Licheng County Ya.

"Just now, Tao Tingshi sent a messenger to inform me to rush to Tancheng to receive the edict, and it seems that the document we sent still played some role." As soon as the envoy from Xuzhou left, Han Lie summoned the military officials under the tent and convened a council in the Licheng County Ya.

"The edict of the Son of Heaven, even if Tao Envoy Jun is suspicious of the lord, he will still carry it out, it seems that this time the imperial court still attaches great importance to Tao Envoy Jun's tribute, and even sent a festival envoy, I think there are other instructions." Diannong Du Wei Guoyuan answered: "With the merits of the lord, this time the reward should not be too thin, now the lord is in Xuzhou, the most lacking is the recognition of the imperial court, if this edict has a clear reward, the stability of the lord's status and the promotion of reputation, there is no doubt that there is a significant improvement." ”

"Having said that, now that the lord and Tao Envoy are not on good terms, this time I rushed forward, in case of an accident, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?" The county Chengwang Leopard said with some concern.

"Yes, the lord can't take risks easily, Tancheng is Tao Envoy Jun's territory after all, if he attacks the lord, won't he fall into the net?" When Xu Huang and the others heard this, they also proposed for a while.

"Generals, don't worry. The lord goes to Tancheng, there is no danger at all, Tao Gongzu is a person, his nature is still gentle, now the lord has not turned his face, he will definitely not do such a drastic thing, and now that the court envoy is in Xuzhou, Tao Gongzu, who is loyal to the court, even if he has the intention to be unfavorable to the lord, he will definitely not be at this juncture, so the lord can go with peace of mind. "The military advisor sacrifices Guo Jia, this will be a decisive opening.

"What Feng Xiao said is reasonable." Han Lie also readily agreed: "Zilong and Brother Dian will go with me to settle the people, and we will discuss it when I return from Tancheng, but during this time, all the manpower is divided into two teams, one team is transferred to Lianyungang Wharf and is responsible for building the wharf, and the other team is responsible for opening up the intersection of irrigation and Lianshui waters." ”

"However, the intensity of labor and food must be well controlled, and there must be no deductions and oppression of the people, and if there is, severe punishment will not be punished."

"Whoa." All the civil and military officers in the lobby responded in unison.

When Han Lie rushed to Tancheng, the Huangmen squire who read out the edict had already read out a few edicts, the first one was to Tao Qian, for this time Tao Qian's tribute and allegiance, the Han Emperor who had just experienced Dong Zhuo's rebellion, that is, Liu Xie, who was known as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in history, was indeed rewarded.

In addition to promoting Tao Qian to the pastor of Xuzhou and crowning General Anton, he was also given the title of Marquis of Guannei. As the envoy of this tribute, Zhao Yu was also named the minister of Xiapi, and Wang Lang, as one of the initiators of this tribute, was also named the Huiji Taishou.

The reading of the three edicts naturally caused a lot of shock in Tancheng, and the officials of Xuzhou were not too surprised by Tao Qian's promotion, after all, since Tao Qian served as the assassin of Xuzhou, the governance of Xuzhou is still good, and the promotion is reasonable.

But Zhao Yu and Wang Lang also sat on the high position of the county guard of 2,000 stones at once, which somewhat made the local clan in Xuzhou a little red and jealous. Regarding Wang Lang's appointment as the Huiji Taishou, although Tao Qian didn't say anything on the surface, he still had some pimples in his psychology, he has always relied on Wang Lang and Zhao Yu, the two famous people in Xuzhou, but now the result is obvious, these two people persuaded themselves to go to the court to pay tribute to the court, and it is obvious that they are all premeditated to break away from themselves and do a good job of self-reliance and solo flight.

This kind of betrayal is undoubtedly a huge blow to Tao Qian, although he is quite annoyed in his heart, but now that the rice has become a cook, he can only secretly swallow this bitter fruit. At this time, Tao Qian couldn't help but be deeply worried about the fourth edict.

Worried that the imperial court would reward Han Lie too heavily, which would completely make Han Lie lose control. The previous time Chen Qi proposed to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, it seemed to be a good strategy, but Han Lie expected the enemy to take the lead and forced Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others to retreat, and resolved a vicious battle so easily.

Thinking about it now, Tao Qian still felt afraid for a while, Han Lie, a young man, had risen too quickly, and now it seemed that his subordinates were also quite capable, such a person, how could Tao Qian not be on guard.

Han Lie and his entourage, hurrying up, only two days later, rushed to Tancheng Thorn History Mansion, no, now it can be called Xuzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion or General Andong Mansion.

In the original hall of the Assassin's Mansion, a eunuch with a duck throat, Huang Menlang, who was about thirty years old, looked at Han Lie, who was so young in the hall, was stunned and asked in disbelief: "You are Han Lie, Han Ziyang?" ”

"Returning to my father-in-law, it is my subordinate." Han Lie replied in a deep voice.

"Okay, it's really a powerful instrument, worthy of being a pillar of the country." The father-in-law nodded, then opened the brass long pipe containing the holy decree, and slowly unfolded it and read: "There are children of the Yingchuan Han family, and they are loyal to the country...... The special edict was awarded the title of Guangling County Guard, and the position of the right Zhonglang general ......"

The text of the edict is about 200 words, first praising Han Lie's historical achievements, and finally the emperor rewarded the official, Han Lie, who knelt under the hall, after his father-in-law read the holy decree, he bowed his head and said: "Minister Han Lie, thank you for the decree." ”

"General Han, please get up." The father-in-law saw that Han Lie's attitude was sincere, and he bowed his head slightly and presented the edict with both hands.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Above the lobby, at this moment, a group of officials in Xuzhou were there, and it was impossible for Han Lie to bribe openly, so he had to respectfully express his gratitude.

To be honest, after listening to the edict, Han Lie was somewhat surprised, although he has been making military exploits since he was under the Tiger Prison, and collected 200,000 yellow scarves under Beihai City, the credit seems to be not small, but in fact, the responsibility is also not small.

If it was in a peaceful and prosperous era, Han Lie's credit was far less than the culpability, but now it is a troubled era, and naturally many laws are useless, especially the center of the imperial court that has experienced Dong Zhuo's rebellion, which is even more fragmented, which is also the reason why Han Lie was able to get two such heavy official positions at once.

The position of General Youzhonglang has entered the sequence of senior generals, Guangling Taishou, and it is also the real power of one side of the shepherd, Han Lie gets these two positions of real power, and there is no doubt that he has the right to command the army and govern the power, that is, he really has a foothold.

"Congratulations, General Han." When the father-in-law finished reading the edict, the originally quiet hall suddenly sounded all kinds of discussions, envy, jealousy, slander, and disdain.

Mi Zhu, who had a good relationship with Han Lie, hesitated for a moment, but still took the initiative to stand up and salute and congratulate.

"Thank you, Mr. Zizhong." Han Lie smiled slightly, and said pointedly.

"Ziyang nephew, congratulations on your promotion, Xuzhou in the future needs to rely on a lot of talents like the virtuous nephew." Tao Qian sighed slightly, collected his feelings, and said from afar. Han Lie's reward, although it was too heavy, but it was not too unexpected for him, the reason was that he heard Zhao Yu say that now the Chang'an court is in chaos, since Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun presided over the government, Lu Bu was in charge of the military, and Dong Zhuo's original subordinate generals Li Dao, Zhang Ji and others fought for each other, and the land of Chang'an can be described as full of beacon fires.

Tao Qian still knows the relationship between Wang Yun and Han Lie's grandfather Chen Tan, and it is not surprising that Han Lie was awarded such a high position based on this affection.

"Ming Gong Miao praised, the little nephew is young, and he needs more support from Ming Gong in the future." At this time, Han Lie would not be uninteresting, and his posture was very low.

"Haha." Tao Qian smiled heartily, hiding the complicated emotions in his heart, and said, "Ziyang, come and meet Cai Shizhong." ”

In fact, as soon as Han Lie entered the lobby, he saw Cai Yong on the left, and after a blink of an eye, Cai Yong was obviously a little older than when he saw him in Luoyang, this time he was able to come to Xuzhou with a festival, but he still dragged Han Lie's blessing.

If it weren't for Wang Ling and Wang Ding's letter to Wang Yun, informing Wang Yun that Cai Yong's daughter, or even Han Lie's love, Cai Yong's behavior of collecting Dong Zhuo's body on the streets of Chang'an last time would have been enough for Wang Yun to beat Cai Yong into Dong Zhuo's accomplices and kill them.

"Little nephew to see Uncle Cai." For himself, an old man and a great writer, Han Lie respected himself in his heart, and bowed very respectfully.

"Okay, good ......" Cai Yong agreed to come to Xuzhou this time, also because of his daughter, and now he sees Han Lie, especially the former teenager, who has grown up to this point, and is not only relieved, but also quite grateful.

Although they both had a lot to talk to, in the face of the gathered Xuzhou officials, Han Lie and Cai Yong only exchanged a tacit look, and did not have too many in-depth conversations.

After that, Tao Qian held a grand banquet in the mansion, which drew a perfect end to the reward of the Son of Heaven.

After three days in Tancheng, Han Lie and all the characters in all aspects made some adjustments, and somewhat improved Tao Qian's relationship, and then escorted Cai Yong, who said that he was going to inspect the counties of Xuzhou, and left Tancheng.

On the day Han Lie left Tancheng, Zhao Yu and Wang Lang also left Tancheng respectively, and the purpose of their departure was naturally to go to take office.

"Brother Jingxing is going to Huiji, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, Yu is here to wish my brother a smooth journey." After leaving the city, Zhao Yu, who was sitting in the carriage, bowed his hand and said goodbye.

"Xuzhou is the place of the four wars, and Xiapi is an important town, Brother Yuanda, please take care." Wang Lang nodded, and said: "Han Ziyang is a person who is eloquent and strategic, and now that his momentum has been achieved, Yuan Da must not provoke this person, so as not to invite disaster." ”