Beigong, Deyang Palace,

The palace guards wearing distinct armor stood on both sides of the palace gate, holding spears. They were tall, tall, and extremely neat!

The ground of the hall is shining because the ground of the hall is paved with gold-painted bricks. Many carved stone pillars that are slightly difficult for several people to hold together are arranged in every corner of the hall.

On the top stairs of this hall, a huge seat is placed conspicuously here.

The seats are wrapped in red silk, which is solemn and majestic when paired with gold!

This imperial throne is located at the top of the main hall where it is located, and is twelve steps higher than the main hall.

The ornaments and bottles placed on both sides are also fine products. When you look at the whole place, you will feel dazzling and dare not look directly at it.

At this moment, many ministers stood neatly in the hall, arranged according to their titles and ranks.

All three dukes and nine ministers, important officials in the court, were all the mainstays of the Han Dynasty's Long Court, and none of them were useless figures, each holding great power.

They are whispering to each other, discussing the recent situation,

What is most thought-provoking in Luoyang City is naturally the situation in Liangzhou.

The Qiang Rebels in Liangzhou had already reached the border with a large army and quickly arrived in Hanzhong. Even Chang'an City, where the Great Hanyuan Mausoleum is located, was threatened.

Even the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion did not reach this level, which made these ministers very worried.

Ye Tian was also in the position of General Chariot and Cavalry at this moment, standing upright.

"The emperor is here!"

A sound rang out at the entrance of the hall, and the people in the hall immediately stopped whispering and quickly stood in their own positions.

Liu Hong was wearing a crown robe and shoes. He walked slowly from outside the hall surrounded by the eunuchs, and went up the steps step by step, and sat down on the top throne.

When the sound of the music started, hundreds of musicians were in their direction, mainly composed of the twelve musical rules of the Huang Bell, the harmony of Xiao Sheng and the chime bells and bronze chimes.

Amid the music, the ministers knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, Thousand Years, Thousand Years!"

While shouting, he kowtowed down together.

Liu Hong said lightly: "You guys don't have to be too polite, just flatter yourself." Liu Hong raised his hand and everyone stood up one after another.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

His Highness and ministers looked at the young man in front of him, feeling complicated. Unexpectedly, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had just been calmed down, and in a blink of an eye, the chaos had occurred again in the Three Auxiliary Place.

Liu Hong is only twenty-seven years old this year, but he has become an emperor for more than ten years.

Liu Hong ascended to Dabao when he was twelve years old.

He is not short, thin, with a bit of blue and white on his face, and his appearance is quite handsome in Guangwu's bloodline.

He originally had no power to inherit the great Han Longting.

He belonged to the foreign prince. With the support of his relative Dou Wu, he was the great-grandson of Emperor Zhang, who was just a marquis at that time.

After Emperor Huan died, he had no son, so according to the etiquette system, he should welcome the relatively close vassal kings into the capital.

Dou Wu chose Liu Hong to succeed to the throne at this time.

Dou Miao sent Cao Jie, the commander of the chariot, and others to Hejian Kingdom to welcome Liu Hong to the throne.

Later, General Dou Wu and his accomplice Chen Fan took office.

Due to his merits of support, General Dou Wu later promoted his position and was promoted to the title, and he was in power for a while.

However, in the later September coup, the situation changed drastically.

No one expected that Liu Hong, who had just ascended the throne, followed his predecessor, Emperor Huan of Han, took down Dou Wu, who was powerful all over the world by using the eunuchs.

Next, he was defeated and committed suicide. All Dou family members were killed or exiled. Even the Empress Dowager Dou was locked in the deep palace.

At the same time, the party and corruption disaster that lasted for more than ten years, imprisoning scholars all over the world for decades.

Of course, Liu Hong was only twelve years old at that time.

No one knows whether it was Liu Hong's idea or Cao Jie or Wang Fu's idea.

"Do you have anything to report?"

Looking at the people attending the court meeting below, Liu Hong looked expressionless and just asked calmly.

Someone from the ministers immediately came out and reported the matter, which was naturally the latest major incident about Beigong Boyu and Han Sui's invasion of Guanzhong.

"The world is in chaos, and I am very worried. I just encountered the Zhang Jiao Rebellion in the previous episode, but I didn't expect that in a short time, I was attacked by Han Sui again.

Since February, the Qiang people have begun to leave Liangzhou and go to Guanzhong to cause rebellion many times. The great enemy attacked Sanfu and killed the chief officials...

The Qiang people were really rampant. They first attacked Wudu and burned Longguan. Now they dared to come to Sanfu to invade the cemetery and plunder the horses in the garden...

I think people must be sent to deal with these damn Qiang thieves, otherwise my Han Empire will be completely lost!"

The person who spoke was Liu Tao, and naturally the person who spoke about Beigong Boyu and Qiang Rebellion. His tone was very heavy when he spoke, revealing a few traces of grief.

Liu Tao has a straight personality. Liu Hong doesn't like him very much, but he is indeed an old minister who is loyal to the Han court.

Liu Hong sat upright on the head, and the twelve blows blocked his face, making it difficult to see his specific expression.

"The Qiang thieves are so rampant that they don't take my great man seriously. You all have good plans to help me fight the thieves."

Liu Hong's majestic voice sounded again.

Immediately another person stood up and said, "Your Majesty, my great man has passed the Yellow Turban Rebellion before, and the national treasury is already in short supply. If he rashly launches a large-scale military force against the Qiang thieves such as Beigong Boyu, he will inevitably be damaged.

Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty give up Liangzhou for the time being, and the land of the Three Auxiliary should be held in Chang'an City, so as to protect the Yuanling, and wait until our great man recovers and deal with the Qiang dogs in Liangzhou...

The barbarians of the Qiang people are just unfamiliar ungrateful wolves. If they attack Liangzhou in large numbers, the treasury will not be able to bear it.

The land of Liangzhou is always like this, not only time-consuming, labor-intensive and cost-effective, but also drags down the Han Dynasty.”

Liu Hong looked up from the silence and saw that Situ Cui Lie, one of the three ministers, was speaking.

Cui Lie is a famous scholar in Jizhou, and he also has some impression of Cui Lie.

Although Liu Hong also sold his official positions before, he still had some principles. Of course, he could not buy official positions at the level of the three public and one level. However, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the treasury was empty.

Liu Hong began to sell official positions and titles to make up for the previous deficits during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

In the end, Cui Lie spent 50 million gold coins to buy an official from the West Garden and serve as Situ.

Of course, in Liu Hong's eyes, the three officials could sell at a high price. At the beginning, his price in West Garden was 100 million gold coins.

Finally, Cui Lie cleared the favored concubine around Liu Hong and was able to buy the positions of the three officials at half price.

This person naturally left a great impression on him, but this impression is certainly not a good impression.

Cui Lie's words meant very simple, that is, he abandoned the car and guarded the soldiers, gave up Liangzhou, but guarded the Chang'an City of Sanfu.

After all, the land of the Three Auxiliary is very important. Not only is the land fertile, but it has the important city of Chang'an City.

And more importantly, this is the place where the garden tombs of the Longting of the Han Dynasty were located in all dynasties, and it is the ancestral tomb of the Han Empire!

No matter where the Han court gave up, it was impossible for the Sanfu area to give up.

Hearing this, Liu Hong narrowed his eyes slightly and didn't say anything.

"Your Majesty, Cui Lie's words are nonsense! I think your Majesty should execute Situ immediately so that the world will be peaceful!"

Before Cui Lie finished speaking, someone stood up again and pointed at Cui Lie and said angrily.

Liu Hong looked over at first sight. The person who spoke was wearing a chariot, cavalry, general, and the government, and the gold ribbon and silver seal. He was young, but he had an extraordinary demeanor. He was not someone else, but Ye Tian.

Of course, Liu Hong knew Ye Tian. In the past, Ye Tian quenched the Yellow Turban Rebellion and made military contributions. He was ranked first in the entire Han Empire and was unparalleled.

Even the great Han generals such as Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun are far inferior to Ye Tian.

In the court, many people have regarded him as the number one general of the Han Dynasty today, and even compared Ye Tian with Huo Qubing back then.

"Ye Cheqi, what do you mean? My plan is for the sake of my Han Empire. How can you say that you should be executed by me? Every sentence of my words comes from sincerity!"

When Cui Lie heard someone say that he should be executed, he was so angry that his face turned red and he suddenly looked in the direction of the person who was talking.

He was the third duke of the Han Empire and had a very noble status. Even if he was born by the three dukes who bought an official position, he was also the third duke!

However, the moment he saw Ye Tian, ​​his arrogance immediately dissipated.

Because although he is one of the three ministers of the Longting of the Han Dynasty, his status has reached an extremely respectful level.

But Ye Tian was also the chariot and cavalry general, one of the four generals of the Longting of the Han Dynasty, and was no worse than him at all.

Moreover, he came just by buying an official in the West Garden, and even many gentry in the court looked down on him.

Ye Tian's achievements were really achieved through military merits, and his status in Liu Hong's eyes was far better than that in his eyes.

"You just said such a tragic word, which is really unfaithful! You, an unfaithful person, deserve to be killed!"

Ye Tian just sneered.

"Ye Cheqi, don't bully people too much? Every word I said just now is for my great man. Don't swear at others!"

Cui Lie's face was flushed with anxiety and said.

Liu Hong looked at the two of them and couldn't help but squint.

One of the two is one of the three Situs, and the other is one of the four generals. They are both important officials of the court. They are not a decent person in the court at this moment.

He waved his hand quickly to stop the two of them from quarreling and said, "Ye Cheqi, it's not appropriate for you to insult Zhang Wen, but I still want to hear why you said that."

Ye Tian looked at Liu Hong deeply and immediately spoke, "Your Majesty, of course there is a reason why I said this.

Liangzhou is a key transportation location in the northwest of our Great Han Dynasty. It controls the Western Regions and the North Town aliens! It is the northwest gateway to our Great Han Dynasty!

It is also one of the main sources of our elite cavalry in the Han Dynasty. The four counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang are the keys to cut off the connection between the horse-riding nation and the Western Regions!

When the Xiongnu Shanyu Maodun disobeyed Empress Dowager Lu, General Fan Kuai boasted that he "I wish to win 100,000 people and run rampant among the Xiongnu." He was so loyal and patriotic, Ji Bu still said that Fan Kuai could be killed.

Liangzhou was the key to the world, and the state was vassal of the state. Emperor Gaozu and Li Shang pacified the Longyou area. Emperor Shizong and Emperor Wu of Han opened up Liangzhou and established four counties.

At that time, people thought this was like cutting off the right arm of the Huns.

Now Liangzhou is in chaos and rebellion has occurred. The world is in agitation, and His Majesty cannot sleep or eat.

Cui Lie, who was the prime minister, could not share the country's worries, but wanted to abandon a territory of thousands of miles. It was really nonsense.

If the alien race gets Liangzhou, it will launch a stronger offensive, which is the biggest consequence! If Cui Lie does not know this principle, it is ignorance.

If he knew it, then he would be unfaithful to His Majesty!”.

"For hundreds of years, my great man fought with the Qiang people in Liangzhou, stopped and fought, consumed countless money and food, and sacrificed the lives of countless soldiers. Why?

It is for this land and for the power of the Han Dynasty. The land here was left to us by our ancestors, and no descendants have the right to discard it.

Only by guarding it can we protect the dignity of our Han Dynasty and the power of our Han Dynasty.

Liangzhou is the barrier to the western part of our Han Dynasty. If it were not available, Chang'an and the Three Auxiliary Places would be the border and a place where wars would be rife.

And it is precisely because of its existence that it bears continuous war disasters that the peace of the Three Auxiliary, the peace of the Central Plains, the peace of the Han Dynasty, and the peace of the people of the world!

If we give up Liangzhou so easily, what kind of dignity can we have in our great man? What face can we have in the world?

As one of the three dukes, Cui Lie openly advised His Majesty to give up the Northwest! This is simply ridiculous! It is unfaithful!

That's why the empress said that Your Majesty should execute Cui Lie!
Chapter completed!