Gao Shun, Gao Mu, Li Qiang and others evacuated urgently after receiving instructions, but fortunately they went out of the city smoothly and no one intercepted them all the way.

In the palace, Zhang Rang reported: "Your Majesty, Champion Hou and others have left the capital. ”

Liu Hong gritted his teeth angrily, his face turned blue, and he said angrily: "Immediately take back the mansion given to Gao Shun." ”

Zhang Rang hurriedly retorted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this matter should not be rushed, otherwise it will affect Your Majesty's prestige even more, anyway, the mansion is located in Luoyang, and the champion Hou can't move away, and it's not too late to take it back after a while." ”

Liu Hong thought to himself, he really couldn't take it back in a hurry, otherwise it would be a slap in the face, so he said viciously: "Spread the decree, order Gao Shun to defeat the Xianbei people within a year, and be sure to recover the three counties of Dingxiang County, Yunzhong County and Wuyuan County, otherwise you will come to see me with your head." ”

Gao Shun's refusal to marry this time made him very faceless, and he couldn't give Princess Wannian an explanation, he owed his daughter too much, and Princess Wannian liked Gao Shun's Wende Wuzhi so much, which really embarrassed him.

Zhang Rang knew that His Majesty was angry, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, things haven't reached any point yet, and there will still be a chance when Princess Wannian becomes an adult; We must not affect the situation in the border counties that have just stabilized because of anger, otherwise it will be Your Majesty's taxes that will be lost, and it will be Your Majesty's people who will suffer; Is it possible to allow the champion to recover one county every year? If so, it is already a great difficulty. ”

What he didn't say was that he was afraid of forcing the champion Hou, if the Gaoshun forces joined forces with Xianbei, Wuhuan and other foreign races, the entire northern frontier of the Han Dynasty would be lost, and the imperial court was currently powerless to encircle and suppress, and the consequences would be worse than the chaos of Liangzhou Qiang; Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Gaoshun cavalry is very strong, and it can strategically merge the three states of Hebei overnight, threaten Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and form an encirclement of the Sili area, with unimaginable consequences.

Liu Hong loves money the most, if it affects taxes, it is the thing he is most unwilling to see, and Bingzhou and Youzhou remain stable, not destroyed by the Yellow Turban thieves, immigrants have increased, life is stable, and the taxes paid are increasing year by year. So his anger faded away.

After a while, Liu Hong's anger almost disappeared, and he took into account that Liangzhou was in chaos now, and if there was chaos in northern Xinjiang again, then the military expenditure would be like flowing water, which was very uneconomical, and it was better to let Gao Shun temporarily guard northern Xinjiang, so he said: "Hmph, if it weren't for the face of the two emperors-in-law and the princess of Wannian, how could I let him leave Beijing easily?" It's really a guy who doesn't know what to do, if you don't give him a little power, it's hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart; Just do it according to Zhang Changshou's advice, and order him to recover one county every year. "If you can't fulfill the emperor's order, it's not too late to force the champion to accept the marriage gift.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Rang immediately responded, for fear that Liu Hong would regret it.

Liu Hong thought to himself, according to the strength of the champion Hou, there is more than enough self-preservation, and the attack is insufficient, if there is a tragic bloody battle with the Xianbei people in the process of recovering the three counties, it can not only weaken the strength of the Xianbei people, but also weaken the strength of the champion Hou, the best of both worlds, no matter what the battle situation is, it is the imperial court that benefits; He couldn't help but sigh: "It's still strength that determines everything, what Zhao Changshi said last time was right, the army in the capital is in the hands of the general, and the army outside the capital is difficult to obey, I can't do it." ”

In their opinion, it is a great achievement to be able to maintain the stability of the frontier, and if it is necessary to recover Yejun every year, it will be a task that cannot be completed by the whole country.

Zhang Rang saw His Majesty's thoughts, and hurriedly suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you rebuild the Southern Army and firmly control it in Your Majesty's hands." ”

Liu Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and now he earns a lot of money by selling officials, which is just used to form an army; So he said: "Zhao Changshou raised this problem last time, he should have a solution, Zhang Changshou negotiated with him, and came up with the idea of forming the Southern Army as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang was overjoyed in his heart, this was tantamount to giving him the opportunity to meddle in the military, how could he miss the opportunity in front of him?

Liu Hong thought to himself, when the Southern Army is formed and the control of Luoyang is regained, he will not be so conniving with the generals who lead the troops at that time.

When Gao Shun left, he had already made the worst plan, taking all the wealth away, letting Su Shuang and some civilian personnel secretly evacuate, and the liquor store chose to close down; As for the imperial court, it is a big deal to tear up the face and become independent in northern Xinjiang from then on.

He has no regrets about his choice, if he dissolves the marriage contract with Xu Ting, Xu Lin and Xu Fu will definitely leave in anger, which is really what the Shi clan wants to see; He will also be questioned by his subordinates because of his moral problems, and his cohesion will be lost because of this, which will be extremely detrimental to his future development.

In this era, the daughters of the eunuch clan, even if they are down, will not be concubines with others; You don't see Cai Yan, even if you marry two times and give birth to two sons, Cao Cao can't be a concubine after being rescued from the Huns, but looking for a serious family to marry; Even if Gao Shun is now in high power and has an unlimited future prospect, Xu Lin will not allow Xu Ting to be accepted as Gao Shun's concubine.

Before Gao Shun left, he made a secret confession to the intelligence officers, scattered and concealed in Luoyang City, and searched for talents throughout the country, and must persuade them to go to northern Xinjiang, and some talents, if the persuasion was unsuccessful, would rather be kidnapped or killed.

At present, the intelligence system is still under the management of Li Qiang, and all the internal personnel have been replaced by system personnel, and a number of local offline personnel have been developed in various places, forming a huge top-down system.

After Gao Shun left Luoyang, the intelligence officers began to act, sending people to the states to convey Gao Shun's orders, and asking the intelligence officers of the counties to act quickly.

There are many talents that need to be looted, as long as it is a celebrity that Gao Shun can remember, they are all within the scope of the raid, including strategists, generals, medical craftsmen, craftsmen and other personnel.

Famous personnel include Ma Teng, the word Shoucheng. A native of Fufeng Maoling (now Xingping, Shaanxi), he has not yet joined the army, and Gao Shun's condition for him is that if the whole family moves to northern Xinjiang, he will be appointed at least as a military commander, and he will be promoted according to his military merits in the future. There are also Huang Zhong, Pang De, Gan Ning, Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Zhou Tai and others with the same conditions.

The strategists include Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and others.

There are Hua Tuo as a medical craftsman, and Ma Jun as a craftsman.

The people Gao Shun chose were either knights, poor people, good families or decaying scholars, and now they are not well-known, if they can't accept the expedition of the general of Zhengbei, even if they are secretly killed, it will not cause a big wave in the local area.

More importantly, now that the world is not in turmoil, many poor people are suffering from no opportunity to make contributions, and the olive branch thrown by Gao Shun undoubtedly makes these people see hope; He will definitely be able to take advantage of the opportunity to recruit a group of outstanding civil and military generals.

On the third day of Gao Shun's departure, Zhang Rang reported: "Your Majesty, Princess Wannian is packing her luggage, and she seems to have the intention of leaving the palace. ”

Liu Hong, who had just suppressed the anger in his heart, was angry again, this was all a good thing that Gao Shun did, if the princess of Wannian had three long and two short, he would definitely break Gao Shun's body into ten thousand pieces, so as to solve the hatred in his heart.

Liu Hong has very few children, only two sons and one daughter, and he loves his daughter even more, and he is in a depressed mood, so it is good to go out for a walk, otherwise he will get sick, so he arranged: "Wang Yue, the captain of the Tiger Ben, and the master of his martial arts hall will secretly escort them, and send back the news at any time, so as to ensure the safety of Princess Wannian." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rangying immediately went down to make arrangements, and he would never dare to be sloppy about such a thing.