Three Kingdoms

No matter what era it is, any emerging political power always needs some vases to embellish it so that people can intuitively see hope.

Fei Qian greeted Lu Bu, not even waiting in Pingyang, but preparing to go to Hedong.

Yuan Shao can welcome two hundred miles, why can't Fei Qian?

Of course, after all, the distance from Pingyang to Hedong is relatively close. Even to the territory of Hedong, it is only two to three hundred miles away. Therefore, plus the fast horse taking the official road, it does not need to consume too much time.

Not only did Fei Qian himself go south to meet him, but he also brought another person with him...

Yang Xiu.

Taking Yang Xiu with him naturally had Fei Qian's intention, but it seemed that Yang Xiu also understood Fei Qian's meaning, so he followed Fei Qian obediently, even though he was not used to riding a war horse, which caused some bleeding from the rubbing on his thighs. Still silent.

But Fei Qian saw it and asked someone to put some leather mattresses on Yang Xiu...

If Lu Bu really joins the party, then the puzzle of the entire Shanxi political group can be said to be relatively complete.

From a certain level, Fei Qian is the best leader of Shanxi Group at the moment.

The previous leader of Shanxi was naturally Yang Biao...

Wang Yun had a brief opportunity to become the leader of Shanxi, but what Wang Yun did after killing Dong Zhuo was so disappointing that Wang Yun eventually not only lost this position, but also lost his own life.

Of course, the Shanxi political group is only relative to the group of people in Shandong. In fact, it did not really take shape during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

If I insist on saying that there is a more mature one, it is not Yang Biao as the leader, but Dong Zhuo.

In all dynasties of the Han Dynasty, there was a saying that a general from Shanxi would be a prime minister from Shandong. Therefore, as the leader of Shanxi, Yang Biao actually did not fit the bill, because Yang Biao and the Yang family felt somewhat assimilated by the Shandong gentry. They mainly focused on classics, not He was born into a military lieutenant general, not from a martial arts family.

Dong Zhuo was different. He first surrendered to the state army and later led Xiliang. Basically, he followed the path of martial arts. Although Dong Zhuo was not of a very high background, for Shanxi leaders, military power and force were the key points. , so it is barely worthy of it.

In later generations, Dong Zhuo's greatest evil deed was most often mentioned, which was the act of abolishing the throne. But in fact, the matter of abolishing the establishment was not a heinous thing for the Han Dynasty court, because there were many people who did such things during the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, and not all of them necessarily became negative teaching materials.

The more he stands in a high position, the more Fei Qian can understand some issues that he could not understand before.

There are many things that seem completely unrelated, but in fact when they happen, they become inevitable.

If people from Shanxi want to seize the interests above the original court, which part is the easiest to swallow?

Naturally, it is the He Group that killed He Jin. It is fat, delicious, and easy to kill.

When Dong Zhuo deals with the Queen Mother He, he must deal with the Young Emperor Liu Bian. These two people are originally one and the same. No matter who is left behind, it will cause a resurgence and will inevitably continue to restrict Dong Zhuo's power. Therefore, Dong Zhuo must fully control the political power. , it is necessary to coerce Queen Mother He to give up the court.

The most interesting thing is that Dong Zhuo deposed the young emperor Liu Bian in the name of Queen Mother He.

It is in line with the rules of the Han Dynasty.

According to the system formed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, from the death of the emperor to the period before the young emperor took charge, the empress dowager held the supreme political position and had the final decision-making power on major state affairs, including the selection of the successor to the throne. The fact that the Empress Dowager He came to the court to listen to the government had become known to the world. Dong Zhuo used the Empress Dowager's advice to abolish and establish the throne, thus gaining legal status.

Even though the Shandong nobles criticized Dong Zhuo many times later, most of them focused on poisoning the deposed emperor. They did not mention the deposing of the young emperor Liu Bian. This shows that at least in this aspect, Dong Zhuo's actions were still Comply with legal procedures.

After deposing the emperor, he would naturally kill Queen Mother He, and both of them would have to deal with it.

Because even after Empress Dowager He returned to power, she was still the nominal empress dowager of the Han Dynasty, so she could still influence the government through Liu Xie, making it difficult for Dong Zhuo to truly control the imperial power. What's more serious is that since Dong Zhuo has hated Liu Bian, he has already become enemies with Queen Mother He, and there is no room for maneuver.

As early as the first year of Zhongping, Yan Zhong persuaded Huangfu Song, who had strong soldiers, to "conquer the people of Hebei and mobilize the people of the seven states." He said that Huangfu Song should go straight to Luoyang, eliminate the eunuchs, and then take the title of Han Dynasty. emperor. Interestingly, Huangfu Song was actually from Liangzhou, strictly speaking. Although Yan Zhong failed to persuade him, Dong Zhuo, a latecomer, accomplished what Huangfu Song did not do. Is this just a coincidence?

So when Dong Zhuo started to engage in He Jin, the Shandong Group headed by Yuan Wei not only stood by and watched, but also contributed to the flames and then profited from it...

But what Yuan Wei didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo would target him next.

Things are unpredictable. Fei Qian had never thought that he would ascend to the position of leader of Shanxi Group, but from Xun Chen's vague words, Fei Qian suddenly realized this.

Perhaps Fei Qian himself didn't think anything of it, but in the eyes of the Shandong nobles, Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, not only took control of the Taiyuan Shangdang territory that originally belonged to Wang Yun, but also incorporated the Xiliang Group, and even extended his hand to Hedong and Hanzhong are almost the prototype of a huge Shanxi political group. Therefore, for Fei Qian, how to maintain and build the entire group structure has become the test Fei Qian faces now.

If you do it well, you may be able to avoid the mistakes of Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun. If you do it poorly, you may be like Yuan Shu and become the nutrient for others to rise...

Fei Qian glanced at Yang Xiu, who was still a little embarrassed. His eyes wandered over him for a while, nodded, and then said in a loud voice: "Speed ​​up and rest at Linfen!"

"only!"

After hearing Fei Qian's order, Yang Xiu could only smile bitterly and grit his teeth. After all, he also knew that he had no room for bargaining in front of Fei Qian. No matter what Fei Qian gave, many times I can only bite my teeth and eat it...

Moreover, Fei Qian had indeed slowed down, otherwise according to the original speed of the cavalry, traveling two hundred miles a day would not be too outrageous.

Fei Qian didn't mean to make things difficult for Yang Xiu, but Yang Xiu's foundation was indeed too weak. Well, maybe Fei Qian himself was almost the same back then, but people are always forgetful, especially their own scandals.

Yang Biao The Yang family's compromise was just like Yang Biao's compromise in front of Dong Zhuo. Of course, at Dong Zhuo's time, it was not just Yang Biao's family who compromised, but also the Shandong nobles headed by Yuan Wei.

Fei Qian didn't know how much loyalty Yang Biao and Yang Xiu had, but Fei Qian knew that the little remaining loyalty was based on the authority in Fei Qian's own hands...

The final gathering of the Yang family and the Wang family will also cause panic among the entire Shandong gentry, just like the union of Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.

The departure of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu also illustrates this point.

In addition, there were indeed some problems with Dong Zhuo's methods at that time, so even if there was no Wang Yun at the time, it would eventually lead to a conflict between Shandong and Shanxi...

So, Wang Yun really decided to stand up in order to prevent the Han Dynasty from falling apart?

It's possible.

But no matter what, Fei Qian is now reintegrating the group structure in Shanxi and gathering together Lu Bu, Yang Biao, Yang Xiu, and the Wang family in Taiyuan, the remaining figures from the last political power struggle. , laying the foundation for future struggles in Shandong and Shanxi!

And will these people be integrated smoothly?

Fei Qian didn't know, but he wanted to try it after all.

Linfen City was in sight, and Taishi Ci's queue also appeared twenty miles outside the city. Seeing Fei Qian's banner of conquering the West, Taishi Ci hurriedly clapped his horse to greet him, dismounted from a distance and knelt down on the left side of the road.

"Ziyi doesn't need to be polite..." Fei Qian also got off the horse, helped Taishi Ci up, patted Taishi Ci on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Hedong affairs are complicated, Ziyi has worked hard..."

"I don't dare to talk about my hard work while sharing my lord's worries!" Tai Shici said quickly, "Marquis Wen and his entourage have arrived in Anyi, and Pei Shijun has already contacted and entertained me... I don't know if my lord is waiting here in Linfen, or..."

Fei Qian nodded and said: "Now that we're here, it's better to give up halfway. Let's rest for one night and set off tomorrow!"

"I obey my lord's order." Taishi Ci agreed, then turned to meet Huang Xu, replenished the supplies brought by Fei Qian to Fei Qian's direct troops, and commanded the soldiers to help them set up camp together.

Fei Qian naturally doesn't care about these things. He just needs to find a place to sit. Of course, Fei Qian still couldn't rest until the entire camp was set up. After all, as a role model in the military, he still had to look good...

As for doing it yourself and working with the soldiers?

Don't be ridiculous, it's enough to be a captain. If you are promoted to the rank of general and have to do these menial jobs, then what hope do the middle and lower-level non-commissioned officers have?

Along the way, Fei Qian thought about it, but there was still a question in his mind that he had never been able to find an answer to. That was how Dong Zhuo was finally separated from the Shanxi political group when he was in Chang'an. In other words, because What happened, or what caused it, finally led the Shanxi political group, which had already begun to take shape, to abandon its martial arts and choose to assassinate Dong Zhuo...

During that time, Fei was fighting in the north, and Wang Yun had also died. The only remaining participant in the rebellion was Lu Bu.

Can Lu Bu know the truth at that time?

Fei Qian touched his beard, which had grown a little, and thought to himself that based on his understanding of Lu Bu, Lu Bu might not know the secret even now...

Maybe I didn’t even think about it.

Most people just want to see what they want to see, and often choose to turn a blind eye to those things hidden in the darkness and shadows. After all, it takes a lot of brainpower to see these things. This cannot be blamed on Lu Bu, not everyone has enough brain capacity, but Fei Qian, as the next leader who is about to unify the entire Shanxi forces, naturally has to consider these things.

Fei Qian moved his eyes to Yang Xiu and saw Yang Xiu sitting figurelessly under a big tree, dripping with sweat. He spread his legs and stretched them straight. A faint blood seeped out from under his crotch. , the whole person is in a miserable state, and there is no trace of the elegant and elegant nobles in the past. He looks like a big-headed soldier...

Fei Qian couldn't help but smile slightly and motioned to Huang Xu to call him over.

Lu Bu doesn't know, Yang Biao probably knows, and as the heir of the Yang family, Yang Xiu is also likely to know the inside story...

"Dezu, you have worked hard all the way, is this a habit?" Fei Qian said while motioning to Huang Xu to give Yang Xiu a bench to sit on.

For those who are not used to riding horses, their legs will feel as if they are broken after riding for a long time. The feet will be light when limping and splayed. For people like Yang Xiu with thin skin and tender flesh, the friction of the flesh and blood will almost certainly be blurred. Yes, Fei Qian is a little impressed that he is still holding on without complaining or breaking things.

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly and did not answer the question: "The general summoned Xiu here, what are his orders?" Can't you tell if it's hard work or not? After being tortured, he was tortured. He accepted it, but after the torture, he still asked if he was happy. How could Yang Xiu endure this?

Fei Qian laughed. He thought that Yang Xiu was too deep and forbearing before. He could endure such hardships without saying a word. Would he have the potential of Sima Yi? But now it seems that Yang Xiu is still Yang Xiu, and he is smart. Smart enough, but still not shameless enough.

"Zichu, go get some bruises ointment and give it to Dezu..." Fei Qian turned around and ordered, and then said to Yang Xiu, "You and I are both from Shanxi. Although we may not be the enemy of ten thousand people, at least we can You also need to be skilled in military skills... This bruise and bruise ointment is secretly made by Pingyang Zhang's miracle doctor. Dezu can apply it on the injured area to relieve the pain..."

The skin of the human body has a strong repair function, but during the process of platelet coagulation, it will pull the skin and cause it to become tight. If you continue to march, the skin wound that was just tight and coagulated will inevitably be destroyed again, and ointment can relax the skin wound. , to avoid repeated tearing.

Fei Qian showed his kindness, and Yang Xiu also bowed his head slightly and thanked him. It can be said that Yang Xiu belongs to the extremely smart people, so he naturally understands the meaning of Fei Qian's words, and Fei Qian also made it very clear and did not hide anything. "People from Shanxi" at least need to be skilled in military affairs. …

"General, do you want to use martial arts to rule the country?" Yang Xiu was silent for a moment and then said.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "What is Dezu's advice?"

Yang Xiu looked up at Fei Qian and said slowly: "Wu Ke Jingbian cannot rule the country!"

Fei Qian was not angry because of Yang Xiu's statement, but said: "Is this the reason for rebelling against Dong?"

Yang Xiu frowned slightly. Although he was not satisfied with Fei Qian's leaping question, after all, Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, was now in a strong position. Naturally, he could only continue Fei Qian's topic and said: "Reverse Dong? No. Dong Zhongying The poisonous disaster is getting deeper and deeper, and the signs of tampering and rebellion are already there, and you have to take the blame on yourself."

"Treacherous?" Fei Qian asked, "Can you hear the details?"

Yang Xiu did not shy away and said directly: "Dong Zhongying arrived in Chang'an, and then he presumptuously drew up a carriage uniform, rode on a golden flower and a green cover, and painted two claws to test the ministers. This was one of the first. Second, Dong Zhongying proclaimed himself the grand master. When the minister saw it, he It is not a courtesy to pay homage to someone who comes off a carriage; thirdly, Dong Zhongying plans to abolish the titles of the four emperors He, An, Shun and Huan on the grounds that their merits and virtues are not outstanding but have some shortcomings..."

Fei Qian's brows couldn't help but raise.

Fei Qian had heard of the first two, but this was the first time he heard of the third from Yang Xiu.

The so-called Jinhua Qinggai chariot was generally a vehicle that could only be ridden by the crown prince in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, it seems that Dong Zhuo was arrogant in this regard. He proclaimed himself the grand master and the father-in-law of Han Emperor Liu Xie. , showing an aura that surpasses Liu Xie, as if he is a king. Although these two points are actually a bit excessive, it is not that no one has done it...

So strictly speaking, only the third point ultimately led to the split of the Shanxi political group.

Regardless of whether it is Shandong or Shanxi, most of the gentry children above the court regard themselves as Qingliu. Although the Qing discussion movement of these party celebrities in the late Han Dynasty expressed their dissatisfaction with the politics of the time, those who bluntly criticized the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not Not common. Dong Zhuo not only proposed that the emperors below Emperor He had "no difference in merit and virtue, but only differences", he also stated that he would publicly demote their temple titles. This was obviously an extraordinary move and might be regarded by party celebrities as denying the entire Eastern Han Dynasty. The imperial bloodline has even become an important precursor to preparing to abolish the Han Dynasty and stand on its own feet.

In addition, in order to maintain his power and position, Dong Zhuo aggressively placed people in the Dong family. Regardless of their talents, even the descendants who were still feuding with each other were all granted the title of marquis. This was similar to Dong Zhuo's situation before he moved the capital, where "the people Zhuo loves, and the people they hold are not the same." The behavior of "not holding a prominent position" is very different, so it was naturally understood by the gentry as a behavior of burning bridges across the river and preparing to completely abandon the Shanxi gentry.

"I see." Fei Qian nodded and said, "The car in front is overturned, and the car behind is warned. If we are not united, even if we gain power for a while, it will not last long. Does Dezu think so?"

Yang Xiu was silent for a moment, cupped his hands and said, "What the general said is true. Don't worry, general."

"Good. It's getting late. Dezu can rest early. He has to go on the road tomorrow." Fei Qian asked what he needed to ask and said what he needed to say. Naturally, he issued an eviction order.

Yang Xiu naturally understood, said goodbye and left.

Fei Qian looked at Yang Xiu's back. Although he solved a question, he also added a stone...

But now, we can only move forward.

It's like a large truck driving on the highway. It finds a small car or something in front of it, and it wants to make a sharp turn or brake suddenly. The small car doesn't know what it is, but its end will definitely be that the car crashes and everyone is killed, so now The only way is to fight with minimal loss!