The army of Liu Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Zhu Jun marched thirty miles outside Luoyang, and happened to meet the army of Huangfu Song, who had returned to the division.

When everyone met and chatted for a while, Liu Yuan pulled Cao Ying and walked together.

"Brother Meng De, you are out of the limelight this time!"

Liu Yuan smiled and said: "Win more with less, defeat Zhang Mancheng, such a record, rare in ancient times, rare in ancient times!" ”

"You, don't be a brother." Cao Ying shook his head helplessly: "If other people say this, you can accept it happily as a brother, but you can't." Look at you, go all the way south, capture Zhang Bao, kill Zhang Jiao, and break the Yellow Turban Thief, I'm afraid there will be no less than a million, compared with you, what is my merit? ”

"Hey, Brother Mengde, you are humble." Liu Yuan pointed to the army behind him and said, "Look at my sons, they are all elites who have fought fiercely on the grassland. And those soldiers you led seem to be family soldiers made up, right? With this kind of combat power, I can win this victory, which is much more powerful than me! ”

The two chatted easily and naturally, and soon arrived at the city of Luoyang.

I saw the dragon flag fluttering under the city gate, the sound of ancient music, and the cheers that shook the sky even covered up the enthusiasm of the sun in an instant!

The Spirit Emperor stood up from the dragon cart and looked at the large number of soldiers who were pressed by the black pressure not far away, and a bloody killing aura rose into the sky, and the clouds in the churning sky were shattered. He involuntarily opened his arms, and the sun shone on him, like a god!

Liu Yuan, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo, Cao Ying and other generals ordered the army to stop, and then immediately rode their horses and galloped out, and got off their mounts one after another at a hundred paces from Emperor Ling, and walked over quickly, bowing down at the same time:

"Minister Liu Yuan (Huangfu Song) greets Your Majesty!"

"Meet Your Majesty!"

With the worship of Liu Yuan and others, the hundreds of thousands of troops not far away also knelt on one knee, and after the sound of the clashing of gold and iron, the earth-shattering sound soared into the sky!

"Meet Your Majesty!"

On the city wall of Luoyang and on the side of the road, countless people, officers and soldiers, ministers, and businessmen seemed to be infected, and they bowed down one after another, and endless cheers resounded through the world!

"Meet Your Majesty!"

"Meet Your Majesty!"

At this moment, the Spirit Emperor truly felt that he was the master of this huge empire! It's the Son of Heaven! It's a dragon!

He was incomparably intoxicated by the cheers, and his face was full of indulgence.

"Your Majesty"

Zhang Rang lightly touched the Spirit Emperor and woke him up from his intoxication.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are waiting."

The Spirit Emperor glared at him, secretly blaming this eunuch for interrupting his incomparably wonderful feelings, but he also knew that this dense crowd of people who had fallen down was waiting for him to speak.

"Everyone, flat!"

The voice of the Spirit Emperor was much louder and more majestic than usual.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Liu Yuan, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo!"

"The minister is here!"

"You will exterminate the anti-thieves, and you will have a thousand years of success, I will have a banquet for the ministers in Weiyang Palace tonight, and you will immediately deal with the placement of the army, and enter the palace on time!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Yuan asked Li Meng, the commander of the light cavalry, to lead the light cavalry to set up camp on the outskirts of Luoyang, and asked Li Meng to buy wine and food, so that the army could carnival all night. After saying goodbye to Cao Ying, who was anxious to go home, he took two thousand guards and entered Luoyang.

Regarding Liu Yuan's deeds, the people of the world are familiar with him, but there are not many people who have seen him in person. At this time, Liu Yuan rode the lion and tiger beast, and under the escort of Dian Wei, he had just stepped into Luoyang Street with his personal guards, and was watched by countless people.

"That's the champion Hou? How young! ”

"Cut, it's lonely, right? Champion Hou is only sixteen years old! ”

"Sixteen? Haven't married yet, have you? It would be great if my daughter could marry the champion."

"You're delusional! What is the identity of the champion Hou? He is a relative of the emperor and a marquis of ten thousand households, and his outstanding merits are even better than those of Wei Huo, your daughter? Hey, the fiancée of the champion Hou, but the daughter of the Cai family! ”

"This is the Youzhou Army? Magnificent! Sure enough, it is worthy of the elite of real swords and guns! ”

"But no, you didn't see it, the hundreds of thousands of horses outside the city are also outstanding in the Youzhou army, and the rest, hum"

"Look at their armor and blades, it's really fine food!"

"There are also mounts, needless to say, Hou Ye's mount, it is a strange beast, these mounts of ordinary warriors seem to be thousands of miles away, it's really surprising!"

Liu Yuan's face was not red, his heart was not beating and he listened to the endless praise, and soon arrived at his own champion Hou Mansion.

asked Dian Wei to arrange the personal guards properly, and Liu Yuan did not stay, so he took Dian Wei and went to Cai Yong's mansion

Cai Yong went up and down, inside and out, as if he wanted to see Liu Yuan through. The smile on his face was kind and gentle.

"Uncle, Zihong has come to see you."

Liu Yuan smiled.

Cai Yong nodded with a smile, pulled him, and entered the door.

Having met the established mother-in-law, Liu Yuan's wine glass Cai Yong called into the study.

It's still that study, it's still so simple and elegant.

Liu Yuan took a sip of tea, looked at Cai Yong and said, "Uncle, how have you been in the past few years?" ”

"Hehe, what's not good? With a son-in-law like you, no one in Luoyang dares to do anything to the old man. Cai Yong joked and said, "It's just that I haven't seen Zhao Ji for a few years, and I miss it a little." ”

"Zhao Ji also often misses her uncle and aunt, before this expedition, Zhao Ji specially asked me to say hello to the second elder on her behalf."

The two of them did some homely work, and soon got to the point.

"Zihong, with the suppression of the Yellow Turban Thief, the old man is becoming more and more worried."

Cai Yong's face sank, and he continued: "The ministers of the DPRK and China jointly wrote to His Majesty to order that the local armed forces should be allowed to cooperate to suppress the thieves, but the old man did not agree, but unfortunately his arm could not twist his thigh, and under the general trend, the old man was powerless." ”

"Now Your Majesty is more and more ignoring the government and politics, and all the military and political power is controlled by the ministers, and the old man is in Luoyang, aggrieved"

But he is afraid that he has the ambition to serve the country, but there is no way to serve the country.

"The Son of Heaven is in the deep palace, I am afraid that I don't know the truth of the people, and I will be deceived" Liu Yuan remembered Emperor Ling's decision at the beginning, and suddenly felt that Emperor Ling's plan had failed in a mess: "Delegating military power is a matter of will, but it is even more difficult to take it back." The little nephew has gone all the way south, and he has seen a lot, and many local scholars are stepping up the accumulation of private soldiers, and there is a tendency to expand and grow."

"Nope! If the Son of Heaven decrees that the local disarmament can still be done. Cai Yong said: "Who dares to resist the will of the Son of Heaven? ”

"Uncle's words are wrong." Liu Yuan retorted: "You must know that although most of the yellow scarves have been suppressed now, there are not a few small yellow scarves scattered all over the country, and in general, I am afraid there are still millions of people." If the Son of Heaven ordered him to disband his private soldiers, these people would use the yellow scarf as a prevarication and simply ignore it. ”

Cai Yong's face changed, pondered for a moment, and nodded.

"In fact, the most important thing is not these small local armed forces, but the big families!" Liu Yuan sighed: "The Ruyang Yuan clan alone, according to the little nephew's report, has raised no less than 50,000 troops!" ”

"Uncle, what are they going to do?"

"This" Cai Yong was dumbfounded: "Yuan Kui is so bold?" Even you, the marquis of ten thousand households, can't raise more than 3,000 troops! ”

"So the little nephew thinks that the suppression of the Yellow Turban is not the end, but the starting point!"

Weng and his son-in-law exchanged opinions in the study, and finally talked about the upcoming banquet of the ministers tonight.

"Zihong, you have to be careful at tonight's banquet. The old man is afraid that Yuan Kui will pick a thorn and make trouble for you. Cai Yong said: "In the past few years, Yuan Kui has always said in front of the Son of Heaven that you are not, and now that you have made great achievements in suppressing the thief, he will inevitably obstruct the reward of the Son of Heaven for you in every possible way." ”

"Hmph," Liu Yuan sneered, and said: "Yuan Kui, that old thief, colluded with the Yellow Turban last time and wanted to harm me, now is the time to settle the accounts, if he doesn't come to me, I still want to find him!" ”

"You must not be reckless!"

Cai Yong worried: "Yuan Kui is a member of the imperial court after all, and he can't blatantly oppose him."

"It's okay, uncle, rest assured, the little nephew knows it." Liu Yuan's face softened, but he kept sneering in his heart: "If you don't come to provoke, I can still let him live longer, otherwise"

At the time, in the Weiyang Palace, there was a group of singing and dancing.

Emperor Ling sat on the dragon bed, and the civil and military ministers below were divided into two sides and sat opposite each other.

Liu Yuan was of a very high rank, and under the general He Jin, he sat at the same table with Huangfu Song and others.

After the song and dance was finished, Emperor Ling raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, shouldn't we salute our triumphant heroes together?" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

All the civil and military officials raised their wine glasses, signaled to Liu Yuan and the others, and then drank them all.

"This time to suppress the thieves, the champion Hou, the general of the chariot cavalry, the general of Beizhong Lang and several others are all meritorious heroes, I want to be rewarded, you Aiqing can give suggestions, let me consider."

Emperor Ling took a sip of wine and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say."

Yuan Kui stood up.

"The old minister thought that the biggest hero of this suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was the champion Hou. The old minister implores His Majesty to crown the champion Hou as the king of Youzhou! ”

"Wow!"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar.

King of Youzhou, what title? The king of a state? O country within a country!

is the prince and grandson, and at most he will be crowned the king of a county, and I have never heard of anyone who can be crowned the king of a state! Although Liu Yuan is a royal prince and has meritorious deeds, he is not qualified for such a title, right?

Kill!

**Naked killing!

Everyone understood, and couldn't help but switch their gaze back and forth between Emperor Ling and Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan's face was indifferent, and Emperor Ling was still smiling.

"Your Majesty, no!"

At this time, Yang Biao stood up and spoke:

"The old minister thinks that Taifu's words are too much! Since Gaozu, there has been no such precedent, although the champion Hou has outstanding achievements and is comparable to Wei Huo, he is still young and cannot bear this heavy responsibility, Your Majesty! ”

"Not bad!"

Wang Yun stood up and said, "The champion Hou is very good, and His Majesty also sees it, but if you want to be crowned a prince, you can't!" ”

"So, what do you two think, how should I reward the champion?"

The Spirit Emperor took a leisurely sip of wine and asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, the champion marquis is already the marquis of Wanhu, and he is also the general of Zhenbei and the assassin of Youzhou, but there is nothing to add, it is better to reward some gold and silver as a commendation." Cai Yong stood up and expressed his opinion.

"No, the so-called merit will be rewarded, and the fault will be punished, Your Majesty is the son of the Holy Heaven, and naturally it will not make the soldiers of the three armies chill!"

Yuan Kui spoke again.

"Hehehe" Emperor Ling looked at the dispute below, couldn't help laughing, and said, "You don't have to fight anymore, I have already made a decision." ”

"Liu Zihong!"

"The minister is here!"

Liu Yuan stepped out of his seat and bowed down.

"I have crowned you as the king of Yuyang, leading the general of the expedition to the north, and commanding the military power of You, Hebei, and the three states!"

As soon as Emperor Ling's words came out, the whole scene suddenly quieted down, and they all focused their eyes on Liu Yuan.

Yuan Kui's face suddenly sank and became very ugly. Originally, according to his plan, he proposed to crown Liu Yuan as the king of Youzhou, so that Emperor Ling would be jealous of Liu Yuan and stranded him in Luoyang. In this way, Liu Yuan is no longer a threat. However, although Emperor Ling did not enshrine him as the king of the state, he was also the king of the county, and he also promoted the general of Zhenbei to the general of Zhengbei, and the power was beyond imagination!

"Minister, Commander!"

Liu Yuan looked at Emperor Ling fixedly, his face was all indifferent, not excited, nor proud.

"Hmm." Emperor Ling nodded at him and said, "You have to do it yourself."

Most of the courtiers may not have heard anything about this sentence, but Liu Yuan heard some meaning from it. He nodded silently, bowed to the Spirit Emperor again, returned to his seat, ignored the congratulations of his colleagues around him, and drank the liquor one after another.

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