In the past few months, Cai Yan has been urged to visit his father's friends, find his own books, and bring them back to Hedong.

Tong Yuan asked Xiang Weigu: "This housekeeper coerced Mrs. Zhaoji and treated me so badly, I wonder if it has something to do with the Wei family's opinion of our generation?" ”

Wei Gu thought to himself that Cai Yan and Tong Yuan, a woman and a villain, are not easy to deal with, so it is better not to entangle with them too much.

He pinched his chin slightly, and said slowly: "It's nothing, it's just that he was too bad at his subordinates and said a few cruel words." This thing really damns it, and I wish the General had killed him. Rest assured, I will teach him a lesson. It's really a disappointment today, and a certain has said goodbye. ”

Tong Yuan turned to Cai Yan and said, "Mrs. Zhaoji, I haven't officially introduced me last time we met, I am Tong Yuan, the general of Pingbei, and I was entrusted by Weiyang Jun to pacify the northern frontier. ”

Cai Yan thanked him: "Thank you General Tong for speaking up. During the concubine's trip to Chang'an, I heard that a few months ago, the general justified his father's name and tried his best to save the books. ”

Tong Yuan looked at her with a bookish air, an inexplicable sadness appeared on her face, thinking of her later fate in history, he said a little softly:

"Please rest assured, a certain will make this Hedong stable and prosperous, prevent the Hu people in Bingzhou from being able to go south to plunder, and let Zhao Ji be able to learn the Cai family's articles and talents, carry them forward, and pass them on."

Cai Yan found that Tong Yuan really has a rare respect for the world and others, as some people say, and also practices a path different from Li Dao, Guo Yan and others.

She thanked him again and asked about his scroll. Tong Yuan introduced that these books were well preserved in the Weiyang Junfu in Xiayang, and he asked Cai Yan what his plans were for the future.

Cai Yan plans to return to Chen Liu's hometown to keep filial piety for his father and live in seclusion temporarily. In the days to come, I hope to be able to concentrate on scripture, literature, calligraphy, and music.

Tong Yuan branched out and said: "Mrs. Zhaoji, my Xiliang people often tell the story of the martyr Zhao E. When Emperor Ling, Zhao E's father was killed by Li Shou, a powerful man in Lufu County. "She had three younger brothers, all of whom were determined to avenge their father, but all three of them died of the plague."

Li Shou celebrated with the people of the same clan, thinking that there was only one woman left, and he didn't care. Zhao E was determined to take revenge, often looking for opportunities with a blade, and finally killed Li Shou, and was acquitted by the government after several twists and turns. Later, he married into the Pang family of Sujiuquan, and it is said that his son is also a loyal person. ”

"Zun Father was harmed by Wang Yun, how many virtuous ministers like Xiang Zun Father have died unexpectedly, how many clans, heroes, and rebels, how many poor people have been displaced, and how many people have become the victims of the declining, corrupt Han Dynasty and treacherous officialdom."

"Yuan and Weiyang Jun have the ambition to quell this war and return the world to a bright future. The Xinxi Liang Army alone is not enough to quell the chaos, and it is necessary to awaken the world's clans, Haoqiang and tens of millions of Li people. ”

"A lady can't learn to be a father, and verbal criticism is better than a million male soldiers. Madame's revenge is only one of the millions of victims, we not only have to avenge our families, but also avenge the victims of the whole world, and ask Mrs. Zhaoji to help Weiyangjun and a certain arm. ”

Tong Yuan also said that there was a big chaos today, and Chen Liunai was the place of four wars, with the Xiongnu in the north and the Yellow Turban in the south, and the rest of the parties were fighting endlessly. After burying her father Cai Yong, it is not necessary to keep filial piety at the grave, but to replace it, to end this troubled world and complete revenge in the true sense for the family, which is the path that should be practiced as a child.

Under the inspiration of Tong Yuan, Cai Yan decided to go to Weiyang County Government to concentrate on studying Cai Yong's knowledge. She and Dong Bai have known each other, and now they have the same ambitions, so they resolutely joined Tong Yuan's political camp. As for how Tong Yuan sent troops to escort Cai Yan to Weiyang Mansion, he did not press the table.

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Chang'an was not idle, and under the pressure of Dong Bai, Tong Yuan and Li Dao, Emperor Xian of Han had to accept the reality of Li Confucian's reinstatement.

Li Ru's arrival strengthened the Xiliang forces, but it also had the opposite effect, that is, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others grasped the soldiers and horses in their hands more tightly.

Li Wei believed that Li Ru was able to be reinstated because he fought for the imperial court. He believed that Li Ru should serve him, the new leader of the Western Liang Army.

However, how vicious and arrogant Li Ru was, how could he, who was Dong Zhuo's military teacher, take the initiative to serve Li Dao, and the relationship between the two sides soon fell into dissonance.

In addition, Li Dao, who has always been suspicious, learned from the old department of Xia County that Li Ru's comeback was closely related to Tong Yuan's visit. This made him immediately vigilant, and strictly ordered the generals of his descendants not to have much contact with Li Ru.

Although Guo Yan had some contradictions with Li Dao, at this time he still followed Li Dao and concentrated on being vigilant against another fierce general of the Xiliang Army, Fan Chou.

At present, Chang'an City is divided by Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou, and the subordinates of the three parties have some conflicts from time to time, just because they are from the same Xiliang Army, and there is no falling out for the time being.

Although Li Ru tried his best to coordinate all parties, he failed to do what Jia Xu couldn't do in history. After a few attempts to no avail, he was busy with strategic matters and developing his own manpower, rather than fighting between departments.

In other words, he did not act in the direction of coordinating the various departments and becoming the new leader as discussed by Tong Yuan when he met him in Haoyang, but developed in an uncontrollable direction. It seems that Tong Yuan's identity and strength are not enough to take the former Xiliang Army bigwigs for his own use.

But the world can be peaceful for a while.

First of all, in the west, after the death of Zhao Qian, the former lieutenant of the conquest of Shu, Liu Yan, the Yizhou Mu who had seized Sichuan and Shu, recognized the status quo of the imperial court.

He arranged for his eldest son in the court, Zuo Zhonglang to take Liu Fan and his second son, Liu Dan, the secretary of the imperial history, said that he would restore the road from Sichuan to Sanfu as soon as possible and support the development of the imperial court.

Han Sui, Ma Teng and others, who occupied Xiliang, had already obeyed Dong Zhuo's arrangement last year, but this time they found Li Dao again and expressed their willingness to surrender while continuing to keep their territory and soldiers and horses.

Li Wei gladly accepted and arranged for Ma Teng to be stationed in Yiwu, which was close to Chang'an, and Han returned to Xiliang. In this way, the Xiliang Rebellion in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was temporarily quelled.

The situation in the Kwantung region was even more critical, and Li Wei followed Jia Xu's advice, in addition to isolating and annexing the state nobles and winning over the nobles in other regions, he also sent important ministers to make peace with the Kwantung princes.

He arranged for Ma Riyan, who was not very hostile to the border army, to be the Taifu and Lu Shangshu, and in August, he held a festival with the imperial servant Zhao Qi, pacifying the Kanto region on behalf of the imperial court, and ordered the princes not to attack each other.

After arriving in the barren Luoyang, Ma Riyan asked Zhao Qi to send another envoy, and the two acted separately. Ma Riyan went to Nanyang, Huainan, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou, and Zhao Qi went to Yanzhou, Hebei, and Youzhou.

Ma Riyan arrived in Nanyang to pay homage to Yuan Shu as General Zuo and Marquis of Yang Zhai. Nanyang Yuan Shu, who was close at hand, although he was a former enemy, he accepted the appointment of the imperial court and put aside his prejudices.

However, he did not stop fighting for hegemony, but because it was winter, he had to temporarily fight hard, and he decided to give the guy in Yanzhou a little color next spring.

When Zhao Qi entered Yanzhou, the people of the Shi clan specially welcomed him and said warmly and happily: "I really didn't expect to see the chariots and horses of the imperial court envoys again today." ”

At this time, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian and others were fighting for Jizhou and Yanzhou, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao heard that the imperial envoy Zhao Qi was coming, and they all ceased fighting and led their troops to meet Zhao Qi hundreds of miles away.

Zhao Qi persuaded the two to withdraw from the army, and wrote a letter to Gongsun Zhan, telling him the stakes. In this way, at the end of the third year of the first peace (192 AD), the conquests in various places came to an end for the time being.

Of course, Li Wei was overjoyed to get the news, and he expressed his surrender everywhere when he came to power, which is a good sign.

He immediately ordered that except for Lu Bu, amnesty would be granted to the world, and all localities were ordered to maintain the status quo, not to attack each other, and to obey the imperial court, that is, his arrangement.

The tragic Lu Bu, because the Dong family is still alive, has not been pardoned like history, so he can only play the villain of the court and go to the end.

Li Dao thinks that he has created the Great Han Zhongxing, but some people scoff at it, and that is Li Ru.

Last year, he arranged for Dong Zhuojun to join forces with Montenegro, Baibo, Southern Xiongnu Yu Fuluo, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, and others to kill Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Such an important strategic plan was directly abandoned by Li Dao, and he was ashamed to say that "the world is moving towards peace under his leadership", which is really stupid and angry.

Li Ru found Jia Xu again and proposed that the Xiliang army not relax their vigilance, and after the two discussed, they respectively found the main leaders to explain the threat of the Kwantung heroes, especially to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Li Dao and Guo Yan listened to it for a while, saying that if anyone disobeyed the order of the Son of Heaven, they could completely rely on the invincible Flying Bear Army, Huangzhong Yicong, and tens of thousands of descendants of the Xiliang Army to exterminate the unsubordinate. You can even play the Son of Heaven and mobilize Zhang Ji, Tong Yuan and other officials and soldiers who obey the imperial court to besiege it.

It's a pity that Li Dao's words are just talking, because he has become increasingly intoxicated with the power and prosperity in his hands, he is not willing to leave Chang'an in the future, and he has one more thing to achieve in Chang'an, that is, to conquer the beauty - Tang Ji.

Tang Ji, this title is very familiar to enthusiasts of the Three Kingdoms, and at that time, her reputation was definitely greater than that of famous women in history such as Diao Chan and Cai Yan.

She was the wife of Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, and was more often referred to as Princess Hongnong. After Liu Wei was poisoned by Li Ru, she returned to her hometown Yingchuan and rejected her father's suggestion that Tang Mao, the Taishou of the Huiji, let her remarry, never thinking that she would be captured and plundered by Li Dao later.

At this time, Li Dao looked at the handsome and dignified beautiful young woman in front of him, and he was about to flow out. This is the woman of the previous emperor, who really couldn't think of it before, but now it is in front of him.

In fact, the excitement and excitement brought to him by this identity is far greater than the physical reaction, but the actual feeling is that if he can conquer her, it will be much cooler than winning the battle.

However, Li Ji would not force Tang Ji without a name, after all, he was a dignified general and the new lord of the world, and if he committed banditry, he would probably make people laugh.

On the other hand, of course, Tang Ji would not succumb, she hated these Xiliang troops the most, especially Li Ru, who killed her beloved. At this time, she was ready, if this thief dared to be rude, then she would bite him to death even with her teeth. If it doesn't work, then kill yourself.

Li Dao greeted her with warmth, arranged for the maid to take care of her, specially found expensive and beautiful clothes, and said all the time that he had no malice, and swore that "as long as a certain Li Zhiran is here, he will definitely take care of her." ”