"You are proud of me for benefiting from the money, but you are afraid of the convenience of others, and you use the market and the reward." [Discussions on carts and gunfire in the field at the border]
"Jiangdong?" Jia Xu said softly: "It is indeed a blessing for our army that Zhou Gongjin can say that Sun Ce has come to surrender. However, according to Gan Ning's latest report, since they left the gorge, the chiefs of the counties along the Jingzhou River have all raised their troops to respond.
, Nanjun, Changsha, Jiangxia and other prefects personally led troops and horses to assist. Liu Biao also sent generals to coordinate. Now they have entered Jiangxia and are about to enter Chaisang. If there is a dispute with the Sun family in Yuzhang, and there is a recurrence, they can
It’s not good.”
At this time, everyone had not received the battle report that Gan Ning and others had captured Yuzhang. They only knew that Gan Ning, with the support of Liu Biao and other forces in Jingzhou, quickly completed the change in his marching intention from threatening Liu Biao's front and back to mainly attacking Jiangdong.
.I don’t know that on the ground in Jiangdong at this moment, there are two teams of the imperial court that are not subordinate to each other, and even privately discordant.
"Even if there was a rift between Sun Ce and Huang Zu, the imperial court was beyond its reach." Xun You didn't seem to take the impact of this matter to heart, and said to himself: "The imperial court had no intention of relying on the power of the two of them to annihilate Yuan Shu. Xu Huang used troops.
If we have a plan, we can conquer Shouchun and regain Huainan in just a few days. If Sun Ce and Huang Zu are fighting each other in Jiangdong, we can talk about peace at that time and it will not be too late to mediate."
Hearing this, Jia Xu did not comment, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
"Liu Biao will follow the trend and lead Gan Ning elsewhere in a few moments." The emperor didn't care whether Gan Ning and his party would have friction with Sun Ce. He only talked about him, whether it was praise or ridicule: "Although it is resolved
I was relieved because I was relieved of the troubles in my belly and back, but Cai Mao and other soldiers and horses had been mobilized with the army, and Wenpin's troops had also arrived in Nanyang. Jingzhou had almost no elite soldiers left, and Zhao Gong was guarding Xiangyang, so I took it as Liu Biao
I sincerely accepted the payment.”
"Liu Biao took the initiative to send Cai Mao and Wenpin to participate in the war. Especially when Cai Mao came out, Changsha, Jiangxia and other troops had to obey." Jia Xu closed his eyes slightly and moved the hand in his sleeve.
: "It's not just Gan Ning who threatens him? He is also afraid that he will make Liu Junlang's mistake again. Rather than truly serving the court, it is better to say that he is making a living for himself."
"Liu Biao thought he was a member of the clan, but he had no long-term ambitions. He occupied Jingzhou, but he sat back and watched the changes in the world." Xun You rarely did not say good things for others. He shook his head and said: "With the current situation in Jingzhou, the imperial court is not enough.
If you spend all your energy plotting against him, he can come and go with just a bus from Dading, Hebei."
"Speaking of bus conquest, I remembered that since the chaos in the Central Plains, many of the country's heroes have fled south to Jingzhou. In addition, there are many local talents in Jingzhou who can be appointed, such as Pang Tong, who was recommended by Sima Gong of Yingchuan.
, he even called him the "Crown of Nanzhou Scholars". I have also met him. Although his appearance is not outstanding, he still has some eloquence. Now I have asked him to try to guard Cangcao in Dongwuping County to see the effect.
." The emperor said casually, as if he was just gossiping.
Pang Tong was the most outstanding figure among the young generation recommended by Jingzhou powerful men who were thoughtful and willing to submit to the imperial court. He was recommended to the emperor through Sima Hui, a scholar from Yingchuan. He was only seventeen years old. If the emperor plotted against Jingzhou
We need to rely on the local powerful forces to recruit talents, so we should give preferential treatment. Even if we don't join the secretary's prison, other noble positions are not impossible. Unexpectedly, the emperor arranged for a county magistrate worth three hundred shi. The emperor
I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
"Huang Gong is currently stationed in Luoyang, and I have heard of his name." Xun You was also looking for an opportunity to talk about this, and he said casually: "I heard that Huang Gong originally wanted to recruit him into the palace, but your Majesty has an edict.
In the first place, things will end before they begin.”
Situ Huang Wan was from Jiangxia in Jingzhou, so he naturally had to take care of Pang Tong. He originally thought that in order to win over the powerful people in Jingzhou, the emperor would hint to Huang Wan to use the name of the Three Dukes to conquer the country, and let Huang Wan bind Jingzhou scholars to him like Zhao Wen did.
Together. In exchange, Jingzhou could surrender to the imperial court without any bloodshed like Yizhou, and even bring Jiaozhou with him. However, the emperor directly arranged Pang Tong to be in a low position, and let Huang Wan follow up with the speeches he prepared for Jingzhou's powerful people.
I kept it in my heart for a while and didn't dare to say anything anymore.
Now the emperor's attitude neither seems to rely on Jingzhou's powerful power nor to count on Liu Biao, but seems to intend to make Jingzhou surrender unconditionally. This is completely different from what they originally imagined. The emperor's sudden 'change of heart' makes people feel
It's too late to regret, but there's no point regretting now.
After the initial struggle between Jingzhou magnates and Liu Biao, they abolished their martial arts, mobilized more than half of the state's elite troops, and provided food and grass. The imperial servant Zhao Qi used his personal reputation and the power of the imperial court to suppress the local area. Jingzhou completely lost the strength and ability to confront the imperial court.
Chance.
This is like trying to show sincerity before doing business by emptying one's trump cards. After the other party silently watched him do all this, he simply ignored cooperation and directly annexed, which caught people off guard.
"Now is not the time to return to Yizhou." The smile on the emperor's lips was a bit domineering. He said with unclear meaning: "Even if Yizhou was in the past, the scholars from that state would all choose to be virtuous and study in the civil service department first, and then they would
Assigned positions. Pang Tong was able to participate in the coordination of grain and grass in Dongwuping before he was even a year old, which can be regarded as an exception."
Indeed, the emperor silently watched the series of actions of Huang Wan, Xun You and others in Jingzhou. Instead of stopping them, he was happy to see the results and acted as if he acquiesced to their actions, which really paralyzed many people.
Even the wily Huang Wan and Xun You, who claimed to know the emperor best, were temporarily deceived, thinking that the emperor really wanted to use fame and wealth in exchange for the defection of Jingzhou's powerful men. Because the emperor wanted to govern the world, he could not rely solely on the existing power of the court.
A group of people should also absorb the talented people from the Guandong states, and first show kindness to the scholars of Jingzhou. Not only can they easily solve the threats on the flanks of the imperial court during the Eastern Expedition, but they can also serve as a powerful weapon for all the powerful scholars in the new Fuzhou counties.
example.
This exchange was not a loss at all, but I didn't expect that the fame and fortune offered by the emperor was just a 'bait', and Jingzhou's powerful men were so busy that they only discovered the 'fraud' now.
Perhaps Jingzhou's powerful powers could preserve themselves afterwards and even serve as officials in the court, but the result would definitely be far from what they expected.
"Dong Wuping has stockpiled most of the food and grass for our army, all of which have been managed in Henan and Yuzhou for several years." Jia Xu said with a pale face, and said softly to Xun You: "I heard that after your majesty made this order, some people secretly regretted it and said that Pang Tong
If you are not a talented person from hundreds of miles away, you are not enough to guard a mere district. This is a big fallacy. Don’t you hear the saying that ‘prime ministers start from prefectures and counties’? What’s more, if Pang Tong is unwilling, why should he accept the imperial edict and take up his post?”
"Your Majesty, Ruijian." Xun You quickly accepted this fact and said with renewed energy, "It is indeed no longer what it used to be."
The emperor raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xun You with a meaningful look, hiding a little surprise.
Zhuge Liang was really surprised when he heard this. Everyone said that the emperor and Xun Youfu got along well with each other, which was a model. As soon as Xun Youfu was released from prison, the emperor kept getting close to him and using him in a more important way. Although he was still a minister in these years, he had already become a powerful official.
Compared with the prime minister, he became one of the few people who could influence the emperor's thoughts.
Who would have thought that after Zhuge Liang saw the two of them getting along in private, he felt that this was not the case. If we talk about trust, the emperor did have a great deal of trust in Xun You and it has never changed. He had to ask Xun You for his opinion on many important matters.
idea.
But when it comes to intimacy, looking at the emperor's attitude towards Xun You, it seems like something is missing.