"What?"

There was an uproar in the court!

Yesterday, Liu Xie's push was just forgotten.

Today, the DPRK announced such an important decision.

He made Xu Ding a general, and also rewarded Xu Ding with the Marquis of Wei who was given to Cao Cao.

What's even more excessive is that Liu Bei, who sells straw sandals, is given the title of Taiwei and Anbei Hou.

Liu Biao's old guy who quickly entered the grave, Situ and Annan Hou, returned to Liu Zhang, the guy who didn't have the court in his eyes, Nannan Hou.

Lose your marbles.

The little emperor is crazy.

"Your Majesty thinks it's inappropriate!"

"Your Majesty thinks it's inappropriate!"

Suddenly, a large number of people stood up against it, and there were many more people today than yesterday.

Asking for a reward for Cao Cao, although there are many unreasonable, but everyone is not offended.

Now to Xu Ding, Liu Bei and others, they can't see it anyway, and there is nothing to offend.

So the wave of opposition is even stronger.

"No! What's wrong, do you deny the merits of the Marquis of Weihai and think that he should not be added to the ranks? Could it be that there is a greater credit in this world than getting rid of Dong Zhuo and opening up the territory and expanding the territory for my Han Dynasty? Liu Xie asked dissatisfiedly.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, Liu Xie is really angry.

Bringing Xu Ding and others into the imperial court and fighting against Cao Cao was the goal and strategy he had to achieve.

If he can't accomplish this, he will have no freedom and no right to speak in the future.

Suddenly there was silence below.

Who dares to say that getting rid of Dong Zhuo is not a big achievement.

Who dares to say that laying a huge territory is not a great achievement.

Xu Ding has done enough to be promoted to a knighthood.

To deny Xu Ding is to indirectly deny all that Cao Cao did.

Cao Cao stood up and said: "What Your Majesty said is that the Marquis of Weihai has made great achievements, not only actively suppressing bandits, in addition to destroying Dong Zhuo, but also expanding the territory for the Han Dynasty for thousands of miles.

His talent and merit are not suitable for the general. It is also natural for him to be tied, but His Majesty has a little bit of a minister who feels inappropriate. ”

Cao Cao first raised and then suppressed, so that Liu Xie couldn't afford to lose his temper and couldn't refute it, so he had to ask: "Cao Aiqing thinks something is wrong." ”

Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, I think two things are inappropriate, one is that the reward is too light, and it should be given to the Marquis of Weihai to mention two counties and eat ten thousand households."

The second name is not appropriate, it should be promoted to Weihou, and the fief is Weiyuan Island, so it is appropriate. ”

Liu Xie stared at Cao Cao, trying to see any clues, but he couldn't see anything.

Cao Cao's appearance of loyal ministers and good ministers sharing your worries made Liu Xie puzzled.

Cao Cao was so generous?

Just now, the ministers also opposed the addition of officials to Xu Ding and suppressed Xu Ding.

Cao Cao tried his best to rise, what kind of conspiracy is this.

After thinking about it, Liu Xie didn't find anything wrong, if there was really a conspiracy, it was also against Xu Ding, so it had nothing to do with him, the emperor.

So Liu Xie replied: "Cao Aiqing is reasonable, then add the title of Weihai Marquis Xu Ding as the general, take charge of the world's soldiers and horses, promote the Marquis of Wei, fief Weiyuan Island, and eat 10,000 households." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Cao Cao was the first to praise, and the others also shouted these four words.

Cao Cao retreated, and then some people did the same, and then praised Liu Bei and others once, and then belittled.

However, the result was not like Xu Ding, who did not promote Liu Bei and others as Liu Xie said, but still pressed them to the locality, but just accepted the knighthood of these people.

Liu Xie successfully introduced Xu Ding, and he did not fight with the ministers, so he had to follow what the ministers said, and only gave Liu Bei and others a knight without promotion.

After all, the official is the real power, and the Hou is the void.

And Cao Cao basically passed here, but Wei Hou removed it and changed it to Anxi Hou.

All the discussions are in place, and the draft will be sent to the whole country immediately and reported to the world.

When he returned to the residence, everyone asked Cao Cao puzzled: "Lord, why didn't you suppress Xu Ding in the main hall, but instead connived at the Son of Heaven to mess around." ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I have a deep friendship with Bokang, how can I do such a thing that has fallen into the ground, and his exploits are indeed the greatest in the world, if I don't ask for an official and a knight, I will be criticized by the people of the world."

And once Xu Ding accepts His Majesty's reward, it means that he recognizes our court, and it is not up to me to decide what he wants in the future. ”

What we need to do now is to invite the king into the urn and let the people of the world recognize the court, so that the Son of Heaven can be coerced to order the princes.

If you are all like Dong Zhuo, the princes of the world do not recognize it, even if you get the little emperor, what is the use of controlling the court.

If the righteousness is not there, how to carry out the act of conquest, how to attract talents from all over the world.

"It's still the lord who thinks thoughtfully!" Liu Ye and others admired and praised.

When Xu Shao commented on Cao Cao, he gave the words that he was a capable minister who ruled the world and a hero in troubled times, and it seems that their lord did have this kind of heroic posture.

Compared with Dong Zhuo, it is simply one in the sky and the other on the ground.

"Not only that, but today only one person is allowed to be promoted, and the other princes do not, there will inevitably be a gap, and it will be more conducive to the lord to unite all the princes to fight against Xu Ding." Xun Yu smiled slightly, as if he had seen through everything.

Cao Cao smiled but did not speak.

He does have a layout for that.

Xu Ding is the largest prince in the world and his biggest opponent in the future.

Only by unifying the forces of all the states and counties in the world can we compete with one of them.

"Okay, there's no need to discuss this matter, it's useless to talk about it, just wait for the new situation to come from Kanto." Cao Cao was quite decisive, and after the matter was discussed, there was nothing to discuss, and he spread out the map and said:

"Although we have taken Guanzhong, it is not stable here, there are still many enemies around us, and we need to solve them one by one, otherwise in the long run, we will not only threaten the development of our army, but also become the helper of others.

I want to take Liangzhou, do you have any good opinions? ”

Liangzhou is a knife hanging over Guanzhong's head, and a knife will kill at any time.

Now that Liangzhou is in chaos and the tripartite forces are competing, it is a good time to subdue it.

Otherwise, Liangzhou must be stable, and the chaos will be Guanzhong.

"Lord, the three forces of Liangzhou, Ma Chao is sandwiched in the middle, Han Sui and Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu form an alliance, then we will first ally Ma Chao, get rid of Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu, and recover the three counties of Hanyang, Beidi and Anding." Du Xi suggested.

Cao Cao nodded slightly and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"I agree with Zixu's opinion, first remove Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu, Ma Chao of the alliance, and then accept the three counties, and then remove Ma Chao in the alliance Hansui, so that they will advance westward in turn, and attack Liangzhou one by one." Zhao Yan replied.

Xun Yu said: "I'm not good at military affairs, but if we look at the overall situation and future development of Guan Liang, I think it's good for us to directly ally with Han Sui, and we don't have to ally with Ma Chao."

I think Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu can be directly wooed, and there is no need to fight.

Jia Xu doesn't like war, he likes peace and stability, and he may not give in if he beats him, but on the contrary, he will turn against the lord.

And that Zhang Xiu is Zhang Jizi's nephew, and Li Ru and others have a grudge, the lord broke Li Ru and others, Yu Qing should be regarded as avenging Zhang Xiu, as long as he is willing to be crowned an official and knighted, Zhang Xiu will surrender. ”

"Oh!" Cao Cao groaned slightly when he heard this.

Collecting it without a fight is of course the best.

So Cao Cao looked at Liu Ye again, Liu Ye also nodded lightly, and Cao Cao said: "Then send someone to contact Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu, as long as they come to surrender, the high-ranking officials will not hesitate." ”

In order to show his sincerity, Cao Cao sent his subordinate Han Hao to go.

Jia Xu in Hanyang County met with Han Hao and others.

Han Hao was also smart, and he didn't say anything about winning over, but just took the edict of the Son of Heaven and read it out: "Your Majesty has a decree, please Jia Xu, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Xiu receive the reward!" ”

Zhang Xiu and Zhao Ling glanced at Jia Xu, Jia Xu shook his head slightly and said: "The criminal minister Jia Xu, don't dare to be greedy for merit, please go back and tell Your Majesty, I deserve it." ”

Jia Xu is an old man, how can he rashly accept it when he doesn't talk about anything.

Even if the reward is big and sincere, he will not accept it casually.

"This ......" Han Hao took the holy decree, and he didn't read it, and he didn't read it.

In the end, Han Hao had no choice but to answer the holy decree and said coldly: "Mr. Wenhe, you must know that this is the first edict issued by Your Majesty since the Prime Minister presided over the government. ”

The words are very straightforward, but Jia Xu still nodded slightly: "The angel doesn't know, I think I am too old and frail, and I am about to die, and I am unable to serve the court."

I can't toss for a few days, so I want to spend my lower body in this acre and three points of land, and enjoy the fun of the evening. ”

Jia Xu's words are neither yin nor yang, neither strong nor hard, which makes Han Hao very angry.

The old man was so uninteresting that he immediately stood up and clasped his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

However, Zhao Ling and Zhang Xiu, who stood up, held their swords in both hands at the same time, stood up in front of them, and looked at each other angrily.

Han Hao saw that two young men accompanied Jia Xu, and knew the skills of these two people, so he let go of the hand holding the sword, hugged his fists and bowed and said:

"Since Mr. is not here, I will go back and come to talk about it in the future."

After saying that, Han Hao retreated, and then returned to Chang'an City.

After Han Hao left, Zhang Xiu asked, "Sir, Han Hao went back like this, I'm afraid Cao Cao won't give up!" ”

"Yes, old man, if Cao Cao forms an alliance with Ma Chao and attacks us back and forth, our Hanyang County will be in trouble." Zhao Ling also said with a reproachful face.

Jia Xu sat there and didn't move, but stretched out his hand to bake the stove to keep warm, his weather-beaten face was extremely calm.

"Sir, but you have other plans!" Zhang Xiu asked again.

Zhao Ling said with a smile: "What can he plan, just where it is quiet, where it is safe, he will stay there!" ”

"This ......" Zhang Xiu can't understand Jia Xu anyway, Zhang Xiu's brain is relatively simple, but he is better than ordinary martial artists, and in essence, he is not very good at any strategy or the like.

Jia Xu threw away a piece of firewood and said: "Look at this stove, if the fire is not strong enough, you need to add some firewood, and when the fire arrives, you can boil water and cook rice." ”

"What Mr. means is that the time is not yet right, and there is no benefit in surrendering Cao Cao." Zhang Xiu seemed to understand something.

Zhao Ling smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

Don't look at Jia Xu's face is harmless to humans and animals, but this old guy is very bad.

Sure enough, Jia Xu saw that Zhao Ling didn't talk, so he said: "Zhao Zifan, tell me, I know that you kid understands." ”

Zhang Xiu looked at Zhao Ling, and Zhao Ling said with a smile: "A few more words will cost your old man's life teeth, and keeping those few mouthfuls of saliva can raise teeth or tongue." ”

Jia Xu ignores Zhao Ling, Zhao Ling is a dog, if you take care of him, he will have more fun with you.

Therefore, Zhao Ling saw that the old man Jia Xu did not answer, so he had to say to Zhang Xiu: "Now in this season, it is impossible for Cao Cao to march to Liangzhou, first, his soldiers and horses came in from the eastern part of the country, and he was tired, and second, he had no food, and he would not fight for a long time."

That's why he used the righteousness of the court to accept us, in fact, he couldn't give us any practical benefits. ”

Zhang Xiu realized that it turned out that Cao Cao couldn't beat them, so he played false.

Then Zhao Ling said: "Even if we want to surrender him, we can't be so hasty, the bandits will return to the official government and wait for the price to sell, we will vote for him so easily, can he pay attention to us?"

We have to prove our worth, so that he will not snub us and give us higher chips, so it is not too late for us to negotiate to defeat his soldiers and horses after the war next year. ”

Of course, this is just for Zhang Xiu.

In his heart, Zhao Ling disdained, Cao Cao was not worthy of him.

Zhao Ling and Jia Xu glanced at each other, and tacitly didn't say anything.

There are some things that Zhang Xiu can't know.

Han Hao returned to Chang'an and was very angry and reported the matter of Hanyang County to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was also angry when he heard this.

Okay, you Jia Xu, toast and don't eat and drink.

"Come, pass on my order, and issue a requisition to Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu and others, Xiliang Yu, none of them can be spared, and they will never be pardoned!"

Xun Yu hurriedly persuaded: "It's not appropriate for the lord to be like this, don't fall for Jia Xu's plan!" ”

"Oh! What does Wen Ruo mean by this? Cao Cao asked puzzledly: "Could it be that Jia Xu can still set up a net of heaven and earth, and he can still fight us with his little strength!" ”

Cao Cao did not use interrogative sentences, but affirmative sentences.

After taking Guanzhong, his forces not only did not weaken, but grew stronger.

Withdrawn from the Kanto, there is no need to fight to the death with Xu Ding, Lu Bu and other princes.

In addition, Cao Cao's self-confidence has also exploded.

Xun Yu said: "Lord, measured by military strength, Jia Xu, Zhang Xiu, and Zhao Ling are not our opponents, but the land of Liangzhou is different from other places, where the people are more fierce, and most of them are cavalry.

Hitting us hard doesn't necessarily take advantage.

The most important thing is that now that the cold winter is coming, the soldiers have been fighting for a year, they are tired, and the food is almost exhausted, and they cannot delay it for a long time, and it is not suitable for the army to march westward. ”

It's okay not to mention this, but when I mentioned it, Cao Cao remembered the current season and couldn't help but feel a chill.

People are also much more sober.

yes, it's winter.

It's almost the New Year, and no one wants to fight.

There was no food left.

The Liangzhou army occupied Guanzhong, and the disaster was almost over, and the food crisis was serious.

Now that he has taken over this mess, let alone whether he fights or not, whether he can support his soldiers and generals is a big question.

"That's it, let go of Jia Xu, the little old man, for the time being, and I'm going to be on the quest next year!" Cao Cao also sat down and started a fire.

"Lord, in fact, you don't have to deal with Jia Xu for a while, Jia Xu is smart and slippery, he is waiting for the price to sell, he wants to sell at a good price, as long as we can beat him, he will come to surrender, it is better to promulgate the reward first, and do it in the righteousness first." Xun Yu said:

"Not only Jia Xu, I heard that there are two armies in Wudu County, one is led by Hao Meng, the old department of Lu Bu, and the other is led by a person named Tuoba Yu.

These two swallowed a large amount of Dong Zhuo's treasures and grain in Mei County in the past, and fled to Wudu County to form an alliance to protect themselves.

Now that Dong Zhuo is in remembrance, if he asks for credit for them and sends someone to contact him, if he is attracted over, the lord can not only get money, but also increase the number of counties and strengthen some soldiers and horses. ”

Wudu County is good, there is a road leading to Longxi County.

If you can get this county in advance, Daliang Prefecture will have another fulcrum.

Cao Cao's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he said with some surprise: "There is still such a thing, then these two must be pulled over." ”

Anti-Dong Yishi, there is still a lot of money and food.

The existence of fame and fortune, how could Cao Cao let it go.

The next day, he went to the court to play Hao Meng and Tuoba Yu and ask for credit for them.

Then send an envoy to Mudu County.

The messenger arrived at Tuoba Yu, who was notoriously hospitable with good wine, and secretly threw Cao Cao's letter of surrender and the edict of reward on the table, disdainful.

He is Xu Ding's person, and his subordinates are all from the Northwest Bureau back then.

How could it be possible to surrender Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is really funny.

However, he was not moved, but Hao Meng on the other side was greatly moved.

So Hao Meng sent someone to communicate with Tuoba Yu, hoping to surrender Cao Cao together.

Cao Cao said that he could be a decent general and return to Guanzhong, Hao Meng was naturally happy.

However, Tuoba Yu shook his head and told Hao Meng's subordinates: "Go back and tell General Hao that this matter needs to be considered in the long run, the Western Liang Army has not been completely wiped out, Liangzhou is still unstable, whether Cao Cao can gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and what the future development will be, it is still unknown, and it needs to be cautious." ”

"This ...... Well, I'll report back to the general when I get back. "Hao Meng's people heard that it was the same thing, not to mention that Tuoba Yu was quite accurate in seeing things, he came here from Guanzhong back then, and he escaped a catastrophe and developed and grew.

However, Hao Meng received Tuoba Yu's reply, but frowned slightly.

There is displeasure in the heart.

"General, Tuoba Yu said, even if we want to choose Cao Cao, we should be after next year, depending on the situation in betting, at this time it is a little light, and it may not be valued by Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao has no food to feed the army now." The person who replied to the letter saw that Hao Meng's face was a little wrong, and knew that Hao Meng was very moved to surrender to Cao Cao, belong to the imperial court, and obtain righteousness, so he still persuaded him.

There is food and drink in Wudu County, and Ganma has to go to Chang'an.

Hao Meng thought for a while and said: "Tuoba Yu's words have some truth, so let's do it first, let's take a look at Cao Cao's actions first, and the next year will be decided." ”

Sent his subordinates, Hao Meng summoned Cao Cao's messenger, and then entertained him with good wine and meat, but kept silent about Shun.

However, he tried his best to curry favor with Cao Cao's messenger, hoping that Cao Cao would value him and continue to add officials to him.

"Bang!"

Cao Cao slapped his palm on the table, and he was furious.

Jia Xu even cares, the little Hao Meng and Tuoba Yu are so ignorant, and they dare to wait and see.

"Report! Lord, the latest news in Kanto! ”

At this moment, Cao Hong ran in and said excitedly: "Lord, Bo Kang has won, and Yuan Shao is dead." ”

Cao Cao's face showed a hint of complexity, took the letter and read it at a glance, and then sighed slightly: "It's a little early, Yuan Benchu left like this." ”

Ji and Youerzhou are all people from Xu Ding.

The real number one in the world can't be faked.

Cao Cao's pressure was even greater.

If Xu Ding is cleaning up Liu Bei, it will really dominate the world, and it will be crushed all the way.

Can Hangu Pass be stopped, and can the Yellow River be broken?

Cao Cao also has no bottom.

For a while, Cao Cao was melancholy again.

Qingzhou! Donglai!

Huang County!

Xu Ding had just walked here and chased after him from behind.

"Report! The lord is overjoyed! The lord is overjoyed! ”

The whole team stopped, looking at the person who came to report the news, confused.

The war between the North and the South is over.

And where is the happy event?

"Report! Lord, Cao Cao pacified the thieves in Xiliang, occupied Guanzhong, the Son of Heaven was saved, Cao Cao asked the lord to be the general, the general leader of the world's soldiers and horses, into the Marquis of Juewei, and the food of ten thousand households. ”

"Hmm!"

Xu Ding was a little surprised.

Everyone in the left riding position was also slightly stunned, and then their faces were full of joy, looking at Xu Ding and the person who reported the news.

They did not make a noise, because it had not yet been confirmed by the promise, and they could not rejoice blindly.

"My lord, the envoy of the Son of Heaven has entered Taizhou and will arrive in a few days." The messenger replied:

"Cao Cao took control of Guanzhong, eliminated Li Yu and Guo Yan, defeated Li Ru, held the first court meeting, and proposed a reward, and the princes of the world had many rewards."

"Oh! In this way, I am not the only one who has been added to the rank of knight, what is Cao Cao's official position? Xu Ding asked with a calm face.

"The lord of the court, Cao Cao is the prime minister, the marquis of Anxi, the commander-in-chief of the Han government affairs and the military affairs of Sizhou and other prefectures and counties." The person who replied immediately added:

"Liu Beijin is the Marquis of Anbei, Liu Biao is the Marquis of Annan, Liu Zhang's Southwest Marquis, and everyone else has their own rewards."

"Prime Minister! It's kind of interesting! Xu Ding suddenly laughed, Cao Cao still embarked on this road.

coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

He became the prime minister again, and gave himself the general who was originally given to Yuan Shao.

It was also promoted to the prestige of 10,000 households.

This is to win yourself over, and then put yourself on the fire to roast, a good trick of yin and yang.

The posture of the traitorous male is really inappropriate.

Cao Mengde, it's getting more and more interesting.

"Then the lord ......," a general asked in a low voice.

Xu Ding looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Good thing, congratulations!" ”

No matter what Cao Cao plans, he can be regarded as fame and fortune, so he cares so much.

"Meet the General! Ho Wei Hou Wandai! ”

"Meet the General! Ho Wei Hou Wandai! ”

"Meet the General! Ho Wei Hou Wandai! ”

All the soldiers finally cheered and congratulated one after another.

Xu Ding became a general, which was what they expected.

Xu Ding was promoted to a knighthood, and they naturally had great benefits and honors.

Everyone is happy.

"Order, I am happy today, except for Haidong Prefecture, all states, counties, and counties under my rule will be exempt from tax for one year!" Xu Ding said happily.

The soldiers below cheered even louder.

Wherever the soldiers came from, they were all from peasant soldiers.

There is more or less some land at home.

Tax-free for a year, everyone has more hope before coming.

Originally, in Xuding, the life of the people was quite good.

The grain yield is high, the water conservancy is convenient, and there are special personnel to guide the cultivation of agriculture and the development of sideline industries.

Revenues are generally more than double those of other states and counties.

Now it's a year of tax exemption, which is not too good.

But everyone was happy, and when they entered the city, Xi Zhicai had a bitter face.