Chapter 0552: Forcing the Courtiers Away
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Yue Fei rushed to Hongnong with 100,000 troops and ordered the Northern Xinjiang Army to stand by and prepare to retreat to Hedong.
"Pengju, do you want to resist the decree?" Zhu Jun asked angrily.
"As soon as the war in the Kwantung region is in the Kwantung region, Jizhou will run out of food, and thousands of displaced people in Jizhou will starve to death." Yue Fei shouted excitedly, "I'm going to resist the order." ”
The generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army unconditionally supported Yue Fei and refused to obey Zhu Jun's military orders. Zhu Jun tried his best to persuade him, but Yue Fei refused to give an inch. Zhu Jun was helpless, so he had to rush to the Quanzhou court, and at the same time hurriedly told Li Yi of Jizhou with an 800-mile fast ride.
Zhu Jun ordered the 5,000 Henan Army to advance rapidly towards Hangu Pass. The army still had ten days of food and grass, and Zhu Jun believed that even if the army could not recapture Hangu Pass, it would be able to contain Yuan Shao's forces and delay Yuan Shao's pace of seizing the entire territory of Yin in Henan.
Yuan Shu, who was currently fighting hard in the Jing and Henan areas, would definitely dispatch troops north to seize Dagu, Yique and other passes once he received the news that Yuan Shao was stationed in Luoyang. When Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu fought, Yuan Shao immediately fell into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.
At this time, if the eldest princess and Li Yi agreed to their plan and asked Yue Fei to quickly attack Guandong, then the certainty of the army retaking Luoyang would be greatly increased.
However, Yue Fei's actions made Zhu Jun almost faint.
"Now I'll take command of the Kansai battlefield." Yue Fei looked at Zhu Jun with a cold expression, his big hand clenched violently, and he smashed his fist on the case, "Without my order, not a single soldier can leave the camp." ”
The generals were secretly shocked. According to the imperial decree, Yue Fei is now in charge of the military affairs in Hedong, and he has handed over the command of the Guanxi battlefield to Zhu Jun. Today, he rushed from Hedong to Guanxi, which has seriously violated the law, and now he wants to openly seize Zhu Jun's military power, and if this matter is investigated by the imperial court in the future, it will be a big crime of rebellion. If the lord doesn't try his best to protect him, he, the general, will be considered to have done it.
Yue Fei was worried that the Henan soldiers would make trouble, so he simply detained Zhu Jun and others in the big tent of the Chinese army.
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Hurry up. After Yuan Shao's generals Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang captured Hangu Pass, they did not continue the attack, but stationed them at the pass with heavy troops.
Yue Fei immediately ordered Zhang He and Wei Yan to lead their troops to camp in the vicinity of Mianchi and Xin'an to prevent Yuan Shao's army from attacking Guanxi. He also ordered Huang Zhong to take the lead in leading the army to withdraw to Hedong and garrison it at Pubanjin.
Yue Fei's arrogance, lawlessness and arbitrariness aroused strong dissatisfaction in the Quanzhou court. Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other ministers asked the eldest princess to immediately remove Yue Fei and let Zhu Jun quickly lead the army to attack Kwantung.
Kou Zhun and Tian Feng resolutely opposed it.
Kou Zhun said: "The removal of Yue Fei requires the consent of the hussar general, and no one else has the right to make such a decision, even the eldest princess, because it is the general who is now in charge of state affairs." In addition, Yuan Shao was stationed in Luoyang, the situation in the eastern part of the country suddenly changed, and how the Northern Xinjiang Army should respond, the general has not yet replied. So we can't say that Yue Fei did something wrong now. ”
The Eldest Princess's Mansion and the Hussar General's Mansion argued endlessly over this.
The blamed Kou Zhun was greatly annoyed and said: "As early as April, the Son of Heaven and the Chang'an Imperial Court came to explicitly demand the abolition of the Quanzhou Imperial Court, and the Son of Heaven also urged the eldest princess and the ministers to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. In other words, from the moment the eldest princess received the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, the Quanzhou court was gone. The eldest princess's edict was also invalid, and the eldest princess and the eldest princess's mansion lost all their powers due to the edict. Now the affairs of northern Xinjiang are decided by the generals, and it is the hussar generals' mansions that have the final say. ”
Kou Zhun's words immediately set off an uproar. Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi, Ding Gong, Wang Han, Guo Yun, Wang Ze and other ministers attacked at the same time, accusing Kou Zhun of being rebellious and daring to openly oppose the eldest princess and the imperial court.
"You say that Yue Pengju disobeyed the law, what about you? Are you also disobeying the law? According to the decree of the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess has no right to interfere in national affairs, and the Quanzhou court has also been revoked, what right do you have to stand here and point fingers? Kou Zhun was not afraid, and his voice became louder, "I think it is you who violate the law, you are the one who resists the law, and you are the one who violates the law." ”
Kou Zhun pointed to Zhang Wen, Ding Gong and other ministers with iron faces and said, "You should be the ones who are dismissed." ”
Zhang Wen was furious and ordered the Tiger Ben Guards to take down Kou Zhun.
Tian Feng was unhappy. Kou Zhun's words are completely reasonable, the affairs of the northern Xinjiang should have been in charge of the Hussar General's Mansion, and it was too much for the eldest princess and the imperial court to interfere like this. If Northern Xinjiang can't even command its own army arbitrarily, then what is the Northern Xinjiang Army? Just tell the Northern Army to forget it.
Tian Feng was angry, and immediately ordered the left-behind army to rush to Quanzhou City to protect the Hussar General's Mansion. To put it bluntly, it is to surround the eldest princess's mansion and the two thousand tiger guards.
Things have reached such a point that the eldest princess can't mediate anymore. Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi and other ministers were angry and anxious, and fell ill one after another. Zheng Xuan and Cai Yong persuaded back and forth between the two governments, hoping that the two governments would give up their differences and work together to save the community.
Zhang Wen, Ding Gong and other ministers considered the overall situation and took the initiative to admit that the imperial court had indeed interfered too much in the military and politics of northern Xinjiang, but they would not let go of the matter of attacking Guandong and recapturing Luoyang.
Tian Feng thinks that since the imperial court has retreated, and Yue Fei's disobedience to the law and the decree is over, then the Hussar General's Mansion should be stopped, so as not to embarrass the lord.
But Kou Zhun flatly refused, he said: "Northern Xinjiang should obey the holy decree of the Son of Heaven and send the eldest princess and the ministers of the court back to Chang'an as soon as possible." ”
Kou Zhun had enough. The ministers of the Eldest Princess's Mansion are in charge of everything, and they are concerned about everything, and the Hussar General's Mansion is subject to restrictions everywhere, and if this continues, the northern Xinjiang will sooner or later toss and fall apart for these ministers. Kou Zhun made up his mind that no matter what, he would take advantage of this opportunity to drive the eldest princess and these ministers out of the northern frontier.
Before Li Yi left Quanzhou, he divided the military and political power subordinate to the Hussar General's Mansion into two, and handed over all political affairs to Kou Zhun and military affairs to Tian Feng.
Judging from the authority of the two, Kou Zhun's power is obviously greater than that of Tian Feng. Now that Kou Zhun insists on his opinion, Tian Feng has no choice but to delay until Li Yi's letter.
Li Yi was unusual, and Quanzhou and Kansai did not receive a reply from him for a long time.
In mid-May, Kou Zhun received a secret letter from Li Yi. In this letter, Li Yi described in detail the current situation in Jizhou, mentioned several ways to solve the problem of displaced people in Jizhou, and focused on explaining his plan to vigorously crack down on and rectify land annexation in Jizhou.
Li Yi believes that it is very unrealistic to rely on regulating taxes to control land annexation, and forcibly confiscating the land of the wealthy is too resistant, and the consequences are difficult to predict, and Jizhou may fall into continuous rebellions because of this. In addition, this strategy also involves the interests of the wealthy men in northern Xinjiang, and their opposition and worry may have a very negative impact on the stability of northern Xinjiang.
Today's Han Dynasty is full of smoke, and the war is all over the prefectures and counties of the world, where there is no war, of course, it is the shelter of the displaced people, so after Jizhou gradually stabilizes, there will definitely be more and more displaced people. At present, the number of displaced people in the southern counties of Jizhou is about 2 million to 3 million, and perhaps more. The resettlement of these people is a problem that needs to be solved in Jizhou this year, but the land in Jizhou is far from enough.
Jizhou is one of the wealthiest prefectures and counties in the Han Dynasty. At its peak, Jizhou's population reached more than 7 million, so you can imagine how much land it had. But its land is almost entirely concentrated in the hands of the gatekeeper plutocracy. There is only one way to appease the displaced people and keep them fed and clothed, and that is to grab land from these gate tycoons.
In recent years, the four counties of Changshan, Zhongshan, Zhaoguo and Julu in the western part of Jizhou have been repeatedly harassed by the Yellow Turban Army, and the wealthy men have either been killed or fled, and there is a lot of ownerless land, but the population of these four counties can only be more than 2 million at most, which is obviously insufficient. If you want to resettle more displaced people, you can only go to the five counties of Bohai, Hejian, Ganling, Anping and Wei County in the southeast of Jizhou, which are also the five counties with the most wealthy people in Jizhou.
What method can be used to ensure the stability of Jizhou and seize land from the rich men and lords? There is no way. At that time, Emperor Guangwu Zhongxing Han relied on the wealthy men in Hebei, Nanyang and Yingchuan. If you don't rely on the gate valve rich today, can you also prosper the big man? I don't know, but you know for sure, and the answer you give me must be no.
Li Yi laughed at himself and said, I am a martial artist, so the way I think is always inseparable from the sword and blood, but the method of fighting a war is used to gradually reduce the rich people of the gate, and in the end it is those poor people who suffer, and the overthrow of Sheji has become inevitable.
The situation in Jizhou is becoming more and more tense, and the crisis of the displaced people must be resolved immediately, whether by force or by other means, before the autumn harvest and autumn planting in October. Therefore, Northern Xinjiang urgently needs a voice to speak, and what we want to do is right or wrong, and we should not be hindered in any way. Otherwise, the problem of displaced people in Jizhou will never be solved, and if the problem of displaced people is not solved, saving the society will be an empty word.
Kou Zhun understood Li Yi's thoughts. Li Yi's attention is not in Guanzhong, nor in Luoyang, but on the displaced people in Jizhou, and he has no intention of caring about other things. Now, as long as it is conducive to solving the problem of eating for the displaced people in Jizhou, Li Yi will support it, otherwise, he will veto it all. In other words, he stands up for everything he is doing so far.
Li Yi was hindered by his identity, and it was difficult for him to directly force the eldest princess and the court to obey the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, so he ignored the affairs of Quanzhou. In Li Yi's view, no matter how much trouble Quanzhou reaches, the holy decree of the Son of Heaven is there, as long as he is not excessive, as long as he is respectful in everything and has enough face, no one can control what he should do or what he does.
Now that Dong Zhuo is in charge, the Son of Heaven is in charge, and the news that the Chang'an court is monopolistic has been confirmed, what are you still doing with such a nominal Quanzhou court? Do you have to bear the charge of holding the eldest princess and the court hostage and usurping the court?
These old ministers in the DPRK and China have to use such a magnificent façade to restrain themselves, and they can't help it. You can't openly tear your face in front of many old ministers. Yue Fei, Kou Zhun and Tian Feng made such a fuss, and they just solved their own problems.
Li Yi said at the end of the letter: "Guanzhong has not stabilized, the eldest princess and these old ministers should not be sent to Chang'an for the time being, so as not to have an accident." ”
Kou Zhun hurriedly invited Tian Feng, showed Li Yi's secret letter to the two of them, and then said his thoughts. Tian Feng readily agreed. (To be continued.) )