Yuan said: "The emperor name of the Zhong family, is it still excepted?" ”

As soon as Yuan's words came out, all the ministers present were in an uproar, except for the emperor? It's so sudden.

Jin Shang was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt on the ground in a straight dress, and said loudly: "When the first emperor was established, the old minister tried his best to block it, but the first emperor didn't listen, so he gave Cao Thief an excuse to raise troops to fight, so there is a military disaster of the four-way coalition army besieging Shouchun today, but the lord's move is to set things right, the old minister...... In the tank! ”

Jin Shang really supported it, and the title of Yuan Nuo was also changed to the lord.

Ji Ling also knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The last general also supports the lord!" ”

Ji Ling, like Jin Shang, once resolutely opposed Yuan Shu's usurpation of the throne as emperor.

The rest of the ministers saw that Jin Shang and Ji Ling, the two major meritorious heroes, had expressed their attitudes, how could there be anything to hesitate, and immediately came out to express their support, and Yang Hong, the long history, really praised Yuan No, and even praised his previous achievements, and praised Yuan No as the most virtuous saint in the past and present, up and down for 5,000 years.

"The lord abides by the rules and never exceeds the rules, and he is really a model for ancient and modern courtiers."

"The lord is righteous and awe-inspiring, and he has removed the emperor's name, which can be described as a rare celebrity in ancient and modern times."

"The lord is brave and resolute, invincible, and even Sun Wu is no more than that."

"The lord is wise and scheming, and he can't do anything, and he is as treacherous as Cao Cao, and he sighs to himself."

"The Lord is unmatched, and it will lead us to create a new situation."

Listening to the sycophants that did not repeat themselves coming out of Yang Hong's mouth, Yuan couldn't help but wonder.

Yuan Wei finally understood why peerless heroes like Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Yang of Sui inevitably liked Shechen, because there are Shechen who always greet and pat the horse, and say something you like to hear, it is indeed a pleasing thing to the eye, but the real male lord can always control Shechen, and will never be led by Shechen.

It doesn't matter if Yang Hong's sycophancy Yuan has heard it, what he really cares about is Jin Shang and Ji Ling's attitude.

Jin Shang is the head of the hundred officials of the Zhong Dynasty, his attitude determines the attitude of most of the civil officials of the Zhong Dynasty, and Ji Ling's attitude determines the attitude of the big and small military leaders.

At least for now.

Jin Shang and Ji Ling are both loyal people, they are indeed loyal to Yuan Shu, but this does not mean that they will unconditionally support Yuan No, if Yuan Que can't show enough excellent qualities and can't get the approval of the two in concept, it is not impossible for Jin Shang and Ji Ling to abandon Yuan Que and vote for him.

Yuan No's move to get rid of the emperor obviously scratched the itch of Jin Shang and Ji Ling, looking at the excited and generous looks of the two, Yuan Wei knew that he made the right move, and it is still unknown what will happen in the future, but at least for now, he has initially won the approval of Jin Shang and Ji Ling.

At the moment, Yuan did not ask Jin Shangan to send an envoy to Cao Ying to inform the imperial court of the news, although he knew that Cao Cao, who was in fact in charge of the government, could not pardon Yuan, but Yuan did not have to make a gesture, because by doing so, at least to a certain extent, the reputation of the Yuan family in Runan could be restored.

This was not to seek forgiveness from the imperial court or Cao Cao, but only to eliminate the influence.

After finishing it, Yuan Wei said again: "There is one more thing, the title of the prince is still the same as Gongzi." ”

Jin Shang was surprised: "Lord, why is this? ”

Ji Ling, Yang Hong, Yan Xiang and other ministers are also confused, Yuan Wei is still in the palace when he called Gongzi is nothing, but now that he has inherited Yuan Shu's official title and title, naturally he can no longer be called Gongzi, which is contrary to etiquette, the ancients were very important to etiquette.

Yuan Fu also had his worries.

Yuan Wei is mainly worried that his subordinates are used to calling him the lord, and when he comes to Hebei in the future, when he arrives under Yuan Shao's account, these old people still call him the lord, if this reaches Yuan Shao's ears, it will inevitably leave Yuan Shao with the impression that he wants to find an opportunity to stand on his own, which is very bad.

But of course, this cannot be said explicitly.

So Yuan Fu found a high-sounding reason and said: "After all, the imperial court has not recognized a certain official title and title, and when the imperial court has a will, it is not too late for you to change your words." ”

Such a reason made Jin Shang, Ji Ling and others have nothing to say.

At that moment, Jin Shang changed his words and said: "In this way, the ministers are still commensurate with their sons." ”

Yuan Fu nodded, and said: "Now, what I am most worried about is the chasing soldiers......

Before Yuan Wei finished speaking, there were remnants of soldiers rushing into the tent, and seeing that it was Yuan No instead of Yuan Shu who was kneeling and sitting in the chief, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he still reported honestly: "Son, Xia Cai has been lost, General Qiao Rui died in battle, and two thousand defenders surrendered either to death!" ”

"Ah, Xia Cai lost so quickly?"

"It's too bad now, what can Sun Ce do if he catches up?"

"Don't panic first, the Jiangdong Army is at least three days away from us!"

The civil servants and military generals under the account exploded when they heard the words, and there were those who were at a loss, those who were worried, and of course, there were many people who were calm and composed.

Yuan Wei is also a little busy in his heart, he has just taken the position now, and he has not had time to integrate the old department of Yuan Shu, not to mention anything else, the two thousand feathers Lin Wei, who has the strongest combat effectiveness, is still in the hands of Huang Yi, if Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army catches up at this time, then the situation will be really troublesome.

At that moment, Yuan asked the remnant soldier: "When did this happen?" ”

The remnant soldier replied, "Hui Gongzi, this is yesterday morning. ”

"Yesterday morning?" Yuan Wei suddenly secretly complained when he heard this, which means that at this time, it has been a day and a night since the Jiangdong army broke through Xia Cai, and in one day and night, if the Jiangdong army leaves its baggage and marches quickly, it can at least travel more than fifty miles, in other words, Sun Ce's army is less than a day's journey away from Longkang County!

I thought it was three days away, but I never thought that there was only one day left!

Jin Shang came out and said, "Childe, it seems that we have to leave Long Kang immediately." ”

Yuan Wei thought about it for a while, and said to everyone: "Zhugong, please go back and prepare first, and Jin Gong and General Ji Ling will stay." ”

When all the civil and military officers said goodbye and left, only Yuan Fu, Jin Shang and Ji Ling were left in the tent.

Yuan asked Ji Ling bluntly: "General Ji Ling, if you pull out the camp and leave Longkang now, can you ensure that the army will not mutini during the march?" ”

"This ......," Ji Ling said, "there is no guarantee in the end." ”

In general, Ji Ling has been following Yuan Shu longer than Zhang Xun, and his seniority in the Yuan army is also older than Zhang Xun, but Ji Ling and Zhang Xun are not the only ones in the Yuan army.

In addition to the two major mountains of Zhang Xun and Ji Ling, there are two army leaders whose forces are not weaker than them, these two army leaders are the hussar general Lu Mian and the chariot cavalry general Qiao Rui.

In addition to the four major army leaders of Zhang Xun, Ji Ling, Lu Mian, and Qiao Rui, there are eight small army leaders below.

These eight small army leaders are Liang Gang, Li Feng, Le Zhuo, Chen Ji, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Yang Feng and Han Xian.

Now Qiao Rui has been killed in battle, the people and horses of the department are also dead, the mountain belonging to Qiao Rui has collapsed, Yang Feng and Han Xian have defected to Lu Bu a few months ago, Liang Gang, Li Feng, Le Zhi, and Chen Ji have stayed in Shouchun under Yuan Shujun's order, so after Zhang Xun was imprisoned, there were still two big army leaders in the Yuan army, Ji Ling and Lu Mian, as well as Lei Bo and Chen Lan, two small army leaders.

Ji Ling can restrain the military horses of his headquarters, but he can't restrain the soldiers and horses under the command of Lu Mian, Lei Bo and Chen Lan.

"Then you can't move lightly." Yuan said, "Before the unstable factors are eliminated, the army must not be moved lightly!" ”

Jin Shangdao: "The problem is that Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army is coming soon, if you don't leave now, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave." ”

Yuan said: "The lesser of two evils, Sun Ce's Jiangdong Army will chase Long Kang, and only a small number of elite soldiers will come, as long as the unstable factors are eliminated, our army may not have the strength to fight, not to mention that even if it can't win, it can still calmly break through and advance, but if it doesn't clear the unstable factors, there is a risk of collapse." ”

Jin Shangdao: "Also, Chao Wrong Zeng Yun: If you want to settle down, you must first settle down, and the old minister has nothing to consider!" ”

Yuan Wei asked Ji Ling again: "General Ji Ling, when will Yu Linwei be able to return to Long Kang?" ”

Yu Linwei originally belonged to Yuan Shu's pro-army, and the relationship with Yuan Shu's major military leaders was relatively shallow, after experiencing the Watergate counterattack and the Battle of Xia Cai, Yu Linwei's identification with Yuan No had reached a certain height, so this force Yuan No must be in his own hands no matter what.

If there is a mutiny in the process of eliminating dissidents, Yuan will still point to Yu Linwei to suppress it.

Ji Ling said: "Yu Linwei didn't go far, last night the general had already sent an urgent letter to Huang Yi in the name of Zhang Xun, if nothing else, Yu Linwei will return soon." ”

Yuan said: "Okay, as soon as Yu Linwei comes back, we will start to clean up the cause of instability." ”

Jin Shangdao: "The question now is, who else is likely to be a destabilizing factor? ”

Ji Ling said: "Childe, last night, the general had already controlled a group of generals who were close to Zhang Xun, but among the remaining generals and even generals, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no cronies of Zhang Xun and Feng, this needs to be carefully screened, we can neither let go of Zhang Xun and Feng's people, but we can't affect the innocent." ”

Although Jin Shang and Ji Ling didn't say it explicitly, the spearhead was faintly pointed at Lu Mian, Lei Bo and Chen Lan.

Among them, the relationship between Lu Mian and Zhang Xun has always been bad, and it stands to reason that he will not raise troops because of Zhang Xun, but the problem is that Lu Mian has a very personal relationship with Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong, Lu Mian is loyal to Yuan Shu, and when Yuan Shu is still alive, Lu Mian will never betray the Zhong Dynasty, but now that Yuan Shu is dead, it is difficult to say whether Lu Mian will continue to be loyal to Yuan.

Especially when this time the merit was robbed by Jin Shang and Ji Ling, Lu Mian will inevitably be disappointed in his heart.

As for Lei Bo and Chen Lan, they are usually very close to Zhang Xun, but now Zhang Xun is coldly imprisoned, and the two of them will not take risks in order to protect themselves.

Yuan said: "The meaning of Jin Gong and General Ji has already been understood, but before Yu Linwei returned to Longkang, we did not have an absolute advantage, so let's be patient and wait for it." After speaking, Yuan Wei sighed again, "Our men and horses are already very small, and we can't afford to lose more." ”

Jin Shang and Ji Ling were silent when they heard this.