To be honest, Yuan Wei was not surprised when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden arrival today. On the contrary, he was more of a surprise.
The next step for powerful people is to become a noble family. Entering the court and becoming an official is the path that powerful families will choose after they develop to a certain stage.
As a local tycoon, the Zhu family can be said to have developed to the top. If they want to develop further, they need to enter the court and become an official. This is the necessary stage for a tycoon to become a noble family.
This is how the Yuan family came here, and now the Zhu family will do the same.
This is the rule set by the world's aristocratic families.
The Yuan family and Zhu Yuanzhang actually had some nasty arguments before, but in the end the Yuan family took the initiative to give in.
Why did Yuan Wei take the initiative to give in and show weakness? It was because he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask for something from him, and it would happen now.
"Brother Zhu, it is not difficult to become an official with the reputation you have gained in the past two years. If Brother Zhu is willing, I can report to the court tomorrow to recommend Brother Zhu as the county governor. There is no problem at all." Yuan Wei said with a look on his face.
Righteous way.
At present, the imperial court's official selection system does not include imperial examinations, and the only way is to promote filial piety and integrity.
According to Zhu Yuanzhang's current reputation, coupled with the recommendation of a heavyweight Taifu like Yuan Wei, there is indeed no problem with becoming a county governor.
But Zhu Yuanzhang came all the way from Jizhou, not for a county guard.
He believed that Yuan Wei naturally saw this.
Now this old guy doesn't know how to pretend to understand, he is obviously playing tricks on himself, and he obviously wants to show his sincerity on his own initiative.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile, but he did not continue to struggle with this issue. Instead, he said: "I heard that my brother entered the palace to participate in politics today, and the general He Jin is not easy to get along with. You didn't have any conflicts, right?"
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang ask about matters in the palace, Yuan Wei couldn't help but sigh.
"Conflicts have always existed. I think Brother Zhu also knew about it. He Jin is domineering. Today in front of the late emperor, he openly said that he wants the official position of Taiwei. He not only wants to be in charge of politics, but also wants to be in charge of the world's military. This is simply
Sensational.”
"How can such an important position be given to him? If given to him, wouldn't it be a repeat of Wang Mang's rebellion two hundred years ago?"
When Yuan Wei said this, the expression on his face softened before he continued: "But in the end, the Queen Mother and Your Majesty are still wise. They did not agree to He Jin's request and only gave him the right to govern."
"It's good like this now. He Jin is in power and I'm assisting him. The military power of Luoyang is handed over to Dong Chong. We all work together to assist the young master and complete the transition of power as soon as possible. The current Han Dynasty is better than anything else in stabilizing the situation of the court!" Yuan Wei said.
"That's true, but I don't think He Jin will just give up like that?"
"For a general, the position of being in charge of court affairs does not seem to satisfy his desire for power." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
"Brother, have you ever thought about assassinating He Jin?" Zhu Yuanzhang said suddenly.
"He is the brother of the Empress Dowager. If he dies, His Majesty and the Empress Dowager will probably trust the eunuchs even more. It would be even worse if the eunuchs take over the military power!"
Yuan Wei shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This is the best situation now. After all, we have to give His Majesty a sufficient sense of security, and this is He Jin's role."
"Although this person is arrogant and domineering, he still has some bottom lines after all."
"Yeah?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan, the reason why I came here in a hurry today is actually because my people intercepted an important piece of information and sent it to Brother."
While Zhu Yuanzhang was speaking, he took out a secret letter from his sleeve.
Yuan Wei didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when he opened the secret letter and read the contents, he felt chills all over his body.
"this……."
"He Jin, how dare you act so boldly?" Yuan Wei suddenly jumped up from his chair, his expression extremely ugly.
The content of the secret letter was He Jin's secret order to let the Xiliang army and the Bingzhou army march to Sili.
Letting the border troops join Sili is equivalent to stripping a beautiful woman naked and throwing it into the home of two grown men to test the man's self-control. But it is impossible for a normal man to control it.
What's more, one of the men is Dong Zhuo.
Others Yuan Wei didn't dare to say, but Dong Zhuo definitely couldn't control it.
"This is luring the wolf into the house!"
"But he still knows how to check and balance, and he also mobilized the Bingzhou Army." Yuan Wei pinched his eyebrows with a headache.
These two troops are the two strongest frontier armies of the Han Dynasty today, with a total strength of up to 300,000.
He was brave and powerful in battle. Looking at the content of the secret letter, it is obvious that He Jin has reached an agreement with both parties. Both Dong Zhuo, the commander of the Xiliang Army, and Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, are willing to serve He Jin as the leader.
"Brother Zhu, this is no joke. Are the contents of this secret letter serious?" Yuan Wei looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again.
"Absolutely true."
"And this matter is easy to investigate. Brother Yuan can send fast horses now to check the movements of the Bingzhou Army and the Xiliang Army. If my prediction is correct, they should have started to advance towards Sili by now," Zhu Yuanzhang said.
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"If this is really the case, then the trouble will be big!" Yuan Wei said.
"Benchu, go and investigate this matter now. If this matter is true, you must clarify to me the approximate number of people and marching route of the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army entering Sili this time!"
"This is the most important thing!" Yuan Wei commanded Yuan Shao in a deep voice.
"Yes, father!" Yuan Shao bowed respectfully and left quickly.
"Actually, there is no need to be too anxious. After all, it will take time for the army to get closer."
"It will take at least a month for them to enter Sili."
"Now that this matter has been discovered in advance, we have enough time left, and we can do a lot to deal with it." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
In the original history, it would take at least more than a month for Yuan Wei to receive news of the border troops entering Beijing.
But by then it would be too late.
Because both Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan had secretly advanced into Sili with their elite troops.
Precisely because of this, there was no need to negotiate with He Jin, because he already had the absolute initiative.
Perhaps this is also the reason why the emperor and Yuan Wei finally chose to kill all odds and directly assassinate He Jin.
Because from the moment the border troops entered Sili, the political balance of Sili was broken.
If the Sili clan and the emperor did not resist, the only thing waiting for them would be to lie down and let them do whatever they wanted.
But history has fully demonstrated that if things really reached the point of no return, neither the nobles nor the emperor would be willing to lie down.
They used the simplest and crudest method, assassination.
In the end, everyone became a loser.
Because this directly led to the complete imbalance and complete collapse of the central authority of the Han Dynasty.
As a result, He Jin died, Dong Zhuo entered the capital, killed the young emperor Liu Bian, killed the Queen Mother He, killed Yuan Wei, and killed nearly ten thousand Sili nobles.
The war between the Three Kingdoms that lasted for half a century officially began.