In the small garden of the Imperial City, in the face of Spirit Emperor Liu Hong's inquiry, Li Yi showed a look of embarrassment, with an expression of hesitation and not knowing whether to say it, which was in stark contrast to the situation that blurted out almost without hesitation just now.

"It seems that the reward that Li Zikang really wants is this second request, and the first request is just to test His Majesty's attitude towards him." Seeing this, Xun You and the eunuchs on the side thought to themselves. It's a bit arbitrary, but they're right.

The first request is of course very simple for Spirit Emperor Liu Hong, but if it turns into someone else, whether he agrees or not, how can he think about it first. But when Liu Hong heard this, he agreed directly without thinking about it, which obviously expressed an attitude and proved his favor in Li Yi. Otherwise, why since Lu Zhi was escorted back to Luoyang and imprisoned, so many scholars and doctors interceded for him, but only Li Yi immediately let Liu Hong agree? Of course, there are reasons why the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, but the most important thing is Liu Hong's favor and belief in Li Yi.

"Zikang can directly say that he is not above the court at this time, and Zikang does not need to have so many scruples." Liu Hong chuckled when he saw Li Yi's tangled expression.

Hearing Liu Hong's words, Li Yi's evaluation of Liu Hong in his heart rose a lot again. You must know that in his heart, Liu Hong has always been one of the representatives of the faint monarch, after all, as a dynasty of "the country is destroyed by weakness, and the Han is destroyed by strength", Liu Hong does not carry the cauldron of mediocrity and even destroys the country, does he still let Liu Xie, the emperor of Han Xian, who has been a puppet since he was a child, carry it?

"The second request shouldn't be too difficult for Your Majesty......" Li Yi said respectfully, but he still didn't say what the second request was. Seeing this, Liu Hong did not urge, but waited silently for tea. This situation once again made Xun You and the eunuch refresh the degree of favor that Liu Hong had for Li Yi in their hearts, because in their hearts, Liu Hong was never a patient person.

After a long while, Li Yi's hesitant expression finally disappeared, and he looked at Liu Hong with a serious and firm expression, obviously after a long period of psychological struggle, he was ready for everything, whether it was good or bad.

"Your Majesty! The second request of the minister, hoping to exchange the small credit made by the minister during this period of time for an opportunity to rehabilitate the ancestors of the minister!! Li Yi said respectfully, his tone unusually firm.

Ancestors? Vindicated? Yes, it is rehabilitation! However, the ancestor of the Li family in Li Yi's mouth is naturally not the flying general Li Guang, but the Li Ling who surrendered to the Huns after the defeat!

Speaking of which, Li Yi didn't have the slightest good impression of this old ancestor, after all, it was a character almost 300 years ago, and if Li Yan hadn't told Li Yi on his deathbed, Li Yi wouldn't know what the Li family had to do with that Li Ling.

In that case, why did Li Yi suddenly want to rehabilitate Li Ling? Well...... How so? Although it was indeed Li Yi's temporary decision to bring it up at this time, the matter of rehabilitating Li Ling was decided long before Li Yan died of illness after telling him the family secret.

Because every time Li Yan sacrificed to his ancestors during his lifetime, when he saw the tablet with only a surname and no name, his expression would be full of helplessness and self-blame. And when he mentioned Li Ling, the ancestor, when he died of illness, it was the same. Maybe in his opinion, as a descendant, it is a very shameful and incompetent performance that he failed to help his ancestors redress their grievances?

So from that time on, Li Yi made up his mind to rehabilitate Li Ling. Although he didn't know much about Li Ling, since then, Li Yi has been secretly studying all the records about Li Ling, and judging the difficulty of rehabilitating Li Ling through these records.

So what is the result? Li Yi rummaged through all the records about Li Ling, and basically the condemnation and condemnation of Li Ling revolved around his surrender after defeat, and he also surrendered to the Xiongnu, who had a feud with the Han Dynasty! It is not difficult to guess why Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the past, was so angry and directly ordered to kill Li Ling's family.

It's just that at that time, almost all scholars were denouncing Li Ling, but now, the evaluation of Li Ling has begun to change. Here I have to thank Sima Qian, a figure who has been famous for compiling the [Historical Records], and the record of Li Ling in his book has made future generations gradually become sympathetic and understanding from the various disparages of Li Ling during the Han Dynasty.

And this is the source of Li Yi's confidence. After all, if Li Ling's reputation in this era is extremely bad, then the matter of rehabilitation can basically only be said after Li Yi becomes the emperor.

Therefore, Li Yi did not temporarily intend to rehabilitate Li Ling, but just temporarily decided to take out what had been prepared a long time ago at this time. The reason why it was chosen at this time, on the one hand, is because of Liu Hong's favor, and on the other hand, because Li Yi thinks that using this method to keep himself in Bingzhou is the best way at present. After all, as long as the rehabilitation is successful, then Li Yi can refuse the court's reward on the grounds of re-burying his ancestors, and receiving the reward again for the emperor's grace.

Yes, Li Yi just didn't want to enter the court, on the one hand, he was not confident, because Li Yi had been in contact with soldiers since he was a child, or a Confucian like Cai Yong. So he really didn't know how he should deal with himself and things when facing the politicians of the Manchu Dynasty. And more importantly, once it enters the court, it will bring too many variables to the future of this world.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there was a crusade against Dong Zhuo, and almost anyone who knew a little about the history of the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty knew it. But what if Li Yi enters the court? It can be said with great certainty that the extermination of the Ten Standing Servants will definitely happen normally, because after the death of Emperor Ling, it is impossible for Sangong, He Jin, or Li Yi to ignore this best opportunity.

But the question is what about after that? Will Dong Zhuo still enter Beijing? If he enters Beijing, will Li Yi, who has no military power, be able to suppress Dong Zhuo? And what if you want to seize military power before then? Even if Dong Zhuo doesn't enter Beijing, where will the future Han go?

This uncertainty made Li Yi dare not enter Beijing at all, and if he took 10,000 steps back, even if Li Yi finally drove Dong Zhuo away and took control of the court, what would happen after that? Ministers? That can't satisfy Li Yi, who is a traverser, and if the dynasty changes......

Well...... If it weren't for Dong Zhuo and the subsequent competition for supremacy...... So the question is, is it more difficult to unify the world in troubled times or to usurp the throne through politics? It's really hard to say, but at least for Li Yi, a traverser, the former is still preferred between the two.

After all, there have been many emperors in history who ascended the throne through troubled times, but in peacetime, they succeeded in usurping the throne through political seizure of power.