Chapter 327

The two chatted for a long time.

It was not until two hours later that Yuan Shu smiled and personally sent Fa Zheng out of the city.

And in Yuan Shu's hand, the box originally brought by Fa Zheng appeared, as well as the Imperial Seal (high-quality imitation version) inside the box.

……

"Pass the order, let Ji Ling withdraw troops from Lujiang and return to Runan immediately."

After Fa Zheng left, the first order Yuan Shu issued was to recall Ji Ling.

Regarding this, Yan Xiang and Yang Hong felt very puzzled.

"My lord, the grain expenses spent on General Ji Ling's expedition are not small."

"To have him retreat rashly without achieving any merit, isn't that contrary to the original intention?"

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong, as the two most trusted strategists under Yuan Shu, naturally had to stand up and advise Yuan Shu.

To prevent him from getting hot-headed and doing something irreversible on impulse.

But Yuan Shu at this moment clearly had his own ideas.

He waved his hand and said:

"Ji Ling, as the number one general under my command, when encountering important matters, naturally needs to stay by my side to make me feel at ease."

Yan Xiang and Yang Hong heard this and quickly asked:

"Please tell us, my lord, what important matter requires recalling General Ji Ling?"

Seeing that Yan Xiang and Yang Hong wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Yuan Shu's face darkened, and he said in a cold tone:

"Since when do I have to listen to your opinions before doing things?"

"Don't worry about so much, just do your own duties."

"In addition, Runan City has experienced many wars and is really too dilapidated."

"Recently, it should be renovated."

"Otherwise, it loses my status!"

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang could not help but look at each other.

What Yuan Shu wanted to do, the two of them did not know.

But intuition told them that Yuan Shu was likely courting death.

But the problem is...

Yuan Shu was a person who never listened to advice.

It was the same when the coalition of warlords campaigned against Dong Zhuo before.

Yuan Shu, without consulting his strategists, cut off the grain supply he had promised to Sun Jian.

Eventually leading Sun Jian to be gradually forced to the opposite side of the coalition.

Just as Yang Hong and Yan Xiang were preparing to continue advising Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu waved his hand, casually found a reason, and dismissed them.

In the end.

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang had to leave helplessly.

And Yuan Shu?

He was playing with the Imperial Seal (high-quality imitation version) in the box, dreaming a beautiful emperor dream in his heart.

……

One month later

Chang'an

The child in Dong Bai's belly was already six months old.

Recently, Gu Yi had been accompanying Dong Bai in her pregnancy, as well as working hard with several other beautiful concubines in the household for the great cause of procreation.

At this time, it was very close to the New Year.

At the grand court meeting.

Old Dong officially announced his promotion from Prime Minister to Grand Tutor.

Regarding this, the Han court officials were very shocked.

The position of Prime Minister, although nominally lower than the Grand Tutor.

But the Grand Tutor is generally a nominal position for retirement.

Dong Zhuo serving as Grand Tutor meant he was going to relinquish power.

"To whom will the power be handed over?"

"Could it be that he is going to return power to the Son of Heaven?"

Some whimsical Han court officials couldn't help but have such thoughts.

Liu Xie was the same.

After the New Year passed, he officially became a fifteen-year-old youth.

The capping ceremony in the two Han periods generally takes place between the ages of fifteen and twenty.

That is to say, Liu Xie had reached the age for the capping ceremony.

If Dong Zhuo returned power, it seemed to stand to reason.

However.

The expectations in the hearts of these Han court officials and Liu Xie soon fell through, like cherry blossoms in March.

Dong Zhuo was promoted to Grand Tutor.

Gu Yi was officially promoted from one of the Nine Ministers, the Commandant of the Guards, to Prime Minister!

This meant that Gu Yi would take over the power originally held by Dong Zhuo.

In fact.

Ever since Gu Yi returned from the expedition to Liangzhou.

Old Dong had already intended to hand over the foundation to Gu Yi to inherit.

In recent years, the supreme commander on expeditions had always been Gu Yi.

Whether in terms of military prestige or his status as the grandson-in-law, Gu Yi was sufficient.

The civil and military officials of Dong Zhuo's army were all expecting Gu Yi to become Prime Minister.

They were not like those whimsical Han court officials.

All the generals in the army were full of admiration for Gu Yi.

And after Gu Yi officially became Prime Minister.

A series of personnel changes followed.

Li Ru remained the Secretariat Director, responsible for overseeing various government affairs; this would not change.

Gu Yi was not the type of person good at handling government affairs.

Handing government affairs to the great steward Li Ru was most appropriate.

Fa Zheng, because of his meritorious service several times, was promoted to Palace Counselor.

Don't look at the rank of Palace Counselor as not very high, but it held real power.

Moreover, Fa Zheng was two years younger than Gu Yi and had a bright future.

Zhang Song was promoted to Chief Secretary, effectively becoming Li Ru's deputy.

But at the same time, Gu Yi did not want to waste Zhang Song's diplomatic ability.

Besides Chief Secretary, he also planned to arrange other positions for him.

As for the old man Jia Xu.

This fellow had no desire for official positions himself.

But the old fox Jia Xu was worried about his two useless sons.

Thus, Gu Yi catered to his preferences.

He simply gave Jia Xu a nominal idle official position, while the real rewards were counted on the heads of his two sons.

And for military generals, promotion was much more convenient than for civil officials.

After the military reform, everything was based on one's own military merit as the primary standard.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao were latecomers.

Because of repeated military merits, their positions had gradually caught up with the original veterans.