Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 335 Donglai Dispute
Finally, with Jian Yong's efforts, Lu Su offered the price on behalf of the General's Mansion.

After all, Jian Yong is just a staff member of the Xuzhou Mansion. Even if Liu Bei gives him a lot of autonomy, he cannot make the final decision on some things.

Likewise, Bai Tu couldn't talk to him. After being beat up by Bai Tu, it was Lu Su and Jian Yong who met once in the name of "official business".

As for the meeting with Bai Tu, it was Jian Yong's visit to the General's Mansion on behalf of Xuzhou Mansion to congratulate him on the New Year.

After Lu Su "made the offer", he also hinted to Jian Yong that if the negotiation could not be reached this time, or if Guan Yu failed to withdraw his troops after the deadline, there was no need to send anyone to negotiate again!

The price tag of the General's Mansion was not too much. Although Jian Yong acted embarrassingly and even indignantly, after Lu Su was unmoved, he did not continue to pester him.

After all, in terms of conditions, the General Mansion still made concessions.

On the first day of February, Lu Su will go to Huang County on behalf of Bai Tu. If Xuzhou Mansion agrees to the terms of the General Mansion, Lu Su and Guan Yu will high-five and swear an alliance in Huangcheng.

After that, the main force of the Xuzhou army in Qingzhou needs to withdraw from Donglai County, including Guanyang County, Beihai County, which is close to the hinterland of Donglai County.

The General's Office will also give up Qucheng, Yexian, Dangli, Luxiang and other counties, leaving only Huangxian, Muping, Dongmu and Changyang counties on the eastern coast of Donglai.

In addition, ports and water villages were built in the Chengshan area of ​​Huang County and the Changguiting area of ​​Changyang County. The markets near the ports were all opened to Qingzhou after they were completed, and served as trading places for the General's Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion.

After completion, the General's Mansion will only be stationed at the port, and the navy will be stationed. Other Qingzhou counties will control the size of the garrison, not exceeding the normal hinterland counties, and Qingzhou merchant ships can sail and dock from Changgui Port.

At the same time, Xuzhou is not allowed to station troops in Donglai County and the area east of Jiaodong County in Beihai County. The two sides leave buffer zones for each other...

Although Jian Yong could not guarantee it, especially when he first proposed the conditions, he looked dissatisfied. However, after two days of negotiations and feeling that the general would not give in, Jian Yong still hinted before leaving that he could convince Liu Bei.

After all, if there is a stalemate, even the Prime Minister's Mansion will only fan the flames - after the Prime Minister's Mansion's victory in Yanjin, although the limelight is the same for a while, it is far from being comparable to the Xuzhou Mansion's victory in Qingzhou, but... in terms of substance The expansion of nature's territory and people, on the contrary, Xuzhou Prefecture has gained greater benefits.

In terms of prosperity, Qingzhou is far less prosperous than Jizhou. The Yellow Turban Army caused serious trouble here at the beginning, and the old and young adults who were trapped by the Yellow Turban Army were taken away by Cao Cao a few years ago. In terms of potential and heritage, it is not as good as Xuzhou after the disaster. .

However, what the Prime Minister's Mansion gained was only a few counties in Jizhou, with a population of less than a quarter of Jizhou, while what Xuzhou Mansion received was more than half of Qingzhou.

Of course, the number of captives obtained by the Prime Minister's Mansion is unmatched by the Xuzhou Mansion, so in a short period of time, the increase in strength is not as good as that of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Jian Yong couldn't understand it better - just listen to Sima Lang's various hints before...

What's more, Liu Bei is still thinking about a major event that, if successful, will change the current situation of the world. Generally speaking... Xuzhou Mansion does not want to cause trouble and fall out with the General Mansion at this time.

Similarly, the reason why Bai Tu handed over the matter to Lu Su was because he wanted to get the matter settled, taking into account the "historical compatibility" of Lu Su and Guan Yu.

In history without the White Rabbit Effect, when Lu Su served as the Grand Governor, Jiangdong maintained a relatively good relationship with Guan Yu, who was in Jingzhou, without much friction.

In Romance, Guan Yu went to the meeting with Lu Su alone, but in history, "going to the meeting alone" means that Lu Su is in front of the battle, and Guan Yu is about to garrison a hundred steps away from each other, and the two go up to talk one by one...

In the end, he and Guan Yu discussed the pros and cons and reached an agreement on the issue of fighting Cao Cao. During the period when Lu Su was in charge of "facing the line" with Jingzhou, the two sides could not afford to fight.

It was this consensus that allowed Sun and Liu to accumulate strength after the Battle of Chibi, laying the foundation for the future Three Kingdoms.

It wasn't until Lu Meng, the hawk faction, took over that he changed Lu Su's cooperation with Guan Yu when he was there, and strongly advocated attacking Jingzhou, and he soon discovered the opportunity...

Bai Tu calculated that for a general with strong subjective initiative like Guan Yu, just an order from his elder brother Liu Bei might not be able to restrain Guan Yu. Moreover, Liu Bei was far away in Xudu, so he would most likely have "flexibility" when issuing orders.

In contrast, let Lu Su high-five the oath with him-this kind of ceremonial behavior can better arouse Guan Yu's "righteousness", and then restrain his behavior.

If it were Gan Ning who concluded an alliance with Guan Yu...

Given their compatibility, they might just mess things up!

Afterwards, Jian Yong bid farewell to Bai Tu before the Chinese New Year. He didn't know if he was really anxious or he still had some dissatisfaction with the General's Mansion.

However, Bai Tu was still very considerate and gave him hundreds of kilograms of pork and sauces to take away, which was regarded as a gift to Xuzhou Prefecture and Liu Bei.

This year's New Year's Eve banquet at the General's Mansion seemed a bit deserted. Bai Tu specially invited the two old ladies of the Sun family, as well as many other family members of frontline generals, to the banquet at the General's Mansion.

For the "no appointment" of Baitu.The two old ladies also understood it. Although they were a little resentful, they were also towards Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. They even suspected that they were not dedicated to the front line because they were "escaping from marriage"!

If the war in Jiangxia is still unfavorable next year, the two old ladies may be the first to go to the Privy Council to report that the frontline generals have an improper fighting attitude...

Lu Su specially planned to go to Qingzhou after the New Year - last year, the Privy Council, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel... all danced happily. It is obvious that the projects of our Ministry of Civil Affairs are the foundation of everything. Why are they? Don’t understand?

This year will give you a lot of insights and lessons!
Lu Su asked himself that the Ministry of Civil Affairs was also very effective last year, but it was covered up by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Industry. This year... not only is it responsible for promoting the essence of Shennong, but also the progress of large-scale projects in various places, and the road and bridge construction index assigned to each county. It has increased greatly, but other departments have fallen into bottlenecks. It is finally time for him to feel proud.

For this reason, Lu Su also wrote a special manuscript. At the New Year's Day banquet, he praised the Ministry of Civil Affairs. At the same time, he did not forget to express his true feelings and encouraged other ministries, which made the chief officials of other ministries frown.

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Compared with the "overt and covert fighting" in the General's Mansion, the New Year's Eve banquet in Xudu's court can be said to be "a harmonious one."

Because Cao Cao returned from a great victory, Xu Chang's voice against Cao was muted.

Wang Fu, the captain of the Yue Cavalry School, and Wu Shuo, the councilor, were both deprived of their offices and imprisoned for slandering the prime minister!

If he hadn't been worried about Liu Bei, Cao Cao would have even wanted to do it with Dong Cheng and others. Unfortunately, Dong Cheng has also become timid recently and has not found a suitable excuse. Cao Cao is also worried that Liu Bei will disobey him for the sake of the majesty of the royal family.

However, at the New Year's Eve banquet, Cao Cao not only secretly regarded himself as the host of the banquet, but in the second half of the process, when the officials toasted Liu Xie and drank lightly of Yuan Ni's defeat, Cao Cao pretended to be drunk and stood up to raise a toast...

(End of this chapter)