The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Xie couldn't understand Xun Zhen's meaning and said, "Who is Yuan Benchu? Duke Xun, what do you mean by this question?"

Xun Zhen said: "Your Majesty, before, especially when the ministers asked Your Majesty to worship Yuan Shao as a general, he once told His Majesty that Yuan Shao, as a person, always had unforeseen intentions, although his family had four generations and three princes, and he was burdened by the Han family. His kindness, and its essence, is no different from Yuan Shu. Both his brothers have the idea of ​​not being a minister. For example, this time the minister was attacking Yuan Shu, didn't Yuan Shao want to send troops to help Yuan Shu in the first place? It is only because he is now confronting Gongsun Zan in Yixian County, and his ministers have deployed troops and horses at the junction of Qing, Yan and Ji before attacking Yuan Shu, and the prefect of Hanoi has other desires and refuses to obey his orders. His vision was never realized.”

Liu Xie nodded and said, "It's very public, and I know it."

Of course Liu Xie knew.

However, in order to show his loyalty to Xun Zhen and the court, Zhang Yang wrote a secret letter some time ago, and sent someone to Xun Zhen, asking Yuan Shao to order him to rectify his troops and go south to attack Henan Yin, and he told Xun Zhen about it. , Xun Zhen was on the front line at that time, and after reading it, he specially sent someone to send this letter to the court, and secretly reported it to Liu Xie.

As mentioned above, because Yuan Shao once wanted to make Liu Yu, the former Youzhou Mummer, as the emperor, Liu Xie was already jealous of Yuan Shao and had no good feelings for Yuan Shao. People's perception is naturally even worse, because Xun Zhen's evaluation of Yuan Shao's "unpredictable" and so on, deeply agrees.

It was just that Liu Xie didn't know what Xun Zhenti meant when he said this, tilted his head, thought about it, and asked Xun Zhen tentatively, guessing: "Gong suddenly talked about this matter, is it because the Duke has already destroyed Yuan Shu and started to rise up? Do you intend to use troops in Jizhou?"

Xun Zhen shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are incomparable. Yuan Shu is tyrannical and incompetent, and he only occupies one county in Nanyang. He also had Liu Biao to help him when he was trying to destroy him, so it was not difficult to destroy him; but Yuan Shao has now stole the territory of one state, and through high officials and Cao Cao, he has occupied the half state of Bingzhou, and his account is even more wise and brave. There are quite a few, if Ju Shou, Feng Ji, Xu You, Guo Tu, and Tian Feng are all advisers, although Qu Yi has been harmed by him, there are still Chunyu Qiong, Yan Liang, Gao Lan, etc., all of them are brave generals, it can be said that The army is strong and the horses are strong, the land is vast and the food is sufficient, so, Your Majesty, although his heart of disobedience has been revealed, the minister thinks that it is not yet time to attack him."

Liu Xie said: "At the end of last year, didn't Liu He and the others sent Yu Yin, Yan Zhi, Wei Dun, etc. to come to the DPRK? Didn't the public tell me at the time that Liu He and others could be used by the imperial court? Youzhou is located in Jizhou. Bei, if you get Liu He and others to help you, will it be difficult to get Yuan Shao?"

"Your Majesty, if the old Youzhou Shepherd Liu Yu is still alive, then it would be fine to join forces with Youzhou to discuss Yuan Shao. The problem is that Liu Yu is dead and Liu He is his son, but Liu He has no foundation in Youzhou. , Although he was appointed by the imperial governor of Youzhou, but in fact he did not have real power in his hands, Xian Yufu and Yan Rou now each have troops and horses, and they have their own thoughts, so the three parties still maintain contact with each other. It is only because Gongsun Zan is still alive and Yuan Shao’s army is strong... Your Majesty, in short, the present Youzhou can be said to be disintegrated and not united. , Because if you want to count on Youzhou's help in the crusade against Yuan Shao, first of all, it is not easy to do, and secondly, even if you get their help, it will probably not be of much use."

Liu Xie was not proficient in military affairs, and he knew that Xun Zhen was invincible and victorious in a hundred battles, and of course he trusted Xun Zhen's military ability. Xun Zhen said, "If that's the case, then why did Duke Xun mention Yuan Shao just now?"

Xun Zhen said

Said: "Your Majesty, I want to ask Your Majesty to temporarily designate Xu County as the new capital."

After a long time, Xun Zhen wanted to say this, which was really something Liu Xie didn't expect.

He was stunned for a while, and said, "Tentatively make Xu County the new capital?"

Xun Zhen said: "Your Majesty, the reason why I made this request at this time is for two reasons."

"Which two reasons?"

Xun Zhen said: "One thing is that Yuan Shao, who was mentioned by the minister just now, has an unpredictable mind and plans to not be a minister. Your Majesty, Luoyang and Jizhou are separated by a river, and there is only one Hanoi county in the middle. He is unwilling to obey Yuan Shao's orders, but he has always been forced by Yuan Shao's lewd power. If Yuan Shao boldly moves his troops to the south, Zhang Yang can only submit in the end, at least he dares not stop it. On the north bank, at that time, Luoyang will surely shake."

"What do you mean?"

Xun Zhen summed up his words and said, "Your Majesty, this is the first reason why Luoyang should not be the capital anymore."

"What's the second reason?"

Xun Zhen said: "Secondly, although the imperial court temporarily moved to Xuxian last year, it has already issued an edict to Yin Zhanghong and others in Henan, ordering them to repair the palace city and ancestral temple in Luoyang, but Luoyang is currently insufficient in terms of people and food and financial resources. It is not enough, so it has not been able to start construction until now, and Luoyang is not suitable for His Majesty to return to live. In this way, the heart of Chaoye will be settled.”

Liu Xie pondered the meaning of Xun Zhen's words, and realized that the most important thing in Xun Zhen's two conversations was not the two main reasons he said, but the last sentence he said, the seemingly light sentence. , frowned, and asked: "Xun Gong, what do you mean by this to calm the heart of Chaoye?"

When Xun Zhen heard Liu Xie's question, she seemed quite surprised, and said, "Why, has your Majesty never heard of it?"

"Heard what?"

Xun Zhen said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and scholars in the court and opposition have been talking about it recently."

"What are you talking about?"

Xun Zhen said: "Many people who are talking about it think that the imperial court is now in Xu County, and the name does not match the reality."

Liu Xie was stunned: "Does it not match the name?"

Xun Zhen said: "Your Majesty, in the final analysis, the name is right and the words are right, and the concerns of these commentators are not unreasonable. Speaking of which, it has been almost a year since Your Majesty and the court moved to Xu County. Up to now, Xu County is not the new capital of the imperial court. The capital of the imperial court is still Luoyang. Then, should we stay in Xu County or move back to Luoyang as soon as possible? It will inevitably lead to unrest.”

Liu Xie murmured, "People's hearts..."

"Your Majesty, the world has been in chaos for a long time since Dong Zhuo's calamity. All the people in the prefectures and prefectures are determined. To use an inappropriate analogy, this is the farmer in the village. When he goes to his home, when he thinks of his home, no matter how hard or tired he is, he will feel stable in his heart, and the current imperial court, as the commentators have suggested, is actually living in Xu. Your Majesty, this is like living on water. Piaoping, it is inevitable that the courtiers and even the scholars and people in the sea will feel that they are floating, just like the peasants have no homes, and the Han people have no homes. Your Majesty, the peasants still have a family, your Majesty, the lord of the sea, of course leads the coast of the land, is it possible that Wang Tu, you must have a place to live, right?"

Liu Xie nodded frequently and said: "Public statement

Even so. "

Xun Zhen said: "That's why the minister dared to say, since Luoyang is not suitable for returning it, why not tentatively set the new capital in Xu County?"

Just as the difference between calling Dong Cheng and his ministers to return to court when Xun Zhen asked Zhong Shucheng to only call Dong Cheng back to the court when he could not distinguish the decree from Zhong Shu Cheng, Liu Xie went through a lot of things. He had gained some political judgment and insight after the hardships, but he was not far-sighted in the end, so he did not see the difference between the tentative new capital being Xu and Luoyang being the capital.

After listening to Xun Zhen's words, he felt deeply rational, so he said, "Your Excellency has a long-term plan, these are all things that I have not thought of, and I take it for granted."

Xun Zhen asked calmly, "So, does Your Majesty agree with the minister's proposal?"

Liu Xie hesitated, and said: "Although I agree, but I have tentatively agreed to allow it, after all, it is a major event, Duke Xun, I think it is appropriate to send this matter down to the court first, and ask the ministers of the court to discuss it before discussing it. make a decision?"

Xun Zhen stroked her short mustache and smiled, "Your Majesty, this is the principle of nature."

After the business was finished, Xun Zhen did not leave immediately, and talked with Liu Xie about some other gossip.

After Xun Zhen returned to Xu County from Nanyang, these days, because of her busy schedule, she seldom saw Liu Xie.

Shangshuling said just now that Shangshutai has been very busy recently, and Shangshutai is busy, that is, Xun Zhen is busy. For the soldiers who made the credit, Xun Zhen received additional rewards, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses returned to Yingchuan. They needed to arrange a place for them to be stationed, and after they were stationed and rested, they also arranged for those who were transferred from Yanzhou and Xuzhou. The soldiers and horses went back to their original station and so on. To be honest, Xun Zhen was so busy these days that she couldn't touch the ground.

Liu Xie had a lot of things he wanted to ask Xun Zhen, such as the specific details of the battle in Nanyang, such as Yuan Shu's past tyranny/politics in Nanyang, which he hadn't had the chance to ask before. Today, he took this opportunity to ask Xun Zhen.

The two rulers and ministers talked to each other about the evening, and that's all.

Liu Xie wanted to keep Xun Zhen for dinner and gave him a royal meal, but Xun Zhen declined.

These days, Xun Zhen not only saw Liu Xie less often, but also went home for dinner less often. After leaving the palace, he made a temporary decision not to return to the General’s Mansion, but to go home directly. . Chen Zhi's daughters were worried about his health because he was getting busier and busier before. It was rare for Xun Zhen to go home for dinner tonight. Cup, but also saved the hope that he can sleep well when he is slightly drunk.

However, in the bowels of the wine, seeing Yingying Yanyan, and the aroma in the nose bursting, Xun Zhen couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart.

That night, Xun Zhen did not rest well.

First, when he was taking a bath after drinking, Tang Er, Chi Mai and other women served him personally. Then he stayed in Chen Zhi's house in the first half of the night, and slept in Zou's house in the second half of the night. Compared with the usual busy day, he went home very late. time, but also a lot of tired.

The next day, Xun Zhen did not go to the table, but asked Xun Yu to go to the table, and proposed a tentative proposal to make Xu County the new capital.

When the table arrived in the DPRK, Liu Xie, as he said yesterday, gave Yang Biao and the others the table and ordered them to discuss.

However, before the day when the officials and ministers who were ordered to discuss gathered to discuss, the news had already spread, and several people came to Yang Biao's house.

The people were seated in the hall.

One person was furious and said, "How unreasonable, so unreasonable! What is Che Qi trying to do?"