Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 128 The general trend of the world
Facing His Majesty's rhetorical question, Li Ru pondered for a long time, then replied with a smile

"Your Majesty, the purpose of the Eighteenth Route princes' request for Dong is only to use the name of the emperor to expand the scope of their rule and expand the source of soldiers. In fact, they don't care about the life or death of the emperor at all."

"From the eighteen princes who participated in the discussion of Dong a year ago to the fact that His Majesty is in power now, the strength of many princes has grown by leaps and bounds. Take Yuan Shao as an example. After defeating Han Fu, he has now become the de facto Jizhou shepherd, ruling The entire Jizhou region."

"Yuan Shao's elder brother, Yuan Shu, occupies Nanyang County in Jingzhou, Runan County in Yuzhou, Jiujiang County and Lujiang County in Yangzhou. These are all prosperous areas. Although the scope of influence is not as good as Yuan Shao's, the population and soldiers are not inferior to Yuan Shao."

"Cao Cao, the Xiaoqi school captain next to Dong Zhuo, I didn't expect him to develop so quickly. With the help of the Yellow Turban Bandits in Yanzhou, he has actually controlled Chenliu County, Pingyuan County, Jiyin County and other places. Most of Yanzhou has been in other places. under control."

"Even Sun Ce, the son of Sun Jian who was only Yuan Shu's subordinate at the beginning, quickly wiped out the local forces in Jiangdong with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves in just half a year, and gained a firm foothold. It's really unexpected."

"Compared to a year ago when the Eighteenth Road was asking for Dong, the current Han Dynasty has produced many warlord forces that cannot be underestimated. However, it has only been about a year."

Li Ru said with emotion that ever since Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang and took over the emperor, he began to settle down and look down on these princes and forces. Later, after moving the capital to Chang'an, he used the whole city to build a black dock for him for entertainment.

At that time, Li Ru repeatedly advised Dong Zhuo not to indulge in beauty, but Dong Zhuo didn't listen at all. In the end, he even offended Lu Bu because of his beauty, and finally ended up dead.

Zhang Ming nodded silently. Regarding the current situation of the big Han, he knew no less than Li Ru, so he also knew what Li Ru said, and it was just like this that he had to speed up the control of Guanzhong.

Although the imperial court defeated Niu Fu's rebels, the situation in Guanzhong was not all good, let alone the rebellion of the Baibo bandits in Hedong County.

Hanoi County and Henan Yin area were under the control of Niu Fu in the early days. Now that Niu Fu is dead, this area has become a land without an owner. As for Hongnong County, it is actually controlled by the Hongnong Yang family.

The Sanfu area that is actually controlled by the imperial court, Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng, there are still many uprising forces. Although these uprising forces are not large, they have caused serious damage to local production. estimated impact.

Zhang Ming asked Xu Rongqing to hand over the uprising forces in various places. In fact, he was talking about the uprising forces in the Sanfu area, because this is the only place that the imperial court really controls, so it is very important to resume production in this area.

"Li Shizhong, what do you think I should do in the face of the power of the princes in various states?"

Your Majesty's question made Li Ru unable to answer for a while. When Li Ru followed Dong Zhuo, he faced the princes of various states and could only appease them in the name of the emperor. But now it is different. princes.

The news that the emperor killed Dong Zhuo had already spread to the ears of the princes. Now all the princes who have dissenting ideas understand that the emperor is actually in power, so they all speed up the conquest of the land in order to gain the strength to fight against the emperor.

If it is said that the princes in history were all fighting at this point in time, but the news of the emperor's taking power suddenly stimulated these princes with different intentions, especially Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce all accelerated the speed of conquest.

As for Cao Cao, Zhang Ming couldn't figure out what his attitude towards the Son of Heaven was, but it was meaningless to talk about his heart. All Zhang Ming knew was that under the persecution of the two Yuans, Cao Cao also accelerated the speed of swallowing Yanzhou.

"Your Majesty, you can issue an edict to let officials from all over the country come to Chang'an to report on their duties. If they don't come, you can declare their intention of treason and call on the princes of the world to attack them together." Li Ru said calmly.

"Li Shizhong, what do you mean by that?"

"Your Majesty, the vassals of various places have actually half-severed the relationship with the imperial court. Even the officials who report on their duties regularly do not come to the imperial court. What's more, the transfer of money is all managed by the localities themselves. But they are still doing things in the name of the imperial court."

"This means that as long as the court is still there, they are still officials of the court. The court naturally has the right to ask them to come and report on their duties. They can come or not, but whether they come or not, the court can use this to distinguish Find out who is the prince who has a different heart, and who is the prince who has the heart of the court."

"Only after you have a basic judgment on the princes of various places, can you choose to win over a group of princes and attack another group of princes."

Listening to Li Ru's analysis, Zhang Ming sighed in his heart. The strength of the imperial court is too weak. After all, Li Ru's plan is to let the princes fight in chaos. The participation of the imperial court is just to add fire to this. To wipe out the princes who have different hearts, but it may also accelerate the demise of the princes who are interested in the court.

But with the name of the imperial court, these princes who are interested in the imperial court can at least have a goal instead of waiting to die here. Although Li Ru doesn't know the history, Zhang Ming is very clear. The princes of the imperial court are basically waiting to be destroyed.

For example, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Liu Yan of Yizhou, Ma Teng of Liangzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou governor, Kong Rong of Beihai prefect. As for all the good sites were occupied by the rebels, in the end the Han Dynasty was really powerless and really died.

Therefore, Li Ru's plan was only to mobilize the enthusiasm of these princes, not to let them wait silently for the end of being annexed.

The current imperial court can't even manage Hedong County, which is close at hand, let alone the princes from all walks of life far away.

Since the imperial court can't reach the princes at all, let the princes fight further, especially those who are lying flat, let these lying princes cause some troubles for those ambitious princes, and prevent these ambitious princes from fighting. The princes, such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Ce, Cao Cao and others grew up too fast.

Zhang Ming knew very well that Li Ru's plan was very risky, but it was also in line with Li Ru's character. If he asked Jia Xu, Jia Xu would definitely not make such a suggestion.

Zhang Ming was very hesitant. He decided to ask Jia Xu to make a plan. Once Li Ru made this plan, the court would have almost no way out. Ambitious princes can no longer annex other princes bit by bit through the method of cannibalization.

"Li Shizhong, let me think about it again. Although your plan is good, the risk is too great. It is difficult for me to make a decision at the moment." Zhang Ming said seriously.

Li Ru was not too surprised, because he also knew that once a certain line of princes was determined to rebel, the princes of this line would only act more recklessly.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to be too anxious about this matter. You can let the princes send their officials to report to the court first, so as to understand the situation in various places. As for those princes who don't send officials, you don't have to convict them. They have not heard from the court."

Compared with the previous schemes, what Li Ru said now is much more peaceful.

"Li Shizhong, I'll think about this matter again, and let's not talk about it for the time being." Zhang Ming said.

Zhang Ming planned to ask Jia Xu before making this move. He was really not sure about the affairs of the princes from all walks of life.

In fact, Zhang Ming can wait for the imperial court to completely control the Guanzhong area before facing the princes from all walks of life, but it will take a long time to completely control the Guanzhong area. With such a strong strength, he will surely annex other princes at the fastest speed. At that time, the court will face all complete princes, and the pressure at that time will not be comparable to that now.

Most of the princes understand that the emperor orders the princes, and the emperor is the princes in essence.

Just like in history, Cao Cao brought the emperor to order the princes, did he rely on the emperor?No, it depends on strength, because before Dong Zhuo held the emperor, Li Jue and Guo Si also held the emperor, but they didn't actually play much role.

Dong Zhuo held the emperor, and even Luoyang was lost. Li Jue and Guo Si held the emperor, and fought each other for power and profit. As a result, the princes outside the pass all grew up. victory.

The edict of the Son of Heaven, whether the princes implement it or not depends entirely on whether the edict is beneficial to the princes. If the edict is not beneficial to the princes, it is impossible to spread it within the control of the princes.

Just like the edict of pardon that Zhang Ming sent to the rebels, it was revised by Jia Xu and turned into an edict on the side of the Qing emperor.

After all, the princes are not fools. It is not that in the name of the emperor, you can let the princes do whatever you want, and the princes can do whatever they want. Although the remaining power of the big man is there, how can it match the ambition of the princes? The remaining prestige of the emperor is still useful, but once the power of the princes is formed, what does the emperor care about.

Zhang Ming believes that from the moment he took power, all the counselors of the ambitious princes have realized one thing, that is, the emperor cannot tolerate them.

Regarding this point, Zhang Ming really did not blame these princes.

Yuan Shao's counselor, Jushou, had already realized the huge political crisis after learning the news that the emperor had killed Dong Zhuo, so he encouraged Yuan Shao to defeat Han Fu as quickly as possible and firmly control Jizhou.

Guo Jia, Cao Cao's counselor, also realized this, which prompted Cao Cao, who was hesitant at the time, to speed up his conquest of Yanzhou. Originally, Cao Cao in history only now owned one Chenliu County, but now Cao Cao has already occupied Pingyuan County, Jiyin County, etc. land.

Sun Ce's counselor, Zhou Yu, made Sun Ce prepare from the very beginning. On the one hand, he joined forces with Yuan Shu to attack Jiangxia where Huang Zu was located, and on the other hand, he joined forces with the aristocratic family in Jiangdong to complete the control of Jiangdong.

It can be said that all highly intelligent counselors have already read the news that the Son of Heaven is in power, which is a huge political crisis, so that history is developing in a more uncontrollable direction.

So Zhang Ming and Li Ru's worries were not wrong, time was not on the court's side.

Li Ru saw that His Majesty had been contemplating, so he resigned and left the Gaomen Hall.

"Cui Ming, secretly summon Minister Jia Xu."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cui Ming left Gaomen Hall, called the hidden guard, and asked him to go to Jia Xu's house with his badge, and called Jia Xu over.

Zhang Ming asked Cui Ming to train some hidden guards in the palace, but the number was actually not many, there were only a dozen or so in total, and they were mainly responsible for delivering some important information or spying on the news. Once these hidden guards were in danger, they would take poison on their own initiative. suicide.

When Jia Xu heard that His Majesty was looking for him, he tidied up, went to the palace, and soon entered the Gaomen Hall.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the minister is talking about?" Jia Xu asked suspiciously.

"Shangshu Shilang, I want to ask you, what do you think about the general trend of the world?" Zhang Ming didn't directly cut into the topic.

"Your Majesty, this is not something that I should ask about. I am just a servant of the Minister. What your Majesty is asking is a matter for the three princes and nine officials." Jia Xu did not answer directly.

Looking at Jia Xu's innocent eyes, Zhang Ming felt very depressed. Although Jia Xu had high intelligence, he kept hiding, which made him feel powerless.

"Since you are so unwilling to answer, then I ask you, why do you want to serve me? Is it possible that you want to use your talents and only want to be a mediocre servant?" Zhang Ming began to use the provocative method.

"Your Majesty, I'm not unwilling, but I haven't heard from Li Jue, Guo Si and others." Jia Xu said calmly.

"Could it be that Minister Shangshu has no confidence in his own strategy?" Zhang Ming said aggressively again.

Jia Xu looked at His Majesty's aggressive method again, he knew that no matter what today, he must have an explanation, otherwise His Majesty would not let him go easily.

"Your Majesty, the reason why I mentioned Li Jue, Guo Si and others is to tell Your Majesty that Your Majesty is really in a hurry."

"Your Majesty has just been in power for more than [-] days, but he has already done too many things. However, haste makes waste. Even the small Sanfu area, His Majesty has not been able to fully control it. How can you ask about the general situation of the world?"

"I know that Your Majesty is deeply saddened by the division of the Han Dynasty, but the division of the Han Dynasty is not a one-day achievement. If you want to save the Han Dynasty, you must not rush."

"Just like the minister, of course the minister can rely on His Majesty's care to reach the sky in one step, but why should the minister start from the minister of the book, because the minister needs to take root first, rely on his own strengths and other people's weaknesses, and then step up step by step , only in this way can it be the most stable.”

"Your Majesty is the same now. If you are too anxious, it will cause the fear of the princes of the world. When the time comes, the Guanzhong will be unstable and the princes will attack. What will your Majesty do to stop it?"

Zhang Ming quickly understood Jia Xu's opinion, but Jia Xu and Li Ru's views were quite different, which made him extremely confused.

Now Zhang Ming finally understood why Yuan Shao had so many counselors in history, but he was still defeated in the end, because what he said on both sides was quite reasonable.

Li Ru's suggestion is to pour fire on the princes, while Jia Xu's suggestion is to ignore the princes for the time being and only focus on self-development.

Zhang Ming was a little annoyed.

(End of this chapter)