In late October, when Li Yi returned to Quanzhou on the "Yanjing", the flagship of the Northern Xinjiang Navy, Yecheng in Jizhou was turbulent.

After Ma Riyan and the other four old ministers arrived in Yecheng, they were ceremoniously received by Han Fu, and all kinds of matters went very smoothly. Han Fu agreed to everything he could, and explained very clearly what he couldn't.

A few days later, Cui Lie, Chen Ji, and Yuan Peng rushed to Bohai County, Hejian Kingdom and Anping Kingdom to buy grain from the local gate lords. The eldest Ma Riyan stayed in Yecheng.

On this day, Ma Riyan received an 800-mile urgent letter from Zhang Wen and hurried to Jizhou Mansion.

Han Fu's reaction was not as excited and excited as Ma Riyan imagined, he calmly asked some details, and then said that he would discuss it with his subordinates, and immediately replied to Ma Riyan after the result.

Ma Riyan was very angry and asked him what was there to discuss about this? Do you still want to be the king alone? When Yuan Kui arranged for you to go to Jizhou to serve as the pastor of Jizhou, what did he say to you? Have you forgotten everything?

Han Fu saw that Ma Riyan was angry, and hurriedly said, "Uncle Weng, you misunderstood. Do you know what I'm worried about? ”

Ma Riyan asked suspiciously, "What are you worried about?" ”

Han Fu said seriously: "I'm worried that this Quanzhou court will become Li Yi's court. Dong Zhuo's disaster has not been eradicated, and there is another disaster of Li Yi, as a result, our Han life is ruined, and the society is broken. ”

"Why do you think that the court in Quanzhou will become Li Yi's court?" Ma Riyan asked.

"Just what he's done this year." Han Fu said, "In the spring, we agreed to attack Dong Zhuo together with King Qin, but everyone was desperate, and he was the only one to play in the Yingchuan area. Now, you are counting on the eldest princess who is honored with her status. Taifu Liu Yu, and my money and grain from Jizhou to persuade him to attack Dong Zhuo and get rid of the traitor, don't you think this is wishful thinking? ”

"Who is Li Yi? He is a bloodthirsty beast, a ferocious tiger. Uncle Weng, how can you trust him? Could it be that I, Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, and Yuan Yi, are not as loyal to the Han as the tiger? Why can't the eldest princess and this court be built in Jizhou? ”

Han Fu looked at Ma Riyan. He said with a sad expression: "Uncle Weng, if you have to let me go to Quanzhou, I will go, I will not embarrass you and your old ministers." But I really don't understand, why do you trust Li Yi but don't trust me, don't trust Jizhou? I don't understand why you want Northern Xinjiang to suck up the last drop of blood of my Dahan Sheji and gnaw the last bone of my Dahan Sheji, why? ”

Ma Riyan was speechless. He sat for a long time, then reached out and patted Han Fu. Asked, "Do you want to hear me explain?" ”

Han Fu shook his head and said, "Uncle Weng, I only eat one meal a day now, my wife and children are like this, and the same is true for the subordinates in my house, if not for anything else, I just want to save a little food to supply the army." Our army must defeat the Yellow Turbans that are ravaging Ji Yanqing Xu and Hanoi, and we must march west as soon as possible to defeat Dong Zhuo. To revitalize the community, we are bleeding and sweating. We're fighting hard, but what about Li Yi? What is Li Yi doing? Li Yi has an army of more than 200,000, why can't he please King Dong Qin? He beat us and forced us to give them money and food, I don't understand, why didn't he beat Luoyang. Don't fight Chang'an, don't force Dong Zhuo to ask for money and food? ”

"Now that Dong Zhuo has turned his face against him and beaten him, there is a shortage of money and food in northern Xinjiang, and he immediately wants to join forces with us to fight Dong Zhuo. Now we are not rebellious. Dong Zhuo is rebellious. Han Fu said excitedly, "With such a sinister and vicious wolf-hearted person, you actually trust him?" He even gave him the duties of a lieutenant, and even put our army under his command. Uncle Weng, do you want to save the community or destroy it? ”

Ma Riyan was speechless.

"Uncle Weng, no matter how you explain it, I can't accept it, Yuan Shao, Liu Dai and Zhang Miao." Han Fu's eyes were a little moist, and his voice choked up, "Without Li Yi, it may take us longer to defeat the Yellow Turban Army and defeat Dong Zhuo." But once we help Li Yi and create a scourge that is even more tyrannical than Dong Zhuo, what will we do? What should I do with Dahan Sheji? Who will save this devastated country? ”

Ma Riyan saw that Han Fu was heartbroken, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, but he still reluctantly explained.

It has been one year and two months since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and too many things have happened during this period, one after another, which makes people overwhelmed, and there is no time to sit down and think quietly about the present and the future.

Why is this happening? Why is the collapse of the community imminent? How to save the crumbling man? There is no answer, only one step at a time.

The idea of establishing a court in Quanzhou with the eldest princess in charge was originally conceived by Zhang Wen, Cui Lie, Yang Biao and Huangfu Song in Zhang Wen's study. Later, these four people successively convened themselves and Chen Ji and more than a dozen other old ministers to plan for a long time, and there was also a fierce debate in the middle, that is, where the imperial court was located, whether it was Quanzhou in northern Xinjiang or Yecheng in Jizhou.

The old ministers led by Zhang Wen and Huangfu Song requested to be located in Quanzhou, because Liu Yu and Li Yi were currently the highest-ranking ministers abroad, and this court was mainly built around the two of them. If it is located in Jizhou, it is equivalent to squeezing Li Yi out of this court in disguise, and the main purpose of building the court will be lost.

Zhang Wen and Huang Fusong's idea was that if they wanted to quickly quell the rebellion, win over Dong, and stabilize the situation as quickly as possible, they must rely on Li Yi and the strong force of Northern Xinjiang.

The old ministers led by Cui Lie and Yang Biao asked for Yecheng in Jizhou. If we want to put down the rebellion, fight for Dong, and stabilize the rebellion as quickly as possible, the decisive factor is money and food, not the army. If Li Yi is loyal to the Han Dynasty and the first emperor, even if he is unwilling to do his best, he will not interfere with it for the survival of northern Xinjiang.

Cui Lie and Yang Biao believe that relying on the armies of various states and counties can also achieve this goal. In addition, if Li Yi has ill intentions and holds the princess and the court hostage, it will be tantamount to creating a second Dong Zhuo, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, setting up this court in Jizhou is a foolproof strategy.

The two sides did not give in, and the argument was fruitless. In the end, Zhang Wen said that we have to go to Quanzhou first anyway, so we can test Li Yi first, and if Li Yi is loyal, we will set up the court in Quanzhou. He believes that Li Yi can make the right choice. After all, Dong Zhuo's current situation is here, and the Xiangguo of the dignified Han Kingdom only controls the five counties of Guandong and Guanzhong, and it cannot but be said that he has reached the end of the road. If Li Yi is arrogant and perverts the law, holds power, and uses the land of northern Xinjiang to counter the power of the whole country, the fate is unknown.

Zhang Wen's test result was completely unexpected by several old ministers, and Li Yi agreed without hesitation.

Moreover, Li Yi said in his letter to Zhang Wen that in addition to the military tun and the mintun, he could immediately return the military and political affairs in northern Xinjiang to the imperial court, and he demanded that there should be no more state pastors in northern Xinjiang, and the imperial court would directly supervise the counties.

In other words, in the future, there will only be county-level and county-level government offices in northern Xinjiang, and state-level government offices will be abolished. This also avoids the possibility of Li Yi supporting his own troops and separating one side, thus holding the eldest princess and the court hostage. Li Yi completely returned the military administration of northern Xinjiang to the imperial court.

This attitude of his is enough to prove his loyalty, and of course the imperial court should be located in Quanzhou.

Ma Riyan finally said: "Wenjie, the fate of the Han is in your hands, I implore you to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

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Liu Gong, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Xian Pei and others sat around Han Fu and were silent.

"Tell me, what should I do in Jizhou?" Han Fu looked at a few of his staff members and asked in a deep voice, "It was originally a very good revitalization strategy, but because the imperial court was located in Quanzhou, a good thing turned into a bad thing." ”

The imperial court was located in Quanzhou, which was equivalent to being controlled by Li Yi. Dong Zhuo's disaster is not over yet, but a group of ministers of the Chang'an court have created a new disaster, which Han Fu can't understand. If they want to save the society, since they have learned from the past, why should the ministers repeat the mistakes of the past?

The Quanzhou Imperial Court was not an independent imperial court, but was separated from the Chang'an Imperial Court, which was a part of the Chang'an Imperial Court, and the main structure was the eldest princess, the eldest princess's mansion, the Taifu mansion, the hussar general's mansion and the imperial history mansion. The eldest princess and the four mansions were used to replace the imperial court to handle state affairs. In other words, except for Han Fu and the eunuch Yushi, there was no one in Jizhou and other prefectures and counties in this court.

Jizhou and various prefectures and counties were originally subordinate to the Han court, and the officials of each prefecture were of course not qualified to ask to enter this court. Even if he wants to enter, he is a subordinate of these four mansions, and he has become a subordinate of the eldest princess, Liu Yu and Li Yi, which is definitely not wanted. Since there are no people from various states and counties in the Quanzhou court, and there are no people from the Dong Alliance, what is this not an ornament? Why should we listen to Li Yi? What's the difference between this and letting us listen to Dong Zhuo?

If this imperial court is located in Jizhou, it is tantamount to being controlled by the former Dong Alliance, so of course the officials of various prefectures and counties can accept it. But now no one is willing to accept the orders of the Quanzhou court, because everyone thinks that it is the court under Li Yi's control, and it is the court held hostage by Li Yi.

This is actually very understandable, if the imperial court was located in Jizhou, it would be impossible for Li Yi to give up the northern Xinjiang to come to Jizhou alone, and it would be impossible for Li Yi to give up the military and political affairs of the northern Xinjiang at that time.

The reason why Li Yi is willing to give up the military and political affairs of Northern Xinjiang is obviously to keep the eldest princess and hold the court hostage. Almost all the Taishou in the counties of Northern Xinjiang are Li Yi's people, and the army in Northern Xinjiang is all over the place, this Northern Xinjiang military and political Li Yi can take it back at any time, and it is actually the same thing whether he pays it or not.

What is difficult for Han Fu to understand is that this military administration in Northern Xinjiang was snatched from the imperial court by Li Yi last year, and now that Li Yi has handed it over, how can it become a proof of Li Yi's loyalty to the imperial court? (To be continued.) )