A small garden somewhere in the Imperial City.

Liu Hong and Li Yi were talking enthusiastically, or should it be said that Liu Hong was asking, and Li Yi was answering. I don't know why, Li Yi always feels that Liu Hong is like his fan, and his eyes full of intellectual curiosity seem to ask him how many times he has wetted the bed when he was a child.

And when the two of them asked and answered, Xun You and the eunuch just stood aside and waited, especially the eunuch, who poured tea and water for the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong from time to time. I have to say that as a person close to the emperor, sometimes I am indeed quite tired. It's Xiaobai, who is lying next to Li Yi without others, and looks particularly cute as if he is sleeping but not sleeping. Well...... If you ignore its terrifying size.

"By the way, Zikang, this time you pacified the Yellow Turban thieves, and even killed the first three thieves. Coupled with the previous defeat of Bu Ji and all kinds of credits, speaking of which, I have a headache how to reward you. Why don't you tell me what rewards you want? Liu Hong asked with a chuckle, his tone full of a tone called pet trust.

And in fact, Liu Hong said that it was indeed a favor to Li Yi, after all, in history, when the emperor took the initiative to ask his courtiers to propose what reward they wanted, they could almost be counted on one hand! Well? Inadequate? Well...... Then add one more hand, no more!

Of course, Liu Hong has basically given Li Yi, a hussar general, in his heart, after all, 6,000 broke 130,000, and led the army into Guangzong to kill the three thieves of the Yellow Turban. It's nothing more than whether those scholars and doctors accept it or not, and whether Liu Hong wants to give it or not.

At the same time, the eyes of the eunuch and Xun You also fell on Li Yi, obviously they also wanted to know Li Yi's thoughts very much. After all, in order to reward Li Yi, everyone didn't know how many times they quarreled. Now it would be best to know what the Lord himself thinks.

And if Li Yi really proposed what kind of reward he wanted, they would also be able to judge many things about Li Yi from Li Yi's words, such as the city government and the like. It can also be used to determine whether they will be a threat to them in the future, and to what extent. As a certain saying goes, above officialdom, speaking is a science, whether you can say it, and how to say it, all need to be studied deeply.

It's just that what shocked them and Liu Hong was that Li Yi suddenly got up after listening to Liu Hong's words and bowed directly in front of Liu Hong and said, "Your Majesty, the minister does have two requests. ”

"Hurry up!" Seeing this, Liu Hong hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled Li Yi up, "Zikang has any request, as long as it is in accordance with the etiquette and law, I will naturally not refuse." Liu Hong said after pressing Li Yi back on the stool.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! The minister's first request is to hope that His Majesty can pardon General Lu Zhonglang, in the past, he led the army to besiege Guangzong, hoping to reduce the morale of the enemy, find the best time to attack the city, and avoid our army from suffering too many losses......" Li Yi kept saying, "And Lu Zhigong besieged the thief Shouzhang in Guangzong, which also made the Yellow Turban thieves in the world panic......"

In Li Yi's words, Lu Zhi was almost designated as the biggest contributor to pacifying the Yellow Turban thieves, but he didn't say it casually, because Lu Zhi's credit was indeed there, if it weren't for his continuous battles and victories, Zhang Jiao could only shrink Guangzong, where would the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou be so easy to pacify? And if it wasn't for Zhang Jiao who really couldn't beat Lu Zhi, why did he shrink Guangzong when he had the advantage of troops?

Of course, these words were all determined by Li Yi after discussing with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, after all, Li Yi did not want and could not sacrifice the merits of Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun in exchange for Lu Zhizhi's pardon.

On the side, Xun You immediately smiled when he heard Li Yi's words, obviously very satisfied with Li Yi's words. "Maybe the reason why Huangfu Gong and others didn't intercede for Duke Lu when they reported their exploits was because they wanted Zikang to open his mouth?" Xun You thought to himself.

On the other side, although the eunuch's expression when he looked at Li Yi did not change, there was a trace of jealousy in his eyes. Although since Li Yi was appointed as a general, the eunuch group knew that they could no longer draw Li Yi to their side, and as he continued to make contributions to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the eunuch group's assessment of Li Yi continued to change, and regarded it as one of the great threats to the future of their side.

But now it doesn't seem like the threat is in the distant future. This eunuch can almost imagine that when Lu Zhi was pardoned because of Li Yi, how many scholars and doctors would be impressed with Li Yi because of this, and then choose to become Li Yi's supporters after he officially ascended to a high position.

The third prince is jealous of him because of this? Although it is not impossible, in the eunuch's opinion, it is basically impossible. After all, as long as Li Yi didn't have nothing to do and did something that the family couldn't tolerate, how could the scholars and doctors led by the Three Princes be enemies of Li Yi? It's just that there is one more newly rising family, and its location is still a merger that has nothing to do with them.

Xun You and the eunuch had their own thoughts, and Liu Hong nodded directly with satisfaction when he heard Li Yi's words and said, "Hehe, I thought that Zikang would say something to make me embarrassed, in fact, even if Zikang didn't say it, I also planned to find a time to pardon Lu Shangshu, you must know that during this time, there are quite a lot of people who plead for the sergeants and doctors." Liu Hong said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him.

"Hehe, it's just a small thing, what about the second request?" Liu Hong chuckled with his beard, "The second request won't be such a trivial matter, right?" Compared to Zikang's credit, it's really nothing~"

"Second request......" Li Yi said when he heard this, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly began to hesitate again. His expression was full of confusion, obviously considering whether he should say anything about this matter.

"Oh? Mo Fei Zikang's second request, is it also difficult for me? Liu Hong asked curiously when he heard this. It's not temptation, it's genuine curiosity. After all, according to Li Yi's first request, Liu Hong didn't think that Li Yi's second request would be difficult at all. In fact, he already had some vague guesses in his heart, such as who to ask for merit or something, or who to intercede for, which was too easy for Liu Hong.

In fact, after listening to Li Yi's first request, Liu Hong's evaluation of Li Yi became higher in his heart. Pardon Lu Zhi? Speaking of which, Liu Hong didn't have any feelings about this matter at all, and in fact, he wanted to forgive Lu Zhi's sins, and there were not too many reasons.

Therefore, in Liu Hong's view, Li Yi's request is really the biggest proof of Zhi'en. In other words, as long as Liu Hong is good to Li Yi, Li Yi will die for him. When the emperor is definitely fond of this kind of courtier, Liu Hong is even more so, after all, there are too many people around him who only know how to fight for power and profit.