Chapter III Application for Qingzhou Pastoral
Xun You's matter gave Gongsun Kang a wake-up call. He realized that in the past six months, he had lived too comfortably. It's a bit like Gongsun Du, who wants to be the emperor of the soil behind closed doors and enjoy the feeling of life.
I am a traverser, I can't just be satisfied with ruling Liaodong, I want to unify the whole of China! Gongsun Kang secretly reminded himself.
He summoned the military sacrificial wine. Discuss the strategy for the next steps.
The participants included Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai, Xu Miao, Tian Chou, Cao Huachun, and Li Shanchang. Others who were not called were either generals or administrative officials. Gongsun Kang did not look for them, because today we are talking about a strategy against the Kwantung princes.
Li Shanchang is a newcomer, and Gongsun Kang introduced him to everyone. It shows that he is mainly responsible for military logistics and is everyone's big steward.
Xun You is also a newcomer, but he is friends with Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai in Yingchuan, and they can't be more familiar. Of course, Gongsun Kang also officially introduced him. It also shows that Xun You is currently serving as the county guard of Obifang County, but he also serves as a military sacrificial wine.
All of you here are like this, they all have local administrative positions, and everyone is used to having multiple positions in one person. They are accustomed to going out together when they are fighting, and after the war, they go back to the local area to take charge of administrative work. After all, there is very little time for a big battle in Liaodong and the need for a large army to go out.
Gongsun Kang first made an opening speech, he said: "Some time ago, we obtained the four counties of Qingzhou. The storyteller outside said that I rode into Qingzhou alone, surrendered the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army on horseback, and Kong Rong abdicated to let Beihai. Speaking of his great achievements, Gongsun Kang couldn't help but be a little complacent.
"It's not!" Gongsun Kang's words began to turn: "The real fact is: our Liaodong has been laying out since four years ago. When my Gongsun family had not yet been appointed by the imperial court, I sent Yangyi to Ye County, Donglai County, Qingzhou to make a county order to prepare for today. ”
The secret revealed by Gongsun Kang is not clear to even Guo Jia and Xu Miao. Everyone listened attentively to Gongsun Kang's explanation.
"The situation is very clear to everyone, the 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army that surrendered was actually ten generals and 1,000 elite soldiers sent by our Liaodong two years ago. After a hundred battles, overcoming all kinds of difficulties, it took a full two years to master the military strength. ”
Gongsun Kang looked at the military and strategists, and finally concluded: "I look back on this history of taking Qingzhou, and the main purpose is to tell you that the success of our Liaodong in Qingzhou is not accidental, nor is it easy; The key to success lies in long-term planning and layout in advance! This is the purpose of my convening today, and I hope that you can make a plan for the Kwantung princes together, so that Liaodong can be laid out a few years in advance. ”
Xun You is a newcomer, everyone gave him the opportunity to perform, and recommended him to talk about it first.
Xun You was polite and began to offer his first plan.
He said: "If the name is not right, it is not right." At present, we have in fact obtained four of the six counties of Qingzhou, in order to strengthen our rule, in order to let the people recognize us in a down-to-earth manner, we need the Han court to give us a name. I suggest that the lord apply for the official position of Qingzhou pastor. ”
Xi Zhicai raised questions in order to make Xun Yu explain in more detail. He asked, "Will the imperial court give Gongzi this title?" ”
"Yes!" Xun You was confident: "Gongsun Gongzi swept Wuheng in the north, established Obifang County in the south, and surrendered Wadao overseas. Expand the land for my Han. This is a credit that can be left in the history books, and we have to apply for the imperial court to crown the prince as the champion! In Qingzhou, Gongzi surrendered 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and wiped out the bandits of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in one fell swoop, so he is fully qualified to apply for Qingzhou Mu! ”
"I'm so great." Gongsun Kang laughed at himself. He knew that he would definitely be able to apply, but the reason for applying for it was not just what Xun You said.
The strategists of Liaodong have also become accustomed to being the emperor behind closed doors, and no one has thought of going to the imperial court to ask for a name or something. Now that Xun You has made a suggestion, and it is not difficult to implement it, he will persuade Gongsun Kang to accept it.
Gongsun Kang said: "This thing is easy to do. On the spot, he ordered Cao Huachun to let him fly the pigeon and pass the book to Uncle Xu Rong in Chang'an, and let Xu Rong make an application suggestion.
Of course, he was not a white wolf with empty gloves, he asked Li Shanchang to select some rare treasures captured from Wuheng after the meeting and give them to Emperor Han Xian, Dong Zhuo and Xu Rong. Because the gift goes slowly, it is only explained in advance in the flying pigeon book.
Dong Zhuo is not dead now, he has always thought that Gongsun Du is his own person. Now Liaodong occupies half of Qingzhou. Being able to add trouble to the Kwantung princes was something he was very happy about.
And the fact that Gongsun Kang resisted foreign invaders and expanded the territory for the Han Dynasty also gave Dong Zhuo a long face, which showed that Prime Minister Dong Cheng knew people with a good eye!
Therefore, as soon as Xu Rong proposed, he immediately agreed. And sent envoys to Liaodong to read the holy decree very formally. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.