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In the fifth year of the Yuan Ping of the Great Han Dynasty (207 AD), February.

On the beginning of February, Jinyang.

Liu He, Yang Qi and Zhang Fan were all amazed by the beauty of the eldest princess. All along, the eldest princess was haggard and thin, and the expression in her eyes was lonely and melancholy, but now it has completely changed. The eldest princess was radiant, her smile was elegant and warm, her eyes were full of happiness and satisfaction, and she was breathtakingly beautiful.

When the eldest princess went out of Beijing, Liu He and Zhang Fan were accompanying her, and the thin figure of the eldest princess, sad tears and painful life made them sigh. All along, they hope to hear the happy laughter of the eldest princess, and hope that the eldest princess will live a peaceful and peaceful life, which is their greatest wish. Today they finally saw a carefree, happy and happy eldest princess, they were happy for the eldest princess, and they were also glad that their wishes had been obtained, they couldn't bear to destroy the eldest princess's hard-won happiness, they realized that this trip to Jinyang was really wrong.

Liu He and Zhang Fan seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago, in order to make the eldest princess happy, they tried every means to tell her jokes, tell some anecdotes, and never mention state affairs. Yang Qi interrupted them several times and tried to play the government, but they were all prevaricated by Liu He and Zhang Fan.

The eldest princess was very grateful to Liu He and Zhang Fan, and if it were not for their care and protection, her fate might have been tragic. Today, seeing that they are still thinking about themselves in everything as they did back then, lest they be wronged and hurt, I can't help but feel a warmth in my heart.

I know about Chang'an, and I also know what is happening in various states and counties, but I don't want to interfere. Once he intervenes, he will push the general to the forefront, the situation may become more serious, and the situation may get out of control. On Chinese New Year's Eve, Big Brother Leopard had already said that everything would wait until after the Nanyang War. However, the Prime Minister is full-fledged, and he has already fought against the general. Not only did he refuse to return to Chang'an, but instead set off a ** in Jinyang to help the Tao and enter Confucianism, deliberately stimulating the contradictions between the government and the opposition, and making Sheji fall into a crisis step by step.

I know what the Prime Minister's purpose is, but I can't completely hand over the authority in my hands now. He now has the force of a great general in his hands, and with this force, he can also control the government, and even depose the Son of Heaven and rebuild the imperial system. If he completely handed over the authority, with the current strength of Xiao Tianzi, it is obvious that the monarch is weak and the ministers are strong, and he will be held hostage by the ministers at any time, which will lead to the fall of the imperial power and detonate a greater disaster. After Dong Zhuo's death, Situ Wang Yunzhu was in power, and if he handled it properly, it was very likely to save Sheji, but he put his power above the Son of Heaven, refused the advice of the Son of Heaven and the ministers, and insisted on going his own way, and as a result, the last little hope of saving Sheji was also buried. It's a bloody lesson.

Of course, today's situation is better than more than ten years ago, but if he hands over the last authority, Xiao Tianzi will become the object of contention, and whoever holds Xiao Tianzi hostage will be able to control the government. Judging from the current situation, Prime Minister Li Wei and the military class headed by Zhang Yan will undoubtedly successfully hold the little emperor hostage, and the gate lords and scholars will inevitably betray as a whole in order to survive, and the court will be bloody and bloody, and the scene of successive mutinies in Luoyang and Chang'an will be repeated again. When the crisis develops to the point of harming the security of the society, the general has to intervene and personally take back the power handed over, even if he is charged with usurpation, and then history will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the past, and everything will be over.

The eldest princess shuddered when she thought about it.

In the past, the general had sworn to marry him, and although it was absolutely impossible in fact, he was satisfied to hear the general's comfort with his own ears. It is impossible for him to marry a general, if he wants the little emperor to be in power smoothly, he can only make sacrifices, sacrifice the happiness and joy of his life, even if the general wants to marry by force, he will not agree. However, the development of the situation made the general's promise come true, and when the general's life was in danger, he could only marry the general to inherit the armed forces of northern Xinjiang. What happened next, just as he expected at the beginning, in order to avoid repeating the mistake of the defeat of Sheji, in order to prevent the general from usurping the country, launched a bloody struggle for power at all costs.

Xiao Tianzi took the lead in establishing a platform in the Central Plains, and then the ministers of the DPRK and China demanded that the official system be revised with indomitable momentum to weaken and restrain the power of the generals. The military meritorious class led by Taiwei Zhang Yan immediately struck a backhand blow and played the banner of "aiding the Tao and entering Confucianism", intending to fundamentally destroy the clan of the gate lords.

Because the general's life was in danger, because of his own marriage, and because the little emperor was in power, the Han Dynasty came to the most critical moment of the transfer of power, and the parties in the DPRK and China lost trust in each other for their own power and interests, and fought hard. The contradictions in the court are becoming increasingly intense, and the general and himself have no way to retreat, so they can only marry as soon as possible to suppress Chang'an and forcibly suppress the conflict. At this time, if you give up the marriage contract and don't marry the general, when Xiao Tianzi is already in power, all parties will fight more cruelly. He can only marry the general, so that the general will pose a greater threat to Sheji, so as to attract the attention of the court and buy time for Xiao Tianzi to establish prestige and take power.

Now it seems that this approach not only failed to suppress the contradictions, but made the contradictions more intense, not only failed to buy time for Xiao Tianzi to take over power, but pushed Xiao Tianzi into a more dangerous situation. Because all parties in the court are completely crazy, they have lost their minds for the sake of power and interests, and even ignore the safety of the society, the great cause of Zhongxing, and the living beings in the world, they only have power and interests in their eyes.

"The general's body looks much better." Yang Qi stroked his white hair and said with a smile.

"That's thanks to Master Hua Tuo." The eldest princess said, "Master Hua Tuo has a set of martial arts to restore the body, called the Five Fowl Opera. The general has been practicing in the morning and evening recently, and he has benefited a lot. ”

"When does the general plan to return to Chang'an?"

The eldest princess shook her head: "He said, he won't go back to Chang'an." When the time is right, he will resign from the power of the assistant and no longer participate in the affairs of Shangshu. As you know, he's basically just asking about the government now. He was in poor health, and it was impossible for him to stay up all night to deal with government affairs. I ask for your understanding that I want him to recuperate at home for a few more years. As for the matter of Chang'an, I don't think you should tell him. ”

The eldest princess was worried that the three ministers would find nothing from her, so she went to persuade the general, but she still took the initiative to find out the matter.

"What does Your Highness mean?" Yang Qi immediately asked, "Chang'an is in chaos now, and Your Majesty is unwilling to quit the Nanyang battlefield halfway, if the situation continues to develop like this, the Nanyang War is very likely to suffer another fiasco." Your Highness, please be sure to advise the Son of Heaven that the battle in Nanyang can be fought, but first of all, it is necessary to quell the chaos in Chang'an, to immediately revise the official system, to weaken the power of the prime minister, and to abolish many unreasonable restructuring policies that directly caused this chaos. In this way, Chang'an is expected to stabilize in a short period of time, and the Nanyang battlefield can also be immediately decisive. Please give us a clear answer, Your Highness. ”

The eldest princess smiled faintly and said with a pun: "You and I know the reasons for the rise in grain prices, and I believe you know better than me what the root cause of the tension in the state and county situation is." In doing so, you are striking a stone with an egg, not a solution to the problem. Although I don't approve of aiding Confucianism, I also don't approve of revising the official system, if you can take a step back and take advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court to open a warehouse and release grain, and reduce the price of grain again, I can promise to prevent the prime minister and the Taiwei from implementing the policy of aiding Confucianism before the victory of the Nanyang War is decided. After so many years, the contradictions in the court have become more and more intense, and more and more people have died, why do you still not die, and you have to fight to the death? Where do you put the interests of the society and the interests of the Han Dynasty? ”

Yang Qi's face changed slightly, and just as he wanted to refute, the eldest princess stretched out her hand to stop him, and said, "Boss, I'm not blaming you, but I don't want you to be hurt." I invited Lord Taiwei to Jinyang's painstaking efforts, don't you understand? Over the years, although the general has endured and endured, let and let again, but you look back, every time you fight in the court, who are the people who die? Even if the general came forward, there is no doubt that he still defends the people of Northern Xinjiang and the military meritorious class. Please all of you still put the community first, endure if you can, let it go, and wait until Your Majesty is really in charge, you still have the opportunity to take charge of the government. ”

"As for the reform of Confucianism, I think it is imperative. Last time Chang'an debated the scriptures, although the current scriptures and scriptures failed comprehensively, but the new scriptures and ancient scriptures also have shortcomings, and the three of you should learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses and develop together. Now that the Prime Minister and Lord Taiwei are interested in aiding Confucianism, what problems can you solve by confronting them head-on? You should think of a way, for example, the Langya Fu family, the Runan Xu family, the Guanzhong Ma family, and the Wang family, the Guo family, the Linghu family and other scripture families in Taiyuan are very flexible, and immediately put forward a proposal to revive orthodox Confucianism, which can not only prevent Taoist doctrine from reviving again with the opportunity of aiding Taoism into Confucianism, but also help improve and consolidate their own scriptures and make Confucianism's position more stable. Why do you have to stick to your own teachings and family methods, knowing that the scriptures are no longer conducive to the great cause of Zhongxing, and still stick to the rules, holding on to the scriptures that have lasted for more than 300 years and have proved to have lost their vitality? ”

Liu He, Zhang Fan, and Yang Qi were silent and fell into deep thought.

The attitude of the eldest princess was clear, and she was inclined to revive orthodox Confucianism.

Fu Wan is the uncle of the eldest princess, Xu Shao is the teacher of the eldest princess, the Ma family in Guanzhong is also a relative of the emperor, and the Taiyuan Wang family, the Guo family, and the Linghu family are the backbone of the gate valve of the Northern Xinjiang system. At this critical moment, they turned to the reformist faction headed by Li Wei, adopted a very flexible attitude, tried to revive orthodox Confucianism, integrated the doctrine of the pre-Qin Zhuzi into the scriptures and scriptures, and then confronted the leading force of official learning, the new scriptures, which was obviously a response to the current complex situation and a new concept of survival.

In all dynasties, whoever controls the official school can control the national policy, and finally control the government and can obtain the greatest authority and benefits from the court. The Fu family, which has been in decline for 400 years, has its own unique methods of maintaining, consolidating and developing its own scriptures, and the Fu family has been able to continue to the present, obviously well understanding and adhering to the policy of "advancing with the times". The Fu family had a high prestige among the classics of this dynasty, and it proposed the revival of orthodox Confucianism at this time, and chose the strategy of "advancing with the times", which will definitely have a decisive impact on the choice of the path of survival and the strategy conducive to the development of the family by other scripture families.

The scripture family led by the Fu family resolutely stood on the side of the general and the eldest princess, which was a strong and clear signal. This shows that the reform of Confucianism has been the trend of the times, and it shows that the victory and defeat of this court battle have gradually been divided. Even if the court was in chaos at this time, and the general made a move, the situation was still the same as before, and the most damaged were the gate lords, and the weak Son of Heaven could not give them strong support and help.

Survival of the fittest, seeking development in survival, at this moment the men are faced with the choice of survival.

When the interests of the men and women are lost because of the national policy, the most correct way should be to find the reason from the root, to improve the scriptures and literature, and to adapt the scriptures to the national policy, instead of abandoning the basics and using the power and interests of the gate lords to fight against the national policy, and finally both will lose and burn.

The society of this dynasty was defeated twice, and the men and scholars were devastated twice, if everyone can't learn a lesson from it, or confront the national policy and the imperial court, the final result is obvious.

In order to ensure the interests of the scholars, it is necessary to take a long-term view, take the initiative to adapt to the development of the community, improve Confucianism, let the improved Confucianism adapt to the changes in the national policy, and then obtain greater benefits from the development of the community. In the future, everyone's strength will become stronger, and Confucianism will also have vitality, which in turn will be able to influence the national policy, change the national policy, dominate the national policy, and then obtain greater benefits from the national policy.

At the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, Huang Laozhixue firmly occupied a dominant academic position, and the living environment of Confucianism was very bad, and many Confucian students even paid for it. But since Master Dong Zhongshu created Neo-Confucianism, Confucianism has risen up and completely defeated Huang Laozhixue, which is the best example of Confucianism. If you want to survive, you have to change yourself, you have to adapt yourself to the current situation, otherwise you will be eliminated after all.

Temporary concessions are for long-term progress in the future, and temporary losses are for the sake of obtaining sustained and rich returns in the future, which is the correct countermeasure that the gate lords should take in the current situation. In this way, the men and scholars can keep pace with the times and obtain greater benefits, and there will be more and more scholarly families like the Fu family that have lasted for four hundred years.

Yang Qi made a categorical decision to support the revival of orthodox Confucianism. The Yang family is a family of modern literature and classics, but the decline of today's literature and classics is already a fact, if the Yang family cannot make a correct survival strategy, its defeat is only an instantaneous thing. Instead of confronting the imperial court and burning jade, it is better to keep pace with the times, improve the Yang scriptures, and lay a solid foundation for the survival of the Yang family for generations.

But there are too many people in the Yang family, and it will take time for the people of the Yang family to make earth-shaking changes in their concept of survival, and most importantly, the future Son of Heaven must support Neo-Confucianism. In other words, it is the Son of Heaven who is in charge, not the general and the eldest princess, which is the foundation of the Yang family's survival and development. As long as the general continues to control the authority, the Son of Heaven is the decoration, and the contradictions in the court will continue, even if Neo-Confucianism is born immediately, it will not be conducive to the stability of the society, the long-term stability of the Han Dynasty, and the survival and development of the gate valve family.

"Recently, there has been a lot of criticism of the general from the government and the opposition...... Yang Qi hesitated for a moment, but decided to test it, "The rebellion in the south is even more hyped, saying that the general has the intention of usurping the general......"

The eldest princess understood what Yang Qi meant, he was asking the eldest princess when she would hand over her last authority, and this was related to the general's martial arts. As long as the general controls the armed forces of the northern Xinjiang for one day, the Son of Heaven will not be able to monopolize power in the true sense of the word.

"I hope you can help the Son of Heaven." The eldest princess smiled slightly, "There are some things that you have to take your time. Ever since I married the general, I have always thought it was a dream, and I was worried that when I woke up, the dream would wake up. Three Aiqing, now can you tell me, am I in a dream, or in reality? Am I really the General's wife? ”

Yang Qi laughed. Liu He and Zhang Fan were overjoyed, looking at each other and smiling.

"Your Highness, if you don't mind, the ministers can change their words and call Your Highness Madame." Yang Qi stood up and saluted respectfully, "Please ask Mrs. to write a seal of the seal, and the ministers and others will take Mrs. to play in a hurry and go to the Nanyang Tianzi Xingtai to meet Your Majesty." ”

The eldest princess covered her mouth and smiled, "Aiqing, don't be in a hurry to leave, stay in Jinyang for two days." I have always regretted that you were unable to attend my wedding due to your busy schedule. Since you're here, let me and the general entertain you well, okay? ”

The three of them bowed down and thanked them, "It's better to be respectful than to obey." ”

Taifu Liu He, Zong Zhengqing Zhang Fan, and Guanglu doctor Yang Qi stayed in Jinyang for a day, and then rushed to Nanyang, accompanied by Fu Dian, the son of Bu Qihou, and Xu Shao's son Xu Ming, and the two went to Nanyang on the orders of their respective fathers to persuade the Son of Heaven to revive orthodox Confucianism.

Two days later, the general took his family on a boat on the Jinshui River and invited Li Wei and his wife to swim together. After a few miles of boating, the eldest princess invited Li Wei to play chess.

"When does the Prime Minister plan to return to Chang'an?" The eldest princess asked with a smile, "You don't plan to stay with the general for the rest of your life, right?" ”

"I can't solve the problem when I go back." Li Wei said with a leisurely expression, "For many people in the court, they don't want Your Majesty to win the Nanyang War. If the north and the south of the world confront each other, many people not only have money to make, but also have official jobs, and if they are reunified, their financial and official routes will be cut off. This is the reason why the battle in the court is intensifying today. ”

"Is there any basis for this?" The eldest princess was holding a white chess piece and was about to put it down, when she heard the words and picked it up again.

"The confrontation between the North and the South will lead to war, and the more wars will be fought, the prices of grain, silk cloth, salt, iron, horses, and other materials will continue to rise, their wealth will skyrocket, and the treasury will be empty. If the Son of Heaven and the imperial court want to be unified, they have to borrow money from them on credit, and over time, they control the government and national policy, that is, their career is good. If the government and national policy are controlled by them, the situation of confrontation between the north and the south will not end. At the same time, with the help of the national policy, they will wantonly plunder money, plunder land, and finally ......" Li Wei threw the black chess pieces in his hand into the river, "It's gone, it's nothing." Sheji, the Son of Heaven, the Imperial Court, and the Wealth ...... It's gone, the world is theirs. ”

The eldest princess played chess with two fingers and put it on the chessboard elegantly, "So, the prime minister should go back and turn the tide." ”

Li Wei stretched out his hands and said helplessly: "I'm empty-handed, what can I do when I go back?" ”

The eldest princess laughed, took out two black chess pieces from the chess box, and put one in each of his left and right hands, "How about you make two requests?" ”

Li Wei's face was happy, and he held the chess piece in his left hand and said, "Let Lord Taiwei return to the court." ”

"Yes."

"The establishment of modern classics, ancient classics and orthodox Confucianism, official learning is no longer dominated by the new classics, but by Confucianism." Li Wei shook the chess piece in front of the eldest princess with his right hand, "If the number of scholars increases, the number of sub-disciplines will increase, and the number of doctors in classics will also increase, so there are doctors in modern and ancient scriptures and orthodox Confucianism." ”

The eldest princess smiled at Li Weiyan. Li Wei thought that the eldest princess had agreed, and was about to speak, when he saw the eldest princess suddenly make a move, snatch the black chess piece from his right hand, and throw it into the river.

"Your Highness, what do you mean by that?"

The eldest princess frowned slightly and glared at him. Li Wei reacted immediately and changed his words and shouted, "Madam, what do you mean by this?" You said you promised me two conditions. ”

"No, the second condition." The eldest princess smiled coquettishly, "If I say no, I can't." ”

Li Wei opened his right hand, grabbed the void a few times, and smiled bitterly.

"In this way, I will play Your Majesty, let you participate in the affairs of the Shangshu, and regain the power of the auxiliary."

Li Wei shook his head, "Madam......" Li Wei then accentuated his tone and said word by word, "Husband...... People ......"

The eldest princess pretended not to know, and asked in a coquettish voice, "Say, what else do you want?" ”

"Madam, since you don't want to be Your Highness anymore, why don't you return the power of Your Highness to the imperial court?" Li Wei did not shy away from it, and said bluntly, "Your Majesty is young now, and you need to assist ministers to manage state affairs, and Your Highness is married, and it is completely unlawful to continue to hold power. His Royal Highness should give priority to the society and the majesty of the laws of the Son of Heaven and the Han Dynasty, and quickly return power to the imperial court, so as to avoid the suspicion of interfering in politics, and secondly, to improve the situation of the general. ”

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, then hid her face and smiled, "Brother Zhongyuan, I have returned to the Son of Heaven, and now I am married to the general, where did I get the authority?" Did you give it to me? ”

Li Wei stretched out his right hand in front of the eldest princess, "Okay, please ask Your Highness to write a recital, from now on, you will no longer interfere in state affairs, and entrust Your Majesty to the Minister of Auxiliary, and before Your Majesty will serve the crown salute in Canadian dollars, the Minister of Auxiliary will have full authority to handle state affairs." ”

Without thinking, the eldest princess picked up a white chess piece and gently put it in Li Wei's hand, but immediately took it back and hung it in the air, "May I ask Your Excellency, when will Your Majesty pay the crown salute?" ”

"Thirteen." Li Wei said, "At the beginning of the first month of the first month in two years, the imperial court will pay a crown salute for His Majesty's Canadian dollar and return the government to His Majesty. ”

"Now that the monarch is weak and the minister is strong, you say that you are still in power with the Son of Heaven, isn't it an empty word?"

Li Wei narrowed his eyes, and an unfathomable smile appeared on his face, "The minister has his own way to change this situation. ”

"That's good." The eldest princess put the white chess pieces in Li Wei's hand and said with a smile, "When you change the situation, I will report to Your Majesty according to your wishes and entrust Your Majesty to the Minister of Auxiliary Affairs." ”

Li Wei looked at the white chess pieces on his right hand, then at the black chess pieces on his left hand, and then looked at the eldest princess, and the corners of his mouth suddenly set up a strange smile.

"What are you laughing at? Still not satisfied? ”

"Madam, if you ......" Li Wei wanted to speak and stopped.

"If you have something to say, just say it." The eldest princess smiled, "You are not guilty. ”

"You want me to say it, not what I want to say." Li Wei looked innocent, and then said solemnly, "If Mrs. is happy, shouldn't she immediately go to the table to thank Gu ......?"

Li Zhongyuan ......" The eldest princess was ashamed and annoyed, grabbed a chess piece and threw it over, "I'm going to kill you......"

Li Wei laughed wildly, hugged his head and ran away.

On 14 February, Prime Minister Li Wei, Taiwei Zhang Yan, Fu Wan, Xu Shao and others returned to Chang'an.

February 18, Nanyang.

Taifu Liu He and other ministers rushed to Xingtai and told the Son of Heaven about the current situation of the imperial court, hoping that the Son of Heaven would issue an order to revise the official system and stabilize the chaotic situation as soon as possible. Fu Dian and Xu Chao formally presented a recital to the Son of Heaven on the revival of orthodox Confucianism, believing that the current fierce contradictions in the imperial court came from the misunderstanding of the national policy by the government and the opposition, and this error came from the decadence and backwardness of the scriptures and literature.

The Son of Heaven did not express his opinion, he took out a map and described the stalemate in the Nanyang battlefield in detail to several ministers, "Because the imperial court is not rich enough and the army lacks grain and grass, I want to win the Nanyang War, and I urgently need grain and grass. ”

Before Yang Qi could finish listening, the anger came up. Isn't this blackmail? At such a young age, I knew that I was going to be blackmailed, and I got it when I grew up. With a smile on his face, he said calmly: "This matter is easy to solve, as long as Your Majesty makes a holy decree to collect donations from the royal family of the clan, the ministers of the court, the families of the local gate lords and the wealthy businessmen." Of course, the income from the fundraising is limited after all, and if His Majesty wants to raise enough money and food, he still needs the imperial court to come forward and take out a loan. ”

"On credit?" Xiao Tianzi scratched his head, "I heard that the price of grain has risen to 500 yuan per hundred, and in some places it has even risen to 800 yuan per hundred, even if the imperial court opened a warehouse to release grain, it did not lower the price of grain. If you take out a loan on credit at the current price of grain, the imperial court will have to bear heavy debts......" He looked at Yang Qi and said with a smile, "Boss, you have a bad idea. I heard from the Prime Minister that he had finally paid off all the debts for the imperial court, and I couldn't let his efforts go to waste. ”

Yang Qi saw the strange smile on his face, and his heart was a little furious. This little genius won't be like his grandfather, who loves money like his life, right?

"Your Majesty, let's listen to Lord Yang, let's raise donations first." Liu He persuaded, "Let's maintain the stalemate on the Nanyang battlefield first." ”

"But what about the battle that follows? Don't fight? Withdrawal? Xiao Tianzi asked with a bitter face.

"Fight, of course you have to fight, Your Majesty has not made meritorious contributions, how can you shock the world?" Yang Qi waved his hand vigorously, "The Nanyang battlefield has fallen into a stalemate, and it can't be moved, so Your Majesty will go to fight Xuzhou and Cao Cao." ”

"Hit Xuzhou? Fight Cao Cao? Xiao Tianzi immediately became excited, "Okay, okay......" Then his face changed sharply, and he put his hand under Yang Qi's nose, "Boss, poor and poor me, give me the army, give me money and food, without the army, without money and food, how can I fight Xuzhou?" ”

Yang Qi grabbed Xiao Tianzi's hand and pointed to the north, "Your Majesty, the army is in the hands of the general, as long as Your Majesty asks for 100,000 iron cavalry from the general, are you still afraid that the imperial court will not give you money and food?" ”

Xiao Tianzi tilted his head, frowned, pouted, thought for a moment like an adult, and suddenly shouted: "Okay, good plan, good ......" Then his face changed again, shook off Yang Qi's hand vigorously, and snorted disdainfully, "Do you think I'm an idiot?" This kind of madness will the general agree to? You dream about it. ”

He ignored Yang Qi, took the horse whip, and sang all the way, "Drinking the Great Wall of Horses, the water is cold and hurts the bones of the horses...... A man would rather die in a fight, how can he build the Great Wall in a gloomy ......"

In the evening, Xiao Tianzi sat behind the desk and wrote a letter to the hussar general Zhao Yun by the dim candlelight.

I heard that the family of the gate lord and the wealthy businessman are very rich, and the family has money, grain and silk cloth, so you immediately think of a way to grab all the money, grain, and silk cloth in their family. I and hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought bloodily in Nanyang, and did not hesitate to break their bones for the stability of the society, and these ** people not only did not appreciate me, but also coerced me, but also wanted to rob the court of money, wanted to drink the blood of the Han and eat the flesh of the Han, no wonder Emperor Xiaowu was angry, issued an edict, and wantonly slaughtered these people who only knew that there was a family but did not know the country. Killing, not killing is not enough to anger the people, and not killing is not enough to comfort the heroic soul of the Han Dynasty.

I have already decreed that the Prime Minister should return to Chang'an immediately and assume the responsibility of assisting the Minister of Shangshu. In addition, Lord Sima and Lord Taiwei will also return to Chang'an one after another, and after they return to the court, please go north to Jinyang and ask the general for his opinion, to see if he is willing to let me lead the army to attack Xuzhou. I don't dare to inquire directly, so I ask you to investigate, and you must not reveal what I mean, so as not to displease the general.

After writing the letter, Xiao Tianzi was stunned for a while, and then picked up his pen and wrote another letter.

Xiu'er, I am very lonely in Nanyang alone, Yan Ba, Li Xin, and Pang Hui all went back during the Chinese New Year, and they actually left me here alone, I am very angry...... Are you bored in Jinyang? Do you want to go to war? There is a battle in Nanyang, which is very fierce and bloody. If you want to fight, please hurry south to join me, and I will make you a team leader with a hundred iron horsemen, how about it? If you think the team rate is small, then be a tun chief, the official is big enough, right? In addition, I would like to tell you an unfortunate thing, my horse was wounded, I was hit by a stray arrow on the battlefield, and I can't run fast, if you want to come, please be sure to bring me a Pegasus, don't forget, Cheche.

Xiao Tianzi read the letter carefully, changed a few more words, and then read it quietly under the candlelight, and felt very satisfied, "If I provoke her again, she will definitely come day and night, hehe...... I added a few words, if you are afraid of death, then don't come, so as not to disgrace me. Thinking of Li Xiu's gritted teeth when he saw these words, Xiao Tianzi hugged the bamboo slip and laughed.

In February, Chang'an.

With the return of Prime Minister Li Wei to Chang'an, and once again participating in Shangshu Affairs to take charge of state affairs, the contradictions in the court became more intense.

After Zhang Yan, Fu Wan, and Xu Shao returned to Chang'an, Taixue was also chaotic, and famous scholars and scholars from Guanluo, Hedong and other places gathered in Chang'an to debate day and night in Taixue. The school of scripture led by the New Classics vigorously opposed the revival of orthodox Confucianism and the introduction of Confucianism into Confucianism, insisting on improving Confucianism within the scope of scriptures and literature, criticizing the inadequacy of the doctrine of the pre-Qin princes and orthodox Confucianism, and believing that it was simply absurd to aid Confucianism and integrate Confucianism and Taoism.

At the same time, rumors about the general forcibly marrying the eldest princess and attempting to usurp the Han Sheji began to spread rapidly in Guanluo, Hebei and the Central Plains, and people were panicked for a while.

Then, Hua Xiong and Sima Yi on the battlefield in Longnan wrote to the imperial court that the Bashu army was heading north to Hanzhong, and Longnan was estimated to be about to go to war, so please step up the allocation of grain and grass. Qingzhou Zangba, Yanzhou Gaoshun, and Yuzhou Lei Chong also successively wrote to the imperial court that Cao Cao's army in Xuzhou was frequently mobilized, and Lusu's army was also assembled on the south bank of the Huai River again.

At the beginning of March, the Han army was defeated on the battlefield of Nanyang, and the news of the rebels' all-out counteroffensive spread far and wide, and the people in Guanzhong, Luoyang, and the Central Plains were panicked.

On the third day of the first month of March, Prime Minister Li Wei was assassinated in Taixue, and seven of his guards were killed. Hearing this, Zhang Liao, the captain of Sili, led two hundred elite soldiers to Taixue to protect Li Wei and return to the city, but he was assassinated again in the city, and Zhang Liao was accidentally injured by an arrow. Zhao Yun was furious and ordered Yang Feng, the captain of the guard, and He Lin, the captain of the city gate, to go all out to arrest the assassins.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, the great Sima Xu Rong led two thousand Xiliang iron horsemen back to Chang'an, and Chang'an was shocked. Jump to