Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 239 Playing with Zhicai

Zhang He heard Yuan Shao say this and said in a daze, "Is the emperor crazy?"

"You're still being picky now!"

"If Anyi County can be stable, then it will be good to stay in Anyi County."

"What's going on in Luoyang?"

"Luoyang is now a ruin!"

Yuan Shao picked up the hot tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "So, he issued a second decree, ordering all the heroes in the world to send supplies to Luoyang to help rebuild Luoyang."

Zhang He, Sui Gu and Zhao Rui all looked at each other.

Zhang He said angrily, "The country is in chaos now, with droughts and plagues. People are starving everywhere. At this time, the emperor wants us to help rebuild Luoyang? What on earth is he thinking?"

Yuan Shao smiled contemptuously and said, "What else can you think of?"

"I just can't see the current situation clearly!"

"Just a canary in a cage."

"Besides, this matter may not have been proposed by him."

"The spies reported that he has been controlled by Zhang Ji, Dong Cheng and others."

"He does whatever others tell him to do."

Looking at Ju Su, Yuan Shao said, "Last time, Lord Ju saw the emperor being hunted down by Li Jue and Guo Si at Hongnong Port."

"When crossing the river, the queen was kicked off the boat by the Tiger Guards assigned by General Dong Cheng."

"The queen's brother was even killed by Dong Cheng."

"The emperor dare not say anything."

"The Han Dynasty is in decline, and the country will no longer be a country."

"Putting my hopes on the emperor is not a rebellion on my part, but this emperor is not the one that the officials of the Han Dynasty truly support. I am too naive and childish."

Zhang He let out a long sigh.

Ju Su said, "Mingsir, I still think that now is the perfect time to bring the emperor to Yecheng."

"The emperor is young and can be easily deceived."

"But with you, Lord Ming, by my side, what do I have to fear?"

"As for Dong Cheng, Zhang Ji and other treacherous officials, if they are obedient, we will bring them here."

"If they don't obey, are we still afraid of them in Hebei?"

"Hebei is full of our people."

"As the direct descendant of the Yuan family, which has three dukes for four generations, your title is justified."

"When the time comes, if we raise our arms and shout, won't all the heroes in the world rush to join us?"

"Once we take over Hebei, everything will go much more smoothly on our way south."

Guo Tu, who was standing by, did not wait for Yuan Shao to respond, and hurriedly stood up and saluted Yuan Shao, saying: "I think it is not possible!"

"When I was in Luoyang, the emperor was not like today's emperor."

"The traitor Dong Zhuo arbitrarily deposed and enthroned the emperor. My lord, you once tried to stop him. The emperor has long been jealous of you."

"Now that the lord has invited the emperor to come to Yecheng, the emperor will definitely take over the throne."

"At worst, he will try to trip you up, my lord."

"It is not worthwhile to specially bring the emperor to Yecheng just for some outstanding people."

"The emperor is easily deceived and is jealous of you, my lord. His subordinates, such as Zhang Ji and Dong Cheng, are all ruthless and ruthless people who are in power."

"Once the emperor is brought in, there will be no peace in Hebei!"

"Not to mention, my lord, you are the direct descendant of the Yuan family, who have been three officials for four generations, and your students and former officials are all over the world."

"Who doesn't know the general's reputation?"

"There's no need to borrow the emperor's reputation anymore."

"Welcoming the emperor to Yecheng will definitely bring more harm than good!"

"No, not only can we not welcome him to Yecheng, we cannot send anyone to help the emperor cross the river and return to Luoyang."

"Hebei is in a state of disrepair right now. What good is it to recruit 100,000 soldiers to escort the emperor across the river?"

"It's just a position of a general who protects the country." "It's not worth losing troops for this."

When Ju Su heard what Guo Tu said, he scolded him, "What a lie!"

"No matter how incompetent the emperor is, he is still incomparable to you, my Lord."

"The Han Dynasty is still powerful now. How can you ignore it?"

At this moment, a hurried sound of footsteps came from outside, saying, "Report, there is an envoy outside the door, claiming to be from Yanzhou Dongjun, and is here on the orders of Yanzhou Governor Cao Cao to see the lord!"

When Yuan Shao saw that Ju Shou and Guo Tu were about to quarrel, he felt a pain in his head.

At this moment, hearing that Cao Cao's messenger was coming, Yuan Shao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let him in!"

Only then did Ju Su suppress his anger and kneel back to his original position.

Guo Tu and Xu You looked at each other and smiled.

With them around, Ju Shou and Tian Feng won’t be able to accomplish anything!
After a while, a young scholar walked in leisurely, coughing from time to time.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao smiled and said, "So it's Zhicai!"

"Why is Meng De willing to let you come here?"

Zhang Sui looked at the young scholar with some surprise.

It turned out to be Xi Zhicai!

One of Cao Cao's main advisers in the early period of history.

There is very little information about him in history books, except that it records that when Cao Cao asked Xun Yu for a talent to replace the recently deceased Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia.

I didn’t expect that Xizhicai would appear here today!
Xi Zhicai is nearly 1.8 meters tall and has a slender figure.

Although it was early September and the weather was hot, he was still wearing a thick gown.

When he was ten steps away from Yuan Shao, Xi Zhicai bowed to him, then pulled out a bamboo slip from his sleeve, held it in both hands, raised it above his head, and said, "Lord Cao asked me to tell Lord Yuan."

"He has defeated Lu Bu and recaptured Yanzhou."

"This time, it's all thanks to General Zhu Ling's help."

"General Zhu Ling was cultivated by Lord Yuan."

"So, Cao Gong specially wrote a letter to express his gratitude."

"Also, the emperor issued an order for the second time to come to the throne."

"The first time Cao Gong fought against Lu Bu, he was unable to spare any effort."

"Although Lord Cao has freed up his hands this time, he has said that he will still follow Lord Yuan's lead."

"If Lord Yuan does not allow Lord Cao to attend, Lord Cao will not serve the king."

"Besides that, Lord Cao believed that he was a minister of the Han Dynasty and must serve the king."

The military supervisor Ju Su narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Cao Mengde is quite good at shirking responsibility."

"That means he has to serve the king?"

"We just have to agree?"

"If we disagree, does that mean we are against the imperial court?"

The third son, Yuan Shang, took the bamboo slips, opened them, and handed them to Yuan Shao.

Xi Zhicai looked at Ju Shou, bowed, and said with a smile: "I don't mean that."

"Lord Cao was so worried when he saw the imperial edict that he wrote the document on the spot and asked me to deliver it to him, so he didn't consider every word of it."

"Moreover, he and Mr. Yuan have been friends since childhood."

"Lord Cao never doubted that Lord Yuan would misunderstand him."

Ju Su glared at Xi Zhicai with a gloomy face, then looked at Yuan Shao and said: "Ming Gong——"

Yuan Shao raised his hand to interrupt him and said, "Today is a banquet time, we don't talk about state affairs."

After reading the bamboo slips, Yuan Shao looked at Xi Zhicai and said with a smile: "Zhicai, you take a rest first."

"I will discuss this matter at the morning meeting tomorrow and then give Meng De a definite answer."

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Yes!"

Yuan Shao pointed to the side of Zhang Sui and said, "Come, Zhicai, today is the day for me to welcome a few soldiers who have made great contributions. You should come too."

(End of this chapter)