Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 284 Rewarding Gongsun Kang

Li Song sat on the magistrate's seat in the county government hall of Pinggu County, with Xu Chu and Li Yuanba, a brat who was forcibly pulled back and loved to go wild, standing on the left and right sides.

Li Yuanba, who was asked not to move around, lost interest, shrugged his head, and squatted on the ground with his double hammers beside him. Seeing this scene, Li Song could only shake his head and sigh, as long as he didn't make trouble.

Sima Yi and Xiang Yu and other generals who acted as clerks and records were sitting on the lower part, while the envoy sent by Gongsun Kang was kneeling in the hall, with several wooden boxes beside them.

"Gongsun Kang sent an envoy to come here to meet me, what's the matter?" Looking at the wooden box on the ground, it was not too big or too small to hold a head, and it must be Yuan Shang's head here. Song thought to himself, but asked why he came.

"Report to the Prime Minister! A few days ago, the rebels Yuan Shang, Wu Yan and others came to Liaodong, intending to deceive my lord, Sun Kang, to be an enemy of the Prime Minister, the court and the Son of Heaven, in an attempt to cause chaos."

"However, my lord Sun Kang saw through it. He tricked them into the courtyard and beheaded the gang of rebels. My lord ordered me to come here and present the heads of the rebels to the prime minister to show my lord's loyalty."

After Gongsun Kang's envoy finished speaking, he opened the wooden box next to him, and inside was a head that had been treated to prevent it from rotting. After some identification, Li Song and the others determined that it was the head of Yuan Shang and the others.

Li Song said to Gongsun Kang's envoy: "Your lord, Gongsun Kang's intentions, I have already understood. It is really hard work to make the whole journey exhausted. Please come and let the envoy go down and rest first."

Li Song dismissed Gongsun Kang's envoys to discuss with the civil and military officials in the court. His attitude towards Liaodong Gongsun Kang, whether rewarding or punishing, was not very good to discuss in front of the envoys sent by others.

The envoy was also a sensible person, so he naturally understood that they wanted to discuss their attitude towards Liaodong, but it was not easy to talk to him in front of an outsider, "Thank you, Prime Minister!"

"Everyone! How do you think Gongsun Kang should be treated? Is it to reward him to stabilize Liaodong, or launch an army crusade to recover Liaodong for the court?" After the envoy left, Li Song asked Wen Wudao.

"Prime Minister! Do I need to say anything else? Naturally, I took the opportunity to attack Liaodong. Now, our army's morale is high, and it is a great opportunity to take Liaodong in one go." Xiang Yu said.

The main combat faction headed by Xiang Yu, Li Cunxiao and others advocated taking the opportunity to seize Liaodong, especially the generals who did not make meritorious deeds in this Northern Expedition were the most active.

Those headed by Sima Yi advocated rewarding Gongsun Kang to stabilize the situation in Liaodong.

"I think it's inappropriate to crusade against Gongsun Kang, and should reward him to stabilize the situation in Liaodong. We must not resort to war." Sima Yi bowed his hands and said.

"Huh!" Zhang He snorted dissatisfiedly. He didn't get any military exploits in this Northern Expedition. He originally planned to attack Liaodong to gain military exploits. Who would have thought that Sima Yi would dare to come out to stop him? Naturally, he didn't have any good looks to show him. .

"I want to hear it! What's wrong with crusading Gongsun Kang and recovering the territory for the court!" Zhang Yun glared at Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, just tell me what's wrong, so that these people can know." Li Song said.

Sima Yi didn't want to pay attention to the aggressiveness of Zhang He and others, but since Li Song had spoken, Sima Yi naturally had to say it. Sima Yi bowed his hands to Li Song and the others, and said: "The prime minister raises his sword to rebel against violence for the people, and promotes integrity to attract people. Heroes and heroes, I'm afraid they haven't done it yet. Now Gongsun Kang of Liaodong killed the traitor Yuan Shang and others, and came to surrender to the prime minister."

"The prime minister did not award him a reward to show his appreciation! The generals are planning to attack Gongsun Kang for their own merits. This is an injustice for the prime minister."

"Then the wise men and soldiers will doubt themselves in the future, and want to choose who will be the master again, who will the prime minister settle the world with? So get rid of one person's troubles, and endanger the reputation and safety of the whole world. The choice of safety must not be ignored!"

This last sentence was addressed to Li Song.

After Li Song heard this, he didn't follow Sima Yi's suggestion immediately, but looked at everyone. As a leader, it is naturally impossible to only listen to one person, and he still needs to listen to everyone's suggestions.

"What do you guys think of Zhong Da's words? Don't worry about it, just speak out!"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They didn't know what to say for a while. After all, Sima Yi's sentence of trapping the prime minister into injustice was deeply imprinted in their hearts.

See everyone hesitate!Sima Yi cupped his hands again and said: "Gongsun Kang guards Liaodong, and can defend the imperial court against Goguryeo and other Hulu in the east. It is a barrier to the north of the imperial court."

"If the generals crusade against Gongsun Kang, wipe him out, and recover Liaodong, then our army will have to directly face the Hulu in the east."

"At that time, we will have to allocate troops to guard Liaodong. It will be much more difficult for the prime minister to go south in the future, and he can't put all his energy on the south."

"We still need to worry about whether the Hulu in the east will take advantage of the opportunity to harass Liaodong and other places while the army is marching south. Therefore, Liaodong is a trivial matter, and capturing Jingzhou to the south is a major matter."

"What's more, Gongsundu and Gongsunkang father and son, who have been through Liaodong for a long time, can be captured so easily. If it were so easy, Yuan Shao, who is coveted by Liaodong, would have already done it. Why wait until now for our army to come. "

After everyone listened to it, they thought about it, only to realize that what Sima Yi said was so true, he was actually blinded by the sesame and mung bean in front of him, how much credit can be gained here in Liaodong, it is better to go south to Jingzhou, where there is still fear There is no opportunity for meritorious service.

"Prime Minister! We think Yilang's words are appropriate, and I implore the Prime Minister to award Gongsun Kang to stabilize the situation in Liaodong!" Everyone bowed their hands and saluted.

Li Song naturally understood why they changed so quickly. In the final analysis, it was to make contributions. Since Liaodong is a hot potato, it is better to leave it to Gongsun Kang to deal with it. After all, Liaodong is in a special position.

Compared with Liaodong, it is much easier to go south to conquer Jingzhou, and the merits can be obtained relatively more. Compared with the two, it is not difficult to make a decision.

"Okay! Gongsun Kang's envoy traveled thousands of miles to deliver the head of the rebel, and reward him with a hundred taels of gold! A thousand pieces of brocade." Li Song ordered, since Gongsun Kang was to be rewarded, it was not short of a messenger's reward.

"In the name of the Son of Heaven, Gongsun Kang is granted the title of Marquis of Xiangping. General Zuo immediately issued an edict. Tomorrow, he will go to Liaodong with the envoy to proclaim the edict."

"Prime Minister, now that the north has been pacified, I think that the teacher will return to the court as soon as possible, so as to make a plan to go south to the south of the Yangtze River." Gao Shun cupped his hands.

"I have long wanted to go south to capture Jingzhou. Gao Shun's suggestion is exactly what I want. I will join Xuchang tomorrow morning. Let's all prepare! Zhongda stay." Li Song said.

"No!" Everyone bowed their hands in response, turned and left, leaving behind Sima Yi, Li Song and others.

(End of this chapter)