I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 149 Returning the Capital to Luoyang
Li Shimin made a quick decision, completely pacified Xiliang in less than a year, his prestige was at the height of the sky, and he was even more eye-catching in the court.

Many ministers have contacted Li Shimin secretly, and their intentions are self-evident. All aristocratic families are not fuel-efficient lamps, so they naturally invest everywhere.

Of course, Li Shimin would not refuse anyone who came, but he did not come forward directly, and Chen Gong approached him on his behalf.

Soon the news of the pacification of Xiliang spread to all the princes, and Cao Cao was the one who responded the most.The last time Cao Cao's confidant Cheng Yu and his brave general Che Zhou died in Luoyang, which naturally made Cao Cao very angry. In the end, he cried bitterly and kept blaming himself for killing them.

It attracted everyone to share the same hatred, and they all clamored to go to Luoyang to kill Zhang Yang to avenge Cheng Yu.

Because after Cheng Yu's death, Zhang Yang surrendered to Li Shimin, so everyone in Cao Cao thought that Zhang Yang killed him, and took Cheng Yu's head as a certificate of surrender, and dedicated it to Li Shimin.

But after Guo Jia's analysis, everyone realized that there might be something wrong at this time. In all likelihood, Li Shimin sent people to do it secretly, and used this to force Zhang Yang to surrender, and then took Luoyang.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that they cursed Li Shimin as a treacherous villain.

This time, it was even more inconceivable to learn that Li Shimin had calmed down Xiliang so quickly.Han Sui and Ma Teng have been entrenched in Xiliang for more than ten years, and the imperial court has sent troops to suppress it many times, but all failed. How could it be completely pacified in less than a year?
How many troops does Li Shimin have, and how strong his combat power is!

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Now Li Shimin has grown into a behemoth, which has brought great pressure to Cao Cao.However, Cao Cao had already taken the opportunity to seize Qingzhou at this time, and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, who had originally intended to get involved, were fighting so fiercely that they had no time to take care of it.

Later, Xu Huang, who escaped from Luoyang, led more than ten thousand soldiers to join Cao Cao, and was entrusted by Cao Cao. When he entered Qingzhou eastward, he also sent Xu Huang and Xia Houyuan to lead troops south to quickly occupy Yuzhou, staring at Sili and Luoyang. the area.

And Liu Bei, who had been entrenched in Qingzhou for a long time, was defeated by Cao Cao and fled to the Xuzhou area, where he was stationed at Xiaopei. There were only more than [-] troops left, and he temporarily took refuge in Xuzhou Mu Taoqian.

Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought fiercely for the matter of Jizhou. They won and lost. For a while, neither of them could do anything to each other. They retreated to their respective bases, preparing to heal their wounds and fight again in the future.

The situation in the whole world is still turbulent. Li Shimin occupies Liangzhou, Sili, and Bingzhou, and the Guanzhong area dominates the northwest. With nearly 40 mercenaries, he occupies this geomantic treasure land in Guanzhong and is the strongest prince today.

However, Cao Cao also occupied the three states of Qingzhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou, with a total of 20 soldiers, which should not be underestimated.Although Yuan Shao only had a piece of territory in Jizhou, Jizhou was rich and rich, and he had a family background of four generations and three fathers, so he quickly recruited an army of [-], which was also quite powerful.

There is still a long way to go to pacify the world.

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After Li Shimin regained Luoyang, under the impetus of people with good intentions, the voice of returning the capital to Luoyang gradually spread, and it became more and more intense. It seemed that all the ministers were discussing this matter.

Naturally, Li Shimin also noticed this abnormal undercurrent.Soon, Li Ru, who was hiding in the dark, launched the Baiqi Division to find the root cause, and finally all the spearheads seemed to be directed at the emperor Liu Xie.

Although Li Shimin had secretly ordered that the emperor not allow the emperor to meet with the ministers alone, it was naturally impossible to prevent the eunuch from secretly letting the eunuchs pass on an edict to the ministers.

Naturally, Li Shimin attached great importance to this. He had received a secret letter from Li Ru before, saying that the emperor Liu Xie seemed to have made some kind of "clothes edict" secretly, calling on all the princes to crusade against him, just like the crusade against Dong Zhuo back then.

Now there are signs that Liu Xie seems unwilling to be lonely and is trying to return to the old capital Luoyang.

"Our young emperor seems to want to declare his sovereignty, to emphasize in front of the world that he is the emperor, to establish his own prestige, and to get out of his control." Li Shimin quickly understood what the emperor thought.

This made Li Shimin fall into a passive position all of a sudden, should he pay it back?
When he couldn't make up his mind for a while, he invited several of his staff and counselors over, and asked everyone for advice.

In fact, Xu Shu, Jia Xu and others all knew about the undercurrents in the court, and they also understood the reason why Li Shimin invited everyone to come.

Jia Xu served as the captain of Sili, so he knew the situation in Sili very well. He stood up first and said, "My lord, the purpose of the emperor is to get out of your control and improve his prestige as the emperor. At the same time, Luoyang has his foundation. , the princes from all walks of life around are watching, and the princes of the Guandong can attack Luoyang again at any time, which is indeed a very high move."

Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. At that time, Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Dachang'an and hid in the pass to avoid the conquest of the Kanto princes. Now that Liu Xie is returning to Luoyang, it is nothing more than a deliberate plan to do it again.

After finishing his sentence, Jia Xu stroked his goatee, and continued: "It's just that the emperor occupies the moral high ground right now. If we forcibly obstruct it, we will definitely lose people's hearts. With the support of the ministers of the DPRK and China, we are also making excuses and are extremely passive. I think Why don't we follow the emperor's wishes and return the capital to Luoyang."

Jia Xu said it very cryptically, but actually conveyed a kind of helplessness, as if this matter was irreversible.

Li Shimin frowned when he heard what Jia Xu meant, but he didn't make a statement yet.

Seeing Li Shimin's worry, Xu Shu couldn't help laughing and said, "Haha, my lord, gentlemen, I think this is a godsend opportunity for us."

"Oh, Yuan Zhi, tell me quickly." Li Shimin immediately became interested.

"My lord, the land of Guanzhong has been an important strategic place to achieve hegemony since ancient times. The land in Guanzhong is fertile and fertile. The Guanzhong of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, won the world. It is better to drive all the forces in Guanzhong who are loyal to the emperor out of Guanzhong. , take the opportunity to completely build Guanzhong into the next Bingzhou."

Xu Shu has always been in charge of Li Shimin's money and food, promoted the land grant system, and worked hard to change to an equal land system, which has always been Li Shimin's long-cherished wish.Behind the reform of the land equalization system is Li Shimin's long-awaited government military system, which is his long-term plan for the future.

Then the big families in Chang'an, with the support of the emperor, did not buy Li Shimin's account, and the Guanzhong made Li Shimin very passive for a time.It's better to take this opportunity to wipe them all out of Guanzhong, and manage this treasured land of geomantic omen well.

Li Shimin finally made up his mind to return the capital to Luoyang.This time, let Liu Xie succeed first, and he also wants to see what other tricks Liu Xie has.

(End of this chapter)