Yecheng changed hands, and this sharp blade that once hung high above the head and neck of the court was finally held in the hands of the court. The Central Plains sang everywhere for a while, and the people under their rule sang and danced, but they had just begun to welcome peace.

Of course, the facts are somewhat different from the people's cognition. Since ancient times, those who have won Hebei and Central Plains have almost won the world, including the Liu Xiu era. However, after the development of the Eastern Han Dynasty for the past two hundred years, the Yangtze River Basin has been developed. Not only has the population increased sharply, but the development of iron smelting and other technologies has also almost caught up. This has laid the foundation for the north-south resistance of the world in terms of objective conditions, and it is no longer so easy to unify south of the Yangtze River.

More importantly, with the change of hands in Yecheng, the conflict between Cao Cao and the court became even deeper, and it is hard to even say whether Yecheng was in the hands of the court.

After entering Yecheng, Cao Cao's first thing was to seal the treasury and household registration, and then mobilize prisoners to build the Duke of Wei's Mansion. In such a big battle, he didn't even return to the court. He just sent Xiahou Dun to return to the court to discuss his duties on his behalf, and proposed to bring his family to Yecheng to settle down.

Of course, is he Duke Wei? There are indeed few such arrogant ministers since this dynasty, but there has been no duke since this dynasty. Wei County is legally owned by others. Of course, they do whatever they want in their own homes, and the court does not care about it.

However, he stopped his troops in Wei County. Not only did he not continue to pursue Yuan Shang's defeated soldiers, he opened the door of convenience and simply allowed him to escape back to Nanpi without any loss, just like he could provide food and grass to Yuan Shang directly.

Logically speaking, Yecheng has been taken down, and at least the southern part of Jizhou can be issued an edict, but Cao Cao just did not pass on this edict, nominally admitting that they were all Han ministers, but he did not give them official appointments. For a moment, the prefects and magistrates of the three counties of Qinghe, Julu and Zhao were a little confused. With the name of a Han minister, he didn't know who should take care of him.

In addition, as Yuan Shao's base camp, Yecheng has accumulated money and grain in Ji, You and Qingsizhou for many years. The wealth of the four continents is far above Jiangling. In addition, Zhen Yi gave him before and the land of Jizhou, because there are too many powerful families, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang are too tolerant of them. Now, facing Cao Cao's change of ownership, he must pay a large sum of money to buy life. It can be said that Cao Cao is now worthy of being the richest person in the court, and the court is definitely not as rich as him.

The imperial court is still building a canal and a palace, and it needs to supply nearly five million of her husband's food. Even though Liu Xie solved the problem of land division through the public-private joint venture method and started selling monopoly licenses and received a lot of money and food, to be honest, such a large expense is still a bit inadequate and difficult to cover the expenses.

As a result, Cao Cao was like a wealthy slave, not giving a penny to the court, and even said he would spend all his money and build the largest iron smelting center in Yecheng. He had to make a lot of money from agricultural tools to weapons and armor production, and even his money was not enough. I hope the court could support him a little.

Is this the foul who is more obvious? Even the people who are a little more knowledgeable understand Cao Cao's thoughts.

Of course, it can also be said that at this point, Cao Cao had no choice but to respect the emperor's salt and iron joint venture strategy, which directly brought Cao ** to a dead end and could only start playing rogues. Among the important officials of the court, they were half happy and half worried about this.

Under such a background, Wei Yan, who had previously been defeated in Jizhou but did not die. Under the protection of his personal guards, jumped into the river to save his life and successfully escaped back to Xudu, which naturally set off a new storm.

In the Tax Cabinet, officials from the Shangshutai stood on the left, Xun Yue, Yang Biao, Zhang Yu, Liu Bei and others stood on the right, and naturally began a new round of chaotic quarrels.

Liu Xie has adapted to this in the past few days. This deliberation model was the norm after Xun Yu resigned. Although it was not perfect and chaotic, it was still following the direction Liu Xie expected. He thought that when the capital was moved in the future, there would be a bigger place to plan these messy yamen again, and it would be almost done.

Unfortunately, Liu Xie had never studied the history of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he should have seen that this kind of discussion structure is really very similar to the relationship between the Sili Supervisor and the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, but his Sili Supervisor did not use eunuchs, and the ministers automatically replaced Xun Yue, the Zhongshu Ling, to the position of the Sili Supervisor's seal.

Well... If Liu Xie listened a little carefully when he was in high school history class, he should know that the Ming Dynasty could almost be said to be the peak of monarchy. The emperor had not attended court for decades, and no one could underestimate him, and he had basically never rebelled with internal generals.

Well... Although there were more problems in the Ming Dynasty and many things were even more disgusting, this was not the fault of top-level decision-making design.

Originally, Liu Xie refused to listen to such quarrels at all. Anyway, Xun Yue and Yang Biao were sure to suppress the Shangshu Desk, which was very consistent with Liu Xie's design. As for the state affairs itself, he often didn't understand it. Moreover, for the goal of constitutional monarchy, he had made up his mind to try his best to interfere in state affairs as little as possible in the future.

However, since this matter involves Cao Cao, he seemed to be inappropriate when he didn't listen. He couldn't help but come out to listen. The meeting involving Cao Cao was indeed very...explosive at the beginning.

Wei Yan knelt down below, knocking his head on the ground, bleeding from his forehead. He saw that although he usually did a lot of bad things, Guo Jia, who is actually quite graceful as a native of Yingchuan, took the lead in a sarcastic manner. "Wei Yan, Wei Yan, you dare to come back? Not to mention that you did not obey the military order of Duke Wei, you did something sneak attack for no reason. Not only did you almost ruin the major affairs of Duke Wei, but you also lost the city and lost the city and the important city Nanpi. As the chief general of the army, more than 10,000 people in the entire army died in the battlefield, but you are alive? Tsk, it seems that General Wei is indeed very brave."

Wei Yan defended himself: "The enemy is underestimating the enemy's rash advancement. The last general recognized that it was the last general who underestimated the heroes of the world. One general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies. However, your Majesty, this time, I could have brought back at least half of my troops and retreated to Nanpi and then defended Nanpi. It was Xiahou Dun who intended to frame Yu me for personal grudges, which killed more than 10,000 soldiers in the entire army. I asked the emperor to behead Xiahou Dun and show them to the public and circulate them on the nine borders. I am willing to die with Xiahou Dun and thank the soldiers of the three armies."

This is really a bit too straightforward, and he dared to persuade Xiahou Dun directly and unyieldingly. Who doesn’t know that Xiahou Dun is Cao Cao’s right-hand man?

So much so that after a long time when this was released, no one dared to answer the conversation. Guo Jia said quietly and quietly: "Wei Yan, what you said is pure nonsense. You ran from Nanpidu to Yecheng from all the way. I ask you, but have you been ordered by Taiwei Yang?"

At this moment, Yang Biao's face was so gloomy that it was almost dripping with water, as if it was as green as it was, but he didn't say anything.

Wei Yan shook his head with an ugly expression.

"Then, have you been ordered by Duke Wei?"

"No, I've said it a long time ago, I'm doing my own thing."

"Since you do your own thing, what does it have to do with General Xiahou? Could it be that he took the initiative to attack you? As for your unfavorable rescue, I had asked General Xiahou before, and he said that he was not going to rescue you. He was ordered by Duke Wei to attack Yecheng as a vanguard. The army was very fast, and I don't know where you came from. So, do you want me to treat him as a crime of poor rescue?"

When Wei Yan heard this, he answered the question, but looked at Guo Jia deeply, and then said, "Guo Tingwei, I believe you and all the masters should know the right and wrong of this matter. I want to ask you, as the nine ministers in the court, my de facto leader of the Legalists, is it a Han minister or a Wei minister?"

Guo Jia was not embarrassed when he heard this. He heard this too much when he quarreled, and he was immune to it: "Duke Wei is also a Han minister. I, Guo Jia, will always be a member of the court. But you, without any laws and regulations of the court, led to defeat and losing soldiers and generals, but here he shamelessly falsely accused General Xiahou who made contributions to the attack on Yecheng this time. Now he is still talking about Wei and Han ministers here, and provoking the relationship between Duke Wei and the emperor. Who is instructing him?"

"you……"

Wei Yan was a poor person for a while. After all, he was a martial artist. He rarely fought when he quarreled. Seeing Guo Jia turned around so simply, he suddenly turned red. He wanted to give up and simply punched him in the face and hit him with a peach blossom face, but he didn't dare to be arrogant after all.

Seeing this, Guo Jia smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I don't think that Wei Yan's quibbling words are listened to. No one knows the military discipline and laws of the army better than me. The facts of this case are clear and the evidence of the crime is clear. If this person is not killed, it is not enough to calm the anger in the army. What about Xun Lingjun (Xun Yue, Zhongshu Ling)'s opinion?"

Guo Jia was the Tingwei, especially after the reform of the emperor, the right to execute had been fully returned to the Shangshutai. He was also the Shangshu in charge of the name of punishment, and he was also a priest. In this matter, no one has more say than him. Unless his opinions were very legitimate, Xun Yue and Yang Biao were not easy to object.

At this time, as long as Xun Yue nodded, Wei Yan would be dead.

Seeing this, Yang Biao finally spoke and said, "Wei Yan is guilty, he admits this himself. Should he be executed? I think it may be necessary to discuss it, but no matter what, as the other party being accused, is Xiahou Dun innocent? He is also in the capital at this time, so why not summon him to discuss it?" After that, Yang Biao turned to Liu Xie, who was sitting upright on the high ground: "What do the emperor think?"

Liu Xie was interested in watching it today, but he made up his mind not to get involved. He said, "You guys should discuss whatever they should discuss, just pretend that I don't exist. Will the court not operate without me?"

It just happened to be a test of whether the court could do it without its own monarch. If it could not do it, I must find a way to make it happen by taking advantage of this opportunity to move the capital.

Is this the only way to establish a constitutional monarch?

Since the emperor had already said that, Xun Yue, as the Secretary of the Central Committee, naturally had no room for a socket. He simply looked at the nose and the heart and became a wooden carving.

By the way, Xun Yue was very active in meetings when the emperor was away, but after a series of tricks by Liu Xie, he rarely expressed his opinions when Liu Xie was there.

As for Liu Xie, he thought Xun Yue had always been like this, so he was naturally very happy.

Now, when everyone saw that Liu Xie actually gave such an answer, they were a little confused for a while, and the emperor was unfathomable and well-known. Is this... Could it be that he was holding back some tricks?

But he had to bite the bullet and continue to call Xiahou Dun.

Seeing that Yang Biao was about to speak, Liu Bei gave him a look and snatched the words and asked, "Yuan Rang, Wei Yan sued you in front of the imperial court to deliberately frame him and kill someone with a knife. I wonder if this is the case?"

"If you say goodbye to the emperor, there is no such thing."

Wei Yan stood up and shouted: "Xiahou Dun, you fart! Do you dare to act? Our army is not dead yet!"

When Xiahou Dun heard this, he sneered disdainfully: "Our army was ordered to attack Yecheng at that time. When we happened to meet Xu You, I used a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain to pull it away. Who knew that we happened to meet you, and how could I know why you were in Wei County?"

But Yang Biao snorted coldly and said, "So, are you not saving me when you die?"

"Yes, I was ordered to attack Yecheng, not his reinforcements."

"You... are simply absurd. Is Wei Yan and his troops not your robes? Or is it that you, Xiahou Dun, only recognize Wei ministers as their robes, but Han ministers are not?"

"It makes no sense for the Taiwei to be a good hat. I am the governor of Yanzhou, a general with a title, and even a marquis. I can only say that I am a colleague of Meng De. How could I become a Wei minister? As for whether I don’t save him when I die... Are you really confused or pretending to be confused? Who in the court knows that I have a mortal grudge with him? I have not received a military order, so what if I don’t save him?"

"You...you are abolishing your public because of your own private matters!"

"What kind of man has I destroyed? I took down Yecheng."

"But Nanpi lost it!"

"I am not the Prime Minister of Bohai. Nanpi can blame me if he loses his fault?"

"You...you are sophistry, sophistry!"

"Why are you just sophist? Your Majesty, I know that some gentlemen can do nothing but grudges, but I, Xiahou Dun, are not a gentleman. He was defeated by Wei Yan because he was blinded by his own desire to seize the merits. From the perspective of military affairs, I have no responsibility. How should the court deal with Wei Yan, the defeated general, naturally, your Majesty and the Duke decide. As for me, if you think I am guilty, then I will admit that I don't want the reward for destroying Yecheng this time. Is it okay to have merits and demerits? If you are not satisfied, I will also punish me, the governor of Yanzhou."

But Yang Biao was so angry.

Is it okay to be a scoundrel?

But Liu Bei said, "Yuan made you have personal grudges with Wei Yan. We all know that, but he was not the only one who took his life on the battlefield. If you don't mention Nanpi, what about the more than 10,000 troops in his hands? You said that you did not delay national affairs because of personal grudges. This is really appropriate? If you save him, can't you conquer Yecheng?"

As he said that, Liu Bei turned around and faced Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter should be taken as a warning. The world has been in chaos for so many years and has been fighting for so many years. There are more than two of them in the court who have hatred each other? This is a case that must be made. We should make a serious case for the crime to serve as a warning."

Don’t you insist that it is a personal grudge? Then let’s use this personal grudge to talk about the matter.

When Xiahou Dun heard this, he opened his mouth, but simply lowered his head.

When Liu Xie heard this, he still said the same thing: "Don't look at me, don't ask me, just do what to do. If you can't discuss it, you will keep discussing it. Just think that I am an audience outside the venue, just watching the excitement. Such a big court cannot let me decide everything in one sentence. If there are rules, systems, laws, and precedents, do what you have to do, and no one is exception. If there is no, you can discuss one."
Chapter completed!