Chapter 4: Section 2

Chun Yuqiong said three things in this letter.

Chang'an mutiny, Dong Zhuo was executed, Situ Wang Yun urgently ordered Situ Mansion to engage in Zhang Chong's secret edict, and secretly rushed to Luoyang from Hedong. Wang Yun hoped that Yuan Shao would immediately inform the state and county officials of Dong Zhuo's execution and quickly assemble heavy troops in Luoyang. After Dong Zhuo was executed, the only one who threatened the survival of the Han was the hussar general Li Hong. In order to quickly stabilize the society, the killing of Li Hong became a top priority. Therefore, Wang Yun ordered Yuan Shao to take the opportunity to send troops to Hangu Pass, kill the Northern Xinjiang Army, welcome the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, and revitalize Sheji.

Wang Yun issued an order to Yuan Shao in the name of the Son of Heaven, worshiped Yuan Shao as the general of the chariot cavalry, and immediately led the army into Luoyang, defended Gyeonggi, pacified the prefectures and counties, and made all preparations for the Son of Heaven.

Chun Yuqiong was worried about the safety of the messenger on the way, so he deliberately left Zhang Chong and this holy decree in the Heyang camp. Chun Yuqiong asked Yuan Shao to lead his troops into Luoyang as quickly as possible. Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it. Once the news of Dong Zhuo's execution came, Luoyang became the target of competition for all forces. I hope that you will put aside all your affairs and come to Beijing as soon as possible.

However, Yuan Shao's entry into Beijing is not something that can be entered if he wants to.

At present, the Northern Xinjiang Army is heavily stationed at Hangu Pass, and Zhu Jun's 10,000-strong army is stationed at Luoyang City and four passes in the east and south of Gyeonggi. If Li Hong is determined to occupy Luoyang, or if Zhu Jun refuses to leave Luoyang, Yuan Shao will only have to stare dryly. Although many of the 7,000 troops that Zhu Jun requisitioned from various prefectures and counties were secretly arranged by Yuan Shao, it was very difficult to launch a mutiny in Luoyang in a short period of time.

The second thing Chun Yuqiong said forced Yuan Shao to do his best to quickly occupy Luoyang.

Chun Yuqiong spent a lot of money to get an important news from Henan Mansion, and it is said that it was the news that Zhu Jun said himself. Zhu Jun's son, son-in-law, and many disciples were all powerful officials in Northern Xinjiang. There is no doubt about the accuracy of this news. The eldest princess and the Jinyang court have a strategy to revitalize the society, the most important point of which is to kill all the rebellions of the Han Dynasty, anyone who does not obey the son of today, and those who do not obey the reform of the imperial court are all Han rebellions, this rebellion includes Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and all the state and county officials who fight for the Dong Alliance.

Chun Yuqiong warned Yuan Shao that Li Hong would soon occupy the entire territory of Jizhou. Once all the land of Hebei falls into the hands of Li Hong, its strength will grow rapidly. If the adults do not occupy Luoyang as soon as possible and plot to dominate the industry, and let the traitors scourge the world and poison the living beings, the Han will be in danger and the society will be worried.

Northern Xinjiang is currently lacking in strength, but the imperial court wants to revitalize Sheji as soon as possible, so cracking down on and containing all forces has become the primary task of Northern Xinjiang, which leads to the third thing Chun Yuqiong said.

Today's forces, in addition to Dong Zhuo and Li Hong, the most powerful is Yuan Valve. Yuan valve has Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers. One south and one north, divided into courts. Northern Xinjiang was obviously worried about the dominance of the Yuan family. If through Zhu Jun's hands, he focused on splitting the power of the Yuan Valve and tried to cultivate a new force outside of the Yuan Valve, this person was Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao is famous all over the world, is one of the "eight chefs" in the party, and has many protégés. (Kitchen refers to being able to use wealth to help others.) In the past two years, Chenliu County, where he is located, has become the rear of Yanzhou, providing a steady stream of food and soldiers for the various states and counties of Yanzhou to fight against the Yellow Turban Army. Although he and Yuan Shao are close friends, since the failure to woo Dong, due to the great disagreements between him and Yuan Shao on many issues, the contradictions between the two have become bigger and bigger.

Yuan Shao first killed the ministers of the court, and then coerced the officials of various prefectures and counties to support Liu Yu as the emperor, and then he drove away Han Fu to occupy Jizhou regardless of Xinyi, and now he has intensified his efforts, not only did not send troops to fight against King Dong Qin, but instead sent troops to attack his brother Yuan Shu, to seize Jing and Henan. What Yuan Shao thinks, Zhang Miao may not know, but Yuan Shao's series of actions are indeed getting farther and farther away from the "benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety" in the hearts of scholars, which makes Zhang Miao more and more disappointed in him.

Since Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu did not mean to please King Dong Qin, Zhang Miao and a group of scholars in Yanzhou began to rethink the strategy of revitalizing the Han Dynasty.

Because the ministers headed by the hussar general Li Hong resolutely respected the current son, and a group of state and county officials led by Yuan Shao resolutely vetoed the current son, the two forces had irreconcilable differences on the issue of imperial unity, so they failed to fight against King Dong Qin.

The ministers led by the hussar general Li Hong recognized the imperial status of the current prince and clearly affirmed the relationship between themselves and the current prince and did not violate the general righteousness. But when today's son is subject to Dong Zhuo, if Dong Zhuo wants to use the imperial power to crusade against the rebellion, is Li Hong willing to be killed? So this crusade against Dong Zhuo has become an empty word. Li Hong tied his hands and feet, if he begged Dong, he became rebellious, if he didn't please Dong, he could only watch the Sheji overturn. Although the Chang'an court came up with a workaround to set up a dynasty in Jinyang, because the ministers were restricted by righteousness and could not let go of their hands and feet, they ultimately fell short.

A group of state and county officials headed by Yuan Shao refused to admit that there was no relationship between the prince and the son, so compared with the ministers headed by Li Hong, there was no drag on righteousness, and they were of course much easier to do. Of course, Yuan Shao and others did not transcend the righteousness and abandon the righteousness, but they successfully avoided the danger to their lives brought to them by Dong Zhuo under the pretense of imperial power by denying the imperial system of today. They can calmly develop and implement the right response measures that benefit them according to the current situation.

Yuan Shao's killing of Hu Wuban, Wu Xun and other ministers was actually a warning and threat to Dong Zhuo's despicable behavior of doing whatever he wanted under the pretense of imperial power. He wanted Dong Zhuo to know the fact that they respected the young emperor who was deposed and killed by Dong Zhuo, and they denied that the emperor of today's son and the Chang'an court was a fake court.

Because Yuan Shao and others respected the young emperor, they did not deviate from the scriptures, and they were still loyal people who rescued chaos and punished violence. From this, they justifiably did another thing, to rebuild the imperial system. So Yuan Shao and others supported Liu Yu as the emperor.

The new emperor was a respected elder among the Han clansmen, and he was also a world-famous celebrity, and he was strongly supported by many martial arts. This is not only significantly different from Dong Zhuo's support of the young lord, but also very much in line with the standard of choosing the elderly and virtuous to succeed the emperor that the dynasty has always adhered to.

Yuan Shao and others respected the young emperor and supported the new royal descendants who met the standards of scholars as monarchs, all of which were in line with the general righteousness and the laws of the Great Han Dynasty, and they all stayed in the inherent status of monarchs and ministers. Compared with Li Hong and other ministers' obsession with righteousness, Yuan Shao and others can gain more initiative and freedom in the revival of social security. At the beginning, the strategy of revitalizing the Han Dynasty left by Taifu Yuan Kui had the possibility of success with the correct understanding and efforts of Yuan Shao and others. Rebuilding the imperial system is indeed a shortcut to quickly save and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty.

However, under the threat of Li Hong's powerful force, and under the strong opposition of Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other ministers, the re-establishment of the imperial system became a boiling farce. In addition, such as Liu Yupu's refusal to be the emperor in the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, the situation of local state and county officials gradually took shape and was unwilling to return to the imperial court, and the struggle for power and interests between Yuan Shao, Han Fu and Gongsun Zan became more and more intense, and this farce ended halfway before it was finished.

Whether it is to respect today's son or deny today's son, both sides of the argument have not broken free from the fetters of the status of monarchs and ministers, and everyone is still struggling to survive under the inherent righteous name, but the Han society has been overturned because of this.

How to turn the tide? Zhu Jun, the general of the chariot cavalry, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao, Jiyin guarded Wu Zi, Chen Liudaru Bian Rang, Yanzhou Mansion did not drive Liu Yi, Zhizhong Mao Jue, Gongcao Chen Gong, Xuzhou Mansion did not drive Zhao Yu and many other ministers and celebrities gathered many times to discuss in the New Year, intending to find a way to survive for the Han Dynasty.

Li Hong has strong military force, and he keeps saying that he respects the Son of Heaven, but he left the Son of Heaven aside and left him to fend for himself, and he led the army to fight everywhere, and as a result, everyone in the world scolded him as a thief.

Yuan Shao's force was insufficient, so he found another way to rebuild the imperial system, but he was criticized from top to bottom, which did not do any good to save the society.

Li Hong's simple respect for today's son led him to be reluctant to please King Dong Qin. Yuan Shao directly denied today's son, which led to the split of the Yuan valve, and the Dong Alliance existed in name only, and he was powerless to save Sheji. So, is there a middle ground between these two approaches?

Zhang Miao believes that if we want to save the society, we must face the reality squarely and correctly view the status of today's son. Zhang Miao proposed that it is necessary to respect the son of today and resolutely please King Dong Qin, because only in this way can he win the hearts of the people of the world. But after the Son of Heaven returned to the capital, could Sheji be saved immediately, and would the officials of the states and counties who supported the army and respected themselves immediately submit to the imperial court?

Zhang Miao had something to say, and the spearhead was directly aimed at Li Hong and Yuan Shao. However, everyone heard Zhang Miao's off-string sound.

The Son of Heaven must be honored, otherwise he will lose the hearts of the people. After the Son of Heaven was respected, taking into account the reality, he only effectively imitated the "Huan and Wen Things" of the Spring and Autumn Period, prospered domineeringly, supported the Han Dynasty, and stabilized the world. In other words, let the Son of Heaven admit the reality of the state and county officials cutting off the hegemony, otherwise the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty will either be respected and ignored, or he will simply become a "fake Son of Heaven" who has not recognized it. When the society was stable, the imperial power was strong, and the national strength was strengthened, the military force and law were used to gradually reduce the feudal domains, deprive the prefectures and counties of power, and finally realize the revitalization of the Han Dynasty.

This is the so-called middle way to save the community.

Although it was only a short period of more than two years since the Luoyang Mutiny, facts speak louder than words, and it is not possible not to admit it.

The fact that Dong Zhuo hijacked the Son of Heaven to plague the Han Dynasty tells people that even if Dong Zhuo dies, Li Hong, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu, who are important towns with heavy troops, covet power, and may also use the name of revitalizing the society to hold the Son of Heaven hostage. Today they refuse to please Dong Qinwang, and tomorrow they may of course become the scourge of overthrowing Sheji like Dong Zhuo.

With the middle way, with the strategy of revitalizing the society and supporting the Han family, then the remaining thing to do is very simple, that is, to do everything possible to develop their own strength, and to attack and contain Dong Zhuo, Li Hong, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu, the four forces that are most likely to destroy the Han Dynasty at present.

Zhang Miao's proposition was strongly supported by Liu Dai, Tao Qian, Zhou Qian, and other state and county officials.

Zhang Miao definitely did not have the heart of hegemony like Dong Zhuo, Li Hong, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu, but now for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the righteousness that he did not want to abandon, he had to turn his back on his conscience and loyalty. So he actively ran and secretly formed an alliance with more than a dozen officials such as Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Jiyin Taishou Wu Zi, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian, Yangzhou Thorn Shi Zhou Qian, and Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang.

Because of all kinds of original difficulties, these state and county officials became more and more disgusted and disappointed with Yuan Valve, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu brothers, and they could not see the hope of the revitalization of the Han Dynasty, and they were saddened by the overthrow of Sheji and the death of the people. Just when they were hesitating, Zhang Miao sent a strategy to promote domineering and support the Han family. This so-called "middle way" gave the state and county officials a big surprise.

The "middle way" is very much in line with the state and county officials' state of mind at this time, they are not willing to turn their backs on the righteousness, nor are they willing to give up the power in their hands, they are not willing to see the society overthrown, and they are not willing to do their best to send troops to serve the king.

With the tacit cooperation of Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Tao Qian, Zhou Qian and others, various prefectures and counties sent a large amount of food and troops to Zhu Jun.

The ** of the Kanto Emperor Dong Qin was quietly formed under this circumstance.

Yuan Shao knew that the "middle way" advocated by Zhang Miao was similar to his "Central Plains Strategy", so Yuan Shao didn't care too much about it. In any case, we are all scholars, good friends for many years, and certain differences in political opinions do not affect the deep personal feelings between them.

However, Chun Yuqiong got the latest news that Zhang Miao and Wang Kuang were going to join forces to hit Yuan Shao hard. Zhang Miao is about to turn his face.

Because of the sudden death of Zhou Qian, the assassin of Yangzhou, the position of the assassin of Yangzhou suddenly became the primary target of all forces. Now Zhang Miao and Yuan Shu have sent people south to Yangzhou, Zhang Miao has the support of Liu Dai, Tao Qian and Zhu Jun, and Yangzhou has many friends and disciples, so he is bound to win Yangzhou. However, now that Yuan Shao has the edict in his hand, he can arbitrarily assign state and county officials, and there are many officials in Yangzhou who listen to Yuan Shao, which is very unfavorable to Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao then contacted Yuan Shu privately, promising to help him prevent Yuan Shao from entering Luoyang, and to contain Yuan Tan's army from the direction of Chen Liu, hoping to exchange Yuan Shu's support. Yuan Shu was attacked by Liu Biao and Yuan Tan on the left and right, and when he was in a hurry, he was overjoyed when he heard the words and immediately agreed.

Zhang Miao immediately contacted Tao Qian and other state and county officials. In order to ensure that Luoyang was firmly controlled by Zhu Jun, Zhang Miao and Tao Qian planned to increase their troops in Luoyang again. Together with Jiyin Taishou Wu Zi, Langya Xiangyin De, Donghai Xiang Liu Kui, Pengcheng Xiang Jilian, Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, Taishan Taishou Zishao, Runan Taishou Xu Xuan, Qianjiujiang Taishou Bian Rang, Fu Qian and other more than a dozen officials and celebrities, jointly elected Zhu Jun as the Taishi to take charge of state affairs.

Zhang Miao also contacted Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, and begged Wang Kuang to block and delay Yuan Shao's entry into Luoyang from the direction of Hanoi. Wang Kuang has always been angry about Yuan Shao's murder of his brother-in-law Hu Wuban. Hu Wuban is one of the "eight kitchens" of the party, and Zhang Miao is close friends. Zhang Miao repeatedly mentioned Yuan Shao's ruthlessness and ruthlessness in his letters, and advised Wang Kuang to be ruthless once in order to save the Han Dynasty.

Frustrated, judged, Tian Feng, Guo Tu, Xun Yu and others stopped one after another.

"Whether this news is true or false is not known for sure. Zhong Jian (Chun Yuqiong) is just hearsay, he has no real evidence. An adult can't kill a Taishou for a letter with no evidence. Xun Yu persuaded, "The adults still inquire clearly, after all, this is related to the arrival of adults in Luoyang." ”

"Wen Ruo is right." Frustration leaned into Yuan Shao's ear and said, "If you want to kill, you must kill Zhang Chong first." "Jump to