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"", or search in Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] Chapter 10 Wind and rain is obscure Section 12 The general of the expedition to Peking University Li Hong once made a detailed presentation to the ministers of the Three Princes and Jiuqing and Shangshutai on the specific strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War when he entered Beijing in March, and the more critical one is that after the Western Route army crossed the Yellow River north, the imperial court needed to increase the provision of food and ordnance, so that the army could rush to transport enough military supplies to the north bank of the Yellow River before the rainy season came.

This is what the emperor and his ministers have made a very firm promise to Li Hong. After receiving Xu Rong's urgent letter, Xian Yufu immediately rode 800 miles to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, imploring the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to overcome all difficulties and send the food and ordnance for June and July across the Yellow River in advance.

Taifu Yuan Kui, Situ Dinggong, Sikong Liu Hong and Shangshu ordered Lu Zhi to immediately jointly play the Empress Dowager He, asking the Empress Dowager He to comply with the old decree of the previous emperor and immediately allocate money from Wanjintang to meet the military needs of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Empress Dowager He hesitated. She is also in dire need of money, and she is planning to transfer money from Wanjintang to replenish the Shaofu.

The enthronement ceremony of the new emperor had just ended, and the various grand ceremonies held for the coronation of the young emperor had almost exhausted all the money of the Shaofu.

But now there are too many places to spend money, and the Shaofu is no longer able to support it. At present, Wenling is in the final stage of completion, the daily cost is very huge, and when Wenling is built, the burial of Emperor Xiaoling also needs an astonishing huge amount of money, these money is not available, can only be made by Wanjintang.

Wan Jintang's money was taken away by Empress Dowager Dong when the first emperor was seriously ill, and although the amount left is still very large, it is bound to be difficult to continue to supply the Northern War.

Empress Dowager He consulted Da Changqiu, Zhao Zhong, and Zhongchang attendants Zhang Rang, Guo Sheng and others, and asked how to deal with this matter. Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and a group of lieutenants discussed for a long time, but there was no good way.

Zhao Zhong said that the Great War in Northern Xinjiang was related to the safety of the society of the Great Han Kingdom, and at this time, the first emperor had just succeeded to the throne after the death of the new emperor.

Zhang Rang said that before the first emperor returned to heaven, he had issued a secret decree to the general of Zhengbei, and we don't know what the specific content is.

It is said that this secret decree was written by the first emperor himself, and even Jian Shuo did not know what was written in it. According to the situation at that time, it is estimated that the first emperor should have intended for Li Hong to end the war in northern Xinjiang as soon as possible so as to free up his hands to visit Gyeonggi in the south.

Therefore, the minister thought that it was better to devote all his national strength to fight the battle of northern Xinjiang first. First, he can drag the general of Zhengbei and more than 100,000 troops of northern Xinjiang in the border counties outside the country, and second, he can give the general of Zhengbei a period of ample time, so that he can fully feel the support and favor of the new emperor for him, and let him stay in northern Xinjiang to fight with peace of mind for the time being.

Luoyang is not chaotic, the food is sufficient, and the Son of Heaven is favored, what else can the general of Zhengbei do except fight bravely?

"What about the future?" Empress Dowager He asked,

"What about after the Northern War was won?"

"Or according to the method of the first emperor, give him an official and a knight, and let him garrison the border counties north of the Great Wall." Zhang Rang replied,

"As long as his army can't enter the Great Wall, he won't pose much of a threat to Gyeonggi. In fact, from the perspective of maintaining stability in northern Xinjiang, the Great Han State really needs him to lead a large army to defend the border fortress. ”

"Where does the money come from?" Empress Dowager He asked in a low voice. Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and others looked at each other. The money is there, but the Empress Dowager He is unwilling to give it, so what can be done?

Empress Dowager He is now in charge of the dynasty, with great power in her hands, and her dependence on the middle officials is getting bigger and bigger, and she can't leave for a moment.

She is the queen mother, if she sits with the ministers of the court every day to discuss state affairs, what will be the system? So she can only rely on the officials to convey it on her behalf.

Zhao Zhong and others have become the spokesmen of the real imperial power again, the so-called

"Holding the prince in his hand and holding the constitution of heaven in his mouth", that is the case. The momentum of the eunuch dictatorship has begun again. Empress Dowager He originally wanted to summon the general He Jin into the palace to discuss, but He Jin has been staying in the barracks of the Baijun Mansion since he returned to Luoyang, and he did not participate in everything in the court, so she couldn't see it even if she wanted to, so she had to give up.

Although the general does not enter the palace and does not go to the court, he has an army, strength, and controls the court behind his back, which is enough to make the Empress Dowager He bold and unscrupulous.

The general was frightened by what happened last time, and he sent people to tell the Empress Dowager He several times to relieve Xiaohuangmen Jian Shuo of his military power as soon as possible, otherwise there may be unexpected disasters.

Xiaohuangmen Jian Shuo is a confidant of the first emperor, and now he is a confidant of the Empress Dowager Dong, and depriving Jian Shuo of his military power is actually a blatant tear with the Empress Dowager Dong.

In the case that the first emperor had just returned to heaven, the Empress Dowager He was immediately impatient and did something unfavorable to the Empress Dowager Dong for no reason, which would inevitably be angered and disgusted by the clan and scholar forces in the court.

Empress Dowager He was unwilling, she said to wait a little longer, and wait for Empress Dowager Dong to leave Beijing. If Empress Dowager Dong took Jian Shuo away, the Xiyuan military power in his hand would naturally be gone, if Empress Dowager Dong did not take Jian Shuo away, then the matter would be better solved, and an edict could solve the problem.

He Jin was very angry, saying that Empress Dowager He was a woman's kindness, and she would definitely kill herself and the He clan in the future.

Empress Dowager He was very angry when she heard this, and she was very angry at He Jin's rudeness. Although Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others were unwilling to let Jian Shuo take charge of the military power of the Xiyuan Army alone, they were even more reluctant to let this military power fall into the hands of He Jin.

Now the Xiyuan Army controlled by Jian Shuo is very important to the lieutenants, it is the backing of the entire Zhongguan forces, so the lieutenants are unwilling to lose this power until they die.

Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others gathered around the ears of Empress Dowager He and tirelessly advised her, asking her to maintain vigilance against He Jin, and to prevent He Jin from taking the opportunity to take sole power and bring disaster to the country.

Zhang Rang said that once Jian Shuo's military power was relieved, the 40,000 Xiyuan Army would fall into He Jin's hands. After He Jin's strength increased greatly, what did he want to do?

Of course, they have tried their best to seize the authority of the state. Once He Jin took control of the government, it was bound to cause an uncontrollable situation for the Han Kingdom, and even directly endangered the young emperor's Jiangshan Sheji.

The fact that Liang Yi, the general of the former dynasty, held power alone and brought disaster to the country is a lesson from the past. The more Empress Dowager He thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her wariness of He Jin became bigger and bigger.

She still understands her own brother. In the past few years, He Jin has been allies with scholars for the sake of the emperor's affairs, and he has designed to kill the lieutenant officials three times and twice, although the purpose is for the emperor and the He clan, but the ultimate goal is that he can be the sole ruler of the country in the future.

Once this brother of his own is in charge, he is bound to kill the lieutenant. And the lieutenants were all killed by him, and he and the little emperor didn't have to look at his face to live?

Empress Dowager He secretly made up her mind that as long as the little emperor did not grow up, she would never give up power to He Jin.

For this reason, she followed the advice of Zhao Zhong and others, and after the little emperor succeeded to the throne, she first worshiped the general Yuan Kui as the Taifu to participate in Shangshu affairs, and did not let He Jin monopolize state affairs, and then recruited a group of He Jin's capable subordinates into the court to divide the strength of the general.

Dachangqiu Zhao Zhong's words were very truthful, he said that as long as the balance of power between the parties in the court and China can be maintained, the empress dowager can hold the power alone and do whatever she wants, otherwise, Luoyang will not only be chaotic, but also the divine authority of the empress dowager and the little emperor will be dealt a fatal blow.

He Jin was silent. Before his death, the first emperor requisitioned and transferred 20,000 northern troops from Hedong to Liangzhou, thus completely cutting off the possibility of reorganizing his northern army and regaining its strength.

Now that his strength is not good, there are more and more people who want to kill him, and if he does not seize the military power of the Xiyuan Army as soon as possible, the situation will become more and more sinister.

Because he failed to rush back to the capital to help Empress Dowager He in the first time, the emperor's affairs caused the resurgence of the traitorous eunuch forces, and the scholars completely controlled the outer court.

Although his power now seems stronger than in the past, it is actually completely vulnerable.

But these are not real crises, the real crisis is not now, nor in Luoyang, but in the future, in the northern Xinjiang after the Empress Dowager Dong left Beijing and the end of the Northern War.

On the surface, the four holy decrees of the first emperor before returning to heaven were to use the power of Liu Yu, the imperial lieutenant, and Li Hong, the general of the expedition to the north, to deter the imperial court and protect the Empress Dowager Dong and the little Dong Hou from leaving Beijing smoothly, but what is the deep meaning behind it?

This ostensible purpose of the first emperor has been achieved. Now the young emperor has named Liu Xie as the king of the Bohai Sea. The fief of the King of Bohai is Bohai County in Jizhou, which is adjacent to the Hejian Kingdom and borders Youzhou.

Empress Dowager Dong and King Bohai can live together after returning to China, and they will be protected by Taiwei Liu Yu.

After the end of the Northern War, they will be protected by Li Hong, the general of Zhengbei who oversees the military power of the three states and two counties.

But is it really that simple as protection? Since it was only to protect the safety of Empress Dowager Dong and King Bohai, why did the first emperor urgently transfer the 20,000 northern troops in Hedong?

Why weaken yourself? Why do you want to give a secret decree to Li Hong, the general of the expedition to the north? What did the first emperor want Li Hong to do in his secret decree?

He Jin was thinking hard. He not only has to work hard for his own survival, he also has to work for the survival of the entire He clan.

He couldn't bury the future of the entire clan in vain because of Empress Dowager He's short-sightedness and ignorance.

Taifu Yuan Kui urged the Empress Dowager He again. The war situation in northern Xinjiang was changing rapidly, and there was no room for delay, and he begged the Empress Dowager He to immediately issue an order to allocate food and wages.

Taifu, Situ, Sikong and Shangshutai discussed overnight. Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, and Duan Qi rushed to Shangshutai and tactfully expressed the meaning of Empress Dowager He to the ministers.

Wan Jintang had limited money, and it was very difficult to allocate two months' rations in advance, so he could only allocate the needs of the army for one month in advance.

Taifu Yuan Kui asked in surprise, "Wanjintang has limited money?" How is this possible? Does this mean the Queen Mother? Zhao Zhong smiled weirdly: "Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, go to the Changqiu Palace and ask the Queen Mother. Shang Shu Zhou Bi was furious, pointed at Zhao Zhong's nose and scolded: "The Great War in Northern Xinjiang is related to the safety of the country, you and other dying people actually deceived the Queen Mother to come up with such a misleading strategy, how can the spirit of the first emperor in the sky forgive?" Once the northern frontier is defeated, you will wait for the time of death. Duan Jue scolded disdainfully: "What are you calling nonsense? Even if I die, I will die behind you. Once the Northern Xinjiang is defeated, the first person to be blamed is you idiots like Shang Shutai. Shangshu Han Fu took the case, pointed at Zhao Zhong and said, "We want to see the Queen Mother." Zhang Ranghehe sneered, pointed in the direction of Yongle Palace and said: "Half of the money of Wanjintang was moved away by Empress Dowager Dong, and if you have the ability, go to Empress Dowager Dong to ask for it." After speaking, he beckoned to Zhao Zhong and Duan Jue, and the three of them walked away.

There was a sudden scolding in the study. Liu Hong and Lu Zhi looked serious, and the four of them looked at each other, with a trace of sadness and helplessness in their eyes.

"The eunuchs can't wait." Yuan Kui looked at Liu Hong and said,

"You are a minister of the clan, and you are a relative of the first emperor, please go to Yongle Palace to persuade Empress Dowager Dong. At this time, we can't miss the major affairs of the country because of our own selfishness, and we can't let down the painstaking efforts of the first emperor because of our own selfishness. Liu Hong shook his head and said very worriedly: "Empress Dowager Dong is extremely doting on little Dong Hou. For Dong Hou, she can be desperate, even her own life. The reason why she wants to move Wanjintang's money is probably for the sake of Xiao Donghou's future. So it's hard for us to ......."

"Before his death, the first emperor repeatedly instructed us to win the war in Northern Xinjiang and recover the border counties." Yuan Kui said resolutely,

"For the sake of the Great Han Kingdom, for the sake of the Northern War, we can give up anything." Ding Gong bowed his head and was silent.

Lu Zhi sighed: "If Jian Shuo is gone, can the boss ensure that the Empress Dowager Dong and the King of Bohai leave Beijing safely?" The great trust of the first emperor ......" Yuan Kui waved his hand and said, "The general will never do such a thing that is indignant to the gods, unless he is crazy." Liu Hong sighed and asked in a low voice, "What do I say?" ”

"You said that you were entrusted by the Empress Dowager He......" Yuan Kui thought for a moment and then pointed at Lu Zhi and said,

"You ask Han Fu to go to the Hundred Counties Mansion and tell the general about this. The rest is He Jin's business. ”

"That Xiyuan Army ......," Liu Hong asked,

"If the West Garden Army is controlled by a traitor......

"Now that the emperor has been decided, the new monarch has been established, and the most dangerous time in Luoyang has passed, the traitors think that they have great power and can't wait to move." Lu Zhi shook his head and sneered,

"The traitors wanted to provoke Empress Dowager Dong through this incident and force Jian Shuo to kill He Jin. And as soon as He Jin died, Jian Shuo naturally wanted to be betrayed by the eunuch to Empress Dowager He and become a scapegoat. The eunuchs thought that in this way, they could not only kill He Jin but also control the Xiyuan army, and also make Empress Dowager Dong have to hand over the money of Wanjintang in an isolated situation. They wanted to control the Xiyuan Army, but He Jin didn't want to, he was already looking for an opportunity. If He Jin wants to control the Xiyuan Army, he must first break the current balance between the powers of all parties in Luoyang, and if he wants to break this balance, the only goal is Jian Shuo. Committing this risky plan is really self-defeating. If it weren't for the undecided war in Northern Xinjiang, this would be the best opportunity to eradicate the traitorous eunuchs. ”

"The traitors dared to make this risky plan precisely because they knew that we had to stabilize Luoyang for the Great War in Northern Xinjiang." Yuan Kui said calmly,

"But in fact, most of the Xiyuan Army has been controlled by us, as long as Jian Shuo is dead, the traitorous eunuch and He Jin will know how stupid they are. Ding Gong looked unbearable, shook his head and sighed: "Wanjintang, it's all caused by Wanjintang. "The general He Jin played the Empress Dowager He, saying that the Empress Dowager Dong had sent Xia Yun, Bi Lan and others to collude with the state and county governments in various places to loot property and accumulate a lot of wealth, and now these things are stored in her Yongle Palace, and they should be confiscated according to the laws of the Han Dynasty.

Considering that Xia Yun Bi Lan and others were all dead, the evidence was insufficient, and the responsibility of Empress Dowager Dong was also exonerated. However, according to custom, the queen of the vassal kingdom could not keep the capital and should move her back to her home country.

Empress Dowager He then ordered Zhao Zhong to read the general's recital aloud at the court meeting and asked the ministers if they had any objections.

The unwitting ministers were all surprised, and none of them dared to talk nonsense. As soon as the new emperor was established, the coffin of the first emperor had not yet been buried in Wenling, and the Empress Dowager He pointed the finger directly at the Empress Dowager Dong, which was too much, right?

Many ministers in the court considered that the situation in Luoyang was tense now, and it was not a good thing for the Empress Dowager Dong to leave Beijing and return to Hejian to take shelter for a while, so a few ministers echoed their words.

Taifu Yuan Kui, Situ Dinggong and Sikong Liu Hong immediately played at the same time and agreed to the general's request. The holy decree was sent to Yongle Palace, and the Empress Dowager Dong was furious, she rushed to the Changqiu Palace in a rage, pointed to the Empress Dowager He and said: "The first emperor will not enter the Wenling Mausoleum, and I will never leave Beijing." Empress Dowager He hurriedly said: "Just follow the mother." ”

"Little Donghou, I want to take it away." Empress Dowager He was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, this is not good, the emperor and Xiao Donghou are together every day, and their brotherhood is deep, how can they be separated?" Empress Dowager Dong was furious and scolded loudly: "You have already killed his mother, do you want to kill a nine-year-old child as well?" Empress Dowager He sneered: "This palace regards Dong Hou as his own, how can he say that he is harmful?" Xiao Donghou can't leave Beijing. Empress Dowager Dong was so angry that she couldn't say a word.

Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others stepped forward to comfort and sent the Empress Dowager Dong back to Yongle Palace. Empress Dowager Dong urgently summoned Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo and hussar general Dong Chong.

She was desperate for the sake of Xiao Donghou, and she swore to kill He Jin. Empress Dowager He's reliance is just He Jin's brothers, as long as they are killed, the world will be Xiao Donghou's.

Jian Shuo secretly visited Da Changqiu Zhao Zhong that night. The two conspired for a long time, and finally agreed to convene some of their cronies and lieutenants in Mingtang three days later, and then formed a bloody alliance to punish He Jin.

Three days later, in the middle of the night, the military Sima stationed at the Pingcheng Gate in the southern city of Luoyang received a talisman from the Zhonghuangmen and ordered him to open the city gate immediately, and then a team of iron horsemen carried torches and surrounded several carriages and left the city.

After walking for more than two miles, the team arrived at the Ming Hall, where the sacrifices and ceremonies were held in this dynasty. Fourteen lieutenant officials, including Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, Duan Qi, Song Dian, Gao Wang, and Jian Shuo, walked down from the carriage one after another, and they gathered in Mingtang to discuss the specific strategy of killing He Jin.

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