Chapter 614: Luoyang court meeting, showdown between aristocratic families
As for the proportion of children from poor families, there is not even 10%, which means that even Liu Hong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, must be restrained by the powerful families.
Especially the Wang family, who now occupy the land of Bingzhou, are no different from the local emperors who separatist power.
However, compared to the Wang family, Liu Hong hated the Guandong family the most. No matter how bad the Wang family was, they at least sent troops to fight and achieved great results on the Qingzhou battlefield!
Moreover, they defended the border and the idea of allowing foreigners to take over the Central Plains became a delusion. At least Liu Hong no longer had to worry about foreign invasions as he did in the past.
But as for the Guandong family, the Yellow Turbans' attitude towards them is simply ambiguous now, which makes it impossible for them to use all their strength to deal with the increasingly powerful Yellow Turbans.
Although the current Yellow Turbans have not really taken action against them, when their climate has become established, it is simply wishful thinking for the Kanto family to maintain this status.
Liu Hong didn't believe that this old guy Yuan Wei didn't know this.
In his opinion, this old guy knows better than anyone else, but if the knife is not placed on his neck, he will never make the first move. This is the behavior of a wealthy family.
Not only that, this old guy actually wanted to mobilize the Bingzhou Army to go south to deal with the growing Yellow Turban Army, while his own family sat aside and enjoyed the success.
Liu Hong will never tolerate this!
At this time, Liu Hong turned his gaze to the ten regular servants standing on both sides of him, headed by Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo, and a complex look suddenly flashed in his eyes.
The Ten Constant Attendants, this is a force promoted by Liu Hong. The reason why they are able to cholera the imperial court is because Liu Hong deliberately let it go. Otherwise, what ability would a group of eunuchs have to do such a thing?
Liu Hong promoted the Ten Permanent Attendants just to deal with the powerful families and let them attract firepower in front of the stage, while Liu Hong maintained the balance of power between the two sides.
It was precisely because of Shi Chang's presence that Liu Hong took away a lot of rights from the wealthy families.
However, Liu Hong also knew that if he had not listened to the instigation of Wang Fu and others and first raised the butcher's knife towards the Wang family when dealing with the wealthy family, perhaps the result would be different now.
You know, you know, but Liu Hong will never admit his mistake. The only thing he can do is to use the strength of the Wang family to build Northern Xinjiang into an iron wall.
Therefore, even though the Yellow Turban Army is now extremely rampant, Liu Hong is still not as anxious as he shows on his face, because the Bingzhou Army is his backer.
However, the old guy Yuan Wei, I don't know what he thinks, actually wants hundreds of thousands of Bingzhou troops to go south, and even wants to abandon the northern part of Bingzhou to liberate the troops to suppress the Yellow Turbans.
Not only did the Guanxi family disagree with Yuan Wei's request, but Liu Hong also disagreed with it. However, he did not express his position in public. Instead, he and his ten regular servants looked on with cold eyes, as if
It’s like watching a farce!
"Your Majesty, that boy Wang Yu, no matter how smart he is, is still a kid from Huangkou. This attack on the Hetao area has attracted hundreds of thousands of grassland troops to gather in an instant. Binzhou... I'm afraid it's in danger!" A disciple of the Yuan family said.
"Yes, Bingzhou is now depleted of troops, and Tian Hu from the Taihang Mountains has mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to invade Shangdang. I'm afraid it won't be long before Shangdang is defeated!
At that time, the Bingzhou Army will face a north-south attack from the Yellow Turbans and the Prairie Army, and hundreds of thousands of Han soldiers may die in vain." Another disciple of the Yuan family said.
“Instead of occupying a place in the Hetao that is not only difficult to defend but even impossible to attack, and lose troops and generals here, it is better to withdraw the army from the Hetao and invest one-third of the troops in Shangdang.
One-third of the troops will stay in Bingzhou, and the other one-third will be used to suppress the Yellow Turban rebellion." Yuan Wei, one of the three princes, said on the spot.
"Yes, Yuan Sikong is right. Now for me as a big man, suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion is the top priority." A disciple of the Yuan family supported on the spot.
"Your Majesty, please order Wang Bo, the governor of Bingzhou, and Wang Yu, the yellow-mouthed boy, to immediately withdraw their troops from the Hetao area, liberate Bingzhou's military strength, conduct strategic defense first, and then conquer the Hetao with all efforts after suppressing the Yellow Turbans.
In this way, our Han troops from all walks of life can also come to help." Yuan Chonghuan, an outstanding young man from the Yuan family, immediately spoke with a high-sounding tone, making it impossible for anyone to catch the clue.
Most of the officials who support abandoning the merger of states come from aristocratic families in Kanto. Their families are already in occupied areas. Although the Yellow Turban Army has not taken action against them now, it does not mean that they will not do so in the future.
How could they, old foxes, not see this? But even if they could see it, they would not let their family members resist the Yellow Turbans.
After all, the Yellow Turbans have become a climate now. With their current strength, if they take the initiative to resist, it will give the Yellow Turbans an excuse to deal with them.
Therefore, they need to pull the Han's strongest Bingzhou Army from northern Xinjiang to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, which has not yet completely occupied half of the Han's territory.
As for the consequences of the Bingzhou Army withdrawing from the Hetao, they don't need to worry about it. On the contrary, by that time, the Yellow Turban Army will have almost been pacified.
That's right, even if it is pacified, both sides will probably suffer losses.
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Although the Guandong family is not interested in the Wang family that dominates Bingzhou, they still recognize the strength of the Bingzhou army, so they naturally hope that they can suppress the current Yellow Turban Rebellion as quickly as possible.
In fact, to be honest, Liu Hong agreed with this proposal in his heart. After all, the Bingzhou Army was too powerful, which was very detrimental to the central court.
But his heart was beating, and such words could not be said from his mouth. If that little kid Wang Yu suddenly got a fever and joined forces with the Yellow Turban Army, then the Han Dynasty would really be out of luck!
Therefore, he needed the Guandong family to pay such a terrible price, but instead had to pick him out. That's why Liu Hong chose to stand by and watch.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this moment, among the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, some proposed to give up the merger of the states, and naturally there were also those who opposed it, and this person was Situ Wang Yun. As the spokesperson of the Wang family in Taiyuan,
How could he let the Yuan family get what they wanted?
"Hmph, all the adults, do you all know what you are just talking about?" Wang Yun snorted coldly, then stood up and said: "The Bingzhou Army in the northern part of Bingzhou has gone through untold hardships and sacrificed countless blood to get from there.
It was taken back from the hands of the Xianbei people."
"If we abandon the northern part of Bingzhou, the northern counties of Liangzhou will be in danger. Tanshihuaai has gathered hundreds of thousands of grassland coalition troops in the Hetao area. Without resistance from several counties in the north of Bingzhou, they can march south at any time!"
"By that time, what our army will face is not just a Yellow Turban Army, but a combined army of Yuan Dynasty and other grassland tribes that have developed over the past few years and have strong national power."
"If things in Northern Xinjiang really come to this point, I'm afraid that before the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains is eliminated, the Allied Grassland Army will soon arrive at Luoyang City. And who among you sirs can shoulder this responsibility?"
"Have you forgotten that the siege of Ganquan Palace hundreds of years ago was not completed?"
Wang Yunyi said indignantly, his eyes full of sharpness, when he thought that these Guandong aristocratic families headed by the Yuan family, in the midst of a national crisis, could actually engage in internal fighting with the Kansai aristocratic families for their own interests.
In order to weaken the prestige and strength of the Wang family, they even had to abandon the northern part of Bingzhou, a place that had been conquered after untold hardships and the blood of countless soldiers.
One can imagine the anger in Wang Yun's heart.
Suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion is false, but weakening the power of the Wang family is true.
As Wang Yun spoke directly to this point, the civil and military officials who supported the Guandong family were immediately speechless and fell into silence.
The safety of the imperial capital Luoyang is above all else.
If the grassland coalition forces are still greedy after acquiring the northern part of Bingzhou and want to continue going south, then there may really be a crisis in Luoyang.
After all, at that time, the grassland coalition forces would be able to attack on multiple fronts. Even if the Bingzhou Army wanted to send troops to resist, it would be difficult to resist so many mobile cavalry. By then, Luoyang might really be in danger.
Thinking back to the siege of Ganquan Palace during Emperor Wen's time hundreds of years ago, they did not want to experience such a thing.
At the beginning, after the death of Shanyu, the old leader of the Xiongnu, his son, named Shanyu, a military minister, succeeded to the throne.
After the military minister Chanyu came to power, he violated the peace agreement and personally led 60,000 cavalry. The troops were divided into two groups and went south in a large scale, plundering a large number of people and wealth.
The warning beacon of the Han army once reached Ganquan Palace. Emperor Wen hurriedly dispatched a large army to guard the northern border counties. When the military minister Chanyu saw that the Han army had strengthened his defense, he withdrew outside the wall.
Now, all the elite troops of the Han Dynasty have been sent to the battlefield in the Central Plains. If the grassland coalition forces move south in a large scale, the Han army's current garrison strength in Luoyang may not be able to hold on for long.
Moreover, if the troops from other counties are besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, they will definitely not be able to send troops to rescue them in time. By then, things will really go wrong!
Therefore, after figuring out the key points, most people began to stop.
"Master Wang, these words are serious." Seeing that no one said anything, Grand Tutor Yuan Wei knew that he could not let Wang Yun continue like this, so after thinking for a while, he immediately said with a smile: "Just giving up the northern part of Bingzhou does not mean giving up everything.
The land of Bingzhou."
"Even if there is only one-third of the strength left behind, the Bingzhou Army is still a strong army, and the imperial court can completely order the Bingzhou family to recruit troops to resist. Bingzhou's terrain is dangerous, and with the large number of famous generals, it will definitely be able to withstand the grassland coalition forces for a year and a half.
load…"
It's a pity that before Yuan Wei finished what he said, Wang Yun couldn't listen anymore. He interrupted him mercilessly and said coldly: "Then I would like to ask Taifu, if things continue like this, what will happen to Bingzhou one year later?"
What should we do?”
"Uh, this..."
Yuan Wei was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
"It seems that Mr. Yuan is confident that even if the Bingzhou Army joins the battlefield, he can put down the Yellow Turban rebellion in various places in the Han Dynasty within a year?"
Wang Yun showed a sneer, then bowed to Liu Hong, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, since the Taifu is so confident in his words, you might as well let the Taifu lead the army to suppress the rebellion!"
"Wang Yun, you..."
Yuan Wei was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Although he knew that the Bingzhou Army was powerful, he could not surrender to those arrogant and powerful generals. If he were really allowed to lead the army, even if he did not die in battle, he would be tricked to death by the Bingzhou Army.
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"Master Wang, please don't forget that our military strength in various parts of the Han Dynasty is already stretched thin. If we don't mobilize troops from Bingzhou, if the Yellow Turbans attack Luoyang, will you be responsible for this?"
Grand Tutor Yuan Wei suddenly became angry, and then said in a cold voice: "You can't just want Bingzhou to stay out of the matter because it is your hometown of Wang Yun, and waste the power of other families in vain!"
Seeing Yuan Wei knocking him down, Wang Yun suddenly became furious and said: "Master Yuan, if I remember correctly, you, the Yuan family in Runan, must be a coward now. If you are capable, why don't you dare to let your Yuan family live in Runan?"
To fight against the Yellow Turbans is to sit back and watch Runan fall."
"I think it's your Yuan family who wants to collude with the Yellow Turbans. Let's bet on both ends!"
Now that Yuan Wei started to attack him personally, Wang Yun naturally wouldn't let him get what he wanted, and immediately hit the Yuan family's Achilles' heel, or in other words, the Guandong family's Achilles' heel.
After all, the Guandong family also has a lot of credit for the Yellow Turban Army being able to develop to this point in such a short period of time.
You must know that if they had resolutely resisted from the beginning, the development of the Yellow Turbans would never have been as smooth as it is now.
The emperor was not a fool. He could naturally see the plan of the Guandong family. He wanted the power of the Han Dynasty to be gradually consumed by the Yellow Turban Army, and then they would send troops to conquer, so that they could reap the benefits.
However, these are extraordinary times, and Liu Hong doesn't want to irritate the Guandong family too much, so he sees through it without telling the truth. But he didn't expect that Wang Yun would actually point it out today.
"What a bold Wang Yun, he actually slandered my Yuan family like this." Yuan Wei was furious when he heard this, and then shouted: "I, the fourth and third prince of the Yuan family, are loyal to the Han Dynasty, and we can learn from the world. How dare you falsely accuse me of colluding with the Yellow Turbans?
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"Isn't it true? The Bingzhou Army has been sacrificing their lives and blood for our great men over the years. Without them, there would have been no peace in Northern Xinjiang over the years."
"Now, you want them to voluntarily give up the northern part of Bingzhou. I think your Yuan family not only colluded with the Yellow Turbans, but also colluded with the foreign races!" Wang Yun continued to smear Taifu Yuan Kuidao, as if it was absolutely certain that the Yuan family colluded with the Yellow Turbans and the foreign races.
thing.
"Master, now that we are facing a powerful enemy, we must not engage in internal strife." Seeing that Wang Yun's words were getting more and more outrageous, Cai Yong quickly pulled him and signaled to Wang Yun to stop.
It's a pity that Wang Yun is now angry and will say whatever comes to his mind. Even his good friend Cai Yong can't stop him.
Han officials who did not belong to the Guandong family became interested in watching the excitement when they saw Wang Yun, the talker of the Wang family in Taiyuan, confronting Yuan Wei, the current patriarch of the Yuan family, in the court hall.
Anyway, these people have nothing to do with them, they just need to eat melons online. After all, this is a rare thing.
