"Your Majesty, wait!"

Just when Liu He was desperate to issue an order to surrender, a serious official stood up next to him and wanted to figure out the final key doubts, so it would not be too late to make a decision.

Liu He didn't have to look at it, just by listening to the voice, he knew that it was the new Shangshu Ling Cheng Yu who was speaking.

"What are your doubts? Come and ask Xun... quickly." Liu He was too lazy to care about it, so he waved his hand and signaled Cheng Yu to talk to Xun Yu himself.

Cheng Yu turned to Xun Yu and said his most worried question: "Mr. Xun, for the sake of his colleague Zeng for many years, I have nothing to say. But Yu has a doubt, please tell me the truth!"

Xun Yu also bowed seriously: "It's okay to ask, Yu should be honest."

Cheng Yu: "At this point, we won't talk about those literary concealments. Liu Bei knew people and was good at responsibilities, Li Su was well versed in governing, and also created the theory of "the palace is prosperous and blessed" to guide the way of heaven. They could not know that the way to govern was to make ambitious people dare not be ready to move.

Therefore, the most dirty intention behind "The Palace is Blessed" is nothing more than scaring the people in the world and making those who have the intention dare not stand up first. Moreover, as long as the person who has the previous round of rebellion does not disrupt the world, the people behind will still not dare to move lightly.

With such knowledge, Li Su would not know how important it is to kill all those who rebelled and those who were independent? He could resist using this to shock and think that the lessons of future generations were taught? Just a mere slogan of 'Liu Bei would not follow Qin Shihuang, and Emperor Gaozu killed those who surrendered to the last surrender', and he wanted to deceive the people of the world?"

Cheng Yu said this with confidence. Because his three views are at the cognitive level of "the thieves are killed, to shock and to maintain terrifying rule."

This cannot be wrong, because this is how the previous historical laws worked.

Not to mention the people in the late Han Dynasty, even those who look at it from the perspective of God in the 21st century, who have a lower attainment in political history will remain at the cognitive level of "there is no difference between thieves and there is no other way."

From one extreme, to another.

Unfortunately, if it was a month ago, Cheng Yu used his usual three views to question Xun Yu, although Xun Yu felt that it was wrong, he could not explain the truth thoroughly.

But now it’s different. After twenty days of learning and transformation, Xun Yu suddenly realized that his original cognitive level was still too shallow. Prime Minister Li’s mastery of the philosophy of heaven is simply beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Xun Yu sighed compassionately: "Zhongde, we have been a colleague for ten years. I know what your nature is. I can't understand it for the time being, so I don't blame you.

Of course, Your Majesty and Prime Minister Li have long been far-sighted about these things. They are sure to strictly observe trust and forgive surrendered ministers, but also promote profits and eliminate disadvantages, so that the ambitions in the world will not lose their fear and become ready to move from now on.

Therefore, what Your Majesty promises is the conditions after surrender, and what Your Majesty asks for is "unconditional surrender". In other words, he can give gifts in advance and tell the world clearly how to deal with it after the false surrender.

But rewards and punishments are all brought out by themselves, and are not the result of mediation. The false rebellion can only accept or not accept, and there is no negotiation. Your Majesty's enlightenment of the world is just to notify you.

Your Majesty has not explicitly pardoned, even if he still accepts trial according to law after surrender. Those who harm the world and are public enemies of the Han people should be clear about the punishment of the ruling or the punishment of the ruling. It does not mean that if you surrender, you will be exempted from death."

After analyzing the details of Xun Yu, the pseudo-three princes around Liu He suddenly became nervous.

Liu Bei had no intention of negotiating conditions at all, but only unilaterally informed him that he would grant a mercy to pardon Liu He's death.

As for the rebel ministers next to him, whether they colluded with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, whether they planned to establish a new court, and whether they "anti-humanity", these crimes are all subject to trial.

Cheng Yu couldn't help asking: "Then did Liu Bei and Li Su say who cannot be forgiven?"

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment: "Everyone's merits and demerits need to be investigated slowly, Your Majesty has not said it specifically. However, Your Majesty mentioned Xu Sikong's incident.

Xu You, who was accomplicating Yuan and Cao, repeatedly fanned the flames and ran around the matter of the princes of Guandong establishing another pseudo-official dynasty. In addition, this person had an old crime. During the Zhongping period, he planned to abolish the previous emperor with Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, but later the world was shattered and the princes were tainted and dirty, and they did not pursue the investigation.

These must be settled. Xu You, you are stubborn and stubborn. You have repeatedly advised the master to rebel and tried to split the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty has already said that after the King of Yan surrenders, you will be punished according to the law and tell the world!”

Xu You, Hua Xin, Kong Rong and others were all shocked. Fortunately, Kong Rong felt that he was not a big problem, and Hua Xin also felt that he would not die of guilt. The two of them struggled for a while and had no intention of running away.

Although Cheng Yu was not mentioned, he thought about his actions in the final stage and his consistent historical problems, and couldn't help but worry.

Unfortunately, he knew that with his own strength, he could not stop Liu He from collapsing and surrendering.

After all, now is not the era when Li Jue and Guo Si avenge Dong Zhuo.

At that time, Wang Yun relied on assassination and did not have stable force. Now Cao Cao was annihilated by Liu Bei on the battlefield.

Cao Cao could not even beat the peak of his men. Cheng Yu was so crazy that he hoped that the last two states were free and destined.

Therefore, even though he knew that he had "changed his appearance and changed his clothes, abandoned his army and fled. He could tie him up when he met a pavilion chief", he had no choice.

I can only use this time of negotiation to break through and strive to hide my identity. Or I just play the role of Cao Cao's last loyalty and die in his lord, and at least leave a reputation for integrity.

When Xun Yu came, Liu Bei agreed to give Liu He time to consider it, so Xun Yu did not ask the other party to answer immediately, and said goodbye directly, so that Liu He could figure it out carefully.

...

That night, Cheng Yu and the guard Zhang He both felt that they were either guilty or that they would not have a good life because of the holidays.

So they only brought a few confidant elite soldiers to escort them, changed into the clothes of ordinary soldiers, wanted to secretly open the city gate on the north side, and then used the ferry that had been hidden in advance to escape the encirclement, and then hid their names from then on.

Xu You also made the same choice, but because of "not making an appointment", the route he took was not exactly the same, and the time points were different, so Xu You ran later.

Because the Han army arrived in Juancheng on the first day, it really didn't have time to completely encircle it. Not far from the north gate of the city was the Yellow River, and the Han army mainly encircled the other three sides. These people seemed to have successfully left the city.

Unfortunately, Cheng Yu and Zhang He had just tried to cross the Yellow River in a small boat when the Han army's patrol warship appeared. The group hurriedly jumped into the river to hide, but they were guarding against the cold winter. Although they fell into the river in leather armor and did not sink to the bottom, their hands and feet were quickly stiff and difficult to last.

In the end, Cheng Yu and Zhang He were caught by the Han Navy using a search fishing net, but they had drowned. The death penalty was eliminated and there was no more trial.

Zhang He was not guilty of death, because he was worried that he would not die if he offended the senior leaders of Liu Bei's camp. As for Cheng Yu, he could not be sentenced, but his problem should be clearly written in history books and a conclusion is made.

Xu You's movements were slower than Cheng Yu, so before he got on the boat, he found that a ship was intercepted in the darkness ahead and a Han navy patrolled.

After all, Xu You was afraid of death and dared not go down the river again. He was captured by the patrol team who rushed to the shore and tied up all kinds of things.

Strictly speaking, Xu You, a man, has also persuaded the Lord to rebel three times, or persuaded the Lord to "take over the baton of rebellion" and set up a new court, and it is no problem to break the chariot and show the public.

At that time, I will take Xu You back to Luoyang to execute him, so that I can give the destruction of the pseudo-Kundong Dynasty a sense of ritual, just like when I restored my capital to Chang'an, I will kill Jia Xu.

Now that the capital has not been tried and executed after moving the capital to Luoyang, any heavyweight figure has been sacrificed to the heavens, so let Xu You be the second best person in Jia Xu.

After dawn, the fate of the absconders was also transmitted back to the city, and Liu He and others became more and more panic. And I heard that the lords guarding the city were all blocked and drowned on the Yellow River. What's the point of guarding them?

Liu He barely tied himself up and carried a thorn, and personally went out of the city to surrender according to the old rules, followed Hua Xin and Kong Rong next to him.

Liu Bei also followed the old rules and left him with his own bondage, but he criticized his crime of harming his father and rebelling against his father in person, which defiled the reputation and will of the former King of Yan.

At the same time, Liu Bei found Liu He's illegitimate younger brother Liu Ping and announced that he would inherit Liu Yu's title of King of Yan. He changed his return to Guangyang County to Yan State, and used the surrounding area of ​​Ji County as his fief.

Hua Xin was demoted to the people, Kong Rong was demoted to the prefect of Lu County, and went back to become a local official.

Li Su did not give any advice to Liu Beiding's handling opinions.

Because he knew that Hua Xin's crimes were not as exaggerated as mentioned in "Romance of the Romance". Although Hua Xin and Wang Lang supported Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han Dynasty in official history, they were barely considered to be a typo.

Compared with those Han officials who swear to die, they are indeed ashamed, but they are not the ones who take the initiative to instigate and persuade them to enter.

It is more of a kind of "I am a literati and can't change anything. The King of Wei forces me to do it. Even if I die, there will be something others are willing to do, so there is no need to sacrifice it unnecessary."

Therefore, it is not a crime to refuse to sacrifice for the Han Dynasty. Now that he has held a false post, he can just be deprived of his official position. There is no threat to such corrupt scholars.

In contrast, on the issue of "persuading advance", Hua Xin and Wang Lang's crimes are even worse than Chen Qun's.

Chen Qun not only suggested the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system, but in the original history, he repeatedly advised Cao Cao to become emperor and Cao Pi to become emperor. Later, during his responsibility with Sima Yi, he also helped Sima Yi to be in a mess.

Therefore, among the officials of the pseudo-dynasty in Juancheng, even if Chen Qun had talent, he had to reform it first and then he could be appointed.

In addition, Yuan Tan, who had never found a chance to kill by Cao Cao, actually survived until he had the opportunity to surrender. Of course, he did not have real power when he surrendered.

After taking control of the Kanto court, Cao Cao once promoted Yuan Tan and secretly sued him, deprived him of his control over the local area and changed it to General Wei.

Yuan Tan himself was not guilty, but he was Yuan Shao's son. Liu Bei must re-examine the crime of establishing a pseudo-dynasty and make a final decision. The extent to which Yuan Tan was implicated depends on the specific trial, and may be able to save his life.

...

After Liu Bei solved Liu He's biggest problem, he stayed in Juancheng for several days and was busy cleaning up and identifying pseudo-officials. At the same time, he sent a small team of cavalry to escort Xun Yu to continue advancing eastward and cooperated with Zhao Yun to surrender the remaining prefectures and counties.

Not long after, on the eighth day of the second month, Zhao Yun's quick horse news came to the east. Cao Ang, the governor of Qingzhou who was originally named by Liu He, led Qingzhou to surrender.

The original inherent territory of the Han Dynasty was completely unified at this point.

Cao Ang also handed over the sea chart and booklet, expressing his willingness to contribute the territory of Danlu and the Three Koreans occupied by the Kanto Puppet Dynasty a few years ago and obeyed the imperial court's decision.

However, there are still many problems with the delivery here, because after Cao Cao died, the three Han Gongsun Du, who was remotely controlled by Cao Cao, seemed to have a desire to be independent.

Moreover, since Cao Cao's seaship fleet was destroyed in the Battle of Yishui last year, Cao Cao's people have actually not been able to contact Gongsun Du for a year and a half, and they cannot intimidate Gongsun Du. It is inevitable that Gongsun Du becomes the emperor of Huawai.

More than ten days later, Zhao Yun personally brought 20,000 cavalrymen and escorted Cao Ang and Qingzhou officials with carriages, of course, they used ordinary carriages, not prison carriages.

After Liu Bei listened to Zhao Yun's full report, he wrote a discussion on Cao Ang's handling opinions.

Considering that Cao Ang asked the last tens of thousands of Cao troops to lay down his weapons peacefully, and surrendered as Liu He who enthroned him, instead of inheriting Cao Cao's territory, Cao Ang finally left a marquis.

But Cao Cao resisted and died, so the other terms of peace talks that Cao Cao had mentioned before when he was alive were of course no chance.

Zhao Yun mentioned that Gongsun Du refused to surrender for the time being, and the mail ship sent by Taishi Ci was expelled by the other party. Liu Bei said that he knew about this, but the Han Dynasty's hometown had just been unified, and the Central Plains were too destructive and decaying, and it was not the time to cross the sea to use troops.

After all, Gongsun Du was just independent overseas and did not establish a new man. There was no rush to be. The eastern coastal areas were destroyed like this, and the people urgently needed to recover.

It’s not too late to integrate the interior first, and then siege it after it is done.

Li Su had no objection to this, because he had read history books and remembered that Gongsun Du's life span was not many years long. In history, when Cao Cao went to Wuhuan in 207, forcing Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to join Liaodong, the lord of Liaodong was already Gongsun Kang, the son of Gongsun Du. It can be seen that Gongsun Du had died before 207 at the latest.

(Note: In fact, Gongsun Du died in 204, but Li Su did not deliberately remember the birth and death dates of these little people, so he only knew that Gongsun Du did not live until the north was unified)

Now it is the sixth year of Zhangwu. In 202, let’s take a rest and organize the interior.

Other overseas territories that are willing to surrender obediently and can be decided by edicts, but they can consider integrating the first troops without bloodshed.

For example, Sun Quan has been surrendered for half a year. Before Liu Bei and Li Su had not thought of any more residual value of Sun Quan, they were in a state of laissez-faire.

Now, when Cao Ang advised Gongsun Du to surrender together, Li Su remembered that when Yangzhou was pacified, Zhou Yu brought 10,000 or 20,000 people, and refused to surrender to death, and fled south and went abroad.

Since this is the case, we can now ask him to write a letter to persuade him to surrender in the name of Sun Quan, and then let Taishi Ci take the navy to explore the road and patrol to find the exact traces of Zhou Yu.

I believe that as long as Zhou Yu is notified of the good news that the Central Plains has been completely unified, Zhou Yu is confirmed, and Sun Quan's handwritten letter to persuade him to surrender, Zhou Yu will also know the current affairs.

After all, Zhou Yu is different from Gongsun Du. Gongsun Du is very ambitious and always wants to be the leader outside the territory. Zhou Yu wanted to follow Sun Ce and the Sun family from the beginning, without the ambition of being the only one.
To be continued...