Chapter Seventy-Seven: Xu Jing's Careful Thoughts

"Don't make any noise!" Liu Yan shouted, and the tent suddenly fell silent. Liu Yan feels very good about himself now, he thinks that his current status is more than a step higher than the demoted officials in the account, he has a sense of superhuman superiority, a sense of leadership and a sense of leadership, he feels that he can be the master in this group of people for the first time.

This feeling was not there before, although he was said to be one of the Jiuqing in the past, but there are many people with a higher status than him, and when many important decisions are made, he has no place to speak.

Of course, in fact, he is not good at planning and decision-making, he is good at socializing. Therefore, this time Liu Hou named him Dahonglu, which is equivalent to making him the director of the public relations department of Shuhan Group, in addition to the reason that he has made meritorious contributions, but also because he knows that he has expertise in this area.

Although he is not used to being a leader, it does not mean that he does not like to be in the limelight, in fact, people who like to socialize generally like to show off. This is the perfect opportunity for him to be in the limelight, and if he misses this village, there will be no store.

Everyone was shouted by Liu Yan, and suddenly quieted down, and they all looked at him in unison, waiting for his next step. Liu Yan cleared his throat before he said unhurriedly: "Since you can't choose a candidate to persuade you to surrender for a while, it's better to listen to Liu's words, Liu has an idea here, you might as well listen to it and see if it's appropriate." ”

After Liu Yan finished speaking, everyone asked him to quickly explain the method. Liu Yan said: "Actually, the method is very simple, just draw lots." ”

When everyone heard this, they were talking about it again, they just blindly compared each other's literary eloquence, official position and power, but they refused to admit defeat to each other, and they did not give in to each other, but they didn't expect that there was such a simple solution as drawing lots.

Drawing lots is a matter of personal luck, and since everyone is not convinced by each other, drawing lots is also a good way. Because everyone has a chance in this way, everyone has an equal opportunity, it is natural to win, and there is no regret if you lose, you can only blame your own ancestral grave for not coming out of the smoke, and you can only blame your own character for not being good enough.

Most people agreed to the method of drawing lots, especially those officials who were relatively less competitive in their own right, who had no hope, and now suddenly there was an extra chance, although this chance was still small, but it was better than no chance at all.

And those officials with relatively high competitiveness have nothing to say, because no one can have an overwhelming advantage, and others will not let them surrender if they do not agree with this method. The plan for drawing lots was decided with the consent of the majority of the people and the acquiescence of a small number of people.

It's easy to do now, Liu Yan asked someone to get a pen and paper, he is now a free body, and the guards outside the tent will certainly not refuse his request. Liu Yan personally cut the paper into palm-sized squares, then wrote the word "win" on one of the sheets, and then grouped all the pieces of paper into a basket.

Finally, Liu Yan reached into the basket, stirred up the paper ball, and then said, "Adults, please." "All the demos who are interested in doing the work of persuasion rushed to come up and draw a paper ball in the basket. Liu Yan looked at the anxious appearance of these officials, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Different identities and different moods, he is in a relaxed mood now, looking at these former colleagues who are terrified all day, he has a feeling of wanting to laugh.

The results of the draw came out quickly, and it was a Taichang Cheng named Cheng Tian who drew the word "win" written by Liu Yan. Taichang Cheng is a subordinate official of Taichang Temple, a subordinate of Taichang Qing, with a rank of thousands of stones, a copper seal and a black ribbon, and a palm of all sacrifices and rituals.

Cheng Tian was very happy, and walked out with a note with the word "win" written on it. He was full of joy, just like the lucky ones who won the five million welfare lottery in later generations, and under the envious and jealous eyes of others, he walked out of the big tent full of hope and ran to the other side of happiness.

After solving this problem, Liu Yan turned around and just wanted to leave, but a bunch of officials grabbed him, "Lord Liu, please go slowly." "Everyone tried their best to keep him and not let him out.

Liu Yan turned around and said, "Do you have anything else?" Isn't the problem solved? ”

Everyone began to talk again, and after a buzzing burst of flies, Liu Yan finally understood what these people meant, it turned out that there were still two places to persuade surrender that had not been decided, and these officials wanted Liu Yan to stay and continue to preside over the overall situation, and select the people in the remaining two places.

Liu Yan said: "Niu Dan of the Imperial City Jiangqiao Gate is Liu's subordinate, so he won't work for your lords, and Liu will naturally persuade him to surrender." As for Miyagi ......"

"Then how can you do it, Lord Liu, you have already made a meritorious service, your net worth has been saved, and your official position has been saved, so you have to give us the opportunity." Before Liu Yan finished speaking, he interrupted the conversation.

"Lord Liu, you can't swallow all the benefits alone, how can you score points for the big guys." There is another humane.

"Lord Liu, it's useless for you to make so much credit, Your Majesty has already named you one of the Great Honglu of the Nine Qings, and if you make new contributions, will he make you prime minister?" There is still some truth in this person's words, Liu Yan became the prime minister, so where is Zhuge Liang going?

"Lord Liu, remember, don't overshadow the master. If the credit is too great, you should know what will happen to those who have no reward. The subtext below him was: "The great hero who has no reward has to be killed." ”

The words of this goods are a bit alarmist, if you persuade two people to conquer the master, then how to count Liu Hou leading the generals to conquer the east and west over the years, attacking the city and plundering countless land? How should the generals under him who have experienced countless battles be rewarded?

Everyone, you and I said it one by one, the more outrageous it became, the more alarmist it became, and Liu Yan broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly raised his hands to press down, and said, "Okay, okay, Liu will give this opportunity to everyone, continue to draw lots, continue to draw lots." ”

Then, Liu Yan repeated his old tricks and made a batch of paper balls for drawing lots, so that everyone could draw lots again. This time, another official caught the word "win" and went to Jiangqiaomen to persuade the guard Niu Dan to surrender.

In the end, there is one place left, that is, Miyagi, but no one rushed to go at this time, the reason is that no one is sure to persuade the Queen Mother and Liu Li to surrender, in front of these two mothers and sons, the most talkable are Wu Yi and Xu Jing. Wu Yi had been killed, but Xu Jing had been huddled in a corner and remained silent.

Not long after, a guard reported back a message, that is, Cheng Tian, who went to the barracks to persuade Wu Yu to surrender, was beheaded by Wu Yu, and his body was thrown out of the gate. After everyone heard the news, they were shocked, and then they realized that this errand was not so easy to do, and there was a risk of losing their heads.

The person who was still annoyed that he didn't draw a good lottery just now has become a blessing. The envy and jealousy just now turned into schadenfreude.

After a while, Jiang Qiaomen reported back the news, and the officials who went to persuade him to surrender were beaten by the guard Niu Dan and kicked out, and now they are being carried back.

Suddenly, all the demoted officials in the big tent were in a cold sweat, and they no longer rushed to persuade them to surrender like they did just now. The reason why the soldiers fed back these news was because the persuasion of these two people failed, and they wanted to ask Liu Yan to select two more officials to come out and continue to try to persuade them.

However, there was a big reversal, from a buyer's market to a seller's market, and no matter what Liu Yan said this time, no one was willing to try to persuade him to surrender.

Just as everyone was pushing left and right, Guo Youzhi came over, he came over to convey one thing, it turned out that a unit of the Hong army had been killed under the palace, but the four gates of the palace were closed and heavily guarded.

In view of the fact that the guards in the palace were all loyal ministers and martyrs of Shu Han and did not want to kill more, he was specially sent to invite Xu Jing to enter the palace to persuade the Empress Dowager to open the palace door and remove the guards.

Guo Youzhi didn't say that he wanted the queen mother to surrender, after all, they were all members of the royal family, and the word surrender was not so good, so she had to save some face, anyway, everyone would understand that meaning.

Persuading the queen mother and the emperor is not something that ordinary people can do, the most suitable candidate is Xu Jing, the princess, who single-handedly planned the palace change to push the two mothers and sons to the pinnacle of power, and the two mothers and sons can be described as obedient to him.

His position in the hearts of these two mothers and sons is the most important, and he can get twice the result with half the effort if he persuades them. Guo Youzhi also conveyed Liu Hou's meaning: if he can successfully persuade the two mothers and sons to open the door and surrender, so that the Hong army will occupy the palace without spending a single soldier, and avoid the destruction of the palace caused by the war, the emperor will pardon his capital crime and reduce him to a commoner.

Xu Jing knows his own business, he is guilty of a great crime this time, if he changes to other emperors and catches him as the mastermind who plots the throne, it will be difficult to simply die. will definitely apply all kinds of capital punishment to himself, what Ling Chi, cannon branding, skinning and bone extraction, as well as whipping corpses after death, exposing corpses are all possible.

Not only will they be punished by death, but their relatives will also be implicated, what is the punishment of the nine clans, what men kill all the men, and it is also common for women to become official prostitutes.

Although he said that he had made meritorious contributions to the city and that His Majesty had pardoned him for his capital crimes, he also knew that capital crimes could be forgiven and living sins were unforgivable, and he would definitely be exiled or imprisoned. Therefore, after he surrendered, he has been very low-key, always sitting in a corner, not participating in discussions with other officials and not competing for meritorious service opportunities.

Now I suddenly heard that the emperor could forgive his sins, and restore himself to #self-reliance, where can I not be excited, where can I not be happy. Self# is priceless, although he is just a commoner, but he is rich and famous, even if he has no official position, he can live well for the rest of his life. If you are not an official, you may have a more comfortable life than when you were an official, so you can consider it retirement.

Of course, Xu Jing wanted to seize this opportunity, so he stood up from the corner without saying a word and followed Guo Youzhi out. When he was about to walk to the door of the big tent, he suddenly had an idea and said: "Lord Guo, the old man entered the palace alone to persuade the queen mother, I am afraid that the strength is weak, and the queen mother may not be willing to listen to the persuasion. ”

After Guo Youzhi heard this, he was also very happy, and immediately said: "Mr. Xu has any clever plans, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Xu Jing said: "It's better to let the ministers enter the palace together to meet the Queen Mother and the Emperor Zili, the so-called unity of the city, the ministers persuade together, how can the Queen Mother listen to the persuasion." ”

Guo Youzhi thought about it, too, if the ministers went to persuade the Queen Mother together, the Queen Mother would have to lower due to pressure.

After all, the two of them live in the deep palace, and they rely on this group of ministers to rule the world for them, and the orders they issue depend on these ministers to carry out. If all the ministers are not of the same mind as them, they will become the commanders of the light poles, they will be nothing, and at this time, they really have no other choice but to surrender.

So, Guo Youzhi agreed to Xu Jing's request and asked Xu Jing to enter the palace with his ministers to persuade Liu Li and the Queen Mother to surrender.