On the edge of the Imperial Garden is a luxurious Imperial Study.

Although this palace also has a palace, it is only used for the last dynasty or important occasions, and the emperor should usually study, handle official affairs, and meet ministers in the imperial study.

Liu Xie was very satisfied with the structure of the palace, and when he was tired of staying in the study, he went out a few steps to the imperial garden, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of green, which was beneficial to the body and mind.

He was a diligent and studious man, who had spent most of his time reading books and discussing knowledge with learned courtiers, and if he had been placed in the position of several emperors, he would most likely have become a generation of holy kings, benevolent lords.

It's a pity that Jiangshan was almost defeated by his former emperors, and now there are only a few ministers around him who are dead, and there are no courtiers to assist, and he also feels that he has no skills to return to heaven.

At this time, Cao Cao also entered the imperial study, and it was not strange to see Liu Ping here, after all, Liu Ping was the secretary of Guanglu Temple, and he was in charge of the palace guards.

As a result, Cao Cao was more relieved, saying that it was a guard, but in fact, it was just a difference in name from imprisonment.

Cao Cao bowed down, his face full of joy: "Your Majesty, great joy." ”

"Where does the joy come from?"

"Yesterday, Yingchuan Xun Yue, Xun You's uncle and nephew, and Beihai Kong Rong came to vote, and they were already waiting outside the palace to see the driver at this time."

"Xun Yue Kong Rong?" Liu Xie couldn't help but lose his voice, compared to Cao Cao, he valued Xun You's strategy more, and Liu Xie valued Xun Yue and Kong Rong's knowledge.

Xun Yue is a master of history, knowledgeable, not to mention Kong Rongna, he has a good name and a family history, these two are famous Confucians in the world.

Liu Xie couldn't help but glance at Liu Ping, who was casual next to him, and thought to himself that what Liu Qing said was too accurate, just now he also said that when he came here, people of insight in the world would come to vote one after another, and he still had doubts, but in a blink of an eye, two top Confucians came.

"Hurry up!" Liu Xie suppressed his excitement and said.

Not long after, Xun Yue Xun Youkong Rong entered the imperial study under the leadership of the eunuch.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent, and let Your Majesty suffer!" As soon as Kong Rong saw the emperor, he fell down and cried.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, he failed to defend the land and the people for the court, and the minister is ashamed to see Your Majesty."

While crying, he slammed his head on the ground, knocking "bang", Liu Ping felt pain when he heard it.

The so-called king worries about the humiliation of the ministers, and the king humiliates the ministers to death, this Kong Rong is conceited of his talent and temperament, and is determined to calm the crisis and help the Han family.

It's a pity that he is just a scribe, although he also owned the land of Qingzhou at his peak, and he had generals like Tai Shici, but after all, he did not make good use of his talents, resulting in the territory being taken away by Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan.

Kong Rong cried, Liu Xie's eyes were also moist, and he stepped forward in person, helped him up, and sighed in a trembling voice: "All parties are guilty, the crime is in my respect, and it is not Qing's fault."

He is the fourth and third duke of the Yuan family, tired of eating Hanlu, and now the court is in trouble, Yuan Shao does not want to serve the country loyally, but he sends unrighteous soldiers, and regards the territory of the Han Dynasty as his own land. ”

Liu Xie couldn't help but remember that when he had just escaped from Chang'an, he sent a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao would come to escort him, but Yuan Shao avoided the envoys he sent, but Liu Ping led the army to his side at that time.

That Yuan Shao's heart was so cold, and he had many soldiers and generals, so it was no wonder that Kong Rong was there.

The Son of Heaven was so tolerant, and Xun Yue Xun Yu next to him was also deeply moved.

Their Xun children are loyal to the Han royal family, Xun You is ready to flee to Shu for refuge, heard that the Son of Heaven is Xu, so he hurriedly got up and voted.

As for Xun Yu, when he first advocated welcoming the Son of Heaven, whether it was for the Cao family, or for the Han family, or both, I am afraid only he knows in his own heart.

"Zhongqing is here, I am very relieved," After everyone's mood stabilized a little, Liu Xie sat back in his seat, he was still worried about the slaughter of the Manchu Dynasty ministers just now, and he didn't even have a waiter around him, but he didn't expect a few scholars to come in a blink of an eye.

"I Feng Xun Yue is the Yellow Gate Squire, Feng Kong Rong is the general Shaofu, and Feng Xun Yu is the Shangshu Zuocheng."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The three of them bowed down in gratitude.

This is also the purpose of their defection to Xu County, although the Cao clan who guards this place is not very powerful, but the Son of Heaven is here, and the court officials rewarded by the Son of Heaven cannot be obtained from any of the other princes.

"Flat!" At this time, Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao and continued: "Cao Qing has escorted all the way from Luoyang, and now he has recommended talents for me, and I have made Qing a general, and I have given Wu Pinghou a false festival and opened a mansion. ”

"The minister's wisdom is short-sighted, I'm afraid I can't do it," in fact, Cao Cao had already regarded the position of general as something in his pocket, and he was happy when he heard it, but he always had to be polite.

"If Qing can't do it, who in the world can do it?"

"So, thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Qing can report the military officials under his command, and I will reward them together."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Cao Cao sat down, he was so complacent that he couldn't help but glance at Liu Ping.

The general is the head of the hundred officials, the Marquis of Wuping is the county marquis, and the fake festival Yue, the opening of the mansion, and now his official position has far exceeded that of his grandfather and father, which can be described as a glorious lintel.

If he hadn't listened to Liu Ping's words at the beginning, how could he have received these rewards?

If you think about it, welcoming the Son of Heaven is not only the advantage of attracting talents, but also the advantage of being able to ask for official positions and titles for your subordinates, which is incomparable to any prince.

In fact, the benefits of this to the Cao family are obvious, no matter how powerful the princes in the world are, such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, they are only at the level of assassins, and it is impossible to reward the official positions of the court under them, let alone give them titles.

Even later, if Sun Quan wanted to reward his subordinates, he could only give him a title similar to that of a marquis, and only enjoyed the treatment of a knighthood, but he could not be knighted openly.

But the Cao family does not have this restriction here, the Son of Heaven is here, and any title can be sealed.

At this time, Xun Yue, Kong Rong and others all congratulated Cao Cao, and Liu Ping also followed.

However, Liu Ping knew that his father-in-law, a general, would not be able to serve for a few days.

Immediately the emperor named Yuan Shao as a lieutenant, Yuan Shao was ashamed to stand behind Cao Cao when he was on duty in the last dynasty (there was no chance to stand on duty at all), and refused to accept it, so Cao Cao took the initiative to give up the post of general to Yuan Shao, and he changed his title to Sikong.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether it's a general or a lieutenant, it's just in name only, but Yuan Shao cares about this.

After everyone sat down again, Cao Cao said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty is here, the corporal of the world has heard the wind, and now there are more than a dozen celebrities waiting for Your Majesty in the Zhaoxian Hall for a few days, I don't know if Your Majesty will see it?" ”

Xun Yue and Kong Rong glanced at each other, and each shook their heads with a smile imperceptibly.

I think that the so-called celebrities are just Erer, otherwise, like himself, Cao Gong would have personally brought them over to meet the Son of Heaven, why let them wait in the Recruitment Hall?

For example, anyone who has read a book for a few days today can be called a celebrity, and there are too many celebrities.

"And the talents?" Liu Xie asked lightly: "I don't know who it is?" ”

"There are Wang Lang of the East China Sea, Huaxin of the Plains, Han Song of Yiyang, and Du of Yingchuan...... and more than a dozen people. ”

"Wang Lang, Hua Xin?" Kong Rong and Xun Yue couldn't help but lose their voices, those are all famous figures in the world, among which Wang Langhuaxin is the most.

Wang Lang is a well-known master of scriptures, and no one can better execute the scriptures.

And Hua Xin is the disciple of Taiwei Chen Qiu, the same door as the famous Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan, and Guan Ning, and Guan Ning is called a dragon with Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, and Hua Xin is the leader.

The reputation of these two scholars is not below him, they are all waiting in the recruitment hall?

And when he arrived, Cao Gong personally greeted the official office and brought him to see the driver in advance, which doesn't seem right.

In fact, the reason why Cao Cao welcomed Kong Rong was because of his identity after Confucius, not because of his knowledge.

As for the uncle and nephew of the Xun family, it was Xun You, the top strategist, who rushed him, not because of Xun Yue.

"In that case, let's announce the audience," Liu Xie was overjoyed, he had heard of most of these people, but he didn't expect them to take the initiative to come and wait.

It seems that as Liu Ping said, people of insight in the world have really come to vote.

"That Wang Jingxing is the most arrogant, if the ministers and others meet His Majesty before him, he will be ashamed, it is better for the ministers to retire first." Xun Yue took the initiative.

Kong Rong also bowed beside him and said: "In the past, the minister and Liu Bei Gongsun Zan once sought advice from Lu Zhi together, and Hua Xin and Lu Zhi are the same family, so Hua Xin can be regarded as the minister's uncle."

Now that the nephew has come to see His Majesty first, the uncle is waiting in the post house instead, is it a gift of respecting the teacher?

The minister also asked to retire first. ”

Neither of them expected that the people who were waiting to meet the Son of Heaven in the Zhaoxian Pavilion were big bulls, and they had been waiting for several days.

And the two of them came late, and they had already been led by Cao Cao to meet in advance.

Since ancient times, literati have despised each other and admired false fame, which seems to be just a trivial matter of meeting the Son of Heaven one after another, but in the eyes of the literati, it is a great event.

Although they are not afraid, those people will inevitably be reused by the Son of Heaven, and they will have to work together in the future, so it is naturally best to cause a little less trouble.

Liu Xie couldn't help but be a little disappointed and said: "Today, the scholars of the world gather here, and I want to hold a literary meeting to talk about the scriptures and the Tao, isn't it a blessing in the literary world?"

Why should you care about such subtleties? ”

This is the second day that the Son of Heaven has just come to Xu County, and Cao Cao doesn't want to sweep away the prosperity of the Son of Heaven, but in order to be able to encircle Xun You and Kong Rong, he naturally wants to lead them to meet the Son of Heaven first.

However, he did not ignore the celebrities in the Zhaoxian Hall, and he also asked Liu Ping to visit him on his behalf, I wonder if Liu Ping can appease those people.

When he looked at Liu Ping, he saw Liu Ping secretly waving his hand at him, signaling that it didn't matter, just let them come.

Cao Cao was suspicious, and secretly made a gesture to signal him to speak himself.

Liu Ping then rushed to Xun Yue and Kong Rong and said: "Xu County is all to serve the imperial court, before the Son of Heaven drives, how can Wang Langhuaxin and others care about these details?"

I guess they're not petty people. ”

"In this way, the ministers obey the holy commandment!" Kong Rong and Xun Yue rushed to Liu Xiedao.

After speaking, the two of them smiled helplessly, this is not a matter of the size of the qi, it is related to face and status, for some people, it is more important than life.

As soon as they came in just now, they saw Liu Ping beside the emperor, but they didn't know him.

It's just that he is so young and sits so close to the emperor, so he thinks which royal family member it is.

After sitting down again, Liu Xie ordered people to go to the Zhaoxian Hall to pass Wang Lang and others to meet him.

Not long after, Wang Lang and more than a dozen other people all came in to pay their respects.

As soon as they saw the Son of Heaven, everyone was very excited, and many people wept bitterly like Kong Rong, and slammed their heads on the ground.

After a while, after everyone's mood stabilized, Liu Xie said: "Zhongqing came from all directions, and I am very relieved.

Today, the Confucianism is full of people, and they talk about the Tao with literature, isn't it happy? ”

"The ministers obey the holy order," Wang Langhuaxin and the others sat down calmly next to them.

Xun Yue Kong Rong saw that Wang Lang and the others did not show the slightest displeasure, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it be that these people are so generous, and they are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?

At this time, Cao Cao stood up and said: "Since it is Your Majesty's Wenhui, the minister and Liu Ping are both Geng Geng's martial arts, and staying here is also a bad scenery, and Rong Chen and the others have retired." ”

In fact, he is both civil and military, and he is also one of the top scribes in the world, but his knowledge is only limited to poetry and military books, so he is a little powerless to learn from a group of scholars and historians.

"Why should Cao Qing be humble, I have also heard of Qing's poems," Liu Xie leaned over and glanced at Liu Ping and said, "As for Liu Qing......"

He said this, was slightly stunned and continued: "Liu Qing is Guanglu Siqing, it is normal that he has not studied the scriptures and Taoism, it happens that Wang Qing and Huaqing are all in this way, just listen and learn more after a while, if you don't understand something, you can ask the two Qing family for advice." ”

He had heard that Liu Ping had written agricultural books before, but he really didn't know what Liu Ping's knowledge was.

After all, in this era, the status of scholars and farmers gradually declined, and learned scholars disdained to surrender their identities to write agricultural books.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise," Wang Lang stood up and said: "In the way of scripture learning, Liu Gong surpasses the ministers too much, and in front of Liu Gong, the ministers dare not say much." ”

"That's right," Hua Xin also stood up and saluted Liu Xie: "We are all defeated under Liu Gong, how dare we speak?" It's almost the same as waiting for Liu Gong to seek advice. ”

"What do you mean?" Liu Xie was confused, stared at Wang Langhua and said, "What is the so-called Liu Gong?" ”

In addition to his own surname Liu, Liu Ping is left in this house, but how can Wang Langhuaxin and a group of scholars become Liu Ping's defeated generals, could it be that Liu Ping sent Tai Shici or Zhang Liao to threaten with force?

"It's Liu Gong of Guanglu Temple," Hua Xin said: "I debated with Liu Gong before, and we were not his opponents, and I was convinced to lose." ”

"You mean...... Liu Qing knocked down you and the others? Liu Xie thought it was incredible, there was Wang Lang in this group, he was a famous master of scripture in the world, how old was Liu Ping?

"Ahem," Wang Lang's old face turned crimson, "Liu Gongzhi asked, the old minister really can't answer." ”

As soon as this remark came out, not only Liu Xie, but even Xun Yue and Kong Rong were surprised, daring to love that the young man was not a royal clansman, but a young general who was rumored to have saved the driver.

What made them even more puzzling was that he was able to distinguish Wang Langhuaxin and others, looking at the appearance of the dozen or so people bowing their heads and slumping their horns, it seemed that what he said was true.

The two couldn't help but laugh secretly in their hearts, no wonder they were so easy-going, it turned out that their majesty had been trampled on by this young general, how could they still have the face to fight for what order here?

Cao Cao showed a sly smile, he was still worried, and sent Liu Ping to visit all the celebrities, whether he was slow to treat everyone, it turned out that Liu Ping had gone to destroy their prestige.

"I didn't know that there was such a virtuous person around me," Liu Xie looked at Liu Ping in surprise and said, "I don't know who Qing studied with?" ”