Chapter 9: Section 7 of the Central Plains

The contradiction between Fu Zhu and Guo Tu broke out very quickly, which not only directly led to the deterioration of the war situation in Henan and the loss of the important town of Xingyang, but also seriously endangered the security of Luoyang, which Yuan Shao did not expect. So far, he has not figured out how to properly resolve the matter of frustration while ensuring Luoyang's safety.

The power of the frustration is too great, and many of the military and political officials in Luoyang are his protégés and former officials, although he can use this matter to relieve the power of the frustration, but at the same time, there is a great risk. Once he mishandled it and made Fu Zhu and many Yizhou officials feel that their lives were threatened, then Luoyang was very likely to break out into a greater crisis. At the critical moment of the current conquest of the Central Plains, this crisis may have a fatal blow to the cause of his hegemony. This result is something that Yuan Shao absolutely does not want to see.

Yuan Shao summoned Xu You, Xin Ping, and Feng Ji to discuss repeatedly.

Xu You's mood was very high, and he thought of a lot of solutions.

Xu You and Yuan Shao have been close friends for decades, and in order to rescue the party, they and a group of brothers were born and died. Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, and after Yuan Shao fled Jizhou, he invited Xu You, who immediately rushed to Jizhou and did his best to help Yuan Shao. Crusading against Dong Zhuo, forcing Han Fu to occupy Yizhou, and capturing Guanluo Chujian hegemony, Xu You can be described as a meritorious achievement. But because Yuan Shao had to rely on the Jizhou forces led by Fu Zhu, he was not reused by Yuan Shao like Fu Zhu and became a pivotal figure in Luoyang, which made Xu You angry and depressed.

After Yuan Shao gained a foothold in Guan and Luo, Xu You thought that with the support of the powerful Yingchuan and Runan forces behind him, he could replace the position of Fu Zhu. However, it backfired, because of the rupture of the relationship between Xu and Yuan, the intricate relationship between the various gate valve forces in Yingchuan and Runan, and many sensitive issues such as the dispute between Yuan Shaozhi and the heir of Yuan Valve, the power struggle in Luoyang was extremely fierce. As a result, Xu You not only failed to replace Fu Zhi, but was gradually alienated by Yuan Shao and became more and more distant from the center of power.

This opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Xu You, so he spared no effort to make suggestions with Xin Ping and Feng Ji, intending to completely drive the Jizhou forces that have suppressed them for many years out of Luoyang.

Xu You believed that the situation was complicated at the moment, and the capture of the Central Plains was a top priority. In order to quickly stabilize Luoyang, it is better to uproot the Jizhou forces with lightning speed, so as not to leave endless troubles.

Xin Ping firmly disagreed.

Eradicating the Jizhou forces by the root is tantamount to a bloody storm in Luoyang, with too big action, too much influence, and too much involvement. Even if it succeeds and ensures the stability of Luoyang, it will definitely hurt the muscles and bones, and the loss for Luoyang is immeasurable. Once there is an accident on the way, Luoyang may be greatly injured and completely lose the opportunity to capture the Central Plains and establish the royal industry. Therefore, he suggested that it should be temporarily idle, gradually weaken the power of Jizhou, maintain the stability of Luoyang, and then consider the long-term after taking the Central Plains.

Feng Ji immediately spoke out against it.

If the Luoyang crisis is resolved according to Xin Ping's method, it will definitely be Yuan Tan who will get the greatest benefit from this crisis in the end.

Many people in the Jizhou forces insisted on standing tall rather than young, and strongly supported Yuan Tan to become the heir of Yuan Valve. When Yuan Tan gets this opportunity, he will definitely spare no effort to win them over in order to consolidate and strengthen his own power. Yuan Tan has the full support of the officials from Jizhou, and his strength will skyrocket. In this way, Yuan Shang has no chance. This is one of the main reasons why Yuan Shao made up his mind to weaken the power of Jizhou this time.

However, Yuan Shao thinks that Xin Ping's worries are very reasonable.

Xin Ping's exhortations are all based on stabilizing Yuan Shao's great cause, but Xu You is not, in order to gain power, he will do whatever it takes, and even Yuan Shao's hegemony is ignored.

After Yuan Shao betrayed him from Zhang Miao, he no longer trusted his former group of old friends, although he still kept Xu You by his side, but because of the political differences between the two in recent years, there have been repeated disputes, Yuan Shao has completely distrusted him. After being driven out of Luoyang this time, Yuan Shao planned to use him again and use his power to balance the forces of Yingchuan and Runan. In his opinion, as long as Xu You supports himself in establishing the royal industry, this person can still be trusted. But after talking about it today, Yuan Shao found that Xu You was no longer the high-spirited, directive, and loyal Xu You he was more than ten years ago.

"After the Northern Xinjiang Army went south, Lord Fu handled it seriously misappropriately, which brought many crises to Luoyang, considering that this crisis was caused by the rebellion of the public rule (Guo Tu), and the main responsibility is not Lord Fu, so ......" Yuan Shao looked at the three of them and asked in an inquiring tone, "I plan to play the Son of Heaven, recommend him as the Great Honglu, and let him go to Xuchang to serve the Son of Heaven, what do you think?" After all, this fault is nothing, and there is no need to be punished. ”

"My lord, it's a good way, it's a good way." Feng Ji applauded and praised. Xu You and Xin Ping looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Feng Ji danced on the side, and the two of them were not indifferent, so they had to stand up and compliment a few words.

After Cao Cao sent the Son of Heaven to Xuchang, in addition to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the other palaces of the imperial court also moved to Xuchang. Since the Son of Heaven is no longer in his hands, of course he is not willing to spend money to support a group of officials who eat and drink for nothing and do him no good. This court is purely an ornament, the personnel are not complete, and there is nothing to do in ordinary times, but it is good to get a good life and retirement. At this time, in order to calm the Luoyang crisis, Yuan Shao let Fu Zhi go to the Xuchang Imperial Court to serve as Da Honglu, and Mingli was promoted to the official of Fu Zhi, affirming Fu Zhi's merits, but secretly depriving Fu Zhu of the power in his hands.

Everyone knows the real reason why Fu Zhu left Luoyang, but Yuan Shao used this method to remove Fu Zhu's power, and the officials from Jizhou could accept it and continue to be loyal to Yuan Shao, after all, their lives were not threatened, and their vested interests were not greatly damaged. On the contrary, Yuan Tan, who came forward to protect Guo Tu, suffered the disaster of pond fish because of the hatred of Guo Tu by the officials from Jizhou, and Pingkong offended the forces that originally supported him, and suffered great losses.

"How to deal with the public rule (Guo Tu)?" Xu Yu asked slowly.

"He now relies on someone to support him, and he doesn't even listen to me." Yuan Shao sneered, "However, everyone has been friends for many years, so there is no need to turn against each other because of this matter." Since I didn't punish Master Fu, I won't embarrass him, let him go to Guanzhong. He didn't listen to me, and it was useless to stay in Luoyang. ”

"Who will go to Hanoi to lead the army?"

"Let Gao Rou go." Yuan Shao said, "I originally wanted Gao Gan to go, but if we return to Henan to help, we need to leave troops here." I think it would be more appropriate for Gao Gan to stay in Baima and Puyangyang. ”

"Lord Fu is gone, who is in Luoyang?" Xu Yu asked again.

Yuan Shao glanced at him, and Xu Yu's expectant eyes had undoubtedly exposed what he was thinking in his heart.

"I plan to let Meng Qian (Yuan Wei) sit in Luoyang." The corners of Yuan Shao's mouth lifted a hint of ridicule, "Ziyuan, what do you think?" ”

A trace of disappointment flashed in Xu You's eyes, and the smile on his face was a little bitter, a little heavy, and a little lonely.

"Brother Meng Qian's majesty is not enough to be more than friendly, and I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public when he is in Luoyang." Xin Ping pondered for a long time, and said cautiously, "My lord, this is a critical period for the capture of the Central Plains, and Luoyang must not be chaotic. In my opinion, it is better to let Xiansi (Yuan Tan) sit in Luoyang. It's a foolproof strategy. ”

"Guanzhong is very important, and Xiansi can't leave." Yuan Shao vetoed.

Xin Ping wanted to persuade him again, but Yuan Shao waved his hand to stop him, "I know it's a bit difficult for him to let Meng Qian sit in Luoyang." With his prestige, it is indeed difficult to control the Luoyang Prefecture, so I plan to let Zhengnan (the trial) go back with him. ”

Xu You's face darkened, and a trace of resentment suddenly appeared in his eyes. Xin Ping was stunned for a moment, let out a soft "oh", and stopped talking.

Feng Ji was overjoyed, and spit out a series of flattering words in his mouth.

The frustration is gone, and the civil and military officials from Jizhou are still there, and these people are now all over the Luoyang Prefecture and the army in various places. Many people are in key positions and are familiar with military and political affairs, and they cannot be removed at all in the short term. With Yuan Wei's qualifications and prestige, it was difficult to command them.

The judge has a high prestige among the officials from Jizhou, second only to Fu Zhu, but in recent years, because of his political disagreement with Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others, he has gradually been pushed aside by Fu Zhu and Tian Feng using various opportunities. This is also one of the reasons why he and Yuan Shao got closer, and even under the influence of Yuan Shao, he turned to support Yuan Shang as the heir of Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's arrangement took all aspects into account. He relieved the power of the frustrated delegation, divided and weakened the Jizhou forces, dealt a blow to Yuan Tan's strength, further consolidated his own power, and laid the foundation for the next step of establishing the royal industry and appointing Yuan Shang as his heir.

Xu You and Xin Ping resigned and left.

Yuan Shao left Feng Ji to continue to discuss some details, and at the same time sent someone to ask Yuan Wei and the judge to rush to the big tent immediately.

"My lord, did you see Xu Ziyuan's expression?" Feng Ji asked in a low voice.

"He's a little upset." Yuan Shao said lightly.

"Hmph......" Feng Ji sneered, "Xu Ziyuan is not happy, he probably has the intention of killing." ”

Yuan Shao sighed, "You shouldn't have called him today." ”

"If he doesn't come today, how will the adults see his true colors?"

"Yuantu, you're thinking too much." Yuan Shao shook his hand, "Ziyuan and my friends for decades, I know him very well. In addition to being arrogant and selfish, Ziyuan is impeccable. There are some places where we are inferior to him, you have to admit that. ”

Feng Ji pursed his lips disdainfully, "When Zhengzheng arrives in Luoyang, Xu Ziyuan's good days will come to an end." ”

Yuan Shao glanced at him suspiciously, and was about to ask, when Yuan Wei's voice came in from outside the tent.

The reviewer did not raise any objection to Yuan Shao's arrangement.

He knew that this day would come sooner or later, but unfortunately he and Tian Feng did not listen to his advice, they were very stubborn, completely unaware that their situation was becoming more and more dangerous.

From the beginning of Dong Zhuo's rebellion to the present, Dahan has been in war for ten years. Everyone has been working hard for ten years, but the situation is getting worse and worse. Fu Zhu and Tian Feng and others believe that in order to revive the social system, it is necessary to change the national policy, fundamentally change the old system, and curb the chaos at the source. But Yuan Shao, and many other officials, did not realize this, or did not fully see this, or were unwilling to accept this fact, they are still dying in the whirlpool of saving the Han, and they are still struggling in the thorns of saving Sheji.

Hebei is a striking example. Li Hong's rapid rise from the barren land of northern Xinjiang was not due to his strong force, but to a series of new policies that he had implemented since the time of the first emperor. Li Hong's knowledge is definitely not as good as that of an ordinary scholar in Dahan, but he is determined to reform, and he is very bold. With the help of a group of scholars who were also determined to reform, he revised the official system, the land system, and the tax system that had been used in the dynasty for hundreds of years in a dozen years, and some of them were even completely overturned and reformulated. Even the official school, which is the foundation of governing the country, was subjected to his strong intervention, and Master Zheng Xuan used the new scripture that fused the strengths of the two schools of modern and ancient literature and classics, thus ending the dispute between modern and ancient literature and classics that lasted for more than 200 years.

The reason why Hebei is getting stronger and stronger is not because of its strong force, but because it has sufficient financial resources to support its strong force. And this sufficient financial endowment comes from the new policy implemented in Hebei.

Compared with Hebei, Luoyang's restructuring is very conservative. In recent years, some of the new systems implemented by Yuan Shao have also made the financial resources of Luoyang, Yuzhou and other places develop rapidly, but compared with the new policies implemented in Hebei, this kind of restructuring has no strong vitality. This development is short-lived, and after a certain period of time, its own disease will break out again.

In the Battle of Jizhou the year before last, the coalition forces were defeated. Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others took the opportunity to set off a restructuring in Luoyang. They believe that the financial endowment of the coalition forces in Luoyang, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, and Jianghuai failed to defeat Li Hong, but instead allowed Hebei, which only had the advantage of Jizhou, to be defeated, and the most fundamental reason was that there was no system with the same vigorous vitality as Hebei.

Hebei has fed an army of 200,000 with the benefits of Jizhou, why can't Luoyang? Luoyang has the advantages of the east, Yuzhou, fertile land, and a large population, why can't it build a strong army of 200,000 people?

This statement moved Yuan Shao. He accepted and began to implement the system of counting and dictating the fields, and implemented a new tax system based on the system of fields.

However, Yuan Shao encountered huge resistance, and the gate valve tycoons in Luoyang, Henan, Nanyang, and Yuzhou resolutely resisted when their own interests were damaged. Officials such as Fu Zhu and Tian Feng who resolutely implemented the New Deal became the targets of attack by the wealthy men and tycoons. The rumors of slander and frustration and Tian Feng's fornication in Hebei began at that time.

Yuan Shao gave in. Because there are few people in Guanzhong, Yuan Shao immediately ordered that the new system should be tried only in Guanzhong.

This turmoil intensified the contradictions between the various forces in Luoyang, and at the same time made Yuan Shao feel the fragility of the power in his hands, so things began to develop in the direction that was not conducive to the resolute and radical restructuring forces such as Fu Zhu and Tian Feng.

That night, the judge went to see Tian Feng, explained in detail the arrangements made by Yuan Shao to solve the Luoyang crisis, and analyzed the causes and consequences of Yuan Shao's arrangements.

"Yuan Hao, you write a letter to Lord Yuan and admit your mistake." The judge persuaded, "It's not a matter of staying here, let's go out first." Out of the camp, wherever you go, Luoyang, Xuchang, you can do it, I will help you to beg the adults. ”

Tian Feng was silent for a long time and nodded.

The next day, Tian Feng's letter was delivered to Yuan Shao.

In the letter, Tian Feng elaborated on the decisive role of the implementation of the New Deal on the Zhongxing of Sheji, and cited the cases of Wu Qi and Shang Ying's reforms, and the Zhongxing of the Guangwu Emperor, and exhorted Yuan Shao to use thunderous means to severely crack down on the illegal acts of the wealthy men against the New Deal. Tian Feng then reiterated his reasons for opposing the return of the army to Henan, and tried his best to dissuade Yuan Shao from missing the best opportunity to occupy the Central Plains.

At the end of the letter, Tian Feng questioned Yuan Shao's handling of the Luoyang crisis, accusing Yuan Shao of being cronyistic and placing his clan in important positions. "Are Guan and Luo the state and county of Dahan, or the state and county of your Lord Yuan? If this continues, the ** pigtail villain will be full of government officials, the discipline will be lost, and the defeat will only be an overnight thing, and the adult's hegemony will be wiped out in a blink of an eye. ”

When Yuan Shao saw the front, he was quite moved by Tian Feng's loyalty, and when he saw the back, he suddenly trembled with anger, and he couldn't wait to cut Tian Feng with a knife, "Kill him for me." ”

Yuan Wei, Judge, Xu You, Xin Ping and others begged bitterly.

"Although Yuan Hao's words are a little ugly, they are also true." Yuan Wei arched his hand and said, "If Yuan Hao is not a loyal person, he will not be guilty of straightforward advice." The so-called loyalty is contrary to the ear, that's it, the adults should be merciful. ”

Everyone surrounded Yuan Shao and kept talking, only Feng Ji stood outside the crowd, leisurely. The judge hurriedly walked to his side and begged in a low voice: "Yuan Tu, go and help Yuan Hao plead for mercy." At this time, you must not kill Yuan Hao, as soon as Yuan Hao dies, the one who benefits the most is Xiansi (Yuan Tan), which is not half beneficial to stabilizing the situation in Luoyang. ”

Feng Ji pretended to think about it for a while, and then slowly walked to Yuan Shao's side and said in a low voice: "My lord, let's escort Tian Feng back to Luoyang first." When things settle down, it's not too late to take action. ”

Yuan Shao was also angry for a while. He has been with Tian Feng for nearly ten years, knows him very well, knows that Tian Feng is upright and strong, and he has always spoken like this. As soon as Feng Ji said this, Yuan Shao just stepped down, "Okay, okay, escort back to Luoyang, escort back to Luoyang." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Wei, Shen Pei, and Gao Rou escorted Tian Feng to Luoyang in a hurry.

Yuan Shao hesitated in the White Horse camp, whether to return to Henan or not? He once again convened Xu You, Xin Ping, Feng Ji, Gao Gan and others to discuss.

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