After Li Bie was beaten by Zhao Yun, he retracted after he had collected enough information about Liu Bei's army and immediately returned to Chang'an.

However, at the same time, Chang'an is still in a false "unity and prosperity".

The news of Liu Bei's dispatch of troops had been spread among the ministers and ministers in the court, and rumors were everywhere. After all, Li Jue sent Li Bei and Wang Fang to reinforce Chen Cang, which was the sixth day of the second month, and four days were enough for the news to ferment.

Li Jue also knew in his heart, so on the tenth day of the second month, when the dynasty was dispersed, he stopped all the ministers and expressed his sincere intention of inviting everyone to the banquet:

"Dear colleagues, it is rare to discuss the court today, and everyone is fully equipped. I will prepare some wine and invite you to the humble house to discuss it later. On this autumn of the national crisis, if you have important matters to discuss, don't refuse."

When Li Jue was treating a meal, there was a row of cavalry from Feixiong Army standing next to him, and of course no one dared to refuse.

Everyone remembered the fear of being dominated by Dong Zhuo's murderous banquets two years ago, and looked at each other and bent over. None of the senior officials in the court, who were more than 2,000 stones were allowed to run away.

"Li Jue looked at him very humble the year before yesterday. In the end, the ministers were better than Dong Zhuo, and his true colors were revealed last year. Now that Liu Bei is attacking, he will not be like Dong Zhuo who heard that Yuan Shao is attacking, his beastly nature has changed drastically..."

Several important officials who were ranked among the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers couldn't help but feel so worried.

Many of them have been at the center since Dong Zhuo first entered Beijing, and have lived until now, living in the capital for five years. So they have witnessed Dong Zhuo's transformation and transformation process with their own eyes.

Dong Zhuo was very humble in his first half of his reign. He abolished the Party and the corruption to promote the Qingliu celebrities, even if he was holding back the bad waters and acted there. It was only when Qiao Mao and Yuan Shao's fuss that he completely turned black and he was too lazy to even act.

It was from then on that time that Dong Zhuo began to kill people at the banquet where all officials were invited to establish their authority. That's how Zhang Wenzhi died.

There is a car in front and a trajectory in the back, won’t Li Jue follow suit?

With such a nervous mood, everyone came to the General Cheqi and Cavalry Mansion under the "protection" of Feixiong Army.

The wine, meat and fruits were arranged on the mat. Li Jie had a gloomy face to greet everyone for a few rounds, and he brewed his lines.

Several well-known ministers and ministers winked each other, and then asked the Minister Ling Shi Sun Rui to find out the news from Li Jue.

Today's ministers and ministers in the court are led by these people:

The three dukes are Sikong Zhao Wen, Situ Chunyu Jia, and Taiwei Yang Biao. In addition to the three dukes, there is also a Shangshu Ling Shi Sun Rui who is not nominally considered the three dukes but has similar power to the Kaifu.

Further down, there are some people with real power in the Nine Ministers in troubled times, including Zhang Xi, Wei Wei and Han Rong, who are all theoretically able to control the imperial guards and military supplies.

There are also some people who are ranked among the three Dukes and Nine Ministers but actually leave the center as exile envoys, such as the Taifu Ma Rizhen, and the Taifu Zhao Qi were all on missions from Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and then detained as rubber stamps (Zhao Qi was on mission as a Taifu, and after being detained, the court could not be without Taifu, so Han Rong was allowed to take over).

There were also some Lie Qing who was responsible for the mission of envoys, and when he went out, he was directly killed by the princes in order to isolate the king's road, such as the Jinwu Hu Mu's squad and Duan Xun.

One was about to arrive at Yuan Shao's territory and was killed by Yuan Shao in the name of Wang Kuang. The other was held hostage by Gongsun Zan and killed King Yan Liu Yu with a knife. Then Gongsun Zan did not let him return to Chang'an alive. As soon as he left Ji County, he died at the hands of a thief and silenced him.

In short, the three dukes and nine nobles are like lanterns, and most of them work less than two years. Many people were still at the level of prefect two years ago, but they were actually promoted to the third duke, which shows the depreciation of their official positions.

Although Shi Sun Rui was just the Shangshu Ling, who made him accomplice of Wang Yun before? When Wang Yun finished, he was the first to jump out to recognize the legitimacy of Li Jue and Guo Si, so he was rewarded with a lot of real power by Li Jue.

Shi Sun Rui asked carefully: "General Cheqi and Cavalry, I heard that... the rebel Liu Bei soldiers attacked Chen Cang. Now that the general has reinforced him, the general will definitely be very successful in refusing to fight, right?"

Li Jie didn't want to answer, but he also saw the eye contact between the three masters and nine ministers. Since Shi Sun Rui was half inquiring and half supporting role, he also wanted to take the opportunity to establish his authority:

"That's natural! What are you going to worry about? Chen Cang is extremely strong and it is difficult to transport food. Liu Bei is very powerful and he is very aggressive. He can easily retreat. He rashly sends out his troops to siege Chen Cang. Although there are many, the food and grass will definitely be in short supply. At that time, our army will then cover up and kill. How can it be a pity?

Everyone forgot that two years ago, Liu Bei was so easy to advance and retreat in Wuzhangyuan. He was killed by the rear general and abandoned his horse and threw himself in the army, catching the ship and avoiding arrows. I saw that Liu Bei didn't think it clearly at all, but just came with personal anger against the rear general, just to take revenge.

Of course, this academic's despicable heart is also well known. No one in the world knows that Liu Bei colluded with Wang Yun, the rebellious minister of that year, and privately awarded the title of king, and also used it to gain fame. He wanted to kill Chang'an this time, obviously because his selfish desires were inflated. He wanted to use his convenience to falsely call the royal family, kill the throne, and carry out the rebellion of the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu!"

I have to say that Li Jue's language skills in organizing the Dayi title are not bad. After two years of being immersed in the imperial court, these dirty words were said one by one, and there was no need for a staff to make a comment.

These words include new wines in old bottles, seven real and three fake, and they are quite good. It seems that Liu Bei really has the ambition to replace Emperor Xian of Han.

Moreover, the subsequent analysis of "Liu Bei is not afraid of" is also reasonable and well-founded. Any disadvantages in food sources can be found with anger.

After the answer, Shi Sun Rui didn't think anything. He was already a grasshopper on the same rope as Li Jue. Since he took the lead in admitting Li Jue, he knew that if the court was turned over in the future, he would definitely be liquidated. Fortunately, Ma Riyan was detained by Yuan Shu, so he would be killed by illness and anger. If Ma Riyan could return to Chang'an, he would definitely not be able to escape liquidation.

So they were quite happy that Li Jie would continue to do it.

But except for Shi Sun Rui, other ministers couldn't help but complain: What should I do? Liu Bei wouldn't really be unscrupulous to seek personal revenge on Zhang Ji, right? If he didn't come, he would be peaceful. If he killed Li Jue easily and neatly, it would be fine. He was most afraid that the two armies would tug-of-war, and the Guanzhong production would be destroyed, and the people would be displaced and massacred millions. Alas...

Especially the three Taiwei Yang Biao, Weiwei Zhang Xi, and Taifu Han Rong, who were a little familiar with military affairs and were in charge of some dispatch and logistics, looked at each other in complex expressions.

At this moment, someone suddenly looked out of the door of the banquet hall. Seeing so many ministers sitting inside, it was hard to come in to talk directly, so he walked around the back door anxiously, and then a maid who poured wine walked out of the screen and whispered to Li Jie to change his clothes.

Li Jue glanced at the ministers and saw that everyone was staring at him nervously. He knew that if he had an excuse to change clothes and leave the table, rumors might be flying everywhere. Others guess what was going on, so it would be better to explain it clearly in public.

Li Jie looked stern: "Being presumptuous, you must talk to others in everything, let Ying'er come out!"

It turned out that the person who came to report the matter was Li Ying, the cousin of Li Jie. He had previously guarded Wuguan Road in Lantian to prevent Yuan Shu from invading. After Li Biewang Fang brought some of his troops to Ji County, Li Jie was afraid that Chang'an's strength would be weak and internal problems would break out, so he called Li Ying back for emergency response.

Anyway, Li Jue also understood that Yuan Shu was the one who defended the territory and would not take the initiative to attack the Chang'an court. It would be a waste to use 10,000 people to guard Wuguan Road to block Yuan Shu.

Li Ying had no choice but to whisper a few words to Li Jue.

Even though Li Jue thought he had good psychological quality, he could not change his face even when he heard bad news, and then explained to everyone with a smile, but after hearing Li Ying's words, he was caught off guard and threw a bronze wine jue on the table.

A crisp bronze sound was heard, and the volume was not loud, but it made the entire banquet hall silent.

"Chen Cang fell? Two days after we learned that Chen Cang was surrounded, Chen Cang was broken? Zhang Ji's head was carried by Zhao Yun to Beiyuanzhai in Mei County to challenge?"

Li Jue's heart was as if he was hit by a huge hammer, and he gritted his teeth and did not say the rhetorical question.

However, everyone below saw his abnormal behavior. What should I do? Will it affect the overall morale of the Chang'an court?

Within a few seconds, Li Jue made a ruthless decision, just to make it.

He did not pick up the bronze wine lord that had fallen on the ground, but quickly glanced at the ministers and when he swept over the Taifu Han Rong, he gave Li Ying a look and stroked his fingers hard on the silver chopsticks with slight indecision.

Li Ying immediately waved his hand, and turned a few swords and axes from behind the screen, grabbed Han Rong, the servant of the Grandpa, and dragged him down to the hall. In a moment, a head was presented to him.

The other three dukes and eight ministers were so scared that their faces looked like earth, and some of them were just kowtows. Only Shi Sun Rui relied on his good relationship with Li Jue to find out the reason, while the Grand Marshal Yang Biao was a little unable to hold it in his mouth and scolded Li Jue for killing innocent people indiscriminately.

Li Jue waved his hand: "Don't be angry with Mr. Yang! This general killed Han Rong, and he was guilty of his crime. This man colluded with Liu Bei and sent someone to send cattle, horses and military supplies to Chen Cangcheng last time, the escort officers and soldiers sent were stranded but did not return.

This time, Liu Bei attacked Chen Cang and was sent by Han Rong. He tried to open the city gate and responded to Liu Bei's entry into the city. Fortunately, the general led his troops to fight and fought with Liu Bei's army in the streets. He was seriously injured and blocked the city gate of Chen Cangnan again. He put a thousand jin gate to kill all Liu Bei's army that rushed into the city!

Although the latter general also personally took some injuries, Liu Bei's inner responsibilities were leaked and it was impossible to capture Chen Cang. This further proves Liu Bei's reliance on this Northern Expedition, and he just felt that he had an inner sensation. Everyone must be at ease. As long as he is not a person who colluded with Liu Bei, I will definitely give him a cleansing!"

Li Jue just wanted to kill a minister to establish his authority, to cover up his surprise that he was "scared to his cup when he heard the defeated army report", and thus disguised himself as "I deliberately threw the cup as a sign and let the knife and axe driver execute the traitor."

In this way, Li Cheqi seems to be in control and always be so confident.

On the other hand, it is better to find an excuse to lay the groundwork for a while when the news that Chen Cangcheng was broken was really unconcealed:

Didn’t I say that Chen Cangcheng was destroyed because Zhang Ji was defeated by Liu Bei’s inner support, seriously injured, and the soldiers were killed and injured. Therefore, Liu Bei’s victory was not replicable, it was just a chance to try his luck occasionally, so don’t be afraid.

As for why Han Rong was chosen in a hurry, it was of course because the Taipu was in charge of the court's horse and supplies. Since he was about to enter a wartime state, the general logistics officer would of course change Li Jue's own confidant, so that it would facilitate mobilization during the wartime and increase efforts to rob the people to raise military supplies.

Therefore, the comprehensive benefits of frame-up and killing Han Rong are the most cost-effective.

Seeing Li Jue saying so much, Yang Biao didn't know how to expose it for a moment, but he was so angry that he felt dizzy and fell back to the couch.

Yang Biao couldn't help but feel sad: "I'm lying to the ghost! Who doesn't know that you are using Han Rong as Zhang Wen's envoy and killing people to establish authority! However, from Li Jue's words, it can be at least heard that Liu Bei's offensive is not weak, and he has obviously suppressed Zhang Ji to attack. What should we loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty do?

Will Liu Bei be significantly stronger than Ma Teng and Han Sui who came last year? Alas, when Ma Teng came last fall, how many people in the court also had expectations for them. Zhong Shao and Ma Yu responded to it and were brutally killed. This time, we can't be reckless, otherwise it would be Zhong Shao and Ma Yu's fate again."
Chapter completed!