After Xu Sheng learned that Liu Bei was killed, he cried and got drunk once, and decided not to care about the world's major affairs from now on, live a small life with peace of mind, and no longer let his brother, wife and others worry; Now that the world has been decided, there is no possibility of saving the imperial court, as long as the people can be exempted from the suffering of war, it is more practical than saving the imperial court.

Chen Zhi in Panyu County trained even more madly, hoping that he could be a pioneer when he attacked Changsha one day and avenge his ancestors.

They invariably hated the Sun family, and even took Zhu Zhi to hide in Jiaozhou, trying to keep a low profile.

The Sun family, who lived in Qingzhou, had to choose to be a man with their tail between their legs, and even so, they had to endure the white eyes and cynicism of the world.

Jian Yong had nowhere to go, so he had to go to Chen Dao in the end.

On Chen Zhi's recommendation, Gao Wei appointed him as a member of the Prefecture Governor's Office, specializing in dealing with barbarian tribes, promoting the spread of Confucian culture in the Lingnan region, and giving full play to his strengths as an eloquent. Following Liu Bei for half his life, he achieved nothing and gained nothing, and now his thinking has also changed a lot, hoping to do something practical and live a stable life.

Now that the situation in the world is clear, how to develop in the future is completely determined by Gao Shun.

Xi Zhicai suggested ending the war as soon as possible and dismissing most of the army, so that the world could enter the stage of recuperation.

However, Gao Shun did not know how to treat the Han court, how to treat the Han emperor, and decided to keep a low profile for the time being.

's indecisive attitude towards Gao Shun made Xi Zhicai cry and laugh, since he has come to this point, he still needs to take another half a step forward? Even if he was willing to return the Central Plains region to the imperial court, could those civil servants and military generals under him agree?

They follow Gao Shun, that is, they hope to have the merit of the dragon, leave a name in history, and seal the wife and son, if Gao Shun really chooses to go into hiding, wouldn't the wishes of those civil and military generals be in vain? And they are also worried that after Gao Shun returns to seclusion, the court will settle old accounts and will not allow Gao Shun to return to seclusion.

Besides, even if Gao Shun is willing to go into hiding, can the court rest assured of him and believe in him? If you want to get rid of it quickly, those scholars and local tyrants who have been suppressed by Gao Shun will definitely fall into the ground, and Gao Shun's ending will definitely be very tragic.

Jia Xu is still the same, Gao Shun doesn't take the initiative to consult him, he will never say a word, but this does not affect his contempt for Gao Shun in his heart.

Xi Zhicai suggested: "My lord, now there are nearly 50,000 troops in Jiaozhou, nearly 100,000 troops in Yangzhou, nearly 100,000 troops in Yuzhou and Chuzhou, plus nearly 100,000 troops in the northern states and counties, a total of nearly one million troops, such a huge army is a heavy burden to the people, if the war is ended, then the armies in Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Chuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou can be reduced by at least two-thirds, not only to reduce the burden of the people, but also to pay a large amount of taxes after they are placed as people, one in and one out, and many benefits!" ”

Gao Shun still shook his head, he was ready to dilute the treatment, and he would talk about it in a few years, he must not be in a hurry, after all, the Han Dynasty has existed for hundreds of years, and he is bent on the Han people, so he must make a peaceful transition and minimize the harm.

Even those generals are also eager to hope that Gao Shun will quickly pacify the world, and they can be regarded as famous, so dragging it out like this is definitely not a good strategy; It's just that Zhou Fei, Fang Liang, Feng Yong, Xiang Rong, Zhao Xiong and other generals with troops did not take the initiative to mention it, and it was even more inconvenient for them to take the initiative.

Xi Zhicai had to contact Tian Feng, Cheng Li, Guo Jia, Fu Zhu and others to put pressure on Gao Shun.

In the face of the pressure of these people, Gao Shun also used his brains and was busy coping.

After a few days of thinking, he decided to make his relationship with Qin Guan public, so he asked Xi Zhicai, Ma Gui, Li Qiang and others to come to negotiate.

Li Qiang first said: "My lord, now that the general trend of the world has been decided, you can do whatever you want, and you don't need to care about the opinions of others." ”

Ma Gui asked, "My lord, if this is the case, will it make the court afraid?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, Xi Zhicai said: "The lord's method is feasible, if Qin Guan announces his surrender, the situation in the world will be clearer, and it will dispel some people's luck mentality, so they have to acquiesce to the current facts, which is conducive to stability." ”

He thought to himself, every time a little change is good, you can't force Gao Shun too much, after all, he is only from a good family in a border county, it is not easy to achieve the current state, maybe he is not ready to be the emperor, and it will take a while to adapt to the change of identity.

Gao Shun nodded in agreement with his point of view, and then asked, "What is Wen He's opinion?" ”

Jia Xu saluted Gao Shun and said: "My lord, after the surrender of Qin Pass, you can dismiss part of the army by yourself, and you don't need to worry about Li Ru coming to attack, just garrison a large army on the frontier." ”

Gao Shun thought for a while, and in this way, after Qin Guan surrendered, it would reduce the military pressure on the imperial court and Li Ru.

So Ling Xi Zhicai sent an order to Qin Guan and Liu Ye, ordering them to announce their surrender.

Qin Guan obeyed Gao Shun's instructions, and after receiving the order, he announced the surrender of the Duke of Wei.

Liu Ye was saddened, there was no hope for the Han court, and his previous ideas were all in vain.

Gao Shun then declared Qinguan as the pastor of Yangzhou, with jurisdiction over Huiji County, Qiantang County, Wu County, Danyang County, Xin'an County, Yuzhou County, Luling County and Wuchang County; Liu Ye continued to serve as Qin Guan's military advisor.

When Li Ru got the news, his face turned blue with fright, the forces of Jiangdong Qinguan surrendered to Gao Shun, and there were only two forces left in the world, the imperial court and the Duke of Wei, and there was no other day, Gao Shun would definitely come to exterminate them and the imperial court, where should he go next?

Before he could figure out how to deal with it, Gao Shun suddenly announced disarmament, which made him secretly relieved.

The Yangzhou army was reduced to 20,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry; Those Danyang soldiers were all transferred to Jiaozhou, and the eliminated Han people were resettled as people on the spot.

The forces of Chuzhou and Yuzhou were reduced to 20,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry, respectively.

Guangzhou and Jiaozhou kept their existing numbers of officers and soldiers unchanged, but Gao Shun demanded that they continue to expand southward, at least to the land of six counties.

With the assistance of a powerful navy, Ma Teng, Zhu Ran and others did not feel that Gao Shun's order was too difficult to complete, but gladly accepted the order.

Yang Hong, Ji Ling and others secretly said that it was very dangerous, but fortunately it was assigned to Jiaozhou, otherwise it would definitely be among the disarmament, and it confirmed their previous speculation that Qin Guan must have taken refuge in Gao Shun a long time ago, and even Qin Guan was the force supported by Gao Shun.

The people of the Shixie family secretly said that they were lucky, fortunately they mentioned surrender, otherwise Liu Bei's fate would be their end, Gao Shun was too cunning, and his strength was too strong.

Li Ru and other officers from Liangzhou were relieved to see that Gao Shun was not only disarmed, but also did not attack Jingnan.

Wang Yun and others were very disappointed, Gao Shun would rather disarm than clear the monarch's side, and as Liu Xuande scolded, he was ashamed of the world.

Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief, he was very satisfied with the status quo of the imperial court, and now that Gao Shun took the initiative to disarm and had no intention of attacking the imperial court, he had no need to worry about the emperor.

However, there is a serious sequelae of this, that is, people all over the world think that Gao Shun does not save the court and does not clear the monarch's side, because he has plans to be the emperor, but it is only a matter of time; The good thing is that those who are loyal to the Han are all honest, otherwise they will be the next Liu Bei.

The family, which had been silent, was faced with the problem of choosing sides, believing that the Gaoshun forces had decided not to allow the existence of large families that were not loyal to him, so that it would affect his rule in the future.