Chapter 76 Minister of Foreign Affairs

Liu Yan volunteered to persuade Feng Jing to surrender, and after he expressed his position, several officials expressed their willingness to be lobbyists.

Liu Hou is still young, he has been engaged in technology development in the "Ministry of Industry" for a long time, and when he grows up, he has been fighting abroad all the year round, and he is not very familiar with the officialdom in Chengdu, but Guo Yu is different, he was originally an official of Shu State, and he knows these people well.

He knew that Liu Yan was usually a person who could speak well, and he was an excellent talent for being a lobbyist and engaging in diplomacy, and several other officials were inferior to him in terms of lip service, so he decisively named Liu Yan and asked him to be in charge of this persuasion.

However, just as he wanted to walk out of the tent with Liu Yan, he unexpectedly found that he couldn't go. Why? The reason is very simple, he was surrounded, and the blame was only for his quick speech just now, and he said such tempting conditions as "exoneration and official reinstatement".

Now he is surrounded by dozens of red-eyed officials, calling "Mr. Guo" on the left and "Mr. Guo" on the right, just not letting him out of the door.

Everyone's thoughts are obvious, just want him to give him more opportunities to atone for his sins, everyone, it's best that everyone is safe in the end, what position should be done and what position should be done back, then everyone will be happy.

Guo Youzhi naturally understands the thoughts of these guys, and the reason why he dared to make that promise is actually because he has the bottom in his heart. He had discussed with Liu Hou the question of where these officials would go.

The opinions of the two are relatively unanimous, that is, now that the talents of Shu are withering, it is difficult to find a few people who have read and know how to read and write to become officials, so it is impossible to kill these officials now, and they can only punish the first evil.

In addition to a few first evils, if other people do evil, of course, they must also be severely punished, and for those who just see the wind and steer the rudder, tend to the flames and follow the trend and have no actual evil deeds, as long as a small punishment is good, it is estimated that it will be a demotion and retention.

Of course, since the battle was not over and time was pressing, they did not have time to discuss these matters in detail, but they only set a general tone.

However, it was this tone that made Guo Youzhi have a bottom in his heart, since His Majesty will not severely punish these people, and will use these people to maintain the operation of the imperial court in the end, then, for those who have made meritorious deeds, there should be no pressure to reinstate them as officials. Based on his knowledge of His Majesty, he should not have any problem with such an arrangement.

However, the problem is that now there are more monks and less porridge, and there are only a few generals who have not surrendered, and there are so many officials who are like birds waiting to be fed and keep screaming, waiting for meritorious service to atone for their crimes, what should he do? How to distribute these opportunities for meritorious service?

In fact, the officials who are still here now also envy the officials who went out with the army to persuade them to surrender before, and they secretly hate themselves for being so stupid, even if they don't have friendship with those guards, can't they still persuade them with their own mouths? Why didn't you think of it before? It's still Liu Yan, who has a lively mind, and he deserves to be a famous man in Shu.

Guo Youzhi looked at the surging officials, and thought to himself, this is not a way, it will delay the business, so he raised his hands, made a downward motion, and said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet." ”

The crowd gradually fell silent, and everyone looked at the young official who could decide their life and death. The longing in his eyes almost drowned Guo Youzhi. Once upon a time, this 20-year-old official was just a younger generation in the officialdom of Chengdu, just because of his shit luck, he was favored by the emperor and selected to be the prince's housekeeper, and followed the prince to fight for a few years, and now he has become a celebrity in front of the emperor that everyone needs to knot.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty's benevolence is not inferior to that of the previous emperor, and he never hesitates to reward those who have merit. If you have the intention of making meritorious contributions, you should seize the opportunity as soon as possible. At present, in addition to Feng Jing, the guard of Xianyang Gate in Shaocheng, who has not surrendered, there are also Wu Yu, the general of Jinwuwei, who is stationed in the barracks, Niu Dan, the general of Yamen, and Miyagi, who are stationed at Jiangqiaomen.

If you are interested in making meritorious contributions, you can choose any of these places. However, because there are many people and few places, it is best for everyone to discuss the order first, and then persuade them one by one in order.

Okay, please get out of the way, let Guo and Lord Liu go out, if you set the order, just tell the guards outside the gate, they will take you directly to the corresponding place, you just need to go to the other camp to persuade you to surrender. ”

Guo Yu recruited the old man to push the cart, oh no, it should be to push the boat with the water to kick the ball back to these officials, since there are many monks and few porridges, it is difficult for them to decide who will go first and who will go later, so let them decide by themselves.

If you arrange this matter by yourself, you will still offend people in the end, and now let them decide by themselves, they will eat the dog themselves, and it will be none of their business when the situation comes.

After finishing speaking, Guo Youzhi pushed away the demoted official in front of him, and took Liu Yan to squeeze out of the big tent very hard. This Liu Yan is worthy of being the master who can say that he can live and qu can be said to be straight, and he has come out, and he has successfully persuaded Feng Jing to surrender.

In fact, Liu Yan was able to persuade Feng Jing for reasons for his eloquence, but also for some objective reasons.

Although Lord Cheng Wang, who went up to persuade him to surrender before, and Feng Jing had a friendship, the friendship was only average, and Feng Jing belonged to the kind of person who was very principled on the issue of heavy dà, and would not change his decision for personal reasons.

But that Lord Wang was not very good at talking, and as soon as he came up, he scolded him and asked him to surrender, he immediately changed his face and ordered someone to drive Lord Wang out, but it was a pity that Lord Wang missed the opportunity to make meritorious service and protect his official position in vain.

Although Liu Yan has no friendship with Feng Jing, Liu Yan is a celebrity, he was originally a celebrity, and he is very high-profile and pompous, his carriages, horses, clothing, and food can be called extravagant and luxurious.

Feng Jing, who guarded Xianyang Gate, often saw him sitting in a gorgeous carriage, swaggering through the market with gorgeous concubines and maids. Therefore, Feng Jing knew who Liu Yan was.

In addition, Liu Yan's identity as a guard lieutenant and a general also played a great role, because this is a martial profession, Feng Jing is a martial artist, and he naturally has a special affinity for people in martial arts.

Due to Wu Yi's implementation of decentralization and balanced management methods in the army, although Liu Yan was much higher in rank than Feng Jing, the two did not belong to each other, Feng Jing belonged to the Northern Army system, and their commander was Wu Yu, who was in charge of Jinwu. Zhi Jingo was in charge of the defense of Shaocheng, Jinguancheng and Dongguancheng.

And Wei Wei commanded the Southern Army and was responsible for the defense of the imperial city and the palace city, that is to say, Liu Yan and Feng Jing's top boss Wu Yu were of the same level. It is equivalent to one is the director of the public # security bureau in the east of the city, and the other is the director of the public # security bureau in the west of the city.

Usually, when he sees such a high-level general, Feng Jing is respectful and obedient, although Liu Yan is not his direct leader, it is impossible for him to obey his orders, but it is still possible to give him a little respect.

Because of this, they have a basis to sit down and have a good conversation. As long as you can sit down and talk about the situation, it will be different, Liu Yan gave full play to his clever conversation skills, and his mouth was like mixing oil in honey, which made Feng Jing dizzy.

He first fooled Feng Jing, saying that his immediate boss Wu Yu, who was in charge of Jinwu, had been captured alive (in fact, Wu Yu was still stubbornly resisting in the barracks with his soldiers).

Then he copied Guo Youzhi's promise to the meritorious officials, pressed it on Feng Jing, and said that as long as he surrendered, he could not only be exonerated from the crime, but also reinstated as an official, and it was even possible to go further. In this way, Feng Jing was successfully fooled by him and surrendered, and Xianyangmen was liberated peacefully.

Liu Hou was overjoyed when he received the news and immediately appointed him as the Great Honglu. Although Da Honglu does not have the power and power of the guards in his hands, he is also one of the nine kings, and his rank is the same as that of the guards.

Da Honglu's main function is to praise and guide the rituals of the pilgrimage, and he is also in charge of receiving guests. Most of the emperor's guests were foreign guests, which means that Dahonglu was also equivalent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the director of the reception office.

Liu Yan originally followed Liu Bei to entertain guests, and he has experience in doing this work. What's more, he has always been a civilian, although at that time, the dividing line between civilian and military officials was very blurred, especially at the local level, and it was often the case that an official and civil and military affairs were grasped together.

But Liu Yan is used to eating with lip service, so it is somewhat professional and inappropriate for him to take up a martial arts position. Now Liu Hou asked him to do his professional things, and he was very satisfied with this arrangement.

Liu Yan's side completed the task smoothly, and his return of honor made those demoted officials even more crazy. But these demotion things that remained in the big tent went very badly.

Liu Yan had been gone for so long, and they hadn't even decided who would take the lead to persuade the remaining three places. There's a story like this:

If you put only one crab in the bucket, it will definitely come out. But if there are other crabs in the bucket, everyone stretches their claws to restrain each other, pulls their hind legs, and it is difficult to share it, and no one wants to escape alone.

Now these officials are like crabs in a bucket, they are accustomed to fighting in the nest, holding each other back, no one will let anyone, no one will obey anyone, and in the absence of an authoritative figure who can make a decision to preside over it, they have been arguing and shouting for so long that they can't even nominate a person to come out.

It wasn't until Liu Yan came back that they learned that Liu Yan easily persuaded Feng Jing to surrender, and the new emperor personally crowned him as the Great Honglu, the big tent boiled, and the other officials went even crazier.

As a result, the competition has become more intense, and the situation of pulling each other's hindquarters has become stricter, and it is even more difficult to decide one person. Liu Yan thinks that his status is different from these people, and he does not get together with other officials.

Originally, he didn't have to come back here, and the reason why he returned this demotion account was because Guo Youzhi told him that he should come over and set an example, so that others could see the benefits that could be obtained by serving the new emperor.

Liu Yan is usually high-profile and good at showing off, and now he has the opportunity to show off in front of his former colleagues, where would he refuse such an opportunity.