When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 554: Gan Ning: Huh? Lu Meng?
Led by a group of guards, the anxious Liu Xie hurriedly arrived at Liu Bian's bedroom.

When he saw Liu Bian lying on the bed with his eyes closed, he felt as if struck by lightning. His mind went blank and his ears were buzzing.

The scene in front of him instantly became blurred, just like rain hitting glass. Drop after drop of tears fell from his eyes like a kite with a broken string. He couldn't help but cry out, "Brother Huanghuang!"

Liu Xie's sad voice naturally attracted the attention of everyone present.

Liu Bei, who was talking with Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, took two steps at a time and walked to Liu Xie. He bent his knees slightly and half-knelt, keeping his eyes level with Liu Xie's, and at the same time stretched out his fingers to wipe away Liu Xie's tears.

Liu Bei's arrival instantly helped Liu Xie find his backbone. He opened his trembling mouth and asked, "Uncle Huang, Brother Huang, what happened to him?"

".Your Majesty, he..." Liu Bei decided not to deceive Liu Xie, and he told him everything that had just happened.

Under Wu Pu's care, Liu Bei and Liu Bian successfully traveled around Chang'an three times in the same carriage. During this journey, Liu Bian's mental state was generally good.

However, as soon as the carriage entered the palace, Liu Bian's health condition took a turn for the worse.

Fortunately, Wu Pu, who was beside him, was quick-witted and took action to temporarily stabilize Liu Bian's condition.

Liu Bei hurriedly asked the Tiger Guards to go and ask for the imperial physician. When they were about to arrive at the bedroom, Liu Bian could not hold on any longer. At the last moment before he fainted, Liu Bian grabbed Liu Bei's hand and said, "Uncle Emperor, please bring my brother Xie to me."

What happened later was what Liu Xie saw: Liu Bian was lying on the bed, and Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing had just finished treating him.

"After the treatment by the Imperial Physician Commander and Imperial Physician Assistant, your Majesty's condition is now stable."

This news was a blessing in disguise for Liu Xie. His pale face eased a little, and he asked cautiously, "Uncle, does this mean that my brother is fine?"

It’s a pity that Liu Xie didn’t hear the answer he wanted.

Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said, "According to the Imperial Physician and Imperial Physician Assistant, your majesty is already weak. The numerous court meetings and official duties in recent days have caused you to become ill due to overwork. If you continue like this, I'm afraid it will damage your health."

After listening for a long time, Liu Xie only understood one sentence from Liu Bei's mouth: the emperor fainted due to overwork!

"Uncle, what should we do?" Liu Xie said anxiously.

Liu Bei looked at Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, who immediately understood. They walked in front of Liu Xie, and Hua Tuo explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you must not let Your Majesty be too tired in the future. It is best to rest."

Zhang Zhongjing nodded, "You should practice the Five Animals Exercises more often, and ignore the rest if you can."

"Will being angry or worried affect the condition?"

Hearing Liu Xie's question, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing were slightly stunned, and then nodded at the same time.

Liu Xie lowered his head, his heart full of self-blame. It must be that he was too naughty on weekdays, which gave Liu Bian a headache.

Yes. It’s me. It’s me who harmed my brother!

Liu Bei saw the self-blame in Liu Xie's heart, and he wanted to say something to comfort him.

But at this moment, a weak voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"Is it Brother Xie?"

!

It’s the voice of my royal brother!

Liu Xie was startled. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the bed.

Liu Bian raised his hand and reached towards Liu Xie. Liu Xie immediately took action. He crawled to the bedside and held Liu Bian's hands with both hands. He choked and said, "Royal brother, I am here. I will never call you a tyrant again. I will never make you angry again. I will listen to Master Lu. You should rest well in the future and don't pay attention to those court affairs, okay? The best. The best."

"Brother Xiexie, it's not your fault. I know that you are kind and I have never been irritated by you."

Liu Bian's words eased Liu Xie's sadness a little, but Liu Bian's condition still made him very worried. He said in an almost pleading tone: "Brother, brother, please have a good rest first, have a good rest, and don't talk, okay?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Bian actually shook his head and said, "Brother Xiexie, as the emperor, you should focus on state affairs. How can the court meeting not be held? How can the country be without a king for a day?"

Liu Xie was anxious. It was already so late. Even he could understand the meaning behind what Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing said. If he continued, he would be close to death!

Besides, isn't there an uncle? Wouldn't it be better to just let the uncle preside over the court meeting? !
Liu Xie blurted out in a hurry: "Then I will hold a court meeting on behalf of my brother!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent.

The expressions of the doctors and palace maids all changed drastically.

Although they were not familiar with politics, didn't Liu Xie mean that he wanted to be the emperor? Wasn't this an act of usurpation? If he angered the emperor, he would be finished! The worst thing was that they heard what he said!
Liu Bei looked calm, without any such worries. He knew the relationship between Liu Bian and Liu Xie better than anyone else. Although Liu Xie would occasionally scold Liu Bian as a tyrant, if someone dared to say bad things about Liu Bian behind his back, it would definitely trigger Liu Xie's wrath.

As for Liu Bian's attitude towards Liu Xie, in order to protect Liu Xie's safety, Liu Bian was willing to send out even the imperial guards, and he turned a blind eye to Liu Xie's behavior of leaving the palace.

If Liu Xie hadn't always liked to sneak out during Lu Zhi's class, he might have been able to leave the palace at will.

The relationship between the two was sincere, so how could Liu Bian feel that Liu Xie was overstepping his authority?
As Liu Bei expected, Liu Bian was in a trance for a moment, and a complex expression appeared on his tired face, with relief, regret, self-blame and expectation.
In the end, expectation prevailed, and he nodded slowly, "Okay, my brother will definitely do better than me."

As Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and others arrived in Chang'an one after another, Liu Xie ordered a court meeting.

The ministers entered the Weiyang Palace in small steps as usual, but today seemed a little different from usual.

Even the most belated court officials noticed something was wrong. Why did the emperor bring the Prince of Chenliu to court? What happened?
Soon this doubt was answered. Liu Bian leaned back in his chair and tried to support himself. He glanced at Liu Xie beside him. Liu Xie looked normal, without a trace of fear. He nodded with satisfaction, and then signaled the usher to read the imperial edict.

"The Emperor issued an edict."

All the ministers pricked up their ears to listen to the contents of the imperial edict, fearing to miss any word.

The contents of the imperial edicts were mostly rewards, and the rewards were given to court officials and soldiers who had made military achievements in the campaign against the two Yuans. However, there were also rewards for Wu Yi who exposed Liu Yan's usurpation of power. Naturally, Wu Yi was appointed as the governor of Yizhou, and Yan Yan was appointed as the prefect of Hanzhong.

But Liu Bei was a little confused. Why did Wu Yi stare at him straight? His eyes not only contained admiration, but also an inexplicable meaning.
As for the others, Jia Xu was promoted to Minister of Rites, Kong Rong to Minister of Rites, Mi Zhu to Minister of the Imperial Household, Zhang Fei to General of the Southern Expedition, Guan Yu to General of the Eastern Expedition, and Huang Zhong to General of the Northern Expedition. They were in charge of the military affairs of Yangzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou respectively.

Zhao Yun was promoted to the position of Left General and was ranked as a senior minister. He was stationed in Bingzhou and was in charge of Bingzhou's military affairs.

With the unanimous recommendation of Liu Bei and Zhao Yun, Jian Yong was promoted to the new Minister of Agriculture.

Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, Xu Huang, Cao Cao and others were conferred the title of General of Anbei, Anxi, Nan'an andong.

Kong Rong, Zhang Chao and others were given the title of generals with miscellaneous titles. However, although they were generals, they had no soldiers under their command and were not allowed to leave Chang'an.

Qian Zhao and Tian Yu were promoted to Colonel Protector of the Xiongnu and Colonel Protector of the Wuhuan respectively, and Tao Qian was transferred to be the Academician as expected.

As for the issue of being granted titles of nobility, except for Cao Cao who led his army alone and only got the title of Marquis Ting, the rest of the people either had their titles raised or had more fiefs.

The matter of being conferred a title of nobility should have been the thing that the ministers cared about most, but compared to Liu Xie, who was beside Liu Bian, the ministers paid more attention to Liu Xie.

As the usher read out the last few words of the imperial edict, the ministers' eyes widened. They finally understood why Liu Xie appeared here.

"Chenliu Wang Xie is both loyal and filial. I have no children and my body is ill, so I appoint Chenliu Wang Xie as my crown prince."

What? The Crown Prince? Prince Chenliu was named the Crown Prince?
What surprised the officials even more was what happened next. Liu Bian ordered the usher to repeat, "From today on, the court meetings will be presided over by the Crown Prince, and assisted by the Emperor's uncle!"

what?
The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. Was this really the establishment of a crown prince? Even if a crown prince was to be established, shouldn't some of the crown prince's servants be arranged to serve as the crown prince's staff? Why did he participate in the court meeting on behalf of His Majesty right away? Liu Xie's mouth The usher asked again: "Do you have any important matters?"

What else could be important?
Naturally, I hope Your Majesty will revoke your order.

When a court official was about to make a suggestion, Cao Cao actually stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate. The world is now stable and the sacred artifacts are secure. Why do we need to station troops everywhere?"

Ok?
Liu Xie raised his eyebrows. No, he remembered that Cao Mengde was a good friend of the emperor's uncle and the father of his nephew.

The emperor's uncle personally said in front of his brother that future government orders would be difficult to implement without the deterrence of local military forces.

According to common sense, there is no reason for Cao Mengde to oppose the emperor's uncle? Is he suffering from hysteria?
Liu Xie looked back at Liu Bian. Liu Bian looked calm, as if he was not surprised at all.

"Oh? Where are the ministers?"

When Liu Bian asked casually, several newly promoted officials actually spoke up for Cao Cao.

Seeing this, Jia Xu, who was promoted to Taichang, one of the Nine Ministers, could not help but shake his head. This random hook would bring out a few fools.

The stationing of troops in various states was originally Liu Bei's petition. What kind of good man dared to openly oppose the general's intention? Even His Majesty stood on the general's side.

If Your Majesty had not wanted to set an example in front of Prince Chenliu and the Crown Prince, he would have been demoted anyway.

When Liu Bian asked the reason, he repeated the same words Cao Cao had said.

This made Liu Bian furious and he threatened to punish them.

However, when Liu Xie saw Liu Bian winking at him, he suddenly realized, "My brother the emperor wants me to speak up and dissuade him?"

Liu Xie quickly advised: "Brother, they have done nothing wrong, so they should not be punished! Please think twice!"

"Since the Crown Prince has spoken out to advise me, I will reluctantly not hold you accountable for your recklessness." Liu Bian took advantage of the situation to back off.

However, when Liu Bian saw Cao Cao, his eyes showed disgust. "Grand Minister of Rites Cao Mengde, you were too aggressive in pursuing Zhang Junyi and endangered the lives of our Han soldiers. In my opinion, you should not be the Grand Minister of Rites, but the governor of Shanyang County!"

what?
Liu Xie was stunned. No, why was Cao Mengde demoted?

He tried to persuade her, but unfortunately it didn't work this time.

After the court meeting, Liu Xie couldn't wait to knock on the door of Cao's mansion.

He was not worried about Cao Mengde, but about Cao Ang.

Just imagine that your father was demoted from a nine-minister official to a county magistrate. Who wouldn’t be sad?

The moment Liu Xie saw Cao Ang, he noticed the worry on Cao Ang's face.

"Junior brother, you..." Liu Xie hesitated to speak.

Cao Ang forced a wry smile at Liu Xie, "Uncle Master, come in."

Liu Xie had a lot of things he wanted to ask Cao Ang along the way, but unfortunately, when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he looked up and saw Cao Ang's depressed look, and he could only hastily swallow his words back into his stomach.

然而意料之外嚄事情发生了.

After Cao Ang led Liu Xie into a house, Liu Xie found that the sad expression on Cao Ang's face was no longer there, as if the previous expression was just an illusion.

"What's going on?!"

"Uncle Master, keep your voice down, keep your voice down."

After Cao Ang's reminder, Liu Xie lowered his voice, but his voice was still filled with anxiety, "Nephew, are you suffering from hysteria? Your father is going to Shanyang County, why are you acting like nothing happened?!"

"This is a good thing. In fact, my father wanted to go to Shanyang County."

"I wanted to go. Wait a minute!" Liu Xie understood immediately, "Nephew, do you mean that your father colluded with my brother and uncle? Is it intentional?!"

"good."

"Why?"

"I heard that the Li family in Juye County, Shanyang Prefecture, has so much land that they own several counties."

"what?"

Several counties?
Even Liu Xie couldn't help but feel frightened when he heard these words.

Shouchun.

"How is the recruitment going? According to the Second General, this recruitment is of great importance. Quality is more important than quantity. Not only do we need good swimmers, but we also need strong bodies!"

Gan Ning inquired about the recruitment of soldiers for the personal guards. Since he arrived in Shouchun, he has been stationed here.

Although his training skills were mediocre, he had seen Gao Shun train his troops. Combining the training methods left by Gao Shun, he was confident that he could train an elite navy.

As for the name
Just call the tiger warriors under the car!
After all, this title was given by the three generals.
Gan Ning calmed himself down and listened carefully to the guard's answer.

"What? Deng Dang? If I remember correctly, Deng Dang is a general under Sun Bofu? Deng Dang wants to recommend a warrior to me?
"what is it call?"

"Lu Meng?"

"Where are the people? Why can't I see anyone?"

Just when Gan Ning sent someone to find Deng Dang to find out the truth, he never expected that Deng Dang would come to him himself.

Deng Dang's face was filled with a flattering smile, "General Gan, I have a favor to ask of you."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"It's my useless brother-in-law."

As Deng Dang told the story, Gan Ning finally figured out the whole story.

It turned out that Deng Dang heard that Gan Ning was going to form an elite navy, so he looked for someone to get Lü Meng in. Of course, with Lü Meng's strength, it was more than enough to pass the selection.

But starting from a soldier, promotion is too slow. If I can get Gan Ning's favor, I might even be able to become a Sima!

What Deng Dang had not expected was that he had just settled Lu Meng in Shouchun and had just left.

Lu Meng had a conflict with his subordinates. His subordinates laughed at Lu Meng while they were having a meal with others. Lu Meng became furious and sneaked up behind his subordinates to attack and kill them.

Unfortunately, he was discovered by the Youzhou soldiers left behind by Liu Bei and captured red-handed.

Gan Ning's face turned black. No, he would recommend such a person to him? He is indeed fierce, but not in this way, right?

(End of this chapter)