In fact, Liu Xie was not as tired as Jia Xu thought, although it did take Liu Xie a lot of saliva to persuade the group of loyal Han ministers led by Wang Yun.

A few days ago, when Jia Xu walked into Li Dao's camp to persuade Li Dao, Wang Yun and others, who had finally completed the great cause of punishing Dong, were also invited to the palace by Liu Xie. Dong Zhuo was punished, which made the pressure on Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others drop sharply, and the whole person looked much more energetic.

But it wasn't until Liu Xie poured a basin of cold water on them without hesitation that Wang Yun and the others realized that things were far from being as simple as they imagined. Although Liu Xie's statement is a little unacceptable, the reality is like this, and Wang Yun and others have to face the reality.

The culprit Dong Zhuo was killed, but the mess was still in front of everyone, not that it didn't exist if you turned a blind eye. Since Dong Zhuo kidnapped Liu Xie and hundreds of officials to Chang'an, the Xiliang army has caused a lot of disasters in this Jingzhao land, although it has not yet reached the point where the people are not happy, but the situation is no longer optimistic.

Guanzhong has always been regarded as the land of Longxing, although the Guanzhong Plain is fertile, but without the people who are willing to cultivate again, no matter how fertile the land will become, it will become a wasteland. In order to escape the scourge of the Xiliang Army, hundreds of people left their homes, either fled to Hanzhong, or simply joined the White Wave Thieves. The land of Jingzhao originally had a population of nearly one million, but now, Liu Xie estimated that there would be no more than three CDs.

The size of the population is a prerequisite for doing anything! Whether it is taxes or soldiers, it is closely related to the size of the population. It can be said that whoever has the most population has a better chance of winning. But due to the "efforts" of Dong Zhuo and the Xiliang Army under his command, the population of Jingzhao is not as good as before.

If the land is uncultivated, it means that the imperial court cannot collect money and grain, and the loss of population means that the imperial court has no soldiers to recruit and no one to use. Commander Bandless is not a big deal!

Liu Xie asked Wang Yun and others to come, because he was worried that these old guys would get carried away, thinking that without Dong Zhuo, the prosperity of the Han family would be just around the corner. Today's Han family is no longer the Han family of the Han Guangwu period, Liu Xiu can regain the world by enlisting the support of the family, and now the biggest enemy of the Han family is the family that is ready to move in the world. Liu Xie's Han family, if it sounds good, it is orthodox of the Han family, but if it is not good, it has actually become a member of the family, and it is also a relatively weak family.

Although Wang Yun wanted to persuade Liu Xie not to be arrogant, he was not a pedantic person after all, and he was actually a little relieved that Liu Xie could recognize the reality so clearly. People are self-aware, and only by recognizing the situation can they have the possibility of reversing the situation, and blindly living in their own fantasy world will only end up desolate.

However, this relief did not last long, and Wang Yun was taken aback by what Liu Xie said next. Liu Xie didn't say much, in fact, he just said three things. First, Feng Xiliang Army, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others were marquis; second, to recruit the White Polish Army; Third, Feng Yizhou Mu Liu Yan and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao were kings.

The first two things Wang Yun and others can understand, Feng Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are to stabilize the Xiliang army, and the Baibo army is to enrich the population and establish their own army belonging to the Han family, but the last thing is to make Liu Yan and Liu Biao kings, which makes everyone a little unacceptable.

The king and the emperor are just one step away. Nowadays, whether it is Liu Yan or Liu Biao, if you want people, you want money and money, and what you lack is a justifiable title. Liu Xie wants to crown the two of them as kings, isn't he worried about the end of the future?

Facing the dissuasion of Wang Yun and others, Liu Xie sighed, "Gentlemen, it's not that Liu Xie is ignorant, but now, the only bargaining chip we can get our hands on is this." Although the Han family is small, most of the people's hearts are still in the Han family, without the recognition of the imperial court, who dares to be arrogant? ”

"But you don't have to use the throne as bait, do you?" Wang Yun frowned and said.

"Situ, I don't want to be like this, if we are strong now, I naturally want to directly sweep the world and revitalize the Han family. But the problem is that we don't have strong soldiers and horses now, not only do we not have them, but we still need to deal with them carefully, and if we are not careful, we may not recover. If the situation is not as good as people, then you can only admit it. And this king is not sealed in vain, we are lacking everything now, so we just take this opportunity to find some to make up for it from Liu Yan and Liu Biao. ”

“…… What does the saint plan to make Liu Yan and Liu Biao pay? Yang Biao asked.

"Yizhou Shu Road is difficult, money and food don't count on him, as long as Liu Yan hands over a place in Hanzhong, as for Liu Biao in Jingzhou, we will get the money and food we need to recuperate from him. And there are no outsiders here, I don't hide what I say, and there is no loyal army on the side, so I think you gentlemen may not be at ease in your hearts. ”

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Yang Biao and the others looked at Wang Yun one after another, knowing that Lu Bu was now Wang Yun's son-in-law, Liu Xie suddenly said this, and everyone wanted to know what Wang Yun would think in his heart. Seeing that Wang Yun's expression remained unchanged, he said softly: "Holy Lord, rest assured, Lu Bu is still stable for the time being." ”

"Although Lu Bu is brave, his loyalty is really worrying, and the family is dominant, which is also a hidden danger to our future development. The saint can take precautions, and the old minister agrees very much in his heart. Yang Biao nodded and said.

"It seems that you gentlemen have agreed to the matter of being crowned king?"

"The saint is slow, although the motives of the saint to be crowned king are already known, but the saint is not worried about Yizhou and Jingzhou in the future?"

"Huh...... Don't worry. Liu Xie smiled and said to everyone: "Gentlemen, although Liu Yan and Liu Biao have been crowned kings this time, haven't you found that these two have a common weakness?" ”

"Please also make it clear to the Holy Lord."

"There is no successor to these two. Liu Yan and Liu Biao are both outstanding people in the world, but it's a pity that their heirs, that sentence is answered, tiger father and dog son. We need to cultivate Taoguang now, accumulate strength, and when we are ready, it is estimated that Liu Yan and Liu Biao are no longer alive, and at that time, it will not be difficult to take back the prince. ”

Liu Xie said that Wang Yun and others finally acquiesced to Liu Xie's decision, but Wang Yun and others were silent about the candidates for the envoy. It sounds good to say that it is a special envoy of the imperial court, but it is difficult to say that it is a businessman who went to bargain with Liu Yan and Liu Biao, two thieves. Everyone usually prides themselves on being gentlemen, so they naturally disdain to learn from the businessman's actions.

Seeing that it was cold, Liu Xie immediately guessed what these people were thinking, and said unhappily: "When the national disaster is at hand, why do gentlemen cherish their feathers at this time." Anyway, if you gentlemen don't want to come forward, then recommend one, anyway, someone must do it. ”

……

"Fa Yan? Can this man do it? After discussing and discussing, everyone recommended to Liu Xie Fa Yan, who was currently the imperial court lieutenant and the left eunuch.

"Fa Jimou is resourceful and eloquent, and he is the best candidate for this mission." Wang Yun said solemnly to Liu Xie. However, in Liu Xie's opinion, the dead friends are not dead and poor, and Wang Yun and these people recommend Fa Yan, I am afraid that Liu Xie is still worried that Liu Xie will send this humiliating errand to them.

"Okay, go back and ask Situ to let Na Fa Yan come here, there are some things I still need to explain in person." Liu Xie said to Wang Yun uneasily.

Seeing Liu Xie nodding, Wang Yun immediately agreed, in addition to being the left eunuch of Tingwei, Fa Yan was also Situ Peng, who was his own subordinate, and asked him to come to see Liu Xie, which was a matter of his words.

Wang Yun and the others originally thought that the matter had been talked about, and it was almost time to retire and get busy with their own affairs, but they didn't want Liu Xie to finish the matter, so they asked Xiao Huangmen to take a map and spread it out in front of everyone, and said to everyone: "Gentlemen, there is one more thing you need to worry about. ”

When everyone looked at the map, it was a map of the states and counties near Jingzhao of the Great Han Dynasty. Among them, there are ten counties marked by Liu Xie's color, from west to east, they are Longxi, Nan'an, Tianshui, Guangwei, Anding, Xinping, Fufeng, Beidi, Fengyi, and Jingzhao.

"These ten counties are where we started." Liu Xie pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Now there is nothing important in the court, I don't know if you gentlemen can succumb to the post of county guard temporarily." ”

Being delegated from the central government to the local government is really not easy for ordinary people to accept. Fortunately, Wang Yun and the others are all people who know the general situation, and they also understand that this is not the time to let themselves choose. Since Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, the states of the Han Dynasty have basically been in a state of their own affairs, and Chang'an is nominally the capital of the Han Dynasty, but in fact, as Liu Xie said, the decrees of the imperial court cannot affect local governance. These important ministers of the court, to put it mildly, are important ministers, but to put it bluntly, they are not much different from decorations. There is nothing to do all day, so it is better to give full play to the residual heat and do another effort for the Han family.

However, it is said that it is ten counties, but in fact, Liu Xie does not intend to control all these ten counties in one go, there is no way, there is no one at hand, he really sends people to govern, and when the harvest comes, he doesn't know who will be cheaper. After some discussion, Liu Xie and everyone decided to first take the five counties of Fufeng, Jingzhao, Fengyi, Beidi, and Xinping near Chang'an in their hands, and the five people assigned to serve as county guards were also decided, Ma Riyan went to Fufeng, Yang Biao went to Feng Yi, Shisun Rui went to Beidi, Huangfu Song went to Xinping, Zhao Qi went to Jingzhao, and Wang Yun and others sat in Chang'an. In addition, the two counties of Hedong and Pingyang also sent Dong Cheng and Fu Wan respectively to govern.

Originally, the atmosphere was quite harmonious here, and although there were occasional differences, they also expressed their opinions to convince people. But when Wang Yun mentioned the disposition of one person, Liu Xie and Wang Yun disagreed.

A tragedy caused by a sigh! Cai Yong was unlucky, his face changed greatly when he heard the news of Dong Zhuo's death, and he sighed, and when he sighed, Wang Yun happened to be by his side. Wang Yun has always wanted to eradicate Dong Zhuo's comrades. If Liu Xie hadn't stopped him, he would have really been able to kill all the people in Xiliang. But now that Liu Xie is opposed, Wang Yun himself realizes that this is not the time to trouble Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, who hold military power, so he targets his colleagues who used to be with Dong Zhuo in the court, and Cai Yong is just one of them.

It was precisely because of the question of whether to kill Cai Yong that Liu Xie slapped the table on Wang Yun. Why is this old man Wang so murderous? It's all about killing and killing.

"I don't agree, Cai Zhonglang just sighed at an inappropriate time, as for his life?" Liu Xie shook his head and refused to agree to Wang Yun's proposal to kill Cai Yong.

"Holy Lord, Dong Zhuo, a national thief. Cai Yong sighed for his death, and there was a loss of courtiers......"

"You don't come here, when Dong Zhuo was alive, which one didn't live tremblingly? Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, he will not be held accountable in the past......"

"Holy! It's a matter of royal face......"

"It's also my people who lost it, anyway, I don't allow you to kill Cai Zhonglang."

Seeing that the words of the two were getting stiffer and stiffer, Yang Biao and the others hurriedly opened their mouths to persuade each other. To be honest, Yang Biao and others didn't want Cai Yong to die because of this. As Liu Xie said, when Dong Zhuo was in favor of the government and the opposition, who was not a low-level person in the audience, if he was convicted just because of a sigh, would he also be convicted in the future because he showed a smile when he talked to Dong Zhuo?

Whether it's for Cai Yong or for himself, this matter should be stopped.

The emperor disagreed, his colleagues did not support him, and Wang Yun was depressed. Just when everyone was at a stalemate, the little yellow door outside the door came to report that Cai Yong's daughter Cai Yan had sent a letter on her father's orders.

was discussing how to deal with Cai Yong, but the main owner sent a woman to deliver a book at this time, and with a little curiosity, Liu Xie ordered someone to lead Cai Yan into the palace. Just looking at the letter sent by Cai Yan, Liu Xie immediately became anxious.

This is a letter of pleading!

Liu Xie dropped the letter and ran out, Yang Biao and the others hurriedly got up and chased after him when they saw this, Wang Yun didn't leave in a hurry, but first picked up the letter that Liu Xie threw on the table and took a look, and then his face changed. When he left the palace gate, he learned that Liu Xie had already taken Lu Bu out of the palace, and Yang Biao and the others were preparing to get into their respective carriages and go to Cai's mansion.

……

If you want to ensure the integrity of the body, you must either drink poisonous wine or hang yourself, but the appearance of the hanged ghost is really ugly, and the tongue sticking out can reach the person's chest, which is far less natural than drinking poisonous wine. Cai Yong chose a glass of poisonous wine, and when Liu Xie rushed into Cai's mansion, Cai Yong was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and waiting for the onset of toxicity.

With Lu Bu following, the people in Cai's house didn't dare to stop Liu Xie, and as soon as Liu Xie saw the wine jug on the table, and then looked at Cai Yong, who was lying motionless on the bed, he didn't say a word and pulled the Cai Mansion servant, and whispered a few words, Cai's house servant's eyes widened in shock, but under Lu Bu's reprimand, he still obeyed the order to prepare what Liu Xie needed.

As early as on the way to Cai's mansion, Liu Xie thought about what way Cai Yong would choose if he was looking for a short view, drinking poisonous wine was just one of them, and Liu Xie also had a countermeasure to this. Poisoning needs to be washed out, to put it simply, it is to let the patient vomit hard, of course, if the toxicity is violent, this trick will not work, if it is bitten by a poisonous snake and poisonous insects, and there is no doctor or antidote around, then it can only be resigned to fate. But fortunately, Cai Yong is drinking poisonous wine, so there is still salvation.

Cai Yong knew Liu Xie, and was a little surprised to see Liu Xie at this time, and was just about to get up and salute, but when he thought that he was now a dying person, those mundane rites didn't need to be talked about. But before he could ask why Liu Xiesuo came, he saw Liu Xie pointing at himself and instructed Lu Budao: "General Lu, you have a measured hand, beat him, don't beat him to death, just let him vomit out." ”

Beating people is not a problem for Lu Bu at all, but he is still a little reluctant to do it if he has no reason to beat people. Seeing that Lu Bu didn't do anything, Liu Xie hurriedly said: "Cai Zhonglang drank poisonous wine to seek death, and beat him to save him, hurry up, it's too late to be late." ”

As soon as Lu Bu heard this, he stepped forward, Cai Yong saw Lu Bu approaching, and immediately shouted: "Lu Bu, you dare to be rude to the old man?" ”

"General Lu, beat him, this is a holy decree." Liu Xie shouted from the side.

"Cai Zhonglang, I'm sorry, it's hard to disobey the holy order." Lu Bu said as he lifted Cai Yong up from the bed, and raised his fist to punch Cai Yong's stomach. Cai Yong is a scholar, and he is not young, where can he eat Lu Bu's punch, he immediately opened his mouth and vomited heavily.

Just when Cai Yong vomited, the servant of the Cai Mansion who had been ordered to go out to find something came back, holding a night pot in his hand, and handed it to Liu Xie with a strange expression. Liu Xie didn't care about the pungent smell of urine, and shouted at Lu Bu: "General Lu, hold down Cai Zhonglang." ”

Seeing Liu Xie running over with a night pot, Cai Zhonglang's eyes widened, looking at Liu Xie in horror, seeing that he couldn't get rid of his life, he opened his mouth and shouted at Liu Xie: "Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated...... Hmmm......"

Taking advantage of Cai Yong's words, Liu Xie reached out and stuffed the night pot spout into Cai Yong's mouth.

"Gash ~ Gash ~ Gash ~ " Now there is no need for Lu Bu to press it, he was poured urine from a pot overnight, and Cai Yong vomited at this time. Since childhood, when did Cai Yong suffer from this crime, at this time, he hated Liu Xie in his heart, and finally stopped spitting, and was just about to scold, when he saw the servant in the house walking in with a wine jug.

I don't know where the strength came from, Cai Yong bounced up from the bed violently, but he forgot that with Lu Bu here, his old Cai couldn't resist, and was immediately pressed on the bed again. Liu Xie pinched Cai Yong's tightly closed cheeks, stuffed the spout of the wine pot into Cai Yong's mouth, and muttered while pouring Cai Yong: "I told you to find a short view, I told you to find a short view......

Lu Bu, who was pressing Cai Yong, looked at Liu Xie, who was irrigating Cai Yong, and couldn't help but shiver, and said secretly in his heart: "This little emperor is so ruthless, don't fall into his hands in the future." ”

just poured and vomited, and then poured and vomited again and tossed four or five times, and saw that Cai Yong vomited all the water, so Liu Xie gave up. looked at Cai Yong, who was lying on the bed and dying, and asked angrily: "Cai Zhonglang, why do you want to kill yourself?" Don't you know that my big man is now in turmoil, and it is the time to employ people? ”

Cai Yong had the strength to answer Liu Xie's question, first he was punched by Lu Bu, and he felt that all the internal organs in his body were churning, and then he was urinated by Liu Xie, filled with pancreatic water, and poured water. He didn't plan to live before, but he didn't want to be tortured to death like this, and after experiencing the feeling of death, Cai Yong suddenly felt that it was actually good to be alive, at least he didn't have to suffer the sins just now.