"The people in the camp are in a state of mind, and some people escape every day. I wonder what His Majesty plans?" Deng Yu bowed and spoke without turning around at all. He went straight to the point and went straight to the point.

"Zhonghua, Liu Yu summoned you as the Grand Situ, what are you planning?" Liu Xiu did not answer and asked Deng Yu a question. He didn't raise his head when he spoke, and he couldn't hear any emotion in his voice.

When the emperor said such words, the minister should immediately kneel down and bow down, cry and express his loyalty, and swear to never leave the emperor. But strangely, Deng Yu did not perform this drama, but did not move, looked at the emperor with a faint expression, and said, "Is Your Majesty willing to let me go?"

"I will never stop you wherever you are going." Liu Xiu also looked up at Deng Yu indifferently.

Deng Yu's eyes were fixed, and the focus was on the emperor's face, and he grabbed his gaze without hesitation, completely forgetting the etiquette that his subordinates should keep. Liu Xiu looked back at him without showing any weakness, and the two of them stared at each other, without saying a word.

It was Deng Yu who took the lead in breaking the silence, as if he was squeezing out his teeth: "I went to Chang'an to study when I was a young man, and I was classmates with Your Majesty. I have followed Your Majesty for a total of eighteen years since then. I think I understand Your Majesty, and I think Your Majesty knows me. Today, I am wrong? Today, Your Majesty is so suspicious. Do you want me to die?"

Liu Xiu remained silent, "Tree moved to death, people moved to live, I want you to live."

"I'm not Deng Chen!" Deng Yu suddenly raised his voice, "Deng Chen's life is to live a life. He may have glory and wealth, and may have a good end, but his way of living lacks something."

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Do you want to say that Deng Chen has no friendship?"

"He lacks friendship," Deng Yu's voice suddenly lowered, "but I don't want to say this."

Liu Xiu looked at Deng Yu and showed a focused look for the first time. He was obviously serious. "Then tell me, what is Deng Chen missing?"

"Dignity! Pursuit!" Deng Yu said simply: "Liu Yu can give him a title, give him a stable life, and make him rich and prosperous forever, but he must not give him trust and respect. He just traded love for wealth through a dirty deal. He succeeded, but he will also pay the price for it. From now on, all his actions will be for the desires of his mouth, the entertainment of his voice, and the ambitions and ambitions will be turned into ashes. He can only watch others make a difference, but he is exhausted in wealth. Even such wealth will be taken away at any time."

Deng Yu looked at Liu Xiu and continued, "I am the same as Deng Chen, and I want to live too. I am different from Deng Chen. I don't want to lose hope and live without dignity like him. You should know how arrogant I was when I was a teenager. When I looked at you, I said I wanted to be Xiao He and Zhang Liang of Han. You smiled and said I wanted to be Jinwu, and rode a white horse to welcome Yin Lihua. You don't know how disappointed I was at that time!"

Liu Xiu frowned, "Why were you disappointed? You didn't say anything at that time."

"What do I say? Do you want you to be the High Emperor? With your cautious personality, I'm afraid you will cover my mouth and make me not want to be foolish. But that's what I think! I want you to be the High Emperor, and I am your Xiao He and Zhang Liang. So, when you finally left Liu Xuan and crossed the Hebei alone, I was so happy that I didn't delay for a day and immediately followed you. All I thought about along the way was that Xiao He and Zhang Liang finally waited for the High Emperor, and this world is ours!"

Liu Xiu's voice became quiet, "But you are wrong. I am not the High Emperor. I have lost the world."

"Your Majesty is no less talented than Emperor Gaozu, but he lacks the luck of Emperor Gao. This is the number of days. Your Majesty does not have to be discouraged. Things are not desperate. Even if you retreat to Liaodong, you can still make a difference. Liu Yu is in full force at this time, so Your Majesty can temporarily avoid his attack and accumulate momentum on the border. Once the world changes, you can send troops back to the Central Plains at any time to restore the world."

Looking at Liu Xiu's slightly sad expression, Deng Yu turned his head and said, "Even if the world is difficult to recover for a while, it is no big deal. Being the overlord of one side and practicing education in the border areas is also a great merit. Your Majesty's virtue will inevitably be held in history, and your merits will also depend on Your Majesty, and the border areas will also have merits and wealth."

Liu Xiu said: "Zhonghua, with your talent, Liu Yu..."

Deng Yu interrupted him without hesitation, just like the two of them were not kings and ministers, but classmates and friends of those years. He quickly interrupted, "He doesn't need me! Liu Yu has his own Xiao He and Zhang Liang, why should I add icing on the cake or even hinder people's eyes? Why should I exchange dignity for wealth? I, Deng Yu, lack the little wealth he gave me? You have a close relationship with my young man, my affection and righteousness, and the minister knows the king, and the king knows the minister. I am brave to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty obeys my words and comply with me. What else can I ask for? I am willing to follow Your Majesty to make achievements, whether it is great or small, it is your Majesty's achievements, and it is also your Majesty's achievements, whether it is great or small, but it is just an accessory to your Majesty's achievements."

Deng Yu suddenly leaned forward, looked directly into Liu Xiu's eyes, and said, "I want to live, but I don't want to live by relying on others. I want to fight with my brothers to live well."

After saying this, he pulled back, left the seat and bowed down, and said, "I am afraid and offended Your Majesty. Please punish Your Majesty. Your Majesty can deal with me, but please don't say anything else to move."

He lowered his head and didn't hear the words from above for a long time. He was about to look up when he suddenly heard Liu Xiu say, "Zhonghua, I want to make my ministers choose by myself. If you want to leave, I will never stop you."

Deng Yu was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, how did this make it happen? If so, I'm afraid the army will disperse!"

"Zhonghua, you have said so much just now, which makes me believe in the word "loyalty and righteousness". I have been emperor for eight years and have governed the country with Jiu Jitsu. I have practiced benevolence and righteousness. I feel that I have never treated my subjects badly. I believe that there are those who value love and righteousness that cannot bear to abandon me, and even more like Zhonghua who is willing to advance and retreat with me. I cannot bear to take the life of millions of people with my own personal gain, and I cannot bear to let their relatives separate. I would rather lose the world than lose the hearts of the subjects... I hope to be Deng Chen or Deng Yu, let them decide for themselves!"

Liu Xiu actually thought carefully. Liu Yu's plan to remove firewood from the cauldron was too harsh, and it would be difficult for him to gather this army again. Now rumors in the camp are raging, just like a plague, one passes ten, ten passes a hundred, if the situation continues, the entire army will face the risk of collapse. Even if he takes tough measures to control it, the army will not have any combat effectiveness. Maybe once the enemy rushes, someone will run away, and some will turn against each other. The panic at the moment is more contagious. One run will have ten followers, and the entire army will collapse before the battle will collapse.

This is the reason why elite soldiers should form their own army and not mix with the mobs. A piece of rat shit will ruin a pot of porridge, and a part of the deserters will also lead the elite soldiers into deserters, making the entire army a mob. Liu Xiu wanted to streamline the troops, keep the elite soldiers who were truly loyal to him, and throw out all the rat shit.

Deng Yu's concerns were also very realistic. This was a big adventure. Maybe after an edict, more than 100,000 people ran away, and Liu Xiu immediately became the commander of the bare hands.

Liu Xiu had another worry. Those soldiers who already had strange intentions were actually an uncontrollable danger. He dared to conclude that some people were thinking about using Liu Xiu's head to exchange for fame and fortune, and there were many such people. Keeping them in the camp was a huge threat to him.

Deng Yu persuaded him for a while, and Liu Xiu suddenly said seriously: "Ten years ago, I entered Hebei alone, without any soldiers and soldiers under my command, and countless talents still compete to join us. After that, I will conquer half of the country, spread the world, and command the Central Plains to dominate for a while. Will I be rejected by my subordinates and become a lonely man?"

Deng Yu was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is the hero of the world, and loyal and righteous people will definitely follow you to the death."

Things were settled, and the next thing was how to implement it.

In fact, it is impossible to let everyone choose completely, and the entire army may really disperse. As long as Liu Xiu showed this kind of mind and kindness, it would be enough for the entire army to feel it.

When Xinling Jun stole the talisman to save Zhao and killed the Wei general Jin Bi, it was still difficult to drive the army to save Zhao, because no soldiers of Wei would be willing to leave their hometowns and fight for the people of Zhao. Xinling Jun therefore ordered: "Bather and son are in the army, father are in the army, brothers are in the army, brothers are in the army, and brothers are in the army. The only son has no brothers, so return to raise them." Eighty thousand soldiers were selected and repelled the Qin army in one battle. Xinling Jun was respected and obedient from the army, and also admired by the world. The name of benevolence and righteousness spread all over the world.

When the army left Handan, the family members left first. Almost all the families of important ministers and generals were on the way to Liaodong, in front of the army. These families who went to Liaodong would not leave.

In addition, relying on Liu Xiu's personal charm and the loyalty and righteousness of the people, a considerable number of people will stay. The Han people are relatively more loyal and not as utilitarian as those in later generations.

Regarding ordinary soldiers, Deng Yu suggested to imitate the old story of Xinlingjun, set several conditions to dismiss some people, and Liu Xiu agreed.

The next day, the army entered Nanpi, an important town in Bohai County, and made some repairs.

The emperor issued an order that ministers and generals could continue to walk with the army or leave the team to return home by themselves. If ordinary soldiers, fathers and sons are in the army, fathers will return home; if brothers are in the army, brothers will return home; if only sons can go home immediately; if someone has a wife and a child at home, he can decide whether to stay.

The imperial edict spread throughout the army, shocking everyone.

"What does your Majesty mean? Are you really letting us go?"

"Your Majesty is the emperor, and you have no jokes, let alone such a formal edict, it must be unfair."

"Impossible? It must be a test. If you don't believe it, just leave and try it. You will be caught and killed before you leave the city gate."

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is so kind, I am willing to follow you to the death, how can I leave halfway!"

"There are no heroes like His Majesty who have seen. I am willing to be a heroic pawn. Even if His Majesty drives me away, I will definitely not leave!"

"I don't think so. If this is true, I'll go home now."

"Now, I can finally go home, no longer have to fight hard on the battlefield!"
Chapter completed!