Chapter 11: The Setting of the Long River, Section 14 |In mid-June, the Great Sima Mansion. The great Sima Xu Rong convened Liyi, Yushi, Yang Feng, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Baiqi, Fan Li, He Feng, Sima Yi, Wei Yan and other generals in Beijing to lead the meeting.

Prime Minister Cai Yong, Imperial Historian Liu He, Left Che Cavalry General, Ting Weiqing Xian Yufu, Right Guard General, Acting Taiwei Shi, Guangluxun Zhang Yan, Former General and Guard Captain Lu Bu, General Long Xiang, Executive Jinwu Zhao Yun and other six ministers also attended the military meeting.

Chen Wei, the chief of the Great Sima, first reported on the situation of the war in Western Xinjiang. After the beginning of spring, the fighting on the battlefield in Hexi began again.

Under the command of Yan Rou, the general of Zhenbei, the general Jiang Wu of Li Feng, and the general Lei Zi of Huben, together with six Xianbei leaders, including Xianbei Budugen, Chugui, Huanding, Qishen, Mutao, and Muli, led an army of 20,000 to advance along the northern foot of Qilian Mountain to Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and other places.

The Changshui general Mustafa led his army to fight in the southern part of the Tianqiong Desert, and continued to advance to the north bank of the Yellow River, fighting continuously with the Qiang people on the front line of Lingju and Yunjie, intending to drive the Qiang people to the south bank of the Yellow River and further aggravate the chaos in Jincheng, Longxi and other places.

The key to whether or not this year's fighting in Hexi can achieve its desired goals lies in the continuous supply of livestock and ordnance. According to the requirements of the imperial court, the livestock needed on the battlefield in Hexi were mainly requisitioned from the Hu tribes of the desert and the border counties of northern Xinjiang.

Due to the frequent wars in the imperial court in recent years and too many requisitions, the Hu tribes and border counties in the desert have quite complained.

In March, the general went north to the Shuofang Hetao and personally raised and transported grain and grass to the Hexi battlefield. The general sat in the northern Xinjiang, which greatly deterred the desert and border counties, and the problem of grain, grass and ordnance, which posed the greatest threat to the Hexi battlefield, was successfully solved.

According to the latest battle report of Yan Rou, the general of Zhenbei, the westward army has taken Zhangye, captured the city of Zhilu Fucheng in Jiuquan County, and is advancing towards Yumen.

If nothing else, before winter comes, the army can capture Dunhuang and recover the four counties of Hexi.

The Hehuang battlefield, as we expected, is gradually reaching a stalemate. As General Mustafa's iron cavalry continued to attack the Qiang people on the north bank of the Yellow River, many fighters were created for the Western Liang army.

In April, Han Yi and Yang Qiu led their troops into Jincheng County again and captured the two cities of Yuzhong and Jincheng, but because the supply of grain and grass was not available, they wanted to conquer the county in the summer and advance the battle line to the hinterland of Huangzhong, which was estimated to be very difficult.

Recently, Han Yi wrote several times to Huangfu Li and Pang De, hoping to take the opportunity of the peace negotiations between Chang'an and Xiangyang to be appeased and return to the imperial court, and receive the support of grain, grass and ordnance.

According to Han Yi's letter, in order to solve the problem of grain and grass, Liu Bei of Longxi had already commanded his soldiers to work in Tuntian, Longxi, and at the same time, Liu Bei also made some small grain transportation tools to transport grain from Bashu and Hanzhong.

In addition, in order to hold Longxi, Liu Bei changed his method of dealing with the Qiang people. This year, while taking the initiative to look for fighters, he appeased the Qiang people several times, intending to coexist peacefully with the Qiang people in Longxi, and use the Qiang people's force to take Hehuang, and then take all the western Xinjiang.

The great Sima Xu Rong believes that in the Hexi battlefield, there is a general who personally sits in the desert to transport grain and grass, and Yan Rou, a general in the north of the town, who sits in Guzang to command, and there is no big problem in recovering the four counties within the year, and now it is Liu Bei in Longxi who worries the imperial court.

If Liu Bei had gained a foothold in Longxi and Wudu, and let him get help from the Qiang people in terms of military strength, and the support of Hanzhong and Bashu in terms of financial resources, he would have great trouble in the future.

Xu Rong therefore suggested that the imperial court take advantage of this rare opportunity to immediately appease Han Yi, and take the opportunity to let Pang De and Huangfu Li take the army to enter the western frontier again, so as to prepare for the imperial court to recover the western frontier as soon as possible.

Then, Xu Rong said one more thing. The envoy to Xiangyang believed that the peace talks had entered the stage of detailed consultations and that the two sides should trust each other, so he implored the imperial court to reduce the number of northern Xinjiang troops in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yingchuan, Yuzhou, and other places to ease the tension in the border areas.

For this reason, the eldest princess specially summoned Xu Rong and asked the border armies to keep half of their troops under normal circumstances, and the remaining half of the soldiers to go home to cultivate, so as to save the imperial court's military expenses.

Prime Minister Cai Yong did not wait for the generals to respond, and immediately explained in detail the imperial court's strategy of stabilizing the society as soon as possible from all aspects, the central meaning of which was to meet the peace conditions of Xiangyang as much as possible, quickly appease the rebellion in Xiangyang and other places, let the war in the world calm down, let the people recuperate, and let the Han restore national strength and prosperity as quickly as possible.

Liu He, the imperial historian, also talked a lot, from the disaster of the party, the first disaster of the country, Dong Zhuo's chaotic government to the current two sons of heaven, two courts, the Han Dynasty actually formed a north-south confrontation situation, etc., and elaborated in depth the important and practical significance of a son of heaven and a court to stabilize the society, benefit the people, and consolidate and promote the great cause of Zhongxing.

The Prime Minister and the Imperial History were impassioned, in their mouths, the unification of the Han Dynasty was in front of them, the great cause of Zhongxing was quickly successful, the prospects of Sheji were very good, and the listeners were all excited and enthusiastic.

The atmosphere at the military meeting was very warm, the mood of the generals was high, and all the motions were passed smoothly. Da Sima Xu Rong left Zhang Yan and invited him to his study.

"The eldest princess plans to entertain the generals of the army in Liyang Palace."

"When?" Zhang Yan asked indifferently.

"Maybe just a few days." Xu Rong said with a smile,

"Look, did you let the generals of Luoyang, Guanxi and Guanzhong rush to Chang'an?" Zhang Yan looked at Xu Rong, with a hint of contempt in her eyes,

"Will they come? If you come, you may die. The smile on Xu Rong's face gradually dissipated, he didn't speak, but his expression was slowly stern.

"What? Your Highness has convinced you all? Brother Yu Xing doesn't want to go back to Youzhou anymore? Did Zilong and Fengxian sharpen their knives and prepare to do it? Now that the northern and southern armies have become His Highness's army, it is time for her to do it. Zhang Yan's face did not change, and said with a smile,

"You are the Great Sima, and I am just a secretary who leads the affairs of the Taiwei on behalf of the Emperor. Do you need to discuss this with me? Of course, if His Highness is not at ease, I can leave the Guanglu Xun Mansion immediately, and the Tiger Ben and Yulin Army can be handed over to anyone. ”

"Why are you doing that?" Xu Rong asked suddenly.

"What did I do?" Zhang Yan frowned slightly, calmly,

"Brother Zilie, can you make your words clear? Why can't I understand? Xu Rong sneered,

"Since the general left Chang'an, you have taken advantage of the opportunity to act as a lieutenant, and in the two months of March and April, you have transferred and appointed three hundred and twenty military candidates, military commanders, and captains at all levels. Nowadays, almost all the middle and lower-level military officials in the north and south armies have been replaced, and all the non-Yellow Turban generals have been transferred out of the 100,000-strong army of Zhang Baiqi and Liang Baiwu in Guanzhong, Sun Qin in Guanxi, Wu Xiong in Luoyang, and Lei Chong. Yingchuan is now led by Wang Dangdu, half of Yanzhou's troops are controlled by Peng Lie, Xiang Cheng and Sun Luan, and Qingzhou's army is controlled by Zang Ba and Guan Hai. What do you want? ”

"Brother Zilie, if you want to add to the crime, why should you do anything?" Zhang Yan laughed,

"The transfer and appointment of generals in the army have been finalized long before the general left Chang'an. I'm just doing what I'm told. The two adults in Guanzhong, Huaxiong and He Feng, don't like our Yellow Turban generals, what should I do? Of course I'm going to settle down. Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Xu Huang were transferred from the army by the imperial court, and Wang Dangdu led the Yingchuan military government to control the 70,000 army, which was the will of the imperial court, what does it have to do with me? As for Zang Ba and Guan Hai, they have been leading the army in Qingzhou, and if the imperial court is not at ease, they can be transferred back to Chang'an. ”

"Brother Zilie......" Zhang Yan said solemnly,

"Although the general has left Chang'an and left the court, he and those of us who were born in the yellow turban are connected to life and death, life and death are shared, we will never disobey the general's orders, we absolutely respect the Son of Heaven and the court, and we are willing to fight to the death for the survival of Sheji." Zhang Yan's words were righteous and stern, but when they heard it in Xu Rong's ears, they roared like ten thousand arrows, making him suffocate for a while.

The general and the generals of the Yellow Turban Department live and die together, what does it mean? What does it mean to respect the Son of Heaven and the imperial court because he is unwilling to disobey the orders of the great general?

Now the imperial court is working hard for the unification of the society, but he said that he wants to fight for the survival of the society, what does it mean?

"I said that without the order of the general, no one in the army is allowed to intervene in the court battle, why don't you listen?" Xu Rong's tone was a little ugly,

"The purpose of the general leaving the court is to stabilize the court, not to let the court kill each other."

"Why don't you listen?" Zhang Yan laughed,

"If I listen to you, there are only two ways out. Either go to the desert with the general to herd sheep, or return to Taihang Mountain. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xu Rong scolded sharply,

"Feiyan, you are the emperor of this dynasty, how can you say such a rebellious thing?"

"Am I wrong?" Zhang Yan said with a smile,

"The Great General is an example, a living example. The world is unified, and the day of settling accounts after the autumn has arrived. How many days can someone from our background stay in the court? Even if we live with our heads shrunk, can we hide from the first year of junior high school? As long as there is a rebellion in the states and counties, we will bear the brunt of the bloodbath. Xu Rong's heart trembled, and he looked at Zhang Yan speechless for a long time.

"Feiyan, we must be united, we must work together, we must think about the living beings in the world, and we can't just think about our own ......"

"It is for the sake of the living beings of the world that we follow the great general to fight all over the world, but now that the general is gone, we must first think about our own survival, and then we can take care of the living beings in the world."

"The general is definitely coming back, the eldest princess and the prime minister are also thinking about this issue, but they have to choose an appropriate time to ......" Zhang Yan smiled bitterly,

"Are you lying to yourself, or are you deliberately lying to me? If the eldest princess and the prime minister wanted to invite the general back, they would have made an order a long time ago. Why did the Prime Minister and Lord Goshi come today? In a few days, why will the eldest princess invite us to a banquet? It is not to appease us and prepare for the removal of the general's military power. Xu Rong sighed,

"Believe the general, he will have a way to solve it?"

"The Great General is a man, not a god." Zhang Yan sighed bitterly,

"Back then, I always thought that the great sage and good teacher were gods and could do anything, but he died, and decades of hard work turned into powder in an instant. From then on, I no longer believed that there was a God in this world. Your own destiny must be firmly controlled in your own hands, and only you are God. Xu Rong was silent.

Zhang Yan stood up,

"Brother Zilie, can I still believe you as I did during the Battle of Yanmen Pass?" Xu Rong nodded: "If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have said this to you today." ”

"Can you trust me, then?"

"There is a love of life and death between us, life and death together." Zhang Yan reached out and patted Xu Rong's shoulder and turned away.

Xu Rong sat for a long time and raised his pen to write a letter to the general, but after writing a few words, he suddenly threw the pen to the ground and looked up to the sky and sighed,

"The Great General is a man, not a god. Life and death are up to you. "Guanglu Mansion. Zhang Yan put down the letter in his hand, looked at Yang Feng, the right general sitting opposite, and let out a sneer in his nose.

"This old fox, the situation is judged very accurately."

"He agreed?" Yang Feng asked.

"Promised." Zhang Yan handed the letter to Yang Feng,

"Lord Taifu said that from today on, he will give His Majesty a lecture on the great achievements of Emperor Gaozu, talk about the matter of Empress Lu coming to the dynasty to weigh the system, talk about why Emperor Xiaohui died of depression, and talk about why there were two young emperors before Emperor Xiaowen. Of course, the focus is on how Emperor Xiaowu got rid of the control of Empress Dowager Dou and how he expanded his territory and made outstanding achievements. ”

"How will Your Majesty react after hearing these stories?" Yang Feng said with a smile,

"Children are generally susceptible to instigation. If Lord Taifu said it too vividly, and made His Majesty feel creepy, and he was about to pull out a knife and assassinate the eldest princess on the spot, then Lord Taifu's head would not be able to be saved. Zhang Yan shook her head and chuckled,

He will grasp this measure. When the Son of Heaven is scared and runs to beg us to save Dahan Sheji, we will be able to control the situation in Chang'an smoothly. ”

"It seems that the general set the eight Heavenly Son Divisions at the beginning, and it was indeed after some careful consideration." Yang Feng said,

"Even if the general is no longer here, the Son of Heaven will be safe and sound."

"It's hard." Zhang Yan said,

"Although we secretly dispatched manpower and designed repeatedly, so that Xi Wei captured Chen Gong and Zang Hong, and let him form a mortal enmity with the Qing Yanshi, but because the eldest princess suddenly appeared in Chang'an and transferred Xi Wei out of the Tingwei Mansion in time, we quickly suppressed the imminent scuffle in the court, causing us to fall short. Otherwise, now the ministers of the Qingyan family have all been imprisoned, and the prime minister is also in danger. Without the full support of the Prime Minister, the eldest princess would have to recall the general immediately under our persecution, and the peace talks would have failed immediately. It's a pity ......"

"There's no pity, this plan won't work, and another plan will be used." Yang Feng threw the letter on the desk, stroked his long beard, slowly squinted his eyes and said,

"The infighting in the court has been intense, all parties have completely torn their faces, the eldest princess can't suppress it if she wants to, our goal has been partially achieved. At present, the top priority is to send people to establish relations with the Xiangyang side, deliberately leak secrets, and let the Xiangyang side raise the terms of peace. In addition, the army has basically made arrangements, and it is time to give orders to the generals of the various ministries and ask them to write against the peace. At that time, the court infighting continued, the peace negotiations reached a stalemate, the army made trouble again, and the eldest princess fell into a trilemma, so she could only ask the general for help and urgently summon the general back to Beijing. ”

"It's not just about letting the general return to Beijing......" Zhang Yan sneered,

"If you want to do it, you have to be thorough. This time, we not only have to let the general take charge, but also drive the prime minister out of the court, but also force the eldest princess into the inner palace and strictly prohibit her from interfering in the court. ”

"Soldiers?" Yang Feng excitedly patted the case,

"Okay, good way. As long as we can provoke the little emperor and trick the little emperor into giving orders to the army, we will be famous and can arrest and kill people in a high-sounding manner. ”

"This is a decision, and it will not be admonished unless it is absolutely necessary." Zhang Yan shook his hand and said,

"The military advice has done us too much harm, and anyone with a little brain knows that we have taken Xiao Tianzi hostage, and used Xiao Tianzi's ignorance to cause trouble, and we will become the target of public criticism. In the future, when the little emperor grows up and governs, he is likely to take revenge on us. Therefore, we must be like a general, always maintain loyalty to the Han and the Son of Heaven, so that no one can catch us. We must not repeat the mistakes made by Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, and Guo Yan in those years, and we must not repeat the mistakes of the past and bring about their own destruction. Yang Feng laughed,

"Feiyan, are you scolding the general?"

"He didn't say a word, he shook his hand and left, obviously forcing us." Zhang Yan said with a smile,

"Since he doesn't want to be infamy, then we can't smear his face, let's use some brains and think of some ways to deal with these people, it's not easy to get caught."

"Do you want to be prime minister?" Yang Feng asked suddenly.

"No, don't make a bird." Zhang Yan said,

"Our generation is not from a good background, and it is already the ultimate to be in this position today, and we can no longer be insatiable. Our generation will be able to keep our heads down, and our next generation will be able to hold our heads high. The reason why we are doing this today is also because we are forced to be helpless, otherwise we will lose our heads, there is no way, if we don't kill people, we have to kill. Yang Feng nodded and smiled: "After this incident, you can't lower your head if you want to be a man." ”

"Let's take one step at a time." Zhang Yan said,

"Can you find someone who is familiar with the envoy of Xiangyang? Some things have to be moved quickly and cannot be delayed. ”

"People have found it, but it's not suitable." Yang Feng frowned and said in embarrassment,

"Cui Jun's younger brother Cui An, and Chen Wei of the Great Sima Mansion. They are good friends with Xiangyang's envoys Xu Shu, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian. This Xu Shu used to be very famous in Yingchuan, and when he was a teenager, in order to help his friend avenge, he took a sword, rushed to the enemy's house and cut off the enemy's head, he was a bloody man. Later, he suffered a lot in prison, and after being rescued, he learned from the pain and decided to abandon Wu Congwen and worship Mr. Shuijing as his teacher. This person is the best target to be used, but after the incident, it is bound to involve Master Cui Yan of Shangshutai, or Da Sima himself, so ......" Zhang Yan thought for a while and asked, "Is there anyone else?" ”

"There is also Shangshu Chen Deng, who is a native of Xuzhou and is friends with Wang Lang. Chen Deng and Zang Hong have an irreversible relationship, because of Zang Hong's affairs, he is now mixed with Kong Rong, You Heng and others all day long, trying to rescue Zang Hong. This person is insignificant, but Wang Lang is a famous person in Xuzhou, and he has great enthusiasm for peace talks, so he probably won't be deceived, and we won't seek Chen Deng's help. ”

"Chen Deng, Kong Rong, You Heng......" Zhang Yan whispered a few words, and suddenly raised his head and said to Yang Feng,

"Lu Bu is in charge of the Southern Army, and the Southern Army is stationed in Liyang, if the military advice is implemented, the Southern Army will be a trouble. Although the generals of the battalions of the Southern Army have been replaced by our people, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents? Therefore, when necessary, we will threaten Lu Bu with the lives of the Yanzhou ministers, so that the targets of the attack will be narrowed to the Qingzhou people or Xuzhou ministers like Chen Deng, that is to say, ......"

"I know, I know......" Yang Feng comprehended,

"The design is designed to make them die without a place to be buried." In late June, Cui Yan's younger brother Cui An invited old friends from Xiangyang to a banquet and talked with Xu Shu, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian all night.

Cui An drank too much, and a lot of secrets were revealed during the banquet, including the general being forced to hand over his military power and go north to the desert, all parties in the court killed each other, Cui Yan suspected that Li Wei sent someone to assassinate Xi Xian, so as to frame Zang Hong to fight Prime Minister Cai Yong and so on.

After Xu Shu and the three went back, they immediately reported the matter to Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Han Song and others. Cai Mao immediately convened envoys from all over the country to discuss countermeasures, preparing to revise the terms of the peace agreement, and add another fire to the chaotic situation in Chang'an.

In order to ensure that the news was correct, Cai Mao asked Wang Lang to visit Chen Deng, Hua Xin to visit Kong Rong and You Heng, and Gu Yong to visit his teacher Cai Yong (when Cai Yong took refuge in Jiangdong, Gu Yong had studied the piano with him) to find out the news as much as possible.

Chen Deng was tight-lipped about Wang Lang, and when he heard that Cui Yan suspected Li Wei of assassinating Xi Wei, he secretly rejoiced.

After sending Wang Lang away, he immediately visited Kong Rong and You Heng. You Heng then secretly visits Cui Yan, who is persuaded by the evidence in Your Heng's hand and is determined to help You Heng rescue Zang Hong.

In order to prevent Li Wei's revenge, Cui Yan agreed with You Heng that there would be anything for Cui An to contact them in the future.

You Heng, Chen Deng, Cui An, Wang Lang, Hua Xin, Xu Shu and others have often met and drunk since then. These people are all masters of talking, and they have no moderation in drinking, and they often stay up all night, and they are all over the world, and of course they will inevitably criticize their respective courts.

In July, major issues arose in the peace talks, and the two sides were deeply divided over how many troops the vassal state should retain.

Cai Mao, Cheng Yu, Zhang Song, Lü Fan and others immediately suggested that the army could be reduced, but the feudal states of each vassal state should be increased and all the military power in the feudal states should be given.

Prior to this, the imperial court had promised to retain the titles of ministers such as Cao Cao in the Xiangyang court, and the titles could be hereditary, but there were not many fiefdoms, and there was no military power in the fiefs.

This kind of concession by the Chang'an court was the main reason why Cao Cao and others sent envoys to Chang'an to participate in the peace talks.

Now they have changed their minds, and under the threat of keeping all the troops, they forced the imperial court to agree to the fiefdom and demanded all the military power in the fiefdom.

In the middle of July, the eldest princess and the prime minister and other ministers deliberated carefully, and decided that Xiangyang's request could be accepted, but each vassal state could only retain a small number of troops, and the imperial court would send a certain number of troops to each vassal state.

Xiangyang believed that the vassal state could reduce a certain number of troops, but it was firmly opposed to the imperial court stationing troops in the vassal state.

Through various channels, this incident quickly spread throughout all units of the army. The generals of the garrisons in various places wrote one after another, opposing the peace plan of the imperial court, and impeached the ministers such as Prime Minister Cai Yong and Imperial Historian Liu He, believing that they had caused trouble and asked them to get out of the court immediately.

Yang Xiu told Xiao Tianzi about this. After a series of incisive analysis and reasonable inferences by Yang Xiu, the peace talks finally evolved into a grand conspiracy carefully planned by the Xiangyang rebels and the ** people in the court, aiming to kill the eldest princess and the general, depose the little emperor, and finally support the Xiangyang emperor and the imperial court, and seize the small emperor's country.

Xiao Tianzi's eyes widened, and he was extremely frightened. Yang Xiu saw that Xiao Tianzi seemed to be frightened, so he simply didn't do anything, and added mysteriously,

"Your Majesty, since Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others rebelled and supported the Son of Heaven in Xiangyang, they spread rumors everywhere, slandering that Your Majesty was not from the first emperor, but a small barbarian picked up by the general from the desert. Your Majesty, please think about it, if the peace talks are successful, Liu Biao, Cao Cao, these rebels will come to Chang'an, they will cooperate with the ** people in the court, and the lives of the eldest princess and Your Majesty will ......" Yang Xiu looked murderous, waved his arm and made a gesture of cutting off his head.

"What about the general? Where's the general? I want the general to ......" the little emperor cried in fright. Yang Xiule was so happy that his mouth was crooked, he resisted the urge to laugh wildly, lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the eldest princess has fallen for the ** people, and she has already driven the general to the desert, and she now even suspects that Your Majesty is a little barbarian picked up by the general from the desert." Your Majesty, think about it, how has the eldest princess treated you recently? Either beat or scold, or force you to copy books, who regards Your Majesty as a great man? "The little son of heaven was so frightened that he cried,

"I'm going to the desert to find the general, take me away quickly......"

"The general has already arranged it, how could he leave His Majesty alone?" Yang Xiu was very embarrassed when he saw Xiao Tianzi crying, so he hurriedly took him into his arms, wiped away his tears for him three or two times, and leaned into his ear and said,

"Your Majesty, the general has arranged eight teachers for you, including Lord Zhang Yan of Guangluxun and Lord Zhao Yun of Long Xiang, all of whom have troops in their hands and can protect Your Majesty. But now Lord Zhao Yun has also deceived the ** people, and I don't know the southeast and northwest, so Your Majesty hurry up and find Lord Zhang Yan, he will definitely be able to save you. When Xiao Tianzi heard this, he was a little bolder,

"Aiqing, go find my teacher and ask him to save me."

"Okay, okay, I think of a way to let him come and save Your Majesty as soon as possible." Yang Xiu happily agreed. Xiao Tianzi is very worried about the safety of the eldest princess, although the eldest princess has been a little strict with him recently, but the child forgets it in a blink of an eye, and only remembers that his aunt is good to him.

In the evening, the eldest princess came to see him in his homework, and the little Tianzi snuggled in the arms of the eldest princess and said to the eldest princess very seriously: "Auntie, there are bad people around you, and they want to kill my aunt and me." The eldest princess was shocked, and asked with a pleasant face, "Who told you?" ”

"Lord Yang." The little emperor said mysteriously,

"I have already asked the teacher for help, and the teacher will come to save me in two days, and then my aunt and I will go to the desert to find the general together, and let the general kill all the bad guys." The eldest princess laughed,

"If there is a bad guy who wants to kill my aunt, what will Your Majesty do?"

"I will protect my aunt." Xiao Tianzi said without hesitation,

"As long as I am here, no one in the world can hurt my aunt." The eldest princess hugged Xiao Tianzi tightly, and her eyes moistened with tears,

"It's the same with my aunt, if anyone dares to hurt His Majesty, my aunt will tear him to pieces."

"Auntie, can I ask you one thing?"

"Of course."

"Is I a little barbarian picked up by the general on the desert?"

"Who said that?" The eldest princess was furious. Xiao Tianzi was in the arms of the eldest princess, not knowing that the eldest princess was already apricot eyes at the moment, and she was furious.

"Lord Yang said that it was the rebels in Xiangyang who said it."

"No, you are not a child picked up by the general, you are the son of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. When you were born, the first person to hold you was your aunt, and your aunt watched you grow up, how could it be wrong? ”

"Oh......" the little Tianzi sighed,

"That shouldn't be wrong." After the little emperor fell asleep, the eldest princess withdrew from the Xuande Hall and urgently summoned the tiger Ben Zhonglang to enlighten.

"Protect the Son of Heaven day and night. Without my order, the Son of Heaven is not allowed to leave the palace, and the ministers are not allowed to meet the Son of Heaven. Seeing the eldest princess's grim face, Xie Wu was very frightened, and hurriedly bowed down to agree.

"Ask Yang Xiu to come and see me."

"Lord Yang has already left the palace."

"This bastard ......," the eldest princess scolded angrily,

"Spread the decree, he will not be allowed to approach the Son of Heaven in the future, otherwise I will sew up his mouth." Xie Wu was at a loss.

It seems that Yang Xiu has offended the eldest princess, no wonder at dusk, he ran faster than a rabbit, and he couldn't see anyone in the blink of an eye.

At the end of July, news came from Xiangyang, agreeing to the request of the Chang'an court, agreeing to reduce the army, and agreeing that the imperial army should be stationed in the vassal state, but the Son of Heaven and the imperial court must first establish a domain, first divide the feud, and then depose the Xiangyang Son of Heaven.

Chang'an has seen the dawn of reunification, the days of stability in the world are close at hand, and the revitalization of social society is no longer a dream, but will soon become a reality.

The eldest princess and Prime Minister Cai Yong and a group of ministers were extremely excited, and quickly accelerated the discussion of the specific peace plan, and began to plan for the establishment of a feudal domain.

Taifu Yang Biao, Da Sima Xu Rong and other ministers were worried, and they warned the eldest princess and Prime Minister Cai Yong that in order to prevent Xiangyang from rebelling and causing an impact on the imperial court, it was best to depose the emperor of Xiangyang first.

However, Prime Minister Cai Yong believed that the Son of Heaven and the imperial court in Xiangyang were no longer important at this moment, and the order of establishing and deposing the feudal domain had no impact on the overall situation.

There were more and more concerts in the army against peace and the establishment of vassals, but the eldest princess was unmoved. Since the general left Chang'an, the eldest princess has inspected the southern and northern armies several times, and frequently summoned the generals in the army, especially Zhao Yun, the commander of the northern army, and Lu Bu, the commander of the southern army, who have become frequent visitors to Liyang Palace.

In the past, the general solemnly warned all the generals in the army to resolutely support the eldest princess and be loyal to the eldest princess at any time and place.

This time, the great Sima Xu Rong also warned the generals not to participate in the court battle, and to be absolutely loyal to the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess.

The advice of the great general and the great Sima stabilized the morale of the army to a certain extent. So far, although the generals of the army are generally dissatisfied with the peace strategy of the imperial court, they are still absolutely obedient to the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess, and there has been no disobedience.

The stability of the army gave the imperial court an illusion, an extremely blind self-confidence. At the end of July, the eldest princess decided to reduce the general's military power and remove some of the generals from their military positions.

She first consulted Prime Minister Cai Yong. Cai Yong believed that in order to prevent the success of the peace negotiations, the vassal states launched a rebellion on the grounds that the generals refused to surrender their military powers, and repeated the disaster of the overthrow of the society by the armies of the towns and towns in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, or take this opportunity to reduce the generals' military powers, and at the same time remove some generals from their military posts to weaken the generals' control over the army.

Liu He, the imperial historian, and Kong Rong, the servant, also agreed. He believed that the general's military power in his hands was a huge threat to the community, to the government, and to the pacification of Xiangyang, and that in the long run, it was better to weaken it as soon as possible, so as not to cause endless troubles in the future and harm others and himself.

In March, the general took the initiative to hand over his military power, and the imperial court did not take back his military power within five months, which is an explanation for the army, to the generals in the army, to the people of northern Xinjiang, to the court and the prefectures and counties.

Now the imperial court is only reducing his military power, which is completely morally justified, and the imperial court has five months to prepare, and it should be able to recover the military power and control the army relatively safely.

Taifu Yang Biao only said one sentence,

"Is Your Highness really ready? If you're not ready, don't take any chances. Great Sima Xu Rong also said: "If His Highness must do this, then invite the general back and let the general stand behind His Highness." Lu Bu fiercely objected, he knelt down on the spot, kowtowed again and again,

"Your Highness, the reason why the military power has invincible power is not because of the general's exploits and achievements, but because of the mighty Han, because of the bloody ...... of hundreds of thousands of Han soldiers" Xian Yufu, Lu Yi, Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Yang Feng...... The generals in Beijing looked calm, and they all gave the eldest princess a word,

"Resolutely obey the will of the Son of Heaven and His Highness, even if you want our heads, you will never say anything." Taiwei Xun You, Taichang Guo Ce, Shaofu Zhang Fan, Dahonglu Yuan Yao, Dasi Nong Li Wei and other ministers expressed their silence, at most one sentence

"Obey the will of His Highness" is perfunctory. On the first day of the eighth month, the eldest princess issued an order in the name of the Son of Heaven to remove Tingweiqing Xian Yufu from the post of general of the left chariot cavalry, the post of the general of the right chariot cavalry of the great Sima Xu Rong, and the dismissal of Guangluxun Zhang Yan from the post of general of the right guard.

Bai Liyi is the general of the chariot cavalry, Bai Lu Bu is the general of the left guard, Zhao Yun is the general of the right guard, Bai Yushi is the former general, and Bai Wenchou is the rear general.

Due to the fierce opposition in the court, the eldest princess did not order a revision of the official system and did not reduce the general's military power, she planned to wait a little longer to see how the army reacted.

On the third day of August, Taifu Yang Biao fell ill. Xiao Tianzi begged the eldest princess and begged the eldest princess to let her visit the teacher in Chang'an.

The eldest princess agreed. On the fifth day of the eighth month, the Son of Heaven was accompanied by Guangluxun Zhang Yan, the general of the escort army Jia Xu, and the general Tian Chou of Wuguan Zhonglang, and rushed to Chang'an under the escort of a thousand tigers and feathers.

At dusk, the car arrived at Weiqiao. The right generals Yang Feng and Hu Qizhong Lang will sacrifice Feng with five hundred iron horsemen waiting at the bridgehead.

Zhang Yan opened the car door and smiled at Xiao Tianzi,

"Your Majesty, are you ready?"

"Where are the assassins? Why didn't I see the Assassins? The little Tianzi poked out half of his head and looked around,

"Aiqing, are the assassins hiding in the water, or are they ambushed under the bridge?"

"The Assassins are insignificant, but they are just the reason why we went to the Feng Ho camp to recruit the Northern Army." Zhang Yan said with a smile,

"Your Majesty's important task is to command the soldiers of the Northern Army, kill ** Yu, rescue Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and save Sheji."

"Oh......" The Son of Heaven touched his head and jumped to 1/2