Jia Xu raised his eyebrows, looked at the other party for a while, nodded first, and then shook his head, neither confirming nor denying: "This is not just a matter between you two juniors."
"In terms of strategizing and planning, I am really not as good as Duke Jia and Lord Xun." Zhuge Liang couldn't help but raised his head and sighed.
"In the history of Qing Dynasty, there was the Emperor Ming first, and then there were the deeds of famous ministers." Jia Xu pointed out intentionally: "If it weren't for Emperor Gao, Liangping would be no more than a county."
Zhuge Liang's heart was clear, and Jia Xu was not in a hurry to ask him to give any guarantee or attitude. He believed in the emperor's ability to recognize people as always. As time went by, Zhuge Liang would definitely show his talent.
After sending Zhuge Liang to the tent where the secretaries were staying, Jia Xu turned around and walked a few steps, standing quietly in the vast rain. Until the cold wind blew his wet clothes and stuck them to his calves, making him feel ice-cold.
Feeling the chill, Jia Xu raised his feet and walked back.
He knew that the emperor still had something to say, so he turned back.
The army could not find enough charcoal for a while, and the emperor was not particular about it, so he let Mushun set up a blazing brazier. Several pieces of calf-thick pine wood were burning in the copper basin with orange flames and white smoke.
When Jia Xu came in, he heard the emperor smiling and saying to Mu Shun: "It's good to smell the smoke. It will make your heart warmer. This rosin has a different flavor than sandalwood." Seeing Jia Xu come in, the emperor ordered again: "Go.
Open the window curtains and let in some air to avoid being suffocated."
Even though he knew that the emperor did not say this for him, Jia Xu still smiled at the emperor and bowed gratefully.
The emperor asked Mu Shun to help Jia Xu to the empty couch opposite him. After Mu Shun opened the window and exited the tent again, he asked, "Have you spoken to him?"
Jia Xu cherished his words like gold: "I said it."
"What did you say?" the emperor asked next.
Jia Xu simply repeated it. At this time, the sound of rain outside gradually disappeared, and the cold wind blew in from the window. The flames lit by the pine wood only flickered, the white smoke became less, and the fire burned more vigorously.
"Sure enough, Mr. Jia didn't speak well of him." The emperor shook his head slightly, feeling a little disappointed but not taking it seriously.
Jia Xu said calmly: "This person is smart and thoughtful, so he doesn't need to be enlightened."
"I'm afraid he's too smart." The emperor suddenly said, then waved his hand, not wanting to mention the matter again, and took out a memorandum from his sleeve and threw it on the case: "Not just him, everyone is smart.
"
Jia Xu lowered his eyes and glanced briefly, and roughly saw the words "Fengyi school captain Zhou Yu sent a letter to Jiangdong, and soon Sun Ce raised his troops to respond to the king's order." Then he looked at the beginning and paused, but it was Xu Huang's secret report on the matter.
. He also vaguely revealed his concerns about the close relationship between Zhou Yu and Sun Ce. He believed that Sun Ce did not raise the army out of "loyalty" to the court, but only in response to Zhou Yu's "righteousness".
This means that the emperor and others' actions only planted a thorn between the two of them, and did not create too deep a gap.
"Zhou Yu is like this, Taishi Ci is like this." The emperor sighed, and with a modern mind, he said: "What exactly is this 'righteousness' that has caused thousands of people to die? I have never seen it in my lifetime.
Fortunately Lu Bu is dead, otherwise I would have another problem."
"This is not a big deal." Jia Xu smiled softly and said: "Whether Sun Ce overwhelms the power of the imperial court or repented of Zhou Yu's righteousness, at least for now he will still be used."
"Don't mention them." The emperor stood up a little irritably, put his hands behind his hands and said, "After Zhu Jun went to Pei County the day before yesterday, some people immediately couldn't sit still and wondered when this rain would stop!"