Can I get to the other side?

New Year's Eve has passed and the New Year has arrived.

On the second day after the new year, Yuan Shao helped Liu Xie summon the officials and held a court meeting in Zhengyang Hall to discuss the candidates to go to Yizhou to help Liu Zhang quell the rebellion.

Today Yuan Shao, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others are all present.

Liu Xiegao was sitting on the dragon chair. He didn't feel any lofty ideals. He just asked the officials in the palace according to the procedure: "Regarding the matter of going to Yizhou to quell the Zhanglu rebellion, who do you think it would be best to send?"

It was not decided at the New Year's Eve banquet the day before yesterday, but now it is going to be a good deal at this court meeting.

But having said that, in fact, both Liu Xie and others knew that this court meeting was just a formality.

Yesterday, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yuan Shao had asked Ju Shou to inform him that he would openly choose high-ranking officials to go to Yizhou to quell the rebellion at this court meeting. Liu Bei would not have a chance.

This was just because he was worried about Liu Zhang and Lu Bu being around, and he had to maintain his majesty as emperor. Otherwise, why would it be so troublesome to start a court? Just send him an edict and have him stamp it with his seal.

After Liu Xie spoke, Yuan Shao was still there and did not express his position. Instead, a senior official on the side said: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead 10,000 elite troops to Yizhou to attack Zhang Lu!"

After the words fell, Liu Bei had to show off, confronting him tit for tat, and said: "Your Majesty, Bingzhou's border defense responsibility is very heavy, how can Bingzhou Mu distract his attention? Leading 10,000 troops to Yizhou will inevitably cause Bingzhou's defense to be empty. , which gave the foreign tribes an opportunity to take advantage of it and caused trouble to the people of Bingzhou. "

"Besides, it's just Zhang Lu. There's no need to mobilize troops like this. It's enough for me to lead four thousand elite troops to quell the rebellion."

Even though he knew that Yuan Shao had coerced Liu Xie, Liu Bei still had to work hard, otherwise Yuan Shao would be wary if he went too far.

"Jingzhou Mu doesn't need to worry about border defense."

A cold look flashed in Gao Gan's eyes, and he said calmly, "I have been running Bingzhou for many years, and I have conquered the foreign races around Bingzhou several times. It is a blessing for them that I do not conquer them. How dare they enter the country and invade?"

"Besides, although Zhang Lu has not yet developed and grown, he must pay attention to it. The Yellow Turban Disaster is the best example. We must send a large army to attack him!"

"There are four thousand troops in the Jingzhou pastoral area. They should all go to Jingzhou to take up their posts. For the crusade against Hanzhong, we should act according to our ability."

Although Gao Gan did not explain it directly, the meaning of these words was already obvious, that is, he was mocking Liu Bei for overestimating his capabilities.

You, a bereaved dog who can't even go to Jingzhou to take up his post, still have the nerve to bark?

Moreover, he also used the Yellow Turban Disaster as an example, which is also of great significance.

Thinking back to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Jiao was spreading the Tao of Taiping in the beginning, and no one paid attention to it. By the time they realized it, it was like a prairie fire and was unstoppable.

Who knows if this Five Pecks of Rice Road will be the next Taiping Road?

Will Zhang Lu be the next Zhang Jiao?

"Huh! It's just soldiers and horses!" Lu Bu looked at the senior officials with disdain when he heard this, and spoke out to support Liu Bei, "I have no shortage of soldiers and horses under my general. If the Jingzhou herdsman doesn't have enough, I will lend them to him!"

"you……"

The senior officials were very angry that Lu Bu jumped out to support Liu Bei and wanted to argue, but Liu Bei interrupted him.

"Bingzhou Mu might as well ask Yizhou Mu for his opinion and see who he thinks is more suitable to put down the rebellion in Hanzhong?"

The pressure and pressure all fell on Liu Zhang. It was time for Liu's son to stand up and be a tool to resist pressure.

Everyone in the hall immediately looked at Liu Zhang.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Liu Zhang was a little confused. His eyes wandered back and forth between Liu Bei and the senior officials.

From the perspective of strength, it is naturally the best choice to let senior officials go to quell the chaos;

But in terms of relationship, he is more inclined to Liu Bei. After all, he is a member of the same clan and is more trustworthy than senior officials.

After hesitating for a long time, Liu Zhang finally said: "Your Majesty, I think...it would be better to ask the Jingzhou pastor to go and quell the rebellion. There is no need to bother the Bingzhou pastor to mobilize the troops."

He finally chose to believe Liu Bei.

Because if the senior cadre led 10,000 elite troops to Yizhou, he would feel very uneasy.

Liu Bei is much more trustworthy.

Coupled with Lu Bu's willingness to lend troops to help, solving Zhang Lu's rebellion should not be a problem.

As soon as these words came out, there was no joy on Liu Bei's face.

Gao Gan's face became a little ugly.

At this time, Yuan Shao came out, glanced at Liu Bei, with a hint of sarcasm in his peripheral vision, and said: "Both what Jingzhou Mu and Bingzhou Mu said are reasonable, but it is up to your Majesty to decide who to choose. "

"Which one, Jingzhou Mu or Bingzhou Mu, is more suitable to go to Yizhou to quell the rebellion? Your Majesty must have made a decision in your mind, right?"

After going round and round and arguing, in the end it was Liu Xie who had to "make the decision".

Liu Xie forced a smile on his face and said, "I think Bingzhou Mu is more suitable."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Zhang was stunned.

But based on what happened on the New Year's Eve banquet, he soon understood.

Damn thief Yuan!

He is really no different from Dong Zhuo!

Although Liu Bei was prepared, he still couldn't help but be furious.

Lu Bu's eyes widened, and he glanced at Yuan Shao, who was watching his nose and heart. He quickly understood what was going on, and his fist suddenly felt hard.

Old thief Yuan Shao! How dare you threaten the emperor in the court!

"Your Majesty is wise."

Yuan Shao saluted Liu Xie, while not forgetting to cast a sidelong glance at Liu Bei and Lu Bu, sneering in his heart.

You alone want to compete with me for Yizhou?

No matter how many reasons you can come up with, even if Liu Zhang is willing to let Liu Bei pass, so what?

The emperor is the one who can decide everything in the end!

And I am the one who can decide the emperor!

"I will live up to your majesty's high expectations!"

Gao Gan stepped out and kowtowed loudly, as if he was moved by the emperor's high regard for him.

After the candidate for the rebellion in Yizhou was determined, the court meeting ended.

As Liu Xie left first, everyone in Zhengyang Hall also left the palace.

Liu Bei and Lu Bu walked last.

Looking at the back of Yuan Shao in front of him, Lu Bu lowered his voice and cursed: "Yuan Shao, this traitor, one day I will use Fang Tian Hua Ji to cut him into pieces to vent my hatred!"

He was not a fool, how could he not see that Liu Xie was threatened by Yuan Shao, so he was forced to choose Gao Gan to go to Hanzhong to quell the rebellion.

Although he wanted to kill Yuan Shao in his heart, he could only suppress it temporarily, because it was not the time to turn against Yuan Shao, and his strength was not enough.

However, Lu Bu secretly made up his mind that when he returned to Yangzhou, he would redouble his efforts to train the army, defeat Sun Ce as soon as possible, and conquer the entire Yangzhou, so as to further develop his power!

At the same time, he also hoped that the support of the Zhen family could be increased.

If he had 10,000 elite cavalry, he would directly trample Yecheng, and he would never tolerate Yuan Shao holding the emperor hostage.

"In order to restore the Han Dynasty, Your Majesty has endured hardships and endured it. It is really hard for Your Majesty."

Liu Bei sighed, and also felt angry and unfair for Liu Xie.

He exhaled slightly, his eyes became firm, and he said to Lu Bu: "Fengxian, Yangzhou will depend on you next."

"Yuan Shao is ambitious and determined to take Yizhou. I can't sit idly by and watch Gao Gan plotting to take Yizhou under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion. I will secretly lead troops to Yizhou after returning."

Lu Bu patted Liu Bei on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Xuande, just leave Sun Ce to me, you can go to Yizhou with peace of mind. The fertile land of thousands of miles and the land of abundance, Liu Zhang doesn't know how to manage it, so we can't let Yuan Shao get it for nothing!"

Liu Bei nodded and walked out of the palace with Lu Bu.

...

After returning to the harem, Liu Xie's mood was very complicated.

On the one hand, he was not the emperor himself, so it was natural for him to listen to Yuan Shao's words.

But on the other hand, he had completely put himself in the role of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he believed it every day.

At the court meeting just now, Liu Bei had the upper hand in the debate with Gao Gan, and even had the support of Liu Zhang.

But under Yuan Shao's mandatory request, he had to choose Gao Gan to go to Yizhou.

This feeling of being helpless, he could accept it in the past in order to have enough food.

More than a year has passed, and he doesn't want to just have a full meal. His mentality has gradually changed during this period, and he just feels aggrieved.

"I am really a coward as the emperor." In the Qingli Palace, Liu Xie told Zhen Mi what happened at the court meeting, and he instinctively chatted with Zhen Mi, "Does my beloved concubine think I am incompetent?"

A man's vulnerability can best stimulate a woman's maternal instinct. Liu Xie never forgets his strategy for Zhen Mi.

Zhen Mi gently smoothed Liu Xie's frown and said softly: "A real man can bend and stretch. Your Majesty's forbearance now is for the great cause in the future."

"I believe that your majesty will be able to get rid of the shackles one day."

Liu Xie took Zhen Mi into his arms and sighed: "With a wife like this, what else can a husband ask for! When my beloved concubine becomes the queen in the future, she will definitely be the mother of the world and become a virtuous queen who will be recorded in history!"

How could Zhen Mi withstand such an attack?

After a little snickering in her heart, she said: "I have good news to tell your majesty."

"Oh? What good news?" Liu Xie asked curiously.

Zhen Mi replied: "Today, the clan sent people to deliver a hundred carts of gifts to the palace. They are New Year gifts for your majesty. They also brought in a piece of news about iron smelting."

Hearing the three words "iron smelting", Liu Xie's eyes lit up immediately, "Iron smelting? Have the Zhen family's craftsmen mastered the steel pouring method I gave them?"

The so-called Tiangong Kaiwu taught by Emperor Taizu Gao in his dream, the steel pouring method is the most important, even more important than the refining of refined salt and fine salt.

If it is successfully mastered, the strength of the forged weapons and armor will be a dimensionality reduction strike for this era, and the quality is not at the same level at all!

Zhen Mi shook her head, "It's not completely mastered, but the craftsmen were inspired by your majesty's steel pouring method, and their forging skills have improved a lot, and the quality of the weapons and armor they cast has also improved several times."

"The quality of weapons made with traditional technology is generally around 40 forgings; but the weapons made by the steel pouring method have reached the highest quality of 70 forgings; the craftsmen said that if they are given some time, they can fully master the steel pouring method, so that the quality of the manufactured weapons and equipment can reach the level of 100 forging iron!"

Liu Xie was quite satisfied after listening.

It's not that there is no steel in this era, but it is necessary to forge wrought iron a hundred times. As the saying goes, a hundred forgings make steel, which is exactly the reason, but the process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the cost is too high.

The steel pouring method can improve the quality of iron, while greatly reducing the time cost and mass-producing steel, but the specific technology still needs to be explored. Now these craftsmen are on the right path, and it will not take too long to fully master the steel pouring method.

As expected, professional matters must be handed over to professionals!

Liu Xie hugged Zhen Mi and gave her a big kiss, saying with a happy face: "My beloved, you are really my lucky star! When will these weapons and equipment made with new technologies be provided to Duke Wen's army?"

It is useless to just research them.

It has to be equipped on people!

If Lu Bu had such excellent equipment, wouldn't it be easy to sweep Yangzhou? How could Sun Ce defeat him!

Zhen Mi's face turned red, she gave Liu Xie an angry look, and then said: "A lot of stirrups and horseshoes have been sent over. The new weapons and equipment are expected to be delivered to Duke Wen within three months."

"If His Majesty is in a hurry, I will send someone to rush him, but it will take at least two months. After all, it will take a lot of money to equip a thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry."

Although accelerating the progress means spending more manpower, material and financial resources, to Zhen, this is nothing. Things that can be done with money are nothing.

"Of course the sooner the better!"

Liu Xie nodded, and then said with some worry: "But you still have to be careful and don't let Yuan Shao find out that Zhen is secretly assisting Lu Bu."

Zhen Mi nodded and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, my concubine's mother has also considered this, so our Zhen family and the Mi family have reached a cooperation. The Zhen family is responsible for the production of weapons and equipment and fine salt, while the Mi family is responsible for transportation and sales. ”

"The Mi family is a wealthy family in Xuzhou and a wealthy businessman. They have had many contacts with our Zhen family in the past. Jingzhou Mu has a close relationship with the Mi family. This cooperation was proposed by Jingzhou Mu."

After hearing this, Liu Xie had to admire Liu Bei's thoughtfulness.

He even thought about how to help Zhen hide.

The Zhen family is rooted in Jizhou, and once they sponsor Lu Bu and are defeated by Yuan Shao, they will inevitably arouse his thunderous wrath, and it is possible to uproot them in one fell swoop.

But if everything falls on the Mi family, then there will be no problem. So what if Yuan Shao discovers it? The Mi family is rooted in Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is now Lu Bu's territory. How dare Yuan Shao easily fall out with Lu Bu?

"That's very good."

Only then did Liu Xie put down his worries.

After chatting about this matter, Zhen Mi continued: "Your Majesty, two sisters entered the palace a few years ago. I heard they are a pair of sisters. Your Majesty has not visited them yet, so why not go and visit them sometime. "

"sisters?"

Liu Xie was stunned for a moment when Zhen Mi reminded him. He remembered that Zhang He had reported some time ago that the two sisters Qiao and Qiao had been ordered to enter the palace, but he didn't pay attention.

After all, just spending time with Zhen Mi and Lu Lingqi every day was already too much for him, especially Lu Lingqi, whose mature figure made him unable to get enough of her.

Now he has no worldly desires.

So what about Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, can she still be prettier than Zhen Mi? Could she have a better figure than Lu Lingqi? He didn't believe it.

So Liu Xie shook his head resolutely and said: "No, my heart has been completely occupied by my beloved concubine. In the remaining time, I have to have sex with Lu Guiren. How can I pretend to be another woman?"

Liu Xie would not be fooled by Zhen Mi.

The last time Lu Lingqi entered the palace, he had already seen the power of Zhen Mi's jealousy. Now that Xiao Qiao is here, will she be so kind and take the initiative to let him visit?

Then he might as well believe that Qin Shihuang is still alive.

"How can your Majesty be so willful?"

Hearing this, Zhen Mi's face turned serious and she said very seriously: "Those two sisters are also His Majesty's concubines. Your Majesty cannot favor one over the other."

"If word spreads, outsiders will think that I have the exclusive favor of the Holy One, and that I am a jealous woman who cannot tolerate others. How can this be done? Your Majesty must go and have a look."

After years of Liu Xie's CPU, Zhen Mi knew that she was the only one in Liu Xie's heart.

And as she wants to be a queen, she must have the demeanor and bearing of a lady. How can she compete with some noble or beautiful woman for favor?

Anyway, Your Majesty, even Duke Wen’s daughter is just acting for fun, let alone the other concubines in the harem?

When Liu Xie saw Zhen Mi's serious look and heard the words "Don't treat one favorably with another" from her mouth, his pupils were shaken at magnitude 8.

Is Qin Shihuang really resurrected? !

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(PS: Another explosion of 13,000 words! I, Qin Shihuang, give me two monthly passes and you are allowed to tile the Great Wall.)