Although Yang Rui's words were half-joking and half-complainted, they also expressed a realistic question, which was how to appoint Su Tingxia after he returned to the court.∷

At present, Su Tingxia's military achievements are quite good. No matter what, he is the marshal who commands the first army. He has the power of the army. Han Jian will be a little afraid at that time, let alone those who sue in front of Yang Rui. According to Su Tingxia's current situation, in the eyes of many people in the court, he has become a murderous demon. Such a vicious person would be strange if he doesn't take the opportunity to take revenge after returning to Luoyang.

"Your Majesty is not at ease with me?" Han Jian asked.

Yang Rui smiled and said, "Your King Dong seems to be able to control this Su Tingxia. Have you really controlled it? You dare to say that this Su Tingxia will not become the second Zhang Xing? Most of the soldiers and generals in his hands are new recruits and new generals. He only recognizes him in the military order, but he is not as easy to control as your Dongwang Army. It will be a hidden danger sooner or later to keep him."

After hearing this, Han Jian roughly understood. Yang Rui was reminding him in disguise that he should kill Su Tingxia before becoming a climate so as to prevent Su Tingxia from causing harm to the court in the future.

Han Jianxin said that Yang Rui was too careful. No matter what, Su Tingxia was promoted by him. Even if he had burned and killed during the march, it was basically done under his instructions. It was not appropriate to attribute all the charges to Su Tingxia. The key point is that Su Tingxia is a general after all, and he should bear everything.

"The soldiers are away now, and before they come back, they think about the rabbit and the dog cooking first. I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Han Jian reminded directly.

"It depends on your own thoughts." Yang Rui said, but sighed again, "In addition to his character, he is a very capable person. In recent years, he has such talent and is probably the only one with the surname Su."

Han Jian didn't know whether it was Yang Rui complimenting him or harming him. Or he was reminding him that there was no one tolerant of two tigers. The story of "Yu Yu and He Shengliang" is well-known in this world. After all, Zhuge Liang became the emperor. In addition, Zhuge Liang is also a wise ruler, so there are more people who praise merits and even have a better reputation.

Han Jian didn't say much. He had reservations about Su Tingxia's problem. Even if Su Tingxia was so guilty in this march, he was ordered to do so. He still admired this person very much. He was reluctant to kill such people. After all, there were indeed very few talented people around him.

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Starting from late March, the atmosphere of war around Luoyang was already very strong. Su Tingxia's smooth march in the north was beneficial to the current situation in Luoyang, but what was received was the pressure from the Xiwangfu on Luoyang.

The Western Prince's Mansion first sent troops to Guanzhong. Then some troops were stationed along the way, as if to guard against the imperial army to approach Guanzhong, but the real purpose was more like coercion, and it could not allow Su Tingxia's troops to live in the north. After all, Beichuan, which was not captured by the Western Prince's Mansion, has now given a little-known Su Tingxia to show its might. How could the Western Prince Yang Pingju tolerate it?

However, the Xiwangfu has not officially sent troops to Luoyang. Although Luoyang is now empty, Yang Rui and Han Jian are in charge at the same time. Moreover, Lin Zhan's troops are stationed in the north of Luoyang. Although Lin Zhan's troops are not many, they have already been outside because of the victory of every battle. In Han Jian's view, the Xiwangfu is waiting for Su Tingxia to be defeated. Once Su Tingxia fails in the north, it will inevitably restrain the troops of Lin Zhan's troops. At that time, the Xiwangfu will have the chance to get involved in Luoyang.

At this time, the Xiwang Mansion sent someone to congratulate him, saying that it was a congratulation, but it was just a congratulation to Yang Rui's birthday.

The emperor celebrated his birthday. He said it was big or small. Even Yang Rui himself did not face it, but the Western Prince's Mansion seemed very enthusiastic.

Then the people sent to congratulate the emperor came to Luoyang. There were dozens of people in the group, all of whom were civil officials and counselors of the emperor, and there were no military generals.

Han Jian discussed with Yang Rui. Now it is the time when the war is urgent. The Western Prince's Mansion sends people here to visit not only for information and tests. It means to find out whether the court dares to be negligent about the Western Prince's Mansion, so as to infer the current situation of the imperial court and whether it can hold on to Luoyang.

"Will your second wife go to Luoyang tomorrow?" Han Jian talked with Yang Rui about the envoy of the Western Prince's Mansion and was about to form a group. Yang Rui suddenly asked.

Han Jian has not entered the palace for many days. It is because Han Cui was suspicious before. He discussed with Yang Rui and still did not want the matter to be made public. In order not to arouse suspicion, even Yang Rui felt that Han Jian should not come to the palace to meet in the past few days.

"Yes." Han Jian said, "I guess you will arrive at noon tomorrow. Is there something wrong with Your Majesty?"

"It's okay. Just see if I need to go out to greet you in person."

Speaking of this, Yang Rui sighed. He once married Han Song to Jiangdu and treated her as a sister. Who knew that more than ten years later, Han Song was still her aunt in the Eastern Prince's Mansion, but she had already walked out of the situation where her younger sister was alone.

"Your Majesty, please don't go." Han Jian said, "If you have any questions, you must notify Er Niang first. If she has any doubts this time, she will definitely say that when Your Majesty goes, you may be noticed by Er Niang every move."

Yang Rui narrowed his eyes and looked at Han Jian and said, "Why do you really want me to see your family?"

Han Jian retorted: "If you are willing to go, no one will stop you. Make your own decision."

One sentence made Yang Rui feel a little discouraged. It was indeed she who dared not face Han Song and others now. Before, Han Cui was going to visit her in the palace, but she avoided her. Even she herself was so guilty that she had never seen Han Cui, who had been as close as a sister. This kind of thing would never happen before.

Han Jian bowed directly and said withdrew. When he went outside, a group of ministers were waiting in to see Yang Rui.

He looked up at the sky and it was almost noon. Han Jian originally wanted to go back to have a meal directly, but then he thought that now the military office is so busy that he can go back less and less.

"Your Highness, An." Lin Ke came forward with a smile. Although the smile on his face was friendly, it gave Han Jian a very fake feeling.

"Mr. Lin." Han Jian looked at Lin Ke and nodded slightly. He had seen the ceremony. "I have finished discussing with His Majesty and want to go in, so I will send someone to spread the news. I will not stay."

"Your Highness, please go slowly." Lin Ke suddenly said.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Your Highness, you see that this Majesty always meets ministers in Ye'an Pavilion, but never discusses affairs early. Although this has precedent in the history of our Great Wei Dynasty, it will eventually change. Your Highness doesn't know when to persuade Your Majesty to discuss affairs early..."

Han Jian interrupted Lin Ke impatiently and said, "Don't Mr. Lin think this is useless to say to me? Is Your Majesty going to court? That's Your Majesty's business. If there is anything now, will Mr. Lin not report to Your Majesty, or will His Majesty be abandoned from government affairs and avoid you?"

Lin Ke was speechless.

Nowadays, he naturally believes that Han Jian has prejudice against him, and wants to promote Ning to suppress his power in the court. In this case, he also wants to show it in front of Han Jian, but in the end he can't touch Han Jian's temper. He can only be disappointed every time.

"There is something else? If it's okay, I'm leaving!" Han Jian's words were very rude this time.

Lin Ke sighed: "Your Highness seems to be extremely disappointed with his subordinates."

Han Jian looked at Lin Ke who seemed to see through the world and said, "Why did Shangshu Lin say this?"

"Why should your highness hide from your subordinates? Now, Shangshu Ning is in the court, and he is also the boss of the nominal superiors. Even the subordinates should treat him respectfully when they see him. Isn't your highness doing this to let Shangshu Ning take over the subordinates?"

Han Jian did not immediately affirm or deny it. After thinking about it, Lin Ke took the initiative to express his concerns. I am afraid that Lin Ke knew that his status would be lost, so he simply made the words clear.

Sure enough, Lin Ke saw that Han Jian did not speak, and asked directly: "I don't know what dissatisfaction with your superiors. That's right, the subordinates did not stand up when the court had criticized General Su before, but... due to the current situation, the imperial officials spoke with the public. What can the subordinates do? The subordinates can do the things they advised at all times, but they may not be revealed in front of the palace."

Han Jian wanted to say, since you are diligent in doing things in a quiet voice, why do you still say it?

"Mr. Lin worked hard and made great contributions. How could I forget it?" Han Jian said.

Lin Ke smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness is just saying a few good words to comfort the lower officials. How could the lower officials not know what your noble thoughts? This Shangshu Ning has a mixed relationship with His Highness and has a marriage relationship with His Highness. Such a person, even if he is asked to choose a lower official, he will definitely not choose such an ignorant person to be the court. It would be better to let the lower official know his identity and resign from His Majesty earlier, so that the down minister can succeed in the lower official and take on the important task of this dynasty."

Lin Ke said this, and naturally hoped that Han Jian would keep him.

However, what Han Jian couldn't hear the most was this threat. Originally, Han Jian valued Ning Yuan, just wanted to make Lin Ke feel the crisis. Since Lin Ke took the initiative to say this, he was a little angry with him.

"Since Mr. Lin has this intention, then just go and say it to Your Majesty." Han Jian said, "Don't say it in front of me as before, but I asked someone to complain to Mr. Gu. If you don't know if you don't do it unless you do it yourself, Lin Shangshu will think about the meaning of this!"

Lin Ke's face changed. He finally knew why Han Jian was so annoyed by him because Gu Weipan was about to come to Luoyang before, and he secretly sent someone to lobby Gu Weipan.

After all, Gu Weipan was Han Jian's father-in-law and a veteran in the court. Before Yang Yu rebelled, he served as a subordinate in the court for many years. It can be said that he was highly respected. After all, he was only a scholar. The Wei Dynasty had never been a scholar since ancient times.

Since Han Jian said that, Lin Ke suddenly felt a little desperate. He felt like he was being removed from the grinding and killed a donkey.

He had fled to Jiangdu with Yang Rui, and he had been sleeping all the way. Among those people, he was still doing well now. The rest of the people felt the impermanence of the officialdom, and most of them stayed in Jiangdu to celebrate their old age. What he thought was that he could serve the court. In the future, Yang Rui would return to the court and he would be a hero.

Now the heroes are indeed appointed. They have made contributions to supporting the country and leading the Shangshu, and they are like prime ministers in the court. But the problem also comes, and Yang Rui values ​​him. As long as the Dongwang Mansion is not satisfied, he will not complete the work. On the one hand, he wants to satisfy Yang Rui, but also let his colleagues say nothing, and even follow the meaning of the Dongwang Mansion. Originally, the conflicts between the three were very large. He was stuck in the middle and thought he had done a lot of inheritance and made contributions. However, Yang Rui and Han Jian were not grateful for it, and even his colleagues and subordinates seemed not very grateful now.

Since Ning Yuan gained power and was promoted to the Minister of Personnel, a group of people who were originally very respectful to Lin Ke and could even be said to be bowing their heads, are now moving closer to the Ningyuan camp. Lin Ke naturally knew what this was.

The money has always scattered when the trees fall, and his big tree is about to fall, and even the money on his tree is looking for "next home".

"Greatly send your highness to you." Lin Ke felt disappointed in his heart, and he did not refute or argue for himself.

Han Jian didn't want to talk nonsense to Lin Ke and went directly to the military office.

After the afternoon, Yang Rui sent a young eunuch to spread him into the palace. There have been many times in the past few days. Before, it was because Yang Rui could not see Han Jian at night, and he couldn't let go of it. He would send someone to spread it if there was anything. Sometimes Yang Rui felt it was interesting and always wanted to use this method to call Han Jian into the palace, so that Han Jian would be exhausted, and he felt that he was not so hard to bear it.

When Han Jian learned that Yang Rui was going to see him again, he couldn't help but feel annoyed. Every time Yang Rui looked for him, he rarely talked about serious things. He knew that he was busy or caused trouble. He didn't want to go, but Yang Rui would definitely be the supreme one day. If he didn't go, others would always have gossip.

Han Jianxin said that perhaps it was because he had to go that Yang Rui was so "unscrupulous".

Han Jian put the matter at hand for the time being, but went to the palace with the eunuch. When he arrived at Ye'an Pavilion, Yang Rui stood at the window with a serious look, as if he was looking at the spring scenery outside the window. After all, there was a flower bed in the backyard of Ye'an Pavilion. Although there were not many flowers inside, it was full of spring.

"Your Majesty summons me, but is there something wrong?" Han Jian asked impatiently when he saw Yang Rui not even turning his head.

"Yeah." Yang Rui turned around, but said with a serious look on his face. "Mr. Lin asked me to resign today, saying that he wanted to resign from his post and return to his hometown. King Dong, do you know about this?"

Han Jian said: "Shangshu Lin did mention this matter in front of his ministers."

"Oh, so you know." Yang Rui said, "but I have kept him. Let him continue to work in the court for some time first, and even if he wants to leave, he will not be in a hurry."

Han Jian was silent for a moment. Lin Ke did what he said, which made him feel a little "eyed with admiration".

"...Dongwang, I know you have the intention of letting Secretary Ning take over Minister Lin to lead the Secretary's Deck, but I think that Secretary Ning is an old school member of Luoyang after all, and is not familiar with the officialdom of Jiangdu. It would be inappropriate to ask him to come out to take charge of the overall situation." Yang Rui pointed it out directly.

Han Jian said: "Your Majesty said very well, but there are many people in the court who can replace Mr. Lin. Why has Your Majesty never considered Grand Tutor Gu?"

"After the Grand Tutor Gu returned to Luoyang, I sent someone to invite him. He had decided to retreat, and he was afraid he would not be able to return to the court to entrust important tasks." Yang Rui said, "You also know that Grand Tutor Gu was old and physically. After such troubles in assassination, he was a little tired of the affairs of the court. Why bother to force others to do things? However, although Mr. Lin sometimes does things in a thorough manner, he is a down-to-earth person after all. Now the court may be indispensable. King Dong, you should also think about this."

Han Jianxin said that Lin Ke was not here to resign, but to coerce Yang Rui.

Ning Yuan is indeed capable, but Ning Yuan’s biggest problem is to give his daughter to Han Jian, which makes Yang Rui have no good feelings for Ning Yuan since the beginning. As for Lin Ke, he is just a "spare tire". When no one comes out to preside over the overall situation, he wants to balance the forces of the court and make the power of the court reach a balance.

"Your Majesty's words, I will consider them carefully." Han Jian nodded.

"It's not about thinking, it's about doing it." Yang Rui said, "I also know that Shangshu Lin has offended you if he does something. Can't you be more generous and make things happen?"

Han Jian narrowed his eyes. Yang Rui was so anxious to plead for Lin Ke that he had exceeded the level of pity for a monarch to the ministers. Han Jian couldn't help but wonder what Lin Ke said to Yang Rui to make Yang Rui speak for him like this.

Han Jian looked back at the gate of Ye'an Pavilion. Because of his arrival, the little eunuchs and palace maids were hiding from afar and did not even dare to approach the door. This was Yang Rui's previous order. If the King of the East comes, no one is allowed to disturb him, even if someone comes and needs to come in to pass the message.

"Rui'er, what did Lin Ke say to you?" Han Jian asked with a frown.

Yang Rui sighed, as if he didn't want to say anything, but he sat down and said earnestly: "He ran to me to complain, saying that you can't tolerate him and want to drive him out of the court."

"Hey!" Han Jian was immediately annoyed. Lin Ke still had one thing in front of him. He originally thought that Lin Ke had "enlightenment" and his feelings were still acting in front of him, pretending to have seen through the world and ready to retire. But in the end, he ran to Yang Rui to say something nonsense!

"What have you told him?" Yang Rui sat down, looked up at Han Jian and asked.

"What can I say? He said he was leaving the court."

After Han Jian-General had roughly talked about meeting Lin Ke outside, even Yang Rui frowned slightly. Lin Ke's yin-yang face made her feel that this person was a bit unreliable.

Lin Ke thought that when Yang Rui complained, Yang Rui was always cautious about the Dongwang Mansion and would use him as a "loyal minister", but unexpectedly, in Yang Rui's heart, he finally regarded Han Jian as his "personal person". It would be easy for Han Jian to ask anything. In this way, although Lin Ke's acting career was wide, he could not resist the deep love between husband and wife. In the end, it was just a farce, and even showed his unbearable side in front of Yang Rui.

"So, Mr. Lin is a little clever." Yang Rui said with a little displeasure.

"It's not that he is smart. He is very smart. He knows that his position is now. As long as I don't want to protect him, Ruier, you can sit firmly. If you don't express your sincerity in front of you, how can he still have a chance to gain a foothold in the court?" Han Jian sighed.

Yang Rui gave Han Jian a blank look and said, "That's right, I know that he still needs to come out to stabilize the court now. I have to say those words to him and let him go to me to mutter. Do you think I am broad-minded and can listen to his nagging?"

Han Jian smiled and said nothing. Recently, Yang Rui has complained a lot. In Han Jian's opinion, Yang Rui has not been nourished by love, so he used him as the "initiator" to exhale. Whenever he has the chance, he will have to get a little bit of liver fire and send out the stagnant anger in his heart.
To be continued...