Cao Zhi thought for a while and said: "Probably so!"
Sun Ce then asked: "What are Brother Cao's preparations?"
Cao Zhi replied very naturally: "Prefect Lu did make a promise to me to help me ascend to the position of Prefect of Danyang when I went to Ruxuwu. Since it has been fulfilled now, I don't want to go too far. I will prepare it soon."
Then return Chaohu to Governor Lu."
Sun Ce was obviously a little anxious after hearing Cao Zhi's answer, and hurriedly said to Cao Zhi: "How is that possible? Brother Cao, I am not telling you, this matter must not be done, Chaohu is for you and your brothers to use blood and Han
In exchange, how can you give him an advantage, Lu Kang?"
Cao Zhi still said in a foolish tone: "But Chaohu Lake is under the control of Lujiang River, how can I seize it and refuse to let it go?"
Sun Ce frowned and said angrily: "Why are you afraid of him? Lu Kang has taken back Chaohu and will definitely divide it into a county. Brother Cao has a suitable candidate. I will help you and let the later general Yuan Shu name him."
To the imperial court, as long as you can be one step ahead of Lu Kang, the person you recommend will be able to take the position of county magistrate. Then it will become a matter of course. I wonder what Lu Kang dares to do?"
Cao Zhi said "Ah!", thinking that Zheng Bao originally regarded himself as the governor of a county, but now he wants to divide it into a county. After all, Li Hu is also the leader of the clan. It is really wronged to let him be the county magistrate.
Cao Zhi's original intention was for Chaohu to maintain Zheng Baoshi's administrative division, but it seems unrealistic now, and this is not the time to explain this matter to Sun Ce.
Cao Zhi still pretended to be worried and asked: "Can General Yuan help me with this?"
"Yes!" Sun Ce said with certainty: "It must be possible. I will leave tonight. First, I will go to Nanyang to meet Yuan Shu and take care of your matter. Don't worry, my father and General Yuan have an extraordinary relationship. This
Small things can be agreed upon."
Cao Zhi thought to himself, who doesn't know the relationship between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, they are a famous pair of "enemies" in history. How did Yuan Shu and Sun Jian get together?
Yuan Shu's early official career was smooth sailing. Relying on his family background and his father Yuan Feng, who was serving as Sikong in the court at that time, Yuan Shu chose Xiaolian as a man when he was young. Historically, he was said to have "successfully held positions both inside and outside", which means that he served in many positions.
He had experience in the position, and later served as the captain of Zhechong, the general of Huben, etc. During Dong Zhuo's dictatorial period, in order to win over Yuan Shu, he was specially appointed as the "post general". Yuan Shu did the "post general", but he
At this time, his mind was very clear, and he saw Dong Zhuo's ambition. Like his brother Yuan Shao, he took the opportunity to escape from Luoyang and quickly organized his forces to join the Guandong Alliance, which jointly attacked Dong. At this time, Yuan Shu should be said to be very appealing.
His most successful move was to draw Sun Jian, the then governor of Changsha, to his side.
Sun Jian was known as the "Tiger of the East of the Yangtze River" because he was loyal, brave and good at fighting. His military ability was second to none among the princes who were fighting against Dong. Even Dong Zhuo was afraid of him. After Sun Jian raised his army from Changsha, he went all the way north and killed Dong Zhuo before he even fought.
He not only helped Yuan Shu securely occupy Nanyang County, the northernmost county of Jingzhou, but also brought almost the entire Jingzhou behind him into his sphere of influence.
Nanyang is a good place, with 37 cities, 500,000 households, and a total population of more than 2.4 million. Whether it is agriculture, handicrafts or commerce, it is very developed. It is the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Runan next to Nanyang County
There are also thirty-seven cities with 400,000 households and a population of 2.1 million. It is the second largest county after Nanyang. Yuan Shu himself occupies Nanyang, and Runan is the hometown of the Yuan family. There is no doubt that it is
Yi Di became Yuan Shu's strong backing, so Yuan Shu is now very powerful. Shortly after Sun Jian went north, the new Jingzhou governor Liu Biao came to the emperor and allowed Yuan Shu to lead the Nanyang governor as the "post general". At this time,
Yuan Shu also took the opportunity to repay Sun Jian and asked the Emperor to make Sun Jian the governor of Yuzhou.
In fact, Sun Jian already had great power in Yuzhou at that time, but why did he still succumb to Yuan Shu? Sun Jian knew that his family background had no political background, which meant that the Sun family had nothing to do with the senior officials of the court at that time.
You can speak of connections. Sun Jian started from scratch and climbed to his current status step by step with his military exploits. Sun Jian knew very well that in the social context of that time, if you wanted to climb up the ladder legitimately, you must have political power to back you up.
So he chose the queen of the famous Yuan family.
To put it more clearly, I want to use Yuan Shu's family background to help him in his arduous career. The same goes for Yuan Shu. He has a prominent family background, but he has no subordinates who are good at fighting as his vanguard. Yuan Shu and Sun Jian
The two typically use each other.
Cao Zhi knew something about the historical direction of the two of them in the future. Neither of them had any good results. But now Cao Zhi still had to pretend to be stupid. He said with a look of gratitude: "Then Brother Lao Bo Fu Xian will have to be there."
Wow, how can this be so embarrassing? Cao Zhi and Bofu Xian's brother have just met, and they actually want to trouble Xian's brother."
"Hey!" Sun Ce stopped him and said, "Brother Cao's words are wrong. Brother Cao will wait for the post of governor in the future. Just don't forget about my younger brother. Why bother with these words."
Cao Zhi knew in his heart that there were white gangsters in the world, especially Sun Ce. It seemed that Sun Ce had another purpose for his trip. Cao Zhi thought about how to deceive Sun Ce's purpose.
Cao Zhi rolled his eyes, and suddenly said to Sun Ce with a sincere face: "Don't say that the wise brother is willing to help Cao Zhi, the matter will not work out. Cao Zhi is also grateful to the wise brother. My brother and respected father are both generals of the Kwantung Rebel Army. Xian
If anything happens to my brother in the future, feel free to come to me and I will do my best to help. If you have the money, you can help."
People who are ten years old are particularly easy to be impulsive. Coupled with Cao Zhi's impassioned speech, Sun Ce's emotions were obviously aroused.
"Okay!" Sun Ce drank the wine in the bowl again, stroked the black hair in front of his forehead with a melancholy movement, and said: "Brother Cao, don't worry, I will take care of this matter. To tell you the truth, I
This trip was to invite Lu Kang to support his father in becoming the governor of Yuzhou. I heard that Yuan Shao was preparing to nominate Zhou Ang as the governor of Yuzhou. My father and General Yuan were a little worried, so they wanted to win more support. Unexpectedly, yesterday
When I went to Lu Kang to discuss the matter in the evening, he actually scolded me, saying that people like us from a poor family want to be the governor of Yuzhou. Who does he think he is? His family is not
A wealthy family in Jiangdong? Who cares about family background these days? People have nothing to say about power and interests. Today I will help Brother Cao to kill that sanctimonious Lu Kang. Huh! If he dares to look down on me again, Cao Cao will do it in the future.
After my elder brother became the governor of Danyang, my younger brother also hoped that Brother Cao could support my father."
Cao Zhi finally understood. It turned out that Sun Ce was in such a hurry to leave because he had a bad time with Lu Kang last night. No wonder he didn't show up today.