Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 515 Everything is ready
After Wu Zhi came here, Zhong Yao adopted the strategy of keeping a low profile.

Before doing anything, I would always ask Wu Zhi for his opinion.

Wu Zhi initially thought that Zhong Yao might have been so cautious because he had not done things well in the past few times, until he realized that something was wrong.

"Ji Chong...you said that regarding the collection of new currency, should the Chen family go? Then should the Jia family go?"

The Chen family and Jia family mentioned by Zhong Yao are Chen Qun and Jia Xu respectively.

Chen Qun and Jia Xu were both of high status, so it would be a good idea to ask them carefully to make sure they understood.

It's just that this has happened several times.

Almost every time, when Zhong Yao wanted to go somewhere, he would come and ask first.

I have already told him clearly that taxation is related to military horses and food, which is related to war.

Regardless of the size of the family or their ability, all should be accepted!

As a result, Zhong Yao seemed not to understand and still came to ask every time, which made Wu Zhi begin to get annoyed.

At that moment, he said helplessly: "Mr. Yuan Chang, you don't have to come to me for everything. Just do what we agreed last time."

"I am very busy right now, and I can't talk to you about this often."

This is what Zhong Yao did!
The purpose is to make Wu Zhi not bother to bother with the progress of his work.

It would be best to talk to him for an entire afternoon, that would be great!
He smiled innocently and said, "Grand Sima! I have already issued a military order to His Majesty."

"If there is any mistake in Yecheng, I will lose my head!"

"Hey, Ji Zhong, please don't bother me!"

What Zhong Yao said was very sincere, and it is indeed true.

Wu Zhi was also present when the military order was signed, so there was no doubt at all.

Of course…

Even though he has no doubts, things cannot go his way!

Wu Zhi said helplessly: "Mr. Yuan Chang! Don't come to me for anything in the future. If you really can't make up your mind, we can meet once every three days and discuss the problem."

When Zhong Yao heard this, he immediately refused.

But he said: "No, no, three days is too long, once a day is best."

Wu Zhi was shocked when he heard this.

If you do it once a day, won’t you be exhausted?

He immediately refused and said, "It's settled, once every three days!"

"If Lord Yuan Chang has nothing else to do, please go back!"

After saying this, he lowered his head to look at the letters coming in from various places, as if he would never pay any attention to Zhong Yao again.

Seeing Wu Zhi's firm attitude, Zhong Yao had no choice but to leave in frustration.

However, just when Wu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't realize that Zhong Yao had a faint, uncontrollable smile on his face.

A smile that shows that the plan has been successfully implemented.

If Wu Zhi saw this, he would definitely grab Zhong Yao and interrogate him.

Unfortunately, he was so focused on his work that he didn't notice anything unusual about Zhong Yao.

...

On Xing Daorong's side, everything went much more smoothly.

There is no need to say much about mobilizing troops and continuing to suppress grain prices in the north. The key point is that as more and more northern families come to Chang'an, our General Zhang Liao's mind has completely changed.

Especially after knowing Cao Pi's absurd actions...

...

"Collect taxes...collect grain!"

"Even if there are indeed some difficulties in the army, it shouldn't be like this!" Zhang Liao shook his head repeatedly while speaking, looking angry at the other party for not fighting back and sympathetic to his misfortune.

In front of Zhang Liao, Cui Lin, Xun Wei and Zhao Zi nodded one by one, and each of them looked like they agreed.

As for Xing Daorong...

He was also standing by, watching Cui Lin and his men trying to persuade Zhang Liao on his behalf...

Cui Lin said: "General Wenyuan!"

"You don't know what Cao Pi has become during your absence!"

"For your own sake, you no longer care about the lives of the people!"

In fact, it is not that they don’t care about the lives of the common people, but rather that they don’t care about the lives of the aristocratic families.

However, the noble families who fled here could not say this and just blamed it on the common people.

Zhang Liao didn't know this and thought it was true.

His expression grew colder as he listened, and at the end he slammed the table in anger and shouted, "The people have suffered from wars for years, why is Cao Pi like this!"

"Ah! He is really not as good as Cao Gong in the past!"

Xing Daorong listened at the side but couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Speaking of military rations... Cao Cao went even further!
But for now, I just thought about it in my mind and definitely couldn't say it out loud, so as not to ruin the atmosphere.

However, Xing Daorong didn't say anything because Chang Lin and others would help him.

But he said: "General Wenyuan, let alone Cao Gong, he may not even be as good as Prince Zhi. After all, if it were Prince Zhi, he couldn't kill his own brother."

"Yes! Being deceived by your mother is unacceptable to heaven and earth!" After Chang Lin finished speaking, Xun Wei immediately came to his aid.

These people sang the same tune with a clear purpose, which was to make Zhang Liao let go of his burden.

Zhang Liao himself actually knew it very well.

He had been willing to surrender to Liu Bei some time ago, but because of Cao Gong's kindness in the past, he also didn't want to be labeled as a "slave of three surnames" like Lu Bu in the past, which meant that he would not fight with Cao's army.

The reason I am here to persuade them today is because of the upcoming battle between Cao and Liu!
To put it bluntly, it means letting go of one's burdens and taking action against Cao's army.

"General Wenyuan, this Cao Pi is so hateful, you should follow the general to destroy him quickly, don't hesitate!"

Chang Lin saw that Zhang Liao didn't say anything and became a little anxious, which immediately exposed his true purpose.

He was not here to complain about Cao Pi's cruelty and ruthlessness, he was clearly here to ask Zhang Liao to go into battle!

This made Xing Daorong curse in his heart!
Chang Lin was really too impatient. Once he said this, he was exposed directly!

After Chang Lin finished speaking, he felt a sharp gaze coming from the side.

I immediately realized that I had said the wrong thing, but I could only remain silent.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao rescued Chang Lin.

But he said: "Cao Pi is harming the people now, so we should not remember the kindness Cao Gong showed us in the past."

"But if we do this, we will be ridiculed by the world and cursed for eternity."

Whether or not one will gain a bad reputation depends mainly on how the writer writes.

If the story was whitewashed a little, or a different approach was found, wouldn't it be easy to whitewash Zhang Liao?
Moreover…

Zhang Liao actually didn't have any black spots.

No matter who it is, seeing Xing Daorong trying to persuade him to surrender again and again with sweet words and even using many tricks, they would definitely not be able to resist!
However, Zhang Liao's "little worry" still had to be taken into consideration, so Xing Daorong finally spoke up: "Don't worry, Wenyuan. If anyone dares to talk nonsense, I will kill him even if I go to the ends of the earth!"

This sounds a bit boastful.

There are so many people in the world talking, how is it possible to shut everyone up?

But for some reason, when such boasting comes out of Xing Daorong's mouth, people have to believe it.

Zhang Liao did not hesitate any longer and stepped forward and said, "General, please let me go with you in this battle!"

(End of this chapter)