Chapter 135: Zhu Xupo
Beihai State, Lu County, Confucius House. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
There is a banquet in the Confucian Mansion today, most of the people who attend the meeting are the famous and beautiful people of the Beihai Kingdom, as Confucius, the owner of the mansion Kong Rong is almost a king-like existence in Lu County, even if it is the king of the Beihai Kingdom, King Kang has to give him three points, this is the status of Confucius's descendants.
Kong Rong likes to make friends with celebrities the most, and there are self-proclaimed people in the house who eat and drink all year round, but Kong Rong takes pleasure in this, claiming to have 3,000 guests under the door, and the wine in the cup is not empty. Even in history, Liu Bei exclaimed, "Does Kong Wenju know Liu Bei?"
Everyone gathered here, in addition to chanting poems and writings, talking about the past and the present, mainly talking about national affairs, and the biggest national event today is the word "yellow scarf".
Just when everyone was enjoying themselves, a servant suddenly came to Kong Rong's side and whispered softly: "Master, there is a person who calls himself Pingyuan Huaxin who is asking to see him outside the mansion. ā
"Oh?" Kong Rong was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "It turned out to be the Plains Huazi Fish, please!" ā
After a while, Hua Xin came to the banquet hall under the guidance of the servant, when he came in, all eyes were on him, Hua Xin raised his head slightly, and sure enough, he saw a lot of familiar faces in the crowd, but there was one person, after seeing Hua Xin, he immediately turned his face away.
"Hua Xin visited Mr. Kong, took the liberty to visit, and disturbed a lot!"
"Ziyu came at the right time." Kong Rong smiled and said: "Ziyu, please sit down, we are discussing the matter of the yellow scarf, Ziyu is talented, you might as well come and talk freely." ā
"Don't dare, don't dare!" Hua Xin's seat was added later, so at the end, after sitting down, he carefully looked at this group of people, and at a glance, he really saw a lot of acquaintances, such as Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Wang Xuan, although the rest of the people were not very familiar, he could also guess one or two, especially the person who was dressed as a powerful warrior, thinking that it was Wu Anguo.
After Hua Xin sat down, Kong Rong continued the previous words and said: "Everyone, now Dong Zhongying is confronting Zhang Jiao in Guangzong, and he has been unable to make contributions for a long time, and Huangfu Yizhen has been trapped in Yingchuan by Bocai, and the three-way thief army appointed by the imperial court, only Beizhonglang will make a slight achievement, the first battle of the ancient county, Su Po's capture array beheaded the Yellow Turban Canal Shuai Cheng Yuanzhi Deng Mao, the first battle of Zhuoxian, and destroyed Pei Yuanshao's 100,000 army, and now he is rushing to Qingzhou, I believe that as long as this person arrives, the siege of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou will be solved. ā
"What Brother Wen Ju said is very true, although Su Poyu is less than the year of his establishment, but for several years, he has fought Xianbei and broken through the royal court in one battle, which can be described as a great achievement, which makes me feel envious, only he comes, this Guan Hai who crisscrosses Qingzhou must be just the fat on his mouth." As soon as Kong Rong's voice fell, someone immediately chimed in.
However, not everyone is convinced by this Su Poyu, who has never met before, but Wu Anguo is one of them: "Everyone, you don't have to respect this person too much, even if Su Poyu is powerful, but his soldiers are only tens of thousands, and Guan Hai's male soldiers are million, if it weren't for the lack of time to look east, our Beihai Kingdom would have been miserable a long time ago, if you want to destroy Guan Hai, you have to send a large army to come, otherwise, a Su Poyu is not necessarily Guan Hai's opponent." ā
"This ......" Wu Anguo's words are also very marketable, after all, when anyone hears about a million male soldiers, they can't help but fight a cold war, especially those timid literati, who are almost scared out of.
"Then we can't help it? Could it be that I can only let this Guan Hai treat my Qingzhou officials and soldiers as nothing? ā
"With a million soldiers on the side, who can win?"
"I've had a lot of trouble in Qingzhou since then!"
The original passionate and magnificent situation instantly became lifeless, and some people even wondered if they should go north to avoid chaos, Beihai and Liaodong are just a sea, although Liaodong is bitterly cold, but I haven't heard of any yellow turbans as a disaster, and I can't look down on the yellow scarves here, so I keep a place peaceful.
"Not necessarily!" Suddenly, another person spoke wildly, and everyone looked back, but it was Sun Wei, only to hear him say: "Everyone, you don't have to worry so much, the yellow turban is like a swarm of ants, the court is like a giant bear, although the swarm of ants is terrifying, but the giant bear may not be afraid for a while, at best, it is just a mustard disease, and the yellow turban will definitely be exterminated in the end." ā
"Moreover, the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou is raging, not because the officials and soldiers are inactive, but because the court fails to recognize people, if the imperial court appoints a sage as the minister of Beihai, it only needs to gather the people, gather troops to talk about martial arts, issue a letter, contact the counties, set up cities, establish schools, show Confucianism, recommend virtuous people, and then get strong reinforcements, over time, the Yellow Turban will be destroyed, and the district Guanhai is just a person who sells his head."
As soon as these words came out, Hua Xin's eyes were instantly attracted, and after listening to everyone's discussions, he knew that this person's name was Sun Wei, and he was also a famous man in Beihai, so he kept an eye on it.
After Sun Wei finished speaking, a clever man suddenly patted his ass and said: "What Brother Sun said is very true, if Kong Beihai is the prime minister, the yellow scarf is not enough." ā
"What Brother Tai said is extremely true!"
"Yes, too! Yes also! ā
This touting, even Kong Rong himself couldn't stand it, so he had to open his mouth to stop it: "Everyone, you are really overrated, Kong is just an idler who returned home with illness, how dare he expect the post of state minister, we don't talk about state affairs, drink, drink." ā
was answered by Kong Rong, and everyone was embarrassed to praise it again, so they all picked up their wine glasses, pushed the glasses and changed them, and they were happy for a while.
Suddenly, Kong Rong's gaze fell on Hua Xin, and he said loudly: "Ziyu, you are at the meeting today, why don't you also speak freely?" ā
Since he was given the opportunity to speak, of course Hua Xin would not let it go, arched his hand from afar, and said: "You may not know that Su Poyu has now relieved the siege of Guangxian, Guan Hai has been defeated, the army has suffered heavy losses, and it is unbearable to attack, coupled with the lack of food and grass, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, they will have no will to fight, and they will not be able to compete with Su Poyu at all. ā
"What?"
"The North Sea is in danger!"
"Damn the yellow scarf, damn Guan Hai!"
"I'll wait, this ......"
As soon as Hua Xin's words came out, the people on the field immediately became confused, and they didn't choose what to say, a picture of the end of the world, even Kong Rong at the top was a little surprised, and asked, "Is what Ziyu said true?" ā
"It's true!" Seeing everyone's gaze, Hua Xin said in his heart, I can't make you afraid, but I didn't expect the right time, "If Kong Beihai doesn't believe it, just send someone to the government to investigate, presumably the government also received this news at this time." ā
It seemed that someone was helping Hua Xin in the dark, and without waiting for everyone to ask, a housekeeper hurriedly ran in.
Kong Rong asked with some displeasure, "What's the matter?" ā
The butler was frightened by his tone, and replied tremblingly: "Master, the messenger from King Kang's Mansion has come to report that Guan Hai has led a large army from Linqu and has broken through Zhuxu County, and King Kang asked the master to go quickly to discuss the military situation." ā
"What? So fast? Kong Rong asked unconfidently: "The city wall of Zhuxu County is tall, and there are thousands of defenders in the county, how can it be so vulnerable?" ā
"It was Zhang Rao, Zhang Rao and Guan Haili should cooperate with the outside world and open the city gate by fraud, so they let Guan Hai's Yellow Turban ant thieves drive straight in." The butler hurriedly told all that he knew in one breath.
"Hmph, damn Zhang Rao!" Hearing that this was the result, although Kong Rong was angry, he also calmed down, Guan Hai has now broken through Zhuxu County, received food and grass ordnance replenishment, and his strength has increased again, but I heard Hua Xin say that the Yellow Turban suffered heavy losses before, and he will not take the initiative to attack before he recovers, so there is still time to prepare.
Thinking of this, Kong Rong said to everyone: "Everyone, King Kang summoned Kong to discuss the military situation, and he had to go first, and he was unaccompanied, unaccompanied!" ā
After confessing to everyone, Kong Rong was about to go out, but before going out, he suddenly remembered Hua Xin, and he had an idea, and invited: "Ziyu, you know a lot about the news of the Yellow Turban, why don't you go to the palace with me, and then King Kang asks, so there is a way to deal with it." ā
"I don't dare to ask for ears!"
Hua Xin followed Kong Rong to King Kang's mansion to discuss the military situation, saying that it was to discuss the military situation, but in fact, it was just to use Kong Rong's prestige to call on the family to contribute people and defend the city together.
The Kong family is the largest family in Beihai, and Kong Rong promised King Kang that he would give 10,000 tenants and 5,000 stone of grain to help the officials and soldiers defend the city.
After getting such a great benefit, King Kang immediately promised that after the Yellow Turban was destroyed, he would definitely recommend it to the imperial court and ask him for credit. Kong Rong thanked himself.
After leaving, Kong Rong invited Hua Xin to live in the Confucian Mansion, Hua Xin did not refuse, and only brought Zhu Gongdao to live in the Confucian Mansion, and the rest of the Tiger Guards found an inn in the city to live temporarily.
The guests who went to the banquet today have not left yet, some of them live in the Confucian Mansion, and the other part is not living here, but they are also itching to wait here for news from Kong Rong, after all, the invasion of the Yellow Turban is related to their respective net worth, so they have to be cautious, and it doesn't matter if they wait for a while.
After returning to the mansion, Kong Rong informed everyone of the situation of the yellow scarf, and also conveyed King Kang's instructions, that is, those who have money will hold a money field, and those who have no money will have to cut some meat anyway.
At this time, those people from the family who were originally waiting here regretted not falling one by one, they knew that this was the case, it was better to leave earlier, since they stayed, it was Kong Rong who opened his mouth, of course they couldn't refuse, otherwise they wouldn't want to go down in Beihai in the future.
If it was just King Kang's order, they would still be able to disobey and deal with things, but when these words came out of Kong Rong's mouth, it was naturally different, which is why King Kang did not directly let these families contribute, but turned to Kong Rong to come forward.
Taking advantage of the rare opportunity, Hua Xin visited Sun Wei and Wang Yu that night, and then after meeting Bing Yuan, he finally made up his mind, and the two came to Guan Ning's residence together.