Chapter 43: Which is more important
This can be big or small, because after all, it is what I think in my heart.
To put it mildly, Liu Wei has no evidence there, so naturally he will not treat princes like Yuan Shao as well?
But to put it more broadly, this is called speculating on the holy will, which can be regarded as an insult to an emperor.
On this point, Liu Wei can cure him for a big crime of disrespect, and no one will say anything in the future.
Xue Yun hurriedly knelt down and said, "Weichen never has such conjectures, please ask the emperor to know it." ”
Liu Wei didn't speak immediately, just looked at him quietly, and finally sighed and said, "What do you think, I don't want to know." Even if you think so, I won't blame you, you get up first. ”
Xue Yun heard the meaning of Liu Wei's words, and thought that the emperor was out on patrol, and as soon as he arrived at this inn and settled down, he found this place, and someone must have secretly observed the whereabouts of Xue Yun and others.
And everything Liu Wei did, at all costs, was to find himself.
It seems that this emperor has something to ask for!
Thinking of this, Xue Yun said, "I don't know what the emperor is doing to find Weichen so far?" ”
Hearing Xue Yun's words, Liu Wei's expression changed for the first time, he didn't expect Yuan Shao to actually know that he had something to look for him.
So he asked curiously, "Why did Aiqing say this?" Can't I come and see my subjects if I'm fine? ”
Xue Yun replied, "Of course you can, but it's a pity that the emperor is too anxious, as soon as Weichen arrives here, you can't wait to find it." This is not what a king should look like when he wants to see his courtiers. ”
After listening to Xue Yun's words, Liu Wei suddenly realized, patted his forehead with his hand, and said with a wry smile, "It seems that I am too anxious." Okay, don't talk nonsense, I came to you to save the Han world, as well as the lives of the people! ”
Xue Yun was puzzled: "Yellow Turban Army? ”
I saw Liu Wei shaking his head slightly, and said, "It's the Ten Standing Attendants." ”
This sentence made Xue Yun very puzzled, to say that the most important thing to solve today is the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army.
If this force is not removed, there will never be peace in the world.
It's just that Xue Yun has analyzed it before, even if all the princes of the entire Han Dynasty unite and abandon their previous suspicions, it is impossible to completely wipe out the Yellow Turban Army.
The difference in strength between the two sides will not change in any way because he killed his army of more than 100,000 people.
came up with this result, or Xue Yun asked the soldiers around him, and those soldiers who had been adapted from the Yellow Turban Army to know it.
Xue Yun learned that the three Zhang Jiao brothers had an elite army of 90,000 men under their hands.
In terms of weapons and equipment, it may be Xue Yun's own most elite troops.
The other princes could not be compared with it at all, including Yuan Shu, who was second only to Yuan Shao and also had the background of the fourth and third dukes.
In previous wars, they were never allowed to join the battle, and all they sent out were stragglers with no combat effectiveness.
But even so, the Han Dynasty was defeated and retreated.
Xue Yun didn't dare to imagine that if he was facing those 90,000 elite troops, he would still be sure of victory.
But Liu Wei gave up the Yellow Turban Army, which could overturn the Han Dynasty at this moment, and instead wanted to take care of those eunuchs, does this Liu Wei care so much about his imperial rights?
This couldn't help but make Xue Yun's original awe of Liu Wei disappear all of a sudden.
He didn't expect that a generation of emperors would be this kind of person who disregarded the lives of thousands of people for his own selfishness.
What is the difference between this and that Gongsun Chan in essence?
Seeing Xue Yun's face change suddenly, Liu Wei said with a smile, "You should think that I am the kind of insensitive faint king. ”
Xue Yun didn't speak, just stood there quietly, waiting for Liu Wei to finish speaking.
Liu Wei continued: "Do you know how the Qin Dynasty fell? ”
"Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, invaded Guanzhong, occupied Xianyang, and the Qin Dynasty officially fell." Xue Yun told Liu Wei about this well-known historical allusion.
Liu Wei nodded and said, "That's right, it was precisely because Emperor Gaozu of My Gaozu slashed the White Snake Rebellion, led his people, and launched an attack on the Qin Dynasty with Xiang Yu and others, that the Qin Dynasty went to extinction." ”
Liu Wei paused, and then said, "You are talking about external reasons, so do you know the internal reasons?" ”
"That's because of the dictatorship of the eunuch Zhao Gao, the power leans towards the government and the opposition, and Hu Hai has no ability to distinguish between right and wrong. So... ”
Xue Yun suddenly stopped and did not continue, because he felt that the last years of the Qin Dynasty were very similar to the last years of the Han Dynasty.
It was the eunuchs who controlled the government, which in turn inspired peasant revolts and brought a powerful empire to its end.
"Then let me ask you, if the Qin State did not have eunuchs to interfere in politics, and the emperor was uncomfortable with Hu Hai, but Fusu, what would be the result? It's all hypothetical, but I'd like to hear what you think under this premise. ”
In fact, Liu Wei also knew in his heart that it was Zhao Gao who revised the edict left by Qin Shi Huang and killed Fusu and Qin General Meng Tian, which was equivalent to breaking Daqin's two arms.
Xue Yun replied, "Fusu Gongzi is kind by nature and generous to others. If he becomes the emperor, he will ease the relationship between Qin and the Six Kingdoms, and then recuperate and treat the people well, and the Qin State may be able to go further. ”
Xue Yun's assumption is entirely possible, but in that case, future history will have to be rewritten.
Liu Wei nodded and said, "So in the final analysis, all this is because Zhao Gao, the eunuch, pushed the extremely powerful Qin Dynasty to the road of destruction. ”
Xue Yun didn't speak, because what Liu Wei said, there was no possibility of refuting it at all.
"Then I'm asking you now, do you think it's the Yellow Turban Army? Or is it important to serve the ten permanent servants? ”
This sentence means that the peasant uprising that eliminated Chen Sheng and Wu Guang first? Or kill Zhao Gao, a sinner through the ages?
"But the peasant uprising of the Qin Dynasty occurred after the appearance of Zhao Gao. If Zhao Gao had been killed first, and Gongzi had helped Su to take the throne and recuperate, the peasant uprising would not have appeared. ”
Xue Yun paused, and then said, "But now is the situation where the peasant uprising and Zhao Gao coexist, if you kill Zhao Gao again at this time, it doesn't make much sense." ”
What Xue Yun meant was that the Ten Standing Servants were no longer important, and how to eliminate the Yellow Turban Army was the top priority today
"Then I ask you one last question, and if you can answer it, I will give up the idea of cleaning up the ten permanent servants first." Liu Wei threw out the last question.
Liu Wei asked, "Do you say that the skin injury is faster, or the internal organ injury is faster?" ”
"Of course, it's a skin injury, and the internal organ injury takes longer and is more difficult to heal." Xue Yun replied.
It's just that after finishing speaking, Xue Yun knew what was hidden behind this seemingly simple question?
That is, if the empire is compared to a person, then the Yellow Turban Army is the so-called external injury, and the Ten Standing Servants are internal injuries.
Liu Wei said, "It's good that you understand, there is already a problem with the internal organs of the empire, and if it is not treated in time, it is very likely that it will die immediately." And the external injuries of the Yellow Turban Army can't shake the foundation of the empire for a while, so in my opinion, cleaning up the ten permanent servants is far more important than the Yellow Turban Army. ”