Three Kingdoms: Do you want me to get out of here? Liu Bei, you wait

Chapter 179: The aristocratic families are not monolithic. The Jingzhou School? Pang Shiyuan is grateful.
"Military Advisor, I wonder if my understanding is correct?"

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Su Chen behind him, with a hint of seeking credit in his eyes.

Seeing this, Su Chen bowed and smiled.

"My lord, you are indeed wise. That is exactly the truth.

However, my lord still underestimates the effectiveness of this newspaper. It is not just for poor students, if this strategy is used properly.

Even the aristocratic families, no matter how reluctant they are, will turn around and flatter us."

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, and there was a hint of disbelief on his face as he asked, "Ah? Will the noble families also join in?"

"Of course." Su Chen said, "The aristocratic families are not monolithic, let alone the great scholars. For the academic cliques, the most important thing is to write books and biographies and recruit many students."

"The spreadability of the newspaper and the fact that it is now in our hands and cannot be replicated are bargaining chips.

Perhaps the Zheng Xuan school, which is currently in vogue, would look down upon the bargaining chip we have in our hands and think it is dispensable.

But my lord, don't forget.

Nowadays, there is not only the Zheng Xuan School of Confucianism, but also the Jingzhou School/Ancient Literature School, etc.

They have been suppressed by the Zheng Xuan School for so long, don't they want a chance to turn things around?"

Listen to him ask this.

Cao Cao also subconsciously took a breath of cold air.

"hiss!--"

A scholar can refuse a thousand taels of gold, but what he cannot refuse is a large number of works that will be remembered for generations.

The saying “jade can be broken into pieces but its whiteness cannot be changed, bamboo can be burned but its joints cannot be destroyed, even if one dies, one’s name can be recorded in history” is exactly this meaning.

Cao Cao is no longer the passionate young man who was ready to assassinate Dong Zhuo.

I have been dealing with aristocratic families and academic tycoons for so many years.

Naturally, I also know what they are longing for.

So when I heard Su Chen say this.

I already believed it halfway in my heart.

After taking a breath.

Their expressions also became excited.

But the excitement didn't last long.

Then I thought of something else.

Cao Cao's expression inevitably showed a hint of helplessness.

"What's wrong, my lord? Is there anything wrong or incomprehensible in what I said?"

Look at his expression.

Su Chen was also surprised and couldn't help but speak. He asked again out of curiosity.

Mainly from his own perspective.

He really felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.

Cao Cao said, "Of course there is no problem. The key point is...Mr. Su, have you forgotten who the representative of the Jingzhou School is? If I remember correctly, that person should be Mr. Sima Hui, the Water Mirror."

Listen to him.

Without waiting for Su Chen to reply, Xu Chu beside him couldn't help but opened his mouth and asked again.

"Who? Sima Hui!?"

"Didn't this guy get pissed off by Mr. Su before?"

Cao Cao said helplessly,
"Yes, the leader of the Jingzhou School was Sima Hui. Now that he is dead, the most learned person in the Jingzhou School should be someone like Zhuge Kongming.

These people hate us to the core. Even if they knew that publishing an article in this newspaper would give them a chance to be remembered for generations, I'm afraid they wouldn't cooperate with us."

"That's really troublesome."

Xu Chu was also disappointed after hearing this.

I felt extremely upset that the opportunity I had just obtained was gone in vain.

Compared to the regret of the two at this moment.

Su Chen remained calm.

After listening to what he said, he smiled and said again.

"After Mr. Shuijing died, Zhuge Cunfu was indeed going to take up the banner of the Jingzhou School. However, the Jingzhou School is not just about him, and we don't really want the Jingzhou School to send someone to challenge the Zheng Xuan School. For many things, just having an attitude is enough."

"I know what the military advisor means. The key is that this person must be famous, otherwise he cannot represent the attitude of the Jingzhou School." Cao Cao shook his head, thinking that Su Chen was being blindly optimistic. Su Chen did not panic when he saw this and continued.

"My lord, don't be anxious. What you said to me is actually the same idea. My lord, haven't you noticed that if you can get one of the two, the world will be at peace. Besides Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Liang, there is another famous person in the Jingzhou School."

"You mean... Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan!?"

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and when he spoke again, he asked Su Chen excitedly.

"Can this person be used by us?"

Listen to him.

Without waiting for Su Chen to reply, Xu Chu beside him started laughing and spoke excitedly.

"Ah, Mr. Su, you should have told me earlier that Pang Tong is also from the Jingzhou School."

"What do you mean, Zhongkang?"

Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Xu Chu beside him.

Xu Chu said.

"My lord, don't you know yet?"

"When we left Soochow, Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan turned from evil to good and took the initiative to join us."

"what?"

"Pang Shiyuan came to surrender on his own initiative!?"

"Military Advisor, why didn't you tell me such a big thing earlier?"

Cao Cao was shocked.

Huo Ran turned his head and looked at Su Chen behind him.

Su Chen explained with a wry smile,
"Pang Shiyuan is a rare talent. I wanted to bring him to Xuchang and report to the lord in person. But I didn't expect to encounter such a thing as soon as I came back. It has been delayed until now."

"Please! Please!"

Cao Cao hurriedly said, but halfway through his words he suddenly felt something was wrong and changed the subject.

"No, no, it's not right. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to invite such a talented person to come and see him? Where is that person, Mr. Su? Let's go and talk to him together!"

"My lord, just follow me."

After Su Chen saw it, he naturally would not refuse.

He then led Cao Cao and Xu Chu out of the government office and walked towards an independent courtyard next to Su Chen's residence.

After arriving in Xuchang.

Pang Tong was temporarily placed here by Su Chen.

In fact, normally speaking,

No matter how eager Boss Cao was to recruit talented people, he would never give Pang Tong such treatment.

After all, not long ago, Pang Tong had just gone to Xiangyang with his teacher, Mr. Shui Jing, and proposed the vicious plan of locking the river across with iron chains.

But the banner they fought under was to surrender to Cao Cao.

No matter how eager Boss Cao is to recruit talented people and let bygones be bygones, he still has to give himself some face.

Less than half a year passed.

It is a bit too much to expect that you were invited so cordially and treated with courtesy both times.

Even if it's Boss Cao, no matter how big of a prime minister he is, he can still hold a boat in his stomach.

There will be some minor conflicts and problems.

But this time it was just a coincidence.

Pang Tong happened to be in conflict with the Yingchuan gentry.

This led to Pang Tong's surrender, and his position on Boss Cao's side became particularly important.

On the one hand, he is now eager to spend a fortune to buy horse bones and show himself to be eager to recruit talents.

On the other hand, Pang Tong was not only extremely capable, but he was not in the same boat with the Yingchuan gentry at all.

In addition, what Su Chen just said, his identity as a member of the Jingzhou School.

Pang Tong received the basic courtesy from Cao Cao.

Pang Tong, who had originally thought that he would be on the bench for at least two or three years before being reused, was deeply moved this time.

He felt more and more that it was the right decision for him to take Xiao Qiao with him, leave Dongwu, and follow her to join Su Chen.

(End of this chapter)