I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 645
When it comes to their influence among the famous families and powerful people in the world, as well as their scope of influence, the nobles and ministers in the imperial court indeed occupy the largest positions in the world.

Compared with the strength of these people, the Qingliu scholars headed by Xun You, Liu Biao, etc. are indeed far behind. However, most of these Qingliu scholars study hard and are quite insightful. In terms of intelligence, they are not inferior to those at the stage of noble officials.

Xun You, the leader of the Qingliu clan, and others were far superior in strategy to Wang Yun and others.

In this regard, their guesses are basically correct, at least they can look further and guess much further than Wang Yun and others.

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Li Jue and Guo Si are currently quelling the rebellion in Youfufeng in Guanzhong. They just defeated another rebel army yesterday and beheaded five thousand people. They also took the opportunity to quell this rebellion to plunder the territory of Guanzhong.

Among the five thousand heads they killed, more than two thousand were actually made up of the heads of ordinary Li civilians.

That is to say, when Li Jue and Guo Si were in unstoppable power, Wang Yun's letter secretly reached Li Jue's hands.

Logically speaking, given Wang Yun's current status, writing a letter to Li Jue personally was a great honor to Li Jue.

But Li Jue didn't take Wang Yun's letter seriously.

After all, people born in Xiliang have different ideas from people in the Central Plains. Xiliang people don't bother to attach themselves to high-ranking families.

Li Jue slowly read Wang Yun's letter, then handed it over in front of Guo Si, then casually picked up the short knife in his hand and cut the sheep that had been barbecued in front of him.

Guo Bang picked up the scroll and read it carefully, but he couldn't read two lines, so he kneaded the silk ball in his hands and threw it into the fire opposite.

"Wang Yun is really funny! He actually asked us brothers to hand over all the goods and food in our hands to the imperial court, and then pretended that this had never happened. He also said that he would intercede on our behalf and prevent the imperial court from punishing us for this. What sin do we have?”

"We brothers fought conscientiously in Guanzhong for the Han Dynasty. The soldiers of the three armies fought bloody battles to preserve Wang Yun and the current status of the emperor in Beijing."

"The old man actually wants us to hand over everything we have earned over the years to the imperial court to build the army? Why doesn't he sell all the family property of the Wang family in Taiyuan to the imperial court for military expansion?"

Li Jue tore into the mutton and said with a sneer: "This is the nature of the Central Plains people! Once something happens, we Xiliang people will be sacrificed first, and their so-called reason is nothing more than to protect Orthodoxy is to safeguard the emperor of the day and the situation in the world."

"But, what have these orthodox people from famous families done for the world? Are they willing to sacrifice their own interests to protect the world and the emperor?"

"I bother!"

Guo Bang narrowed his eyes and stood up slowly, but the walkway stumbled a little to the left. It was obvious that it was an old injury caused by Huang Zhong's arrow shooting his toe.

"Zhiran, according to your wishes, we won't listen to Wang Yun this time?"

"Haha, Brother Guo, if you feel sorry for yourself, then you can send your half to Chang'an and give it to the emperor to see if the emperor will be grateful for your contribution."

Guo Si's face turned red after hearing Li Jue's words.

"Hey, what are you talking about! We brothers should advance and retreat together. How can it be that I alone offer my gains to Chang'an and you don't move? Besides, I can't bear to part with it."

"Old man Wang Yun just wants to hand over our income over the years. Bah, what a delusion! What can the court do to us? Now Liu Jian has captured Hanwuguan! He can send troops to Chang'an at any time , Wang Yun dares to attack us at this time? Isn’t he afraid that we will subvert the court? "

Li Jue laughed loudly: "That's right! Whatever we should do, we should do whatever we do!"

……

It had been some time since Wang Yun's letter was delivered to Li Jue, but Li Jue and Guo Si were still focusing on suppressing the rebellion locally. They had no recollection of the imperial court's requirements and had no recollection of Wang Yun's private affairs. Letters were even ignored.

The attitude and behavior of the two of them can be said to have hit the sore spot of the father-in-laws of prominent families in the DPRK.

As a native of Bingzhou, Wang Yun saw that Li Jue and Guo Bang did not take him seriously. He immediately stood up and cursed, wishing to swallow up these two Xiliang thieves.

But the scolding was a scolding, and Wang Yun now knew not to do anything to the two of them, otherwise the court would completely lose its barrier.

In desperation, the father-in-law of North Korea and China began to discuss the incident again.

Finally, Han Rong, who came from a famous family in Yingchuan, gave Wang Yun and Yang Biao an idea.

This is a last resort idea.

"It's just that what happened now is very unfavorable to the court. Yuan Shao failed to capture Hangu Pass last time, and now he is blocked to the east by Liu Jian. In this situation, we can only completely lean towards Yuan Shao, but cannot exercise any It is the responsibility of balancing. As the leader of the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes, Yuan Benchu ​​is now powerful. In terms of politics and local interests, he is still in the same boat as our ministers and the world's famous families... As of now, we can only let Yuan Shao come to the capital to take charge. ”

Wang Yun didn't speak when he heard this.

In fact, in terms of certain political interests, the leaders of the officials in the court and Yuan Shao have always been the same. However, many of Yuan Shao's rebellious behaviors made the emperor unhappy. Therefore, in view of the huge local power of the Yuan family, the leaders of the officials in the court were indeed the same. His attitude has always been to use him to check and balance Liu Jian.

Even if he let Yuan Shao enter the court, Wang Yun's attitude was to hope that Yuan Shao could fight with Liu Jian to lose both sides, and finally find a way to drive Liu Jian away, and then let Yuan Shao enter the capital.

But if Yuan Shao is allowed to enter the capital directly at this time, then with Yuan Shao's current power and political influence, Wang Yun and others must follow Yuan Shao's lead in the future.

Although Yuan Shao has repeatedly done wrong things over the years, and his title of role model in the world has gradually been stripped away due to Liu Jian's design, there is no doubt that he is still the overlord of the south, with countless elite soldiers under his command.

Once he enters the court and presides over the government, he will definitely be different from Dong Zhuo. After all, Yuan Shao also has the support of the vast number of prominent families in the south. When the time comes, it will naturally be difficult for Wang Yun and others to share power with Yuan Shao. At most, they can only serve as Yuan Shao. Little brother.

Seeing Wang Yun pursed his lips and said nothing, Yang Biao tried to persuade him from the side: "Master, now we have no good solution. Li Jue and Guo Si are the two They are narrow-minded and ignorant people who cannot understand the current situation at all, and there is no way we can rely on these two people."

"Liu Jian has already defeated Benchu ​​in the previous game. In fact, I don't think it will be of any benefit to us to have Benchu ​​come to Beijing at this time. But letting Benchu ​​come to Beijing will at best mean that we are willing to be vassals and hand over power. But if Liu Jian is allowed to enter the capital, we will have no good life at all."

"In fact, over the years, it has been obvious to all that in terms of the intensity of the implementation of the New Deal, Liu Jian has made as much concessions as Dong Zhuo."

"Now that we are inciting the emperor to abolish the New Deal, Liu Jian must hate us deeply in his heart. If he comes to Chang'an, he will fight us until death."

"So this matter depends on the comparison. Anyway, compared to letting Ben Chu enter the capital, it is a hundred times better than letting Liu Jian enter the capital."

When Wang Yun heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

After thinking for a long time, he said: "That's all it can do."

……

Wang Yun's contact with Li Jue and Guo Si had no effect, but Li Jue and Guo Si are still going their own way, desperately killing the rebels in the Guanzhong area, and then looting supplies.

And the actions of Li Jue and Guo Bang completely annoyed the people of Guanzhong!
It turned out that their affairs were somewhat concealed by the imperial court, but it did not cause too much impact on public opinion.

Now their behavior has been ruthlessly exposed by Liu Jian, and Liu Jian is very ruthless. He reported the crimes of Li Jue and Guo Si to the court, which spread throughout the world.Moreover, this public opinion situation has not weakened. Members of the school affairs office under Liu Jian are trying their best to expand the influence of this incident in various states and counties.

Now there is a loud voice among the people, that is, the court should severely punish these two Xiliang thieves who caused trouble to the place.

They intercepted and killed ordinary people, hoarded weapons and food, and acted arrogantly.

It can almost be seen that they have the intention to rebel, but the court has not punished them. What does this mean?
Could it be that there was some collusion between officials in the imperial court and Li Jue and Guo Si?

Could it be that the huge wealth that Li Jue and Guo Si robbed among the people was also distributed to those high-ranking families in the court?

For a time, all kinds of public opinions were agitated, and the wealthy and distinguished families in Sizhou and Yongzhou did not even dare to have too much contact with the officials in the imperial court.

Liu Jian had defeated Yuan Shao for a while, which had already made the noble families in Sizhou and Yongzhou see Liu Jian's strength.

Many prominent families who wanted to resist the New Deal and did not want Liu Jian to enter Chang'an have now begun to quietly stop their efforts.

They had previously secretly contacted the ministers in the court and secretly sent people to support Yuan Shao with grain, grass and ordnance.

But now they don't dare to act, many have even stopped, and many have even begun to flatter Liu Jian.

This is a manifestation of hard power.

Liu Jian severely injured Yuan Shao in the battle of Hangu Pass, which made many forces in Sizhou and Guanzhong realize his strength.

Even if Liu Jian's new policy will have a huge impact on many prominent families, it is still better than having Liu Jian find out that they are secretly opposed to him in the future and directly confiscate their homes and exterminate their families.

Before considering interests, you should consider life first.

Now, whether it is military or public opinion, the entire trend in Guanzhong and Sizhou is tilting towards Liu Jian.

The imperial court, at least currently, does not have the ability to solve the two troubles of Li Jue and Guo Si.

Seeing that public opinion was developing more and more, the imperial court could not sit still, and they began to secretly send people to contact Yuan Shao.

Now Yuan Shao is still stationing troops in Luoshui. After his last failure, he returned to Luoshui, where he recruited troops and horses. At the same time, he dispatched reinforcements from Jingzhou and Yuzhou in the rear to support him.

In addition, he also sent people to Jiangdong.Cao Cao was asked to immediately send troops north to support him.

But these are only later arrangements. Although Yuan Shao now has the foundation to continue the war, his two early defeats have caused his army to lose its vigor, even if he can recruit new people to fight Liu Jian.

But now the Southern Army no longer has much morale to support them in continuing to compete with Liu Jian for supremacy.

Now for Yuan Shao, there is another crucial thing.

That is, he does not have enough horses to continue competing with Liu Jian.

If it were in his southern territory, south of the Yangtze River, where there were mountains, forests, cities, and rivers everywhere, Yuan Shao would not be afraid that Liu Jian's cavalry would pose a huge threat to his army.

But the key to the problem now is that the land of Guanzhong is full of plain battlefields, and almost all cavalry can take the initiative.

But in terms of cavalry, our own side is really poor and completely incapable of competing with the Hebei Army.

The key issue is still the war horse.

Yuan Shao still did not have good war horse channels to purchase high-quality war horses to compete with Liu Jian.

If he did not have high-quality horses to equip his cavalry, he would always be at a disadvantage when competing with Liu Jian on the battlefield in the Guanzhong Plain.

It was at this time that the incident between Li Jue and Guo Si began to spread throughout Sizhou and Yongzhou.

Yuan Shao also naturally knew the news.

In Chang'an, Wang Yun and Yang Biao simultaneously sent letters to Yuan Shao, hoping to welcome Yuan Shao into Chang'an.

At the same time, they said that after Yuan Shao enters Chang'an, they will jointly elect Yuan Shao as the prime minister and let Yuan Shao take over Dong Zhuo's position to preside over the government.

After Yuan Shao got the news, his ambition and ambition were ignited again.

If he could enter Chang'an, with the strength of the imperial court and his own troops, even if he could not compete with Liu Jian in the battle of the plains, he believed that with the dual bonus of politics and military, the defense could still be achieved.

If Liu Jian really sent troops to attack Chang'an desperately, Yuan Shao would call on the world's leading families to jointly suppress Liu Jian in the name of the imperial court, and would do his best to bring Liu Jian down no matter what.

Moreover, Yuan Shao suddenly had an idea. If he could enter Chang'an, he would join forces with Wang Yun and others to kill Li Jue and Guo Si secretly, and recruit the Xiliang soldiers and horses in their hands.

Xiliang soldiers are not the most important thing to Yuan Shao. The key is that Li Jue and Guo Bang have a large number of Xiliang war horses in their hands, which can be used by Yuan Shao to deploy troops.

As long as he can equip his cavalry with Li Jue and Guo Si's horses and train them a little, he believes that he will not let Liu Jian take the initiative on the plain battlefield so easily.

Therefore, this invasion of Chang'an is a God-given opportunity for Yuan Shao. Both his military strength and his political influence will reach their peak. He can even push the Yuan family to a level comparable to the imperial power.

Therefore, Yuan Shao secretly conspired with Wang Yun and others to prepare to invade Chang'an.

But now that Hangu Pass is controlled by Liu Jian, the only way Yuan Shao can enter Chang'an is to attack Chang'an from Wuguan.

But in fact, this was one of Jia Xu's strategies. He had been waiting to push the court to the edge through Li Jue and Guo Si, so that the court would have no choice but to compromise with Yuan Shao, introduce Yuan Shao into Chang'an, and use Yuan Shao's The military power and the political power of the court itself were used to create the highest power belonging to the famous families in the world.

Of course Liu Jian would not give them a chance.

What he has been waiting for is the coordinated action of the imperial court and Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao wanted to enter Chang'an through Wuguan, Liu Jian would not make any unnecessary moves, and he did not need to make any unnecessary moves, because naturally some people did not want Yuan Shao to enter Chang'an.

All Liu Jian had to do was to reveal the news to Li Jue and Guo Si, and that was enough for him.

Sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight is the ultimate secret of war.

(End of this chapter)