Zhang Lu suddenly came and fell, which really caught Gongsun Xun a little off guard, but it was just a surprise. After thinking about it for a while, the Wei general immediately ordered Zhao Yun to enter Hanzhong, supervise the two counties of Hanzhong and Wudu, and send Yang Qiu to lead thousands of cavalry as a supplement. And in the end, what caught Zhang Lu off guard was that Gongsun Xun actually put stability in the hearts of the people first, and still let this Zhang Tianshi serve as the Taishou of Hanzhong, the so-called not moving at all.

Zhang Gongqi was of course grateful, but he followed the other party's instructions and gave up his plan to enter Chang'an with General Wei, and the next day, he went back to Hanzhong from the ramp to stabilize the situation with Sima Yang Qiu of other departments, just preparing to take his brother Zhang Wei as a hostage and follow his entourage.

Of course, that's for later.

"Gong Qi and peace of mind." Before leaving, Gongsun Xun braved the cold wind to shake his hand and sent ten miles. "If you have arrived today, you will not be disappointed in the future."

In this regard, Zhang Lu could only bow down again.

The two sides did not mention Zhang Lu's mother from beginning to end, nor did they mention anything about "Romance of the Gods" in that letter. In fact, because of Zhang Gongqi's arrival, the whole army had to stop in Yixian for two days, but some people in Liangzhou who did not know the importance of it discussed privately, thinking that Zhang Lu and Gongsun Xun had already agreed to choose this place to make Xuanhe powerful, otherwise why did they just come to the logistics base camp of Yiwu to surrender?

As for the reason, that's not to mention...... Although Hanzhong is only a large county, the terrain and geographical location are too important, and historically, once the power that owns Guanzhong obtains Hanzhong, it can calmly maintain the pressure on Bashu and Jingxiang. And Zhang Lu's coming to surrender at this time will naturally make the hearts of the people in Guanzhong more obedient to General Wei.

Of course, these people are inevitably a little careful, the scattered pass is facing Chencang, and the ramp is facing Yixian, the reason why these important towns are important towns has geographical factors, Zhang Lu came from Nanzheng to chase Gongsun Xun, and if he didn't come to Yixian, did he want him to go directly to Chang'an from the Meridian Valley?

However, the situation is sensitive, and there are all kinds of gossip, and this one is not bad.

"What do you mean?" In the attic of a restaurant in Yixian, Xu Rong, who had just drunk a glass of spirits, looked up in amazement. "Junhou wants to be the Son of Heaven?!"

"Brother, be quiet!" His brother Xu Xing, who was sitting on the side, was so shocked that he almost jumped up. "Is that what can be said here?"

"Why can't you export?" Sitting opposite Xu Rong was the partial general Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, who twisted his lips with a mustache like Gongsun Xun, and sneered. "The Son of Heaven has run away, and the fifty-three counties of the eleven states of Hebei are ...... No, fifty-four counties! There must be a lord in the fifty-four counties, right? And the former king, but he is just the lord of a country, fifty-four counties, can't he still be the son of heaven?! If you want me to say, just worship the heavens directly in this Yi County......"

"Be honest with me!" Another person at the table suddenly spoke, but he scolded sharply, completely ignoring the most unruly two thousand stone Zhang Wenyuan in the army, but it was Zhang Liao's own brother Zhang Fan, who had just been appointed as the captain of Jincheng before, and this time he was ordered to lead a thousand Jincheng Qiang Han cavalry to accompany him. "Let's listen to what Xu Sima said!"

Zhang Liao immediately lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to say more.

"Actually, I stayed in Yiwu with Wang Lingjun (Wang Xiu, the official of General Wei's palace), and I have heard some words in the past few days." Xu Xing saw that someone was in control of Zhang Liao, the overlord, and said slowly. "First of all, it is certain that the Son of Heaven will abandon Chang'an and leave, and it is needless to say that killing the Taiwei and the emperor will lose the hearts of the people, and as General Zhang said, since the Son of Heaven is gone, and the Taiwei is also dead, then our General Wei, as the lord of the fifty-four counties in these eleven states, must have a saying to lead the hearts of the people......."

"So the prince wants to be called the Son of Heaven? Like the Qin of the Han Dynasty? Zhang Pan was cautious.

"Not necessarily." Xu Xing continued. "These days, it's okay to be around Sanfu, but some people from different backgrounds and official positions have a lot of contacts, so that rumors continue. In the past few days, I don't know how many people have come to see Wang Lingjun...... At the beginning, only some people said that our princes should be the princes and marquis of their own affairs; Then it is to be a Xiangguo; Then there is the title of the public; A few days ago, the prince returned to Chencang, and there was a saying that he was king; And waiting for these few days when the prince and marquis personally arrived in Yixian, there are faint people here who say that General Wei should be the son of heaven! ”

"I still say that, be the Son of Heaven...... Then do it! Zhang Liao peeked at his brother and said casually. What's the big deal? Isn't that what the Son of Heaven is all about? Now in this heaven, what does the prince want to do, can anyone stop him? ”

"It's easy to say!" Zhang Fan's cold face. "Do you think that the Han family can be overturned so easily for 400 years? There are some things that can't be rushed at all......"

"Xiankun Zhong stays." Xu Rong suddenly interjected and asked again. "Is there any benefit to the prince being the son of heaven?"

The Zhang brothers and Xu Xingqi were stunned, do you still need to ask? Is it better for the Son of Heaven to be older than General Wei?!

"I mean, is it any good for us that the prince is the son of heaven?" Xu Rong may also have realized the inappropriateness in his words and immediately changed his words.

As soon as Xu Bojin said this, Mo said that his brother Xu Xing's complexion immediately changed greatly, and it became difficult to breathe, and the Zhang brothers looked at each other more and more.

However, after stopping for a while, Zhang Liao still reluctantly smiled and said, "General Xu doesn't know anything...... Didn't you keep saying that the prince and the marquis don't want to see you now, so you don't expect to be able to pay equal attention to civil and military affairs like Guan and Cheng, rank second-class, sit on one side, and supervise one state, just hoping to find another title...... But have you ever thought about it, our General Wei has always rewarded properly, but why has he never given him a knighthood? ”

Without waiting for Xu Rong to answer, ignoring Xu Xing's face had become extremely embarrassed, Zhang Wenyuan continued to laugh and said: "Isn't it like today's surname Liu, and the title of the Han family is also the title of the Han family?" ”

Xu Rong couldn't help but be stunned, and then his heart moved: "In other words, if the prince is the son of heaven, the title will be there?!" ”

Zhang Pan suddenly coughed dryly: "It's all said, the prince may not be able to achieve it overnight, but today Xu Sima invited us here, I think there are some explanations." ”

"Not bad." Xu Zixin replied reluctantly. "I want my brother and Xian Kunzhong to test the attitude of the army, and then if there is no objection from top to bottom in the army, then I will go and find my old and new bosses...... Wang Lingjun and the drama master can talk to me! ”

"Just ask!" Xu Rong became more and more impatient. "If you can be knighted, who in the army is not happy?"

Xu Xing was silent.

The Zhang brothers didn't see it well, so they all agreed to leave.

"Brother!" As soon as Zhang Pan and Zhang Liao left, Xu Xing couldn't bear it at all, but he could only grit his teeth and lower his voice to speak. "Are you going to kill our entire Xu clan?!"

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Rong noticed his brother's expression at this time, but he was inexplicable. "Didn't you talk about it first? And now that the prince holds fifty-four counties, how can being the Son of Heaven cause trouble? ”

"That's not what I mean!" Xu Xing was furious. "I want to ask you, don't you know that our Xu family is the former official of the Gongsun family for several generations, and he was born in Liaodong? Don't you understand that in this kind of thing, our brothers can only rush to show their loyalty, and there is no room for bargaining? What kind of title, that's what Zhang Liao and these people should think about, you have to prevent him from thinking about it! ”

"Why can't I think about it, and why should I prevent him from thinking about it?" Xu Rong became more and more strange.

"I finally know today why my brother can't do the same level as Han, Guan, and Cheng, and I finally know why you were pressed back by a mere Zhao Zilong." Xu Xing was almost powerless. "In this situation, you can save it to this day, it is all the kindness of the prince!"

And Xu Rong was still puzzled.

"So far, there is only one word to tell my brother." Xu Xing completely gave up the intention of communicating with the other party. "Don't complain to anyone in the army in the future...... Brother thinks, don't you know those grumbling princes? You think that you can't be of great use, because the prince is disgusted with you, so when you communicate with your colleagues, you complain; But I don't know that it is precisely because these complaints have reached the ears of the prince that he gradually dislikes you and makes you useless! Aren't you afraid that one day you will fall to the point where Wei Yue is?! ”

"I ...... Why didn't you say it earlier? Xu Rong was terrified for a moment.

"How did I know you were so presumptuous?" Xu Xing was really helpless to the extreme. "But don't be too afraid...... It is estimated that the prince has also seen through you, knowing that you are just a broken mouth, and you are still afraid of him in your heart, otherwise you would have died long ago with your carelessness, and you would not have to wait until today! ”

"Xu Bojin is difficult to become a big weapon." In the Yixian Street outside the restaurant, Zhang Pan suddenly turned into the side alley, but finally spoke. "That is, in the future, the world will be unified and divided into thirty states, and he will be the pattern of this miscellaneous general...... And you have less to do with him! Don't listen to his nonsense! ”

Zhang Liao nodded with a smile in the back.

But at this moment, Zhang Fan, who had only said a word in front of him, suddenly stopped his horse and looked back, staring coldly at his own brother, but he didn't say a word.

Zhang Liao was hairy, but he didn't dare to speak.

"You remember!" Zhang Pan sighed. "I wanted to turn around and slap you just now, but I just saw that you have grown up and become a general, so I don't dare to do it......"

Zhang Wenyuan became more and more frightened, but he didn't even dare to get off the horse.

"Our parents died early, and I was a young man who was a housekeeper and difficult to control, which made you wild and unscrupulous since you were a child, and if you can have today's income, it will fall on one martial and one unscrupulous." Zhang Pan continued. "But Wen Yuan...... On the battlefield and on the Keju field, you can be unscrupulous, but you can't be unscrupulous about some things in front of some people, on the contrary, you have to be afraid from your heart to death! People say that the generals of Ye are the most comfortable to be your Zhang Liao's subordinates, and the most uncomfortable and hardest to be Xu Huang and Xu Gongming's subordinates! I don't know anything about running an army, and I don't want to judge your merits...... But do you know how Xu Huang responds to this kind of complaint? ”

"Yes."

"Come on!"

"He said that he was originally a bandit in Hedong, and he could meet a master in his life, accept an army, and dare not do his best, how can he care about his personal reputation?"

"You were originally a general of Yanmen, you can meet a master in your life, accept an army, dare not do your best, how can you care about personal gains and losses?" Zhang Pan opened his mouth awe-inspiringly. "Let me know that you and Xu Rong and these people talk wildly in the army all day long, and you don't care about what you gain or lose...... I don't dare to cling to you General Zhang, and please stay away from Yanmen Zhang's family in the future! ”

Zhang Liao broke out in a cold sweat on the horse, and exhaled heavily.

"Go back to the army and test the hearts of the people in the army! Let me explain to you for the last time today, if you meet someone like Xu Rong in the army who cares about the rewards of officials, no matter how high or low the official position is, you will beat him like an ordinary juju on the field! Zhang Pan continued to speak awe-inspiringly. If someone says that he can't do it, so that he says something rebellious, as long as the official is not high, you will kill him if you risk violating the military order and demotion, and then carry his head to the general in public to ask for guilt! ”

Zhang Liao nodded hurriedly, but shook his head again: "There will be no such people in the army, the prince ...... in the army."

"Nothing better!" Zhang Pan turned around and beat the horse and left, leaving his brother weak for a while. "In fact, this kind of thing must be decided by the prince and the prince, and it should not be mixed before the form is clear, but since it is asked, no matter how the prince decides, there must not be the slightest noise in the army...... The whole army must understand from the beginning that General Wei can be the Son of Heaven! And it can only be General Wei who is the Son of Heaven! You should have understood this truth a long time ago! ”

Zhang Liao could only bow his head and say yes.

In the evening, the lights are on, and the east of Yixian County is in the pavilion.

"Tomorrow, the prince will return to Chang'an, what is the matter with Zhicai at this time?" Under the lights, General Wei's official Wang Xiu raised his head from the pile of documents on the case, but he was a little puzzled.

"I just saw Xu Sima go out, I was confused, and I came to see you." Xi Zhong arched his hand in front of the door.

"He came to me to say that there were people in the army who were clamoring for General Wei to be the Son of Heaven, and then asked me how to ...... I kicked him out. Wang Xiu continued to bow his head and approve the document and calmly answered. Speaking of which, Xu Zixin was originally a subordinate of Zhicai, so he must have found Zhicai, right? ”

"It's nature." Xi Zhong sighed. "This time, the Son of Heaven fled in a hurry, and all the kings of Ye were not here, and the ministers within the three auxiliaries were nothing more than ...... It's nothing more than Shuzhi as the leader, they don't dare to look for the prince, and naturally they all want to hear Shuzhi's words. ”

"Zhicai also wants to hear it?" Wang Xiu still didn't raise his head.

"Not bad."

"Coincidentally, I also want to hear what Zhicai has to say." Wang Shuzhi finally put his pen on the shelf, and raised his head to the people in the door after the case. "In fact, over the years, you have led the military intelligence and internal affairs in the name of the military, so that many people have forgotten that you are also engaged in General Wei's Mansion, according to your status, only under Lu Changshi, and Han, Shen, Lou, and the next are the same thing."

"I thought I could!" Xi Zhong suddenly exhaled two extremely obvious white qi in front of him.

"I thought I could, but I shouldn't." Wang Xiu and the other party looked at each other.

"Why?"

"Zhicai just wanted to listen to me, I have already said it, why bother asking why?" Wang Xiu's face was calm.

"Does Wang Lingjun think I'm in too much of a hurry?" Xi Zhong finally couldn't bear it anymore. "Or do you think I'm like those villains who keep coming and going to you, and I have the heart to get promoted to a knighthood?! So much so that you doubt my loyalty?! ”

"I've never said that." Wang Xiu was still calm.

"That must be in mind!" Xi Zhong is full of color. "Wang Lingjun, do you think you are the only one who is loyal? can do things again, and can stand up for morality, but he never bends his body to serve the king, known as a loyal martyr? ! When my generation does these things, it means that he is a traitor?! ”

"I didn't have that heart either." Wang Xiu was silent for a moment, and finally sighed. "Drama Commander...... There are many kinds of loyalty, and in which way to stand up, not only is it chosen by ourselves, but also by the monarch and the candidate, and it is just a matter of achieving each other. For example, the generals and soldiers in the army have different personalities and have their own needs, but for the princes, they just want them to be as loyal as knives, what does it mean? It's to tell them to point with their arms and not to speak! And the prince gathered the army today to deter the ministers of Chang'an, not to let them make a noise or anything! You let them show their attitude, even if they can directly ascend the throne and become the emperor in this county, the prince may not be happy! ”

Xi Zhong couldn't help but be stunned.

"And you and I, the prince and I are actually different." Wang Xiu continued. "If you are below, the prince is used in the below, and it is meant to do things below, not to let the ministers in the lower part of the subordinate clamoring here for what is the emperor or the king; As for the foot, the prince used the foot, and it was precisely because he saw that the foot was loyal and disregarded himself, so he asked the foot staff to organize this matter...... However, at this critical moment, I can't help but feel anxious and overstep my own rights and responsibilities! It's just such a big event, people's hearts can't be stable, and they have no experience at their feet, so even the prince can't be harsh on his feet and everyone in the army! Zhicai, I have a heartfelt word......"

was already stunned, and Xi Zhong hurriedly leaned over and saluted.

"The loyalty of a contemptible person lies in being able to do things; Xu Rong and Zhang Liao's loyalty lies in their ability to use force; The loyalty of the foot lies in the disregard of the body! "Wang Xiu is sincere." There are also Han Sima, Lu Changshi, and even Julou and all the military advisors and generals, all of whom are not the same loyalty, but the princes can be reused. In addition, there are also people such as Wang Jingxing who obviously have the Han family in mind, Huaziyu's morality is important, and the prince uses these people, does he want them to be loyal to the point of desperate efforts? On the contrary, the prince was able to get to where he is today because he knew that these people would not work hard for him, and he could be magnanimous, and he appointed each of them according to their talents...... Now that he is in charge of the internal affairs and external information for the prince, he should be able to understand these things in his heart. ”

Xi Zhong became more and more ashamed: "It is the first mistake today, and the second is the rudeness." ”

"It doesn't matter." Hearing this, Wang Xiu continued. "In fact, if you are a little panicked and unprepared about today's situation, why not ask the prince himself frankly? Does the prince want to be the son of heaven and the king, or to be the prince and the prime minister, why can't he ask him face to face? Others have doubts, and they shouldn't have them, because the prince has entrusted all the confidential matters to his feet, as if he is loyal to his feet! So, what questions can't be asked in person? Maybe the prince is waiting for him at this time! ”

Xi Zhong was silent for a long time, and finally bowed down again and said goodbye. And just a moment later, he entered Gongsun Xun's bedroom.

"Zhicai came just in time." Gongsun Xun was playing chess with Jia Xu on the couch, and when he saw Xi Zhong here, he couldn't help laughing. "I've been hesitating about two things...... One is whether to set up another son of heaven; One is that should I be the prime minister or simply call the public, and then seal the country and be called a lonely widow? Wen He has been pretending to be confused, only saying that there is no need to establish a son of heaven, but he does not say which one should be done by the prime minister and the prince? ”

Xi Zhong, who was standing in the door, suddenly became relieved, and at the same time, he was relieved: "The prince ...... If the Son of Heaven is established again, he will naturally be a minister; If you don't set up the Son of Heaven, you can only establish a system and call the public, and then you can govern calmly! Jia Junshi has already made a decision for the lord! ”

"Is that so?" Gongsun Xun playfully looked at Jia Xu, who was silent, and smiled at Jia Xu, who was silent. "Does Wen He also think I should be called a public institution?"

"Definitely!" Jia Xu put his hands together and looked right. "The minister thought that the lord should first bury the Taiwei, and then issue an edict to Nanyang in the name of Shangshutai and tell the Son of Heaven that because he killed the emperor, it was rumored that Sanfu had a father and a son! Therefore, Cao Mengde, Liu Xuande, and Liu Jingsheng were asked to personally escort the Son of Heaven who killed the emperor back to Chang'an, and clarify the matter to the Minister of Chang'an and the people of Sanfu...... As for other things, how can it be done at this time? Maybe the Son of Heaven will come back to his senses! ”

Gongsun Xun raised his head and laughed.

————I'm the dividing line that laughs out loud————-

"(Emperor Wen of Xiaozhuang) after living in Ye, try to invite Mrs. Cai's father Yong and car to the university to watch the debate, when the Han Emperor killed the captain to run to Nanyang, there are college students when the road to stop the car, please Taizu as the son of heaven. After reading the text, smile and ask the party. Yong trembled and didn't dare to speak. Later, he smiled and pointed to the author of the book and said: "It is my son who wants to make my son live on the fire and roast it!" He burned books and didn't ask questions, and watched debates and juju competitions as usual. When Ye Xia heard it, they were all called virtuous! —The Book of Old Swallows. Empress Xiaozhuang Wen Benji