Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Li Yi asked: "General Huangfusong, who has made outstanding achievements and is loyal to the Han Dynasty, can be the leader of today's warriors in terms of prestige. If this person enters Jingzhou, he will definitely divide my military power. I will never tolerate him, but who are you?" To kill him?"

While speaking, Li Yi turned his head to look at Zhang Liao and other generals. They looked at each other in blank dismay. If Li Yi told them to chop up a rotten scholar, there was nothing to say, and there was no pressure to ask them to do some black work of killing innocent people indiscriminately, but Huangfu Song was He is a famous general in the world, he has made great achievements, and people admire him from the bottom of his heart. This is not easy to handle.

However, Zhang Liao and the others are Li Yi's people after all. After a short shock, Zhang Liao immediately replied: "As long as the lord gives orders, there is no one who cannot be killed in front of the general!"

Following Dian Wei and Wei Yan, they all clasped their fists together to express their position.

However, Li Yi chuckled, and asked again: "If it were my father-in-law, he is related to the emperor by marriage. Compared with me, he is closer to the emperor. So, do you think it should be killed or not, or who will kill him?" ?”

Everyone bowed their heads in unison, and no one dared to respond. If Huangfusong gritted his teeth and killed him, it would be a real hard job after killing Fu. Not to mention that Fushou would be jealous of them, even Li Yi himself might turn over old scores.

"Ugh."

Li Yi sighed, and said: "Although the court officials are hateful, they cannot be killed. I can't bear the bad reputation, but I can't afford to let them go to Jingzhou either."

"Chang'an is where the emperor is. One hundred officials there are one hundred families. When they enter Jingzhou, they will become moths in Jingzhou. They will use all means to fight for every position in the officialdom. Chang, in terms of soldiers and horses, they will spare no effort to compete, Lu Bu is a lesson from the past, in terms of people's livelihood, in just three to five years, I am afraid that millions of Jingzhou people will lose their land, completely destroying my foundation and ruining my great career!"

Seeing Li Yi's pessimism, Lu Su couldn't help persuading him: "My lord, it's not like we're doing nothing."

Li Yi interrupted Lu Su with a wave of his hand, and said: "Before the imperial court installed officials in Yangzhou, their intentions were obvious. They just didn't want me to control Yangzhou. Although it is reasonable, it also shows that the imperial court is very hostile to me."

"If these people enter Jingzhou, how can I sleep peacefully unless they are killed and blood flows into rivers?"

"The emperor and the court are together, and they cannot be separated. Leaving aside the matter of the emperor, the court is a quagmire. Although fish can be raised, a quagmire is a quagmire. If I am just the prefect of Nanyang, I will go all out and make a living in that quagmire." Breaking through is not a bad thing, but now that I have occupied two states, why bother to fish in that quagmire, and"

Li Yi swept his eyes across everyone's faces, and said slowly: "Your talents and learning are all the best in the world, but when it comes to background, Zijing's background is the best here, and that is only relatively speaking. Put it in Jingzhou, ask yourself, can you compete with any noble family?"

Chapter 584 Wouldn't it be nice to draw land and become king?

After waiting for a while, when Zhang Liao and others did not answer, Li Yi looked at the expressions of several people, and saw that although they did not make a sound, there was a faint dissatisfaction on their faces.

Li Yi knew that they were not dissatisfied with themselves, but with those people in the court.

After all, since following Li Yi, the journey has been smooth and smooth, and even Yuan Shu has been defeated. Everyone's mentality is somewhat inflated, and they may already feel that there are no rivals in the world.

Li Yi sighed lightly and said: "I won't talk about the far away, just take the far away as an example, if General Huangfu came to Yuzhang with the imperial decree and three hundred emperors' troops, it happened to be far away, you say, General Huangfu How sure are you of taking Yuzhang's military power?"

Zhang Liao's expression changed involuntarily. He wanted to say it was impossible, but after thinking about it for a while, he was not so sure.

Li Yi looked at Zhang Liao and said: "Yuan hesitated just now, so you also understand that if this assumption is true, it may be dangerous. Alas, it's not that you don't talk about running the army, but that there are some things we can only do now. Said, before the flag was raised, we were all Hanchens, bound by the Son of Heaven. You and I understand the truth of this, but the people below don’t understand it. In their view, the Son of Heaven is always wise, and the words of the Son of Heaven are also the most authoritative. Unless the emperor is gone, or I am not bound by the emperor, this will start to change."

"I just gave an example, and you will know the difficulty. Then, there are so many people in the court, they are all people who have been in the officialdom for decades. In terms of relationship, more than half of the officials under my command are related to him. It’s fine in normal times, once the emperor arrives, once the court officials arrive, these are all hidden dangers.”

After listening to Li Yi's words, the scene was a bit dull. Li Yi paused for a while to let everyone digest, and then asked, "Now do you understand my worries?"

Lu Su smiled wryly, bowed to Li Yi, and said shamelessly: "This subordinate is stupid, and almost ruined the important matter of the lord."

Zhang Liao and others also wanted to salute, but Lu Su said again: "But my lord, I still have concerns in my heart."

"Oh?"

Li Yi looked at Lu Su curiously, and asked, "What worries do you have, come and listen."

Lu Su said with some concern: "The Son of Heaven is in danger in Chang'an, but if the Lord refuses to accept the Son of Heaven, what if the Son of Heaven goes to other places, such as Cao Cao, Tao Qian, or even Yuan Shao's place, and then the other party uses the mouth of the Son of Heaven to coerce the Lord, and even randomly instigate Wouldn’t it be bad for my lord if my lord acted arbitrarily and arbitrarily appointed Jingzhou officials, so what should I do?”

Hearing what Lu Su said, Zhang Liao and the others couldn't help but look terrified, and there was worry in their eyes, but Li Yi couldn't help laughing. Everyone was curious when they saw this, and Zhang Liao even asked, "My lord, why are you laughing?"

Li Yi said with a smile: "I would like the emperor to stay in Chang'an, because although Li and Guo are brave and good at commanding troops, they have no long-term vision. It is not even as good as a puppet, so it is meaningless to be on the side of the Qing emperor, but if the emperor goes to other places"

Li Yi squinted his eyes, and said slowly: "Yizhou is remote, if the emperor goes, the prestige of the Han Dynasty will be damaged again. From now on, the Central Plains will be dominated by princes, and no one will listen to the emperor's orders."

"Xuzhou is far away, Tao Qian is weak, and there are war-torn places on the way, plus Chen Deng and Mi Zhu secretly arranged, it is absolutely impossible for the emperor to go to Xuzhou."

"As for Hebei, it's even more impossible. The Yuan family and the emperor are tigers and wolves, and the emperor will never go into the mouth of a tiger."

"So, Cao Cao is the only one who can accept the Son of Heaven. Kong Rong has waited for a few people. However, if the Son of Heaven really goes there, it's fine for them to live in peace. If they want to use it against me, hehe."

Li Yi didn't finish his last words, Zhang Liao thought about Li Yi's meaning, but Lu Su reacted quickly, and blurted out: "The Lord is a good opportunity to clear the king's side!"

Li Yi praised: "Yes, that's exactly the case. Since someone wants to coerce the emperor to order the princes, why can't I take advantage of the trend to clear the emperor's side and dissuade my ministers?"

At this moment, Zhang Liao and the others also understood, bowed deeply to Li Yi, and said: "My lord is far-sighted, and my subordinates are very impressed."

Li Yi signaled everyone to be polite, and then said: "The matter about the Son of Heaven is very complicated. If it weren't for me, I wouldn't be able to see it clearly. It's normal for you to not understand it for a while. It's not your fault."

Lu Su blinked. He naturally noticed that Li Yi didn't say anything just now, but what he was more concerned about was that there seemed to be another deeper reason for Li Yi's attitude towards the Son of Heaven.

However, if Li Yi didn't say anything, Lu Su didn't dare to ask more.

After everyone got up, Wei Yan suddenly took a step forward, cupped his fists and said, "My lord, since my lord refuses to agree to the imperial court's request, it may be difficult for the imperial court to hand over Yangzhou directly to my lord, so why not my lord?"

Wei Yan looked at Li Yi, then at his colleagues around him, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, why don't you simply call yourself king, wouldn't it be so pleasant!"

Li Yi's brows trembled a few times, he never expected that Wei Yan would give such a suggestion so suddenly.

The rest of the people were also shocked. Although Zhang Liao's eyes flashed with excitement, he immediately calmed down, shook his head and said, "It's not right to say this. If my lord becomes king, wouldn't he be the target of public criticism? Not right, sir! It's not right!"

Compared with Zhang Liao, Lu Su was more straightforward, pointed at Wei Yan and said angrily: "Yuan Shu's lesson is still there. Although Yangzhou is peaceful today, the hearts of the people have not been completely gathered. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are powerful enemies in the future. At this time, the lord should Rehabilitate and stabilize yourself, if you rashly claim the title of king, there will be civil strife in the rear, and then the court only needs one decree, the princes of the Central Plains cease fighting, and join forces to attack Jingzhou together, you are putting your lord in danger!"

Lu Su was very angry, and almost scolded Wei Yan's face. The muscles on Wei Yan's face trembled, but he didn't dare to refute a word, because he also felt that his words seemed a little rash.

Li Yi also blamed Wei Yan for talking nonsense, but he understood that the reason why Wei Yan was so aggressive was mainly because he told him about Yuxi. Wei Yan had already regarded him as the master of the world, so he couldn't stop his steps .

"All right."

Li Yi didn't want them to quarrel and hurt their peace, so he clapped his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, then looked at Wei Yan and said: "Some things are good things, but we need to wait for the right time, otherwise, it will be like a virtue that is not worthy, and it will be a disaster." Do you understand?"

"The end will be taught."

Wei Yan hurriedly bowed and confessed, but what he really remembered was the first half of Li Yi's sentence. Li Yi felt that being king was a "good thing", and the only thing missing now was the timing.

Soon, other people also noticed this, and they made eye contact with each other. Although they didn't speak directly, almost everyone silently kept the matter of "persuading them in" in their hearts.

Li Yi didn't know these guys' little Jiujiu, so he paused, and said: "You should think about what you said today, think about it deeply, don't be complacent, and don't underestimate Chang'an Chaotang, okay , it's getting late, everyone go back and rest."

"Here!"

Everyone responded and wanted to leave, but Wei Yan didn't know what to think of, and asked again: "My lord, will the call be made tomorrow according to the original plan?"

Li Yi thought for a while, and replied: "The plan remains unchanged, and the call will be made early tomorrow morning. As for the angel, it should follow."

As Li Yi expected, the next morning, when Li Yi's army set off, Huangfu Jianshou did not throw up his sleeves and leave because of the previous unhappiness, but followed Li Yi's army and marched towards Wan County. Jianshou's words were much less, and his whole person looked preoccupied.

In the team, Li Yi and Zhang Liao walked at the front, talking about some things in the army, while Huangfu Jianshou followed behind, looking at Li Yi's back, eyes full of confusion.

The two main purposes of his trip, no matter whether it was to let Li Yi send troops, or to welcome the emperor into Jingzhou, have been exhausted, and he does not know how to explain to the emperor when he returns to Chang'an, because Li Yi told him face to face Huangfu Jianshou would never truthfully repay those excuses.

It's not that Huangfu Jianshou's ass is crooked. You have to think about Li Yi. It's because the current situation of the emperor is too difficult. Li Yi's attitude is certainly annoying, but from a standpoint, Li Yi is still on the emperor's side, but Once the courtiers and Li Yi are completely torn apart, they are not sure that they will completely push Li Yi to the opposite side of the emperor.