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Or search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] Chapter 10 Wind and rain are obscure Section 28 Li Hong stood on the embankment of the Yellow River, looking at the gloomy sky and the surging water of the Yellow River, and his heart was very hesitant.

What did Lord Zhu Jun's last sentence mean? Does it mean that He Jin did not understand the true meaning of the government, and did not put his heart into killing Xiao Chen, leaving the seeds of chaos?

Does it mean that He Jin's background as a butcher caused a deep-rooted contradiction between him and the scholars, so that in the end, in order to fight for imperial power, he had to fight each other?

Does it mean that He Jin lacks foresight and inability to correctly understand and handle the situation in Luoyang, so that the situation in Luoyang will worsen and be full of dangers?

Zhu Jun's words obviously disagree with his expedition to the desert, which is very different from the ministers of the imperial court, the generals of Northern Xinjiang, and his own ideas, is it possible that the situation in Luoyang has developed to this day?

Even if the Son of Heaven is alone with Yuan Kui, but the Xiyuan Army that the Son of Heaven relies on has been controlled by the general with the death of Jian Shuo and Dong Chong successively, what does Yuan Kui use to counter the great strength of the general?

Taking a step back, even if there are many generals in the Xiyuan Army who obey the orders of the scholars, can this shake the foundation of the general?

The seven-way reinforcements recruited by the general are all the cronies cultivated by the general in recent years, can the scholars still control Zhang Liao, Zhang Yang, Wu Qiu Yi, and other warriors?

Zhu Jun said that the biggest lesson that the scholars learned from the Beigong Incident 21 years ago was to control the army and control their own army.

Where is this army now? Zhu Jun didn't say that Li Hong couldn't find it on the ground in Gyeonggi, so whose army was the Shiren's own army?

Huangfu Song? Or is it Dong Zhuo? The strength of Yuan Shao and Wang Yun was too weak and vulnerable at all, and it was obviously not enough to become the support of the scholars against the generals.

Who is it? Li Hong walked around the embankment with his head down, trying to sort out a clear idea from the chaotic situation in Luoyang.

The dangers of the calamity of relatives are well known. The scholars did not believe in the generals, and wanted to strangle the root cause of the future scourge of the Great Han Kingdom in the early stage before it was fully fledged, which is understandable.

Although he led the army south to help them get rid of the traitors, he also helped the general to take charge of the country's authority and broke the balance between the three powers in Luoyang, which must be a result that the scholars did not want to see.

The ministers racked their brains to come up with many compromise strategies according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, and finally reluctantly agreed to their conditions, but their ultimate goal was not for the safety of northern Xinjiang and the stability of Luoyang, but desperately hoped that they would immediately start an expedition to the desert.

Are they impatient to do something to the great general He Jin? Zhu Jun was reluctant to go on an expedition to the desert because he was worried that the situation in Luoyang would get out of control, and the expedition would end in failure, and finally endanger the safety of northern Xinjiang and the Han Dynasty.

But he, like all scholars, was reluctant to let the general take charge of the government. So he was very conflicted, and his words were slurred.

If Luoyang is unstable, he will not be able to go on an expedition to the desert, and if the general cannot grasp the absolute superiority, Luoyang will be chaotic sooner or later, even if he gives up the expedition, the result will be the same.

How can Luoyang be stabilized? As long as there is a son of heaven, a queen mother, and a queen, there are relatives.

Compared with the strange ministers of the scholar clan, the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother, and the Empress Trust their relatives more. As wise as Emperor Wu of this dynasty, he also reuses Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and reuses his uncle Tian Jue, which is an unavoidable fact.

Could it be that the scholars are in charge of the government and the Han Kingdom is safe and worry-free? Li Hong had already learned from each other when he was in Luoyang, and their power would make the power struggle in the court more fierce and cruel, and the bloodshed in the court brought turmoil to the Han Kingdom.

In comparison, letting a relative take power, the family is dominant, and the court is much quieter, which may not be the best and most helpless choice for the Han Kingdom.

As long as the general stands firm, Luoyang will not be chaotic. Li Hong returned to the camp and immediately wrote to the general He Jin.

He Jin said that the general should take this opportunity to quickly kill the traitorous eunuchs, firstly, in exchange for the hearts of the people in the world, and secondly, to deter the scholars by bloody means and firmly control the authority.

If the general is slow and hesitant like this, things in Luoyang may be even more complicated.

Luoyang is unstable, and the safety of northern Xinjiang is not guaranteed, how can I dare to rest assured that the expedition will be carried out? Similarly, Luoyang is unstable, how can the general ensure the imperial unity and ensure the authority in his hands?

As soon as this letter was sent away, Li Hong thought of something again, and rushed to write again. Now the military power of the Xiyuan Army has been controlled by the general, but are the generals of the eight battalions of the Xiyuan Army also controlled by the general?

The general is requested to rectify the Xiyuan Army in the shortest possible time to ensure that the Xiyuan Army is completely controlled by the general.

Li Hong said, I will not cross the Yellow River to the south, please don't worry about the general, rest assured to rectify the Xiyuan Army. Li Hong suggested that all the officers of the former Xiyuan Army at or above the rank of Sima should be replaced, so as to quickly and thoroughly control the Xiyuan Army.

After the second letter was delivered, a light rain began to fall. This year's weather is very strange, from mid-June to now, from Biansai to the Central Plains, the rain has not stopped.

Li Hong looked at the drizzle outside the big tent, thinking about the situation in Luoyang, and his mind was uncertain. He wrote a third urgent letter to He Jin.

After the traitors were eliminated, the situation in Luoyang was already clear at a glance, and the general should be very clear about his situation, and maintaining strong strength was the only way to control and stabilize Luoyang.

Now that Huangfu Song is in Chang'an, the threat to Luoyang is obvious, will the general consider leaving the former general Dong Zhuo in Gyeonggi during my expedition to the desert in case of accidents?

Li Hong then wrote a letter to Huang Fu Song, the left general of Chang'an, asking Huang Fu Song's opinion on the expedition to the desert.

After receiving Li Hong's three letters, the general He Jin did not reply to the letter, and immediately summoned Yuan Shao and asked him to return to Beijing with Wang Kuangbu and Zhang Liaobu in a hurry, and once again besiege the mansion of Zhongchang.

He Jin also hurriedly played the empress dowager and promised to guarantee the life of the dismissed lieutenant. He said that as long as the Empress Dowager expelled all the eunuchs from the palace and below the middle attendant, I absolutely promised that they would not be held accountable, but these lieutenants must leave Beijing and return to their hometowns.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Son of Heaven issued an order to dismiss Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and other nine Zhongchang attendants, and at the same time dismissed Situ Dinggong, Jizhou Mu Yang Qi and Qingzhou Assassin Shi Cui Jun from their official posts on the grounds of endless floods and ineffective disaster relief.

The general He Jin and the Taifu Yuan Kui and others all knew that the dismissal of Situ Ding Palace must have been the idea of Zhao Zhong and others, and their purpose was to warn the ministers not to coerce the Son of Heaven anymore.

The Son of Heaven can dismiss the lieutenant officials, and he can also dismiss the ministers of the noble clan. Yuan Kui and the ministers were very angry, and wrote to the general He Jin that although the evil of the traitorous eunuch has been eliminated, the power of the lieutenant has not been uprooted, and the palace needs to be forced again.

The general He Jin immediately signed a joint letter with the Taifu Yuan Kui, Sikong Liu Hong, and the general Li Hong of the Che Cavalry, once again asking the Empress Dowager to dismiss the Huangmen Order Yuan Yu and other 74 lieutenant officials.

On this day, Yin Wangyun of Henan, Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun, and Duwei Wuqiu Yi led the army into the Tiger Prison Pass and rushed to Kyoto.

Dong Zhuo's army hurried three hundred miles to Mianchi. Dong Zhuo wrote a letter, once again reiterating that the eradication of traitorous eunuchs was related to the Han Dynasty, and the frontier soldiers begged the prince and the queen mother to eliminate the evil.

The situation in Gyeonggi is unprecedentedly tense. At the end of July, Li Hong saw that the overall situation of Luoyang was about to be decided, and immediately ordered Zhang Yan, the general of Yanglie, and Peng Lie, the captain of the Flying Fox Fortress, to lead their troops north to Macheng in Dai County, and meet with Yan Rou, the general of Yangwu Zhonglang, and Lou Lu, the king of Karasuma in Shanggu, with Zhang Yan as the commander and Yan Rou as the deputy, to prepare to fight out of the fortress.

The secret order Jianwei general Xu Rong and school captain Hua Xiong led their troops to Lingwu Valley in Beidi County to assemble. The secret order Zhenwei general Lu Yi, Li Feng Zhonglang general Zhao Yun, and Huwei Zhonglang general Yan Liang led their troops to assemble in the Ural Mountains in Wuyuan County.

The secret order was that the general Xian Yufu of Fenwei, the general of Weilie Zhonglang would be jade, and the general of Zhichong Zhonglang would Yang Feng immediately lead his troops north to gather at Shaling Lake in the clouds.

On the same day, Li Hongjian rode the general's mansion in a chariot, and set up a chariot to ride the general's mansion in Linfen in Hedong, with Li Wei of Changshi in charge.

In Taiyuan, the car riding general's mansion was set up in Jinyang, and Zhao Qi, the general of Hutian Zhonglang, led the general to sit in the military town.

In Wuyuan, the car riding general's mansion was set up in Jiuyuan, and Sima Zhumu was in charge. The garrisons of the prefectures and counties south of the Great Wall were under the sole responsibility of the 50,000 Tuntian soldiers led by Zhang Baicai, the general of Diannong Zhonglang.

The garrisons of the states and counties north of the Great Wall were fully responsible for Wei Zheng's 50,000 Tuntian soldiers, and Wei Zheng was reappointed from an assassin to a captain of Jiuyuan.

Li Hong appointed Peng Shi Song Wen as the Taishou of Beidi County, Peng Shi Tang Fang as the Tuntian Captain of Hetao Tuntian District and concurrently led the Shuofang County Taishou, and Jiuyuan Captain Wei Zheng concurrently led the Wuyuan County Taishou.

The original Changshi Zuoyan was the Taishou of Yunzhong County, the former Yanglie general Zhang Yan's Changshi Huangting was the Taishou of Dingxiang County, and Zhao Jian, the son of Zhao Qi, went to Changshan State to serve as the commander of Diannong.

Li Hong ordered the six to take up their posts as soon as they received their appointments without delay. In particular, Zhao Jian, the governor of Diannong, Li Hong ordered him to immediately set up the Diannong Governor's Mansion and organize the victims stranded in the Taiyuan area to rush to Changshan and Zhongshan to Tuntian.

Originally, it was planned that Xiangjun was too guarded, and the school captain Sun Qin led his troops to Macheng to meet Zhang Yan. The original Wuyuan, Yunzhong Taishou, the captain Zhang He Gaoran led his troops to assemble in the Ural Mountains.

Li Hong wrote to the imperial court, recommending the famous Cai Yong as the history of the state assassin, the famous scholar Xu Shao as the Taiyuan Taishou, the former Jizhou Mu Yang Qi as the Shangdang Taishou, the former Qingzhou Thorn Shi Cui are all Xihe Taishou, the former Taiyuan Taishou Tian Wan was transferred to Changshan State Minister, and the former Shangdang Taishou Kong Xuan was transferred to Zhongshan State Minister.

The rest of the Taishou in Hedong, Shanggu, Daijun and other places are still the same. The original Taiyuan Taishou Tianwan and Shangdang Taishou Kong Xuan were both assigned by Zhang Yan and belonged to the Yellow Turban Army, but Li Hong took into account the special situation of Zhongshan and Changshan Counties, especially the deep feelings of the local people for the Yellow Turban Army, so Li Hong discussed with Zhang Yan several times and asked for Zhang Yan's opinion.

Considering the overall situation, Zhang Yan categorically decided to give up control of Taiyuan and Shangdang, and agreed to be appointed by Li Hong.

Now whether it is the Yellow Turban Army or the displaced people, everyone's fate has been tightly tied to Li Hong and Northern Xinjiang, and there is no need to maintain the independence of the Yellow Turban Army.

These appointments were all decided after Li Hong, the general of the chariot and cavalry, sat alone on the bank of the Yellow River and thought for a long time.

He knew that after his list was put on the court, the ministers of the court would applaud and they would agree without making any changes.

Although he coerced the Son of Heaven to grab a lot of benefits for the northern Xinjiang, in the end these benefits were attributed to the scholars, to the imperial court, and to the Han Kingdom.

This was also Li Hong's original intention, he had no intention of power, let alone secession, as long as the northern Xinjiang could be stabilized and the victims could survive, he would be satisfied.

This time, he decided to go on an expedition to the desert, even if he was defeated, he would drag the Xianbei Kingdom to die together, to fight for a larger survival area for the northern Xinjiang, and to gain more recovery time for the crumbling Han.

He could not repay the favor of the first emperor, he could not repay the loyalty of the soldiers, he could only do this for the first emperor and his brothers.

After the expedition, the power of the general was divided into three, with the boss Zhao Qi as the governor of the northern Xinjiang military administration, and the talented Li Wei and Zhu Mu sitting in the north and south of the Great Wall.

He was defeated and the desert was wiped out, and this northern frontier would also be supported and developed under the favor of the imperial court.

Under Li Hong's planning, the Tuntian in northern Xinjiang was led by the boss, Zhao Jian, Tang Fang, and Zhang Baiqi, and the political affairs of the counties in northern Xinjiang were led by a group of celebrities such as Cai Yong, Xu Shao, Wang Han, Yang Qi, Guo Yun, and Cui Jun, plus 200,000 Tuntian soldiers, and the northern Xinjiang could be said to be impregnable.

If the desert war fails, it will not deal a fatal blow to the northern frontier. Li Hong believed that even if he died in the desert, these mainstays of the Great Han Kingdom would make Northern Xinjiang prosperous within ten years.

Li Hong's performance surprised the Taifu Yuan Kui and the ministers of the court. Li Hong's expedition to the desert requisitioned all the troops in northern Xinjiang, including 130,000 border troops, 20,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry, 10,000 Karasuma iron cavalry, a total of 160,000 troops, and his determination to conquer Xianbei was jaw-dropping.

In order to ensure the victory of the war, he handed over all the military and political affairs of Northern Xinjiang to the scholars. Among these scholars were Cai Yong, Xu Shao, Wang Han, Zhao Qi and his sons, Zhu Jun's son, son-in-law and several disciples, Yang Qi of the Yang family, Cui Jun, the son of the former Taiwei Cui Lie, and his disciple Tang Fang.

The long list made the ministers' hearts flutter. Fighting back and forth, it was the power of the scholars who occupied the entire northern frontier.

Shangshu Han Fu even joked with a smile, I knew that Li Hong handed over the entire Northern Xinjiang to us, what are we doing with him bargaining?

gave him ten years of Jizhou taxes. Taifu Yuan Kui shook his head again and again, and he smiled bitterly: "The general of the chariot is ruthless. ”

"Zhao Qi is in charge of the military affairs of Northern Xinjiang on behalf of the general of the Che Cavalry, Cai Yong is the assassin of the state, and the three counties of Taiyuan Shangdang Hedong in Tuntian are guarded by Xu Shao, Yang Qi, and Wang Han, what does this mean?" Lu Zhi sighed,

This means that if the northern Xinjiang is lost, the responsibility lies with a few adults. If you want to have no worries in northern Xinjiang, the imperial court must do its best to support northern Xinjiang, otherwise, the defeat of the expedition to the desert, the war in northern Xinjiang, and the danger of the Han Sheji are all caused by us, do you know? ”

"160,000 people marching into the desert, do you think it's possible? 160,000 troops to march into the desert and attack 2,000 miles from afar, how much military resources are needed? How much grain and grass do you need? How many people are needed? Shang Shu He Hao smiled bitterly,

"This is not just ten years of Jizhou taxes, he simply wants to completely hollow out the first emperor's Wanjintang."

"160,000 people go to the desert, if it takes five months, at least more than 10 billion military dollars will be needed." Guangluxun Liu Bo said,

"When Emperor Wu, the hussar general Huo Qubing led an army of 100,000 to go on the expedition, although he captured Yanran Mountain, Wolf Juxu Mountain, beheaded tens of thousands of people, and forced the Hun Hun Evil King to lead more than 40,000 people to surrender, but exhausted the country's financial resources, and my Han Dynasty only relieved itself after more than ten years. Now the question is, more than ten years later, the general of the chariot and cavalry is full-fledged, who is the enemy in the world? ”

"Can the current national strength of the Great Han Dynasty be compared with the national strength of the Great Han Dynasty at the time of Emperor Wu? If it weren't for the first emperor's Wanjin Hall, would this battle be fought? Liu Bo said a little angrily,

"The general first took advantage of the opportunity to go south to eradicate the traitors, and moved the Yongle Palace of the Empress Dowager Dong completely under the pretext of Tuntian Garrison, and now under the pretext of the expedition to the desert to move the Wanjintang of the first emperor to the empty, more than 20 billion yuan is gone in a blink of an eye. If we add in the military funds spent on the Great War in Northern Xinjiang, he has exhausted all the property that the first emperor and the Empress Dowager Dong have worked hard to accumulate for more than ten years in the past few months, and the treasury of our Great Han Kingdom is once again empty. Liu Bo looked at the ministers and asked bitterly: "Is it still necessary to fight this battle?" He pointed to Li Hong's recital and said loudly,

"Now that Li Hong's goal has been fully achieved, we have nothing to lose, and northern Xinjiang can gradually stabilize, does this battle still have to be fought?"

"Of course this battle will be fought." Sikong Liu Hong said,

"If the cavalry general loses the expedition, he will no longer be able to control the northern frontier, and he and the northern frontier soldiers will be left with a dead end."

"Even if he loses, he will not be defeated, let alone go to the end of his life." Liu Bo said,

"Since the end of last year, the imperial court and the general's mansion have been preparing for the war in northern Xinjiang, and from the current point of view, the materials and people that Li Hong requisitioned at that time were not only for the recovery of the border counties, he may have been planning for the expedition to the desert for a long time. The border county was recovered, and then he set out to conquer the desert, which Li Hong said to the first emperor when he returned to Beijing in March this year, which shows that he has been planning an expedition. ”

"It is unrealistic for an army of 160,000 to expedition into the desert, and it is useless for Wanjintang to have money. In the past few years, there have been many disasters in our Han Kingdom, and there is simply not so much grain and grass to supply the expeditionary army. Therefore, after Li Hong entered the desert with an army of 160,000, a considerable number of foot soldiers must have stayed in the steppes in the Xianbei area in the north. In addition, from the purpose of Li Hong's expedition, he mainly wanted to occupy the territory of Xianbei in the north and drive the Xianbei people to the extreme north to protect the border counties of Dahan from invading. Therefore, Li Hong will only attack two thousand miles away with tens of thousands of iron horses, and will never be stupid enough to command 160,000 horses to fight into the depths of the desert. ”

"That is to say, even if Li Hong's iron cavalry is defeated on Yanran Mountain, Wolf Juxu Mountain, or Sunset Plain, he can calmly withdraw it, and he will never be wiped out as you imagined." There was silence in the study.

"Although what Lord Liu said is very reasonable, it is not for us to decide whether to go on an expedition, but for the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother." Yuan Kui sighed,

"Although you have lived in the border for a long time, you may not know what is going on in the depths of the desert. Who of us knows if the general will be able to defeat the Xianbei people? Can you defeat Murong Feng? Can you get out of it all? "On the last day of July, the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager He issued an order to dismiss the seventy-four lieutenant officials in the palace according to the performance of the four ministers of the Great Han State.

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