Chapter 330: Let merit and you wait
Jia Xu is right.
Once Dong Zhuo and the emperor launch a new policy, the fastest way for the world's noble families to win the new policy is undoubtedly to abolish the emperor.
This is also the best way for the aristocracy to maintain their rights and interests for thousands of years, whether it is a feudal dynasty or an ancient slavery period.
Isn't it the best way to remove the country's top leader and replace it with a leader who can be controlled by them?
This is also the fundamental purpose of Liu Jian's encouragement to Dong Zhuo to move the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager to Chang'an.
Luoyang is indeed the ancient capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it also represents the political influence of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
However, nothing can only look at the surface, behind the huge loss, there is naturally its benefit.
Whether it is Dong Zhuo or the emperor, if they stay in Luoyang after the promulgation of the new policy, they will directly face the endless anger of the high-ranking families in various states and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
There is no doubt that if they don't go to Chang'an and stay in the land of Luoyang, their final outcome will be death without a place to be buried.
Even if they go to Chang'an, the Son of Heaven and Dong Zhuo will face a huge test.
But in Chang'an, at least in the frontal military, with the geographical convenience of Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo had no problem at all if he wanted to fight against the Kwantung armies.
If the frontal military threat is blocked, then there is no doubt that the only thing left is the hidden arrow.
Although the dark arrow is not so easy to dodge, it is not easy to succeed, so relatively speaking, it is really a good choice to carry out a new deal in Chang'an.
And when the Kanto Wang clan saw that there was no way to take the emperor and Dong Zhuo for a while, then they would inevitably start to think about other things.
The most direct way is to deny the legitimacy of the new emperor, and re-establish a Son of Heaven, a Son of Heaven who is willing to be at their mercy.
For example, between today, who has the purest bloodline and can compete with today's son Liu Wei to compete for this throne?
No matter how you look at it, it is none other than Chen Liuwang and Liu Xie.
And where is Chen Liuwang and Liu Xie now?
In the hands of Jizhou Mu Liu Jian!
After figuring this out, Liu Jian really admired Jia Xu more and more.
"Mr. is far-sighted, which is really admirable to Liu, and I hope that Mr. will give more advice on the situation of the world in the future."
Jia Xu was busy: "Don't dare, don't dare, Jia Xu will definitely do his best to assist the lord, but I just beg the lord not to appoint Jia Xu to important positions for the time being, and only ask for the lord's staff and diners, not to be concerned by outsiders." ”
When Liu Jian heard this, he smiled happily.
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With the end of the war in the Central Plains, Dong Zhuo, Liu Jian, and the Kwantung princes withdrew their territories respectively, and the year passed.
The fourth year of the first level is coming.
Of course, the current four years of Chuping are not the same as in history.
This year in history is the sixth year of Zhongping.
And it was this year in history. Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty has just died, and He Jin has also died this year.
But now the pattern of the world has long been different from history, Emperor Han Ling has long since returned to heaven, and everything is different from history.
Liu Jian accepted the name of reconciliation with the Son of Heaven and led his troops back to Yecheng.
And before he entered Yecheng,
He received a report from the rear.
Yuyang County, who was originally Taishan Taishou, returned to his hometown in Youzhou, recruited troops locally, and rebelled with Wuhuan Qiu Liju in western Liaoning.
At the same time, he was also accompanied by Zhang Chun, the former prime minister of Zhongshan.
Zhang Ju and Zhang Chunnai are from the same county, and they are both right-level figures in Yuyang County.
These two people can achieve a high position of 2,000 stones, also because they belong to the same clan, and their family, the influence of the Yuyang Zhang clan in the west of Youzhou is almost on par with the Gongsun clan in western Liaoxi, but the two families do not belong to the same county, and in the past, they were mostly based on military merits, and there were conflicts between them, so they had no contacts.
The Zhang family of Yuyang County actually wanted to rebel for a long time, but they didn't expect that before the incident, Liu Jian would be able to gain a foothold in Jizhou.
As the largest force in Hebei, Liu Jian's existence made Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun dare not act rashly.
It wasn't until Liu Jian went south to crusade against Dong Zhuo in order to avenge Yuan Ji last year that Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun saw the hope of occupying Youzhou again.
So they united with Qiu Liju in western Liaoning and took the initiative to prepare for war.
Subsequently, as winter approached, the two thieves finally raised the banner of rebellion.
They led the army to rob Jizhong, killed Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Beiping, the Taishou of Yangzhong in Liaodong and others, gathered more than 100,000 people, and the troops were fat, plundering Youzhou, and watching Jizhou.
Zhang Ju called himself the Son of Heaven.
Zhang Chun proclaimed himself the general of Mitian and the king of stability.
In fact, logically speaking, in the current situation, the world is in turmoil, and among the herdsmen in the Kanto region, there are many people who raise troops to occupy land and cities without authorization, and people who support troops and self-respect in the name of begging thieves abound.
Even if you have been standing on a piece of land for a long time, you have no name and a proper name, and the court will take the initiative to give you a name.
But the stupidity of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun is that they seize the land and seize the land, but they have nothing to do to put a son of heaven and a king on their heads.
It's not looking for a draw, so what is it?
But the two of them are relatively lucky, that is, there are too many things in the world right now.
Previously, Dong Zhuo was at war with the Kwantung patriarchs, and now the imperial court is going to move the capital and promulgate a new policy, and everyone has no extra energy to care about these two madmen.
Of course, the imperial court didn't have too much energy to care about them, but Liu Jian did.
Liu Jian had already returned to Jizhou, and after hearing the news of the rebellion of these two people, Liu Jian almost didn't make a sound in front of everyone.
In order to enter Youzhou, he has been waiting for a long time.
To be honest, in the layout of Youzhou, he has not been serious for a year or two.
As the saying goes, everything is ready, only the east wind is needed - now, the east wind is coming, and it is blowing loudly.
When I returned to Jizhou, it was already snowing in the sky, and thin ice had formed on the river.
It was under such circumstances that Liu Jian learned of the rebellion of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in Youzhou.
"Huh."
Hearing that the two people rebelled and proclaimed themselves emperor and general, Liu Jian was happy at that time.
"These two tycoons of Yuyang County seem to be not idle people, and the timing of this rebellion is so accurate."
At this time, Liu Jian was urging the sergeants to cross the river from the ferry, and behind him stood two fierce generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei looked up at the snow in the sky, and felt a little chill around his body, so he wrapped the robe on his body vigorously.
"Brother, I don't quite understand."
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Fei was puzzled: "This is obviously the winter season, whether it is growing grain, threshing, or hunting, they all go home to rest in winter, it seems that those of us who use soldiers rarely use soldiers in winter, so how can Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun do the opposite?" Do you have to rush to use troops at this time? ”
Liu Jian laughed.
"Yide, think about it again."
Zhang Fei saw Liu Jian selling Guan Zi to him, so he turned his head to look at Guan Yu on the side.
"Yun Chang, can you figure it out?"
Guan Yu said lightly: "How much can be clear." ”
Zhang Fei was a little angry when he heard this.
"Don't even say it! Since both of you can think it through, you can't leave me alone...... I think to myself, don't remind me of any of you. ”
Seeing Zhang Fei's competitive appearance, Liu Jian and Guan Yu couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
In a short time, more than half of the soldiers and horses had already taken small boats to the other side of the Yellow River.
Liu Jian, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also stepped on a small boat together, and under the protection of Bai Yubing, they slowly took a boat towards the bank of the northern part of the Yellow River.
Zhang Fei sat on the bow of the boat with his arms crossed, frowning and thinking hard.
Seeing that the boat was in the middle of the Yellow River, Zhang Fei suddenly figured it out.
He reached out and slapped his forehead.
"I see, I see, I figured it out."
Zhang Fei turned his head to look at Liu Jian: "Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, the two thieves, have long wanted to rebel, but they haven't dared to!" He who is afraid is his brother. Even though the elder brother had already led his troops to fight Dong Zhuo, the two thieves were secretly calculating in their hearts. ”
"My brother has been on the expedition for nearly half a year, and he has spent a lot of money and food, and it is winter when he returns to the army, so he can be described as a man and a lack of horses."
"The three armies are tired, there is a shortage of food and grass, and the weather is still so cold, the two thieves think to themselves, they are now the opposite, and the elder brother wants to recruit them at least until after the beginning of spring! In this way, they have a few more months to arrange arrangements in Youzhou. ”
Liu Jian clapped his hands with satisfaction: "Yide's thoughts are not a few steps slower than me and Yun Chang." ”
Zhang Fei laughed proudly.
But then, he seemed to think of something.
"Brother, the two thieves rebelled in Youzhou, do you really have to wait until a few months after the beginning of spring? Will the army go north again? ”
Liu Jian nodded: "Since the two thieves have already designed the time for me, then I naturally have to do it according to their ideas, otherwise, wouldn't it be a disappointment to their intentions?" ”
"Huh?" Zhang Fei was puzzled when he heard this.
Liu Jian said slowly: "This time to go to Dong Zhuo, it is indeed very expensive, the soldiers and horses are also extremely tired, and they need to make some supplements, and the weather is also cold, so it is okay to rest and rest...... In addition, I will also report this matter to the imperial court, and ask the imperial court to give me an order to allow me to raise troops to the north and crusade against Erzhang. ”
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Brother, the so-called noble soldier is fast, this is the time when you ask the court for an order?" ”
"Besides, didn't the imperial court give you the right to fake the festival? The soldiers worked hard, sent troops to the north, destroyed Erzhang, and occupied Youzhou...... Isn't that justifiable? ”
Liu Jian said: "The right to fake the festival is given by the first emperor, even if you can march without authorization, but I just offended the Luoyang court, please take the initiative to ask, there is no harm." ”
Zhang Fei said: "But isn't this just giving Er Zhang time for development?" ”
Liu Jian shook his head and said, "Yide...... If I don't send troops to the north, won't I be able to destroy Erzhang? Can't you and Yun Chang share my worries? ”
In a word, Guan Yu was suddenly woken up.
"The two thieves are worried, and so is the brother! If the elder brother does not move in Jizhou, the second son will be relaxed and will not worry about other ...... In this way, others are taking it by surprise, and going north to ask for it will get twice the result with half the effort. ”
Liu Jian smiled: "Yun Chang is right. It's too big a world for me to do everything myself! You two are my brothers, and at such times, you should stand up and share my worries...... The war against Erzhang, I don't make a move, this merit is all for the two of you to take, how about it? Do you dare to go? ”
(End of chapter)