This time I went north to the desert, and on the way I had to pass through Xiao Sui's mother's tribe, Xiao Sui had been married to her for two years, and she had not returned to her parents' house, so Li Yi decided to take her with her.

The eldest princess has been in northern Xinjiang for a long time, and her relationship with Li Yi's ladies is good, and when she heard that Xiao Sui was leaving, she specially sent someone to take Xiao Sui to her mansion to talk.

Since the Son of Heaven arrived in Northern Xinjiang, the eldest princess no longer dared to enter and leave the Hussar General's Mansion casually.

When the evening came, the eldest princess sent someone to pass the word. It was too dark, so please ask the hussar general to go to the eldest princess's mansion to bring Mrs. Xiao Hui back.

Mu Guiying pursed her lips and snickered.

Li Yi was very helpless, and said to the ladies around him: "You can go over any of you." It's so late, I can't enter the Eldest Princess's Mansion. ”

"Let's go for it." Cai Yan looked at Li Yi and said softly, "She came to invite the sixth sister in the afternoon, and I knew her intentions." The eldest princess has grown up, she is not a child anymore, you don't know her heart yet? ”

Li Yi smiled bitterly: "What can I do if I know? She's the eldest princess, and I'm a hussar general, if ......"

Li Yi shook his head and said helplessly: "Who in the world is not afraid? The Son of Heaven, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and the generals of Northern Xinjiang, who is not afraid? Once the checks and balances of power are broken, things are out of control. She was still a child, too headstrong, and didn't know anything about it. ”

"She is nineteen years old, and if she was in Luoyang, she would have been married." Zou Lin said sympathetically, "She is not a child anymore. ”

Li Yi sighed, turned to Mu Guiying and said, "You go and get Qiu'er back." ”

Mu Guiying didn't move, looking at Cai Yan, which meant to ask what to do.

"Gui Ying, don't look at Yan'er. Listen to me in this matter, it is a matter of the survival of the society, and it cannot be left to her. Li Yi shook his hand and said, "Who would dare to marry her today?" Who is eligible to marry her? Whoever marries her will be destroyed. ”

Cai Yan looked at him sadly and whispered, "It's all your fault." ”

Li Yi looked at Cai Yan in surprise and didn't speak for a long time.

"She has no one to marry, no one dares to marry, it's all your fault." Cai Yan took Li Yi's hand and said with some sadness, "If it weren't for you, how could she not get married?" If she gets married, do you still want to snatch her back? ”

Li Yi closed his eyes and said with a face full of shame: "The Son of Heaven is young, Sheji is defeated, except for her, who can support this court?" ”

"You are all for yourself, for your brothers in the northern frontier." Cai Yan hugged Li Yi's neck and kissed him lightly on the forehead, "You are no longer the big hero who stands up to the sky." ”

Li Yi was silent, he could naturally see the eldest princess's feelings for him, but after all, the eldest princess was born in the royal family, and she was bound to replace the Han family in the future. If he marries the eldest princess, he will definitely be very embarrassed in the future, and the eldest princess will be caught in the middle.

As a man, you shouldn't let your own women shed tears for yourself. However, he can't give up the whole country because of a woman. If you don't love the beauty of the country, that's not your own style, your goal is to have both the country and the beauty.

Li Yi gritted his teeth, turned to Mu Guiying and said, "Guiying, you go and bring Yu'er back, I can't go." ”

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On the first day of the second lunar month, Li Yi led 6,000 hussars to set out from Quanzhou and go to the desert by way of Shanggu. He was accompanied by his wife Xiao Xuan, as well as three generals, Dian Wei, Yuwen Chengdu and Lu Wenlong.

In mid-February, Taifu Ma Riyan and Taifu Yang Biao were ordered to hold the festival and persuade Liu Yu, Liu Bei, Kong Rong of Qingzhou, and Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao of Yanzhou; Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu of Yuzhou, Liu Xiang and Sun Jian of Yangzhou. Zongzheng Cui Lie, Zhishu Yushi Sima Fang detoured the Yangtze River, went upstream, and was ordered to persuade Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Liu Zhang in Yizhou. Dasikong Zhou Zhong made a detour outside the plug and was ordered to persuade Xiliang Han Sui and Ma Teng.

At the end of April, Li Yi set out from the surrendered city and went north to the desert to Longcheng.

At the same time, Quanzhou was caught in the middle of a quarrel over the title system.

Although there was no response from the ministers sent to various places to persuade them, Quanzhou received a joint performance from six state and county officials, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan.

Yuan Shao and others said: The ministers respect the son of today and obey the instructions of the imperial court, but considering the current situation of social chaos, the ministers are willing to defend the country and garrison the state and county for His Majesty. Then it's time to talk about the conditions, which is very simple, add officials to the knighthood, and seal the land to build princes. We are our princes, Your Majesty is your Emperor, and this country is still the country of the Han Dynasty.

When the Son of Heaven saw it, it was a mixed blessing. It's good that you don't have to fight, and the world can be peaceful, but there will be endless troubles. There was the Spring and Autumn Warring States of the Zhou Dynasty in the past, and the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion of the current dynasty in the future. The ambitions of the princes are very big, and a palm-sized fief can't satisfy their desires, and they want to be a country and a country.

The eldest princess vetoed it. Since they all want to be rebellious, then fulfill their wish and wait for death.

The ministers had mixed reactions. Some people think that it is a fact that the prefectures and counties support their own troops and divide one side, and that under the current situation that the imperial court is unable to quell the rebellion, this method can not only appease the rebellious heart, but also buy more time for Hebei to accumulate strength, which is a good plan, and can be conditionally agreed to them.

Some are vehemently opposed. As soon as this system is changed, Hebei is bound to be in chaos. Hebei's forces are complex, and there are many ministers with merit and army, and once they also jump out to ask for titles and fiefs, it will be completely over.

There is also a faction that is silent, that is, a group of civil and military officials in the former northern Xinjiang. But their silence put tremendous pressure on the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess, and the imperial court.

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In early May, the imperial court wanted to revise the title system, and the news of adding a fifth-class high title to the original 20th rank spread throughout the Hebei provinces.

For a time, the officials of the Hebei provinces wrote one after another, some agreed, some opposed, and even sent their cronies to Quanzhou with heavy gifts. There are at least several counties or even a county in the fiefdom of a high title, and the status and wealth are very different.

In mid-May, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan and others wrote again, vowing to respect the Son of Heaven and obey the imperial court. They explained that the main reason why we wanted the title of fiefdom was because we were afraid that the hussar general would kill us, not to cause trouble and endanger His Majesty's country. As long as we have the title and the fief, we will return the state and county to the imperial court and go to our own fiefdom to live.

The Son of Heaven was shaken. He summoned his relatives and some of the ministers of the former Chang'an court to discuss many times. In the end, he listened to the opinions of Fu De, Dong Cheng, Feng Shuo and others, and decided to restore the fifth-class title system.

Da Situ Zhang Wen, Da Si Nong Wang Yun and others did not oppose the decision of the Son of Heaven. They believe that after Emperor Guangwu was revived, he demoted the titles of princes and kings to princes, and at the same time deprived them of military power in the fiefdom, so this duke can generally only be awarded to the prince, and no matter how great the merit of other people, at most they will only be crowned a marquis. The duke did not have a military regime in his fiefdom, and the marquis certainly could not.

However, they reminded the Son of Heaven that what these rebels wanted was not titles and fiefdoms, but hereditary, hereditary power over the military and political power of the states and counties they occupied. After sealing the title and fiefdom, they will continue to blackmail the imperial court, so the best way is to be perfunctory, and when Hebei recovers, they will be attacked immediately.

After the opinions of the Son of Heaven and the recitals of the ministers were handed over to the eldest princess, the eldest princess set fire to them. She ignored it.

In late May, the eldest princess sent an edict to the Hebei provinces in the name of the Son of Heaven that the imperial court had never proposed to revise the title system. If anyone dares to continue spreading rumors, they will be severely punished.

At the beginning of June, the Son of Heaven moved to Jicheng New Palace. After more than half a year of construction, a large part of the construction of Jicheng has been completed, of which the imperial palace is naturally a priority construction, which has been completed as early as the end of April.

The Son of Heaven has moved to Jicheng, and the imperial court will naturally move to Jicheng. The Southern Army was stationed with it.

The Great Sima Hussar General's Mansion did not relocate because Li Yi had an explanation before leaving Quanzhou and continued to stay in Quanzhou.

The eldest princess also refused to relocate the eldest princess's mansion.

The Son of Heaven pleaded several times, but the eldest princess was unmoved. The Son of Heaven was very angry and blurted out: "My sister is so old, and she still lives in the same city with the hussar general, what kind of system has she become?" ”

The eldest princess was furious and raised her hand to hit him. The Son of Heaven ran with his head in his hands, shouting as he ran: "Even if I decree that I will marry you to the hussar general, will the hussar general dare to marry you?" Even if the hussar general dares to marry you, will the ministers of the DPRK and China agree? Those rebels are worried that they have no excuse to fight Hebei, and as soon as you marry on the front foot, they will be killed on the back foot. ”

The eldest princess was so sad that she wept secretly.

In early June, a shocking news came from Nanyang that Taifu Ma Riyan was angry to death by Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu wrote to the imperial court to ask for the title of duke and the fiefdom of the two counties, but the imperial court refused. Yuan Shu was angry, and locked up Ma Riyan and Yang Biao, who rushed to Nanyang City to persuade them, and snatched Ma Riyan's scepter. Ma Riyan scolded Yuan Shu and refused to eat, but he was hungry and angry, and died.

Yuan Shu saw that the matter was too big to get off the stage, so he released Yang Biao and asked him to return to Hebei with Ma Riyan's coffin.

Then came another piece of bad news from Qingzhou. Gongsun Chan attacked Kong Rong, the prime minister of the North Sea, and Kong Rong asked the imperial court for help.

Kong Rong insisted that Qingzhou return to the imperial court, which made Gongsun Chan very angry. Gongsun Zhan already had ideas about Kong Rong, who controlled a lot of territory but didn't have many troops, so he just had an excuse. So with the secret help of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, he raised troops to attack Beihai.

Kong Rong asked Liu Yu and Tao Qian for help, but Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu were watching from the side, and Liu Yu and Tao Qian did not dare to move. Kong Rong had no choice but to ask Hebei for help.

The Son of Heaven did not hesitate and immediately ordered troops to attack Gongsun Chan and rescue Kong Rong.

The eldest princess withheld his decree.

The Son of Heaven was very angry and yelled at Zhang Wen: "If I don't save Kong Rong, who else believes in me, and who else is willing to submit to me?" ”

Zhang Wen and Wang Yun then went to Quanzhou to persuade the eldest princess.

Zhang Wen said: "It's better for this soldier to come out, Your Majesty's words still make sense." The Qinghe camp currently has 8,000 men and horses, and we can let General Anton Gao Shun lead his troops across the river to coerce Yanzhou and force Gongsun Zan to withdraw his troops. ”

The eldest princess refused to send troops.

The Son of Heaven was angry, and he said to Fu De and Dong Cheng: "A woman is a woman, and you can't do big things except for giving birth to children." I'm going to marry her off, marry her off immediately. (To be continued.) )