In Luoyang South Palace, in the Deyang Palace, Liu Xie's banquet is still continuing

Zhang Song, the envoy of the Marquis of Chu, has been watching coldly since Lu Bu's provocation, he is not as sophisticated as Dong Zhao and Xun Yu's strategy, he can't judge their plans from the words and actions of others, so he can only watch quietly;

When Lu Bu and Dong Zhao kept belittling Liu Xie, he grasped the key - showing Liu Xie's incompetence!

He didn't refute, and he didn't attack Dong Zhao at all, just because, in his Zhang Song's opinion, his family master is also a member of the Han family, and the worse Liu Xie is, the more he can show his family's ability? !

However, all this needs to be grasped well, Dong Zhao's belittlement of Liu Xie has begun to touch the Liu family of the Han family, if the prestige of the Liu family is hit, then the prestige of his family lord will definitely be hit! thereupon

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng, oh, it's wrong, now it's time to call Wei Hou...!" Zhang Song stood up, walked into the middle of the hall, and opened his mouth with a harsh reprimand, "If Wei Hou is too busy, he can resign from his official position and go home to accompany his wife. ”

Cao Wei helped his father-in-law belittle Liu Xie, and at this time, it was natural for him to belittle Cao Cao.

Zhang Song's voice became more and more harsh, which made everyone in the hall frown, "If Wei Hou really feels that there are too many affairs under his rule and too tired, my lord is very willing to share some of the affairs for Wei Hou, I believe that everyone present is also very willing to serve the Han and Wei Hou!" …”

Zhang Song has a lot of complaints about Cao Cao, and naturally he will not let go of such a good opportunity, although this kind of mouth will not bother Cao Cao much, but it can definitely destroy Cao Cao's plan in Luoyang...

Zhang Song's words were like a series of cannonballs, so that Dong Zhao couldn't find the slightest opportunity to interject.

only listened to his words, and turned his head to look at Liu Xie. A strange smile appeared on his ugly face, and he admonished: "Your Majesty, my lord Chu Hou, as a member of the Han family, I am willing to obey Your Majesty's orders!" This time the commission is here in Luoyang, but His Majesty has an order. My Lord will help with all his might! …”

After Zhang Song finished speaking, he immediately bowed down again!

'Help Liu Xie with all your might?!' Zhang Song unceremoniously typed the IOU...

"Humph! Before Liu Xie praised Liu Xiu for a few words, he heard Dong Zhao's voice sound again, "Chu Hou really has no one under his command, and he actually sent such a person...!" ”

"My lord Cao Gong, who has served the Han Dynasty for generations, how can he be replaced by others?!"

"As far as I know, the Marquis of Chu is only in his early twenties, but he took Bashu, who is also a relative of the Han family, Liu Zhang, in the last year. even took his father Liu Biao's Jingzhou, I don't know if these two places can be governed by Chu Hou? ! ”

"Presumably Chu Hou is inexperienced, maybe my lord Cao Gong needs to share some affairs for Chu Hou instead...!"

"Oh, Lord Dong can really speak!" Zhang Song glanced at Liu Xie, who was still trembling slightly, and seemed to point out, "But since Cao Gong is still ambitious, don't say anything about [Cao Gong's time is precious]!" Zhang Song said with a disgusted expression, and then did not give Dong Zhao a chance. asked Liu Xiedao: "Your Majesty summoned the princes and envoys, presumably there must be something important to discuss." I wonder if I can tell us?! ”

Chen Gong is an understanding person, and he can see that Zhang Song is really helping, so

"What Lord Zhang said is very true, but Your Majesty has something important to discuss with you this time!" Chen Gong was concise and to the point, directly stated the purpose, and did not give Dong Zhao any chance to speak. "As we all know, Luoyang is the imperial capital of my Han Dynasty, and it has been a symbol of the prosperity of my Han Dynasty for hundreds of years!"

"However, more than ten years ago. After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the people of Luoyang were robbed, ten rooms and nine empty, very dilapidated, so, it was extremely unfavorable to the prosperity of our Han Dynasty, and Your Majesty often suffered from it..."

"Therefore, Your Majesty consulted with the ministers, hoping that the princes could help each other and rebuild Luoyang and the land of Sili! Make it a symbol of the prosperity of my Han Dynasty again! …”

As soon as Chen Gong's words came out, he immediately caused a burst of surprise in the hearts of the princes and envoys, "This is to forcibly recruit the princes to serve in the name of the emperor and strengthen their bodies?!" ’

But then, everyone laughed in their hearts, 'How can the princes listen to you?!' ’

"Of course," Chen Gong continued, "Your Majesty also knows that it is already hard for the princes to govern various places, and it is extremely difficult to add natural and man-made disasters..."

"Therefore, Your Majesty only hopes that the princes can send some people to be displaced people, as the people of Luoyang, and make some efforts to repair and repair the lands of Luoyang...!"

The people are the key to the prosperity of a dynasty, but also the source of soldiers, although today's Luoyang has recovered a lot after Cao Cao's governance in recent years, but it is still much worse than decades ago, not to mention, Liu Xie also plans to rely on this Luoyang, the place of the division, and compete with the princes

"This..."The princes and envoys were silent for a while, shaking their heads for a while, and Liu Bei and the others looked at Liu Xie and Chen Gong differently

The importance of the people is naturally very important to Cao Cao, Liu Xiu, Sun, and Liu Bei, not to mention, now that Liu Xie is in charge of righteousness, if he is giving him enough people's army, wouldn't it be an enemy? !

Especially for Liu Bei, the land of Guanzhong is not as good as other places in the Central Plains, how can it be possible to send displaced people to Luoyang?!

Chen Gong swept the expressions of the princes and envoys, still full of smiles, he and Xu Shu did not expect the princes to really send the exiles, "All the princes are difficult to come out, Your Majesty also knows it, not to mention that the prosperity of Luoyang cannot be completed in a moment..."

"Therefore, Your Majesty is just asking you to think about it, but..."

"The affairs of the people are more troublesome, but the affairs of taxation in various places are now stable in Luoyang, so I hope that you can resume the affairs of taxation in various places and hand them over to the treasury on time to ensure the stability of the imperial court!"

Chen Gong's words caused a shock again, "It turns out that this is the purpose!" ’

The princes and envoys have already refused once, if they have the courage to refuse this second item again, then they don't need to come to this Luoyang feast, but there are policies and countermeasures, how can this tax be rare for them...?!

Chen Gong saw that everyone hesitated, and there was a burst of amusement in his heart, although he made two requests in a row, but in fact, they didn't have much hope, he and Xu Shu calculated that the princes would not do it, but knew that they would at least do some superficial work;

And these superficial efforts are enough for them...!

"I wonder what you think?!" Chen Gong glanced at everyone and asked.

"What Lord Chen said is extremely true!" Zhang Song, as the person who asked Chen Gong, was naturally the first to come out and said: "It's just that the stakes are very high, and Song still needs to go back to Xiangyang to ask my lord before he can set a quantitative charter for this!" ”

"Exactly, exactly," Zhuge Jin, the envoy of the Sun family, also immediately got up and bowed to Liu Xie, they originally came to the alliance Liu Xie, although Liu Xie's performance was really disappointing, and he was not a qualified ally, but who called this ally extremely useful

"It's just that my Jiangdong is far away from Luoyang, and many of these issues still need to be discussed...!"

"Good! Chen Gong didn't wait for everyone to express their positions one by one, that is, he said: "In this case, please go back, discuss the detailed regulations, and submit them to the imperial court!" ”

Then, Chen Gong looked at Zhang Song and Zhuge Jin, and said, "Since the two of you have decided, I wonder if you can stay for a moment after the banquet and discuss it with Your Majesty?!" ”

When Zhang Song and Zhuge Jin saw Chen Gong's meaningful eyes, they immediately stopped the action that was about to be postponed, and said in unison: "We will obey the order!" (To be continued.) )