The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms - Vol 10 Chapter 311

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Hearing the purpose of “doing two birds with one stone”, Yuan Shao glanced at Guo Tu, stroked his beard and said, “Gongze, what you said by doing one kills two birds with one stone, does it mean that you can take advantage of Meng De’s leadership to help me and make Yuan Cai take the Xihe River? The county is brought under the rule?”

Guo Tu replied: “Report to Duke Ming, the picture is exactly what the picture means. Previously, Duke Ming had already ordered Cao Mengde to transfer Xiahou Dun from Xihe back to Taiyuan, but he refused to obey the order under the pretense of making excuses. It turns out that he has gradually only known Cao Mengde, but not the high envoy! Cao Mengde has already led the prefect of Taiyuan, and he has a close relationship with Hedong Wangyi in private. Then, given time, not only the Xihe, Tu worrying about it, I am afraid that the entire Bingzhou will not be owned by the Duke of Ming! Therefore Tu thinks that calling Cao Mengde to lead troops to Ye will be able to kill two birds with one stone!”

There were no outsiders in the hall, so Yuan Shao didn’t hide his thoughts. He nodded, stroked his beard and said, “Gongze, what you said is not bad. I have already thought about what you said just now. I will go to chat with Meng De today, order him to lead his troops to help me, and go to the secret book together with Yuan Cai, and order him to seize this opportunity to force Xiahou Dun to return to Taiyuan and take Xihe County into his hands.”

“Ming Gong is wise!”

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, then said: “This matter is settled as it is, and there is no need to say it again. Gongzhuo, you just left, and I have something else I want to ask you.”

Guo Tu asked, “Dare to ask Duke Ming, what’s the matter?”

Yuan Shao sighed, put down the hand that was stroking the beard, patted his thigh lightly, slightly worried, and said, “Qing Shicai also said it, looking at it now, Xun Zhenzhi is actually starting to gain a firm foothold in the court. , hehe, I underestimated him before!… Gongzhuo, Xun Zhenzhi sits in three states, and in terms of strength, he is enough to compete with me. His complete control will be unfavorable for me in the long run. GongZhou, to tell you the truth, I am already a little regretful. Chang’an, welcome the imperial court and the sage to Ye!”

At that time, it was Guo Tu who was most fiercely opposed to King Qin. Hearing Yuan Shao’s words, Guo Tu’s expression changed slightly.

Yuan Shao went on to say: “However, the matter has come to this point, and there is no need to mention the past. Let’s just talk about the present. Gongzhuo, I don’t think we can just let Xun Zhenzhi’s rule stand firmly in the court. It! Can you have any countermeasures for this?”

When Ju Shou and Cao Cao repeatedly suggested Yuan Shao to Qin Wang Chang’an to welcome the imperial court and Liu Xie to Ye County, Guo Tu was opposed, but Yuan Shao did not agree with Ju Shou and Cao Cao’s suggestion.

Therefore, although Yuan Shao now regrets his decision at that time, out of respect, he is reluctant to speak to Ju Shu, let alone ask Ju Shu if there is any remedy, so he has to discuss with Guo Tu. countermeasures.

Guo Tu is actually a little remorseful.

Guo Tu has always looked down on Xun Zhen. He originally thought that Li Jue and Guo Si were strong and brave, and that Xun Zhen might not be able to beat them. In the end, Xun Zhen was lucky enough to succeed as a diligent king, but when he had neither the foundation of the court and his own strength was greatly damaged, it would be difficult for Xun Zhen to control the power of the court, but he did not expect it. Xun Zhen not only won the battle of King Qin, but also saw his power in the court gradually stabilize!

For these, Guo Tu was jealous at first, and jealous like a poisonous snake devoured his heart. At the same time, as a resourceful man, he had already seen that this would inevitably have an adverse effect on Yuan Shao, so in private, he was I also thought about countermeasures.

Seeing Yuan Shao asking at this moment, Guo Tusui put on a relaxed look and said with a relaxed smile: “Ming Gong, why is it difficult to solve this matter?”

“Oh? Could it be that Qing has a countermeasure?”

Guo Tu then told Yuan Shao the countermeasures he had thought of, and said, “Ming Gong, Tu has two strategies.”

“Which two strategies?”

Guo Tu raised a finger and said, “The picture is in the letters given to Tu by the people of Yingchuan and Gu Jiu. Although there are many words about Xun Zhenzhi’s popularity in the court and the public in Xu County, there are also many words about it. , Taiwei Yang Biao, general Dong Cheng, etc. are all dissatisfied with Xun Zhenzhi. Although they are forced to rely on Xun Zhen’s lewd power or corrupt power, they are loyal and upright and oppose his ministers. There are also quite a few, but in this situation, Tu’s ignorance, why doesn’t Duke Ming go to read the Grand Commander Yang Biao?”

“Go to book Yang Biao?”

Guo Tu said: “The Duke of Ming, Yang Biao, his family, and his clan, the four and three princes, the ministers of many generations, the famous Han family for a long time. Furthermore, since Yang Biao was in the court, and Duke Ming was outside, the inside and outside echoed with him, and Xun Zhen’s insufficiency was a worry.”

“But…, Gongze, Xun Zhen’s family is in Yingyin, and most of the scholars in Yingchuan County are his henchmen! If only Yang Biao and I responded to the court, I’m afraid it wouldn’t be enough to suppress their momentum.”

Guo Tu smiled and said, “Duke Ming, is it only Xunzhen’s family in Yingchuan? Tu’s family is also in Yingchuan! Tuke and Xin Pi, Xin Ping, Chunyu Qiong, etc., respectively gave my clan in-laws and old friends in Yingchuan. Friends go to the book, so that they can create public opinion among the people, can’t this offset the benefits of Xun Zhen’s family in Yingyin? In addition, Tu dares to think that Duke Ming can also give Runan’s clan children, right names If you compare your reputation among the scholars of Ru and Ying, one of Xunzhen’s Doushi Pavilion has long ears, how can you compare with Duke Ming, Yutu, etc.!”

Yuan Shao thought about it for a long time and then said, “That’s what I said, but as a rule, the civil strife has been going on for a long time now.

Dong Zhuo, and later Li Jue and Guo Si, also relied on strong soldiers, so they were domineering and domineering. Although the grand captain Yang Biao was highly respected, he had no soldiers. Although there was a party of Dong Cheng and Yang Biao, Dong Cheng’s soldiers Needless to say, when it comes to strength, Yang Biao is inferior to Xun Zhen too much, because I am worried about it, even if I use this strategy, I am foreign aid, but I am separated from Yingchuan by Henan Yin, and I am afraid that I will not be able to reach. ”

Guo Tu raised another finger and said, “If Duke Ming thinks this strategy is not enough, Tu has another strategy.”

“What is it?”

Guo Tu said: “Duke Ming, this policy is that Duke Ming might as well bow to his will, show his loyalty to the emperor, and show loyalty to the sage.”

“Show loyalty to the saint?”

Guo Tu said: “Ming Gong, Taiwei Yang Biao, General Dong Cheng, etc. are indeed not many soldiers and horses, and they cannot compete with Xun Zhen in terms of strength, but as long as there is a sage on Ming Gong’s side, Ming Gong is far away from Ye. In the county, Xun Zhen will certainly have difficulty taking power in the imperial court!”

This strategy is indeed more feasible than the strategy of going to Yang Biao just now and forming an internal and external party with Yang Biao.

No matter how bad Liu Xie is, he is also the Son of Heaven. He is the “righteousness” himself, then if Yuan Shao can get Liu Xie’s approval, or put it another way, that is, if Yuan Shao is willing to use his own strength to increase Liu Xie’s power, then although Yuan Shao can gain Liu Xie’s power, Being in Jizhou, it was indeed difficult for Xun Zhen to cover the sky and control the imperial court—at least it could delay the time when he took control of the imperial court.

It’s just that if this strategy can be implemented and it works, Liu Xie will obviously become the biggest winner.

Guo Tu saw that Yuan Shao was silent, but he knew that Yuan Shao was not worried that “Liu Xie would become the biggest winner” — after all, Liu Xie had no troops under his command, even if he would become Yuan Shao and Xun Zhen in a short-term rivalry He is the biggest winner, but his “big winner” is still hard to get rid of the essence of “puppet”. After Yuan Shao and Xun Zhen have won the battle, whether it is Yuan Shao or Xun Zhen who wins, turn around and clean up Liu Xiedu. It was easy, Guo Tu guessed Yuan Shao’s doubts, and said with a smile: “Ming Gong is worried that the sage may be suspicious of Ming Gong, so he will not work with Ming Gong to contain Xun Zhen?”

“Principle, I do have this concern.”

It’s still that dark history. Yuan Shao once wanted to make Liu Yu, the former Youzhou Mummer, as the emperor and start anew. With such a past, Yuan Shao is now willing to aggrieve himself for the time being and express his loyalty to Liu Xie, but Liu Xie can trust him. What?

This is indeed a real problem.

Guo Tu smiled and said: “Ming Gong, this worry is not difficult to solve.”

“What’s the solution, sir?”

Guo Tu said: “Duke Ming, the Duke of Xian has been worshipped as a general in the court. According to the stories of the Han family, generals are usually appointed by external relatives. In this case, why did Duke Ming not make this practice a reality and continue to use this practice?”

Yuan Shao thought about it and said, “Follow this convention…”

Guo Tu further explained, saying: “Why didn’t Duke Ming choose a concubine, marry into the palace, and make the sage be the queen? He is already the uncle of the country, not to mention that this is enough to make up for the rift with the sage due to the past. Even if it is the record of Shangshu, the Duke of Ming can also follow the rules!”

Yuan Shao thought about it for a while, and it was really what Guo Tu said.

If one of his daughters is married to Liu Xie, Yuan Shao has no daughter, so if he wants to marry Liu Xie, he can only choose one of his daughters, then he will become a foreign relative of the country, not only very The big one may gain some trust from Liu Xie, and according to the usual practice, in addition to the general, he can also get the post of Lu Shangshushi.

As mentioned above, if you are not allowed to hold the post of “Recording Shang Shushi”, even if you are a dignitary such as a general and Taiwei, you cannot participate in state affairs and have to hear secrets. After obtaining the position of “Recording Shang Shushi”, Yuan Shao will be He wouldn’t go to the court, but at least after losing the “Records of the Book of Documents”, if Xun Zhen wanted to control the power of the court again, it would add a lot of regulations, that is, procedural difficulties.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed and said, “Okay, okay! This is a very good strategy!”

But it is said that although Guo Tu’s strategy seems to be good, but it is possible to think about it, but there is a trouble, that is, Liu Xie has already established an empress at Xun Zhen’s invitation. Could this be Guo Tu? Didn’t you see Yuan Shao? And Guo Tu offered this strategy, Yuan Shao thought it was very good? The reason is also very simple, that is, this trouble, in Yuan Shao and Guo Tu’s view, is not worth mentioning. Queen Fu’s father, Fu Wan, has neither troops nor real power, and his clan’s clan’s reputation cannot be compared with that of Runan’s Yuan clan at all. Therefore, in Yuan Shao and Guo Tu’s view, it is only necessary to find one at that time. At the right time, ask Liu Xie to abolish Fu Shou, and then make his concubine who entered the palace as the queen.

Guo Tu looked at Yuan Shao quietly, and saw that his face was full of joy. The anxiety caused by Yuan Shao’s words “some small regrets” disappeared. Although the anxiety was no longer, he couldn’t help but say Yuan Shao’s words. Indifferent to the words, Guo Tu thought that he had to react, but he must not make Yuan Shao think that “Ju Shou and Cao Cao’s suggestions actually have merits”, and it could be regarded as making one of these two strategies for himself. To sum up, he said calmly: “Ming Gong, Tu’s stupid opinion, Ming Gong did not use the advice of the supervisor and Cao Mengde at that time, it is a wise move.”

“Oh?”

“Now if you can use the two strategies to suit the talents, and the three-pronged approach, so that Xun Zhen can’t settle down in the court, then Tu’s foolish view, isn’t it because the Duke of Ming has gone to welcome the emperor to Ye, and he has the disadvantage of asking for the decree for everything big and small. And it is to take remote control of the dynasty, and use the king’s order to cut the profit of disobedience?”

Yuan Shao laughed, stroked his beard and said, “Your words are very true!”

“Connecting with Yang Biao, stirring up the opposition of Ruying scholars to Xun Zhen, and preparing to choose a woman to marry into the palace”, this three-pronged strategy was used to prevent Xun Zhen from controlling the power of Guo Tu, despite the fact that With Yuan Shao’s consent, it has been settled, but it is obviously not the time to officially start this strategy. The key at present is still Nanyang, and it is still necessary to help Yuan Shu overcome the difficulties first.

Therefore, Guo Tu’s strategy was temporarily put aside, and Yuan Shao just asked Chen Lin, who was his “classical article”, to draft it on his behalf, and wrote a letter to Yang Biao, which was sent to Xuxian, and Yang Biao was presented to him for the time being. It was to try Yang Biao’s intentions first, and then focus on Nanyang, Cao Cao and Yixian.

…

Two days later, another military report came from northern Jizhou.

This military report is related to the upcoming general attack on Gongsun Zan.

The report said: Liu He, Xian Yufu, and Yan Rou mobilized about 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Han and Hu troops and stationed them in the area bordering Youzhou and Bohai County.

When the military report arrived, Yuan Shao summoned Ju Shou, Guo Tu and others again.

When all the people arrived, Yuan Shao asked them: “Youzhou suddenly set up troops in the south of You, what do you think Liu and the others mean?”

Everyone discussed this for a while and came to two conclusions.

Ju Shou said: “Ming Gong, at the end of last year, when Liu and his family sent Wei Dun, Xian Yuyin, Yan Zhi and others to Xu County to meet the Holy Master, the lower officials wondered if they took this opportunity to catch up with the charioteer. Line? Now it seems that the subordinate’s guess is correct.”

Tian Feng said: “That’s right, Liu and the others must have been on the line with Xun Zhenzhi! When they were on the way to Xuxian, they stopped in Yexian for a few days and met Duke Ming. However, when they returned from Xu County to Youzhou, not only did they not stop in Ye County, but when they passed through Ye County again, they were in a hurry! Big!”

Ju Shou said: “Then Liu He and others suddenly deploy troops and gather in Younan. Based on this, there are only two possibilities.”

Yuan Shao asked, “Two possibilities?”

Ju Shu said: “One is that Zhao Yun and other ministries in Qingzhou are cooperating, causing more pressure on our army in northern Hebei, in response to Xun Zhen’s crusade against Nanyang; After Gongsun Zan’s decisive battle begins, he will take advantage of it.”

Yuan Shao stroked his beard, thought for a while, and said, “No matter what the two are, it’s not good for me.”

If it was the first, Yuan Shao would definitely not be able to send troops and go south to fight Henan Yin, but instead he would have to guard against them.

If it is the second, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan have been fighting desperately for so many years, and they have finally gained the upper hand. Seeing that victory is in sight, how can they tolerate Liu He and others taking advantage of it?

You must know that this decisive battle with Gongsun Zan, if won, for Yuan Shao, it is not only the benefit of completely eliminating this confidant, but also has huge and rich practical benefits. First, Gongsun Zan’s grain storage in Yijing, the armor and equipment of his troops, etc., can greatly supplement Yuan Shao’s military resources; secondly, the soldiers of Gongsun Zan’s army are very powerful. . Yuan Shao would never be willing to share these two great benefits with Liu He and others.

Ju Shu said, “Liu He and others are beyond their own power. Duke Ming, the officials are stupid, and it is not difficult to solve this matter.”

“The policy will be released?”

Ju Shou said: “Among the troops and horses stationed in Younan by Liu He and his people, there are quite a number of Hu Qingqiang~www.mtlnovel.com~ The Duke of Ming previously granted the title of Shanyu and Su Puyan, etc., and he has been attached by the Hu Hus. Now I can order them to help Duke Ming attack Gongsun Zan; when Su Puyan waits for him to obey the order, we will force Liu and others to help in the battle.”

“Now that Zhao Yun and others are stationed on the plain, will Liu and the others be willing to obey me?”

Ju Shou said, “The chariots and cavalry are using troops in Nanyang. Although Zhao Yun and the others are stationed in the plains, they are only guarding the border, so why would they dare to offend me in Jizhou? Liu He and others are weak, so they can only issue orders from Duke Ming!”

Yuan Shao followed this policy and sent orders to Su Puyan, Liu He, etc., but as Ju Shu expected, after Su Puyan and others obeyed, Liu He and other troops were forced to accept Yuan Shao’s order. .

It’s just that although this little trouble caused by Liu He and others was solved smoothly, it took time after all. Therefore, after Cao Cao received Yuan Shao’s order, it took half a month to rush from Taiyuan to Ye County. However, he was not able to send troops immediately to attack Yin in Henan, so to this day, Nanyang has been acquired by Xun Zhen, while Cao Cao and other troops have not yet left Ye.

…

Ye County, on the shogunate hall of General Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao looked at the officials and said, “The highway is extremely incompetent, and it sits on the fortified city of Wanxian County, which cannot be defended for a day. Now Wanxian County has been acquired by Xunzhen, even if our army crosses the river south to attack Luoyang at this moment, it will still be the same. It’s too late! You think, what should I do now?”

One of them stood up in the seat and said, “But the plan now is as official, it is no longer possible to cross Henan to attack Luoyang. In my opinion, the best strategy is to concentrate troops and horses at that time, and immediately launch an offensive against Gongsun Zan, in order to catch up with Xun. Zhenzhi has won Nanyang, and before he seeks my hope, defeat Gongsun Zan in one fell swoop!”