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Chapter 17 and the precipice of age

At the fourth update of October 29th, Grand Marshal Liu Yu said to his beloved concubine and hurried out.

It was not dawn, or the fourth hour of winter was the darkest time of the year. Liu Yu sat in the carriage, lifted the thick linen curtain and looked around. He felt that the road was pitch black and there was no one at half a pedestrian, and it seemed extremely deserted, so he put down the curtain again.

Speaking of which, this kind of desertedness is also related to Gongsun.

After all, although this General Wei was far away from Yexia and did not come to Chang'an often, his thoughts and behaviors still affected all over the north... For example, General Wei couldn't help but be fancy in food, clothing, housing and transportation, but he was extremely disgusted with the waste of manpower and material resources.

In this regard, Cai Boyi's summary at Yexia University was even more incisive, which means that Gongsun could not help but be extravagant, but he was extremely disgusted with extravagance.

These two words are used very accurately.

The so-called extravagance actually refers to the meaning of a non-agricultural family. The reason may be that Gongsun started his business, so Yexia is relatively tolerant of non-agricultural families such as the Industrial and Commercial Official Army, and even has a vague sense of encouragement. With the development of non-agricultural industries, these industries will inevitably bring a large amount of high-end daily necessities, which further encourages this trend and becomes prosperous.

The so-called extravagance refers specifically to the large number of people and the small number of people, which is naturally a waste. In other words, General Wei and his son are extremely disgusted with the waste of manpower. The official of Yexia has always emphasized to all the prefects of the prefects of the states that a main responsibility of local officials is to crack down on waste of manpower. If you have money, you can support people, but the people you raise have to work and produce, have practical work, and put them in workshops and farmland, rather than simply standing there to give you a face.

Of course this is correct. Not to mention Liu Yu, Yang Biao and Wang Yun have always agreed.

So in this atmosphere, in previous years, when a wealthy family traveled, there were thousands of slaves, but most of them were serving people. I am afraid that the General of the Sun Guard would not appear in his entire life.

The Taiwei, who was in charge of the Shangshu, had only about 30 people and three or four cars, and twenty of them were horse-riding guards specially sent by the court, which seemed ordinary.

However, the Taiwei was the Taiwei after all, and this sense of desolation was quickly eliminated. First, a group of patrol soldiers on the street and the novice were aware of Liu Yu's ceremonial guards, so they hurried to guard the team. The team jumped to the scale of forty or fifty people, and the lights were obviously increased. Then, on the streets of the North Que of Weiyang Palace, they met the almost similar Sikong Yang Biao, Situ Zhao Qian, Guanglu doctor Huang Wan, and the counselor Zhong Shao and others. Several important officials of the court gathered together, and the team inevitably became larger.

The Taiwei was in front, Sikong and Situ were behind, and two scattered officials who were treated as three officials were later, and the team was in a large scale of four or five hundred people.

But all this came to an abrupt end in front of the main gate of the North Palace of Weiyang Palace.

The Hu Ben Army opened the palace gate and went out to greet him. Not to mention the inspectors he encountered on the road, even the attendants and subordinates stopped one after another. Only a few important officials entered the palace with the help of the Hu Ben Army and headed to the Shangshutai.

"There shouldn't be anything wrong today, right?" As soon as Situ Zhao Qian stepped into the palace gate, he couldn't help frowning. "It's too dark..."

"It should be snowing, so the sky is gloomy and it will not cause any major events. The sun will eventually become bright when it comes out." Sikong Yang Biao responded casually. "How is Ling Ling's injury? I heard that because Situ mocked the Later General, he was arrested and beaten with thirty whips?"

"No big deal." Zhao Qian frowned even more and more. "Our family is a recognized barbarian from Shu. We have never been afraid of being whipped, but the domineering generals..."

Zhao Qian shrank back halfway through his words, which immediately aroused the curiosity of Zhong Shao, the counselor behind him: "How is the domineering general of the latter? Does Situ also feel that he has gone through it?"

"On the contrary, I always feel that the domineering general is a bit vain." Zhao Qian said seriously while walking. "We had speculation before that the latter general was actually the intention of General Wei, and he used his hands to clean up Chang'an. But from the matter of the younger brother, it was a bit like he did it without permission... Not to mention that he did not have the courage to deal with me directly, even my brother did not dare to take real ruthless actions. He just looked for some unclear people to retaliate against his personal grievances. How could this really be authorized by General Wei? Thinking about Emperor Huan and the Sili Captain during the time of Emperor Ling, there was one counting one, and which one could confiscate the ministers at any time to destroy the clan? I thought that our Chengdu Zhao family was going to perish in this Chang'an City that day! As a result, he just hit my brother with thirty whips and sent it back."

Zhong Shao was thoughtful for a moment, and the rest of the people were silent for a while. However, this silence was soon broken by Liu Yu's cough.

"Boan, be careful about your health." After Liu Boan finished coughing, Huang Wan, the Guanglu doctor, couldn't help but sigh. "You are younger than me, and this is also because Emperor Ling accused you of being a minister of the royal family. Why are you in poor health every day over the years?"

"May Doctor Guanglu laughed." Liu Yu quickly said seriously.

"Mr. Huang's words are a bit unfair." But the Sikong Yang Biao, who was beside him, interrupted and said a fair word. "If it weren't for this, how could he meet the old man?"

Everyone smiled bitterly.

By the way, the atmosphere between several important Han officials in the palace was so harmonious. First, it was because Gongsun had been oppressing in Yexia for many years, which forced them to join the group for many years to keep warm. Second, they had experienced too many things. Not to mention most of the extreme political trends since Huan Ling, even Dong Zhuo's rebellion had been experienced. Then, this so-called "great change" was actually not a big deal in their eyes.

In this way, when several important officials stepped into the Shangshu Deck, the sky finally became slightly clearer. At the same time, the first snowflakes of the first snow in the five years of Jian'an also landed as promised.

"General Wei's sneak attack on Nan Zheng, but he retreated hastily. On the way, he encountered a group of elk attacking the military formation and lost his trace for a while?" Liu Yu, in the Shangshu Detachment, couldn't help but feel absurd after hearing the report of Yang Mi on duty, looked around. "Everyone, have you heard of similar things since ancient times?"

"This is too strange!" As Yang Mi's clan brother, Sikong Yang Biao also sneered. "It may be possible that the sneak attack on Nan Zheng will not succeed. After all, General Wei only brought 10,000 soldiers there, and Nan Zheng is also a famous city, but what do you think?"

"How can it be?" Liu Yu came before, and there was no doubt at this time. "I thought these ten **s were fake military affairs deliberately fabricated by General Wei, which was specifically designed to seduce the hearts of the people in Chang'an City... Think about it, people's hearts have always been calm. No matter how big the storm is, if there is no second turmoil in three or four months, it will gradually calm down; but on the other hand, if something happened again soon after the last incident, some people would be moved by it, because they had just moved it."

"I just thought that if General Wei did it, why would he do this?" Huang Wan asked seriously.

"It's because the times are different." Liu Yan sighed. "Everyone, think about it... Han Dynasty, emperor, ministers, and general Yu Wei now?"

In the Shangshu Deck, in Liu Yu's exclusive public housing, several important officials all changed their colors.

Liu Yu also simply said bluntly: "In fact, when he was defying Dong, Guandong was headed by Yuan Shao, and he had re-engaged and abolished the Guanxi court, or abandoned the words of the Guanxi court. This was also Yuan Shao's biggest crime... At that time, many princes had regarded the court as a burden or as a private weapon of Dong Zhuo. On the other hand, before the General of the Guard attacked Dong and defeated Yuan, he was not in love with the son of a border county family. Therefore, the Han court at that time was a necessary thing for him. Because without an emperor or a minister, he could not overwhelm the Yuan family of four generations and three dukes in reputation and people's hearts, and he could not use the name of the court to win talents and people's hearts!"

Everyone nodded.

"After he was trying to challenge Dong and defeat Yuan, the Chang'an court was still a necessary thing for him, but it was not a deadly weapon." Liu Yu continued to explain seriously. "At that time, he mainly needed to implement his new policy in the name of the court, to restrain Liangzhou in the name of the court, and to maintain harmony with the southern princes in the name of the court. But at that time the emperor was underage, so he would not fight for power with him. Chang'an was typical of him, which was not harmful to him... This is why we had been intimate with Yexia in the past few years. But what about now?"

Liu Yu's words came to an abrupt end, but most of the people here are top political veterans in the world. How can they not understand?

To put it bluntly, as Gongsun's power stabilizes step by step, the role of the Chang'an small court is declining step by step. At the beginning, it is impossible to be hardened without this court; then it is natural to have the court in hand, but the key is that the court cannot be separated from control and used by others; then it is simply a combination of interests. If it is good, it doesn't matter if it is gone; but the terrible thing is that as the emperor becomes an adult, things keep going, and Gongsun himself is more powerful in the north and even the world, and his rule becomes more and more stable, and this relationship is likely to develop further... It becomes the so-called Chang'an small court to become a serious obstacle to the power of the generals of the Guard!

So what will General Wei do at this time?

Better, it may be a way to weaken and control it!

Almost, I just think about cleaning and scattering!

The most fatal thing is that everyone present resists from the bottom of their hearts, and naturally it is dismemberment, abolishment, and even elimination!

This topic is a bit heavy, but it is something that these people cannot avoid.

"If this is true, I will try my best." After a while, the counselor Zhong Shao laughed and said, "What does the Taiwei mean? How should we deal with this matter?"

"It's all over the Shangshutai." Liu Yu had a conclusion in his mind. "Press down and wait for the message from Yuanchang... so as not to make some people feel hot and happen to be caught by Gongsun Bogui."

"But the Grand Marshal..." Zhong Shaofu pointed to the window again. "Outside the window is the Hu Ben Army of Jing Youxi. Now that the news is in and out of Weiyang Palace, it will inevitably leave him. What's the point of whether we pass it on or not?"

"It's just that he wants to spread it!" Liu Yu said to him relentlessly. "Jing Youxi is Gongsun Wenqi's personal... If the source of information is not clear, he will definitely be cautious in his words and actions; and if the source of information is clear, he will definitely take action. Then we can prescribe the right medicine."

Zhong Shaohe Huang Wan and Yang Biao both woke up.

Yes, if the Shangshutai is still stable and the news spreads, it must be that there is something wrong with Jingze. Once Jingze takes the initiative to spread it, the tenth ** will be Gongsun fishing... At this time, you can immediately meet with the ministers and remind them.

Things seem to end here.

However, everyone was about to relax, but they couldn't help but notice Situ Zhao Qian's expression. The latter had a weird face and was staring at the short document and kept reading it.

"What are the doubts about Zhao Situ?" Liu Yu and others couldn't help but be curious.

"I will not hide it from you." Zhao Qian pointed to the letter in his hand and replied seriously. "Your Dukes should know that he had led his troops out of Sanguan to attack Shu. He had been stationed in Long for nearly half a year and knew a lot about the situation there... I was amazed at the word "mother"! If I hadn't been there, I would have never been able to write this statement."

Liu Yu and others were shocked.

Because Zhao Qian's words are very clear. In Hanzhong and Wudu generation, the elks are indeed in large groups, and they are enough to break through the small military formations and camps!

In other words, this seemingly extremely absurd military newspaper is actually particularly true and credible.

"If this is true, then this matter cannot be said to be true God blessed the Yan Han." Yang Biao sighed leisurely, but slowly shook his head. "After all, Hanzhong is the source of the Yan Han. But this cannot be said, it is just that Gongsun Wenqi has put extra effort into cleaning Chang'an."

"Yes, I just sighed the word "moose"." Zhao Qian also sighed, then threw down the document and smiled. "After that day, can't you see clearly? Without soldiers and horses, we can't do anything... And if General Wei is really unfortunate, then the north will be in chaos. I guess Yexia and the seven prefectures in Hebei will protect themselves by their sons and slowly take the overall situation. Even if Guanzhong is unstable, it will probably be controlled by people like Gongsun Zan. If he is in power, the court will only be even more difficult! It will be said that nine tins will be added in three or five days."

Everyone was sad again.

"Then wait for the news!" Liu Yu thought about it again and again, and finally maintained the original plan. "This document is blocked from the Shangshutai... Shangshu Yang, it is not my order, and he must not talk about this matter with anyone, and just wait and see if it changes!"

Yang Mi, who had been standing silently, nodded.

But just as Liu Yu and others were about to get up, the man suddenly spoke: "But before the Lords arrived, I have reported this to the Emperor, and the Emperor has given an order early. If the Grand Marshal and the Lords arrive, please go to the front hall for a while after finishing their official duties... Speaking of which, the Emperor has been waiting for a long time."

There was a silence in the public room, and Liu Yu stared at Yang Mi for a long time. After a while, the man turned his head and looked at Yang Biao, who was expressionless.

The atmosphere in the public room became more and more bizarre.

"According to the arrangements before General Wei left, the emperor communicated with the outside world. In addition to the three imperial teachers, the rest were the Minister, the Minister of State, and the Minister of State, who also had to be recognized through the records of the Hu Ben Army... Do you know?" Sikong Yang Biao finally spoke slowly under Liu Yu's gaze and questioned his clan's brothers.

"Of course I know." Yang Mi was still calm. "So, last night, it was Jing Ze, the general of the Hu Ben, who was transferred on his behalf; and then, the general of the Hu Ben, who was ordered to pass the order."

The breathing of the people in the house suddenly became heavy.

And Liu Yu also realized that these people had won over Jingze.

Perhaps it had been won over, perhaps it was because of the "Elk Change" today that scared the man and was tempted by the emperor himself; perhaps Jingze himself had truly surrendered, after all, his uncle was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, perhaps he had just seen the military newspaper and lost his mind for a moment, or he was simply ordered to surrender; perhaps Wang Yun, Yang Mi, Yang Biao, and even Zhao Qian had already colluded, or perhaps most of them had just met by chance, and were kept in the dark by the emperor, and only woke up today... But no matter what, these people at least won over Jingze on the surface!

Jingze, Jingyouxi, Huben Zhonglang, held the power of garrison in Weiyang Palace, and it might be that it was in Chang'an City at this time... It was wrong, it might be that the command of the largest elite troops in the entire Sanfu area at this time.

This chip is enough to change the overall situation at this time!

But Gongsun Zan happened to be invited by Wang Yun to go out of the city... Did you think it was a coincidence?

"You will harm the emperor like this!" Liu Yu was furious.

"Why didn't the Taiwei go and talk to the emperor in person?" Yang Mi leaned over and answered earnestly.

"That's the point." Liu Yu immediately went to the outsider. At this moment, his only hope was to convince the little emperor to stop himself.

I can't stop the dividing line
Chapter completed!
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