"I can promise you." Although he knew that his forgiveness of Guo Yan was likely to cause endless troubles, but in order to be able to make the Son of Heaven and Baiguan safe, Pei Qing had to do this, for him, the Xiliang Army was just a problem of scabies, not to be afraid, the current Xiliang Army has been hit hard, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recover even if it is ten years, let alone ten years in the future, even if it is three or five years, his strength will be enough to recover, and at that time, where will it be possible to pacify a small Xiliang Army?

"You promised me in front of the civil and military officials and the Son of Heaven, if you regret it afterwards, you will definitely lose your trust in the world." Guo Yan confirmed loudly to Pei Qing, and seeing that the other party agreed, he immediately ordered the release of Baiguan and the Son of Heaven, resigned from his original position and official title, and asked the Son of Heaven for the position of Zhangye Taishou, and at the same time summoned the Xiliang army and led the army to withdraw from Chang'an.

The soldiers of the Xiliang Army have long been eager to return to their hometowns, so this time Guo Yan actually gathered fifty or sixty thousand people to go back with him, but there are also some soldiers of the Xiliang Army who did not leave, such as Yang Feng, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng and others, because of their merits, they were praised as loyal by the Son of Heaven, not only do they not have to worry about their lives, but they may also be rewarded.

In addition, Jia Xu did not leave, he followed Zhu Fu to take refuge under Pei Qing's tent before, and was worshiped by Pei Qing as a military captain, this is an important position that has both military power and can participate in military decision-making, Pei Qing can be treated like this, which shows his favor, Jia Xu is very satisfied, of course he will not leave Chang'an.

The other one who did not leave was Duan Xuan, who was still stationed in Huayin, but soon sent someone to the Son of Heaven to express his obedience.

In fact, although Duan Xuan also belonged to the Xiliang Army, he did not participate in the battle between them from beginning to end, and he was stationed in Huayin since Dong Zhuo's time, as long as he did not directly lead troops to invade, he would not be offended, so among these Xiliang generals, Duan Xuan has actually always been a neutral existence, because he did not participate, he did not get much benefit in it, but it was precisely because he did not participate that Duan Xuan was not affected.

After Pei Qing came to Chang'an, he naturally wanted to appease the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials, led the army to send the Son of Heaven to the palace, ordered the soldiers to guard the city, and issued an order that no sergeant was allowed to rob civilians.

Because Pei Qing's prestige in Guanzhong was already very high, coupled with the fact that he led the army to drive away the Xiliang army and killed the thief chief Li Dao, his prestige rose even higher, plus his strong military strength gave the majority of soldiers and civilians strong confidence, so the situation quickly settled down.

After that, it is natural to reward the heroes, and at the same time to liquidate those who rebel, so as to live up to the meaning of this battle.

The first posthumous credit is of course those who died for the king's affairs, among these people, the most worthy of posthumous award is naturally the Taiwei Zhu Jun, the little emperor thanked Zhu Jun for the virtue of dying in order to protect him, and immediately ordered to posthumously award Zhu Jun as the Taishi, as the Marquis of Gang, and bury it thickly, and worship Zhu Jun's eldest son Zhu Fu as the general of the town army, and seal the Yuting Marquis, Zhu Hao as the Yuzhang Taishou, but what is unexpected is that both Zhu Fu and Zhu Hao are surprisingly unanimous in the name of Ding Wei to ask for their resignation from their official positions.

It wasn't until later that the little emperor knew that the reason why the two brothers resigned from their official positions was because they wanted to serve under Pei Qing, which made the little emperor very strange that the official position granted by the Son of Heaven was not as attractive as Pei Qing's staff and generals.

In fact, where would the little emperor know? The reason why Zhu Fu is loyal to Pei Qing is mainly because his ability comes from Pei Qing, in other words, if there is no Pei Qing, there would be no Zhu Fu today, plus Pei Qing's current strength is weak, faintly the crown of the princes in the world, even Liu Biao, who is sitting in Jingzhou, and Yuan Shao, who owns the entire Jizhou, are difficult to compare, let alone Cao Cao, who has just gained and lost Yanzhou, and Yuan Shu, who has just occupied a part of Yangzhou?

What's more, if these princes talk about political resources, which one can compare with Pei Qing? In that case, why should I go to someone else?

Of course, Zhu Fu and Zhu Hao wanted Ding Wei to return to their hometown, help their father's coffin to their hometown for burial, and at the same time keep filial piety for their father for three years, but they had already made it clear to Pei Qing before leaving, and they would definitely come back after three years and serve under Pei Qing's tent.

And among those who are still alive, Pei Qing is of course the most meritorious, so Pei Qing was worshiped by the Son of Heaven as the captain of the Si Li, the hussar general, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, and recorded the Shangshu affairs, and entered the Wenxi County Marquis.

In this way, Pei Qing became the de facto prime minister of the Han Dynasty, grasping the military and politics, and he was also the leader of Yuzhou and Sili's school captain's department, and the power was so great that Liu Bei and others were envious, jealous and hateful.

However, Pei Qing's power is only in name, not much greater than the power of Li Dao at the beginning, because his orders can only be effective within his own rule, and those local powerful factions will not take themselves seriously at all.

But no matter what, Pei Qing now has a great political advantage, and the Son of Heaven has already cedered power to himself because of his young age, so that he can naturally give priority to using his own people in terms of employing people.

So Pei Qing still asked Pei Mao to be the Shangshu Order, because Pei Mao had shown favor to him many times, and admitted that he forged the genealogy, according to the generation, not only that, but even Pei Yuanshao was included in the family tree, and according to the generation, he belonged to Pei Qing's uncle.

In this case, Pei Qing of course had to rely on himself, a respected "clan uncle", and it was impossible for others to stay in such an important position.

As for the princes Tao Qian who participated in the battle, Pei Qing worshiped as the general of Zhengdong, the pastor of Xuzhou, and the three divisions of Kaifu Yitong; Liu Yu worshiped as a lieutenant, and took Liu He as the general of the Karasuma lieutenant, and Xian Yu as the lieutenant of the Xiao cavalry, and ordered them to go back to assist Liu Yu.

Because Pei Qing knew that Liu Yu would soon lead an army to attack Gongsun Zhan, but then was killed by Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao used this as an excuse to unite Liu He and others to break Gongsun Zhan, which led to the rapid demise of Gongsun Zhan, and also allowed Yuan Shao to unify Qingji and Youyou and the four states, becoming the largest prince in the world, and now Pei Qing is doing this in order to delay the pace of Yuan Shao's unification, because as long as Liu Yu wins, Yuan Shao, who has a good relationship with Liu Yu, will not be able to attack Youzhou.

Moreover, Liu Yu resolutely refused Yuan Shao's practice of recommending him as the emperor of the Han Dynasty before, which shows that he is still relatively loyal to the Han Dynasty, so it is more reassuring to support such a person.

Pei Qing had secretly tested Liu He's ability before, and learned that his command power was 75 and his intelligence was 72, and after these days of combat experience, Liu He's previous cowardly character had faded a lot, and he had become more resolute, with his current ability and character, it was enough to deal with Gongsun Zan with absolute superiority in troops.

At the same time, Pei Qing also played Kong Rong as the Qingzhou Assassin History, the purpose of course was to balance Gongsun Zhan, anyway, now that the Plains Country has been broken by Yuan Shao, and the Beihai where Kong Rong is located has lost contact with Qingzhou, Pei Qing simply appointed Kong Rong as the Qingzhou Assassin History, independent from Gongsun Zhan.

Later, Pei Qing praised Liu Biao as the general of Zhengnan and Liu Qi as the general of Fenwei, although Liu Qi was a little cowardly, but after all, this battle was a meritorious service, and after returning home, his prestige must have increased greatly, and he may be able to change the fate of Jingzhou being taken away by Liu Cong in the future.

In addition, he also expressed Zhou Gan as Yuzhang Taishou, Fuqian as Donglai Taishou, and Pei Yuanshao as the assassin of Yuzhou, so that he was responsible for coordinating and supervising the civil and military officials in Yuzhou and helping him to guard Yuzhou.

In fact, Pei Yuanshao's ability is not too prominent, and it is really easy for Pei Qing to find a talent who is stronger than Pei Yuanshao, but after all, Pei Yuanshao is the person he trusts the most, there is absolutely no problem with loyalty, and his ability is not bad, so for the time being, Pei Yuanshao will serve as the assassin of Yuzhou, and let Lu Su be Pei Yuanshao's military advisor and Sima, so as to make up for Pei Yuanshao's intellectual shortcomings.

Of course, except for Pei Yuanshao, all the other civil and military officers also have their own rewards, basically all of them are Zhonglang generals or miscellaneous generals.

Later, Pei Qing said that Zang Ba was the general of Xingyi, and Hongnong was too guarded, which was clearly about to ask for someone from Tao Qian, Tao Qian had just been worshiped as the general of Zhengdong, and he was happy in his heart, and he agreed without much thought, and personally set up a banquet for Zang Ba, and it was too late to regret it.

However, there is another person who has not been rewarded, this person is Liu Bei, which makes Pei Qing very headache, because he knows Liu Bei's ability, and he is afraid that he will make trouble if he is left in the court, but if he is released, he is easy to be independent, but Pei Qing thought about it, and he also knew that the current Han Dynasty was already a situation full of princes anyway, so it was better to let Liu Bei out and create some trouble for other princes.

So an idea came to Pei Qing's mind.