Mixed in the Three Kingdoms as a magic stick

With a smile on her face, Yan Qing patiently listened to the emperor's ramblings, and Fang said neither humble nor overbearing: "Thank you for your generosity, but as the heat gets hotter, the supply of ice cubes will only become more scarce. It will be most useful if it is given to a veteran who is weak."

Liu Kang hesitated: "Wouldn't this be a shortfall for Yanqing's family? Not good."

Yan Qing slightly emphasized his tone: "Your Majesty, people don't worry about being few, but about being uneven."

Liu Kang looked at him without blinking, and after a while changed his mind and agreed: "Thanks to Yan Qing's reminder, then I will do as you say."

Yan Qing was made inexplicably uncomfortable by the adhering gaze, lowered his eyelids slightly, and said lightly: "The minister has the courage, please Your Majesty not only reward the allies generously, but also stick to Dong Thief's coercion and coercion, never betrayed How about rewarding the ministers who are loyal to the emperor and serving the country?"

Yan Qing's suggestion was indeed for Liu Kang's weak foundation.

Once the world was in chaos, all the heroes would follow the trend, Yan Qing tried his best to turn the tide, and showed strong support and obedience to the current Liu Kang in time. Most of the other people with evil intentions were hindered by Yan Qing's strength and justice Banner, for a while, they will not dare to act rashly.

Standing in this position, Yan Qing deeply understood the meaning of what Cao Cao said that day.

——Assuming that there is no one alone in the world, how many people will be called emperors and how many people will be called kings?

Huangfusong's late failure, Lu Zhi's inability to do anything, Wang Yun's lack of performance, and Dong Zhuojun's self-destructive internal strife all contributed to Yan Qing's glory and turned into a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

As long as he shows the slightest sign of weakness, those princes who are anxious to wait and see can instantly throw away their frivolous morality, ignore the incompetent central government at all, set up their own king's banners, and completely divide the territory.

It will be much more difficult to pack up than it is now.

Hearing this, Liu Kang lowered his eyes silently.

Yan Qing didn't make it clear, but he knew that Liu Kang also understood this very well-those courtiers who were most loyal to the Han Dynasty and had an upright temperament were either smashed to pieces by Dong Zhuo's butcher knife early on, or splashed blood in front of the Golden Temple; Either he saw the opportunity quickly enough and made an excuse to slip away, or he was rescued and transferred to a safe place in Yu due to the blessing of Yanqing's prison robbery, and he will wait for everything to calm down before making the next step.

Some of them are as smug as Lu Zhi, wanting to take advantage of the clear and bright weather to serve the country, and those who still have lingering fears, return to their hometowns for the elderly, and plan for their families to survive in troubled times; Those who no longer deal with political affairs, or place their hopes on naive children with unorthodox bloodlines, please stay in Yudi, or find an inconspicuous local official, or go to the newly built courtyard to teach and educate people. Master.

Those who stayed in Beijing and were trained by Dong Zhuo, the demon king of the world, could still stand intact, except for those who were as smooth and cautious as Wang Yun, who dared to endure humiliation and prostrate at the feet of traitors to curry favor while waiting for opportunities, the rest Most of them are just idling on the wall, and they have nothing to do with the words "heart to the Han Dynasty".

The representative characters are Sima Fang, who is wise and safe, and follows the crowd, and Huang Fusong, a famous general who was once at the mercy of others, and even helped the evildoers, and was stained.

Liu Kang pursed his lips, although he was extremely unhappy, but after carefully taking a look at Yan Qing who was calm and not smiling, he sighed, "I understand."

Although he is young, he has experienced much more purgatory than many people in the world, so he can naturally distinguish between good and evil.

Yan Qing was always looking out for him and was determined to protect him.

But he just can't leave with the person he likes, and Yan Qing certainly doesn't want to stay here for a long time.

Relying on his extremely embarrassing ascension to the throne promoted by Dong Zhuoqiang, and his so-called clan background that is not as prominent as Chen Wang and Liu Chong, it is difficult to secure this position. .

Yan Qing nodded, looked at Liu Kang's sleepy expression, and thought that he was still a young boy who couldn't hide his emotions, so he couldn't help but comfort him with a gentle voice: "Your Majesty is so tolerant and magnanimous, it is the quality of a wise and wise lord. , which is really good news.”

What Yan Qing didn't expect was that this seemingly harmless young emperor knew how to climb along the pole. Hearing the slight softening in his words, he immediately held Yan Qing's hand that he couldn't dodge.

Yan Qing frowned slightly, and quickly broke free. Liu Kang seemed to have no idea what was wrong with Cai's actions just now, and his expression was as usual—with such a long-cherished wish fulfilled, the words were extremely sincere: "If there is no Sikong of the day , How come today's loneliness? Such a great kindness, will never be forgotten."

"His Majesty!"

Yan Qing righteously and sternly argued back the word 'en', but Liu Kang didn't argue, just squinted his eyes contentedly, and slowly closed Yan Qing's hand, pressing his fingertips on the palm of his hand little by little.

After Guo Jia entered the palace, he qualified to play the role of Yan Qing's follower. He didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, weakening the sense of existence to the minimum.

And when the little emperor did these things, he didn't have any scruples about his existence.

Guo Jia frowned.

Even if he doesn't listen to the ambiguous words, just this bewildered look is enough to make his eyelids twitch wildly.

Is this really the performance of young Mu Ai who is unable to restrain himself?

Yan Qing touched his hand for a while, and felt uncomfortable for a long time. Then he only talked about the difficult government affairs that Liu Kang, who was just getting started, would block the conversation. I went back home.

Guo Jia was completely lost in his own thoughts while driving, Yan Qing was not in a good mood, so he didn't bother him, just closed his eyes and rested his mind.

For the first time, the two of them were speechless all the way. After returning to the mansion, Guo Jia followed Yan Qing into the study without saying a word, and then said: "My lord, it's better to leave this place as soon as possible."

Yan Qing twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly, and immediately replied: "It's exactly what I want."

Yesterday, Guo Jia was still able to tease this confidant who seemed like a friend and master with the emperor's secret love. When he was influenced by Lu Bu for a while, when he impulsively proposed to go with him, he was also more or less out of curiosity.

After seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Yan Qing asked: "In your opinion, is it because of his lack of upbringing that he is out of love and can't stop with courtesy, or is he thinking deeply and doing it on purpose?"

If you pretend to be affectionate, but actually have another purpose, it is far more serious than being attacked by a minor and touching your hand.

The former needs to be carefully analyzed and dealt with; the latter can be laughed off and ignored.

Guo Jia shook his head: "The time is too short to see."

Yan Qing nodded.

Personally speaking, what Liu Kang showed was superficial infatuation, but it meant instability, and he felt uneasy after all.

But he was full of affairs, and he couldn't do more analysis until he had more clues. Compared with these, there were more important things waiting for him to do.

He said: "I've been out for a long time, and I can't feel at ease. When Lu Zhi comes, I will return the military power to Huangfusong, and go back to Yu."

Guo Jia has no objection.

In the early morning of the next day, the dusty Lu implanted himself in the west city gate of Luoyang, and went straight to Weiyang Palace without stopping.

Liu Kang also received him very happily.

Yan Qing had no way of knowing the detailed dialogue between the monarch and his ministers, but he must have been able to enjoy the conversation and hit it off with these eight words—otherwise, why would Liu Kang rarely stop today's morning court?

Although there are many courtiers who are secretly dissatisfied with Liu Kang, it is difficult for even the harshest people to pick out major faults: Every morning, the court will not be shaken by thunder, and basically will not express their opinions. .

Even if the courtiers were arguing violently in front of him, he didn't worry about the mediation at all. He just looked at Yan Qing expectantly and asked, "What does Yan Sikong think?"

Yan Sikong, who was becoming more and more dignified, came out in a personable manner, calmed down the scene with a few words, and made a final decision.

He seems to be a stamped shelf, reading books, wandering around, not lucky maids, and not particularly favoring any servants.

As for the bad point of listening to Yan Qing too much, it's not worth criticizing - looking at the government and the public, who would dare not listen now!

Lu Zhi came for half a day and stayed in the palace for half a day. When everyone was guessing, he succeeded in persuading Liu Kang, and he issued three deafening edicts on the same day to calm the hearts of the people:

The first one starts with self-examination. Because he was too young, he failed to prevent Zhuo Kou from making troubles, and it was all his responsibility that caused the people in Beijing to live in distress.Thinking of the sufferings of the people, he felt very painful, so he ordered the relevant officials to visit the homes of the people who had been attacked by Xiliang soldiers in person, to exempt them from taxes and corvees in the coming year, and to appease the fearful and restless people;

The second way is to get rid of the chief culprit and not to punish those who follow, whether it is the Xiliang soldiers who are still fleeing or the Beijing soldiers who have succumbed to Dong Zhuo, they will all be pardoned and innocent;

The third way is to order General Huangfu to immediately dispatch his subordinates to garrison dangerous passes in various places to prevent foreigners from taking advantage of the gap.

After Yan Qing listened, she smiled, and when she summoned all the counselors to discuss the matter, she sighed: "Lu Zhi is really going to be a pure minister."

Although the extent to which these three edicts can be implemented is very interesting, but judging from the words and sentences, they can be called very careful.

If it can be properly implemented, there is no lack of powerful effects in winning the hearts of the soldiers and the people, so that the poor people can feel the blessings of His Majesty, and initially establish in their hearts the image of the new emperor who loves the people like a son, and accumulates some prestige.

But Lu Zhi directly persuaded Liu Kang to do this without discussing with anyone, or even going through court discussions. It was obvious that he wanted to be loyal to the emperor to the end, and stayed away from forming cliques.

Xun You said: "Teacher Lu did this, and Jian Feng may be implying that the Duke is here."

Guo Jia and Liu Ye thought the same way, they couldn't help nodding.

Especially the content of the first article, Yan Qing has been ordering his subordinates to implement it, and it has come to an end, but Lu Zhi cut off the fruit with such a single hand, and took away all the fame and fortune.

As for the second and third items, Yan Qing had mentioned them to Liu Kang, but the timing wasn't ripe enough before — among other things, Huang Fusong, the most critical task in the third item, was still lying down, so he didn't make an explicit edict.

But Lu Zhi was very wary of him, wanting to strike first.

Yan Qing hummed, raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said humorously: "Let them do it. They are scrambling to do this trivial matter, which just saves us time and effort, and also prevents us from paying out of our own pockets to make up for the loss. There are powerful people Take over, it’s cheaper and I’ll leave earlier so I can take care of my one-acre three-point land.”

He hadn't intended to plunge the muddy water deeper, but he refused to believe others who judged others by themselves.

The toughness he is showing now is completely out of necessity - he is not vicious, and his methods are not sharp, so what can this young master and a bunch of grinning old officials who are pushing you and pushing each other do?

He doubted very much that if he really let go of it completely, the civil and military officials might starve themselves to death in the severe drought a few years later, as recorded in the history books.

And the vast world, not only is it still too early to be pacified, but it is also likely to fall apart at any time.

He had foreseen all of this, so how could he have the confidence to compete with others for power and power at this precarious juncture?

The ridiculous thing is that there are only a few people who know his ambitions, and those who are saved by saving their lives are still guarding against him, and those who are afraid that he will be greedy for the power in their hands account for nearly [-]%.

Chick, know the ambition of the swan!

The more Yan Qing thinks about it, the less interested he feels.

Exactly, those who know me say I am worried, those who don't know me say what I want.

In the end, among all potential or apparent opponents, Dong Zhuo, who hated him the most and feared him the most, was probably one of the people who knew his true intentions best.

During the heated discussion, Lu Bu was not the only one who noticed Yan Qing's slight sadness, but he was the only one who responded.

He reached out his hand quietly, and under the cover of the desk, he wrapped Yan Qing's hand completely with that powerful palm.

——My lord, here it is.