The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 204

Under the instigation of Prime Minister Yuan Xi, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty successively issued decrees to reward Han Sui and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong who were entrenched in Liangzhou, and reprimanded Ma Teng for covering up the Han thieves, which was a heinous crime.Han Sui was appointed General Zhengxi. Although he was happy, he was not a fool. At this time, he would never dare to let him fight Ma Teng.Everyone knows that when Ma Teng is finished, it will be his turn next.Relying on the advantage of mountains, rivers and valleys, Zhang Luyi is not worried.Because of the inconvenient transportation, his territory is generally not cared about.On the one hand, Ma Teng used Cao Cao to defend Tongguan, and on the other hand, he wrote to Han Sui, his "yi brother", to state his interests.Under the precarious situation, the two began to plot against each other and each had their own ghosts, and became allies again.

In February, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty made another decree, appointing Jushou as the governor of Yanzhou.After Jushou took office, he sent troops to capture Dongjun and wiped out Cao Cao's remnants.

In February of the 14th year of Jian'an, 209 AD.The imperial court ordered Zhou Yu to be the prefect of Jiangling.Huainan soldiers withdrew from Jiangxia, and Sun Quan immediately ordered the navy to station there.And sent envoys to negotiate with Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to return Jiangling.Of course Liu Bei refused.Sun Quan and Zhou Yu were furious, and little Liu Bei dared to challenge Jiang Dong.Zhou Yu led his troops to fight. Zhuge Liang considered the current situation and did not want to become enemies with Sun Quan. He went across Jiangdong alone and met with Sun Quan to discuss borrowing "Jiangling".During the period, it was unavoidable to have a fight with the Confucianists in Jiangdong. This is the so-called verbal war against the Confucians! !
Sun Quan was unwilling, and neither were the generals of the main combat faction, such as Lu Meng and Cheng Pu.Only Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and Zhang Hong agreed.The reason is that the threat of the Huainan Army is too great, and it is not suitable to have an enemy with Liu Bei.At present, it is necessary to unite with Liu Bei and fight against the Cai family of Jingzhou in the north.After much consideration, Sun Quan finally nodded in agreement.Although the two families stopped fighting for the time being, an irreparable rift was left after all.Sooner or later, a battle to the death is inevitable.

This trick I just copied the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.Just change it based on Jingzhou's historical background and time.It laid the groundwork for the Sun Liu war.Jiangdong did not have Lu Su, a politician and old man, and sooner or later he would instigate Sun Quan into a rage, and he would attack Liu Bei from behind.Just wait and see!

On the eighth day of February, general Xi Ji, general of Huben Zhonglang, Geng Ji, captain of Yulin Military Academy, and Wei Huang, captain of cavalry, were dismissed.Behead the arsonists Jin Yi, Jimiao, Jimu, and Zhu.Taking Shenrong as the executive Jinwu, guarding the capital, succeeding Xiji, and taking charge of Luoyang city defense.Chang Xi was the order of Luoyang and the general of the Imperial Forest Army.Sun Guan served as the captain of the cavalry and acted as the guard of the inner court.At the same time, all property and title deeds of general Cao Jun in Luoyang and Xuchang were confiscated.Children, wives and children are protected.After abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, the land will be returned and the title will be restored.He also ordered these family members to write letters and send them to Tongguan.The morale of Cao Ying was completely lost, and the morale of the army was in turmoil.

The prime minister, Yuan Xi, opened a government office to manage affairs, appointed officials and assistants, and acted arbitrarily and domineeringly in all affairs of the court.There are memorials to be submitted in most places, and they are generally reviewed by Shi Xushu, the head of the prime minister's residence, before being submitted to the prime minister.Whether the emperor can see it is very problematic.Most of the emperor's royal visits need to use the jade seal to issue imperial decrees.Considering that His Majesty is taking care of everything, other than that, the Prime Minister will do everything else for him.

At the beginning of March, Shi Jiaxu, the former governor of Jizhou, was promoted to the imperial doctor, ranked among the nine ministers, and participated in major military affairs of the imperial court.Jia Xu was promoted to [-] ranks in a row, which aroused extreme dissatisfaction among the scholar-bureaucrats in Luoyang.Originally killing Jin Yi and others and dismissing Geng Ji Weihuang, everyone felt that the reasons were far-fetched and far-fetched.This unconventional promotion to Jia Xu further exposed Yuan Xi's wolfish ambition of cultivating his cronies to plot evil.

Luoyang was shaken, and the ministers were shaking all day long.Everyone whispered; "The front door rejects the tiger and the back door enters the wolf. Yuan Xi is also like Dong Zhuo and Cao Aman."

It is said that I cultivate cronies, and I am promoting a few.Five days later, Cui Yan was appointed Guangluxun, and Xin Pi was appointed Minister of the Order.Yin Kui is a servant of the prime minister's mansion.Pang Tong was appointed and dismissed as the acting personnel of Dongcao.Chen Lin is in charge of money, food and treasury for Xi Cao.

The former Prime Minister Cao's servant Wang Can, the Central Guard Du Xi, the meritorious Cao Weikai, and He Qia joined the army. According to the investigation, they are all first-class loyal ministers. They are all retained and restored to their original posts.These four boys are actually the famous treacherous ministers in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.Bad head with sores and feet with pus.Follow whoever has value.There is only one reason for reusing them, because they only recognize money but not people. In the hearts of the four, the emperor is not worth ten taels of gold.Conscience and faithfulness have long been thrown away by them like rags.Cao Cao's promotion from Duke Wei to King Wei was instigated behind their backs.

As soon as Cao Cao walked away, I succeeded as prime minister. The next morning, before dawn, the four of them came together to show their allegiance.Talk about how sorry Cao Cao was to them, how they hated Cao thief to the bone, and wished they could sleep on their skin and eat their flesh.All of them were frothing, gritting their teeth and stamping their feet, and burst into tears.A look of bitterness and deep hatred, and Cao thief's hatred, and the appearance of vowing not to be human unless he and his family are killed.I was quite moved, and held the hands of the four of them and said: "Everyone has suffered, the truth came too late, it's really a sin, a sin." I thought, you are really shameless, just looking at the silk clothes of the four, With a red face, you can tell that Cao Cao has treated you well.I can do this kind of thing that makes things worse, I really-like it.

The four of them immediately stated that if they wanted to serve the new prime minister, they would die in a daze.It just so happens that I need a group of shameless politicians to show off.There is no reason to refuse.I greatly appreciate the four people's actions of abandoning evil and pursuing good.Several people were also named Liehou.The few people who were moved flattered.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty also began to feel uneasy, Yuan Xi was still respectful on the surface.But recent actions have made people shudder.Before anything happened, cronies spread all over the court.Every time he goes to court, he is polite and humble on the surface, and treats people with courtesy, but in fact he says what he says and completely ignores different opinions.It can be regarded as arbitrariness.It is only one step away from Cao Cao's monopoly and superciliousness.The ministers were dismissed, and Jia Xu, Simpi and others were promoted exceptionally.Yuan Xi's reason was: "Cao thief, who has been prime minister for many years, has formed a party for private interests, and has favored ministers. There are many courtiers who are suspicious. In case, these people collude with Cao thief internally and cooperate internally and externally. Luoyang is dangerous. It is better to find someone to replace. Cao thief's remnant forces were wiped out bit by bit.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said in his heart, nonsense.Find someone to replace, who is it, not yours?Emperor Xian knew my ghostly thoughts, but my reasons were high-sounding, and he himself was cowardly and cowardly, so he agreed to it out of the consideration of enduring the calm for a while.Who knows, Prime Minister Yuan Xi will intensify his efforts, one suggestion today, an imperial decree tomorrow, and another promotion the day after tomorrow.Gradually, the court was filled with cronies.Fu Wan, Huang Wan, Han Rong, Yang Biao and others were very dissatisfied.Jointly played, impeaching me for cronyism and arbitrariness.Considering that he had just arrived in Luoyang and had not completely controlled the situation, it was not appropriate to break with these people.Let the heavens and the people regard me as a powerful minister, so please resign from the prime minister.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was used to fighting with Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao.I understand this trick best.Of course it is resolutely not to follow.I also comforted him, and gave gold and silver.

Fu Wan and the others felt that I was more secure than Cao Cao, so they gave up.Jia Xu and others still swaggered in and out of the court, talking about military aircraft, and no one criticized them.A storm, temporarily subsided.

In the chilly February day of spring.Zhuge Jin Xu Huang led his army back to Huainan.Tian Feng and Jiang Yiqu stayed behind in Yingchuan and Xuchang.Guo Jia was the commander, with Wen Chou, Zhang Yun, Li Dian, and Zhang Xiu as lieutenants, together with Jizhou infantry, black dragon cavalry, and iron Buddha, a total of 15 troops marched towards Hongnong.He will fight with Guo Yuan and threaten Tongguan.

Xun Yu and Zhao Yun rushed to Luoyang to meet me.

"Disciple, knock on your teacher." I greeted him out the door, just in time to bump into the teacher and Zilong.Although the two of them were busy in the world, they couldn't hide their joy.

"Xi'er, get up quickly, get up quickly. You are already the prime minister, one person is under ten thousand people, how can you perform such a great gift." The teacher said with a smile on his face.

I stood up with a smile and said, "Even if I become the emperor, it is due to my mentor's cultivation. If there is no mentor who supervised me since childhood, how could Yuan Xi be where he is today."

Before I could finish speaking, Zhao Yun put on a face and said, "The last general, Zhao Zilong, kowtow to see—"

"Zilong—haha—you bastard, come with me, forget it—" I hugged Zhao Yun and punched him in the chest.

"My lord, you are the prime minister, this is too indecent, be careful to be ridiculed-you still hit-I fight back."

Seeing that the commotion was in a bad shape, the teacher hurriedly said: "Let's go in and talk about it."

As soon as he sat down, the teacher couldn't wait to say: "Congratulations to my lord, congratulations to my lord, Cao Cao is at the end of the road, as long as he fires up, the whole north will be the world of our Hebei army." Zhao Yun said with a smile: "The matter of the north has been decided. Tongguan is absolutely unstoppable, what should our army do next? Please let me know."

I laughed and said: "Zilong and teacher must have thought it over, can you tell me about it." Xun Yu said solemnly: "It's better to break through Jingzhou on the Huainan and Yingchuan roads and go down to Jiangdong. This is the best policy." Zilong He also echoed: "I also mean the same thing. Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, one is a swindler, and the other is weak and incompetent. There is nothing to worry about. In Yun's opinion, in today's world, the only person who can compete with you, Yuan Dacheng, is There are only three people. Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and—”

I smiled wryly and said, "Liu Bei——" Xun Yu took a deep breath and said, "Xi'er, you and Liu Bei have too much grievances, and he has great ambitions, so you have to get rid of it." Zhao Yun smiled and said, "I thought you looked down on Liu Bei, In fact, this person is not simple, but his ability to deal with the princes of the world, and his ability to get everything from one source to another, is enough to be called a hero."

No, what Zilong said obviously has right-leaning thoughts.I said indiscriminately: "Zilong, you only know one thing and not the other. This man is actually a licentious person, and he loves to be a tiger's minion and a pawn. Among other things, he used to join Lu Bu, fight Cao Cao, and serve as Lu Bu's pawn. Don't engage in murder and arson. Later, I followed my elder brother and helped Yuan Tan build the Tongque Terrace, wasting people's money and enriching his own pockets. It is outrageous. The most annoying thing is that he even tried to insult Teacher Cai Yong's only daughter. It is my wife at the moment, Cai Wenji. This matter is absolutely true, he has admitted it himself."

Xun Yu sneered and said, "I've heard about this too. I really didn't expect the grand uncle to be such a despicable person. Mrs. Cai Yong is highly respected and well-known all over the world. Mrs. Wen Ji, she has more meaningful poems and a world-class talent. It is really outrageous that Liu Bei did such a thing without shame."

Zhao Yun frowned and said: "This matter is actually true, he is also an emperor's uncle, how can he be so immoral?" I clapped my hands and smacked my lips: "Wen Ji, what you say can be false. You won't believe Cai Yong Your Excellency’s character tutoring. Besides, the identity of Liu Bei’s uncle is also false, and His Majesty is about to decree to expel him from the clan.”

Xun Yu and Zhao Yun were startled at the same time: "Really?" I lowered my voice and said mysteriously: "I just heard from the emperor too, so it turns out that Liu Bei is not some emperor's uncle, he is the descendant of the housekeeper of Zhongshan Wang's family. At that time, the butler stole his family's genealogy and gold and silver and fled to hide. This matter has been reported."

Zhao Yun's eyes lit up, and he said sharply, "Where did the whistleblower go?" I said, "He's dead. This matter is related to the state of the Han Dynasty, and it has become a royal joke. His Majesty has already killed the whistleblower. People Although he is dead, His Majesty is still angry, these days, he is preparing to issue an order to accuse Liu Xuande of deceiving the Lord."

Zhao Yun jumped up against the case, and drew out his saber with a "clang" sound: "Liu Bei, how dare you do this?" I continued to fight: "Liu Bei's subordinates don't even have a good man, his righteous brother Zhang Fei, relying on Yuan Tan's favor, every day He humiliated the women of the people every day, which made Jizhou city full of smog and complaints. I killed him out of helplessness."

Xun Yu said angrily: "Good kill, it's time to kill." Zhao Yun patted his forehead: "No, no, I was talking about how to advance the army next step, how did I come to Liu Bei. What did I say just now?" I said: "You said, there are only three people who can contend with me." Zhao Yundao: "After defeating Cao Cao, it is best to go south to Jingzhou, destroy Liu Bei first, and then punish Sun Quan, then the world can win."

Xun Yu nodded in deep agreement.If I haven't watched Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I must be full of praise for this strategy.But at this time, he had another idea.In the battle of Yuan Cao, it doesn't matter which side wins.Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pair will come to the surface.The plot will definitely evolve into the second largest battle of the Three Kingdoms, the form before the Battle of Chibi.Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined hands under pressure to fight against the enemy.This is very unfavorable to me. Maybe history will make me angry and push Liu Bei and Sun Quan to the throne of emperor.I absolutely cannot do that.

It is actually quite simple to break the Longzhong pair that is three points in the world.As long as our army captures Xichuan before Liu Bei does.So my goal is not Jiangnan but Xishu.I don't know how to explain this to my teacher.

I thought for a while and said, "Teacher, I have discussed this matter with Mr. Lu Zijing before, and his opinion seems to be at odds with the teacher!"

Xun Yu highly admired Lu Su's talent and learning, and both he and Zhao Yun are broad-minded people who like to listen to different opinions.He laughed loudly and said, "What does Zijing mean?" I said, "Mr. Zijing thinks that Jingzhou and Jiangdong are rich and strong, with many soldiers and generals, so it is not appropriate to take it lightly. Everyone in the world thinks that Liu Zhang in Sichuan is weak, so don't let him go." In my eyes, I thought that Jingzhou Jiangdong Ruoping, Liu Zhang must raise his hand and surrender. In fact, everyone is thinking about victory, but not about defeat. Among other things, Jiangdong Sun Quan's influence, the mentor knows, and he fought this person , Is our army sure of victory?"

Xun Yu raised his eyebrows; "Sun Quan is indeed extraordinary. He is good at recruiting talents, and he is decisive in his actions. He is open-minded and can take care of the overall situation. Under the circumstances, it is quite rich. Our army may not be able to win."

"Yes, that's exactly what Mr. Zijing intends. If our army loses when we go south to Jingzhou, Liu Bei and Sun Quan will definitely take the opportunity to take Xichuan. At that time, the wings will be formed, and one will fade away. Our army will have no choice but to take these two."

Zhao Yun clapped his hands and said, "Understood, my lord means to go to Xichuan first, and then enter Jiangnan. I'm just afraid that Jingzhou and Jiangdong will take the opportunity to attack Yingchuan, and our army will lose sight of the other."

"You can rest assured that the long-distance attack on Jingzhou earlier has already taken effect. The Cai family in Jingzhou has a lot of wine bags and rice bags. As long as you give more gold and silver, you will definitely not rebel. Sun Quan is very powerful, and Jingzhou in Huainan is far away. What am I?"

Xun Yu twisted his beard and praised: "Zi Jing has a clever plan. I am not as good as it. It is really a good plan." Zhao Yundao: "In this way, even if our army is not good at fighting in Jingzhou, we still own three-quarters of the land of the big Han. .Liu Bei and Sun Quan own a quarter, and the two are still merging without stopping, so it's hard to do anything."

"But—" I said worriedly: "Cao Cao's tent is still full of powerful generals. Although he was defeated, he may still make a comeback. I am most worried about him."

Zhao Yun asked: "Fengxiao has a battle report." I shook my head and said: "Not yet, almost just entered the territory of Hongnong." I suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at the teacher: "By the way, teacher, I have something to report to my teacher, I have brought back your nephew, Xun You, because he vowed not to surrender to the death and is still in prison."

Xun Yu knew about it a long time ago, and I wrote him a letter.Probably embarrassed to bring it up.I said, "Master, do you want to see him? If he doesn't want to surrender, let him go. Whether you go back to Cao Cao or go back to your hometown, let him go."

Xun Yu sighed and said, "Meet him first as a teacher. If he insists on not obeying, my lord had better kill him to avoid endless troubles." Can't die by my hands.

I hurriedly said: "Teacher, don't worry, you have taught me for many years, and your kindness is as great as a mountain. Even if I don't become the prime minister and go back to Jizhou, I will never harm your relatives. I will send someone to bring him here." Xun Yu's eyes were a little wet, and he reluctantly nodded.To avoid embarrassment, Zhao Yun and I withdrew first.

Xun You walked in neatly.The clothes are bright, the hats are correct, and the attitude is arrogant.He raised his face, looked at the roof, and took four square steps.A defiant look.

Xun Yu coughed, and Xun You lowered his head slightly and raised his eyelids: "Uncle—" Xun Yu took a few steps quickly, took his hand and said, "Gongda, you are fine, Uncle can rest assured."

Xun You didn't seem to hear it. He had a premonition that something was wrong, and sweated on his brow anxiously: "Uncle—why did you come here? Aren't you in Yingchuan? Could it be that Xuchang——"

Xun Yu smiled wryly and shook his head: "Cao Cao has been defeated—" He told Xun You the latest battle situation.Xun You's face turned from red to green, and from green to white, cold sweat poured out layer by layer, and he lost his voice for a while: "This is impossible, how could the Prime Minister be defeated by Yuan Xi."

Xun Yu said: "This is the truth, I can't let you not believe it. Yuan Xi, employing people properly, putting your heart in your heart, using your life, making the best use of your talents, the most resourceful men in the world, the generals of Xiong Gu, all under the tent, how can you be invincible? You still see Not sure about the situation?"

Xun You shook his head and said, "My nephew cannot agree with my uncle's words. Yuan Xi is indeed powerful, but Prime Minister Cao is a man of great talent and skillful in the art of war. It's better not to open your mouth."

Xun Yu said: "My lord wants to let you go back now, what's your plan?" Xun You said in a daze, "What's your plan? Naturally, I went to Tongguan to join Prime Minister Cao." The lord spared his life, do you still want to be his enemy?" Xun You said bluntly: "There is no way, loyalty is greater than kindness, how can my nephew forget loyalty to the emperor just because of a little kindness." Xun Yu waved his hand and said: "Cao Cao is not a Ming lord. " Xun You said, "How can you see that?"

Xun Yu said: "Just because he sent the generals of the Cao family to bully generals with different surnames, it can be seen that it is normal. Gao Shun died because of this, and Zhang Liao left because of this."

Xun You said stubbornly: "No one is perfect, and everyone has their shortcomings. For example, Yuan Xi, there have been rumors recently that he wanted sex like his life and bullied Prime Minister Cao's daughter. Such a shameless person, why would my uncle protect him?" Why don't you go and vote for Cao Cao with me." Instead, he persuaded Xun Yu.

Xun Yu said with a smile: "My relationship with Yuan Xi is like a father and son, far better than Ru and Cao Cao. You can't talk to me." Xun You's words became sharper: "Uncle's refusal to go is like my refusal to surrender. Nephew is not Will betray the prime minister. Yuan Xi wants to kill me, or lock me up for the rest of his life, if he is released, even if he is thousands of miles away, his nephew will go to the prime minister immediately." Xun You is proud and proud.Sighing: "But Cao Cao's situation is gone, and you will have no future if you go."

Xun You stopped talking, and walked out: "Farewell, my nephew will still go to prison, so as not to embarrass my uncle." Xun Yu waved his hand and said, "Go, go."

(End of this chapter)