As soon as Wang Yun died, the strength of Chang'an City was immediately in a situation where the dragons were leaderless, and Xu Ji took this opportunity to incorporate the army of Chang'an City in the name of Liu Xie. Only when the army is in their own hands can they talk about real control of Chang'an.

Although many ministers in Chang'an City have a lot of dissatisfaction, they dare not speak out at all, it is not a matter of Xu Ji's force pressure, but Xu Ji has Liu Xie's killing weapon in his hands, or the reason why Liu Xie is now completely on Xu Ji's side. Originally, they thought that Liu Xie was kidnapped by Xu Ji, and killing Wang Yun was also forced by Xu Ji, but now it is Liu Xie who takes the initiative to kill Wang Yun, and Xu Ji now seems to be Liu Xie's henchman.

So now it is completely unnecessary to fight against Xu Ji, and if you are not careful, you may even cause yourself to be killed.

What if Liu Xie is a faint gentleman? That doesn't seem to make sense, this Liu Xie has always been under the control of the ministers, and killing Wang Yun is just the first order Liu Xie gave at will, and the evidence is sufficient, who can say that Liu Xie was wrong to do this? Therefore, it is not to mention "direct advice" or "dead advice".

Therefore, the only way to accept what Xu Ji did was to silently accept what Xu Ji did, at least at this stage, whoever opposed Xu Ji was tantamount to opposing Liu Xie.

Therefore, Xu Ji's work of incorporating the Chang'an army was extremely smooth, and in addition to the fact that he had Guo Huai, Wang Ling, and Wang Chen, the three local snakes who were familiar with the defense of the Chang'an army, how could it be smooth sailing and get twice the result with half the effort?

Shi A, the first swordsman of the Han Dynasty, naturally followed Liu Xie back to the palace.

Seeing Guo Huai leading Wang Ling and Wang Chen to arrange everything in an orderly manner, Xu Ji was relieved.

During this period, the residents of Chang'an City did not have much mood swings or excitement because Wang Yun died and the emperor returned to the palace. Born in troubled times, they are used to all kinds of bizarre things. They have learned to see with their eyes. Be skeptical about everything in front of you. Any so-called hope became very ridiculous in their eyes, so the atmosphere in Chang'an City was very cold. However, the officials of Chang'an City were busy. Xu Ji's sudden killing and Liu Xie's execution of Wang Yun by thunderous means brought a lot of shock to these politicians.

They are all thinking about where their political lives will go from here.

Forthwith. Liu Xie summoned the ministers of Chang'an City above the court. When the retainers arrived. The army of Chang'an City had all fallen into the hands of Xu Ji. Although there was occasional resistance during the incorporation, under the "persuasion" of Wang Ling, Wang Chen and Guo Huai, this resistance was quickly shattered. At least on the surface, the confrontation stopped, after all, it was now the emperor who was "in power", and Wang Yun was dead, and his reputation was ruined. Resistance is tantamount to a traitor's act.

Of course, Liu Xie understood his position, and gave Li the order of Xu Ji to take charge of Youzhou, and the state and Qingzhou. Xuzhou, Chongzhou, Yizhou six state affairs, and named the post of the Great Sima. At the same time, he ordered Xu Ji to specialize in the expedition to solve the troubles on the border of Youzhou and the war in the north of Yangzhou, Yuzhou.

There is, of course, a series of other personnel transfers and ministerial appointments. This, of course, included the appointment of a number of subordinate officers of the defenders of Chang'an City, who, of course, were only nominally under the command and transfer of Xu Ji.

This is an order. Xu Ji's nominal power immediately surged, which is equivalent to saying that Xu Ji is a soil emperor within the six states, not to mention anything else, at least he can change the history of the six states at will.

What's more, this position of Da Sima immediately made Xu Ji the military governor with the greatest power and the highest status in the Han Dynasty, and he could mobilize the world's soldiers and horses. Now the world is in chaos. Liu Xie also ordered Xu Ji to specialize in conquest, which is equivalent to putting the sword of killing people at will into Xu Ji's hands, and it can be said that Liu Xie's gift to Xu Ji has reached the extreme.

However, Xu Ji was not very happy, and he found out again. I must not relax my vigilance against Liu Xie. Especially after Liu Xie gave himself such a great favor in front of so many courtiers. These days, Xu Ji only cared about dealing with Wang Yunhe and solving the problem of control of Chang'an. He had already left this Liu Xie behind, and he really didn't expect Liu Xie to put himself together at this time. Although you can resolve it yourself. But it will take a while, and now I can only bear it. Let Liu Xie be proud for a while.

Amid the congratulations and envy of everyone in the court, Xu Ji helplessly knelt down and thanked the other ministers who had been appointed.

Not to mention that Liu Xie's appointment of other people has the intention of winning people's hearts. said that Liu Xie's reward for his unworthy name made Xu Ji dissatisfied and wary of Liu Xie.

Indeed, on the surface, I have received a great favor, but if you think about it, what is it?

"In charge of the affairs of the six states", didn't he take charge of the affairs of the six states before this? Which of the officials of these six states is not included in their own allocation?

There is also the position of the big sikong, which is even more chicken, and the so-called "being in charge of the world's soldiers and horses" is simply a joke. In the chaos of war, what he can control is his own troops, plus the army of Chang'an that has just been subdued, how can he be in charge of the soldiers and horses in the world?

The looseness of centralized power is a problem that has existed since the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it can be said that the Eastern Han Dynasty has never had a real sense of complete control over the world's soldiers and horses since its establishment, let alone now? Can he mobilize Cao Cao or Sun Ce's soldiers and horses?

If I could, the world wouldn't be in chaos. There is also that specialized in conquest, which is even more vague, as far as it seems now, Yuan Shao and the Chang'an region need to be pacified, but Liu Xie did not say who will control these areas after eliminating these forces. What about Xu Ji? Or do you send someone else to serve as the assassin of the state and county or the Taishou?

It is true that as a courtier of the Han Dynasty, Xu Ji's power is actually above 10,000 people under one person, which is really glorious to the extreme, but as a person who wants to change the dynasty, Liu Xie's so-called gifts not only have little effect on Xu Ji, but are also a kind of weakening in disguise. As you can imagine. Liu Xie's reward for Xu Ji today will soon spread all over the north and south of the river and on both sides of the Yellow River, who doesn't know that Liu Xie doesn't regard Xu Ji as a minister of the humerus? In people's habitual thinking, it is natural to think that Xu Ji is the representative of the loyal ministers of the Han court, and confirming Liu Xie's status is jointly advocated by Xu Ji and the deceased Liu Yu. It can be said that a large part of Xu Ji's prestige comes from this. If Xu Ji is a little disrespectful to Liu Xie in the future. Then the public opinion of the world will point the finger at themselves. It's really uncomfortable. Not to mention the idea that he wants to change the dynasty. It was even more rebellious to let others know, and it was only then that Xu Ji really realized Cao Cao's hard work at that time.

Ay. To put it bluntly, power and ambition are still at work. Liu Xie's current behavior is basically his own army. Leave everything else at that. Let's just say that the battle of Yuzhou against Yuan Shao is about to end, and after he conquers Yuzhou, if Liu Xie sends another person to make the history of Yuzhou, can he say that he can't do it? I'm afraid that as soon as I object, some people will jump out and say that they are spoiled and spoiled, and they will commit the following crimes, which is a big rebellion.

Frankly speaking, Xu Ji himself doesn't care much about the position of the emperor, if Liu Xie is a generation of Ming Jun, it doesn't matter, after all, the emperor wants to do a good job. It's the hardest job in the world. But the problem is that Liu Xie is simply unable to solve the problem of the big family holding power. Changing the dynasty by oneself is not the end of the ideal, but precisely the beginning of the ideal of cutting off the root cause of the division of China in this era. Therefore, Liu Xie's stumbling block must be removed. Even if others say that they are usurpers, they will not hesitate to do so.

But thinking about it, Xu Ji had to admit that Liu Xie was really born to engage in politics, and he was very good at taking advantage of the situation to attack the enemy. This kid was shocked and saw through his determination to kill Wang Yun. It is also seen that in Chang'an, he has no political or military advantages, and only with the help of the name of the emperor can he gain a firm foothold, so he dares to exert his monarchy there and wantonly assert his monarchy. Avoid completely falling into the fate of Xu Ji's tool.

In fact, Liu Xie did just that, at least for now.

At the same time that Liu Xie took over the responsibility for killing Wang Yundi and avoided others from saying that Xu Ji killed the ministers at will, Liu Xie successfully gave the ministers in the court an illusion: Xu Ji was just his confidant. Xu Ji's killing of Wang Yun really seemed to be just acting on orders. In this way, it seems that the person who quelled the rebellion in Chang'an was not Xu Ji, but he Liu Xie. made Liu Xie's prestige climb to the extreme in the hearts of the ministers of Chang'an for a while. This can be seen by looking at the eyes of the ministers standing in the court at this moment.

It is conceivable that at this stage. There will be a situation in Chang'an where everyone is scolding Liu Xie, because Liu Xie has his own knife in his hand. You can kill people at will. And this situation is in the hands of Liu Xie, who will wantonly win people's hearts and expand his own power. As long as there is enough time, Liu Xie can even completely control the other forces in the court, and then find a reason to kick himself away. To end the tragic fate of oneself that can only be used as a political tool . As long as he really grasps the power and does a few outstanding things, he Liu Xie is the master of Zhongxing. At least the princes of the world did not dare to confront him in name. At that time, whoever wants to control Liu Xie will be a fool's dream at all.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: I didn't expect that he was going to use Liu Xie, but now he was used by Liu Xie in turn, it seems that he is really not the material for politics, thinking of this, Xu Ji made up his mind to transfer Xun Yu from Yanzhou, and only Xun Yu, a political veteran, can deal with Liu Xie, a treacherous and cunning person. As for this stage, Xu Ji can only silently accept all the arrangements of Liu Xie, as long as he is slightly dissatisfied, he will be used by people with intentions immediately, and they will join forces with Liu Xie to squeeze out themselves. And the other party is in Chang'an City, and they do have this strength.

Xu Ji is very clear. Although it is said that the left and right want to turn their faces with Liu Xie, now is definitely not the time to turn their faces.

This conclusion can be drawn by comparing it with Cao Cao who greeted Liu Xie in history. Although Cao Cao did not have many soldiers and horses in his hands at that time, it was indeed the only army that Emperor Khan Xian could rely on, and the troops of other small princes had been divided and disintegrated by Cao Cao or expelled, such as Yang Feng and others.

At that time, Cao Cao was a monopoly on power, so he forcibly moved the capital to Xuchang, and even turned all his henchmen into big members of the court, and gradually grasped the power.

But looking at myself now, I obviously don't have that qualification. Not to mention that he doesn't have a civil servant around him now, he can't install cronies in the court. At least he doesn't really control Chang'an yet.

On the surface, he now has military power, and nominally the Chang'an army is under his own control. But in the end, it is not his own descendant army. Taking the various and large officers of the Chang'an garrison newly appointed by Liu Xie, Xu Ji, an outsider, can be said to know almost nothing. Look at Liu Xie's unthinking appearance when he is calling their names. It can be known that these people are the result of Liu Xie's thinking for a long time. Once something happens, it is Liu Xie who can really command them.

Chang'an's forces are intricate. In addition, there are many large and small cities in Chang'an, and each city has garrisons. Now these garrisons have not been subdued. Who knows which minister these armies will obey as soon as Wang Yun dies? The slightest mistake can lead to a mutiny. The worst thing is that the garrison of Chang'an City is also involved, and if you come to cooperate with the outside world, then you really have no foothold in Chang'an.

Now, after Liu Xie's deliberate wooing, everyone flatters Liu Xie, and there must be many people who want to take their place as the "confidant of Liu Xie", as long as they can't handle the relationship with Liu Xie. Somebody will come forward and do it. However, Xu Ji is not powerless, and this situation is only temporary. In the final analysis, there is power in the barrel of a gun, and now Liu Xie is so fearless because he sees through his strength in Chang'an.

The purpose of coming to Chang'an is to control Chang'an, but now it's good, but Liu Xie took the opportunity of wantonly sealing the official position to make his ability to control Chang'an above himself.

That's all. Xu Ji found that his governance could only be inferior to Cao Cao, at least Cao Cao would not do this kind of thing of making wedding clothes for others.

But Liu Xie is still too tender, and he probably doesn't know that he still has a back hand.

It won't be long before Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu's army can return to Chang'an, and once Wang Chen and Wang Ling persuade the defenders of Tongguan and Qingnikou to surrender. Yu Ban's army and Li Yan's army can drive straight into Chang'an and come straight to Chang'an.

At that time, there will be no less than 100,000 troops in the Chang'an area. Who dares to act without looking at their own face? Even if Liu Xie could use the war in Hanzhong as an excuse to prevent Zhang Xiu's army from returning to Chang'an? It is enough to have the army of Yu Ban and the army of Li Yan.

But now I have to watch Liu Xie arrogant in front of him.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart. For the first time, I realized that I was a little negligent in my trip to Chang'an. Indeed, as soon as his army arrives, he will immediately tilt his power towards the government and the opposition. But he has lost one game now. Seeing that the important official positions in the court were honestly and unceremoniously assigned to others by Liu Xie, Xu Ji could only resent that he had forgotten to bring civil officials into Chang'an.

After the end of the pilgrimage. Xu Ji was in a bad mood, and those who wanted to tie themselves up. The ministers who congratulated them hurriedly said hello and returned to their temporary residence, which was Yang Biao's mansion.

After a short time, Shi A, Guo Huai, Wang Ling, and Wang Chen arrived. As soon as Shi Acai came in, he wanted Xu Ji to congratulate loudly, and Xu Ji accepted Shi A's heart with a wry smile.

Guo Huai didn't understand why Xu Ji showed such an expression, and asked out loud in surprise.

Shi Ah only then noticed that something was wrong with Xu Ji.

Xu Ji told Liu Xie about his reward. Shi Ah didn't react, but Guo Huai, Wang Ling, and Wang Chen immediately saw that something was wrong.

Obviously, these three people have a much stronger ability to interpret politics than Shi A.

After Wang Ling and Wang Chen heard this, their faces were worried, and they bowed their heads and said nothing.

Guo Huai was full of confidence in Xu Ji, and after his face changed, he acted as if nothing happened, he knew that Xu Ji would definitely have a solution. Xu Ji glanced at Wang Ling and Wang Chen, knowing that these two people were now frightened birds, and their fate was even linked to themselves, if he Xu Ji could not stand in Chang'an, the political prestige of the Wang family would be completely over.

In order to strengthen the determination of these two people and let the two of them do things carefully for themselves, Xu Ji revealed his plans a little.

When Wang Chen and Wang Ling learned that as long as Tongguan and Qingnikou were taken, Xu Ji had another army to sneak into Chang'an, they were immediately overjoyed and immediately asked for orders to go to the two passes. Xu Ji was of course very happy to see the two of them taking the initiative, so he asked the two of them to go to the two passes, meet Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu, and quickly let the forbidden army and Li Yan's army enter the pass.

The two took the order and left.

Shi Ah listened inexplicably on the sidelines, and didn't understand why Xu Ji was worried.

After the two left, Xu Ji patiently explained to him. Shi Ah opened his jaw and then understood what was going on. He didn't expect Liu Xie to have such an ulterior motive under this dazzling reward. For a while, his eyes flashed, obviously he was very dissatisfied with Liu Xie, and in the end, he could only sigh and stop speaking.

Xu Ji patted him on the shoulder in understanding, knowing that Shi Anna and Liu Xie had no choice.

However, Xu Ji knew that the struggle in Chang'an was now in the ascendant.

Not only on the battlefield outside Chang'an City, but also in the court inside Chang'an City. He is now on the cusp of the storm, and if he is not careful, he will be completely disappointed, and this means that the westward expansion plan formulated by Jia Xu with Chang'an as the core has also been completely stranded, which is something that Xu Ji is absolutely unwilling to see and accept.

Xu Ji knows better than anyone how turbulent the current situation is, Liu Xie's actions made Xu Ji have to press his anxious heart and choose to wait for the opportunity, as long as Yu Ban and Li Yan's army arrive, it will be the day of his turnover! (To be continued......)