Three Kingdoms King of the North

"General Zilong," Guo Jia, who was sitting next to Zhao Yun, saw Han Zhan winking at him, so he took the initiative to tell Zhao Yun and others about Chen Gong's visit, and finally said: "My lord sent someone to invite you here." Therefore, I want to ask your thoughts, should we send troops or not?"

"Cao Mengde has no grievances with us, why did we send troops to attack him?" To Han Zhan's surprise, it was Dian Wei who spoke first, and he said disdainfully: "What's more, it's a little guy like Zhang Miao. Let's go out together."

Hearing Dian Wei's complaints, Han Zhan suddenly remembered that Dian Wei used to be Zhang Miao's subordinate, a soldier who was responsible for raising the flag. Because he couldn't understand Zhang Miao's behavior, he left Chenliu, and was taken in by himself by accident.Now that he wants to cooperate with Zhang Miao, it's no wonder that Dian Wei has no emotions in his heart.

"What about you?" Han Zhan turned his attention to Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong again: "What do you think?"

"My lord!" As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Huang Zhong stood up and replied, "I will listen to you, and I will do whatever you say. If you want to send troops to conquer Cao Mengde, I will be the vanguard!"

But Zhao Yun remained silent, and Han Zhan did not urge him, but looked at him quietly.Wait until he speaks his mind.After a long time, Zhao Yun finally said: "My lord, when the courtier asked Cao Mengde to send troops to attack our army, he not only did not send troops, but sent Man Chong to report the news. Although the person who reported the news came a bit late, it is still a treat for you. You are kind, if you send troops to attack those who are kind to you, I am afraid you will attract criticism from many people, and it will affect your reputation at that time."

Zhao Yun's words hit Han Zhan's mind. He stood up and walked back and forth behind the cases with his hands behind his back, thinking about the stakes of this dispatch.Don't send troops, Cao Mengde will become his confidant's trouble sooner or later; send troops, the other party sent someone to warn him, this is more or less a kindness, if he is ungrateful, he will definitely be stabbed in the back.

"My lord," Guo Jia stood up seeing Han Zhan's hesitation, and suggested to him: "If you are unsure about paying attention, you might as well ask Chang Shi and the supervisor to come over and have a look. Maybe they can resolve your worries."

"Following Xiao's words is justified, then the Marquis will call in the Chang Shi and the supervisor to see what they think." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he called the soldiers outside the door and told them: "Go quickly!" The general Shi and the military supervisor have all been invited here, and the Marquis has important matters to discuss with them."

Chapter 506

Xun Yu, who had just returned to the mansion, heard from his family that Han Zhan had sent someone to interrogate him, so he quickly ordered them to be called in.As soon as the soldier entered the door, he couldn't wait to ask: "My lord is calling me, what's the matter?"

The soldier shook his head, and replied honestly: "If you go back to Changshi, the villain doesn't know."

After listening to the soldier's answer, Xun Yu couldn't help but secretly frowned, thinking quickly, wondering if there was any major event that he had ignored recently, otherwise Han Zhan would not be in a hurry to recruit himself to the state pastoral mansion .Xun Yu looked at the soldiers and asked, "Who is in the mansion now?"

"Back to Chang Shi," the soldier replied respectfully, "Mr. Guo, General Zhao, General Huang, and General Dian are all here. They seem to be discussing something important."

"Discuss important matters?!" Xun Yu couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, and quickly asked, "Is there anyone going to visit the lord before they enter the mansion a few days ago?"

The soldier thought for a moment, and replied: "There is an envoy from Chenliu who once visited the lord. But the lord didn't say a few words to him, so he ordered the guard Luo to take him to the post to rest."

"Chen Liu's envoy?" After hearing what the soldiers said, Xun Yu became even more puzzled. He thought that Jizhou and Chen Liu had no contact with each other because of Han Fu's death. Why did Chen Liu's envoy suddenly come to visit? whats the matter?Thinking of this, he asked the soldier again: "Do you know the name of the messenger?"

"The young one heard the lord and the military call him Gongtai," the soldier replied with some embarrassment, "As for the last name, the young one doesn't know."

Xun Yu thought through all the people with the word Gongtai in his mind, and soon thought of Chen Gong.As soon as this idea came up, he was denied by him, and he thought to himself: This is impossible, Chen Gongtai is Cao Mengde's subordinate, how could he become Chen Liu's envoy?I must have made a mistake first time

After sending away the soldiers, Xun Yu hurried to the State Shepherd's Mansion.At the door, he met Ju Shou who had just got off the carriage, greeted him, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know what the Lord called us here for?"

Hearing Xun Yu's question, Ju Shou looked at him blankly, and asked, "Don't Chang Shi know why the lord summoned us for a discussion?"

"I don't know." Xun Yu replied truthfully, "Since my lord came back from the expedition, I hang out with the women from Lefang every day in the mansion. I have never been involved in political affairs. It must be a big event to invite me into the mansion at this moment."

The two were talking when they saw a carriage stopped at the door. Xu Shu stepped out of the carriage and saw Xun Yu and Ju Shou standing outside the gate of the mansion, and quickly stepped forward to salute: "I have seen Chang Shi! I have seen you." Overseer!"

"Yuanzhi!" Xun Yu, as the chief historian of Jizhou, went to court on behalf of Han Zhan to discuss matters every day, and he didn't have much time to meet these officials in the prefecture.Seeing Xu Shu appear at this moment, he guessed that he must have been recruited by Han Zhan, and after bowing his hand in return, he asked, "Do you know why the Lord invited me to wait here?"

"I don't know about the lowly position." Xu Shu originally wanted to know the reason why Han Zhan recruited him to the mansion from Xun Yu and Ju Shou, but seeing that the two of them knew nothing like himself, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Don't you two also know why the lord summoned us? Is there a reason?"

"I don't know." Xun Yu and Ju Shou replied with blushing faces.

"Three adults, why are you still chatting here? My lord has been waiting for you inside." Just as the three monks were puzzled, Rob, who was standing outside the gate of the mansion, came over and urged the three of them: "You Please go inside quickly."

Xun Yu suddenly remembered the soldier who came to inform him. He heard that the envoy from Chenliu was brought to the post by Luo Bu, so he took a step forward, grabbed Luo Bu's arm, and asked impatiently: " Let me ask you, who is the name of the Chen Liu envoy you brought to the station?"

Rob replied without hesitation: "The surname is Chen Minggong, and the style name is Gongtai. He is an envoy sent by the prefect of Chenliu Zhang."

After confirming that Chen Liu's envoy was Chen Gong, Xun Yu frowned even more, and he said to himself, "Strange, how could Chen Gongtai become Chen Liu's envoy?"

"Uncle," Xun You walked to his side and said to him respectfully, "If you want to know what's going on, you can only go in and ask the Lord."

"That's right." Regarding Xun You's proposal, Xun Yu nodded vigorously, and said, "Only when you see the lord, will you know what happened."

The three of them followed Rob into the hall and saw that it was full of people.Xun Yu took a general look, as long as the civil and military officials of Jizhou in Yedu were basically all there.

After Han Zhan, Xun Yu and the others saw the ceremony, they asked them to sit down, and then said: "Not long ago, the prefect of Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, sent Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai to see Benhou, and asked Benhou to send troops to attack Cao Mengde together. Benhou summoned you Get up, just for this."

Except for Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others, the newcomers Wen and Wu were all stunned by the news.After a long period of silence in the hall, there were chattering discussions immediately.Looking at the whispering subordinates, Han Zhan didn't speak, just wanted to hear what they had to say.

"Master!" Xu Shu stood up, bowed and asked after bowing: "Isn't Chen Gongtai one of Cao Mengde's subordinates? Why did he act as Zhang Miao's envoy to persuade the Lord to send troops to attack Cao Mengde?"

Guo Jia saw that not only Xu Shu, but also many civil and military officials in Jizhou wanted to find out why Chen Gong would help Zhang Miao, so he got up and explained the feud between Chen Gong and Cao Mengde to everyone in detail, and finally emphasized: "My lord, please come here." , I just hope that everyone can speak freely and express their thoughts, so that he can also make a decision."

"Report to my lord!" As soon as Guo Jia finished speaking, Ju Shou stood up and said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you send troops to attack Cao Mengde,..."

But before Jushou finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xun Yu: "Ju Jianjun's words are wrong. Cao Mengde has no enmity with us in the past and has no grievances in the present. If he wants to send troops to crusade, he will come from nowhere. Besides, he sent people last time Came here to warn the lord, and exposed the courtiers in the court who tried to assassinate the lord. He is kind to us in this matter, and we owe him a favor. If we send troops to deal with our benefactor, I am afraid it will damage the reputation of the lord."

Some civil and military officials in Jizhou supported Jushou's opinion and agreed to send troops to attack Cao Mengde;

"Quiet, quiet!" Han Zhan's head got dizzy from the quarrel between the two gangs. He quickly used the paperweight on the table and knocked hard on the table a few times: "Quiet Ben!"

Jizhou Wenwu, who were arguing endlessly, shut their mouths when they heard Han Zhan's shout, and all turned their eyes to Han Zhan, wanting to hear what kind of decision he would make.

After Han Zhan glanced at everyone, he asked, "Who has a different opinion?"

"My lord!" Tian Feng, who has always had a low sense of presence, walked out of the queue and came to the hall. After bowing to Han Zhan, he said unhurriedly: "This subordinate has a plan to resolve the current difficulties." bureau."

Seeing Tian Feng coming out, Han Zhan guessed that the other party must have a different idea from Xun Yu and Ju Shou, so he hurriedly urged: "Yuan Hao, what's the best way to do it, tell me quickly."

"We can salute first and then fight!"

"Courtesy first, soldiers later?" Hearing what Tian Feng said, Han Zhan couldn't help being taken aback, thinking that what you said meant that you didn't say anything, so he asked, "Yuan Hao, what do you know?"

"We can ask Your Majesty to grant Cao Mengde an official position in the court and order him to take office soon." Tian Feng said confidently: "If he is willing to take up the post in the court honestly, then the lord and Zhang Taishou can carve up the East without bloodshed. county."

When Dian Wei heard this, he couldn't help interjecting and asked, "What if he refuses?"

"If he refuses," Tian Feng said with a sneer, "then the lord can send troops in the name of resisting the decree, and then no one will have anything to say."

"Yuan Hao's move is good, I think it is feasible." Guo Jia agreed with Tian Feng's proposal, and then turned his head to ask Han Zhan, "I don't know what the lord wants?"

Chapter 507 The plan to draw wages from the bottom of the pot

Tian Feng's suggestion, for Han Zhan, is simply a way to get the best of both worlds. In name, Cao Mengde was promoted, but in fact he was transferred from Dongjun, even if he could bring his confidant generals to Yedu to take up the post. , It is also impossible to transfer tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from Dongjun.This is like the Jade Emperor in Journey to the West, seeing that his heavenly soldiers and generals could not defeat Monkey King, in order to appease him, he conferred the title of Monkey King, but it is actually a false title and has no real power.I can completely let Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty recruit Cao Mengde to Beijing and grant him an official position without real power.

Seeing Han Zhan's silence, Tian Feng thought that the other party disagreed with his point of view, and quickly added: "My lord, if you take Dongjun, Jizhou will be able to connect with Qingzhou. No matter whether you go north to Youzhou or Going south to Xuzhou and Yangzhou is much more convenient than it is now."

The fact that Jizhou and Qingzhou are connected as a whole makes Han Zhan very excited.With a complete territory, precious troops can be concentrated in several key cities for defense, while the cities located in the belly leave only a small amount of guard troops to fully develop agriculture and commerce.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan nodded at Tian Feng, and said approvingly: "Yuan Hao's plan is very clever. Cao Mengde is willing to enter Beijing obediently, and we can get half of Dongjun without bloodshed; if Cao Mengde doesn't know good and bad, he insists on resisting If we obey, we can justifiably send troops to support Zhang Miao, attack Cao Mengde, and divide Dongjun evenly."

Having said that, Han Zhan cast his eyes on Xun Yu who was standing beside Jushou, and said to him: "Changshi, when the court tomorrow morning, please report to His Majesty that Cao Mengde, the prefect of Dongjun, has both ability and virtue, He is deeply supported by the people, if he continues to serve as the prefect, I am afraid that he will be wronged, so he is immediately recruited into the capital, and he is promoted to a noble."

Although Han Zhan's words were high-sounding, everyone knew in their hearts that Cao Mengde was transferred to the capital for the purpose of weakening his strength and reducing his military power, so as not to become a serious problem for Jizhou.So Xun Yu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and immediately agreed, "I obey!"

Guo Jia saw that Xun Yu promised to present the book to the Emperor of Han tomorrow, and recommended Cao Mengde to be an official in the court, so he walked over and reminded Han Zhan, "My lord, since we have a plan, should we inform Chen Gongtai of this matter?"

"Come here!" Hearing Guo Jia's proposal, Han Zhan quickly shouted outside: "Come here!"