Before Ying Yuan took power into his hands.
It was also the time when competition between the civil and military factions in the court was most intense.
Almost every day, an official in Xianyang City was transferred to a local post.
Some local officials would also come to Xianyang and transform themselves into officials in the capital.
Sometimes, it even results in fatalities.
Although the situation has improved now, after all, there is Emperor Ying Yuan, who holds absolute power, in person.
However, behind the scenes, civil and military officials continued to target each other.
Both Cai Jing and Cao Cao wanted to change this situation.
They will not get involved in the struggles between civil and military factions.
Because one of them was the King of Wei and the other was the head of all officials, they naturally would not personally get involved in such low-level political struggles.
But no matter how low the level, it is still a struggle.
As long as there is struggle, bad things will happen.
Therefore, this phenomenon needs to be changed.
Huo Guang also had the same idea.
Logically speaking, if the top civil and military officials all reached a consensus, the disputes between the civil and military factions should be eased.
In fact, it is not.
To put it in a broader sense, the conflicts among the lower-level officials are disputes over political views, which cannot be compromised.
So Cai Jing came up with an idea, which was to let Cao Cao, the Minister of War, serve as the head of all officials.
Of course, all this will have to wait until he leaves office.
Yu Qian had no idea what those people standing on the top of the mountain were thinking.
He had his own thoughts and responded to the soldier:
"Please tell General Huo that as long as practicing martial arts can benefit the people of the world, I, Yu Qian, would be willing to give up my pen and join the army.
As for the Six Arts of a Gentleman, I will definitely practice them diligently during my time at Hangu Pass, and live up to General Huo's trust!"
The meaning of this statement is already very clear.
In his heart, he cares about the people of the world and has no concern for factional disputes.
Whether civil or military, as long as he can do things for the people, he is a good official.
If you don't work for the people, you are a treacherous minister.
The soldier extended his hand and said with a smile, "I will definitely pass on your words to General Huo.
Now that Your Majesty has returned to Hangu Pass, please return with me, sir."
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Jin State.
Go to Beijing.
Go to the palace.
Princess Chong'er of Jin summoned Li Yuan, an envoy from Chu.
At the same time, all the civil and military officials of Jin State had already stood in an orderly manner.
When Li Yuan came to Jin this time, he was not as arrogant and domineering as he was when he first went to Qin.
One reason is that he suffered a loss in the Qin State.
The second reason is that the overall national strength of the Jin Dynasty was higher than that of the Chu State.
In this era, strength means everything.
Li Yuan knelt on both knees and kowtowed to the Jin Emperor, saying, "I, the foreign envoy Li Yuan, pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Jin!"
Hearing this, Ji Chong'er waved his hand and said, "Stand up. My Jin State and your Chu State seem to have never had any connection.
I wonder what brings you all the way to Jin State this time?"
Li Yuan slowly stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I have come here to discuss with your country the matter of a joint expedition against the State of Qin."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Emperor of Jin hadn't said anything yet.
A doctor named Mao Sui stepped out from the ranks of officials and said with a smile, "Want to discuss with our Great Jin about conquering the State of Qin?
Do you think that the envoy or the Chu State think that our Jin State cares about a small Qin State? Or do you think that we lack the small territory of Qin?
The territory of Jin State was much larger than that of Chu State.
They really don't need to care about Qin.
Of course, it would be a great thing for them to occupy more land.
Although Li Yuan was a little afraid of death, it was undeniable that he was very capable.
After all, in Ying Yuan's previous life, he killed Huang Xie.
Li Yuan bowed and said, "Although with your country's strength, you really don't need to care about a small Qin State.
However, the Qin State may not care about your country. The foreign minister thought, you should also know that the Qin State is currently undergoing drastic reforms.
If their reforms are truly successful, then the national strength of Qin will rise sharply, and from then on, Qin will no longer be a weak country.
"But it's the strong Qin! When the Qin grows stronger, how can you, Jin, survive? After all, no one wants their neighbor to be richer than themselves."
These words were basically what Huang Xie told him to say.
If he kept silent for the sake of Qin, the price he would pay would be suspicion from the ministers of Chu.
Li Yuan didn't dare to bear such a price.
So he had to try his best to make Jin and Chu form an alliance.
When the ministers of Jin heard this, they fell into deep thought.
In fact, what Li Yuan said makes a lot of sense.
No one can sit idly by and watch their neighbor become a powerful country.
This will definitely affect the interests of our own country.
Mao Sui smiled and said, "Even if we do not send more troops and refuse to form an alliance with your Chu State, you will not sit idly by and watch the rise of Qin State.
Because you need to defeat Qin more than we do Jin. You two countries, Qin and Chu, are mortal enemies.
Furthermore, we, the Jin State, have no reason to form an alliance with a country that openly violates the treaty between our two countries."
The last sentence refers to the fact that the State of Chu disregarded the marriage alliance with the State of Qin and brazenly sent troops to invade the State of Qin.
Li Yuan said, "As far as I know, your country is also currently implementing political reforms. I wonder if this process is going smoothly?"
The contradiction that Jin State is facing now is the result of a series of policies promulgated by Ji Chong'er.
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