Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 497 Why does this involve Qingzhou again?

Although the idiom "If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you get a tiger cub" is well known in later generations, few people know its origin.On the contrary, another story of the protagonist in the story reminds people of him: throwing a pen and serving in the army.

Yes, these two idioms all come from Ban Chao.And the incident of "how can you get tiger cubs if you don't enter the tiger's den" happened after Ban Chao threw his pen into the army.

In the 16th year of Yongping (73 A.D.), Ban Chao followed Fengche Duwei Dou Gu to attack the Xiongnu.Dou Gu sent Banchao to the Western Regions, and Banchao went to Shanshan State in the southwest of Lop Nur (now southeast of Xinjiang). At that time, the Huns were also trying their best to win over the King of Shanshan.When Ban Chao first arrived in Shanshan, the king treated Ban Chao very politely, but suddenly became indifferent after a few days.

At that time, Ban Chao had guessed vigilantly that "there must be an envoy from the Huns", which caused King Shanshan to hesitate, and then he got the real news with tricks.In view of this, Ban Chao held a meeting with 36 of his companions and said: "I am waiting in Jueyu, and I want to make great contributions; but the Huns envoys have only been here for a few days, and the king began to treat us coldly. If we are sent to the Huns, it will be difficult to survive."

Afterwards, Ban Chao said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs. The only way to do it today is to attack it with fire at night."That night, he led his men to set fire and beat drums in the Huns envoy's tent, causing them to panic.Ban Chao killed three people with his own hands, more than 30 people were beheaded by the officers and soldiers, and more than a hundred people were burned to death.

The next day, Ban Chao showed the heads of the Huns envoys to King Shanshan, which shocked the people of his country. Shanshan had no way out and had to submit to the Han Dynasty.As a result, the famous saying "If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you catch tiger cubs" was handed down in this battle.

Although it was not quite the same at that time, Zang Ba also understood what Chen Gong meant by this allusion: indeed, the Jinyiwei of the Han Dynasty killed the envoys of the Cao army today, which is not much different from Ban Chao who killed the envoys of the Huns back then.Cao Jun's army was pressing down on the border, and such incidents happened again. Even if Zang Ba wanted to explain clearly, Cao Cao might not give Zang Ba this opportunity.

Fortunately, Zang Ba didn't want to join Cao Cao either.As soon as this matter happened, he had no way out, and he could also see that what Chen Gong did was not aimless.So ordinary, just like Lang's love and concubine's intentions, Gan Chai meets a raging fire, the only thing missing is how beautifully Zang Ba walks down the steps.

Fortunately, as soon as Zang Ba thought of this, Chen Gong immediately moved out of an extremely beautiful step, and said to Zang Ba: "The prefect of Tibet, Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, and the heavens and the people are outraged. OK. In the turbulent world, there are many people who want to save their lives or get rich. However, these people can hardly wait for the elegant hall. Only those who know the situation and know their fate, and follow the sky, can be famous through the ages. At this moment, the prefect One thought of loyalty and one thought of traitor, which is more important, I hope the eunuch will think more about it."

Zang Ba knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string song, and he was immediately happy, but his face was gloomy, and he pretended to be reserved: "Engong is trying to persuade Zang to succeed?"

Chen Gong then smiled slightly, and continued to speak neither humble nor overbearing: "Chen Gong is not lobbying the Tibetan prefect, but analyzing the current situation for the Tibetan prefect. Now the situation is clear, voting for Cao Cao is only forced to be tied up, and it is impossible to escape the pawns, and surrendering to the big man is not a good idea." The name is right and true, and it follows the sky. Everyone in the world praises the eunuch's loyalty, and His Majesty is even more grateful for the gift of help from thousands of miles away. What Chen Gong did seems reckless, but in fact he saved the eunuch from being unfaithful and unrighteous..."

After two sentences, Chen Gong made the truth very clear, and the steps were also beautifully presented.Ordinarily Zang Ba should have borrowed the slope to get off the donkey at this time, but for the sake of Zhouquan, he still looked around at Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li, and pondered: "What should you do?"

Naturally, the three of them couldn't see that Chen Gong and Zang Ba were actually performing a double reed, but at least their IQs were not below the level.Wu Dun spoke first, and said in a matter of fact: "Prefect, I think it is not bad to submit to the big man. This world belongs to the big man. You can only call yourself the governor of Taishan County if you stand on your own. Now you just change your name to make it more reasonable."

"Yes, Cao Jun has brought disaster to Xuzhou. How many people in the world regard Cao Cao as a beast. If we are bullied and surrendered by Cao Jun, wouldn't we be worse than a beast?" Yin Li also spoke. Although he is a yellow scarf thief , but has a somewhat good reputation.Thinking about following Cao Cao, I couldn't help feeling sick.

"Prefect, even if we don't want to join the Han family now, so what? They have killed them all at this moment, and we can't bring these guys back to life..." Sun Guan spread his hands, half resentment, half He glanced at Chen Gong and Luo Lin with apprehension, and said helplessly.

The three of them didn't say anything about being loyal to the Han family and caring about the common people, but they all started from the most practical perspective of survival.As a result, it just gave Zang Ba the best excuse, and at the same time, after hearing that the three of them had surrendered to reality, Zang Ba immediately bowed down, clasped his fists and said to Chen Gong:

"What Engong said is very true. My Zang family was originally a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and it was forced to struggle in the troubled times. Now with the help of Engong, I voluntarily surrendered to the Han Dynasty, sought justice for the people of Taishan and even Xuzhou, and vowed to fight Cao thief to the end. !"

"Taishou Zang listen to the imperial edict!" Chen Gong did not pick up Zang Ba, but took out an imperial edict from his arms and read: "Zang Ba, the governor of Mount Tai, will do his best for the Han. The governor of Qingzhou, who praised his loyalty, looks forward to rekindling the morality of the fire, and protecting the glory of the Han Dynasty, earnestly."

Hearing this edict, Zang Ba was a little dumbfounded immediately, and now there are too many mysteries in Chen Gong's body that have not yet been solved.But Zang Ba never expected that there would be a follow-up after this.Therefore, he couldn't help but blurted out and asked: "Grandfather, it's our duty to defend Mount Tai against Cao's bandits, why did your Majesty entrust the position of governor of Qingzhou to the last general?"

"Your Majesty has far-sighted plans, beyond Chen's guess." Chen Gong put away the edict and handed it over to Zang Ba, then blinked and continued: "If you dare to speculate, Your Majesty cares about the common people, and will not want to see a county of Mount Tai perish with the Cao thief. Therefore, His Majesty appoints Qingzhou to give the governor a place to turn around."

At this time, Zang Ba was half understanding and half confused.What is clear is that Chen Gong's words are very clear, the emperor asked him to fight if he can beat it, and run away if he can't beat it, and run to Qingzhou with the city's luggage, food, fodder, and money.

However, Qingzhou is not at peace after all. Kong Rong, Prime Minister of Beihai, is struggling, Yuan Tan, the pseudo-inspector of Qingzhou appointed by Yuan Shao is pressing hard, and Tian Kai, the pseudo-inspector of Qingzhou, appointed by Gongsun Zan, is about to run away. When there is a pool of muddy water, if you let yourself rush in now, wouldn't it add to the chaos?
"Oh, Your Majesty has something to say about this matter first. If Lord Inspector is stuck in the situation, you can temporarily stay in Langya in the east. It is all the power of Master Liu, Xuzhou Shepherd, who is slowly plotting Qingzhou." White.

Zang Ba fully understands now that the 15-year-old emperor made a good move!Hanging himself with the title of governor of Qingzhou, he must be determined to work for the Han Dynasty.At the same time, he didn't want the kind of foolish way of throwing his life into effect, let himself fight first, and then run away if he can't fight, leaving Cao Cao with a worthless empty city.

Cao Cao's intention to invade Mount Tai was naturally to obtain Zang Ba's soldiers, supplies, food, fodder, money, etc., but if Zang Ba suddenly disappeared, even if Cao Cao swallowed Mount Tai, it would be considered a waste of time.After all, as soon as the Xuzhou incident happened, Cao Cao must be cautious and careful to manage the land of Yanzhou again, and he dared not let his subordinates plunder the people of Mount Tai.As a result, Cao Cao captured Taishan County, but he could only draw a stroke on the map, which delayed his westward plot to the west of Yanzhou.

The last point, Zang Ba may not be sure, but he also vaguely feels that the emperor asked him to temporarily settle in Langya County, which may also have the intention of restraining Liu Bei.Perhaps, it can also be said that it is to let Liu Bei restrain himself.Now that the Han Dynasty has not yet come to the east of the sea, if only one side is strong, even if the imperial court wants to suppress it, it will be powerless.

Thinking of the emperor's meticulous and unparalleled arrangements, Zang Ba couldn't help but feel ashamed of the 15-year-old boy he had despised before: With this kind of heart, if he put it on the scale, he would probably weigh two catties more than himself.Sending a Chen Gong and adding an imperial edict, it is clear that he has sold himself, and made himself happy to work for others.

However, the power is weaker than others, and if someone makes a conspiracy, he is willing to jump into it.Zang Ba now deeply understands that any kind of calculation can be art.

There was no other way, Zang Ba finally gave a wry smile, so he had no choice but to say to Chen Gong: "Gong Gong, since you have this edict, why did you play tricks on it before?"

But Chen Gong also responded with a smile, and said bluntly: "At the same time, you are in the game, so why didn't Mr. Inspector be wary of Chen at first?..."

(End of this chapter)