Chapter 234 - Matters Concerning the Proposed Edict (1)
The second morning came as promised, the ministers came, the early dynasty was selected in the Jiade Hall of the South Palace, Guan Yu and the ministers walked through the Jiade Gate to meet the Jiade Palace, the emperor was embraced by the servants and sat on the dragon chair, Guan Yu and the ministers were on both sides, the civil officials Huang Wan was the first, Yang Biao, Ma Riyan, Chong Gao, Lu Kui, Zhou Huan, Zhu Jun, Cai Yong and others were ranked behind, and the military generals Dong Cheng, Liu Bei, Li Su, Wen Ping, Zhang Fei, Chong Ji, Wang Ji, Gao Shun and others were ranked behind, Emperor Xian sat in the center and saw that hundreds of civil and military officials were listed one after another, so he said: "Everyone Aiqing, please play if you have something, and you have nothing to retreat from the court!" ”
Guan Yu was the first to come out and say: "There is something important to report for the minister!" ”
"Caring for Qing Qing, just say it!" After hearing this, Emperor Xian said.
Guan Yu arched his hand and said: "This time, the courtiers have three things, and I hope that Your Majesty will give you permission!" ”
After hearing this, Emperor Xian asked curiously, "Oh? Which three pieces of love Qing although to say! ”
Guan Yu continued: "The first thing is about the question of the princes of the whole world returning to their hearts, now the situation in Luoyang has been decided, the prosperity of the imperial capital is beginning to take shape, the red light of the past is shining, His Majesty Endebu is in Yuxia, the princes of the world should bow down to the ministers, belong to His Majesty, hand over the military power, and jointly restore the foundation of the Han Dynasty, so that the people of the world will not be destroyed, based on this consideration, so I also hope that His Majesty will descend the edict, and ask the princes of all parties to come to Luoyang to claim the courtiers and return to the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, if there is no disobedience, they should be punished as rebellious, and send troops to collect at any time!" ”
Guan Yu's words of Emperor Xian frowned again, his face was embarrassed, as a 10-year-old child, Emperor Xian was really reluctant to face this kind of test of right and wrong, he was a smart person, and he knew that his status was not easy to come by. Dong Zhuo supported him to sit on the throne before, but later Dong Zhuo was killed for his atrocities and bullying the king. Guan Yu once again supported him and continued to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor, Guan Yu was not as brutal as Dong Zhuo. He served as a general in the name of loyalty to the monarch and the protection of the country, assisted himself, asked himself for instructions on everything, and fully respected him, but he also understood that Guan Yu's power in the court was unparalleled, he was a person with brains and ideas, and many things were handled in an orderly manner, so Emperor Xian still fully trusted Guan Yu. He is like a big brother helping him take care of things, every time he asks something, it is out of consideration for the country's social welfare, this time he raised this sharp question again, and Emperor Xian had no idea for a while
As a teenager, Emperor Xian is still relatively sensitive to some things, especially this kind of politically significant matter, he has to be cautious, since Guan Yu has mentioned it, it is inconvenient for him to make a decision. He has a set of tricks to deal with this kind of thing, what tricks? That is, it is handed over to the ministers at the lower level to discuss, and the ministers can fully express their opinions, and then he makes a decision by observing the dynamics of the ministers. Of course, the decision was also made in line with the principle of "the minority obeys the majority", as a young successor, the only way to ensure his "imperial throne" was to sacrifice the emperor. Only with the support of the vast majority of ministers in the DPRK can his position be consolidated, of course, Guan Yu has a greater say in the court than ordinary ministers. His statement also directly influenced Emperor Xian to make any decision, but Guan Yu was able to win the support of the vast majority of ministers in the court every time he made a statement. This was already on full display when the Modern Archmage was eradicated.
Guan Yu once again clarified his position in the court, expressed his opinions, and then it depends on the reaction of other ministers in the court, in the face of this sharp question, Emperor Xian pushed the ministers again, and Emperor Xian asked the ministers: "What do you think of General Guan's opinion?" ”
General Zuo's imperial uncle Liu Bei was the first to come out and said: "What General Guan said is extremely true! Now that the overall situation of Luoyang has been decided, the traitors are eliminated, His Majesty has returned to the throne, the ministers bow down, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, but the princes are divided and separated, even more than the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, if they are not eliminated as soon as possible, the Han dynasty will not be torn apart? ”
After Liu Bei finished speaking, Situ Huangwan said: "Luoyang is initially decided, the people are safe, and if you use the knife again, I am afraid that the good situation will not be guaranteed, and I hope that Your Majesty will think twice!" ”
Da Honglu Zhou Huan said: "General Guan's words are not unreasonable, the current princes are together, although they are nominally attached to the imperial court, but in fact they are independent, support the army and attack each other, now the situation in Luoyang has been decided, His Majesty has returned to the throne, and he should order the world to submit, if the princes obey the order, if they do not obey, it proves their true ambition, the court can send troops to attack, and recover by force, which is called 'salute before the army'!" ”
Taiwei Yang Biao came out and said: "Looking at the world, after the initial decision of Luoyang, the Kwantung coalition army has no intention of violating the border, the situation around Luoyang is stable, Luoyang is exhausted after the previous battle, the people's livelihood is withering, and the burden of the people may be unbearable if they fight again!" Therefore, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, and it is not advisable to rush it! ”
After hearing this, Zhu Jun, the general of the right middle lang and the marquis of Xixiang, said: "Lord Taiwei is serious!" Yun Chang just asked His Majesty to descend the edict and issue a document to tell the world that we are not going to take the initiative to send troops, as Lord Zhou said, we are saluting first and then soldiers, how can we be in a hurry? ”
After hearing this, Guan Yu said: "Even if I send troops to fight, I have an army of 200,000 in Luoyang, with sufficient materials, grain and grass, and more than enough money. ”
When Situ Huangwan heard this, he said: "How can the money of Modern, Yang Yi and others not be used as military expenses without going into the treasury?" General Guan, you're too overstepping your authority, aren't you? ”
"This matter is supervised by me, and I also have the consent of His Majesty, and I don't think I need to ask the adults to ask about the preparation power of this military fund, right?" Guan Yu argued.
When Huang Wan heard this, he hurriedly said: "This is the wealth of the treasury, and it is too much to embezzle it without the consent of His Majesty, right?" ”
Guan Yu argued: "As a person who leads the troops, he has so many sergeants under his command, and the captured materials should be used as military expenses to fund the military, which has always been the case, why is it too much?" Moreover, I led the troops to protect Luoyang and never stretched out my hand to the treasury to ask for money, as the saying goes, 'the mother of wealth and government', the army is even more so, how can it last without financial support, Luoyang as the emperor does not have a strong army how to guard, and how can the safety of His Majesty be guaranteed? In this troubled era of warlords and heroes, there is no strong army, and it has long been reduced to the prisoners of the people's ranks, how can we talk about the country's social affairs? Is the lesson of Dong Zhuo's rebellion still small? I think Lord Huang should understand the truth of this, right? ”
Guan Yu's words were simply aggressive and to the point, Huang Wan was ashamed and embarrassed, and he couldn't say it anymore, Guan Yu's words were soft and rigid, and they were close to Huang Wan's sore spot, because Huang Wan had also suffered from Dong Zhuo before, and he was able to sit on the throne of this Situ after Guan Yu quelled Dong Zhuo's rebellion. And the reason why Guan Yu was able to eradicate Dong Zhuo was because he was sitting on military power
Seeing that Guan Yu was anxious, Emperor Xian comforted: "Don't be impulsive, let's discuss the matter of the edict this time, don't involve anything else!" I also hope that all of you can talk about things! ”
Dong Cheng, the general of the chariot cavalry and the uncle of the country, came out and said: "I'm afraid that if this matter is too urgent, will the princes join forces to force the palace again?" Has Your Majesty forgotten the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms? If you put it now, these princes are much more powerful than the Seven Kingdoms! If it really makes a fuss, I'm afraid it will get out of control! ”
When General Pingdong heard this, he was not angry: "Even if they join forces, what can they do? How can the princes of the Eighteen Roads not be beaten before? I'm afraid they can't unite! ”
"Shaft! Does Ander have your share? Don't you look at your identity, and don't you take your turn to speak in the court? Dong Cheng reprimanded Wen Pingdao.
After hearing this, Guan Yu couldn't help but retort: "Since it is a discussion, since people are standing here, everyone should be allowed to speak freely, why rely on power to block the way of speech?" ”
Captain Li Su continued: "Can't all the princes oppose His Majesty, right? I think there must be someone among them who support, the previous eighteenth road princes attacked Luoyang because of Dong Zhuo's perverse behavior, now the chaos is set right, the overall situation of Luoyang has been decided, if the princes are really loyal to the king, they will definitely come to defect, if there are really disobedient people, we can also do righteous crusade is not too late! ”
The ministers are indifferent, some of them feel inappropriate, some are in favor, Emperor Xian as a teenager was stunned by what they said, put the Buddha in his eyes to say that the public is reasonable, the Buddha said that the mother is reasonable, and everyone said that the Buddha is very reasonable, but as a 10-year-old child, the emperor has a set of emperors, since it is impossible to judge which party is reasonable from the quality, it is only from the quantity to make a judgment, the emperor after a count, found that Guan Yu's ministers have a certain advantage in terms of quantity, A few more than the opposing side.
After some calculation, Emperor Xian said: "You Aiqing don't have to fight anymore, I see that this matter is accurate!" ”
Emperor Xian's words suddenly interrupted the debate of the ministers, and there was no need for everyone to argue anymore when they heard it, because Emperor Xian had already made a decision, no matter what the considerations were, as the monarch, his words were the final decision
Guan Yu's first thing was settled, and then the second thing was reported, Guan Yu continued: "In view of the increasingly severe situation in Luoyang, it is necessary to transform the surrounding environment, mainly for the three forces around Luoyang, the first is the biggest threat to Luoyang is Li Dao in the west, which is that Dong Zhuo's remnants must be completely eradicated to solve the threat to the west of Luoyang; The second force is Yuan Shu who is entrenched in Nanyang, Yuan Shu, who was one of the princes of the Eighteen Roads in the past, now occupies Nanyang and threatens the safety of the imperial capital Luoyang, in view of this, the minister thought that he should send an edict to Liu Biao of Jingzhou to send troops to recruit Yuan Shu to solve the threat from the south of Luoyang; There is also a force in the north of Luoyang, that is, Han Sui of Bingzhou, and the minister thought that he could send an edict to send troops to attack Li Dao from the north, forming a flanking attack on Li Dao; In addition, another important threat is Cao Cao of Yanzhou, this person has huge ambitions, he is the main instigator of the previous attack on Luoyang, that is, he advocated, so this person must not let him become bigger and stronger, has been determined to nip this person in the bud, otherwise there will be endless troubles, in view of the fact that this minister can consider that he can issue an edict to Yuan Shao of Jizhou to send troops to recruit Cao Cao, so that we do not need to spend much effort and can be eliminated, and I hope that His Majesty will give permission! (To be continued......)