When the news that Hanzhong cut off the slope valley and other roads and cut off the communication between Bashu and Sanfu was transmitted back to Chang'an, it naturally inevitably caused a monstrous wave.

In fact, when the news of the violent death of Yizhou Mu Liu Yan reached Chang'an, the little emperor Liu Xie and the imperial master Dong Zhuo realized that things were in trouble.

Because they just sent Liu Yan's young son to Chengdu, didn't this just give Liu Yan's friends the opportunity to support Liu Zhang?

Sure enough, Chang'an still received such news, and Yizhou Wenwu jointly supported Liu Zhang as the pastor of Yizhou.

Originally, although Liu Xie was unwilling in his heart, he actually agreed to let Liu Zhang inherit the position of Yizhou pastor. This is not only because Liu Zhang is weak and will not get out of the control of the imperial court, but also because the first priority of the current Kansai is to solve the trouble of the defeat of the Kansai army in Jiesuoyuan.

Of the 50,000 Kansai troops who went out into battle, only more than 30,000 people finally retreated to Hedong, and not only the commander lived and died, but also the accumulated grain and straw were all lost.

Although the Kwantai Army rearranged the defensive line in the area east of the river, the loss of money and food supplies could not make up for it for a while.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Yizhou, which can supply a large amount of money and grain, is naturally the top priority for Chang'an. As long as Yizhou continues to provide supplies, Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo can only let Liu Zhang be a Yizhou pastor.

But just when Liu Xie was about to issue an edict and send people to Chengdu to give the festival, he suddenly heard that the opposite side had cut off the main road from Bashu to Chang'an.

Suddenly, the nature of the whole thing changed.

Originally, it was only when you Liu Zhang wanted your father to die and your son to succeed you, but as long as you still stand with the imperial court, it is naturally easy to discuss. But looking at it now, do you want to put aside Chang'an and stand on your own? That would be intolerable.

As that sentence was said, Chang'an at this time could not accept the loss of Yizhou.

As a result, an action against Yizhou was inevitable.

And around this topic, a military council is being held in the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an.

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At this time, there were only a few six people in the front hall of the huge Weiyang Palace.

Among them, sitting on the top of the palace is the little emperor Liu Xie, since he took power, his figure has grown faster and faster, and now he is tingting, quite the style of a young king.

On the first floor under the little emperor's seat, a platform was set aside where a very intimidating figure sat there.

Because the fat ploughing muscles under the abdomen are too heavy, this person can only sit there very rudely, instead of sitting on the knees.

And because of this person's cross-seating, coupled with the fact that his person is like a bear and a mountain of meat, his person is obviously shorter than Liu Xie, but visually taller than Liu Xie, as if this person is the one who looks down on all beings and accepts the bowing of a group of ministers.

He is now the head of the Kansai warriors, a relative of the Han family, and the Taishi of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo.

It's just that at this moment, this Dong Taishi is more kingly than Liu Xie, maybe only the name of "King Dong" can match his bearing!

Under Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo, there are three people sitting, who are the three princes of this year: Taiwei Zhao Qian, Sikong Zhao Wen, and Situ Zhao Qi. Because these three people are all surnamed Zhao, they are also called "three Zhao" by the government and the opposition.

In addition to these three people, there is another person who is sitting on the maza, and he is Zongzheng Liu Song.

At this time, in the front hall, it was these six people who determined the attitude towards Yizhou.

The first to speak was Taiwei Zhao Qian, who, as the only elder with military experience among the three Zhaos, said clearly:

"This kind of thing is not like Liu Zhang's can do, and he doesn't have the courage and ability, but even so, the court must strike a thunderous blow to it, otherwise, who in the world can not rebel? Besides, if I lose Yizhou, what will I have left in Kansai? ”

What Zhao Qian said is deafening, yes, without Yizhou, what is left in Kansai?

In order to realize the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, if you don't expect to rely on blood transfusion in Yizhou, do you have to count on the Sanfu Hao clan to contribute food and money?

It can be said that Zhao Qian's words fully reflect the understanding of the wealthy families in Guanzhong, that is, Yizhou cannot be lost.

But what is very paradoxical is that this Zhao Qian is not from Guanzhong, and not only is he not from Guanzhong, he is even from Chengdu.

Yizhou did this, Zhao Qian really didn't know the reason?

No, he knows.

As a local wealthy family in Chengdu, when Liu Yan just died, his family had already sent the news to Zhao Qian in Chang'an.

The specific time of Liu Yan's death was in early November, and Zhao Qian received the news of Liu Yan's death in mid-November.

And when the imperial court received the invitation from Chengdu, it was at the end of November.

In other words, only half a month has passed, and Chengdu is almost under the control of Liu Zhang and his supporters.

Zhao Qian knew Liu Zhang, and as the third prince from Yizhou, he naturally took care of Yizhou's son. He had instructed Liu Zhang's knowledge and knew that this was a gentle and elegant Hanshi, who was very different from his heroic brother.

In fact, Liu Zhang's temperament may be able to live longer in this troubled era, didn't you see that Liu Fan was too heroic and died early?

It can be said that with a person like Liu Zhang, it is more than enough to be a scholar and an official in the court, but if he wants to control Chengdu, how is it possible?

So there must be someone behind Liu Zhang's support, and it is very rebellious.

Because of Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang's continuation of this phenomenon is not a routine, but the first case encountered by the Han family.

Although the prestige of the Han family dropped greatly after the two divisions, it could still form a certain restraint and help to the state assassins and county guards.

Therefore, except for the Taishan Army and the remnants of the Yuan family, all the princes in this world are actually named Hanchen and accept the rewards of the Han family.

But these princes were all in the prime of life, and none of them were involved in the question of heirs taking over power. Only Zong Zheng was back then, and the current Yizhou Mu Liu Yan was the oldest. And now that he died unexpectedly, there is naturally a problem that he has never encountered before. That is, whether this Yizhou pastor is succeeded by the father and son, or is it selected by the imperial court.

Originally, there was no example to follow, but Liu Zhang and his group were cut down first and then played, how can this not be bold?

And the response to this incident also tested the ruling wisdom of the Kansai Imperial Court.

If a phenomenon like Yishu becomes a common practice, will the county guards in Kansai be able to follow suit? These people are all engaged in the succession of the father and the son, and turn the Han family's public weapons into private ones, so what is left of the imperial court in the end? Isn't there only one Chang'an left?

This is what Zhao Qian meant when he spoke to Liu Xie.

And this is also the reason why Zhao Qian is obviously a Chengdu native, but he will resolutely stand on the opposite side of his hometown.

Zhao Qian is the third duke, and his power comes from the central government. If the central government is weakened and all parts of the country are self-reliant like the princes of the Warring States Period, let alone power, he will not even be able to support his large family in Chang'an.

After all, like Zhou Tianzi's ministers in the past, many people starved to death.

Therefore, whether it is public or private, he will never tolerate such a rebellious act in Yizhou.

But Zhao Qian still understands why there are so many people in Yizhou.

As the Tai Lieutenant of Kansai, he actually knows very well what kind of pressure the Bashu region has borne in the past few years of war.

It can be said that three out of four of the financial resources of the imperial court now come from Yizhou, which not only brings great pressure to the people of Yizhou, but even to those wealthy families.

But compared with their huge efforts, their harvest is so pitiful.

Over the years, there have been only a handful of filial piety and honesty that the imperial court has drawn from Yizhou, and even took great precautions against Yizhou scholars. In other words, Yizhou Shi paid such a huge economic price without any political compensation.

How can you say that Yizhou Shi can be willing? Don't complain?

However, the reason why the Kansai Imperial Court implemented such a policy was also a continuation of the line from Liu Hong's period.

Since Liu Hong was backstabbed by Henan Shi and fled to Chang'an, he no longer had any trust in the Hao family. At that time, it was difficult for scholars in Liangzhou and Yizhou to seek an official position in the center, and those filial piety raised from all over the country were often not accepted by Liu Hong.

On the contrary, the warriors of Liang and Yi are like fish in water in the Xiyuan military system, which makes the wealthy families of the two states feel even more unfair.

It is precisely because of the lack of progress that Yizhou scholars generally went out in Liu Yan's shogunate, and these people formed a circle of Yizhou people, and gradually cultivated the local thinking of Yizhou people to protect Yizhou soil.

had this intention, and then encountered the opportunity of the imperial army to be defeated by the annexation of the state, and it is not difficult to understand the behavior of these Yizhou soldiers seeking self-reliance.

But understanding is understanding, Zhao Qian's meaning is still to strike hard. He believed that the little emperor thought the same way.

Sure enough, when Zhao Qian clearly expressed his meaning, Liu Xie, who had been expressionless, turned his head slightly to look at him, and then did not move again.

Zhao Qian guessed right, Liu Xie had indeed made a decision in his heart to fight.

may be because Liu Xie is young, or because his temperament is like this, in short, Liu Xie has a tough attitude towards this matter.

But whether to fight or not depends not on Liu Xie's wishes and likes and dislikes, but on the actual ability of the Kansai Imperial Court.

If you want to fight, with Kansai's current strength, there are many chances of winning. And even if there is a chance of winning, how long will it take, and will it trigger chain changes in the process?

At present, Kansai is under tremendous pressure from the Taishan army in the east of the river, and there are also rebels in the east to deal with in Cuihan, and there are civil unrest and Qiang rebellion in the west, which can be said to be under pressure on three sides.

If an army is sent to fight for Yizhou at this time and it falls in, the enemy on three sides will definitely fall into the ground, and the foundation of Kansai will definitely not be guaranteed at that time.

Liu Xie already had enough political wisdom, and it was precisely because he understood the difficulties of fighting Yizhou that he endured that he never expressed his opinions.

By the way, let's take a look at what kind of ability these three princes are now, and what is the attitude of that Dong Taishi.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie quietly glanced at the back of Yue Zhenyuanyu, his eyes flickering.

And below, with Zhao Qian's clear attitude at the beginning, the remaining Sikong Zhao Wen and Situ Zhao Qi also expressed their respective opinions.

Zhao Wen is Zhao Qian's younger brother, but compared with his brother's clear attitude of wanting to fight, he is much more ambiguous, he did not directly say how, but talked about the difficulties encountered in fighting Yizhou.

He thinks about the same as Liu Xie, and thinks that Yizhou's behavior now is at most to break away from Kansai, and he has not clearly raised the anti-flag, and once he really sends troops to conscript, then Kansai will really be an enemy on all sides.

Moreover, Yizhou has already cut off all these slope valley roads, and it is very difficult to attack Yizhou. So what Zhao Wen means is that it is better to let people go south to Chengdu to find out the situation first, maybe Yizhou Shi has any other demands?

When he said this, this Zhao Wen obviously meant something.

This made Zhao Qi, the last Situ of the Third Prince, angry, and he stood up directly and said unceremoniously:

"What else is there to talk about? Since welcoming the state pastor, driving away from the great guard, and cutting off the main road, which is an anti-thief act. I support what Zhao Taiwei means, that is, to fight, if you appease Yizhou and make all the counties of Liangyong learn this, then what is left in the imperial court? Besides, the more dangerous it is, the more we need to use thunder to deter the ugly, is there much more to say about this? ”

Seeing that Zhao Wen was still going to speak, Zhao Qi interrupted unceremoniously:

"What? Zhao Sikong misses Yizhou so much because he is a native of Chengdu? Or do you Zhao Sikong have anyone's meaning, and want to be a middleman in Chengdu and the imperial court? Sikong, don't make a mistake about yourself, you are the Sikong of the Han Dynasty and not some Yizhou Shi! ”

Zhao Qi has talked about this, so what else does Zhao Wen say? I can only bow to Liu Xie above, please avoid suspicion, and don't say more.

Liu Xie, who has been controlling the imperial court for more than a year, is actually very clear about these disputes that occurred in the following three Zhaos.

That Zhao Qi himself is a Jingzhao person and the core of the Yongzhou faction, and the Yongzhou faction has always been a vested interest in the imperial court, and more than sixty percent of the new officials in the court are from Sanfu.

And although Zhao Wen said vaguely, Liu Xie could also guess one or two, this old Zhao Tou should indeed have a connection with Yizhou Shi, and his words were obviously the attitude of some Yizhou people.

That is to seek personal gain by holding the state hostage, what kind of personal gain is sought? It is nothing more than trying to open up the power of the center to them. Of course, this greatly hurt the interests of Zhao Qi's people, so he said this.

As for that Taiwei Zhao Qian? Although he said that he wanted to fight, he didn't want to act with his younger brother.

Liu Xie didn't feel that there was anything wrong with thinking about the three princes below, because he knew that this was the game rule of this front hall, and if he couldn't master this rule, then Liu Xie couldn't participate in this game.

Compared with his parents, Liu Xie is undoubtedly too precocious in thinking about power, and this is all thanks to his teacher, Shi Daoshi.

No one thought that a Taoist priest who was outside the center of power could have such a clear understanding of the operation of power.

Liu Xie also had such a question before, he asked Shi Daoshi why he was not a person in the court, or even an emperor, why he had such a good grasp of the emperor's mental arts.

So what did the Taoist say?

At that time, Shi Daoist smiled leisurely:

"Xie'er, where did you see the majesty of the mountain? Is it in the mountains or under the mountains? ”

Liu Xie replied:

"It's at the foot of the mountain."

Then Shi Daoist smiled silently, but Liu Xie understood the answer.

At this time, Liu Xie sat on the dragon couch, watching the confrontation between the three princes below from an outsider's perspective, and saw the fly camp dog between them clearly, and only felt that what the teacher said was really good.

And just as Liu Xie continued to be an outsider, a sneer suddenly spread in the front hall.

The voice was not loud, but it made Liu Xie's heart tremble, and he could no longer maintain a leisurely state of mind, and looked nervously at the person who spoke up.

Without him, it was Taishi Dong who was sneering! No, yes, King Dong!