With the complete pacification of Youzhou, the war on the entire Hebei battlefield has basically come to an end.

The reason why the term "basic" is added is that the siege of Yecheng led by the bitter Cao Cao has not ended yet.

As mentioned earlier, Cao Cao's attack techniques were obviously worse than Zhang Fei-pang's attack on Ji, and Yuan Shang's will to resist, Yecheng's troops, and city defense and territoriality were also stronger than Jicheng.

According to the original pre-war expectations, the Yecheng battle was at least two months longer than the former. The siege was the most practical tough battle, which was to fill in materials and consume people. The fancy strategies were not very useful.

The only easy strategy to work is to attack the heart and instigate the rebellion, but Yecheng is also much more stable than Jicheng in this regard.

After all, Liu Ye, the chief minister of Lianzhou Mu, was determined to rebel and did not want to follow him anymore. The Shen Pei on Yecheng, no matter how capable he was, was at least loyal to the devil of the Yuan family.

Moreover, the "Yuan's rebellious boy" like the Xinpi family who should have stayed in Yecheng at this time in history is now gone due to the butterfly effect.

Although there were still many old ministers in the court who could not withstand the pressure and wanted to accept the surrender of Cao Cao, they were all investigated and found out by the trial and the police and all were strangled and executed.

The method of killing was as cruel as Shen Pei killed Xin Ping Xin Pi’s family in history, and they were often destroyed.

Shen Pei was very loyal and loyal. He knew that he was going to die with the city, but he still wanted to die more vigorously and leave a last reputation for loyalty and righteousness, so he insisted on patrolling the city every day. This mentality is actually a bit distorted.

In ancient times, before the death row prisoners were beheaded, they shouted slogans such as "I will be a hero again in 18 years." In fact, this is the mentality.

The war continued until mid-September, and Yecheng was in danger, but the battle was not over, and perhaps it was just a short stop.

At the same time, the good news that Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun had completely pacified Youzhou had been passed back to Luoyang and Chang'an.

...

On the second day of the September 2nd, Chang'an.

Starting from the end of August, Liu Bei and important officials such as Zhong Yao and Xun You were discussing one thing, which was to consider formally moving the capital. So before Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun's envoy arrived, the court's busy focus was basically on internal affairs.

Li Su was not in Chang'an at that time.

He just lived in Chang'an for three months when he was just prime minister in spring, presided over the political and ideological work in the rear, popularized the newly repaired orthodox theory and unified his thoughts for court officials.

Starting from summer, Li Su was still the prime minister. In fact, he was still doing the work of Sikong back then, governing Luoyang, and taking center stages to control the war zones in the north and south of Kanto, and by the way, he was fully responsible for the reconstruction of the newly occupied areas and coordinated civil affairs.

After all, the prime minister's power is more than Sikong's appointment and removal of officials and rectify the affairs of officials. If the two parts of personnel organization and ideological propaganda are removed, the rest is Sikong's old work.

By early September, during the five months of summer and autumn, although Li Su did not make any big news in Luoyang, made any inventions or policy reforms, he had done a lot of work in solid work.

The renovation and expansion of Luoyang, the excavation of the Nanyang Canal, the sale of industrial and commercial tax bonds for the fourth year of Zhangwu, and the first Beichang imperial examination in Luoyang were all prepared properly, and each made a steadily step forward.

Luoyang's hardware conditions are almost the same as Liu Bei's move over before the beginning of winter and adapt to the new environment. Then next year, Liu Bei will be able to personally take charge of Luoyang and launch the final war of unification against the Kanto region.

Therefore, when Liu Bei wants to move the capital, Luoyang's ability to accept is not a bottleneck. The key is to arrange the rule of the rear to ensure a smooth transition.

Liu Bei decided to set up a simple reserve team to stay in Xijing for one to three years, and at the same time, he would leave a three-president who might fade out of the center in the future because the three-president who retired to the second line in the year will lead this one. In the future, it can also ensure that the three-president left behind in Xijing will always be treated at the level of three-president in Xijing to appease officials before retirement.

This method was not taught by Li Su, but was completely designed by Liu Bei himself. But in fact, it is similar to many later generations of the transition operations of capital migration, so I can only say that the views are similar.

For example, when Zhu Di moved from Nanjing to Yan in the Ming Dynasty, he also left behind the six divisions of Nanjing, but the one stayed for a long time, and in the Ming Dynasty, he kept six divisions of Nanjing.

During the Song Dynasty, although Luoyang never became a genuine capital and the capital was always in Bianliang, factions that failed in political struggles were often taken to Luoyang to "stay in the Western Capital". Especially Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, and the two generations of reform were bitten, which was particularly obvious.

Liu Bei's team is still relatively young now, after all, he has not inherited the old ministers from Liu Xie. Apart from Cai Yong and Xu Jing, the oldest one is Zhong Yao.

Considering that Xu Jing's level was too low and he could not be the third minister under Liu Bei in this life, Liu Bei was preparing to let Zhong Yao be the one who stayed in Xijing.

When Zhong Yao surrendered to Liu Bei ten years ago, he was already in his forties and now he is over fifty years old.

In the eyes of the ancients, it was already the year of destiny for fifty years. How many years can I maintain my work energy? It is normal to gradually retreat to the second line.

As for Zhong Yao's history, he could have lived for nearly thirty years and lived to the age of eighty... Liu Bei could not know about this.

Moreover, Li Su was originally Sikong, and became the prime minister this year, which made Zhong Yao, the status of Situ, embarrassing.

Liu Beishi's prime minister was equivalent to the power of Situ and Sikong. Only the Taiwei's work of three kilometers was still independent, while Li Su did not care about the national military construction.

Since Zhong Yao has nothing to do, then stay in Xijing.

On this day, in the morning, the Sangong Monk Ling discussed matters with the emperor and discussed the details of staying and leaving. At noon, Liu Bei left Zhong Yao alone to give him a banquet, had a meal together, and in the afternoon, he talked to Zhong Yao.

Reward more beauties of gold, silver, treasures, and then add some enfeoffment to Zhong Yao. Doing Zhong Yao’s ideological work makes him realize that this work is also very important, and don’t complain about staying away from the center of power.

Liu Bei is very good at doing this kind of thing, and he wins people's hearts and gathers a team. Now no one in the world is more professional than Liu Bei, so there is no need to elaborate on the details.

At this moment, the king and his ministers were drinking and chatting, and today's banquet was also very luxurious. From mountain delicacies to wild animals, to roasted Wei River carp two feet long, water and land, distilled white wine of more than 30 degrees is naturally indispensable.

After all, the Chang'an area where Guanzhong is located has been out of famine and natural disasters for five years, and has also provided a logistics base for the restoration wars in Hedong, Bingzhou and other places in the following years, which shows the effect of farming recovery here.

When he was slightly drunk, Liu Bei expressed his intention to add Zhong Yao to the county marquis, Huaili, and his fief was 2,000 households, and he could pass the next time he negotiated.

Zhong Yao quickly stood up to thank him. Only then did Liu Bei say some encouragement, hinting that he was doing his best in the position of Xijing left-behind position.

Zhong Yao's hometown is also from Yingchuan, but most of Yingchuan County is still under Cao Cao's hands. Liu Bei took advantage of this time and chose Huaili, Youfufeng. Obviously, he didn't like Yingchuan. There were too many clans gathering in Nanyang and wanted to transfer the Zhong family to Guanxi in the future.

Four years ago when Liu Bei first became emperor, Zhong Yao and Xun You were just marquises of Ting, with a fief of 300 households. Who made them have no military achievements, only internal political affairs?

Xun You was a little credited with the military staff, but it was only limited to the Northern Expedition, and he had no chance after he established his capital in Chang'an.

After all, the world has been pacified so many times, and the important officials in the court will more or less get more opportunities. After all, even if it is just like Xiao He, it is a contribution to dispatching internal affairs and allowing the front to have enough troops to eat.

Therefore, Zhong Yao and Xun You were all promoted to the town marquis, with a fief of about 1,000 to 1,500 households.

This time, Xun You still maintained the township marquis, but Zhong Yao nearly doubled the number of households and was promoted to the county marquis, which was considered a compensation for the three dukes' retreat to the second line. Two thousand households are also the lower limit of county marquis, and the lower one is the township marquis.

After agreeing to give up the second line, the king and his ministers drank a few more cups to show sincerity, and then they heard a entourage outside the hall hurried in to report the good news.

"Your Majesty, there are good news from General of the Chariots and General of Guards in Youzhou." The envoy did not dare to be reckless. Seeing Liu Bei drinking with Zhong Yao, he just whispered to let Liu Bei decide whether to listen immediately.

Fortunately, Zhong Yao was also very eye-catching. He knew that in order to show respect for him, Liu Bei might postpone the report. If it was an emergency military situation and needed to ask for help, Liu Bei would definitely deal with it immediately, that was a serious matter.

But good news is always available. It is possible to delay it. It also makes the emperor respect the government affairs being handled in front of him. It also makes the emperor humble and does not care much about merit.

Zhong Yao immediately stood up and asked: "Your Majesty's holy virtue, and the soldiers' life must be the result of Youji's complete success. The old minister also wants to hear it and enjoy this joy together."

Since Zhong Yao wanted to hear the good news, Liu Bei spoke very politely: "Report carefully."

The envoy took out the good news, raised it over his head, handed it to the attendant beside him, and handed it to the emperor. After the attendant took it, the envoy said loudly:

"General Zhang Fei, the General of the Cavalry, defeated Cao Cao, and on August 14th, he obtained Liu Ye's internal response, defeated Ji County, and killed Yuan Xi. On August 18th, he forced his way to Yijinglou. Within five days after that, General Zhao Yunping of the Guard, Wushou, and Youzhou were all pacified."

Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun have not received the "unknown" treatment yet, so when the eunuch retells, they have to say all the official position and name. If it is Li Su's good news, then they can only report the official position of "Prime Minister", and it doesn't need to say who it is.

Obviously, this good news was not issued by Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun immediately after capturing Ji County. Instead, it was waiting for seven or eight days to level the Yijing Tower and the surrounding area before reporting it at one time. It took him nearly ten days to go on the road before sending it back to Chang'an.

After hearing this, Liu Bei just smiled on the surface, thinking about the words of praise. Anyway, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were not in front of him, so it would be okay to be humble.

However, he had been very excited in his heart. If he hadn't been more or less mentally prepared, he might have shouted out directly.

Although I was strong and the enemy was weak, with Cao Cao's intervention, there were still variables. Now I am a stone in my heart that fell to the ground.

Finally, I have regained my hometown! I moved the capital back to Luoyang by the end of this year. Next year, if I have the opportunity, I must visit Hebei, Jizhou and Youzhou, where I have been in the early years, and I have to return to my honor. As for Henan and Qingxu, Jiangdong is not allowed to go, and the emperor is not convenient for me to run around.

Zhong Yao also knew the emperor's mentality and immediately expressed his congratulations, not mentioning praises:

Only then did Liu Bei get a step forward, and he could be truly happy for his third brother and Zilong, without worrying about losing his attitude. He waved his hand proudly: "Yide and Zilong are still reliable. They did not disappoint me, and did not embarrass me! All officials in Chang'an rest for three days, share this prosperity, and celebrate with Guanglu Xun."

After Liu Bei finished speaking, Zhong Yao thought for a while and added: "Your Majesty, now the two generals have defeated Cao's thieves, and Youyan has completely pacified him. On the contrary, Cao Cao has been unable to take over the last Yecheng.

The old minister thought that all officials in the court would recommend that Your Majesty reconsider the strategy and plan of advancing, seeking credit in order to end the troubled times faster. What should you do, Your Majesty still need to carefully judge the holy rule."

Zhong Yao did not give Liu Bei specific suggestions. He just steadily advised Liu Bei to be mentally prepared and think clearly in advance.

Liu Bei didn't think in that direction at first, and after being reminded, he was ready to move.

Is it possible to get more this year? You can’t be too lazy, you should be cautious about such major events.
Chapter completed!