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Zhang Xi left, and there were no more veterans in the court who regarded themselves as partisans.

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Yuan Shao fell ill.

There are no serious symptoms, just lack of energy, and I don't even have the mood to lose my temper.

Apart from attending Zhang Xi's funeral, he closed his account and didn't want to see anyone.

Seeing this scene, everyone panicked, for fear of any accident.

Yuan Shao fell ill, Yuan Tan was far away in northern Hebei, and Yuan Xi became the backbone without hesitation.But he couldn't come up with any good ideas, and finally listened to Feng Ji and decided to retreat.

There is no chance of attacking Pengcheng, and the most important thing is to safely withdraw to Jizhou.

Yuan Xi asked Yuan Shao for instructions, but Yuan Shao was noncommittal and did not give an answer for a long time.Yuan Xi had no choice but to make up his own mind and ordered to retreat.

Packing up their bags, with the food and money they had just collected from Yanyu and Xu Sanzhou, tens of thousands of Yuan troops withdrew from Pengcheng, leaving a wasteland.

After several months of siege, Pengcheng finally regained its calm. Only the mottled city walls and the traces of the camps outside the city show that it has just experienced a fierce battle that lasted more than half a year and the largest scale reached 8 to [-] people.

Tian Feng stayed at the end, he stood in the empty camp, stood on the high platform, watching the cheers like the tide, wave after wave of the city, let out a sigh.

"Brother Yuan Hao, let's go." Ju Shou persuaded.

"Go, so what if you don't go." Tian Feng said quietly: "Gongyu, this is the closest we have come to success, and there will be no more in the future."

Ju Shou gave Tian Feng a surprised look, and helped Tian Feng get off the stage. "Brother Yuan Hao, aren't you..."

Tian Feng shook his head. "I miscalculated. Although the emperor was young, he was very cautious and took every step of the way. He didn't give us any opportunities. He tried to save the land in Lujiang and Jiujiang instead of fully implementing it. There is nothing we can do about breaking up."

After getting off the platform, Tian Feng let go of Ju Shou's arm and patted him lightly. "Gongyu, let's go to Taiyuan. This road is blocked, so we can only choose another way."

Jushou took a deep look at Tian Feng and was shocked.

He could see the desperate despair in Tian Feng's eyes.

Tian Feng didn't say another word.He got into the carriage, closed the door, blocked Jushou from the door, and ordered the driver to set off.

Ju Shou watched the carriage gallop away, and stood still in place, silent for a long time.

Juhu, who led a hundred knights to protect them, led the horse and rushed over. "Ah Weng, what's wrong with Mr. Tian?"

Jushou came back to his senses, looked at Juhu, took the reins of the horse, and got on the horse. "Let's go to Taiyuan."

Juhu responded instinctively, got on his horse, and was about to yell at the soldiers to set off, when he suddenly realized that he turned his head to look at Jushou with doubts in his eyes.

"To...Taiyuan? Why don't you go back to Jizhou first?"

"Don't go back to Jizhou, go directly to Taiyuan." Jushou said, turned the horse's head, and galloped westward.

"Aweng, leave without saying goodbye, in case the lord gets angry, I, Jushi..." Juhu shuddered, and did not dare to continue.Yuan Shao is lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside, and Ju Shou's actions may implicate the entire Ju family.

Ju Shou secretly sighed.

Juhu is obviously not smart enough, not knowing that this is the best chance to break away from Yuan Shao.When Yuan Shao fell ill, whether it was true or not, it was always the time when he was at his weakest.Frustrated in the Central Plains, he is afraid that he will no longer have the confidence to seize the world. The best ending is to defend Jizhou. How dare he easily slaughter such a powerful family as the Ju family and anger the people of Jizhou.

Even if he had this idea, Tian Feng, Shen Pei and others would not agree.

What's more, Jujun commanded troops in Taiyuan, condescending, and could enter Jizhou at any time. How dare Yuan Shao provoke a war because of his anger.

Frustrated by Pengcheng, it is inevitable that people's hearts will be scattered. At this time, he is not the only one who wants to leave Yuan Shao's camp.When he returned to Jizhou, people's hearts were stable, and the distinction between monarch and minister was stable. If he wanted to leave again, it would not be easy.

That's why Tian Feng asked him to leave now.

But Jushou didn't explain to Juhu, he wanted to see how long it would take for Juhu to understand.

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Chen Lin did not follow Yuan Shao back to Jizhou, he stayed in Pengcheng.

With Yuan Xi's acquiescence, he took Chen Deng away from the prisoner camp, taking advantage of the chaos during the withdrawal.

Chen Deng already knew the news of Zhang Xi's death and felt very depressed.I thought I could take the opportunity of entering the Sikong Mansion to enter the court, but Zhang Xi died suddenly, and my heart was empty, without any support.

He entered the city with Chen Lin.

Liu Bei heard the news and went out to greet him in person.According to Chen Deng's hand, Liu Bei wept with joy.

"It's okay, it's okay."

"Congratulations to the envoy, glory to the ancestors." Gently broke away from Liu Bei's hand, and bowed his hands to salute.

He has already learned about Liu Bei's restoration of his clan from Chen Lin.Although he thought it was absurd, he still congratulated Liu Bei.

He knew what this meant to Liu Bei and what Liu Bei was willing to pay for it.

"What's Yuanlong's plan?" Liu Bei asked impatiently.

Chen Deng immediately understood Liu Bei's meaning, and couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

He didn't know if Yuan Shao's withdrawal would lead to peace in the world, but there was a high probability that there would be no more wars between Yan Yu Qing and Xu.He also had the defeat of annihilating the entire army, even if there was a war, the emperor would not use him.

Based on the emperor's rejection of the Shandong gentry, he will have no future in the court.

If you don't want to go home and live idle, it is a good opportunity to follow Liu Bei to fight in Liaodong.In the future, when Liu Bei establishes a country, he will at least be able to become a marquis.

Chen Deng said: "The New Year is coming, I want to go home first, meet my parents and brothers, and then worry about it."

Liu Bei understood and agreed repeatedly.

Chapter 664 You Are Beautiful

Chen Deng was reserved and didn't immediately agree to Liu Bei's invitation, but Chen Lin didn't have much choice and almost volunteered.

He wrote a call to action for Yuan Shao to attack Yuan Shu, and even reached the emperor, and he has already registered with the emperor.Considering that the emperor doesn't like scribes, he doesn't think he can make any progress in the court.

For him, following Liu Bei's expedition to Liaodong and the founding of Korea was the best result he could get.

Rescuing Chen Deng is not only to atone for his crime, but also to find a future ally.

He believed that Chen Deng had nowhere to go, and he would not be willing to be lonely, so he could only work for Liu Bei.With Chen Deng's ability, he will be a general under Liu Bei in the future, no less than Zhang Fei.

And he will be the number one civil servant under Liu Bei's command, and Jian Yong, Sun Qian and his like can't be compared with him at all.

In order to ensure that Liu Bei could accept him, he also brought another person.

Chen Dao, a native of Runan.

Chen Dao escorted Zhang Xi here, thinking that Zhang Xi would recommend him to join the army after returning to the court.After following Zhang Xi, he realized that although Zhang Xi was a Sikong, he was not valued by the emperor.Even if he was able to join the army, he might not have good opportunities in the future due to the influence of Zhang Xi as the leader.Now that Zhang Xi is dead, he has stopped thinking about it.

Chen Lin persuaded him to follow Liu Bei, and he agreed immediately without hesitation.

Getting Chen Lin and Chen Dao to join him, Liu Bei was in his arms, and he was overjoyed.

He was worried about the shortage of talents, so there were people who came to vote, and they were all first-class talents, and his wish came true.

He knew Chen Lin as early as when he entered the General's Mansion.He also admired Chen Lin's talent very much.It's just that he couldn't talk to him at that time, and never thought that Chen Lin would play for him one day.

As for Chen Dao, after trying his skills for a while, he knew that he was a rare talent, no less than Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei immediately worshiped Chen Dao as the governor of the trilogy, in charge of his most elite tribal cavalry.

Chen Lin is the long history, in charge of documents and military books, and military staff.

Liu Bei held a banquet to wash Chen Deng off.He prepared a generous gift for Chen Deng to take home, and in front of Zhang Fei and others, he invited Chen Deng to enter the curtain, and promised to stand shoulder to shoulder with Zhang Fei.

Chen Deng was very grateful. Although he didn't agree on the spot, he still expressed his intention.

As long as his parents don't object, he will definitely rush back to Pengcheng as soon as possible to serve Liu Bei.

Early the next morning, Liu Bei went out of the city in person. After sending Chen Deng away, he discussed with Chen Lin, listed his military achievements, and wrote to the court.

Chen Dao sent Zhang Xi's coffin back to his hometown in Runan and resettled his family.

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After entering the twelfth lunar month, the court received two unexpected news successively.

One is that Sikong Zhang Xi fell ill from overwork and died unfortunately.

One is that Cao Cao, the shepherd of Yanzhou, wrote a letter requesting to enter the court to see him.

It's true that Liu Xie didn't like Zhang Xi, but he didn't expect Zhang Xi to become sick from overwork and die in Pengcheng.

This timing is too coincidental, and it is easy to think that Zhang Xi worked tirelessly for the peace of the world, and finally dedicated himself and died after the task was completed.

When Zhang Xi died, it was almost the time when Yuan Shao completely withdrew his troops.

In fact, as soon as the news came out, someone wrote a letter asking for a posthumous posthumous title for Zhang Xi, in recognition of Zhang Xi's contributions to the court over the years.

In all fairness, Zhang Xi has done nothing but hard work these years, and he should indeed be commended.In addition, the dead are the most important, even if Liu Xie has any opinions on Zhang Xi, it is not appropriate to mention it at this time.

But Liu Xie is very clear that this matter is not as simple as it seems.

The petition for Zhang Xi's posthumous posthumous title was just a cover, and the real purpose was to test the court's attitude towards Shandong scholar-bureaucrats.Once the court made a positive evaluation of Zhang Xi, the reputation of Shandong scholar-bureaucrats in the court was established. In the future, it is inevitable that some people will speak up for Shandong in the name of Zhang Xi.

For example, Du Tian.

After the world is in peace, there is nothing more important than saving the fields.

This is the basis of all New Deals.

If you can't save the fields, everything will be difficult.

As the most important resource, if the problem of land annexation is not resolved, nothing can be done in the future.

Liu Xie experienced such an example in his previous life, and the two big eastern countries made a sharp contrast for this.As far as the present is concerned, Gao Zu Liu Bang's founding of the country and Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's revival are also two living examples.

Now, the revolution he had high hopes for has turned into raw rice, and how to continue has become a question he has to consider.

He couldn't take any factors that might affect Du Tian lightly.

After receiving the letter, Liu Xie did not give any opinion, but ordered the officials to discuss it, and at the same time called Cai Yan.

He asked Cai Yan to complete Zhang Xi's life story as soon as possible, as the basis for his posthumous posthumous title.

Cai Yan accepted the task, but was troubled by it.

Although Zhang Xi has been an official for many years, he has no events to speak of, at least no achievements worthy of praise.

He is the typical son of a family.He has no special talent himself, but because of his good background, he followed the example of Xiaolian as a man, and then he was promoted step by step, all the way to the position of Gongqing.

Normally, such a person is not even qualified to enter history, and can only be used as someone else's background, let alone a separate biography.

However, due to the current situation, he had the opportunity to write a biography by accident, and the relationship was so important that he couldn't take it lightly and write a few random strokes to fool him.

This head-scratching task fell on Cai Yan's head, which distressed Cai Yan, who had always been aloof from the world.

Before she could figure out how to write it, someone sent her a message, hoping that she could make a good biography for Zhang Xi and not affect Zhang Xi's posthumous reputation.When writing history books, you should have Dong Hu's straight pen, and you can't follow the above, and you can't waste your selfishness.

As a member of the Shandong family, Cai Yan is under a lot of pressure.

In desperation, she took the initiative to ask for a meeting, and hoped that Liu Xie would allow some time.

When the imperial court was relocated, there was a serious loss of archives in the palace, and none of them survived. The existing archives were almost all after the Huayin War, and they mainly focused on the daily life of the emperor, and there were relatively few records of people who had nothing to do with the emperor.

To find out Zhang Xi's deeds, it is necessary to visit relevant personnel and collect information.

Zhang Xi traveled here and there in the past few years, once went to Taiyuan and Yizhou, and finally died on the way to Shandong as an envoy.The journey is nearly ten thousand miles, and it is difficult to pack it up without half a year.

After hearing Cai Yan's reason, Liu Xie smiled.

"Although Ling Shi doesn't command soldiers, he is proficient in the strategy of delaying troops, which is very good."

Cai Yan blushed. "Your Majesty, everything I said is true. History should be based on facts, not hearsay. When Tai Shigong wrote history, he not only consulted the archives in the palace, but also traveled all over the world."

"You don't want to walk in Zhang Gong's footsteps, do you?"

Cai Yan rolled his eyes. "If possible, I am willing."

Liu Xie leaned forward, stared into Cai Yan's eyes, and said word by word: "Ling Shi, you look beautiful."

Cai Yan was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously leaned back, trying to stay as far away from Liu Xie as possible.Facing Liu Xie's nonsensical words, she was surprised, her heart beat faster, and she stammered:

"Your...Your Majesty, why...why did you say that?"

Liu Xie sat back and waved his hand. "Since you are beautiful, don't think too much about it. You go out to collect the wind, and leave me to be scolded? Don't even think about it."

Chapter 665

Cai Yan's mind was seen through by the emperor, and he felt ashamed, so he left the banquet to plead guilty.When the words came to his lips, he squeaked for a long time, but he couldn't say anything.

"minister……"