Chapter 10 won the Central Plains 49th Festival in the middle of July, Jinyang. The news of Guanzhong's victory reached Jinyang, and the city celebrated.

In the name of the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess issued an order to reward the front-line army, and encouraged the soldiers to make persistent efforts to take Chang'an and occupy Tongguan, Wuguan and Dasanguan to ensure that Guanzhong could stabilize in the shortest possible time.

On the same day, the eldest princess convened a meeting of important ministers in Fenghuangchi to discuss the westward migration of the population to Guanzhong, and agreed that Zhao Jian, the doctor of Guanglu, would be appointed as Jingzhao Yin, and the doctor Wang Lie and Liang Shao, the doctor of Zhongsan, would be appointed as the Taishou of Fufeng and Feng Yi.

Jingzhao Yin and Zhao Jian held the festival and was fully responsible for the political affairs of Guanzhong. Five days later, Taiwei Xu Rong's recital was sent to Jinyang, and this recital immediately caused an uproar in the Phoenix Pool.

In this way, the army can not only immediately attack Guanxi and encircle Luoyang with the Central Plains army, but also quickly move the population westward to complete the autumn ploughing, and there is no problem in Guanzhong to be stabilized during the year.

By next spring, 800 miles of Qinchuan will be able to produce grain, so the financial crisis of the imperial court can be alleviated, and the time to attack Luoyang can be greatly advanced.

However, the death of Han Sui and the severity of the situation in the western Xinjiang made the eldest princess and the important ministers of the court worried, and there was no joy at all.

Han Sui's position in Western Xinjiang is very important, and no one can replace it. Now that Han Sui is dead, the Western Liang Army has suffered heavy losses, and part of the Northern Xinjiang Army has to defend Guanzhong, and part of it has to go east to fight Guanxi, and it is unable to take care of Western Xinjiang.

At this time, the Qiang people, who had been eyeing the western Xinjiang for a long time, naturally would not miss the opportunity, and the iron horses of the Qiang people would soon appear in various parts of Xiliang.

The war in Xiliang was raging, and the gateway to Guanzhong lost its barrier effect, and the situation in Guanzhong was immediately precarious.

Guanzhong could not be stabilized, in addition to being unfavorable to the attack on Luoyang, it was a fatal blow to the proposal of setting the capital Chang'an.

The Xiliang army couldn't wait to withdraw to the western frontier, precisely because it was worried that the Qiang people would take advantage of the situation to attack, and the Taiwei Xu Rong let the Xiliang people withdraw without putting forward any conditions, which was also for this reason.

But after Han Sui's death, the Western Liang Army has become a scattered sand, even if they return to the Western Xinjiang, they will only stick to their own territory, and no one can gather them together like Han Sui to join forces to defend against the enemy.

After the death of Han Sui, the Qiang people who belonged to Western Xinjiang would definitely fight for the position of leader after the death of their leaders Chang Chang, Mo Rope, Zhu Du and others.

Baimaqiang, Yaodangqiang and other Qiang tribes are bound to take the opportunity to invade Xiliang. Taiwei Xu Rong proposed to send troops to the western frontier at this moment, precisely because he saw the flames of war in Xiliang and saw the crisis in Guanzhong, which was purely helpless.

At present, there are about 90,000 people in the Northern Xinjiang Army in Guanzhong. General Xu Rong led a group of men and horses to stabilize Guanzhong.

General Koji Yi was attacking Kansai with a group of men, and General Pang De was stationed in Hanyang County, Xiliang with some iron cavalry, and his troops were seriously insufficient.

The eldest princess proposed to let the Hu clan's iron cavalry continue to stay on the battlefield in Guanzhong, and Shang Shu ordered Li Wei to immediately speak out to stop it.

Tens of thousands of Hu iron horsemen stayed in Guanzhong for a long time, and food and horse feed could not be supplied. The 300,000 people of Hedong and Taiyuan are about to move into Guanzhong, which is very chaotic, and once the Hu iron cavalry cannot control the burning, killing, and plundering, things will be out of control.

In addition, the most important point is that there can be no garrison outside the fortress for a long time. The armies guarding the outside of the fortress mainly include the Fengyun Iron Cavalry, the Ula Iron Cavalry and the Duliao Iron Cavalry.

The largest number of Ula Iron Cavalry is now divided into three parts, one part is in the Central Plains battlefield with Jiang Wu, one part is immediately stationed in Xiliang with Pang De, and the rest are back to defend outside the Sai.

Due to the sharp decline in the number of the iron cavalry of the Saiwai Ula and the Xiongnu iron cavalry, which was the most loyal to the Han Dynasty, suffered heavy losses, the garrison force in northern Xinjiang has been slightly insufficient, and the stability of northern Xinjiang has thus produced hidden dangers.

Therefore, in the next few years, it is best for the imperial court not to transfer troops on a large scale from outside the Saiwai, so as to avoid turmoil in the desert and another war in northern Xinjiang.

The eldest princess is at a loss. The Hu Iron Cavalry will return to Saiwai within this month, and the Xiliang War is about to ignite.

Guanzhong must be garrisoned, and Guanxi must be taken immediately, and the troops in Guanzhong are simply not enough, and the only way at this moment is to quickly increase troops.

The proposal to increase the number of troops was immediately strongly opposed by Prime Minister Cai Yong, Imperial Historian Liu He, Imperial Lieutenant Zhang Miao, Dasi Nong Zhong Xuan, General Craftsman Kong Rong, Zhongshu Supervisor Xun You, Shang Shu Zuo, Right Servant Zhang Fan, Cui Yan and other ministers.

The opposition of the ministers was expected by the eldest princess, so she immediately consulted the ministers on a solution to the crisis.

Prime Minister Cai Yong believed that the real purpose of Taiwei Xu Rong's suggestion to send troops to the western Xinjiang was to force the imperial court to order more troops.

In the current situation, the chaos in Xiliang is certain, but the people of Xiliang still have tens of thousands of troops. For the sake of their own survival, they had to drive out the invading Qiang no matter what.

As long as we give them enough assistance, the Xiliang people should have no problem defending their homes, and besides, the Xiliang people are dragged by the Qiang people, and they will not be able to invade Guanzhong for a few years.

Lord Xu Rong is too presumptuous about the development of the situation, and he is suspected of being alarmist. Xun You, the supervisor of the Central Library, agreed with Cai Yong's opinion, he believed that as long as General Pang De led the army to stick to the front line of Yicheng and Shangqi and block the enemy's road to invade Guanzhong, the imperial court would still have enough time to conquer Luoyang.

After Guanzhong is stabilized and Luoyang is recovered, it is completely too late to concentrate troops to solve the problem of western Xinjiang. Dasi Nong Zhong Xuan made a detailed analysis from the aspects of land distribution, tax revenue, and military expenditure, and believed that the imperial court was not capable of increasing troops now.

At that time, the general had repeatedly won more with less, and now the army has been invincible, and the rebels have already been beaten to the heart, and the recovery of a Luoyang is just a gesture for the general.

Liu He, the imperial historian, impeached Xu Rong, believing that although Xu Rong had achieved a great victory in Guanzhong, he had not fulfilled the great trust of the imperial court and brought immeasurable losses to the great cause of Zhongxing.

Moreover, he also used the pretext of the matter in the western Xinjiang to temporarily give up the attack on Luoyang as a threat, forcing the imperial court to order more troops, and his heart can be punished.

Since he took the initiative to resign, he accepted his resignation and removed him from the post of lieutenant, so as to warn the generals in the army to resolutely follow the imperial court's strategy of rejuvenation, and not to bend the law arrogantly and do whatever they want.

Shang Shu ordered Li Wei, Zong Zheng Jia Xu, Shang Shu Xie Ming and other ministers to immediately refute it. In the matter of Xiliang, Jia Xu's words obviously have a certain authority.

He believes that there is no difference between the strategy of Cai Yong and other ministers and the abandonment of Xiliang. In Xiliang, Ma Chao and Yang Qiu are inextricably linked with the Qiang tribes, and many of them even have the blood of the Qiang people flowing in their bodies, and some of their ancestors actually belong to the Qiang people.

These people have rebelled with Han Sui for more than ten years, and they have long since lost the Han and the Son of Heaven of the Han in their hearts. For them, whoever has a hard fist, who is strong, and who can give them the greatest benefits, is the overlord of Xiliang.

After Han Sui's death, Xiliang will not have an overlord for a long time. Ma Chao, Han Yi, Yang Qiu, and the Qiang people all want to dominate Xiliang.

When neither of them can defeat each other, when the barren Xiliang can't satisfy their struggle for hegemony, what will they do?

It's very simple, just like Han Sui, Bian Zhang, June Thunder, Northwest Rain and others teamed up back then, they will also join forces to kill Guanzhong.

Therefore, Lord Taiwei's suggestion is right, and the top priority is to immediately lead the army into Xiliang, deter Xiliang with strong force, and firmly control the armies of Ma Chao and Han Yi, so that the Qiang people do not have any chance to attack Xiliang.

Xiliang stabilized, and Guanzhong was safe. The army has no worries, so it can go down and kill Luoyang directly.

The ministers argued. Li Wei, Jia Xu and others were weak, and the proposal to increase troops was immediately shelved. After the discussion, Li Wei, Jia Xu and others visited the eldest princess again, and tried their best to persuade the eldest princess to order more troops in order to stabilize Western Xinjiang and Guanzhong, ensure that the army quickly recovered Luoyang, and the great cause of Zhongxing was steadily advanced.

The eldest princess thought about it again and again, and summoned Cai Yong, Xun You and other ministers in the Phoenix Pool overnight to discuss the increase in troops again.

"Your Highness, we all know what the consequences of the increase in troops will be." Xun You frowned and said,

"The more troops, the greater the military power in the hands of the general, and the more stable the northern Xinjiang forces in the court, which is extremely harmful to the great cause of Zhongxing."

"Today's crisis in Western Xinjiang and Guanzhong can be said to have been deliberately created by the Great General and the Taiwei, and its purpose is to force the imperial court to increase its troops." Xun You picked up Xu Rong's recital, pointed to one of the passages and said,

"Your Highness, have you noticed that in the final stage of the Battle of Zheng Baiqu, Lord Taiwei ordered the encirclement and annihilation of the Xiliang army when the troops were insufficient, which directly led to the death of Han Sui and caused the Xiliang army to lose more than half. Why did Lord Taiwei give such an order? Quite simply, he just wants to plunge Western Xinjiang into chaos. ”

"Lord Xun, anything can happen on the battlefield, and Han Sui's death was also an accident." The eldest princess shook her hand and said dissatisfiedly,

"There's no truth to your guess."

"Even if Han Sui doesn't die, the western frontier will be chaotic, because Han Sui's Western Liang army only has half of the strength left, and after he retreats to the western frontier, the Qiang people will also beat him. There is no chaos in the western frontier, what excuse does Lord Taiwei have to force the imperial court to increase troops? Xun You said,

"Lord Taiwei knew that when Han Sui was killed, the morale of the Xiliang Army was low, and he was fully capable of gathering superior forces to annihilate the Xiliang Army in a very short period of time, but why did Lord Taiwei give up? Is it really because they are worried that the Qiang people will occupy the western frontier? The Qiang people are far away in Hexi at the moment, as long as Lord Taiwei lets Pang De take 30,000 iron cavalry to enter Xiliang with lightning speed after the Xiliang army is completely annihilated, will the Qiang people still dare to enter the hinterland of Xiliang? Don't forget, the Iron Cavalry of the Wind and Sand is now in the Heavenly Dome Desert, and if the Qiang people cross the river to attack, they will definitely be attacked on their backs. Rainbow Sun and Iron Head can't be so stupid, right? ”

"Han Sui died, the remnants of Xiliang went back, and the Qiang people also had a chance to attack, and it was difficult for Xiliang not to mess up. As soon as Xiliang was in chaos, Guanzhong was in danger, and the imperial court could only increase its troops, and the purpose of the general and the captain was achieved. The eldest princess was silent.

The general had the intention of increasing troops as early as the end of the Central Plains War, but he was worried that he would become the target of the public and be criticized by the government and the opposition, so he was very cautious and asked Zang Ba, Guan Hai and other Qingzhou army generals to come out to the imperial court to ask for the establishment. This time, he finally couldn't help it, and took advantage of the opportunity to attack Guanzhong to cleverly lay a trap, using the chaos in Western Xinjiang as an excuse and giving up the attack on Luoyang as a threat, forcing the imperial court to take the initiative to increase his troops. Xun You sighed,

"Speaking of which, the general still does not want the authority in his hands to be damaged in any way, and he wants to further consolidate the absolute control of the northern Xinjiang forces over the government before recovering Luoyang."

"But if the imperial court doesn't increase its troops...... the eldest princess said worriedly,

"The situation could spiral out of control."

"Who is Lord Taiwei? How many years did he fight? Why did he take the initiative to resign from the post of lieutenant at this moment? Why did he transfer General Koji Yi from the Central Plains Battlefield to the Guanzhong Battlefield before he went to Guanzhong? Xun You smiled faintly,

"If he wasn't sure to stabilize Xiliang, would he dare to kill Han Sui? He dares to put Xiliang Army back? ”

"But there are only 100,000 horses in the hands of Lord Taiwei. He has to take care of Xiliang, Guanzhong and Kansai at the same time. Now even if he completely annihilates the Xiliang army and lets General Pang De occupy Xiliang, he still does not have enough troops to attack Luoyang. The eldest princess said helplessly,

"It's true, you won't deny it, will you?"

"Can you take Luoyang with more troops? How many more troops can take Luoyang? 100,000 or 200,000? Xun You shook his head and smiled,

"Luoyang is very strong, even if we increase our troops by 100,000, or even by 200,000, we may not be able to defeat Luoyang, because our financial resources are limited. In the battle of Luoyang, the strength of the army is important, but it is the wealth that determines the outcome of the war. The accumulation of wealth depended on the implementation of the new policies of the imperial court. What did the implementation of the new imperial policy depend on? It depends on the bureaucrats of the imperial court and the local government offices. Without these people to carry out the orders of the imperial court to the letter, how could the new policy be implemented? With the increase in bureaucracy, the battle of strategy and power in the court will become more and more intense, which will inevitably damage the interests of the people in northern Xinjiang, and this just touches the bottom line of the general, so the general and the people in northern Xinjiang will fight back. "In the past, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court needed northern Xinjiang, the armed forces of northern Xinjiang, and the armed forces of northern Xinjiang to ensure the formulation and implementation of the new policy.

However, with the increasing wealth of the imperial court, with the increasing number of prefectures and counties recovered by the imperial army, with the increasing number of noble bureaucrats from all over the country who poured into the court, and with the gradual improvement and improvement of the new policy, the status of the armed forces in northern Xinjiang gradually decreased, and the role of the bureaucrats in northern Xinjiang gradually decreased.

The interests of the warriors and scholars in northern Xinjiang were gradually harmed, but this is an inevitability, an inevitability of development.

The Han Dynasty needed Northern Xinjiang, and the imperial court needed Northern Xinjiang, but Northern Xinjiang was only a part of the Han Dynasty, not all of the Han Dynasty.

Northern Xinjiang is only the beginning of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, not the end of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. The great Han Zhongxing needs to mobilize the power of the entire society, and it is far from enough to rely on the strength of the northern Xinjiang, in fact, the northern Xinjiang does not have the huge power to promote the sustainable development of the entire Zhongxing cause.

We admit that the great cause of Zhongxing started from northern Xinjiang, and the new policy also started from northern Xinjiang, but the great cause of Zhongxing is constantly developing, and the new policy also needs to be constantly adjusted and modified according to the development of Zhongxing, so the imperial court needs to make maximum use of all the forces that can be used.

If the people of northern Xinjiang are allowed to continue to control the government for a long time, the development of the new policy will inevitably be greatly restricted, and it will even develop in a direction that is not conducive to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and the great cause of Zhongxing may suffer immeasurable blows and damages.

The use of any authority must be restricted, and the enclosure and speculation of land in the two prefectures at the end of last year is a vivid example of the loss of restraint on the authority of the people of northern Xinjiang.

At that time, if it were not for the decisive action of the general, the results of the Central Plains War might have been lost overnight.

Similarly, this year, we need the Guanshi and Luoshi people to help the imperial court stabilize Guanzhong, but we have encountered great resistance, and the reason is that because the people of Northern Xinjiang have a firm grip on the authority, they use various methods to exclude and attack scholars outside Northern Xinjiang, making it difficult for them to have the opportunity to contribute to the imperial court.

The people of northern Xinjiang also had serious problems in the formulation and implementation of the new policy. The first consideration of the people in Northern Xinjiang is the stability of the border counties and the stability of the desert, so a lot of the wealth of the imperial court is used in the governance of the border counties, and the policy towards the Hu people is also very excessive.

The people of Northern Xinjiang can survive in the most difficult times to a large extent rely on the help of merchants, so the people of Northern Xinjiang have always maintained a great interest in business, and the treatment given to merchants is very high.

Many merchants not only became scholars, but also became officials in the court. Of course, this has a lot to do with their reverence for the great Confucian Fu Fu "Treatise on the Hidden Husband", believing that business can increase financial income.

However, it is convenient to make business profits, large returns, and everyone yearns for it, which will have a great impact on farming and financial endowment.

Many of the people in northern Xinjiang were born in the Yellow Turban Army, and they have a deep-seated love and fear of land, they want everyone to own land, but they are worried that everyone will lose their land, so they are very fanatical about the promotion of the new field system, and they are meticulous and almost harsh when it is implemented, and they are unwilling to make any changes.

In fact, if any kind of system wants to succeed, it needs to be adjusted accordingly according to the actual situation in different regions, and what was successful in northern Xinjiang may not be successful if it is copied to the Central Plains.

However, the approach of the people of northern Xinjiang in this regard is really unbearable, and when they encounter resistance, they do not make adjustments in time, but use harsh punishment to suppress it, and the means are extremely bloody.

This is how many contradictions and disputes arise. This year, Zhao Qi suddenly proposed to make Chang'an the capital, and the people of Northern Xinjiang almost without exception strongly supported it.

Where to set the capital, it is not a casual matter to affect the fate of Hanzuo, but the people of Northern Xinjiang think about it too simply.

Xun You said a lot, and finally boiled down to one sentence, the authority of the people in northern Xinjiang should be restricted. If the troops are increased, the power of the people in northern Xinjiang will be even greater, and they will not be able to control it in the future, and the great cause of Zhongxing may fail, and the Han may be overthrown.

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