"My dear friends, it's hard to come all the way from Yizhou... Hey, my dear brother, how can you be so polite to me?"

Liu Xie put down the silk in his hand with the tribute items written on it, and sighed sadly.

Li Zheng bowed to Liu Xie and said: "Your Majesty is the common master of the world. He is responsible for the safety of our country. It will be a lifetime honor for me and my ministers to be able to contribute a small amount to your Majesty."

Yang Song echoed from the side: "When I came from Yizhou, General Zhenxi lamented that he could not come to Luoyang in person to see His Majesty. He felt deeply regretful, so he could only donate property, materials, stones and wood, hoping that Your Majesty would

If we can build palaces early, revive the majesty of the Heavenly Family, and revitalize the Han Dynasty, then those of us who guard the border for Your Majesty in the southern border will have no regrets even if we die a hundred times."

Liu Xie said with emotion to the ministers on both sides: "My dear friends, look, look, the loyalty of my imperial brother is truly remarkable! If the ministers of the Han Dynasty can be half as loyal as the imperial brother, how can they be so loyal?"

If you are worried about the unrest in the world, why worry about the Han Dynasty not being prosperous?"

After hearing this, the ministers present had different expressions, but they all saluted Liu Xie together and said loudly: "I am willing to die to serve your majesty."

After all the courtiers in the palace had finished saluting, Li Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground, straightened up and said respectfully to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, I am waiting for you to come to Beijing this time. In addition to paying homage to your Majesty on behalf of General Zhenxi,

We also brought Liu Zhang, the pseudo-shepherd of Yizhou, to the court, as well as Liu Dan, the official secretary and censor who was originally sent to Yizhou by the court to appease Liu Zhang, and begged your majesty to show mercy."

In the court hall, when the ministers heard this, although they did not say anything, they began to secretly exchange glances with each other.

Obviously, most of the people standing in the hall had heard about this matter beforehand.

"How should we deal with this Liu Zhang?" Liu Xie looked at the ministers questioningly.

As he finished speaking, he saw someone walking out of the leader's team.

He is the current head of the Nine Qing Dynasty, Taichang Yang Biao.

When Dong Zhuo was in power, Yang Biao followed Liu Xie to Chang'an. Later, he fell ill and prayed to resign and return home.

Because Dong Zhuo was concerned about Yang Biao's identity, he did not keep him and directly expelled him back to Hongnong County.

Just because the Yang family has such a prominent reputation in Kansai, there has always been a family of "Kansai Confucius".

Yang Biao's ancestors Yang Zhen, Yang Bing, and Yang Ci were all ranked among the three nobles. The Yang family can be said to be the first sect among Kansai scholars.

Wang Yun therefore summoned Yang Biao to return to the court and asked the emperor to make him the head of the Nine Ministers.

With Yang Biao on the throne, Wang Yun's efforts to gather the Kansai gentry would go smoothly without any hindrance.

Yang Biao remonstrated with Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, although Liu Junlang did some disobedient acts in Yizhou in the past, his crimes were not as serious as those of his wife and children. Liu Zhang had nothing to do with this matter. In my opinion, I should give him a lighter sentence."

It’s a good relief.”

"Get a lighter sentence?" Liu Xie frowned.

At this time, Wei Xu, a lieutenant general in the military generals' team, stood up and admonished Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, after Liu Yan died, Liu Zhang established himself as the shepherd of Yizhou without receiving the imperial edict. This is very promising.

His father and son had regarded Yizhou as the property of their ancestral home, so it would be untrue to say that he had no rebellious intentions."

A group of ministers headed by Yang Biao, Shi Sunrui, Chunyu Jia and others looked at Wei Xu in surprise.

Since Lu Bu became the general of the Wei, the status of the generals under his command in Bingzhou has also increased, and many of them have become generals of the rank of Zhonglang.

But even with their elevated status, these Bingzhou soldiers basically never spoke to each other in the court. Most of them just stood aside and listened quietly to the remarks of the noble officials.

Therefore, Wei Xu's remarks today made many civil servants very dissatisfied.

Who do you think you are? Do you have the right to speak for me?

Chunyu Jia said: "General Wei, Liu Zhang is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. This is a family matter of the emperor. Isn't the general's words a bit arrogant?"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xie suddenly said: "No! I think General Wei's words are quite reasonable. Liu Zhang did not respect the emperor's order and established himself as a state shepherd. He separated himself from one side and resisted the heavenly soldiers. He must have the intention of rebellion...

Regardless of whether we are relatives or not, such disobedient behavior cannot be tolerated."

Wei Xu was overjoyed when he heard this.

It seemed that the emperor also wanted to kill Liu Zhang.

At this moment, Wang Yun stepped out of the office and admonished: "Your Majesty, I think... something is wrong, and we need to investigate more carefully."

Wang Yun is now in the court, and he can be said to be true to his words. When he speaks, he basically makes a final decision, and there is no need to refute.

Liu Xie was very unhappy.

He also knew that Wang Yun was a loyal minister...but was this loyal minister too tempered?

I am the emperor. Even if Wang Yun is in power, but the emperor expresses his opinion, do you have to respect it to some extent? If you don't even explain it, just say it's inappropriate, what do you think of me?

Liu Xie felt very unhappy. He said to Wang Yun: "Master, Liu Zhang has acted disobediently. If he ignores it and ignores it, where is my majesty? Where is the majesty of the emperor? In the future, everyone in the world will be disobedient."

What do you mean? Even if the rebellion is defeated, I will not hold you accountable, so where is the law of the country? Where is the decency of the monarch and his ministers?"

Wang Yun couldn't help but frown when he heard this.

According to his original temper, he might have directly shouted out in the court that it was Liu Qi's trick to let Liu Zhang come to Luoyang.

But he knew in his heart that if he really did this, he and Liu Qi would be openly at odds with each other.

At the moment, the two of them are scheming against each other, and they are doing it secretly, and everyone is doing fine on the surface.

In politics, everything cannot be put on the table.

Moreover, Liu Qi had just donated a lot of treasures and property to the emperor. Even if he said so, the emperor would still believe Liu Qi.

After all, in the eyes of the world, Liu Qi's every move has always been a man of loyalty and filial piety, and no one can fault him at all.

Wang Yun took a deep breath and continued: "Your Majesty, Liu Zhang is a clan relative. Although his behavior is disobedient, it is related to the reputation of the clan. Please calm down Long Wei's anger and investigate the matter before handling it."

Wang Yun's ability to speak like this can be regarded as a great honor to Liu Xie.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this moment, Lu Bu stood up.

General Wei Lu Bu was the chief military officer in the court.

He usually rarely spoke in court, but once he opened his mouth, people couldn't help but take him seriously.

After all, even Wang Yun must rely on him militarily.

"Your Majesty, I think it will not be difficult to find out the truth of the matter."

Liu Xie looked at Lu Bu in surprise: "What is Lu Aiqing's advice?"

Lu Bu cupped his hands and said, "Why bother asking others whether Liu Zhang is disobedient or not? His brother Liu Dan has been in Luoyang since Liu Yan entered Shu, and was later sent to Yizhou by Situ. It is said that Liu Dan served as governor at Shangshutai.

At the time of writing, he was very diligent and accomplished a lot, and he was loyal to the court. Even if Liu Yan rebelled, he had always followed his own rules and never overstepped his bounds. Such a figure was not only a loyal minister of the court, but also the second brother of Liu Zhang.

, he has stayed in Shu for so long, if he is the one to talk about this matter, it would be the most fair."

Wang Yun looked at Lu Bu with an annoyed face, and overwhelming anger surged into his heart.

Lu Bu has never been talkative in court, but now he is talking about this matter. There is no doubt that he must have been bribed by Liu Qi!

This common man! He is unfaithful and unjust...unreliable, really unreliable!

Liu Xie clapped his hands and said, "Just follow Ai Qing's words."

Immediately, an order was sent to summon Liu Dan to attend the Hajj.

Lu Bu looked around triumphantly, and suddenly Yu Wang Yun's eyes met, only to find that the other party was staring at him fiercely.

Lu Bu was very dissatisfied.

Everyone is talking about things, why are you glaring at me?

Is it because Lu doesn’t agree with you?

Your surname is Wang, you are too domineering.

When he was young, Liu Dan was brought to court and questioned by Liu Xie in public.

There is no doubt that Liu Dan now hates Liu Zhang to death.

He wished that Liu Zhang would be cut into pieces.

So, in the court, Liu Dan pointed out Liu Zhang's many rebellious behaviors on the spot.

Liu Xie was furious after hearing this and ordered Liu Zhang to be executed on the spot.

But Wang Yun just didn’t allow it.

In the end, most of the important ministers in the court fell to Wang Yun's side and asked Liu Xie to think again.

No matter how angry Liu Xie was, he did not dare to provoke public anger, so he had no choice but to put the matter on hold for now.
Chapter completed!