In the Han Dynasty, since Emperor Xiaowu Liu Che, he implemented the political strategy of "abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone".

The so-called Confucianism is the most essential central idea of ​​"ritual and music", "benevolence and righteousness", "loyalty and forgiveness", and "constitutionality". In Confucianism, the monarch is required to "govern morality" and "benevolence", while the opposite is to require ministers to abide by "monarch and ministers" and "ethical conventions".

Things like forcing a palace are definitely a traitor in this era, and people and gods are angry! Whoever does it will be skinned!

Liu Bei and Cao Zhi, in terms of their origins and family backgrounds, were both top-notch in this era. The principle of being a minister has long been deeply rooted in their hearts. Even if they have ambition and ambition at this moment, they are still hidden in their hearts and will not let them out, and they will not put a treacherous hat on their heads. This hat is too big and can make them drown by the spit of the emperor and the scholars. Therefore, they would rather be cuckold than be the crown of a rebel against the ministers.

They know that they are indeed treacherous, but they will not admit it foolishly. Instead, they will try their best to gild themselves in the face and try to label themselves as the first-class loyal minister.

Compared with Liu Bei and Cao Zhi, Yuan Shang was very open about this.

Yuan Shang’s concept of right and wrong is a bit vague in terms of the meaning of the monarch and minister. This is because of the education he received in his previous life. He will not foolishly worry about and cover up his own efforts in order to make others say he is a loyal minister. Such a person is too tiring to live.

When others say that he is a loyal minister, he will accept it with a smile. When others say that he is a treacherous slander, he can shrug and sweep it away at will. Living in this world, it doesn’t matter if outsiders judge whether he is a loyal or a treacherous. He says that he is a loyal minister. Yuan Shang himself doesn’t live for more than one year, he says that he is a treacherous slander, and Yuan Shang himself also lives one year.

He lets him be strong, the breeze caresses the hills, he is by his side, and the bright moon shines on the river.

But it is obvious that Liu Bei and Cao Zhi cannot do such a strong psychological cultivation for the time being. As heroes, they can compete with Yuan Shang, but in terms of open-minded views on the secular proclaim, they are obviously not on the same level as Yuan Shang, who has received modern education since childhood.

After a while of silence, Cao Zhi asked Yuan Shang weakly: "Brother Yuan, how do you plan to serve the king and protect the emperor when you go to Luoyang this time?"

Yuan Shang sniffed and smiled, "It's very simple. The three of us each led 30,000 people to Luoyang, and surrounded Luoyang City in the east, south and north triangles, and then set up a royal village outside the city to ask the emperor to go out of the city to meet us. During this period, we jointly wrote a letter to ask Your Majesty to appoint me as General of the Grand Sima. He was appointed Xuande as General of the Cavalry. Cao Gong was already the prime minister and the highest minister, so add a marquis of ten thousand households to add icing on the cake. In addition, let's mention the memorial that is conducive to their respective development and tell Your Majesty that the court must allow us to station troops in Zhongmu, Hejian and Wancheng in the future, and send envoys to the capital once every three months to report state affairs. The memorials during this period must be accurate, and even if not, they must be correct."

Liu Bei suddenly felt dizzy when he heard this and said, "You are still trying to force the palace!"

Yuan Shang shrugged: "I said I was forcing the palace from the beginning, but you insisted on trying to serve the king, so I had no choice but to follow you..."

Liu Bei: “…………”

Speaking of this, Yuan Shang narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Two, it's impossible for you to pretend to be a good person now! Your Majesty is standing in Luoyang. I believe you all know more about the powerful relationship between this and that we must not let it go! Luoyang is located among the three families of you and me. I am not united, and Your Majesty is like a trapped dragon into the sea and a tiger returning to the mountain. If I am united, even though Your Majesty is in charge of the rule, the affairs of the court are still under the hands of the three of me. Which of these is more important? Please think about it carefully... If you don't do this, you will regret it in the future."

When Liu Bei and Cao Zhi heard this, they both slapped their faces and didn't say anything. They wanted to praise him, but couldn't speak. They wanted to slap him twice, but they were afraid that Yuan Shang would not do it.

Seeing the two of them being cowardly, Yuan Shang was very angry that he did not fight.

After sighing helplessly, Yuan Shang said, "Then it is like this. As long as you two support me, when you go to Luoyang, all the things you forced to do to the palace will be covered by me. You don't have to stand up, you are still loyal ministers. Is this okay?"

The two of them were stunned at first and were overjoyed, but after careful consideration, they immediately changed their faces and made a sound to correct them.

"Make it clear, it's not about forcing the palace, it's about serving the king!"

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After the decision, Yuan Shang, Cao Zhi and Liu Bei each led 30,000 elite troops, a total of 90,000 troops, and advanced to Luoyang from the intersection of the Wanluo Sanguan Road.

At this moment, the emperor and Xu Shu's troops had already entered Luoyang and grasped the overall situation.

After the mysterious guard retreated from the coalition forces of Yuan and Cao, Xu Shu turned his troops to Luoyang and advised the emperor, and used the orders in Xun Yu to open the Luoyang city gate.

As soon as he entered Luoyang City, Xu Shu and Fu Wan were buried, Geng Ji immediately directed his soldiers to take control of all the important palaces in Luoyang and controlled the troops in Luoyang in the name of the emperor.

Xu Shu also sent someone to invite the people whom the emperor wanted to recruit from the beginning.

Others are far away and are not easy to recruit, but Lu Yu, son of Lu Zhi, Huangfu Li, son of Huangfu Song, son of Huangfu Jianshou, son of Zhu Jun, and Yang Xiu, son of Yang Biao, can arrive overnight.

Liu Xie reorganized his troops and promoted the loyal ministers who accompanied him, and took the initiative to arrange the team by using Lu Yu, Yang Xiu, Xu Shu.

After accepting the emperor's instructions, Xu Shu's first important thing was to meet the guard who helped him retreat to the enemy army of Yuan Cao.

Unexpectedly, after the guard arrived in Luoyang City, he stayed overnight and packed his things and left the city without even saying hello.

After hearing this, Xu Shu couldn't help but be shocked. After asking about the situation, he immediately drove to chase him.

After coming out of the northern gate of Luoyang, after chasing for about twenty miles, he finally saw the figure of the guard. Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and shouted loudly: "General in front, please stay!"

The guard heard a sound, gently pulled the reins, turned his head coldly, looked up and down at Xu Shu, and said, "Is there anything wrong?"

Xu Shu came to the guards and smiled and said, "Where is the general going? Why did he leave without even saying hello? He didn't even let Shu say thank you?"

The guard sniffed gently and said, "I'm tired of staying in this place, I want to change it."

Xu Shu was stunned when he heard this. He said, "Can the world be tired of it?"

The guard said lightly: "I have been under Liu Yao, Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu, and Lu Bu. There is no place for a long time. Why should I just leave the emperor alone?"

When Xu Shu heard this, he lowered his head and thought quietly for a while, bowed his hand and said, "Do you dare to ask the general's name Gao?"

The guard thought for a moment, but replied lightly: "My name is Tong Fei."

"Oh..." Xu Shu thought carefully, and there was no information about Tong Fei in his mind. Then he said, "General Tong, today, treacherous heroes are rising everywhere, the Han Dynasty is in decline, and the treacherous ministers steal their lives. Fortunately, Your Majesty returns to Luoyang. Our dynasty has hope of reviving, but the talents are gone, and there is no one in your lord. Now, the general is very capable and has the courage of thousands of men. He is actually the general's talent, so he tells the emperor. Your Majesty loves it very much and wants to hire him as a minister. He also asks the general not to refuse and return to the court with Xu Shu. Let us protect the emperor, support the Han Dynasty, and eliminate all the heroes. Isn't it beautiful to keep it in the name for the eternal age?"

Tong Fei frowned and said, "To be honest, I have no interest in joining the battle between princes. All I am interested in is the heroes of the world, that's all."

Xu Shu was stunned when he heard this and said, "Heroes in the world? That's better, listen to me!"

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Just as Xu Shu was looking for Tong Fei, the emperor received information from Yuan, Cao and Liu in Luoyang that the three families of Yuan, Cao and Liu led their troops to Luoyang.

After learning the news from Fu Wan's mouth, Liu Xie was a little stunned.

"Yuan Shang, Cao Zhi, and Liu Bei are joining forces to Luoyang? Father-in-law, aren't you lying to me, right?"

Fu Wan's face turned pale and bowed to Liu Xie tremblingly, saying, "Report to Your Majesty, the old minister's words are absolutely true. Yuan Shang, Cao Zhi and Liu Bei are indeed leading troops. Yuan Shang leads troops to display the north of Luoyang, Liu Bei is south of Luoyang, Cao Zhi is east of Luoyang, and the three parties are each relying on their horns to set up camp, and their sharp edge is approaching Luoyang!"

When Liu Xie heard this, he was furious and slapped the table hard and roared: "These rebel traitors are so disobedient... It's okay for Yuan Shang and Cao Zhi to forget it, why did Liu Bei get involved with them? What do they think? Can't they fight against me?"

Fu Wan looked bitter and sighed: "Your Majesty also asked you to relieve the anger of thunder. Yuan, Cao and Liu are here. The momentum is very strong. We first came to Luoyang, but our heels were unstable and we could not fight against him at all. Please let Your Majesty handle this matter carefully so as not to cause huge troubles!"

Liu Xie's face twitched, he breathed a deep breath and asked, "How many soldiers do they have?"

Fu Wan sighed for a long time and said, "Baskets and camps, villages and villages, flags cover the sky and the sun, the soldiers and horses from the three sides together... Alas, I can't see clearly."

Liu Xie's expression suddenly changed drastically.

"What can I do if I do this? My personal army and the soldiers reorganized in Luoyang are at most 5,000, and they are all soldiers who have not been in battle for a long time. How can I compete with the traitors and tigers and wolves? What should I do? What should I do? Xu Shu~! Where is Xu Shu? Where is now?"

Fu Wan said helplessly: "The Right General left the city and said he wanted to chase an important person. He was not in Luoyang at this moment..."

"What? At such a critical moment, Xu Shu is not in Luoyang? What should I do if I... this is it?"

Fu Wan's face looked bitter, and he shook his head, not knowing how to answer.

It was at this time that Geng Ji of the Shaofu hurriedly ran into the main hall, bowed to Liu Xie deeply, and said, "Your Majesty, Yuan Shang sent a messenger to submit a letter to Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie was shocked when he heard this and asked, "Where is Yuan Shang's letter?"

Geng Ji hurriedly said, "It's in my hands."

Liu Xie pointed at Geng Ji: "Remember!"

Geng Ji wiped the sweat from his head, hurriedly unfolded the letter in his hand, cleared his throat, and chanted loudly:

"I heard recently that Your Majesty was in charge of the heavens and returned to the old capital. He commanded the west and pointed at the west, and all the people of the Sili were restrained. He hoped that the wind would be surrendered. He was very happy for Your Majesty. He looked at the south to worship! I have long admired Your Majesty, and I dare not forget to repay the country's kindness. Now, for the sake of the country, I have specially unified the princes from all directions, led 100 million soldiers, and 100,000 generals came to Luoyang..."

"stop!"

Liu Xie suddenly spoke, blocking Geng Ji's words: "Yuan Shang... said how many soldiers he led?"

Geng Ji lowered his head and looked carefully, confirming that he did not read it wrong.

"One hundred million..."

Liu Xie took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Shang's husband, it's not enough to worry about Cao Zhi, Liu Bei's forced palace to force me to be fooled... and he also brought 100 million soldiers? The total number of soldiers in the eight lifetimes of my Han Dynasty was not that big. Is he going to chop the sky?"

Fu Wan sighed and said, "Your Majesty, don't compare to this little real person. Whether Yuan Shang leads 100 million or 1 billion people, he has more soldiers than us. Let's hear what he is going to do."

Liu Xie took a deep breath and waved his hand and said, "Put this piece of 100 million people... Keep reading!"

Geng Ji swallowed his mouth and continued, "...I want to hunt with Your Majesty in the suburbs of Luoyang, drink and talk and sit and watch the world. He also holds the government affairs to show his loyalty. I hope Your Majesty will not wait and see, and I will give you a reply quickly..."

"presumptuous!"

Liu Xie's face was distorted, he stood up and kicked the table away, and said angrily: "The little thief Yuan Shang is too brave. Who did he regard himself as? Ah? On an equal footing with me? He also wants to hunt Luoyang with me and jointly control the government! This is simply a ruthless person... Who is he going to hunt? Is he hunting me... He is too arrogant, he is even more hateful than Cao Cao! More arrogant than Dong Zhuo!"

Fu Wan heard this and said, "But Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point. If we don't go and meet him, we will not be able to defend ourselves once they attack the city. It would be better..."

Liu Xie turned to look at him and asked, "What's worse?"

"It would be better to answer Yuan Shang's invitation and go out of the city to meet him. There is no turning point..."

Liu Xie closed his eyes and pondered for a long time. When he was young, he slowly asked, "Bestwonderer..."

"I'm here!"

"Are you a spy sent by Yuan Shang?"

Fu Wan was shocked when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, why did you say this?"

Liu Xie suddenly opened his eyes, and the light flashed in his eyes.

"I finally got out of Cao Zhi's control, but you asked me to go out of the city to meet Yuan Shang. Isn't this sending me into the tiger's mouth? What are your intentions? What benefits did Yuan Shang give you!"

When Fu Wan heard this, sweating on his forehead was raining. He knelt on the ground with a "thump" sound, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged! Everything I said is for Your Majesty's sake! If Your Majesty doesn't go out, Yuan Shang and others have a reason to enter Luoyang. There are less than 5,000 troops in our city, and they can't resist it no matter what! On the contrary, if Your Majesty goes out to see them, although it seems dangerous, Yuan, Cao, and Liu are all there. If they have malicious intentions and want to rob, where will they rob Your Majesty? Xu Du? Yecheng? Xiangyang? Who will go there, the other two are afraid that they will not be willing! Your Majesty, one will come to deal with the difficulties, and the three will come to respond easily!"

Liu Xie was stunned when he heard this, nodded and murmured: "This is also reasonable..."
To be continued...