Chapter 2 is like the abyss, the twenty-third section of October, Jinyang, Longshan. Li Hong returned to Jinyang, and was greeted by Xian Yufu, the general of Anbei, and Shi Liwei, the governor of the hussar general's mansion, thirty miles away.

Li Hong and Xian Yufu haven't seen each other for two years, and they are reunited after a long absence, and they are very cordial. Li Hong carefully inquired about the situation outside the Saiwai, and then asked about the recent situation of the generals such as Taishou Tian Yu and Yan Wuxing and Jiang Wu of Hanbei County, and then talked about the main topic.

Li Hong pointed at Li Wei and said, Zhong Yuan, is the matter of Mintun the same as that of Juntun, and you also have a part?

Li Wei hurriedly shook his hand and said, "The general misunderstood. The Mintun affair has nothing to do with me. Li Hong looked at him very suspiciously,

"Zhong Yuan, the eldest princess and the imperial court will move to Luoyang sooner or later, and the military administration of the sixteen counties in northern Xinjiang, the eldest princess and the imperial court will also return to us sooner or later, what are you anxious about? When I returned to Longshan in February, there was an agreement with the eldest princess and the imperial court, have you forgotten? The eldest princess and the court haven't left yet, so you can't wait to take back the military and political power in Northern Xinjiang? Li Wei looked aggrieved, and stopped talking.

Xian Yufu stroked the three locks of his long beard with a calm expression, and said with a slight smile: "General, you have indeed misunderstood Zhong Yuan. Li Hong sighed: "Could it be that I suspect that I am wrong?" At present, the number of veteran ministers from Chang'an and some officials from Youzhou and Jizhou is small, and it is difficult to form sufficient forces to influence and change the tuntian system in northern Xinjiang. Even if they have the intention to restructure, how can the reform be implemented without the consent of Boss Zhao Qi and you? You deliberately instigated the ministers of the DPRK and China to carry out the reform, and added fuel to the fire, intending to provoke an incident and force the eldest princess and the imperial court to cede power in order to monopolize the military and government of northern Xinjiang. In doing this, have you thought about the safety of northern Xinjiang, the survival of the people of northern Xinjiang, and the survival of the Han community? Li Wei bowed down and said, "General, you have indeed misunderstood. Boss, neither Lord Xianyu nor I have such thoughts. Northern Xinjiang is now at a critical moment of life and death, and we will not deliberately provoke incidents and cause chaos in our own positions under any circumstances. The instigator of this incident is not us, but the court itself. Li Hong looked at Li Wei, who looked solemn, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Really? Then you talk about it carefully. If I'm wrong, I apologize to you. After the general left Jinyang in February, Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and other ministers immediately proposed to revise the official school.

When the government and academic schools were changed, the academic thinking was also changed, and the basis for the change of national policy immediately became available. In this way, the reform in the future can reduce resistance and get more people's support, so as to ensure the smooth reform of the system.

Several ministers believed that the revision of the official school was the most important task in the reform of the Han Dynasty and the revival of the social system, and it must be implemented immediately, starting from northern Xinjiang.

After some fierce debate and debate, the imperial court established a new system of using ancient scriptures as the official study of the Han Dynasty.

The edict of the eldest princess was implemented. In the past, Jinyang University Hall taught the students the ancient scriptures, and later encouraged the students to learn the ways of Xun and Meng, and study the art of Huang and Lao.

This kind of thing has been fiercely criticized by the famous scholars and scholars of modern literature and economics in northern Xinjiang. In particular, the fact that the Great Sacrifice Wine King cut his father's "Treatise on the Hidden Husband" as a text that all beings must study, was unanimously insulted and impeached by them.

Shuo Confucian Wang Fu's "Theory of the Hidden Husband" is actually a great collection of statecraft, and its basis is

"People-oriented", its national policy is

"Confucianism and law are integrated, and solemnity is emphasized by the law." The hussar general Li Hong obtained the "Theory of the Hidden Husband" from Li Wei when he was in the Western Xinjiang, and he agreed very much with the views in it, and many strategies for governing the northern Xinjiang were taken from the "Theory of the Hidden Husband", so Li Hong greatly respected the "Theory of the Hidden Husband" and strongly supported Wang Jian and Jinyang University.

In the winter of the sixth year of Zhongping (189 AD), the Son of Heaven issued an edict to the world, and the ancient scriptures and the modern scriptures were listed in the official schools.

Now, the imperial court has promulgated a new system to drive out the modern literature and classics that have flourished for more than 200 years from the official school, which is like a bolt from the sky to the famous scholars and Confucian scholars who study the modern literature and classics in northern Xinjiang, and they cannot accept it in any way.

For many years, how many scholars have relied on the study of today's literature and scriptures to become officials, relied on the study of today's literature and scriptures to cultivate the world and rule peace, and relied on today's literature and scriptures to become famous in the world and glorify their ancestors.

Today, the imperial court suddenly toppled the spiritual pillar on which they relied for survival, and smashed the jobs they relied on for their livelihood, who can bear it?

Among the great officials in northern Xinjiang, there are many people who have studied the modern literature and scriptures, such as Yang Qi, the Taishou of Shangdang, Wang Han of Hedong, Guo Yun of Yanmen County, and Wang Ze of Daijun, and Wang Rou of Jinyang Wang, Linghu Shao of Linghu Valve, Wei Gu and Wei Che of Hedong Weivalve, Fan Xian of Fan Valve, etc., and these people immediately set off a huge wave of opposition to the reform in the government and the opposition.

The fighting between the two sides intensified. Because Yang Qi and others could not defeat Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other ministers who strongly advocated restructuring in the court, they turned their spearhead at the restructuring forces in their own counties.

A group of ministers who opposed the restructuring, headed by Yang Qi, the party's chief guard, first tried their best to obstruct the county and county officials from reteaching the ancient scriptures, and then attacked and dismissed a number of county magistrates, county magistrates, and subordinates at all levels of the prefectures who were in favor of the restructuring.

However, this method treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, and has little effect. Yang Qi, Wang Han and other officials knew that in order to completely defeat the imperial court and force the eldest princess to abolish the edict, they must finally rely on the hussar general.

In the final analysis, it is the hussar general who has the final say. So they exchanged voices and went to the imperial court one after another, demanding tax reductions and exemptions for various reasons, and even maliciously falsely reporting the amount of land and property.

The court was very angry at first glance, and it was too much for you to use this kind of thing to blackmail the court. Well, since you have falsely reported and underreported the amount of land and property, then I will increase the amount of taxes to be paid, and see who can fight whom?

The court and the county fought endlessly, but it was the people who suffered. Taxes are rising again and again, where can the people still live?

So at the end of September, when the autumn harvest began, a large-scale conflict broke out in the city of the eldest son of the Shangdang.

Although the conflict was caused by a ploughing ox, it was the careful planning and support of the county officials.

It was precisely because of the connivance and acquiescence of the county officials that the scale of the conflict grew, and finally led to the outbreak of the Tuntian crisis in northern Xinjiang.

Tuntian is the foundation on which northern Xinjiang depends for its survival, and there is a crisis in Tuntian, and the blow to northern Xinjiang can be imagined.

This sudden outbreak of the Tuntian crisis caused the eldest princess and the imperial court to quickly fall into a panic. The ministers panicked, the imperial courts blamed each other, and state affairs were immediately paralyzed.

Yang Qi, Wang Han, Guo Yun and other officials in Northern Xinjiang achieved their goals. After the crisis broke out, the eldest princess and the court were hated by the whole of northern Xinjiang.

From officials and officials to ordinary people, everyone hates the eldest princess and the court, if there were no idiots and pigtails in the court, how could Beijiang get to this point?

In other words, the eldest princess and the court are going to get out, even if they are still in the northern Xinjiang, but because their prestige has been lost, they have lost the support of the people in the northern Xinjiang, and there is no possibility of continuing to hold power.

After the crisis broke out, the hussar general was coming back. Northern Xinjiang is the foundation of the hussar general, and it is impossible for him to tolerate such a brazen destruction of Northern Xinjiang by the eldest princess and the imperial court.

The hussar general will find a good reason for this, and get the absolute support of the officials of the northern frontier, and take back the military and political power of the northern frontier from the eldest princess and the imperial court.

In this way, the reform of the imperial court was also abolished, and the current literature and scripture could continue to dominate the official school, and everyone's power and wealth were preserved.

Li Hong did not expect that there would be such a complicated power struggle behind the Tuntian crisis in northern Xinjiang. He always thought that this was a small turmoil deliberately created by a group of officials of the Hussar General's Mansion in order to take back the military and political power in Northern Xinjiang from the imperial court as soon as possible.

Xian Yufu and Li Wei are both important officials in Northern Xinjiang, and since neither of them sent an urgent letter to themselves, it means that the affairs of Northern Xinjiang are still completely under their control.

But today it doesn't sound like that at all. Could it be that they have lost control of the northern frontier?

Li Hong anxiously asked, "How is Saiwai County?" How is the Tuntian District of Hetao? Is there an emergency report in Pingcheng Tuntian District? Is there any news from Zhongshan and Changshan? Do Tang Fang, Zuo Yan and Zhao Jian have letters? Li Wei shook his hand and said: "General, rest assured, Saiwai County and Hetao, Pingcheng, Zhongshan, and Changshan Tuntian districts are very quiet and have not been affected by this incident. ”

"Yang Qi, Wang Han and Guo Yun are very measured, and control this matter in the five counties south of the Great Wall: Taiyuan, Shangdang, Yanmen, Xihe and Hedong." Xian Yufu explained,

"There were no cases of false reporting and underreporting of land in other counties, so the imperial court did not increase their taxes, and it was quiet everywhere."

"What about Hedong Juntun?" Li Hong asked.

"After the outbreak of the Tuntian crisis in the party, Lord Yang Qi ignored it and allowed the people to make trouble, and there was a great posture of picking on the people and not doing anything. The imperial court was very angry, so Lu Zhi, Ma Riyan, Yuan Peng and other ministers forced Lord Zhao Qi to invite the eldest princess to immediately recruit Hedong Tuntian soldiers to Shangdang to quell the rebellion. Lord Zhang Baiqi was originally very dissatisfied with the arbitrary increase in the imperial court, he refused to accept the holy decree, and even ran to Longshan to be furious. Li Wei smiled bitterly,

"It is not possible not to accept the holy decree, so I asked Lord Zhang Baiqi to secretly instruct the Tuntian soldiers to make trouble after returning to Hedong, so as to avoid the deterioration of the situation and control the crisis in Tuntian in northern Xinjiang within a certain range."

"Hmph......" Li Hong sneered,

"Are you worried that Yang Qi's matter is not enough to make a fuss, and add another fire, right?" Li Wei smiled noncommittally and did not speak.

"You two have been refusing to write to me and deliberately concealing this, why?" Li Hong looked at Xian Yufu and asked with a little annoyance,

"There is already a war in Luoyang, and Jizhou is about to fight again, but at this time, you let this kind of thing happen in northern Xinjiang, why? I ask you, is it still under your control? Xian Yufu nodded,

"Yiqian (Chen Hao) has arrested dozens of lower-level officials and temporarily stabilized the situation in various places. But because the scope is too wide, we don't dare to catch it anymore, and we will find a way to solve it when you come back. ”

"How did you settle the tax matter?"

"We have asked the eldest princess to make a list of Anmin in the name of the general, and on the basis of last year, we will give appropriate relief." Xian Yufu said,

"If this matter is decreed by the eldest princess and the imperial court, I am afraid that no one in the north will believe it, so ......" Li Hong waved his hand in frustration,

"How many dozen did Chen Hao catch? What is the reason? Are there any corrupt people who pervert the law? ”

"Since the establishment of the Imperial Prison History in Northern Xinjiang, the rule of officials has been greatly improved, and there is really no evidence of corruption and perversion of the law." Li Wei said,

"The main reason for the arrest was to condone and acquiesce to the people's troubles." Li Hong shook his head,

"Except for the officials of the eldest son county, everyone else was released, and they were released immediately."

"Urgent letter to Yang Qi, Wang Han, Guo Yun, Wang Rou, Wei Gu and other adults, please come to Longshan to discuss matters." Li Hong thought about it and added,

"I would like to make a special note that I invited them to Longshan to discuss the matter of official learning and restructuring." When they arrived at Longquan, Zhao Qi, Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi, Liu He and other ministers came out to greet them.

After Li Hong greeted them, he took the lead in going to the eldest princess's mansion to meet the eldest princess. Ding Gong and Cai Yong also returned to Longshan with Li Hong, and the two, along with many ministers, went to the Taifu Mansion to discuss matters first.

When the eldest princess saw Li Hong, it was like seeing a relative who had not seen her for many years, and tears flowed down her face.

Li Hong comforted him with kind words, and then took out a box of delicate pastries from his arms and put it on the desk.

"When the minister passed by Anyi, he remembered that His Royal Highness was very bitter in Longshan. So ......" The eldest princess was pleasantly surprised to get it in her hand,

"This was specially bought for me by the Great General?" Li Hong smiled,

"The minister doesn't have much money, so he can only buy some food for His Highness. It can't be compared with Luoyang here, let alone with the palace, His Royal Highness has suffered. The eldest princess gently touched the slightly fragrant brocade box, thinking of the luxurious life in the past, thinking of the queen mother, her father, and her younger brother, and her heart couldn't help but feel pain, and tears flowed down again.

Li Hong let out a long sigh and did not speak. If Jizhou goes to war, it is difficult to say whether the eldest princess can return to Luoyang.

It's an incredible thing for a young girl to suddenly take on the fate of saving the community.

When will she be able to live the life of a princess in a peaceful and prosperous world?

"How is Your Highness doing?" Li Hong asked softly. The eldest princess shook her head,

"Lord Shinarashi is pregnant with a child, and she hasn't been here lately. Wen Ji was taken to Shaling Lake in the clouds by General Zhao. I was very lonely and always had nightmares at night, and I didn't dare to sleep. Later, I asked the two wives of the general to accompany me, and now that you are back, I am going to be alone again, and I am afraid. Li Hong's heart was sour, and he said softly: "Then let Xiaoyu and Fengxue continue to accompany His Highness." Now the war is very tense, and the minister is estimated to leave Jinyang soon. The eldest princess looked at him in astonishment,

"General, can't you stay in Jinyang to accompany me? There are many generals in Northern Xinjiang, and they can all go on your behalf, why do you have to go out in person every time? Do you like to fight so much and like to kill? Li Hong was speechless.

"Something happened in Northern Xinjiang, doesn't the general care?" The eldest princess quietly wiped away her tears and whispered,

"I don't understand anything, the ministers are arguing endlessly, I'm afraid, I really can't stay in this place. Can't you stay with me? Li Hong shook his head,

"Your Highness, when you grow up a little more, you will understand. The minister took his leave. The eldest princess looked at Li Hong's tall body and slowly stood up, her expression was very sad.

"General, did you buy it for the two ladies too?" The eldest princess held the box of pastries in both hands and suddenly asked.

Li Hong bowed down and smiled: "It's rare for me to buy something for them, I don't know if they like it or not?" ”

"As long as it's something from the general, anything is fine." The eldest princess Yu blushed and said softly. Li Hong didn't listen to what the eldest princess said, and hurriedly retreated.

Zhao Qi, Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and others were very excited, and the policy of restructuring and rejuvenating the country had not yet begun, and they suffered serious setbacks, which made it difficult for them to accept.

Several ministers suggested that Li Hong should use the power of thunder to quickly sweep away the forces opposing the reform in northern Xinjiang and lay a solid foundation for the reform and rejuvenation of the country.

Xian Yufu, Li Wei, Yu Peng, Zhang Fan and other ministers suggested that Li Hong should start from the stability of northern Xinjiang and give up the reform policy for the time being.

Judging from the current situation, the conditions for restructuring are very immature, and restructuring still needs time, time, and strong strength.

Without strength, the restructuring will not succeed, it is just a flash in the pan. Li Hong listened quietly for a long time, and finally said: "This matter will be discussed later, I want to listen to the opinions of Yang Qi, Wang Han and other ministers." ”

"The top priority of the imperial court is to keep Luoyang and take Jizhou." Li Hong stood up and said,

"Before taking Jizhou, northern Xinjiang must ensure stability. Ladies and gentlemen, let's think about it, now we can't even keep Luoyang, what kind of restructuring are we talking about? Isn't this asking for trouble? After Li Hong finished speaking, he said goodbye and left, and went to the Hussar General's Mansion to discuss matters.

The deliberations of the Hussar General's Mansion were mainly concentrated on the two battlefields of Jizhou and Kansai. The Kansai battlefield is currently supported by Xu Rong, the general of Long Xiang, and the troops and grain and grass can barely be dealt with, and Luoyang should be worry-free in the short term.

In the direction of Jizhou, Liyi had already sent an urgent letter with an eight-hundred-mile fast horse, and Yuan Shao asked for help from the Northern Xinjiang Army. Yuan Shao said in his letter that Gongsun Zhan was arrogant and lawless, and even wanted to forcibly occupy Bohai County.

At present, the main force of our Jizhou is fighting fiercely in the area of Montenegro with the Yellow Turban Army that is poisonous and stubborn, and there is no time to meet the enemy, so I implore the general of the Zhenjun Army to lead the army to help ensure the safety of Jizhou, the security of the four Tuntian counties in Jizhou, and the supply of money and food for the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Li Hong was overjoyed and anxious to write kojiyi. Immediately contacted Yuan Shao and told him that the battle situation in Luoyang was tense, some troops had already gone south to reinforce, and the Northern Frontier Army in the direction of Jizhou was seriously under-armed and could not stop Gongsun Zhan, and asked him to find a way to solve it himself.

If Yuan Shao repeatedly begs us to send troops, then you can talk to him slowly. You ask him, should you wipe out Gongsun Chan or drive Gongsun Chan back to Youzhou?

Because these two results require different troops, if we want to completely annihilate Gongsun Zhan, we will have to recruit Tuntian soldiers.

In this way, can Jizhou bear the food and salary of the army in northern Xinjiang? If Jizhou can afford it, will it advance our food for a month?

In a hurry, Yang Feng and Wang Dang immediately led the army into Handan, Zhao State, and joined with Liyi. Ordered Zhang Yan to rush to the Tuntian District of Pingcheng, gather the 50,000 border troops who had arrived there, and secretly take them to Changshan to wait for the battle order.

If the army has not yet gone to war next spring, it will be stationed in the field. Li Hong asked Zhang Yan to go to Pingcheng to lead 50,000 border counties to the south.

The meaning was obvious, it was to let Koji Yi command the Jizhou battlefield alone, but Xian Yufu raised objections.

He believes that the Jizhou battlefield is better handed over to Zhang Yan's command. At present, among the several armies on the battlefield in Jizhou, there are many high-ranking generals of the Yellow Turban Department, and at the right time, Zhang Yan can rely on his high prestige in the Yellow Turban Army in the past to appease the Yellow Turban Army.

Li Hong did not agree. Gongsun Chan had 10,000 iron horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. From the perspective of dealing with cavalry, Liyi's command experience is obviously more abundant than Zhang Yan's.

If Koyi had fought with Gongsun Chan in the first battle and dragged Gongsun Chan to the south of Jizhou, then Zhang Yan's army would have been able to insert behind Gongsun Chan in time.

"One thing we have to think about is when the snow is coming." Li Hong said,

"If the heavy snow comes early this winter, Zhang Yan will definitely not have time to outflank Gongsun Zhan's rear, so the war will drag on until March and April. After a long time, the situation of the battle will change, and it is difficult to say whether we can completely annihilate Gongsun Zhan. ”

"As for the matter of appeasing the Yellow Turban Army, I don't think I should think about it. Bai Huan has died in Puyang, and the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro is full of grudges and will not be easily appeased. If the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army crossing the river to the north is unfavorable, it will also withdraw to Yanzhou and Qingzhou before the Yellow River freezes, that is, around the middle of next month, so there is no such thing as appeasement. ”

"Jizhou battlefield, let Liyi command." Li Hong said categorically,

"I'll write another letter to Ko Yi, telling him to restrain his temper and not be arrogant to the Yellow Turban generals, but to be polite." At the end of October, Yang Qi, the Taishou of Shangdang, Wang Han of Hedong, Guo Yun, the Taishou of Yanmen County, and Wang Rou, and more than a dozen ministers such as Hu Shao and Wei Gu arrived in Longshan one after another.

Yang Qi's hands kept trembling as he spoke, and he was very excited. I agree with the restructuring, but how can there be such a restructuring?

When Emperor Guangwu was in the revival of Sheji, the official study was the study of modern literature and scriptures, could it be that the Guangwu Emperor Zhongxing failed?

What does the crisis of the Han Society have to do with today's literature and classics? I think that Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and others are fake in their restructuring, and their attempt to power is real.

Other ministers were also furious, especially Wang Rou, who sharply criticized Li Hong's relinquishment of military and political power in northern Xinjiang.

Master Taifu went back, he also led Youzhou Mu, Han Fu was driven away by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao immediately occupied Jizhou Mu, but what about you, General?

You are so generous. You have earned a good reputation, but you have hurt us. You once swore that if you want to make Tuntian in Northern Xinjiang successful, you will return the money you borrowed from us.

What now? Now that you don't even care about Northern Xinjiang, do you care about paying us back?

Li Hong hurriedly comforted them, saying that he promised that the court would repay the money. Wang Rou and Wei Gu and others didn't believe it,

"Unless the general is in charge and acts as an agent for state affairs, no one will believe what you say." Yang Qi took out a piece of music at this time, asked the ministers to sign it, and asked the eldest princess to jointly play it, and implored the eldest princess to worship Li Hong as the great Sima to lead the military and act as the agent of state affairs.

As for what

The "four dissimilarities" of the Taifu Mansion and the Imperial History Mansion were all revoked. Li Hong resigned again and again,

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is harming me, aren't you afraid that I will become the second Dong Zhuo in the future?"

"You are the second Dong Zhuo, and you are better than these ** pigtails of the country." Yang Qi said hatefully,

"These bastards not only want to change the law and national policy, but also change the foundation of the Han Dynasty, how can we agree? Either I die, or he dies. Li Hong was secretly shocked.

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