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The gloomy weather that lasted for more than ten days did not usher in autumn rain, but it was hoped that the sky would be clear.

After staying in Meiwu for three days, Li Li finally set off for the General's Mansion.

Before this, the troops from various battalions who received the transfer order arrived in Chang'an one after another. As soon as Li Li returned to the general's mansion, they had all gathered in Dongcheng.

As a result, Chang'an City, which had been peaceful for two years, once again ushered in the war's smoke. In recent days, heavy troops were guarding each city gate, and the sound of horse hooves coming and going was endless from morning to night, and soldiers with thick armors could be seen everywhere on the streets.

At the same time, the ban on sealing issued by the General's Office half a month ago was fully implemented, and since then, all relevant cards entering and leaving Chang'an are allowed to enter and exit.

The passes that guard Chang'an's throat, Hangu Pass, Tongguan and Wuguan were blocked half a month ago. Except for the general's mansion, everyone is prohibited from passing through.

In an instant, the atmosphere in Chang'an City was solemn, and the clouds of war enveloped Chang'an, causing the people to close their doors and be silent.

It was not until the morning of the day when Li Li returned to the city that the General's Mansion posted a notice to explain the reason that the people realized that it was a false alarm. The war was far away in Sili and had not yet affected Chang'an.

Da da da da da!

"Welcome the General back home!"

As the golden beast slowly stopped, all the officials from the general's mansion came out to greet him. The leaders were Li Jue, Li Xuan, Jia Xu and Li Ru.

"Uncle, please give up the gift, how dare I bother my nephew to welcome him!" Seeing Li Jie bowing and showing his salute, Li Li jumped off the golden beast. He stepped forward to stop him quickly, and then raised his hand to Li Xuan and others and said, "Everyone is exempted from gifts. Let's all be separated. The battle is coming soon. You can do your job well."

"Wenchang's oath to the Northern Expedition this time and returned triumphantly, and to show the prestige of the Celestial Dynasty, it is appropriate that the emperor went out of the city to welcome him. However, Wenchang's whereabouts were hidden and did not want to be public, so his uncle represented all the officials in the court to welcome him." When he walked into the mansion, Li Jue deliberately walked behind Li Li and explained with a laugh.

Since Li Li returned from traveling, Li Jue has completely put his position in the right place and no longer has the idea of ​​replacing it. Because he had completely seen the situation in Xiliang during the assassination of Li Li. Even if his nephew Li Li was unexpected, Li Jue would not be able to regain military power, and naturally he would not be able to take charge of Xiliang. At the same time, once Li Li was killed, it is hard to say whether Li Jue could save his life; if there was an civil strife in Xiliang, Li Jue would be the first target to besiege by the crowd.

Therefore, after a series of open and secret struggles, Li Jue completely realized that he could have today's status and status, all of which was given by his nephew Li Li, and both uncle and nephew were prosperous. If it were not for Li Li's respect and support, he would not have been the prominent position of Li Jue today; but if Li Jue had not been in front of him, Li Li would have probably reached the peak of power in the Han Dynasty and was in charge of the world.

After fully understanding, Li Jue was very moved by the tolerance of Li Li over the years. Recently, he has been feeling guilty and has been unable to sleep day and night.

People's hearts are full of flesh. My nephew Li Li treats him well. Li Jue used to be greedy and did not know it. It was not until his life was threatened that he woke up and repented as if he had been enlightened. Fortunately, it was not too late to wake up now, and there was room for everything to be restored. As long as he did his best to assist Li Li from now on, he believed that the gap between his uncle and nephew could be eliminated and reconciled. After all, the uncle and nephew family were together, and it was not comparable to ordinary people.

After entering the main hall, Li Ligao sat in the position of general. In front of him was a thick tiger pattern made of sandalwood, and a wide throne with a golden beast pattern pattern on his back. He saw the lobby in front of him that was enough to accommodate more than 300 people to discuss the matters.

"Wenhe has been traveling between Yongzhou and Chang'an recently, thousands of miles away, and it is very hard to get tired. I feel very uneasy! I wonder if the military and political affairs of Yongzhou are arranged properly now?" After a little greeting, Li Li went straight to the point and began to ask about Yongzhou affairs.

Jia Xu held an important military and political position. For two years, he was named Yongzhou Bieguard, but in fact he had always exercised the power of the governor of Yongzhou. He was in charge of all government affairs in Yongzhou. However, he was always cautious in his work. After taking charge of Yongzhou, he no longer interfered in military affairs. Whenever he encountered wars of all sizes, he would take Fan Yong, the commander of the Wuwei Camp, as the leader, and report to Li Li in everything, abiding by the way of being a minister and never cross the bottom line.

Now that the war between the Western Liang army has begun again, Jia Xu was ordered to hand over all the government affairs in his hands to Yu Bingyuan and Hua Xin, escape and return to Chang'an, officially return to his post, and continue to serve as the left military advisor of the Western Liang army.

"Reported to the lord, I received the lord's military order a month ago. The prefect of Jiuquan, Bing Yuan, was promoted to Yongzhou Bian, and also to the prefect of Wuwei. The prefect of Dunhuang, Hua Xin, was promoted to Yongzhou Governor. Half a month ago, his subordinates had handed over all government affairs to them. At present, the entire Yongzhou area is stable and peaceful, as always. Please rest assured." Jia Xu reported the report respectfully.

Li Li nodded slightly when he heard this and said with a smile: "Wenhe calm and meticulous manner, and meticulous in handling government affairs. This is my blessing for Li Li and the blessing of the people of Yongzhou!"

"The lord is too rewarded." Jia Xu smiled and said respectfully: "Since early summer last year, all the barbarians around Yongzhou have been cleared, and many barbarian tribes have fled hundreds of miles away and retreated to the barbarian land of the Western Regions. At this point, the whole area has been completely settled. Over the past year, the public has been in good condition, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, vigorously reclaimed farmland, and developed farmland. In particular, Dunhuang County has opened a large number of court sites and traded with the countries of the Western Regions. In recent years, caravans have been in constant force, taxation and treasury are increasing, and the treasury is becoming increasingly abundant, which has greatly improved the living conditions of the people of Yongzhou. Therefore, in the past two years, Dunhuang prefect Hua Xin has achieved remarkable political achievements and is indeed worthy of being promoted to the position of governor. In comparison, in the past two years, the humble ministers have achieved mediocre achievements and have done little to do anything. Fortunately, the county magistrates under their ruler can live up to the lord's entrusted. How dare they be greedy for merit? Hahaha!"

Li Li shook his head and smiled, "Wenhe is too humble. Yongzhou is bitter and cold. It has been a new look in the past two years. This is Jia Wenhe's credit! I know this in my mind, Wenhe doesn't have to humble himself. For this reason, I have prepared a mansion for you, just south of the general's mansion, rewarding 300 gold, 200 pieces of brocade and silk, and giving another 500 personal guards."

"Thank you for your kind gift, lord, I am ashamed of accepting it." Jia Xu was indeed different from others. Facing the mansion rewarded by Li Li, gold, silver and brocade. He was not artificial and accepted it happily.

Li Li smiled and nodded. "Now that the Central Plains War is coming, Wenhe is going to wear armor with me and fight side by side. As of today, the soldiers of each battalion have been assembled. After the food, grass and supplies are ready, they will go to the Central Plains soon. Yuanzhong, have the food, grass and weapons ready?"

Li Xuan stood up and said respectfully: "Report to the lord. Before the lord swore to the Northern Expedition, his subordinates and Wenyou, Situ had raised 300,000 stones of grain and grass for the purpose of the army to go to the expedition. However, he did not expect that when the lord led his army to the northern expedition, he only took away 50,000 stones of grain and grass, and there was no order to transfer the order. Therefore, our army had sufficient food and grass. In the past two months, his subordinates once again raised 200,000 stones of grain and grass, weapons needed by the 300,000 army, and more than 600,000 arrows. The remaining heavy weapons were more than 100,000, and all the food and grass supplies were delivered to the Tongguan camp ten days ago. Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that these food and grass supplies can be used by our army for three months, and the food and grass supplies required by the Anyi camp and Xu Rong camp were allocated as early as the lord traveled south. Therefore, our army had sufficient food and grass supplies, and the lord could lead troops to the expedition at any time!"

"Okay. Yuanzhong is planning ahead and considers it carefully. It's so good!" Li Li nodded happily.

After Li Xuan sat down, Li Ru stood up and reported: "As of today, the letters sent to various princes by the lords who led the army to the northern expedition of the barbarians have also been received one after another. Liu Biao in Jingzhou replied to the edict. Cai He escorted 100,000 stones of grain and grass to Xurong camp seven days ago. When Tao Qian was seriously ill, he ordered his eldest son Tao merchant to escort 70,000 stones of grain and grass to Xurong camp five days ago. He also accompanied the letter written by Tao Qian. Gongsun Zan of Youzhou sent the chief sedan Guan Jing to escort 30,000 stones of grain and grass to 3,000 pieces.

The war horses arrived at Zhou Yu's camp three days ago. Then Guan Jing came to Chang'an to worship the emperor, hoping to meet with the lord. In addition, Liu Zhang, Yizhou, sent an envoy to send 20,000 stones of grain and grass and 5,000 gold, Zhang Lu, Hanzhong, sent 3,000 stones of grain and grass, and explicitly supported the lord to fight against the barbarians. Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou who had never paid tribute in recent years, also sent an envoy to send 10,000 stones of grain and grass and 10,000 gold, claiming that Yuan Shu had provoked the war for no reason and wanted to kill the people of Yangzhou. He asked the lord to report to the emperor and punish Yuan Shu."

"Hahaha!" Li Li laughed loudly when he heard this, "This Liu Yao is quite interesting. He doesn't burn incense on weekdays and crams for the moment. He has never seen him pay tribute to pay grain before. Now Yuan Shu invaded Yangzhou and sent troops continuously within half a year, occupying Runan, Jiujiang, Lujiang and other counties, and was in a hurry. Liu Yao knew to ask the court for help. Unfortunately, he was too naive and childish, and the court also had times of difficulties. I, Li Li, can't take care of myself now, so how can I care about his little things!"

After a brief pause, Li Li ordered Li Ru: "Tell the emperor about this matter, and grant Liu Yao the left general, the governor of Yangzhou, and lead Yangzhou to be in charge of the southern killing and fighting. Tell him that Yangzhou is his territory of Liu Yao, and Yuan Shu is just an outsider. Let him withstand the pressure, rectify the troops, and be sure to wipe out Yuan Shu!"

"This, Liu Yao is probably not Yuan Shu's opponent." Li Ru said hesitantly in surprise.

Li Li smiled and said in a weird way: "It's too early to say whether he is an opponent or not. Liu Yao has been entrenched in Yangzhou for many years. He used to be drunk and dreaming, and was blind and happy, and was no different from Liu Yan in Yizhou. Now that Yuan Shu is leading his troops to fight, he must resist the death of fighting with Yuan Shu. I don't expect Liu Yao to really wipe out Yuan Shu, as long as he entangles Yuan Shu, what does he have to do with me if he dies or lives!"

"No, my subordinates understand." Li Ru responded happily.

Li Li nodded slightly and chuckled, "I rewarded him with my previous promise to Liu Biao as much as possible, especially the imperial edict to Liu Biao's concubine Cai's concubine, and must not be neglected. He also appointed Cai Mao as General Hengjiang and the navy of Jingzhou. He appointed Gongsun Zan as the former general, the governor of Youzhou, and the military and political affairs of the four states of You, Ji, Qing and Yan, and granted him a false ceremony and axe. He does not have to submit a request when encountering problems, but you can make a decision on your own! As for Liu Zhang of Yizhou, he does not need to pay attention to it for the time being, he gave it to him.

These food and gold and silver are just favors for me, not really supporting me. There is also Zhang Lu, Hanzhong. This thief is really hateful. What does three thousand stones of food and grass mean? Do you have pity for my Xiliang army? This thief showed me weakness on the surface, but in fact he was sinister. He ordered Liangzhou Governor Cui Yan to rectify the county government soldiers and ordered Guo Si to lead 10,000 Qinglong Camp to defend Yangping Pass and always beware of the movements in Hanzhong, but any abnormal movements were reported to me immediately!"

"No!" Li Ru and Li Xuan respectfully accepted the order.

"Yeah." Li Li nodded gently, then stood up and said loudly: "Each battalion rests for two days, and gathers to discuss matters in the Anyi camp. Two days later, I personally led a large army to fight with the princes of the Central Plains!"

"No, we will accept the order!" Everyone in the hall stood up and knelt down and bowed.

Li Li waved his hand coldly, then strode towards the side door and headed to the inner hall of the backyard.

"Let's go, lord, I have something to report to you." Seeing Li Li shook his hand and left, Li Ru rushed over and said anxiously.

"Well? What else does Wenyou have to do, military information or government affairs?" Li Li stopped hearing the sound, and said with a slightly frown of sword eyebrows.

Seeing Li Li's face showing displeasure, Li Ru's expression changed slightly. He knew that he was not the time. The lord had just returned home, so naturally he had a lot of trivial matters to deal with, but he caught up at this time, but he shouldn't have it.

"I am reckless and not urgent. This matter is not urgent. It is not an urgent military situation. Please forgive me and my subordinates will take their leave." After bowing and prosecuting the crime, Li Ru left in disappointment.

It is true that Li Li has become more and more powerful in recent years, and Li Ru may be because of his long-term management of detailed information, so he often reports some secret matters to Li Li privately, which is inevitable that he is a bit arrogant. In fact, this is a bad habit that Li Ru was infected with Dong Zhuo in his early years, but he himself was not aware of it, but today he encountered a nail in front of Li Li.

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Chapter completed!