The World of Yellow Sky

As long as the Ming army achieved a strategic victory, he would directly submit a surrender form to Xu An.

The Ming court swept Hebei, and it has swept the world.

The Han Dynasty was crumbling, and Shi Xie was not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He recommended his brother to be the prefect of each county, just to occupy Jiaozhou.

If the Han Dynasty collapsed, Shi Xie naturally didn't want to be buried with the Han Dynasty.

The reason why they still support the Han court now is entirely because Ming court's policies are too harsh. Even if they voluntarily donate, they can't keep too much property and land in the family, and they need to hand over most of it.

Shi Xie's little thoughts were hidden in his heart, so he was naturally not so stupid as to make a scene known to everyone.

But the Han court was ignorant of this, and Liu Xie even issued a rewarding edict to reward Shi Xie with a lot of property. With An Shixie's heart, he was ignorant of Shi Xie's abacus.

Jingzhou has also entered a state of war in an all-round way. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the reform, Liu Xie not only gave Jingzhou more privileges, but also fully supported Liu Biao's administration.

Originally, Liu Biao relied on the power of the Jingzhou family to suppress the clan thieves and bandits in Jingzhou, but after all, he is an outsider. Although he is a state shepherd, he cannot completely control Jingzhou. then launched an attack to the west.

In fact, Liu Biao is co-governing Jingzhou with the Jingzhou family. However, with the support of Liu Xie, the emperor, and the military power of the central government, Liu Biao is also operating by himself, and he is holding more and more power.

This time the reform and the establishment of the military academy made Liu Biao discover an opportunity that was not noticed by others.

He invited himself to be the principal of the Jingzhou Military Academy, which was directly located in the south of Xiangyang City.

Unlike the military academies in other places where no one cares about them, Liu Biao often goes to the military academies for inspections and even gives lectures in person.

Jingzhou's military academy was established, and Jingzhou's land and water armies were also expanding their armies.

Huang Zu was originally the prefect of Jiangxia. Because of the previous war in Nanjun, Huang Zu has now been transferred to be the prefect of Nanjun, guarding Nanjun and guarding against possible invasion by the Ming army.

In the northwest of Nanyang County, Cai Mao led the army, and Zhonglang General Huang Zhong served as the deputy general to guard the three cities.

Now on paper, the Han court still has sufficient strength to resist the attack of the Ming army.

With the passage of time, the reform of the Han Dynasty is intensifying, and it has also begun to touch the interests of the aristocratic families, and people from all over the country have begun to criticize.

Although Liu Xie was young in such a situation, he had already expected it.

However, the current situation in Hanting is really not optimistic.

The reason why Liu Chong and Wang Yun are also willing to preside over the reform is also because they are aware of the current situation in the country.

The drastic reform will inevitably touch the interests of many people, and will inevitably lead to violent backlash.

It may even plunge the entire country into turmoil and accelerate its demise.

But now the country has to change its laws.

If we don't change the law, if we don't strengthen the army, if we don't increase our influence, we will just sit and wait for death, just sit and wait for death.

The fighting power of the Ming army has been ahead of them by an entire era, leaving them far behind.

If the law remains unchanged and the Ming army will easily cross the Yellow River and invade Yanyu, they will be destroyed without any resistance.

The reform is the only chance for Hanting now...

Wang Ye is not partial to security, and Han and thieves are not at odds!

Even if drinking poison to quench their thirst, they still need to drink this glass of poisonous wine. (to be continued)

Chapter 826 The Conservatives' Counterattack

In the first year of Zhangwu (196), on October [-], the weather has gradually turned cold.

Outside the palace city, there are hundreds of officials everywhere.

Sun Jing frowned, he was standing a little far away from everyone.

He really didn't want to get involved in the dispute, and it was hard for him to get used to being disturbed by the court.

Not long after Yangzhou was pacified, he wrote a letter requesting to stay in his hometown to guard. Although he was detained several times, Liu Xie saw that he had decided to go, so he agreed to his request and named him the governor of Kuaiji.

Kuaiji County is adjacent to Wu County, and its main town is also close to Kuaiji County.

If Sun Jian is described as fire, then Sun Jing is water.

As Sun Jian's younger brother, Sun Jing and Sun Jian have very different personalities.

However, although the two have very different personalities, they are not in an incompatible relationship. They have always supported each other to move forward.

The reason why Sun Jing is here is precisely because of Sun Jian's death.

Liu Xie sent envoys to recruit Sun Jing again. This time Sun Jing did not refuse. He was ordered to recruit three thousand soldiers from Kuaiji County and Wu County, and led the recruits all the way to the north.

He was named the post-general. He was already a general before. This time, he was added a level, and no one objected.

Huangfusong's reputation had always been number one in the army, but after Bingwei entered Luo, Sun Jian replaced him.

Apart from Huangfusong, Yuan Shu's reputation in the army can be ranked second, and the person with the third most prestigious reputation is none other than Sun Jing.

And because of the pacification of Yangzhou, Sun Jing's prestige in Jiangdong reached its peak.

No one questioned whether Sun Jing was qualified to serve as the rear general.

Not long after Sun Jing arrived in Yuzhou with his troops, the Han court opened the prelude to the reform.

Sun Jing can be said to be watching the continuous progress of the reform.

The reforms at the beginning were mild, but now they are becoming more and more intense.

At the beginning, the reform did not touch the interests of the aristocratic family.

Whether it is strengthening the army, or strengthening the power of the state pastor, allowing powerful families from all over the country to recruit village heroes under the supervision of officials, it is actually beneficial to the powerful families.

The recruitment of refugees to cultivate wasteland and farming, and the implementation of the farming system did not infringe on their interests too much.

However, with the progress of the reform and the expansion of the army's enrollment, the Han court's finances have become unaffordable. Just some time ago, Liu Chong proposed a proposal to increase taxes.

In the period of Emperor Ling, taxes were raised many times, and there were not many people in the court who opposed it.

Because the tax increase is not on their heads, but on the heads of the ordinary people, and they don't need to pay much tax at all.

There are no officials who don't have eyesight enough to dare to put those exorbitant taxes on their heads.

But this time the tax increase is different. This time the tax increase is directly added to their heads.

Compared with tax increases, what makes them even more unacceptable is that the imperial court actually wants to re-clear the land.

Compared with tax increases, they are more afraid of re-clearing the land.

The embroidered clothes messenger has always existed, and everyone knows it more or less.

It was just because there was no formal organization of the previous incident, Liu Xie used Habayashi Guard as a cover, and did not put it on the table.

Therefore, the Embroidered Clothes Emissary did not have the privilege of taking people at will, and because of the threat of the Eagle Wolf Guard, all the powerful families in the Han court also tolerated the Embroidered Clothes Emissary.

However, during the reform in August, Liu Xie issued an edict to reset the Embroidered Clothes Envoy.

This time, Liu Chong is planning to let the embroidered clothes envoys participate in the land battle in Qing Dynasty.

The virtues of the Embroidered Clothes Emissary are well known to the powerful families in the Han court.

Today's Embroidered Clothes Envoys under Wang Yue's management are completely different from other government offices. They don't need any seniority or family background to be promoted, they only need the emperor's edict.

Whether it is Sangong or Jiuqing, even Shang Shutai can't control the embroidered clothes messenger.

The identity of the embroidered clothes envoys is similar to that of the eunuchs in the court. They are all the emperor's domestic slaves and only obey the emperor's orders.

Their official ranks are not linked to the officials in the court at all, and they have their own independent system.

All the expenses of the embroidered clothes emissary are paid from the palace, and the money is directly paid by the emperor instead of from the treasury.

Clearing the land, even the people from the central government can use some means to change the result, but if the embroidered clothes envoys also send people to supervise, then they are a little helpless.

You must know that the Eagle Wolf Guard's intelligence network was completely wiped out by the embroidered clothes emissary in just a few days. Anyone with a discerning eye can see how much energy this requires.

No one can guarantee that among the servants of their own clan, or among the acquaintances, there is no spying or pointing out by the embroidered messenger.

The scene where everyone was in danger when the Embroidered Clothes Envoy was first established reappeared in the Han court.

But it's no use objecting either.

Those who presided over the reform were Taiwei Liu Chong and Situ Wangyun.

Zhang Xi, as Sikong, is actually just making up the numbers and doesn't have much authority. He also keeps silent on the reform.

Conservatives who oppose the reform are far less powerful in the court than the reformists.

The emperor personally issued an edict to reset the embroidered clothes envoy, and state pastors from all over the country also announced their support.

The first thing that reform needs is military power, and the emperor now controls a full [-] forbidden troops.

These [-] forbidden troops are the emperor's hole card, the emperor's reliance.

The other people who hold military power are the state pastors of the states.

The Han court now controls the seven states of Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Jiaozhou.

Since Sun Jian's death, the position of Yuzhou State Shepherd has been vacant without a decision, and it is in the hands of Liu Xie.

Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, and Liu Yao, the shepherd of Yangzhou, are both clans. Liu Yao became the shepherd of Yangzhou because of Liu Chong's recommendation. He was originally on the same front as Liu Chong. They are the most staunch royalists.

They have always been on the side of the emperor in matters of reform.

Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is old, and at the end of last year, he submitted his resignation and wanted to return to his hometown for honor, but the emperor issued an edict to keep him, so he is still in office now.

He has no interest in quarrels above the court, and neither supports nor opposes the reform.

Yanzhou Mu Yuan Shu was a supporter of the reform. After the defeat of the Northern Expedition, Yuan Shu's temperament changed drastically. He was no longer as polite and modest as before, but more like the Yuan Shu before he challenged Dong.

Yuan Shu was fighting hard in Yanzhou, putting all his focus on the military, and handed over all the civil affairs to Biejia Luqian.

Originally four generations and three princes, the Yuan family had a very high reputation, but because Yuan Shao established himself as the emperor, his reputation suffered a lot.

The important figures of the main branch of the Yuan family were also killed by Dong Zhuo, so the Yuan family is now controlled by Yuan Shu.

Because of these reasons, Yuan Shi even supported the reform party.

Jiaozhou pastor Xie doesn't care about reforms or changes, and fights for the land, even if he comes to Jiaozhou to fight for the land.

Jiaozhou is different from other prefectures and counties. It is hard to say whether the embroidered envoys in Jiaozhou have two hands.

Generally speaking, there is no good end for those who are the first bird, Shi Xie is very aware of this, so he also kept silent like Tao Qian.

Qingzhou Mu Cao Cao, like Tao Qian and Shi Xie, did not express any opinions of his own.

Facing the disputes in the court, he kept silent all the time, and he did it quite decisively, and thanked the guests behind closed doors. The reasons he used were either inspecting the military camp or inspecting the counties.

Anyway, the powerful lobbyists of the Qingzhou aristocratic family can't see their state shepherd.

So a strange thing happened, and many ministers in the court objected.

But among the state pastors who hold the real power, three of them stood up for it, and the three of them remained silent, and none of them expressed any objection.

In order to change the law, Liu Xie appointed many ministers who fled from Sili. The reform did not cause too much damage to the interests of these people, and even benefited them. Therefore, these ministers are the backbone of the reform.

Liu Xie personally stepped down to carry out reforms, and issued an edict, saying that when the country is already alive and dead, extraordinary laws should be implemented at extraordinary times.

The implementation of the reform should have been a dispute between the ministers, but the emperor himself was a little helpless.

During the reforms of various countries in the past dynasties, the monarch did not end up on his own because there were many reasons to consider.

If the monarch implements reforms by himself, it is easy to intensify conflicts in many cases.

The reform will definitely touch the interests of the conservatives. If the ministers are allowed to implement the reform, there is still room for buffering.

But if the monarch ends up in person, it may be that the tip of the needle is facing the wheat, causing the expansion of the contradiction.

There is also the issue of the loss of prestige after the failure of the reform, not to mention the issue of the former and the later. It is hard to say whether it is possible to preserve itself.

Faced with raging anger, the worst case may even provoke a rebellion and a coup d'état, and it will be difficult to end.

However, the current situation is that Liu Xie personally went off to implement the reform, and he didn't care about the fame before and after, and he didn't care about the failure.

If the law does not change, according to the current process, the day when the Ming army marches south will be the day when it will be destroyed.

The reform was successful, and the Han Dynasty still had a glimmer of life.

Liu Xie did not fail to play the cards according to the routine, and indeed caught all the powerful families by surprise, which also accelerated the process of reform a lot.

Ming Ting's threats, Liu Xie's personal end, the strength of the reform faction in the DPRK and China,

The reforms are constantly advancing. After the conservatives in the Han court have retreated steadily, this time when it comes to fundamental interests, they finally no longer back down.

The court has been arguing for half a month because of this matter, but there is no result.

Conservatives don't want to make concessions, because they know very well that once the opening is opened, it will be like opening Pandora's box, and these so-called regulations implemented during special periods will become routine.