In the summer and April of the first year of Guangxi, Mi Ren's troops entered Liaoxi County of Youzhou.

Tao Qian, governor of Youzhou, greeted Mi Rian personally: "General Mi, I finally expect you to come!"

Mi Yan smiled and said: "Tao Inspector is polite, you and Er's teacher are good friends and elders, why don't you call me 'Zi Su'."

Tao Qian also smiled: "Okay, Zisu."

He and Zheng Xuan were indeed good friends, and he had received a letter from Zheng Xuan in the early years, hoping that he would recruit Mi Ren for work.But he didn't expect that Mi Yan didn't need him at all, and he had risen to the top all these years on his own, and now the official worships the national teacher and Zhi Jinwu.

Tao Qian couldn't help feeling that the encounters in this life are so magical.No matter who it is, perhaps as long as they find the right opportunity, they can stir up the situation.

The two exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and got to the point.

In the first month of spring, Zhang Chun, the former prime minister of Zhongshan, and Zhang Ju, the former prefect of Taishan, joined forces with Wuhuan to launch a rebellion.They burned the city, looted the people, and killed several prefects.

At present, the number of rebels has reached 15, and the troops stationed in Liaoxi County are fat.Zhang Ju called himself "Son of Heaven", and Zhang Chun called himself "General Mi Tian and Prince An Ding", saying that they wanted to take the place of Dao and destroy the Han Dynasty.He also ordered King Wuhuan Qiao to lead [-] troops to attack Qinghe County and Pingyuan County in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, killing and looting the people.

At present, Gongsun Zan, the cavalry captain of Youzhou, is leading [-] soldiers and horses to fight against the traitor Zhang. Although he can't attack and retreat the opponent, he can still hold on to the west of Liaoning and never retreat.

Mi Ren nodded.

He has a rough idea of ​​the form of Youzhou, and he has some calculations in his heart.After having dinner with Tao Qian, he went back to his room to rest according to the other party's arrangement.

Then he took out the letter from Jingzhong that he received yesterday, and pondered for a moment.

Although he evacuated all the properties and customers on the surface from the capital, in fact, he still kept many spies in the dark, and people kept sending him news along the way.

Therefore, he is fully aware of the situation in Beijing and China:

In the early morning of March 23, Emperor Ling died. On the 25th, the 11-year-old Liu Bian succeeded to the throne, changed his reign name to Guangxi, and pardoned the world.

Then, honoring his mother, Empress He, the Queen Mother, Liu Xie, who was six years old, was named the King of Bohai.

Since the new emperor ascended the throne, it can be said that the court and China have been extremely uneasy.

He Jin originally wanted to remove Jian Shuo from the post of captain, but the other party was colluding with the officials of Shangshutai, so He Jin couldn't do it.Furthermore, since Mi Rian left Jingluo, Jian Shuo's power to hold Jin Wu has been completely controlled by Jian Shuo, so he has no choice but to give up.

He Jin wanted to get rid of Jian Shuo, and Jian Shuo naturally did the same.

He originally conspired with Empress Dowager Dong to kill He Jin first, and then secretly killed the young emperor Liu Bian, making Liu Xie emperor.But his subordinate Pan Yin and He Jin were old acquaintances and planned to join He Jin, so he reported Jian Shuo's plan to He Jin.

He Jin escaped from the palace and retreated to the barracks. He excused his illness and refused to attend the funeral or attend the funeral.

Jian Shuo was filled with resentment, and instead suggested that the Empress Dowager make an order to capture Mi Ren.

In other words, this time Mi E was involved in the struggle between He Jin and Jian Shuo.They both wanted the other dead, and they both wanted him dead.

Jian Shuo thought that he would be able to capture Mi Eun and bring him back to Beijing, but he didn't know that the person who announced the decree had gone for more than 20 days and did not return to Jingluo.

After investigating, Jian Shuo found out that Mi Rian actually detained the eunuch who was going to proclaim the decree, and led his army to Youzhou without looking back.

Jian Shuo was almost blown away!

He knew that Mi Yan would not do such an abnormal thing for no reason, someone must have informed him.After checking, Lu Qiang's subordinates really left the city a few days ago.

He attacked Lu Qiang and wanted to execute Lu Qiang.

……

This is the last letter from Jingzhong, after reading it, Mi Eun lightly taps the paper with her fingertips.

The delivery of letters takes time, and this was at least eight days ago.At this moment, Lu Qiang should have been rescued by someone he invited.

——The fact is also true.

When Jian Shuo attacked Lu Qiang, all the officials realized that the Empress Dowager Dong was really going to imprison Mi Ren behind their backs, their eyes darkened, and they suddenly felt that the stability of Youzhou was in jeopardy.

Since the downfall of the ten permanent servants, Lu Qiang is a rare regular servant in Shangshutai who is biased towards the Qing school, so they naturally want to protect Lu Qiang.Under the contest between the two parties, Jian Shuo was still more powerful, and finally put Lu Qiang in prison.

Before that, the spies planted by Mi Eun had already received his message: If Jian Shuo wanted to kill Lu Qiang, he would go to Huang Fusong and Zhu Jun, and they would persuade He Jin to help him.

The spy really invited the two of them, and he felt that Mi Ye was far-sighted and convinced him more and more.

After Huangfusong and Zhu Jun received the news, they entered the barracks on the outskirts of Beijing and asked He Jin, "General, do you know what Jian Shuo did?"

He Jin didn't answer.

His nephew is now the emperor, and he is the great general of the current court. There are so many people in this court who rely on them, so he naturally knows.

He wanted to stop them, but maybe it was Empress Dowager He's jealousy towards Mi Yan, or his intolerant mentality after taking power, the two of them didn't stop them after receiving the news.

Seeing this reaction, Huangfusong didn't understand anything, and immediately sighed: "General, you are so confused!"

He knew that He Jin was caught in the vortex of seizing power, and he might not have thought of the importance of Mi Ren to the big man for a while, so he tried his best to persuade him not to kill Mi Ren.

He said: "What are you afraid of Mi Yan? No matter how powerful he is and how popular he is, can he surpass you as a general? He was your general before, and he will always be your general in the future!"

"He is now being sent to Youzhou to suppress the rebellion, and he will not come back within a year or two. Don't you know that the enemies in front of you are the Queen Mother Dong and Jian Shuo? Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and Jian Shuo has already taken over the power of Jinwu and commanded the people in Beijing. The Southern and Northern Armies. If you don't deal with Jian Shuo again, His Majesty will easily be controlled by him!"

These words hit the nail on the head, and He Jin woke up instantly.

He realized that this matter was serious, so he immediately followed Huangfusong's suggestion to go to the palace to find Queen Mother He, and ordered Liu Bian to issue an imperial decree: Regardless of Mi Yan's disobedience, he was ordered to continue to put down the rebellion in Youzhou.

And release Lu Qiang, restore the position of regular attendant.

The new emperor issued an order, and Empress Dowager Dong had no choice but to let Mi Rian go.In fact, she didn't have much friction with Mi Yan, it was just because of her son's nagging before his death that day, and Jian Shuo desperately ignoring her.This will calm down, just let it go.

Jian Shuo's plan failed, and he watched the new emperor make an order, but because of this matter, he completely broke with He Jin.

At the end of April, Mi Rian finally received this imperial edict rehabilitating him.

At that time, he had just repulsed one of Zhang Chun's troops. Five thousand troops led by Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao attacked from the flanks and beheaded three thousand enemy troops. Zhang Chun was frightened and retreated for more than a hundred li.

For this expedition, he brought Huang Zhong and Zhang Liao with him.As for Lu Bu, he is under the command of Captain Xiyuan and is currently sent by Jian Shuo to garrison Jingluo.

This is a good thing of double happiness, and the five captains under his command breathed a sigh of relief, naively thinking that the new emperor is a virtuous and virtuous one, and will not let Jian Shuo harm others.Even Tao Qian was very happy and simply hosted a banquet to congratulate him.

Mi Ren didn't show much on her face, and accepted everyone's congratulations with a smile.

He knew that the power of the two had reached a delicate balance for the time being, but Jian Shuo would never let him go easily and let him dominate in Youzhou, let alone let him reconcile with He Jin.

Jian Shuo will definitely come up with more vicious methods to intimidate him.

The most effective way is to send people to seize power with him.The second is to take his family in Xuzhou to Jingluo to take care of them.Under pressure, he dared not move easily.

After the dinner, he called his followers into the room to discuss countermeasures.

All the counselors have been extremely disappointed with the imperial court at this meeting.

Among them, Xun Yu is the most important.

——He once had great hopes for the Han Dynasty, and then gradually experienced disappointment, but he didn't want the traitors in the court to be more shameless than he imagined.

He is well aware of Mi Yan's feelings for his family, although he has never met the two elder brothers, but he has seen their correspondence after being with Mi Yan.The brotherhood is deep and comforting.He also treated Mi You as his own younger sister, and when he thought that these people would be used by Jian Shuo as pawns to restrain Mi You, he was very angry.

After several disappointments accumulated, he almost stopped thinking about the Han Dynasty.

Zhong Yao said: "Jian Shuo should take action soon, my lord, why don't you repair the book and send it back to Qu County, so that Luzhou Mu and your family can take precautions as soon as possible."

Xi Zhong said softly: "The only problem now is General Lu Zhi..."

Lu Zhi was loyal to the imperial court. Although he had been favored by others, when loyalty was in front of him, he inevitably hesitated.

Mi Ren said: "Zhicai don't have to worry, even if Jian Shuo can give orders, he can't carry them out."

He chuckled lightly, but his handsome face was as frozen as ice: "When he fights with He Jin, he will lose both. When he can attack Xuzhou, it depends on whether they are alive or not."

So he immediately wrote a letter to Lu Zhi: If someone from Beijing comes to bring members of the Mi clan to Beijing, please ask Lu Zhoumu to help hold them back.When he puts down the chaos in Youzhou, he will personally take his family to Beijing to plead guilty.

Lu Zhi received the letter and responded.

Just as Mi Yan expected, Jian Shuo made a move.

He knew that Empress Dowager He was jealous, Liu Xie's biological mother, Wang Meiren, was killed by her when she was the most favored. She must have hated the embarrassment of the first emperor before his death.So she bribed the most favored maid in front of her, and asked the maid to give advice to Empress He and bring Mi Ren's family in Xuzhou to Beijing.

Soon, the imperial court really issued an imperial edict.

One, let Mi Ren's relatives move from Xuzhou to Jingluo.Second, make Liu Yu the shepherd of Youzhou, and Mi Ren assists him in repelling Wuhuan.

This assistant is very good, if the imperial court wants Mi Rian to step down, he will definitely not want to, maybe he will turn around and join forces with Wuhuan to seriously injure Youzhou.But if it is assisted, Liu Yu can slowly seize power, and when the northern army is completely subdued, Mi Ren will be like fish on a chopping board, allowing them to slaughter.

When Huangfusong heard the news, he persuaded He Jin not to do such a thing that was not worth the loss during the critical period of the Youzhou Battle, but this suggestion was rejected by He Jin: "The general is going to fight, and his family should be in the middle of the capital. , why is Mi Ren so special?"

After the words fell, he thought of how hard he had been battling with Jian Shuo these days, but Huangfusong was still speaking for Miyan, so he couldn't help complaining a little: "General Huangfu, this general respects your character and knows that you are loyal. But Is your relationship with Mi Yi too close?"

This sentence meant something, and Huangfusong broke out in cold sweat when he heard it.

When the decree was sent to Xuzhou, good news came from Liangzhou.

——After negotiating with Dong Zhuo, Han Sui accepted the court's offer of security and stopped launching a rebellion.

Jian Shuo was overjoyed.

He ordered Cao Cao, Bao Hong, and Yuan Shao to return to the court. Knowing that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's hearts were different from his, he found an excuse to send them to do some chores, and personally led their troops to fight He Jin.

In just two months since Liu Hong passed away, his troops had increased from [-] to [-], almost completely controlling the forts in the palace and Jingluo.

As for He Jin, he could only hold on to Zhang Wen's soldiers and horses who had returned to the court, trying to fight against Jian Shuo.

But Jian Shuo had fully expected this before.He was the quartermaster in the battle of Youzhou, so he used this as an excuse to mobilize all the grain and grass in the national treasury and put them all into private treasuries to feed his [-] soldiers and horses.

He Jin could do nothing about it.

It was also at this time that Xuzhou sent back news: the Mi family rejected the emperor's will and did not want to move to Jingluo.

He Jin was furious.

He knew that this was obviously Mi Yan's order, saying that he was dissatisfied with the previous actions of the court, and suspected that they summoned his family to Beijing to threaten him.

He wanted to remove Mi Yan's position, and bring Mi Yan back to the court for punishment.But he was still at a disadvantage in the competition with Jian Shuo, and it was impossible to take care of Wuhuan in Youzhou at the same time.

He could only order Huangfusong to lead a thousand troops to Xuzhou to arrest Mi's children.

He deeply felt that his troops were insufficient, so Yuan Shao made another plan for him: "It is better to recruit all the strong generals and heroes from all states, so that they can lead troops into Beijing and threaten Jian Shuo."

He Jin agreed, and decided to unite with Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan and others to force Jian Shuo to delegate power.

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