The Son of Heaven issued an order to order the Shaofu to spend three billion dollars to fill the treasury of the Dasi Nong Mansion to finance the rebellion.

Zongzheng Liu Yu resigned, and ordered him to lead the Youzhou Assassin History as Jiuqing with 2,000 stones in the rank, supervise the military administration of Youzhou, and immediately set off to Xindu City in Anping State, Jizhou, to gather soldiers and horses from various states and counties, and go north to quell the rebellion. On the same day, the Son of Heaven decreed the relocation of Liu Ting, the Taishou of Hanoi County, to Guangluxun, the Liao general Liu Bo to be the guard captain, the Guanglu doctor Yuan Peng to be the great Si Nong, and the relocation of Zhang Hao to Zongzheng. In one day, the Son of Heaven moved two members of the clan to Jiuqing, shaking the court.

After Liu Yu left his post in addition to the ministers, the power of the clan would be weakened, but he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to be silent, and even the three dukes and the general did not inform him, and the court announced that the two important ministers of the clan would return to Beijing to take up their posts, which immediately made the ministers at a loss and dumbfounded.

The appointment of the Son of Heaven was immediately met with fierce opposition from the ministers of the outer court, headed by the Third Duke.

Now the army of the Xianbei people, Chen Bing, has not retreated outside the Yanmen Pass, and the general Liu Bo of Duliao is holding on to the pass; The Yellow Turban thieves are even more rampant in the poisonous rebels, attacking the city in Hanoi County, which is unstoppable, and Liu Ting, the Taishou of Hanoi County, is struggling to support. At this critical juncture, the Son of Heaven sent two important ministers who were commanding operations on the battlefield back to Beijing, which was really a bit of a fool.

The Son of Heaven did not pay attention to the advice of the ministers at all, but blew his beard and glared, scolding the ministers in the court for eating the king's fortune, but not knowing the matter of loyalty to the king.

"Look at who is fighting at the border now? It's Liu Bo of the Sect of Mine. Let's see who took the initiative to invite Ying to Youzhou to quell the rebellion? It's Liu Yu of the Sect of Mine. Look at who is countering the rebellion in Hanoi? It's Liu Ting of the Sect of the Sect. What about you? Which of you is guarding the border for us? Do any of you want to go to Youzhou to quell the rebellion? ”

The ministers showed no weakness and attacked them en masse. Liu Bo is the general of Duliao, he is responsible for taking care of the Southern Xiongnu and guarding the border passes, who will go if he doesn't go to Yanmen Pass to fight? Liu Ting was the Taishou of Hanoi County, and there was a rebellion in his own jurisdiction, so he was of course obliged to lead the army to quell the rebellion. A minister like Liu Ting, who should have been punished heavily, is now not only not punished, but has moved back to the capital, and His Majesty is obviously rewarding and punishing unfairly. Liu Yu and Xianbei people colluded, this rumor was widely spread in Beijing, he took the initiative to ask Ying to return to Youzhou to quell the rebellion at this time, just to clear his suspicion, not to say that loyalty is the main thing.

The opposition of the great general He Jin was the most fierce. He said: "Your Majesty, the transfer of Liu Bo and Liu Ting at this time will cause a great reduction in the morale of the soldiers on the two battlefields, and the soldiers will think that Your Majesty is favoring the children of their own clan. His Majesty can let thousands of soldiers die on the battlefield, but he is unwilling to let his clan children stick to the rear of the battlefield to command, this kind of favoritism is fatal to the front-line soldiers. After hearing the news, the soldiers will definitely be demoralized, full of complaints, and the morale of the army will be discouraged, so can this battle be fought? ”

Taiwei Cui Lie also said: "Your Majesty, since Guanghe and the second year of the Hun Zhonglang General Zhang Xiu killed the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Hu without authorization, the imperial court abolished the Hun Zhonglang General and rebuilt the Liao General Department to protect the Southern Xiongnu. The situation of the Xiongnu in the south is complicated, the tribes on the left and right are not in harmony, and the Tu tribes have been plotting rebellion for a long time. ”

Liu Bo used to be a fierce general under Geng Ye, the former general of Duliao, and later went out to fight against the Hu people many times with the general Huangfu Gui of Duliao and Zhang Huan, the general of the Huns, and repeatedly made military exploits, which shocked the northern Xinjiang. After the Beigong Mutiny, he was implicated because he was a protégé of Taifu Chen Fan, was dismissed and returned to Beijing, and later moved to the Northern Army. After Zhang Xiu, the general of the Huns, was sentenced for his crimes, the Son of Heaven directly appointed him as the general of Duliao to the northern frontier. This person is the only military general who is proficient in the art of war among the ministers of the clan, if he returns to the capital to take charge of the southern army and guard the north and south palaces, then the son of heaven will have no worries, and with his military merits and qualifications, it is also a deterrent to the soldiers of the northern army.

Immediately, Sikong Ding Palace also said a lot of reasons for opposition, which was nothing more than that the Xiongnu might take the opportunity to rebel, and if they united with the Dongqiang of Shuofang and the Xianbei outside the Saiwai to go south to plunder, the northern frontier would be in danger. The ministers played one after another, and they unanimously opposed the requisition of Liu Bo to return to Beijing. They were worried that once Liu Bo returned to Beijing, the northern and southern armies in Luoyang might fall into confrontation, and in that case, there would be no peace in the Beijing division.

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The Son of Heaven sneered and waved his hand to Jian Shuo, who was standing behind him. Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo immediately made another decree.

The Son of Heaven expected that the ministers would strongly oppose his requisition of the two clans back to Beijing, so he had already prepared a follow-up move. As soon as this holy decree came out, the court was silent for a moment.

The Son of Heaven issued an order to move Li Hong as the general of Xingzhenbei, the Marquis of Pingting, holding the Jieyue, supervising the armies of the three places of Zhou, Hedong and Hanoi, and taking charge of the expedition.

The Duliao General Department was revoked, and the Hun Zhonglang General Department was rebuilt, and the Hun Zhonglang General was controlled by Li Hong, the general of Zhenbei.

Qianping Zhonglang will be Xian Yu auxiliary to protect the Huns Zhonglang General, Guan Neihou. ordered him to lead 10,000 iron horsemen and quickly go to the Xihe Governance Office to take care of the Southern Xiongnu to prevent the Hu people from taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Ordered Xu Rong to lead 10,000 iron horsemen and quickly went to Yanmen Pass to defend against the enemy. The Duliao battalion, which was originally under the command of General Duliao, was returned to the capture of Zhonglang and the general was controlled.

Ordered the rebel Zhonglang to lead 20,000 iron cavalry to the south and rushed to Hanoi County to quell the rebellion. The former Commander of Wu Meng, Commander of Hanoi County, was subject to his control.

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All the ministers were shocked.

This move of the Son of Heaven made everyone feel that the Son of Heaven had not only completely controlled Li Hong, but also completely controlled the situation in Luoyang, and now there was no strength to resist the supreme authority of the Son of Heaven.

Li Hong had been promoted several times within three months, and he had risen to the rank of Shangqing, and his power had swelled, and now he controlled the armies of the three prefectures and counties north of the Yellow River, commanding 100,000 troops. The three lieutenant generals under Li Hong's moderation all began to lead the army to fight alone, and now his army can not only go north to the imperial border but also south to defend the Beijing division.

The Son of Heaven actually shook off the obstruction of the outer court and the elbow of the Northern Army, and firmly controlled the imperial power with a backhand blow when the Great Han Heavenly Court was in turmoil and external difficulties, and the Great Han Society was in danger. For example, today there are Li Hong and Liu Yu leading the army outside, Liu Yan, Liu Bo, and Liu Ting as Jiuqing, and there is also the military power of Shangshutai in his hands, and his imperial power has suddenly expanded unconsciously, which makes all the ministers unexpected, and everyone has a sense of impending disaster.

The sneer of the Son of Heaven now looked not only eerie, but also slightly bloody.

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The atmosphere in the court suddenly became solemn and solemn, and the depressed people were almost out of breath.

Huangfu Song looked at Lu Zhi with wide eyes, both shocked and angry. In the middle of the night last night, the Son of Heaven called Lu Zhi to the imperial study, and then Lu Zhi did not come back, and it was not until the morning that Huangfu Song saw him. As soon as the Son of Heaven announced the decree, Huangfu Song expected that this was all Lu Zhi's idea. He's already started playing with fire*, he just doesn't know what the end of the fire will be.

Got rid of a major minister of the clan, and led the troops to the north of Xinjiang to quell the rebellion, but transferred back two important ministers of the clan, one was in charge of the palace guards and the other was in charge of the palace guard affairs, the power of the clan not only did not weaken, but became stronger, and the Son of Heaven was in Luoyang, which was carefree and foolproof.

The Son of Heaven dispatched troops for the emperor's reunification and tried to protect himself, which was understandable, but the consequences of reusing Li Hong were unpredictable. With Li Hong's intelligence, it is only a matter of time before the Yellow Turban Ant Thieves are pacified, and there is no need to worry about it, but what about after the Ant Thieves are pacified? He commanded the army as the general of the north of the town, and in the absence of Xianbei outside and the disturbance of ant thieves inside, he either sat north of the Yellow River from the will of the Son of Heaven and carried heavy troops to help the little prince inherit the unification; Either support the army and respect itself, divide one side, and bring disaster to the Han community.

Li Hongnai was born in the army in northern Xinjiang, did not study scriptures, and became a general within three years by relying on accumulated military exploits, his military exploits and his bloody and violent complement each other, just such a barbaric and ignorant, unruly person, who can understand his heart? Is he really loyal to the Great Han Kingdom and loyal to His Majesty? The Hu people have always paid attention to the winner as the king, and if there is strength, there is power, is this dangerous and vulgar idea deeply ingrained in Li Hong's heart? Li Hong, just like his Xianbei name, is a leopard that eats others, whether it is for the Great Han Kingdom or His Majesty, he is a bloodthirsty beast, and this kind of person can only be used carefully and cautiously, and he cannot be reused in the north of Gyeonggi without restraint like this.

If Li Hong is a tame and loyal leopard, then the Han is prosperous; If it is a cunning and greedy leopard, it is dangerous. He is like a double ninja sword, if you use it well, you can hurt your opponent, but if you don't use it well, you can hurt yourself. The Son of Heaven has been desperate to quench his thirst by drinking doves for the sake of the battle for the emperor's unification, but how could Lu Zhi be so confused and take this risky move? Could it be that for the sake of the Great Han Kingdom, in order to eradicate the traitorous eunuchs, he also has the idea of drinking doves to quench his thirst?

Huangfu Song knew Lu Zhi's thoughts, and he wanted nothing more than to force the general He Jin to plot misdeeds by strengthening the imperial power. The general He Jin is in this stormy situation, retreating, it is definitely a dead end, entering, there is still a glimmer of hope for survival, so he can only fight for the sake of the emperor and the life of his family. At present, the most direct way to weaken the imperial power is to eradicate the traitorous eunuchs, in exchange for the trust and support of the gate lord clan. Once the traitor is emasculated, He Jin, with the support of the gate lord clan, is very likely to win the battle for imperial dominance.

But the struggle during this period was very cruel, and the bloody storm was inevitable, because the old and cunning traitors were willing to see the infinite killing opportunities contained in it, and the Son of Heaven used this trick to nail them firmly to his own ship, and any lieutenant who had anything to do with the queen had to think about his future. The current situation is clear at a glance, and for the sake of their own survival, the lieutenants can only rely on His Majesty's strong forces to once again look for an opportunity to overthrow the generals who have been helped by themselves. Knowing that today, the lieutenants would not break their promises no matter what, and advised the emperor to crown the general again in the first year of Zhongping. There is nothing more so-called cocooning than self-restraint. Fortunately, His Majesty did not intend to sacrifice them in exchange for the support of the Gate Lords, and he promoted Zhang Hao, the younger brother of Zhang Gong, to be Zongzheng, and still wanted to use the help of the Zhongguan who he trusted and relied on very much. In the middle of the year, Cao Jie and Wang Fu were in a desperate situation to overthrow the great general Dou Wu, which was too impressive for His Majesty.

However, whether His Majesty won the imperial throne or the empress and the general won the imperial throne, Li Hong has now become a decisive factor. Xiao Donghou inherited the imperial system, the Son of Heaven won, and the Great Han Kingdom would inevitably be greatly injured because of internal strife, but if Xiao Shihou inherited the imperial system, and the queen and the general won, Li Hong was bound to coerce 100,000 troops to pour down, and the land of Guandonggi would be ruined, and there was no possibility of revitalization of the Great Han Kingdom.

When the Great Han Kingdom was crumbling here, the ministers, who were the mainstays of the Great Han Kingdom, did not work together to regenerate the Great Han, but for the sake of imperial unity and power, they greatly advanced the Great Han Kingdom towards the abyss of overturning.

Huangfu Song glared at Lu Zhi angrily, and he hated to knock him to the ground with one punch. Lu Zhi lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, his expression solemn, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

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Although Lu Zhi's troops were dangerous, as long as the rebellions in all parts of the Great Han Kingdom were quelled, Li Hong would have time to free up his hands to help the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven would have an absolute chance of victory. Although Huangfu Song was very shocked and worried, he still hoped in his heart that the Son of Heaven could get his wish. What made him most angry was not this incident, but Lu Zhi pushed him into a very embarrassing situation.

He has a grudge against the traitorous eunuch, the world knows, when he led the army to suppress the rebellion in Xiliang, he was dismissed by the Son of Heaven and went home, the reason was that the lieutenant Zhao Zhong impeached him.

Secondly, he has a grudge with the general He Jin. In the first year of Zhongping, after he suppressed the Yellow Turban ant thieves, he was named the general of the left chariot cavalry by the Son of Heaven, and also led the Jizhou pastor. However, the general He Jin was worried that he would support his own troops and cause chaos to the dynasty, so he repeatedly made suggestions to the Son of Heaven and asked him to be transferred to the Xiliang battlefield to weaken his power. The Son of Heaven was reluctant at first, because at that time, the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Jizhou were entrenched in the area of Taihang Mountain, and they were still very rampant. However, the Son of Heaven couldn't resist the advice of the general and some ministers, and hurriedly transferred Huangfu Song to Xiliang to quell the rebellion, but the result was just as the Son of Heaven himself expected, as soon as Huangfu Song left on the front foot, the Yellow Turban Army went down the mountain on the back foot. Under the leadership of the great leader Zhang Niujiao, the Yellow Turban Army ravaged the four prefectures of Hebei, Qing, Yan, and You, causing disaster for a year. The imperial court quelled the rebellion on two battlefields at the same time, and its losses were so great that they even exceeded the needs of the counterinsurgency in the first year of Zhongping. The Son of Heaven once complained about the general for this. And Huangfu Song was even more annoyed, after returning to Beijing, he always refused to meet the general, and also expressed his indignation at the general's behavior on different occasions.

Since Huangfu Song was re-recruited by the Son of Heaven as Shangshuling, he has been staying in Shangshutai and has not returned home, the Son of Heaven does not allow him to go back, and he has not communicated with the ministers of the court for a long time. In today's matter, no one would be naïve enough to think that this divine decree was the idea of the Son of Heaven. From the eyes of the ministers looking at Huang Fu Song, everyone without exception thinks that all this is his Huang Fu Song's masterpiece.

Through this matter, Huangfu Song can first exchange for the trust and reuse of the Son of Heaven, and secondly, he can take revenge on the traitorous eunuch and the general.

In the face of Li Hong's accumulated military exploits and the myth of invincibility, no one would think that the general still had a chance of winning, except for the general himself. Look at the arrogance and confidence on the face of the Son of Heaven, look at the wrinkled smiling face of the Chang Chang Chang Zhang Rang standing behind the Son of Heaven, look at the triumphant eyes of Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo, look at the stunned and worried of Taiwei Cui Lie, Situ Xu Xiang, Sikong Ding Gong and a group of Jiuqing ministers, and look at the clay-like body of the great general He Jin, you can know that the situation in Beijing has undergone earth-shaking changes in an instant. Although it is true that this change is not the masterpiece of his Huangfu Song, who would believe it?

Huangfu Song sneered a few times, straightened his body proudly, and raised his head high. Even if it's my Huangfu Song's idea, who am I afraid of?

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Suddenly, there was a shocking cry from the court.

Taiwei Cui Lie "pounced" and fell to his knees, unable to even breathe. He blushed, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, it has been less than three years since the capture of General Li Hong into my Han Dynasty, from the beginning of the Lulongsai War until now, although he has gone through a hundred battles and made great achievements, he is from a humble background, he is still young, and his qualifications are too shallow, how can he be a big man?" ”

"The minister heard that he drank blood in the barracks, his hair was scattered, he was vulgar and barbaric, murderous and cruel, and he couldn't read and write, and his brain was also broken when he was in Xianbei, this kind of person can use him to fight, how can he be entrusted with the heavy responsibility of defending the frontier?"

"My Great Han Kingdom is full of talents, and there are many outstanding people in Wen Tao and Wuluo, Your Majesty uses this kind of person to unify the army and defend the frontier, won't it make the four states of Waiyi laugh at me that there is no one in the Great Han Kingdom?"

Before Cui Lie's words fell, those who knelt down with him had already crowded the court, everyone shouted wildly, and the sound of impeachment was endless.

The Son of Heaven sounded like just a few words, nothing more than criticizing Li Hong for being a slave of the Xianbei people, being lowly and barbaric, not knowing the scriptures, not knowing loyalty, and nothing new. The Son of Heaven did not laugh angrily.

"A lowly slave in my Great Han Kingdom can be an important minister guarding the frontier, doesn't that show that my Great Han Kingdom is full of talents?"

Cui Lie and the ministers were dizzy, and they didn't know what to say.

Now Li Hong's military achievements are impressive, his fame shocks the world, and he is a minister who guards the frontier, and the bureaucrats of the scholar clan also think that there is nothing wrong with it, but the key is that at this moment, no matter who the Son of Heaven asks to command the soldiers and horses in the three places north of the Yellow River, whether it is Li Hong or Liu Bo, as long as he is the henchman of the Son of Heaven, the ministers will oppose it, and they must find all kinds of excuses to strongly oppose it, because this is directly related to the imperial power of the Son of Heaven, the imperial unity of the Han Kingdom, the balance of power of all parties, and even more seriously, it endangers the fate of the Great Han Kingdom. This is the real reason why the ministers are so strongly opposed.

However, these reasons could not be put on the court, so although they were worried, they had no way to persuade the Son of Heaven to give up the idea of reusing Li Hong.

"Your Majesty, do you remember Lu Fang, the traitor during the time of Emperor Guangwu?" Sikong Ding Gong racked his brains and thought of a person.

Lu Fang falsely claimed to be Liu Wenbo, the great-grandson of Emperor Wu, deceived the trust of Emperor Gengshi, led the army to pacify Xiliang, and then proclaimed himself a general, the king of Xiping, and led the army to Bingzhou. He united Xiqiang and Xiongnu, divided the five counties of Wuyuan, Shuofang, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Yanmen, and proclaimed himself emperor with the help of the Xiongnu. Later, Emperor Guangwu fought with him for more than ten years in order to recover the northern part of the state, and finally defeated Lu Fang with the efforts of the general Du Mao and Guo Jiwei, the governor of the state, and recovered the five northern counties. ”

"Now Li Hong is the same as Lu Fang, he also has a heavy army, and he is also sitting in the town and state, and his power is so great that he is unparalleled in the Great Han Kingdom, but his background is barbarian, cruel and cunning, and most of his soldiers are also Hu people, if he wants to be like the traitor Lu Fang, he intends to plot against him, support the army and respect himself, and rebel with the Xianbei people, the Huns, and the Qiang people, how can I resist the Han Kingdom? How can I preserve the vast territory north of the Yellow River? I'm Luoyang Jingshi, how can I keep it in Tokyogi? ”

The ministers immediately rushed to speak as if they had grasped a life-saving straw, as if Li Hong, like Lu Fang, had already rebelled in Bingzhou.

The Son of Heaven sneered and asked, "Okay, let's talk about it, who can take on this heavy responsibility?" ”

The court was silent again.

Of course, the most suitable candidate is Huangfu Song, but in the eyes of the ministers, he is now the Son of Heaven and cannot be used. The second is to be a master craftsman Zhu Jun, but he was squeezed out by Situ Xu Xiang and the general He Jin and others, and he has been very sad recently, and he has gone home sick.

Everyone knows the situation in Bingzhou, there are Xianbei soldiers outside Yanmen Pass and the Huns are poised to rebel, there are Zhang Yan and Yang Feng's Yellow Turban rebels inside, and the ant thieves in Xihe County are also ready to move, and no one dares to go without any real skills at this time. If you are defeated, you will naturally be severely blamed by the Son of Heaven, but if you throw your life away in Bingzhou, you will not be able to do it. Moreover, if you want to think of Li Hong, the commander of the state, who is not an important minister above Jiuqing, who can hold it? There are only a few important ministers above Jiuqing in the imperial court, and there is really no one except for He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry. But everyone knows what He Miao is, and if anyone recommends it, he will definitely offend the queen and He Miao's mother, Wuyangjun, then it's really nothing to find trouble for yourself.

Everyone looked at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

Looking at the disdain on the face of the Son of Heaven who was sitting high, Cui Lie was disheartened, stood up and stepped aside. He felt that he had done his best for the Great Han Kingdom, and whether the Great Han Kingdom would rise or fall in the future, he could not do anything. Look at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, almost all of them are the sons and daughters of the princes and magnates, the gate lords, and the clansmen, they are fat and strong, and their faces are full of oil, but they are all wine bags and rice bags. Those who have the ability are excluded and attacked, and they have no money to buy officials, so those who should leave are gone, and those who don't leave will hang up the name of a small official such as a councillor and stand in the court to mingle for a long time.

Thinking about the struggle of the Great Han Kingdom in the past few years, there are only a few real mainstays, but there are only a few people, and now there are only a few people left because of various power dumping reasons. Zhang Wen is gone, Liu Yu is gone, Wang Han is not there, Cui Lie's heart is sour, and he almost wants to cry. If there were no Huangfu Song, no Li Hong, no Dong Zhuo, no Guo Dian, and no countless loyal soldiers fighting bloody battles on various battlefields, the Great Han Kingdom would have been in trouble a long time ago. However, in today's court, from the Son of Heaven to the hundred officials, they are still killing each other for power, and no one cares about the future of the Han Kingdom, and no one thinks of worrying about the prosperity of the Han Kingdom.

The Son of Heaven waited for a long time, and then asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, have you thought about it?" ”

"Cui Aiqing, don't you think it's inappropriate to please the general? Tell me, who is suitable? ”

Cui Lie sighed to himself. This great Han country is the great Han country of the Son of Heaven, this Jiangshan Sheji is the Jiangshan Sheji of the Son of Heaven, and the people of this great Han are also the people of the Son of Heaven, whether it is a blessing or a curse, let him go.

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