"Even though Liu Bei is loyal to the heavens, the king of diligence and forgets himself, and by chance, God has given him a good opportunity to set up this honor, but the king is too much, right? Liu Bei's merit is better than me! ”

Wang Yun also knew that today was the occasion to divide the spoils behind closed doors, no matter what he said excessively, Li Su couldn't catch the evidence, so he couldn't care about talking seriously for a while.

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In his opinion, Liu Bei killed Liu Yan, saved Luoyang, Ping Nanman, and this time "had the motive of crusading against the usurper thief, but in fact, by chance, he only got an assist to kill the remnants of the Dong family", even if the four great merits are added up, and the four great merits have not yet had time to be rewarded, it will not be greater than his Wang Yun's credit.

He, Wang Yuncai, is undoubtedly the first to destroy Dong, and Liu Bei just knocked and beat and saved four small assists.

Of course, in the last assist, although the matter is small, but people have more chips in their hands, if they are shameless, they would have had the opportunity to loot a considerable part of the money in the warehouse of Hewu. But Liu Bei is willing to leave it to the ruined court in exchange, and this has to be recognized in private.

Seeing that Wang Yun's reaction was so intense, Li Su was not in a hurry, let the other party calm down first, and then said bluntly: "But you are not a member of the Han family, if you are surnamed Liu and have made such a contribution, I also support you to become king." ”

After Wang Yun had a seizure just now, his anger calmed down a little, and he was no longer angry, but just shook his head coldly: "It is impossible for Liu Bei to be crowned king, too fast, he was originally just a general of Zhengxi, and now the imperial court is in ruins, and even the imperial court of Huangfu Songdu cannot restore the position of general of the chariot cavalry." If you want me to say, Liu Xuande's first two small credits are not bad if he was promoted to former general and Yizhou pastor. For the last two credits, I will find another way to compensate for the reward. ”

Li Su didn't answer immediately, but waited for the other party to finish speaking, and then coldly appeared for a few seconds, asking the other party to reflect on himself before saying, "Yizhou Mu? Wang Situ, with all due respect, last year Yuan Shao already called himself Jizhou Mu, and even Cao Cao called himself Yanzhou Mu - now the state pastor of the Han Dynasty, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and there are still fewer people who have their land and self-represent the state pastor?

Who is as humble as General Zhengxi? Who is like General Zhengxi, who heard that His Majesty was overlooked for a while, regardless of the lack of troops in Hanzhong and the main force of the army was still recruiting the Nanban, and resolutely insisted on sending troops to help the imperial court regardless of his own safety?

Wang Situ, do you really think that the current situation is so erosive that you can control the local princes with the power of the imperial court? The other generals who are fighting against Dong will let the imperial court appoint shepherds at will to replace the inheritance they have seized by attacking each other because you have eliminated Dong Zhuo?

Now there are examples of shepherds from other towns who are the first to support the imperial court, but you are stingy with rewards, and the strength is not as good as the self-appearance of those rebel ministers, who else in the world will come to ask for the court's reward? Aren't you afraid that they will still regard you as the second Dong Zhuo and say that you are the Son of Heaven? At least, you should know that General Zhengxi and I must be sincere in saving the country, otherwise we would not have come so soon, this is a good retribution, and the will of heaven is so. ”

The key to Li Su's remarks is to remind Wang Yun: Don't think that the current law of the world is still two or three years ago, and now the authority of the imperial court has been reduced to the point where it needs the support of local powerful factions! Also, in the same two or three years, official titles and titles have actually depreciated! There are too many fools on people's own tables, and you still follow the old idea of rewarding, and the intensity is obviously small.

And when Li Su said this, he didn't feel ashamed at all: after all, a few months later, Li Dao Guo Yan, who was originally just a lieutenant, entered Beijing, and as soon as he killed Wang Yun, he dared to directly ask for the title of general of the Quartet and the marquis of the county.

Wang Yun must immediately recognize the reality of "devaluation".

Wang Yun poured himself two glasses of stuffy wine in a sullen voice, slowly digested and accepted some information about the external status quo, and said compromisedly: "Feng Wang is still too fast, or he will synthesize Liu Bei's four great achievements, cross Huangfu Song, and give the general of the chariot!" It's higher than Huangfu Song, aren't you still satisfied? ”

Li Su: "General Zhengxi's filial piety is simple, the Huangfu Duke is kind to him, Lu Shangshu is his mentor, General Zhengxi has never thought of suppressing them, the king is the king, the clan title is just -

In this way, let me remind Situ a little more, you may know that when defending Luoyang from the hands of traitors last year, Yin and Zhu Jun of Henan Province publicly recommended General Zhengxi to keep the jade seal of the country that was lost and recovered due to the luck of heaven.

General Zhengxi also swore to the heavens that when the Son of Heaven was no longer held hostage by thieves, he would return the jade seal to the imperial court. Now, Situ you killed the thief Dong Zhuo, which is enough to prove that the court has a new atmosphere, the monarch has been cleared, and the general of Zhengxi should return the jade seal to the Son of Heaven - what do you think? ”

Wang Yun chuckled in his heart, and couldn't sit still at all.

Indeed, he realized that Liu Bei had a unique advantage over other powerful factions in other places, that is, he had sworn an oath with several other princes who had entered Luoyang in Luoyang last year, and everyone entrusted him with the lost jade seal.

Liu Bei more or less has a certain authority to "judge whether the Son of Heaven has been coerced by thieves", and he returned the jade seal of the country, which shows that he recognizes that the current court auxiliary minister is not a national thief who coerces the Son of Heaven.

Wang Yun is also in great need of such an external recognition now to consolidate his position as soon as possible.

"Plus a jade seal...... It seems that it makes sense to be crowned a king. Wang Yun couldn't help but think like this in his heart.

Of course, he also knew that this was not so easy, because although he was close to monopolizing power, he still had to convince the emperor, who was twelve years old and already had a little knowledge. In addition, Yang Biao, Shi Sun Rui, and Ma Riyan, these important ministers and accomplices, must be discussed more or less.

The bargaining chip of the jade seal can be used to block the mouths of the accomplices who killed Dong, and the two courtiers also urgently need to be recognized as "the current Son of Heaven is no longer considered to be held hostage". Wang Yun told him privately when the time came, and everyone could support it.

After thoroughly thinking about this, Wang Yun's expression turned to kindness: "I don't know what general Zhengxi thinks is the right king?" ”

Li Su pretended to go with the flow and didn't go through his brain at all: "General Zhengxi originally set up the shogunate in Nanzheng for the Northern Expedition against Dong, of course, it is better to be the king of Hanzhong. ”

Wang Yun's nasolabial folds on his cheeks twitched: "No!" This name is suspected of transgression - Li Zhonglang, don't say you didn't think of this. ”

Li Su admitted neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I was a little negligent, but if the court deliberately avoided it, wouldn't it seem suspicious?" General Zhengxi even presented the jade seal, what else is there to be suspicious?

Otherwise, I'll give you a way - I will leave Beijing and return to Nanzheng in a few days, and officially have a seal to perform the merits of the western generals and the shogunate generals, and pass on the jade seal of the country, and send them back to Chang'an. Situ could convince the Son of Heaven that the first edict would first wish to crown General Zhengxi as the king of Hanzhong.

After the edict arrived in Nanzheng, the general of Zhengxi should resign with the court's etiquette, we don't have to resign again, just resign, and the court also changed the title of the king of Shu in the second edict, and the soldiers attached 'the court has not been set for a long time, the road is not quiet, and the Quartet is still disturbed, this is not a time to be rigid and vain, and must not resign', and then the general of Zhengxi will worship the title of the king of Shu, how? ”

It must be mentioned here that although the King of Shu is a one-word king, the King of Shu mentioned by Li Su is obviously a common vassal king in a fiefdom county, just like the "King of Zhongshan", "King of Hejian", and "King of the East China Sea", nothing special.

Shu here refers to Shu County, not Shu or even Yizhou.

Of course, Wang Yun knows these common senses, so his focus is not here, but Li Su's proposal of "After the resignation, the imperial court will sincerely reduce the seal, so as to sincerely let the recipient stop resigning and make the final decision".

Although the king is not as precedent as Wang Mang's "usurpation of the throne", he still has to "accept it after three resignations", but the posture of resignation and resignation is still to be posed.

Of course, there are two situations - if it is because of blood, for example, if you are the emperor's son or brother, then there is no resignation to directly crown the king. But the distant Han clan relatives, because they have great contributions to saving the Han Dynasty, this kind of king should be modest.

Wang Yun also understood that if the first edict of the imperial court was given to the king of Hanzhong, and the second edict was given to the king of Shu, then Liu Bei would not dare to accept the first edict directly, which would be scolded by the world, and the loss of reputation might be more serious than the benefits obtained by the king, and the gains outweighed the losses.

"Can you really ensure that Liu Bei will accept the edict of the second change to the king of Shu?" Thinking of this, Wang Yun couldn't help but ask.

Li Su smiled: "You should ask, will General Zhengxi hand over the jade seal when he gets the first edict - as for the second one, isn't it for Situ to change his name?" ”

Wang Yun was right when he thought about it, the chips in Liu Bei's hand, when the first edict of "canonizing the king of Hanzhong" was issued, he had already handed over the money with one hand and delivered the goods with one hand. In the second way, Liu Bei had no chips in his hand, so he didn't let himself lower the price a little?

As for the money in the treasury of the Hewu Mansion, when Liu Bei's jade seal was delivered, it must have all been transported back to Chang'an, so the first inflated edict was just a "framework agreement to ensure the delivery of the other party", and after delivery, he could still lower the price and issue the "implementation rules", but the other party could not raise the price.

Thinking about it this way, it is not a big deal to make a false statement to the king of Hanzhong first.

"Okay, in the past two days, Li Zhonglang will be in the capital for a while, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will take you to a few banquets, and drink with Ma Riyan, Shisun Rui and other courtiers, and the old man will also have to obtain their understanding.

Three days later, I asked Li Zhonglang to go back and write another chapter of General Zhengxi's performance, and sent it back with the jade seal of the country, and the day when the medal and the jade seal arrived in Beijing was the time when the edict of the king was issued - rest assured, you and other generals under the command of General Zhengxi will also be rewarded. Li Su, I want to ask you the truth, do you want to follow Liu Bei all the time, or do you want to become an official in the court? ”

Li Su took a deep breath: "I serve the general of Zhengxi, one is to repay his kindness, and the other is to remove the national thief but the foreign enemy, and promote the prestige of the Han Dynasty in a foreign land." But now that the work is basically done, of course I will hope to enter the court in the future, three princes and nine kings, who doesn't want to. ”

This statement must be said, so as to reduce Wang Yun's suspicion of Liu Bei's separation. And Li Su is not afraid that it will not end well when he speaks - he even dares to agree to such a condition as "resigning from the king of Hanzhong to the king of Shu", obviously because Li Su knows that Wang Yun will not live long.