The camera returns to Guanzhong a little, or when Liu Ting wakes up again and gets up from the bed vigilantly, their large army has already entered Hangu Guanzhong.

Tens of thousands of troops participated in the attack on Li Ming, and the Montenegrin army even abandoned the foundation of Taihang Mountain and set up an ambush in the south, but he didn't expect that this still failed to keep Li Ming. But no one is to blame for this, who would have thought that Li Ming would have been able to drive the big demon to help.

"We invested so much in order to win Li Ming, why did we still fail?" Liu Ting lay on the bed and muttered to himself, but no one replied for a long time.

At this time, he realized that Shen Ye, who had been following him, didn't seem to be by his side. For more than 30 years, he has become accustomed to thinking when he has Shen Ye by his side, and after becoming a king and emperor, he also has independent thinking times, but when he encounters any important problems, he is still used to calling Shen Ye over.

"What about Shen Ye?" Liu Ting asked casually.

"Shen Jinwu has not returned to ...... yet" The guard shook his head, "Shen Jinwu decided to activate the Northern Formation and stay there with more than twenty Taoist priests. ”

"Idiot! Triggering the Great Array doesn't require him to do it himself! Liu Ting suddenly roared angrily. However, after thinking about it, I understood that the cornerstone of the formation was a secret treasure of the Great Han, and it was not easy for Shen Ye to be used by others casually.

"He hasn't come back yet?" Liu Ting only felt that it was a mess now, and after losing Shen Ye, he found that he had actually lost the ability to make decisions. He didn't even know what to do next, when a strong sense of discord swept over him.

"There is still no news...... "The guard shook his head.

After waiting like this for three days, there was no news from Shen Ye, and finally on the fifth day, he received the news that Shen Ye and more than 20 Taoist priests had been killed in Beibi Mountain. The situation at that time also converged one after another through the intelligence officers of Han Soul.

"Zhongda, what is the specific process?" The news came too suddenly, and Liu Ting couldn't accept this fact.

Sima Zhongda, that is, Sima Yi is a 25-year-old young man, the entire Sima family has defected to the imperial court, and Sima Lang and Sima Fu both serve in the imperial court. Only the second son, Sima Yi, joined the Han Soul and became an intelligence officer.

In other words, he was developed by Shen Ye and cultivated as a successor, which is why Liu Ting will find him now.

"Here's the thing...... Sima Yi slowly said the information he had detected, without any emotion, but he still restored what happened at that time through some fragmentary fragments.

"You're good!" Liu Ting was stunned for a while, "In the future, you will serve as Jin Wuwei!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Sima Yi gave up his hand, he knew very well what Jin Wuwei meant, which was equivalent to being a close minister of the Son of Heaven.

Let Sima Yi go down to rest, but Liu Ting kept recalling what Shen Ye said to him at the end. There has been news from the front that Yuan Shao has been killed by Yuan Tan, and the entire Jizhou has also fallen into the hands of Li Ming.

Ma Teng gained a firm foothold in Bingzhou, and Sun Jian sat in Hanguguan, and did not let Li Ming call him for the time being. Rao is so, losing Hanoi and Henan Yin, plus Jizhou, the imperial court's territory is constantly weakening. 50,000 elites of the imperial court died on the battlefield, for Li Ming's side, at most, it was only a broken layer of skin, but for the imperial court, it was a nerve-wracking.

"It is estimated that there will be no way to take the initiative to attack without ten years, but it is estimated that he will not give us ten years!" Liu Ting knew very well that in the next few days, he would enter a state of passive defense. This duel was a complete defeat.

The only thing that can be done is the battle situation in Nanzhong, I have to say that Shen Ye's final arrangement still worked, and the Nanzhong region finally recaptured the two counties, and Yan Yan, the defender of Jiangzhou, can be said to have contributed a lot, repelling Peng Hu and Xiao Yao's attacks several times.

Also thanks to the environmental factors over there, after all, it is obviously not suitable for assembling heavy catapults. It's just that when he thinks of this kind of weapon, Liu Ting is very depressed, Li Ming has this kind of sharp weapon, they will attack the city in the future, what will they use to resist?

It had been a day since he returned to the palace, and he finally decided to find Chen Qun first. Without Shen Ye, he needed to have a way to balance the various gates. They will inevitably take advantage of this opportunity to fight for more power. Liu Ting suddenly realized that there was really no one around him who could be completely trusted.

"It's me who has failed you......" Liu Ting looked at the empty imperial study and muttered in a low voice. Some things are actually like this, only when they are lost, they know how to cherish them, and then they are accompanied by regrets.

"Your Majesty, Lang Chen Qun has come to meet you!" The attendant came to report, saying that Chen Qun was already waiting outside.

Chen Qun is from the Yingchuan Chen family, and is also a well-known scholarly and political family in the Han Dynasty. King Wu of Zhou married his eldest daughter Da Ji to Emperor Shun's thirty-three generations of descendants, and enshrined Emperor Shun in Chendi, established the Chen State, and enshrined Emperor Shun. After his death, he was nicknamed 'Hu Gong', Chen Hu Gong, and was the ancestor of the Chen family in Yingchuan.

Chen Qun's father, Chen Ji, once served as the Great Honglu, who was in seclusion by the rebellion of the party, and was quite famous among the scholars; Grandfather Chen Yu is the magistrate of Taiqiu County, and Zhong Hao, Xun Shu, Han Shao, etc. are famous for their high and virtuous deeds, and are collectively known as the "Four Chiefs of Yingchuan".

Perhaps it was the relationship between the Xun family and Li Ming who benefited from supporting Li Ming, and the Chen family was also quite dedicated to the imperial court. The imperial examination system can be successfully promoted, and Shen Ye's plan is indispensable, but without Chen's help, I am afraid it will not be so easy.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Qun entered the imperial study and saluted Liu Ting.

"In this decisive battle, our army suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that we will go on the defensive for a long time in the future. But the most important thing is that Shen Ye was killed, and other families are afraid that they will seize the opportunity to fight for rights, I don't want the existing policy to be overturned, Aiqing has a good plan? Liu Ting decided to believe Chen Qun, after all, it was a talent recommended by Shen Ye.

"Your Majesty, in the current situation, if you don't release some benefits, I'm afraid that the family will just keep biting it. In this case, it is better to take the initiative to give up some benefits, so that they will not have the opportunity to bite. The minister has an idea, if it goes well, he can let the various families bite each other, and then His Majesty will benefit from it, and even take the opportunity to balance the various forces and let some forces be used by His Majesty! Chen Qun said slowly.

"Oh, what is Aiqing's plan?" When Liu Ting heard this, he immediately became interested.

"This idea of the minister is the nine-product Zhongzheng system!" Chen Qun put forward his opinion, "The state of Chu has carried out political reforms, and the cabinet system and the ministry system are very suitable for their Great Chu, but not for our Great Han!" Chen tried to think about it, and finally came to the conclusion that it is more suitable for our Han Dynasty's nine-product Zhongzheng system! ”

"Exactly?" Liu Ting naturally knew about Li Ming's reforms, and their reforms were based on Li Ming's absolute control over his courtiers, and the various families had to compromise before they could be implemented. On the contrary, if the Han Dynasty is casually engaged in the cabinet system, the power of the monarch is likely to be hollowed out, especially at this stage.

"Specifically, it is ......" Chen Qun said the specific content of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, this system inherits the official election system of the Han Dynasty, and is directly linked to the imperial examination system, the key is to create an environment for the family to bite, which is indeed suitable for the status quo of the Han Dynasty.

"You are a talent, I should be closer to you in the future!" Liu Ting nodded when he heard this, Chen Qun is indeed very good.