Outside Runan City, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang and Wen Chou led a carriage to protect a carriage in the direction of Xuchang, and if everything went well, they could arrive in three more days.

Inside the carriage, Liu Xie was draped in a thick coat, leaning against the carriage, his eyes were a little tired, but he was much more relaxed in his heart.

Kneeling beside him sat an old man with gray hair between his beard, saying that the old man was actually less than fifty, and his age was even a few years younger than Lu Bu, but his perennial depression made his appearance look a lot older.

"Your Majesty, how's it going?" Dong Cheng asked cautiously.

Liu Xie sighed, his eyes were deep, "Although he is also considered to be his own family, according to the genealogy, he should be the same generation as me, I have talked to him many times these days, but I am afraid that he is not a person who is the same as me." ”

"Since you are a member of the royal family, how can you not be of the same heart as Your Majesty?" Dong Cheng was a little surprised.

Liu Xie smiled bitterly, then sat up straight, wrapped the big coat on his body, and said slowly: "Compared with the imperial uncle Liu Bei, Liu Ye's body lacks a bit of courageous energy, I have hinted a few times intentionally or unintentionally, but he has gone around how to exterminate Cao Cao and Sun Ce."

At present, they are all at the end of their rope, and the biggest threat to the Han is in Xuchang, doesn't he know? ”

As soon as the words fell, Dong Cheng hurriedly made a boo in fright, and did not carefully open the corner of the curtain to see if it was heard.

He probably didn't know that Zhao Yun, who was not far in front of the carriage, suddenly froze, frowned slightly, glanced back at the carriage, and shook his head with a sigh.

"Your Majesty, Liu Ye is different from Liu Bei, he is the person who Lu Lin picked up, and his heart can be understood with them, but no matter what, his surname is Liu, and he has the blood of Emperor Gaozu in his body like His Majesty, this is a fact that cannot be changed, and it may not be impossible to rely on at a critical time."

Dong Cheng's words are only half right.

Liu Ye was indeed promoted by Lu Lin, but it was obviously a mistake to expect him to be used to deal with Lu Lin.

History changes, but human character does not.

As a veteran of the three dynasties of Cao Wei Jiangshan, Liu Ye can be said to have watched Cao Cao start his career, claim the title of duke, king, and then Cao Pi as the emperor.

In this process, some people defend the integrity in their bones with their lives, such as Xun Wenruo, Geng Ji, Zu Bi and others, but there is no Liu Ye here.

It can't be said that Liu Ye forgot his roots, it can only be said that his ambition is not as good as Liu Bei's, seeing a decaying dynasty withdraw from the stage of history, he is really not interested in doing the thing of using his mantis arm as a car.

Even, the identity of the Han family clan also made him a lot of trouble, because he had proposed a strategy twice, if the Cao family's father and son followed, it was really possible to end the troubled times ahead of schedule.

The first time was after Cao Cao took Hanzhong, Liu Ye immediately suggested that he should use troops against Sichuan non-stop, because at that time Liu Bei had just entered Xichuan, and the people's hearts were unstable, the soldiers were tired and the horses were tired, and the food and grass were poor.

It's a pity that Cao Cao was war-weary at that time, let Liu Bei become bigger, and finally set the army to kill Xiahou, completely losing control of Yizhou, and Liu Bei was able to have the capital to become the leader of the world.

The second time was in the hands of Cao Pi, Liu Bei in order to avenge Guan Yu, raised the whole country to attack Wu, at this time Sun Quan sent an envoy to Cao Pi to admit and ask for shelter, many ministers also suggested that Cao Pi sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and finally decide the direction of the army according to success or failure, only Liu Ye suggested that while the Jiangdong soldiers and horses were attracted to the Jingzhou area, immediately send out elite troops to pounce on the hinterland of Jiangdong, so that it will be a great success.

In the end, of course, I didn't listen.

Not to mention Cao Cao, even Cao Pi's strategic vision is absolutely online, as for the abandonment of Liu Ye's strategy, it may not be without the title factor of the Han family.

But no matter what, Liu Ye can be regarded as sincerely helping the old Cao family, such a person, it is unrealistic to expect him to help Liu Xie at this juncture.

Liu Xie stretched his arms and muttered: "Don't mention him, I don't want to beg anyone, after all, I don't know what the situation is when I return to Xuchang at the moment." ”

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Dong Cheng nodded and said: "I still know Lu Bu, I shouldn't dare to have any dissent, but his son-in-law is not easy to say, I heard that his prestige in the army is not lost to Lu Bu, and the minister is only worried that he will be successful and greedy for power, and may not be willing to return to power." ”

"At this point, Uncle Guo and I want to go together."

Liu Xie also nodded thoughtfully, "When you get to Xuchang, you can immediately judge his loyalty, and then decide how to deal with it." ”

"Yes, most of the three princes and nine kings above the court were Cao Cao's people, but now he has been defeated, and the court is almost swept away, I heard that some ministers have also returned to Xuchang, but there must be a lot of vacancies.

If this Lin Mo has the delusion of stealing the country, he will definitely ask for people to be planted in these aspects, if this official selection is led by His Majesty, then His Majesty can become the real Son of Heaven! Dong Cheng's analysis is to the point, this is the most practical way.

The three princes and nine secretaries of the imperial court directly determine the direction of the country's fortunes, and it is very important whose people go up.

When he said this, Liu Xie half-squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I don't know how many of them can come back, Wang Zifu, Wu Shuo, and Geng Ji are now employing people, Yang Biao and Zhao Wen are old after all, and Kong Rong and the others don't know if they are still in Xuchang."

I'm really a little worried that even if Lin Moken hands over power, there will be no one to use at that time. ”

"The battlefield is dangerous, Cao Jun has a lot of soldiers, I'm afraid there are not many people who can come back." Dong Cheng showed a painful look on his face, they were all people from the imperial party's faction, and they were the forces that Liu Xie could rely on with confidence, and he had indeed lost too much in this time to get rid of the pursuit, and it was all the loss of the heavenly family.

"But Uncle Guo doesn't have to worry too much, in my opinion, no matter how difficult Lin Mo is, he is better than Cao Cao after all."

"Why did Your Majesty say that?" Dong Cheng sighed lightly, how could the obedient person who could clean up Cao Cao be easy to deal with.

"The Cao clan has many relatives, and Cao Cao can rest assured that some important positions will be assigned to them, but at this point, neither Lu Bu nor Lin Mo has this strength."

The corners of Liu Xie's mouth outlined a touch of cunning, "I have seriously thought about it, their biggest reliance is still the fierce generals under their command, but these people can stand alone, and there is no reason to stay in the capital for a long time."

As long as I cultivate the strength to hold the Imperial Forest Army, the Patrol Battalion, and the Nine Captains in my hands, I will have absolute autonomy. ”

Hearing this, Dong Cheng also cheered, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, as long as you can take over the defense of the capital, the generals stationed abroad will definitely obey the edict of Gyeonggi."

The worst is planned, but Wei Chen feels that His Majesty can also be optimistic, maybe Lu Lin is willing to do his best to assist His Majesty. ”

"Lu Bu is old after all, so of course it's good to do his best to assist, but Lin Mo."

Liu Xie frowned, "Even Cao Cao called him a million troops by one person, this sword can hurt the enemy and himself, so you still need to be cautious." ”

Zhao Yun outside the carriage was getting slower and slower, he was confused, he didn't quite understand what this son of heaven was thinking in his heart, now that Cao Cao was not destroyed, Sun Ce and Liu Bei were also on the dominant side, why didn't they want to deal with these people, but calculated the heroes who saved the driver.

Ziyang Academy, the fields that the Zhen family and Zhenrong have been buying these days, plus the two business roads cover almost all the states and counties of Dahan, these chips together are indeed enough to be qualified to do it.

Lin Mo was thinking about how to bundle the chips at hand, but it was better to let Liu Xie come out of the way.

Most of the so-called loyalty to the Han family is more often loyal to the interests of their own family.

Whether it was for or against Cao Cao when he was king, and then for Cao Pi and Liu Bei when they were emperors, most of them were thinking about the interests of the family.

Even if he really wants to abolish Liu Xie one day, it is only a small number of die-hard loyalists who jump out to oppose it, and most of them should be considering that their interests have been impacted.

Based on this consideration, Lin Mo planned to let Liu Xie bear the first round of artillery fire first, and then his anger would only focus on Liu Xie.

In the world of the Han Dynasty, the family and the emperor have always been in a game situation, and one day they will replace them, if they do not fundamentally reverse this situation, they will also be unable to avoid the situation of being constrained by the family.

This point Lin Mo was very clear from the very beginning when he assisted Lu Bu, but the emperor of this era still lacked the means to bring down the family, and he was subject to the family and had to use the family.

It is nothing more than to defeat a Chen family, and there will be a Lu family to replace them, all of whom are children of the family, no one can say who is honest and responsible, and when it is really time to seek benefits for the family, people's hearts cannot stand the test.

But then again, a complete suppression by force like Zhu Yuanzhang can also play a role, but Lin Mo can't do it now, first, there is no unification in the world, and second, he is confident that he has the means to change the monopoly of the family, and he doesn't need to be so tough.

After all, it is not a drastic change in the system, and a batch of people will be killed and a batch will be killed, and there will be no end to it.

Judging from Lu Lin's current situation, it is the best choice to do two things at the same time.

Just when Lin Mo was distracted, the door was pushed open with a creak, and the cold wind that was warm and cold in early spring stirred her Luo skirt and green silk, which looked bright and moving.

The girl put a bowl of hot soup in front of Lin Mo, and said softly: "Childe, warm up your body after drinking sugar water." ”

It is Guo Zhao, the queen of the belly, and she arrived in Xuchang with the Xin brothers and Zhenrong.

This Nizi's current figure is incredible, it is not a murder weapon in the world, it is also impossible for Lin Mo to grasp it with one hand, this is a world of difference compared to the small mountain bag when he first saw her, and the small buttocks twisted when he walked, so that Lin Mo couldn't help but be a little distracted.

Lin Mo patted her little buttocks, and the feeling was excellent, "The Zhen family has done a good job, and now Mi'er is completely in control of the Zhen family's business, which is very important to me." ”

"It's a good teacher." The black queen leaned on Lin Mo's shoulder obediently, and her orchid breath was refreshing.

"How's the person who asked you to prepare?" Lin Mo drank a bowl of hot sugar water, which was very good.

"There are forty-six people brought back from the north, all of them are absolutely loyal, Huainan and Xuzhou have also transferred more than 20 people, and Gongzi also knows that the red sleeves have been idle for the past two years, and the people who have been transferred back are all those who were deployed before." Guo Zhao explained.

"It's a little less, so let's barely use it."

"Are they all in the palace?"

Lin Mo shook his head, "That's not necessary, others in the province say that I look everywhere, and the people in the palace can be changed if he likes, these people are mainly placed on this list." ”

Lin Mo took out a silk cloth from his arms, all of which were important members of the imperial court who had fled back one after another these days.

According to the knowledge of history, these people are either loyal to Liu Xie, or at least support the Han family, and they are the ones who need to keep abreast of the movements.

Even when Cao Cao occupied Xuchang, in fact, there were three or four mutinies of varying scales, which basically happened when the imperial power was coerced.

This kind of thing must not be sloppy.

"This is easy to do, now that Cao Cao is coercing the people to leave, even if the people on the list come back, the maids in the house will definitely not be enough, and it is not difficult to get in." Guo glanced at the list and assured with confidence.

"It's hard work, Childe should treat you." After speaking, Lin Mo smiled evilly and took the black queen in his arms and began to be dishonest.

In fact, the problem of the clan was not only taken into account by Liu Xie, but also by Lin Mo.

So, of course, it's time to spread the leaves.

Even regardless of the blue sky and the daylight, he wants to perform the eighteen styles of Ah Wei on Guo Zhao.

Within a few days, Liu Xie's car arrived in Xuchang on time.

Returning to this big cage, Liu Xie's mentality is no longer the same as it was at the beginning.

No matter what Lin Mo was going to do, Lu Bu still greeted him according to the honor guard of the Son of Heaven, the scale was unprecedentedly grand, and all the civil and military officials were present to greet him.

Everyone knelt down and bowed to welcome the Son of Heaven.

"Aiqing, I haven't seen Chang'an for more than ten years, it was you who rescued me from Dong Zhuo's shackles, and today you are also helping Qiankun to fall immediately, beat away the Cao thief, and saved me again, Aiqing is really the minister of the society, the pillar of the court." Liu Xie hurriedly helped Lu Bu up and held his hand, his excitement overflowing.

"Your Majesty is serious, this is what Weichen should do." Lu Bu's mood was a little complicated, if Lin Mo hadn't told him what he said, this should have been a very beautiful picture of 'On the day of the return of the edict, I and the general will untie their robes'.

But now, Lu Bu felt that the old acquaintance who was no longer recognizable in front of him would harm him, and he was afraid that he would suddenly ask Aiqing when he would hand over the military power in the next sentence.

"This is the world-famous Lanling Marquis Lin Mo, good, I have long heard that Lin Aiqing is a young hero, it is really better to meet than to be famous, and it is also the important weapon of the Han Dynasty to protect the country." Liu Xie pulled one with one hand, and was afraid that the other party would feel that he was favoring one over the other.

"Your Majesty has praised it falsely, Weichen has just done his best, and it is only by relying on the loyalty of the soldiers to Your Majesty that we can have today." Lin Mo replied decently.

I really don't like this feeling, after all, it's a modern person, he is just a friendly attitude towards you, he doesn't have the habit of kneeling, and he doesn't like this feeling that you have to respect each other as a celestial person.

The meeting between Lu Lin Weng's son-in-law and the Son of Heaven was completed under this kind of greeting with each other's thoughts.

But whether to say it or not, Liu Xie is quite good at winning people's hearts, he didn't just pay attention to chattering with this pair of Weng sons-in-law, one of the people present was counted as one, and he really went to ask one by one.

Moreover, you have to convince him, as long as the other party reports his name, Liu Xie can even say a little about his contribution.

Liaoshen, Jia Xu, Pang Tong, Ma family father and son, and even Xu Shu, Xin family brothers, Guo Tu and other not very brilliant characters, he didn't leave any of them, and all of them were in place.

When he cared about everyone, an hour had passed, and then he entered the city under the reminder of his uncle Dong Cheng.

Jia Xu walked at the end, looked at Liu Xie who was crowded by the crowd, chuckled, and shook his head again.

"Old thing, laughing at something." With the familiarity of the relationship, Liaoshen's title for Jia Xu has changed from Mr. Jia, Mr. Wenhe, and Wenhe to old things.

Jia Xu sighed and said casually: "It's nothing, it's just that I didn't expect Your Majesty to remember it, those things back then, I thought Your Majesty should hold a grudge." ”

back then

Liao Shen thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's your Li Dao Guo Yan who counterattacked Chang'an, and he really should be hated." ”

Jia Xu glanced at Zhang Liao faintly, and the dog really couldn't spit out ivory from his mouth.

Just as he was about to leave, he was pulled by Liao Shen again and asked quietly, "What do you think of Your Majesty?" ”

"The appearance is dignified, the instrument of the Son of Heaven."

"! When you smiled just now, I always felt that there was something deep, and I must have an opinion on Your Majesty in my heart, say it quickly, if you don't say it today, I won't let you go. "Regarding the question of how to deal with the Son of Heaven, even the Liao God of his own family has not been able to get any guidance from Lu Lin.

However, in terms of his position, the city government of the Son of Heaven also had to pay attention, he couldn't see the problem, but he believed that the old yin goods would definitely be clearer.

Unable to stand the pull of the Liao God, the old yin looked around to confirm that no one was able to whisper: "Your Majesty is not simple." ”

"How?" Liaoshen is interested.

"Do you see, just now he was talking about it for an hour, on the surface he was thanking the civil and military officials, but in fact, he had a calculation in his heart."

Jia Xu looked sideways at the team in the distance, and continued: "He will make these brothers who followed Wen Hou and Yunwen from birth and death leave the impression of a Ming Jun, which can win people's hearts to a certain extent.

Seeing it, Zang Ba and Sun Guan couldn't stop laughing just now. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao nodded suddenly.

"The most important thing is that he is testing Wen Hou and Yunwen's attitude towards him, and he wants to see if the two of them have the patience to wait for him to finish asking, which is very important, because he can't tell whether Wen Hou and Yunwen will be the second Cao Cao yet."

After Jia Xu finished speaking, a look of admiration appeared on Zhang Liao's face, "It's really an old thing, I saw it deep enough, I didn't see it." ”

Just as Jia Xu was smugly brushing his beard, Liao Shen asked sadly: "You are blind." ”

Jia Xu is also very open with Liao Shen now, and directly sneered, "Didn't you see that he would subconsciously peek at Yunwen every time he asked someone?" ”

This. I really didn't pay attention to it.

Only then did Zhang Liao believe that Jia Xu was not all conspiracy theories, and there were really traces to follow.

"In this way, this majesty is really not simple." Liao Shen clasped his hands on his chest and bowed his head slightly, and said earnestly.

"It's really not simple, being a puppet for so many years, he can still have such a city government and mental skills, if it weren't for the guidance of a master behind him, it means that he is indeed well versed in the way of the emperor." With that, Jia Xu walked towards the city.

(End of chapter)