After sending Yuan Xie back to the palace, Yuan Qi temporarily said goodbye to Yuan Xie and withdrew from the palace on the grounds that the remaining Dong thieves in the city had not been completely purged. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Yuan Qi knew that he was already a master of great merit at the moment, even if Yuan Xie would not say anything, but those ministers and ministers could not see that they had made such a great contribution. To put it bluntly, most of the ministers are from the scholar clan and have the inherent shortcomings of the scholar clan. Let them rush into battle to fight the enemy, and they may be so frightened that they will immediately pee their pants, but if they are allowed to sit in a high hall and talk loudly, their open mouth can speak of black as white and dead as alive. Before Dong Meng died, these people looked forward to Yuan Qi leading the army into the capital day and night, but when Yuan Qi really led the army to come and killed Dong Meng, these ministers would feel that Yuan Qi was too sharp in their hearts, and it seemed that they were very incompetent, and they would inevitably be dissatisfied with Yuan Qi, and then regard Yuan Qi as the target of attack.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it, Yuan Qi naturally understands. He didn't want to be the target of criticism from those ministers and ministers, so it was better to have as little contact as possible. Although there are also upright people among the ministers of the DPRK and China, such as his father Yuan Ying, Huang Fuchu, Zhu Huan and other military generals, as well as Zhong Xuan, Jin Shang, Du Ji and other ministers, such people are a minority after all, and they cannot control the overall situation. Moreover, Yuan Ying is Yuan Qi's father, and Jin Shang is Yuan Qi's father-in-law, and with the position of these two people, it is really not suitable to argue for Yuan Qi.

Outside the palace, the elite of Yuan Qi's Heavenly Return Camp had already been waiting again. Yuan Qi took the reins of the jade unicorn from the hands of an elite of the Tiangui camp, turned over on his horse, and urged the horse to run towards Li Ru's mansion. Instead of wasting time by intriguing with those ministers and ministers, it is better to go to Li Ru's mansion to see if there is any possibility of surrendering Li Ru.

"Why don't you drink tea?" Li Ru's faint tone broke the silence. It has been almost half an hour since Yuan got up and arrived at Li Ru's mansion, and Li Ru has only ordered his subordinates to serve tea. He never said anything else, Yuan Qi's patience was very good, Li Ru didn't speak, he kept silent, the silence of the two lasted for half an hour, and in the end, Li Ru was the first to speak.

Yuan Qi took a sip of the teacup, nodded and praised: "The tea is good." Li Ru picked up the kettle with his own hand, filled Yuan Qi's teacup with water, and said, "Isn't the prince afraid that Confucianism will poison the tea?"

Yuan Qi glanced at Li Ru disappretently. Shaking his head, he said, "You won't." ”

Li Ru was stunned for a moment, then sat down very lonely, sighed and said: "Confucianism only hopes that the prince can let someone go with the Taishi." ”

Yuan Qi said: "Sir, why are you like this?" Li Ru sighed, looked up at Yuan Qi's eyes, and said really: "Li Ru has already missed it once." I thought that Taishi was ambitious, but after seeing the flowery world in the capital, Taishi completely changed a person, became greedy and violent. Li Ru read poetry and books, but he helped the Taishi to brutalize the people of the capital, and every time he thought of it, he felt even more ashamed in his heart. Now the prince's soldiers have entered the capital. The government and the opposition are peaceful, and they have long heard that the prince loves the people like sons, this is the gospel of the people, and a chaotic minister and thief like Confucianism can still survive. ”

Listening to Li Ru's words, Yuan Qi was in awe. No wonder whether it is Jia Yuan or Qi Tian, they all respect Li Ru, and Li Ru is indeed admirable. It's a pity that Dong Meng doesn't have those discerning eyes and can't see all of Li Ru's talents. Yuan Qi stood up and said seriously to Li Ru: "I intend to ask Wen Wei to come out of the mountain to help, I don't know what Wen Wei will do?"

Li Ru looked at Yuan Qi suspiciously, and asked rhetorically, "Why did the prince say this." ”

Yuan Qi said word by word: "For you to show revenge." ”

Li Ru asked again: "If the prince has the foundation to be the emperor in the future, dare to ask the prince what he wants?"

Yuan Qi laughed and said: "Wen Wei, do you think that in terms of military strength alone, there is no hope of becoming an emperor at all? If a certain person wants to be an emperor now, and has the strength to stop a certain person, how many people will there be? What a certain person wishes in his life is not the emperor's plan to dominate the industry, and a certain person only hopes that the people of the world will live and work in peace and contentment, and move forward diligently towards the Chinese martial arts, that's all. ”

After listening to Yuan Qi's words, Li Ru was deeply touched in his heart, and immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to Yuan Qi: "Li Ru sees the lord! ”

Stretching out his hand to pull up Li Ru, Yuan Qi smiled and said: "In the future, I will have to help each other, and I will have no worries." ”

In the evening of the same day, Qi Tian returned to the capital. Unlike when he went out of the city in the morning, when he went out of the city, he was a single halberd, and when he came back, he was hugging each other. After Qi Tian's persuasion, Xu Rong had agreed to surrender to the imperial court, and ordered all the 10,000 Flying Bear troops under his command to disarm and return to the capital with the 40,000 Bingzhou troops under Qi Tian's command.

Qi Tian successfully persuaded Xu Rong, so that the Yuan Association Center finally fell a stone. Yuan Xie immediately ordered that Qi Tian be promoted to General Fenwei and Xu Rong to be General Zhonglang. At the same time, Yuan Xie also asked Zhong Xuan to ghostwrite and draft the imperial list, stating that Dong Meng and his Xiliang army were wiped out, and commending the merits of Yuan Qi, Yugong Zhaolie, Sun Jian, Gongsun Ruyun and Wang Kuang. After the drafting of the imperial list was completed, people were sent to post it everywhere in the capital to reassure the people. After reading the emperor's list, the people in the city were overjoyed, and rushed to tell each other about Dong Meng's punishment, and people celebrated with their crowns. Suddenly, Yuan Qi's prestige reached a level that everyone knew.

That night, Qi Tian brought Xu Rong to see Yuan Qi, and Jia Yuan and Li Ru were by his side. Several people drank tea and discussed their next move. Xu Rong, who knew the inside story of the Xiliang Army, first said: "Li Dao and Guo Yan still have 100,000 troops, and they are in Xiliang, which is a huge threat to the Beijing Division, so they should be planned as soon as possible. Although they are both Xiliang people, Xu Rong is very dissatisfied with the character of Li Dao and Guo Yan, so there is no cordiality between fellow villagers.

Li Ru added: "Zhang Ji is now stationed in Guanzhong, he has excellent men and horses, and he is upright by nature, and he is Zhang Long's uncle, if the lord can recruit Zhang Ji, it should be a big help." ”

A sigh suddenly sounded, interrupting everyone's analysis, Jia Yuan sighed and said, "Everyone, let's still make plans to withdraw our troops as soon as possible. ”

Li Ru and Xu Rong asked in surprise at the same time, "Why is this?" Jia Yuan shook his head and said, "The merit is high and the lord is shocked." The lord is too sharp at the moment, which will inevitably arouse the jealousy of people with ulterior motives, and within three days, I am afraid that someone will participate in helping the lord in front of the Son of Heaven. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Qi lowered his head and pondered.

Combined with Jia Yuan's analysis, the group of scholars led by Wang Nuo will definitely force Yuan Qi to leave the capital sooner or later, once Yuan Qi leaves and takes the Youzhou army away, Ugong Zhaolie and others will have no reason to continue to stay, and at that time, there will definitely be a shortage of troops in the capital, in case Li Dao and Guo Yan lead the troops to come, who will resist?

After thinking about it again, Yuan Qi couldn't get along with a way to get along with the best of both worlds, so he had to talk about the concerns in his heart and let everyone brainstorm together. Jia Yuan also thought of Yuan Qi's concerns, and had already had a countermeasure, but Jia Yuan deliberately let Li Ru show his talents, and deliberately did not say the countermeasures in his chest, but looked at Li Ru.

Seeing Jia Yuan's eager gaze, Li Ru understood what Jia Yuan meant in his heart, and was secretly grateful to Jia Yuan. Then Li Ru said loudly: "The lord's concerns are not impossible. At present, we should bring Zhang Ji over as soon as possible, Zhang Ji is not a member of our army, and the ministers of the DPRK and China will not have too much suspicion of Zhang Ji, and letting Zhang Ji garrison Chang'an can effectively prevent the invasion of Li Ji and Guo Yan. Moreover, Zhang Ji is the uncle of Zhang Long, the younger brother of the lord, and he is upright and trustworthy. ”

Li Ru's method is exactly what Jia Yuan thinks in his heart. Jia Yuan smiled and nodded, expressing support for Li Ru's suggestion. In the end, Yuan Qi made a decision and did what Li Ru said. That night, Zuo Ci took the letter written by Yuan Qi to Zhang Ji and rushed out of the city to Zhang Ji's camp overnight. In the letter, Yuan Qi persuaded Zhang Ji to raise troops to serve the imperial court, and with Yuan Qi's understanding of Zhang Ji from Zhang Long, Zhang Ji should be very happy to agree, and soon raise troops to the capital to meet Yuan Xie, and when Zhang Ji arrived, Yuan Qi could leave without worries.