Two hours later, Liu Ye's convoy, escorted by 500 guards, came to the foot of Yuzi Mountain in the south of Zouping City.

Gongsun Pei, who had received the notice, was waiting in front of his newly built courtyard, and saw Liu Ye helping Zhao Qi, who had a disordered beard and wrinkled face, out of the carriage, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him as a student.

The moment Zhao Qi saw Gongsun Pei, he understood Liu Ye's good intentions.

Nowadays, in the Han world, only Gongsun Pei, who has endured many hardships and has insight into world affairs, can persuade and change his mind to Liu Cun, who is deeply disappointed in the courtiers of the court, and only Liu Cun, a powerful royal family member who always remembers the kindness of the first emperor, will miss the only bloodline left by the first emperor and rescue the young emperor and the Chinese martial arts of the dynasty from the sea of suffering.

Liu Cun rushed to Zouping at the foot of Yuzi Mountain it was dusk the next day, he did not rush to meet Zhao Qi and others, but first went to meet the old lady Gongsun who moved back to his homeland, and laughed with Gongsun Pei's two babbling children for a long time, and then followed Liu Ye, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, to the front hall and met with Zhao Qi and Ma Riyan.

Before Liu Cun could help the elderly Zhao Qi to sit down, Zhao Qi had already taken out the bright yellow and dark gold scroll from his arms, and while opening it, he shouted Liu Cun's order.

Liu Cun was annoyed by Zhang Qi's pedantic style, but he still had to kneel respectfully in front of everyone, prostrate on the ground, and shout to his subordinates to receive orders.

Zhao Qi was very satisfied with Liu Cun's respect, his feet did not tremble, his waist did not bend, he raised his head and looked radiant, and read the holy oracle in a low voice: "Liu Cun, the pastor of Jizhou, was appointed as the general of the chariot and cavalry, awarded the gold seal and purple ribbon, and allowed to open the mansion and set up a government." The same as the three princes. Chin this! ”

Liu Cun thanked him. He took the decree with both hands, looked at it and looked at it with emotion.

The status and power of the chariot and cavalry generals of this dynasty are second only to the non-permanent generals and hussar generals, and they are above the Wei generals and the front, rear, left and right generals.

Now it seems. For the sake of their lives and family interests, the courtiers began to be willing to share power with him, Liu Cun.

Liu Cun glanced at it quickly, and found that Gongsun Pei's expression was still the same, and the faces of Guoyuan, Liu Ye, and Guan Ning, who had just arrived, were full of joy, and they couldn't help but sigh at these strategists who were still loyal to the Han Dynasty, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and drank a big sip alone.

The wine is ordinary Langya mellow wine, and the food is the dish of Qingzhou's ordinary well-off family, but Zhao Qi and Ma Riyan eat with relish, as if they are enjoying the delicacies of the mountains and seas.

Wine until half-full. Liu Cun had already eaten and drunk enough, picked up a cup of tea and looked at Zhao Qi with a smile on his face: "Old man." In the past two years, you have scolded me the most...... I remember that in the late autumn of the year when the first emperor was alive, I went to the court for the first time, and as soon as the court meeting ended, you always asked me why the new policy in Qingzhou was unpopular? Remember? ”

The hall was stunned when he heard this, Zhao Qi laughed, and said to Liu Cun after laughing: "Although Qingzhou's new policy has blazed a trail and opened a precedent for changing the law in previous dynasties, it has made Qingzhou's industries prosperous and the people happy in just a few years, which is amazing and thought-provoking, but to this day, Lao Yu still does not approve of many provisions in Qingzhou's new policy......

"You are too harsh on the family, this is very bad, Wang Mang's defeat is a lesson from the past, do you really want to learn a lesson and change your course?"

Liu Cun said with a smile: "Now that Qingzhou is Ziyang in power, let Ziyang have a headache." ”

Zhao Qi's heart sank, he was deeply afraid that Liu Cun would shirk his responsibility, and he was unwilling to save the emperor and important ministers in the court, so he immediately asked anxiously: "Then what are you doing?" Do you want to compete with Yuan Benchu for Jizhou? ”

Liu Cun's face was full of regret: "I don't dare to tear my face with Yuan Benchu, otherwise the civil and military ministers who support the Yuan clan lord in the DPRK and China will definitely unite to deal with me......"

"I wanted to guard a Bohai County, but before I raised my legs, some people spread rumors everywhere, saying that I Liu Cun had ill intentions and wanted to establish myself as the king and annex the world.

"So, during this time, I've been wondering if I should simply give Yuan Benchu the false position of Jizhou pastor, so that he won't secretly calculate me all day long."

Everyone was taken aback, they had never seen Liu Cun speak so directly, and it seemed that Liu Cun was really angry with the Chinese military minister.

Ma Riyan, who is over fifty years old, was nervous: "Zijian, we know that we are sorry for you, but over the years, haven't our colleagues in the DPRK and China all obeyed the edict of the first emperor and have not interfered in the new policy of Qingzhou?" ”

"As you asked in the previous year, both Shengshang and Chao Chinese Wu have tacitly accepted Qingzhou as a trial area for the new policy, and have reached a consensus: they will not interfere in Qingzhou's government affairs for ten years."

"We often summarize and compare the successes of Qingzhou's new policies in private, and plan to implement the successes of Qingzhou to the world after the world is stable, so as to restore people's livelihood and restore national strength as soon as possible!"

"Zijian, many courtiers misunderstood you before, isn't it slowly changing now? If you have other ideas, you might as well say that as long as we can do it, we will do our best! ”

"Is that true?" Liu Cun asked very shamelessly.

Ma Riyan Huo Ran stood up: "It's true! I, Ma, dare to vouch for my personality! ”

Zhao Qi stood up slowly, staring at Liu Cun with expectation: "Zijian, although there are still differences between Lao Yu and you on the New Deal, Lao Yu admires your noble character, looking at what you Liu Zijian has done over the years, you know that you are not for yourself, your wife and children, you do have the court in your heart and care for the people!" ”

"Zijian, in front of so many people today, the old man wants to show his attitude, you are the pillar of the Sheji, the mainstay of my Han Dynasty, no matter what new policies you implement in the future, as long as you are still loyal to my Han Dynasty and loyal to the Holy Lord, I Zhao Qi and my Zhao clan will do their best to support you!"

Liu Cun hurriedly walked over, hugged Zhao Qi, who was trembling with excitement, and asked him to sit down with Ma Riyan beside him, and then sat down in front of the two of them, and asked solemnly through the low food table: "If I ask the two seniors and colleagues in the DPRK and China to persuade Yuan Benchu to give up Jizhou." I wonder if the two seniors are willing? ”

Zhao Qi and Ma Riyan listened. It's very difficult to look at each other.

Today's government is under the control of Li Dao and Guo Yan, the generals of the Xiliang Army. In fact, most of the edicts and the officials at all levels of the Han court and the appointment of the thirteen states were still firmly grasped by the important ministers in the court who seemed to be obscure.

The previous appointment of Liu Cun as Jizhou Mu was completely a balancing measure by the ministers of the DPRK and China to balance the interests of all parties after Han Fu's suicide, and it was a helpless move not to let Yuan Shao bear the name, plus Dong Zhuo was anxious to see Liu Cun and Yuan Shao fighting each other for Jizhou, and strongly recommended Liu Cun as Jizhou Mu, so the Chinese martial arts closed their eyes and unanimously passed.

Among them, there is also a plan that the civil and military officials know well but are unwilling to say, that is, to appoint Liu Cun as the nominal Jizhou pastor. can hand over Qingzhou, which has a prosperous industry and a large population, to Liu Ye, who is also a gentle and loyal to the emperor and easy to control.

Only need to wait patiently for a year and a half, the new Qingzhou Mu Liu Ye successfully took over all the rights in Qingzhou, Liu Cun, who has the title of Jizhou Mu but does not have any territory, will naturally be easy to fiddle with, and then seal him and the state pastor or Yongzhou Mu, far away from the rich Qingzhou, Jizhou Mu will naturally fall into the hands of Yuan Shao, who is supported by the important ministers of the court and the world's family lords.

Therefore, for Liu Cun's request, Zhao Qi and Ma Richan, who were guilty, were speechless, even if they agreed to Liu Cun. The courtiers who supported Yuan Shao in the DPRK and China would not agree either.

But Liu Cun's serious look in front of him is definitely not a joke. It's not that they are drunk and talking nonsense, Gongsun Pei, Guoyuan, Guan Ning and others see that the matter is very important, and they all keep silent with interest.

The hall was very quiet, and the guards and maids who stood around were so frightened that no one dared to move at this time, not even gasping for breath.

Liu Cun, who was angry in his heart, controlled his emotions well, he leaned back with his hands, and shook his head with both hands: "I know that I, the Jizhou pastor, was hastily appointed by the important ministers of the court and the central government to balance all parties, but in any case, this is a fact that was appointed and made public by the emperor's edict through the imperial ceremony......

"But now, Yuan Benchu, who came from the fourth and third dukes, still disregards the emperor's orders, despises the court, unscrupulously occupies most of Jizhou, repeatedly provokes wars, goes on expeditions, ignores the imperial court and the emperor's edicts, and does not have the slightest intention of saving the emperor and saving the imperial court from the sea of suffering, but has not received any criticism from the civil and military officials of the imperial court, don't you think it's incredible?"

Zhang Qi and Ma Richan were speechless, everyone on the side was depressed, Liu Cun didn't wait for others to speak, and continued to say lazily: "I'm also tired of the deceitful career of the world, just go home and pick up the children, usually have nothing to drink, plant two acres of land, make some ceramic utensils to pass the time, and then expand the backyard of the house, and also have a decent place to entertain his wife, maybe I take the time to go to Yizhou to relax, and see what my son Liu Zhen's Tamsui City has become like." ”

Liu Ye, who didn't know what was going on, walked towards Liu Cun excitedly: "Brother can't go, what if you leave it alone, what will happen to Jizhou, where the war is unbearable?" There is also the increasingly complicated situation in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, who dares to guarantee that Yuan Shu and Cao Cao will not fight? The other is Youzhou, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu are already on the same page, if you leave, who else in the world can control them? How will my Qingzhou New Deal be implemented in the world? ”

"Yes, my lord! This is too important to be decided in a hurry! ”

Guan Ning said his opinion loudly: "The subordinates know that the lord is depressed in his heart, but has the lord thought about it?" Once the lord ignores it, the pattern of the world will quickly erod, and the princes of various places will lose their restraint and will definitely divide one side, scrambling to establish themselves as kings, and my Han will fall apart. ”

Liu Cun waved his hand again and again: "What else can I do besides avoidance?" Would Yuan Benchu give up the occupation of Jizhou, which he had coveted for so long? Since Yuan Benchu was bound to win, and there were many civil and military ministers in the DPRK and China and powerful people from all over the country to support him, I couldn't tear my face and fight with him. ”

"Instead of doing this, it is better for me to give him the position of Jizhou pastor, so that Qingzhou can also gain peace and save him from driving thousands of displaced people into Qingzhou year after year."

Gongsun Pei secretly laughed at Liu Cun's splattering, but in front of Qincha, he had to protect the face and interests of the lord Liu Cun, so he stood up without hesitation, gave Liu Cun a deep salute, and added a fire as if he was: "The subordinates also feel powerless and are willing to follow the lord to retreat together." ”

Liu Cun smiled happily: "Okay! With a gentleman with me, I believe it won't be lonely, haha! (To be continued......)