During the Three Kingdoms period, the core of Cao Cao's ability to accomplish his great things was: not only virtue, but only talent!

The decline of the Cao Wei regime was because Cao Pi reached a compromise with the aristocratic families in order to become the emperor and vigorously promoted the nine-rank Zhongzheng system.

The Nine-rank Zhongzheng system is beneficial to aristocratic families and is not conducive to poor commoners. After the poor commoners were blocked from the rise, the ruling foundation of the Cao Wei regime was emptied.

By the time Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling coup, it was just a natural result, with flowers blooming and falling.

Objectively speaking, the rule basis of the new Han Empire established by Li Zhongyi was the military merits and noble class formed by the mud legs.

The aristocratic families, mainly large landlords and gentry, became a lost group that was restricted and deprived of privilege.

Therefore, it is not surprising that aristocratic families racked their brains to overthrow Li Zhongyi's rule.

The butt determines the head!

Feelings can deceive people, but the difference in fundamental interests can definitely not deceive people!

After Li Zhongyi calmed down completely, he had already made a decision in his heart. He immediately wrote three secret orders at his desk and sent them to Beijing and other places at a speed of 800 miles.

According to the combat plan of the General Senate, fifty artillery pieces were divided into two. Liao Shanhe, who was responsible for the frontal attack, was divided into twenty gates, while Zhang Sanzheng, who was responsible for the flank attack on Jigong Mountain, was divided into as many as thirty gates.

In addition, the simple catapults were also allocated to Liao Shanhe. On the side of Zhang Sanzheng, the soldiers of the engineering battalion needed to rebuild the heavy catapults in order to smash the "cocktails" into Yangping Pass where the Shu army was stationed.

Li Zhongyi's habit has always been to ignore the command candidate and combat plan after determining the command.

Out of curiosity, Li Zhongyi climbed Jigong Mountain surrounded by a large number of personal guards.

Standing on the top of Jigong Mountain, Li Zhongyi held a monocular lens in his hand and carefully observed the movements on Yangping Pass.

Unlike simple catapults, heavy Hui cannons need to cut down large trees that have been more than fifty years old to withstand the reaction force of repeated throwing.

The soldiers of the Engineering Battalion were divided into several groups, and one group of robes responsible for guiding the infantry cleared out the positions for placing heavy Hui artillery.

Through the monocular, Li Zhongyi could see clearly that the morale of the Shu army at Yangping Pass had not fallen.

After all, such a pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the road up the mountain only allows two carriages to run in parallel. Such a dangerous terrain gave the soldiers of the Shu army great confidence.

Capital, cabinet.

The next time, Ruan stood by the window, twisted his beard, and looked at the peach trees in the garden in a daze, without blinking.

"Report to my husband, you guessed that the messenger from the south has never come back."

Zhe Congruan's cousin, Zhe Deshao, who is currently the official affairs of the cabinet's official office, walked to Zhe Congruan's side and reported the recent abnormal situation in a low voice.

"Well, there has been no news from Li Yunxiao?" Zhe Congruan turned around and looked at Zhe Deshao and asked him in a deep voice.

Zhe Deshao shook his head and bowed, "My nephew has been sending people to stare at Prime Minister Li Qiong, and no news has ever been heard here."

Zhe Congruan nodded and said with a smile: "I guess there is something big in the south. However, the government and military are divided, so I can't interfere in the military affairs of the Privy Council."

Unlike the previous dynasty, the Privy Council of this dynasty neither set up Privy Councilors, nor had a soldier on hand.

However, according to the military regulations, the military affairs of the General Senate, the Military Law and the Logistics Department must be summarized to the Privy Council.

According to Zhe Congruan's understanding, the Privy Council has become the entire Han Empire, the highest military decision-making yamen, and exercises the highest decision-making power.

Now, Li Zhongyi is in the hinterland of Shu Kingdom, and the imperial guards in the capital are in the hands of Li Yunxiao, the admiral of the Nine Gate.

The originally very smooth communication path between the north and the south suddenly changed a surprisingly big change: the messenger of the Zhejia Sect in the south had been over five days and had not returned.

The person sent out from the capital to look for has not been seen yet. Therefore, Zhe Congruan had guessed that something must have happened in the south, otherwise, the messenger traffic entering and leaving the capital would not have been blocked.

Since Zhe handed over the territory of the prefecture from Ruan to Ruan, the huge wealth that the old Zhe family has quickly gathered in the capital and Jiangnan.

Li Zhongyi focused on business, and the old Zhe family had to follow the focus on business. This was the basic policy set by Zhe from Ruan.

In a nutshell, follow the emperor and do whatever the emperor says. You must never mess with the emperor.

Objectively speaking, after the Zhe family's capital entered Jiangnan, it used its huge family power to make its business more prosperous.

If Li Zhongyi had not issued the land restriction order, the Zhe family would have used most of the money they earned to buy land.

Nowadays, the money earned by the Zhe family can only be used to expand the business network and build shops in various places.

"Lao Wu, do you think Li Qiong knew something happened in the south?" Zhe Congruan deliberately asked Zhe Deshao, wanting to hear his opinion.

"When I go back to my uncle's words, with my nephew's brief opinion, I'm afraid Mr. Li is not very clear about it, right?"

As before, Zhe Deshao always talked about everything in front of Zhe Congruan and never hid it.

Zhe Congruan nodded and asked Zhe Deshao again: "So, based on what you see and hear, do you think Li Yunxiao is hiding it from the cabinet?"

"This... In my nephew's suspicion, I'm afraid the emperor doesn't want the cabinet to interfere in military affairs, right?" Zhe Deshao thought about it, and there was only one answer.

Zhe showed a gratified smile on Ruan's face. The old Zhe family has a successor, and it is worth it that he has always been optimistic about Zhe Deshao.

According to the distance of blood relationship, Zhe Deshao is the son of Zhe Congruan's cousin, and is considered a relatively distant relative.

However, everyone's surname is Zhe, and they both lose and prosper together. Zhe Ruan has spared no effort to pull Zhe Deshao.

Zhe Deshao was also very successful. Since he entered the cabinet and worked as an official in charge of the official position of the official position of the official position of Zhe Congruan, he has become an indispensable figure next to Zhe Congruan.

"Lao Wu, look, is there a military disaster in Jiangnan?" Zhe Congruan Youxin cultivated Zhe Deshao, so he continued to break the casserole and asked to the end.

"Uncle, in the opinion of my nephew, I'm afraid someone is treason?" Zhe Deshao deliberately lowered his tone and whispered, "In the eyes of many people, the land restriction order issued by the emperor should be too hasty. As the saying goes, things are perfect, things are smooth, and things are urgent, which is probably because of the civil unrest in Jiangnan, which led to the garrison..."

Zhe Deshao did not finish his words because of taboo, but Zhe Congruan already fully understood what he meant.

"Otherwise, as I see, there might be a mutiny or even a garrison rebellion." Zhe Congruan explained with a smile, "Li Yunxiao was once the steward of the present. He has always been cautious and steady in his work. If he had not encountered a major event, he would not have cut off the channels to enter and exit the capital."

"Uncle, my nephew went to inquire in private?" Before Zhe Deshao finished speaking, Zhe Congruan stopped him. "At this moment, it is absolutely better to be quiet than to move. What does military affairs have to do with us?"
Chapter completed!