"Even though Liu Bei was loyal and righteous, and was eager to be loyal to the king, he forgot his life, and by chance, God gave him a good opportunity to make such a special merit, but it was too much to be named King? Liu Bei's achievements are better than me!"

Wang Yun also knew that today was a time to share the spoils with the door closed. No matter what he said, Li Su could not catch any evidence, so he didn't care about talking too much for a while.

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In his opinion, Liu Bei destroyed Liu Yan, saved Luoyang, and pacified the southern barbarians. This time, he "had the motive of attacking the thief who usurped the Han Dynasty. In fact, by chance, he only had one assist to kill the remnants of the Dong family." Even if the four great achievements were added together, the four great achievements were not even rewarded, so it would not be more than Wang Yun's contribution.

Wang Yun was the unquestionable first achievement in destroying Dong, and Liu Bei only saved four small assists.

Of course, although the assist in the last time was small, they had more chips. If they were shameless, they would have the opportunity to plunder a considerable amount of money in the Meiwu warehouse. However, Liu Bei was willing to leave it to the court that was in trouble in exchange, so he had to accept this in private.

Seeing that Wang Yun's reaction was so intense, Li Su was not in a hurry, so he asked the other party to calm down first, and then said bluntly: "But you are not a relative of the Han Dynasty. If you have the surname Liu and have made such a great success in survival, I will also support you in your title of king."

After Wang Yun had just had anger, his shock was calmer and he was no longer angry. He just shook his head coldly: "Liu Bei could not be the king. It was too fast. He was originally just a general in the West. Now the court is in a mess. Even Huangfu Song has made an agreement that the position of General of the Cheqi and Cavalry is not restored. I want me to say that Liu Xuande's first two small contributions will be promoted to the former general, and the governor of Yizhou will be good. I will find another way to compensate for the reward for the last two contributions."

Li Su did not respond immediately, but waited for the other party to finish speaking, and the situation was cold for several seconds, asking the other party to reflect on himself before saying: "Governor of Yizhou? Wang Situ, I am for my wish, Yuan Shao had already called himself the governor of Jizhou last year, and even Cao Cao called himself the governor of Yanzhou - Now the governor of the Han Dynasty, the strong soldiers and horses are for it, but few people who have the land but the governor of the state are in favor of the state?

Who is as humble and self-reliant as the general of the Western Conquest? Who is as humble as the general of the Western Conquest? He heard that His Majesty was in a shortage of military strength in Hanzhong, and the main force of the army was still recruiting the Southern Barbarians, but he insisted on sending troops to help the court regardless of his own safety?

Wang Situ, do you really think that the current situation is so deteriorating that you can control local princes with the power of the court? The other generals who attacked Dong will let the court arbitrarily appoint Mu Shou to replace their own offensives that they attacked each other because you destroyed Dong Zhuo?

Now there is the example of the foreign mushou who is the first to support the court, but you are stingy with rewards, and the strength is not as strong as those of the rebel ministers. Who else in the world will come to ask for rewards from the court? Are you not afraid that they will still regard you as the second Dong Zhuo and say you are hiring the emperor? At least, you should know that the general and the Western Expedition must have truly saved the country, otherwise we would not come so soon. This is good and good rewards, and God will do so."

The key to Li Su's remarks is to remind Wang Yun: Don't think that the current law of the world was still two or three years ago. Now the authority of the court has fallen to the point where the support of local powerful factions! Also, in the past two or three years, official positions and titles have actually depreciated! People have made too many mistakes, and you still reward them according to the old ideas, and the intensity is obviously smaller.

And when Li Su said this, he didn't feel ashamed at all: After all, a few months later, Li Jue and Guo Si, who were originally just lieutenants, entered Beijing. As soon as he killed Wang Yun, he dared to directly ask for the generals of all directions and the marquis of the county.

Wang Yun must immediately recognize the reality of "depreciation".

Wang Yun poured two glasses of wine in a muffled voice, slowly digested and accepted some information about the external status and said with compromise: "It's better to be the king too fast. Otherwise, let's combine the four great achievements of Liu Bei, cross Huangfu Song, and give it to the general of the chariot! He is taller than Huangfu Song, and are you not satisfied?"

Li Su: "The General Xiaoyi of the West was so proud of him. Huangfu Gong was his mentor. The General Lu never thought of suppressing them. The title of King is just a royal title.

Let me remind Situ again, you may know that when defending Luoyang from the traitors last year, Henan Yin Zhu Jun once recommended the general to protect the imperial seal that was lost and regained due to the will of heaven.

The General of the Western Expedition also vowed to the Heavenly Conquest that when the Emperor was no longer hostage by the thief ministers, he should return the jade seal to the court. Now, Situ, you kill the thief minister Dong Zhuo, which is enough to prove that the court has a new atmosphere and the emperor has been clear. The General of the Western Expedition should return the jade seal to the emperor - what do you think this is the merit?"

Wang Yun's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't sit still.

Indeed, he realized that Liu Bei had another unique advantage over other local powerhouses, that is, he vowed to Luoyang with other princes who entered Luoyang last year, and everyone entrusted him with the lost and restored jade seal.

Liu Bei had more or less the authority to "judgment whether the emperor was still enslaved by the traitor's ministers". He returned the imperial seal, which shows that he recognized that the current court assistant minister was not a traitor who held the emperor.

Wang Yun now also needs such an external recognition to consolidate his position as soon as possible.

"Add a jade seal... It seems that it is indeed reasonable to be crowned as a king." Wang Yun couldn't help thinking this in his heart.

Of course, he also knew that this was not that easy, because although he was almost monopolized, he had to convince the emperor that the emperor was twelve years old and had a little knowledge. In addition, Yang Biao, Shi Sun Rui, and Ma Rizhe and other important officials, as well as their accomplices, had to discuss it.

The Jade Seal can be used as a bargaining chip to block the mouth of killing Dong's accomplice, and the two court officials also urgently need to be recognized as "the current emperor is no longer held hostage". Wang Yun will give a private message and everyone will support him.

After completely understanding these things, Wang Yun turned his expression kindly: "I don't know what kind of king the General of the Western Expedition thinks is suitable for him?"

Li Su pretended to let the flow and was completely unconscious: "The General of the Western Expedition originally set up the shogunate in Nanzheng in order to fight against Dong in the Northern Expedition, so of course, it is better to take the King of Hanzhong."

Wang Yun's nasolabial folds on his cheeks were sucked: "No! This name is suspected of being a transgressive - Li Zhonglang, don't say you didn't think of this."

Li Su admitted: "I was a little negligent, but if the court deliberately avoided it, it would not seem suspicious? The general of the Western Expedition even offered the jade seal, what else would there be suspicion?

Otherwise, I will give you a solution - I will leave the capital in a few days and return to Nanzheng, and formally submit a letter to the generals of the Western Expedition and the generals of the Shogunate, and pass on the jade seal to return to Chang'an. Situ could convince the emperor that the first edict was first willing to grant the Western Expedition to the King of Hanzhong.

After the imperial edict arrived in Nanzheng, the general of the Western Expedition should give in to the court's etiquette and law. We don't have to resign again, just resign once. The court also changed the title of King of Shu in the second edict, and the army attached 'The court has not been established for a long time, and the road is not stable, and the four directions are still in turmoil. This is not a time when the ritual is held, and the general of the Western Expedition will not resign again'. Then the general of the Western Expedition will be granted the title of King of Shu. How about it?"

It must be mentioned here that although the King of Shu is a king with the same word, the King of Shu mentioned by Li Su is obviously a common vassal king in a fiefdom. It is just like "King of Zhongshan", "King of Hejian", and "King of Donghai", and nothing special.

Shu here refers to Shu County, not Shu or even Yizhou.

Of course, Wang Yun knew these common sense, so his focus was not on this, but on Li Su's proposal, "After resigning, the court sincerely reduced the title, so that the person who received the title should not resign, and the final result was made."

Although the title of king is no longer as good as Wang Mang's precedent in "using the throne and abdicating" like "using the throne and abdicating", he still has to be slightly ruling and giving in.

Of course, there are two situations - if it is because of blood, such as if you are the emperor's son or brother, then you will not give in to the king directly. However, if you are a farther away, you should be humble to be a relative of the Han Dynasty because you have made great contributions to saving the Han Dynasty.

Wang Yun also understood that if the court issued the first edict to the King of Hanzhong and the second edict to the King of Shu, then Liu Bei would not dare to accept it directly without hesitation. In that way, he would be scolded by the world, and the loss of reputation might be more serious than the benefits obtained by the title of this king, and the loss of gain would be more than the loss.

"Can you really make sure that Liu Bei will accept the second edict changed to the King of Shu?" Thinking of this, Wang Yun couldn't help asking.

Li Su smiled: "You should ask, will the General of the Western Expedition hand over the jade seal when he received the first edict - as for the second edict, wouldn't he let Situ change his name?"

Wang Yun thought it was right. While exchanging the first edict of "Encouraging the King of Hanzhong", Liu Bei had already paid the money and delivered the goods completely. At the second time, Liu Bei had no chips in his hand, so why didn't he let himself suppress the price?

As for the money in the treasury of the Meiwu House, when Liu Bei's jade seal was delivered, it would have been shipped back to Chang'an long ago. Therefore, the first inflated edict was just a "framework agreement to ensure the delivery of the other party". After delivery, he could still lower the price and issue the "implementation rules", but the other party could not raise the price.

Thinking of this, it would be no big deal to express your opinion to the King of Hanzhong first.

"Okay, in the past two days, Li Zhonglang will linger in the capital for a while. Tomorrow, I will take you to a banquet the next day, and drink with Ma Richang, Shi Sun Rui and other court officials. I will also get their understanding.

Three days later, Li Zhonglang was asked to go back and write another memorial to the General of the Western Expedition, and send it back together. The memorial to the Emperor and the Jade Seal arrived in Beijing was the time when the edict of the king was issued. Don't worry, you and the other generals and subordinates under the General of the Western Expedition were also promoted and rewarded. Li Su, I would like to ask your truth, do you want to follow Liu Bei all the time, or become an official in the court?"

Li Su took a deep breath: "I serve the general in the Western Expedition, one is to repay the kindness, the other is to eliminate the traitors, but the foreign enemies are to promote the great Han Dynasty's reputation in foreign lands. However, now that the great achievements have been basically completed, of course I will hope to enter the court in the future, and no one wants to do so."

This statement must be said, so that Wang Yun's suspicion of Liu Bei's separatist rule can be reduced. Moreover, Li Su was not afraid of being full of words and saying something bad - he even dared to agree to the conditions of "resigning the King of Hanzhong and changing to the King of Shu", obviously because Li Su knew that Wang Yun would not live long.
Chapter completed!