobbed softly, choking on her sobs.

"If I don't show up, Ding Li and Zhu Wei will die." Li Wei said in a painful voice, "The prime minister has fallen, and it will be my turn next. It will take some time for the general to come back. They have enough Time kills me. The prime minister and I are down, who else will protect the eldest princess? The eldest princess is down, the generals control the government, the big man repeats the scene when Dong Zhuo was in power, and the warriors and scholars in northern Xinjiang are completely opposed. There is no longer a buffer force, and when the conflict between the two sides breaks out, it will be the day of the country's defeat, and the life of the general will be in jeopardy."

"I have to save myself first. In the past few years, I have been too sharp and have too many enemies."

"Before the Luoyang War, the court had already felt the crisis that the northern Xinjiang warriors were about to enter the dynasty. If the northern Xinjiang warriors entered the dynasty, ZTE's strategic adjustment was inevitable, and it would definitely not benefit the interests of the powerful families. In order to prevent this situation The first thing that happened was to attack the people of northern Xinjiang and split the forces in northern Xinjiang. The prime minister and some foreign ministers persuaded the eldest princess to use the proposal of increasing troops and moving the capital to make the illusion that the eldest princess had to modify the official system. To a certain extent, it served as a good cover for the eldest princess and I to deceive the general into agreeing to revise the official system. The official system was revised, and the decision-making power was concentrated in the Zhongshujian, and the soldiers and scholars in northern Xinjiang were also split."

"The princess played a decisive role in the split of the forces in northern Xinjiang, but the general didn't know it. Although I knew it was a trap, I had to jump because I was powerless to stop the princess and the people in northern Xinjiang from splitting up." , even more unable to prevent the accumulation of various conflicts in the process of ZTE’s great cause. Taking a step back, even if I told the general about the consequences of revising the official system, how can the general solve the problem of increasing troops and moving the capital? Is it possible to use a knife? I offended the general and the warriors in northern Xinjiang. At the same time, because I partially controlled the Zhongshujian, I also had a conflict with the eldest princess, but the eldest princess concealed it very well and let the court go up and down. They all felt that I was the one who controlled the government. I didn’t dare to serve in the Zhongshu Supervisor because I was worried that I would be on the cusp of a crisis and completely break with the general.”

"Fortunately, the general is a general after all, and he still believes in me, but now Luoyang has been defeated, the pace of warriors entering the dynasty is getting faster and faster, and the strategic conflicts of ZTE are becoming more and more intense every time."

"The eldest princess and the prime minister immediately decided to act. Their strategy was very simple. They plunged the court into chaos, put ZTE's great cause in crisis, forced the general to hand over his military power, and delayed the entry of warriors into the court. However, the general retreated to advance. Transferring part of the military power in exchange for the entry of warriors into the court angered the eldest princess and the prime minister, they made a wrong choice and fell into the trap of the Xiangyang people."

"The court was in chaos, and the court made wrong decisions. ZTE's great cause quickly fell into crisis. The Yellow Turbans finally couldn't help launching a military remonstrance, but have you noticed that a single Yellow Turban cannot launch a military remonstrance? There are big problems in this The general's acquiescence and connivance were aided by Tai Fu Yang Biao and Tai Wei Xun You."

"The general is too far away from Chang'an. When he comes back, Zhang Yan will quickly control the government with the help of people like Yang Biao and Xun You. The princess and the general will be emptied, and I, Zhao Yun and Lu Bu will be killed. The Xinjiang people will suffer heavy losses, and the northern Xinjiang warriors will kill each other, and in the end the general can keep the three states of Hebei, which is very good."

"Taifu Yang Biao is a veteran of Emperor Xiaoling's dynasty. He has experienced the scourge of the party, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Luoyang Mutiny and two Chang'an Mutinies. With his rich political experience and outstanding intelligence, he took advantage of this rare opportunity to control the overall Isn't it easy? He also has many helpers who have rich political experience like him, Taiwei Xun You, Guanglu doctor Zhong Yao, old ministers Yang Qi, Xu Shao, Sima Fang, Zhou Zhong, Zhang Xi, etc. Guan Luo The strength of Heyingru scholars is too strong. The Qingyan scholars headed by Prime Minister Cai Yong and the older generation of northern Xinjiang scholars headed by Taichang Guo Ce are simply unable to do so in terms of political experience or ability to deal with court crises. on a par with them."

"When I heard that Zhang Yan brought the Son of Heaven into the camp of the Northern Army, I was very frightened. My first thought was that I was going to die."

Li Wei's hands kept shaking.Xiao Lan hugged him, deeply feeling the strong fear welling up from the bottom of his heart.

"I want to save myself, but I need troops to save myself. When I saw Zhao Neng, I thought of Zilong who was in danger, He Feng, and the warrant. Back then, the general gave me this warrant outside Jinyang City I learned a secret of the General when he was not in Jinyang. Whenever he was not in Jinyang, there must be someone holding the General’s order to dispatch troops. Before me, it should be Mr. Xian Yufu, so who should be after me?”

"Zitai?" Xiao Lan said without thinking.

"Yes, it must be Tian Chou. He must have a secret order from the general. In the past, the general needed to protect the eldest princess, but now, he wants to protect the little emperor, so the person who protects the emperor must be Zitai. That is to say, In fact, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng did not control the Northern Army at all. As long as Zitai presents the general's secret order, Zhang Yan and Yang Feng will die."

"You mean, the person who initiated this mutiny was the general?" Xiao Lan sat up straight suddenly, her face turned pale in an instant.

"Yes, yes..." Li Wei was sweating profusely, his eyes became extremely confused, "The general has made a move. Before the general left, he inspected various places in Guanzhong, that is to say, Zhang Baiqi, Liang Baiwu, Pound, Wei Jun, Hua Xiong, Li Yun, Zisu and others have all seen this secret order, as long as Zhang Yan orders troops to be dispatched, and as long as the eldest princess orders troops to be dispatched, they will die."

"Princess?" Xiao Lan's eyes widened in disbelief, her lips were trembling.

"The deployment of troops at this moment is treason, regicide, and chaos in the country. Whoever transfers troops will kill them. There is nothing wrong with that. The general has always done this." Li Wei suddenly laughed nervously, "The general still believes Me, told me this secret, and saved me from a desperate situation.”

"You transferred the troops, you transferred the troops..." Xiao Lan's tears rolled out suddenly, "You let He Crazy go to Liyang..."

"I asked. Before the general left, he didn't summon Madman He, who didn't know about this secret order at all, haha..." Li Wei hugged Xiao Lan quite excitedly, and kissed her hard on the face Suddenly, "I saved the big man, I saved Sheji, I saved the idiots in Chang'an City, I saved the eldest princess, I will be the prime minister..."

Xiao Lan was terrified, pulled Li Wei's beard hard, and slapped him several times, "What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? Don't scare me...don't talk nonsense..."

"At the beginning of the year, the general told me that you should be the prime minister. I was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. I thought I had offended the general. I thought about it for several days at home, but I just couldn't think of it. Didn't I offend the general? Now I know, he wants to punish the court, kill what should be killed, drive what should be driven, pave the way for me, and let me be the prime minister." Li Wei excitedly said again Kissed Xiao Lan on the face, "I really want to be the prime minister, it's not a dream."

Xiao Lan looked at him in surprise, "Aren't you too long-term? You just said that Master Yang Biao and Master Xun You are powerful, and it's not your turn to be prime minister. Even if you become prime minister, you My days in this world are numbered."

"Is it okay if I don't do it?" Li Wei sighed bitterly, "Who dares to disobey what the general said?"

"I persuaded He Feng and transferred him to Liyang, forming a de facto mutiny situation, forcing all parties in the court to quickly adjust their strategies. Zhang Yan didn't dare to move, and wanted to take advantage of the situation. Yang Biao and Xun You The others didn't dare to move anymore, they didn't expect the general to give me the power to deploy troops, that is to say, the general may have more powerful back moves, they were worried that they would be the first bird, and they would be chopped off by the general , I immediately retracted my head back. The situation has been controlled by me so far. Now I only need to coordinate the interests of all parties in the court and meet the requirements of the general as much as possible. This crisis will be passed quietly, and I can be the prime minister. On the contrary, if I don't handle this crisis well, my head will be gone."

Shocked and speechless, Xiao Lan asked after a long time, "What about the eldest princess?"

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