The next morning, Weiyang Palace.

In the solemn hall, the civil and military ministers gathered, standing on the left and right sides of the main hall.

With a clear announcement, Liu Xie, who was wearing an imperial suit, walked out of the flank and slowly came to the throne to sit down.

Seeing this, the ministers all bowed and saluted, and shouted in unison: "The ministers see Your Majesty." ”

Liu Xie waved his hand and said indifferently: "Zhu Qing is exempt from courtesy, and he is flat." ”

When the ministers returned to their respective positions, the Son of Heaven asked: "Today's court meeting, can the ministers have affairs to start?" If nothing happens, you can retreat. ”

When the words landed, someone made a report: "Your Majesty, yesterday the general's good news reached Chang'an, our army broke Cao's army in Yanzhou, beheaded more than 100,000, please Your Majesty reward the soldiers of the three armies who fought bravely." ”

There was a hint of certainty in the humble voice, and the ministers regarded it as Shangshu Zhang Yuan.

Speaking of Zhang Yuan's origin, everyone in the hall knows it.

It's just a small Fengchang in the period of the first emperor, relying on hugging Lu Bu's thigh, climbing all the way up the road of officialdom, and has done many official positions such as Chang'an Order, Jing Zhaoyin, Yilang, Servant Shooting, etc., and now it is one of the Shangshu.

The fact that the little man was able to climb to this position is also a legend.

Rewarding the officers and men of the three armies?

Oh, that's a nice thing to say, you're busy wagging your tail to please your master!

Liu Xie sneered in his heart, Zhang Yuan is the dog of the Lu family, and the monarch and ministers know about it, but Liu Xie can't touch him. First, Zhang Yuan is sophisticated and sleek, and he can hardly grasp the big handle; Second, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, if you don't move Lu Bu down, you will move Zhang Yuan, and it is easy to startle the snake.

"What Zhang Shangshu said is extremely true." Liu Xie smiled and nodded, quite agreeing with Zhang Yuan's statement, he looked at Yang Biao who was standing in front of the hundred officials, and asked: "Captain Yang, you should be responsible for this matter, how do you think you should be rewarded?" ”

Yang Biao, who was in the position of the third prince, was slightly bent, most of his hair was white, and he was no longer as strong as he used to be. He pressed the wat board in his hand, bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter is not easy to say, but it is not difficult to say." The officers and soldiers of the three armies can be rewarded according to their merits, but only the general can not be sealed, and his subordinates really don't know how to deal with it, please ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment. ”

After talking for a while, he threw the hot potato back.

This old fox!

Liu Xie scolded in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that the Yang family was still loyal to the Han family, he really wanted to drag Yang Biao out and cut him down.

"Taiwei is right, there is no seal, this is really a headache!" Liu Xie rubbed his forehead, pretending to be helpless.

The ministers standing in front were silent, and the two young councillors at the back of the ministers glanced at each other, and at the same time stepped out of the ranks and bowed to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the general has made outstanding achievements, has a reputation abroad, and has been valued by the first emperor, saving His Majesty from danger and saving the people from fire and water. In this Eastern Crusade, after several battles, it was precisely because the general took the lead that the officers and soldiers of the three armies all fought hard and finally defeated Cao Cao. The general has made great contributions, and he should be rewarded! ”

"The minister thinks that Chen Yilang is right, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there are clear rewards and punishments, and the Han law is strict. If the merit is not rewarded, it may chill the soldiers. ”

The two sang and harmonized, and they were not ready to leave even a trace of steps to the young son of heaven on the throne.

Liu Xie's eyebrows flashed with a touch of anger, the imperial court actually raised this kind of thing to eat inside and out, fortunately, he now knows how to accumulate thick and thin, and with a certain city government, he will no longer be as angry as before.

With a smile still on his pale face, Liu Xie looked at the two of them and asked calmly, "Tell me how to reward the two Qing families?" ”

"The minister thinks that the general should be crowned king!"

The two spoke in unison, and even the answers they gave were exactly the same.

Crowned king!

When these two words were heard, there was an uproar in the hall, and the ministers had different expressions, some of them were angry, gritting their teeth, and some were silent, as if they were out of the matter......

The matter of sealing the king was mentioned as early as the end of the drought, and it was rejected by the Son of Heaven and many ministers at that time.

Now that the old things are brought up again, there are very few old ministers who dared to stand up and denounce angrily.

"Chen Tai, Zhang Ping, do you two want to rebel!"

A man with slightly gray hair stood up and angrily scolded Chen and Zhang.

Everyone regards it as Yushi Xunyue, and the late old Sikong Xunshuang is his uncle.

"Xun Yushi, the two of us are just talking about things, why are you so angry?" Chen Tai said with a smile, as if he didn't take Xun Yue in his eyes at all. Maybe the Xun family is very powerful in Yingchuan, but this is Chang'an, which belongs to Lu Bu's sphere of influence.

He and Zhang Ping were recommended by the Recruitment Hall, and then relied on their own efforts to climb to their current position step by step. In general, the two of them are also party members who are attached to Lu Bu.

Lu Buxing, then they are prosperous.

Lu Bu died, and they didn't have to run.

So at this time, they stood up and charged for Lu Bu in the court, waving their flags and shouting. If Lu Bu can really be crowned king, he has made such a big effort, and he is the first to stand up and speak out, so they will naturally benefit from them in the future.

"A different surname is not allowed to be crowned a king, this is a rule handed down by the previous emperors!" Xun Yue insisted on her opinion, so angry that she was about to blow her beard and stare at her.

Chen and Zhang didn't bother to pay attention to him, and at the same time bowed down and shouted: "Please Your Majesty make the general king!" ”

When the rest of the courtiers saw it, they also bowed down in unison, and shouted in unison: "Please Your Majesty make the general king!" ”

Hundreds of courtiers, more than eighty percent of them are bowing down to ask for their lives.

Some of them didn't shout, but they bent down.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

Seeing that so many people were asking for Lu Bu's life, Xun Yue was extremely angry, pointing at these people and spitting angrily: "You and others boast of loyalty and goodness on weekdays, and they also say that they are iron-clad, I'm sorry!" ”

After scolding, Xun Yue turned around and confronted the Son of Heaven again, with a resolute attitude: "Your Majesty, the law of the ancestors cannot be violated, if you want to crown Lu Bu as the king, the old minister will die in this hall today!" ”

Compared with Xun Yue's anger, Liu Xie was more cold. Although there were still one or twenty people standing in the hall, none of them had Xun Yue's courage to stand up and reprimand loudly.

Is the country of the Han really coming to an end?

Liu Xie's heart was sad, he looked at the three important ministers standing in front of him, and asked with the last trace of expectation: "Taiwei, Sikong, Situ, what do you think?" ”

"The old minister is stupid and doesn't know, and I ask Your Majesty to decide."

Yang Biao, Wang Yun, and Liu Pu bowed down at the same time and replied.

Oh, sure enough.

Liu Xie laughed at himself in his heart, so he no longer pinned his hopes on them, straightened his mood, and said to the courtiers in the palace: "I have a way, maybe I can have the best of both worlds." ”

When the ministers saw the Son of Heaven speak, they stopped arguing, and said, "The ministers are listening. ”

"In the early years, I heard that the general and his wife Yan Wei and his wife were deeply in love and shared weal and woe, and their love story is still circulating in Bingzhou."

"The general is now a supreme minister, and there is no way to seal it, so I decided to give Yan Wei a knighthood and make him Yong'an Jun, in order to praise the general's outstanding merits. In this way, the general will be happy, and he will not violate the ancestral law, what do you think? ”

Liu Xie said slowly, this is also what Han Xuan said yesterday.

Chen and Zhang frowned, and none of the rest dared to say anything against it, only Qi praised it.

Your Majesty is wise.