The master and servant were determined, and although the three of them were still sitting, they moved the chairs and talked with Ding Yi respectfully.
Ding Yi asked in detail about the situation in the northwest. Xiliang connected the Qiang tribes, and the Qiang tribes were closely connected with local wealthy tribes. They surrendered and rebelled at times, and the situation was chaotic. Once, due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Western Liang rebellion flag was raised high. Some people in the court proposed to give up Xiliang. Now Xiliang is actually semi-autonomous. Most areas are managed by local wealthy tribes themselves. On the surface, they obey the orders of the court, which is very complicated and may rebel again at any time.
However, the Han people, Qiang people, and local tyrants in the northwest also had great internal friction and could not become a confidant of the Han Dynasty for the time being. The political problems were greater than military issues. If the court had a good political skill, it could be completely resolved invisible. Ding Yi thought secretly that it seemed that he would not have taken care of the northwest in a year. Let the Han people play by themselves. For himself, he could give up paying attention.
During the conversation, a servant came to report, Xun Yu asked for a meeting, and Ding Yisheng quickly passed on it. With Xun Yu’s status and relationship, it is understandable to add something. Others, please wait! The three of them did not say goodbye. From now on, they began to become the role of the commander of the personal guard.
Xun Yu came to find Ding Yi, mainly to inform him of some things. Ding Yi refused to attend the court meeting, stayed at home and did not go to any yamen. If I didn’t come to the mountain, I would go to the mountain. With this mentality, Xun Yu asked the emperor for leave today and made a special trip to find Ding Yi.
Xun Yu mentioned a lot of things, including many military and political affairs. After the cabinet agreed, when the emperor asked the emperor to issue an imperial edict, the emperor proposed to inform Ding Yi and solicit Ding Yi’s opinions! Emperor Liu Xie is a smart person. Smart people always like to think too much and don’t like trouble. He thinks that since Ding Yi has no relatives and leaves in a year, he can be trusted. Smart people like to be lazy and leave Ding Yi. Anyway, the gains are all his! People say that one’s mistakes make one’s wisdom, but unfortunately, Emperor Liu Xie suffered from Dong Zhuo’s losses and Ding Yi’s losses. Now he trusts Ding Yi, Liu Bei, Fu Wan, and the cabinet, and he doesn’t know if these can prevent him from suffering any more.
First thing: After the defeat of Gongsun Zan, Zhang Yan of the Heishan Army heard that Yuan Shao had been defeated in crossing the river, so he sent an envoy to Xudu, willing to join the court and request to attack Yuan Shao together with the court. His subordinates had more than 300,000 people, of which nearly 50,000 were gathered to defeat the former Gongsun Zan. Xun Yu’s evaluation is that Zhang Yan’s strength has not recovered since he defeated Tian Yuan Shao and Lu Bu’s coalition. He has suffered several defeats with Gongsun Zan. His 300,000 people are both soldiers and civilians, and his combat power is not strong. However, this person is active in the Taihang Mountains and has great prestige between Bingzhou and Jizhou. If he can conquer this person, it will be extremely beneficial to the court’s attack on Yuan Shao;
Second: Ding Yi pacified Jiangdong, and the princes were terrified. Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou had sent the money and grain accumulated in the past few years. If he asked Ding to seize the money and grain, how to use it;
Third: Just after hearing about the change in Xudu, Cao Cao gave him, and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong took advantage of the court’s impeccable state to look west. He formed a large army to attack Yangping Pass, Xia Meng Pass and other places.If he wanted to seize Yizhou, when Ding Yi pacified Jiangdong, Zhang Lubai submitted a letter to Xu Du to apologize and sent him to accumulate money and grain and Zhang Wei as his hostage. This Zhang Lu is a funny thing. He was afraid of the imperial army and did not dare to advance eastward to Xudu. He bullied Liu Zhang and the Bashu clan were not in harmony with Liu Zhang. He wanted to steal the opportunity to occupy Yizhou, but was defeated by Yizhou generals such as Zhang Ren and Liu Ku several times. His strength was greatly damaged. When Jiangdong was pacified, he was afraid of being attacked by the imperial court and Yizhou, so he had to throw himself into Xudu.
The fourth case: The court officials were seriously short of staff, so Ding Yi would recommend wise ministers to the emperor;
The fifth case: When he was approaching the autumn harvest, he heard that Yuan Shao began to carry out war propaganda again and prepared for the grain harvest, he was preparing to gather a large army to go south again, and the four prefectures in Hebei, how to deal with it.
These five things are all urgent. Ding Yi was thinking about the situation in the Han Dynasty when he was in Jiangdong. After listening to it, he immediately gave his opinions.
As for Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun was ordered to lead 5,000 cavalry to escort the imperial envoy north, and named Zhang Yan as General Pingbei and Zhending Hou. Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan were both from Changshan. They were familiar with each other and sent Zhao Yun to receive Gongsun Zan’s defeated troops. They ordered Zhang Yan and Zhao Yun to join forces to harass Yuan Shao. When the imperial army headed north, there would be orders to go out at any time to let them cooperate;
Regarding the delivery of accumulating money and grain, a small part of the money was left for use, and most of them were transported to the Yellow River to prepare for the Northern Expedition of Yuan Shao;