Three Kingdoms King of the North

Hearing Han Zhan's shout, Chen Dao and Rob walked quickly into the main hall, bowed to Han Zhan, and asked, "I don't know what your lord wants?"

"Both of you hurry to the posthouse and invite Chen Gongtai here." Han Zhan told the other party, "This Marquis has something important to discuss with him."

"My lord," Ju Shou asked Han Zhan worriedly as he watched Chen Dao and Rob leave, "Could it be that you plan to tell Chen Gongtai the truth?"

"It's natural." Although Han Zhan didn't understand that Jushou would ask such a question, he still replied truthfully: "If we can't tell the truth, how can we cooperate with Chen Liu?"

"But if the news gets out, Cao Mengde will be alerted, and it will not be so easy to let him enter the capital." Ju Shou said anxiously: "I hope the lord thinks twice."

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Seeing Jushou's worried expression, Guo Jia quickly comforted him and said, "Didn't you hear what the Lord said just now? As long as the imperial decree is issued, Dongjun is ours no matter whether Cao Mengde receives the imperial edict or not." The thing in the bag. The only difference is that one is that the soldiers are not bloody, and the other is that they jointly send troops with Chen Liu to attack."

After Guo Jia's explanation, Jushou immediately got into a dead end by himself. The strategy proposed by Tian Feng made it impossible for Cao Mengde to preserve the Dongjun land no matter what he chose.If he is lucky, he can hold an insignificant official position in the court; if he is unlucky, he can only become a prisoner after Han Zhan and Zhang Miao captured Dongjun.

Not long after, Chen Gong appeared in the main hall.Chen Gong couldn't help being surprised when he saw more than [-] military officials in the hall. After saluting to Han Zhan, he asked in surprise, "Marquis of Anyang, I don't know why I called you here."

"Gongtai," Han Zhan asked someone to bring an embroidered pier to Chen Gong, and after calling him to sit down, he said, "This Marquis has already told all the Wus in Jizhou about your origin. Here, it's them."

Chen Gong got up, bowed to everyone, then turned to Han Zhan again and asked, "Marquis of Anyang, your summoning to this point is probably related to this matter." Seeing Han Zhan nodding his head to express his approval, Chen Gong's mood suddenly changed. The sun was shining brightly, so he hurriedly asked, "I don't know if the Marquis of Anyang ever negotiated something."

"Gongtai, this Marquis can agree to divide the East County equally with Zhang Taishou," Han Zhan said to Chen Gong with a smile: "But Ben Hou can't send troops for the time being, and after you return to Chenliu, you have to persuade Zhang Taishou not to leave for the time being." send troops."

Chen Gong was confused by Han Zhan's words. He didn't understand why Han Zhan agreed to divide the East County equally, but he didn't say he didn't send troops, and he tried to persuade Zhang Miao not to send troops. What's going on?With this question in mind, he asked puzzledly: "Marquis of Anyang, I don't understand what you mean, can you explain a thing or two?"

Seeing that Chen Gong didn't understand, Han Zhan told Chen Gong that he wanted to follow Han Xiandi's order to recruit Cao Mengde into the court as an official.Finally, he said with confidence: "No matter what Cao Mengde chooses, Dongjun will no longer be named Cao. At that time, Benhou and Zhang Taishou can divide Dongjun equally."

After hearing Han Zhan's plan, Chen Gong couldn't help nodding, and said in a repeated voice: "A wonderful plan, the Marquis of Anyang's plan is really a good plan. Presumably, once the imperial decree arrives in Dongjun, Cao Aman can only obediently come to the capital as an official." There was a pause for a moment , Chen Gong said anxiously again, "I must tell Prefect Zhang the news as soon as possible, why not leave now."

"Don't worry about Gongtai, it's getting late and the city gate is closed." Seeing that Chen Gong was in a hurry to leave, Han Zhan asked him to stay, "Even if you want to leave, it's not too late to rest in the city for one night before leaving. "

Hearing Han Zhan asking Chen Gong to stay, Guo Jia also echoed: "Gongtai, please be safe and don't be impatient. You might as well wait for the imperial decree to be issued tomorrow, and it won't be too late for you to rush back to Chen Liu."

Seeing that Han Zhan and Guo Jia were trying to persuade him to stay, Chen Gong thought about it for a moment, and felt that if he hurried back to Chen Liu, he might not be able to do anything for the time being. It would be better to stay another night to see if the imperial court ordered Cao Mengde to come to Beijing.It will not be too late to return to Chenliu when we have definite news, and discuss with Zhang Miao how to share the Eastern Commandery with Jizhou equally.Then he bowed to Han Zhan and saluted: "Since the Marquis of Anyang is trying his best to keep him, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

"Robu!" Hearing that Chen Gong was willing to stay, Han Zhan called out to Rob loudly.After Rob appeared, he directly ordered: "Arrange a banquet immediately, the Marquis wants to host a banquet for Gongtai. Also, you can find Bagu by the way, and let the woman from the music workshop in her backyard come here to sing a Huangmei opera for everyone. "

Chapter 508 Cao Mengde's Official Position

"Huangmei Opera?!" Hearing what Han Zhan said, except for a few insiders such as Guo Jia, Chen Dao, and Luo Bu, the rest of Wu were at a loss.They looked at each other and asked their colleagues in low voices, "Do you know what Huangmei Opera is?"

"I don't know!" The person who was asked naturally shook his head and replied blankly, "It's the first time I've heard of it, too."

Some people also replied: "There is a character in the middle of Huangmei Opera. Could it be the Baixi we know?"

Guo Jia saw that everyone was discussing, so he stood up and said with a smile to everyone: "Everyone, please be calm and don't be impatient. Go back to your respective seats and sit down. It is not difficult to know what Huangmei Opera is. But a few words can't explain it. Clearly, after the girl from Lefang arrives, you will know."

After a short time, a group of Lefang girls, led by Bagu, came to the main hall.Seeing so many people sitting in the hall, they were all taken aback. Bagu bravely stepped forward to salute Han Zhan: "I have seen Lord Hou!"

"Bagu!" Seeing Bagu's frightened look, Han Zhan smiled and said to her, "Benhou is here today to entertain Jizhou Wu. You can ask all the girls in the music workshop to sing Huangmei opera for us!"

"Dare to ask Lord Hou!" Ba Gu asked in a panic, "I don't know which one to sing?"

Hearing Bagu's superfluous question, Han Zhan couldn't help but frowned slightly, and then said: "Now you rehearse the familiar Huangmei Opera, isn't there only two? I'll sing them all tonight, so that Benhou's subordinates can also sing them." Know and know."

Bagu agreed, and called all the girls to take their seats, and prepared to sing: "Girls, just arrange the usual rehearsals, get on your seats, and prepare to start singing. First sing the female son-in-law, and then sing the fairy song."

The two officials sitting on the side heard what Bagu said to the women in Lefang, and one of them asked curiously: "Female son-in-law, what a strange name, how can a woman become a son-in-law in this world?"

The person who was asked naturally didn't know what was going on, so he could only say with a wry smile: "My dear brother, please be safe and don't be impatient. After a while, your doubts will be revealed."

When the women in the music workshop were all in place and ready to sing the concubine, Rob had already brought up the food and wine with someone.The officials who had just started the banquet stopped eating and drinking immediately when they heard the women singing the son-in-law, and began to listen carefully to the women's beautiful singing.

After the lead singer Xiang'er sang the first verse, Han Zhan applauded first: "Good singing!"

As soon as his words fell, everyone in the hall also echoed: "Good singing, it really is good singing!"

Tian Feng even stood up and asked Han Zhan: "Master, this song is so beautiful, it's the first time I've heard it, but I don't know who created it?"

Han Zhan didn't speak, but just laughed twice.Guo Jia, who was sitting at the bottom, quickly said, "Yuan Hao, needless to say, the Huangmei Opera is naturally created by the lord. Even the female son-in-law who is singing is also written by the lord himself."

Knowing that the Huangmei Opera was created by Han Zhan, Tian Feng was taken aback for a moment, then gave Han Zhan a thumbs up, and said sincerely: "My lord is really a genius."

Han Zhan originally thought that according to Tian Feng's personality, he might persuade himself not to play with things and lose his mind, but he was a little surprised to hear that he actually praised him, and couldn't help but feel a little happy.Taking advantage of his joy, Han Zhan said to Wu who was listening enthralled in the hall: "Everyone, if anyone likes to listen to this Huangmei Opera, you can send the singer at home to learn how to sing, so that even if you stay at home, you can still hear it anytime." Huangmei Opera."

When all the warriors heard what Han Zhan said, they were overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up to thank Han Zhan: "I will thank you, my lord, at the end!"

Early the next morning, Xun Yu went to court as usual.As soon as he walked to the gate of the palace, he saw many military officials of the imperial court gathered together and whispering.Seeing Xun Yu's appearance, everyone immediately became quiet and turned their attention to Xun Yu who was about to enter the palace gate.

"Young Master Xun's Mansion." The eunuch Zhao Qi walked out from the crowd, bowed his hands to Xun Yu, and said with a smile, "Be polite!"

Xun Yu is the governor of Jizhou, and at the same time, he also holds the post of Shaofu in the imperial court. His position is lower than that of Zhao Qi. Seeing that the other party came to greet him, he hastily bowed in return: "I have seen Zhao Taifu!"

Zhao Qi walked up to Xun Yu's side, put an arm on his shoulder, and walked towards the palace with him, seemingly casually asking: "Young Master Xun's Mansion, I wanted to invite you to my official's house yesterday. Have a banquet in the mansion. Who knows that after sending someone there, it is a pity to find out that you have gone to the state shepherd's mansion. Why don't you go to the official mansion as a guest after the court ends today, how about it?"

Xun Yu is such a smart person. From Zhao Qi taking the initiative to greet him, he guessed that the other party must know that Jizhou Wudu went to the State Shepherd's Mansion yesterday. He just wanted to understand why everyone went to the State Shepherd's Mansion. .After all, the relegation of servant Yang Qi and others to Qingzhou some time ago made all the officials in the court tremble with fear. It is estimated that many people stayed up all night last night just to find out why Han Zhan summoned his subordinates.

Seeing not only the officials in the distance looking at him with fear, even Zhao Qi beside him had an unnatural expression, Xun Yu smiled lightly, and then said: "My lord said that Cao Mengde, the prefect of Dongjun, is A minister capable of governing the world, if he is only a prefect, it would be too condescending. My lord asked me to recommend Cao Mengde to His Majesty as an official on his behalf."

"Is this true?!" Zhao Qi couldn't help stopping when he heard this, and asked in surprise: "Yesterday, the Marquis of Anyang Zhaoer and others entered the mansion to sponsor Cao Mengde as an official?"

"That's right, that's exactly what happened." Xun Yu asked with a smile, "Could it be that the eunuch doesn't believe what I say?"

"No, no." Zhao Qi waved his hands quickly, and said with a smile: "I don't believe in the truth of Young Master Xun's House, I just asked so casually, please don't take it to heart. "

The military officials in the distance saw Zhao Qi and Xun Yu chatting and laughing happily, thinking that what happened last night might have nothing to do with them, so they also walked towards the palace gate one after another.When they approached Xun Yu, they even took the initiative to say hello: "Young Master Xun's Mansion, be polite!" Seeing so many officials greeting him, Xun Yu also greeted everyone with a smile on his face.

When everyone came to the court hall, just as they stood in their seats, a small yellow door came out from the curtain beside it, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is here!" As soon as the words fell, Emperor Xian of the Han came out swaggeringly , Appeared in front of the military officials.

After the military officials had finished seeing the ceremony, Xiao Huangmen walked to the center and shouted in a shrill voice: "Play if you have something to do, leave the class if you have nothing to do!"

As soon as Xiao Huangmen's words fell, the military officials involuntarily cast their eyes on Xun Yu, because everyone knew that he had the original play.In the eyes of everyone, Xun Yu walked out of the queue generously, bowed and said to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, "I report to Your Majesty, I have an answer!"

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also received a secret report, knowing that Han Zhan summoned Jizhou Wu to enter the mansion, he was worried that Han Zhan would be unfavorable to him, so when he heard Xun Yu said that there was a play, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart.However, in front of all the military officials, he still forcefully asked, "What's Xun Qing going to do?"

"Report to Your Majesty." From the attitude of Zhao Qi and others, Xun Yu knew that if he didn't explain the matter clearly, the people present might not feel at ease, so he followed the caliber discussed with Han Zhan last night, and first slapped Cao Mengde. After a lot of praise, he finally said: "Your Majesty, my lord thinks that Cao Mengde is a rare and capable minister of the world. It would be too humiliating for him to be a mere prefect. I implore your majesty to issue a decree to recruit Cao Mengde. To be an official."

Knowing that Han Zhan convened Jizhou Wu to discuss the matter last night, so that he could recruit Cao Mengde into the court as an official, Han Xiandi couldn't help being stunned.After a while, he asked tentatively: "Young Master Xun's Mansion, the Marquis of Anyang asked you to play this matter on your behalf? Nothing else?"

"Only this, nothing else."

Xun Yu's words gave Emperor Han Xian a reassurance. He originally thought that Han Zhan's recruitment of Jizhou Wu might endanger his position.Knowing that the discussion was only about making Cao Mengde an official in the imperial court, he let go of the heavy stone in his heart and asked casually, "I don't know what official position the Marquis of Anyang thinks I should grant Cao Mengde?"

"The position of Tai Changqing in the imperial court is vacant." Xun Yu and Han Zhan had already researched what official position to confer on Cao Mengde, so when faced with Han Xiandi's inquiry, he replied confidently: "Cao Mengde can be granted this position."

Tai Changqing is an official in charge of sacrifices. Although he has a high position, he has no real power.Not only did Han Xiandi control so much, but as long as his status was not threatened, he would agree to Han Zhan's request.After coughing lightly, he said, "Zunzao! Where is Ma Taifu?"

Hearing the order from Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Ma Rixun, who was standing in the queue, immediately came out and bowed to salute: "The minister is here!"

"I named you an angel, and I went to Dongjun Cao Mengde to issue an order to grant him the post of Taichang Qing." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty looked at Ma Rixun and said, "Order him to come to Beijing to take office as soon as possible."