Li Yi felt the lifeblood of the imperial court, and was not afraid that the imperial court would not agree to his request, but the ministers felt deeply uneasy. Li Yi is far away from Kyoto and has a huge power, and if he plots against him in the future, or is recruited by the Son of Heaven, he suddenly turns the spearhead and says that his group of ministers who advocate the reform are all traitors, then the reform will be a complete failure.

Now it seems that the restructuring has been successful, and Li Yi must be the hero of the revitalization of the society, but if the reform fails, he must also be the hero of saving the society.

Li Yi took a step back slightly, and then firmly controlled the imperial court.

Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other ministers had to re-examine Li Yi. Who would have thought that behind Li Yi's refusal to take power was the continued expansion of Li Yi's power, the rapid rise of northern Xinjiang and the great worries of the Han Dynasty.

This fierce general who raised troops to destroy the Yellow Turban Rebellion with his own strength back then, after so many years of ups and downs, especially the struggle between various forces for more than a year, has gradually matured, and is no longer the idiot who could only fight back then. The current Li Yi is really a tiger, a cunning and fierce tiger.

Now Li Yi's horror lies in his infinite patience, and patience may be the fact of secession in the end. Now that the northern Xinjiang is in difficulty, Li Yi has made concessions again and again, but not long after, with each victory of Li Yi, the imperial court will have to give in again and again, and Li Yi's power will become greater and greater.

Once secession becomes a reality, other states and counties will inevitably follow suit. In the future, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court will be weak, and no matter how the imperial court is reformed, the society will fall into a deep crisis.

If the imperial court wanted to revitalize the community, it had to rely on Li Yi's force, but because the court needed to rely on Li Yi's force, Li Yi immediately took the initiative. Whatever he wants, the court has to give.

On the other hand, Dong Zhuo controlled the authority and was above the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and as a result, he fell into extreme passivity. He got everything, but he also lost everything.

For more than a year, Li Yi used his patience to buy time for Northern Xinjiang to ease the crisis, alleviated the Gyeonggi crisis with his patience, and also ushered in the hope of social revitalization with his patience. Now, it's time for the court to repay him.

Zhang Wen and Lu Zhi and other ministers couldn't sleep at night, racking their brains to think about how to deal with it.

For the sake of himself and the interests of northern Xinjiang, Li Yi avoided talking about the affairs of the imperial unification, but the imperial court could not help but face up to this problem.

In order to prevent the recurrence of relatives and eunuchs and escape the revenge of the Empress Dowager He, the imperial court united with Dong Zhuo to force the Empress Dowager He to return to power, deposed the young emperor, and supported the current son. When today's son is the only heir of the first emperor, he cannot be deposed for no reason no matter what, otherwise, the imperial court will lose its righteousness first and then its prestige, and the continued existence of the imperial court will become a problem in the future, not to mention the implementation of the reform policy. In the eyes of the people of the world, the Han court ignored the laws of the organization, and even regarded the imperial system related to the fate of the country as child's play. Who else can be convinced of the policy of restructuring?

The problems encountered by the imperial court at the beginning, now Yuan Shao, Han Fu and the state and county officials of the Dong Alliance have also encountered them, how to avoid the emperor's revenge against him in the future? Only to re-establish the imperial system.

This fundamental disagreement angered the northern frontier, the most powerful of the Han Kingdom, and led to the defeat of the original courtship against Dong. Now, if the imperial court changes course and rebuilds the imperial system in order to accommodate Yuan Shao, Han Fu and other state and county officials, it is conceivable that the hussar generals will immediately turn the spearhead without hesitation and turn against each other.

The reform of the system will inevitably involve the revision of the official system, and the revision of the official system will inevitably involve the imperial power, and when it comes to the imperial power, it will be necessary to face the imperial system, so if the problem of the imperial system is not solved, there will be no way to talk about the reform, and the revival of the society will be even more out of reach. In the absence of a resolution of the fundamental differences between the two sides, the restructuring will definitely end without a hitch, and the imperial court may also be dissolved.

Li Yi was reluctant to govern, avoided talking about the imperial system, and was even more reluctant to stay in the capital, obviously suspected of sacrificing the imperial court and getting rid of the danger of reform.

Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other ministers thought hard and finally had to pin their hopes on Li Yi's loyalty.

The forces of various states and counties are not only the forces of Yuan Shao, Han Fu and other Yuan lords, but also the forces of many other gate lords and magnates. In the current situation, it is wishful thinking to expect them to clapped their hands, happily leave the state and county and run to the capital as officials, and work together with themselves and others to formulate a reform strategy to revitalize the society, but it is better to count on Li Yi's loyalty.

This point, they have discussed in detail as early as in Chang'an, the reform involves all kinds of interests of the gate valve family, if you want to get their cooperation and implementation, I am afraid that these people will die, and they will not be able to wait for that day. If you want to succeed in the reform, you can only rely on strong force and cooperate with the martial arts, although it is very risky, but the possibility of success is the greatest. When the restructuring encounters strong resistance, the warriors can wave the butcher's knife and kill all the opponents.

Zhang Wen and other ministers decided to meet all Li Yi's requirements, as long as he supported the reform, he would fall into the whirlpool of the reform, and when he found himself trapped in the reform and could not extricate himself, his fate had been tied to the fate of the imperial court, and he had to bow his head to his ears.

Of course, the premise is that Li Yi is loyal to the Han.

Li Yi is indeed loyal to this country, but unfortunately, the object of his loyalty is the entire country and nation, not the Liu family, let alone Liu Xie. Zhang Wen, the parasites that are adsorbed on this country and nation, was finally played by Li Yi once after playing with Li Yi countless times.

Li Yi's strategy is very simple, that is, to learn from Jiang Guangtou in later generations, and to retreat as advance. And this retreat is an exit from the sea and the sky.

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In mid-February, Lu Zhi, Yang Biao, Li Yi, and Cai Yong summoned Zhang Qi, the minister of Anping, and Shi Liugong, the governor of Jizhou, to engage in the trial. There are 17 officials in Bohai County, including Xu Yu and Feng Ji.

Lu Zhi read out the decree of pardon.

Yang Biao talked about the current situation, and vaguely mentioned that the imperial court planned to use the policy of restructuring to revitalize the society, and then he asked the officials to return to the prefecture and county and do their best to stabilize the place. The many disagreements and controversies between the imperial court and the prefectures will be discussed after the army conquers the land of Gyeonggi. Of course, Han Fu, Liu Dai, Yuan Shao, Zhang Qi and other state and county officials still had to send their pleas immediately, so as not to embarrass the imperial court.

After sending off these officials, the four summoned Xu You, Feng Ji and Chen Lin separately.

Lu Zhi severely criticized Yuan Shao's concealment of major military information, and he said to Xu You and others: "You go back and tell Ben Chu not to play tricks with the imperial court." He paid taxes to the imperial court, so what is Jizhou Mu? Han Fu is still not his superior? Did he hope that the imperial court would deliberately provoke internal strife in the Jizhou Prefectures? He knew that the imperial court would not agree, but he even sent someone to present the recital, what was his intention? ”

Chen Lin hurriedly defended, and Yang Biao said with a smile: "Don't explain, we all know the difficulties of the beginning, and we have already pleaded guilty to the eldest princess on behalf of the beginning." You go back and tell Benchu that after conquering the land of Gyeonggi, Han Wenjie and him will return to Beijing to deal with state affairs. Don't make any more trouble about Jizhou, it's better to reorganize the army as soon as possible and cooperate with the hussar general to attack Dong Zhuo. ”

Xu You and the other three nodded again and again.

Before leaving Quanzhou, Xu You and others bid farewell to Yuan Peng. Since the death of Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui, Yuan Peng's position among Yuan Valve is the most noble. Although Yuan Shao spoke coldly to him, they still respected him very much.

Yuan Peng comforted him with kind words, and then said, "You go back and tell Ben Chu." If he can't give up the matter of the imperial rule, Jizhou will give up. If Jizhou has to give up, Yuzhou should not give up, because that is the foundation of our Yuan family. If the foundation is lost, the Yuan family will also be defeated. It's like we hit the land of Gyeonggi today, why? Because Luoyang is the foundation of the Han Dynasty, if the foundation is lost, how long can the society survive? ”

Xu You, Feng Ji, and Chen Lin understood and left Jin in a hurry.

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In mid-February, Hangu Pass.

On Ding Chou Day (12th), the Son of Heaven decreed that because of his meritorious efforts in quelling the rebellion, he worshipped Dong Zhuo as the Grand Master. In the holy decree, the Son of Heaven urged Dong Zhuo to return to Chang'an as soon as possible to preside over state affairs.

Taiwei Zhao Qian, Situ Wang Yun, and Sikong Chongfu jointly signed a letter. Recently, rumors have spread in Chang'an, and the people are frightened, saying that the eldest princess and the hussar general are going to lead the army to attack Chang'an, and ask the Taishi to return to Chang'an as soon as possible.

Liu Ai and Dong Min also hurriedly wrote to Dong Zhuo, because the hussar general had more than 100,000 troops in Luoyang and Hedong on the other side of the Yellow River, and they could attack Chang'an at any time, the people of Beijing were extremely shocked, and more and more people fled west to Liangzhou. The Yellow River will be thawed at the end of this month, and the Taishi is invited to return to Chang'an as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation. In addition, some ministers in Chang'an City have been focusing frequently recently, including several captains of the Southern Army, and we suspect that these people are plotting a rebellion, whether they should be arrested first. Liu Ai listed the names of several ministers, among which Huo Ran had Shangshu Zheng Tai, Hua Xin, Hengjie, Sili School Captain Xuanfan and other ministers.

Dong Zhuo wrote to thank the Son of Heaven for his grace. Recently, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Yu Ban in the east of Hangu Pass, Yuan Shu, Kong Ling, and Sun Jian in the south have all made an offensive posture, and it is estimated that the war will start in the next few days, so the minister has no time to get out at present. Just wait for the rebellion to be quelled, and the minister will return to Beijing immediately and serve His Majesty.

Dong Zhuo replied to the Minister of the Third Prince, April is approaching, please do everything possible to calm the people's hearts and organize spring ploughing. This year is the most critical year for Guanzhong to get rid of the food crisis, so please do your best to protect Guanzhong first. If the relationship is stable, then in a few years, the community will be able to revitalize.

Dong Zhuo replied to Liu Ai, Dong Min and others, saying that they should not be in a hurry to arrest those who rebelled first, and let all the ministers involved in the rebellion surface before arresting them. Arresting them now may not be able to wipe out their remnants of Chang'an, but it will be a surprise to the snake, and it will not completely solve the problem. The only way to do this is to wait for all of those people to jump out and uproot them all. (To be continued.) )