"I think Your Excellency should understand that everyone has a different division of labor in this world, just like Your Excellency, a lobbyist?" Zhen Yan looked Pei Hui up and down with his eyes, gently polished the copper furnace in his hand and frowned, shook his head gently with a gentle smile, and said: "I'm very sorry, I never thought that there are scholars like you under the command of King Liang, I have heard that King Liang is the enemy of many scholars, resulting in most of his men being warriors, it seems that the rumors are also false, what do you think?" ”

Zhen Yan saw that the lobbyist from the command of King Liang in front of him was not an ordinary Han warrior, let alone a martial artist, the crown and belt were upright, and the clothes were all dressed in order, and even the carvings on the clothes were traced, which was no longer something that a small family could give. In front of him is a scholar of equal status, and his background may even surpass that of Zhongshan Zhen.

Therefore, Zhen Yan removed the guards around him who were clasping swords, and arched his hand and said, "It's rude, under Zhen Yan." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the guards who were turning around and walking out of the hall and said with a smile: "I think Your Excellency also knows that the prestige of King Liang is terrifying thousands of miles away, and it is inevitable that it will be vulgar below. ”

"Pei Wenxiu, Hedong is pleasing to the people." Pei Hui didn't care about reporting home, just nodded lightly and said, "King Liang has been enemies of many scholars, but not all. ”

Zhen Yan sat upright, bowed his head slightly, and then raised his head and asked, "Hedong Pei, well, Wenxiu, are you the second son of Hedong Pei?" Sure enough, it is not a scholar in Liangzhou, there are not many scholars in Liangzhou, I have heard that many years ago there was a famous man named Yan Zhong in Liangzhou, who was the Xindu Commander of Jizhou, and later angered the King of Liang, and more than 1,000 people were buried in Yan's Wuzhong, and the general who was executed was surnamed Ma, right? ”

"Speaking of this, I have also heard that the general's surname is Ma, but he is not a member of King Liang's clan, as for Yan Zhong...... The cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unpleasant. If he wants to burn people's ancestral homes and dig people's graves, then no one else is to blame. Pei Hui knew a little about the things of the year, it was difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, and he didn't plan to talk to Zhen Yan about the origin, and said with a reserved smile on his face: "It seems that you also know a little about the affairs of Liangguo, what are you going to do later?" ”

"As I said earlier, everyone in this world has a different division of labor, and for me, it is to maintain the clan, the Zhen clan." Zhen Yan stretched out his hand to his chest and squinted and smiled, then looked at Pei Hui with wide eyes and said with a smile: "Let's just think that you are talking about the war in Jizhou, and the war depends on those generals, or princes, King Liang, General Gongsun?" That's not a question of Zaixia, although Zai Xia still doesn't understand why His Royal Highness King Liang sent you here, so please explain your intentions. ”

Zhen Yan's words sound very reasonable, everyone has their own place to survive in this world. But Pei Hui didn't agree with this statement, not only because of Zhen Yan's alienation hidden behind politeness, but also because everyone had different positions, but everyone was holding multiple positions at the same time. "But I don't know what your Excellency thinks your position is?"

"Zhen, the head of the Zhen family, frankly speaking, I don't care about the war in Jizhou, it's your war, not mine." Although everyone thought that there would be an unprecedented chaos in Jizhou, no less than the Yellow Turban period, Zhen Yan remained very optimistic about this, shrugged his shoulders indifferently and smiled: "As fellow scholars, Brother Wenxiu should understand that no matter which prince conquers this land in the end, he will have the last laugh...... It's going to be us. ”

Scholars know warriors best, just as warriors know warriors best. Pei Hui was very sympathetic to the smile on Zhen Yan's face, which was the advantage of the family. Just like Pei Mao was reluctant to press all the family behind Ma Yue at first, the person who showed his hole cards first was too sincere, and he was almost stupid. The principle is the same for any piece of land, even if the times are changing and the situation is changing, the laws of action will never change.

The princes are the spokesmen of an entire piece of land, just like the names Ma Yue, Gongsun Zhan, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian, but they are not the rulers of the land, the scholars are. No matter who gets the land of Jizhou in the end, if they want to actually rule the land of Zhongshan Kingdom, it will have to go through the Zhen clan. There were only two ways to deal with the nobles, either the princes put aside their pride and cooperate with them, or they could only use strong force to exterminate their families.

But as a rule, no one chooses the second means.

Because the Shi clan empathizes, just like today's Liang Kingdom, the new Shi clan replaces the old Shi clan, that is, Cheng Yin, Cheng Yi, Ma Wan and other 'little princes', standing in the position of the former Shi clan and controlling the land divided into small pieces on behalf of Ma Yue. This is also the reason why the scholars of the Central Plains are reluctant to accept Liangguo.

Just like Liu Bei, although he had nothing when he first entered Nanyang, with the reputation and deeds of Corporal Lixian, he quickly won the support of the Jingzhou scholars, at least they knew that even if Jingzhou changed Liu Bei, the actual ruler, their interests would not be reduced in the slightest, and they would even get more lucrative benefits than in Liu Biao's time...... For example, at that time, they had very little armament, military power.

So much so that Liu Bei is now about to obtain the entire territory of Jingzhou.

This is the reason why they dislike the powerful princes like Ma Yue Sun Jian, and the reason why they prefer small princes who have nothing.

Ma Yue's subordinates were like a group of marauders, and their strong force made them not know how to respect others, especially scholars. They seized the lands that belonged to the nobles and gave them to the poor generals, in order to gain their cheap loyalty. In Zhen Yan's view, those who relied on loyalty to conquer cities again and again were the testimony of Ma Yue's trampling on the blood of the scholars.

"Let's not talk about the war situation, during the Guanghe period, Your Excellency married the three sisters with Han Fu and his left and right hands, and in turn to consolidate your relationship, so as to make the Zhen family's position in Jizhou more stable." With a smile on his face, Pei Hui slowly but forcefully recited the file of the Pichai Academy to the Zhongshan Zhen family, "In the early years of this year, Yuan Shao intended to seize Jizhou in the hands of Han Fu, and you turned to the Yuan family to marry, and the younger sister made a marriage contract with the second son of the Yuan family...... Although this move has caused your little sister to still not be able to get married, it is undeniable that Brother Zhen is a person with outstanding vision. Do you think that after the intervention of the soldiers and horses of our Liang Kingdom, the other princes still coveted the land of Jizhou? ”

Pei Hui's words were arrogant, but in fact, it was true, 60,000 troops were not the largest troops that the Liang Kingdom could mobilize, but the force represented by the 60,000 Liang States was no longer something that other princes could stop.

The land of Jizhou was basically decided when Cao Cao asked Ma Yue for help in the name of the imperial court.

Pei Hui didn't think it was strange to Zhen Yan about Zhen's marriage methods, as long as he had the heart to investigate, he could find out these things. But Zhen Yan has a lot of thoughts about this matter, Liang Guo has made such a big effort, which shows that he values Zhen's family, and the more the other party is bound to win, the more roundabout means he can give Zhen Yan more.

Zhen Yan nodded, responded to all what Pei Hui said word for word, and replied: "Do you think that when Liang Guo sends troops, the overall situation has already been decided?" As far as I know, there are only 60,000 soldiers and horses in Liangguo, and General Gongsun has 60,000 soldiers and horses south of the Great Wall, and 60,000 soldiers and horses north of the Great Wall...... Something is missing, right? ”

"Yes, this is also the reason why the King of Liang sent me to see Your Excellency, the whole territory of Zhongshan Kingdom changed flags, let the army of Liang Kingdom pass, Zhen is responsible for all the food and grass supply of the 60,000 troops of Liang Kingdom, as for General Gongsun's 60,000 troops, they will stay where they should be stationed, fight with their enemies, and fight to the last soldier. In exchange......" Pei Hui smiled and said: "The soldiers of the Liang Kingdom will not destroy every grass and tree in the Zhongshan Kingdom, and the Zhen clan's status in the Zhongshan Kingdom will not be threatened in any way, and at the same time, as an ally of the Liang King, the Zhen clan may be able to get more." Maybe King Liang is a difficult person to get along with in Your Excellency's impression, but to be honest, Ma Junhao may have 10,000 shortcomings, but his words must be believed, his deeds must be fruitful, and he has never treated his friends badly. ”

On one side is Gongsun Zhan, the current helmsman of Jizhou, and on the other hand, Ma Yue, who has the ambition of hegemony in the northwest, this inverted topic does not seem to be too difficult to choose when it is placed in front of Zhen Yan.

"That's all there is to it, I'm afraid it won't be able to put all the Zhen clan behind King Liang." Zhen Yan said with a facial expression: "Trust or betrayal, I'm afraid either one is never an easy choice, not to mention that King Liang wants me to do two things at the same time." ”

Trusted Ma Yue and betrayed Gongsun Zhan.

Pei Hui didn't say anything more, no matter what Zhen Yan was saying, he only recognized one point, and he could see that Zhen Yan was already tempted. Before he set off, the conditions given by Ma Yue were not at all like this. Ma Yue asked Zhen to do not do so much, only the condition of Zhongshan Guoyiqi, as for the nonsense of supplying all the grain and grass in Liangguo, it was just a whim of Pei Hui just now.

Along the way, he saw the granary built by the Zhen family in Wuji City, and it was rumored that the Zhen family was rich enough to rival the country, so he ...... In Pei Hui's opinion, these are just gifts for joining Liangguo, who cares about these grains, it is not a big problem for Zhen, but it saves all kinds of problems brought by the lengthy grain road to Liangguo. As the concubine of the Pei family, he knew his purpose well when he joined Ma Yue's command, he wanted to achieve a more important position by Ma Yue's side, and the concubine could inherit his father's title and everything in the family, but the concubine could only open his hands to fight for his own world, right?

Zhen Yan is right, everyone in this world has their own position, but this does not prevent everyone's ambitions within the scope of their own position, does it?

"You understand, just now I accidentally told King Liang about the strategic deployment of Jizhou, so you only have two choices now, you should make a promise and order the entire Zhongshan Kingdom to change the banner, King Liang will not treat Your Excellency badly. Or......" Pei Hui said as he stretched out his two fists and made the appearance of being bound, still with a trademark smile on his face, "Now detain me and kill me, or let me go back, whether I go back or not...... The Liangguo Iron Cavalry will raze the entire Zhongshan Kingdom to the ground, and not even a single animal will be left. ”

"By the way, before I came, in Zhao State, General Gongsun Yue ambushed General Ma Dai's 5,000-strong formation with three divisions of nearly 20,000 horses, killed one, and scared two back. General Gongsun's soldiers and horses were vulnerable to the people of Liangzhou...... Brother Zhen, it's time to give your reply. ”

Following Ma Yue's side, he had long understood the meaning of seeking wealth and danger.