Chapter 1 Danger Chapter 29 Li Hong looked solemn and said without hesitation: "I am loyal to the Han, this is my home." Zhu Mu's face was happy, Xu Rong was worried, looked down at his big hand, and was silent.

Jade stared at Zhu Mu, who was gushing endlessly, thoughtfully. Zhu Mu analyzed the front and back of this sudden power crisis very thoroughly, although some words are inevitably exaggerated, but because everyone looks at the problem from a different angle, it is understandable that there is a difference in understanding.

However, what Jade paid attention to was not this, but Zhu Mu's true intention in saying this. Zhu Mu was clearly in favor of ceding part of the decision-making and administrative power of military strategy to the eldest princess.

In addition, Yu Shi also noticed that Li Wei did not put forward any countermeasures in that letter, but only urged Li Hong to return to Jin, which was contrary to Li Wei's usual style.

Does it mean that Li Wei also agrees with the concession? Li Wei and Zhu Mu are the officials of Northern Xinjiang, and the long history and Sima of the Hussar General's Mansion can be said to be the right-hand men who helped Li Hong take charge of the military and politics of Northern Xinjiang, and the importance of the two to Northern Xinjiang and Li Hong is self-evident.

If both of these people advocated that the hussar general should give up power, is it understandable that the scholars in northern Xinjiang all recognized the eldest princess's control of military decision-making and administrative power?

Zhu Mu has made it very clear that from any point of view, the hussar generals have no basis for controlling military decision-making power and administrative power.

On the contrary, the eldest princess has, if she insists on taking away this power, Li Hong can only break with the eldest princess.

The consequences of breaking with the eldest princess, Zhu Mu also explained it very clearly. Speaking of which, it is all the bane planted by the first emperor, if the eldest princess does not go to the northern Xinjiang, where will these things come from?

"It is determined that once the military decision-making power and administrative power are given to the eldest princess, it will be a disaster for the Northern Xinjiang army." Jade asked tentatively,

"Can't you see that?" Zhu Mu heard Li Hong's firm and unquestionable answer, and he already knew the answer in his heart, and the haze buried in his heart was suddenly swept away, and his expression seemed extremely happy and relaxed.

"Lord Yu, you think so because you don't know much about national politics, and you despise Zhang Wen and Ding Gong too much. They can serve as the three dukes and assist the Son of Heaven in handling state affairs, how can their minds be so simple as forcibly seizing power and overthrowing northern Xinjiang? Zhu Mu said with a smile: "If the general breaks with the eldest princess because of this matter, what is the benefit to the Son of Heaven, to the eldest princess, to the northern frontier, and to the entire Sheji?" Could it be that a few old ministers came to northern Xinjiang to assist the eldest princess in overthrowing the Han Sheji? Li Hong, Xu Rong and Jade looked at Zhu Mu suspiciously.

"General, Lord Xu, Lord Yu, you can take a look at Zhong Yuan's letter again, and then take a closer look, why did Zhong Yuan repeatedly mention the impact of the eldest princess's prominent status on Northern Xinjiang in the letter? Why do you repeatedly mention the consequences of the eldest princess breaking openly with the general if she forcibly seeks the holy decree of the Son of Heaven? Why did he repeatedly mention that Zhang Wen only discussed with him alone about such important matters related to the life and death of northern Xinjiang? Zhu Mu picked up Li Wei's letter, pointed to the words on it and said, "Zhong Yuan's words, I don't know if you can understand them. Zhong Yuan said that King Qin is only a means, and stabilizing the society is the goal. Stabilizing society is the ultimate goal of the first emperor, and it is also the goal we are working towards today. Let me ask you, Queen Qin, can the society be stable? The answer is self-evident and cannot be stable. According to the current situation, even if we can defeat Dong Zhuo and save the Son of Heaven within a few years, it is impossible for the Han to return to the stable situation before the Yellow Turban Army riot in five or ten years. ”

"Zhong Yuan's words, the general and the two adults may have swept them away without attracting the slightest attention from you, but it is this sentence that is the main purpose of this letter." Zhu Mu looked at the three people with embarrassed expressions and continued,

"We tend to focus on the means, and get caught up in the confusion of fighting for the means, but we forget our true purpose."

"Let's talk about stabilizing the society now, let's forget King Qin for a while." Zhu Mu said with a smile,

"How can we stabilize the social economy? Zhong Yuan gave the general three countermeasures. ”

"First of all, I want to honor the eldest princess. Since the eldest princess arrived in Northern Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang has indeed undergone a lot of changes. For example, in the past, we always complained that the government did not have enough subordinates, resulting in the incompatibility of the upper and lower government decrees, and the results were very small, but now the situation is gradually improving with the arrival of the eldest princess. In the past, many Confucian scholars chose to go south to Jing and Yangzhou, but now some people have begun to choose northern Xinjiang as a place to avoid disasters. Another example is the gate valve tycoons in northern Xinjiang, due to the plea and persuasion of the eldest princess, the gate valve tycoons are more willing to accept and cooperate with the many government decrees issued by the northern Xinjiang governments than in the past, which makes the stability of northern Xinjiang more guaranteed. There is also the matter of buying grain in Jizhou this time, and the four old ministers came forward at the same time, and the result can be imagined. In other words, the eldest princess can help Northern Xinjiang, and we must respect the eldest princess and give full play to these advantages of the eldest princess. This will be beneficial to both the stability of northern Xinjiang and the revitalization of social security. ”

"If you want to give full play to the advantages of the eldest princess, the general can't break with the eldest princess. This was Zhong Yuan's second response. If you don't break with the eldest princess, will the general have to give up power? No. ”

"The general gives up power, that is, the eldest princess seizes power, and the consequences will inevitably lead to a break between the two sides. Therefore, in order to stabilize the society as soon as possible, it is necessary to integrate the two forces of the eldest princess and the general, and this is the real reason why the ministers of the court sent Zhang Wen and other seven old ministers to northern Xinjiang. ”

"If the power of the eldest princess and the great general is fully integrated, the power of the great general will be greater, and the power of the eldest princess will be more prominent. It is precisely because the eldest princess and the general have benefited greatly from this integration that the two sides can cooperate sincerely and work together, and the Han can see the hope of ZTE. Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yu Shi looked at each other, and couldn't help but admire and be afraid of Zhang Wen, Li Wei and Zhu Mu.

In the eyes of these people, the crisis of power in northern Xinjiang is not a crisis, but an opportunity to consolidate forces and revitalize the community as soon as possible.

"Public, how to integrate? Can you talk about that? Zhong Yuan hid his head and tail when he spoke, saying the same as not saying it. Jade asked very respectfully, "Is there any way to make the general not only not have to cede power, but also get more power?" Zhu Mu twisted his short beard in his hand and thought for a moment,

"Lord Xu, Lord Yu, you have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, and you are indeed not familiar with the government and politics, and you can even say that you are very unfamiliar. Although the general has been supervising the military and political affairs of Northern Xinjiang for more than a year, the general's attention is on the battlefield, and the specific matters of the government are basically not asked, and they are all handled by Zhao Qi and Zhong Yuan, as well as Cao Peng's subordinates in the palace. So far, the general may not have a very good understanding of the specific operation of the government and the role of the government officials. For example, you know that grain is very important, but do you know how many methods and procedures are required for government officials at all levels to send grain handed over by a peasant household to the national treasury? The three shook their heads.

They don't know about it, but they know it's a very, very complicated process. Although it is a trivial matter of collecting dozens of catties of grain, it involves many aspects such as national policy, official system, financial endowment, civil affairs, etc., and it may take several hours to explain in detail.

"The general led the army on an expedition to the desert, and more than 100,000 soldiers made great achievements. But is the victory of the expedition to the desert only the credit of hundreds of thousands of soldiers? Zhu Mu said,

"From the imperial court to the prefectures, counties and county governments, from the Son of Heaven and ministers to the people and ordinary farmers, the Han Kingdom has paid countless hardships and sweat for the victory of the expedition to the desert. Let's talk about Dong Zhuo, when we were on an expedition to the desert, he needed to supervise the relevant government offices of the imperial court to raise food, grass and ordnance for us, how much he and the entire imperial court did for the expedition to the desert, do you know? If it weren't for the efforts of Dong Zhuo and the ministers of the DPRK and China, as well as the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties, would the expedition be victorious? Can the desert be conquered by us? In good conscience, I think the general would not have been able to conquer the desert without the support of the imperial court. ”

"It is the blood and sweat of the ministers of the DPRK and China, the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties, and the tens of millions of people of the Han Dynasty that have achieved the glory and meritorious deeds of the generals and soldiers of Northern Xinjiang."

"Now that the general is thinking hard about the food and salary of the army, he should be able to deeply understand the hard work and achievements he made and the achievements made by him and the ministers of the court and the central government, as well as the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties, when Dong Zhuo was in charge of the government." Zhu Mu looked at Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yushi, who felt the same way, and suddenly raised his voice and said,

"So, compared with the expedition to the desert and the revitalization of the community, which thing is more difficult, more costly, more time-consuming, and more concerted efforts of the whole country?"

"Of course, it's the revitalization of the community." Jade said.

"With the general and 120,000 soldiers in northern Xinjiang, plus the financial resources of the sixteen counties in northern Xinjiang, can they independently support the great cause of revitalizing the community?" Zhu Mu then asked.

"Of course not." Li Hong said,

"We need the imperial court, and we need the support of more states and counties. Now that our survival is in question, what else is there to talk about revitalizing the community? ”

"Where is the court? How can the forces of the various states and counties be brought together? Zhu Jun continued to ask.

Li Hong, Xu Rong and Jade Huo Ran woke up. The imperial court was coerced by Dong Zhuo and became the target of everyone's shouting, and the prefectures and counties in various prefectures lost the control of the imperial court and became rootless duckweed, which had long been a plate of loose sand.

Although Yuan Shao commanded the world with the so-called undertaking, and Li Hong restrained the power of all parties with checks and balances, they could not hide the fact that Dahanzhou County was in its own way.

At this time, what the Great Han Kingdom needed most was not the Son of Heaven, but the imperial court, a court that could control and integrate the power of various states and counties.

Zhu Mu looked at the expressions of the three of them and smiled slightly.

"What is the role of the imperial court? It is to make full use of the resources of our Great Han Kingdom to integrate national strength. What is national strength? To put it bluntly, it is the money and food of nearly 10 million households in the Han Kingdom. The role of the imperial court is to use various methods to gather these money and grain, and then use this money and grain to create more wealth for tens of millions of households in the Han Kingdom, so that tens of millions of households in the Han Kingdom have more and more money and grain. ”

"The ministers of the DPRK and China have clearly seen that the development of the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Han society. The Son of Heaven and the imperial court in Chang'an have become outright decorations, not only unable to make the slightest contribution to saving Sheji, but have become accomplices in destroying Sheji. In order to save Sheji, they finally made up their minds to rebuild a court. To this end, they sent seven highly respected Han Zhushi in one go, and they pinned all their hopes for the revitalization of Sheji on the general. Zhu Mu smiled helplessly: "Actually, whether it's Yuan Kui, Yuan Shao and Han Fu, they're all right, without the imperial court, what's the use of a lonely son of heaven?" In order to quickly restore the stability of the society, it is first necessary to integrate the forces of various states and counties to defeat Dong Zhuo. In order to integrate the forces of various prefectures and counties, it is necessary to form a court in accordance with the official system of the Han Dynasty. Although Yuan Shao had Yuan Valve to rely on, he was humble and light, and at most he could only make himself a chariot general, and he was not qualified to form a court, so he strongly advocated the re-establishment of the imperial system. ”

"I don't know if Yuan Shao, Han Fu and others understood Yuan Kui's intentions, and I don't know if they were secretly selfish, but rebuilding the imperial system, forming the imperial court, and integrating the forces of the prefectures and counties is indeed the fastest, best and most effective way to quickly defeat Dong Zhuo and restore the society. Yuan Kui does have the talent to pass through the heavens and the earth, and he is worthy of being the pillar of the Han Dynasty, if he can personally go to Jizhou to preside over the overall situation, maybe Sheji has recovered in sight. ”

"Yuan Shao and the Dong Alliance were unable to rebuild the imperial system, form the imperial court, and integrate the forces of the prefectures and counties for various reasons, including the general's rejection of his pleas and his efforts to implement checks and balances, and the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. Now that the states and counties are in their own countries, Yuan Shao has almost lost control of the Dong Alliance, and he can only use his power to exert some influence over the prefectures and counties. At this time, Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yu Shi finally fully understood the revitalization plan carefully planned by the ministers of the Chang'an court to save Sheji.

Yuan Shao was an example of failure, and the resistance to rebuilding the imperial system was too great, not only in northern Xinjiang and most prefectures and counties, but also in the Chang'an court itself.

So they finally thought of another flesh and blood of the first emperor, the eldest princess Liu Xiao. With the eldest princess acting as the head of state affairs, the most sensitive issue of imperial domination will be solved.

Without the trouble of the imperial system, it would have been much easier to form a new imperial court. Because of the eldest princess who represents the imperial power, and the imperial court with a relatively complete official structure of the Han Dynasty, it is possible to pacify and integrate the scattered prefectures and counties, and there is hope for saving and revitalizing the Han community.

"Northern Xinjiang should be the biggest force supporting this new imperial court, and the general will get more power in addition to the existing power. Because at this time, the general was not alone in the northern frontier, but with the eldest princess and the new imperial court, with the strength of the entire Han Kingdom. Zhu Mu said,

"Although we don't know what the specific strategy brought by Zhang Wen is, we don't know if this new imperial court can integrate the forces of various prefectures and counties, and we don't know when we will be able to realize our desire to revitalize the community, but we now occupy the righteousness, the righteousness that everyone in the world can follow, occupy the opportunity for the continuation of the national ancestor, and occupy as much power as possible, which is enough. It is better to have hope than no hope, and it is better to have a purpose than no purpose. ”

"But all this requires the loyalty of the general, the loyalty to the Han community, if there is no loyalty of the general, this is not a difficult move to revitalize the society, but a move to quickly overturn the society, because Dong Zhuo is an example." Zhu Mu looked at Li Hong and said,

"If Dong Zhuo controls the Son of Heaven and the Chang'an Imperial Court, the Great General controls the eldest princess and the Jinyang Imperial Court, and Yuan Shao and the various prefectures and counties have no hope, what will they do? As a result, the Han Dynasty was overturned, so Zhang Wen was just a temptation, if the general refused, he might quickly take the eldest princess to leave the northern Xinjiang to Jizhou, and let the general bear the same rebellious reputation as Dong Zhuo. ”

"In order to prevent the eldest princess, Zhang Wen and others from making unfavorable moves against the general, Li Wei immediately made a third countermeasure, kill."

Li Wei pleaded with the general to prevent the eldest princess from asking the Son of Heaven for a decree, and his real intention was to tell the general that if the general did not agree with Zhang Wen's policy, he would immediately tell Dong Zhuo about Zhang Wen's policy, and ask for a holy decree to send the eldest princess back to Chang'an, and at the same time send troops to secretly go north and surround the eldest princess's mansion to avoid the disaster in the north. We do what we have to do. Li Hong, Xu Rong and Yu Shi suddenly looked shocked.

"For the sake of safety, Zhang Wen must have ordered the eldest princess's tiger army to secretly surround the Hussar General's Mansion." Zhu Mu shook his head and said,

"At the beginning, I persuaded the general to leave two thousand tiger guards behind to protect the hussar general's mansion, but the general insisted on refusing. Zhang Wen is a good person, but for the sake of social interests, good people will also become bad people, and the general trusts him too much. ”

"Of course I trust him, because I know him, and Lord Zhang Wen only has Dahan Sheji in his heart." Li Hong suddenly thought that he had agreed with what Zhu Mu said, and his mood immediately relaxed,

"Gongding, you said this letter, did Lord Zhang Wen read it first?"

"No, it won't." Zhu Mu smiled,

"Now there are only 2,500 tiger soldiers in the Eldest Princess's Mansion in Longquan, Zhong Yuan has to be careful, especially this letter is related to the life of the eldest princess and the danger of the northern frontier."

"Is Zhong Yuan's letter only understandable to you?" Li Hong picked up Li Wei's letter and looked left and right, and asked very suspiciously,

"Do you two have any code words? Are you really that smart? Xu Rong, Yushi, and Zhu Mu laughed.

"Gongding, how do we get back to Shu Zhongyuan?" Li Hong asked with a smile.

"The power of the Son of Heaven is the eldest princess's, the power of the imperial court is the eldest princess's mansion, the power of the hussar general's mansion is still the power of the hussar general's mansion, we will never violate the law of the Han Dynasty." Jump to