Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains Late at night in the sixty-ninth section, Fu Gan, Wang Ling, and Jiang Ji sat in the big tent, looking at the documents on the case, with sad faces.

Three drafts of the recital for the imperial court had been written, but they were all vetoed by the general, and Fu Gan and Wang Ling were at a loss for it.

The general invited the master Bo Jiang Ji and asked him to write the chapter, and asked Fu Gan and Wang Ling to revise it as appropriate. Jiang Ji had just arrived in Hebei, and he was not familiar with many things in Hebei, but he was quick to think and had a calm personality.

This time, Li Hong asked him to write the proclamation, and apparently regarded him as his cronies. Jiang Ji was very excited, and secretly vowed to repay the general's kindness.

Although he was mentally prepared and knew that this piece was not easy to write, after carefully reading the letter of the eldest princess and the first draft drawn up by Fu Gan and Wang Ling, he was still extremely shocked, feeling like a mountain suddenly smashing on his back, and he would crush himself into powder at any time.

"Can you explain a thing or two?" Jiang Ji stabilized his emotions and asked respectfully.

"Explain?" Fu Gan looked at Wang Ling blankly, and said with a wry smile,

"Explain what? How to explain it? Wang Ling shook his head and closed his mouth tightly. The Jinyang rebellion case made the innocent Wang Rou lose his head, and almost put the entire Wang family into it.

The lessons of the past cannot be forgotten. You can offend the general, but you must not offend the eldest princess, this highness really can't be provoked.

"Whatever you want, it's right to make small talk." Jiang Ji has been in the officialdom for many years, so he naturally knows how powerful it is, but if he doesn't explain the key to the matter clearly, he can't start with this concerto.

You have to ask if you don't ask. Wang Ling pouted, his eyes looked at the candlestick next to the desk, and he didn't say a word. Fu Gan thought for a moment and said slowly: "This matter has to start with Lord Li Wei. "Lord Li Wei has followed the general to conquer the world for a long time, and it has been fifteen years now.

The relationship between Lord Li Wei and the general is known to the world. At that time, without the great help of Li Wei, Xie Ming, Yu Peng, Chen Hao and other adults, it would have been impossible for the general to settle millions of displaced people in Tuntian in northern Xinjiang, nor would it be possible to stabilize northern Xinjiang, let alone start the great cause of Zhongxing based on northern Xinjiang.

After the eldest princess and old ministers such as Ma Riyan and Zhang Wen rushed to northern Xinjiang, they devoted themselves to formulating and implementing new policies in an effort to revitalize the society.

However, the formulation and implementation of all the new policies were completed with the efforts of the scholars of Northern Xinjiang led by Lord Li Wei.

Lord Li Wei has always been the right-hand man of the general, he used to be a disciple of the former Taiwei Lord Zhu Jun, and later became the son-in-law of Lord Zhu Jun, his status gave him a very high prestige among the officials of the Northern Xinjiang, and at the same time he was recognized and won over by other forces in the DPRK and China.

More than ten years have passed, and Lord Li Wei's position in the imperial court is very important, and his power is obvious to all.

Around him, Xiao Lan, Zhu Mu, Xie Ming, Yu Peng, Chen Hao, Tang Fang, Yin Si, Tang Yun, Ding Li, Zheng Yan and many other ministers were important ministers of the DPRK, who not only formulated and implemented new policies, laid the foundation for the great cause of Zhongxing, but also undertook the important task of promoting the sustainable development of the great cause of Zhongxing.

Last year, the general took advantage of the opportunity of the re-revision of the official system to join forces with the eldest princess to deal with the foreign dynasties, so that many officials in the northern Xinjiang successfully entered the middle and internal dynasties, and the northern Xinjiang forces finally firmly controlled the authority.

But if you take a closer look at the list of ministers of the Central Book Supervisor, it is not difficult to find that more than seventy percent of the ministers belong to the family of Lord Li Wei.

This is already very telling, the Central Bookstore is nominally controlled by the forces in the northern Xinjiang, but in fact it is controlled by Lord Li Wei.

To put it bluntly, last year, the eldest princess and Lord Li Wei took advantage of the opportunity of the foreign dynasty to hinder the increase of troops in the imperial court, revised the official system again, and received the support of the general, and the reform was successful, in fact, it was a premeditated weakening of the general's authority.

In the new official system, the general is in charge of the military power, and relies on the military power in his hands to check and balance the imperial power and the relative power, which is an extremely abnormal official system.

The military power itself is a part of the imperial power and the relative power, and forcibly separating it from the imperial power and the relative power will lead to the abnormal development of the bureaucratic system in the New Deal.

The bureaucratic system is the foundation of all the systems of the Han Dynasty, and if the bureaucratic system is not normal, the development of the New Deal will inevitably be abnormal, and its consequences are self-evident.

The general realized that the damage caused by this kind of bureaucracy to the great cause of Zhongxing was incalculable, but since the situation last year was very urgent, this was the only way to save the emergency.

After the implementation of the new bureaucratic system, many problems were immediately exposed. As I said just now, military power was originally a part of the imperial power and the relative power, and it was inseparable.

When the eldest princess and the middle secretary make decisions, they need to subordinate the decision-making power of military affairs to the decision-making power of national affairs.

For example, the eldest princess and the middle secretary decided to move the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to Guanzhong this year, so the strategy of the Luoyang War must be revised, not to forcibly attack the fortification, but to surround but not fight.

In the same way, when the Prime Minister and the imperial government exercised the executive power, they also needed the military administrative power to be subordinate to the executive power of the national government.

For example, if the Prime Minister asks that the people and materials be used for relocation first, then the Captain, who is in charge of the administration of military affairs, must comply.

In the past, the general led the Shangshutai, participated in the Shangshu affairs, and acted as an agent for state affairs, and the military power was placed under the imperial power.

The general and the eldest princess make national decisions first, and then make military decisions, so there are no such contradictions.

But now it's different. Now the general, the Taifu, the prime minister, and the four princes are all involved in Shangshu affairs, and his authority has been seriously weakened, and almost all of the major national decision-making powers are in the hands of the eldest princess and the middle secretary.

In the past, when the general was in charge of Shangshutai, there was still a large part of the power in his hands, but now most of the power of Shangshutai has been transferred to the foreign courts, and the main executive power of state affairs is in the hands of the prime minister and the foreign courts.

Therefore, the contradictions between the three inevitably broke out. The eldest princess and the middle secretary who were in charge of the decision-making power of the state affairs, the Great Sima General Mansion, the prime minister who was in charge of the execution of the state affairs, and the foreign dynasties immediately had a fierce conflict over the military power.

At a certain point in the conflict, it will be a head-to-head showdown. Now the weapon of the three-way head-to-head duel is the Luoyang War.

It stands to reason that the monitoring system of the Chinese book is in the hands of the people of northern Xinjiang, and as long as the people of northern Xinjiang in the supervision of the central book follow the orders of the general and let the decision-making power of national affairs be accommodated to the decision-making power of military affairs as much as possible, the contradiction will not break out for the time being.

But at the critical moment of the Battle of Luoyang, this contradiction broke out, and it was obvious that the northern Xinjiang officials in the Zhongshu Jian no longer obeyed the orders of the general, but came together closely with the eldest princess.

Why is this unbelievable happening? The initiator is Master Li Wei. In order to ensure the smooth development of the great cause of Zhongxing, it is necessary not only to have officials from northern Xinjiang, but also to have an extremely loyal and thorough understanding of the great cause of Zhongxing.

Obviously, these people can only do it if they have followed the general and struggled in northern Xinjiang for more than ten years, and almost all of these people are Li Wei's family.

After these ministers entered the Zhongshu Supervisor, they immediately found that they needed the power to make military decisions, otherwise the Zhongshu Jian would be like a cripple with a broken leg, and could not guarantee the sustainable development of Zhongxing's great cause.

The official system urgently needs to be revised, and the focus of the revision is that the general must hand over part of the decision-making power in military affairs. At the same time, the foreign dynasty also urgently needed to take back the administrative power of military affairs, otherwise everything would be constrained by the Great Sima Mansion.

After all, now is the era of frequent conquests, and any trivial matter has to be fought between the two governments for a long time, so what else is there to do?

At the most critical moment of the Battle of Luoyang, when Hebei's wealth was in jeopardy, the Outer Dynasties, the Central Dynasties and the Inner Dynasties finally couldn't hold back and joined forces to attack the general.

The general was aware of this. He wanted to test it, so he strongly recommended Li Wei to serve as the middle school secretary, but the eldest princess did not agree, and Li Wei himself refused.

The general felt very uneasy, but he miscalculated the situation at that time, and did not expect that with the development of the war situation, the Qiang people would occupy most of the western frontier, and Yuan Shao would actually burn down the periphery of Luoyang, and hundreds of thousands of refugees would need relief out of thin air.

The financial endowment of the imperial court was unable to support the battlefield, which finally led to the sudden outbreak of the biggest hidden danger in the court.

At this point, why did the eldest princess and Lord Li Wei launch the new official system last year, and the purpose was all exposed. But the crux of the matter is that the eldest princess and Lord Li Wei do not want to take the opportunity to seize the general's military power. Jiang Ji was stunned, he thought about it for a long time, and finally shook his head suspiciously, and arched his hand and said, "Please ask Master Fu for advice." ”

"The official position of the general is the great Sima and the general, and the general is subordinate to the Shangshu affairs." Fu Gan said,

"The Great Sima was originally in charge of military affairs, and the general was in charge of the battlefield command, and the identity of the general could allow the general to control part of the decision-making power of national affairs. In this case, the general's handing over part of the military decision-making power to the Zhongshu Supervisor not only could not shake the military power in the hands of the general, but also allowed the Zhongshu Supervisor to have more choice when making national policy decisions, which was conducive to the promotion of the great cause of Zhongxing. Fu Gan smiled slightly and continued: "The eldest princess's trust in the general is not something that ordinary people can understand, and Li Wei has followed the general for more than ten years, and he knows the general's character well. When they made this decision, they must have taken all the dangers into account, and this strategy was foolproof, and the general had no excuse for refusing. Jiang Ji was even more confused, he looked at Fu Gan and asked impatiently, "What is the crux of the problem?" ”

"At a very early stage, on various occasions and taking advantage of various opportunities, the generals of Northern Xinjiang frequently advised the generals of Northern Xinjiang to learn from their teachers and recite scriptures, and to study and do learning. The general said that because of poverty, our generation has no conditions to read and recite the scriptures, but our next generation, the next generation, they should be scholars who have read the scriptures, they should govern the society, and they should continue to promote the development of the Han Dynasty, so that the Han Dynasty will become rich and strong and dominate the world. Fu Gan stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, and said in a low voice,

"The crux of the matter is that the eldest princess, the prime minister, Li Wei, and almost all the ministers in the court do not want the Northern Xinjiang warriors to appear in the court, and they do not want the Northern Xinjiang warriors to govern the society as ministers. In their view, the warriors should defend their territory, and should not dictate to them in the court. But the general is just the opposite, he strongly demanded that the warriors of northern Xinjiang enter the court, and also asked the warriors of northern Xinjiang to control the court after the world was pacified, establish the country by force, and govern the country by force. Jiang Ji suddenly realized.

The Great War of the Central Plains was over, Luoyang was surrounded, and it was only a matter of time before Luoyang was conquered.

Once the imperial court stabilized the Central Plains, there was no longer any force that could stop the pace of Zhongxing's great cause.

At that time, whether it was Yang Biao, Cai Yong, or Li Wei, Yu Peng, or other northern Xinjiang ministers, they did not have the outstanding merits of the Northern Xinjiang warriors, and they all had to be squeezed out of the center of authority.

So at this moment, whether it is out of the maintenance of their own power or the protection of the great cause of Zhongxing, they must join forces to fight against the warriors of Northern Xinjiang.

And the key to fighting against the warriors in Northern Xinjiang is to control military power. However, this touched the bottom line of the general, hurt the feelings of the general, and harmed the interests of the warriors in northern Xinjiang, and the general could not tolerate it.

"The general is very passive now." Fu Gan smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again. There are very few warriors in Northern Xinjiang who serve as ministers in the court.

And because of the frequent wars, they spent far more time on the battlefield than in the court.

The eldest princess and Lord Li Wei took control of the Zhongshu Supervisor and controlled the decision-making power of state affairs, and because they wanted to maintain and promote the sustainable development of Zhongxing, they must continue to control the court.

The ministers of the outer dynasties were all over the imperial court and local prefectures and counties, and as the recovered territory became more and more vast, the imperial court also urgently needed more scholars to enter the court, so the power of the outer dynasties would become stronger and stronger.

The more and more battles were won, the pace of the Northern Xinjiang Army going south was getting faster and faster, and the day of peace in the world was getting closer and closer, but the living space of the Northern Xinjiang warriors was getting smaller and smaller.

The general and the warriors of Northern Xinjiang were forced to a point where they had to fight back. But at this moment, both the imperial court and Zhongxing are fragile and cannot withstand any heavy blows.

If the society wants to be reinvigorated and the Han Dynasty wants to continue to dominate the world, stability and unity are the top priorities, otherwise the disaster of defeat is imminent.

The eldest princess and the ministers of the court and the central government took every step extremely cautiously in order to realize their great cause, lest the current good situation be destroyed.

And the same is true of the general, the reason why he has retreated and endured over the years is to let the Han go to Zhongxing earlier.

Seize Luoyang and take the Central Plains, the cornerstone of Zhongxing's great cause was immediately laid, the eldest princess and the ministers of the court and the central government finally couldn't wait, and the general finally made up his mind.

"After the success of the general King Qin, Emperor Xiaoxian wanted to seize the power of the prime minister as in the past, but was stopped by the general and a group of old ministers, and the way to stop it was to support the eldest princess and let the eldest princess lead Shangshutai to act as an agent for state affairs." Fu Gan sighed,

"Now that the eldest princess is pressing forward step by step, and even splitting the northern Xinjiang system, endangering the safety of Sheji, the general has to come forward to stop it, and the way to stop it is to support the Son of Heaven." Jiang Ji was dizzy, he had never been in contact with such a complicated court dispute, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and asked embarrassedly: "Master Fu, the eldest princess is the aunt of today's son, isn't everything she is doing now to pave the way for the Son of Heaven to be in charge in the future?" Wang Ling laughed and glanced at Jiang Ji with disdain.

Jiang Ji's face was slightly red, and his expression became more and more embarrassed.

"The great cause of Zhongxing is not the son of today, not the eldest princess, not the general, not the ministers of the court, but the Han. Only when the Han Dynasty is prosperous can the interests of all people be protected. It is very difficult and difficult to ensure the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and it is a thing that requires the continuous efforts of two or even three generations. Fu Gan said calmly,

"Everyone has a set of strategies for the prosperity of the Han in their hearts, the eldest princess has it, the general has it, the prime minister has it, and the Li Wei master has it, but who can say that their Zhongxing strategy is correct? Since we can't be sure whether Zhongxing's policy is right or wrong, we have only one way, and that is to ensure that the ministers in the court can maintain long-term loyalty to the great cause of Zhongxing. Who can do this? There are only us, only the people of Northern Xinjiang, and only the warriors of Northern Xinjiang. The warriors of Northern Xinjiang were born poor, and a peaceful and happy life is their dream, a dream that goes deep into the bone marrow. The general believed that only the warriors of Northern Xinjiang and their descendants could defend the Han Dynasty with their bravery and loyalty, and defend the great cause of the Han Dynasty. ”

"We don't need people who give up their territory, we don't need people who are loyal to the powerful, we don't need people who are afraid of the battlefield." Fu Gan waved his arm a little excitedly,

"The Great Han needs iron-clad warriors, indestructible iron cavalry, and invincible armies."

"Who can give us these? The eldest princess? Can today, under her education, and with a group of ministers who would rather give up their territory than care for their own power, can they give us this? Fu Gan sneered,

"If we don't support the Son of Heaven in time, don't bring him to the battlefield, and don't forge him into an iron-blooded warrior, will the warriors of Northern Xinjiang still be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future, and can they still fight for the great cause of Zhongxing?" Jiang Ji was almost suffocated, he opened his mouth wide and looked at the impassioned Fu Gan, dumbfounded.

"How much will the Son of Heaven who grew up under his wings achieve? If the Son of Heaven has limited intelligence, will the eldest princess return to power to the Son of Heaven? Looking back at the history of this dynasty, aren't the bloody lessons profound enough? Fu Gan smashed his fist on the desk,

"The general's decision cannot be changed, if the eldest princess insists on disobeying, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court will not want to go out of Jinyang." Fu Gan and Wang Ling obviously couldn't control their emotions, and the proposed recitals always had an aggressive flavor.

Too rigidity is not conducive to convincing the eldest princess, so the general invited Jiang Ji. Jiang Ji finally understood the whole story, he thought about it for a while, and with a wave, it was very exciting.

The general was extremely satisfied with the chapter, did not change a word, and let the 800-mile fast ride be sent to Jinyang overnight. At the end of August, Jinyang.

The eldest princess didn't wait to finish reading the general's recital, her pink face turned red with anger, and her expression was extremely angry. The general did not respond in any way to the decision of the imperial court, and he made only two suggestions in the cantata.

Considering that the Son of Heaven will undertake the great cause of Zhongxing in the future and rebuild the former glory of the Han Dynasty, from now on, it is necessary to let the Son of Heaven temper in the flames of war and grow up in suffering, and let him be like Emperor Xiaowu and Emperor Guangwu, perseverance, courage and fearlessness, and lay a solid foundation for the future achievement of the great cause.

The general suggested that the Son of Heaven immediately go to the battlefield of Luoyang and command the Han soldiers to fight bravely, and from then on, whenever the army went out, the Son of Heaven would definitely go to the army himself.

With His Royal Highness and ministers sitting in Kyoto, and the Son of Heaven and the Han Dynasty soldiers conquering the world, why worry about the great cause of Zhongxing?

Then the general said that considering that the Son of Heaven was on a perennial expedition abroad and could not abandon his studies, he specially recommended Zheng Xuan, Taifu Yang Biao, Guangluxun Zhang Yan, General Zhao Yun of Long Xiang, Tian Chou, the superintendent of Zhongshu, Jia Xu, the assassin of Liangzhou, Shi Fujian, the head of the general's mansion, and a total of eight ministers himself

"The Son of Heaven". When the Son of Heaven was in Beijing, he was taught by Zheng Xuan and Yang Biao, and when the Son of Heaven was conquering, he and the other six ministers taught him.

These two suggestions are less than 100 words, but the reasons are thousands of words, and they talk about the benefits of the Son of Heaven's personal expedition.

After reading the two suggestions made by the general, the eldest princess raised her hand and smashed the song to the ground.

"Deliver the decree and urgently summon the ministers to the Phoenix Pool to discuss matters." The atmosphere in the Phoenix Pool is tense. The general's counterattack was too outrageous.

Let the Son of Heaven go to Luoyang, to put it nicely, it is called the royal driver's personal expedition, and if it is not good, it is hijacking. Worship the eight ministers as

"Master of the Son of Heaven", to put it bluntly, is to prepare strength for the Son of Heaven. Master Zheng Xuan's disciples are all over the world. Yang Biao was born in the Yang family in Guanxi, and the Yang family was the gate valve of the fourth and third princes of this dynasty, and there were countless protégés and former officials.

Needless to say, the general himself. Zhang Yan used to be the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, and at present, the generals from the Yellow Turban account for the majority of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and getting Zhang Yan's support is equivalent to getting their support.

Jia Xu is a native of Liangzhou, both civil and military, outstanding resourcefulness, and he teaches the Son of Heaven, and the frontier of the Han Dynasty is estimated to be an inch of land in the future.

Zhao Yun, Tian Chou, and Fu Gan are not very old, and when the older generation in Northern Xinjiang is gone, they can still help the Son of Heaven support the overall situation.

It seems normal for the general to prepare for the Son of Heaven early, but in fact, it is to warn the eldest princess, restrain the eldest princess, and pave the way for the Son of Heaven to govern in the future, however, more serious problems are behind.

Although the Son of Heaven is only five years old this year, he is the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty and represents the imperial power of the Han Dynasty. The Son of Heaven drove the imperial expedition in person, and was with the general, and part of the imperial power was immediately controlled by the general, so that the general not only did not need to hand over the military power, but robbed part of the imperial power in the hands of the eldest princess.

The general thundered and stabbed the eldest princess and the key point of the court. Agree or disagree? If they agreed, the eldest princess and the court immediately fell into passivity, and everything in the future would be constrained by the general.

If you don't agree, things are unpredictable, because the general is now enraged. Although the eldest princess and the imperial court have always tried their best to avoid such a situation, as the situation develops and the contradictions intensify, a fierce head-on conflict inevitably occurs.

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