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Li Jue nodded and said: "Yes, it was a sudden order. This is the order from the minister's official, so it must not be wrong. In addition, I also learned that other generals in the army have also received the same order, telling them to return immediately. The resident shall not stay in Chang'an."

"Uncle, do you mean that there is something wrong here?" Li Li asked after thinking about it.

Li Jue shook his head slightly and said, "It's not strange, but my uncle has an ominous premonition. He always feels that this matter is not as simple as it appears on the surface, but he can't figure out what's wrong. Wenchang, you haven't received the military order yet, have you?"

"I haven't received any orders from Xiangguo yet. However, since the generals in the army have received orders to return to the station, I guess I will be here soon. After all, I am not on good terms with Lu Bu, and Xiangguo will not let me stay in Kyoto for a long time, lest If there is another conflict, it will be difficult for him." Li Li said casually.

"Uncle came to see you before he left, just to tell you about this matter. Now you and Fengxian are the most trusted people of Xiangguo. Once there is another conflict between you, Xiangguo will be furious, and the result will be unimaginable." Li Jue nodded and said .

Li Li grinned and said, "Uncle, don't worry. My nephew is not the kind of person who doesn't know the importance of the situation. He won't fight Lu Bu again. Uncle doesn't have to worry about me."

"Bang bang bang!" Just as Li Jue was about to speak with a smile, there was a hasty knock on the door.

"Li Zhi, what's the matter?" Li Li immediately stood up and opened the door, asking in a deep voice.

"Someone is coming from the palace, and they are waiting for the lord in the lobby." Li Zhi continued.

A cold light flashed in Li Li's eyes, and he murmured in a low voice, "It's just that you want me to leave Chang'an City, but you actually gave me an imperial decree. You really think highly of me, Mr. Li!"

"Wenchang, go and receive the order, you will return to Liangzhou sooner or later." Standing behind Li Li, Li Jue said softly.

Li Li turned his head and said with a smile: "Uncle, please wait a moment, my nephew will come as soon as he goes."

Li Jue nodded slightly, and watched Li Li stride towards the lobby.Looking at Li Li's back, he murmured to himself: "It seems that Wenchang's weight in Xiangguo's mind has already surpassed mine. The same order has to be conveyed by decree. This is the difference in status and status!"

After a cup of tea, Li Li returned to the study again.

"Wenchang, what is the emperor's will?" Li Jue asked without waiting for Li Li to sit down.

Li Li said with a smile: "As uncle expected. I was ordered to leave Beijing within three days. However, there is one thing that puzzles me."

"What's the matter?" Li Jue asked anxiously.

Li Li said with a smile: "I was also rewarded with 500 taels of gold and [-] pieces of silk in the edict of the emperor. As far as I know, the food and drink in the palace are all provided by Xiangguo. What kind of reward will the little emperor give me? Such a generous shot. Hehehe!"

After Li Jue heard the words, he said with a smile: "Wenchang doesn't know something. In fact, Xiangguo is very good to His Majesty. All the expenses inside and outside the palace are spent. Xiangguo has never deducted them, and has always provided according to the standard of the Luoyang imperial capital. As for your majesty's rewards Well. As long as Xiangguo has no objection, the reward can be delivered in full. However, in my uncle's opinion, this reward should be Xiangguo's intention. You just got married and are leaving the capital. Xiangguo is probably reluctant to part with Wan'er, so I reward you again .It’s just that you said in the court earlier that you would not accept any reward from Xiangguo after marriage, so this reward will be recorded in the name of the emperor.”

"Uh, that's how it is. Thank you, Uncle, for clarifying the confusion. At first I thought that the prime minister had power over the government and the public. I wouldn't pay attention to the emperor, and I wouldn't spend a lot of money to support the maids and relatives in the palace. I didn't expect that the prime minister would not Abandoning etiquette and still spending a lot of money and food to support them is really unexpected!" Li Li said with a sigh.

Li Jue said with emotion: "Actually, Xiangguo has always been in awe of the royal family in his heart. You see, he often calls himself 'our family', which is clearly in the name of the emperor's close minister. Everyone in the world thinks that Xiangguo is domineering, bullying the emperor, and causing trouble for the court. In fact, this is not the case. It is an indisputable fact that Xiangguo is domineering and monopolizes the government, but he did not bully the emperor and the queen mother, and still abides by etiquette. Everything in the court hall was deliberately done by Xiangguo for the officials to see, otherwise he would Why do you intimidate the ministers and command the world? In addition, everyone in the world said that Xiangguo stayed in the Dragon Court overnight and wantonly insulted the concubines in the inner palace. This is an exaggerated statement. Xiangguo did bring out many palace ladies and concubines from the palace for fun. But he did not spend the night in the palace. Otherwise, why would he bother to build Meiwu? Isn’t it superfluous? Meiwu is more than [-] miles away from the palace, and Xiangguo often travels between the two places. Wouldn’t it be more convenient to move directly into the palace! Therefore, People in the world have misunderstood Xiangguo. These are all the words deliberately made up by the princes of the Kanto towns. They are exaggerated in an attempt to confuse the public and deepen Xiangguo's crimes in the hearts of the people. In fact, they succeeded, and all these trumped-up charges were piled up on Xiangguo body, let him have difficulty in distinguishing words, sufferings and sufferings.

well!Although Xiangguo is in charge of the world's leader, Vega is at home, but in fact he is placed on the cusp of the waves, he can only advance but not retreat.If there is a slight mistake, he will fall into the bottomless abyss beyond redemption, which will bring disaster to the whole Dong family.Perhaps no one knows about the pain, but his uncle is precisely the direct line of the Xiangguo, and he has followed him for more than ten years before he can truly understand his difficulties. "

After Li Li heard the words, he was silent for a long time, and then he said consolingly: "Uncle, don't be sad. The high place is extremely cold, and Xiangguo has its own advantages to reach today's high position."

After a slight pause, Li Li asked softly: "My nephew wants to ask my uncle about something. If my uncle is able to take power in the world one day, I wonder what my uncle will do? Uncle, don't worry, my nephew is just saying if, it's just a hypothetical. There is no other intention. Please tell my uncle frankly."

When Li Li said these words, Li Jue looked horrified for an instant, looked at Li Li in astonishment, and was speechless for a while.

After a long silence, Li Jue shook his head and said, "Wenchang, uncle, I know myself well, and I can't be a high-ranking Xiangguo. In terms of tolerance, I am far inferior to Xiangguo who can bear it. He has been up and down in Xiliang for more than ten years, and he has always stood firm. This is the broad-mindedness of his success. When it comes to tactics, my uncle can't compare with Xiangguo. In the early years, he made friends with eunuchs in private. I have followed Xiangguo on the battlefield for more than ten years. If you want to lead troops to fight, train soldiers, and command generals, I am still competent, and I think I am not inferior to any generals in the world. If you really don't have this ability, at most you can protect Yongliang and Liangzhou from the barbarians, and you can't do anything else."

After Li Li heard Li Jue's words, he secretly marveled in his heart. Li Jue said that he had self-knowledge.

In the annals of history, Li Jue was indeed as he said.In the more than four years after Dong Zhuo's death, he was in charge of the power of the world and made many foolish actions against the princes of the Guandong, but he made great achievements in defending Yongliang and Liangzhou from foreign enemies.It's just that his mind was not broad enough after all, and there was a gap between him and generals such as Guo Bang, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and they fought openly and secretly.In the end, Emperor Xian fled to Luoyang, followed by hundreds of officials, causing the fall of Emperor Chang'an, and the Xiliang Army was also fragmented, and was finally wiped out by Cao Cao, who held the emperor to order the princes.

After thinking about it, Li Liruo said, "Uncle, don't underestimate yourself. If my uncle is really able to control the power of the world, my nephew is willing to help my uncle to shock the princes of the world and pacify the counties in Xiliang. But my nephew has something to say first, you and my uncle and nephew As a person and even as a relative, once the situation is getting out of hand, please ask uncle to remember what you said today. As a last resort, please ask uncle to hand over the power to nephew to clean up the mess, and uncle will continue to lead the army to fight. What does uncle want?"

"Uh, why did Wenchang say that? Your talent is far superior to your uncle's. Uncle knows this well. Besides, uncle will definitely not forcefully suppress you because of his greed for power." Li Jue said in amazement.

Li Li smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said meaningfully: "Uncle, you don't have to worry too much, and you don't have to be humble. My nephew was brought up by my uncle. Although you and I are called uncles and nephews, we are actually no different from our own father and son. However, the name If you are not right, your words will not go well. After all, your nephew is not your biological son. There are differences between family and country. Therefore, if you say something now, your nephew will do it in the future. However, once the political situation is in turmoil For the sake of the life and death of my Li family, my nephew must not resort to extraordinary measures and do disobedient things. At that time, I ask my uncle to understand my nephew's difficulties, and don't blame my nephew."

"Where do you start with this? Besides, uncle, I have never had the ambition to dominate the world, and I dare not even think about it. If there is a day when my uncle and nephew can really achieve something, it must be based on you. Uncle is willing to do it." A pawn, you have made great achievements for my Li family!" Li Jue said firmly.

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed and said, "My nephew is very excited by what my uncle said. The two uncles and nephews are connected by blood, and the family relationship will never be separated. If one day our uncle and nephew face each other on the battlefield, our nephew My son is willing to take the initiative to back down, for the sake of my uncle and nephew. Not much to say, my uncle is about to return to the residence, and my nephew prepares a little wine for my uncle's farewell. Please move to the hall, the banquet is ready."

Seeing that Li Li didn't want to say more, Li Jue didn't ask any more questions, and said with a big smile, "Wenchang, you scared my uncle and me today, and you talked about nonsense, and you must have a few more drinks later. Shocking! Hehehe!"

Chapter 251

In the afternoon, at the north gate of Chang'an City.

Outside the city gate, Li Li brought Li Zhi, Li Xuan and more than a hundred of his own soldiers to see Li Jue, Xu Rong, Fan Chou and other generals off and watched them go.

"My lord, General Li Jue and the others have gone far away, let's go back." Li Xuan said softly standing behind Li Li.

Li Li looked at his back in the distance, lost his mind, and murmured softly: "They left Chang'an today, and we will see them off. When we leave the capital the day after tomorrow, who will see us off? 40 Xiliang Army Garrisoning Sanfu in Chang'an, watching the world with a tiger, suppressing the princes of the Kwantung and not daring to act rashly, what a powerful army! However, all this is like a flash in the pan, and it is about to wither. Even if Li wants to save all this, Dong Xiangguo can't trust me, and he is lucky , refused to order the decentralization of power. What can I do?"

What Li Li said made Li Xuan half understand, but he knew that since Li Li didn't want to speak out, as a subordinate, he couldn't ask more questions, this was the duty of a minister.

Then Li Xuan weighed it up and said: "My lord, since there are some things that cannot be undone, then let him go. It's useless to think about it. But we are also preparing to leave Chang'an now. The things that the lord ordered before have not been properly handled by the subordinates. It will take three to five days. Please punish me, my lord."

After Li Li heard the words, he smiled and got on his horse, and waved his big hand to signal his soldiers to return to the mansion.Then he said as he walked, "Yuan Zhong, you don't need to punish me. It's only been a few days, counting from the day I got married, it's only five days now. Continue to seize the time to buy grain, and hand it over to Wen He to take over after transporting it out of the city. Finish this matter within five days. How about it, can it be done?"

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said: "My lord, don't worry, this subordinate will definitely finish this matter within five days. In fact, [-]% of the grain in all the grain stores in Chang'an City has been bought by my subordinates, and now I have sent someone to Go to the surrounding counties and counties to buy grain. After the grain is bought, it will be transported directly to Dongyang Valley without going to the city, and handed over to Wenhe for storage. In seven days at most, the grain warehouses in Chang'an City and the surrounding counties will be cleaned by us If they are all sold out, the price of food will go up like crazy by then!"

"Hehehe!" Li Li said with a smile: "Yuan Zhong, don't be too happy, you won't be willing to save it!"

"My lord, why did you say that? Could it be that my lord's big purchases of grain are not for our army's use, but for another purpose?" Li Xuan asked in a low voice in surprise.

Li Li rode his horse and walked slowly, glanced around the post road, and said in a low voice: "Yuan Zhong guessed right. When our army rushed to Chang'an this time, it brought two months' grain and grass, and now the grain and grass are enough to supply the army for one and a half months. But the food you bought recently is enough to supply the army for half a year, what a huge amount. We don't have to return to Wuwei County for the time being, so storing so much food is not very useful, so I want to redistribute the food to Chang'an City when the time is right And the surrounding people. How is it? Is Yuan Zhong feeling distressed and reluctant? Hehehe!"

"Uh!" Li Xuan looked at Li Li who was smiling all over his face in astonishment.He pondered: "My lord's move is to buy people's hearts? Wait until the people run out of food. We will distribute food to them to win people's hearts. In this way, our losses will be great, and we are quite a bit of ourselves. The meaning of feet is not worth the loss, after all Chang'an City is not under the jurisdiction of the lord. Even if the lord is kind and charitable, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money to buy false fame. Our foundation is in Liangzhou, but we cannot reach Chang'an City, and we can't beat it!"

Li Li smiled strangely and said: "The world is unpredictable. Now Chang'an City naturally has nothing to do with us, but it may not be the case in the future. What's more, the money for the purchases was not earned by ourselves, it was all the officials of the court. And the congratulatory gifts sent by the generals in the army, such ill-gotten gains should be taken from the people and used for the people! I, Li Li, am not a gentleman, let alone a famous Confucian who is greedy for fame. I have never done business at a loss. No exception. Yuan Zhong, just wait and see, your brother-in-law and I don't want the reputation of being kind and generous, but have other plans!"

"Since the lord is confident, the subordinates should go all out. But the lord must be steady, and don't squander the food. This is the food and grass bought in exchange for tens of thousands of taels of gold. You must be careful!" Li Xuan felt distressed. Said.

Li Li turned his head to look at Li Xuan with a smile on his face, and said casually: "Don't worry, it's definitely worth the money. Let's go, hurry back to the mansion to prepare, we leave Chang'an in the morning the day after tomorrow, everyone in the mansion is leaving, and they all leave the city with the army! "

"My lord, the retinue and the maid have left, what about the Longxiang Li Mansion? Don't tell me we won't return to Chang'an in the future?" Li Xuan asked anxiously.

Li Li said with a smile: "Longxiang Li's mansion only needs to leave a plaque, and there is no need to send people to stay behind, otherwise their lives may be in danger. As for us going back to Chang'an's mansion, we will find a large mansion near the imperial palace." Just stay here. Alright, let's go, the affairs of the mansion are cumbersome, and we need help!"

After speaking, without waiting for Li Xuan to ask again, Li Li rode his horse and galloped with whip.

Seeing Li Li leaving quickly, even though Li Xuan had a lot of doubts in his heart, he also knew that it is not appropriate to ask more questions at this time, and everything will be solved naturally when the truth comes out.

Wenhou Mansion, Lu Bu Mansion.

"Oh!"

"Clap clap clap!"

"The old thief Dong Zhuo bullied me too much! Bullied me too much, bullied me too much and won't take back Diao Chan, I, Lu Bu, will never give up!"

In the main hall, Lv Bu was furious and roared in anger, which made the desks rattle, causing the utensils on the desks to roll down and shatter into pieces.

Outside the main hall, generals such as Zhang Liao, Cao Hehe and Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, who were seriously injured but able to go to the ground, heard that Lu Bu was so furious, and they all hid outside the door in fright, not daring to show their faces, for fear of accidentally touching the The moldy head was punished by Lu Bu.