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Shi Liwei, the head of the general mansion of the chariot and cavalry, was ordered by the Son of Heaven to rush to Luoyang to enter the palace to see the driver. Shangshu Heng stepped outside the summer gate of the northern city.

Heng is about thirty years old, of medium height, with a white face and a short beard, a pair of delicate eyes, and a thick southern accent when he speaks, and his words and demeanor are quite respectful. After Li Wei and him exchanged pleasantries, they immediately got into a carriage and entered the city.

Li Wei feels that the officials in Luoyang are changing too quickly now, batch after batch, which makes people feel dizzying. It has only been more than a month since he left the capital, and a new face has appeared in Shangshutai's Shangshu. Hengjie seemed to know Li Wei very well, and complimented him when he got in the car. Li Weiqian conceded a few words, and then asked with a smile: "When I left the capital in September, I didn't see adults in Shangshutai. Did you just arrive? ”

"I came to Beijing last month." Hengjie arched his hand and smiled, "Lord Sun of Changsha Mansion recommended me to Lord Zhu Jun, and then Lord Zhu Jun recommended me to the Son of Heaven......"

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Are you from Changsha?" So you and I are still in the same class? No wonder Shang Shutai sent you to pick me up, it turns out that you and I are actually the same door? He hurriedly stood up and saluted Hengjie again, but Hengjie didn't even dare to say it, so he also stood up and returned the salute. The distance between the two narrowed in an instant. Li Wei asked about the situation of Hengjie, and then he knew that he was a native of Linxiang, Changsha, and a celebrity in Changsha.

"This is the letter that Master Sun asked me to bring to you." Hengjie took out a silk bag from his bosom and handed it to Li Wei, "Lord Sun said that if Zhong Yuan is free, he must take his wife south to Changsha to have fun." ”

"Wentai still has a letter to me?" Li Wei asked in surprise, "Brother Boxu, how did Wentai know that you would meet me in Luoyang?" ”

"Master Sun said that the key to the success of the expedition to the desert is food, and now that the political situation in Luoyang is unstable, food and salary may be cut off at any time, so Zhongyuan will definitely be in Luoyang."

When Li Wei heard the words "food", his mood suddenly deteriorated a lot. While carefully putting away the letter written to him by Sun Jian, he asked worriedly: "Brother Boxu, is Your Majesty urgently summoning me to Beijing for the purpose of food and salary for the expeditionary army?" ”

Hengjie nodded and said in a low voice: "The imperial court intends to let the general of the chariot and cavalry withdraw immediately. ”

Li Wei was shocked in his heart, his brows furrowed, "Is it to withdraw to the southern part of the desert or to withdraw to the five plains?" ”

"It's not sure now, it's still being debated. The intention of Lord Taiwei and some of the ministers was to let the expeditionary army immediately withdraw to Gohara. Because winter is approaching and the desert is about to snow, the withdrawal of the army to Wuyuan can not only ensure the safety of the expeditionary army, but also solve the current crisis of empty treasury. Hengjie said, "But Lord Taifu and a group of ministers believe that no matter what the cost, the expeditionary army should firmly occupy the southern part of the desert, open up a huge territory for the stability of the northern frontier, and move the battlefield of the future invasion of the Hu people to the desert." This is directly related to the permanent stability of northern Xinjiang and to the future generations of the Han Dynasty. They said that such a small loss now is not worth mentioning at all compared to the losses caused by the Hu people's invasion of border counties to our Han in the past. ”

Li Wei looked at the gray sky and was silent.

Luoyang North Palace, Shangshutai.

Son of Heaven, Taiwei Dong Zhuo, Taifu Yuan Kui, Situ Huangwan, Sikong Yang Biao, Taichang Ma Riyan, Zongzheng Chen Ji, Taifu Yuan Ji, Guangluxun Zhao Qian, Dasi Nong Yuan Peng, Shaofu Yin Xun, Weiwei Chongfu, Tingwei Liu Hong, Dahonglu Han Rong, Zhijin Wu Hu Wuban, will be a master craftsman Zhu Jun, Yu Shi Zhongcheng Xu Jing, Si Li Xiaowei Xuanfan, Shangshu Ling Ding Gong, Shangshu Zhou Yu, Zheng Tai, Hua Xin, Hengjie, Sun Rui, and the Huangmen Shilang Xun Yu who served the Son of Heaven (Huangmen is the palace gate, and the Huangmen Shilang is an official who serves in the palace gate, one of the officials in the inner court, responsible for serving the emperor and conveying the edict. The rank is not high, but he is the closest official to the emperor. and other important ministers of the DPRK and China gathered together to listen to Li Wei's presentation on the expeditionary military situation.

Li Wei spoke for a long time. He described in great detail the difficulties of expeditionary operations, such as the courage and skill of the Xianbei iron cavalry, the undefeated myth of Murong Feng, the complex and steep desert terrain, the fatigue of the northern Xinjiang army's repeated bloody battles, the loss of the Han army's iron cavalry, and the hardships of grain and grass transportation. Then he focused on the overall strategy of Li Hong's expedition to the desert, and finally he explained with great emotion the importance of defeating Xianbei and occupying the desert to the rapid restoration of stability and national strength of the Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, my lords, look at how much military money my Han has spent in order to stabilize the Western Frontier in the past hundred years? How many troops were used? If the situation in northern Xinjiang becomes as sinister as that in western Xinjiang in the next few years, how can we stabilize our Han dynasty? When will the national strength be restored? Li Wei knelt on the ground and kowtowed again, "Today, the general of the Che Cavalry led 50,000 iron cavalry to fight in the Sunset Plain, if Your Majesty suddenly orders them to retreat, it is very likely to repeat the mistake of the Rang army that defeated the Sunset Plains twelve years ago." The minister begged His Majesty to fight this battle to a last, even if the national strength was exhausted. ”

The young Son of Heaven couldn't understand many complicated things, but he understood one thing. It would take more than two months and three bags of grain to transport a bag of grain from Luoyang to Wolf Juxu Mountain, more than 5,000 miles away, that is to say, the three months of grain and grass hoarded by the big camp in the clouds were only enough for the consumption of 50,000 iron horsemen for a month's expedition to Wolf Juxu Mountain. The ten-year-old Son of Heaven's eyes widened and exclaimed in disbelief: "Then if this battle is fought, won't it cost tens of billions of money?" A month's worth of war would cost you a year's worth of taxes, which would be too expensive. He looked at Yuan Peng, who had a stern expression, and muttered to himself, "How has my Han lived in the past few years?" ”

Dasi Nong Yuan Peng explained that the 200,000 troops of northern Xinjiang went out to recover the border counties and now went on an expedition to Langjuxu Mountain, fighting for six months, costing a total of about 12 billion yuan in military resources. Although the money used in these wars was the money left by the first emperor in Wanjintang and the empress dowager in Yongle Palace, due to the turmoil in Luoyang, coupled with the need to resettle and provide relief to the victims, there were too many places to spend money, so the imperial court had long been unable to make ends meet. Now Lord Taiwei and Lord Taifu both intend to withdraw the army, and the minister also has the same opinion, thinking that it is better to retreat as soon as possible for the expeditionary army.

The Son of Heaven turned his head to look at Dong Zhuo, blinked his little eyes in fear, and stopped talking. This kind of thing, it is not his turn to speak now, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, before him, he could not be in charge, and it was Lord Dong Zhuo who acted as the agent of state affairs.

The controversy between the ministers, as Hengjie said, is no longer a question of whether to withdraw troops, but a question of where to withdraw. Li Wei said that snow usually falls in the desert between the end of November and the beginning of December, but once the snow falls early, the safety of the 50,000 iron horsemen becomes a problem. If the army is surrounded and intercepted by the Xianbei Iron Cavalry, it is possible that the whole army will be annihilated. Now that the Xianbei people have been cornered by us, as long as they hold on, the Xianbei people who lack food will have no choice but to surrender. But Li Wei was alone, his words had no weight, and no one paid attention to him.

Li Wei looked at the excited faces in front of him, and couldn't help sneering in his heart. Before he left Hedong, he had already received a secret letter from Xian Yufu, knowing that the army had won a complete victory in Sunset Plain, and he wanted to see what attitude Dong Zhuo, Yuan Kui, and the ministers of the DPRK and China had towards the army in the northern Xinjiang. At present, it seems that Dong Zhuo, Yuan Kui and the ministers of the DPRK and China do not want to put Li Hong to death, and they all want to weaken Li Hong's strength. However, Dong Zhuo also wanted to temporarily rely on Li Hong's power, and he let the Northern Xinjiang army withdraw to Wuyuan, obviously wanting Li Hong to retain his vitality. But ministers such as Yuan Kui, Huang Wan and Yang Biao were much more radical. Without annihilating the main force of Xianbei and without sufficient food and grass, letting the army of Northern Xinjiang continue to occupy the southern part of the desert is purely to let the 100,000 foot soldiers of Northern Xinjiang fall into the desert, and let groups of ferocious wild wolves slowly devour the lives of the soldiers.

Li Wei secretly admired Li Hong. Li Hong violated the convention and ordered the army to delay reporting to the imperial court, not to ask the imperial court for food, but to see the imperial court's attitude towards the northern Xinjiang army. If the imperial court forced him to retreat by cutting off his food and wages, and took the opportunity to weaken his strength, he could take advantage of the opportunity of the great victory of the expedition to ask the imperial court for more things. What does the Shogun want? Li Wei seemed to think of what Li Hong wanted, and the corners of his mouth gradually lifted a smug smile.

Yuan Kui said that no matter where the army is withdrawn, the army must withdraw first, or give an order first. Dong Zhuo also agreed that there was no point in fighting like this, and the position to which he would withdraw in the end would depend on the development of the situation.

The Son of Heaven ordered the general Li Hong to ride at a speed of 800 miles, and immediately retreated after receiving the order, and must retreat to a safe place before the snowfall. The food and grass needed for the expeditionary army will be halved from today.

Zhu Jun, who will be a master craftsman, presented a form of apology to the Son of Heaven and was willing to go home. Recently, both the officials and the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee have successively written to impeach Zhu Jun, and one of the most important reasons for impeachment is that most of Zhu Jun's protégés and disciples serve in the northern Xinjiang prefectures, and there is a vague attempt to control the military and government of northern Xinjiang. This crime is very big, and Zhu Jun can't afford it, so he immediately decided to resign, but he chose to resign at today's court meeting, which obviously has some other meanings.

Li Wei looked up at Dong Zhuo, Yuan Kui, Huang Wan and Yang Biao. The four of them looked serious, and they couldn't see any thoughts. The Son of Heaven did not recruit himself to return to Beijing to show the military situation himself, but hoped that he would understand the meaning of the imperial court's request to withdraw the army, and then advise Li Hong, who might be angry in the future. He is now powerful, and he has won the trust of the general of the chariot cavalry, if he can pull himself to the side of the imperial court, it will be a matter of twice the result with half the effort to restrain the general of the chariot and cavalry.

If a teacher has to leave his post and return home because of the impeachment of his disciple's affairs, this is certainly something he does not want to see. Is this the important minister of the court and the teacher together to force me to compromise? Li Wei sighed. Why can't teachers understand themselves? Is a hero like the general of the chariot and cavalry really the scourge of the Great Han Kingdom? If it weren't for the ** imperial court, ignoring the life and death of northern Xinjiang, how could the general of the chariot cavalry lead the army south to threaten the Son of Heaven? Who's right and who's wrong, teacher, why can't you see clearly?

Li Wei had heard the reason for the ministers' impeachment of Zhu Jun for a long time, and the purpose of the ministers in the DPRK and China was very simple, it was nothing more than to ask Zhu Jun to call his son and son-in-law back from northern Xinjiang and weaken Li Hong's strength. For this reason, Zhu Jun has written several times to warn Li Wei and others not to be too ostentatious, and even asked Xiao Lan to stay at home and be Mrs. Changshi. Xiao Lan is also very aggrieved, there are so many things in Northern Xinjiang, and all the prefectures are used by one person and a few people. There are only seven people in Linfen, and Li Wei alone has to do more than a dozen things for his subordinates, how can he do it if he doesn't make any efforts?

In September, Li Wei recruited his subordinates in the capital for the Cheqi General's Mansion and the Northern Xinjiang Prefectures, but he was disappointed, and he only brought about 20 scholars back to Hedong. He couldn't recruit Peng's subordinates in Luoyang, but Jinyang was sending people out. Most of the students who were a little better in Jinyang University Hall were recommended by their teachers to study in Taixue or apply for recruitment in the capital. If nothing else, it is because Northern Xinjiang is poor, Northern Xinjiang is bitter, Northern Xinjiang is a barren land, a place full of dangers. Not only can you not make money as an official, but you also have to worry about your life. Let's ask, in today's situation where the Han Kingdom is desolate and extravagant, corrupt, and clinging to the powerful, who wants to go to Tuntian in northern Xinjiang? Who wants to go to the north and suffer desolation and poverty? When Li Wei was recruiting students in Taixue, a scholar who couldn't find a place to go for many years and could only wander around the capital once said to Li Wei that he would rather be a gatekeeper for the powerful in the capital than go to northern Xinjiang to eat wind and drink sand. What can Li Wei say? What kind of promise can he make to recruit the living scholars?

The young Son of Heaven's immature voice interrupted Li Wei's contemplation, and the Son of Heaven said that the matter would be decided after I discussed it with Lord Taiwei.

After retreating, Li Wei and Hengjie accompanied Zhu Jun to sit in a carriage. Zhu Jun was very angry and asked Li Wei, why is Xiao Lan still engaged in Zhonglang in the Cheqi General's Mansion? I have written several times, but why do you still turn a deaf ear?

Li Wei sued again and again. Zhu Jun said, I myself am a person who has led soldiers to fight, and I can probably understand what kind of person the general of the chariot cavalry is. I am also aware of the current situation in Northern Xinjiang, and I have no objection to your appointment in Northern Xinjiang. As long as you are loyal to the Han, you will do things the same wherever you are. But Shinoran went too far. Who is Hedong Wei Valve? Their family has been powerful for generations, and he is a famous family of my big man, why do you want to provoke him? The general of the chariot rider gave you an order? Today's Great Han Kingdom is not the Great Han Kingdom in your hearts, not the pure land you idealize, whether it is the barren northern Xinjiang or the rich Gyeonggi, there is filth and rancid smell everywhere. It's like a big tree that has rotted, if you cut off one of its branches, what problem can you solve?

"I caused trouble to the teacher, please punish the teacher." Li Wei said frustratedly, "It's just that the general of the chariot cavalry has withdrawn, and my northern Xinjiang is in danger." ”

"If only you could understand." Zhu Jun said, "For the sake of the survival of Northern Xinjiang, some of the methods of the general of the Che Cavalry are too radical. He can do whatever it takes, but he can't ignore the survival of the Great Han Kingdom. If the Great Han Kingdom is crumbling, how can Northern Xinjiang survive alone? General Che Cai, you, as well as Zhu Mu and Xian Yufu, you are all too radical. After this battle, the vitality of the Han Kingdom was greatly damaged, and as long as anyone kicked it, the building would collapse immediately. ”

"Teacher......" Li Wei's heart was heavy and shameless.

"Do you think I'm handing out the Confession Form for you today?" Zhu Jun stretched out his hand to pat Li Wei and said with a slight smile, "Even if the general of the chariot cavalry wins, the threat to the imperial court is not great." The Great Han Kingdom was completely hollowed out by him, what is the difference between winning this battle and losing it? Without ten years of hard work, Northern Xinjiang will not be able to turn over at all, and you will have to live a hard life for many years. ”

Dong Zhuo's car caught up quickly.

Zhu Jun, Li Wei and Hengjie hurriedly got out of the car to meet them.

"Gongwei, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang hurriedly played the imperial court, saying that the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro Bai Tong and Yu Poison led his subordinates down the mountain to grab grain, and begged the imperial court to send troops to quell the rebellion." Dong Zhuo sat in the carriage and said with a smile, "I discussed with the Son of Heaven just now, and I think that you, who will be a master, will not do it." You are leading troops to fight, and you have nothing to do with building houses and houses, so I think you should go to Hanoi to quell the rebellion. It is good for you to leave the capital for a while, so that there will always be people who will impeach you. ”

Li Wei suddenly understood. Heng Rank is a little confused. Zhu Jun bowed and thanked him.

"The Son of Heaven plans to worship you as the right general and lead 10,000 northern troops to Hanoi to quell the rebellion." Dong Zhuo said, "Infantry Captain Zhang Yang, what do you think? I will give you all his men and horses. ”

Zhu Jun said with a smile: "Everything is arranged by Lord Taiwei." ”

"Gongwei, you are old and in poor health, after you arrive in Hanoi, you command in the back, listen to Zhang Yang's kid rushing in front, you must not take the lead and block the arrows and stones." Dong Zhuo said with concern, "In December, I will ask the Son of Heaven to issue an order to transfer you back to Beijing." This year, I still have to spend it at home. Then he pointed at Li Wei, "Zhong Yuan, this year's New Year, are you going back to Beijing with your wife?" ”

Li Wei hurriedly replied: "Thank you, Lord Taiwei, for your concern, I guess it won't work......"

"What's not to do." Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said, "When the general of the chariot cavalry leads the army to withdraw to Wuyuan, I will ask the world to issue an order to recruit you to the court." People like you are too aggrieved to be placed in that poor place in northern Xinjiang. ”

Li Wei thanked again and again.

"Gongwei, can I borrow Zhong Yuan to use it?" Dong Zhuo smiled, "I have something to ask Zhong Yuan." ”

Dong Zhuo stared at Li Wei fiercely and didn't say a word.

Li Wei felt a little furious in his heart, and reluctantly smiled: "My lord, is there something wrong?" ”

"Tell me honestly, where did the general hit the chariot general? What was the Battle of Sunset Hara? Dong Zhuo's face was murderous, and he asked word by word.

"Now? Or when I left Hedong? Li Wei said matter-of-factly, "Now, I definitely don't know." When I left Hedong, I received a report of battle five days earlier. From Sunset to Hedong, more than 4,000 miles, it takes five days for the stagecoach to run non-stop. ”

Dong Zhuo snorted coldly, "My big Han's leopard general, is Hu Lu an opponent?" Forget it, you won't say if I ask you. Now I have no money in my hands, and the taxes of various states and counties have been delayed in entering the treasury, what do you think? 100,000 soldiers of the Northern Army are still waiting for the New Year? ”

Li Wei pointed to the mansions on both sides of the street, smiling without saying a word.

"You think I'm a horse thief?" Dong Zhuo scolded, "Zengfu, what do you think?" ”

Li Wei's heart jumped suddenly, and he blurted out: "Absolutely not." ”

Dong Zhuo's face was cold.

"My lord, whose idea was this? This person deserves to be punished! ”

"Jia Xu, Jin Cao Peng Jia Xu."

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