His wife was still a hostage on the mountain, and the kings of Gui and Luo rushed to lead their troops to destroy Liu's army. Shangguan Yuan was furious.
Fortunately, the emperor did not decide immediately.
Duke Rongguo Xu Huaishan is a two-faced man who fights.
Several generals and ministers were either from King Gui or from King Luo.
The only person who can say something useful is Yi Zhonglun.
"The emperor governs the country with benevolence, and at the beginning of the year, the whole country is amnesty. Even the prisoners who have committed crimes can be spared, let alone a group of loyal people who are isolated from the world?"
After hearing this, King Gui cursed loudly, "As long as they want less, I can bear it, but if they don't have any merit, they are talking like a lion. They are really no different from robbers, which is intolerable!"
Shangguan Yuan then said Liu Songju's words to win people's hearts before his death, "Compared with the conditions promised by the prince, this is already much less."
However, King Gui did not admit that he sent people to recruit Liu's army to surrender.
"As we all know, I and Liu Ang are old enemies. How could we recruit him to surrender? In the battle of Gucheng, if he hadn't clung to me, how could your father Shangguan Bo have died in vain? You keep saying that our fathers are sworn enemies, but yet
To seek peace for the enemy who killed his father? He is unfaithful and unfilial, he is greedy and corrupting the country, and he is not worthy of discussing politics here!"
Shangguan Yuan was so scolded by King Gui that he couldn't speak. After all, his father's death was a knot in his heart!
Fortunately, Yi Zhonglun was eloquent and cleverly dismantled the ideas of King Luo and King Gui to destroy Liu Jiajun from the perspective of pros and cons.
"To say that the Liu Jiajun is really hateful, Ji Fengshan, where they are located, is clearly under the jurisdiction of Gui County, but they always go to Luo County to cause trouble. The people like them to punish rape and eliminate evil, and respectfully call them rebels. His Royal Highness the King of Luo really has so many fiefdoms.
Are they corrupt officials, thieves and evil gentry? I think most of them are just looking for trouble, but this is strange again. The gangsters who went to Mengqiaoyi to commit crimes turned out to be from Luo County."
After that, Yi Zhonglun memorized an official document sent by Lu Fang back to Dali Temple and exclaimed: "It's really weird!"
"Why did a group of bandits from Luo County go to Mengqiao Station to commit murder? I am also very curious." The emperor then sent Gu Changming, the Dali Shaoqing in charge of the case, for questioning.
Gu Changming, under the guidance of Yi Zhonglun, told the story of the Guijun captain who talked about his merits and bribed bandits to assassinate the imperial censor Antai through Jifeng Mountain.
"Tan Gong's father, Wai Lang Tan Bang, a member of the Ministry of War, is an old subordinate of His Royal Highness Prince Gui. Logically speaking, Tan Gong should know that the prince and Liu Ang are old enemies. How could he collude with Liu's army? However, if there is no collusion, Liu's army will
How can we give him an easy way out? In the case of An Yushi, the prince proposed a retrial. If the prince was involved in it, how could he ask for a retrial?"
At this time, the emperor vaguely remembered, "That year, it seems that the emperor's younger brother suggested that I send An Tai to inspect Gui County. An Tai left in a hurry. If there was no one in the capital to conspire, how could he have time to bribe the bandits?
How about killing An Tai on the night of the third day of the first lunar month?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Yi Zhonglun took the opportunity to smack the dragon's butt, "There must be someone in the capital who is colluding with Tan Gong. According to the calculation of the time, if there is so much time to prepare, it is probably because flying pigeons are used to pass the message."
The discussion on the first day has come to nothing.
On the second day, King Gui and King Luo did not express their opinions.
On the third day, Dali Temple presented an urgent letter from Lu Fang.
No one thought that An Tai might still be alive.
Thinking that he had been dormant in Gui County for more than a year and had no idea how much evidence against him he had collected through secret investigations and secret investigations, King Gui gave up the idea of wiping out the Liu family army.
After all, the bandit who assassinated An Tai passed through his own fiefdom. God knows whether he also collected evidence against himself. King Luo wanted to go back and investigate for himself, so he voluntarily withdrew from the discussion of recruiting Liu Jiajun.
Duke Rong Guo did not want to wade into such muddy water that angered the two kings and continue to focus on the mud.
Yi Zhonglun did not want to lose the protection of Lao Taishan, so he decided not to take this job, so he suggested that the emperor send the errand to Shangguan Yuan, since he was the one who instigated the matter anyway.
However, the price Liu Jiajun asked was too high, and the emperor was very reluctant.
Only a few conditions were promised, including giving money back to the hometown, arranging for officials to go to Jifengshan to settle village registration, and hiring on the basis of talent, etc.
Except for the barren mountains and ridges in Jifeng Mountain, not a single acre of land was given to them.
The conditions are so different that Shangguan Yuan is very worried about Qianru's safety.
The night before leaving, he polished his usual silver gun again and again, constantly thinking about various scenarios of robbing people.
Alas! How terrible!
At this time, Dali Temple sent a letter from Qianru’s family.
Of the Liu family's fifteen tigers, two tigers, Liu Songhe and Luo Yang, are still alive.
I thought to myself, if I can't recruit him, I have to fight hard.
At this time, the emperor suddenly summoned him to the palace alone to discuss matters.
Shangguan Yuan thought that Changsun Lue realized that the gift was a little small and wanted to add more.
Unexpectedly, I got goosebumps after hearing this.
Changsun Lue wanted to give his father Shangguan Bo a posthumous title of Marquis Yongzhong for him to inherit, and gave him the house where An Xingdao's family lived as a residence.
Although he has some conflicts with his mother Liu, he has not yet considered accepting the title against her will.
The most important thing is that he doesn't want to live in that house no matter where he lives.
Seeing that he didn't want it, the eldest grandson frowned and walked down from the dragon throne and came to his side, "My beloved, this is not a favor, this is a state matter."
"I don't understand, please make it clear, Your Majesty."
"You think, Liu Ang was a loyal minister of the previous dynasty, how could he sincerely accept the recruitment? I guess he would probably commit suicide. Having a leaderless group is beneficial to the court. But what if he accepts it? Let him continue to serve in the imperial court. Dominate the mountain?"
Changsun Lue's words were a little vague, and Shangguan Yuan thought for a while before he finally came to his senses.
"The emperor wants me to take him back to the capital?"
"Yes, if he is not seeking death, you must persuade him to come to the capital, and bring his veterans and generals who are willing to come with him, and let them all live together in the house I just gave you. In addition to the fact that I am in the imperial palace, For those whose ranks are determined by the imperial edict, others will be hired according to their talents, and official positions below the eighth rank will be granted at will."
After Shangguan Yuan heard this, he deeply sighed that the emperor was too shrewd.
He assigned all these old, weak and disabled soldiers to Shangguan Yuan and asked Shangguan Yuan to live with them.
If any of these people get into trouble, they will all be blamed on Shangguan Yuan.
The only benefit Shangguan Yuan got was that because Liu Ang was at odds with Shangguan Liu's father and daughter, he could legitimately live separately from his mother.
Is it really safe for so many people of different classes to live together in one house?
Before Shangguan Yuan spoke, Changsun Lue had already realized, "Your father used to have a Huwei army. When the time comes, he will set up a Huwei camp from a part of the house and arrange all the people from Liu's army there. You and Liu Ang will Common leadership."
Having an establishment, military pay, and a place to live is much better than just having a false name.
Changsun Lue heard that Liu Songhe and Luo Yang were still alive, so he ordered people to draft a new imperial edict without hesitation, adding their ranks.
Shangguan Yuan felt much better when he thought that there was hope for the success of the recruitment.
In order to show the solemnity of the event and just in case, Changsun Lue allowed him to transfer a thousand soldiers from the Youxiao Guard Camp to accompany him.
So, he prepared some gifts and first went to visit Pang Yan, the general of You Xiaowei. Then he transferred his grandson Pang Yu away. If Fan Xin was included, the two enemies of the Liu family would have a chance of victory.
As soon as the money in the inner treasury was in place, the group headed to Jifeng Mountain.