Compared with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao is even more hateful.

There are many diehards around him, and his banner is not only to resist Liu Bei, but more importantly, to oppose the eunuchs and kill all the eunuchs.

For this reason, the eunuch clan and industry in Jizhou have completely collapsed.

Those who followed Yuan Shao were not only within the Yuan group, but also because of greed and got on the thief ship, after purging the eunuchs and seizing the eunuchs' property, they had to follow Yuan Shao because of fear of revenge, in a sense, they were more loyal to Yuan Shao than the Yuan family's protégés.

They will also do their best for their own survival, which is different from the situation on Yuan Shu's side.

Therefore, it is more difficult to deal with Yuan Shao.

But it doesn't matter, it is more difficult to deal with Yuan Shao, and the blockade arranged by Liu Bei for Yuan Shao is also stronger.

Dong Zhuo, Qingzhou Mu Liu Yu, and Youzhou Thorn Shi Gongsun Zhan, three strong armies served him, Liu Bei didn't believe that these three people couldn't cope with Yuan Shao before he was ready to go north.

On the first day of October in the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei led the army to return to Luoyang.

On the eighth day of October, the army returned to Luoyang.

After returning from the victory this time, under the advice of Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, Dong Chong and the Empress Dowager Dong in the court, in order to highlight Liu Bei's merits in Luoyang City, a scene was made in which the Son of Heaven led hundreds of officials to greet Liu Bei outside Luoyang City.

When Liu Bei first learned the news, he felt that something was slightly wrong, but several senior staff officers around him felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

First, Liu Bei is a righteous general, the highest military position in the Han Dynasty, above the three dukes, and the first person below the Son of Heaven, and he is definitely worthy of this kind of treatment in terms of identity.

Second, Liu Bei risked his life in order to crusade against the rebellion of the Han family, eliminated the rebellion of the Han family, and made great contributions to the Han family.

Liu Bei thought about it, but still felt that something was slightly wrong.

"Although I am a general, but the time is still short, the Son of Heaven is young, and when I return from the expedition, I will let the Son of Heaven greet me, I am afraid that some people will think that I am proud of my achievements and do not respect the Son of Heaven, and I am afraid that it will attract criticism, which is not a good thing for me.

I am now a great general above 10,000 people under one person, and the former general has just been executed for rebellion, and now that I have taken over this position, I must be even more cautious and cautious, and I must not tell the truth, otherwise once the situation is stabilized, someone will inevitably attack on this basis. ”

The senior staff officers around him listened to it and felt that Liu Bei was a little too cautious.

But there's nothing wrong with being cautious.

The generals engaged in Zhonglang Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong very much agreed with Liu Bei's ideas.

"The first appointment of the general, the time is still short, the foundation is unstable, the prudent approach is a matter of course, since ancient times, prudence and caution are the premise of prosperity, arrogance is the precursor of self-destruction, the general is cautious, I think this is the right approach, I should congratulate the general."

So Liu Bei decided that when the army arrived outside the city of Luoyang, he dismounted and walked to the gate of the city to worship the Son of Heaven, first to worship the Son of Heaven to show respect, in order to show that he had no arrogance, and blocked the mouths of those insects in the court.

On the morning of the eighth day of October, near noon, Liu Bei led his army to arrive outside the city of Luoyang, and accompanied by the greeting envoys, he saw the greeting procession of the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials from afar.

So he ordered the army to return to the barracks according to the rules, and he turned over and dismounted, straightened his clothes, handed over his saber to the guards around him, and marched forward on foot.

Coming to the face of Liu Xie, the little son of heaven, Liu Bei glanced at the ministers, found Lu Zhi, found Cai Yong, found Cao Cao and Yan Wen, and Zhen Yan.

After a pause, Liu Bei didn't wait for Liu Xie to speak, and saluted first.

"When the minister returned from the battle, his armor was on his body, and it was inconvenient to salute, so he greeted His Majesty with a military salute, and asked Your Majesty for your understanding!"

Liu Xie blinked, turned his head and looked at Dong Chong, who was standing beside him.

It's not the same as saying yes?

He didn't come on horseback.

Dong Zhong hesitated, but still made a look.

Liu Xie nodded.

"The general crusaded against the rebellion, worked hard, triumphed today, I am very relieved, I am willing to return to the city with the general, and then celebrate the general!"

"Obey the order!"

Liu Bei saluted again: "Respectfully, please go first!" ”

Liu Xie was stunned again, looked at Dong Chong, and frowned.

"General, please?"

"People and ministers cannot be done before the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty please first."

Liu Bei stood still.

Liu Xie glanced at Dong Chong again, didn't say anything more, and walked straight forward.

Liu Bei glanced at Dong Chong, didn't say anything, and kept up with the pace of the Son of Heaven.

The entire queue moved slowly, and a group of big men staggered back to the palace with the Son of Heaven and Liu Bei.

Of course, it is not possible to walk back all the time, and after walking for a while, someone will lead the horse and wait, Liu Xie will go first, Liu Bei will go later, and the two will go one after the other.

Officials of a certain status in the back all had people leading horses, and they could ride horses together.

And officials who have no status can really only walk back.

Obviously, there are also three, six, nine and so on.

Later, Liu Xie prepared a celebration banquet for Liu Bei in the palace, and Liu Bei took a group of generals who had established meritorious deeds to participate in the banquet together, accept the imperial wine rewarded by the Son of Heaven, and accept the food from the Son of Heaven, and the army will also have special rewards of wine and meat, and you can eat and drink as much as you like until you can no longer eat and drink.

Regarding the reward, the merit policy has been submitted to the imperial court, and according to the rules of the imperial court and Liu Bei's special arrangement, everything has been arranged.

Liu Bei is already a very popular minister, so there is no change in his position for the time being, just some material rewards, and the increase of food and euphemism by 5,000 to 25,000 households.

The banquet was of course a convivial one.

After a period of joyful feast, it was already evening, Liu Xie asked the meritorious soldiers to go home to rest, and after a night's rest, tomorrow they would hold a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners, and then carry out a rebellious execution ceremony.

Liu Bei drank a little too much, and with the support of the guards, he did not go home, but returned to the military camp outside the city, and chose to rest in the military camp outside the city, on the grounds that the prisoner sacrifice ceremony had not yet been completed, and the commander could not remove his armor.

Back in the barracks, Liu Bei washed his face, his mind was a little sober, and he called Jia Xu and Xun You, who came back with him, to his military tent.

"The matter of the Son of Heaven, what's going on? DID YOU KNOW? ”

Jia Xu and Xun You have the positions of Shangshu Zuocheng and Shangshu Youcheng, and they did not accompany the army on this expedition, but stayed in Luoyang to deal with logistics affairs.

At the same time, in order to show trust, the intelligence of the intelligence agency under the command of Liu Hui was also open to the two of them, so that the two of them could learn many important things in time.

To put it bluntly, they are the two pairs of eyes that Liu Bei put in Luoyang City.

This time, these two pairs of eyes saw a lot of things.

"As you know before, in the more than one month you have been on the expedition, Dong Chong and Huan Dian and Zhang Xi of the Jinwen School have been relatively close, and they have been feasted six times in a month, and each time there are these two people, although I don't know what they said, but I can guess a rough idea."

Jia Xu said in a low voice: "It must be something that is not good for you, Huan Dian and Zhang Xi are both famous people in the current literary school, and the modern literary school is obviously not dead." ”

"That's normal."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Did Huang Wan join in?" ”

"Not really."

Xun You said in a low voice: "We thought at first that Huang Wan would join in, but Huang Wan didn't, these days, Huang Wan haunts Taixue, Dongguan and some other places all day long, all related to academic etiquette, and has not been to Dong Chong's Hussar General's Mansion." ”

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Jia Xu said: "Yang Biao's filial piety period will come this month, but ten days ago, he sent a table to the court, saying that his mother died early, he was young at the time, he didn't know what filial piety was, and now he was deeply disturbed, and decided to make up for his mother's funeral, and keep filial piety for another twenty-six months, and not return to the court for the time being." ”

After Liu Bei heard this, he thought about it and nodded slowly.

"It seems that the Yang family has figured it out, Huang Wan and the Yang family are close, they shouldn't care anymore, the modern literary school has always laughed at the internal division of the ancient literary school, and now they themselves are not the same? Huan Dian, Zhang Xi, these two people are restless......"

"Dong Zhong is the nephew of the Empress Dowager, with a special identity, and a hussar general, who can also open a mansion, and the threat is not small."

Jia Xu opened his mouth and said: "If the modern literary school and Dong Chong join forces, I'm afraid it will bring you some trouble." ”

Liu Bei sneered: "What trouble can they bring me?" At the peak of the literary school back then, I was just a small Shangshutai Lingshi, I was not afraid of them, and now, I am a general of the dynasty, but I am afraid of them? ”

"You're not afraid of them, of course."

Xun You said slowly: "But through the identity of the empress dowager, exert influence on the Son of Heaven, Dong Zhong can do it, he is not a simple person who can deal with it, and he can also open a mansion at the moment, and in time, he will also have a certain influence in the world, which is something you must take into account." ”

Liu Bei nodded slowly.

"Dong Chong's identity is a trouble, but in my opinion, the Empress Dowager is not a person who likes trouble, if Dong Chong wants to make trouble, the Empress Dowager will be very sad for him, as long as this pass can't be passed, Dong Chong's anointed son will not be able to turn the sky."

As he spoke, Liu Bei's eyes flashed with a few rays of coldness.

"However, the modern school is a bit interesting, I haven't thought about getting them yet, they don't have time to provoke me, who gave them the guts? Huan Dian and Zhang Xi...... Okay, good, it seems that this time, I'm going to prepare to uproot them, they don't think I dare not do it to the Valle Reading family! ”

(End of chapter)