The border of northern Xinjiang is full of war clouds, but Yedu is singing and dancing. Although the hundreds of officials and Confucian scholars in the court were rudely reprimanded by Yan Beibei in Taixue, it rarely caused a backlash from the scholars, and many people respected Yanbei a little.

As the most elite class in the world, the scholars have countless people of insight, who can understand the source of Yanbei's anger, and even know the reason for being reprimanded by Yanbei.

Clear discussion, clear talk.

During the period of Emperor Xiaohuan, Taixue has developed extremely large, not to mention 30,000 students, and there are also a huge number of Confucian scholars in the countryside. However, after the disaster of the party, they were sent to the government and the opposition, and they formed a huge social and political force of bureaucrats and doctors against the dictatorship of eunuchs.

The original intention was to criticize the ruling government and stir up turbidity and promote the Qing, although there were indeed vain names in the process, but the mud and sand were inevitable, and it was a good thing for the court in the end.

Now, the eunuchs are gone, He Jin is gone, Dong Zhuo is gone, and Li Dao is gone, and it is the time when Yanbei wants to revitalize the country.

Is this still a good thing for Yanbei, the de facto ruler of the Han Dynasty? Some things are good things in Yanbei's view, and the government and the opposition are bad things, so the court forces are at odds with each other and even confrontational, for example, this time the matter of attracting the group of Confucian Mugu to conquer the Xiongnu royal court, the government and the opposition are opposed, and Yanbei insists on conscription, so what can it be?

The arms can't reach the thighs, and the powerless hundred officials are not able to control the strength of Yanbei, the Great Sima Mansion gave an order, and the entire Jizhou began to prepare for war in the early winter of last year, and in the spring, each county gathered enough men and horses, and countless heroes and villains who lived in the countryside stepped on the most majestic horses and held the sharpest knives to rush to Yedu under the leadership of the county captains. There is no need to even requisition enough money and grain to go out through Dasi Nong, and the warehouses in Jizhou continue to transport Taihang Mountain after the snow melts in spring...... From the selection of generals to the conscription of soldiers to the wealth and armor, all affairs should be done from the beginning to the completion, and the court did not bother at all.

From beginning to end, the high-ranking Da Sima only had two sentences in the imperial court, one sentence of disrespect for the Huns in the winter of last year, and one sentence of Keri expedition this spring.

This kind of thing is uncomfortable for anyone, but what can it do? Yanbei waved his arms to the army in the past, he said that he would fight wherever he wanted, could it be that now if he wants to conquer the Xiongnu, he has to grind his teeth against the princes of the imperial court? Not to mention anything else, he Yanbei is the official position of the imperial court, the official position of the chief military officer above the three dukes, and the crusade is already in the book; In terms of reasoning, Youji and Sanzhou and Guanzhong Division, which place was not fought by him, the elders of all places are his old departments, is there still room for others to intervene in the war?

He just wanted to tell the secretary of state, what did he say? Is it to discuss how to use troops with the big Sinong in charge of money and grain, or to discuss the length of the Xiongnu with Yang Biao, an old captain who is in his fifties and has never fought in his life, or to discuss his thoughts on attacking the Xiongnu in the west to deter the princes?

Impossible!

This is the biggest problem of the court at the moment, the court ministers who moved east with the emperor, those lucky ones who only got official positions by virtue of their guard merits are not to mention for the time being, let's just say that those old ministers who were lucky enough to survive to the present when the emperor was in the past, Zhu Jun, Huangfu Song and others are all dead, and the generals with real combat experience have lost all their losses, and the rest are good at talking but have never made the slightest conquest achievements, but they have all read many books, and even many of them have inherited the family heirlooms, holding the unique training and conscription methods of their ancestors for hundreds of years. Therefore, he may not be able to afford to look down on these generals in the northern part of Yan who have taken the wild road and relied on rebellion and quelling chaos all the way to conquer.

And what about the old subordinates in Yanbei? How low their backgrounds are, they are the best among them, and they have a good background in their last few lifetimes, just like their family's decades of military training in Liangzhou, but in the final analysis, they are just down-and-out. Not to mention the change of others, Taishi Ci's Zhongren Family, Gao Lanjun Zhongqu General, Dian Wei Chen Liu's foot pawn, Xu Huang Hedong Xiaoguan plus a Baibo rebel general. They may have the ability and the merits of conquest, but if you want to say that you use them to govern the country, isn't it a joke?

But there is no way, the scholar wants to defend himself, but he has nowhere to speak, these superficial dwarfs in his heart can't be said in the court, not to mention that with the power of the Yan family, it is useless to say it...... As a result, the Qing discussion, which was once an important weapon of the country, has become a clear talk!

The deep palace reverted, Yanbei paced the horse and walked on the side of the emperor's car, Yanbei on the horse bowed his body slightly, and whispered to Luan Jia: "Your Majesty, the minister is going west, and he will collect the Xiongnu in the Han land, so as to prevent the disasters of the previous hundreds of years, and at most the end of autumn will be returned." If the minister is not sure about the military when he leaves the court, he can ask Wei County Gaoran; If you don't understand political affairs, you can have Yang Gong and Fu Gong to assist, and you can also learn from Zheng Gong, but everything is safe. ”

Seeing that he walked to the palace gate, Yan Bei added another sentence: "No matter what, the soldiers and horses of Wei County Gaolan and Bohai Luyi must not be moved, and they will face the princes of Henan at every turn, and there will be a disaster in the national capital, Your Majesty must remember it." ”

"Yan Qing is safe, I should keep it in mind."

Emperor Liu Xie bowed his hand to Yanbei from Luan's drive, and he had fasted for three days for Yanbei's expedition. At this time, the palace gate opened, revealing the Yulin riders outside the palace who were in strict formation, and they all dismounted and saluted, and Yanbei and the emperor also dismounted and got off the car and walked to the south gate.

The emperor stood facing the south, Yan north faced the north and the emperor was opposed, Liu Ai in the service presented the Jieyue, and the emperor personally grabbed the head of the jade axe and handed it to Yan Bei, saying: "From now on, up to the sky, it is controlled by the general." ”

Long live the feather forest.

Yan Bei bowed and saluted, holding the handle of the jade axe, Liu Xie held the head of the jade axe, and said: "From now on, down to Jiuyuan, it will be commanded by the general." ”

All the officials of the feather forest shouted long live.

Yanbei took the festival Yue, knelt down, and said: "National politics cannot be governed by military generals who are ordered to be outside, military affairs cannot be interfered with by the court, and ministers cannot serve Your Majesty if they have two hearts; A general who is in doubt cannot go out to fight. Since the minister has accepted the appointment in front of His Majesty, and the drum and axe that symbolize power are in the hands of the minister, the minister does not need to return to the court to ask His Majesty for instructions in case of trouble, and His Majesty should not give any orders to the minister in the future. If His Majesty does not agree to this request of His Majesty, the Minister will not dare to lead his troops into battle. If Your Majesty agrees to this request of His Majesty, the Minister will take his leave and set off until his death. ”

Liu Xie knelt down to Yanbei in accordance with the etiquette and said, "The general will be outside, and he will not be ordered by the king." From today onwards, all matters in the army will be decided by the general! ”

At this point, at the end of the expedition ceremony, Yan Bei got up and took the knife and cut his nails, put on the half armor of the golden jade clothes that symbolized the return of death to the country, and pushed open the south gate with a serious expression, that is, the murder gate that only came out of the funeral.

Outside the city, tens of thousands of generals and soldiers were ready to go, boarding the general car with jade axes and banners, and the surging drum music was played behind them.