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Under the Little Yellow Gate's lead, Yang Lin entered the Righteous Hall. After entering the hall, only then did Yang Lin see a few familiar figures. They were Huangfu Song, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and the others. After the audience ceremony ended, Huangfu Song introduced Yang Lin to Hanling Emperor.

"Oh, so you're that Yun Che's mediator, General Yang Lin? What a tiger general. " Liu Hong sat on his throne and looked at Yang Lin with interest.

"Reporting to the Emperor, this subject is Yang Lin." He didn't know what kind of expression to have, so he indifferently said.

"I heard that you broke Zhang Jiao's demonic technique, where did you learn such a technique?" Liu Hong was even more interested in demonic techniques.

"To return to the Emperor, this subject does not know any magic. However, this subject knows that evil does not worry about righteousness. No matter how powerful his demonic art is, it cannot defeat the righteous teacher of the imperial government. " Yang Lin also learned to kiss ass, making Hanling Emperor Liu Hong happy. If you want to hear more, I'll say more.

"Yes, yes. My army is an upright Imperial army, the master of justice, how could those insignificant tricks be enough to defeat it? " Liu Hong's face started to shine.

"The Emperor is blessed to the heavens. He will surely be able to settle down in the four seas and bring all the kingdoms to rule." A minister standing in the main hall followed suit.

"Hur hur, hur hur hur." Liu Hong laughed repeatedly, he did not know what to say, as though he was no longer interested in the topic.

Following that, Huangfu Song introduced Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and Liu Bei one by one, but Liu Hong was no longer enthusiastic. It was just that when he introduced Liu Bei and heard what kind of Han Dynasty he was talking about, he only asked a few questions, which made Liu Bei dance in joy.

"Honored ministers, Imperial army has already settled down, and we are returning to the capital. As a meritorious official, what suggestions do you have? " In order to reward the meritorious personnel, Liu Hong went straight to the point.

"Your majesty, Yun Che rode on the coachman Yang Lin, left coachman Huangfu Song, right coachman Zhu Jun and performed meritorious services for the imperial government's annihilation of the Yellowtowel rebel. This subject thinks that he deserves a heavy reward." Grand General Ho Jin said. Seems like Yang Lin's money was not given to him for free.

"Your majesty, this subject, Deng Sheng, has something to do." At this time, the Grand Commandant Deng Sheng stepped forward and said: "Yun Che will be able to receive all the remaining evils in the world with great effort. Now that the yellow cloth was gone, Yang Lin actually had a hundred thousand soldiers. According to the Jizhou, what was his intention? This subject thinks that not only is Yang Lin not reprimanded, he should be heavily punished. "

With that said, the entire hall immediately became deathly silent.

In these few days that he had been in the Luoyang, Yang Lin did not interact with any of the Minister of the Court s. He never thought that there would be someone who would use the yellow cloth army captive to talk. This old fart, did I offend you? Why did you give laozi such a big hat? This was the legacy of the cultural revolution, Yang Lin scolded in his heart.

Yang Lin raised his head to look at the emperor, only to see Liu Hong expressionlessly sitting there, and Zhang Jean, Zhao Zhong, Song Dian and the other eunuchs beside him also did not have any expression on their faces, and he could not help but feel a little nervous. If Liu Hong got so angry, wouldn't he end up taking's life on the spot? Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and loudly said:

"Your Majesty, this subject also has something to say. The crime of Yellow scarf wreaking havoc was Zhang Jiao and his brother. They were the ones who had wild ambitions, bewitching people with their demon words, and it was an unforgivable crime. But with hundreds of thousands of citizens accompanying them, if they were deceived and tricked, or if they were forced to be captured by the xanthopanax, what crime did they have? The Emperor had also ordered the Pardoners of the world, those who had already been exiled to the border regions and their families could all return back to their homeland. Only Zhang Jiao was not included in the amnesty. May I ask sire, if I kill all these people, wouldn't there be harm to the heavens and earth? Where is the will of the Emperor? Who would be the one to bear the notoriety of killing a prisoner? Isn't this discrediting the emperor? If they're all released, can you guarantee that they won't be responsible again? We will take in the yellow cloth captive s, and let them till the end to fend for themselves, why not? "

Yang Lin stopped here for a moment to observe Hanling Emperor's reaction. He understood that he had reached the point where he needed to explain it clearly to everyone. Seeing that Liu Hong was listening intently, he continued.

"As for the one hundred thousand that you mentioned, according to the Jizhou, this is even more ridiculous. Tens of thousands of soldiers responded to the imperial edict and followed us to fight in the north, successively pacifying Guang Yang, Qingzhou, Zhang Ge, Lunan, Nanyang, Puyang, Guangzong and Guangzong's yellow cloth, establishing outstanding war achievements. Now that the yellow scarf was gone, shouldn't he give them some military pay? Shouldn't the victims receive some kind of pension? Shouldn't some help be given to the disabled? "We have asked the Emperor, for their loyalty to the nation and their illustrious military exploits, to allocate some money to them and reward them for their meritorious service."

As soon as the battle of the Guangzong ended, the imperial government quickly ordered the Imperial army to return. The official army of the State County was reduced by a huge amount, and all the brave men in the villages were dispersed. Zhou Yong, on the other hand, with the excuse that he had no money to reward his warriors, had already sent a request to the emperor.

"You … You... That's a quibble. " Deng Sheng was extremely furious, he continued to speak, "According to what you said, if the imperial government does not reward these warriors, you will not disband the army?"

Yang Lin immediately seized the opportunity to retaliate: "Jizhou government army is also the army of the imperial government, they have done a great service for the imperial government, why can't they reward us?"

"You are trying to force the truth, I did not say that Jizhou government army cannot be rewarded. Now you are saying that you should follow the imperial edict and quickly reduce the number of Jizhou government army s. " Deng Sheng said righteously.

"May I ask this lord, is it to first disperse the soldiers and return to the village, then deliver the reward to them? Or should we reward the warriors and let them return home on their own? " Yang Lin was extremely furious and could not help but curse this guy in his heart.

Deng Sheng was at a loss for words. He had wanted to ask Yang Lin why he did not reduce the soldiers, but in the end, it had become a battle of reward versus reduction. If they really disbanded the soldiers, who would give them rewards?

Another person came forward and said, "I, Yuan Zhong, have something to do. In order to eliminate the xanthopanax, he had truly contributed greatly to the battle and deserved to be rewarded. But the treasury is empty, and I am afraid I will not be able to take out that much money right now. It would be better to let Master Yang Lin slowly pay from the Jizhou's taxes. "

Yang Lin could not help but snicker in his heart. Why did the discussion start again? This was getting further and further away from Deng Sheng's original intention. If he had to raise money to reward the soldiers, would he have to wait years and months to gather enough money?

Huangfu Song was a pragmatic person, he had seen Yang Lin's valiant strength with his own eyes, and knew that if Yang Lin's cavalry was not handled well, it would cause a huge commotion. There was no longer any army in the imperial government that could fight against him, so he stood out and said.

"Your Majesty, Master Yang Lin and his underlings were the main force that had suppressed the Yellow Mask, and had killed Bo Cai, Zhang Mancheng and Zhang Jiao. And generals brave, soldiers elite, is a rare master of good fighting. Although the internal strife has been brought to a standstill, there are people from the North, including Wu Huan, Gaoguanli, and Hu Qiang. They are constantly attacking the border, killing my people, and stealing my money. "This subject believes that we can disband the infantry, but the cavalry cannot be cut down so easily. Please consider it, Your Majesty."

Yuan stood out again and said, "Your majesty, I thought that Zuo Zhonglang was right about Master Huangfu Song. We can reduce the number of Jizhou soldiers, but we still have to keep the cavalry."

After talking for a long time, he still did not manage to explain his reason why. Hanling Emperor Liu Hong felt extremely frustrated and impatiently waved his hands: "Today's meeting will end here, we can discuss about it in the future."

Zhang Can who was standing by Hanling Emperor's side had long frowned, he had seen too many such chaotic court meetings, and hated those bragging ministers. Hearing that Liu Hong wanted to withdraw, he immediately shouted: "Withdraw!" The chaotic Imperial Court ended in a mess of arguments, and with another word from Hanling Emperor Liu Hong, the matter of the reward for meritorious service was put off. Everyone knew that Hanling Emperor Liu Hong would not know when he would hold the next assembly, and no one knew how long he would have to wait until the next one.

The Generals who followed Yang Lin to the Luoyang were a little depressed. They had come to the Luoyang with great difficulty, but not a single person thought of them. What was even more infuriating was that the ministers actually thought that the cavalry of Youzhou was plotting against them.

Even Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and the others who had seen the Emperor together no longer smiled. With just a few more words from Hanling Emperor, their hopes of becoming an official became slim. Although Liu Bei had always thought of himself as the Han Dynasty, and had only asked his a few more questions, he had never mentioned anything about the rewards.

Even Zhang Fei, who usually liked to find people to train his martial arts, slept in the tent every day. If anyone talked to him about something, he would say with a rough voice, "Ignore me, it's annoying."

After two days, Xin Ping and Xin Pi who were running around the city every day came back and looked for Yang Lin very mysteriously. Lord General, Chief Eunuch Zhang Yong wishes to meet with you. In order to not arouse the suspicion of the court officials, it was better to meet secretly. "I've already arranged to meet tomorrow morning at the Ming Yue Restaurant. At that time, you will be alone."

"Is it really necessary to make it so mysterious?" Yang Lin was not used to this kind of secret service. It was not like they were doing underground work, the current imperial government did not even have a secret service.

"It is necessary. Right now, the ministers were staring at Lord General intently, treating him as the alliance of powers, as if they would not rest until they had moved him away. Zhang Jean, Song Dian and the rest spoke a lot of good words in front of the Emperor before they managed to suppress the matter. However, hearing from Zhang Rou, the emperor was also a bit indecisive and couldn't make up his mind. " Xin Ping, Xin Pi said anxiously.

"Then does Song Dian want us to bleed? They will not help us for nothing. Shouldn't we bring some silver tomorrow? " For some reason, all the eunuchs in history loved money. If Zhang was helped by them, they would definitely beat the crap out of him.

Xin Ping immediately waved her hand, and said softly: "Zhang Jean, Song Dian doesn't have that intention, but from Zhang Fu's tone, it seems like he wants to make a deal with us."

"Trade? What did he see in us? " Yang Lin laughed, he knew that Zhang Fu was looking for him to ask for the letters. Zhang Jean had been holding it in for such a long time. He must have been getting impatient.