Gongsun Zhan, the anti-thief Zhang Chun, and the Wuhuan leader Qiu Liju fought for a total of four years, and the two sides had their own victories and defeats, and there was a stalemate. Seeing that Gongsun Chan was unable to fight, the imperial court considered that Liu Yu had served as the assassin of Youzhou and had high prestige among foreign clans such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, and Hao, so he was reappointed as the pastor of Youzhou, and the affairs of the traitors and Wuhuan were all dispatched by Liu Yu, including Gongsun Zhan's department.

As soon as Liu Yu took office, he summoned Gongsun Zhan, the commander of the school, to discuss what measures should be taken to quell the rebellion.

Gongsun Zhan was 10,000 unwelcome to the arrival of the new Youzhou pastor. The traitor Zhang Chun joined forces with Xianbei, Wuhuan and other foreign tribes, they burned down the city, captured the people, killed the officials, and fought with them for four years with the blood in their hearts, fighting hard for the Han Dynasty, but the court did something for itself, saying that it was to send me additional reinforcements, but sent a mediocre talent like Meng Yi over, and the enemy killed the enemy before he saw him. Now the court sees that I am useless, so it has found another person to replace me, and the court has done a ruthless job of unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

At this time, Gongsun Chan saw Liu Youzhou and arched his hand: "The last general, Gongsun Chan, will see Lord Zhou Mu." ”

Although hate is hate, but superficial articles still have to be done, especially in officialdom, this set of things is more particular.

"General Gongsun is here, sit down, you've worked hard for this time." Liu Yu sat on the main seat and said, pointing to the empty place next to him, and motioned for Gongsun Chan to sit down.

"It's hard to serve the country." After speaking, Gongsun Chan walked to the position and sat down, but his eyes swept over Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, and Xian Yuyin who were sitting on the side, thinking that this Liu Yu really has a set, in order to put gold on his face, he found all the famous families in Youzhou, a person with a vain name and a few gentlemen, can he put down this rebellion, although Gongsun Chan said that he is also a famous family, but he has not enjoyed the benefits brought to him by the famous family, so he has been prejudiced against the famous family since he was a child, Today, when I saw these annoying guys sitting together, I had already scolded them all in my heart.

"All of you are your own people, let's get straight to the point, everyone can talk about how to put down this rebellion at present, everyone can just say everything." Liu Yu took the lead in speaking, as the number one leader, he was often the first to speak at the meeting, but the content of the speech was the question, not the conclusion, first throw out the question, let the people below speak freely, he could know the thoughts of the people below, and finally he could make a final decision according to everyone's opinions.

In China's political ecology, as the number one, you can't show your own views at the beginning, and the advantage of this is that you won't let the meeting open in a word, because once you throw out your opinions, the people below will generally not say their true thoughts, but will meet the top leaders; Secondly, if your own ideas are different from most people, you can also come up with a strategy in time, so that you don't have to isolate yourself all at once and put yourself in an awkward situation.

Gongsun Zan saw that Liu Yu threw out the question, and said at this time: "Traitors and foreigners have been invading the Han Dynasty for several years, if they don't use a strong army to conquer them, they will feel that the Han Dynasty is incompetent, and now our army must use thunderous means to exterminate the thief army in one fell swoop, and let the world know that those who offend my Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!" ”

Listening to Gongsun Zhan's words, Liu Yu was expressionless, but his heart was very unhappy, Liu Yu has always been admired by guarding the way, and taking loyalty to himself, his idea is that the foreign people have been fighting for many years, and the people's livelihood is withering, and now they are only hindered by the conquest of the Han army, and they have to resist, if they are benevolent to the foreign people, and send a messenger to tell Qiu Liju and others that the imperial court will be lenient, and they can be exempted from the crimes they have committed, with this kind of "cultural rule" means, it will be possible to quell the rebellion of the foreign tribes in one fell swoop, and then Zhang Ju Zhang Chun will be easy to do. But Gongsun Chan put forward a view of "martial arts" that was diametrically opposed to his own at the beginning, and he had to wait for others to speak.

At this time, Liu Yu looked at Tian Chou, and Tian Chou said after understanding: "I think General Gongsun is right, those who violate my Han must be severely punished, but now the Han has just experienced war, and the people's livelihood in various places is withering, and they urgently need to recuperate. And why fear the invasion of other foreign tribes? ”

"Yes, Lord Tian is right, since ancient times, the way to subdue the foreign race is nothing more than a combination of grace and power, let's give him some sweetness first, see if he will be honest, if he is honest, then everything will be easy to do, if he is not honest, then we will attack the foreign race by strong means and annihilate them, so it is not a bad way to do both!" Xian Yufu looked at Liu Yu and said.

"I second!" Xian Yuyin listened to Xian Yufu's words and agreed,

Gongsun Zhan's face was blue and purple at this time, and he looked at Xian Yufu and asked: "The foreign clan has invaded my Han for so many years, and has brutalized countless people of my Han Dynasty, do you just let them go, don't beat them up, how can they make them remember for a long time, blindly only know that compromise, they will definitely be despised by other foreign clans, even if Wuhuan is subdued by pacification means today, but this is only forced to helpless, once they accumulate strength, they will make a comeback, at that time, what should they do, compromise?" Concession? Emperor Wenjing was the Han Dynasty did not have the strength to fight abroad, so he had to make a strategic compromise, but now the strength of the Han is not worse than that of the foreign race, why compromise, if you compromise with Wuhuan today, the dignity of the Han will be swept away, and tomorrow other foreign races will come to harass my Han one after another, what should I do then? ”

"Then tell me what you can do? After fighting for so many years and spending so many manpower, material and financial resources, if you hadn't had a teacher who could speak well in the court, you would have been removed from your post a long time ago, where would it be your turn to talk nonsense here! Xian Yuyin sneered at this time.

"What, you kind of say it again!" Gongsun Zhan stood up angrily, and said with his finger Xian Yuyin.

"I said what's wrong with you!" Xian Yuyin was not to be outdone, slapped the table and stood up.

"That's it! Sit down for me, fresh in silver, you don't have to say a word! Liu Yu said with a calm face.

Xian Yuyin was obviously angry, but because of Liu Yu's affection, he sat down.

Gongsun Chan also sat down helplessly at this time, to be honest, he really wanted to kill this Xian Yuyin at this time.

"Everyone is discussing specific strategies today, everyone is right about things and not people, there is no need for infighting!" Xian Yu Fu mediated in the middle.

"What I'm saying is, don't let business hurt everyone's harmony!" Tian Chou also said.

"In recent years, my Han Dynasty has been in war for many years, first there was a nationwide Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then there was a rebellion in the northwest and northeast regions, coupled with the thieves who swarmed all over the country, I am now like an old man who is about to die, and I am still breathing, as a disciple of the clan, I am blessed by the emperor, and I have been instructed by the Holy Father to come here as a state pastor to quell the rebellion, for which I have worked hard, I am afraid that I will not be able to complete Your Majesty's task, and I will live up to Your Majesty's trust, I am the shepherd of Youzhou, and I am also the first responsible person in Youzhou, I have all known your suggestions just now, and I have decided to apply a policy of softness to the foreign tribes first, and if unfortunately we will continue to use force to conquer them, do you still have any questions? ”

"Listen to your instructions!" Tian Chou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin said with their hands.

Gongsun Chan saw that it was difficult to disobey the will of the people, so he had to say helplessly: "Listen to the orders of the adults!" ”

"Well, this matter is decided, and the other two traitors, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, are now unknown, and a reward is issued for these two people."

"Yes!"

"It's nothing, that's all for today, let's all disperse!"

On the way back, the more Gongsun Chan thought about it, the more wrong it became, he felt that he was being tricked by others, Liu Yu Lao'er may have deliberately found a few of his cronies, and the four of them were on the side, the purpose was to set themselves up, it was really hateful, this Huairou policy may have been said by Liu Yu and the four of them from the beginning. I have been in a stalemate with the thieves for four years by the means of military rule, and if they use the means of civil rule to put down the rebellion this time, then what face do I have to speak of, hateful, I must not let them succeed.

After Gongsun Chan went back, he immediately sent Yan Gang, Tian Kai, and Zou Dan to inquire about the news of foreign tribes, and learned that Qiu Liju and they heard Liu Yu's policy, and they sent envoys to communicate about the annexation, which surprised Gongsun Zhan. At this time, Guan Jing said: "General, the reason why this foreign clan was able to surrender so quickly is because you used up their national strength at the beginning, and now this Liu Yu is stepping on your shoulders and snatching away all the credit we have worked hard for four years, which is really unreasonable." ”

Gongsun Zhan listened to Guan Jing's words, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and said coldly: "It's not that simple, aren't they colluding with each other, I will send someone to kill all the foreign envoys, and leave no one behind, see how they collude." In addition, I released part of the army in the barracks, burned the things of foreigners for me, robbed them, smashed them, and killed them all for me. ”

Guan Jing looked at Gongsun Zhan's murderous face at this time, and couldn't help but shed a cold sweat, and said tremblingly: "My subordinates obey orders, I'll do it!" ”

Lu Zhi's worries were not superfluous, Gongsun Chan felt that Liu Yu just wanted to snatch away the credit he had worked hard for several years, and suddenly felt that he had been deceived by others, and felt that he was ignored by others, he couldn't tolerate what Liu Yu did, he wanted to take back what originally belonged to him, at all costs, even by unscrupulous means. At this time, he was developing step by step in the direction that Lu Zhi was most worried about, and he was walking towards the abyss step by step.