Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 255 Outing
After Li Song explained to Xu Chu a few more words, he asked Xu Chu to back down, Xu Chu said his goodbyes and left, and when he reached the door, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Zhongkang!" When Xu Chu raised one foot and was about to cross the threshold, Li Song called him to stop, and Xu Chu's raised foot hung on the threshold.

Xu Chu withdrew his feet, turned around and saluted Li Song, "What orders does the prime minister have?"

"Go and tell Zhong Da that you will take a trip to the suburbs with me tomorrow!" Li Song said.

"Promise!" Xu Chu saluted respectfully, then withdrew, thinking to himself, what kind of ability does this Sima Yi have, and he is more and more loved by the prime minister, so he couldn't help being curious about this Sima Yi.

Xu Chu was just curious, and didn't have any intention of jealousy or wanting to curry favor with Sima Yi. After all, one is an internal minister and the other is a foreign minister, and the two are not in the same system.

When he came to Sima's office, Xu Chu asked the guard outside the door, "Is Yilang Sima Yi here?"

Yilang is Sima Yi's current official position. After returning from Jizhou, Li Song appointed Sima Yi as Yilang, a subordinate official of Guang Luxun.

"My lord! Yilang Sima Yi is just here, and he is in the house. Do you want to call Master Sima?" the guard said respectfully to Xu Chu.

"No need! I'll go in and find him myself!" Xu Chu said, walked in, took a look at the place, saw Sima Yi writing something in a corner, Xu Chu stepped forward.

"Xu Zhonglang is coming, but what is the Prime Minister's order?" Sima Yi stood up to greet him, bowing his hands and saying.

Xu Chu served as a guard in the Battle of Guandu, and beheaded Xu Ta and others who wanted to plot wrongdoing, so he was named Wuwei Zhonglang General, so Sima Yi called Xu Chu Zhonglang General.

"The Prime Minister ordered Sima Yilang to accompany the Prime Minister on a trip to the outskirts of Xuchang tomorrow," Xu Chu said.

"Tomorrow, Sima Yi will definitely go there, so Xu Zhonglang will go this time." Sima Yi said.

"So, I'll go back and report to the prime minister, and take my leave!" Xu Chu clasped his fists and turned to leave.

Seeing Xu Chu's leaving back, Sima Yi frowned. Just as he spoke, this Xu Chu looked back and forth at him. Although he did it secretly, he was discovered by himself.

Why is he looking at himself so much?I didn't feel anything unusual, no murderous intent, no... Sima thought for a while, but he didn't understand it, because Xu Chu just looked at it and didn't have anything else.

In the early morning of the next day, after breakfast, Li Song changed into casual clothes and left the mansion. He saw Sima Yi in casual clothes waiting outside the door.

Looking at Sima Yi and his own attire, Sima Yi has a scholarly air about him, but on the other hand, he looks more like a dude from a rich family.

"Meet the prime minister!" Seeing Li Song coming out, Sima Yi hurried forward to salute.

"Zhongda! Why are you waiting here and not going in?" Li Song asked.

"Sima Yi is inconvenient to disturb the Prime Minister's quietness! I will wait for the Prime Minister here." Sima Yi said, and at the same time nodded to Xu Chu who was behind Li Song, as a greeting.

Xu Chu also nodded slightly towards Sima Yi. As the commander of Li Song's personal bodyguard, Xu Chu would naturally protect his safety every step of the way.

"Okay, it's not too late! Let's go out for a spring outing in the countryside. The weather is good today." Li Song said looking at the clear sky.

"No!" Sima Yi bowed his hands in salute, and stepped aside to let Li Song go first. Li Song walked down the steps, and Sima Yi and Xu Chu followed Li Song side by side.

Li Song took the reins from his personal guards, and with Xu Chu's support, he got on his horse, and after Li Song sat firmly, he rode on another horse, and everyone rode their horses towards the suburbs.

On the outskirts of Xuchang City, Li Song and others got off their horses and walked. When they looked up, they saw fields in front of them. The farmers in the fertile fields were working hard in the fields. Now is the season for farming. The farmers are busy digging the soil, fertilizing, and transplanting rice seedlings. , I hope there will be a good harvest this year.

Li Song looked at the busy farmers in front of him, and said to Sima Yi beside him, "Now is the best time for farming. Only with the careful care of the farmers can we have a good harvest this year. After we have food, The common people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the society will be stable.”

"What the prime minister said is true! It is all thanks to the prime minister's good governance that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. This is all due to the prime minister." Sima Yi secretly flattered Li Song.

Li Song was very satisfied, and said to Sima Yi: "Zhongda! Now Liu Biao in Jingzhou is about to move, and he wants to plot against me, Xuchang, and gather heavy troops in Xiangyang. A war may be inevitable."

"Now that the war in the north is not over, Jizhou and Qingzhou still need appeasement, reconstruction and recovery. All of these require a lot of money and food, and it is really impossible to support another battle for a long time."

Now that Jizhou and Qingzhou have just been conquered, it is time to recover. If they want to recover, they need to send supplies to other places to help develop, so that they can recover quickly.

But fighting requires the consumption of a large amount of logistics materials. The north is still fighting with the Yuan Shao and Karasuma coalition forces, which requires a lot of materials. Now there is really not much material to support the long-term battle.

"I thought it would be easier to carry out the Southern Expedition after the North was pacified! But who would have thought that Liu Biao would actually plot against me at this time, Xuchang. What do you think should be done?" Li Song asked, this time Calling Sima Yi to the spring outing was not for fun.

"Prime Minister! I think appeasement should be the priority. Liu Biao is a man of good faith. He is a minister capable of governing the world, but he is not a tyrant in troubled times. If he can protect Jingxiang from war and tea poison in this troubled world, it can be seen that he governs. local capacity."

"But he is a suspicious person. He is always suspicious of others and refuses to listen to the counselor's advice. As a result, he can only stay in Jingxiang and dare not expand outward, for fear that his subordinates will become too big to lose." Sima Yi said. .

"Zhongda, you and I coincidentally! I also have the same intention! I just don't know how to appease Liu Biao." Li Song wondered.

"Prime Minister! We can start from Liu Biao's wife's family, buy Cai Mao brothers and others, make them say good things about us in front of Liu Biao, and at the same time send people to discuss the alliance with Liu Biao, maybe it will be possible."

"At that time, when the north is settled down, it won't be too late to clean up Liu Biao." Sima Yi said.

"That's great! But, if Liu Biao calls, and I don't want to make trouble, what should I do?" Li Song asked again.

"If that's the case, we can only fight first and then negotiate a peace. Under the pressure of our army's strength, let Liu Biao know how powerful our army is, and then we can negotiate a peace. This will benefit us." Sima Yi said.

If Liu Biao really wants to fight, he should be beaten to the ground first.

(End of this chapter)