Jia Xu sighed in his heart, not daring to express his thoughts in front of the suspicious and suspicious Li Jue, but agreed.

"Then what else do the Secretary of the House have to tell me?"

Jia Xu nodded, calmed down, took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve, presented them to Li Jue, and said:

"Taige thought that Ma Teng and Han Sui had rebelled, but had fled back to Xiliang. Liangzhou was located in the border area, with fierce people and Qiang and Hu living together. The royal army was unable to advance to fight for a while, so it was better to appease him and surrender Ma Teng as General Andi. Han Sui was appointed as General An of An, ordered him to pacify Qiang and Hu and guard the border areas for the court."

After hearing this, Li Jue nodded slightly. It was normal for the county and county in Liangzhou to be divided, resisting the king's order. In the second year of Zhongping, Zhang Wen held the military commander and failed to attack Liangzhou's rebels, Liangzhou was unable to truly return to the jurisdiction of the court. Rebellions continued to arise in the territory. Han Sui and Ma Teng, who were separating the country, were like the governor and the prefect.

Li Jue is now focused on eliminating dissidents in the court and the Western Liang army, so he naturally has no interest in conquering Liangzhou, a bitter and cold and barren land. He doesn't care and asks casually:

"But there is something else?"

"The ministers in the court discussed that the four counties in Hexi were far away from the Liangzhou Prefecture, and were seized by the bandits, and they wanted to set up the four counties in Hexi in Yongzhou."

Li Jue raised his eyebrows. Liangzhou has a vast area and a vast land and sparse population. The four counties in Hexi do not accept the fact that Wang Hua is not convinced. As a Liang native, he also knows that the court officials on the bamboo slips mean that the four counties in Hexi in Liangzhou are divided into Yongzhou, which is beneficial to the court's control over Liangzhou and Yongzhou. But what Li Jue thought of was another thing and asked with a sneer:

"Shangshu, don't be circumcised anymore. Just tell me, this governor of Liangzhou and the governor of Yongzhou are planning to entrust anyone?"

"The court officials and recommended Shang of Handan to be the governor of Yongzhou and Wei Duan to be the governor of Liangzhou."

"Does the Secretary think it's OK?"

"Xu thought that Shangyuan in Handan was brilliant and talented, Wei Duan was elegant and generous, and was known as the "Jingzhao Sanxiu". He was talented and capable, and could be the governor of a party."

Li Jue sneered when he heard this. He was born in a powerful man in the north and had a far higher vision than Guo Si and others, who were born in a horse thief. He had a clear idea of ​​the plans in the hearts of the ministers in the court.

The division of Liangzhou into Liangzhou and Yongzhou can indeed weaken the power of Han Sui, Ma Teng and others, which is conducive to the rule of the Chang'an court, and also to Li Jue's division of Han Sui, Ma Teng and others.

But on the other hand, this may not be a plan that the court officials who had been lurking after the failure of the uprising were secretly conspired and came up with.

Since foreign aid is not enough to rely on, it is better to send ministers in the court to take charge of military power. If Handan Shang and Wei Duan can gain a foothold in Liangzhou and Yongzhou, connect the Qiang and Hu tribes, train troops, and secretly orders to go to Beijing to serve the king in the next day, they will not be much more reliable than Ma Teng, who was a rebel.

Hexi and Longyou are in Guanzhong, and the soldiers and horses of Xiliang are even more powerful in the world. In addition, the positions of governors in these two places are vacant, and Ma Teng and Han Sui are newly defeated by generals such as Li Jue. It is indeed a good opportunity for court officials to intervene in Liangzhou and take charge of the troops.

But they really think of Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the powerful people who separatist counties, how could the rebels be together?

Li Jue still remembers that Jin Shang, who was collectively known as "Jingzhao Sanxiu" with the fifth tour, went to Yanzhou and was defeated by Cao Cao, who was preconceived and fled. Later, he used Yuan Shu's troops and did not get involved in Yanzhou. Finally, Cao Cao sent envoys to the court, and the court had to pinch his nose and recognize the title of these rulers who separatist Guandong Prefectures and counties.

If you want to take charge of the troops, then try Liangren’s blade first!

Li Jie sneered and waved his hand and said:

"Since the Secretary of State thinks he can be appointed, the Tai Pavilion will draft an imperial edict and entrust these two people. I have no objection."

Li Jue made an attitude of not interfering with the court's division of Liangzhou and appointing a governor. After the government affairs, Jia Xu promised to leave and bowed and left the lobby of the General's Mansion of Cheqi.

Seeing Jia Xu leave the lobby, Li Jue turned to Li Ru with an unwilling expression and asked with a smile:

"Does the servant have any worries?"

Li Ru's horse face was stretched very long. Li Jue called him and Jia Xu to come to the mansion and told the two that their power had been weakened by Li Jue's closeness. Li Jue decided to "six palaces are in line with each other and the three dukes" and Jia Xu's report on "dividing Liangzhou and appointing the governor" did not give him any room for Li Ru to argue.

Li Ru claimed to be Li Jue's "think tank" and could help Li Jue control all the generals and rule the world, but Li Jue treated him like this. How could Li Ru have no objection in his heart? It was just that he was not open to the people like Li Zhen and Zuo Ling.

Li Jue was happy to see this. He waved his hand and asked Li Zhen to retreat, and then said with a smile:

"The servant can talk now."

"The general is indeed very strategic in his actions, but why-"

Li Ru had previously agreed with Jia Xu's general strategy of "appeaseing the court, Guanzhong, and using the emperor and the court's name to advance to Guandong", but now seeing Li Jue want to appoint his confidants, putting aside the behavior of the literati and officials in the court, and weighing the pros and cons, Li Ru turned to Li Jue without hesitation and no longer chose to persuade Li Jue who was suspicious and suspicious.

Anyway, if Li Jue is allowed to do anything to do with the government, the first one is Jia Xu's Shangshu's Shangshu. Jia Xu has not advised him, so why should he say too much to make Li Jue dislike? As long as Li Jue does not tear the last face with the emperor, the guise of the Han court can still be held in his hands. His status as Li Ru will continue to be improved and consolidated as Jia Xu's status and the court officials are weakened.

But when Li Zhen and Zuo Ling met people today, Li Ru felt a sense of crisis. Li Jue was able to bypass him and plan these major events with others. If he continued to follow this trend, he would probably be squeezed out of the core circle of Li Jue's camp sooner or later.

Li Ru has experienced the same experience under Dong Zhuo once, and he doesn't want to be squeezed out by the Li family's nephews again.

When Li Jue saw Li Ru hesitating, he laughed and pointed at Li Ru and said:

"But I want to say, why are you, Shizhong Li, missing?"

Li Ru laughed and nodded and said:

"Although Confucianism is not talented, it does have this question."

"Haha, because I will use the Secretariat in another way."

After hearing Li Jue's words, Li Ru felt suspicious and asked:

"I wonder what the general said is the most important thing?"

"Captaining the city of Xihe can be considered a heavy use!"

Li Jue sneered repeatedly, but Li Ru's eyes lit up.

"The general has made a decision?"

"Among the generals and schools, Fan Chou was proud of his bravery, Yan Yan used his tricks to deceive the public. Guo Aduo asked for several cities in Xihe, but Ganling in Hedong refused to return it. I want you to help Guo Si and seize the cities in Xihe."

After hearing Li Jue's words, Li Ru did not speak anymore. If Li Jue used the name of the emperor of the court and the deterrence of Guo Si's military strength, even if Hedong was powerful, he would have to weigh the consequences and choose to compromise.

If you want to move troops, it will be even easier. Li and Guo join forces to help Guo Si seize the city of Xihe. No matter how good Ganling is in battle, no matter how resourceful Yan Yan in Hedong is, he will never be able to defend Linjin City.

Just leave this little thing to Li Li and Hu Feng to do, but it can be said that he has used other benefits to himself.

But Li Jue's meaning was that he wanted to plan to capture several cities in Xihe for Guo Si, and he also had other considerations.

"Cities can be given to Guo Aduo, but it cannot give him the opportunity to annex Hedong. They can kill each other, but Guo Aduo cannot throw dirty water on us."

Li Jue said his plan directly. Li Ru pondered for a moment. He knew that it must be more than that, but he did not show his voice, nodded, bowed to Li Jue and said:

"The general's plan is known to the Confucians."

Li Jue laughed, stepped forward and held Li Ru's wrist and smiled:

"Shizhong Li knows me, you are not qualified for this matter."

···

After leaving the General Cheqi and Cavalry Mansion, Li Ru thought for a while and did not go to the direction of the palace or his own mansion, but came to Guo Si's rear general's mansion.

Guo Si was in the mansion at this moment. He was about to leave Chang'an first and go to Gaoling to command the war in the name of pacifying Feng Yiqiang. When the slave said that Li Ru had arrived, his face changed for a moment, and he actually ran out of the mansion in person to welcome Li Ru who was visiting him.

"Shizhong Li, you come to your door in person, this is a rare thing."

Guo Si smiled and greeted him. This was a rare thing. Li Ru, who got off the car, also smiled and said:

"The latter general, Ru, came to visit the door with a visit, it was really-"

Before Li Ru finished speaking politely, Guo Si had already pulled Li Ru's arm affectionately and walked into the mansion, and said at the same time:

"The reason why Shizhong Li can come is to give me Guo Aduo face. When I was in Dongying, Shi admired Shizhong for a long time. Come and go and prepare a banquet. I will have a drink with Shizhong tonight!"

Guo Si was particularly enthusiastic and pulled Li Ru into the hall. The two of them sat down in the seat. Li Ru looked at Guo Si and said calmly:

"After hearing this, the general was going to Gaoling to command the pacification of Fengyiqiang, and specially sent the Ru army to accompany the army to serve the general."

"Okay, okay." Guo Si smiled happily, but he cursed at Li Jue in his heart, wanting to do his best to subdue the rebellious Fan Chou for him, but asking for Xihe's demand was just verbal support. He had not threatened Hedong for a long time and refused to use troops. He seemed to really treat himself as the general who commanded the generals and could make promises.

"I wonder if the general of the chariot and cavalry have subsequent troops and food and supplies?"

Guo Si asked with a smile.

"There are no follow-up troops, food and grass."

Hearing Li Ru's words, the smile on Guo Si's face froze. He smiled stiffly and said angrily:

"What does that chariot general mean?"

"According to what the General of the Cheqi Cavalry saw, he can only take several cities in Linjin, but not attack forcefully."

Guo Si sneered after hearing Li Ru's words. He originally thought that Li Jue sent Li Ru to help him use his troops, so he must have subsequent troops and food support. But Li Ru's intention was that he came alone.

How useful is this?

He really wanted to work hard for him to deal with Fan Chou, but he was unwilling to send troops to help him deal with Hedong's men.

The more Guo Si thought about it, the more angry he became, the more ugly he looked. He sneered:
Chapter completed!