Due to the sudden invasion of the Huns and Xianbei, the meeting came to an abrupt end.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty dispersed the court angrily, and ordered Guang Luxun and the general to dispatch troops to Bingzhou and recapture Bingzhou.
Speaking of which, Bingzhou was also a heartache for Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
In the sixth year of Xiping, that is, 177, the Han army was defeated in a battle with Xianbei. Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Shangjun and part of Xihe in the north of Bingzhou were occupied by Xianbei.
Later, although Zhang Yi regained some lost territory and took back Xihe County and Wuyuan County, which was Jiuyuan County where Lu Bu was located, he was snatched away by Xianbei again this time.
Moreover, it turned out that only the northernmost counties were lost, which had a very small population, little land, and not much value.
After all, Shanxi is a prairie at this time, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, so it doesn't matter if it is taken away.
But now that Xianbei threatens Shangdang and Taiyuan, it is a big problem.
First, Shangdang and Taiyuan counties, which had the largest population, were robbed by Xiutu tribes, causing heavy casualties among the people.
Secondly, Shangdang and Xihe are too close to Sili.
To the south of Xihe County is Sili Hedong County. To the south of Shangdang County is Sili Hanoi County.
If Xianbei continues to move south, Luoyang will be in danger.
Therefore, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was naturally shocked and angry when he heard the news.
What was surprising was that the Xiongnu and Xianbei people actually went south to invade this month. Chen Mu had reminded him last month, but he didn't take it seriously.
What makes me angry is that in the past two years, the turmoil in the world has been suppressed. The Han Dynasty has been at peace for a period of time. This year, only Youzhou and Liangzhou have experienced turmoil. Now that there is another war in Bingzhou, it shows that the border is unstable.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty asked the ministers to discuss the dispatch of troops. After Chen Mu returned to the Chancellery, the General's Office sent someone over to recommend Ding Yuan to him as the governor of Bingzhou.
Now Ding Yuan is under the general's command, and is highly regarded by He Jin because of his martial prowess and skill with bow and horse.
Chen Mu knew it well and did not stop him at all, so he stamped his seal on the official document.
Does Shangshu Ling have the ability to select officials? Youzhou and Zhouzhou are two places, because the land is vast and the people are sparse? First, there is no oil and water? Second, it is really dangerous, so even if Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty puts it up for sale, he cannot sell it.
These two places can be regarded as one of the few places where Shangshutai can make the decision? In other places, the hinterland of the Central Plains like Jizhou and Yuzhou? Countless people are rushing to buy it? They can’t buy it yet.
"Shang Shuling, if there is nothing wrong with this batch of official documents, I will send them to Sangong. After they review and approve them, will they be sent back to their place of origin?"
Gou Gui was preparing to leave holding a batch of official documents that had been reviewed.
Chen Mu stopped him: "Wait a minute."
"Shang Shu Ling?"
Gou Gui is confused? These official documents are documents for reviewing officials from various places. They are usually just a formality. If there is a problem, it is a matter for someone else's direct superior. The Chancellor will not risk offending others by withholding approval.
"This batch is the year-end assessment of Luoyang officials."
"good."
"Help me find someone to come out."
"who?"
"Yu Lin Zuo Jian Yuan Shao."
"Yuan Situ's nephew?"
"Um."
Chen Mu nodded.
Yuan Wei previously served as Situ? But he has been dismissed, and now he shamelessly continues to stay in Luoyang.
Although Yuan Wei and Yang Ci are the same, they are both veteran officials, and they were both born in the family of the fourth generation and the three princes, but their moral character is from the bottom to the top.
Yang Ci was upright and upright, and his moral conduct was admired by the world.
And what about Yuan Wei?
During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the corpses were served with plain food? Was it to curry favor with the eunuchs? Because of a warning from Zhao Zhong? Yuan Shao was strictly prohibited from contacting party members.
During the period of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Yuan Wei even supported Dong Zhuo in deposing the young emperor Liu Bian, which can be said to have extremely low moral character.
However, after all, he had served as the third official, and the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse. Gou Gui hesitated and said: "What does the minister want to do with Yuan Zuojian's official documents? There are many old officials in the Yuan family, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to do anything about it."
Chen Mu smiled and said that officials could be dismissed by the Secretary. Gou Gui probably thought that he had a grudge against Yuan Shao. After thinking about it, he said: "I heard that when Yuan Shao was the magistrate of Puyang County, he had a reputation of being honest and capable. Such a
Juncai, it would be a pity to just be the left eunuch of Yulin. Just as the prefect of Yongchang was deposed, I plan to recommend him to your majesty as the prefect of Yongchang."
"I see."
Gou Gui suddenly realized: "Then I can help Shangshu Ling find Yuan Zuojian's official documents."
Watching Gou Gui go out with the official document for the officials to search for.
Chen Mu looked at his back and smiled.
Where is Yongchang County?
Later Yunnan and part of northern Myanmar.
Currently in the Yizhou Provincial History Department.
If Yuan Shao is sent to Yunnan, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the northern Central Plains area will most likely be in his pocket.
If Wang Fen will support the Marquis of Hefei, he only needs to find a fortune teller to lobby him. If not, he will directly give Jizhou to his eldest brother Liu Bei and support him as the emperor.
If this scheme succeeds, the time to pacify the world will be greatly shortened. Apart from Gongsun Zan, there is probably only one Cao Cao in the north who will be more troublesome.
Cao Cao is currently idle at home. He used to serve as the Guanglu doctor, but he really couldn't stand the darkness of the current court, so he resigned and returned to Yanzhou.
So unless Chen Mu goes to Cao Song and says that he wants to recommend Cao Cao, and Cao Cao is willing, there is really no way to move him.
But it doesn't matter.
Cao Cao's early power was just average. He suffered many defeats and climbed up step by step.
Now the Qingzhou Group has developed well under Chen Mu's painstaking management, and is far ahead of Cao Cao. Even if Cao Cao takes Yanzhou, Chen Mu will be confident of defeating Cao Cao as long as there is no restriction from Yuan Shao.
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And just when Chen Mu was preparing to plot against Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was in the general's palace, and He Jin had his own small meeting with many party members and close party members.
"Alas, because Xiutu invaded Bingzhou, His Majesty ordered us to dispatch troops and generals to attack Xiutu and other tribes, and he left angrily."
He Jin sighed in the palace.
Xun He frowned and said, "It seems that His Majesty is still unwilling to ennoble the crown prince."
Now Xun He was He Jin's mastermind. It was his idea to use Liu Yu's integrity to test Han Ling Emperor.
"I asked Zhang Rang, and he also tried to persuade His Majesty, but Jian Shuo hindered him."
Having said this, He Jin gritted his teeth.
Historically, He Jin actually did not make up his mind to kill Zhang Rang and those people in the end, but just wanted to kill Jian Shuo.
Because Jian Shuo firmly defended Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and wanted to establish Liu Xie, it can be seen that even when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty later entrusted Gu Gu, he did not entrust it to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, but to Jian Shuo.
In fact, in the past two years, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had already had differences with people like Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong on the matter of establishing a prince, so he trusted Jian Shuo more and more.
After all, as I said before, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong wanted Liu Bian to be promoted because they had deep entanglements with the He family and had related interests.
However, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty liked Liu Xie, and Zhang let Zhao Zhong often persuade him, which made Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty a little disgusted. As a result, Jian Shuo was the most favored eunuch two years before the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
As for why He Jin was deceived into the palace and killed by Zhang Rang and others later, it was not because Yuan Shao and others clamored for He Jin to kill all the eunuchs. Zhang Rang and others became more and more frightened and had no choice but to join forces to kill He Jin.
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So at least for now, He Jin doesn't have any ideas about Zhang Rang and the others.
And in the fifth year of Zhongping, that is, next year, before Han Ling Emperor died, He Jin planned with Gai Xun to eradicate Jian Shuo.
As a result, Gai Xun was transferred by Jian Shuo to serve as Jing Zhaoyin, and the matter was ignored. From this point of view, the conflict between He Jin and Jian Shuo has almost become public.
Xun He thought quickly in his mind and slowly said: "From this point of view, we can only calm down and stop being impatient."
He Jin's new concubine, He Yong, said: "Now that Marquis Shi and Marquis Dong are still young, the emperor still has excuses. If you wait two years and Marquis Shi is older, the emperor will have no excuses. It won't be too late to talk about it then."
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"Hey, this is the only way."
He Jin looked around.
Originally there were many Party members under his command, but as the Party members became more powerful by relying on him, many of them were arranged to leave. For example, Wang Fen went to Jizhou, Zhang Miao went to Chenliu, and Wang Zhang fell ill and died last year.
Fan Xiang's father passed away and he went home to mourn.
There are currently only Xun He, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Wang Kuang, He Yong and others in the general's mansion. Although there are often others coming in and out, this is the only fixed team, which makes He Jin feel that there are too few people with whom he can discuss.
Xun He said with a smile: "Actually, the general does not need to worry. Marquis Dong has no relatives outside the family, and only His Majesty and the Queen Mother Dong support him. Once the emperor wants to establish Dong Marquis, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely oppose it. Therefore, it will definitely not be possible during the emperor's lifetime.
Once the emperor dies and the general has the military power, are we still afraid that Shi Hou will not be able to ascend to the throne once the emperor dies?"
"Hey, these words are extremely disrespectful. Don't mention them again."
He Jin scolded Xun He on the surface, but in his heart he felt that Xun He's words made sense. He was satisfied and thought about how to seize the throne for his nephew in the future.
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Here, He Jin and others were still thinking about Liu Bian becoming the crown prince. Over there, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also secretly summoned Jian Shuo in the side hall of Yutang Hall after turning around.
"Today the general is urging me to make Shihou the crown prince again."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty didn't look very good.
Apart from Empress Dowager Dong, the only person in the palace who supported him in establishing Liu Bian was Jian Shuo.
To be honest, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty really wanted to ask Chen Mu for advice.
But one thing made him hesitate.
That is, Chen Mu became his close minister after being recommended by Zhang Rang, and he was afraid that Chen Mu would conspire with Zhang Rang.
Deep down in his heart, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty really liked Liu Xie, and he had even considered that in a few years, when the world was stable, he would find a way to make Liu Xie the crown prince.
Nowadays, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and even the close eunuchs around him are opposed. In addition to chatting with his loyal supporter Jian Shuo, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not even dare to talk to Chen Mu, just for fear of leaking the news and causing a backlash from He Jin's party members.
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Jian Shuo was simple-minded and said without hesitation: "The general is so ignorant of promotion, why doesn't your majesty remove him and create a new general?"
Hearing his words, Emperor Han Ling rolled his eyes.
Now the brothers He Jin and He Miao own most of the troops in the capital, and the entire Northern Army is in his hands. The He family is also deeply rooted in the court. Once He Jin's bottom line is touched, big problems may arise.
"The general did nothing wrong. He was dismissed rashly because he was afraid that the world would not accept him."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty could only find an excuse to deal with it.
Jian Shuo thought for a while and said: "The one the general relies on is only Queen He. If your Majesty deposes the queen..."
It was indeed a mistake to discuss important matters with this idiot.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty cursed in his heart.
What He Jin relies on is not Queen He, but the military power in his hands. He should not have listened to Zhang Rang's nonsense and gave the Northern Army to He Jin. Now he has become so powerful. If he had known...
Wait a moment......
military power?
Jian Shuo's words reminded Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
He Jin's support was indeed the military power he held.
If I can find a way to solve this problem, whether it is to form a new army or divide his troops, then Xier will take over...
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's eyes flickered, and he vaguely felt that this plan might be feasible.