Chapter 347
Seeing that Yuan Shu's tone and expression finally became a little refreshed, Yang Hong breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly talked about his three-legged cat strategy that he thought out for a moment and used to shirk responsibility:
"Lord, I think, since we are worried that the information was wrong before and was exploited by some people in Chang'an, we might as well go the other way and let internal strife within the Xiliang Army, which is full of factions!"
Yuan Shu's face calmed down again, as if he felt that he could not imagine how to do it, and he was not so expecting it. He just asked with a calm face, "Oh? Is it? How to do it in detail?"
Yang Hong: "Since the information about the 'Chang'an Emptiness' that our army had received before may be fake or tempting our army to attack, it depends on who might have released the false information - Liu Bei was too far away, and it is unlikely that it was released by Liu Bei.
Then we have to analyze who benefits after the false information is released. Any generals who were originally not Li Jue’s direct descendants in Chang'an City, who had greatly increased their authority after our army attacked, may be those who released false information.
Although we can't figure out who it is, at worst we can suspect more - tomorrow we will send some dead rooms to cross the mountains and sneak through the dangerous places on both sides of the Ship Pass, and bring secret letters to Yang Biao, Duan Wei, Dong Cheng, Zhang Xi, Huangfu Song, and Huangfu Li, asking them why the information was wrong before, and the promised internal and external cooperation did not start.
After Ji Ling's defeat, he was not a waste of money. At least he found out that the current defender in power in the island was replaced by Li Bie. I heard that Li Bie was Li Jue's nephew, and that was the least likely to betray Li Bie, so Li Bie could not be a member of other factions.
At that time, we contacted the inner correspondent and deliberately intercepted Li others, regardless of how many intercepted or which of them were intercepted. As long as the content of each letter was different, the first few could always be deceived in a hurry.
When Li Bieji got too many, he found that it was our counter-espionage plan, and it might be too late. Maybe he had killed several important officials of other Chang'an factions who were likely to be in charge of the troops. Those who had not been killed were in danger. Didn't the soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, Lantian, Yuguan and other places fight each other?
Most of the people who tried to use the lord's fire to get Li were also in it. Once our army used this strategy, it would definitely cause those who overestimate themselves to die and die!"
Yang Hong's plan was very rough, and even the source of information was not accurate. He didn't even know that Huangfu Li was dead. Because Huangfu Li was secretly killed in the palace half a month ago, and it was not promoted-
Fortunately, Yang Hong knew that the Grandpa Han Rong had been publicly executed by Li Jue. Otherwise, if he even sent Han Rong, he would have missed the problem in an instant. Li Biao would have seen the counter-espionage plan at once.
After hearing this plan, Yuan Shu's brows unfolded instantly. No matter whether this matter was feasible or not, at least he felt that it was in line with his own style - he deliberately remembered the wrong letter to the traitor or fake traitor, and used the enemy's knife to kill important officials in the court. Yuan Gonglu is familiar with this matter!
In the Romance, during the period when Dong Zhuo was in power, wasn’t Zhang Wen just because of a collusion letter from Yuan Shu that the courier only knew the word “Wen” and the result was that he was sent to the mansion of “Wen Hou” by mistake, resulting in Zhang Wen being beheaded?
In this way, the enemy can easily send letters to the enemy and kill indiscriminately, which greatly satisfy Yuan Shu's sense of intellectual superiority - we have easily used others!
If anyone dares to use me, I will let him die! And he was killed by being used against him!
"Okay! Just follow this plan!" Yuan Shu thought of the beauty and immediately made a decision.
Yang Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had made a piece of cake. In order to find a way, he didn't think much about the far-reaching impact of this plan. He just wanted to not be held accountable by the leader at the moment.
However, Yan Xiang, who sat on the other side of Yuan Shu, had never spoken before, was relatively calm. Although he could not think of any plan for the time being, the bystanders were clear and could see that Yang Hong's plan was still possible.
Yan Xiang urgently advised: "My lord should not be reckless! Although this plan is feasible and can lead to internal strife in Chang'an, if there are too many killings and too deep resentment, it will not help the lord to win the world in the future and win the hearts of the old ministers of the court!
Moreover, whether it is Duan Wei, Dong Cheng, or Yang Biao, if they want to secretly rebel against Li Jue and use our army to attack and capture military power, they will probably... under the name of the emperor. Although we have not captured this truth, the same is true for this.
So if Yang Hong’s plan is used, if Li Jue and Guo Si are furious, cleanse up and carelessly and hurt Your Majesty, wouldn’t it be an excuse for the princes in the world to attack us! At that time, they will say, ‘It was Yuan Gaolu’s counter-espionage plan that forced Li Jue to kill Your Majesty’, and we must investigate it!”
Yuan Shu raised his eyebrows and slapped the table and said angrily: "Li Jue had an internal conflict with other generals. What does it matter to Your Majesty? When Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun were in power, who did not order under the name of Your Majesty? No matter who rebels Dong and kills Wang Yun, no matter what success or failure, which one did not use Your Majesty to fight against the thief?
We have been repeated so many times, but we have never seen the emperor be killed. Even if the traitor in Xiliang was forced to jump over the wall and temporarily robbed him, it has nothing to do with us! Moreover, I heard that this year, Guanzhong has severe drought, and some counties seem to have signs of locusts. All kinds of disasters are not the same.
If Li Jue really tyrannically killed the monarch this year, the emperor was young and had no children, and since the clash with Huan Ling, three generations of emperors had been the great ranks and the small ranks were inherited, and they were all established by relatives who had been under the sky. They did not follow the clan's closeness and alienation at all. They all depended on the preferences of the relatives and chose young puppets. Now, there are no authoritative relatives who can decide the law of inheriting the royal family. At that time, the Liu family's sons would be ready to move. With such a powerful and virtuous situation, the destruction of the Han Dynasty would be the result of the heavens.
My Yuan family's four generations and three kings have been blessed in the country, and the scholars of the world look up to it. There is a prophecy in ancient times: Those who have served in the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao. My name is the highway, which is exactly the prophecy. If I really get that step, I will restore Chang'an and kill the tyrant Li Jue, I will not be the emperor! As long as I do those two points, it will be God's will to give me the will!"
Not to mention, Yuan Shu's words are quite reasonable. Since Emperor Chong of Han died, starting from Emperor Zhi of Han, "The previous emperor died young and had no son, who will succeed him." That is, the relatives have the final say, and it doesn't depend on who is more worthy of blood, but who is more likely to be a puppet. Therefore, the authority of the succession law of the Han Dynasty's central government has long been degraded.
In the 170 years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, only the first 120 years were considered to be inherited in an orderly manner, without bloodlines and chaotic relatives. It started with the domineering general Liang Ji, and the subsequent chaos lasted for fifty years. (It will be counted from the death of Emperor Chong of Han in 145 and Emperor Zhi of Han succeeded to the throne at the age of 7)
If Emperor Xian of Han died now, let alone Emperor Xian of Han himself had no son, even the King of Hejian, Liu Kai, who was of the same origin as Huan Ling, would have been out of the blue. Even if he found the nearest branch of the bloodline, he would have to go backwards for more than a hundred years and find another clan member of the other branch of Emperor Zhang of Han. Emperor Zhang of Han was the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the son of Emperor Ming of Han, the grandson of Emperor Guangwu, who had been dead for 107 years.
Of course, Yuan Shu was very confident that under this situation, he would change the dynasty with great achievements in suppressing the thieves. He believed that as long as he took that step, his illegitimate trash brother would have to pinch his nose and give up the support of the Han for the common interests of the Yuan family. Moreover, Sun Ce and him were not considered a fray, and they might have reformed themselves and become ministers for him.
If the entire southeast and Hebei were all considered to be from the Yuan family, plus the two capitals and three auxiliary places, how could it not be considered a new dynasty?
In history, before he became emperor, he felt that the situation was very good, and he calculated that Sun Ce and Yuan Shao's territory were all from the Yuan family, so he felt that he was very dominant.
Yan Xiang repeatedly advised him, but he could not stop him, so he had to give up. After all, Yuan Shu did not directly express his intention to proclaim himself emperor this time, but just expressed his intention to sweep away the credit of the Chang'an traitor, which is not easy to stop.
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Although Yuan Shu was arrogant, he still had some advantage over his brother, that is, he was reckless, did whatever he said, and never was indecisive.
In addition, the expedited messenger who delivered the letter was quick and could easily run three or four hundred miles a day. Therefore, Yuan Shu had a plan on April 13 and sent someone to send him out that day. On April 15th, there were already the first batch of deadly sent letters. When he crossed the Zhongling Mountain east of Zhiguan, he was captured by Li Bian's patrol team.
Li Bie took out the letter and saw it. He was frightened. He quickly brought a group of cavalry and rushed back to Chang'an with the letter, and discussed with Li Ying. Li Bie's horses were full of energy and did not require too many people to report the letter, so he brought hundreds of horses, one person and three horses to go on a journey, and arrived in Chang'an at noon.
At this time, Li Jue had not returned to Chang'an yet. It would take him one or two days to arrive. Li Jue's defeated messenger had not arrived yet, and he had not sent back the news of "Duan Wei's rebellion", so Chang'an City was not in a state of panic and fear of changing the sky.
Everyone still agreed that Li Jue and Guo Si had more than 100,000 soldiers and could resist Liu Bei on the front battlefield, and Dong Cheng and others had not taken any action.
Li Don't send the letter to Li Ying, Li Ying was shocked when he saw it.
"Yang Biao, Zhang Xi, Dong Cheng and Duan Wei may have conspired to rob the enemy? Huangfu Song is impossible? He is so old that he can't afford to get sick. Could it be that someone else's plan to distract him?"
Li Bei: "I can't be sure, but this matter is not a small matter. My father must be cautious! If you neglect, you will betray my uncle a heavy trust."
Li Ying was anxiously wandering around the government hall lobby, and finally hurriedly decided to ask someone to discuss with Li Ru first.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Ru hurriedly came to discuss after receiving the notice. Li Ying showed him the letter of inquiries sent by Yuan Shu to the "insider" and asked him what to do.
Li Ru touched the mouse and thought for a while: "This attitude is clumsy, and it seems like a counter-espionage plot no matter how you look at it... However, I have some understanding of Yuan Shu's temperament. This person will not send troops without any benefit, and will not let Ji Ling and Liu Xun and others help Liu Bei at any time. He actually fought with us in a desperate situation, and most of the time he was really introverted.
Let me hold a banquet as an attendant, and entertain Dong Cheng, who was stationed outside the city and Duan Wei's generals to the banquet. I am a civil servant, so they will not doubt the banquet. The general sent General Li to bring a knife and axe driver to ambush behind the scenes in our mansion.
If you are worried that there is no excuse for a banquet, you will say that I want to reveal some of their military information in the front line, and that General Cheqi and Liu Bei have failed in the strategy of inter-trading with Liu Bei. You may have to mobilize troops from Chang'an to assist in the war. If you want to mobilize his and Duan Wei's troops, and then ask General Xiao Li to station Hongnong to defend Wu Han, and you have to discuss this with them. If Dong Cheng and others refuse to come to the banquet, then maybe they have really colluded with Yuan Shu."
Chapter completed!