Cao Cao thought about his future, especially after learning that Chen Gong became the prefect of Jiujiang.
Chen Gong was once a person he valued, but Chen Gong later betrayed him and joined Zhang Miao to welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou, destroying his hard work for several years before.
He later took back Yanzhou, slaughtered Yongqiu, and made Zang Hong and Yuan Shao turn against each other.
Zang Hong was appointed as the prefect of Yanmen, and was a powerful general who held heavy troops in his hands.
With such grudges, coupled with killing Bian Rang and slaughtering Pengcheng, his reputation among Shandong Shilin is irreversible, and it is difficult to be in Shandong's prefectures and counties.
It is indeed a way to promote Dutian, but not the best way.
Administration is not his strength or his interest.
He wanted to lead troops as generals.
He has been good at soldiers since he was a child, and has been familiar with Sun Tzu's art of war. He has used military service for many years and has accumulated rich experience. Even those who despise him have to admit his ability to use military service.
Furthermore, only if he has military power in his hands can he feel at ease.
He smiled but said nothing about Yuan Shu's suggestions.
No matter whether Yuan Shu is sincere or wants to cheat him, he doesn't care.
He was not yet at the point where he needed Yuan Shu to give him advice.
The two old friends exchanged greetings, drank a drink, talked about some unknown past events, and bowed to say goodbye.
After seeing Yuan Shu off, Cao Cao summoned Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others to discuss.
The war is about to end, and Yuan Shao will soon withdraw back to Hebei. Should we stay in Yanzhou or ask for an imperial edict to go to another place?
Cao Cao had a basic judgment: Yuan Shao would not be willing to surrender, but it is hard to say when he would raise an army and how large it would be. If the court had excellent methods and proper operations, it might even lock Yuan Shao in Jizhou and could not cross the river in one step.
If that is the case, then he would be a waste of time staying in Yanzhou.
With Bingzhou and Youzhou surrounding it, Yanzhou may be the task of blocking the river and there will be no combat missions.
He is already forty-four years old, and he will be old if he does not make contributions.
Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong did not speak, Cao Ren, Cao Chun and Xiahou Yuan agreed with Cao Cao's opinion. It was boring to stay in Shandong. It would be better to ask the imperial edict to go to another place, seize the time to make some military achievements, and then use the marquis to settle the country and enjoy their old age.
But they couldn't think of a better place to go either.
In desperation, Cao Cao invited Mao Jie and Cheng Yu to ask them for advice.
Mao Jie did not want to leave Yanzhou, so he was vague about Cao Cao's questions and almost wrote the words perfunctory on his face, which made Cao Cao very dissatisfied.
But he had no choice.
However, Cheng Yu clearly supported Cao Cao's idea and planned a place for Cao Cao, Jiaozhou.
Jiaozhou has been quiet in recent years and I haven’t heard much news. It’s just because of the chaos in the Central Plains, I can’t take care of myself and no one cares about Jiaozhou.
In fact, Jiaozhou has been unstable for decades, a bit similar to Liangzhou, where the rebellion of the barbarians is endless. It is just that it is not as fierce as Liangzhou and has such a great impact.
Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, was killed by local barbarians.
The current governor of Jiaozhou, Zhang Jin, did not abide by the laws of the court, and also betrayed etiquette and worshipped evil ways. The court would not tolerate him.
After Cheng Yu said this, Cao Cao suddenly realized.
Speaking of Zhang Jin, he knows much more than Cheng Yu.
Zhang Jin was his old friend and once ran with Yuan Shao. When he persuaded He Jin to kill the eunuch, Zhang Jin was Yuan Shao's lobbyist. Compared to his closeness with Yuan Shao, Zhang Jin was more loyal to Yuan Shao.
This also destined that the court would not tolerate Zhang Jin and would transfer him from Jiaozhou sooner or later.
After repeated thinking, Cao Cao wrote a memorial in person, requesting to go to Beijing to meet Tianyan in person.
Yuan Shao hurried into the tent, and before he could speak, he was so angry that he was almost exhausted by the smell of medicine, sweat and body odor.
He subconsciously took a step back and stood outside the tent for a moment to relieve himself.
Hearing the sound, Chen Dao, who was guarding Zhang Xi's bed, rushed out. Seeing that it was Yuan Shao, he hurriedly bowed and bowed.
"Mr. Zhang...what happened?" Yuan Shao covered his nose with one hand and pointed at Zhang Xi, who was lying on the bed in the tent, and was lying on the bed without any awakening.
"Mr. Zhang has been sick for a few days." Chen Dao said softly: "He woke up just now and said he wanted to see the envoy."
"I'm sick? Why are you sick?"
Chen Dao hesitated for a moment. "Worrying about national affairs, hard work makes him sick."
Yuan Shao frowned slightly.
Zhang Xi became ill after working hard? What was he busy with? He had nothing to do. Oh, I understand, and I wanted to persuade me to join the court to take charge.
Yuan Shao wanted to turn around and leave.
Zhang Xi is really confused.
He was really not interested in entering the dynasty. Once upon a time, he insisted on refusing to admit that Liu Xie was the bloodline of the late emperor and wanted to establish another royal family as emperor. Now he was already very wronged to let him submit to Liu Xie. He still wanted to enter the dynasty and deal with him every day
He couldn't stand it when he was in charge of Liu Xie.
But he can't leave.
Zhang Xi was a predecessor of Runan, the only Shandong native among the three dukes, and was from Runan. He represented Shandong scholars and officials. This time, he was ordered to stop the war, and Zhang Xi had a great influence. If he disrespects Zhang Xi, he would make Shandong scholars and officials
Disgusted.
Yuan Shao took a deep breath, walked into the big tent, and came to Zhang Xi's bed.
Chen Dao brought a Hu bed. Yuan Shao sat down and called softly.
"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang?"
"Is it...Benchu?" Zhang Xi said in a daze, stretching out his hand tremblingly.
Yuan Shao glanced at the loose skin and covered with brown spots, and felt inexplicably disgusted. But he hesitated for a moment, then reached out and held Zhang Xi's hand.
Zhang Xi's hands were very cold and wet.
Zhang Xi was like a drowning man grabbing a straw, holding Yuan Shao's hand tightly, struggling to sit up.
Chen came forward, helped Zhang Xi up with one hand and stuffed a pillow behind Zhang Xi's back with the other.
Zhang Xi took a few breaths. "Uncle, go out and watch, don't let someone come in."
Chen Dao was stunned for a moment, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, he bowed and stepped out, stood at the door of the big tent, and closed the door.
Yuan Shao was almost suffocated.
Feng Ji rushed over and saw Chen Dao, and quickly stopped and pointed at the door of the tent. Chen Dao nodded. Feng Ji understood, turned around and stood aside, listening intently.
In the big tent, Zhang Xi was breathing, and his turbid eyes gradually became brighter, making Yuan Shao's heart shine.
"Benchu, I don't have much time."
"Mr. Zhang, don't say that. The doctor said that you are just occasionally infected with the cold, just..."
"Benchu, I don't have much time." Zhang Xi pulled Yuan Shao's hand hard, his voice a little sharp.
Yuan Shao was startled and subconsciously closed his mouth. He wanted to pull his hand back, but failed to do so. Zhang Xi was surprisingly strong, and his palm hurt, not like a twilight old man at all.
"Listen to me." Zhang Xi glared at Yuan Shao. "I don't have much time, so I'm afraid I can't go back to the court. The ministers and ministers in the court are either afraid of the emperor's majesty and dare not speak out directly, or they are young, eager for success and profit, and they don't know at all.
Why did Li Yuanli and Fan Mengbo spared no effort? Xun Wenruo was the backbone of Shandong scholars and could understand the party members' painstaking efforts best, but now he was blinded by fame and fortune and forgot his original intention."
Zhang Xi's face flushed. "Bird, you must enter the court. Only by entering the court can you stop the emperor from seizing the fields and stop the court from competing with the people for profit. The court built a bookstore, which has destroyed half of the foundation of the aristocratic family.
Without land, all the aristocratic families will be over. Without aristocratic families, there will be no real scholar-officials, and the rest will be villain and scholar-officials, and there will be no gentleman. Do you understand?"