Luoyang, the Emperor Palace.

Since Xuchang moved to Luoyang, Liu Xie has been living a comfortable life. No matter what, the feeling of being pinned down is different from being a decision by his own family. Even now, he is just as big as Luoyang, but he can still feel happiness enough.

Children do not think that their mother is ugly, and dogs do not think that their family is poor. They are also their own home in a small territory.

However, with the change of the world pattern, Liu Xie's stable life seems to have come to an end.

Luoyang, which was originally controlled by the three families of Yuan, Cao and Liu, and checked and balanced each other, with the stability of Guanzhong, the surrender of Cao's clan has begun to gradually become a situation surrounded by Yuan Shang's forces. Yuan Shang's forces are all on the northwest and east sides. Although Yuan Shang has not attacked him, Liu Xie clearly felt that his good life seemed to be coming to an end.

Cao was subdued by Yuan Shang. Liu Bei, who was originally in Jingzhou, had now moved his base to Shuzhong. Now Luoyang is almost surrounded by Yuan Shang's forces. As long as Yuan Shang gently moves a little finger, Liu Xie's life and death will be achieved in the evening of his words. That feeling is almost the same as when he was imprisoned by Dong Zhuo.

Just when Liu Xie was frightened by the unification of the north by Yuan Shang and the destruction of the Cao family, news came from the distant Liaodong, which was the news of a person who had always been in contact with Liu Xie, and a news of a person who seemed to bring him a trace of light when Liu Xie was in darkness at this moment.

This person is Li Ru.

Li Ru sent a message to Liu Xie, telling Liu Xie that he had contacted the Xianbei and the Huns in Liaodong who were dissatisfied with Yuan Shang. In addition, Tuoba Liwei from the Mobei grassland also agreed to help him capture Liaodong.

After hearing the letter, Liu Xie was overjoyed. Liaodong was Yuan Shang's border in the northeast, and it was also an important town for him to hold the Xianbei and the Huns. If he lost the rear, he would inevitably return to rescue him. Now that Zhongzhou is in power, Yuan Shang will no longer be the leader. Once Yuan Shang immediately hid the capital, he could recruit loyal and righteous people to the east to occupy the land of Guandong. At that time, the revival of the Han Dynasty would be just around the corner.

After receiving Li Ru's letter, Liu Xie did not neglect. He hurriedly summoned Xu Shu, Fu Wan, Lu Yu, Yang Xiu, Huangfu Li, Huangfu Jianshou, Zhu Hao and other loyal ministers to discuss the matter.

Liu Xie handed the secret letter sent by Li Ru to everyone for circulation, and then told everyone about the pros and cons. Then he said: "Everyone, Li Ru was preparing to unite with the Xianbei and the Xiongnu rebellion in the rear of Liaodong. In addition, the overlord of the grassland Tuoba Liwei was willing to help him accomplish things. Now Yuan Shang's attention is all about Zhongzhou and neglecting the north. Once the event is done, the Yuan thief will definitely look north. At that time, Guandong has no master. Then my major affairs can be settled and the Han Dynasty can be prosperous. What do you think?"

Among the ministers, Lu Yu stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Li Ru is a Han thief, and he is not inferior to Yuan Shang. Whether his words can be trustworthy is still between the two."

Liu Xie waved his hand and said, "Oh~~, Lu Aiqing was too worried. Yuan Shang killed Song Jian, conquered Kuanghan, seized Li Ru's residence, and made him flee to the world. Li Ru was already different from Yuan's thief Dai Tian, ​​so it would be fine if he had nothing to do with Yuan Shang."

Lu Yu nodded, but Yang Xiu asked with a smile: "According to Li Ru's nature, although he is also angry with Yuan Shang, he will definitely not help His Majesty for no reason. I believe that he must have some requests for his Majesty, right?"

When Liu Xie heard this, he sighed and said, "It's still the virtue and ancestors who are smart. Li Ru wants to cause trouble for me, but he also asks me to agree to him three things."

When all the ministers heard this, they looked at Liu Xie intently, waiting for his news.

When Liu Xie heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Li Ru, indeed, made three requests for me. First, he asked me to issue tricks to pardon him, restore his name to his Han ministers, and make him return to his roots in the future, so as to avoid the suffering of wandering."

Everyone did not respond to this. After all, this was Li Ru's original idea. The ultimate goal of his willingness to cooperate with the emperor was here.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Liu Xie immediately said, "The second condition is that he asked for Tuoba Liwei, and asked me to grant Tuoba Liwei the king and allow him to establish a country."

As soon as these words were spoken, the seat was filled with an uproar.

Tuoba Liwei is a foreign tribe. Even though he made great contributions, the fact that he was granted a king and a country was unavoidable...

Xu Shu frowned and said, "At the time of Emperor Gaozu, Han was awarded the title of king, and many people established the country's direct descendants. This matter is not unusual for our Han Dynasty, but the problem is that Tuoba Liwei is a foreign clan. If he made the foreign clan king, this matter..."

Huangfu Li thought for a while and said, "So Head led by Tuoba Liwei was named Wuming on the grassland back then, and was incomparable to large tribes such as Ke Bi Neng, Bu Dugen, Su Li, and Hu Chuquan. But the problem is that this person is Yuan Shang's iron ally. He helped Yuan Shangping destroy all the races of the grassland and became the overlord of the grassland. If he was asked to betray Yuan Shang, he would have to do great benefits... Just imagine, if Li Ru did not agree to his appointment as a king and a country, how could he dare to easily pull out Yuan Shang's tiger beard?"

When Xu Shu heard this, he sighed. Although the words were so reasonable, for some reason, he always felt something was wrong in his eyes.

Liu Xie continued: "The third point is the strangest and most suspicious. Li Ru asked me to deprive Xun Yu of his title and issued an order to eliminate his family's qualifications in office, but I don't know why?"

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

It would be fine if Xun Yu was given the title, but if you go to the Xun family's clan to become an official, this is indirectly saying that the Xun family is rebellious. It is obvious that it is to force the other family to the dead.

Although the Xun clan has always been affiliated with the Cao clan and has now joined the Yuan family with the Cao clan, isn’t Yuan Shang still having many minions in order to target the Xun clan alone?

Xu Shu frowned, thought for a while, and asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, did Li Ru say that why is it to target Xun Yu like this?"

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "I said that, but this is the reason..."

“What’s the reason?”

"I just say that he had a rift with Xun Yu in the past and wanted to take this opportunity to avenge his previous revenge and ask me to help him."

Fu Wan was a little surprised when he heard this and said, "Li Ru and Xun Yu have a gap? Do these two people know each other?"

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "I don't know either..."

Yang Xiu thought for a while and said, "I think this matter is not that simple. Your Majesty will delay it for two more days and send someone to Xuchang to investigate before making a decision. In addition, even if we agree to these three conditions proposed by Li Ru, we cannot do all of them. We should only do one of them first and leave the other two as a restraint. Otherwise, if Your Majesty agrees to him at once, he will make him willing to use it for His Majesty in the future. This person is not a fuel-efficient lamp."

Liu Xie nodded after hearing this and said, "Yang Aiqing's words are very true."

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Ten days later, Liu Xie sent someone to Xuchang to inquire, but heard that after Yuan Shang sent all the Cao family to Yecheng, although he had their own talents and generals left behind, no one who treated them well was more than Xun Yu.

Regarding Xun Yu, Yuan Shang kept sending people to his mansion various treasures of gold and silk, and also important officials such as Zhuo Tianfeng and Ju Su to invite Xun Yu every day, a small banquet for three days and a big banquet for five days. He raised gold and silver when he got off the horse. The methods used by Cao Cao to gather Guan Yu were even more intense than that when he was back.
Chapter completed!