Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 298: Unkind?

At the New Year's Day meeting in Xudu, Liu Xie not only showed his face and rewarded Prime Minister Cao Cao greatly, affirming his military exploits in resisting Yuan Ni, but also gave gold and silk to Xuzhou Shepherd Liu Bei.

Thinking that this was given to Liu Bei with Cao Cao's money, Liu Xie became more and more happy, and even wanted to fill in a few more "0"s.

The first person to be commended was Cao Cao, followed by Liu Bei, and then...surprisingly it was Liu Zhang, saying that he was praising him for protecting the country and the people.

Then in Baima, Xia Houyuan, who launched a beautiful surprise attack and defeated Yuan Shao's vanguard army, and Guan Yu, who defeated Yuan Xi several times in Qingzhou...

Just as Liu Ai said to Liu Xie, although Liu Bei did not explicitly side with Liu Xie and have a head-on conflict with Cao Cao,... an imperial uncle with real power outside stayed in Xudu as a hostage. Invisibly, it also increased the royal family's confidence.

Even if the prime minister must be rewarded first and established as the number one hero of the Han Dynasty, he still has some poor autonomy. For example... Liu Bei is also rewarded, and Cao Cao's money is used to reward him.

The Prime Minister's Office will not stop such behavior, after all, Liu Bei is now their ally.

At this time, Cao Cao was just standing in the first position on his left hand, listening with his eyes closed and his face expressionless.

Obviously, Cao Cao has known this list for a long time, but... he doesn't want to fall out with Liu Bei now, otherwise Liu Bei will directly put Qingzhou soldiers into Xuzhou, and Cao Cao's retreat will be at risk immediately!
Gradually, some people also showed surprised expressions - they didn't hear the commendation for Hua Xin...or rather for Chu Hou.

Could it be that there is still a estrangement over the matter of granting Jiuxi?
Indeed, a while ago, Hua Xin seemed to be standing still in the palace, as if something had happened...

At the beginning, some people suspected that because the merits and virtues of the General's Mansion were so great, they wanted to be specially rewarded. However... after reading for more than ten people, Liu Xie suddenly said: "In The General's Mansion in Yangzhou has also wiped out the last remnants of Yuan Shu's party this year, which makes me very happy."

After saying that, he continued to talk about other people...

In such an inconspicuous place?It’s better not to mention Bai Tu!

Many courtiers looked at Hua Xin quietly, but saw that the old man was looking at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart, without being moved at all.

The Qi-nurturing Kung Fu is first-rate, but...many courtiers feel gloomy about this, knowing that this is a sign of discord between the General's Mansion and the imperial court.

Whether it was the courtiers who still had some expectations for the Han Dynasty or the courtiers who had already expressed their goodwill to Cao Cao, they were all thinking about the impact this would have.

Changshui captain Zhong Shao, although not of high rank, as the commander of Xiyuan's pro-army, also appeared in the court meeting at this time. After hearing Liu Xie's words, he frowned and looked at Liu Xie impatiently, then looked again Hua Xin, unfortunately, could not speak.

The Zhong family can be regarded as a loyal family. Zhong Ji's elder brother Zhong Shao was killed by Li Jue when he was in Chang'an because he made a secret plan to lead Ma Teng to attack Li Jue and save the Han Emperor.

Now Zhongji is also a die-hard loyalist of the Han Emperor, but he can't understand why Liu Xie has such an attitude, and... Zongzheng and Liu Ai didn't stop him?

In contrast, Hua Xin, the person involved, seemed unmoved from beginning to end.

Regarding Liu Xie's "humiliation", Hua Xin was very moved - Liu Xie's face did not look like that of an emperor, but rather that of a baby!
Recently, it is true that Liu Xie's impression of the General's Mansion has begun to take a turn for the worse. The reason is... the good news.

The good news from the General's Office in Jingzhou stimulated Liu Xie.

It is said that Liu Biao was the governor of Jingzhou appointed by Dong Zhuo. During the period when Li Jue was holding the emperor hostage, Liu Biao was appointed as the shepherd of Jingzhou because he took the initiative to pay tribute. Liu Xie always had a bad opinion of him.

But one thing that cannot be denied is that the only three Liu clan princes are now pillars of the Han Dynasty!

With them as "foreign aid", the Han Dynasty can have more prestige and the court can have more room to play.

Therefore, after Liu Xie learned about the success of the General's Mansion, he once again came to Hua Xin, saying that he would mediate the conflict between the General's Mansion and Liu Biao, and asked him to write to the General's Mansion to stop attacking Liu Biao!

But how could Hua Xin pay attention to him?
He insisted on three points: "Liu Biao was a fake official appointed by Dong Ni", "accepting the remnants of Yuan Ni to plot evil" and "attacking and killing the prefect of Changsha with the intention of resisting the imperial court".

In short, no matter what Liu Xie says, Hua Xin insists on one thing - no matter what you, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, think, in order to help the Han Dynasty, our General's Office must kill Liu Biao!
This naturally angered Liu Xie and even threatened Hua Xin to issue an order directly. Hua Xin still didn't care and just stood there outside the palace, looking like a loyal minister trying to persuade him...

After that, Liu Xie's "will" was directly rejected by the prime minister's office.

Because of Liu Bei, Cao Cao gave him a little more grace, but he couldn't open a mill!

From the imperial edict to Liu Xie, if you want thicker millet porridge today, you must go through the Prime Minister's Palace before being sent out.

Naturally, Cao Cao would not look at Liu Xie and tease his important allies "for no reason" - if the so-called will can make Bai Tu give up attacking Jingzhou, why wait for Liu Xie to come up with it?

Cao Cao knew best that when such an edict came to the General's Mansion, it was just to cause trouble for himself. Maybe Bai Tu would even directly accuse Xu Du's court of issuing a false edict. What would be damaged would not only be the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but also the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The relationship with the general's mansion?

The decree was directly rejected by the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister's Mansion even sent a small official to tell him "Don't mess around." He also reminded Liu Xie that the decree had nothing to do with him, so he should worry less about it in the future... Liu Xie Xie was naturally even more angry.

Seven parts of this anger is directed at Cao Cao, and three parts are dialogue pictures, but... Liu Xie's hostility towards Cao Cao has long been maxed out, and now Liu Xie does not dare to do anything to Cao Cao, and can only be at his mercy.

As for the General's Mansion... Emperor Shan Gao was far away, and Liu Xie still dared to vent his anger in his own way.

But for Hua Xin, this way of venting his anger didn't hurt his flesh or itch his skin at all.

After the court meeting on New Year's Day, Dong Cheng, who was left behind by Liu Xie, watched with disdain as Hua Xin left "despontaneously".

The previous events were not without his instigation.

Especially when Hua Xin stood respectfully outside the palace, Dong Cheng was very happy to see it - as expected, the fake can't be true, I still tested out the loyal and traitor, right?

Are you scared now?But even if you stand there stupidly, Your Majesty will never be deceived by you again!

Zhong Ji was the envoy sent by the imperial court to welcome Hua Xin. He was familiar with Hua Xin, so he went to Hua Xin specifically and comforted him: "Master Hua, your Majesty is still young now, and you cannot make the decision on many things by yourself. If there is anything, Mr. Hua needs to be more tolerant of anything inappropriate!"

As a loyal minister of the imperial court, Zhong Ji also felt aggrieved that he had to speak softly to the "envoy" of a local powerful official. However, after experiencing the humiliation of Dong Zhuo, Li Guo and others, Zhong Ji had already recognized the reality.

"Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness. How can you say 'forgiveness'? Lord Zhong will offend the old minister and the general! If Lord Zhong said that, the old minister would have to kneel at the gate of the palace all night to express... Hua Xin was surprised and said with a heartbroken tone.

Hearing this, Zhong Ji was so frightened that he broke into sweat on his forehead and said quickly: "Master Hua must not be like this! Ahem... I mean, it is the New Year now, Master Hua can just live in peace."

Hua Xin, now the people of Xudu, even the entire Central Plains, and even the people of the world know this name.

Previously, Hua Xin was standing in the palace, and there have been a lot of rumors since it was reported. If Hua Xin knelt down at the entrance of the palace for [-] people... maybe there would be some rumors!

At that time, it will definitely not be Hua Xin who will be criticized by the people all over the world, but Liu Xie, who is "unkind and ungrateful".

(End of this chapter)