At the New Year's Day meeting in Xudu, Liu Xie, in addition to showing off his face and giving a large reward to Prime Minister Cao Cao and affirming his military exploits in resisting Yuan Ni, also gave gold and silk to Xuzhou Shepherd Liu Bei.
Thinking that this was using Cao Cao's money to give to Liu Bei, Liu Xie became more and more happy, and even wanted to fill in a few more "0"s.
The first person to be commended was Cao Cao, followed by Liu Bei, and then...surprisingly it was Liu Zhang, saying that he was praising him for protecting the country and the people.
Later, in Baima, he launched a beautiful surprise attack and defeated Xia Houyuan, who defeated Yuan Shao's vanguard army, and Guan Yu, who defeated Yuan Xi several times in Qingzhou...
Just as Liu Ai said to Liu Xie, although Liu Bei did not explicitly side with Liu Xie and have a head-on conflict with Cao Cao,... an imperial uncle with real power outside stayed in Xudu as a hostage.
Invisibly, it also increased the royal family's confidence.
Even if the prime minister must be commended first and established as the greatest hero of the Han Dynasty, he still has some poor autonomy. For example... Liu Bei is also rewarded, and Cao Cao's money is spent to reward him.
The Prime Minister's Office will not stop this kind of behavior, after all, Liu Bei is now their ally.
At this time, Cao Cao was just standing in the first position on his left hand, eyes closed, and listening expressionlessly.
Obviously, Cao Cao has known this list for a long time, but... he doesn't want to fall out with Liu Bei now, otherwise Liu Bei will directly put Qingzhou soldiers into Xuzhou, and Cao Cao will be at risk immediately!
Gradually, some people also showed surprised looks - they didn't hear the commendation for Hua Xin...or rather, for Chu Hou.
Could it be that there is still a barrier over the matter of granting Jiuxi?
Indeed, a while ago, Hua Xin seemed to be standing still in the palace. Something seemed to have happened...
At the beginning, some people suspected that it was because the general's merits and virtues were so great that they wanted to be specially rewarded. However... after reading more than ten people, Liu Xie suddenly said: "In
The General's Mansion in Yangzhou also wiped out the last remnants of Yuan Shu's party this year, which makes me very happy."
After saying that, he continued to talk about other people...
It’s actually in such an inconspicuous place? It’s better not to mention Baitu!
Many courtiers looked at Hua Xin quietly, but saw that the old man was looking at his nose, nose and mouth, and his mouth was looking at his heart, without being moved at all.
The Qi-nurturing Kungfu is first-rate, but...many courtiers feel gloomy about this, knowing that this is a sign of discord between the General's Mansion and the imperial court.
Whether they were courtiers who still had some expectations for the Han Dynasty or those who had already expressed their goodwill to Cao Cao, they were all thinking about the impact this would have.
Changshui captain Zhong Shao, although not of high rank, as the commander of Xiyuan's pro-army, also appeared in the court meeting at this time. After hearing Liu Xie's words, he frowned and looked at Liu Xie impatiently, and then looked at
Hua Xin, unfortunately, could not speak.
The Zhong family can be regarded as a loyal family. Zhong Ji's elder brother Zhong Shao was killed by Li Jue when he was in Chang'an because he made a secret plan to lead Ma Teng to attack Li Jue to save the Han Emperor.
Now Zhongji is also a die-hard loyalist of the Han Emperor, but he can't understand why Liu Xie has such an attitude, and... Zongzheng and Liu Ai didn't stop him?
In contrast, Hua Xin, the person involved, seemed unmoved from beginning to end.
Regarding Liu Xie's "humiliation", Hua Xin was very moved - Liu Xie's face was not like that of an emperor, but rather that of a baby!
It is true that Liu Xie's impression of the General's Mansion has taken a turn for the worse recently. The reason is... the good news.
The good news from the General's Office in Jingzhou stimulated Liu Xie.
It is said that Liu Biao was the governor of Jingzhou appointed by Dong Zhuo. During the period when Li Jue was holding the emperor hostage, Liu Biao was appointed as the shepherd of Jingzhou because he took the initiative to pay tribute. Liu Xie had always had a bad opinion of him.
But one thing that cannot be denied is that the only three Liu clan princes are the backbone of the Han Dynasty!
With them as "foreign aid", the Han Dynasty can have more prestige and the court can have more room to play.
Therefore, after Liu Xie learned of the good news from the General's Mansion, he once again came to Hua Xin, saying that he would mediate the conflict between the General's Mansion and Liu Biao, and asked him to write to the General's Mansion to stop attacking Liu Biao!
But how could Hua Xin pay attention to him?
He insisted on three points: "Liu Biao was a fake official appointed by Dong Ni", "accepting Yuan Ni's remnants to plot evil" and "attacking and killing the prefect of Changsha with the intention of resisting the imperial court".
In short, no matter what Liu Xie said, Hua Xin insisted on one thing - no matter what you, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, thought, in order to help the Han Dynasty, our general's office must kill Liu Biao!
This naturally angered Liu Xie and even threatened Hua Xin to issue an order directly. Hua Xin still didn't care and just stood there outside the palace, looking like a loyal minister trying to persuade him...
Afterwards, Liu Xie's "will" was directly rejected by the Prime Minister's Office.
Because of Liu Bei, Cao Cao gave him a little more grace, but he couldn't open a mill!
From the imperial edict to Liu Xie's note that he wanted to make his millet porridge thicker today, he had to go through the Prime Minister's Palace before being sent out.
Naturally, Cao Cao would not look at Liu Xie and tease his important allies "for no reason" - if the so-called will can make Bai Tu give up attacking Jingzhou, why wait for Liu Xie to come up with it?
Cao Cao knew best that when such an edict came to the General's Mansion, it was just to cause trouble for himself. Maybe Bai Tu would even directly accuse Xu Du's court of issuing a false edict, which would damage not only the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but also the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
What’s the relationship with the General’s Mansion?
The decree was directly rejected by the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister's Mansion even sent a small official to tell him "Don't mess around." He also reminded Liu Xie that the decree had nothing to do with him, so he should worry less about it in the future... Liu Xie
Xie was naturally even more angry.
Seven parts of this anger is directed at Cao Cao, and three parts are dialogue pictures, but... Liu Xie's hostility towards Cao Cao has long been maxed out, and now Liu Xie does not dare to do anything to Cao Cao, and can still only let him control him.
As for the General's Mansion... Emperor Shan Gao was far away, and Liu Xie still dared to vent his anger in his own way.
It's just that for Hua Xin, this way of venting his anger doesn't hurt his flesh or itch his skin at all.
After the court meeting on New Year's Day, Dong Cheng, who was left behind by Liu Xie, watched with disdain as Hua Xin left "despontaneously".
The previous events were not without his instigation.
Especially when Hua Xin stood respectfully outside the palace, Dong Cheng was very happy to see it - as expected, the fake can't be true, I still tested out the loyal and traitor, right?
Are you scared now? But even if you stand stupidly, His Majesty will never be deceived by you again!
Zhong Ji was the envoy sent by the imperial court to welcome Hua Xin. He was a little familiar with Hua Xin, so he went to Hua Xin specifically and comforted him: "Master Hua, your Majesty is still young now, and you cannot make the decision on many things by yourself. If there is anything,
Mr. Hua needs to be more tolerant of any inappropriate things!"
As a loyal minister of the imperial court, Zhong Ji also felt aggrieved that he had to speak softly to the "envoy" of a local powerful official. However, after experiencing the humiliation from Dong Zhuo, Li Guo and others, Zhong Ji had already recognized the reality.
"Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness, how can you say 'forgiveness'? Lord Zhong will offend the old minister and the general! If Lord Zhong said that, the old minister would have to kneel at the gate of the palace all night to express...
Hua Xin was surprised and said with a heartbroken tone.
Hearing this, Zhong Ji was so frightened that he broke into sweat on his forehead and said quickly: "Master Hua must not do this! Ahem... I mean, it is the New Year now, Master Hua can just live in peace."
Hua Xin, now the people of Xudu, even the entire Central Plains, and even the people of the world know this name.
Previously, Hua Xin was standing in the palace, and there have been a lot of rumors since it was reported. If Hua Xin kneels at the entrance of the palace for ten thousand people... maybe there will be some rumors!
When the time comes, the people all over the world will definitely not blame Hua Xin, but Liu Xie, who is "unkind and unjust".