The old ministers who knew the subtlety of it had a different interpretation of what Meng Xi had done, and in their opinion, Meng Xi was tantamount to taking a stand on behalf of all the officials present, and not opposing the young man who had power in his hands and was ruthless beside the Son of Heaven.

The corners of Liu He's mouth curved into an imperceptible arc, but this subtle expression was captured by some well-intentioned people in the hall, allowing them to see a trace of vitality.

A carefully planned list made almost all the civil and military officials in the palace demoted to one level, especially the several important ministers of the court who were ranked in Jiuqing, and all of them were removed from their official positions, and they were all Liu He's henchmen.

The newly appointed candidates for Jiuqing are all from the Twelve Horsemen of Tianji, and Pang Tong was directly appointed to the position of one of the three princes.

Liu He himself, on the other hand, took the position of Tai Lieutenant, unified with Zhuge Liang and Pang, and was also ranked as the third duke.

When the dust settled, except for Qin Shuang and Xiao Yu'er, who were daughters, it was inconvenient to entrust them with official positions, and Pang Tong was ranked among the three dukes, and the remaining nine people took all the positions of Jiuqing under the three dukes.

After this personnel change without warning in advance, no one in Yizhou officialdom can shake Liu He's status, and the former Mr. Tianji has been transformed into the current Taiwei.

After reading out the list, everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief, compared to the previous possibility of falling to the ground like He You, now the official demotion can be regarded as a happy result.

But Liu He noticed that there was only one person who seemed to be not very satisfied with this change, that is, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who had been sitting on the other side of Liu Chan, the son of heaven, and had never said a word.

Liu He didn't plan to explain anything to Zhuge Liang, he only sought the official title of Tai Lieutenant for himself, although he was the head of the military attaché, but he was under the prime minister, with Liu He's current status, coupled with this unexpected change, he could directly take the position of Grand Sima.

According to the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Da Sima no longer belonged to the Three Princes but stood alone, and his power was above the Three Princes.

Liu He didn't do this, he felt that Zhuge Liang should be able to understand his intentions, he had no intention of fighting for power with Zhuge Liang, he just wanted to firmly hold the power in his own hands, leave a way out for himself, leave a way out for Zhuge Liang, and leave a way out for the brothers of the Tianji Camp.

Instead of comforting Zhuge Liang, Liu He chose to bring two jars of wine and visit the old man who volunteered to ask for his life in the main hall and returned to his hometown.

Coming to this house located in the corner of Chengdu, Liu He stopped outside the door to watch, the house is not big, giving people a feeling of disrepair, the door is not high, according to the ancestral system of the Han Dynasty, the door of the official's mansion is higher than the people's house, in order to demonstrate strictness, and the door of this house, but only a few inches higher than the ordinary people's house, it is hard to imagine that this is the mansion of a high-ranking official in Jiuqing.

Knocking lightly on the knocker, an old servant with a kind face opened the door, and saw Liu He, the vicissitudes of life in the ravines were full of surprise, his own master did not see a guest, that was the same rule for many years, and no one had been bored for a long time, not to mention that the person who came was a young man who seemed to be not in the world.

Seeing the two jars of wine in Liu He's hand, the old servant, who was still a little kind, suddenly changed his face, and was about to close the door to thank the guests, but he heard the voice of the old man behind him.

"Lao Li, let him in."

The old servant who was replaced by Lao Li was stunned for a moment, and while being stunned, he carefully looked at the young man in front of him who couldn't find anything outstanding except for a good skin.

Liu He smiled faintly at Lao Li, didn't say much, and strode into the courtyard.

After Lao Li closed the door of the courtyard, he looked at Liu He's humble and arrogant back and secretly sighed, this young man is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, so it is better not to be eaten alive by the old man for a while.

Under the big locust tree, the old man with a reddish face was pouring himself a drink, poured a glass of wine, shook the wine jar that had bottomed out, and was a little unsatisfied, seeing the two jars of wine in Liu He's hand, he immediately smiled, and stepped forward, but did not give up his seat to the captain of the dynasty, but took one of the wine jars, opened the lid and smelled it, with a face full of surprise.

Lao Li, who was hiding on the side and watching quietly, secretly covered his mouth and smiled, thinking that this young man who had entered the mansion for the first time in so many years had any origins, but seeing his master's attitude towards the young man, the only remaining trace of fear disappeared in an instant.

Liu He didn't feel uncomfortable at all, but felt that the old man in front of him was very interesting, holding the wine jar like the second in the world who refused to go down the mountain, and he didn't wait for the old man to be polite to him, he sat opposite the old man, laughing and not saying anything.

Meng Xi, who was holding a jar of wine, couldn't care about the new official Taiwei at all, and took a big sip of the wine jar by himself, and immediately enjoyed it, and when the stimulation in his mouth faded, he put down the wine jar, but his face sank, and he said expressionlessly: "Say, what is the matter with you coming to me?" ”

Liu He didn't respond, but stared at the big locust tree in the yard that was some years old, and asked, "How old is this tree?" ”

Meng Xi narrowed his eyes, looked at Liu He for a long time, and said with a smile: "Lord Taiwei is busy with official business, when he comes to me, he shouldn't just come to talk about family things, right?" ”

Hearing the title of Lord Taiwei, Lao Li, who was about to see Liu He's jokes, almost didn't stare out his eyes, he had worked in the mansion for more than ten years, except for going to the street at the door to buy vegetables, Lao Li had hardly gone out of the mansion, but no matter how deep he was, he also knew how big an official Taiwei was.

Lao Li subconsciously swallowed his saliva, thinking in his heart, he became a captain at a young age, and he had to be a rich and powerful family behind him, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was not right, how could the official position above 10,000 people under this person be easily touched by ordinary sons and daughters of the family?

People have a natural fear of power, and Lao Li, who is a well-known Qing official in the Mengxi Mansion, is not exempt from vulgarity, and a pot of hot tea was immediately brought up and placed on the table of Lord Taiwei.

When Lao Li poured the tea, he didn't forget to sneak a few glances, not to mention, this young man is not obvious, at first glance there is nothing special, but the more he looks at it, the more he feels that he does not look like ordinary people, not to say anything else, just say that the calm expression of Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and did not mess up, it is not something that ordinary ordinary people can pretend to be.

Liu He smiled calmly, waited for Lao Li to pour tea, and nodded at him, which made Lao Li suddenly feel flattered.

The old man, who was indulging in fine wine, said without raising his head: "Lao Li, have you fed the chickens in the backyard?" ”