Cheng Liu shook his head.

"He's a smart man, so he was honest at the dinner table, the reason why he values this military power is so important may have another meaning, but it doesn't have much to do with me, maybe it has nothing to do with the entire Han family, I won't delve into it, let him go."

Sweet potatoes were also a little helpless suddenly, and this trip seemed to be in vain.

But the next words surprised her.

"However, from Luantangshan's mouth, I suddenly understood one thing."

Sweet potato hurriedly asked, "What?" ”

"Although the Yellow Turban thieves don't have much room for maneuver, but at this time the decline of the Han family is particularly obvious, if Xiqiang's combat power is stronger, I'm afraid that breaking through the Western Front at this time is the best way, but they are stationed behind the fortress, but they did not attack in a big way."

Sweet potato replied with some surprise: "But isn't this because the alliance with the Northern Xiongnu has been shattered?" After the middle break, the military strength of both sides was declining, and it was simply impossible to inflict much on the offensive on the sidelines. ”

Cheng Liu shook his head: "That's not the case, although the Qiang people are a group of rabble, but they are extremely brave, plus the imperial court's control over various places is getting weaker and weaker, and the state pastoral power is more important, and the situation of the division of the heroes will become bigger and bigger in the future. ”

"The reason why they didn't do it may really be like Luan Tangshan said, because of the relationship on the Western Front."

Sweet Potato didn't know about this, and wanted to continue to ask, but at this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Xia Cicada walked in with a fish cub wrapped in a thick coat.

"Do you know why the promulgation of the official closure system was suddenly accelerated?"

Before he could sit down, Yu Youkui asked.

Although Cheng Liu had already guessed a few points in his heart, he still motioned for her to continue.

"In the rebellion that suppressed the Yellow Turban peasants, the powerful people in various places took the opportunity to expand their own power, including us, now all the states and counties have their own soldiers and horses, and they are getting stronger and stronger, even if the Yellow Turban Army only has more than one remnant left, it is unlikely that the imperial court wants to collect military power."

"The news from the palace claims that the reason why the assassin was changed to the state pastor was that the original official position of the assassin was to borrow low-level officials to supervise high-level officials in order to achieve the purpose of checks and balances, but from the perspective of effect, the power was still too scattered, and the land annexation system became more and more difficult to suppress, and the Yellow Turban Army broke out."

"So the minister of the palace suggested that the assassin should be changed to a local official, that is, above the state and county, another official title was added, and the state and county were added to dominate the state and county, and it became a four-level class, and the state pastor also had extremely powerful soldiers and horses, and held the military and political power of a state."

These Cheng Lius have already guessed, but Yu Youkui's next words are the ones that worry him the most.

"But in this way, the states and counties have taken advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to divide the forces, at this time this official reform has not been completely implemented, some states and counties have taken advantage of this to start to encircle the military power, they took the opportunity to expand their military power and power, the previous remnants of the Yellow Turban thieves or rebels united, entrenched in one side."

Cheng Liu frowned slightly, he didn't expect the process of history to suddenly speed up again, originally this period would not appear until two years later, but now it has not yet begun in spring, and it has reached such a critical time.

"Which states and counties currently have state shepherds?"

Yu Youkui took out a letter, which seemed to be news from the palace.

"Jingzhou Mu, Liu Biao, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan. So far, I know only these two, and as for the decision of the imperial court in the future, I am afraid that it will continue to be implemented. ”

Cheng Liu gasped, these two people are important historical figures in history, but now that history has transitioned to two years later, he has no chance to continue waiting.

"Yizhou Mu Liu Yan took the initiative to take up this official position by himself, although the Queen Mother complained, but no one in the palace stopped her, so she could only follow him."

After Yu Youkui finished speaking, he suddenly continued: "We Yangzhou and Jingzhou next to it, there is also a person named Sun Jian, who is rarely mentioned in the previous information, and has pulled up a lot of forces in this war, and I am afraid that it will be a trouble after that." ”

Cheng Liu suddenly felt a little headache, this period was particularly dark for the Han family, and Cheng Liu's previous layout had already targeted Sun Jian's hand, after all, he planned to occupy other people's territory from the beginning.

But because of the relationship between going north, the half month that Cheng Liu left may be the most critical period for him to pull up his power.

Although Yu Youkui knew, it was impossible to suppress it openly, so he could only pass the news to Cheng Liu's side first.

In this way, the situation of the Three Kingdoms may soon be formed, and now it has progressed to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after these heroes supported the sky, Cheng Liu suddenly lost a little confidence, to fight against so many people at the same time, it is not enough to rely on the Queen Mother alone.

What's more critical is that Yu Yukui's visit this time also brought bad news.

"The contradiction between the ten permanent servants in the palace and He Jin was completely stimulated, when you left, He Jin threatened that if the great eunuch was so arrogant and interfered in the affairs of the palace, he would put the left and right Yulin troops in front of the palace and replace the position of the eunuch. As soon as these words came out, the power that the Ten Standing Servants had already accumulated was also completely annoyed, although they did not act openly, they were already restricting He Jin's soldiers and horses everywhere. ”

If this is the case, I am afraid that the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants will also come soon, which is not good news for Cheng Liu.

Because Cheng Liu was faintly aware that the Queen Mother was still hiding something from herself.

He Jin entered the palace, although the timing was right, but the purpose was not so simple.

Empress Dowager He since the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, it is difficult for the power in the hands of the young emperor Liu Bian to really grasp her hands, with her original courage, she can hide the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty from the world, and she can also assist Liu Bian to the throne, her thinking is different from ordinary people.

Before the Yellow Turban Thieves attacked Luoyang, they let their younger brother He Jin enter the palace first, which was too strange.

"What I'm worried about now is not the situation of the division of the heroes, but the fear that there will be a big mess in the palace."

Yu Youkui asked a little strangely: "No, isn't Empress Dowager He mediating in the middle?" They shouldn't fight, right? ”

Cheng Liu shook his head and sneered: "Empress Dowager He is not as simple as it seems, do you remember Empress Dowager Dong?" ”

Yu Youkui frowned slightly.

"But hasn't she been in the cold palace all the time, and she hasn't even stepped out of the palace gate?"

Cheng Liu explained: "After the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the first thing Empress Dowager He did was to take power, and Empress Dowager Dong saw that her son was dead, she must have known something in her heart, and there was a guess, Empress Dowager He was worried that the matter would be exposed, so she was simply put under house arrest." But in the palace, except for the ten permanent attendants, the power of the relatives is just as huge......"