"What do you say, the emperor wants me to give him a few generals and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?".

"Yes, my lord! The emperor wants to collect the world's strong soldiers in the West Garden, and select the elite to reorganize the Praetorian Guard to defend the division! ”

Liu Yu thought for a moment and asked, "I'm afraid the emperor is not just doing this for Gong Wei Si Li, right?" ”

You Heng nodded and said, "The ministers think that the emperor wants to use this to weaken the strength of the powerful feudal states and increase the controllable forces of the central government. ”

"So what do you think we should do?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Your Heng's mouth, and he said with a confident look: "Promise him!" ”

Liu Yu didn't bother to ask him why he did this, and said directly: "Okay, you can discuss and decide how many soldiers and horses you want to send that general, and just give me a result when the time comes." ”

You Heng, who was moved by Liu Yu's absolute trust, didn't speak, only nodded vigorously, and the others all looked like they were following the right person. Liu Yu shook his head a little amused, and issued a series of orders: first, he ordered the construction of a "Xidian Military Academy" in a place called Xidian Town in Runan County, and appointed Huangfu Song as the principal to handle the affairs of the military academy; secondly, he ordered the construction of a Songyang Academy in Songshan, and appointed Guan Ning as the dean to handle the affairs of the academy with full authority; Bingyuan and Guoyuan are engaged in construction and agricultural affairs, respectively.

After dealing with all the things that had to be handled by Liu Yu at a very fast speed, Liu Yu returned to the inner courtyard at a very fast speed to comfort and love each other with his wives. After indulging in Gentle Township for more than ten days, Liu Yu also got news about the reorganized Praetorian Guard.

The emperor was generous this time, and the Praetorian Guard, which was composed of 250,000 elites from all over the world, was personally commanded by the emperor. There are eight leaders under it, the so-called "Eight Captains of the West Garden", who are:

Captain of the military academy. This person is the emperor's confidant eunuch, and he is invulnerable to a mixed yuan boy's skills; Gao Shun, the captain of the military academy, and Ji Ling, the captain of the middle military academy, needless to say, these two are absolutely loyal to Liu Yu; Bao Hong, the lieutenant of the lower military academy, represents the forces of the Cao family and the Xiahou family; Zhao Rong, the left lieutenant of the auxiliary army, is a relative of Zhao Zhong in the Ten Standing Servants; Feng Fang, the right lieutenant of the auxiliary army, and Xia Mou, the left lieutenant, are both the people of the general He Jin; And the right lieutenant Chun Yuqiong is the representative of the Yuan family.

This news made Liu Yu secretly thank the emperor because he helped Liu Yu raise 60,000 elite soldiers. It's just that the emperor's "volunteer" didn't last long, less than a year. He's dead!

"Uh......h Husband, why did you say that the imperial brother just went like this......" Liu Yu cried to Liu Yu in the carriage galloping to the capital.

"Alas, your imperial brother's body is already weak. In the past two years, I have been sick often, and two months ago, the news came out that I was critically ill......"

Before Liu Yu's words were finished, he was refuted by Liu Yu: "But when Imperial Doctor Ji Pingji treated the imperial brother, he said that the imperial brother was not in danger of life, and he could fully recover as long as he meditated and recuperated for half a year." But why ......" Liu Yu sobbed. I can't say it anymore.

Liu Yu would never say what he had moved, patted Liu Yu's pink back, and said softly: "Since Imperial Doctor Jiping said that your imperial brother can recover as long as he recuperates, then there are only two possibilities for his sudden death!" ”

Liu Yu looked directly at Liu Yu with wide red eyes, and asked urgently, "What are the two possibilities?" Tell me, husband! ”

"The first possibility is that your imperial brother not only did not listen to Ji Ping's words to recuperate with peace of mind, but instead worsened his own body!"

"It can't be!" Liu Xuan categorically denied: "Although the imperial brother is ridiculous, he cherishes his body very much, especially in the past two years. He is even isolated from women in order to nourish his body, how can he spoil his body?! Husband, you said that this possibility does not exist. Let's talk about your second possibility! ”

Liu Yu didn't answer, but asked: "Xu'er, last time you came back from the capital and said that your imperial brother deliberately abolished the prince under the influence of the queen mother, and appointed Liu Xie as the crown prince, right?" ”

"yes." Liu Xu's already sad face added a little sadness: "The queen and the queen mother are very unhappy because of this matter, and General He has repeatedly challenged the officials of the queen mother's family in the court......" Liu Xuan paused when she said this, and a panicked expression appeared on her face again, she asked Liu Yu in an incredulous tone: "Husband, you don't mean that the imperial brother was killed by the queen and General He conspired to death, right?" ”

"Is there anything impossible?" Liu Yu was a little distressed by Liu Yu's panic, hugged her hand tightly, and said, "Don't you know that in the eyes of most people, power is more important than everything?" ”

"The queen is definitely not that kind of person!" Liu Xuan said categorically, and then added: "She is such a kind and indifferent woman......"

Kindness? Empress? Although Empress He gave him a strange feeling when he first met, Liu Yu was still willing to "refer to" history. He shook his head and smiled, and said disdainfully: "She's kind? Hum! You're afraid you don't know about Liu Xie's biological mother, Wang Meiren, right? Wang Meiren was the most favored woman in the harem back then, but she also attracted the jealousy of the queen because of this, and was finally poisoned by the queen! ”

"It can't be!" Liu Xuan once again categorically denied and said: "I think there must be something inside here, husband, you must have misunderstood the queen!" ”

It seems that the queen is a very strong and powerful actor, and she can even deceive someone as smart as Liu Xuan. Liu Yu shook his head weakly and said, "Okay, let's stop talking about the queen, let's talk about the current turmoil in the imperial court!" Hu'er, do you think we should support Liu Wei or Liu Xie? ”

Liu Yu said a little dazedly: "I...... I don't know, the Queen Mother and the Queen are really good to me, I don't know who to help, or husband, you have an idea! ”

Looking at the distraught Liu Yu, Liu Yu had to sigh: "Forget it, let's ignore those things for the time being, and wait until your imperial brother is buried." ”

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As Liu Yu expected, the emperor quarreled at the court as soon as he was buried. General He was supported by most of the officials, and they were known for being orderly, gentle, and gentle. Strongly praise Liu Bian. The queen mother used the ten permanent servants to open the way, and on the grounds of the emperor's will, wisdom and etiquette, she pushed Liu Xie.

The two sides are at loggerheads. In the end, he came to Liu Yu and asked Liu Yu to make his position clear. After Liu Yu hid for a few days, he reluctantly said that he would not intervene in the battle for the throne, and would only be loyal to his successor. So the two sides began to draw foreign aid. General He was looking for Cao Cao, the Taishou of Chang'an, and Yuan Shao, the assassin of Jizhou, and the queen mother was looking for her nephew, Dong Zhuo, a former general and the marquis of Che Xiang, who was also the assassin of Bingzhou.

probably felt that General He's troops were too strong, coupled with Liu Yu's guarantee of "only being loyal to the successor". The Ten Standing Attendants, led by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, brazenly launched a palace mutiny before the arrival of foreign aid from both sides, and tricked General He and his entourage into the palace to kill them all.

Unfortunately, the eunuchs forgot that General He, Cao and Yuan together controlled four of the eight Praetorian Guards. Its strength is by no means something that Jian Shuo and Zhao Rong can compete with. As a result, the mutiny occurred, and the ten permanent servants were also driven out of the palace by Wang Yue, the commander of the palace guards, and in the end, only Zhao Zhong and Jian Shuo escaped with their superb martial arts. The remaining attendants and their henchmen were captured and killed by the rebels.

In the midst of this turmoil. The most profitable one is Liu Yu. After getting the news that General He was killed by the Ten Standing Servants, Liu Yu knew that there would be a mutiny, so he transferred Ji Ling and Gao Shun early, and asked them to lead troops to maintain law and order in the city, and try to avoid the phenomenon of chaotic soldiers disturbing the people.

As a result, Liu Yu became a protector who loved the people like a son in the minds of the people, and his reputation was greatly enhanced for a while. In addition, Liu Yu also secretly sent a back army, under the leadership of the ten permanent servants who had been controlled by Liu Yu with the art of charm. Go to the various treasure spots of the Ten Attendants.

In addition to fame and treasure, Liu Yu also got two people. That is, Zhao Zhong and Jian Shuo. Speaking of which, it was the first time for Liu Yu to see these two eunuchs who were also celebrities in the Three Kingdoms, so he couldn't help but look at the two carefully......

No wonder the emperor wanted to call Zhao Zhong "mother", he really looked like a woman, delicate and weak, what Liu Yu couldn't stand the most was his clothes, although there were tears and blood stains everywhere, but it could still be seen that it was a brightly colored women's dress.

Liu Yu shuddered and shifted his gaze to Jian Shuo - this one didn't look like a eunuch. He is tall, well-proportioned, white-faced, handsome, and the whole image of a sunny boy.

Originally, Liu Yu wanted the two of them to hand it over, but he was a little reluctant to give them the supreme martial arts that were not under Ji Ling, and the hidden forces that were attached to the eunuchs formed by them. After some consideration, Liu Yu decided to keep them, and of course he had to use the technique of charm to ensure their loyalty.

Just when General He and the subordinates of the Cao and Yuan families killed all the opposition forces and prepared to let Liu Wei ascend to the throne, Dong Zhuo rushed into Luoyang City with 100,000 soldiers from the state and with the cooperation of Neiying. Under the ingenuity of Lu Bu's martial arts and Wei Zhongdao, the forces of He, Cao, and Yuan were divided and eaten by Dong Zhuo, and finally Dong Zhuo dominated Luoyang with 200,000 troops.

With Dong Zhuo's strong support, Liu Xie ascended to the throne, and Liu Wei was named King of Chen Liu. In view of Dong Zhuo's great achievements and Liu Yu's power, under the instructions of the former Empress Dowager Dong, who was the Empress Dowager, the little emperor named Dong Zhuo as the general of the Chinese army and Liu Yu as the general of the hussars.

As far as Liu Yu knows, the general was the highest title of a general in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The specific names include General Jianwei, General of the Chinese Army, General Zhendong, General of the Fu Army, General of the Hussars, etc., except for the position of the General of the Hussars is slightly lower than the Three Princes, the rest are above the Three Princes. In other words, Liu Yu's status in the court is now only below five people!

Liu Yu was still quite satisfied with this, but he didn't want to stay in the capital to stir up the storm, but just when he was about to return to Yuzhou with his burden, Dong Zhuo suddenly came to visit him.

"Brother, you won't blame my brother for coming to you for so long!" Dong Zhuo laughed heartily when he saw Liu Yu.

Although he was a little surprised by Dong Zhuo's affection, Liu Yu's spiritual sense told him that Dong Zhuo really wanted to be a brother with him, so Liu Yu smiled and said: "Come on, your brother is busy, and being a brother can still be understood!" ”

Dong Zhuo seemed to be very satisfied with Liu Yu's casual words, he happily punched Liu Yu in the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I don't know why, as soon as I see my brother, you feel that you have surrendered, and I also see you as a brother in my heart, you won't blame your brother Meng Lang, right?!" ”

Liu Yu returned the punch with a smile, and said when he grinned: "If I blame you, I won't call you 'brother'!" ”

Dong Zhuo happily slapped Liu Yu twice more vigorously and said, "I just like my brother's crispness." Speak simply, and kill people very simply. Brother, your massacre in Youbei was so terrible that even the Xianbei Iron Horseman, who was known for his ruthlessness, fled. And that nickname of yours is also very strong. Tsk, Hani ...... the Great Demon King"

The more excited Dong Zhuo said, the more helpless Liu Yu became, and finally couldn't help but interrupt Dong Zhuo, who was still talking, and asked, "I said brother, you didn't come here just to talk about this, right?" ”

Dong Zhuo's old face flushed, and he said with some embarrassment: "Brother is really simple." Brother, let's tell the truth! In fact, my brother is here to ask my brother to lend you the person who helped you train your backing army to my brother, and my brother also wants to train a group of personal guards who are not weaker than the private soldiers of the six families. ”

This Dong Zhuo is very smart, and there are many people who can train soldiers. But there are very few people who can train special forces, and it is known that only six families and Liu Yu have such talents. After thinking about it, Liu Yu did not refuse this request, and planned to let He Man help Dong Zhuo train the pro-guards. That kid has dozens of special forces training methods in his head. As for the position of the commander of the back army, it will be handed over to Jian Shuo for the time being.

Seeing that Liu Yu agreed, Dong Zhuo rubbed his hands excitedly, and he said repeatedly: "Brother, thank you so much!" You've done my brother a great favor! ”

Liu Yu waved his hand disappreciably and said, "Since they are brothers." Thank you so much! ”

Dong Zhuo nodded again and again with some emotion, and then whispered to Liu Yu as if he had thought of something: "Brother, I want to discuss something with you!" ”

Liu Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw his sneaky appearance, so he also said softly: "What's the matter, tell me!" ”

"Brother, you also know that General He is dead. But his power is still very large, plus the support of the Cao and Yuan families. I'm afraid the throne of the new emperor will not be stable! ”

Liu Yu's heart jumped, but he asked quietly, "Then brother, what are your plans?" ”

Dong Zhuo's eyes looked around, and then he whispered: "What the Empress Dowager means is to find an opportunity to ......give the Empress and King Chen Liu" Saying that, he stretched out his hand and made a downward cutting motion, and then asked: "Brother, do you think it is appropriate to do this?" ”

"Does my brother want to listen to the truth?" Liu Yu asked after thinking for a while.

Dong Zhuo's eyes widened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Do our two brothers still need to talk around the corner?" ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly apologetically and said, "Although the forces left behind by General He are very large, they are already leaderless, and even with the support of the Cao and Yuan families, they will not do much. If you do it according to the queen mother's wishes, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of people of insight in the world! ”

Dong Zhuo nodded again and again when he heard this, and agreed: "Yes, what my brother said is extreme, and my son-in-law Wei Zhongdao also said so!" He also said that it is better to confine the queen and King Chen Liuwang in Yong'an Palace, and no one is allowed to visit, brother, do you think this is okay? ”

Yong'an Palace? Liu Yu remembered that in history, Empress He and Liu Wei were killed by Dong Zhuo's faction there, which originally had nothing to do with Liu Yu, but once this situation occurred, I am afraid that Liu Yu would be very sad. Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but say: "Brother, it's still a little inappropriate for you to do this, I think so, if you can trust your brother, you will hand over the queen and Chen Liuwang to your brother and take them back to Yuzhou to take care of!" ”

Dong Zhuo thought for a while and said, "Okay, then please brother!" ”

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This trip to the capital can be described as a full return, not only countless gold, silver and jewelry, but also Ji Ling and Gao Shun's two Praetorian Guards, as well as Jian Shuo and Zhao Rong's remnants of the defeated army, a total of more than 80,000 elites followed Liu Yu back to Yuzhou.

With You Heng and Xun Yu, they counted the treasures and arranged the food and lodging of the soldiers, while Liu Yu returned to the inner courtyard to visit the two big troubles that followed Liu Yu back.

"Sister Lingsi, don't be sad, why don't you take Bian'er to live with us in the future!" It was Cai Yan who said this kind of disregard for the laws and disciplines of the imperial court, and the so-called "Sister Lingsi" naturally refers to He Hou, who was originally named "He Lingsi".

"Yes, Imperial Sister-in-law, you can stay here, and you can take care of us when you are with us!" Liu Xuan also opened his mouth to persuade.

Do they really want to keep this vicious and jealous woman? Liu Yu hurriedly said loudly: "How could the imperial sister-in-law stay in Yuzhou with Bian'er to live with us?" You must know that the imperial court has a clear rule that the vassal king shall not leave the fief without an edict, and the violator will be punished for rebellion! Don't hurt the imperial sister-in-law and the debater! ”

After listening to Liu Yu's words. Liu Xuan and Cai Yan didn't know what to say, and He Lingsi's face was also gloomy. But Ren Hongchang said disapprerovingly: "What does the imperial court do, this is Yuzhou." Didn't the husband say, 'I am in charge of my territory'! Even if the husband left Sister Lingsi and Bian'er behind, no one would dare to say anything......"

My God, Hongchang, you look up to your husband too much! But thinking about it carefully, Liu Yu felt that she didn't seem to be wrong, not to mention that Dong Zhuo and the Empress Dowager would give Liu Yu and Liu Yu a face, but just with Liu Yu's strength, the bigwigs in the court would not dare to fart more!

In fact, Liu Yu also knows this truth, but Liu Yu is making excuses for himself, because he really doesn't want this He Lingsi to stay here. Her character makes Liu Yu very annoying. But Liu Yu's women seem to have a good relationship with her, and after listening to Ren Hongchang's words, they all happily persuaded him to stay, and Liu Yu is not too disappointing......

Maybe he noticed Liu Yu's look. He Lingsi said faintly: "Thank you sisters for your kindness, but I can't let your husband burn himself for our mother and son!" ”

Liu Yu felt that this was a wonderful move to retreat into advance, because after listening to her words, Liu Yu and the others all patted their breasts and promised: "It's okay." The world has not dared to burn my husband's fire! Even if there are those that don't open their eyes. My husband is not afraid, Sister Lingsi, you can rest assured to live with Bian'er! ”

Among the wives, only Liu Yu and Fan Lihua, who also served as Liu Yu's personal guard, knew that Liu Yu didn't like He Lingsi very much, but according to Fan Lihua's temperament, she would not care about anyone except Liu Yu and her sisters, so Liu Yu was the only one who begged Liu Yu with her eyes. However, even if there is only Liu Yu alone, it is something that Liu Yu cannot resist.

In the end, not only did He Lingsi and Liu Wei stay, but also promised to find the best teacher for Liu Wei to teach him. Of course. With Liu Yu's character, how could he only suffer losses and not take advantage, it didn't take much effort to let He Lingsi hand over Chen Liu to Liu Yu to manage. Considering that Chenliu is not only the largest county in Yanzhou. There is also the largest wharf in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, so Liu Yu appointed Zhang Miao as Chen Liuxiang and Gan Ning as Chen Liusi.

If you think about it carefully, there are really enough territories belonging to Liu Yu now! Not only are the eight counties of Yuzhou all under Liu Yu's control, but they also control Nanyang County and Nanjun in Jingzhou, Yuyang County and Changli County in Youzhou, and now Chenliu County in Yanzhou has been added, I don't know if it will increase in the future!

If you have more money, you have to spend it, otherwise what is the difference between it and scrap metal! Liu Yu repaired the roads in Yuzhou and sent a large number of horses back from Youzhou to form a passenger and freight transportation company. Liu Yu then popularized education in Yuzhou, ordering that all areas with a population of more than 2,000 people must build a junior college, an intermediate college in an area with a population of more than 10,000 people, and a senior college in an area with a population of more than 100,000 people.

The duration of each college is three years, and the age of admission to the junior college is seven years old, and parents who do not enroll in school-age children will be subject to fines. In addition, the college is charged, but it is extremely cheap, as long as there is a job, you can pay it, and in order to encourage childbirth, Liu Yu also specially ordered that all women in Yuzhou who give birth to more than three children, their children will receive nine years of education for free.

Of course, the academy founded by Liu Yu taught Liu Yu's improved "Six Arts", which not only conformed to the characteristics of this era, but also learned really useful knowledge. When you complete these nine years of compulsory education, that is to say, when you graduate from a senior college, you can directly participate in the work, of course, you can also go to the "Xidian Military Academy" or "Songyang Academy" to continue your studies.

Just when Yuzhou was overturned by Liu Yu's order, Guan Ning ran to the study to find Liu Yu with a look of excitement.

"Dean Guan, what's wrong with you, don't you often teach students to 'Mount Tai collapses in front of you and the color does not change'?" Liu Yu teased the dean of Songyang Academy.

Guan Ning said disapprerovantly: "My lord, the minister has found a knowledgeable teacher for the academy, and I hope that the lord can grant him the position of 'professor' unusually!" ”

Liu Yu once divided teachers into four levels, from low to high, master, husband, teacher, and professor. Each level is assessed from reputation and knowledge, so the professors in Songyang Academy are all well-known Confucians. And who will be the one who can make Guan Ning, who has always been principled, open his mouth to ask for a position for him?

Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help asking, "What's his name, Dean Guan, do you really think he has the strength and character to serve as a professor?" ”

Guan Ning nodded vigorously and said: "This person's name is Sima Hui, originally from Yingchuan, he traveled the world when he was young, and now lives in Jingzhou. This man knows astronomy and geography ......"