Although everyone scolded Dong Zhuo as a national thief, this national thief had the strength to crush any prince, and with Han Zhan's current strength, it was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Guo Jia looked around and saw that everyone was thinking hard, so he stood up, paced leisurely with his hands behind his back, shook his head and said: "According to Jia, Dong Thief is dying soon, if we get too close to him, I am afraid that we will suffer from the pond fish." ”

When Zang Hong heard Guo Jia say this, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Guo, are there any princes who plan to form an alliance to crusade against Dong Zhuo?" ”

Guo Jia smiled faintly after hearing this, "The princes who fought against Dong Zhuo in the past are now attacking each other, how can they make a bloody alliance and fight against the national thieves again?" ”

"Mr. Guo, you just said that Dong Thief's life will not be long!" Zang Hong asked puzzledly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, Dong thief is full of evil, not to mention the princes everywhere, even those officials in the court, they hate him to the core." Guo Jia explained to Zang Hong: "If Jia is not mistaken, someone has already secretly arranged it, ready to take the life of Dong Thief. ”

"It's not easy to take the life of a thief." Zang Hong shook his head and said: "Captain Wu Fu Wu Yu of Yue Cavalry, when the court assassinated Dong Thief, he was killed; Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiaoqi school, Cao Mengde, tried to assassinate Dong thief in the name of offering a knife, and he could only die after being recognized, if it weren't for Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai's righteous interpretation, I am afraid that he would have been in a different place......"

Hearing Zang Hongkou say a series of examples of failed assassination of Dong Zhuo, Xun Yu couldn't help but worry, he was afraid that Han Zhan would send someone to assassinate Dong Zhuo on a whim, and hurriedly asked: "Zhan'er, are you planning to send someone to assassinate Dong Zhuo?" ”

Han Zhan shook his head and said to Xun Yu: "Dong Thief has a fierce general Lu Bu by his side, it is the courage of Wanfu, and no one around Benhou is his opponent, so why send someone to die." If you want to kill the thief, there is naturally someone else. In order to prevent Xun Yu from asking any further, he hurriedly diverted the topic, "Uncle, has Li Ru's envoy ever left?" ”

"I never left, and I still live in the inn." Xun Yu didn't know why Han Zhan suddenly asked about this, and hurriedly replied, "Zhan'er, doesn't you want to see him?" ”

Han Zhan waved his hand at Xun Yu and said, "Uncle, prepare a generous gift for Li Ru and ask the envoy to bring it back, so that he can help us say good things in front of Dong Thief, just say that the road is difficult now, and after the spring of the next year, Ben Hou will go to Chang'an to visit Dong Taishi." ”

"Fengxiao," after Han Zhan finished instructing Xun Yu, he said to Guo Jia: "Send a person who can speak well as soon as possible, carry a heavy gift to Chang'an, and secretly present the two generals Li Dao and Guo Yan under Dong Zhuo." ”

"Li Dao, Guo Yan?" After Guo Jia repeated these two names, he frowned and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, although these two people are the generals under Dong Thief, is it useless for us to make friends with them?" ”

Regarding Guo Jia's questioning, Han Zhan grinned, and wanted to prevaricate with "the secret of heaven must not be revealed", but when he saw that the eyes of all the civil and military forces in the council hall were staring at him, he decided to explain to everyone: "Everyone, once the minister of the DPRK and China colludes with Dong Thief's subordinates, Dong Thief will be killed. Tell me, what kind of situation will it be? ”

Dong thief is dead, what kind of situation will happen? Hearing Han Zhan's question, the first thing that came to everyone's mind was that as soon as Dong Thief died, it would be Kuang to help the Han family and save Li Min. But seeing Han Zhan's calm and breezy appearance, he felt that things might not be as simple as he imagined, so no one spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ben Hou thinks that once Dong Thief dies, his subordinates will definitely raise troops to avenge him." Han Zhan saw that no one spoke, for fear that they would be cranky, so he took the initiative to tell everyone his thoughts: "Xiliang has an army of more than 100,000 troops, once the troops come to Chang'an City, do you think the ministers of the court can hold the city?" ”

"Can't hold it!" Everyone can reach a consensus on this point, because now Chang'an City is full of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, even if Dong Zhuo is dead, these soldiers and horses will still be loyal to him for a long time, if Dong Zhuo's subordinates really lead the Xiliang army to come, they will definitely defect.

Tian Feng asked curiously: "Does the lord think that Li Dao and Guo Yan can replace Dong Thief and continue to hold the Son of Heaven hostage to control the government?" ”

"Yes, that's how I thought about it." Han Zhan nodded and said, "There are four generals under Dong Thief: Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji. Once Chang'an falls back into the hands of Dong Thief's subordinates, then it is none other than Li Dao and Guo Yan who control the government. ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Xun Yu laughed, and then said: "The lord has forgotten the fierce general Lu Bu, even if Dong Thief is killed, it is this person who will take over the military power." ”

Just when everyone agreed with Xun You's statement, Guo Jia remained silent, and his eyebrows were twisted into a pimple, as if he was thinking about Han Zhan's voice-over. After a long time, he opened his mouth and asked, "My lord, do you mean that Lu Bu colluded with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government to attack Dong Thief?" ”

Seeing that Guo Jia had guessed the truth of the matter, Han Zhan's face showed a satisfied smile, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Tian Feng say: "This is unlikely, no matter what, Dong Thief is also Lu Bu's father-in-law, where is the reason for the righteous son to poison his father-in-law?" ”

"Lu Bu, just a three-surnamed slave." As soon as Han Zhan waited for Tian Feng to finish speaking, he immediately said in a contemptuous tone: "Since he was able to kill his father-in-law Ding Yuan in order to defect to Dong Thief. So what is it to kill another Dong thief now? ”

While everyone's faces showed surprise, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, he found that he and Han Zhan's thoughts actually coincided. He resolutely stood up to support Han Zhan: "If things really develop as the lord asserts, we should take precautions and send people to befriend Li Dao and Guo Yan." ”

"Lord," Tian Feng hurriedly came out to admonish: "The things we discussed just now are all our analysis, and we don't know what the specific situation is." In the opinion of our subordinates, it is better for us to wait and see what happens. ”

Fortunately, Xun Yu came out in time to support Han Zhan: "Zhan'er, for several months, my uncle and I have been arranging for my subordinates to make friends with powerful people in Beijing, and I have also sent people to give gifts to Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, which can be regarded as a bit of friendship. I will immediately send someone to inform my subordinates in Jingzhong, and ask them to settle Li Guo and the others single-handedly. ”

After discussing the matter of Jingshi, the next thing to discuss is the next strategy. Guo Jia said to everyone: "Yuan Shao is newly defeated, and before the spring of the next year, he will not dare to make it easy again." And during this time, we can't be idle, and now Yuan Shao's youngest son Yuan Shang and several strategists are trapped in Bohai County. We should take advantage of Yuan Shao's inability to send troops to help, send troops to attack Nanpi, and include Bohai County. ”

Han Zhan's gaze swept over the civil and military officials in the council hall, and when he saw that the people sitting here were all people he trusted, he said confidently and boldly: "Ben Hou's strategy is to take Qingzhou first, and then seize and merge the state. Before that, as long as Yuan Shao's foundation was uprooted first, it would be possible to force him to Yanzhou. ”

Han Zhan's words, only Tian Feng didn't understand. He looked at Han Zhan and asked in surprise: "Lord, my subordinates don't understand, why did you force Yuan Shao to Yanzhou, wouldn't it be easier to kill him directly?" ”

"Destroy him now, and we're bound to be devastated." Han Zhan explained to Tian Feng: "Once our strength is damaged, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao in the south and Gongsun Zan in the north will send troops to attack us one after another. And if Yuan Shao is forced to Yanzhou, he can deal with Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, and we can concentrate on dealing with Gongsun Zhan, who may be treacherous at any time. ”

Tian Feng was deeply interested in Han Zhan's statement, and he asked curiously: "I don't know if the lord has any good plan to make Yuan Shao willingly retreat to Yanzhou?" ”

"Yuan Hao, let me tell you." Xun You saw that Tian Feng was like a curious baby, and kept chasing Han Zhan and asking questions, so he said to him with a smile: "The original intention of the lord is to show Yuan Shao to the imperial court as the pastor of Yanzhou, and return the captured Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and others to him as a bargaining chip for him to give up Yecheng and go to Yanzhou. ”

"Isn't Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai?" Tian Feng asked with a bewildered expression: "If the lord plays Yuan Shao as the pastor of Yanzhou, then how should Liu Dai be placed?" ”

Xun You turned his head to look at Han Zhan, and said to Tian Feng: "According to the judgment of the lord, the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou will attack again in the spring of the next year, and Liu Dai may have some accidents. ”

Although Tian Feng was still a little confused after listening to Xun You's explanation, he nodded and said, "I see, my subordinates understand." ”

Zhao Yun saw that the civil officials were no longer speech, so he got up and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, although our army has a large number of soldiers at present, its combat strength is uneven, Yun plans to use his free time to intensify the training of the soldiers and make them combatable soldiers." ”

"General Zilong," Han Zhan naturally wouldn't call Brother Zhao Yun in front of everyone, so he said in an official tone: "I'll let Captain Huang, Captain Dian, and Captain Xiahou assist you." ”

Zhang He, who had not spoken since he entered the door, couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he saw that Han Zhan had arranged work for everyone and left himself out. He got up and asked loudly at Han Zhan, "Lord, what about me?" What should I do? ”

As soon as Han Zhan saw Zhang He standing up, he immediately realized that he had accidentally ignored the other party, and hurriedly said apologetically: "General Junyi, General Zilong is in charge of the training of the soldiers, and there is no suitable thing to arrange for you for the time being." ”

Zhang He said with some embarrassment: "Could it be that the lord doesn't trust Zhang, so he is unwilling to entrust Zhang with important tasks?" ”

"General Junyi, you misunderstood." Han Zhan hurriedly smiled and said to Zhang He: "You are the defender of Jizhou, and you can be fully responsible for the defense of Jizhou City." Don't look at us as allies with Gongsun Zhan, but maybe one day they will turn their faces, and their soldiers and horses stationed in Guangzong City can come to the city at any time. As long as you can defend Jizhou City, it will be a great achievement. ”

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After everyone dispersed, Han Zhan only left Xun Yu and Guo Jia. He wanted to know about Jizhou's financial situation and discuss with them how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

After Xun Yu reported to Han Zhan the amount of money and grain in Jizhou, he continued: "Although our existing grain and grass are enough for tens of thousands of troops for ten years, the existing money in our hands can only pay the soldiers for half a year. We need to think of a way to increase Jizhou's income. ”

If you want to increase the income of Jizhou and raise taxes for the people, it is definitely not possible. In the past, when he was in Sheguo County, he could also send troops to attack the bandits and the Yellow Turban Army, and seize money and food from them. Now that he has entered Jizhou, it seems that the effect of using this method is not very good, besides, where are there so many bandits and the Yellow Turban Army to let themselves fight?

Han Zhan looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "My lord, Jia is good at strategy, not internal affairs. If you want to talk about how to increase the income of money and grain, you can only ask Xun Changshi. ”

"Uncle," Han Zhan turned his head to look at Xun Yu and asked, "I don't know if you have any good ideas?" ”

"There is a way," Xun Yu heard Han Zhan ask, and said a little hesitantly, "But it's just a little too damaging to Yin Virtue." ”

"What would damage Yin Virtue?" Han Zhan stared at Xun Yu and said teasingly, "Uncle doesn't plan to suggest that Benhou send someone to rob the tomb, right?" With that, he burst out laughing.

Unexpectedly, Xun Yu nodded with a solemn expression and said, "Zhan'er, that's right, this is not a way to make money." We can send a detachment of men and horses to rob tombs and obtain money to supplement the military salary. ”

Regarding Xun Yu's proposal, Han Zhan was silent. He was secretly thinking in his heart: In real history, could it be that Xun Yu suggested to Cao Cao that he should enrich his military salary by robbing tombs?

Seeing that Han Zhan didn't speak for a long time, Xun Yu's face showed an embarrassed expression, after all, this kind of thing was disgraceful, he was deeply afraid that Han Zhan would be disgusted with himself because of this, so he hurriedly added: "If Zhan'er thinks that this move is inappropriate, then we can think of other ways to enrich the military salary." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Han Zhan wave his hand: "Uncle's proposal is a good way to supplement military salaries." After the reign of Wenjing, it became common to bury people in various places, and I believe that countless gold and silver treasures will be obtained in the tombs. ”

Seeing that Han Zhan agreed to his proposal, Xun Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Since Zhan'er agreed, then my uncle will immediately arrange for people to find the tomb." ”

"Uncle, slow down," Seeing Xun Yu turn around and want to leave, Han Zhan hurriedly stopped him again: "After all, this matter is not very glorious, so it is not appropriate to make a public announcement, let those soldiers who go to dig graves keep secrets, and not let outsiders know." ”

"Zhan'er, please rest assured," Xun Yu knew that once this matter was leaked, he would be discredited, and hurriedly assured Han Zhan: "I will arrange a reliable person to be responsible for this matter, and there will be absolutely no mistakes." ”