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Chapter 240: Reorganization of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy

Lu Bu learned the news of the queen's return to the palace from Zhang Liao. He had never paid attention to this matter before.

Lu Lingqi replied, "Yes, I have returned to the palace, but I am recovering from my poor health... Why did father suddenly ask this?"

"To remind you, of course!"

Lu Bu said with a fierce face, and at the same time he began to teach Lu Lingqi earnestly: "Your Majesty once promised your father that he would make you the queen after the world was unified."

"At present, the Fu family is also a meritorious official, so Your Majesty cannot depose the queen. When your father's contribution is greater than that of the Fu family in the future, then Your Majesty will make you the queen, and the Fu family will not be able to say anything."

"So you must not be jealous of the Queen, or engage in intrigues in the palace, which will only cause trouble for His Majesty."

"You just need to practice martial arts in the palace and work hard to give birth to a dragon heir. This is more important than anything else. Leave the rest to your father!"

Lu Bu patted his chest so hard that it shook the earth.

Zhang Liao told him that Empress Fu was the biggest threat to Lü Lingqi's ascension to the throne, but he didn't really care. As the world was still unsettled, what was wrong with letting Fu continue to be the empress?
When the world is unified in the future, it will all depend on merit, not to mention that Your Majesty has made a promise to him before.

Of course, the most important thing is the dragon heir!
The emperor currently has no heir. If Lu Lingqi has an heir, he will be the eldest son. Plus, with the support of his grandfather who has made great military achievements, it will be difficult for him not to become the crown prince in the future.

Lu Bu was calculating very loudly in his mind.

After hearing this, although Lu Lingqi felt that jealousy and intrigue had nothing to do with her and she had no intention of doing so, she still nodded in order to reassure Lu Bu.

After talking about this, Lu Bu finally felt relieved, and then he told her with great excitement about the courtesy he received when he entered the palace today.

"Your Majesty has been extremely gracious to my father."

"Qi'er, do you know that when your father entered the palace to meet the emperor this time, His Majesty ordered the Imperial Guards to bow to your father and personally came down the steps to greet him!"

"In the history of our Han Dynasty, only Wei Qing, the Marquis of Changping, has ever received such an honor and treatment!"

When mentioning this, Lu Bu's heart was filled with pride.

He can brag about this for the rest of his life.

This is also the reason why he is not worried at all that Empress Fu's existence will threaten Lu Lingqi's position as queen. The Fu family does not have such treatment as he does!
"The Imperial Guards bowed their heads? The Emperor came down to greet him?"

Lu Lingqi's beautiful eyes were filled with surprise.

She certainly understood the weight of this honor.

"Yes."

Lü Bu said with emotion: "Since my father joined the army, Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun and their ilk have only used me. Only Your Majesty has been truly kind to me."

"When we were in Luoyang, Your Majesty trusted me greatly, and now he has given me all the favors that a subject can have."

"How can I, as a father, not do my best to repay Your Majesty?"

At this point, Lu Bu paused, looked up at Lu Lingqi, and said, "Qi'er, to be honest, I don't think it's that important whether you become the queen or not."

"It would be best if you can be one, but if not, we won't ask for anything. After all, His Majesty has been good enough to our Lu family."

"Just stay well in the palace."

The last few words were what Lu Bu really thought.

In the past, he was loyal to the emperor for the position of general, for his daughter to become queen, and for his grandson to become crown prince, but now he feels that even without these, he will still serve the emperor loyally.

A scholar dies for a confidant.

He, Lu Bu, was not an erratic villain. He betrayed his master before only because Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo did not treat him sincerely. But the current emperor was completely different.

Don't treat him as a tool, don't treat him as a dog, but treat him as a subject!

So he must repay this kindness!
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi's beautiful eyes sparkled. She nodded seriously and said, "Daughter understands, father."

Lu Bu smiled with relief, drank the tea in the cup in big gulps, then stood up and left.

……

Imperial Palace, Xuanshi.

While Lu Bu went to visit Lu Lingqi, Liu Xie summoned Guo Jia, Jia Xu and Sima Yi to discuss the next attack plan against Yuan Shao.

Small matters are discussed in the court, and big matters are discussed in private.

Sometimes some major decisions and strategies do not require so many voices, and can be discussed privately by a small group of people. If too many people discuss, it is easy to end up like the situation where Yuan Shao’s advisers argued endlessly before.

Originally, Liu Xie only liked to ask Jia Xu and Guo Jia to come for consultation, but Sima Yi proved his ability through the battle of Qingzhou, so he was also qualified to participate.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Liu Xie said, "My dear ministers, please feel free to speak your mind. Zhongda, you go first."

Liu Xie gave the right to speak first to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi felt flattered and delighted at the same time, because he knew that this was the emperor's trust and appreciation of him!
Sima Yi suppressed his joy and thought for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, now that Qingzhou has been occupied and the three states are connected, the most urgent task is to integrate forces and capture the entire Jizhou."

"If Jizhou is unified, Yuan Shao won't be a concern."

Currently, only Weijun, Guangping and Yangping counties in Jizhou are under Yuan Shao's control, and the rest of the territory still belongs to Yuan Shao.

However, with Qingzhou and Xuzhou as their backing, and Lu Bu's assistance, they had the confidence to attack other counties in Jizhou and were no longer as passive as before.

"It makes sense."

Liu Xie nodded slightly, approving Sima Yi's suggestion. At the same time, he turned his gaze to Jia Xu and Guo Jia and asked, "What about Feng Xiao and Wen He? What do you think?"

Guo Jia said: "Attacking Jizhou is indeed the top priority, but we still need to contain Yuan Shao's forces and prevent him from interfering."

"Moreover, Yuan Shao's reputation and word of mouth are still very good. Your Majesty might as well issue an imperial decree to ask Yuan Shao to surrender. If he does not surrender, Yuan Shao's identity as a traitor will be confirmed. In this way, the number of people supporting Yuan Shao will inevitably decrease greatly."

The imperial edict was not issued before because the situation did not allow it.

But now there are fewer concerns.

In the future, a war between the two sides is inevitable for the competition with Yuan Shao for Jizhou and even for the entire north, so it is necessary to have a legitimate reason to fight. You must know that Yuan Shao is still the general now.

Guo Jia's suggestion hit the mark of Liu Xie. He nodded and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking. Fengxiao, go draft an edict for me and send it to the whole country."

"Also, send another imperial edict to Zhang Yan, asking him to continue attacking and harassing Yuan Shao in Youzhou... Also send him the reward I promised him before, don't be stingy."

Liu Xie naturally knew about the situation in Youzhou. In order to delay Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan spared no effort and made great sacrifices.

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

Liu Xie was not like the capitalist vampires of later generations. The reward he promised to give to Zhang Yan would not be less at all, but would be doubled.

After all, you still have to rely on Zhang Yan to continue to delay Yuan Shao. If you don't give him some benefits, why should he work for you?
"I accept the decree."

Guo Jia bowed and accepted the order.

After discussing this matter, Liu Xie asked Guo Jia and Sima Yi to leave first and left Jia Xu alone.

After Guo Jia and the other two left, Liu Xie said to Jia Xu without further ado: "Wenhe, I have a decree for you. I will only feel at ease if you do this."

Jia Xu was startled when he heard this, and said sternly, "Your Majesty, please speak."

The emperor left him alone to explain something.

It must be very important.

Liu Xie's eyes were sharp, and he said in a deep voice: "I order you to be the direct envoy of the Embroidered Uniforms and secretly reorganize the Embroidered Uniforms!"

He had the idea of ​​reorganizing the Embroidered Uniform Envoy a long time ago, but he lacked the ability before, so the idea had to be shelved.

Now he has occupied two states plus three counties in Jizhou. His strength has undergone earth-shaking changes. He is fully capable of restoring the organization of the Embroidered Uniform Envoy and forming a secret agency directly under the emperor that integrates assassination, intelligence gathering, and supervision of officials!

In his opinion, the only person who could handle this task was Jia Xu, who was the best choice in terms of both means and loyalty. Compared with Jia Xu, Guo Jia's means were still somewhat insufficient.

"Embroidered Envoy?"

Jia Xu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and all kinds of information about the Embroidered Uniform Envoy suddenly emerged in his mind.

This was a famous special agency during the reign of Emperor Wu. The official position was low but the power was great. The embroidered robe envoys wore embroidered robes and held imperial seals and tiger talismans. Their main duties were to "suppress traitors" and "run prisons" and supervise officials and relatives of the royal family for extravagance, violations of regulations, and illegal activities.

Of course, there are also those responsible for transmitting and collecting intelligence, carrying out some assassinations that are not worthy of being publicized, etc. They are elusive and omnipresent.

The witchcraft incident of that year was orchestrated by Jiang Chong, who was the direct envoy of the Embroidered Uniform at that time, which shows the horror of the Embroidered Uniform Envoy's power.

Liu Xie warned him: "The Embroidered Uniform Envoy must be selected from people with clean family backgrounds, reliable abilities, and absolute loyalty. I only want the best."

"Although there is no need to rush this matter, it is time to start preparing. I need to grasp the news from all over the world in a timely manner so that I can respond accurately."

Jia Xu looked resolute and replied in a deep voice: "I will definitely live up to your majesty's trust!"

He felt a little excited in his heart.

The emperor asked him to reorganize the Embroidered Uniform Envoy, which meant that the Embroidered Uniform Envoy would be managed by him in the future. This was both a heavy responsibility and great trust and power!

……

Taihang Mountains, Black Mountain Military Camp.

After experiencing a series of brutal battles, the camp is now filled with a gloomy scene, with wounded people everywhere.

Although the Black Mountain Army successfully delayed the offensive of Yuan Shao's army, they also paid a terrible price. More than half of the young and strong men in the camp were killed or wounded, and almost everyone who survived was injured.

At this time, Zhang Yan was patrolling the camp with Wang Dang.

Seeing this miserable scene, he remained expressionless. He turned to Sun Qing, who only had one arm left, and asked, "How many soldiers are left in the village?"

Sun Qing lost his arm in the battle. Even a high-ranking member of the Black Mountain Army like him was so seriously injured. One can imagine how tragic the battle was.

"There are only over 30,000 left..."

Sun Qing looked gloomy, and couldn't help but sighed, "Boss, we really can't fight any further. We are simply exchanging our lives for the lives of Yuan Jun."

"If we continue to fight, we will all be wiped out."

After so many wars, the fighting spirit in his heart has completely disappeared, and now he just wants to end it all quickly.

Watching so many brothers die every day, he felt so miserable that he didn't know when it would end.

Do we really want to fight to the death?

Zhang Yan said calmly, "Stop talking nonsense. Send someone to keep a close eye on Yuan Jun and report to me immediately if anything happens."

After saying that, he was about to leave.

But at this time, a group of people came towards him and blocked his way. They were a group of middle and high-level managers and commanders of various ranks in the Montenegrin Army.

Seeing them, Zhang Yan frowned.

His eyes narrowed even more.

The leader stood up and said to him in a deep voice: "Boss, we elected you as the village leader because you can feed the brothers and keep them alive."

"But now, you are asking your brothers to risk their lives just for the high position and generous salary given by the court. What do you think of their lives?"

Another person followed suit and said angrily, "That's right! Half of our brothers died fighting for their lives, and now we have nothing to show for it except that damn imperial edict! Is this the way out you found for us?"

"The imperial court is simply deceiving us. They have no intention of recruiting us! They just want us to fight Yuan Shao to the death!"

"If you still want us to fight to the death with Yuan Shao, we won't accompany you!"

His words elicited responses from others.

How could they not feel resentment when so many people died? It was only because Zhang Yan's prestige was still strong that the army would have started mutiny long ago.

Listening to the complaints and curses from the crowd, Zhang Yan remained calm and responded coldly. He waited until they all quieted down before he spoke.

"Finished?"

No one spoke, but there was resentment on their faces.

Facing the gazes from all directions, Zhang Yan said calmly, "Back then, my brothers and I were ambitious and followed Niu Jiao Boss to start a rebellion in order to try our luck at getting rich."

"But my later experiences taught me that going against the imperial court will never end well."

"We are just a group of lowly people at the bottom of society. Without the support of those wealthy families, it is absolutely impossible for us to successfully rebel. The only way out is to be recruited..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted.

"To recruit amnesty, what amnesty!"

A short bandit jumped out and yelled, "We can live comfortably in the Taihang Mountains. Why do we need to be recruited by the imperial court?"

"Almost all of your brothers are dead now, and you are still dreaming of becoming a marquis or a general! You are only thinking about your own future!"

As soon as these words were spoken, responses came one after another.

Apparently a lot of people have complaints about this.

Zhang Yan's eyes turned cold, and he stepped forward and kicked the short thief, sending him flying. He fell to the ground, spitting blood.

Such a brutal method shocked the whole audience.

Zhang Yan said with murderous intent on his face: "I just gave you a chance to speak, so don't interrupt me when I'm speaking."

For a moment, the whole place was silent.

Zhang Yan swept his cold eyes across everyone's faces before snorting, "You can live your whole life in Taihang Mountain, but what about your wives, children, parents?"

"You may say that you can be free in the mountains, but as long as you stay in the mountains, you will be thieves and bandits for the rest of your lives! Your descendants will all live like rats!"

"We have finally waited for an opportunity to be recruited by the imperial court. So many of our brothers have died, and you are telling me that you want to give up halfway?"

"If we give up now, our brothers will have died in vain!"

"Only if we continue to fulfill the will of the court and His Majesty can we get out of this mountain and let the families of those brothers who died live a good life! So that their deaths will not be in vain!"

"A bunch of idiots!"

Zhang Yan mercilessly scolded everyone and vented his anger. Then he said to the silent bandits with a cold face:

"The fortune teller said that I was a general whose success was achieved through the sacrifice of thousands of men. I don't believe him. I think that when we get out there, our life or death depends on ourselves!"

"I will not keep you if you are unwilling to continue to fight Yuan Shao with me, but if you are willing to stay, I, Zhang Yan, will not treat you unfairly when the matter is accomplished!"

"You choose your own path!"

After saying this, Zhang Yan walked past the crowd without even looking at them, not wanting to pay any attention to them at all.

However, at this moment, Wang Dang hurried back to the mountain stronghold and said to Zhang Yan excitedly: "Boss! The court has sent an angel!"

"The angel has come with His Majesty's reward!"

Zhang Yan was shocked when he heard this. The many Black Mountain Army bandits in the mountain stronghold also looked over with surprised expressions.

The Emperor's reward?!

(End of this chapter)