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The Son of Heaven smiled: "It seems that Aiqing will not give up if he doesn't toss my Wanjin Hall to the fullest." ”

Li Hong bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the displaced people in Northern Xinjiang are in trouble, and if you want to properly resettle them, the only way to relocate them is to move them to Beidi County in Xiliang and Tuntian in Henan in Bingzhou, and there is no other way to do it. And if you want to settle in these two places, you must move the Huns to the north and south of Yinshan and drive the Xianbei people into the depths of the prairie. Therefore, the expedition north of Yinshan to occupy a large territory of Xianbei in the north should be the main purpose of this expedition, not just to recover the border counties. I beg Your Majesty to ......"

"I know that what Aiqing said is the truth." The Son of Heaven waved his hand to interrupt Li Hong's recital, and said solemnly, "If the army wants to go on an expedition north of Yinshan, it must first recover the border counties, and secondly, it depends on when Aiqing will recover the border counties. If Aiqing can recover the border counties before August, then the expedition to the north of Yinshan is still possible, but if the war to recover the border counties is delayed until September or October, then this year's expedition to the north of Yinshan is impossible. Therefore, in my opinion, Aiqing should take down the border county first, and as for whether to expedition to the north of Yinshan, we will discuss it later. ”

Li Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty means that you agree to allow the minister to lead an expedition to the north of Yinshan?" ”

The Son of Heaven shook his head, pointed at Li Hong and said with a smile: "Aiqing is so sure that the war to recover the border counties will end in August? That's not what you just said. ”

"As long as Your Majesty agrees to the minister's expedition to the steppe, the minister will end the border county war in August at all costs." Li Hong said confidently, "I implore Your Majesty to issue an order to discuss the expedition again, and to determine the complete strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War as soon as possible, so as not to delay the fighters in the future." ”

The Son of Heaven stared at him for a long time, and then looked at the Minister of the Third Prince.

Tai Lieutenant Ma Riyan played: "The general's consideration is very reasonable. In order to properly resettle the victims and solve the increasingly serious crisis in northern Xinjiang, an expedition to the steppes is still necessary. If the imperial court waited until the general recovered the border counties in August before discussing the expedition, the time would definitely be delayed. Therefore, the minister agreed to the general's proposal, and it was better to take advantage of the general's time in the court to settle down the complete northern Xinjiang strategy as soon as possible. ”

Situ Ding Gong followed, and he also strongly advocated the early determination of the northern Xinjiang strategy, "Even if the general can't go on an expedition this year, he still has to lead the army to cross the Yin Mountain and go north next year, so it is very necessary to make a plan as soon as possible, so that he can make adequate preparations in advance for next year's expedition." ”

The Son of Heaven thought about it for a while, and then said to Li Hong: "Then let's play according to Aiqing." The adults of Aiqing and Shangshutai made a plan as soon as possible, so as not to delay the time to attack the fortress. ”

Li Hong didn't expect things to go so smoothly, he couldn't hold back his excitement, and asked excitedly: "Your Majesty agrees that the army will go out of the fortress in mid-April?" ”

"Aiqing is now trapped by millions of victims in northern Xinjiang, and I want to recover the border counties and expand the territory, how can I not understand your difficulties." The Son of Heaven smiled, "It's just that the successive wars in the northern Xinjiang are going to hollow out my Wanjin Hall, and I am very heartbroken." ”

All the ministers knelt down in unison and shouted long live.

Li Hong took Xiaoyu to bid farewell to the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother at dusk, and went out of the palace to return to the post house. The Queen Mother liked Xiaoyu very much and rewarded her with a lot of clothes and silks. Not long after Li Hong left, the Queen Mother asked the Son of Heaven, now that the general of the expedition to Peking University has returned to Beijing, when will the matter of the imperial unification be resolved? The Son of Heaven said, don't worry, wait until the general of the expedition leaves Beijing.

The Queen Mother asked in surprise: "Isn't it for the emperor's sake to recruit the generals of the Northern Expedition from the north to Beijing?" ”

The Son of Heaven smiled: "Of course, it is for the sake of the emperor." I want to take the opportunity of establishing the imperial rule to solve many difficult problems at once. For example, the general He Jin, the queen, and those lieutenant officials who are very hated by the queen mother, as well as the group of ill-intentioned scholars in the court, I want to deal with them all, so as not to bring endless trouble to Xiao Donghou in the future. But the general of the expedition to the north is a bigger trouble, didn't the queen mother see it? ”

"If General Zhengbei is allowed to lead his army south to solve He Jin by force, I will not be able to control the situation in Luoyang. Li Hong hates the lieutenant official, if he colludes with the scholars in the capital to conspire to punish the lieutenant, how will I deal with it? Li Hong's iron horsemen are all brutes, and the foot soldiers are all ant thieves, and no one will listen to me. At that time, Li Hong could do whatever he wanted in Luoyang with heavy troops, and even I had to look at his face to act, how do you think I could control the situation? Who can I trust in this world except the queen mother? ”

"Since the emperor doesn't trust the Northern Gui Army, why did the emperor recall him back to Beijing?"

"I asked the general to return to Beijing, just like I said to abolish the queen, the purpose is to force He Jin." The Son of Heaven patiently explained, "If you want to solve the problem in Luoyang at once, you need to find an opportunity for He Jin, the old lieutenant in the palace, and the group of scholars in the court to kill each other." When they kill each other to death, I will come out to clean up the mess and solve everything easily, and this opportunity is He Jin's rebellion. ”

"He Jin wants to rebel, to support Shihou as the crown prince, to convince the people of the world, he must have an excuse for rebellion, and he must have the support of scholars. What was the excuse for He Jin's rebellion? What were the conditions for the scholars to support He Jin's rebellion? It's just a matter of killing the lieutenant. After He Jin entered the capital, all the scholars who helped He Jin enter the capital were undoubtedly exposed. The rest is simple. I agreed to the request of He Jin and the scholars, responded to the call of the world, and killed the old lieutenant. After I killed the lieutenant officer, I immediately issued an edict to pardon the lives of the soldiers and soldiers who participated in the rebellion, but I did not pardon He Jin. He Jin will die a miserable death like Dou Wu back then. He Jin naively thought that I couldn't control the Northern Army, it was a big joke. I can't control Li Hong's border army officers, but to control the northern army, a letter is enough. ”

"The lieutenant is dead, He Jin is dead, and the rest are those ill-intentioned scholars. Does the Queen Mother know why I forced them to agree to abolish the throne? I just want to force them to resolutely support He Jin's rebellion. Without the resolute support of these scholars, how could He Jin dare to rebel? If the scholars did not support He Jin's rebellion, they would not be able to kill the Zhongguan, and if the Zhongguan was not removed, the power of the Zhongguan would be as strong as in the past after He Jin's death. The scholars have experienced two disasters of the party, and their hatred of the past is unforgettable, how could they let go of such a good opportunity? When He Jin rebelled and killed the lieutenant, they would immediately kill He Jin again. Otherwise, I will kill them. Since these scholars have agreed to abolish the throne, how dare they go back on their word? Going back on your word is the sin of deceiving the king, not to mention that I have already decreed a pardon at that time, who dares to help him again? ”

"Didn't the emperor say that he would still kill the scholars?"

"Dong Hou still needs their help to inherit the imperial line." The Son of Heaven said with a smile, "When the imperial system is established and Marquis Dong becomes the crown prince, I will kill those who should be killed, and those who should be spared will be exempted, and they will all be driven out of the court." ”

"Then when will He Jin rebel?"

"After the general of Zhengbei left Beijing and returned to northern Xinjiang, as long as He Jin heard the news that he led his army out of the fortress, he would immediately rebel." The Son of Heaven suddenly had a painful look on his face, his hands pressed against his chest and abdomen, and he grinned and said, "If He Jin hesitates, I will help him again, and forgive him for not daring not to rebel." ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was in pain, the Queen Mother asked in a panic: "The emperor should find a doctor to take a look, it's not a matter of holding on like this." ”

The Son of Heaven took out two golden pills from his bosom and swallowed them, shaking his head resolutely with a resolute expression, "At this time, if there is news that I am infected with a disease, He Jin will not only not rebel, but will also do everything possible to kill me." Queen Mother, do you remember how Wang Meiren died? I moved to the Garter Hall to prepare for this. Since the queen dared to poison and kill Wang Meiren, she also dared to poison and kill me. ”

"What about the emperor's illness? How long is it going to be delayed? The Queen Mother lovingly reached out and touched the forehead of the Son of Heaven, and said worriedly, "The emperor has a fever again." This disease is getting worse and worse, can you do it by eating gold pills? ”

"Take two to relieve the pain." The Son of Heaven comforted the Queen Mother and said, "I'm fine, I'm not seriously ill." I've had pain in my stomach in the past, so it's okay to eat Jindan, it's fine. ”

The Queen Mother looked at him very worriedly, and whispered: "Emperor, it is better to solve this imperial matter as soon as possible, so as not to have more accidents in the long night." The emperor can take advantage of the fact that the general of the expedition to the north is in the court, and on the one hand issue an order to give the queen and He Jin to death, and at the same time issue an order to canonize the crown prince, and the matter of the imperial system will not be solved. Why did the emperor have to make things so complicated? ”

The Son of Heaven pressed his abdomen with one hand, rubbed his temples with the other, and sighed gloomily: "Now there are three powerful forces in the court, the great general He Jin, the Zhongguan, and the scholars, they are restraining each other, barely maintaining the balance of power in the court. Once the general dies, this balance will be upset, and the officials and scholars will once again be caught in a power struggle, and the results speak for themselves. In the current situation, there is a possibility that the Han community will fall apart because of this. I can only take this opportunity to weaken their power so that we can maintain the stability of the society. ”

"Queen Mother, it's not that I want to make things so complicated, but that the Han Society is in urgent need of stability, so I can't do it if I don't do it. If it is allowed to develop, our Great Han Kingdom may be defeated imminently. The queen mother, the imperial system is actually a trivial matter, and stabilizing the country's social system is a big thing. Without Jiangshan Sheji, how can Xiao Donghou have a great unification? ”

The Queen Mother burst into tears and was speechless.

April of the sixth year of Zhongping in the Great Han Kingdom (189 AD).

After the Northern Xinjiang War Strategy was approved by the collegial agreement of the Sangong Mansion and the Monk Shutai, the Son of Heaven immediately issued an edict ordering the general of the Northern Expedition to lead the army into battle.

Li Hong urgently ordered Zhao Yun, who was stationed at the fortress of the Great Wall, to immediately lead his troops to set off with an 800-mile fast horse, and at the same time urgently ordered Xu Rongyi and Yang Feng, who were stationed in Meiji, to prepare for war, urgently ordered Xian Yu to assist Zhang Yan to supervise the grain and grass ordnance, and urgently ordered Yan Rouyu to lead the army to make an attack posture to lure the Hu coalition army to gather more troops in Dingxiang County.

At the beginning of this month, Li Hong, the general of the expedition to the north, participated in the court meeting for the last time about the war in northern Xinjiang. After the conclusion of this court meeting, he will leave Beijing and return to northern Xinjiang.

At the court meeting, the Son of Heaven and the ministers made a final agreement on the matter of levying the food, salary and ordnance of the Northern Army, and then the Son of Heaven asked Li Hong, does the general still have something difficult? If there is, just say it now, and when you leave the capital, you won't have a chance.

Li Hong said with a smile: "Yes, yes, but Your Majesty and the court can't solve it, so let's not talk about it." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled: "Really? Is there anything I can't solve? Tell me about it. ”

Li Hong hesitated for a moment and said: "We have insufficient troops for a frontal attack, if we have 100,000 to 120,000 people, we will have an absolute advantage, so that we are completely sure to lure out the main force of the Xiongnu rebels, so as to respond to Xu Rong and Zhao Yun's two groups of men and horses to successfully cross the river and complete the encirclement of the Hu coalition army." As long as the siege of the Hu coalition is successfully encircled, I can ensure that the border counties will be recovered before August. He quietly glanced at the calm Son of Heaven and said in a low voice, "But we really don't have any troops on our hands." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "Isn't there still 40,000 people in the hands of the general?" Xian Yufu and Zhang Yan's two armies, you can recruit and transfer out of Saima. ”

Li Hong said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, there can't be no army left behind within the Great Wall. The flood of victims into the state is a concern, the Yellow Turban Army in Taihang Mountain and Montenegro is a concern, and there are ......"

The Son of Heaven shook his hand and interrupted Li Hong's words, "I transferred the former general Dong Zhuo over, asked him to annex the state pastor, garrisoned Jinyang, and escorted grain and grass for you." ”

The ministers were stunned, and looked at the Son of Heaven in a daze, but no one spoke. Li Hong's face was a little ugly, and he bowed his head and was speechless.

The Son of Heaven sent Dong Zhuo to Jinyang, let Dong Zhuo supervise the military and government of the state, and asked Dong Zhuo to escort grain and grass to the northern army, didn't he catch all the key points of Li Hong? Before the general of the expedition to the north went to war, the Son of Heaven was impatient to send people to Jinyang to guard the Great Wall, which made it clear that he wanted to suppress and restrain Li Hong's growing power in northern Xinjiang? It's too obvious that the Son of Heaven is doing this, right? Do you want to fight this battle?

Taiwei Ma Riyan and Situ Ding Gong monk Shu Ling Lu Zhi looked at each other, admiring and worrying in their hearts. Last month, the Son of Heaven was going to take out Dong Zhuo's military power, but I don't know why he gave up later, could it be that the Son of Heaven had already thought of this matter at that time? Dong Zhuo refused to hand over the military power, and the Son of Heaven was unwilling to pursue it, which made the scholars very annoyed and angry. Just when they were struggling to solve this potential threat, the Son of Heaven transferred him to the northern frontier. A good thing.

Dong Zhuo and Li Hong both arrived in Northern Xinjiang, and the two restrained each other, and no one could help anyone. In the future, even if the Northern Xinjiang War was completely won, Li Hong was stopped by Dong Zhuo outside the Great Wall, and the threat of the powerful Li Hong to Gyeonggi was immediately minimized. And Dong Zhuo didn't dare to go south at all because of Li Hong and Chen Bing's pass, as long as he moved, he would definitely die. In addition, Li Hong supervised the military affairs in northern Xinjiang, and Dong Zhuo was in charge of the military and political affairs in Bingzhou, and there were many overlapping powers between the two, and there would definitely be contradictions in the future, so there was no need to worry that the two would work together. As long as the two are in conflict, the Son of Heaven can take down the two one by one without much effort.

Thinking of the Son of Heaven being so far-sighted, the hearts of the scholars were heavy. Li Hong's threat was easily defused by the Son of Heaven, but what about the battle for imperial domination? Has the Son of Heaven already made up his mind?

Zhao Zhong stood behind the Son of Heaven and secretly broke out in a cold sweat. The Son of Heaven suddenly changed his mind not only did not forcibly deprive Dong Zhuo of his military power, but asked himself to send someone to appease, it turned out that he was deliberately going to betray the scholars and generals, in exchange for Dong Zhuo's loyalty to him, and then he transferred Dong Zhuo to Bingzhou to contain Li Hong, and at the same time completely removed Dong Zhuo's threat to the imperial system. But why did the Son of Heaven do this? Now that Li Hong is out of the fortress and Dong Zhuo is stationed in Jinyang, there is no power to threaten He Jin, and He Jin will be an idiot if he doesn't oppose him again. The Son of Heaven is deliberately trying to force He Jin to go against him, and he doesn't even want Li Hong's backup, what does he want to do? Could it be that if we lieutenants die, he will be able to escape the catastrophe? How could He Jin let go of the Son of Heaven?

Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang glanced at each other, and made up their minds to get together with the queen and He Jin. If you continue to follow the Son of Heaven, you will definitely die, and it is better to follow the queen to have a glimmer of life.

The Son of Heaven looked at the ministers, slowly walked up to Li Hong and patted him on the shoulder, and said very gently: "This world is my world, how can there be something that I can't solve?" ”

"The most important thing for Aiqing at the moment is to concentrate all his energy on fighting, today's Great Han Kingdom can no longer afford to lose a battle, you must win this battle, you must not be defeated." The Son of Heaven looked at Li Hong and said solemnly, "I sent Dong Zhuo to Bingzhou, let him take charge of the military administration of Bingzhou, and escorted grain and grass to you, which is equivalent to handing over all the burdens of Bingzhou to Dong Zhuo." Aiqing only needs to lead the army to fight, and other things in Northern Xinjiang have nothing to do with you, you just need to fight. Whether it is a riot in the state or an interruption in the transportation of grain and grass, the responsibility is Dong Zhuo's, so you don't have any worries. ”

"Last year, you quelled the rebellion in Youzhou, but you were thinking about the battlefield in Youzhou, and it was very hard to use two things. Last year's battle was fought in the territory of the Great Han Kingdom, within the Great Wall, and there was no expedition to the grassland, so you can barely support it with two hearts, but this time it is different, this time you must not use two hearts, if you lose this time, the northern frontier of the Great Han Kingdom will be over. ”

"Can Aiqing understand my painstaking efforts?"

Li Hong suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

"Aiqing, don't think too much, I originally planned to let Huangfu Song go to annex the state pastor, but because you changed the battle strategy in northern Xinjiang, I had to let Dong Zhuo sit in the annexation of the state, let Huangfu Song sit in Xiliang, and take care of Sanfu. Dong Zhuo gave you the rear guard and escorted grain and grass, Huangfu Song was stationed in Xiliang, and Jingzhao Yin Gaixun provided grain and grass to Xu Rong. In this way, the two armies that went out to conquer the fortress could get a stable supply of grain and grass at the same time. ”

The Son of Heaven stretched out his hand to help Li Hong up, and continued: "Aiqing went on an expedition outside the Saiwai to open up territory for my Great Han Kingdom to recover the border counties, how could I doubt your loyalty?" Aiqing must not be cranky. ”

Li Hong bowed again and thanked the Son of Heaven for his trust.

Lu Zhi pondered for a long time and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, how many people did General Dong bring to Bingzhou?" ”

"What do you say?" The Son of Heaven asked casually.

Lu Zhi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, in the eyes of the ministers, 10,000 people are enough. At present, there are still thousands of county soldiers in Bingzhou, and there are also Tuntian soldiers in Hedong who can be temporarily recruited, plus there are also Northern Expeditionary troops outside the fortress that can be returned to help at any time, so ......"

"10,000 is too little." The Son of Heaven said, "The general has released 20,000 troops in Jinyang, so let's follow this force." He ordered the former general Dong Zhuo to lead the annexation of the state and immediately lead 20,000 northern troops to the annexation of the state, and be sure to rush to Jinyang in mid-April. ”

The ministers laughed. This Dong Zhuo, in the end, was robbed of Xiliang's military power by His Majesty.

The Son of Heaven asked Dong Zhuo to take the Northern Army to Bingzhou, but the Xiliang soldiers let Huangfu Song take command, so Dong Zhuo's military power was not indirectly deprived? The Northern Army was the Gyeonggi garrison, and if there was no fighting, it would be requisitioned back to Beijing immediately. As soon as the northern army left, Dong Zhuo had no soldiers and horses, and he was an empty shelf. The Son of Heaven asked Dong Zhuo to lead the Northern Army to Bingzhou, apparently considering the safety of Gyeonggi after Li Hong's battle out of the fortress. Of course, it was much safer for the Northern Army to garrison Bingzhou than for the Western Liang Army to garrison Bingzhou, and it was difficult for Dong Zhuo to command the 20,000 Northern Army. First of all, his prestige cannot be compared with Huangfu Song, and secondly, his identity is not as noble and respectful as that of a general, it is impossible for him to take 20,000 troops south without a holy decree, and several captains of the northern army will ignore him.

"Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo took away 20,000 northern troops, and the counterinsurgency forces in Xiliang will be insufficient." Lu Zhi whispered.

The Son of Heaven said with a smile: "I ordered the general He Jin to immediately lead the northern army to Xiliang to support Huangfu Song." Moved to the state of assassin Shi Ding was originally a general of Wu Meng, and led the soldiers of 3,000 counties in the state to immediately rush to Hanoi to assassinate the Black Mountain ant thief. ”

The ministers immediately looked at each other, and everyone had a feeling of panic. The general is finished, completely finished, unless there is a rebellion immediately. No one thought that the Son of Heaven would still transfer the general to Xiliang. Last year, the Son of Heaven was ready to let the general lead the army to Xiliang, but the result was that Huangfu Song took the lead and spoiled the good things of the Son of Heaven, but this time the general couldn't hide.

To go to Xiliang, you have to pass through Gyeonggi, which just gives the general the opportunity to lead his army close to Luoyang. Lu Zhi's heart beat violently a few times, and a trace of fear flashed across his face. Now that the general of Zhengbei is out of the fortress to fight, the Son of Heaven has no reliance, and he dares to let the general lead his troops from Gyeonggi? The Son of Heaven first released the general from the capital and gave him the opportunity to rebel, and then successively forced him to rebel, and now he has given him the way back to Beijing to rebel, what does the Son of Heaven want to do? Does he have any other way to win?

The more Lu Zhi thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his back was cold. Today's Son of Heaven has completely controlled the overall situation, and he insists on forcing the general to rebel, is it really for the emperor's unity?

"On the day of Aiqing's triumph, I should go out of the city to greet him." The Son of Heaven took Li Hong's hand, looked at the panicked ministers, waved his hand and said, "You Aiqing will go out of the city on behalf of me to send the general of the expedition to the Great Part." ”

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