People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 273 One Stone

Five days have passed!

When it was time to go to court again, Li Yao led his troops to come on time, but he was on the other side.

A group of ministers surrounded Liu Yu. It seemed that after Yang Biao was driven home, now Liu Yu became their backbone.

After Li Yao came, they immediately shut up and looked at Li Yao with hatred and fear. In fact, Li Yao didn't treat them very much. Just these people, according to their official positions, they would give them as little as a thousand stones and as many as ten thousand stones. It was outrageous to a certain extent.

How much food was harvested this time, a large part of it has to be supported by the imperial court, that is, to support the emperor and the officials, the emperor is fine, as for the officials...

Li Yao really wanted to starve them to death!

At this time, Liu Xie came out, shouted and saluted, and a set of procedures was quickly completed.

Then it was time to talk about the business, Liu Yu came out alone, holding a wat board, saluted and said:
"Youzhou Shepherd Liu Yu, I pay my respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will live forever, and the Great Han will last forever!"

Liu Xie was very happy to see Liu Yu. According to his seniority, Liu Xie should call Liu Yu an uncle, and he was an old minister of the former emperor, so he was even more kind. At this time, he quickly said:
"Aiqing, please, I am so relieved to be able to see Aiqing!"

Liu Yu, as a clan member of the Han family, now that the Han Dynasty has fallen to this point, and the emperor has fallen to this point, he feels extremely helpless:
"Your Majesty, you have suffered..."

As soon as these words came out, not only Liu Xie, but even the other officials were sad and lamented repeatedly.

Li Yao coughed, all the officials up to the emperor and down to the officials were silent, then he also stood up and saluted and said:
"Your Majesty, Mr. Liu has not traveled thousands of miles. He returned to Guanzhong from Youzhou. It can be seen that he has a submissive heart. Therefore, I invite Mr. Liu to be the Taiwei!"

After hearing what Li Yao said, Liu Xie still appointed his uncle as an official, and nodded in agreement without hesitation:

"Yes, yes, I agree, Aiqing should be the captain!"

Liu Yu still wanted to open his mouth to refuse. After all, the ancient moral system emphasized benevolence, righteousness and humility. Even the ancient sages had to pay attention to three words and three concessions when abdicating the throne.

But at this time, those officials also spoke one after another, thinking that Liu Yu could serve as the Taiwei.

Now that people are back, they are no longer Youzhou Shepherds, and they can no longer sit on one side. If they can occupy a high position in the court, they can also slightly suppress Li Yao, that's what they think.

In the end, Liu Yu had no choice but to accept:
"My lord, thank you Your Majesty!"

Originally, such a scene, Junming, Chenxian, how wonderful, but Li Yao stood up again, like a villain, breaking all the beauty:

"Your Majesty, now that Liu Gong is serving as the Taiwei, then Youzhou Mu should find someone else. I feel that Gongsun Zan can take on this important task. This man is brave and good at fighting, and he is the leader of the three armies. He drove the barbarians from the grassland and broke the yellow scarf on Mount Tai. He has made outstanding achievements and has a great power in Hebei. Only this man can protect the safety of Youzhou, and only this man can keep the border from being invaded by barbarians!"

But upon hearing Li Yao's words, Liu Yu immediately stopped him:
"This is impossible. Gongsun Zan is tyrannical and warlike. In Youzhou, he is good at provoking frontiers and provoking wars. If he becomes the shepherd of Youzhou, he will definitely wreak havoc on the people of Youzhou..."

Li Yao glanced at Liu Yu, this kind of gentleman can be bullied, so he said:
"Taiwei, you are an elder. You should give more tolerance and more opportunities to those who are capable and meritorious under your command. How can you care about everything? If you don't reward for meritorious service today, you will be punished for nothing tomorrow. Moreover, Youzhou is located in the frontier and needs a strong general. Otherwise, the barbarians will wreak havoc and the people will suffer the most..."

"You are a clan member of the Han family and a former Youzhou shepherd, don't be so jealous of the virtuous and capable, it is disgraceful!"

Liu Yu was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, he, Liu Yu, was jealous and jealous...

It can only be said that Li Yao understands yin and yang very well, and it seems that not letting Gongsun Zan serve as Shepherd of Youzhou is because Liu Yu is jealous of the virtuous and capable.

In the end, Liu Yu could only grit his teeth and say:

"Then Gongsun Zan is from Youzhou, how can he be the shepherd of Youzhou!"

Li Yao shook his head and retorted:

"At this time of crisis, it is even more important to promote talents in an eclectic manner, Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Liu Xie looked at his uncle, and was also speechless by Li Yao. Hearing this, he didn't dare to refute:
"Yep……"

Upon hearing this, Li Yao directly finalized:

"Well, let Gongsun Zan be the shepherd of Youzhou, add the title of General Zhenbei, let him guard the northern part of the Han Dynasty, and don't let those Wuhuan, Xianbei... be fierce!"

Liu Yu first looked at Liu Xie, then at Li Yao, his face full of disbelief, and then he returned to Guanzhong from Youzhou, went to court for the first time, and finally saw how arrogant Li Yao was and how humble the emperor was.

At this moment, Li Yao thought in his heart:

"Gongsun Zan, I have broken my heart because of you. If you still can't fight Yuan Shao back and forth to wear down his strength, then you are too useless!"

But at this moment, Li Yao did not suspend the offensive, but looked at the crowd and said:
"Your Majesty, the country is suffering from internal and external troubles. Many refugees in Guanzhong have no clothes or food. They are miserable. As the court's General Wei, Shang Shuling, and Jing Zhaoyin, for the sake of the court and your majesty, I am willing to reduce my salary. I only take one stone of grain every year. All the saved food will be donated to the refugees to help them survive the coming winter..."

Speaking of this, Li Yao once again became eccentric:

"Of course, everything is voluntary by me. It's all for the court, for your Majesty, and for the people of the world. As for the rest of the officials, their salaries are still distributed in full. Let them have a good and fat year. Otherwise, why don't the people say that the court treats the ministers harshly, and Your Majesty treats the ministers harshly!"

This time, not only Liu Yu, but the rest of the officials were so angry that they wanted to vomit blood. They looked at Li Yao with a dazed expression on their faces:
There are such brazen people in the world!
They once teamed up to overthrow Dong Zhuo, now it seems that it is better to let Dong Zhuo be in power, Dong Zhuo is not so cruel, Dong Zhuo treats the people harshly, but he treats the emperor and the officials, at least he has a bit of dignity, he can give as much salary as he should, unlike Li Yao, who holds all the money and food of the court, and has the audacity to say that he will reduce his salary.

This person is afraid of comparison, and now they actually miss Dong Zhuo a little bit...

After a while like this, Liu Yu stood up first, he is the current Taiwei, Sangong Wanshi, and said:

"Your Majesty, I'm an incompetent minister. I can assume the position of Taiwei. It's because of my colleagues' praise. Your Majesty favors me. I also voluntarily reduce my salary. I only take a hundred and one hundred stones of grain, and donate the rest of the grain to the refugees..."

After Liu Yu, the rest of the officials quickly followed. What could they do? In the Han Dynasty, being an official was all about reputation, and there were no imperial examinations, and there were no exams.

(End of this chapter)