Several people comforted Yuan Kui a few words, and then discussed how to deal with it.

"We have been focusing our attention on Liaodong and Li Yi, but we have neglected our own capital, our opponents, and the Son of Heaven, so that we have today's loss. It's a painful lesson. Yuan Kui waited for everyone to sit down, sighed, and said with emotion.

The hearts of the people were heavy, and they were speechless.

After a while, Yuan Kui asked weakly: "Today, in the court, everyone wrote a letter to complain and advise, what did Your Majesty say?" ”

Zhang Yan smiled bitterly: "Ciyang must not believe it when he says it, thinking that I am talking nonsense." ”

Then he briefly recounted the events in the court today, and asked, "Ciyang, do you believe it?" How did the Son of Heaven suddenly change? ”

Yuan Kui thought for a moment and said, "In this way, Your Majesty has no intention of continuing to investigate. He still wants to take the opportunity to make money. ”

Lu Zhi said indignantly: "Although Your Majesty has no intention of pursuing it, he said it very clearly, and those who are involved in the Liaodong incident must be conscious and return the money to him." Where is he taking the opportunity to make money, he is clearly extortion. ”

Speaking of Lu Zhi, he was wronged enough, he initially just saw Li Yi hunting for the Haoqiang family in Youzhou, and he was a little unaccustomed to Li Yi's actions, coupled with the provocation of Yuan Kui and others, he also followed two movements. Who knew that he gave some people the wrong signal in this movement, and several of his protégés thought that Lu Zhi was also going to kill Li Yi, and at the instigation of several other gatekeepers, they also participated in the conspiracy to assassinate Li Yi.

Now, the conspiracy has been revealed, and Lu Zhi's protégés and former officials are naturally involved.

"What about extortion?" Zhang Wen said, "Your Majesty understands very clearly, he just wants us to pay for our own officials." Zigan, don't be lucky, you still have to pay some money when it's time to pay some money, don't get caught again like last time. Last time, in order to exonerate you. It took a lot of money and a lot of twists and turns. If you knew this, you might as well spend money to bribe Zuo Feng at the beginning, and you would have suffered a lot less. Don't lose your temper again this time. If you don't have any money, I'll give it to you, isn't it six million dollars? ”

Zhang Wen replaced Huangfu Song some time ago and led a large army to Liangzhou as a chariot general, crusading against the rebellion of Han Sui and Bian Zhang. After a few months of fighting, he didn't take any advantage, but he made a lot of money from oil and water, hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore. For him now, that's really not bad money.

Guanglu Doctor Xu Xiang reluctantly smiled: "Spend some money, just spend some money." First, we ourselves can be spared, and second, those who are caught can be redeemed unscathed. Money is a thing, you can earn it back if you spend it, less is less, it doesn't matter, when we satisfy Your Majesty's hobby. Speaking of which, Your Majesty is very gracious this time. His Majesty has arrested many people. There is also a lot of evidence in his hands, but so far he has neither held us accountable nor beheaded the officials who were arrested, except for the money he ransacked his house. Very gracious. ”

Yuan Kui, Zhang Yan and the others nodded, feeling that what Xu Xiang said was also reasonable. They are also the masters of the money, as long as the people are okay. No matter how much money you spend now, you can get it back later. Isn't it just to let the protégé scrape an extra layer of land in the county below, what a big deal?

Yuan Kui stroked his long beard. Said slowly: "Your Majesty is such a smart person, why haven't we seen it in the past?" He took advantage of the rebellion in Liaodong to suppress us and the traitorous eunuchs, as well as the power of his relatives, and not only took the opportunity to collect money and win the hearts of the people, but also quickly built up the power of the clan in order to compete with us. Don't you see? ”

Zhang Yan bowed slightly, and said: "The power of the clan is already very strong, and now, with the deliberate support of His Majesty, it has already fought against us. We didn't know anything about this arrest in advance, because His Majesty completely abandoned us, and kept the traitors and relatives strictly confidential, and did not leak a drop of water. His Majesty used the guards Liu Ting and Zongzheng Liu Yu to control the northern and southern armies respectively. Inside and outside the palace, echoing each other from afar, caught us off guard. ”

"This year, His Majesty has lost trust in the traitors and has begun to reuse the royal family members." Xu Xiang said, "Your Majesty promoted Liu Yan from Nanyang Taishou to Zongzheng. Liu Yu is also, from Zongzheng to Guangluxun. Captain Liu Ting was quickly promoted by the bus commander. Now even Liu Yu's son Liu He is a talker. ”

"It's glad that His Majesty doesn't trust the eunuch, but because of our long confrontation with the eunuch, His Majesty is very wary of us, and this time he doesn't even trust us. We people are loyal to the Han Kingdom and to Your Majesty, but we are always suspicious of Your Majesty......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan shook his head again and again, looking very discouraged. However, he didn't remember at all that when he and his protégés and former officials were digging the corners of the Han Dynasty and looting the land below, their hands were not soft at all, let alone the court and the Son of Heaven.

"Although the people in the clan are noble, they are still mainly scholars, and they have a deep relationship with us, and our goals are the same in the matter of cracking down on traitors, so I don't think it's a bad thing for the clan's power to become stronger." Lu Zhi analyzed, "As the power of the royal family grows stronger, the power of the traitors will be further weakened. If we join forces with the forces of our relatives headed by the general to fight against the traitors, I am afraid that their lives will be even more difficult. ”

"Nope." Zhang Wen waved his hand vigorously and said, "No, Zigan's words are not right." Now we are not joining forces against the eunuchs, but we are going to join forces against the other forces. If this force is not extinguished immediately, it will directly threaten the safety of the Great Han Kingdom. ”

"You mean Li Yi?" Yuan Kui asked.

Zhang Wen nodded and said categorically: "Yes, the most damned one is Li Yi!" We've talked about him many times. Although we tried our best to kill him, even joining forces with the eunuchs to deal with him, we still couldn't kill him. ”

Zhang Wen sighed and said: "Have you noticed, this time when Li Yi quelled the rebellion in Liaodong, and then captured those heroes who plotted to assassinate him, the strength he showed was so strong and the methods were so vicious that it was terrifying. If this time it is not a counter-rebellion, but His Majesty purging dissidents, what will be the result? I'm afraid we're going to be caught by them all when we're defenseless, right? ”

"What we had feared before has finally come to fruition." Zhang Wen looked at the few people present and continued, "Although this thief from Northern Xinjiang is nominally from a famous family, because Li Yuanli and Li Zhongyu died early, they didn't educate him well, they didn't understand anything, they were just idiots, and they were no different from those slaves. ”

"But it's this kind of person who is terrible. He is loyal to the Son of Heaven, absolutely loyal, there is no one else in his eyes except the Son of Heaven, and he doesn't sell anyone's face. Therefore, if the Son of Heaven has the intention to use him, he has always held him firmly in his hands, as His Majesty's own strong strength. ”

After a pause, Zhang Wen continued: "Then what should we do? Waiting to be killed? With Li Yi's current strength, he can not only destroy us, but also destroy the traitorous relatives, and in the future, he can also destroy the Great Han Kingdom. This potential hazard, we must deal with it as soon as possible. ”

Speaking of the back, Zhang Wen was already gritting his teeth, as if Li Yi had a hatred with him for killing his father and taking his wife.

Yuan Kui listened to Zhang Wen's words, nodded frequently, and said, "Brother Boshen is right. Last year, before the Yellow Turban Thieves were about to be completely exterminated, this son had already had a heavy army, and his reputation was as high as the sky, and the Son of Heaven trusted him very much and was favored. However, we and other forces in the DPRK and China were worried that his power would swell in the future, which would be detrimental to the country, so we joined hands to persuade His Majesty and thought of a way that would make it impossible for him to accomplish it, so that within half a month, he would not only exterminate the Yellow Turban Thief, but also gather a force of 50,000 soldiers and horses to go to Yizhou to exterminate the rice thief, hoping to take this opportunity to get rid of him. ”

Like a memory, Yuan Kui said in a vague tone: "It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, Su Gu's bastard actually defeated the rice thief at this critical juncture, and the plan that we painstakingly came up with was not realized in the end, but let this son grow up." Now, this bloody tiger of the northern frontier has killed us miserably. ”

He sighed, and then said, "I really regret that I wasn't ruthless enough!" Last year, when this son came to Luoyang at about the same time as now, we had thousands of ways to kill the rest, but because of indecision, or luck, we didn't make the trip. ”

There was silence in the room.

If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place, it's too late to regret it now.

Lu Zhi listened to the words of Yuan Kui and a few people, and his heart was horrified. What are these people thinking, a general who has pacified millions of yellow scarves and has made outstanding achievements, but he is the target of their efforts to kill him!

Immediately, another thought came to mind in Lu Zhi's heart: If it was themselves who exterminated the Yellow Turban thieves in Jizhou, would they also have to find ways to kill themselves? Yes, definitely. Just like Brother Yizhen, he didn't make too many meritorious contributions in the matter of exterminating the Yellow Turban Thieves, didn't these people try to get him out of the position of General Zuo this year?

Could it be that what the Son of Heaven said in the court today is true? These people are the biggest robbers and traitors of the Great Han?

Lu Zhi knew that he had fallen into the den of thieves this time, but he didn't dare to speak out against it, because he knew very well that the people around him were all ruthless. As long as he dares to express his sympathy for Li Yi, I am afraid that he will die earlier than Li Yi.

After a while, Xu Xiang asked, "Brother Boshen, what tricks does he have?" The methods used by the eunuchs were brutal and ineffective. A group of villains, in addition to harming others and making money, I really don't know what else they can do? Several assassination attempts were unsuccessful. We tried our best to trick the leopard into Fang County, but we still didn't kill him. ”

Xu Xiang said hatefully: "A bunch of incompetent eunuchs. ”

Zhang Wen smiled and did not answer. He said to Yuan Kui: "Tomorrow, the general will have a treat." I went to the General's Mansion and chatted with the General and Marquis Zhao. (To be continued.) )