However, no matter how unusual the behavior of the young Crown Prince Sima Duan made Liu Yu feel, it did not affect the respect of the Crown Prince Sima Duan in front of Liu Yu at all.
Yes, that’s respectful.
Sima Duan is still just the crown prince, he can be considered a prince, but he cannot be considered a king.
And the official position Liu Yu added to himself was that of Crown Prince and Tutor, which was regarded as a respected position.
As we all know, Jin Dynasty has its own national conditions, and it is often hard to express the virtue of "loyalty", so it pays special attention to "filial piety".
Respecting teachers is analogous to filial piety, so the current crown prince Sima Duan is very respectful when he sees General Liu Yu.
When Crown Prince Sima Duan heard Liu Yu say that he wanted to open a government to manage affairs, he immediately raised his hands in agreement.
"It's great that the general wants to open a palace. In this way, the soldiers and people of Zhongzhou will be like water flowing into a canal. They can work together to wipe out the shame of Luo Jing's loss!" A look of pain appeared on Sima Duan's face.
When he thought of the life-and-death escape he experienced in Luoyang a few months ago, the young Sima Duan immediately felt a tremor in his arms, and his ears recalled the wild laughter of the Huns.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Now Xun Sikong has led the Xingtai of Mi County to serve. From now on, Cangyuan Xingtai can command millions of loyal people in the world. I believe that it won't be long before His Highness can see Luo Jing." recovery."
As Liu Yu spoke, he stared closely at Sima Duan's expression and continued.
"At that time, we can lead the Hu Ben righteous soldiers to the lair of the Tuge Hu people in Bingzhou, welcome back Jinshang, and after returning to Luoyang, we can restore the Holy Emperor to his former glory."
Hearing what Liu Yu said, Crown Prince Sima Duan's face twitched slightly. Although it was quickly covered up, Liu Yu was still keenly aware of it.
"Natural, of course this is natural. It is natural to welcome back the emperor."
Although the expression on Sima Duan's face was indifferent, there were waves of unhappiness in his heart.
Sima Duan and his brother, the former prince Sima Quan who was hacked to death by the Huns, were only nephews of Emperor Sima Chi.
Nephews like them are only eight or nine years younger than Sima Chi. Even if Emperor Sima Chi gives birth to a son in the future, he will have to wait a long time if he wants to inherit the throne. Maybe, if he is not strong enough, It's tough enough to survive Emperor Sima Chi.
Therefore, the Huns must be defeated and Luoyang must be recovered, but as for the emperor, Sima Duan has not thought much about this issue. . . .
Two days later, Mi County Xingtai and his party led by Sikong Xunfan finally arrived at Cangyuan in Chenliu County, Yanzhou.
The person responsible for greeting and guiding was Yang Mao, the governor of Yanzhou. In fact, the person actually responsible for escorting and guiding along the way was Liu Yu's confidant Dong Ping.
"General, there are some people missing from Xun Sikong's palace."
When Xun Fan and others were approaching Cang Yuan, Dong Ping returned to the city first and reported the situation to Liu Yu.
"Who is missing?" Liu Yu asked.
In the early notification, Liu Yu had basically mastered the details of the personnel in Mi County. Otherwise, there would be no way to arrange their accommodation, official positions, etc. in advance.
"Qin King Sima Ye, as well as Yuzhou governor Yan Ding, Liu Chou, Wang Bi and others from Mi County Xingtai, there must be hundreds of people." Dong Ping said.
"Sima Ye?"
Of course Liu Yu knew this name. This Qin King Sima Ye was the last emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty in history. After the city of Chang'an was captured and captured, the Western Jin Dynasty was completely destroyed.
"He must have run away halfway." Liu Yu said.
"Yes, I just won over some people among them. They said that when they left Mi County, King Qin Sima Ye had been plotting with Sikong Xunfan and others for a long time. It was probably at that time that he planned to run away."
After hearing this, Liu Yu didn't care too much.
As the nephew of Xun Fan, it is normal for Qin King Sima Ye to be placed separately. In this way, the Xun family in Yingchuan can also have more protection.
"Just leave. If he comes, there will be too many clans in Cangyuan, which is not a good thing." Liu Yu said.
Since the three major defeats in Kuxian, Yangcheng and Luoyang, Sima Jin's clan in the center has been almost wiped out.
The Sima Duan in Liu Yu's hands can be regarded as a rare commodity. If there is another King of Qin, Sima Ye, it may not be of much benefit, and it may be used by some interested people.
"Do you know where Sima Ye went?" Liu Yu continued to ask.
"Those people said it was Chang'an and went to join Sima Mo, otherwise there would be no place to go." Dong Ping said.
"Although Chang'an has tens of thousands of Sima Mo's troops, but without foreign aid, it will fall sooner or later. It's really a bad move." Liu Yu couldn't help laughing.
'Okay, don't talk about this kind of thing, just follow me to invite the crown prince, and let's go out of the city to meet Sikong Xunfan. '
Things like King Sima Ye of Qin are not important matters at all to Liu Yu. Anyway, if he has more, he will not be too much, and if he has less, it will not be too much.
Liu Yu's current major task is to accept Sikong Xunfan and other Mi County officials.
As the third prince of the Jin Dynasty, Sikong Xunfan could enjoy the courtesy of the Crown Prince Sima Duan personally coming out of the city to greet him.
The sun is shining high and the flags are flying.
Outside Cangyuan City.
Under the protection of tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops with bright armor and sharp swords and guns, Sima Duan, the crown prince of the Jin Dynasty, personally led General Liu Yu and other generals and officials out of the city to greet him.
Although there were more than 30,000 people in the Mi County Xingtai led by Sikong Xunfan, many of them were common people in the Sizhou area, and there were only a few thousand real officials and scholars.
These were the thousands of people who actually followed Sikong Xunfan and participated in the ceremony to meet Crown Prince Sima Duan.
Under the protection of the Qingzhou cavalry galloping back and forth, everyone headed by Sikong Xunfan walked towards the crown prince Sima Duan.
Similarly, Crown Prince Sima Duan also quickly stepped forward to greet him. From a long distance away, he could only hear Sikong Xunfan wailing.
"Your Highness!"
After saying this, Sikong Xunfan of the Great Jin Dynasty bowed his head to the ground.
"Xun Sikong, please get up quickly!" Crown Prince Sima Duan immediately stepped forward to help.
"Your Highness, the fall of Luoyang and the ruin of all the people are all the fault of the ministers." Sikong Xunfan said, blaming himself.
"Xun Sikong, it is already known to everyone that the barbarians are rampant. I only hate Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, for taking power and harming the country, but he will not do anything to Sikong and other good ministers." Sima Duan said immediately.
At this time, a group of officials from Mi County Xingtai behind Xun Fan had already lined up behind him according to their rank.
Tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers with bright swords, guns and armor were closely guarding them all around.
This kind of chilling aura, as if facing a powerful enemy, made these people dare not take a breath.
"Sikong, now that the country is in chaos and even Luoyang has been lost to the enemy, Gu has now decided to order the general to open a government office to help the country, just like the story of Wei Wu in the past, oh no, just like the story of Wu Hou of Shu. "
Sima Duan helped Sikong Xunfan up and said loudly.
Regarding this news, Sikong Xunfan had already heard it from the mouth of Yanzhou Governor Yang Mao on the way here.
"As long as we can defeat the Hulu and conquer Luoyang, everything is under His Highness' orders."
Xun Fan looked solemn and personally introduced General Liu Yu to Crown Prince Sima Duan.
Liu Yu had already seen the expressions of Xun Fan and others just now.
"The general is so prestigious that he can terrify the barbarians. The important task of avenging the emperor and the people rests entirely with the general."
As soon as he saw Liu's prognosis, Xun Fan said immediately.
"Such an important task should belong to a virtuous person. However, I am a little talented and it happens to be this critical moment, so I will do my duty." Liu Yu also immediately replied, "From now on, I am willing to work together with Sikong. , help the country."
Xun Fan kept saying yes, but in fact he was sighing bitterly in his heart.
This young Qingzhou thief, relying on the military power in his hands, has completely embarked on the path of "rebellious ministers and traitors" from now on.
As long as the Bafu is opened, from then on, Liu Yu will either die on the way to war or on the way to usurp the throne.
Since the overlord became popular in the late Han Dynasty, except for Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty, there has never been a leader who can truly abide by the integrity of his ministers.
Thinking of this, Xun Fan couldn't help but feel regretful. If he could use his troops like a god and defend Mi County, he wouldn't have to go to Yanzhou to seek Liu Yu's asylum in such embarrassment after losing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
Later, the accompanying Lang Guan read out the order of the crown prince in front of a group of generals, sergeants, and officials, and officially appointed Liu Yu as the general, the governor, the third division of Kaifu Yitong, and the official secretary. , Yuzhou Mu.
As soon as the order was read out, Sikong Xunfan immediately led Shanhu to accept the Jun order from Crown Prince Sima Duan.
However, Sikong Xunfan still had huge influence, especially among these officials.
In return for Sikong Xunfan's support in reopening the Bafu, Liu Yu also gave generous rewards to everyone in the Xun family in Yingchuan.
Not only was Sikong Xunfan granted a nobility title, his younger brother Xunzu was appointed by Liu Yu as Shangshu Pushe of Cangyuan Xingtai. His son Xun Kui was recruited as Liu Yu's secretary to join the army, and his nephew Xun Song , and from the position of leading the army, he was promoted to the prefect of Yingchuan and the general to fight against the captives.
In addition, many of the descendants of the Xun family in Yingchuan were also appointed.
However, among these appointments, except for Sikong Xunfan and Xunzu, most of the Yingchuan Xun clan were placed in counties and counties in Yingchuan, Ruyin, and Qiaoguo. In Xingtai in Cangyuan, Liu Not many compromises were made.
After entering Cangyuan City and settling the military and civilian officials brought by Xun Fan, Liu Yu began to speak to the Crown Prince Sima Duan.
"Your Highness, now that Sikong has returned with tens of thousands of soldiers, Cangyuan City is indeed too small to accommodate so many people, so I think it is better to move the platform to Jibei. Although Jibei is not big, But there is enough open space in the city for expansion.”
Liu Yu first wanted to move to Jibei County, which is closer to Qingzhou.
"This is naturally the best, then everything will be as the general says."
Upon hearing Liu Yu's proposal, Crown Prince Sima Duan agreed without even thinking.
Jibei County is good. Jibei County has two major barriers, the river and the Jishui. Unlike Cangyuan, it is so close to the place where the barbarians are raging.
Sima Duan had been woken up from dreams several times at night. The small warehouse was raided by Hulu from Bingzhou. He had no time to escape and was taken prisoner by the terrifying Huns.
Not only that, Sima Duan was beheaded by the Huns before he was a prisoner in his dream.
Later, Liu Yu informed the crown prince Sima Duan about the official appointments of the Xun family's descendants.
After hearing this, Sima Duan also nodded repeatedly. He had no doubts about all this. In the end, Sima Duan even said it very seriously.
"General, since I have asked you to run the government, these matters are matters that can be decided by the government, so there is no need to go to such trouble. You can just listen to me and let the full-screen general rule."
After hearing what Sima Duan said, Liu Yu was almost moved.
"What a good crown prince. He didn't feel that he was being used as a puppet, and yet he persuaded himself so earnestly to exercise power boldly."
Liu Yu talked about some things about re-selecting officials and promoting generals of the Qingzhou Army, and Crown Prince Sima Duan also agreed to them one by one.
Finally, Liu Yu finally left happily.
After Liu Yu left, looking at Liu Yu's disappeared back, Crown Prince Sima Duan's face was no longer as calm as before, but full of nervousness.
At this time, a man in Langguan uniform came in from the side door and approached the Crown Prince Sima Duan.
"Your Highness, please wait a moment and let Liu Yu be rampant for two days, then let him reap the consequences!"
"Your Highness, please wait a moment and let Liu Yu be rampant for two days, then let him reap the consequences!"
A sinister sneer appeared on the man's face.
Crown Prince Sima Duan was restless. He looked at the man and said.
"He Lang, I think Liu Yu is loyal and willing to do his job, and he is also actively working to destroy the Hulu. Is he really a rebellious minister and traitor of the Jin Dynasty?"
The man who was called "He Lang" by Sima Duan was He Yong, an old member of Prince Yuzhang's residence, who came to the crown prince's side.
"Your Highness, now Liu Yu's ambition has been exposed. He actually wants to imitate Cao Cao and open a hegemony. What is this if he is not a traitor and a traitor?!"
The official named He Yong continued, "Your Highness, the current Grand Sima Wangjun, Prince Jun, has already summoned the Xianbei section of western Liaoning and will soon go south to attack Jizhou. At that time, the barbarians such as Shi Le and Liu Ling who are entrenched in Jizhou will He was beaten away. At that time, His Highness the Crown Prince would follow our plan and suddenly arrest and kill Liu Yu."
As soon as he heard this, Crown Prince Sima Duan panicked. He looked around in fear and whispered.
"He Jun, keep your voice down!"
He looked around again, made sure there was no one, and then said.
'However, Liu Yu's warriors are all fierce. Even if Liu Yu is killed, how can he subdue these people? ! If I'm not careful, won't Gu, and you, all die under the sword? ! ? ! '
