The reform of the official system and the military system has finally been finalized and will be implemented after the New Year.
Liu Cheng looked at the ministers, officials and military generals and said: "A few days ago, Zhang Liao sent people to send a battle report.
In the battle with Karasuma, he killed more than 30,000 Karasuma cavalry and captured more than 10,000 people.
Karasuma's power collapsed. , all the old and weak women and children of Karasuma are under the control of our army.
If they are not dealt with properly, there will definitely be trouble in the future.
Please tell me your opinions on how to deal with these old and weak women and children of Karasuma and the captured Karasuma cavalry."
The ministers and officials all talked to each other in low voices.
Chen Ji stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is said that the Wuwan people in Liaodong, Liaoxi, Youbeiping, Shanggu and other places total more than 100,000 people.
If they are moved into the inland, large areas of fields and pastures will be needed to resettle them.
The burden will be But if they are allowed to stay where they are, the court will need to send troops to guard them.
After a long time, problems will occur sooner or later.
In the opinion of the veteran, it is better to move them to the west of Jinwei Mountain in the north of the Western Region and still protect Karasuma.
"The school captain guards" This proposal aroused strong response among the courtiers, officials and generals.
The discussion became louder and everyone became more active.
Zhang Ji stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, my subordinates think that Chen Gong's words are worthy of consideration.
As far as I know, there is a wider land to the west of Jinwei Mountain.
It is only ten thousand miles from Liaodong, Liaoxi, Youbeiping to the west of Jinwei Mountain."
It was so far away that it was not easy to move.
The imperial government had control over the west of Jinwei Mountain.
It is also beyond the reach of the whip, and even if Karasuma grows stronger in the future and poses a threat to our Central Plains Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty will have enough time to make response arrangements, and if the Karasuma captain is guarding it, it can also monitor the movements of the Karasuma people at any time.
Besides, I have another suggestion."
Liu Cheng raised his hand and said: "Say" "My subordinates thought that the treatment of Wuwan could be based on the treatment of the Qiang people.
The imperial court appointed an obedient Wuwan leader as the khan, and asked them to hand over how many cattle, sheep and horses they wanted every day, and how many strong men they provided to serve the court every year.
As long as their population and livestock numbers can be controlled, they will not pose a threat to my big man."
"Also, there is a wider world to the west of Jinwei Mountain, where countless tribes live.
The imperial court can allow the Karasuma people to conquer the west and provide them with weapons, armor and corresponding supplies.
The Karasuma people will seize the property every time they win.
It will be beneficial to both parties to hand over a batch of livestock and livestock to the imperial court.
In the future, the Karasuma people will move farther and farther west, and I, the big man, can easily take over the territory they left behind."
Hey, this seems to be a good idea.
Liu Cheng and the court ministers became interested after listening to Zhang Ji's suggestion.
Zhang Ji's proposal is tantamount to raising the Wuwan people like thugs, providing them with weapons and equipment, letting them attack whomever they want, and taking a commission from the captured materials after the attack.
This seems to be a good suggestion.
Liu Cheng asked: "Xun Yu, what do you think of Zhang Ji's two ideas?"
Xun Yu thought for a moment and stood up and said with cupped hands: "My subordinates agree with Zhang Ji's proposal, but there is one thing we must pay attention to.
We must be prepared for possible backlash from the Wuwan people.
After all, once they have weapons in their hands, it is not so easy to control them."
Now our court has sent people to build a city at the foot of the west side of Jinwei Mountain.
We can station heavy troops there, and we can also order the Jiankun people to help defend."
"I agree," Jia Xu stood up and said.
Other ministers also agreed to this arrangement.
Liu Cheng thought for a while and said to everyone: "It has been nearly ten years since Gongsun Du, the governor of Liaodong, took office.
In these ten years, he has not sent envoys to the court, paid taxes and tribute to the court, and established himself as the Marquis of Liaodong. , Pingzhou Mu, as if claiming to be the King of Liaodong, passed down his military orders, and ordered Zhang Liao to lead the army into Liaodong.
The imperial court sent people to carry this king's order and declare it.
Gongsun Du went to Beijing to report on his duties.
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If he did not come, he ordered Zhang Liao to lead an army to attack.
He would use the 10,000 captured Wuwan cavalry as the main attack.
As for the measures to deal with Wuwan just mentioned, he also took them with him and asked Zhang Liao to inform Lou Ban, the leader of Wuwan. , tell Lou Ban that this is not a discussion, but a decision of the court.
The Karasuma people have to agree even if they don’t agree, unless they want to destroy themselves."
"Yes" the relevant officials stood up and agreed.
At this time, Yan Xing stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, a few years ago Yuwen Mona, a remnant of the Yuwen Department, took some soldiers and fled into the Daxianbei Mountains east of Mobei.
The general thought this was a big hidden danger, and they There are thousands of strong men and more than 10,000 women and children.
In a few years, they can grow to tens of thousands more.
Once they emerge from the Xianbei Mountains, they will bring disaster to Mobei again.
This matter cannot but attract our attention."
Guo Jia stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, what General Yan said is true.
However, the Xianbei Mountains stretch for hundreds of miles and the terrain is complex.
It will be difficult to conquer.
The cavalry will definitely not be able to exert its combat advantage."
What these people put forward were all key points, which could not but attract Liu Cheng's attention.
He thought for a while and said: "Then the Black Mountain Army Commander Zhang Yan will be recruited to lead the Black Mountain Army to the Daxianbei Mountains to conquer Yuwen Mona."
Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army was recruited for security.
In recent years, its combat effectiveness has been greatly improved through reorganization and enhanced training.
Moreover, the Black Mountain Army is an army focused on mountain operations.
It is the only mountain army in the Han Dynasty and has unique tactics for mountain operations.
Law, it is the best choice to mobilize the Montenegrin army to attack Yuwen Mona.
The ministers and officials also nodded in agreement.
After all, the Black Mountain Army has been recruited for several years and has spent countless money and food.
It is time for them to play their role.
Liu Cheng immediately issued a formal order, and the relevant officials immediately wrote down the order and gave it to Liu Cheng for inspection and sealing.
Liaodong Army, Xiangping City.
Gongsun Du is sitting on the main seat, with his two sons Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong standing on the left, military generals Bei Yan, Lunzhi and Jia Fan; on the right standing are civil servants Yang Yi and Liu Yi, as well as famous scholars Guan Ning and Wang Lie et al.
Gongsun Du gestured to Yang Yi: "Yang Juncheng, please tell the big guy."
"Yes, Lord Marquis" Yang Yi agreed, stood up and said to everyone: "I believe you all know the news that came out a few days ago.
The imperial court sent tens of thousands of cavalry to defeat the Karasuma people in one fell swoop, and even took away their old homes. , killed tens of thousands of Karasuma's cavalry, and captured one There are more than ten thousand horses, and the imperial army is still stationed in Liucheng.
Our spies stationed in Youzhou came to report that they had received news in Youzhou.
The imperial court sent officials with orders from the regent.
On the way to Xiangping, The content of the edict is to summon the Marquis to Beijing to report on his duties."
Military general Bei Yan clasped his fists and asked: "The imperial court has not sent anyone here in the past ten years.
Why does it seem so sudden to send someone here this time?
Is the Marquis going to Beijing?"
Lord Bo Liuyi stood up and said: "General Bei Yan, my Lord must have summoned us here to discuss how to deal with this matter.
If the imperial court did not send people here before, it must be beyond our reach.
There are Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Xianbei and Wuwan.
People are in the middle, and the imperial court cannot send people over even if they want to, but it is different now.
The imperial court has wiped out the Xianbei people in Mobei, and has just defeated the Wuwan people.
It is currently stationing troops in Liucheng, and the imperial court has opened the road to Liaodong."
The youngest son Gongsun Gong stood up and said: "Father, why does the court want my father to go to Beijing to report on his duties?"
The eldest son Gongsun Kang snorted coldly: "I don't understand this.
The imperial court is dissatisfied with my father.
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How can the imperial court not have any thoughts about my father if he has not come to Beijing to see him for so many years?
I am thinking that if my father really goes to Chang'an to report on his work, what will happen to him?"
I’m afraid I’ll never come back.”
At this point, Gongsun Kang clasped his fists at Gongsun Du and said: "Father, as a child, it doesn't matter if I don't go to report on my duties.
We live in Liaodong, where the mountains are high and far away from the emperor.
Why should we go to Chang'an to be a doormat?
If the imperial court sends troops to attack, we live so freely. , we and the Liaodong soldiers and civilians can completely keep the imperial army out by taking advantage of the terrain and the morale of the people."
Gongsun Du was noncommittal after hearing Gongsun Ce's words.
He looked at Guan Ning and asked, "Sir, how do you think this prince should respond?"
Guan Ning smiled, raised his hands and asked, "Does the Marquis think that if the imperial army comes to attack, will the Marquis be able to withstand it with his current strength?"
Gongsun Du thought for a while and replied: "There is no obstacle between the imperial court and me in Liaodong, but the distance is a little longer.
If the imperial court is determined to deal with me in Liaodong, we will not be able to stop it with our current strength."
Guan Ning nodded and said: "That's right.
The imperial court has already made two preparations.
If the Marquis goes to Chang'an to report on his duties, that's all.
If he doesn't go, I dare to say that Zhang Liao's tens of thousands of cavalry will definitely disappear in an instant.
By then, the people of Liaodong will definitely be in ruins, and the Marquis will have no way out at that time.
If the Marquis goes to Chang'an, the most he will do is lose his official position, and he will not be harmed by the imperial court or be executed."
Gongsun Du frowned and said: "Sir, why do you say that the court will not kill me and my whole family?
If the court wants to kill me, what other reason is needed?
I can just make some unfounded charges.
I If the whole family is killed by the imperial court, who can redress our grievances?"
Guan Ning cupped his hands and said: "Master Hou, today the imperial court is trying its best to pacify the world and restore prestige.
It wants to gather local military and financial power and eliminate the situation of local power separatism.
The imperial court summons the Marquis to Beijing to report on his duties in a normal way.
If the government rashly As for the crime of the Marquis, how should the court treat other people in the future?
As for the princes, this will add a lot of difficulties and obstacles to the court's elimination of separatism.
Therefore, I think that the prince can safely and boldly go to Chang'an to report on his duties, and maybe he can keep his official position and title.
If he doesn't go, he will be solidly fighting against the court.
The crime just gave the imperial court an excuse to send troops to attack."
The famous scholar Wang Lie stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Master Hou, I think what Guan Gong said is true.
Now the imperial court has become increasingly powerful under the governance of the regent.
A few years ago, the rebellion of the Western Qiang was put down; the expedition to the Western Regions opened up the Hexi Corridor and reopened it.
The Silk Road; the northern expedition to Xianbei and the sweeping of the Mobei grassland, how small and powerful this is - the land of Liaodong cannot compete with the military might of the imperial court.
If the marquis raises an army to resist, it will be like throwing an egg against a stone."
Gongsun Du didn't know how to make a decision for a while.
He should go to Chang'an to report on his duties, but he was worried about being detained by the court; he should not go, because he was afraid that just as Guan Ning said, the army of the court would come over soon.
Zheng was worried that he had no excuse.
If he doesn't go, the court will raise troops to attack him on the grounds that he didn't accept the call.
Gongsun Du knew very well that he was not very loyal to the court, otherwise, he would not have called himself Marquis of Liaodong and Mu of Pingzhou.
Granting yourself an official title is an overstep of the rules and disrespectful.
If the court is incompetent, it will naturally not look for trouble.
But if the court is capable, it will definitely investigate to the end.
Official positions and titles can only be granted by the court.
If If a minister can give himself an official title, what more does the court have to do?
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Gongsun Du's mood was very contradictory.
Even though the envoy sent by the imperial court to announce the edict had not arrived yet, he already knew the content of the regent's edict, but he already felt that the situation was very urgent.
The peaceful situation in Liaodong was about to be broken, and he had to A decision must be made within a short time after the edict arrives, because the court will not give him much time to consider and weigh.
At this time, Gongsun Gong stood up and said angrily: "I don't understand.
Why is the imperial court causing trouble for us in Liaodong when it leaves so many princes alone?
Look at Sun Ce from Jiangdong, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Lu Bu and Liu Bei from Xuzhou, and Cao Cao from Yanzhou. , Hebei Yuan Shao of Zhouzhou and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, which one of them had not participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, and which one of them did not take the imperial court seriously?
Why didn't the imperial court go to trouble them?
Why didn't it fight them?
Why did it come all the way to fight them?
I am Liaodong" Gongsun Du was also very confused and asked Guan Ning: "Sir, I am also puzzled.
What do you think the regent is thinking?"
Guan Ning thought for a moment and raised his hands and said: "I think this may be related to the regent's strategy of governing the country.
Another point is that it coincides with his meeting.
First of all, Zhang Liao's tens of thousands of cavalry just destroyed Wu Wan.
It's exactly When the military front was in full swing, Zhang Liao's army happened to be not far away from Liaodong.
If the army returns to the court at this time, it will be too troublesome to send troops again to deal with Liaodong affairs in the future, so we can simply solve it at once."
"Let's talk about the regent's strategy for governing the country.
According to the news we got from Liaodong, since the regent took charge, he first personally led the troops to conquer the Western Qiang, completely put down the rebellion of the Western Qiang, and solved the problem that had harmed the Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
Question; In the second step, the regent did not return to Chang'an after leading his army to pacify the Western Qiang.
Instead, he led his army from Liangzhou to the west along the ancient Silk Road, and in the Western Regions The Thirty-six Kingdoms went around in a big circle, defeating and subduing the countries in the Western Regions that were dissatisfied with the rule of the Han Dynasty, restoring and stabilizing the authority of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions, making all countries bow their heads, and opening up the Silk Road.
The two wars not only gave the imperial court a stable and developed rear area, but also allowed the Han Dynasty to strengthen commercial, military, and cultural exchanges with the Western Regions, greatly improving national strength."
"Next, the regent sent Zhang Liao to lead an army to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.
He threatened Bashu and Xichuan with his powerful military force, and then threatened Liu Yan with the comfort of his son.
Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou, had to surrender and returned to Chang'an to serve as the leader.
With an idle old man, the problem in the southwest has been solved.”
"Immediately afterwards, the regent set his sights on the Xianbei people in the north.
After the Northern Xiongnu moved westward, the Mobei prairie was occupied by the Xianbei people, which posed an increasing threat to the Han court.
The regent sent 50,000 troops and brought more than a dozen Tens of thousands of war horses conquered the Xianbei people in the southern and northern deserts, and eliminated all the Xianbei tribes in one fell swoop."
"Master, do you see that besides the princes of Guandong, does the imperial court have other enemies?
Now the imperial court can wholeheartedly deal with the princes of Guandong.
Whoever is easiest to deal with will be dealt with first.
If it is said that the imperial court is attacking, it is better to say that the imperial court is attacking.
Karasuma’s purpose is actually to conquer Liaodong.
Karasuma was just a stumbling block.
Now that the stumbling block has been crushed, it’s naturally Liaodong’s turn.”
"I dare to say that the imperial court will definitely sit back and watch the outcome between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan.
Whoever wins will be beaten by the imperial court.
I speculate that the imperial court's intention is to pacify the north first, and then move to the south.
The imperial court will definitely not allow this.
Whoever occupies both Jizhou and Youzhou has too many people and too large a territory.
Once controlled by the same force, it will pose a great threat to the imperial court."
"As for Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Liu Bei and Lu Bu in Xuzhou, these people are fighting for territory and you have to work for me.
The imperial court is too lazy to care about them.
Letting them fight to the death is what the imperial court wants to see."
After hearing Guan Ning's analysis, Gongsun Du felt chilled in his heart and sighed: "It seems that we are going to the capital this time, so we have to make a reservation."
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Wang Lie smiled and said: "Master Hou, I think it is not necessarily a bad thing for Master Hou to go to the capital.
It may be a good thing."
Gongsun Du was surprised and said: "Why do you say that?"
"I feel that the imperial court may establish the Marquis as a model, a typical example of a local prince who is willing to hand over his territory and troops to get promoted and make a fortune in Chang'an.
The imperial court will not be stingy with official positions.
As long as it is within the imperial court and within the city of Chang'an, even if it is no longer high official position The court is willing to give them titles and titles because it is easier for the court to control.
However, it is not easy for a small prince in a remote area to control it.
If the marquis can show humility when he meets the regent, I think this will be a good thing for the marquis.
It will be beneficial in the future”: