After entering the city of Demeng and settling down, Pei Gai came to see Shile with Wang Zan. Shi Le happened to sit with Gou Xi, and urgently summoned the two to come closer, Wang Zan and Gou Xi were opposite, both sides looked inevitably a little embarrassed, Shi Le hurriedly helped to play the round: "Dao General, Zhengchang, Qing and the two were originally close friends, and now they are returning to my Han Kingdom together, and they will make contributions in the future and be crowned Marquis, which can be regarded as a good story." The two hurriedly gave up their hands: "I should be devout to assist Ming Gong in order to achieve a great cause." ”

Shi Le introduced Pei Gai to Gou Xi again, and Gou Xi hurriedly saluted: "I heard that Ming Gong said, Pei Wenyue is a father, has unyielding ambitions, has the talent of a prime minister, and I can see you today, a real young man!" Pei Gai replied casually, his attitude seemed to be a little arrogant - in fact, this was not pretending, he was really not very happy in his heart. One is that he is very unhappy to be treated as a horse bone by Shi Le, and the other is that there are still nails hidden in Gou Xi's words: what is called "unyielding will"? Are you sarcastic that I finally "gave in"? Yes, I'm relatively young, but I don't have to be called "Young Junyan" directly, are you relying on the old and selling the old and looking down on me?

It is normal for Gou Xi to look down on Pei Gai, although the two of them talk about the family background one day and one place, but Gou Daojiang is different from Wang Zhengchang after all, starting from the department of Sili Captain Shi Jian, and he has become a general of the Western Jin Dynasty in less than ten years. After his status is gradually improved, it is inevitable that the children of the family will turn from looking up to hostility and even contempt - you are just giving birth to a good family, how can you be more talented and arrogant than me?!

This is still because he was forced to surrender to Hu Han and become Sima in the Shile Curtain, if he was still a warlord on the rampant side, he would not be able to look at Pei Gai squarely. Your father is hanging, even if he is still alive, do you dare to look down on me with the respect of the prime minister? Why should I bow to a child?

The nail hidden in Gou Xi's words, Shi Le's knowledge is limited, so he didn't hear it, but Pei should not lie to Gou Xi, and Gou Xi's face was gloomy because of this, but he could see it clearly. The rumor is correct, he originally wanted to appoint Pei Cai as the right Sima - he wanted to make him the deputy governor of the "gentleman's camp" that day, but no one agreed, so he had to give up; But this appointment was approved by Zhang Bin in advance, and as for Xu Guang, Cheng Yao and others, they didn't seem to show too fierce opposition - but seeing this situation, for fear of annoying Gou Xi, it was inconvenient to mention the matter on the spot.

After all, the right is respected in the army, and the right Sima is half a head taller than the left Sima.

At the moment, I just casually exchanged a few words, and said that Wen Yue and you are tired from afar, so it is better to go back and rest early. As soon as Pei Gai and Wang Zan went out, Gou Xi asked: "I don't know what the second son is in the army today, what is his position?" "Shi Le said that they are like you, and the time to surrender is not long, and there is no Tao who is as famous as you in the world, so it has not yet been decided-" In the opinion of the Taoist general, what position should be awarded? ”

Gou Xi replied: "Wang Zhengchang and Xi are incompatible, I know his talents, and I know how to use them, please Ming Gong will be under my command, work together, think that Ming Gong will serve the work of dogs and horses." As for Pei Wenyue, although he is said to be talented, he is still young after all, and Ming Gong is cautious in using it, and he cannot be paid to any aspect - this is just a superficial opinion, and the specific position to be awarded is decided by Ming Gong. ”

Shi Le nodded: "The theory that the Tao will become old, I will consider it carefully." ”

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In the evening of the same day, Zhang Bin came to Pei Gai again and relayed Shi Le's meaning: Pei Lang was supposed to be appointed as the right Sima, but Gou Dao General seemed to be discouraged, so he had to give up for the time being......

Pei Gai laughed secretly in his heart, you were the one who reported last time that you couldn't be the deputy governor of the "Gentleman's Battalion", and this time you said that you couldn't be the right Sima, are you specifically responsible for wiping Shi Le's buttocks? His face was indifferent: "The taste is for Pei, and the clouds are just floating clouds." ”

Zhang Binxin said that of course, the quality is a floating cloud for you, and your quality is high enough...... You are also a floating cloud, in the Shile shogunate, how can there be a position that can be compared to your past free cavalry and Nanchang Marquis? If you care about the camp governor and Sima, isn't it in vain to make others laugh? But thinking that Pei Gai has been here for several months after all, and he still has no position or position, I am afraid that he will not say it, but in fact, he has a secret grudge against Shi Le in his heart, so he said with kind words: "Gou Dao will be arrogant, and I don't want Pei Lang to be on his right." However, although the right Sima is not available, the main book, Gong Cao, etc. are not embarrassed - I don't know what Pei Lang's position is? ”

Pei Gai smiled faintly: "Cheng Ziyuan, Xu Jiwu and others have no position, and I am the only one who has a job, I am afraid that I will become the target of public criticism." Then he pretended to be sincere and said to Zhang Bin: "Zhang Jun, I am returning to the Lord Father, not for the sake of Lilu, it is Zhang Jun who said that he wants to guide the Lord Duke to be a Chinese and calm the world, so I will reluctantly obey it." Now stationed in Mengcheng, its momentum is not as good as in Xuchang, I don't know how long it will take to prepare before it can continue to go east? ”

He knew that Shi Le had just annexed Gou Xi's department, and he would definitely need to spend some time training, so it was impossible to pull up the team and continue to walk east, but how long do you plan to stay here? Has Scheller consulted with you about future plans?

Zhang Bin frowned slightly: "I am also here to discuss with Pei Lang about this matter...... One Wang Mi is in Xiangguan, and he still doesn't know what he thinks about our army's annexation of Gou Dao, and what measures he takes; What's the second one...... Gou Dao will suggest that Ming Gong take Qingzhou in the east, and Ming Gong seems to be ......"

Pei Gai smiled: "It's okay to go east to Qingzhou." ”

What does Zhang Bin say is "okay" - "Didn't Xi Peilang say that only Handan and Xiangguo in Hebei Province are beautiful places and can build a foundation?" Although Qingzhou is not as dilapidated as Hebei, and the household registration is still numerous, it is located on the seashore, and it can only be divided into a corner, and it cannot suppress the world, and it is not a place to stand on it! ”

Pei Gai waved his hand: "Set up the lord to conquer Qing and Xu in the east, facing the Central Plains with his back to the sea, and far away from Pingyang, as the so-called 'Tiangao Emperor is far away', so as to be a rich man, it is not difficult to ensure that he is rich and rich." Xi Tian Qi was there, and Qin was the last to destroy it; Zang Ba is there, and he has become a hero. Didn't the lord just follow their example? Why, the lord has the ambition of the world, can't he try to oppose the Han?! "Don't pretend to be stupid with me, don't I know how ambitious you and Shile are?

Zhang Bin was stunned for a moment, and then said perfunctorily: "People have the ambition of the world, or they can be divided - just like Liu Bei of Shu; If you have a heart of separation, I am afraid that you will end up like a grandson. Didn't Zang Xuangao finally be forced to leave Qingzhou and bow down to the court? After saying these insincere words, he quickly changed the topic: "I don't know why Ming Gong values Gou Daojiang so much, and I don't know why Gou Daojiang pinned his hopes on Qingzhou?" ”

Pei Gai said about these two points, I can roughly guess the reason: "Gou Dao General used to lead the Qingzhou Assassin History, and the fake festival was the capital of Qingzhou to supervise the military of Qingzhou, but he was defeated by Cao Wei and was forced to retreat to Cangyuan, so he will naturally miss Qingzhou." As for the Lord's faith in him...... Zhang Jun knew that Cao Cao wanted to pardon Lu Bu and used it in Xiapi that day, what was the reason? ”

Zhang Bin said that because Lu Bu was brave enough, he said, "Ming Gong will step, and Ling Bu will ride, then the world is not enough", if Liu Bei hadn't suddenly mentioned Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, it is estimated that Cao Cao would have left Lu Bu's life - "Ran Gou Dao will compare An Neng with Lu Fengxian?" ”

Pei Gai said that one of them is also the second - "The lord followed the Gongshi domain at the beginning, and the Gongshi domain was killed by Gou Dao generals; Later, from Jisang, and Jisang was broken by Gou Dao; Then he was also defeated, and then he went west to Liu Yuanhai. It is the lord who has been defeated repeatedly, and this is the only one that wins, so he must be in awe of Gou Daojiang. Today, Cheng Ziyuan and Xu Jiwu are not convinced by Zhang Jun, if they are above Zhang Jun on a different day, will they kill Zhang Jun to get away with it for a while, or will they drive Zhang Jun Ruo to make Zhang Jun sincerely obey him, and he can be proud every day - what should he do to be more heartfelt? He gave an example, the implication was that Shi Le was intoxicated with the pleasure of obeying his former enemies and planning for himself, so he would temporarily obey Gou Xi's words.

Even for the sake of Gou Xi, Shi Le scolded Xu Guang and whipped Qu Bin; Even for the sake of Gou Xi, he was even a little estranged from himself, and after the deputy governor of the "Junzi Battalion" reneged on his promise, he broke his promise for the second time.

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "Listening to Pei Lang's words, there is still a sense of resentment against Ming Gong. ”

Pei should say that I don't complain, it's too late for me to be happy-"The former lord just accepted me, and he wanted to think that he was the deputy governor of the 'gentleman's camp', and Cheng Ziyuan wanted to plot to kill me...... "I believe that those things can't be hidden from you Zhang Mengsun, you must have already inquired about it-"If you think I'm the right Sima today, how will Zhang Jun feel?" "Changshi, Sima, similar taste, but the problem Zhang Bin is the left Changshi, if I do the right Sima, then can you be happy?

Without waiting for Zhang Bin to justify that he had no intention of being jealous of the virtuous and virtuous, Pei Gai continued: "If I am not here today and use Gou Daojiang, then Xu Jiwu, Cheng Ziyuan, and even Zhang Jun's hatred will all be gathered in Gou, and they all have a sigh of accumulation. I can watch the fire from the other side – happy? ”

The so-called "sigh of accumulated salary" is an allusion, which speaks of Hanchen's diom. Ji Di once complained to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty uses the ministers as if they were accumulating salaries, and the latecomers are on top." "It means that when you appoint a courtier, it is like piling firewood, the firewood that is put down first is under the bottom, and the latecomer can steal the high position, so that we old ministers are so chilled. Pei Gai meant, no matter how high Gou Xi's original position was and how famous his reputation was, after all, he was a latecomer under the Shile curtain, and he jumped directly on your head as soon as he arrived, can you be happy? hinted that Zhang Bin came to tell me this today, and you also felt uncomfortable, and you wanted to prick Gou Xi'er, right?

After finishing it, he suddenly added: "'The wind does not end, and the rain does not end' - Zhang Jun does not have to worry." ”

Zhang Bin's mind was broken by Pei Gai's words, but not only was he not embarrassed at all, but he smiled "hehe": "Ming Gong likes to use the former enemy, which is also human nature." Then he explained: "I am not jealous of the Taoist general, but he is about charging into battle, maybe he is shorter and longer with the generals, Kong, Zhi, Tao, etc., and divides the general trend of the world, and may not be higher than us. "Pei should smile, say what are you in a hurry-" If you conquer Qingzhou, you will definitely clash with Cao Wei, and Wang Mi is still behind, if the two armies attack back and forth, we will be in danger-the lord may not be able to see this, he must still be hesitating, and even if he can't see it, Zhang Jun can also speak in time...... But I don't know how Wang Mi is now? ”

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Wang Mi's news arrived quickly. After he heard that Shi Le had annexed Gou Xi, he couldn't help but be shocked and deeply frightened, and immediately wrote to Shi Le, his words were quite deferential, and even said: "How wonderful it is to use it for Gou Xi!" Make Xi the public left, Mi for the public right, the world is not enough to decide! And suggested that Shi Le go east with him and join Cao Wei to pacify Qingzhou.

When Shi Le saw this letter, he couldn't help but be confused, and asked his ministers. Including Gou Xi, everyone congratulated him, saying that Wang Mi was obviously subdued, and he could try to drive him and use him as the flank support of his army in the future. Gou Xi was even more eager to encourage Shi Le to move eastward to obtain Qingzhou as a base area.

Only Zhang Bin and Pei Gai never said a word, but just looked at each other. Immediately Zhang Bin found Pei Gai privately and asked him for his opinion, Pei Gai directly told Zhang Bin's words of admonishing Shile contained in the history books - of course, not the original text, he couldn't remember the original text: "The position of Wang Mi is above the lord......"

——Han lord Liu Cong was crowned General Wang Mi and Duke of Qi at the same time, and he was also promoted to Shi Le as the general of Zhengdong and Youzhou Mu, although Shi Le resigned from the title of general, but even if he did not resign, the title was still under Wang Mi.

“…… That is, if you want to conspire with the Lord in Qingzhou, your words are inappropriate - if you humiliate your subordinates, you must have a plan! Besides, he is a native of Qingzhou, so he must remember his hometown, how can he share Qingzhou with others? I see that he left Luoyang this time, he wanted to go to Qingzhou, and the reason why he stayed in Xiangguan for a long time was obviously because he was afraid that the lord would follow up and smash his back. If we say that our army will go to Qingzhou with it, and then we will meet Cao Wei and attack in both directions, I am afraid that the situation will not be good! ”

Zhang Bin applauded: "Pei Lang said it well, it coincides with me." Please Pei Lang will persuade the public to say this. "Pei should say you go, I won't go-" Zhang Jun is a long history, such a militaristic matter, and he should be informed. A certain one is not in his place, and he does not seek his own business. ”

Zhang Bin frowned, then turned around and asked to see Shi Le, and then said so and that, and mentioned Pei Gai's attitude. Shi Le was a little unhappy and asked him: "Pei Lang can't have a long history, is he so resentful of me?" Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "The minister thinks that Pei Lang is neither willing to be under the Gou Dao generals, but also dare not be above the Gou Dao generals. Moreover, the day before yesterday, he asked for the post of culture and education, but the lord did not allow it, and he did not dare to speak out because he had no position or position. ”

Shi Le said that how can he have the energy to engage in culture and education now? Zhang Bin said with a smile: "I gave Pei Lang three cars of books before, and he arched like a treasure." When he arrived in Yangxia and entered Mengcheng, he also asked Jian Zhifan many times to collect books in the city for him. People are afraid of no desire, if they have desire, then Ming Gong can satisfy it, and will be loyal to Ming Gong. Why is it inconvenient to order him to collect and manage books, and if he dismisses his post, he will not conflict with Cheng Ziyuan, Gou Daojiang and others, and can serve the Lord wholeheartedly - wouldn't it be both? ”

Shi Le nodded, and said that this is a good idea, so let's do it—"However, Mr. Zhang must also comfort Pei Lang, so that he can speak to me as clearly as he can, and there is no need to convey it through Mr. Zhang." When I returned from my expedition to Luoyang, I talked with Pei Lang heartily, but unfortunately I have been handsome, and I haven't been able to get it......"

When Jian Dao conveyed Shi Le's assignment to Pei Gai, Pei Gai's face sank like water, and he nodded slightly, but in fact, he was laughing in his heart: "You are finally falling into my favor!" ”