At dusk, Liu Jing left the government office in a carriage and returned to his mansion. The wide carriage was walking around the streets, hundreds of cavalry guards, inside the carriage, Liu Jing was closing his eyes to think about his discovery today. The gentry led by Yang Biao actually intervened in the Pizhi dispute. In any case, it was not a good thing for themselves or for him Liu Jing.

For many years, Liu Jing has been implementing his important strategy to win the support of the northern gentry, and he has spared no hesitation to give a large number of official positions to the children of the northern gentry by publicly raising scholars. His strategy has also been successful.

But the gentry headed by Yang Biao turned to support Cao Zhi, which undoubtedly opened up a new path beyond him, Liu Jing. Perhaps the geniuses in the north believed that the dispute between Cao and Liu would last for decades, so they had to consider immediate interests while making long-term plans. Cao Zhi was undoubtedly the best choice to take into account the immediate interests.

To put it bluntly, this is actually a two-faced approach, betting on both sides of the hostile side. This approach certainly annoyed Liu Jing. He felt begging. Liu Jing narrowed his eyes. Sometimes he gave too much and the other party would not cherish it.

At this time, the carriage suddenly slowed down, and he heard someone outside the carriage saying, "I am going to see Yang Xun, Hongnong, and ask for the meeting of His Highness the King of Han at the order of the head of the family."

'Yang Xun?' Liu Jing saw this Yang Xun through the thin curtain of the car. He was a thin middle-aged man who looked very smart. The head of the guard Li Qing came forward to report: "Hongnong Yang Xun asked to see Your Highness on the order of the head of the family."

The head of the Yang family of Hongnong Yang family was Yang Biao. He asked for a visit at the order of the head of the family, which means that he should have brought Yang Biao's letter. Liu Jing nodded, "Take him back home!"

The carriage continued to start and took Yang Xun to the Han Palace...

Liu Jing changed into clothes and came to the living room. At this time, Yang Xun was a little restless in the living room. After all, he had to face the King of Han. He knew very well that this meeting was related to the Yang family's future status, and he had to make full preparations for it.

At this time, footsteps came from the hall, and the guards next to him reminded: "Your Highness, the King of Han, is here!"

Yang Xun stood up in a hurry and saw a burly young scholar coming over calmly. Yang Xun was a little stunned. He had never seen Liu Jing before. In his impression, Liu Jing should be a domineering general with a golden helmet and a domineering general, but unexpectedly he was a gentle young scholar.

But in an instant, Yang Xun realized that he was at home now, so Liu Jing certainly would not wear armor. He stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "Yang Xun meets His Highness the King of Han!"

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "It turned out to be Hongnong Yang Shaolin, I have been revered for a long time!"

Yang Xun suddenly felt excited. The King of Han actually knew that he was a famous scholar Hongnong, and no longer said that he was the nephew of Grand Marshal Yang. This greatly satisfied his vanity. He quickly took out Yang Biao's letter and presented it to Liu Jing with both hands, "This is my handwritten letter to Your Highness by my head. Please check it out."

Liu Jing took the letter and waved his hand and said, "Mr. Yang, please sit down!"

The two of them took a seat, but Liu Jing was not in a hurry to read the letter, but asked Yang Xun with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Yang was recommended by Cui Yan and was about to become an official next month. I wonder what position the general holds?"

Yang Xun's heart was shocked. The King of Han actually knew about this. How powerful his intelligence was. He said embarrassedly: "I guess he is just a low-ranking official. I'm going to make His Highness laugh at him. I don't know what appointments will be."

After Liu Jing made a brief test, he knew that Yang Xun was indeed irrelevant to Cao Zhi. He called himself Cao Zhi's aide was just a one-sided remark.

Liu Jing opened Yang Biao's letter and read it carefully. As he expected, Yang Biao hoped that in the letter, he could support Cao Zhi to inherit the position of prince, so that the north could revive the Confucianism of the gentry and restore the court.

Liu Jing sneered in his heart. Yang Biao was really confused. If Cao Zhi restored the Han Dynasty and respected Liu Xie as the emperor, then what was Liu Jing? Would he be allowed to respect Liu Xie as the emperor?

In the face of core interests, Yang Biao actually asked himself to make concessions. With Yang Biao's decades of experience in the officialdom, this would not be his stupid thoughts. It can only be said that these famous gentry still look down on him a little bit in their bones.

Liu Jing was annoyed, but his face was not showing any expression. He smiled and said, "Taiwei Yang actually wrote me personally. This shows his trust in me, Liu Jing. Please rest assured. I will fully consider his opinions and try not to let Mr. Yang go for a waste of time."

Liu Jing raised the letter in his hand, "I won't let him write this letter in vain."

Yang Xun was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Liu Jing's attitude was so kind, which was very different from the rumored cruelty and ruthlessness. He stood up and bowed deeply and said, "Your Highness's kindness, I am grateful to you!"

Liu Jing ordered someone to see Yang Xun away. He pondered for a moment with his hands behind his back and said to the guard beside him: "Go and come and find Lin Jin to see me!"

....

Ten days later, the envoy sent by Cao Cao, Dong Zhao arrived in Chengdu. Dong Zhao was a decent person but good at adapting and extraordinary strategy. He was once a famous strategist under Yuan Shao's tent. Later, he gave advice for Cao Cao. After Guo Jia died, Jia Xu was against Cao Cao and Er Xu left, Dong Zhao and Mao Jie, Liu Ye, Chen Qun, Xin Pi, Jia Kui and others became the second generation strategist trusted by Cao Cao.

Dong Zhao is currently the Censor of Wei State, and holds the power of supervision of Wei State, and is also responsible for the summary of external intelligence. He is a staunch supporter of Cao Zhi and plays an important role in the battle between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi.

This time, Dong Zhao sent a mission to the Han Kingdom to repair the tensions in relations between the two countries caused by the verbal battle between the two countries. The fundamental purpose was to stop the upcoming Battle of Hefei by the Han army. At present, the Han army stationed heavily in Wan County, and set up a water camp in Chaohu Lake under Hefei's nose. The ambition to attack Hefei was already obvious to the world.

Although Zhang Liao was defending 50,000 troops in Hefei, Cao Cao was still very worried about the loss of Hefei. He knew very well that Cao's army was at a disadvantage in military terms. If the Han army had all its efforts to attack Hefei, Zhang Liao might not be able to defend it. Cao Cao wanted to stop the battle of Hefei at the political level. Cao Zhi recommended Dong Zhao as an envoy and went to Chengdu.

The senior Han army officer who accompanied Dong Zhao to Chengdu was the planner Jia Xu. Jia Xu was in charge of Guanlong's military and political affairs. He happened to come to Chengdu to report his duties to Liu Jing, so he came with Dong Zhao.

At this time, they were only a few miles away from Chengdu, and they could clearly see the tall city walls and towers. The number of houses on both sides of the official road increased, wine shops, tea shops, hostels, etc. could be seen everywhere, and the pedestrians were endless, and the official road became lively.

Dong Zhao is nearly 60 years old and was a handsome man when he was young. Now he is old this year, he still has a pretty appearance. He has a gentle temperament in every move and whisper, which can easily make people feel good about him and it is difficult to associate him with the supervision power that needs to be controlled by decisiveness.

"Mr. Jia, I came to Bashu for study at the age of 20. I lived in Chengdu for a while. It has been almost forty years in a flash. I feel that Chengdu is still the same as what I remember!"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Chengdu has a long history and simple folk customs. There has been no large-scale battles for a hundred years. Naturally, it has maintained its original appearance. However, five years ago, the city wall was re-renovated. Of course, Gong Ren must not remember these details."

"Yes! After all, forty years, my memory has been blurred and I can't remember it clearly."

Dong Zhao changed the topic and asked tentatively: "Does Jia Gong think His Highness, King of Han, will consider Duke Wei's advice?"

"This...frankly, I really can't answer."

Jia Xu smiled faintly and said, "Actually, I personally think that Prime Minister Cao should not discuss such a thing with us at all. Whether to fight or not, the national strategy can not be changed in one or two negotiations. And... Gong Ren doesn't feel that he has a bit of a flirting with a tiger when he comes to Chengdu for negotiations?"

Dong Zhao was a little embarrassed and smiled bitterly: "Maybe Mr. Wei has his idea. This is not something we should consider when we are ministers. I just need to do my best to complete this mission."

"No!"

Jia Xu shook his head slowly, "If the superiors are worried about not being well-behaved, the subordinates should advise him. Whether he is filial, Gongda, Wenruo, or Cheng Zhongde, he will try his best to express his opinions. He must make the decisions comprehensive and perfect, and he will never decide them. The subordinates follow him. Gongren is not the way to be a counselor!"

Dong Zhao nodded silently, feeling ashamed in his heart. He sighed and said, "Mr. Jia is right. We new advisers are still far behind the older generation of advisers. Dong Zhao has received the advice of Jia Gong's golden jade."

At this time, a team of cavalry rushed towards the opposite side. The leader was Sima Yi, the Minister of Shangshu of Pingzhang. He came to greet Dong Zhao and Jia Xu on the order of Liu Jing. The dust was flying, and the cavalry rushed to the front of him. Sima Yi clasped his fists and smiled at Jia Xu, "Thank you for your hard work in the military advisor!"

Jia Xu nodded and introduced to Dong Zhao with a smile: "Gongren should know Zhongda. Now Zhongda is one of the five prime ministers of the Han Dynasty and is in charge of military and political affairs and the outside world. This time Gongren will inevitably deal with Zhongda when he is on a mission to the Han Dynasty."

Of course, Dong Zhao knew Sima Yi. He had a very good relationship with Sima Yi's elder brother Sima Lang. Sima Yi asked Dong Zhao for advice when he was a teenager. Dong Zhao smiled slightly, "Zhongda, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

"See Mr. Dong!"

Sima Yi stepped forward and bowed and said, "I come here to welcome Mr. Dong under the order of His Highness of Han, and welcome Mr. Dong to the envoy to Shu."

"Your Highness the King of Han is so polite."

Sima Yi turned his horse's head and smiled and said, "Please go to the city by Gong Dong!"

"please!"

The group accelerated their horses and drove towards Chengdu City.

Sima Yi arranged Dong Zhao in the VIP hotel, while he and Jia Xu rushed to Liu Jing's official room.

In the official room, Liu Jing stood in front of a huge sand table with his hands behind his back. The sand table was five meters long and three meters wide, filling the entire convention hall. The sand table map of the entire Han Dynasty, but there was a sand table map of Lujiang County in the lower right corner, including Hefei. Liu Jing stood in front of the sand table in Hefei for a long time.

More than two years ago, he ordered Gan Ning to lead the navy to cooperate with the Jiangdong Army to capture Hefei in one fell swoop. It was from then on that time that he decided to seize Hefei and open up the third battlefield except Guanzhong and Nanyang, with the goal directly aimed at Xuzhou and eastern Yuzhou. Moreover, it was also possible to control Jiangdong in the south, which was of great strategic significance. Once Hefei was captured, he would completely take the strategic initiative.

It is precisely because of the great strategic significance that Liu Jing does not want to act rashly. If he doesn't fight, he will be shocking. However, Liu Jing has made up his mind to fight in Hefei.
Chapter completed!