The words are divided into two ends.

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Xun You made arrangements for the construction of the siege in the rear, and found the historical person in charge for the losses in Chang'an City so far;

At the same time, Li Su took Zhao Yun and Dian Wei and set off eastward in the early morning of April 22nd. After more than two days of trek, he also arrived at Hongnong.

He handed in the afternoon of the 24th, and then the emperor announced that he would meet him tomorrow morning.

There are 220 miles from Chang'an to Huayin, and there are 150 miles from Huayin to Hongnong, so Li Su rushed to a total of 370 miles.

Even if he was riding a horse, he was already very rushing to run so many roads in two or three days. He was not running wildly, so there was no need to be faster.

On the way, in order to prevent the remnants of Li Jue Army from causing harm, after all, this place was still an enemy-occupied area a few days ago, so Li Su brought 8,000 cavalrymen to protect him, including 5,000 breastplate iron cavalry and 3,000 leather-armored bow cavalry.

Anyway, the cavalry troops were not used in the siege, and they were idle. Li Su brought Zhao Yun, Ma Chaodianwei to see the world, and also ate some food and grass from Duanji to reduce the pressure on the cavalry troops to stay in Guanzhong. In the year of a major disaster, it would be a little bit to save. Eight thousand cavalrymen would eat for seven or eight days, and there would be a lot of food.

However, after arriving in Tongguan, most of the cavalry were blocked outside, because the east of Tongguan was never considered Li Jue's control area, but Duan Wei's traditional sphere of influence. In the last 150 miles, Li Su only brought one thousand people with him, and when he arrived in Hongnong, he would have to camp outside the city, so he only brought dozens of people to the city.

The final reception was arranged in the temporary palace. If you want to go to the palace, Li Su could not even take any guard. It must be the person written on the Liu Bei's court meeting. Only those who have left their names can meet the saints. Therefore, only Li Su and Zhao Yun and Ma Chao Dian and Wei were the four.

As for this palace, it was actually an unfinished royal palace, which was the palace of Liu Xie's dead brother, the deposed Shao Emperor and King Hongnong.

After Liu Bian was deposed as King Hongnong, he had to be a vassal in theory, but Dong Zhuo was worried that he would be out of control at that time, so he kept in Luoyang. However, the court's etiquette and law could not be abolished. Regardless of whether Liu Bian went to Hongnong or not, Hongnong's palace had to be selected to start building. Even if it was a hasty dealt with it, it would be fine, but it could not be completely unbuilt.

Unexpectedly, this semi-finished royal palace was exposed to wind and sun for three or four years, and finally it was temporarily resided on the way to escape by Liu Bian's younger brother. Many places have not been renovated yet, but there is no way to make do with it first.

Early in the morning of the 25th, Li Su took three generals who went to the palace at the same time at the time of the dynasty and three times.

At the entrance of the palace, of course, Zhao Yun and the other two had to take off their swords and take off their shoes, but they did not have the treatment of "swords and shoes to the hall".

Li Su also took off her shoes, but picked up the sword hanging on her waist and asked to explain to the palace guards.

The cavalry captain of the guard was Dong Cheng's subordinate. Without knowing the situation, he directly pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and demanded majesticly: "Please remove the sword by the right general!"

Li Su: "This is the snake-killing sword mentioned in the presentation of the King of Hanzhong. This time, the emperor will be presented to the emperor. When the city of Chang'an is broken, it will be sent back to the high emperor tablet of Taimiao to worship. His Majesty replied yesterday that he agreed."

This snake-killing sword was four years ago. When Li Su sent Liu Xie's sister, Wannian Princess Liu Miao, was in the vassal state, passed by Chang'an, and the "White Rainbow Punch" of the Taimiao of Chang'an, ascended to Li Su's ship. Li Su took it back to Liu Bei for storage.

Now that Liu Bei has returned to Chang'an, the sword must be put back to the Taimiao and placed in front of Emperor Gao's tablet. But he should tell Liu Xie for his reason and he still needs to take it away after reading it.

After a moment of entanglement for a minute or two, Dong Cheng heard the discussion outside and came out in person to express his opinion on behalf of the emperor, and the cavalry captain let it go.

As a result, the passing rituals such as guards on both sides of the sides were also spared. Li Su also happened to dislike the tossing and four people and one sword, and finally arrived at the main hall.

...

When Liu Xie saw Li Su Jin, he was also a little nervous.

Liu Xie has never met Liu Bei in this life. Although Liu Bei was an official in the late Emperor Ling for a while, he temporarily served as Zong Zheng, one of the nine ministers (but at that time, Liu Bei was not qualified enough, not a regular job, but just a deputy acting position), but Liu Xie was only eight years old at that time, and was only King Chenliu, so he had no chance to hear about the affairs of the foreign court.

However, Li Su had seen him, and Zhao Yun had also seen him. It was during the Ten Congregations of the Ten Generals in Five Years ago.

At that time, he was nine years old and fled from Wende Hall in Nangong, Luoyang to the rehabilitation road of Deyang Hall in Deyang Hall in Beigong. He followed Empress He and Princess Wannian to jump off the building and escape. The elder brother, who was only fourteen years old, did not dare to jump. At that time, Zhao Yun caught him, so Zhao Yun was considered a little rescue to Liu Xie.

Based on this old friend, even though he knew that Li Su and Zhao Yun were more inclined to be directly loyal to Liu Bei, Liu Xie was quite commending with these two people. Dian Wei and Ma Chao did not show his face at all, just an ordinary foreign general.

Liu Xie thought about it and actually used a close-knit opening remark: "Don't be fine, I haven't seen you for five years. Remember that mother...the mother asked you to send the emperor's sister to the vassal state, now she is fine."

When talking about Empress Dowager He, Liu Xie hesitated for a moment, but in the end he called his mother.

This is because last year, he held the Yuanfu ceremony.

The so-called Yuanfu is a coming-of-age ceremony, which is said to be held at the age of fifteen. However, if the emperor wants to marry a wife, he must first serve the Yuanfu first. Therefore, in 193, the court played a verbal ball and gave Liu Xieyuanfu in advance, and then immediately married Fu Shou and Guiren Dong and brought him into the palace.

Then, according to the rules of the Yuan Dynasty, the three dukes agreed to the title of his biological mother, Meiren Wang, and also pursued the title of "Empress Linghuai", and ranked alongside "Empress Lingsi" by Empress Wang. Meiren Wang was poisoned by Empress He that year, and Empress Dowager Dong, who raised Liu Xie, was also suspected to be poisoned by her daughter-in-law, Queen He. Liu Xie was so stubborn that he must have some grudges about Empress He and continued to call her mother.

Li Su was caught off guard. He really didn't expect the emperor's opening remarks to seek peace so humbly. He quickly thanked him and said some scenes: "Because of His Majesty's concern, I have entrusted Princess Wannian to his uncle a few years ago, and took over the Hanzhong King's house to raise him, and lived in the royal palace. There is no gap. The rest of the ministers dare not spy on it."

In front of the emperor, even if you call Liu Bei, you have to say your name. However, Liu Bei and the emperor have the same surname, so you can not say your surname.

He quickly ended his politeness and then led the emperor to get to the point.

Liu Xie didn't want to say that, but just threw a stone to ask for directions to confirm the attitude of the generals of Liu Bei's camp. Seeing that they were still respectful of the king and probably wouldn't do anything to do a traitor, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "What are the plans for the emperor's uncle after he attacked the thief ministers this time?"

This is the key to the appearance of the saint in this period. The emperor was very worried that Liu Bei would control him, but it would be impossible for Liu Bei to spit out Chang'an, which he fought to conquer, at that time.

To take a step back, even if Liu Bei gave up Chang'an, the surrounding Youfufeng Anding County is Liu Bei's territory, and Chang'an has no danger at all, so Liu Xie is not at ease to live back to Chang'an.

Qin Zhi's four passes and Liu Bei was in the Passage, so it would be easy to take it back to Chang'an.

On the other hand, the reason why Li Su was stuck in the current point of tribute was that he did not want the emperor to speak loudly. If Chang'an had already been taken down, the emperor would have fooled it, making people feel that "it was easy to recover Chang'an, and it would be nothing to let Liu Bei return."

But it has not been captured yet, and no matter how you look at it, Li Jue has brought tens of thousands of dead soldiers, and wants to spend the most luxurious and desireful life a year and a half before his death. If you want to rely on Liu Bei to continue to work hard and hard to win such a tough bone, how could Liu Xie be embarrassed to pick peaches?

After weighing the trade-offs, Liu Xie took the initiative to propose: "Chang'an was originally moved by Dong's thief. The taxes of this dynasty have always been in Guandong. Since Dong's thief abolished power, in four or five years, all the salaries and salaries of the officials and the Northern Army have been paid out of the taxes of the people in Guanzhong, and the robbers of the bandits have been robbed. The soldiers and common people in Guanzhong have long been overwhelmed.

I cannot bear to harm the people and want to return to Luoyang to the east, and persuade the princes from all sides to send taxes and taxes to the old system, and reduce them as appropriate, and to entrust the court. Do you think it is acceptable? Can the emperor wish this?"

Li Su bowed: "Your Majesty's holy judgment, how dare you judge the ministers? Besides, Your Majesty's desire to love the people is enough to show kindness. However, when the former Secretary of Shangshu persuaded Dong to move the capital, he once advised that "the world is easy to move, but the peace is difficult to be safe."

Dong Zhe and Li Jue and Guo Si successively harmed Sanfu, and the total number of people was destroyed by more than 2 million. I wonder if Your Majesty is moving eastward, whether he wants to return to Henan Yin in the east, or…”

Liu Xie knew that this was Li Su's "criminal advice", so he quickly stated: "Therefore, what Shangshu Lu said is true gold and jade, and your quotes are enough to learn from. Since the scholars and common people have settled their homes in the Three Guards, and the land in Guanzhong is enough for the people to divide their species, so they can no longer work to return to the capital. As for the officials... what is the current situation of the officials?"

Li Su's nasolabial folds on her cheeks slightly twitched: "Among the officials, Jingzhao Yin Zhao Wen, Zong Zheng Liu Ai, Guangluxun Deng Quan, Grand Secretary Zhang Yi and others escaped from Chang'an and were rescued by the King of Hanzhong. Except for Yang Biao, Yang Biao was bedridden, the rest were killed by Li Jue. Nearly half of the Duke and the nobles died, and the rest were still trapped in the city - Your Majesty, but will you wait for the King's Army to rescue them and then move them to the capital together?"

Liu Xie was very embarrassed. He didn't know how heavy the casualties of all officials were.

Li Su also paid attention to his proper speech, which gradually made the emperor realize that his escape caused Li Jue to be detained toward the enemy because he was afraid that he would be positioned toward the enemy. He was afraid that there would be an internal support in the city when Liu Bei attacked the city, so he killed and killed dissidents so wildly.

After a while, Liu Xie finally realized the immorality of abandoning all officials and people's ancestral temples.

This is a big loss of virtue. Do you have the nerve to ask for many conditions to speak again?

For the sake of face, Liu Xie had to pull Dong Cheng beside him to say something regrettable: "Uncle, this is all my fault. You are all meritorious officials in the rescue, but why did you assist me as unworthy and unethical as me."

Dong Cheng quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, why did you say this? Your Majesty is just a matter of urgent action. Everything is still Li Jue is crazy. Your Majesty does not have to take it for his own fault."

Liu Xie: "The uncle of the country does not need to comfort me. If he abandons the ancestral temple, all officials will not admit his mistakes, how will the hearts of the world be separated? I will be punished now."

Dong Cheng: "Your Majesty, no! At this time of national crisis, the authority of the court has long been robbed by Dong and his traitor is extremely despicable. If you issue an edict to blame yourself, you may become more and more disrespectful to others from afar."

Liu Xie waved his hand at a loss, turned to Li Su and asked, "What do you think?"

Li Su bowed and said, "Your Majesty always cares about yourself. If you hear something wrong, you will be happy. The world will definitely respect you. However, there is no need to be anxious about this matter. Your Majesty just mentioned the handling of all officials when moving the capital..."

Liu Xie slapped his forehead: "You remind me that I have forgotten the serious matter. Since the situation is so difficult and all officials have not been rescued yet, how can I talk about moving the court?

Let's do this. If all officials who have left the city and are protected by the emperor's uncle, who are willing to come to Hongnong temporarily, they can come here. Chang'an probably won't be able to recover it for the time being. I will stay in Hongnong Bank this year and send envoys to ask Henan Yin Zhu Jun to repair Luoyang and make preparations. If everything goes well, I will discuss going back from Hongnong east next year. As for how many officials to bring at that time, I will ask the emperor's uncle to discuss it again at that time."

This is to exchange for Liu Bei's support and further delegate power. If the ministers and ministers are unwilling to follow the emperor, they can leave the office. As the emperor, there is actually not much government affairs to deal with.

However, Liu Xie is now just trying to get out of trouble and get support. It is not legitimate enough to say that Liu Bei has to take charge of the government.

Of course, Li Su could not make a wish by a child who was ignorant of etiquette and law. He had to do things right, so he reminded him: "I have another matter here, which should be used to replace the King of Hanzhong. When the Holy Will was appointed as King of Hanzhong, Liu Bei repeatedly refused. It was only because of why Situ Wang Yun encountered Li Jue's harm. The court was trapped in a thief and could not communicate with him, nor could he know Your Majesty's true intention and did not dare to retreat. Only then did Quanzhou take action.

When Liu Bei was granted the title, he clearly stated that this was a temporary measure before the success of the king. Once the Northern Expedition successfully supported the court, he would naturally discuss rewards separately, but this was not an honor. Now the court is quiet and clear, and he is about to ask Your Majesty to approve Liu Bei's resignation."

Liu Xie immediately stood up from the temporary imperial throne: "How can this be made! The emperor's achievements in saving the emperor's reign two years ago and the offering of the jade seal, he deserves such a reward. Now he defeats the enemy Li Jue and Guo Si again, and has the merit of saving the country. He deserves the title of King of Hanzhong, who else should be left?

There are no outsiders today. I might as well tell you first. When Chang'an is recovered, I will ask to set up an altar for the emperor's uncle and remove the word "Quanshe". When Guo Si is executed and he will be successful, he will be promoted to Sima for the emperor's uncle.

What's more, now that Yongliang has not yet been pacified, Guo Si and the remaining thieves in Xiliang are still there, and I will not enthrone other local officials. All the talents needed for local peace and governance will be allowed to be expressed by the emperor. I see, you will also keep the right general's name and temporarily take the Jingzhao Yin. Zhao Wen dismissed Situ due to an earthquake at the beginning of the year, so now I will send him back and be Situ by my side. After Chang'an is recovered and Guo Si is pacified, he will be given another official position to you."

Liu Xie had realized that even if Liu Bei was willing to respect him, he would not be able to interfere with the power to appoint local officials. It would be better to follow the favors. All the appointing powers of the territory Liu Bei won was recognised.

What's more, Liu Bei could "resist the orders of the king from outside". As long as Guo Si is not dead and Liangzhou is not pacified, Yongliang is a battlefield and must obey the wartime system. The current rebellion is a series of continuous tasks in law, and cannot be transitioned to the peaceful system.

Although Li Su's current status is the most noble title, he still has a position. Before Liu Bei became king, Li Su's position was only the prefect of Shu County, and later he changed his position to the corresponding Hanzhong Prince's Mansion, and there was no new position in the court.

Therefore, it is impossible to make Li Su directly serve as the governor of the state. It is not appropriate to be the Nine Ministers. At least you have to wait for Chang'an to recover and Guanzhong to calm down. In the middle, you will first take a Jingzhao Yin, who is on par with the Nine Ministers and is obviously a little higher than other county magistrates. It is okay to make a transition.

Li Su had no excuses to refuse at the moment, so she thanked her first.

Liu Xie also added two thousand fiefs to him and officially added them to the county marquis (a total of five thousand households).

So Li Su is now the right general, Pi Hou, and the commander of Jingzhao Yin.

Then, Liu Xie also announced the reward to Zhao Yun and others first, and then discussed other civil and military officials in Liu Bei's camp who were not present. Finally, Li Su and others were left to have dinner in the palace.

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Chapter completed!