In February of the second year of Han Changping (214 AD), another major event occurred in the Xiangyang Imperial Court, which had been quiet for nearly a year: the resignation of Xun Yu, the imperial historian! Xun Yu is now one of the three princes, and his resignation naturally affects the nerves of Xiangyang's civil and military officials.

However, this time it was not about Liu Cong, it turned out that in the past year, Liu Cong and Cao Cao had abided by the peace treaty they had concluded, and there had been no fighting in the bordering counties of Nanyang and Runan. And Jiangdong Sun Quan also felt the pressure and did not dare to act rashly. The two strong forces were suspended, and Zhang Lu and Ma Chao in the northwest naturally lay in the nest honestly.

It can be said that the past year has been the most peaceful since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. But beneath the surface calm, there is actually an undercurrent. Especially Xiangyang, where the Son of Han Tianzi is located.

In the past year, Liu Cong strictly obeyed the duty of a courtier, as long as the emperor Liu Xie did not interfere in his military and political affairs, Liu Cong basically agreed to all of Liu Xie's requests, including the draft, the expansion of the palace, and even the appointment of some officials. In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Cong can really be regarded as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and a pillar!

But in the past year, Emperor Liu Xie's actions have disappointed Xun Yu and some people who originally planned to approach him. And Xun Yu is undoubtedly the most disappointed one! Compared with the brutal Dong Zhuo and the authoritarian Cao Cao, Liu Cong can be said to have made the biggest concession. And Xun Yu also saw the identity of Liu Cong's Han clan and would not act arbitrarily, so he wanted to form his own forces for the emperor and gradually control the government.

Supporting the Han Dynasty and reshaping the dynasty is Xun Yu's lifelong wish. But under the joint promotion of Liu Xie and Liu Cong, Xun Yu's efforts in the past year have all come to naught.

Xun Yu wanted to find a daughter of the Xiangyang Cai family or the Anlu Huang family to be the queen for Liu Xie, but Liu Xie was not only hindered by Liu Cong, but Liu Xie seemed to be even less interested. He only has Jiang Li in his heart!

Xun Yu worked hard to find a scholar and celebrity who was relatively neutral or had some hatred for Liu Cong, hoping that the emperor could get close to him. But Liu Xie seems to be more interested in women. And those who were quietly promoted and promoted by Xun Yu were successively reported and exposed, what abuse of power, corruption...... Xun Yu knew that this must be the credit of Jinyiwei.

But it's no wonder that Liu Cong, if the person you promote is excellent himself, he will generally disappear inexplicably...... There are no stupid people in the officialdom, and soon everyone knows that the prime minister and the imperial doctor are inseparable. Over time, some low-level officials, if they heard that they were appreciated by Dr. Xun Yu, were terrified! This made Xun Yu's plan completely bankrupt.

After feeling Liu Cong's sophistication and viciousness, Xun Yu once persuaded Emperor Liu Xie to cheer up countless times. And Liu Xie seems to be refreshed only on a woman's belly! The extravagant life of the past nearly two decades has completely lost Liu Xie. In the past, in Xuchang, he was often worried about Cao Cao's usurpation, and often made some protests. After arriving in Xiangyang, since he successfully got Jiang Li, Liu Xie was a hundred reassuring to Liu Cong. Sometimes he even persuaded Xun Yu not to deliberately target Liu Cong.

In the past year, more than 100 core members of the Yingchuan Xun clan migrated to Zhonglu and began to adapt to a new life. One after another, the Xun clan fled from Yingchuan to Zhonglu, and the Xun clan returned to its former prosperity. And Xun You, who was in Cao Ying, did not escape after all. He died of illness in Xuchang three months ago. Although Cao Cao claimed to the outside world that Xun Yu was sick and died. But Xun Yu didn't believe it, why didn't he know about his nephew? But he couldn't stop Cao Cao.

Facing the aggressive Liu Cong, and a person who can't hold up the wall like mud. Xun Yu felt more and more that if this continued, more and more Xun clan people would be forced to follow the path of himself and the current Xun Yu. Liu Cong looks like a gentleman, but the viciousness of his methods is not lost to Cao Cao. The reason why he didn't do anything to Xun Yu and the Xun clan for a long time, Xun Yu thought that he still had a little bit of value.

If Liu Cong's coercion of Xun Yu can still be accepted, Emperor Liu Xie's inaction and even his addiction to women are the main reasons for Xun Yu's complete despair. He knew that the land of Jingzhou had been operated by Liu Biao and his son for more than 20 years. The scholars and Haoqiang recognized Liu Cong and did not recognize the emperor and the imperial court, which could not be compared with the Central Plains at all, so it was equivalent to that Xun Yu had no backbone support above and no soil for survival below, and it was almost a fool's dream to assist the emperor to contend with Liu Cong!

Now there are only a few princes in the world, and it is impossible to go back to Cao Cao's side, Sun Quan in Jiangdong and Zhang Lu and Ma Chao in the west will be destroyed by the two powerhouses sooner or later. Therefore, Xun Yu thought that he had no choice, and at this time, retreating to the mountains and forests may be the best choice to protect himself and his family.

But how can someone as capable and famous as Xun Yu say that he can retire if he retires. Emperor Liu Xie didn't say anything, he just felt that Xun Yu was annoying enough in his ears, if Xun Yu could disappear, why wouldn't he do it? But how could Liu Cong just let Xun Yu go into hiding? Emperor Liu Xie can get out of the house at any time, and Xun Yu and Liu Cong must be reluctant.

So Xun Yu's mansion was not in peace, first Yi Yuan, Sun Qian and others tentatively visited, and then Zhang Jaw, Yu Ban and other Cao Cao's old departments reminisced. A few days later, Shang Shu ordered Zhuge Liang to visit him. Liu Cong followed the system of the Xuchang court.

After Cao Cao obtained the ruling power of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he appointed the post of prime minister to show the nobility of his status, but he did not simply restore the prime minister system in the Western Han Dynasty, but transferred the Shangshutai, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Shaofu, to the official subordinate sequence of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Shang Shuling was the de facto center of political power, so such a measure ensured Cao Cao's control over the government without the need for major revisions to the existing system.

The so-called take its essence and discard its dross. For the measures that can effectively control the government, Liu Cong must have used it, and Zhuge Liang naturally became one of the core figures among the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It is also reasonable to serve as Shang Shuling. However, Zhuge Liang's visit to Xun Yu was still just a tentative talk. However, Zhuge Liang had vaguely revealed Liu Cong's intention to recruit Xun Yu, although Xun Yu did not answer, but he did not make a clear decision.

After Zhuge Liang returned to Liu Cong, Liu Cong originally planned to go out in person to persuade Xun Yu to stay. was stopped by Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng. There is no other reason, Liu Cong is the de facto controller of the government, and Xun Yu used to be Cao Cao's left and right arm, and now he is trying his best to assist the Son of Han and target Liu Cong everywhere. If Liu Cong visited rashly, there would be no room for maneuver if he was categorically refused.

"The lord, I am willing to go and lobby, and I will definitely let Xun Wenruo work for the lord!" Listening to Zhuge Liang talk about Xun Yu's attitude when he visited, Fa Zheng thought about it in his heart for a while and then took the initiative to ask for help.

Liu Cong insisted on not letting the two think tanks come forward, and Liu Cong also dispelled the idea of going out in person, after all, Xun Yu is not very human, and Xun Yu's ambition is Wang Zuo. He is not a king or an emperor, once he argues it, he is really not necessarily Xun Yu's opponent. However, the law is correct, the eloquence is good, and it is also suitable.

For Fazheng's visit, Xun Yu was already numb. Why didn't he know the purpose of Zhuge Liang's previous visit to him? Zhuge Liang, as one of Liu Cong's most important think tanks and the chief housekeeper of internal affairs, is no less important than Xun Yu in Cao Ying. And Fa Zheng has also served as a military advisor since Liu Cong entered Sichuan. The world calls it Little Guo Jia. These two people can also be regarded as Liu Cong's right-hand men, and they do not discuss family and state affairs with Liu Cong in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but come to visit a doctor who is about to retire from the past who has political discord.

Xun Yu doesn't think the two of them are reminiscing! And Fa Zheng is also straight to the point: "Today's court is weak, and Lord Xun has the talent of Wang Zuozhi, but why do you want to retreat to the mountains and forests?" ”

"Xiaozhi, did you come to my house today to cancel Xun?" Whether there is Wang Zuozhicai or not, benevolence is benevolent, but this is Xun Yu's ambition. In the eyes of outsiders, it is indeed ridiculous.

"Lord Xun has misunderstood! It is not to make fun of adults, but to affirm that adults are for the common people of the world and continue to stay in office for the people! ”

"Stay in office? Filial piety, you say this well, duplicity. Xun is in the court for a day, and your lord is afraid that he will hold a grudge for a day. And you're trying to persuade me to stay? Now that he is about to retire, Xun Yu has lost his former politeness.

After all, he has been fighting with Liu Cong in the court for more than a year, and Xun Yu still knows how to grasp the proportions, and Fa Zheng said that he would persuade himself to stay, which must be Liu Cong's instructions. But Xun Yu didn't understand why Liu Cong was so interested in himself, the imperial historian who had always been against him in the court?

"My lord, although my lord may have disagreed with my lord on some issues in the past, everyone is doing things for the court and for the common people in the world! It's all for the sake of supporting the Han family...... Why should adults refuse people thousands of miles away? Seeing Xun Yu's cold response, Fa Zheng did not change his color, straightened his body and continued: "Everyone in the world knows that adults have the talent to build the world, and now that the troubled times have been in place for a long time, and capable people like adults are needed to govern the world, how can adults abandon Your Majesty and abandon the people of the world because of choking?" ”

"Although Xun is also unwilling, but now His Majesty is addicted to women and ignores the government, what can we do even if we work hard and do our best?" Xun Yu was indeed disappointed, thinking of the people in the world and the emperor who couldn't be supported, Xun Yu had never been so confused as he was now. He even began to wonder why he had to go against Cao Cao and leave Xuchang in the first place.

Although Cao Cao has a heart of usurpation and discord with Xun Yu's politics, if you think about it carefully, such an emperor, even if there is no Cao Cao, there will be other people. Now Liu Cong is! In Xun Yu's opinion, if the emperor continues to sink like this, it is a matter of time before Liu Cong usurps the rebellion. Not to mention one Xun Yu, even if there are ten hundred, they can't stop the trend of history!

And if you can't change the current situation, is it worth it to insist on falling out with your own Zhong Cao Cao for this? For the sake of a lifelong volunteer, but the result is to retreat to the mountains and forests? Xun Yu's unwillingness, only he can understand, but Fa Zheng said that he abandoned the emperor and the people of the world. That's where he gets hurt.

As long as there is still the possibility of saving, Xun Yu will not be so depressed. Xun Yu stared at Fa Zheng carefully, what did this ghost plot by Liu Cong's side want to say to him?