But this is not the biggest problem encountered by the imperial court and Li Yi. The biggest problem facing them was the war in Jing and Henan and the internal strife in Jizhou. The war between Jing and Henan completely frustrated the previous plans of the imperial court and Li Yi.

Now it is impossible to appease the officials of the two states. Several forces have already fought, and they will not pay attention to the coercion of the imperial court at all, let alone pay taxes to the imperial court. If the imperial court sends troops to fight according to the original strategy, then the situation in the two states will deteriorate even more, and in the end, he will definitely fall into a quagmire and cannot extricate himself. Under the current complicated situation, no matter what method is used, it will not be possible to quell the war between the two states in the short term, let alone hope for any kind of food and grass.

The infighting between Han Fu and Yuan Shao in Jizhou seemed to be very intense, but the imperial court and Li Yi never expected that Han Fu would ask Taifu Liu Yu for help. And Taifu Liu Yu agreed without hesitation, they completely ignored the ongoing Luoyang War, and also ignored the imperial court and Li Yi, and did whatever they wanted. The direct consequence of this was that the Northern Xinjiang Army lost both the support of Jizhou's food and salaries, and the excuse to seize Jizhou.

Now the most serious problem facing the imperial court and Li Yi is the serious shortage of money and food. The second question is, what methods can be used to solve not only the money and grain crisis in northern Xinjiang this year, but also the money and grain crisis in northern Xinjiang once and for all.

Li Yi told several ministers about his ideas.

Give up the illusion of Jing and Henan, whether it is conquest by force or good words to appease.

Zhang Fei's army was still stationed in Luoyang for the time being, which was a guarantee to ensure the smooth relocation of the eldest princess and the imperial court to Luoyang.

The main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army abandoned its entry into Luoyang and was divided into two. The first was led by Yue Fei and continued to maintain deterrence against Guanzhong to ensure the safety of Luoyang. The first was led by Zhang He, Xu Da and Li Jing, and immediately went north. Xu Da and Li Jing led the army into Jizhou, and Zhang He led the army into Hanoi, preparing to capture Jizhou.

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On May, Luoyang.

Zhang Wen and his entourage arrived in Luoyang, and Zhu Jun brought a group of state and county officials to greet him. Among them, there are Zhang Qi, the minister of Anping in Jizhou, Wang Qiu of Dongjun, Yang Yi of Hongnong, Zhang Miao of Chen Liutai, Li Li of Jizhou Mansion, Geng Bao of Bohai County Government, Wang Lang of Huiji, Liu Yi of Yanzhou Mufu, Yang Hong of Nanyang Taishou Mansion and so on.

Zhang Wen, Ding Gong, and Yang Biao were very happy and confident when they saw that more than 20 state and county officials had come to Luoyang in person, or had sent high-ranking officials from the prefecture to discuss important matters. But the ensuing deliberations gave them a blow in the face, and made them desperate and lose confidence.

On the first day of the discussion, Zhang Qi, the minister of Anping in Jizhou, and Wang Qiu, the Taishou of Dongjun, raised the issue of imperial unity. Chang'an has one court, Luoyang has one court, in fact, two courts. The two courts worship the same Son of Heaven, how to respect it? If a court is divided into two parts, what is it? Who wants to be honored? Since Taifu Liu Yu is unwilling to inherit the imperial lineage, then we will select a royal descendant from the vassal state as the new emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Wen, Zhu Jun, Yang Hong and others unanimously opposed.

Then we talked about the structure of the imperial court.

Some of the ministers insisted on using the "three publics" system of Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong, and some wanted to use the "three publics" system of the prime minister, Taiwei, and Yushi Dafu. This involved the issue of imperial power and relative power, and then Zhang Wen put forward the idea of restructuring. This immediately aroused a strong reaction from the ministers, with some in favor and some against. The argument was fierce.

At this time, Yang Biao put forward the idea of restructuring the imperial court, which involved many issues such as official learning and statecraft strategies, and the scale of the controversy immediately increased.

Everyone debated for a day, but found nothing, and finally Zhang Wen said: "Everything can be discussed tomorrow, but there is one thing that must be agreed today, and that is the matter of the garrison of Northern Xinjiang in Luoyang." ”

This time, the voices of the ministers were very neat, and none of them agreed.

Zhang Miao pointed to Zhang Wen's nose and asked, "Did you accept a bribe from the hussar general?" Northern Xinjiang is stationed in Luoyang, can you also say this? Are you going to save the society or overthrow it? ”

Zhang Wen almost fainted, Yang Biao hurriedly played a round and said, "This is what the eldest princess meant." The eldest princess said that if the hussar general and the Northern Frontier Army did not arrive in Luoyang, she would not come back. The eldest princess was very frightened when she was young, and she was very frightened when she suddenly suffered such a change, so she had great trust in the hussar general and the Northern Frontier Army, which was ......"

"The eldest princess is not important." Zhang Qi said, "The Son of Heaven is not from the first emperor, let alone this eldest princess?" I have doubts about the identity of the eldest princess. ”

"To save Sheji and rebuild the imperial court, the first priority is to rebuild the imperial system." Wang Qiu said, "You and the hussar general keep an unknown little woman, and point fingers at us in Quanzhou, which is also called revitalizing the community?" Sheji is a fun thing, you can play how you want? You go to see Yanzhou County, go to see the banks of the Yellow River, and see how many dead bodies of the people are there? If the society is saved like you and messes around, it will collapse immediately. ”

"Emperor, immediately rebuild the emperor." Geng Bao shouted.

Zhang Wen was so angry that he fainted on the spot.

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In early May, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, Yangzhai.

Sun Jian, the general of the captivity, led his army to Yangzhai and told all parties with the holy decree of the Son of Heaven that the Son of Heaven had decreed that I should be appointed as the assassin of Yuzhou, and I asked you to lead the army back.

This decree has suppressed the armies on all sides. Zhou Ang and Han Hao immediately led the army back ten miles, and then urgently reported to Yuan Shao to ask for countermeasures. Qiao Rui and Gongsun Yue also retreated ten miles and reported the situation to Yuan Shu. Although Xu Jing refused to admit the current son and this holy decree, he was forced by the tense situation in Yangzhai City, and he also retreated ten miles. Xun You is very familiar with current affairs, opened the city gate, and invited Sun Jian to enter the city. Sun Jian said, if the armies from all walks of life do not retreat, and the siege of Yuzhou is not solved, I will not enter the city.

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In mid-May, Qiao Rui and Gongsun Yue received an urgent letter from Yuan Shu, asking them to take the initiative to help Sun Jian and kill Zhou Ang and Xu Jing.

Sun Jian didn't want to make a big move, he just wanted to force Zhou Ang and suppress Xu Jing, and then seize Yuzhou. If you really want to fight, even if you finally kill Zhou Ang and Xu Jing, you will offend Yuan Valve and other counties in Yuzhou. In the future, he will occupy at most one Yingchuan County, and other Yuzhou counties will not follow him.

But Yuan Shu's purpose was to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, so that Sun Jian could fight to the death with people from other forces. When Sun Jian and all parties are dying, he can easily take Yuzhou.

Seeing that Sun Jian was unwilling to start a war with other forces, Qiao Rui immediately secretly contacted Zhou Ang.

In the sixth year of Zhongping (189 AD), when Luoyang was in turmoil, Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao's uncle and nephew Jiao Tianzi edict destroyed Xu Xiang's clan and severely damaged Xu Valve, and the two families formed a blood feud.

If there is chaos today, the two sides are fighting in Yuzhou, Xu Valve wants to take revenge, and Yuan Valve also wants to take the opportunity to destroy Xu Valve, so as not to be accidentally killed in the future.

Yuan Shu said to Qiao Rui: "If Sun Jian is unwilling to fight, you should contact Zhou Ang to fight Xu Jing first, and solve the threat of Yuan Valve first." Don't worry, Yuan Shao will definitely agree. ”

At this time, Zhou Ang also received Yuan Shao's letter, and sure enough, Yuan Shao also had the same meaning.

Yuan Shao said in the letter: "You and Yuan Shu fight Xu Valve together, Sun Jian will not interfere." Because this is a grudge between the gate valves, but you not only have to fight Xu Jing, but also Yuan Shu. ”

Yuan Shao instructed Zhou Ang to leak the news to Xu Jing before jointly attacking Xu Jing, so that Xu Jing and Yuan Shu could fight first, and then you could benefit from the fisherman.

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Late one night in late May, Qiao Rui, Gongsun Yue and Zhou Ang attacked Xu Jing at night.

After Xu Jing got Zhou Ang's report, he was prepared, but instead surrounded Qiao Rui and Gongsun Yue. The two sides fought fiercely, with heavy casualties. Soon, Zhou Ang and Han Hao led the army to kill, and the three parties fought in a scuffle.

Just when Zhou Ang, Han Hao and the others were proud, thinking that they could win a big victory and successfully capture Yuzhou, Xun You suddenly led the army to kill.

Eight thousand elite armies in northern Xinjiang swarmed up, and three exhausted and dying armies were opponents? In the blink of an eye, he was killed and fled.

However, Xun You obviously came with a purpose, he commanded a large army to kill Zhou Ang and Qiao Rui's soldiers, but allowed Xu Jing to flee with the remnants of his defeated army.

Xun You waved his army to the east to chase and kill, and the northern Xinjiang army was unstoppable, almost annihilating Zhou Ang's army. Zhou Ang fell off his horse in the chaos and was trampled to death by the defeated army.

A northern Xinjiang army that pursued and killed to the west was careless and killed Gongsun Yue. Xun You held Gongsun Yue's head and cried and laughed, this is a big disaster. He threw his head on the battlefield and hurried back to the city with his army.

When the red sun was rising, Sun Jian led the army to the battlefield leisurely. He'd heard the movement a long time ago, but he just wouldn't come out. Sun Jian was very satisfied with the result in front of him, and he smiled and said to his subordinates: "Yuzhou is mine." ”

However, he immediately received bad news. Qiao Rui dipped blood and wrote a book to Sun Jian, vowing to avenge Gongsun Yue.

Sun Jian immediately realized that something bad was wrong, and Xun Yu in the city took advantage of the darkness to attack and beat the others hard, but threw the black cauldron to himself.

Sun Jian was furious and immediately sent someone to tell Xun You that he was going to enter the city to take over Yuzhou.

This time, Xun You didn't give him a good face, and Xun You wrote back: "Whether the holy decree in General Sun's hand is true or false, who in the world doesn't know?" General Sun was advised to plead guilty to the imperial court as soon as possible, so as not to ruin the reputation of the first generation and ruin the reputation of General Zhu Jun. ”

Sun Jian was furious and immediately ordered the siege of the city.

Sun Jian wrote a letter to Yuan Shu and told him that it was Xun You who was fishing in troubled waters, and it was the Northern Frontier Army. We've been friends for years, can't you trust me? You give me grain and grass, and when I conquer Yuzhou, I will help you defeat Liu Biao and recapture Jingzhou.

Yuan Shu agreed, he believed that Sun Jian would not do such a thing. Now he would rather Sun Jian be the assassin of Yuzhou than the Northern Xinjiang Army to occupy Yuzhou.

The two joined forces to attack Yang Zhai City.

The news was sent to Luoyang, and the state and county officials unanimously blamed the Northern Xinjiang Army. (To be continued.) )