Chapter 114: Seeking Will
Yan Luo Tuosheng's Qiantai was about to take over the county guard in Zhuo County, and at the same time, Yuan Shao of Gu County in the north was also stirring up the storm.
Why did Yuan Shao rush to make a move in Shanggu County? As mentioned earlier, it was to compete with Qiantai and occupy the dominant position in Youzhou, a northern land. Yuan Shao chose Shanggu County because Shanggu County was between him and Qiantai, and after Shanggu County, Yuan Shao would have the opportunity to fight Qiantai's territory.
It's a pity that the Cao family in Qingzhou and Dong Biwu in Bingzhou didn't want Yuan Shaoping to win Shanggu County for nothing, so the action of transferring the county guard of Shanggu County to Jingshi was suppressed in the Ministry of Officials.
Yuan Shao's idea of transferring the capital to the Gujun County Guard was never achieved, and he finally had to reach some agreement with the Shanggu County Guard, and transferred part of his army to Shanggu County.
Yuan Shao, the county guard of Liaodong County in the north, once lost his words at the banquet and scolded the incompetence of the imperial court and the hatefulness of the Cao family, Dong Biwu, and Qiantai.
Faced with the dominance of Hou Qiantai in Zhuo County, Yuan Shao could only continue to increase the number of troops in Shanggu County and take more precautions.
In late May, Qiantai officially began to open a council in the county guard mansion to manage the affairs of Zhuo County.
In Zhuo County, more than 3 million mu of large and small new fields excavated according to the 'Heishui Subterranean Flow Map' have also been distributed to the people, and they should be replanted as soon as possible.
The government sorted out the household registration and reported to the county guard, and the officials in all places, except for the county and the court, were reassigned to various places by the county guard.
The Zhuojun families kept silent with the Wang family as the capital, acquiescing to the fact that Qiantai had taken over Zhuojun.
Qiantai's unhindered work in Zhuo County naturally made Yuan Shao even more anxious.
The world is getting more and more chaotic, and the troops of Shanggu County are frequently mobilized by Yuan Shao. And many families from all over Youzhou also took refuge in Yuan Shaozai, looking for the Ming Lord. In addition to the recent suppression and governance of the government in Zhuo County and Jixian County, the people in other places have become more and more chaotic.
In Liaodong County, Yuan Shao was unscrupulous towards the imperial court, and even left a speech scolding the royal family during a banquet.
On this day, Yuan Shao and his cronies were in the study, and Yuan Shao scolded again because of the transfer to the county guard of Gujun.
Yuan Shao said: "The medicine jar (satirizing the new emperor's illness and weakness) should be damned, this thing was really taken to death by the Cao family and Dong Lao Pifu." I can't even do such a trivial thing! And my own uncle, hmph! When I go to Beijing, my Yuan Shao will go to Ping sooner or later!"
"Sir, be careful. Yuan Kan comforted and said: "The court is almost defeated, and Jixian will not die in the future, and Youzhou will be an adult sooner or later." ”
Yuan Shao nodded sarcastically: "The rest of the Qianzu is just some lost dogs, but I can't wait for a moment." ”
"My lord, in fact, we are not unavoidable. Yuan Kan seemed to mean something.
Yuan Shao's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "How do you say it?"
"My lord, Jixian Hou occupies Zhuo County at this time, but after all, he has not been appointed by the imperial court or the emperor's will, as long as he does not have a day, then he is not right. Yuan said.
"Will, yes, this is a good policy!" Yuan Shao agreed with this, and thought again: "You say that if I ask my father to order my respected uncle to play Qiantai Xiao'er, play power, usurp the throne and kill people?"
"If you can let Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War and Qiantai get into trouble, it will naturally be beneficial and harmless to the adult, not only will Qiantai be busy and disappointed, but he may even hate Lord Shangshu because of this matter. Yuan Kan said happily when he heard this.
"Yes, it's a very second-to-date move. Uncle is too easy in Shangjing, so let him fight with Qiantai first, so as to delay Qiantai's development!" Yuan Shao saw that his subordinates agreed, and even more agreed with the method he had come up with.
At the same time, Yuan Shao also let him gather at the junction of Shanggu County and Zhuo County for training, and Yuan Shao began to wait for the opportunity.
After Yuan Hun, the head of the Yuan family, received Yuan Shao's letter, he asked the people from the Jingshi Ministry to write about Qiantai's affairs in Jixian County, and asked Yuan Chonghuan to help deal with the matter.
The head of the Yuan family is the old Sima of the current dynasty, and he sees things very clearly, and he doesn't want too much friction between his younger brother Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Shao, so he suppressed Yuan Shao's conspiracy. In addition, Yuan Shao's continuous infiltration of Shanggu County in the north has involved the military of Shanggu County, so Yuan Hun also asked Shangshu Yuan Chonghuan to find an opportunity to win the position of Youzhou Assassin for Yuan Shao, and at the very least, he must also get the position of Shanggu County's Taishou.
Yuan Chonghuan, the secretary of the military department, said to his advisers: "Qiantai Xiao'er is making too much noise in the north, but my nephew is not a fuel-efficient lamp. ”
Yuan Chonghuan asked people to contact the people of the Yuan family in the Ministry of Officials and sued Qiantai. At the same time, the people of the Yuan family also actively fought for Yuan Shao's official position.
Yuan Shao of Youzhou felt a pity when he knew that his uncle did not directly come forward to offend Qiantai, but it would be good if he could get his father's compensation and if he could get the official position of Shanggu County.
At the same time that Yuan Chonghuan received the order of the elder brother of the head of the family, the petition sent by Qiantai to Shangjing and Shi Lang's resignation were also sent to the Tongwen Hall in Beijing.
Yu Yao received the letter and the fold, cried with joy, and said: "I just received the new clothes from my aunt the day before yesterday, and today I heard about the careers of the two younger brothers in Youzhou, and my two younger brothers have gained a firm foothold in Youzhou, so I don't have to worry anymore." ”
Then Princess Yuyao asked to see the imperial brother in the palace, and the emperor arrived.
Recently, it happened that Queen Qiong Yao was pregnant, and the emperor was overjoyed. And because Qiantai was his own brother, the emperor had the heart to follow the wishes of his younger brother and sister, and gave Qiantai the position of the county guard of Zhuo County.
In fact, Qianzhi is also clear in his heart, and now he is crumbling, and Qiantai and himself and others are just the royal family of the last dynasty abandoned by the Qian. Now that the country is controlled by several major families, it is better to let a land be sealed to his own brothers than to let others share it.
Moreover, since Qiantai went to Youzhou, he has always made a pilgrimage, so he is also a rare person who respects the sick and weak emperor today.
But the emperor just agreed in front of Yu Yao today, and in the evening, the people of the officials and the Yuan family told Qiantai to usurp the throne and seize power, and Yuan Chonghuan asked the emperor to make Yuan Shao the county guard of Shanggu County. It represents the counterpressure of the families led by the Yuan family in the south to Qiantai.
Queen Qiong Yao also hated Qiantai very much because she was born in Taiyizong, and also said to the emperor: "I know that the first emperor sent Qiantai to Youzhou at the beginning of the year to whip Ji County, but now the first emperor's bones are not cold, and Ji County cannot be rewarded!"
In this way, Taiyizong did not agree to Qiantai being sealed.
Emperor Zhi has already agreed to Princess Yuyao, which is very embarrassing. After Princess Yuyao went back, she informed her grandfather Li Tongzhi, her mother and Qianming's mother Liu Jieyu of the news, and the old Shangshu Mansion was very happy.
The next morning, Emperor Zhi really kept his mouth shut and did not mention the matter of Jixian waiting in Youzhou.
However, the Yuan family began to make trouble, and asked the new emperor to transfer the Shanggu County Warden to Beijing, and the vacated position of Shanggu County Warden was represented by Yuan Shao.
In the early dynasty, Emperor Zhi was afraid of the pressure of many officials led by the Yuan family, and almost granted the request of Yuan Chonghuan, the secretary of the military department. It was still the court that Cao, Lu, and some officials close to Princess Yuyao spoke out against it, and Fang suppressed the matter.
In the early dynasty, Princess Yuyao was also very helpless when she learned the news of the cowardly sudden change of hexagram of the Nine Emperor Brother Emperor.
Yu Yao invited Meng Qingshu again and asked Meng Qingshu for help. Meng Qingshu is the eldest son of the Meng family, the first Confucian family in Beijing, and his father is a famous Confucian in Beijing, and the relationship between many families and the court in Beijing is also very deep.
Meng Qingshu likes Yu Yao, so naturally he will come forward to help.
Although the head of the Meng family is a little dissatisfied with the identity of Princess Yuyao, he is also confident that with the power of the Meng family, even if he marries a princess of the last dynasty as a daughter-in-law in the future, he will have nothing.
The head of the Meng family came forward and visited one of his friends at night, Liu Ji, the representative of the Liu family in Yizhou, in the south of Beijing. also visited Cao Jingxing, the chief attendant of the Cao family. and sent someone to contact the big and small families of Jingshi overnight.
The next day, sure enough, things in Youzhou in the imperial court changed.
The matter of Qiantai was always raised, and was supported by the speeches of Liu Ji, the head of the household department, and many officials such as the faction of the Cao family and Dong Biwu of Youzhou, and finally got the will of the imperial court to appoint him, and in view of Qiantai's political achievements in Zhuo County, he was named the county guard of Zhuo County.
And Yuan Shao was also allowed by the holy decree to temporarily replace the county guard of Shanggu County, and governed the two counties of Liaodong and Shanggu.
Although this result was the result of the head of the Meng family, it was also the result of the compromise between the world's major hidden dragon forces on the situation in Youzhou. The final decision rests with these upper-class families.