Changshan, true concentration.

Looking at the tombstone in front of him, Ye Zhao took out the wine bag and poured half of the wine on the snow in front of the tombstone, then tilted his head to drink the remaining half of the wine. I don’t know when he started, but he also fell in love with the thing in the cup. The wine of this era is not as sweet and violent as the white wine in later generations, and it is not easy to get up. Drinking some occasionally will make your mind clearer.

"Zihao is a real soldier." Ye Zhao sighed and said to himself: "It's a pity that there are not many such pure soldiers."

Behind him, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan stood behind Ye Zhao, silent.

After bowing to Zhao Rong's tombstone three times, Ye Zhao turned his head to look at Zhao Yun: "Although Brother Zihao said it is not bad, a man is born in this world and he will be rewarded immediately, so why should he rely on others? But as a cottage in the past, it would be fine if he didn't know about this. Now that I know, I can't ignore it."

"Zilong, you and Zichun have the merits to save the enemy this time. Even if you are a meritorious person, you are qualified to be a military marquis under my command. How is Ye managing the army? Zihao told you that if you are incompetent, you will never be treated as my younger brother. Ye will never be given any preferential treatment. This time, the three schools of Lu Ben and Yulin Army under the Weiwei have suffered a lot. It is the time when you use people. You two have extraordinary martial arts and have the ability to lead troops. I want to recommend you two to join our army as a military marquis. There are laws to follow. I wonder what you two want?" Ye Zhao looked at Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan.

"This..." Zhao Yun hesitated. He wanted to follow his brother's example to join the border to join the army. But what Ye Zhao said was not without reason. Moreover, Ye Zhao is now the guard of the guard, so he has paid attention to him and cannot think of any reason to refuse. What's more, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan have heard of Ye Zhao's deeds in recent years. If you say you are not moved, it would be fake.

"Zilong, why are you still hesitating?" Seeing that Zhao Yunmo was silent, Xiahou Lan on the side couldn't help but instigate: "Don't Zilong often say that he wished he could join the army with his elder brother and fight side by side with the general?"

"With the general's wrong love, Yun is willing to give it a try." Zhao Yun glanced at Xiahou Lan, took a deep breath, and bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "As long as the general does not abandon it."

"Okay!" Ye Zhao smiled, smiling happily, and reached out to pat Zhao Yun's shoulder and said, "It is also a blessing that Zhao can get help from Zilong and Zichun. Then I will clean up and prepare to follow me back to Luoyang. Do you have any relatives at home?"

Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan shook their heads. Zhao Rong joined the army when Zhao Yun was a child and rarely came back. His father also passed away when Zhao Yun was twelve years old. Xiahou Lan was even an orphan. The two of them practiced martial arts under Tong Yuan's spear for many years, but now they have already started their army, but they have no worries.

"Then pack up and we will set off tomorrow!" Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Here!" The two bowed and watched Ye Zhao leave.

Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan looked at each other, and could see the unconcealed surprise and excitement in Xiahou Lan's eyes. They couldn't help but smile bitterly. His childhood friend admired Ye Zhao very much. This time, he was worshipping Ye Zhao's disciple, which was a long-cherished wish for Xiahou Lan.

There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Ye Zhao and the two of them met with Dian Wei. Guan Hai's personal guards led by Guan Hai left Changshan all the way south and went to Hanoi to join the army.

Because Wang Fen and other party members conspired to murder the emperor, Liu Hong's plan to go on tour to Hejian this time was stranded. Liu Hong returned to Luoyang, but Ye Zhao did not have to rush back. He didn't have to go back at this moment. Therefore, after returning to his hometown in Hanoi, Ye Zhao ordered the army to station and live in the old house.

Luoyang may cause bloody storms as Liu Hong goes back this time. Ye Zhao is unwilling to get involved in this kind of thing now. The conflict between him and the scholars is already very sharp, especially this time, it can almost be said that he destroyed the plan to assassinate Wang Fen. Although Wang Fen has been killed, looking at Liu Hong's murderous look when he left that day, this matter is obviously impossible to end so easily. Even if Liu Hong does not have direct evidence of the Yuan family's involvement in this matter, and Wang Fen is dead and Xu You flees, Liu Hong cannot deal with the Yuan family. I am afraid that the Yuan family's vassal forces will shrink a lot during this period. This hatred will probably be recorded by the Yuan family on his head. When he goes back at this time, he will give those scholars a vent and expose his anger to him. Although Ye Zhao is not afraid, he does not want to touch this brow.

In Luoyang, Liu Hong's safety is fine. Ye Zhao is not in a hurry to go back. He lives in his old house in Huai County. He reads books and practices martial arts on weekdays, and occasionally trains his servants with Ding Li. He lives a comfortable life. Time is so leisurely that he has passed the New Year.

It was not until mid-February of the fifth year of Zhongping that Ye Zhao had to get up and return to Luoyang.

However, it was a report from Xiliang that Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo pacified the Qiang Rebellion in Xiliang. Dong Zhuo took the initiative of Liangzhou to make Liu Hong furious. At the same time, he felt that the military power was insufficient. He ordered Ye Zhao to return to Luoyang as soon as possible to reorganize Lu Ben. At the same time, the female barracks of Beigongwei have also been rebuilt, and expanded from the original 700 to 1,200. Liu Hong saw the strength of the female soldiers this time and almost half of the palace maids in the palace were thrown into Beigongwei, asking Ren Hongchang and others to train to expand his military power.

At the same time, Liu Hong also vaguely mentioned in the secret edict that he would prepare to establish a new army, hoping that Ye Zhao could return to the court to help him suppress all parties and intend to interfere with the forces of the new army.

Liu Hong is simply trying to divide the military power of General He Jin!

He Jin held the five Northern Army schools and controlled the actual military power in Luoyang, but did not help Liu Hong do the serious business. Instead, he mingled with a group of scholars. It seemed that after this tour of Hejian, he had touched Liu Hong's bottom line, which made Liu Hong make up his mind to reorganize Luoyang's military power.

Even though Ye Zhao set off immediately after receiving the secret edict, it was already early March when the army arrived in Luoyang.

When he entered Luoyang again, Ye Zhao could clearly feel that Luoyang was much more depressed than before.

After Liu Hong returned to Beijing at the end of the year, he took up the butcher knife.

In Luoyang City, hundreds of scholars were imprisoned. All those who had had letters or had close relationships with Wang Fen, Xu You and others were taken down by the court lieutenant one by one. The Luoyang Prison was almost overcrowded, and even the Yuan family was implicated by this matter. Yuan Shao was dismissed from the position of Sili School Captain. When Ye Zhao was not in Luoyang, Ye Zhao was also appointed as the Sili School Captain.

In addition to Yuan Shao, there are many people in the Yuan family who are implicated. Even Yuan Wei has been ill recently and has not been in court for many days.

These scholars who were just without direct evidence were imprisoned, but scholars who could directly or indirectly find evidence immediately committed a serious crime of raiding their homes. In just a few months, tens of thousands of heads were almost swept away from the moat outside Luoyang City. Ye Zhao only realized after returning to Beijing that for a period of time, Luoshui was mostly dyed red.

When the emperor was angry, tens of thousands of corpses were buried in Luoyang City alone. I don’t know how many wealthy families and prominent families were destroyed and destroyed in Liu Hong’s anger.

Ye Zhao thought to himself that if he had not been able to save the Lord this time, based on his relationship with Wang Fen, there would be enough reason for Liu Hong to order the Tingwei to imprison him.

When Ye Zhao went to pay a visit to Liu Hong, he was told that Liu Hong was in good health these days and had been ill for several days.

This was not a ruling statement, but Liu Hong was frightened during this Northern Tour. After returning to Beijing, he was furious and killed tens of thousands of people in one breath until everything came to an end and his mind was relieved. After issuing a secret edict to Ye Zhao, he fell ill the next day.

Zhang Rang asked Ye Zhao to wait patiently for a few days. After the emperor's condition improved, he would officially grant Ye Zhao a title of marquis in the court.

Ye Zhao was not in a hurry to be a marquis. After asking about Liu Hong's condition, he said goodbye and left.

The second day after returning to the mansion, Cao Cao came to him and took him to the Zuixian Tower.

"Why is Meng De so generous today that he is willing to invite me here?" Relying on the soft cushion, Ye Zhao looked at Cao Cao with a smile. The consumption of this Zuixianlou is not cheap. Although the Cao family is rich, it is also Cao Song's. Even if Cao Cao is the heir of the Cao family, he cannot squander it at will. With Ye Zhao's understanding of Cao Cao, this guy may be so generous because he has something to ask for. Otherwise, according to his usual style of eating and drinking, how could he invite him here alone?

"It was also Benchu ​​who recently touched Yuan Gong's brow and was confined to the foot of Mr. Yuan, which made him lose his financial support in the building first. We have the opportunity to sit in the Four Seas Pavilion to watch the singing and dancing. Otherwise, even if Cao Cao had the intention to invite him, he would be unable to compete with Benchu." Cao Cao said with a smile.

"Yes, I can't fight each other, Meng De will go over and sit with Benchu ​​directly." Ye Zhao teased.

"Those who know me are Xiuming." Cao Cao smiled and looked at Ye Zhao, and said without blushing: "I have not yet congratulated Xiuming on this great contribution to protecting the emperor, not only will he be the post of Sili lieutenant, but I heard that when His Majesty comes to the court, he will be granted a marquis to you soon. If this is true, it is not considered those hereditary marquis, Xiuming will be the youngest marquis in the dynasty!"

Ye Zhao is only twenty-five years old this year, nearly ten years younger than Cao Cao. Cao Cao's father Cao Song was a Grand Marshal, but Cao Cao did not have a title of marquis. Yuan Shao was the descendant of the three generations of four generations and three Dukes, and he was nearly thirty years old when he was granted marquis. If Ye Zhao was granted marquis at this time, he would have really surpassed a large family of aristocratic families with a poor family, and the Ye family would also become an important family in the Han Dynasty.

Seeing that his former friends were all named marquis, it would be impossible to say that Cao Cao was not envious and jealous in his heart.

"Brother Meng De is above me, but all I lack is just an opportunity." Ye Zhao smiled and added a cup of wine to Cao Cao, saying, "This time I snatched Yuan Benchu's position as the Sili Captain, I'm afraid I will find it difficult to drink with Benchu ​​in the future as before."

Cao Cao was silent when he heard this, looked at Ye Zhao, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Xu Ming, tell me the truth, is this really related to Benchu?"

"The matter has passed, Your Majesty no longer pursues it. Why do you and I have to worry about it?" Ye Zhao shook his head and sighed. The Yuan family suffered a lot this time, but it would not be damaged. Liu Hong killed a large group of former officials of the Yuan family, but only gave up Yuan Shao's official position and only fined Yuan Wei's salary, which made Ye Zhao a little regretful.

Don’t look at Cao Cao who ultimately dominated the Central Plains in history, but at this time, the Yuan family was so powerful that once they targeted someone, even if the other party was the emperor, they could make the other party breathless.
Chapter completed!