Chapter 1352: Hundreds of officials return to court
Chapter 1352 Hundreds of officials return to court
Chapter 1350: Hundreds of officials return to court
There are also differences between princes. People like Yuan Shao and Gongsun Xuanyuan are naturally big princes with relatively strong strength, while people like Han Xuan and Huang Zu are small princes with relatively weak strength.
Now even big princes such as Yuan Shao and Gongsun Xuanyuan expressed their respect for the Luoyang court as orthodox. Naturally, the other small princes did not dare to say "no".
This is an irreversible trend.
Soon, Huang Zu, Han Xuan, Song Jiang, Lu Kang, Han Fu, Ma Teng, Han Sui and many other princes sent envoys to Luoyang, expressing their willingness to respect the Luoyang court as orthodox and not asking for titles for their lords.
As for the princes Wang Lang who had been destroyed by Sun Jian, he not only agreed with the imperial court, but also directly led his remaining troops to join Qin Hao. Yue Fei's Jingzhou Qin army gained thousands of troops in vain.
Previously, Qin Hao sent envoys everywhere to seek recognition, but the newly established Luoyang court was only recognized by five princes. However, after a great victory in the Battle of Hetao, most of the princes in the world recognized the Luoyang court.
This is the impact of a big win.
Sometimes, no matter how many political means are used, it is not as good as winning one battle at a time.
War is the most brilliant political method!
But the strangest thing is that all the princes who recognized the Luoyang imperial court were not princes with the surname Liu. Except for Liu Bei, none of the princes surnamed Liu, such as Liu Xiu, Liu Che, Liu Ji, Liu Yao, and Liu Yu, were dispatched. The messenger came to Luoyang.
Liu Xiu did not recognize the Luoyang court because he and Yue Fei had fought several battles to seize Nanjun and had become angry. Naturally, it was impossible for him to recognize the court established by the enemy.
Liu Yao did not recognize the Luoyang court because Sun Jian was canonized by the Luoyang court. If he recognized the court at this time, wouldn't it mean that everything he had done before was wrong.
Liu Ji, Liu Che, and Liu Yu all have their own reasons.
In short, although the Luoyang court established by Qin Hao was popular with the people, except for Liu Bei and the Liu family, the other princes surnamed Liu did not agree with the Luoyang court.
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Guanzhong, Chang'an.
Yu Wentai said with a serious face: "My lord, now in the land of Guandong, except for Huang Chao, Yuan Shu and Liu Yao, all the Luoyang imperial courts have been respected as orthodox;
In Hebei, except for Liu Che’s family, everyone also recognized the Luoyang court;
As for Kansai…”
There are the most princes in Guanxi who do not respect the Luoyang court, including Li Shimin, Yang Guang, Liu Ji, and Liu Yu. But regardless of whether they respect it or not, when most of the princes in the world respect it, the Luoyang court is already orthodox to the Han Dynasty.
In this case, even if Li Shimin continues to detain all officials in the court, it will not have much effect.
Before dealing with Yang Jian, Li Shimin promised Wang Yun that he would release all officials back to Luoyang after the matter was completed, but he did not say when, so if he released them after a hundred years, it would not be considered a violation of the agreement.
Li Shimin originally thought that this time Temujin came with the whole country, Qin Hao would definitely fight Temujin to the detriment of both sides. By then, his strength would be greatly reduced, and it would not be enough to deter the princes everywhere.
As long as most of the princes in the south of the world do not agree with the Luoyang court, then Li Shimin can establish another Han emperor in Chang'an to compete with Qin Hao's Luoyang court. After all, he controls all the officials of the Han court, so he can barely establish another Han emperor. emperor's rights.
But Li Shimin never expected that although Qin Hao's victory was difficult, he also won easily. Although he paid a huge loss, it was not to the point where both sides would suffer.
Most of the princes in the world now recognize the Luoyang court as orthodox. Even if Li Shimin established another Han emperor, he might not be able to get the support of other princes. So what's the use of retaining hundreds of officials? It can only be a waste of money and food. "That's all, let Wang Yun lead all the officials back to Luoyang." Li Shimin said helplessly.
Li Shimin was not well-intentioned and wanted to help Qin Hao. In his opinion, it was only a matter of time before Qin Hao replaced the Han Dynasty, so the conflict between him and the Han Emperor would break out sooner or later.
Now that the emperor does not even have his own power, he cannot compete with Qin Hao at all. If the officials are released, these old officials of the Han Dynasty will definitely help the emperor fight for power with Qin Hao.
To be honest, in the struggle between the Han Emperor and Qin Hao, even if he sent hundreds of officials back to help the Han Emperor, Li Shimin still didn't look at the Han Emperor. The two sides were not on the same level at all.
However, Li Shimin was very happy to see these people causing trouble for Qin Hao.
With this mentality, Li Shimin decided to take the initiative to release all officials back to Luoyang, and Wang Yun was naturally overjoyed when he learned about it.
Of course Wang Yun wanted to return to Luoyang. He was also afraid that Qin Hao would be unable to control his ambition and bully His Majesty wantonly. Therefore, as soon as Yang Jian died, he asked Li Shimin to return to Luoyang, but Li Shimin used various excuses to delay time.
Wang Yun was a man who had been a three-gong after all. How could he not see that Li Shimin no longer intended to abide by the agreement and he had tricked himself. This made Wang Yun angry, anxious and regretful, but in the end he was helpless in the face of Li Shimin.
Now that Li Shimin actually agreed to let all the officials return to the court, Wang Yun was naturally overjoyed and felt that he had misunderstood Li Shimin. He immediately summoned all the officials, packed their bags, and was ready to return to Luoyang at any time.
Among the officials in Chang'an, most of them have titles and official positions, and each one of them is used to living a life of fine clothing, fine food, and high positions of power.
But when Dong Zhuo usurped power, all these people's efforts were deprived of their efforts, and their lives were suddenly knocked down from the sky to the mire. No one could bear such a gap.
The titles and official positions of these people were all granted during the late emperor's period, and naturally they would not be recognized by Li Shimin, but it was different when it came to the Luoyang court.
The Luoyang court promoted the slogan of Han orthodoxy, so the Luoyang court must recognize the temporary posts and titles that they, officials from the late emperor's time, had been granted.
Otherwise, what kind of Han orthodoxy would it be?
So, when Wang Yun summoned all the officials of the Han Dynasty and asked to return to Luoyang, 90% of the officials agreed without much consideration.
Because in Chang'an, they only had official titles, but when they returned to Luoyang, they could regain power.
The two are not the same.
Although most of the officials wanted to return to Luoyang, there were also some who did not want to go back, such as Yang Biao.
Yang Biao actually wanted to return to Luoyang. After all, he was a prince of the dynasty, but he was persuaded by his son Yang Xiu to stop him.
Yang Xiu's rhetoric is also very simple. He believes that Qin Hao must have the intention to usurp the Han Dynasty, and even if they, the old officials of the Han Dynasty, go back, they will definitely not be as good as Qin Hao.
Considering the lives of his family and children, Yang Biao decided to pretend to be ill and stay in Chang'an to observe the situation in Luoyang. If Qin Hao was really loyal to the Han Dynasty, it would not be too late for him to go back.
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