On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Luoyang City was shrouded in the snow of the cold winter.

The snow on the ground is half a foot thick, and the sky is still underground.

Liu Xie, whose eyes were slightly dark and his steps were frivolous, looked at Feixue outside Deyang Palace with a complicated expression.

The reason why he has dark eyes and weak body is naturally because he has to take a bowl of water over the years. He has to treat all the rain and dew and does not dare to neglect the concubines and uterus sent by every prince. How can this high intensity be worth it after two years? Fortunately, his efforts are not rewarded, and there are still people in the harem who are pregnant.

During this process, Liu Xie was also cautious in his operations. In fact, he had the opportunity to have children now - he began to favor concubines sent by various princes 20 months ago. If he was more efficient, he would theoretically have a child over one and a half years old.

Unfortunately, he had to take the water to take care of the feelings of the generals who were close to him first, so he secretly summoned the imperial physician and learned how to calculate the days. He was lucky with other concubines to avoid danger and ensure that the niece of the parents sent by Dong Cheng was pregnant first, so as to prevent Dong Cheng from becoming pregnant with his elbows.

It was also because Dong Cheng's niece was not very good-for-all, which delayed nearly a year. Then Liu Xie dared not to be open and went to the other concubines for the sake of his life. He gradually made Yuan Shu's daughter Yuan Guiren and Cao Cao's daughter Cao Guiren pregnant. It was not easy for the emperor to do this to play balance and play so carefully.

Starting from early autumn, Liu Xie felt a little uneasy because of the complete paralysis of General Zhu Jun. However, after the uneasiness lasted for three months, Liu Xie became a little paralyzed.

After all, he has never seen any tragic thing in his life? How much harder was when he was held hostage by Dong Zhuo and Li Jue than now.

For a long-term and unchangeable bad thing, Liu Xie has long learned to coexist with bad news. He does not think about it more and makes people happy in suffering.

In this paralysis of suffering and happiness, in the past one or two months, some fresh good news has made Liu Xie a little happy and diluted his hidden worries.

The emperor's uncle Liu Bei was loyal to the country and was determined to reform and eliminate bad policies. After Liu Bei's army reformed the tax and scheduling system and won the Battle of Hetao at a low cost, the emperor's uncle worked very hard to promote his reforms, and the words expressed above were sincere.

The emperor's uncle also told him in a heart-to-heart manner: During the Huanling period, the reason why the Liangzhou Rebellion dragged down the whole world and led to civil rebellion was that the tax scheduling in remote areas was not flexible enough at that time, which led to the overload of people in remote areas.

Liu Xie is seventeen years old this year. With his conditions, although he has not been able to do much in charge of the government, he must have studied a lot. Ministers will also line up to teach him how to study, so he can still distinguish it.

Liu Xie carefully considered it and was sure that what the emperor said was true. He really wanted to help the Han Dynasty and reverse one of the fundamental reasons for the continuous changes in the people since Huanling. (It can only be one, not all, because the main reason for the rebellion of the people is land annexation)

After the emperor's uncle was calm, General Yuan Shao of the Cavalry also spoke earnestly, and the above statement suggested that he implement the "Nine-rank official law" and sincerely wanted to eliminate the bad policies of "professionals do not know how to write, and observe the filial and honest father's separation."

All of this gave Liu Xie the relief that "everyone is thinking about the Han Dynasty", and forgot to think about whether he was the one who finally enjoyed all this.

The Han Dynasty is getting better and better! Everyone wants to govern the world to a more stable state.

"It would be great if these ministers were so attentive when they were completely working for the court. Alas, it was a pity that they were so attentive only when they worked hard for their own interests. However, it was also for the Han Dynasty, so they would slowly go on."

Liu Xie, who was enjoying the snow, had just flashed this thought in his mind when suddenly, the Zhongchang Shi Miao Si walked over with a solemn expression and reported the big news to him:

"Your Majesty... The general woke up. He heard that he had already summoned the General of the Carriage and Cavalry to go. He seemed to have something to say. Should you go and visit him too?"

Liu Xie was happy: "Can the general speak? Didn't he be so angry a few months ago that he could only scream and gasp and hesitate? Why did he summon the uncle to discuss matters first? I should go to visit the hospital and prepare the chariot."

Miao Si immediately prepared a dragon chariot and a ceremonial guard. A group of eunuchs and guards surrounded Liu Xie and headed to the general's mansion outside the palace.

...

In the General's Mansion, Zhu Jun suddenly trembled and said some vague but discerning words today, so he asked Dong Cheng to explain some things.

After all, Dong Cheng is nearly 40 years old, and his experience is of course much richer than Liu Xie. He knew that this situation was called "returning back", and he was quite worried.

"General, you should have a good rest... Alas, for a moment, I have reached this point, and I won't say those false words anymore. If the general thinks there is any advice, Cheng should remember it." Dong Cheng wanted to say something but stopped, and finally asked for advice.

Zhu Jun's expression was very calm. Seeing that the other party gave up the etiquette of empty writing, he became even more open-minded: "That's good, you and I can save some empty things. No one dies, I am sixty-seven. I have such a long life and a great minister to achieve a good death. What's the point?

To be honest, I haven't asked about the situation of the generals in the foreign town for more than a year after I was ill. I don't know what Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and the other Yuan are doing recently, so I really can't give you any advice. I can only say one thing: be sure to respect Your Majesty, be harmonious, and never put the people in a good position.

If you feel that you are not sure, then do less work. If you don’t do well, you will have less control. The generals of the outer town gave it to His Majesty’s palace servants, and they cannot be dealt with casually. The Dachang Qiu Miaosheng is always fair, and no one in the inner palace should offend anyone. I will say that.”

It can be seen that Zhu Jun is still speaking very steadily. He did not understand the latest situation of the princes, so he did not give any advice. When he finished speaking, he was already breathing heavily and took several deep breaths before he recovered.

In fact, he just felt worried, but he really didn't know how strong Yuan Shu was to be unjust. After all, his understanding of Yuan Shu was still more than a year ago.

"Thank you for your advice, General." Dong Cheng was still able to listen to this opinion. It is not difficult to "do less".

The two were working on handover when a short noise outside suddenly broke out, and then returned to silence. After a moment, a confidant from Zhu Jun's mansion rushed in and said a few words in his ear.

It turned out that Liu Xie had arrived, and he specially told him not to disturb Zhu Jun's rest, just go in by himself.

Zhu Jun's servant held Zhu Jun's shoulder and put two more pillows behind him to lift him up a little, and then Liu Xie came in.

"General, I am really ashamed of your loyalty to the country all your life." Liu Xie had no airs, his words were full of sincerity.

Zhu Jun was a little breathless because he had said all the key words to Dong Cheng just now. After resting for a while, he slowly said in a vague way:

"Your Majesty, it's good to say that people are about to die. The old minister has no taboo anymore. I dare to ask Your Majesty not to act rashly. In the next few years, there will be some minor punishments and punishments... Some changes, as long as they are stabilized when they first happen, there will be no more accidents in the future. Even if you turn over old accounts, the harm is not as good as a sudden attack..."

"I remember." Liu Xie felt sad, and some forgotten fear gradually surged into his heart.

The king and his minister said a few more words, and sat for a while, the brilliance in Zhu Jun's eyes gradually faded, and he passed away that night.

Liu Xie also sincerely mourned for it and ordered Zhu Jun to postpone it.

A few days later, Luoyang City carried out a lot of work, allowing Zhu Jun to be extremely mournful.

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People in the Han Dynasty valued filial piety, and funerals for big people took a long time to hold. Even the poorest civilians would at least have a seven-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-day 7-

Zhu Jun died of illness on the 15th day of the 12th lunar month. With his status and treatment, the emperor would naturally issue an order to stop the spirit for 70 to 49 days, so that the generals from other towns would also have time to send envoys to Beijing to pay their respects.

On the 18th day of the 12th lunar month, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were the first to receive news of Zhu Jun's death, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao also received news on the 20th and 23rd respectively.

The etiquette that everyone should do will naturally be exhausted. Zhu Jun is dead. How could he be arrogant and rude when he is in a funeral and give other princes a "dominate" handle.

Several major princes prepared rituals worth a thousand gold, and sent high-level officials or private officials of the state as envoys (Some diplomats under Liu Bei and Yuan Shao were appointed under the imperial court at the same time, such as Yang Xiu, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, no more, and they could only send their officials to handle diplomatic affairs)

As usual, Yuan Shu sent Yan Xiang, who was responsible for contacting the court, but before leaving, he talked to Yang Hong and Yan Xiang for a long time and explained a lot, hoping to determine the time to take action.

Yuan Shu's tone was quite impatient: "Zhu Jun is finally dead. When will we make an excuse to take action?"

Yan Xiang urged: "My lord, it's been waiting for this time, not a few days. And it's the cold winter month, and it's inconvenient to marching and transporting food. Our army has just received the news and has not prepared. Please be careful."

Yang Hong next to him also said: "Lord, our army went north to Luoyang, the route was the same as when Sun Jian attacked Dong six years ago. He walked that road once, and the generals in our army were familiar with the geography and weather. In the first month of the year, Songshan and Funiu Mountain were still hard to freeze, and the snow would melt almost in February.

Zhu Jun died on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and forty-nine days, all the princes and envoys who were waiting for the commemoration of the emperor to pay homage to the death, and it was only the fourth day of the second lunar month, and the time was just right. Moreover, the Qinling Mountains on the west side were more steeper than Funiu Mountain.

At that time, choose Funiu Mountain, and the snow on the Songshan Valley Road melts, while the Wuguan Road in Qinling Mountains and Wuhan Road in Wushan Mountains are still frozen. Our army can go north, but Liu Bei's army in Guanzhong cannot react for a while. This also reduces the variables when taking action.

If you find an excuse better and make Dong Cheng die, you might be able to make a big decision cleanly before Liu Bei interferes."

On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raised its head, which was the day when the snow in the Central Plains was melting and preparing to start spring plowing. But the melting snow in the mountains has always been a little later than the plains, otherwise how could it be that "the fragrance of the world is gone in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temples begin to bloom."

Including this time difference, low and easy-to-go mountains like Funiu Mountain can indeed be marching and transporting grain in half of February. The natural danger of the Qinghandao where Tongguan Hangu Pass is located may be half a month later and will not be completely smooth until early March. Isn’t Yuan Shu getting a half month sneak attack time difference?
Chapter completed!