Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

However, if someone can turn to Li Yi at this time, they will find that Li Yi is not angry at all except for his blushing with excitement?

Kuai Yuejian persuaded Li Yi not to move, and regardless of Li Yi still standing in front, he spread his hands and asked his colleagues: "My lord doesn't want to, what can I do?"

That's what I said, but Kuai Yue's eyes were really looking at those Yanzhou officials and gentry.

Those Yanzhou officials and gentry were not stupid, and they immediately understood that this big drama was to prepare for Li Yi's rise to power. Kuai Yue and Yu Fan were setting up the stage and singing, but those just now were just foreshadowing, the first stage of the main drama. The voice, but let them, Yanzhou officials, sing.

In other words, let them hand in a voting certificate.

Everyone looked at each other. They didn't care much if Li Yi only managed Yanzhou, and they didn't care much even if Li Yi became the king and hegemony. Anyway, no matter who is in power, they will be used more or less, just change the family.

However, it would be a little different to ask them to directly express their stance and stand in line. If Li Yi loses power in the future, they, as accomplices in persuasion, will probably be unlucky.

Although the possibility of Li Yi losing power is very good, but people are selfish, and the officials and gentry in Yanzhou are naturally unwilling to take risks easily.

After watching for a while, seeing no one standing up, Kuai Yue frowned slightly, and was about to wink at Wei Xu and others, but saw an old man with gray hair, Shi Shiran, get up, cupped his hands and smiled: "Since there is no imperial appointment, Xiang Hou was unwilling to accept the post of General, and the old man thought, why don't we jointly write to the Son of Heaven, begging the Son of Heaven to confer the title of Marquis Xiang as a Grand General, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

The old man was seated a little behind, and was originally inconspicuous, but when he spoke at this moment, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.

The eyes of the crowd were somewhat surprised, obviously they did not expect this to be the first to express their opinion.

Even Kuai Yue has some exceptions, because the old man is not an official, and this kind of thing is usually the official's first statement.

But since someone opened his mouth, Kuai Yue stopped looking for excuses. He glanced at the old man, clapped his hands and laughed, "This plan is very good, what do you guys think?"

After all, Kuai Yue looked directly at a county magistrate who was invited.

It was fine if Kuai Yue didn't target anyone before, but now that the target is clear, how dare the county magistrate refuse, thinking that there is no way out anyway, he gritted his teeth and said, "This is a great plan. If Marquis Xiang is not a general, who in the world can For the general?"

"well said!"

Kuai Yue gave a compliment, then moved his eyes back and landed on the next person, who knew that there was no way to escape, so he had no choice but to cup his hands and said: "The lower officials think that Marquis Xiang will be a great general."

"The lower officials seconded the proposal!"

"The grassroots vote!"

Someone takes the lead in this kind of thing, and the rest will be easy to handle. Soon, the entire lobby is basically full of seconding voices. In the end, there are only three or four people who did not speak.

Kuai Yue laughed happily and said, "From this point of view, the promotion of the lord to the general is what everyone expects."

After all, Kuai Yue looked at Yu Fan, and Yu Fan immediately took out a piece of cloth from his bosom, and said, "Yu Fan is not talented, and he also had this idea, so he had already prepared a remonstrance to write to the Son of Heaven, since everyone sees the same thing today. , wouldn’t it be beautiful if we jointly signed a letter and presented it to the Son of Heaven?”

Kuai Yue and others immediately echoed, "This method is very good!"

Those officials and gentry in Yuzhou were obviously taken aback. They thought that the fire was almost over today, and Li Yi should decline, and the rest will be discussed in two days. Who would have thought that Yu Fan directly took out the joint letter, and Li Yi still Turning his back and acting like he doesn't care about anything, this is really not modest at all.

"I'll be the first one, how about it?"

It was the old man who spoke before, cupped his hands at Yu Fan, and asked with a smile.

"So natural at its best!"

Yu Fan had a good impression of the old man, and immediately asked someone to take a pen and ink, and then came to the old man with a joint letter in his hand. The old man picked up the pen and slowly wrote down the name Li Jin!

"Good word!"

Yu Fan couldn't help but praised, it wasn't because of how exquisite the old man's calligraphy was, it was because the old man's strokes were full of vigor and sharpness, very mighty, but without arrogance and domineering. Only seen in my life.

The old man smiled slightly and returned the pen without saying much.

Although Yu Fan is very interested in the old man, but now is not the time to talk, he nodded, then walked to the seat next to the old man, and presented the pen to the middle-aged man with a tangled face with a smile on his face.

Seeing that everything was going smoothly on Yu Fan's side, Kuai Yue said to Li Yilang, "Look, my lord, this is the people's heart of Yanzhou!"

"Ugh!"

Li Yi sighed softly, and said: "I just want to give peace to the people. I don't care about fame and wealth, but you are. I don't care about these things. Everything depends on the imperial court. If the imperial court imposes a heavy burden, Li Yi naturally dare not Resignation, what if the imperial court refuses to be smashed to pieces for this great river and mountain?"

What Li Yi said was righteous, but the smile in his eyes could no longer be concealed, not only him, but the people below him couldn't help but feel the joy in their hearts.

Kuai Yue had relatively strong self-control, and he could not see anything other than solemnity on his face. He remonstrated again: "My lord is really a man of righteousness. It's just that the war in Yanzhou was initially decided, and the people were panic-stricken. I don't know how many times there will be a delay in government affairs for a day. The common people died in vain, and the road to Chang'an is far away. The news comes and goes, plus the time for discussion, I am afraid that it will be delayed for several months, and the common people will inevitably suffer for several months. The position of the general, exercise the power of the general!"

Li Yi sternly said, "How can this be done?"

Kuai Yue bowed and said: "This is an expedient measure. For the sake of the people of Yanzhou, please don't hesitate, my lord!"

Li Yi showed a look of embarrassment, and after a while, he sighed: "Forget it, just do as you said, but if the court refuses, I will go to Chang'an in person to plead guilty to the emperor. Can't stop it either!"

After Li Yi finished speaking, everyone bowed in unison: "This subordinate has seen the great general!"

Hearing the sound of a great general, Li Yi's body trembled slightly, and he felt that his whole body, from his hairy eyes to his heart, seemed to be blown by the spring breeze all over, and he felt indescribably comfortable.

At this moment, Li Yi really wanted to laugh three times, but he still held back it. It would be too much not to make three concessions. If he laughed again happily, he might really be laughed at.

Suppressing a smile, Li Yi shouted: "You haven't been appointed by the court yet, don't talk nonsense."

Although this is what he said, even the officials in Yanzhou knew that Li Yi's general would definitely be recognized by the court.

Now Li Yi's power is too great, not to mention being called a general, it is enough to be called the emperor by another person. Li Yi's not being called the emperor is nothing more than worrying that the foundation is not stable enough.

But becoming emperor is troublesome for Li Yi, but it is a fatal blow to the court. It is conceivable that once Li Yi becomes emperor, most of Yuan Shao in Hebei, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and Li Guo in Chang'an will not be outdone, and even some cats and dogs will fight for it. By imitation, this is a fatal blow to the Han court, and the Chang'an court has a high probability of being wiped out directly.

Therefore, if Li Yi wants to be a general, although the court is not willing to do so, he can only admit it with his nose. Otherwise, Li Yi's face will be refuted. The elite came to Chang'an to plead guilty, who can bear it?

"Follow the orders of the General!"

Everyone responded in unison, and then stood up, the joy on their faces was undisguised.

Li Yi said helplessly: "You guys, today I just want to invite Yanzhou officials and celebrities to discuss strategies for the peace of the people, but you are so troublesome, that's all, everyone, I will use water instead of wine, and I will offer you a glass. I hope you don't blame me!"

Speaking of which, Li Yi raised the wine cup that had been replaced with clear water, and everyone toasted together. Then, a group of people headed by Kuai Yue and Xu Huang shouted in unison: "Thank you, General!"

Immediately afterwards, the invited guests paused for a while, and then said, "Thank you, General!"

Li Yi smiled, and this time he did not continue to pretend to be hypocritical, but decisively drained the contents of the cup.

Seeing this, the rest of the people also took a dry mouthful, but they obviously drank clear water, but after drinking it, the taste was really sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and different from each other.

Chapter 685 Li Jin

When the matter came to this point, the superb part of the drama was basically over, and the rest was just for Yu Fan to ask people to sign their names one by one.

And Li Yi naturally became idle, and no longer had to put on the uncomfortable airs before.

Li Yi observed the expressions on the faces of the crowd, and he found that although this matter seemed a bit forced, there were not many people who were really opposed to it. After all, Yanzhou had his strong presence, and it was better than letting Lu Bu and Cao Cao be helpless. It is better to stop the tug of war.

According to the analysis of Li Yi and his staff behind him, although the struggle between Lu Bu and Cao Cao was originally calculated by him for the purpose of check and balance, when it was actually put into action, it was the actions of many people in Yanzhou who pushed behind Lu Bu. common will.