Gongsun Xu finally smiled, and he became a little more docile. "Is the general willing to help me?"

"Of course, the imperial court issued an edict to appoint the general as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and to command the throne, govern the eight states, and Youzhou is also among the general's control. If such a big thing happens, the general must send someone to see it."

"Governor of the Eight Prefectures?"

Guo Jia raised his finger and thought it to Gongsun Xu. "In addition to the five prefectures of Jing, Yu, Qing, Xu Yang, and Yan, Ji and You, the three prefectures of Yan, Ji and You were added."

Gongsun Xu was surprised and happy, and hid on the table and came over. "When will General Sun send troops? How many troops will there be?"

"How much do you want?"

"Of course, the more the better." Gongsun Xu blurted out, and then felt a little embarrassed, explaining: "Liu Bei was insidious and cunning. If I went back earlier, I might have a chance to fight. Now three or four months have passed, my father's old subordinates may have been annexed by him, and even my uncle may not be spared. I only have these dozens of people to go back. What's the difference between going back and dying?"

Guo Jia glanced at Gongsun Xu and couldn't help laughing. "So you know it too?"

Gongsun Xu touched his nose awkwardly. In the past few months, he has been using his temperament. Sun Ce and Guo Jia must have seen it. He felt that he could not bear it anymore, but now he feels that he is too naive. He bowed to Guo Jia repeatedly and asked Guo Jia to apologize to Sun Ce on his behalf. Guo Jia waved his hand and said that Sun Ce could understand Gongsun Xu's mood and did not care about him.

He then explained Sun Ce’s arrangements to Gongsun Xu.

Gongsun Zan died in battle, and the culprit was Liu He, and Yuan Tan was behind the scenes. Now the court has announced that Yuan Shao was a rebel minister for forgery, and Liu He was naturally a rebel. His attack on Gongsun Zan was to avenge his personal revenge, which had nothing to do with justice or even violated the law. Gongsun Zan occupied morality. The court not only could not punish the crime, but instead wanted to claim justice for him. This is what Sun Ce's duty lies and it was also an opportunity for Sun Ce to wait.

Since Gongsun Zan was not guilty, his title must be retained. Gongsun Xu was the heir and his unquestionable successor. Sun Ce not only wanted to send him back to the heir title, but also asked the court for official positions. Considering that Gongsun Zan had only the title of general and had no prefect before, and did not really belong to him, so his development was limited, Sun Ce planned to submit to the court and appointed Gongsun Xu as the prefect of Youbeiping, so that he had his own territory.

Youbeiping is in the east of Yuyang, with fewer arable land and even fewer populations, less than 10,000 households, far less than Yuyang County, and cannot survive by relying on its own strength. Therefore, Sun Ce recommended Taishi Ci as the prefect of western Liaoning to support Gongsun Xu. If Gongsun Fan was still alive and had the intention to take revenge, Sun Ce planned to represent him as the commander of the Liaodong vassal state. In this way, the three of them worked together to at least make Liu Bei dare not act rashly, and Gongsun Xu's safety was guaranteed. Only by surviving would you have the opportunity to strengthen your strength and revenge.

After hearing Guo Jia say that, Gongsun Xu left the seat, crawled on the ground, crying bitterly. "Thank you, General, thank you for the wine. The boy is ignorant and willful, and he offended the general, and he will be guilty of death."

Guo Jia helped Gongsun Xu up and said earnestly: "Bosi, General is neglecting you for so long, not only waiting for the imperial edict from the court, but also hopes that you can have a chance to calm down. The situation in Youzhou is complicated, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of your life. Your uncle died in Yuzhou in battle, and the general and his son cherished it. Now Lingzun has been harmed by a traitor again, how could he be careless?"

Gongsun Xu felt ashamed and apologized repeatedly. Guo Jia appeased him for a while and said, "What is the relationship between Gongsun Du and your family? He is now in Liaodong. If you can ask him for help, you will have a greater chance of revenge."

Gongsun Xu shook his head repeatedly. Gongsun Du is the Liaodong Gong [        Update Fast] Sun, who is very distant from their Liaoxi Gongsun, and has almost no contact with him and cannot count on him at all. In terms of closeness, Gongsun Du is far inferior to Sun Ce.

Guo Jia knew very well that he just said that, and did not expect Gongsun Du to assist Gongsun Xu, and it was not even because of this. Sun Ce sent Gongsun Xu back to Youzhou for his Youzhou strategy, not to make the Gongsun family bigger. However, he had to have a reason to take Liaodong. Gongsun Du refused to help Gongsun Xu, which was a good excuse for Gongsun Du to refuse to help Gongsun Xu. Of course, if Gongsun Du was willing to be busy, Sun Ce would not have to worry too much, and just transferred Gongsun Du from Liaodong. Gongsun Du was from Liaodong. According to the system, he could not serve as the prefect of Liaodong. That was Dong Zhuo's life and should have been changed long ago. The court was unable to reach the power of the court, but now he was restrained by the eight states, had this strength, and was justified.

There are more than 60,000 households and nearly 300,000 households in Liaodong County, and their strength is comparable to that of Yuyang. Of course, he cannot let such an important territory fall into Gongsun Du's hands.

"Try to contact us, after all, the same surname may be useful." Guo Jia said.

Gongsun Xu agreed immediately.

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In early April, Zhao Wen brought an edict to escort the eldest princess to Pengcheng, and Ma Chao's sister Ma Yunlu was accompanied by Ma Chao.

Sun Ce led his personal guards to Pengcheng to welcome him. He went out to welcome him for more than 100 miles, which was enough face for the court. Although the court did not directly confer a title of king, he gave a fief equivalent to a title of king. He made great concessions, and Sun Ce could not force others too much and took a step back accordingly.

Xu Kun was ready and sent the chief Chen Jiao to greet the border county. He himself guarded Pengcheng to prevent accidents. There were both envoys from the court and Sun Ce himself, so he dared not be careless at all. If something happened within his jurisdiction, even if Sun Ce did not blame him, his mother, Mrs. Sun, would not spare him.

Chen Jiao was named Ji Bi and from Guangling. When he traveled to Pengcheng, he met Xu Kun. Xu Kun admired him very much, so he asked him to be the chief secretary. The chief secretary of the Wang Xiang was like a county magistrate, and he could not be eliminated by the minister himself. However, Xu Kun had a special identity and he had eliminated many subordinates by himself. Afterwards, he could just inform Sun Ce. Sun Ce had seen Chen Jiao's name and saw that he was from Guangling again, so he naturally had no objection.

When we met Chen Jiao for the first time, Sun Ce and Chen Jiao chatted with him, first asked about Pengcheng's situation, and then asked about Chen Jiao's family affairs. Chen Jiao was neither humble nor arrogant, responded with serenely, didn't talk much, but every sentence was pertinent. Sun Ce was very satisfied with him.

After arriving in Pengcheng, Sun Ce met with Xu Kun and asked about Chen Jiao. He had discussed Qing Xu with Xu Kun before and wanted to find a few suitable candidates to serve as the minister. Xu Kun made several suggestions, but he did not mention Chen Jiao. He knew that Chen Jiao was talented and had biography in history books, but sometimes the historical records may not be reliable. He had never met in person, so he would not directly reuse it. If Xu Kun didn't mention it, he thought that Chen Jiao was not worthy of his reputation.

Xu Kun laughed as soon as he heard this. "Is this person good?"

"That's good, why don't you recommend him?"

"I can't bear to leave it, I want to keep him for me for a while."

Sun Ce looked at Xu Kun and understood his little thoughts. Pengcheng's strategic location is very important, but now it has become an inner county, and the possibility of war is not very high. Xu Kun has been stationed in Pengcheng for many years and has never had the opportunity to participate in the war. He felt itchy and wanted to go to the front line.

"Go to Jinan, how about it?"

"I want to go to the plains more."

Sun Ce was crooked. Qingzhou was the front line, the plain was the front line among the front line, and the Hebei part was still in the hands of Yuan Xi. If Taishi Ci was transferred to Youzhou, there would be a lack of a general who could help Shen You. He asked Xu Kun to go to Jinan, but he didn't want Xu Kun to take too much risk, but Xu Kun obviously didn't think so, he wanted to go to the most dangerous place.

"You think about it again." Sun Ce said: "I promised my aunt that I will not let you take too much risk. You have to go to the plains and ask your aunt to agree. She is the only son like you, and she is precious."

Xu Kun looked bitter. He weighed the pros and cons, and decided to accept Sun Ce's arrangement to go to Jinan. His mother, Mrs. Sun, would definitely not agree to him to go to the plains, and it would take at least ten days for him to go back and forth. Then, the opportunity for Jinan was robbed. Go to Jinan first, and then find a way to go to the plains. Anyway, they are all on the front line. If there is a big war, Jinan will also have the opportunity to join the war.

After several months, Sun Ce and Zhao Wen met again, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Zhao Wen announced the edict, and the contents were all known to Sun Ce before, and there were only two differences: one was that Fuchun was transferred to Kuaiji County. In this way, Sun Jian's Fuchun Marquis would not need to be changed; the other was that Danyang became the eldest princess' fief. Zhao Wen explained that the princess was more than the county marquis, and the eldest princess was more than the vassal king. It was a bit aggrieved to marry Sun Ce as a concubine. The emperor had only this sister, and regarded Danyang as her fief and was adjacent to Wu County, which was also a compensation for her.

Sun Ce smiled without saying anything, and his eyes were joking. He knew the emperor very well, but he didn't care. After all, he was just a little trick that could not be blamed. The eldest princess was a vassal king, but he did not really take the county as a fief, but just some counties with more household registration. The emperor made an exception and used Danyang as a fief, which not only compensated her sister in name, so that she would not be wronged because of being a concubine, but also left a foreshadowing for her future small actions.

When a woman got married in the Han Dynasty, she had all the right to deal with the dowry. She could hand over the dowry to her husband's family or handle it herself. Since Danyang was her fief, she had the right to deal with Danyang's taxes, such as subsidizing the emperor. Danyang half-plain and half-hill, with rich specialties, and recently the military farming has been successful and has developed very quickly. The tax growth is very rapid, no less than that of the middle-class counties and states in the Central Plains.

Is there anything wrong with the married sister who lives a tight life in subsidies? Not to mention the royal family, even ordinary families are inevitable.

Zhao Wen was guilty by Sun Ce and did not dare to face it. However, Sun Ce did not care about him and started talking about gossip. As the saying goes, in the face of absolute strength, all power and tricks are jokes. Danyang is in his hands, and he appointed Danyang's prefect. Could it be that because he became the eldest princess' fief, the eldest princess could use Danyang's taxes? Unless the Danyang prefect doesn't want to do it anymore.

After receiving the imperial edict, Sun Ce immediately invited Zhao Wen and others to take the princess as his official concubine. Taking a concubine is not about marrying a wife, there are not so many rules, whether it is grand or casual, it all depends on the mood of the husband's family. Sun Ce did not deliberately miss the princess, but held a banquet in the name of entertaining Zhao Wen and others, which was to give the princess face. However, he did not want the court to have too much luck. At the beginning of the banquet, he announced a news.
Chapter completed!