The contradiction between Yuan Xiu and Gao Huan is getting bigger and bigger. Looking at the world, whether inside or outside, the emperor found that there were people who were happy everywhere, and the only forces he could rely on seemed to be Yu Wentai and He Batsheng in the local area, and Hu Sichun and Wang Sizheng in the central government.

Yuwentai's power is still limited to the Guanzhong area, far from the water can not quench the thirst of the near, to support Yuwentai to infiltrate the Guannei, so the emperor issued an order to Yuwentai to send 2,000 cavalry into Dongyongzhou to meet Luoyang at any time, Dongyongzhou is the original Zheng County of Huazhou. To go from Pingliang to the east, you must pass through Yongzhou, but Chang'an is no longer Yuwentai's sphere of influence.

After He Bayue was killed in the west, Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu appointed the hussar general Jia Xiandu as the Yongzhou Assassin Shi, and the Xidao Daxingtai replaced He Bayue in Chang'an, because He Bayue's generals were still fighting in Pingliang at that time, so Jia Xiandu easily entered Chang'an.

Jia Xiandu's younger brother Jia Xianzhi is Gao Huan's little buddy, but Jia Xianzhi seems to be fighting with Yuan Xiu, Jia Xiandu's attitude is unclear, as the emperor personally appointed the Yongzhou assassin history, when Gao Huan sent Han Rail West to rescue Hou Mo Chen Yue, Jia Xiandu once sent a boat to help Han Rail cross the river.

Yuwentai took the governor of Wuchuan Liang Yu as the assassin of Yongzhou, and Liang Yu led 5,000 cavalry to Yongzhou. Make it clear, if you Jia Xianzhi know each other, there is no one to hand over Yongzhou obediently, if you disobey the order, only the sword and soldiers will meet.

Liang Yu stationed a large army outside Chang'an City, and he personally entered the city to see Jia Xianzhi, and tried to avoid war if it could be negotiated and settled, because the cost of war was too great. Liang Yu persuaded: Gao Huan's anti-state has been revealed, and the heroes of Yuwen Xiazhou are about to help the crisis and restore Jingluo. If the public does not take the opportunity to repay the service at this time. If you are still hesitating, then I am afraid that disaster is not far away.

Jia Xianzhi saw that what Liang Yu said was reasonable. He agreed to obey Yuwentai's order to cede Yongzhou, and Liang Yu's army entered Chang'an. Happy events. As soon as the good news of Liang Yu arrived, the minister sent by Emperor Xiaowu to the labor army came again, and Yuwentai was once again promoted to the rank of Shizhong, the general of the hussars, the three divisions of the Kaifu Yitong, the governor of Guanxi, and the duke of Luoyang County, so that the authorization of the holding festival remained unchanged.

There are conditions for sealing officials, Emperor Xiaowu once again proposed the entry of the Guanxi army into Luoyang, Yuwentai had already planned, and transferred the original Qinzhou assassin Shi Luo Chao to lead a thousand light cavalry to respond to the emperor's call to rush to Luoyang. Qinzhou was guarded by Li Bi, and Qinzhou was worry-free. However, although Li Bi has won the trust of Yuwentai. The deputy is still Yuwentai's old department, Changsun Qingming.

The eldest grandson Qingming was originally a subordinate of Yuwentai Xia Prefecture, and after pacifying Hou Mo Chen Yue, he was appointed as the governor of Qin Prefecture and the governor of Fangcheng. In terms of duties, the eldest grandson Qingming is in charge of the military, so no matter who does the assassination, the military power is still firmly in the hands of Yuwentai.

Emperor Xiaowu was very happy when he heard the news of Luo Chaobing, and once again sent a decree to add Yuwentai as a scholar and a servant of the Kansai Dynasty, so far, Yuwentai has nominally become the top management of Luoyang Company, completely replacing the position of He Bayue.

But. No matter how the official is added, there is still a gap between Yuan Xiu and Yuwentai, after all, the two have not even met until now. A qiē is what others say, as for what kind of person Yuwentai is, whether he is loyal or traitorous. Unknown. The lord of Kansai of Yuwentai is democratically elected, and he does not have enough grace for him. It is difficult to restore to the level of Hebat's relationship with himself.

Although Yuan Bi Pingliang and his entourage returned with martial arts, he brought an important piece of information: although Yuwentai already had a son. But he never officially married. Yuan Xiu moved his mind, he happened to have a widowed sister at home, could the two families have a marriage and develop a more intimate relationship?

Yuan Xiu's younger sister is Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang was originally married to Zhang Huan of Kaifu, who knew that this Zhang Huan didn't put the golden branches and jade leaves in his eyes at all, he was very rude to the princess, and had a tendency to domestic violence, and actually killed the princess's personal maid in a family war, the princess couldn't bear to run to Yuan Xiu and cried, Yuan Xiu was annoyed: Okay, you Zhang Huan, don't you bully the princess's mother's family?

As soon as the brother-in-law moved, Zhang Huan's life was gone, and the princess became a widow. Although she is a widow, in the end, she is a golden branch and jade leaf, and marrying Yuwentai is also a marriage. For Yuwentai, it is natural that he can't ask for it because of the royal family of the Yuan family, and Yuwentai has no reason to refuse.

In order to marry Yu Wentai, Yuan changed the title of princess to Princess Feng Yi, and named his little sister Princess Pingyang. Emperor Xiaowu now needs Yuwentai's support too much, in other words, the political struggle between the monarchs has become white-hot, and has already quietly risen from the contradiction among the people to the contradiction between the enemy and the enemy, and now the difference is to pierce that thin layer of window paper.

At the beginning, Emperor Xiaozhuang and Er Zhu Ronghuo were merged, and they had nothing to do with the instigation of Yang Kan and Yuan Hui. Now, Hu Sichun, Wang Sizheng and others, who are favored by Yuan Xiu, also regard Gao Huan as a traitor on a par with Er Zhurong.

Yuan Xiu is about to attack Gao Huan's people, inside and outside the court, whether it is the civil servants in charge of secrets, the generals who lead the guards, or the ministers who go out of the town, they all have Gao Huan's power. Let's start with the court, the original servant Zhong, Sikong Gao Gan became the first pro-Gao Huan dignitary to be stabbed, Gao Gan's younger brother Jizhou Assassin Shi Gao Ao Cao, Gwangzhou Assassin Shi Gao Zhong Mi abandoned the official and fled to Jinyang. The brothers were veterans who believed in Jianyi with Gao Huan, so Gao Huan happily took them in, and at the same time took charge of Jizhou with his brother-in-law Wei Jing.

Hebei's Hengzhou, Fenzhou, Jizhou, Xiangzhou, Dingzhou, Yingzhou, etc. all belong to Gao Huan's sphere of influence, and this one-third of an acre of land belongs to Gao Huan's own land, and Yuan Xiu is not capable of getting involved casually even if he is the emperor. Gao Huan's people were ostracized everywhere in the court, and in order to avoid trouble, Feng Longzhi in the service, Sun Teng in the servant, and Lou Zhao in the army fled from Beijing and returned to Jinyang.

Yuan Xiu served as the leader of the army and completely mastered the forbidden army. Hu Sichun took charge of the government and began to recruit samurai to enrich the forbidden army and establish an army loyal to the emperor. At the beginning, Emperor Xiaozhuang directly received the forbidden army, but when the enemy came to attack, no one was willing to help, and he had to have his own people.

At the same time, Yuan Xiu began to crack down on the Gao Huan forces in various places, and revoked the establishment of Jianju in the name of merging provinces, prefectures, and counties, and let the imperial historian investigate the illegal evidence of Cai Jun, the assassin of Jeju, and prepared to replace Cai Jun with Yuan Shuzhao, the king of Ruyang. This is a naked seizure of power, if it goes on like this, it won't take long for Gao Huan to be finished, but, as an old fox who is getting bigger step by step. How could Gao Huan not see Yuan Xiu's intentions.

The son-in-law has ill intentions and wants to play to the death of his father-in-law. Gao Huan was-for-tat. With his own capital, Di Zhen, he seized Yuan Yuan's Xuzhou assassin history, and wrote to Yuan Xiu and said: Cai Jungong can't be dismissed. And the prince of the clan with such virtue as the king of Ruyang should go to a big place to serve, my younger brother Gao Yuanbao is in Dingzhou, and his ability and ability are insufficient, so it is better to give Dingzhou to the king of Ruyang.

Keeping Cai Jun is equivalent to keeping a base in Shandong, and if the king of Ruyang goes to Dingzhou, he will be under his nose, and he can't imagine that he will not be able to set off any storms, and Dingzhou is my people. How capable can you be as a bare-bones commander?

Yuan Xiu is also a smart person, of course he knows that this deal is not cost-effective, and this matter is over. Calculated and calculated, Yuan Xiu still hadn't played Gao Huan, but Yuan Xiu was already impatient.

A few days later, Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu suddenly issued an edict to the capital to impose martial law, claiming to crusade against the Southern Liang, Yuan Xiu personally inspected the soldiers and horses of Henan Prefectures in military uniform, and at the same time increased the army on the river bridge. Make such a big move. Jinyang must have been aware of it, and in order to confuse Gao Huan, Yuan Xiu issued another secret edict to Gao Huan, which said: Actually, I have no intention of starting a war with Liang State. Yuwen Black Otter since the pacification of Qin Long.

Insatiable and wantless, but there is no obvious action yet. He Batsheng also has a heart of disobedience in Jingzhou, and the reason why I pretend to be martial law inside and outside the south is to ask for it. One is to guard against Yuwen Heba, and the other is to deter Wu Chu. King Gao, you are ready to go to the rescue, and besides, the secret letter will be burned after reading it. The implication is that King Gao, you just need to read the number of confidence, and remember not to leak the secret letter.

Naturally, the purpose of burning the letter was to destroy the evidence. In fact, the purpose of Yuan Xiu's mobilization of Henan soldiers and horses was to plot against Jinyang, in order not to arouse Gao Huan's suspicion, Yuan Xiu could be said to have tried his best, and even put the charge of rebellion on the heads of Yuwentai and He Basheng. I don't know how He Batsheng and Yu Wentai will feel when they know this. However, the increase of troops on the river bridge exposed the conspiracy of Yuan Xiu, the river bridge is the north-south communication artery, and guarding the river bridge is to prevent the Hebei army from crossing the river and threatening the safety of Luoyang.

Gao Huan looked at Yuan Xiu's secret edict, and sneered: Play this with me, you are still a little tender, you want to drive the black otter and break the beard, okay, I fully support it, how can such a thing as a great prime minister not share the worries for His Majesty, I will get rid of these two disasters for His Majesty. Gao Huan quickly reported Jinyang's military deployment:

Gao Huan led 30,000 troops from the east of the river to cross the west of the river to conquer the Yuwen black otter, Hengzhou Thorn Shi Di Gan (Gao Huan's brother-in-law), Yingzhou Thorn Shi Guo Qiong, Fenzhou Thorn Shi Hu Lujin, the former Wuwei general Peng Le led an army of 40,000 from the west of Pingcheng to cross the river to attack Xiazhou, the former leader Lou Zhao (Gao Huan's brother-in-law, the brother of Lou Zhaojun, Princess of Bohai), Xiangzhou Thorn Shi Dou Tai (Gao Huan's brother-in-law, Lou Zhaojun's sister Lou Heinu), Yingzhou Thorn Shi Yaoxiong, and Bingzhou Thorn Shi Gao Longzhi (Gao Huan's younger brother) led an army of 50,000 to attack Jingzhou, Jizhou Assassin Shi Wei Jing (Gao Huan's brother-in-law), former Jizhou Assassin Shi Gao Aocao, Jeju Assassin Shi Cai Jun, and former servant Feng Longzhi led 70,000 Shandong soldiers and 50,000 cavalry to attack Jiangnan.

Gao Huan said at the end of the performance that all the soldiers and horses were ready to go, just waiting for the emperor's order. According to Gao Huan's deployment, the Hedong army and horses blocked the road for Yuan Xiu to enter the pass, the south blocked the main road from Luoyang to Jingzhou, and the army in the north approached Luoyang, which basically sealed the emperor in Luoyang. No matter where the emperor sent his troops, he had a heavy army ready to fight.

Yuan Xiu knew that he couldn't fool his father-in-law, so he hurriedly sent someone to stop Gao Huan: The information in front is wrong, it turns out that He Ba and Yuwen are still very loyal to me, so I won't let you go, where will the troops come from. Teasing me, Gao Huan quit, he decided to teach his disobedient son-in-law a lesson.

Gao Huan convened his staff to discuss and then made a performance: Your Majesty was provoked by traitorous ministers to suspect me. I swear that I am loyal to His Majesty, and if I dare to bear His Majesty, I will be killed by five thunders and extinctions.

If Your Majesty can trust me with a pure heart, so that the sword soldiers are not happy, please abolish those one or two ministers. The implication is that we don't have to hide it, isn't the emperor just being provoked by Hu Sichun and Wang Sizheng to be my enemy, if you want me to withdraw from the army, it's easy to do, arrest the two first.

After watching Gao Huan's performance, Yuan Xiu plucked the cold in his heart, the old man is an old fox, it seems that his own qiē is in the hands of others, in this case, a battle with Gao Huan is inevitable, prepare before everyone tears their faces.

The emperor issued a decree again, sending the governor of Dadu Yuanzi Gong to guard the Yang pot and the king of Ruyang Yuan Xian to guard Shiji, and ordered Yi and the third secretary Jia Xianzhi to lead the Yuzhou Assassin Shi Hu Si Yuanshou to the east for the Jeju Assassin Shi Husi Yuanshou, preparing to seize the power of Cai Jun by force.

Cai Jun immediately ordered martial law in the whole city, and Jia Xianzhi did not dare to go. Yuan Xiu was even more annoyed. On the Mingguang Palace, the civil and military gathered. Emperor Xiaowu was furious and threw Gao Huan's performance on the ground, allowing everyone to discuss how to reply to Gao Huan.

& Ministers. Gao Huan, this is going to rebel! "Who is the villain and who is the adulterer?" Prime Minister Gao is a thief shouting to catch a thief! "He Liuhun's brother-in-law, Wei Digan, once said that he was going to find a cowardly monarch, but he set up such a long monarch and couldn't control it, so give me half a month to abolish him.

It's too much of a rebellion! "Last year, Feng Longzhi rebelled, and this year Sun Teng fled, Gao Huan is not guilty of sending it, it is regarded as a rebellion!" "Didn't you swear a poisonous oath of loyalty to Your Majesty, why don't you behead Feng and Sun." "King Gao ostensibly said that he was going to 'go west'. But all directions are advancing, or want to go south to Luoyang, or want to east to the left of the river, this is to coerce His Majesty! ”

Listening to the impassioned comments of the ministers, Yuan Xiu also said angrily: "Gao Qianyong's death, where is it just what I mean, King Gao actually said to Gao Gao that he died unjustly, and pushed it on my head. I am foolish and do not know who the adulterer is? If King Gao didn't have a rebellion, I would have a million soldiers and horses. Whatever he does. If you must raise the flag and go south, hmph, even if I don't have a horse or a wheel, I still want to fight to the death with empty fists. ”

Let's talk about it. Yuan Xiu ordered Wen Zisheng, the scholar of the house, to draft the edict according to everyone's opinions. Wen Zisheng thought to himself: "If it is not a complete showdown with the prime minister according to His Majesty's meaning, does it really mean that the monarch and the ministers really want to meet each other?" ”

Wen Zisheng hesitated and didn't dare to put pen to paper, and Yuan Xiu sat on the Hu bed and pressed the sword in his hand. Blushing and yelling: Do you also want to disobey? Helplessly, Wen Zisheng waved his pen. questioned Gao Huan according to Yuan Xiu's meaning, and his tone was extremely harsh.

Gao Huan received the emperor's edict. He was even more annoyed in his heart, he didn't expect Yuan Xiu to be so tough, do you think I'm joking with you, since the verbal threats don't work, I'll give you some hard currency. In order to better control the emperor, Gao Huan once asked Yuan Xiu to move the capital to Yecheng, but Yuan Xiu refused.

Gao Huan began to adjust the military deployment, sent 3,000 cavalry to defend Jianxing, and at the same time sent troops to reinforce Hedong and Jeju, and hijacked the ships passing through Baigou and drove them to Yecheng, so that the grain transported to Luoyang by various states and counties was transferred to Yecheng, so as to cut off the food supply in Luoyang, so as to force Yuan Xiu to comply, this trick is called drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle.

Luoyang, a big city with a population of more than 400,000, was cut off from food supply, and once a famine broke out, it was not a joke, and Yuan Xiu was stupid at that time. The father-in-law is too powerful, and he grabbed the weakness of his son-in-law at once.

Yuan Xiu had no choice but to issue an edict again, and his tone eased a lot, asking Gao Huan to withdraw the garrison of Jianxing, recall the soldiers and horses of Hedong and Jeju, let Cai Jun be replaced, and make Di Zhen go out of Xu and send back the grain and rice transported to Xiangzhou. In the end, Yuan Xiu once again warned Gao Huan that if he wanted to win the throne, as the emperor, I would definitely defend the Zongmiao Society to the death. Without a substantive response, how can Gao Huan listen?

Yuan Xiu and his courtiers knew that they had completely broken with Gao Huan, and it was time to arrange a back road, looking at the world, only Jingzhou and Chang'an could rely on.

Wang Sizheng, the general of the Chinese army, persuaded Yuan Xiu to drive Guanzhong to Yuwentai, of course, it is very important to explore Yuwentai's tone, after all, Yuwentai is not He Bayue, He Bayue is the emperor's personal bureau, but Yuwentai is an unintentional chess piece, not to mention that the boss of this Guanzhong is democratically elected, so it is still a question whether people welcome him at a critical moment. Liu Qing, a free rider, went to Gaoping as the emperor's envoy to explore Yuwentai's tone, Liu Qing saw Yuwentai, and the two talked happily.

Yu Wentai said that he was looking forward to the arrival of Luan Jia, and was very happy to work under the direct leadership of the emperor, Liu Qing was very satisfied with Yu Wentai's statement, and in his opinion, Yu Wentai was telling the truth. Liu Qing returned to Luoyang, said good things about Yuwentai to Yuan Xiuda, and persuaded Yuan Xiu to go west. The westward faction in the imperial court prevailed.

Since the westbound faction had made up their minds to go out of the customs, they found various reasons to oppose other plans, although Jingzhou had a god of war stationed there, but it was too close to the Great Wei feud Liang State, and it was not very safe.

In response to the emperor's call to come to Luoyang Qinwang, the Dongjun Taishou Pei Xie, was worried, and he said to his friend Wang Sizheng: Yuwen Black Otter was originally pushed by the three armies, occupying a dangerous point, where would he be willing to give someone a handle, and going to Guanzhong was just to avoid the soup and fire. Wang Sizheng listened to what Pei Xie said, but there was no other way, so he asked Pei Xie what to do.

It's a pity that Pei Xie has nothing to do about the current situation, knowing that it is inappropriate but there is no better solution, and in the end he can only sigh: Gao Huan's matter is in front of him, Yuwentai is the future trouble, and he can only go to Guanzhong first and then slowly think of a way. The situation deteriorated, and the ministers began to split into two camps.

Emperor Xiaowu Yuan Xiu to Guangning Taishou Ren Xiang and Shangshu left servant shot plus Kaifu Yi with the three divisions. To promote a Taishou to the level of the central prime minister, what kind of imperial grace is that? However, Ren Xiang not only did not accept it, but hurriedly crossed the river and fled to Jinyang.

Or the attraction of the prime minister! Seeing Ren Xiang like this, Yuan Xiu's heart was completely cold, in the court, throughout the country, there are naturally not a few people who are loyal to Gao Huan, and it is also a scourge for those who want Gao Huan to stay, killing and affecting the reputation of my Renjun, it is better to let them choose freely.

So Emperor Xiaowu made a decree, and the civil and military officials who came from the north were willing to leave, and they were willing to stay. Then, Emperor Xiaowu issued two orders, one of which was to issue a letter to the people of the whole country to announce Gao Huan's crimes, and the other ordered He Basheng to immediately lead the army to King Qin of Luoyang. After receiving the order, He Batsheng personally led his troops north.

Movement in the court. Yuwentai sent Yang Jian, the governor of the tent, to Luoyang, and Yuan Xiu took Yang Jian as the general of the Zhige, and asked Yang Jian to go back and tell him to send someone to welcome him into the customs immediately. After Yuwentai received the order, he immediately made Luo Chao, the former assassin of Qinzhou, the governor of the capital, and led an army of 1,000 to Luoyang.

Seeing that the emperor had completely turned his face with himself, Gao Huan had no choice but to take corresponding actions, leaving his younger brother Gao Chen to guard Jinyang, and leading his troops south, with Gao Aocao as the vanguard, marching to Luoyang under the banner of the Qing monarch's side. After receiving the information that Gao Huan had acted, Yuwentai immediately sent people to various states and counties to announce Gao Huan's crimes, and he led the army from Gaoping to Chang'an.

Yuan Xiu guarded the tiger prison with Hu Si Chun, Changsun Zhi, and Yuan Bin, and Sun Ziyan, the head of the line, guarded Shaanzhou, and Jia Xianzhi and Hu Si Yuanshou guarded the slipway.

Yuwentai knew that it was a matter of time before Yuan Xiu was defeated and fled, so he took Zhao Gui, the governor of the capital, as a separate platform, crossed the river from Puban to march in the direction of Bingzhou, and at the same time led a thousand fine horses to Luoyang to meet the governor Li Xian, the purpose of Zhao Guijun's army was to encircle Wei to save Zhao, so that Gao Huan would take care of his nest.

However, Gao Huan had already made arrangements, Pusaka had 10,000 elite soldiers stationed in Han Rail, and Zhao Gui bluffed and did not dare to cross the river. Gao Huan sent Xiangzhou Thorn Shi Dou Tai to attack the slip platform, and Jianzhou Thorn Shi Han Xian to attack Shi Ji.

Dou Tai and Jia Xianzhi met Changshoujin, everyone was a partner back then, not to mention that the current situation is obviously in favor of Gao Huan, Jia Xianzhi's problems at both ends of the rat were committed, he began to contact Gao Huan secretly, and the military secretary Yuan Xuan found out and hurriedly ran back to Luoyang to move the rescuers. Yuan Xiu ordered Hou Jishao, the governor of the capital, to go to help, and the two armies fought in Huataidong, Jia Xianzhi surrendered, and Hou Jishao died in battle. Beizhong Lang General Tian Yu is also Gao Huan's person, welcome Gao Huan to Hanoi, Gao Huan garrisoned more than ten miles in Hebei, sent people to make peace with Yuan Xiu, Yuan Xiu ignored it. Gao Huan led the army and began to cross the river. (To be continued......)