(2 chapters)

"Did you hear that? Lu Longjiedu made Liu Ji and Liu Xianggong also send people to the table! ”

The tea shop in Luoyang now has the flavor of Chang'an, and the latest news that a scholar has just said immediately attracted the attention of other scholars. As soon as the scholar sat down, an acquaintance at the adjacent table arched his hand and said:

"Brother Lu is really well-informed, and he is a child of the family. What's the matter, his boss can't sit still, is he going to cede the land and lose taxes or move his family into the court? ”

The scholar surnamed Lu couldn't hide a trace of pride between his eyebrows, but he still bowed his hand and said:

"Brother Zhao guessed wrong. Liu Xianggong did not want to cede land and lose taxes, nor did he want to move his family into the court, but to recommend talents for the imperial court. ”

"What, recommend talents?"

Another gentleman cried out, and when he saw that he had attracted the people's attention, he said:

"When did Liu Xianggong love him so much? All of us here are talents, so it's better to wait for the road to be completely calmed down, and also go to Youzhou to vote for Liu Xianggong. If we can get the recommendation of these big people, then our road will be smooth. ”

When he speaks, his eyes are full of stars. The scholar surnamed Lu glanced at the scholar with disdain, and said:

"Haven't you read Han Shilang's "Preface to Dong Shao Nan"? A dignified man, he actually wants to go through the door of the feudal town. Besides, do you know who Liu Xianggong recommended this time? ”

Seeing that everyone's attention was attracted, the scholar surnamed Lu said:

"Liu Xianggong recommended two people this time, one is surnamed Liu Mingkun, the deputy ambassador of the official residence Lu Longjiedu, and the second is surnamed Liu Mingzong, the official residence supervises the imperial history."

"Ahh

As soon as they heard that Liu Ji recommended these two people, the scholars were dumbfounded.

Soon after Luobei watched the army, Wang Chengyuan, the younger brother of Wang Chengzong, was sent to the table on behalf of Wang Chengzong, requesting that Dezhou and Dizhou be cut to serve the Son of Heaven, and asked the imperial court to appoint a number of subordinate officials of Hengzhou and Jizhou, as well as a number of county orders and Cao officials. For this generous gift, Li Yu of course smiled, as a peach in return, Li Yu also greatly praised Wang Chengzong, gave Wang Chengzong the name of Ma Baojian, a number of wine and beauties, and at the same time left Wang Chengyuan in the court as the head of the palace, and recruited Wang Chengzong's other younger brother Wang Chengdi into the court driving department.

It seems that the emperor is really kind to the Wang family, but everyone who understands knows that the emperor is taking the two brothers of the Wang family as hostages. The Wang family didn't mean to object at all, but instead breathed a sigh of relief, listened to the string song and knew the elegance, expressed gratitude, and swore an oath with dog blood and the like. Then, Wang Chengzong sent Wang Chengdi to escort his two sons to Luoyang to serve the emperor. Now the loyalty is in place. And Wei Bo also had the appointment of the children of the Tian family, but unlike Chengde, Tian Hongzheng's eldest brother Tian Rong was appointed as the assassin of Xiangzhou, while the eldest son Tian Bu was added to the title of supervising the imperial history and put back to Weizhou.

Of course, the punishment is not nothing, each side hit fifty boards, Tian Xing was demoted from the governor of the capital to the governor of the capital, and was fined for half a year, and the sins on Wang Chengzong's side were pushed to Wang Tingcuo, and Wang Tingcuo's soldiers and horses were exempted. Wang Chengzong was also ordered to guard the officials and think about it.

In contrast, the imperial court still favored Wei Bo. Everywhere Pei Du went, Wei Bo also felt it. But what moved Wei Bo especially up and down was the relocation of Heyang Town. After Pei Du comforted Wei Bo, the imperial court ordered the administrative office of Heyang to be moved from Hanoi to Hewai, which was equivalent to moving a sword pointed at Wei Bo's neck away, so Tian Hongzheng said to his subordinates:

"The imperial court has thousands of rewards, so it is better to let Heyang move to show more trust in us."

In return, Tian Hongzheng sent his eldest son Tian Bu to lead three thousand Wei Bo elites into the customs to prevent autumn. Even Li Yu didn't expect that a small move in the office could get the effect of retracting his heart, and he couldn't help but admire Li Jifu more and more. In fact, the most opposed to Wei Bo's return to the court was Li Jifu, his old man did not believe that a Tian Hongzheng could change his eyes even on the sickbed, and advocated that he should eliminate the evil and solve Wei Bo completely, but since the imperial court led by Li Yu accepted Wei Bo, Li Jifu turned to plan for the imperial court.

Li Jifu said:

"Since the imperial court wants to Huairou Weibo, why not do it more thoroughly in Huairou? has been rewarded with millions of millions, it is better to let Wu Chongyin move his ass. ”

Just like that, Wu Chongyin moved his buttocks, and Wei Bo moved his heart.

Autumn is coming, and Li Yu always feels that the autumn of the third year of Xingzhi is extremely sunny and a season of great harvest. Not long after Wang Chengzong sent his two sons to Luoyang, Zhang Maozhao, the envoy of the Yiwu Army, summoned the generals of the town and said:

"The Son of Heaven is sage, and the Quartet is subdued. Zhang from the ancestor for the Son of Heaven to guard the two states, has been more than 30 years, now Hebei will be determined, a certain does not want to be regarded as a minister of secession, determined to move the family into the court to serve the Son of Heaven, you are willing to follow me into the court, you can go with me. ”

The Yiwu soldiers naturally obeyed Zhang Maozhao's decision. Zhang Maozhao officially wrote a letter, asking for his family to join the court, and at the same time asking for officials for more than 30 people who were willing to enter the court with him.

After Zhang Maozhao, it was followed by Cheng Quan. However, in the end, the emperor was far away, and the soldiers of Henghai did not feel how terrible the imperial court was, and made noise around the Jiedu embassy, asking Cheng Quan to cancel the order to enter the court. The soldiers said:

"The imperial court did not let the Jiedu envoy enter the court, why did the Jiedu envoy stammer so much, and he wanted to cut off the ancestral inheritance?"

Cheng Quan couldn't communicate with these people, so he had to find the strong judge Lin Yun, who was as strong as he was when he accused Liu Pi, and pointed to the generals who took the lead in making trouble and scolded:

"Liu Pi sits on the natural danger of Jianmen, the rich land of Xichuan, and accompanies the whole family cleanly. Wu Shaocheng commanded 70,000 strong and good soldiers, and once the father and son abandoned their bodies at the same time. Li Shidao has the breadth of twelve states inside, and Wei Bo is strong outside, but the father and son were killed in the toilet. Which of these people is not more powerful than Shizhong, which of our Henghai is comparable to others? The waiter's request to enter the court is for my long-term consideration of Henghai, for the sake of your net worth and life, you don't know the painstaking work of the waiter, but shouting here, is it to trap the servant in disloyalty and injustice, and wait until the court army is pressed, do you have to turn against yourself and make meritorious service? If this is the case, Lin will play the Ming service and kill these ungrateful traitors who seek glory! ”

These words were extremely cruel, and the soldiers of Henghai no longer dared to stop Cheng Quan, so Cheng Quan officially wrote a letter requesting his family to join the court.

The four towns of Weibo, Chengde, Yiwu, and Henghai successively cut off the land, or sent hostages, or moved their families into the court, seeing the king flag fluttering in the land of Hebei, Liu Ji, who was far away in Youzhou, finally couldn't sit still. Youzhou General Tan Zhong advised Liu Jidao:

"Xianggong has always promised himself loyalty, but now he is not as good as Chengde Khitannu? The general trend of the world has become clear, and I also ask the prime minister to plan for his own family as soon as possible. The Son of Heaven Shengming, if he wants to come to Xianggong to guard the border for the court for decades, the Son of Heaven will keep it in mind and will not treat Xianggong and his family lightly. ”

Tan Zhong's words finally moved Liu Ji. Following Zhang Maozhao and Cheng Quan, Lu Longjiedu made Tongping Zhangshi Liu Ji to recommend talents for the imperial court, this talent is none other than his eldest son Liu Kun and second son Liu Zong, the table claims that these two sons, the eldest is loyal and keeping, familiar with military affairs, and fulfills his duties, and the younger is smart and wise, and dares to do anything. Liu Ji thought that these two people were ministers of the temple, so he didn't dare to hide his secrets, and in line with the principle of not avoiding relatives, he specially recommended these two talents to the Son of Heaven, and asked the Holy Son of Heaven to appoint Yunyun.

"Liu Ji, this old fox,"

Li Yu scolded with a smile,

"I'm actually bargaining with the court."

Although he scolded Liu Ji for being an old fox, Li Yu's face was full of smiles. Li Jiang said:

"Your Majesty, the ministers didn't expect Liu Ji to be so cunning. obviously wanted to send his son to the court as a hostage to show his loyalty, but he became a recommendation for talents and sought future blessings for his children and grandchildren. This Liu Ji is indeed not simple. ”

Li Yu nodded and said:

"So, ah, he has been able to guard Lu Long for so many years. He is sure that I want to save face, and the court wants face, so he comes to advance and retreat! Now that Liu Ji is bidding for the code, let's see how to pay it back! ”

Pei Yan said:

"Liu Ji's show of favor is a good thing, and Liu Ji is not like Tian Ji'an and Wang Chengzong, who has always been respectful to the court. The minister thought that Liu Ji was throwing stones to ask for directions. If the court responds properly, the next person who wants to move his family into the court will be Liu Ji. ”

Pei Yan means to treat these two boys of the old Liu family well. This is indeed the case, which is the same as Grandpa Mao and Grandpa Zhou's buying back a batch of fake national treasures from Li Zongren at a high price. However, Li Yu was silent and did not answer, obviously distressed about his official position, and did not want to cheapen the two boys of the old Liu family.

Lu Zhen said:

"I think so. But the minister thinks that the official can give, and he can give a lot of money, but he can't give it easily. ”

Old Lu Zhen, there is something in the words. However, Li Yu listened thoughtfully. Asked:

"Prime Minister Lu, please speak clearly."

Lu Zhen said:

"The minister thought that since Liu Ji showed goodwill, the court should continue to try to solve Youzhou as soon as possible, so as to turn around and go westward and restore Hehuang's hometown. But Liu Ji's move at this time, whether he saw the situation or was unintentional, the court couldn't give it to him easily, and he couldn't give it whatever he wanted. The so-called fame is taken immediately, and if his two sons want it, they should take it by merit! ”

Li Yu smiled:

"Yes, I can let them try a certain official, but if you want to remove the test words, it depends on their ability!"

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled.