Liu He listened to Deng Zhan's words, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Deng Zhan, you, you are all for me, if you say, I am also guilty, you don't need to carry such a burden, besides, canonization has nothing to do with these, right?" If this alone cannot be canonized, then how many of my one hundred and six generals cannot be canonized? The deceased are gone, and although those poor people have passed away, I will order people to find out their identities one by one, and give them generous pensions to their families, which can be regarded as worthy of them, and at the same time, you have made great contributions to me, and it is also the right thing to accept the reward, there is no need for this. ”

However, Deng Zhan said softly: "Even if they are given more pensions, they will not survive." ”

Liu He was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly felt that what Deng Zhan said made sense, even if he could argue well, he had nothing to say for a while.

Then I saw Deng Zhan and said: "What's more, Your Majesty doesn't have to take responsibility for this, this matter has nothing to do with you, it is completely the last one's choice, and this is still not the biggest reason for the last general to refuse to be canonized, the biggest reason is that the last general will kill the king, and the one who killed the king is unknown, whether Your Majesty believes it or not, the last general cannot bring disaster to Your Majesty because of this." ”

"Killing the king? How can you use such words? This time, Liu He stood up directly in surprise, and then muttered.

However, Deng Zhan smiled bitterly and said: "This is the truth, Your Majesty, you don't know the situation, although the fire was set by the governor of Zhou Dadu at that time, but the fire spread not fast, if you go all out to rescue, you can definitely save them all, but the last general sat and watched the fire spread step by step, and even let go of all the boats behind the big boat, which caused the filial piety emperor to be unable to escape, and finally died in the fire cave, so what is the difference between the filial piety emperor and the last general?" Although the last general will put the blame for killing the monarch on Cao Pi, but the last will always be condemned by his conscience, and there will not be a day to stop, although the filial piety to the emperor is incompetent, but after all, this world is dedicated to His Majesty, after all, His Majesty inherited his inheritance, in this case, the last general is already grateful if the person who killed the monarch is not punished, let alone canonized by His Majesty again? Please also ask Your Majesty not to embarrass the last general again, so that the last general's heart may be a little better. ”

"Alas, Deng Zhan, although your hands are stained with blood, you can definitely be regarded as a righteous man, since you are unwilling to accept the canonization, then I am not reluctant, but I know that the reason why you did that is for me, I will assure you that I will never forget your achievements, and I will let you and your descendants enjoy wealth and glory forever. Deng Zhan listened to the seal, Nanyang Deng Zhan, was assigned by me to go to Cao Ying, endured humiliation, rescued Xun Yu, Zang Ba, Le Jin and others, and entered the jade seal, dedicated to the edict of the first emperor, the credit is huge, you are specially named the founding of Wanhou, hereditary replacement, in addition, Jia Tejin, is the second grade treatment, Qin this. ”

"This, this, Your Majesty's reward is too great!" Deng Zhan listened to Liu He's reward, and was immediately shocked, and hurriedly said.

Because after Liu He ascended the throne, although the system of loose officials was established, the highest number of loose officials appointed before was only a Guanglu doctor from the second rank, and Deng Zhan was directly appointed as the special advance of the second grade, which was the first in history, how could this not surprise Deng Zhan?

However, Liu He said: "You have endured humiliation for me, and even suffered on my behalf, at the expense of bearing all kinds of crimes, with your friendship, even if it is such a seal, I still feel that it is not enough, don't shirk, otherwise my heart will be even more uncomfortable." ”

"Weichen, thank you Lord Longen!" Deng Zhan knew that this was Liu He's compensation for not canonizing, and he really couldn't refuse, otherwise it would make the other party feel uncomfortable, so he could only accept it helplessly, and thank Liu He for his grace.

After Deng Zhan left, Liu He looked at his back and felt a lot of emotion in his heart: "This is indeed a righteous man, although these 'evil deeds' he did are really insignificant to some people, and those people were not killed by him directly, but he still blames himself deeply in his heart, relatively speaking, Cao Pi gave such a vicious desperate order, but he still didn't take it seriously in his heart, it is really hateful, thinking about it this way, he Cao family was all killed, it can be regarded as retribution!" ”

Although Liu He gave enough compensation, he was not happy after all, and Deng Zhan refused to be canonized, and Liu He didn't know when he would meet the next person who could be canonized, so he was also very depressed in his heart.

"Now that I have become the emperor of this empire, it is estimated that there are not a few people under my command who are eligible for canonization, and there will be opportunities in the future, so take your time."

Although he was depressed in his heart, Liu He also felt a little inexplicably relieved at the same time, this was because he still had a faint worry about collecting one hundred and eight general stars, and now Deng Zhan refused to accept the canonization, which meant that he was likely to be unable to canonize one hundred and eight general stars for a long time in the future, so that he would be more fully prepared to deal with unknown challenges.

However, things are destined not to be so simple, because five months after Liu He became emperor, that is, at the end of the year, the Yizhou soldiers who originally belonged to Lu Bu returned to Chang'an after changing guards.

It turned out that after Lu Bu surrendered, he personally went to Yizhou, and proposed to the soldiers under his command that he had been recruited by the imperial court, and handed over Yizhou to the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty for jurisdiction, and he also said that he had a new appointment, and Lu Bu also proposed to let the soldiers choose to stay.

In fact, at this time, Chen Gong had already revealed the news to the soldiers in the army, and the final result was unsurprising, almost all the soldiers were willing to accept surrender and continue to serve in the army, and only a few soldiers who settled in Yizhou said that they were willing to continue to defend Yizhou.

A month later, Zhou Yu, the governor of Yangzhou, led an army to take over Yizhou, and most of the soldiers in Lü Bu's army crossed the sea to the mainland on the ships provided by Zhou Yu, and then went to Chang'an to meet Liu He.

Therefore, this time those who came to Chang'an included the civil and military generals under the command of Lu Bu, including the military advisor Chen Gong, as well as the generals Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng and others.

For these generals under Lu Bu, Liu He has long heard of their names, and he also knows that these people have always been able to fight habitually, especially proficient in cavalry tactics, which makes the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, Liangzhou Iron Cavalry, and Youyan Iron Cavalry under their command become the three elite cavalry in the world.

Therefore, Liu He is also looking forward to these generals, especially the generals Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, these two people are very famous generals in history and romance, although there is a trace of worry about the future, Liu He also hopes that this person can meet the criteria for canonization, so that Liu He can get two peerless generals.