Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 618 Yuan Shao's Political Wisdom (4000)

Also.

As far as Wu Liang knew, the identity of the governor of Bingzhou was also a problem.

Five years before Zhongping, the governor of Bingzhou was still a man named Zhang Yi. Later, Zhang Yi died in fighting against the Hu people, and the post of governor was succeeded by Lu Bu's former adoptive father Ding Yuan.

Later, Dong Zhuo lured Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan, and it was hard to say who was replaced by the governor of Bingzhou for a while.

But now.

Bingzhou has become Yuan Shao's territory. According to historical records, after Yuan Shao acquired Bingzhou, he immediately appointed his nephew "High Gan" as the governor of Bingzhou in order to stabilize the situation. "High Gan" did not disappoint Yuan Shao. During the period of Bingzhou, the political discipline was excellent, and many scholars from Bingzhou came to attach themselves to him.

And in the subsequent Battle of Guandu, the "high officials" also provided Yuan Shao with a considerable amount of food and soldiers.

So the current governor of Bingzhou should be a "high-ranking cadre".

And there shouldn't be any serious crisis of trust between Yuan Shao and the "senior cadres". Under normal circumstances, he would definitely not skip the "senior cadres" to send Yuxi to Jinyang Ling Zhang Liang.

unless.

The things mentioned in Yuxi are not normal.

At the very least, it should not be a political and military order in the normal sense, but some secret matter that cannot be taught to too many people, and it may even be a dirty matter that Yuan Shao does not want his real "own people" to get involved...

at the same time.

"The two envoys have worked hard."

Zuo Ci also reacted quickly, and while taking the chicken feather bamboo tube over, he said with a smile to the two messengers, "Don't be impatient, you two, come here! Immediately prepare food and drinks for the two messengers, and wait I read the letter and write a receipt before I come out to send it off!"

"promise!"

An officer responded, stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation to the two messengers, "Please follow me."

The two messengers looked embarrassed, they were obviously anxious, but they couldn't take Zuo Ci's face seriously, so they just nodded and said: "I would like County Magistrate Zhang to hurry up and prepare the receipt. It's not easy to explain."

"Don't worry, you two, Zhang knows it well."

Zuo Ci nodded slightly.

Immediately, the two messengers followed the officer to the backyard, while Zuo Ci turned his head to look at Wu Liang, and asked Wu Liang what he meant with his eyes.

Wu Liang pouted at him, signaling to go into the study to avoid outsiders before speaking.

……

After a moment.

Zuo Ciping retreated to the left and right, leaving only Wu Liang, Dian Wei and Zuo Ci in the study.

Wu Liang had already seen the plaque that Zhang Liang had mentioned before, but for the time being, he was not in a hurry to get the oracle bone documents hidden behind the plaque. Instead, he took the feather bamboo tube from Zuo Ci and smashed the seal on it with a slap. mud.

A small roll of bamboo slips fell out of the bamboo tube.

Not only Wu Hao was curious about the content in the bamboo slips, but Zuo Ci was also very curious. Seeing Wu Liang pick up the bamboo slips, his neck tilted slightly, and he stared at the slips intently.

But because of Dian Wei's majesty.

After all, he still kept a distance from Wu Liang, not daring to approach Wu Liang easily.

Before finding out what was going on, Wu Liang didn't intend to share the contents of the bamboo slips with Zuo Ci, turned around to avoid Zuo Ci's gaze, and then spread out the bamboo slips to read carefully.

Although the words in the bamboo slips are not too many, there are only a hundred or so characters in total, but the content presented by these words surprised Wu Liang.

It turned out that Yuan Shao had received a secret report that Li Jue and Guo Si, Dong Zhuo's former troops, had completely fallen out. After falling under the control of Li Jue and Guo Si, he traveled eastward and fled to Anyi (now Yuncheng, Shanxi).

However, Yuan Shao ordered Zhang Liang to secretly gather a group of troops in Yuxi, disguised as disaster victims, and went to Anyi to "greet" Emperor Xiandi Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty. No matter what price he paid, Liu Xie must be assassinated in Anyi...

"This……"

Wu Liang was shocked.

Regarding the falling out between Li Jue and Guo Si, and the escape of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie, although it was a little earlier than the time recorded in the historical records, it did not surprise Wu Liang. After all, many historical events have been advanced or It is change, which may be the result of the butterfly effect.

But Yuan Shao actually wanted to send someone to assassinate Liu Xie, which Wu Liang never thought of.

Because about this matter, the official history records it like this:
As early as when Yuan Shao defeated Han Fu and won Jizhou, a counselor named "Ju Shou" next to him offered advice, asking Yuan Shao to gather millions of troops while he was in power, and go to Xijing to take Han Xiandi Liu Xie back to Luoyang. You can coerce the emperor to order the world, and if the conquest is not conquered, great things can be achieved.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't take it seriously at the time.

Later, Yang Feng and others escorted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie escaped from Chang'an, and Ju Shou reminded Yuan Shao again that he should hold the banner of Emperor Xian of Han in his own hands, and take the emperor to seek disobedience.

However, Yuan Shao still did not accept it. He believed that welcoming Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would be equivalent to putting a pair of shackles on himself. At that time, he would have to ask Emperor Xian of Han for any action. If he obeyed Emperor Xian of Han, he would lose his power. It is not a good way to obey the order of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and then resist the imperial edict.

In this way, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie hid in Anyi for a while, and finally found a chance to return to Luoyang.

That’s why Boss Cao immediately went to Luoyang to meet Emperor Xian when he got the news, and finally transferred Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xu County on the pretext that Luoyang was dilapidated and food was scarce, and established a new capital in Xu County, firmly controlling Emperor Xian Opportunity to command the world in the hands of others.

Does Yuan Shao regret this?
Soon he regretted it, because the benefits of Boss Cao's welcome to Emperor Xian soon became apparent. After that, Boss Cao borrowed the emperor's self-respect and quickly plundered a large area of ​​Yuzhou, and many separatist forces in Guanzhong also came forward Coming back, Boss Cao gained huge benefits in a short period of time.

While Yuan Shao was full of remorse, he actually asked Boss Cao to send Emperor Xian to Yecheng and hand it over to him.

Boss Cao was not a fool, so he immediately rejected Yuan Shao's request, and issued an edict in the name of Emperor Xian to reprimand Yuan Shao: "I didn't see you when I was King Qin, and I was thinking about forming a party to attack others all day long, but now you think of me. go!"

Yuan Shao was so angry, knowing that Boss Cao was playing tricks, but he could only write a letter to defend himself.

And the more irritating thing is yet to come.

Within a few days of this incident, Boss Cao named himself a general in the name of Emperor Xian, and appointed Yuan Shao as Taiwei, and changed his title to Marquis of Ye.

Although the Taiwei is also one of the important ministers of the three lords, his status is lower than Boss Cao's general. Yuan Shao knew that Boss Cao was deliberately disgusting him. He thought that Boss Cao was inferior to him in all aspects, but now he Shouting five and six on the head, Yuan Shao felt humiliated and at the same time immediately declared that he would not be rewarded.

that's it.

Yuan Shao finally missed this most important political bargaining chip, which also laid the groundwork for his subsequent failure.

When he saw this period of history before, Wu Liang only felt that Yuan Shao lacked political wisdom and brains, and was headstrong and could not listen to other people's opinions. Such a person is destined to be impossible to achieve great things... I believe many people have the same view, and even Yuan Shao was a little contemptuous.

But now seeing the contents of Yu Xi, Wu Liang felt that the matter might not be that simple.

Although Yuan Shao didn't listen to Ju Shou's advice to welcome Emperor Xian and coerce the emperor to make him disobedient, he must have thought of the significance of welcoming Emperor Xian.

otherwise.

How could Yuan Shao send out a call to order Zhang Liang to go to Anyi to assassinate Han Xiandi Liu Xie?
Although he didn't want to welcome Emperor Xian, he also didn't want Emperor Xian to fall into the hands of others, that's why he made such a move.

So if the assassination is successful, how will the situation develop?

Wu Liang analyzed it carefully.

At that time, Emperor Xian was still young, so he had no heirs, and none of the other members of the Liu family could legitimately inherit the throne of emperor. At that time, the world would have no leader, and it was inevitable to fall into even greater chaos.

Under such circumstances, all the separatist forces will start to internal friction.

And Yuan Shao, as the most powerful person at this time, even has the advantage of crushing any separatist forces, he can not only sit on the sidelines and reap the benefits of the fisherman, but also take the initiative to attack and annex those forces one by one to further strengthen himself. After the strength is dealt with, it is also possible to ascend the throne and become emperor on the grounds that "the Han Dynasty has no emperor", without having to be condemned and cursed by the people of the world, wouldn't it be beautiful?

Furthermore, as the "leader" of the Kwantung Allied Forces, Yuan Shao witnessed with his own eyes the fate of the previous Dong Zhuo who "took the emperor to order the princes".

At that time, Dong Zhuo was reviled by the people of the world and punished by the people of the world.

With such a lesson learned from the past, it is impossible for Yuan Shao not to be touched.

What's more, as the "leader" of the Kwantung Allied Forces who took the lead in attacking Dong Zhuo, he did something similar to Dong Zhuo. It is also reasonable to take away the character of the Runan Yuan family.

On the contrary, look at Boss Cao.

Boss Cao never proclaimed himself emperor in his life. Could it be that he has no ambition and does not want to proclaim himself emperor?
Not!
It is precisely because he adopted the strategy of "coercing the emperor to command disobedience", even if he defeated Yuan Shao and flattened the Central Plains, Boss Cao was notorious for disobedience, not only almost ended up like Dong Zhuo because of the "clothes edict" incident In the end, even if he became the Duke of Jue and conferred the title of Jiuxi, he was opposed by many gentry, and even Xun Yu, who accompanied him all the way, stood on the opposite side of him.

In this case, Boss Cao wanted to proclaim himself emperor.

Does he dare?
Therefore, if you think about it this way, it may not be wrong for Yuan Shao not to welcome Emperor Xian.

As a person who had the advantage of crushing at that time, he didn't need to use the name of Emperor Xian to restrain other forces, and he had a good chance of success. Keeping Emperor Xian by his side would bring a lot of unnecessary harm and become a tool for him to realize his ambitions shackles.

But for Boss Cao, who is relatively weak, Xiandi is the political force he has to borrow to rise up. As for some side effects that may be brought later... Only by surviving and growing will there be a chance, and he can only take one step at a time. This is also a no-brainer.

And after seeing this Yu Xi.

Wu Liang finally understood Yuan Shao's thoughts.

It is not that he lacks political wisdom at all, and it is impossible for a person without political wisdom to think of a strategy of sending people to assassinate Emperor Xian, which is beneficial but harmless.

It's a pity that his plan did not succeed, otherwise there would be no such thing as Boss Cao's welcoming of Emperor Xian.

As for why it didn't work...

Wu Liang turned his head and looked at Zuo Ci meaningfully.

"?"

Zuo Ci felt terrified when Wu Liang looked at him, and he couldn't help showing doubts and uneasiness.

The key person who affected Yuan Shao's overall plan may be Zuo Ci.

Even if Wu Liang didn't come to Jinyang City at this time, Zuo Ci would definitely arrive, and he would definitely be detained by Zhang Liang to help him explore the underground secret place.

But Zuo Ci in history finally possessed the ability to "dissolve immortals from corpses".

It means that even if Wu Liang didn't show up, Zuo Ci still used his own method to kill Zhang Liang, so that when Yuan Shao's Yu Xi was delivered, Zhang Liang had no chance to check the content of Yu Xi, let alone execute Yuan Shao's order. The command.

Coupled with the inconvenience of communication in this era, the messengers don't know how long it will take to send letters back and forth, and if they are not careful, they will miss the opportunity to act.

This is tantamount to giving Boss Cao a chance to welcome Emperor Xian.

"It seems that Yuan Shao is out of season..."

Thinking of this, Wu Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At the same time, Wu Liang also began to doubt what kind of existence Zhang Liang was under Yuan Shao's command.

The leader of the special forces?
Jin Yiwei who specializes in doing dirty things for Yuan Shao?

According to the content analysis in Yuxi, this possibility is very high...

Zhang Liang once said to Wu Liang before his death: "It was very hard for Zhang to get to where he is today. No one knows the hardships of this journey... Everything Zhang has not come easily, and there are still many grand ambitions that have not been realized. Zhang Never die here..."

Wu Liang understood better than anyone else.

How difficult is it for a person with Zhang Liang's status and background in this era when the room for advancement is completely monopolized by the gentry, and the reason why he was able to get into the sight of Yuan Shao, who was vassalized by many gentry families, did not need any extraordinary means and did not show those I am afraid that it is impossible to realize the irreplaceable role of the children of the noble family.

Coupled with Zhang Liang's methods displayed in Jinyang City, part of his character can also be seen, he is definitely not a weak person.

"Brother talented and virtuous, the content in this feather must not be related to me?"

Seeing Wu Liang looking at him, the expression on his face changed several times, Zuo Ci became more and more uncertain, and couldn't help asking.

"how could be."

Wu Liang came back to his senses, rolled up the bamboo slips and put them in his arms, and then found a scroll of bamboo slips written by Zhang Liang himself from Zhang Liang's writing case, then said to Zuo Ci with a smile, "It's just Please trouble Brother Yuan Fang to imitate Zhang Liang's handwriting and write a reply receipt, so as to teach the two envoys to return to their missions."

"This... talented and virtuous brother, look at my hand, it's even difficult to write now..."

Zuo Ci looked puzzled, and shook his arms that had been tied with bamboo boards at the broken bones.

But Wu Liang smiled indifferently: "Because of this, as long as the two envoys go back and tell the truth, even if the handwriting doesn't look alike, it won't arouse suspicion."

(End of this chapter)