When Yuan Tan was tossing in Bingzhou, Lu Bu had already settled down in Chang'an City. He still lived in the original former general's mansion, and the Chang'an City Governor Huangfu Jianshou who followed him did the same and lived in the original mansion of Huangfu Song when he was in Chang'an.

Lu Bu knew in his heart that it was Huangfu Jianshou who deliberately let the emperor go when he crossed the river, but he didn't resent Huangfu Jianshou very much, because through his feelings in Hedong in the past two years, Lu Bu understood a simple truth, that is, the trick of holding the Son of Heaven hostage to make the princes not something he could afford to play. As long as the Han Dynasty fails to eliminate the warlords for a day, the emperor is just an ornament, and the only person who can really say anything is Liu He, the lord of the 200,000 army, and the rest of the people, even if they are as strong as Cao Cao, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, are just a corner of the country and can only protect themselves.

Since the game of coercing the Son of Heaven is not something that Lu Bu can afford, then as an ally who has fought side by side, Huangfu Jianshou is not Lu Bu's enemy, so Lu Bu can't turn his face against him.

Huangfu Jianshou was the official governor of Chang'an City appointed by the imperial court, and was nominally responsible for the military and political affairs of the Chang'an region. Lü Bu's former general title had been stripped by the imperial court the year before last, and this time, in order to appease him, the imperial court re-crowned him as the general of Zhengxi, and the task was to defend the safety of Qinzhou. Qinzhou's administrative office is located in Shangjun Gaonu, that is, Yan'an in later generations, and Shangjun is still within Yuan Tan's sphere of influence, and Qinzhou Mu Zhu Hao stayed in Luoyang to guard filial piety for the late Wei general Zhu Jun, and will not go to his post for the time being.

When Lü Bu went to Chang'an, the group of ministers he brought to Hedong brought back to Chang'an, and then, despite the opposition of these people, stationed guards at the door of each house, in the name of protecting the safety of these ministers. They originally expected that the Son of Heaven would send someone to take them back to Luoyang after returning to Luoyang, but except for Ma Riyan and several other older ministers who were redeemed by the imperial court one after another, the rest of them all stayed in Luoyang. That's more than two years.

The only person who has the ability to rescue these ministers is Liu He, but Liu He doesn't want these guys to return to Luoyang to make trouble for his father, so Liu He and Lu Bu have a tacit understanding of playing a bitter meat scene.

Liu He sent people to Hedong every once in a while to ask for people for the imperial court, and then Lu Bu complained loudly to the people sent by Liu He, asking for money and food, and soldiers and horses, of course Liu He would not pay out of his own pocket to block his father, so he kicked the ball to Luoyang. You see, I did everything I had to do, but Lu Bu, this lion, opened his mouth widely. The money and grain in my hand have been used to relieve the hungry, and whoever of you has money, food, soldiers and horses, go to Hedong to exchange people with Lu Bu and come back, anyway, I don't have the ability......

Liu He did not contribute, and these ministers could only continue to stay in Hedong and accompany Lu Bu to sit on wax. This time, Lu Bu had the opportunity to return to Chang'an, and he did not forget to bring them with him, and it seemed that he was still ready to use this as a bargaining chip in exchange in the future. Chang'an is not clearly defined as accompanying the capital now, and the ministers staying in Chang'an are not insulting to them. Those huge palaces are still there, and everyone can still go inside to chat or something when they have time, but there is only one less clay sculpture of the emperor to listen to their rambling.

Li Wei of Longxi heard that Lu Bu and Huangfu Jianshou had returned to Chang'an, but not only did he not send troops to Chang'an to get another vote. Instead, he sent an envoy to Chang'an to congratulate him, and made it clear that he hoped that the two sides would become neighbors in peace in the future. It seems that Li Dao is now also being cleaned up by Liu He, and he knows that Lu Bu's return to Chang'an is completely due to Liu He's acquiescence, so he doesn't dare to have any illusions about Guanzhong anymore. Li Dao's goal now is clear. That is to govern Longzhou well, and at the same time keep knocking Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou, and wait until Liu He enters Luoyang. can give his Li clan a good end.

Li Wei once thought about plotting the world, although the cruel reality shattered the ambition he hid in his heart, his vision still reached a certain height. He can see clearly now than many people in the world, the reason why Liu He slowly stayed in Hebei and did not go south is not that he does not have the ambition and strength to dominate the world, but that his approach is better than everyone else, Liu He has been playing the trick of watching the fire and driving the tiger and the wolf from the other side all these years, Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Du, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Tian Kai, Kong Rong, including Li Dao himself, everyone is just clearing the way for Liu He.

Since it is a matter of time before Liu He controls the world, Li Dao has completely broken off his ambitions that cannot be bred, and now he is also the state pastor who holds military and political power in Longzhou, if he is no longer satisfied, he will take advantage of Lu Bu's unstable foothold in Chang'an to sneak attack, maybe he can solve Lu Bu, but the good impression that he finally reversed in Liu He's mind will be gone. Even if Li Dao now sends troops to drive Lu Bu and Huangfu Jianshou away, how many years can he stay in Chang'an? As long as Liu He solves Yuan Tan, who is entrenched in Bingzhou, at least 100,000 soldiers and horses can be mobilized to go south to Guanzhong, what will he use to resist? When Liu He really wants to make a move, he is afraid that taking off his hat as a Longzhou pastor is the lightest, and maybe in the future, there will be no place for his clan in the entire Guanzhong, Longzhou and Xiliang.

Li Dao's congratulations made Lu Bu's confidence a little stronger, and all he needed to guard against now was Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou, but Ma Teng and Han Sui were restrained by Li Dao and Guo Yan and others.

In order to ease the relationship with Huangfu Jianshou, Lu Bu found an opportunity to invite Huangfu Jianshou to the mansion for a banquet. At the banquet, Lu Bu made it clear that he would not interfere with Huangfu Jianshou's handling of Chang'an's political affairs in the future, and the implication was to tell Huangfu Jianshou that he hoped that he would not interfere in the military. Huangfu Jianshou also tactfully told Lu Bu that as long as Lu Bu did not fight the idea of the 2,000 people he brought to Chang'an, then he would not embarrass Lu Bu in terms of grain, grass and military salaries in the future.

The two quickly reached a consensus to work together to build a beautiful new Chang'an, and then jointly sent a request to the Luoyang court, hoping that the court could allocate a batch of money, food and materials for reconstruction to Chang'an, and distribute some of the displaced people gathered around Luoyang to Chang'an.

When Liu Yu received this official letter of request, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the idle chess trick that his son, who was far away in Yecheng, had reserved at random at the beginning, could still be useful now. Although there was almost no input in the imperial court's treasury, Liu Yu still pulled down an old face and sent a letter to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, asking Liu Biao to provide a batch of money and grain to Luoyang as soon as possible.

They are all descendants of the old Liu family, Liu Biao can not give other people's face, but Liu Yu's face must be given. After receiving Liu Yu's letter, he immediately asked people to raise 500,000 stone of grain and 1 million yuan, and then appointed his nephew Huo Jun to take on the task of escorting this batch of money and grain to Luoyang.

Seeing the rare support of the imperial court, Lu Bu was more excited and motivated, and he sent people to Yecheng to cry poverty to Liu He, hoping that Liu He would send a batch of Youzhou war horses to him, so that he could expand the number of cavalry and prepare for dealing with Li Dao and Ma Teng in the future.

Liu He saw that his father-in-law was so active, and he also sent Tian Feng and Yuan Xi to Yecheng as a meeting gift, and it was not easy to discourage his enterprising spirit, so with a stroke of his pen, he agreed to give 2,000 war horses raised by Lu Bu Baishan Horse Farm.

After sending off the envoy sent by Lu Bu, Liu He hurriedly sent someone to invite Tian Feng to his study.

"Mr. Yuan Hao, you have tormented me a lot over the years!" As soon as they met, Liu He said to Tian Feng with emotion.

Tian Feng smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly: "Childe is serious, Tian's slight tricks are not worth a bit, but there are many people around Childe, and every time he makes suggestions, he is a big deal, and Tian can't even barely parry." ”

"Hehe, why should Mr. Yuan Hao be humble. It's not that your wisdom and strategy are worse than others, it's not that your vision and insight are lower than others, the key is that Yuan Benchu took the wrong path from the beginning, so no matter who assists him, failure is inevitable. ”

Tian Feng nodded, agreeing with Liu He's assertion. "Gongzi is right, fortunately, Yuan Gong died before complete defeat, otherwise with the current situation, within three years, Yuan Gong would have to watch all the territory lose and all the soldiers be defeated and surrendered."

"Don't talk about these things, I invite Mr. Yuan Hao to talk today, I guess you can guess my thoughts, right?" Liu He no longer went around the bend and went straight in.

"The name of Corporal Gongzi Lixian is famous all over the world, if Tian says that he doesn't know, it is hypocrisy. It's just that Tian is tired of this kind of intriguing days, and has no intention of giving advice to others anymore, so he asked Gongzi to open up and allow me to return to my hometown to live in seclusion. ”

"I can completely understand Mr. Yuan Hao's feelings, but it is really a sin to let such a virtuous and virtuous wise man return to his hometown. Don't hide it from Mr. Yuan Hao, as early as a few years ago, I began to think about how to recruit you, and later after you were put in prison by Yuan Shao, I also sent someone to secretly sneak into the prison to keep an eye on your situation at any time. When I was in Youzhou, I strongly suggested that my father create an organization called the Supervision Bureau, whose main responsibility was to supervise state and county officials and military generals, and prevent them from corrupting the law, enriching their own pockets, and oppressing the people. Mr. Yuan Hao once served as the imperial historian, he is upright, and he is good at distinguishing right from wrong, and he is the best candidate to serve in the Supervision Office. ”

When Liu He said these words, his attitude was very sincere, and he did not mean to persecute at all.

Tian Feng learned that Liu He attached so much importance to himself, and would rather secretly send people to pay attention to him in secret, but never sent people to secretly buy and solicit, and his favorability towards Liu He suddenly increased a lot. According to Liu He, the task of the Supervision Office does not need to give advice every day, but to inspect and audit illegal officials in accordance with laws and regulations.

"Since the son is so important, Tian does not dare to refuse, but Tian has no experience in the affairs of the Supervision Bureau, and he needs to be brought by Li Wenwei for a while."

Liu He was overjoyed when he saw that Tian Feng agreed to serve, and said happily: "Please rest assured that Mr. Yuan Hao has detailed and complete rules and regulations, and there are a group of subordinate officials with outstanding ability and good character, with Mr. Yuan Hao's ability, he is enough to be competent!" (To be continued......)