Yuan Shu was not willing to be outdone and did not have any guilt or fear at all.

"Mr. Ma, is your imperial edict really written by the emperor today?" Yuan Shu replied, and he almost made it clear. Yes, Yuan Shu just suspected that this imperial edict was not written by Emperor Xian, but written by Cao Cao.

It was written by Emperor Xian, so I will accept it. It was written by Cao Cao, and I don’t recognize it!

"It seems that Lord Yuan doesn't believe in my identity. Look at what this is!" Ma Riyi suddenly raised a piece of thing, which is made up of the stalk, and is in harmony with the upper and lower parts. It is a special envoy talisman in the Han Dynasty. Anyone who holds special envoys can represent the emperor and the country outside. Seeing this talisman, it is like seeing the emperor personally arrive!

Yuan Shu's eyes flashed. Of course, he could continue to question the talisman of Ma Riyi, which was also fake, but after thinking for a while, Yuan Shu still knelt down.

Seeing that Yuan Shu was willing to accept the order, Ma Riyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, unveiled the imperial edict, and began to read it.

After hundreds of words, Sun Quan was confused and sighed in confusion that the imperial edict must have been drafted by a great scholar. Although he used many words that Sun Quan did not understand, he still understood the meaning of the imperial edict.

Fortunately, there was no terrifying content. Just kidding, if there was such a content, would Ma Rizhe dare to come here to announce the edict in person?

The general intention of the imperial edict first praised Yuan Shu's achievements and his loyalty, and finally he was rewarded for his merits. Yuan Shu was recognized by the court as the left general, and some important people under his command were also promoted accordingly. Everyone immediately thanked the Lord for his kindness and was grateful, but Yuan Shu's expression seemed a little bad.

First of all, as an imperial edict, you have enthroned so many people at once, isn’t it a bit too much? If you don’t say that you’ll completely steal Yuan Shu’s job? Yuan Shu doesn’t reject the imperial court’s enthronement as the left general, but his subordinates should be rewarded by him. This is the best way to win over his subordinates. How can you easily hand it over to others? Look, those enthroned people were overjoyed, only seeing the blank check of Emperor Xian, and forgetting about Yuan Shu’s great kindness. Further, one day, Yuan Shu really became emperor, and he must promote the official positions of these officials again to avoid resentment. But once this is done, it will cause uneven rewards, which is the most likely place for the subordinates to have conflicts. It can be said that this small imperial edict will definitely pose a problem for Yuan Shu in the future.

Secondly, it would be fine if it was just a few simple enthronements and rewards, but this imperial edict intervened in some sensitive areas and interfered with Yuan Shu's strategic layout. For example, the appointment of Sun Ben, the appointment of Wu Jing, and the appointment of Zhou Yu!

Sun Ce almost completely recaptured Jiangdong this time. With Cao Cao's intention to stabilize the princes in the world this time, it was obvious that Ma Riyi would rush to Jiangdong to enthrone Sun Ce. Wu Jing, Sun Ben and Zhou Yu, who played an important role in Sun Ce's recapturing Jiangdong, must have received key attention and rewards were indispensable.

By chance, Wu Jing, Sun Ben and Zhou Yu are now in Shouchun, so Ma Riyan read them together.

Ma Riyi read out the imperial edict in person, but the content of the imperial edict was a bit ambiguous. Yuan Shu dared to promise that if this was not the ghost Cao Cao was the one who was made, Yuan Shu would have directly followed Cao Cao's surname!

Yuan Shu summoned Wu, Jing, Sun, Ben and Zhou Yu to Shouchun, what was the purpose? The purpose was to transfer them away from Sun Ce, weaken Sun Ce's strength, and even keep them in Shouchun, so that they could use them to threaten Sun Ce at critical moments.

As a result, the imperial edict seemed to be unable to understand the situation, and directly gave Guangling to Wu Jing and Danyang to Zhou Yu. What was even more excessive was Sun Ben's enthronement, and Sun Ben was actually the prefect of Jiujiang! As we all know, when Sun Ce was under Yuan Shu's command, Yuan Shu promised to conquer Jiujiang and let Sun Ce be the prefect, but Yuan Shu breached the contract. Now, the court actually wanted Sun Ben to be the prefect of Jiujiang. Is this a pity for Sun Ce? It is obvious that Yuan Shu was already guarding against Sun Ce, and now Emperor Xian wants to send another county to the Sun family. What are you doing? He asked the Sun family to make up for his dumplings from Yuan Shu?!

It’s better to pretend to be stupid, that’s not like this!

It is very obvious that this imperial edict has a bad motivation to alienate Yuan Shu and Sun Ce!

At this time, not only Yuan Shu had a headache, but Sun Ben was also pale and at a loss at the scene. If he obeyed the order and really ran to Jiujiang to take office, it would be strange if Yuan Shu didn't kill him. If he did not obey the order, wouldn't he disobey the holy order and be wanted by the court?

After a brief joy, soon the others on the scene thought about it. For a moment, the lively atmosphere returned to calm again. Everyone stared at Yuan Shu to see how he was going to make a decision. Of course, it was not only Yuan Shu who wanted to make a decision, but also Wu Jing, Sun Ben, Zhou Yu, and even Sun Quan.

"Haha, Lord Yuan, please get the order."

Ma Riyi's laughter interrupted the calmness of the scene.

Yuan Shu stood up, hesitated a little, but still reached out to take the imperial edict back. No matter what, it was not the moment to turn against the Han Dynasty on the spot.

"Master Ma, I believe the emperor has also given a reward to Sun Ce?" Yuan Shu said with a smile, but he could no longer see the previous sinisterness on his face, as if he was just having sex with someone after talking about the main business.

"The son of Sun Jian is really extraordinary. The saint will naturally have rewards." Ma Rizhe replied, "The saint named Sun Ce the Captain of Huaiyi and inherited his father's title as Marquis of Wucheng."

"Haha, Zhongmou, today is really a happy couple. Seeing that your Sun family can rise again, I believe your father, who is unknown, will be relieved." Yuan Shu turned around and smiled at Sun Quan.

"It depends entirely on Uncle Yuan, no, it depends entirely on the help of his father-in-law, otherwise how could my brothers be like today?" Sun Quan hurriedly bowed and bowed.

"Hahaha, that's right, everyone is a family. They used to be a family, and they will be a family in the future!" Yuan Shu laughed and said in a pun.

As he said that, Yuan Shu suddenly turned to Ma Riyi again, narrowing his eyes slightly and asked,

"Then I wonder what the emperor appointed Yuan Shao as his post?"

The joyful atmosphere was frustrated and suffocated again. The Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao brothers have always been fighting openly and secretly. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu is still competing with Yuan Shao today. Of course, it is not only Yuan Shu who competes, but Yuan Shao will also care about the same problem.

To be honest, if Yuan Shu asked such a question at other times, it would be a shame for himself. After all, Yuan Shu could not compare with Yuan Shao in terms of reputation or sphere of influence. But today, at least on the surface, Sun Ce still belonged to him, and Yuan Shu took half of Xuzhou, and his strength was no longer weaker than Yuan Shao!

Even if the so-called appointment is nothing, even if it is just to satisfy his vanity, for Yuan Shu, this is also an opportunity for him to finally overcome Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu wants everyone in the world to know that he is more above Yuan Shao, and he is the new leader of the Yuan family! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!