The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 156 Letter

When Wang Zhao heard this, his face turned red, and he buried his head deeply in front of his chest with a look of shame.

What a despicable nickname, it just so happens that Wang Zhao is still unable to refute it, and can only let this big gray hat be put on top of his head.

The number one general in Qingzhou, what a shame!
Yuan Shang didn't want to talk too much about him anymore, he sighed, waved his hands and said: "Forget it, the past is the past after all, and I don't want to mention it again, I just hope that you can guarantee my respect from now on. Be loyal, don't pretend to be righteous with me."

Hearing this, Wang Zhao hurriedly cupped his fists and leaned over, shouting loudly: "I am willing to do my best for you!"

Yuan Shang waved his hand lightly and said, "Get up, I have something to tell you."

After that, Yuan Shang shook his head, looked at Hua Yan next to him, and said, "Hua Yan, you and Wang Zhao are the most trusted generals and advisers under Yuan Tan's account. Although Linzi City is pacified, However, there are still Nanpi, Dongping, Linji and other important towns that have not been recovered. Now you two will lead [-] soldiers and horses, and the two generals Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang will supervise the army. They will go to the counties and counties to surrender and completely pacify Qingzhou. Given the status of the two of you in Qingzhou, there must be no difficulty in this matter, right?"

When Wang Zhao heard that he had accepted a good job of meritorious service, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My lord, don't worry, the last general has been in the army of Qingzhou for a long time, and he is well aware of the reality of the generals guarding cities in various places. If there is a balance, there will be no disadvantages!"

Hua Yan also bowed his hands, saying that he was willing to go with Wang Zhao.

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard the words, and immediately ordered Zhuo Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to be the supervisors, leading Wang Zhao and Hua Yan to dispatch troops immediately to pacify the counties and counties in Qingzhou.

Yuan Shang himself was in the city of Linzi to serve the people, and deal with military and political affairs with Tian Fengjushou and others.

However, at this moment, a major event happened in Qingzhou's Governor's Mansion!
The Inspector's Mansion was originally Yuan Tan's residence, but now Yuan Tan and his family were forcibly taken to Yecheng, so this place naturally became Yuan Shang's temporary residence.

It's good that Yuan Shang can't stay here, but this stay has made him discover a big secret.

In Yuan Tan's study, there are actually many correspondence letters between the officials who made friends with him in Yecheng!It also formed a bunch of its own, and Yuan Tan carefully hid it right under the bookshelf. If Yuan Shang hadn't pushed the bookshelf there, he might not have found it.

Yuan Shang didn't say anything, but immediately invited Tian Feng and Ju Shou to Yuan Tan's study, and secretly discussed with them how to deal with this matter.

After Tian Feng and Jushou listened to Yuan Shang's narration, they couldn't help being silent. They both stroked their beards and bowed their heads in silence.

Yuan Shang looked at the two of them back and forth, patted a thick stack of bamboo slips and said, "You two gentlemen, in your opinion, what should we do with this matter?"

After Yuan Shang's words fell for a long time, he heard Tian Fengchang sigh, shook his head and said: "If it is common sense, these people who colluded with Yuan Tan should be picked out and severely punished one by one according to the names on the letter, but now Qingzhou It has just been pacified, and Hebei is in a period of recuperation. If we do such drastic things, I'm afraid it will hurt people's hearts and peace! But if we don't deal with it properly, it will be easy for these people who are facing Qin and Mu Chu."

Yuan Shang nodded in agreement.

But I heard Jushou said: "You might as well take these slips back to Yecheng, but my lord, don't open them, and burn them in front of all the officials in Yecheng. It can not only show the lord's magnanimity, but also give them a warning. Wouldn't it be great? huh?"

When Tian Feng heard the words, he couldn't help but praise him deeply: "Gong Yu is really a great talent, and Tian is not as good as him!"

Yuan Shang rubbed his chin, staring at Jushou blankly.

This strategy seems to have been used by Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu when he was studying the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, but because of his time travel, he has never heard of it now.

I used it myself this time. I don’t know if it’s plagiarized from Cao Cao?
It doesn't matter, it's a good plan for everyone to use, regardless of each other.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shang rolled his eyes and said: "But it's not perfect just to take back Yecheng and burn it in front of all the officials. I still have to open these letters and see if they have an affair with Yuan Tan. It’s good to have a score in my heart, and I can count in my heart when something happens in the future.”

Tian Feng and Ju Shou couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled when they heard the words.

Compared with the old lord, the current lord is much more cunning and smarter.

So, the three of them crossed their legs and opened the letter together in the study to see who were secretly colluding with Yuan Tan.

"Tsk tsk tsk!" Yuan Shang shook his head and sighed while reading, "Look at what this letter was written in, it's really shameless! Between the lines, he actually praised Yuan Tan as the number one general and the number one hero in the world. It's really shameless." Dare to say anything. Let my father and Lu Bu know, and beat him to death in a dream."

Ju Shou also looked at it and shook his head gossipingly: "My lord, your letter is nothing. Look at my letter. This person compares Yuan Tan to the star king of martial arts who came down to earth, and he came here to calm the world and save the common people. Alas, the words are flattering." , so filthy, it's disgusting."

Tian Feng was not happy when he saw this, and said: "Hey, hey, you two, didn't you just read the names of people? Why did you even read the contents of the letter? Do you have any moral cultivation? It's ridiculous! This move is very serious. It insults the way of Confucius and Mencius!"

Yuan Shang gave Tian Feng a white look, and said: "Mr. Tian, ​​you are really boring. Don't tell me you are not curious at all, and don't gossip about the content of this letter?"

Tian Feng turned his head, closed his eyes, and his face was very noble: "I'm not curious, I don't gossip!"

Jushou turned his head to look at Tian Feng, and suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Yuan Hao, look, this letter is very interesting. It not only flatters Yuan Tan, but also says that he has five beautiful daughters under his knees. The five daughters were betrothed to Yuan Tan as concubines in order to plan Yuan Tan's future blessings and wealth."

Tian Feng's face was full of righteousness, and he closed his eyes dismissively.

Yuan Shang was stunned, and hurriedly snatched it away, saying: "Let me see which bastard it is, there is a girl who didn't show me first, but went to curry favor with Yuan Tan! Go back and take all his five daughters into the harem!"

Ju Shou shook his head and said with a smile: "Yuan Hao, look at this letter again, and you actually boast that Yuan Tan has the dragon face of destiny and was born as an emperor. He advised Yuan Tan to become emperor after inheriting the four prefectures of Hebei in the future! To donate a piece of century-old wall jade in the family to carve a jade seal for Yuan Tan, to suppress the fate of the country, but in order to seek wealth, but dare to write such rebellious words, it is simply a lunatic."

Tian Feng still sat upright, not reading the contents.

Yuan Shang rolled his eyes and murmured: "Who is the Biyu who has been in the business for a hundred years? He actually said such a rebellious thing. He must be punished when he goes back. Well, he will be punished and his Biyu confiscated." .!"

Ju Shou found another letter and sighed: "Who is this? He actually said that he would donate his family's ten thousand catties of gold and contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to help Yuan Tan achieve great things!"

Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard the words, and then sighed a long time: "Unexpectedly, there are officials with such a family background in Ye City? They have achieved great things, and have money but nowhere to spend it? Confiscate, confiscate everything!"

When he said this, Tian Feng still kept his eyes closed, standing proudly on his own, not interested in any of the contents on the letter paper, he behaved like a Confucian disciple of a sage of Confucius and Mencius!
Ju Shou sighed secretly, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion at Tian Feng's strength of character, feeling deeply ashamed.

Yuan Shang stared blankly at Tian Feng for a long time, then suddenly picked up a bamboo slip, unfolded it, and read aloud the content on the letterhead.

"You are my heart, you are my liver, you are the wine bag of my heart! You are my stomach, you are my lungs, you are the wine that keeps me from getting drunk, Mr. Yuan Tan, The lower official has admired and liked you for a long time, and today I wrote a short letter to beg you, huh? Which pseudo-mother is writing a love letter to my elder brother?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Feng suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed the letter in Yuan Shang's hand, and looked down carefully.

While watching, Tian Feng gossiped and said: "Which bastard dares to be so bold, wanting to have the habit of Longyang with the eldest son, it is an insult to the sages of Confucius and Mencius, and the honor of the old lord. Hey, why didn't you just now?" What about the passage? Where is it? Where is it?"

Looking up, I saw Jushou's embarrassed expression, and Yuan Shang's innocent smile.

Tian Feng's old face suddenly turned green.

"My lord, it's not the old man who said you. You are already the lord of the four states. How can you be so unreliable in your words and deeds? It's ridiculous! Don't make such jokes in the future! Do you know how boring it is!"

Putting the bamboo slips in Yuan Shang's hands, Tian Feng flicked his sleeves angrily, and walked out of the study in a droopy manner, leaving only Yuan Shang and Jushou looking at each other and laughing.

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Not to mention that Yuan Shang discovered the letters of Yecheng officials who secretly contacted Yuan Tan, but it was said that Wang Zhao, Hua Yan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang led [-] elite soldiers to the counties of Qingzhou to surrender.

Since Huayan and Wang Zhaonai are important towns in Qingzhou, they have high reputation and prestige among the officials and armies of all counties and counties. For a time, wherever the [-] troops went, there were no bloody soldiers, and all counties and counties surrendered one after another. In a short period of time, almost half of Qingzhou was pacified.

However, when the soldiers and horses arrived at the plain at the junction of Qingzhou and Jizhou, there was a big trouble.

Because there is an important person in Pingyuan County, the magistrate of Pingyuan County is not allowed to go out of the city to join the enemy.

This person is none other than Wang Mingxiu, from Yingling in Beihai County, but Qingzhou Biejia, he is an upright person, this time he left Linzi City to go to various places to inspect agricultural affairs, but it happened just in time for Yuan Shang to lead the army to attack Linzi City, so he was not here Among the prisoners.

Wang Xiu is upright and loyal, and now seeing his lord captured and imprisoned by Yuan Shang, although he knows that Yuan Shang is the rightful lord of Hebei, he still has anger in his heart, even though he is a scholar, he is willing to cut himself to pieces, not afraid of Lu Kuang, The [-]-strong army of Lu Xiang and others issued a strict order not to allow Pingyuan county magistrate to leave the city and surrender!

The county magistrate of Pingyuan, surnamed Huang and named Kang, was not a virtuous and capable person. Although he wanted to surrender, he couldn't afford to offend Wang Xiu, so he had no choice but to agree.

Wang Zhao shouted at the city gate outside Pingyuan County for a day, but saw that there was not even a movement, so he couldn't help being a little restless!

I was ordered to persuade the city guards from all over the country, and all the counties in the various places have already responded to my own face, and surrendered after hearing the wind, but this small plain county has only a few thousand soldiers, which will be less than five or six, and dare to go against the sky , Is this a problem for people?

Wang Zhao immediately asked Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to display [-] soldiers and horses outside Pingyuan County. Wang Zhao himself was the vanguard. .

This time, County Magistrate Huang was so scared that his hips stretched a bit, he lost control of his bladder and bowels, and hurried back to the prefect's mansion, begging Wang Xiuwang to give him an idea.

Although Wang Xiu is talented, he is a civil servant, the kind who has no power to restrain a chicken. He has no military knowledge, and there is no way to find him.

A prefect of Pingyuan and another of Qingzhou don't drive. They were in a hurry in the house, but they suddenly heard a report that the Prime Minister of Pingyuan was ordered to pay homage to the prefect Huang.

When he was young, the Prime Minister of Pingyuan Mansion came into the hall, Wang Xiu raised his eyes and saw that this man had bright eyes, was dressed in elegant attire, was very young, had a fair face and beardless, and was quite handsome.

When the Prime Minister of Pingyuan Mansion saw Wang Xiu and Huang Kang, he didn't say anything else, he just cupped his hands slightly, and said: "I heard that Wang Zhao, the rebellious general of Qingzhou, called for battle outside the city. Defeat Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang's [-] enemies, if you can't, you are willing to be beheaded as a military order, and hope that the prefect will be successful, and order me to go and make meritorious deeds!"

(End of this chapter)