Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 340: The emperor has no heir, so we should also do our part!
Although Lu Su was taken to Yecheng together with Zhou Yu, they were imprisoned in different places because of their different crimes and identities.

Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others were imprisoned in the Tianlao, while he was imprisoned in an ordinary prison and was only summoned by the emperor today.

He was not sure whether Zhou Yu had been pardoned.

Although he knew it was inappropriate to ask this question at the moment, since it concerned the safety of his close friend, Lu Su still asked it.

The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Lu Su lowered his head, feeling the pressure from the gazes cast from above, and was so nervous that he could even clearly hear his own heartbeat.

Liu Xie looked at Lu Su for a long time, and finally said: "Since he voluntarily surrendered, I will pardon his death sentence and allow him to make meritorious contributions in the future. He is still in prison now."

"Your Majesty is merciful!"

Lu Su felt relieved and kowtowed again to express his gratitude.

The worries in my heart finally dissipated.

At the same time, he was full of admiration for Liu Xie.

As expected, he was not wrong. The emperor had a much broader mind than ordinary people could match. He was a wise and enlightened monarch rarely seen in history.

With such an emperor, why should the Han Dynasty worry about not being able to revive?

After bowing deeply, Lu Su bowed and withdrew.

Liu Xie watched his figure disappear outside the hall, nodded slightly, and a hint of approval flashed in his eyes.

Zhou Yu exonerated Lu Su in the court.

Lu Su took the risk of asking him about Zhou Yu's situation.

Both of them can be called true gentlemen.

There are many other people, such as Ju Shou, Tian Feng, and Shen Pei. Although they have different positions, they each have their own persistence and integrity.

It is precisely because of the existence of people like them that this era seems less boring.

However, troubled times are still troubled times after all.

These heroes and stories are just lotus flowers growing in the quagmire, while more people are still struggling in the mud.

Liu Xie's eyes became sharp and determined, and he continued to deal with the mountain of memorials on the dragon's desk.

This turbulent and chaotic world.

It should end with him!

……

Yang Mansion.

Although it was already late, the Yang Mansion was still brightly lit inside and outside, and many luxurious carriages were parked outside the mansion.

Yang Biao is holding a banquet at his house tonight and has sent invitations to all the major families, inviting them to attend the banquet.

The purpose of doing this is very simple.

It is to resolve conflicts.

Last time, the Yang family took the initiative to donate a large amount of land obtained through land reclamation, forcing all the major families to donate together, which offended everyone.

Although it doesn't matter how many people he offends as long as he can gain benefits, he still has to put in some superficial effort.

So we have this banquet today.

Because of the Yang family's background, and the fact that Yang Xiu was now directly at the center of power and in the limelight, all the major families gave him face and came to the banquet.

"You all have come tonight, which really makes my Yang Mansion glorious. I would like to thank you all for your kindness."

Yang Biao held the wine jar and smiled at everyone at the table.

His tone was full of enthusiasm.

Dong Zhong, Cui Yan, Fu Wan and others were present at the banquet, but their faces did not look very good.

Fu Wan was the most direct. He snorted coldly and said, "Your son is now favored by His Majesty. The Yang family will surely soar to the sky in the future. How dare a small family like us not accept the invitation and come?"

"After all, if I offend the Yang family, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to gain a foothold in the court in the future."

This sentence is completely sarcastic.

Among all the people present, only Fu Wan dared to speak to Yang Biao in this way. The others just raised their glasses and watched without saying a word.

"What are you talking about, Mr. Fu?"

Yang Biao shook his head, put down the wine bottle and said to everyone: "I know that Mr. Fu and you have complaints about what I, Yang, did some time ago."

"But you have misunderstood me too deeply. The reason why I acted this way is actually for your own good."

This sentence immediately made everyone present feel unhappy.

For their own good?
This is complete nonsense!

The actions of Yang Xiu and his son Yang Biao made them spit out the land they had eaten.

Thinking about it now, my heart aches so much!

Dong Zhong said calmly: "Mr. Yang is more skilled, and we have nothing to say if we lose; but Mr. Yang got the benefit and said he was thinking about us, isn't that a bit too much?"

If you lose, you lose. It’s just that your means are not as good as others.

But it's a bit insulting to say that.

"Ugh……"

Yang Biao sighed, then said seriously: "I am not mocking you at all. This is from the bottom of my heart."

"Because my original idea was the same as yours, I wanted to take advantage of the loopholes in the land reclamation policy to earn as much land as possible."

"But then my son's words made me wake up and I chose to hand over all the land I occupied."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Yang Biao.

They all thought that the idea of ​​donating land was thought up by the old fox Yang Biao, but it turned out to be Yang Xiu’s idea?
Yang Biao said slowly: "Dezu told me that the Han Dynasty has not yet been revived and the world has not yet been unified. Fighting for profit will only cause your majesty to dislike you."

"Your Majesty's power is as deep as the ocean, unfathomable. If you are blinded by the immediate benefits, your family will lose the opportunity to prosper forever."

"The Zhen family has made countless contributions to the court, and has never cared about gains and losses. Although the current expenditure is huge, you should be able to foresee how prosperous the Zhen family will be after the world is unified."

"The strategy of opening up wasteland is a good strategy that Your Majesty uses to appease the people. We have used this strategy to occupy a large amount of land. Although Your Majesty cannot punish us legally, won't you keep a record of it in your heart?"

"When the debt is full, it will be time to settle it, but it will be too late to regret it."

"Do you think so?"

After Yang Biao finished speaking, everyone fell silent, their eyes flickered, and they began to think about the pros and cons in their hearts.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Yang Biao knew that what he had just said had worked, so he continued, "So I did this not only for the Yang family, but also for your consideration."

"Now that 70% of the land has been handed over, at least 30% has been retained, and it has also helped His Majesty to calm down. This is definitely a good thing."

"And I would like to advise you all here that in the future, whenever you encounter matters related to the country and people's livelihood, try not to be too ugly..."

Yang Biao pointed upwards and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, you are watching us."

Everyone was shocked and broke out in cold sweat.

In fact, they understood the principles that Yang Biao talked about, but in the face of huge interests, they chose to ignore them.

Everyone does it, what are you afraid of?
But now that the Yang family has taken the lead in choosing to restrain themselves, they have also realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Your son really has an outstanding vision."

Dong Zhong was the first to react. He spoke with a complicated expression, while picking up the wine bottle on the table and looking at Yang Biao, "Mr. Yang has such a unicorn child, so why should the Yang family worry about not prospering?"

"I would like to congratulate Mr. Yang first."

After saying this, he drank the wine in the bottle.

This drink represents letting go of grudges.

With Dong Zhong taking the lead, the guests from other major families also started to congratulate Yang Biao and drank all the wine in the jugs. Only Fu Wan was left without raising his glass.

"Mr. Fu?"

Yang Biao turned his gaze to Fu Wan

Fu Wan was silent for a moment, but finally picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp, then placed the bottle heavily on the table.

His resentment was not directed at Yang Biao.

But it was directed at his own son.

"Look at Yang Dezu, then look at my idiot. Why is there such a big difference? It really makes me angry!"

Fu Wan was extremely annoyed.

Jealousy has distorted him beyond recognition.

Seeing that everyone was willing to let go of this grudge, Yang Biao finally smiled and raised his glass, saying, "I am very grateful for your generosity."

"Come, come, let's drink together!"

"We must have a great time tonight!"

Everyone raised their glasses in response, and after all their grudges were put aside, the atmosphere at the banquet became noticeably more lively than before.

Everyone was drinking and chatting happily.

Cui Yan said under the influence of alcohol: "Now your son is deeply favored by His Majesty. He will surely be one of the three highest officials in the future. The prosperity of the Yang family is just around the corner."

"Mr. Yang, please don't forget to take care of Cui when the time comes."

Facing Cui Yan's compliment, Yang Biao was happy in his heart, but he still had to be modest and said, "I am a person of limited talent and virtue, but I am lucky to be favored by your majesty."

"It is General Cui who organized the Tiger Guards and made great contributions to Your Majesty. His talents are far superior to my son's. In my opinion, the Cui family is the one that will truly prosper."

The two of them flattered each other and praised each other.

Face is something that is given to each other.

But at this moment, Shen Rong on the side suddenly said quietly: "I'm not trying to spoil your fun, but in terms of prosperity, I'm afraid the Zhen family and Lu Bu are still the best."

"They are the ones who will really be successful in the future."

As soon as Shen Rong said this, the table suddenly became quiet.

The lively atmosphere also died down.

Zhen, Lu Bu.

One is the emperor's purse, and the other is the sharp blade in the emperor's hand. Now that both families have daughters in the palace, the queen will inevitably appear among the two.

Although Empress Fu is still around, anyone with a discerning eye knows that she was once held hostage by the false emperor, and it is impossible for her to continue to be the empress regardless of whether she has lost her virginity or not.

The reason why she is still allowed to stay in the position of queen is, firstly, for the face of the royal family, and secondly, to avoid the situation where the Zhen and Lu families compete for the throne.

When the world is unified, the queen will be chosen from these two families.

Yang Biao and Cui Yan also fell silent.

No matter how high an official position one holds, one can only make the family prosperous for one or two generations at most. But if there is a queen in the family and her son becomes the emperor, the entire family can prosper for at least three generations.

The gap between the two is like heaven and earth!

Fu Wan sighed and said, "Yes, when it comes to the prosperity of the family in the future, who can compare with the Zhen family and the Lu family?"

Ju Zong's eyes moved when he heard this, and he asked, "Why does Lord Fu say this? The current queen is Lord Fu's daughter, and Lord Fu's second daughter is also a noble lady in the palace."

"The Fu family is not inferior to the Zhen family and Lu Bu."

Fu Wan glanced at Ju Zong and said nothing.

He knew his own limitations well. Not to mention that the dethronement of Empress Fu was an inevitable result, even his second daughter, whom he sent into the palace later, was not favored by the emperor.

It can be said that the position of queen will never be theirs.

Dong Zhong, who was standing by, drank silently, feeling very sad.

His Dong family also had children who were noble ladies in the palace and were very much loved by the emperor, but now no one knows where they are.

Although Dong Cheng had made great contributions to the cause of the dragon, this achievement only made the Dong family prosperous for one generation at most.

If no queen is born and no dragon son is born, it will all be in vain.

"A family that has fallen into business, and a family that came from the military, what right do they have to be above us?"

Someone said something indignantly.

Everyone looked around but couldn't find who said it, but this sentence undoubtedly hit the nail on the head in their hearts.

The class chain of contempt has always existed.

The top families look down on the local gentry, the local gentry look down on the poor and declining families, and the poor and declining families look down on the peasants and common people.

Lu Bu was born in a commoner family and was at the bottom of the contempt chain; although the Zhen family was a local powerful family, the family had long since declined and began to engage in business, an industry that the upright gentry looked down upon the most.

When they thought that the queen would appear between their two families, everyone felt a blockage in their hearts.

This is simply an insult!
Yang Biao shook his head and said, "These are not things we should discuss, and what else can we do? Let's just keep drinking."

The position of Queen was out of their reach. It wasn't that they didn't want to send their children to the palace, but if they did so, it would be like openly competing for the position of Queen.

This will inevitably lead to enmity between Zhen and Lu Bu.

It would be fine if you could grab it, but if you fail, you will definitely be retaliated against in the future, and no one wants to take such a risk.

Everyone sighed in their hearts but didn't say much.

Only Cui Yan was playing with the wine jar in his hand, and suddenly asked: "By the way, Your Majesty... seems to be without an heir now?"

Everyone was shocked.

They all looked at Cui Yan.

Cui Yan spread his hands and smiled, "I just said it casually, you don't have to take it to heart, drink."

On the surface, everyone smiled and agreed, but in their hearts, Cui Yan's words caused a huge wave of uproar.

……

After Lu Su proposed how to deal with the major families in Yanzhou and Yuzhou and the matter of moving the capital, Liu Xie summoned Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia and others into the palace the next day and held a small meeting to discuss the matter.

"Your Majesty, I think this strategy is feasible."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time after listening to this, and then gave his own evaluation: "Moving the capital back to Luoyang will be of great benefit, and will be more conducive to the next expedition to Jingzhou."

"As long as Jingzhou is captured, both Jiangdong and Yizhou will be under our control."

"Luoyang will have to be rebuilt sooner or later. Now we can use this opportunity to ask the noble families in Yanzhou and Yuzhou to invest, which can also save a lot of financial and material resources."

Liu Xie nodded, then looked at Guo Jia, Sima Yi, Jia Xu and Yang Xiu, and asked, "What do you think, my dear ministers?"

"This is a very good strategy."

"can."

"I second the proposal."

"good."

Guo Jia and the other three all agreed with this idea.

They are all smart people. Of course, they can see the huge benefits behind moving the capital to Luoyang, so they will naturally choose to support it.

But Sima Yi continued, "Your Majesty, although moving the capital to Luoyang is feasible, we need to resolve the last major threat in the north before that."

"I think we should send troops to the north to attack the Wuhuan!"

(End of this chapter)