"Bonghyo, what's going on with your face?" Liu Xie saw Guo Jia's somewhat bruised face, and couldn't help but ask with concern.

“…… Yesterday, I had a martial arts session with my wife at home. Guo Jia replied sullenly.

"Oh, how's it going?"

“…… The first time I didn't win, the second time she didn't lose, and the third time, I wanted to beg for mercy. Guo Jia lowered his head and replied.

Liu Xie understood that this was for Xun Xiaomei to clean up three times. But why? I wasn't caught by Xun Xiaomei yesterday. With curiosity, Liu Xie asked his doubts, and Guo Jia replied depressedly after hearing this: "I'm unlucky to have a cheating child." ”

"Guo Yi? What happened to the kid? It's cute. ”

"Cute fart! If he hadn't leaked the news, would I have been beaten? Guo Jia said angrily.

"Oh, let's not talk about your housework, there's something you need to do right now."

"Holy Lord, look at my dignity now, don't look for me if you show up." Hearing this, Guo Jia pointed to the bruise on his face and said to Liu Xie.

"Uh...... But at the moment, the competent people in the court have something to do, and you are an idler. Liu Xie frowned slightly when he heard this, and said with some embarrassment.

“…… What's going on? Seeing this, Guo Jia asked curiously.

"It's not a big deal, it's just to be in charge of the negotiations with Jiangdong, Jingnan or Hebei. After all, Zhuge Liang is not an easy character to deal with, so he has to arrange someone who can not lose to him in intelligence, so as not to be led by him by the nose during negotiations. ”

"So the Holy One found me?"

"Well, Fengxiao, your intelligence should be on par with Zhuge Liang, at least that's what I think."

“…… Thank you for your attention, but Guo Jia is not in good health now......"

"Come on, your body has already been recuperated by Hua Tuo and other famous doctors, you really don't know it. Serious matters matter, and the personal feelings of children are put aside for the time being. ”

"Then my private matter ......"

"Don't expect me to give you bad ideas, and be filial, I think I should remind you that before you think about how to marry Sister Cai, the first thing you should consider is to figure out Sister Cai's intentions, if Sister Cai has no intention of you, then you are not shaving your head and burden. What's more, in terms of the living environment in your home, you have to think about how to settle your family's opening, so as not to turn a happy event into a funeral event. ”

Liu Xie's crow's mouth made Guo Jia's heart half cold, not to mention how to persuade Xun Xiaomei to agree to marry Cai Yan, just talking about Cai Yan's intentions, which was ignored by Guo Jia before. Although she has met with Cai Yan in Chang'an in recent years, after thinking about it carefully, Guo Jia found that Cai Yan really didn't mean to treat herself with children's personal feelings, and in her eyes, it seemed that she was just a little junior brother who came to Chang'an alone to study.

"Fengxiao, don't be stunned, the matter of negotiating with the envoys of the princes will be handed over to you, don't let me down." Liu Xie patted Guo Jia's shoulder and said solemnly.

……

After leaving the palace, Guo Jia did not go home immediately, nor did he rush to the post official to meet the envoys of the three princes who had come to Chang'an. As if a ghost had made a mistake, Guo Jia walked to the door of Cai Yong's mansion. was hesitating to enter the mansion to visit, and accidentally saw a carriage parked near the Cai mansion.

After asking people, they found out that it was the carriage that Gu Yong, the envoy of Jiangdong, was riding, that is to say, Gu Yong was in Caifu at this time.

"Go and say that Guo Jia is coming to visit." Guo Jia commanded, and his entourage stepped forward to hand over the post.

Guo Jia usually comes to Caifu and never needs to let people know, just like going back to his own home, just step in. But there are guests in Cai's mansion today, and Guo Jia can't behave as casually as usual. Strictly speaking, Guo Jia and Gu Yong were from the same family, and the relationship between the two was not bad back then, but time has changed, and the two who had a good relationship back then have become strangers at this time, intriguing for each other's interests.

In the flower hall of Cai's mansion, Guo Jia met Gu Yong, and after greeting each other, they tacitly did not mention anything related to official affairs, but listened to Cai Yong's interesting stories about archaeology over the years.

Speaking from the heart, Guo Jia and Gu Yong are not very interested in Cai Yong's current obsession with archaeology. But Cai Mansion is Cai Yong's house, and Gu Yong and Guo Jia came to visit, and naturally Cai Yong could only entertain the two of them.

Gu Yong and Guo Jia came to Cai's Mansion for a purpose, Gu Yong wanted to ask Cai Yong to come forward to introduce the dignitaries of Chang'an, and Guo Jia wanted to find Cai Yan to clarify the other party's intentions. It's just that Gu Yong is not good to ask Cai Yong for help because Guo Jia is present, and Guo Jia doesn't dare to say to Cai Yong that he is not here to find you, but to find your daughter. If he dares to say this, there is a chance that Guo Jia will be beaten out by Cai Yong.

Obviously not interested in archaeological things, but I just want to pretend to be very interested, which makes Gu Yong and Guo Jia bitter, and finally waited for Cai Yong to speak dryly, Gu Yong hurriedly offered to leave, Guo Jia was not good to speak, Gu Yong planned to come back another day, and Guo Jia also took the opportunity to make this trip to Cai Yong, today is not the right time, rushed to Cai Yong's house, and the matter of clarifying Cai Yan's mind can only wait for the future to find an opportunity.

Cai Yong didn't know that the two disciples in front of him came today with ghosts in mind, and when they saw the two of them saying goodbye, they enthusiastically retained, but Gu Yong and Guo Jia both used the excuse that they were busy with business, so they came back another day to listen to Master Cai's teachings.

"Fengxiao, what does the Holy God arrange for you?" Cai Yong asked Guo Jiadao curiously.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that the disciple is in charge of the negotiation with the princes of the Three Roads this time. Brother Gu, you and I will be closer and closer in the future. ”

"Oh, Feng Xiao is polite, it should be the foolish brother who asks Feng Xiao's subordinates to show mercy." Gu Yong hurriedly replied when he heard this.

After sending Gu Yong and Guo Jia out, Cai Yong went back to continue sorting out the harvest of this archaeological trip, and Gu Yong secretly complained in his heart after getting into his carriage and saying goodbye to Guo Jia. Gu Yong was deeply impressed by Guo Jia's ability, and he was honest and honest back then. Now that he has become his negotiating partner, I am afraid that this negotiation will be a little difficult to handle.

Returning to the post house, Gu Yong habitually asked the entourage left behind, "What is the important thing today?" ”

"Back to the master, there is no big event, that is, someone came to invite him to meet in the afternoon, but the master did not return, and his subordinates refused on behalf of the master." The entourage who replied was a cronie brought by Gu Yong from home, and he called Gu Yong differently from others. After hearing this, Gu Yong didn't blame the entourage for making his own opinion, and asked casually: "Oh, who came to invite?" ”

"Jingnan Envoy Zhuge Liang."

"......" Gu Yong looked up at the sky after hearing this, and found that it was not too late, so he instructed his entourage: "You go and ask Zhuge Liang to come and talk about it with my name...... Forget it, I'll go myself, and you go with me. ”

Gu Yong is master, of course what he said, the entourage agreed, waited for Gu Yong to change his clothes, and then went out with Gu Yong. Anyway, it's not far away, they are all envoys, and they all live in the post house, Gu Yong is arranged in the east courtyard, and Zhuge Liang is arranged in the west courtyard, and between the two live the three people from Hebei, Guo Tu, and Xinbi.

As long as Gu Yong and these envoys did not go out without saying hello, the post officer in charge of the post house would not restrict the freedom of Gu Yong and the others. And right now, Gu Yong is just going to visit the door, and no one will come out to stop him. When Gu Yong and his entourage came to the west courtyard where Zhuge Liang was, Zhuge Liang, who had been notified in advance, was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard.

However, what Gu Yong didn't expect was that Zhuge Liang not only invited himself, but also invited the judge and Xin Bi. Now it's okay, the three princes who want to negotiate with the imperial court this time are gathered.

As the initiator, Zhuge Liang spoke first, explaining the purpose of inviting everyone to come here for a gathering. Although the judge was quite dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's statement that the three families were allies, now is not the time to fall out, and he can only hide this idea in his heart. After all, if Jiangdong and Jingnan hadn't negotiated peace with the imperial court one after another, they might not have come here at this time.

Zhuge Liang's purpose is very simple, that is, he hopes that the three families will unify their voices before they start formal negotiations with the imperial court, so as not to ask the imperial court to break them later. It's just that this proposal is easy to say, but it is a bit difficult to implement. Whether it is Gu Yong, Ju Pei, or Zhuge Liang, what is represented behind him is his own interests. It is their duty to seek the greatest benefit for their own family, and such a thing as sacrificing oneself for others will not be placed anywhere at this time.

In order to reach an agreement, concessions are necessary. To put it bluntly, negotiation means that the two sides of the negotiation compromise with each other to achieve a balance. To say that it is for peace is purely bluffing, and the most important thing is the comparison of the strength of the two sides. The reason for the negotiation is nothing more than a compromise method that has to be adopted because the opponent cannot be completely resolved by its own strength. All that can be gained through negotiations is the period of time when the conflict is postponed.

Liu Xie would not let Yuan Xi, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei occupy the local area for a long time, and Yuan Xi, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei would not be naïve to think that they could coexist peacefully with the imperial court through negotiations.

Negotiations are only about stalling for time. Hebei Yuan Xi needs to readjust his deployment, Sun Quan needs to stabilize his current position, and Liu Bei needs time to arrange his retreat.

The war between the princes of the Four Roads and the imperial court was temporarily suspended with the defeat of Cao Cao's forces, and Yuan Xi, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei recognized the gap between themselves and the imperial court with the help of this war, knowing that if they continued to wage war with the imperial court, they would eventually lose, and they needed time for this. At this time, in order to deal with the locust plague that broke out in Liangzhou, the imperial court had no intention of "fighting on two fronts". Although even if he really continued to fight, the imperial court was not afraid, but Liu Xie did not want to take risks. In the past, taking risks was due to their own lack of strength, and they couldn't get huge benefits if they didn't take risks, but now there is no need to take big risks, just follow the steps, and sooner or later the world of this big man will be unified.

Zhuge Liang and others are also very aware of their current situation, and fighting with the imperial court is asking for hardship. Even if they join forces, they can't consume Liu Xie, as soon as they think of this, Zhuge Liang and others invariably complain about Dong Zhuo, why did they have to abolish Chang Liyu in the first place? If Liu Xie had not been appointed as the Son of Heaven, but had continued to make the cowardly Liu Bian the emperor, maybe today's Han Dynasty would be a different scene.

However, if it is always just if, time will not be reversed, and after complaining, Zhuge Liang and others still need to discuss how to deal with the current predicament.

The Han Dynasty was aggressive, and although the war was temporarily suspended for disaster relief at this time, who dared to assert that the Han army would not launch a unified war again in the future.

Peaceful coexistence is impossible, and the only thing that Zhuge Liang and others can work on is to postpone this time for reunification as much as possible and strive for more time to prepare.

Zhuge Liang once thought of replacing defense with offense, and he did the same in Romance, but the current Zhuge Liang could not make such a major decision on behalf of Liu Bei, and it was impossible for Gu Yong and Juan to accompany Zhuge Liang to do such a crazy thing. So Zhuge Liang's proposal was only mentioned for a while and then put aside.

Seeing that his proposal was not accepted by others, Zhuge Liang wanted to hear Gu Yong's opinion on the match. One person is short, three people are long, since the other party does not approve of their own methods, then listen to what they think.

Not to mention, Gu Yong and Juan are not fuel-efficient lamps, and after rejecting Zhuge Liang's proposal, they all came up with their own opinions. The trial proposal secretly incited people who were dissatisfied with the imperial court in the Han Dynasty, so that the imperial court could take care of itself. And Gu Yong even proposed to send someone to secretly assassinate several important ministers in the court, so as to make the people of the court panic.

But Zhuge Liang listened to it and found that Gu Yong and the trial did not get to the point, whether it was inciting forces dissatisfied with the court or assassinating important ministers in the court, the most critical core figure of the Han Dynasty, when today's son Liu Xie, Gu Yong and the trial were not mentioned.

If you want to say that the best way to plunge Dahan into chaos is to let Liu Xie, the son of today, have an accident. In that way, the imperial court will have no leader, so naturally there will be no time to take care of others and go to Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Yuan Xi for trouble.

Zhuge Liang didn't understand it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood the reason. Liu Xie is not like the high-ranking sons of heaven in the past, he is more down-to-earth. Although he lacks a little bit of the dignity of an emperor and makes people look like a human king, it also makes him have more "dead soldiers" who are willing to die for him.

Since he knew that the success rate of assassinating Liu Xie was almost negligible, there was naturally no need to mention it. The unwilling Zhuge Liang continued to think about it, Gu Yong and the proposal of the trial were left for backup, and Zhuge Liang still hoped to come up with an idea that Liu Xie had to deal with carefully.

And Zhuge Liang would not have thought that the objects that really need Liu Xie to deal with carefully at this time are no longer the princes who are still on the other side at this time, but those big families all over the Han Dynasty. The imperial examination of the imperial court was beneficial to the Han Dynasty, but for the families who have always tried to monopolize the distribution of power to the upper echelons, it is a life-threatening talisman.

The reason why vested interests such as Xun Yu's Xun family and Zhong Xuan's Zhong family did not resist the imperial examination was not because they understood the righteousness, but because they had already obtained what they wanted at this time, and they also understood Liu Xie's determination to carry out the imperial examination. This prompted them to stand on Liu Xie's side, so as not to become the target of Liu Xie's first attack.

There are so many official positions in the court, one radish and one pit, and if someone occupies someone else, there is no place. There are people in the court who are easy to do, and with this simple motive, the family naturally hopes to be able to act as an official on behalf of the world. Why is the Jiupin Zhongzheng system so respected by the family? The key is that this system is in line with the interests of the Maison. Regardless of ability, just look at your background, as long as you are from a family of eunuchs, even if you are an idiot, you can be superior. But if you are born in the ninth rate, it will be over, even if you are a genius, it is the life of being a human dog and a horse for the rest of your life.

Of course, Liu Xie will not adopt the system of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which does not do more harm than good, he comes from later generations, and knows better than anyone the bad influence of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system. Although the imperial examination system also has advantages and disadvantages, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and the most important thing is that through the imperial examination system, the monopoly of the family on talents can be broken, and the court can continue to provide fresh blood for the court, and it can also avoid the court being controlled by the family, so that the emperor becomes a puppet in the hands of others.

Zhuge Liang and others did not know what kind of impact the imperial examination implemented by the Han Dynasty would have on future generations, but they just felt that with this imperial examination, the imperial court could get more talents more conveniently, and the situation of their families became more and more difficult.

The meeting initiated by Zhuge Liang did not last long, and it did not come out of much useful talk. No one wants to be a crane clam in the competition between cranes and mussels, but they all want to be the fishermen who make profits, but no one is a fool, and who is willing to make wedding dresses for others. In order to let the allies live a few days of peace, they will go to pull the hatred of the court themselves. No one is stupid, and naturally no one will do stupid things.

However, in addition to this matter, the three parties did not reach a consensus, but the other parties reached a consensus, and decided that in the next negotiations with the imperial court, the three parties moved in step and advanced and retreated together.

After sending Gu Yong away and the trial, Zhuge Liang returned to the room alone to digest the information shared from Gu Yong and the trial today, and the biggest gain was to determine the representative sent by the imperial court to negotiate this time. For Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang has admired him for a long time, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity to see him. For the meeting with Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang is quite looking forward to it.

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The words are divided into two ends

Gu Yong returned to the east courtyard where he temporarily lived, and just sat down to drink some tea and read a book, when he saw his entourage hurriedly walking in, and whispered in Gu Yong's ear: "Master, the Metropolitan Governor is here." ”

"Huh?" Gu Yong was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, and there was only one governor in Jiangdong who followed the mouth, and that was Zhou Yu, who had already announced to the public that he was a traitor to Jiangdong. It's just that Zhou Yu's identity as the governor of the navy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Jiangdong, and the entourage forgot to change his words for a while.

"What is he doing here? Go and tell him no. Gu Yong thought for a moment and ordered his entourage.

After a while, the entourage went and returned, handed Gu Yong a thing, and said softly: "Master, the majority of the governors are gone, let the little one hand over this thing to the master before leaving." Hearing this, Gu Yong picked up the jade pendant offered by his entourage's hands, looked at it carefully, and his face couldn't help but change slightly.