In Chang'an City in October, the leaves are withered and yellow, and the cold wind is bleak. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past two months, it rained again, and the washed Chang'an City was much cleaner, the blood stains that had been stained everywhere had become lighter, and the epidemic had dissipated.

Today, there are only Zhang Liao's tens of thousands of soldiers and some courtiers such as Shi Sun Rui, as well as Lu Su and other subordinate officials in Chang'an City.

Zhang Liao took the opportunity to let Huang Zhong train his soldiers and horses, familiarize himself with the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and run in the tactical tactics, so that the soldiers' combat effectiveness could be truly brought into play in the next battle.

At the head of Chang'an City, Zhang Liao looked to the west, and his order to Li Ru was to let Li Dao, Guo Yan and others become chaotic, so that the Son of Heaven would return to the east. Judging from the news from Li Ru, the goal has been achieved.

Coerced the Son of Heaven to make the princes imminent, Zhang Liao's heart was not calm.

He has been thinking about it these days, standing in his position, and now he is thinking about the court and the world.

In this world, scholars need a court to realize their political ideals and aspirations for power, as well as jobs for them to earn a salary to make ends meet.

The imperial court also has to rely on scholars, and a court that scholars do not agree with, no one is an official, and it is difficult to issue government decrees, which is equivalent to nothing.

The essence of the court is a community of interests recognized by the people of the world, and the difference is only who is the leader, and when there is a group that does not agree with the court, there will be chaos.

He came from later generations, focusing on China, and would not die or live for the sake of loyalty to the Han court, but although the Han family is in decline, it is different from the Qin State four hundred years ago, the Qin State is tyrannical and harsh to the world, so the group is opposed, but the Han family is kind to the world, especially to the Confucian scholars.

This is not Zhang Liao's speculation, but what he really felt in his conversations with everyone, many far-sighted scholars and doctors have realized that now it is the Ji Dynasty, that is, the Han Dynasty is about to end, but they all think that the Han family has not been violent and harsh, and the time to replace it is not yet the time, so Yuan Shu is the emperor, and everyone rebels and leaves, but Yuan Shao does not dare to take that step.

Not everyone is loyal to the Han family, but few people dare to betray it openly, and in history, Lu Su's two divisions of the world and Zhuge Liang's three divisions of the world were not aimed at the Han family, but against Cao Cao.

Therefore, it is very difficult for Zhang Liao to become independent now, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Fu Zhu are all suggestions to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, which only shows that coercing the Son of Heaven to make the princes have great use for his development strategy, and it is an opportunity for him to break through the current bottleneck and be recognized by the world.

But as a lord, his position and thinking angle will inevitably be different from that of his subordinates, and the Son of Heaven has the greatest influence on him, once implemented, he will definitely go on the same path as Cao Cao in history, because the Son of Heaven and the ministers have always been opposites.

The coercion of the Son of Heaven seems to have the same interests as the Son of Heaven, but in fact, from the moment of action, he began to embark on the road of opposition with the Son of Heaven to a certain extent, and it was only a matter of time before he broke up.

Cao Cao's later control of the Son of Heaven, step by step, is the need for ambition, but also has to be, he does not control the court, his Cao family will be wiped out in the court struggle, since ancient times the Heavenly family is ruthless, coupled with the power game of all parties in the court, the tragedy of killing heroes abounds, because the ministers have deprived part of the power of the Son of Heaven, and also blocked the way for many ambitious courtiers to advance.

Therefore, Zhang Liao had to think carefully, and it was imperative to coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes strategically imperative, but how to act and how to make the honeymoon period longer needed means.

Zhang Liao has already begun to use this method, his order to Li Ru this time is to make the right Fufeng more chaotic as possible, the more chaotic those warlords are, the more dangerous Liu Xie's situation will be, and the effect of his own action will be more obvious, Liu Xie is more grateful to himself, otherwise he will not be grateful if he easily saved Liu Xie, this is human nature, and the Son of Heaven is no exception.

Only in this way will the honeymoon period be longer, and the longer the honeymoon period, the greater the effect on one's own development, and the faster the process of stabilizing the world.

It's no wonder that Zhang Liao calculated, if Liu Xie was an honest and inactive master like Liu Chan, he didn't need to calculate at all, but Liu Xie was a master with ideas and wisdom, and he was restless, otherwise Cao Cao wouldn't have to sacrifice the butcher's knife several times in history.

Fortunately, Liu Xie is not a bold master, not as ruthless as Liu Che, Li Shimin, and Xuan Ye, who acts softly, knows compromise, lacks blood, and does not dare to resist desperately when his wife and children are killed in history, it is relatively better to cooperate, otherwise Zhang Liao will not consider saving people at all, but directly borrow a knife to kill people, and change the support of others.

Of course, if there is another emperor, it is difficult to determine his temperament, and it is also a little troublesome.

Zhang Liao thought about the ministers and generals under his command, such as Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Li Ru, Tian Yi and others, they would definitely follow him with an iron heart, no matter what they do, they will not change, Xun Yu Xun You is difficult to say, Zhang Ji, Du Ji and others should take one step at a time.

However, now his advisers can basically agree that he has achieved one step in Qi Huan Jinwen, and there are some differences further up.

In comparison, the loyalty of the generals is undoubted, whether it is Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Xu Rong and other seven lieutenant generals or a group of cronies and captains, they will not hesitate to support themselves, this is Zhang Liao's self-confidence, and it is also the reliance of his coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, as long as the soldiers and horses are firmly in control, others can't turn the wind and waves.

There are also reserve talents cultivated by themselves, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Fa Zheng and others, and the power will be more solid in the future.

In fact, Zhang Liao is not keen on being an emperor, such as Cao Cao in history, to his status, with such power, it makes no difference whether he is an emperor or not, but he is more constrained by being an emperor, being confined to the palace, being calculated by countless people, being a Ming Jun every day The endless political affairs are enough to give people a headache, and being a faint monarch to open the harem and hug the left and right to spend all day and drink will be admonished by countless virtuous ministers, and the villain will also take the opportunity to take the position, and it will also be a headache.

Zhang Liao prefers to wander, likes to visit friends, does not like to be restrained, is lazy and autonomous, does whatever he wants, goes wherever he wants, and beats whoever he wants.

But now he also realizes that when you reach a certain position and a certain opportunity, you can't help yourself, and a large wave of followers under your command needs to go further, at that time, there is no advance or retreat, and retreat is an abyss, so you must make all preparations, otherwise the danger is more terrible than the battlefield, defeat will ruin the family and people, like Dong Zhuo is too strong, and finally be destroyed by calculation, He Jin is not strong enough, and he died at the hands of eunuchs.

Zhang Liao was thinking about it, and there was a sound of footsteps behind him, but the scholars Sun Rui and Zhou Zhong hurriedly came up, all with melancholy faces.

"General." Shisun Rui said: "It's been two months now, I don't know what happened to the Son of Heaven?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "The Son of Heaven has already left the dock and is now coming to the east. ”

Shi Sun Rui and other ministers showed joy on their faces, and Zhou Zhong hurriedly said: "If the general is not so quick to greet him, it is an immortal achievement to save the driver, and the general should also be the minister of Zhongxing." ”

Zhang Liao shook his head: "Now I can't make a move, although the Son of Heaven is out of Yiwu, but still under the control of the thieves, there is Li Ji in the north, Zhang Ji in the south, Ma Teng Han Sui in the west, and Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng are involved, there are 200,000 soldiers and horses, I wait for the defenders of Chang'an today to be insignificant, and most of these thieves have hatred with me, if I make a move, they will definitely attack violently, and then not only can not save the driver, but will harm the Son of Heaven." ”

"200,000 thieves ......" Shi Sun Rui, Zhou Zhong and other ministers were still shocked when they heard this number again.

Shi Sun Rui sighed: "What the general said is reasonable, but is it possible that we will wait here?" ”

Zhang Liao nodded: "Waiting is the best way, Ma Teng Han is in the west of Yixian, and Li Dao is staying in Chiyang, so the closer to the front line of Chang'an, the weaker the power of the thief soldiers will be, and then I will send troops at night to seize back the Son of Heaven, hold Chang'an City, and Zuo Fengyi will defend each other, the thief soldiers have no food, and they will not be able to last long, so everything can be determined." ”

When Shi Sunrui and the others heard Zhang Liao's plan, they all showed joy on their faces, and they all hugged their fists and said: "The general's plan is very clever. ”

Zhang Liao shook his head: "I only have one worry, it will cause the plan to fall short." ”

Shi Sun Rui hurriedly said: "But if there is anything to worry about, we can also help." ”

Zhang Liao sighed and said slowly: "I'm afraid that the Son of Heaven intends to return to the old capital of Luoyang, not to Chang'an." ”

Shisun Rui and other courtiers are all discolored, they have been in the court for a long time, so they naturally understand the thoughts of the Son of Heaven better, and they have to admit that Zhang Liao's guess is very probable.

But this will bring a problem, but it is aimed at them, most of them are Guanzhong people, if the Son of Heaven is still in the old capital of Luoyang, then it will inevitably reuse the people of Guandong, and the court will return to the previous pattern of Guandong scholars covering the sky with one hand, then they Guanzhong people will probably be embarrassed by then, and most of Guanzhong and Liangzhou will be abandoned at that time.