I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 448 Liu, General Dong

That night, Liu Jian entertained Zhang Miao in his handsome tent, and at the same time discussed with him the cooperation between Zhongyuan Bachu Group and Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade.

Liu Jian has a lot of ideas in his mind, and at the same time he has a lot of hard currency in his hand. Even if nothing else is mentioned, if the most scarce grains in the Central Plains are sold from Hebei, it will be enough for Liu Jian and Bachu Group to make a fortune.

Of course, the Central Plains is still relatively dilapidated now, and there is not much profit to be absorbed. Liu Jian mainly focuses on the commercial channels to Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou, Guanzhong and other places through the Central Plains.

Hebei is far away from these places. If we want to facilitate large-scale economic and trade exchanges, we really need the Bachu Group to operate in it.

In terms of the division of interests, Liu Jian will not treat the Bachu Group badly. In times of adversity, it has always been Liu Jian's principle to share the benefits.

Of course, the time of trouble is like this... After the time of trouble is over, it will be hard to say what everyone should do.

At that time, everyone will eat according to their ability.

When Liu Jian and Zhang Miao were discussing cooperation, they also learned about the internal structure of Bachu Group from Zhang Miao.

In addition to the family of the "spokesperson" Zhongyuan Bachu on the surface, there are more than fifty gentry families with a large amount of wealth and land gathered in this group.

Of course, not only money can join!
It must be a Shimen family with a certain reputation, and at the same time, it must have good channels and strong capital. Ordinary wealthy and poor families are not eligible to join this interest group.

Most of these Central Plains scholar families who joined were from the Jinwen family, but there were also some rich ancient texts who had a good relationship with the Jinwen family. Although the two factions were at odds with each other academically, in terms of gaining benefits, they were both families of Confucian classics, and they were quite compatible with each other in this respect.

For academic and political channels, it’s okay for us to fight for life and death based on our ability, but everyone must learn to coexist hand in hand to make money in the local area, and we can’t take advantage of outsiders.

Could it be that the wealthy families don't make money, and they still have to give it up to those uneducated savages?
And according to what Zhang Miao said, among the Shimen families who control channels, apart from Bachu's family, there are also Bian Rang, a master of the Jinwen Department in Chenliu County, and Chen Gong, a famous scholar in Dongjun County...

Hearing the two names mentioned by Zhang Miao, Liu Jian probably sorted out some things in his mind.

These people in the Bachu Group, like those oligarchs in the world later, monopolize almost all important industries in Yanzhou. At the same time, because of their status as high-ranking scholars, they also have extremely smooth political channels in the court.

There are these people in the Central Plains, and others are in the Central Plains, as long as they interfere with the merchants and merchants in Yanzhou, they must go through them!
This is a naked ground tiger.

Liu Jian remembers that the most sensational thing Cao Cao did in history after he took over Dongjun was to kill Bian Rang, a famous scholar in Yanzhou, and all his wives and children!
After Bian Rang's death, it was Zhang Miao who welcomed Lu Bu into the Central Plains soon after, and turned against Cao Cao to fight for hegemony in Yanzhou.

As for Chen Gong, a famous scholar in Dongjun, he used Bian Rang's death as a gimmick to call on all the noble clans in Yanzhou to fight against Cao Cao!
The power of this undercurrent of forces caused Cao Cao to lose Yanzhou's support almost overnight, and all counties and counties rebelled one after another, almost unanimously siding with Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others.

Wherever Lu Bu went, all the places surrendered one after another without any obstacles. In the end, Cao Cao only retained three counties in Yanzhou, Juancheng, Fanxian, and Dong'e.

In a state, there are at least a hundred counties... In the end, only three counties were saved. What percentage is this?

It is conceivable how terrifying the whole Yanzhou's rebellion against Cao Cao was this time.

Is this just to avenge Bian Rang?
As for why Cao Cao killed Bian Rang and his wife and children, the history books simply record that it was because Bian Rang had ridiculed Cao Cao.

A simple stroke.

Although he doesn't know the specific reason, Liu Jian can be sure that with Cao Cao's wisdom, coupled with the fact that he had just become the boss of Yanzhou at that time, and his foundation was not stable, it would definitely be impossible to kill Bian's family simply because of a few curse words.

The Yanzhou Celebrity Group looked down on Cao Cao's status as an eunuch and insulted him. In fact, this should have been expected by Cao Cao long ago.

He has survived this kind of contempt for more than 30 years, why did he start to get confused when he arrived in Yanzhou?

To put it bluntly, the sarcasm is a cover.

After all, the gang represented by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, after occupying the place in Yanzhou, wanted to suppress the wealth and interests of the Yanzhou Celebrity Group.

And judging from what Zhang Miao and himself said, the resource interests of Bian Rang, Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others in Yanzhou can be said to be extremely consistent.

And what they control is exactly what Cao Cao and Yuan Shao covet.

This is where the root knot is.

Regardless of whether it is ancient or modern, as long as the interests are in place, scolding is fine.

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After negotiating with Zhang Miao about the general direction of cooperation, Liu Jian immediately ordered to let Zhang Miao go.

And with great fanfare, Zhang Miao was let go with a high profile.

After knowing this, everyone immediately came to ask.

"Brother, it's not easy for brother Xuande. After all, Zhang Miao was captured and presented in front of my brother. Even if my brother cooperates with those eight chefs to benefit Yanzhou... But he is a prisoner of war after all, so he was released so casually. Isn't my brother afraid of being deceived by Zhang Miao?"

Liu Jian was standing in front of the map at the moment, squinting his eyes and staring at Chang'an.

After watching for a long time, Fang heard him speak slowly: "Don't be afraid, in fact, the cooperation will bring more benefits to Bian Rang, Chen Gong, Ba Chu and others. Compared with me needing them, the other party needs me more at this moment."

After all, Liu Jian turned to look at Zhang Fei: "Don't worry, within a few days, Ba Chu and others will send envoys to discuss this matter with me in detail, and it is a very urgent agreement. We can negotiate terms with them... This is good for our economy and people's livelihood in Hebei, or it is the same for all Han people. Even in times of war, business and economic circulation cannot be discarded, and the common people must live!"

"Brother, you..."

"Okay, Yide, let's not discuss this matter for the time being. I have just received a report from Zini, saying that Dong Zhuo has indeed ordered five thousand fine cavalry. He is already leading his troops in the starry night. He intends to use the method of rushing and forcing to attack us!"

When the generals heard this, they were all in high spirits.

Yan Liang and Wen Chou gear up.

"The old thief Dong Zhuo has personally led his troops here, and the last official is waiting for your order to attack! Cut off the old thief's head and present it to the general!"

Liu Jian didn't answer, he just glanced back and forth at the people in the tent, but finally shook his head.

"This time, the task of ambush cannot be entrusted to any of you. Xiangguo has traveled thousands of miles to come here just for me, Liu Jian. Whatever I say, I will meet Xiangguo in person."

"After all, he is the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. You are not qualified to receive him."

"Generals, listen to my orders!"

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After Liu Jian's guidance, Guoyuan began to take targeted actions against Dong Zhuo's spying, and it was only because of this that he was able to find out useful information.

However, after this incident, Liu Jian also realized that his intelligence network is still not good enough, or not perfect enough.

But the next thing about building an intelligence network is no longer something that can be achieved by just throwing money at him.

No matter how much money is spent, experienced people are needed to deal with these intelligence issues on the front line.

Now, it's time to enhance the intelligence community's experience.

This may be a delicate job.

But this time, after Liu Jian and Jia Xu's special instructions, Guoyuan still found the way, and at the last critical moment, he found out Dong Zhuo's route of attacking troops.

Of course, Guoyuan still couldn't verify the military secrets of the opponent's thousands of miles of attack.

However, he could at least be sure when the opponent came to fight.

At the same time, it also provided five routes for the opponent to attack and attack.

The scope has been reduced, but for Liu Jian, it is still a headache.

The range of five routes is still too large.

The problem facing Liu Jian now is either to determine and select Dong Zhuo's route to advance, and then send troops to ambush him along the route.

The important thing is to stick to your own stronghold, and wait for Dong Zhuo to lead his troops to attack your own stronghold, and then carry out an ambush in the stronghold.

Although these two methods can be regarded as grasping the opportunity, the risks and losses of ambush in Dazhai are much better than those in ambush on his way.

But the five routes are still a bit hard to choose...

If you choose the wrong one, it might be self-defeating.

But at this critical moment, Jia Xu stood up.

Based on his knowledge of Dong Zhuo, he determined for Liu Jian the route where Dong Zhuo would come.

As the saying goes, know yourself, know your enemy and win a hundred battles.

Jia Xu chose a route for Liu Jian that Dong Zhuo would come, and at the same time explained his reasons, but as to whether to believe it or not, it depends on Liu Jian himself.

After all, Jia Xu only made a judgment based on what he knew about Dong Zhuo. This judgment will be accurate, but not absolute.

It depends on whether Liu Jian dares to use it.

After two full hours of thinking, Liu Jian finally made up his mind.

Nothing in the world has a [-]% success rate!

As long as the chance of winning is more than half, it is worth his try!
He doesn't want to gradually become that kind of planner!

Liu Jian made a decisive decision and led his troops to personally go to the road selected by Jia Xu to ambush and arrange it properly.

According to Guoyuan's information, Li Jue and Guo Si were the vanguards of Dong Zhuo's five thousand cavalry.

Li Jue and Guo Si are greedy, violent, and ambitious. Their soldiers and horses have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they kill like hemp. They are all wild wolves fed by human flesh and blood.

Still need to be treated with caution.

(End of this chapter)