Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 93 Ghost?
It was only noon after the next court, but inside the Xuanshi Hall, it seemed as if he had entered the darkness of another world.

The inside of the hall was blocked by curtains of many barriers, so that no matter how hard the outside light tried, it never shone through.The twelve huge copper pillars and dragon heads are all inlaid with copper hanging stands, and candles are lit on them.The faint candlelight flickered in this quiet space, making everything seem very eerie.

Liu Xie sat quietly on the gold-painted beard bed, his face sinking like water.Behind him stands a lacquered bamboo screen with dragons and phoenixes.Liu Xie pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Is everything arranged?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." A very light reply came from behind the screen, the voice seemed a little hoarse, but it was also somewhat familiar.

Liu Xie turned around slowly, through the huge distorted shadow cast by the man on the screen, he could vaguely see the man behind the screen with his hands hanging down, maintaining a respectful posture.He seemed very satisfied with this man's attitude, but he was a little sad about the order just now: "If it weren't for the scenery of the court today, I would not have summoned you so soon."

The figure slowly walked out from behind the screen, and when it stood under the candlelight, its bland and plain face gave people a strong visual impact.If there is a third person present at this time, they will be terrified.Because this person is none other than Li Ru and Li Wenyou who died in the sea of ​​fire yesterday!
Compared with Liu Xie's shady prey, Li Ru's complexion was also not good-looking. He looked at Liu Xie leisurely, disregarding the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers, and said: "Your Majesty, the grass people also don't want to see you at this time. Back then, Ru promised to be loyal to His Majesty. , but there are two conditions. However, in the battle last night, Dong Min and Dong Huang were killed, and His Majesty has already lost his trust in the grassroots."

Liu Xie smiled lightly, and didn't care about Li Ru's censure: "Dong Min and Dong Huang were not killed by me, but died in the rebellion of my subordinates. As for Dong Zhuo's other relatives, they were all in General Huangfu's barracks. General Huangfu and other foolish and loyal people, you should trust them, right? Without my will, even if Wang Yun came personally, General Huangfu would not hand him over."

Li Ru nodded silently, believing Liu Xie's statement.At the beginning, Huangfusong had two chances to kill Dong Zhuo and replace him, but it was because there was no imperial order that Li Ru easily removed the threat.What's more, Huangfusong's prestige in the army is extremely high, so it is most suitable for him to protect Dong Zhuo's relatives.

"There was a fire in your room last night, and you can find a substitute to die instead. Although the court hall did not catch fire today, it is no less than a fire in my heart. Poor my ninety-five supreme being, who is really a lonely family. In the end I have no choice but to conspire with you, the ghost, in the Han Dynasty."

"The Caomin are no longer Han officials. These things are beyond the grassland's guess. The Caomin only know that His Majesty ordered the Caomin to activate the chess pieces around the ministers, and the Caomin obeyed." The light in Li Ru's eyes flashed. In a word, I don't know whether to retreat to advance, or if he is really disheartened.

But Liu Xie didn't care about Li Ru's stuff. Although he wasn't a man with ambitions to rule the world, he also understood that an extremely smart guy like Li Ru would not give up his obsession so easily.Therefore, Liu Xie was not moved much when he heard Li Ru's words, but instead smiled contemptuously: "Even if you want to extract him clearly, it may not be so easy. Don't forget, you are just trying to get rid of him now." Identity does not have ghosts, and things like ghosts will always linger."

After saying this, Liu Xie didn't care about Li Ru's expression, and continued: "If you really want to stay out of the matter and let those ministers handle the Liangzhou army, believe it or not, within ten months, the Liangzhou army will become A group of dying ghosts who are condemned by thousands of people and have no place to stay?"

"The grassroots don't believe it." Li Ru gave a rare smile, but he was very sinister: "If the grassroots let go of it, it will be easy for the Liangzhou army to invade Chang'an. At that time, the one who will be buried with the ministers will probably be the Han court."

"That's right." Liu Xie nodded in agreement, with a teasing tone: "At that time, I'm afraid you will see the light of day again."

After saying this, Li Ru couldn't help but glance at Liu Xie in doubt, but then his cold face was shattered by the sudden thought.Seeing Li Ru's reaction, Liu Xie knew that he had already figured out the key points, so he couldn't help but said, "Chang'an can be breached by the Liangzhou army outside the city in ten months, but don't think that those vulgar and ignorant captains The wild man will be as smart as Dong Zhuo. After all, the Han court is a centipede, dead but not stiff. But once the Liangzhou army is led by those school captains who have no ink and only know how to kill and set fire, what do you think? How far away will they die? One year, two years, or three years?"

Li Ru was once again shocked by the deep scheming and foresight of the 12-year-old boy in front of him. He had died once last night, and he hadn't broken free from the grief of Dong Zhuo's death, so he never thought about it.Now, after hearing Liu Xie's analysis, he couldn't help asking: "In your Majesty's opinion, how should the army of Liangzhou outside the city be preserved?"

"I'm not from Liangzhou, sitting on the dragon chair with my buttocks. I can think of ways, but there are only three."

"Which three?"

"One caress, two points, three levels. One caress is for appeasement. Chang'an City is like a baby, and Xiliang's army is like a wolf. Now Chang'an City seems to be as solid as gold, and there are tens of thousands of troops. But most of these troops are Liangzhou soldiers. Those scholar-bureaucrats plus Lu Buna's [-] pressing hard, Chang'an City could be destroyed sooner or later. Therefore, at a time when people are panicking, an amnesty will at least calm down the Liangzhou troops outside the city.

The second is division, although there are many soldiers in Xiliang, but after Dong Zhuo's death, the leadership is different, and it will inevitably be divided into several forces, if it is in the name of the court.To divide and utilize them, and no matter how large the Xiliang army is, it is not enough to make things happen;
Sanping has to cut off a few heads to give some explanation to the stubborn forces among them. There is no way, the innocent blood on their hands is too much, not killing is not enough for the people to be angry, not killing is enough to fill the mouth of the world .As for the remaining low-level officers and soldiers, they may be scattered and incorporated into other armies, or they may be disbanded and returned to the fields on the spot, or they may be promoted and resettled in other places. With these three strategies, the Xiliang army can be cleansed and become a real Han. Home strong army. "

Of course Li Ru didn't know what "washing white" meant, but it didn't affect his understanding of Liu Xie's words.Hearing that Liu Xie had a secret plan, he couldn't help but said again: "Since that's the case, why don't your majesty issue an edict as soon as possible..."

But as soon as he spoke halfway, Li Ru stopped talking.After all, he was the number one counselor at the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, so he immediately connected Liu Xiegang with his order and said, "But in the court today, your Majesty has aspirations that are difficult to achieve, and is hindered everywhere?"

"It's not just that it's hard to achieve, it's just that you can't speak if you have a mouth." Liu Xie sighed, and there seemed to be noises like five hundred ducks in his ears.Thinking about it now, he still vaguely remembers the matters discussed by the ministers in the hall: how to grant titles to those loyal ministers who conspired to kill Dong Zhuo, how to secretly investigate Dong Zhuo's accomplices, whether to destroy the disgraceful building in Meiwu, Who do you want to send as an envoy to the Kanto...

The two urgent matters that are really meaningful are the two matters that Wang Yun proposed to reward Lu Bu, how to control the soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, and how to deal with Dong Zhuo's inheritance brought by Huangfusong.It's a pity that even these two important matters related to the handling of the Liangzhou army outside the customs, there was not even a sound in the morning's court meeting.

Counting on the group of friends who would yell when they had nothing to do, and would be stunned when something happened, Liu Xie really wanted to make this Han Dynasty feel like it was going to die.

"However, it is Wang Yun Wang Situ who is different from what I expected." For some reason, Liu Xie's mind resurfaced Wang Yun's strange performance in court today.He had a vague feeling that the biggest catastrophe he faced this time was this old man with a mixed history.

This old man once resolutely pulled the Han Dynasty court out of the fire pit, but the same old man, when all this had just ushered in the dawn, was so stupid that he pushed the Han Dynasty into a deeper abyss.And he himself fell into it along with the Han Dynasty, leaving an insoluble mystery to future generations.

Now Liu Xie can't figure out why Wang Yun did this.

"Wang Yun, Master Wang?" But when Li Ru heard Wang Yun's name, a very strange and disgusted expression appeared on Li Ru's plain and plain face: "This person, Your Majesty, be careful. This person leads the government alone, and I am afraid that the disaster will be worse than that of the Grand Master!"

Liu Xie was startled.

But at this moment, Leng Shouguang's shrill voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Zuo Zhonglang General Huang Fusong, Bei Zhonglang General Zhu Jun, Cavalier Captain Xu Huang, Shangshu Lu Zhi, Huangmen Servant Zhong Yao Wait for someone to see you."

As soon as he said this, when he looked back, Liu Xie couldn't find Li Ru, as if he had never appeared before.After those people entered the palace, Liu Xie heard two pieces of news that he couldn't believe.

"I implore Your Majesty to forgive Lord Cai's crime!" Lu Zhi said!
"I implore Your Majesty to rescue Xu Rong!" Huangfu Song said!

(End of this chapter)