Han Sui fled, but Han Sui's two sons failed to escape and were caught by Cao Ju's soldiers, and then, in order to win over Ma Chao's heart, Cao Ju handed over the two wretches who had been crying and begging for mercy to the Ma Chao brothers for disposal.

With the fall of Han Sui's forces, Liangzhou was officially included in Cao Ju's control, and now Cao Ju has become the lord of Yongliang and Liangzhou.

In addition to the two states of Yongliang, there is also a merger state, and the relationship with Cao Ju is a bit delicate.

The lord of the state is Ding Yuan, Ding Yuan once received Cao Ju's life-saving grace, and when the princes were begging for Dong, he basically stood still, just because of Cao Ju.

Cao Ju fled to Luoyang, and Ding Yuan was arranged by Cao Ju to lead an army of 50,000 troops from Jincheng to the south and directly to Qinshui, which made Dong Zhuo have to divide his troops to resist, which made it more convenient for Cao Ju to escape.

Cao Ju occupied Yongzhou, and became an ally with Bingzhou, which was also what Ding Yuan wanted.

When Cao Ju supported Liu Bian to ascend the throne and became the emperor again and was named a general, his ambition was clearly revealed, how could Ding Yuan not understand that Cao Ju wanted to be the second Dong Zhuo. However, Ding Yuan had already made the Kwantung princes very dissatisfied because of his delay in sending troops when he was crusading against Dong Zhuo, so if he had a stalemate with Cao Ju again, he would be too isolated.

However, if he recognized Liu Bian as the emperor, it meant that Ding Yuan surrendered to Cao Ju, with Cao Ju's ambition and skill, how could he still tolerate him to control the land of the state, and he would inevitably be ordered to return to Chang'an to take up his post and hand over the military power of the state.

This incident really made Ding Yuan in a dilemma for a long time, and he couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

In the end, after discussing with Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others, Zhang Liao gave Ding Yuan a solution, that is, to call him sick, delay it for a while, and see how the situation is.

Ding Yuan's illness is more than half a year, and Cao Ju has not been idle for half a year, he actually took down Liangzhou, and his strength has increased greatly, and it is no longer something that Ding Yuan can compete with.

So, Ding Yuan discussed with Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others again what to do, and it was at this point that the holy decree of the imperial court arrived, which was actually Cao Ju's meaning, and Ding Yuan was one of the three princes Sikong and went to Chang'an to take office.

Sikong is one of the three princes, leading Zongzheng, Dasi Nong and Shaofu Sanqing, these three secretaries have different responsibilities, Zongzheng is responsible for taking charge of the royal family and clan affairs, and Shaofu is responsible for taking charge of the taxes of the mountains and seas and ponds and the handicrafts of the government for the needs of the royal family, neither of which is a big real power.

However, Dasi Nong Ke is different, he is the official in charge of the country's finance and economy, which is equivalent to the finance minister of later generations, and his power is quite large.

Therefore, although Cao Ju meant to accept Ding Yuan's military power, he gave him a fat difference, which can be regarded as compensation.

Faced with the olive branch thrown by Cao Ju, Ding Yuan was even more hesitant, whether to accept or refuse.

Accept, Ding Yuan is no longer a prince, and he can no longer win the world, so he can only obediently become a courtier of the Western Han Dynasty and a pawn of Cao Ju.

This Western Han Dynasty is not the Western Han Dynasty in history, but because the Liu Dynasty was built in Chang'an, located in the west of Luoyang, it is called the Western Han Dynasty.

If he refuses, the next thing will definitely be to meet each other, Ding Yuan is not the slightest sure that he will be able to defeat Cao Ju, whether it is military strength, food and grass, or strategy, he is not Cao Ju's opponent.

The Holy Purpose was left in Ding Yuan's study for three days, and the angel sent by Cao Ju was also entertained with delicious food and drink for three days, but Ding Yuan still hadn't made a decision.

At this moment, Cao Ju sent someone to send an invitation to Ding Yuan, and he and Liu Mu, the princess of Yongnian, will hold a big wedding on the twenty-sixth day of the next month, an auspicious day of the zodiac, and invite Ding Yuan to Chang'an to attend his wedding.

The holy decree is public, and Cao Ju's invitation is private, but the purpose is the same, that is, he is ready to attack Ding Yuan, it depends on Ding Yuan's decision.

For this matter, Ding Yuan's two most important generals, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, have different opinions, Zhang Liao is a person who is more familiar with current affairs, and in history he chose to surrender to Cao Cao between life and death, of course, Guan Yu's recommendation, and Cao Cao's Corporal Lixian also gave Zhang Liao a step down, not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

Gao Shun is different, he is an extremely upright person, although Ding Yuan stayed in Luoyang to help Cao Ju, but because Cao Ju's performance on the issue of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing made him very dissatisfied, Gao Shun has always had a certain resistance to Cao Ju.

Therefore, Zhang Liao agreed that Ding Yuan would accept the jurisdiction of the Western Han Dynasty, while Gao Shun did not recommend Ding Yuan to accept the jurisdiction of the Western Han Dynasty on the grounds that the Western Han Dynasty was actually in the hands of Cao Ju and Cao Ju was actually Dong Zhuo's second.

Because of the disagreement between the two generals under his command, Ding Yuan was also a little hesitant, whether he should continue to hold on, or bow to Cao Ju.

Ding Yuan locked himself in the study, not letting anyone disturb him, he was ready to think about this question, whether to accept or reject Cao Ju's recruitment.

Just when Ding Yuan was thinking hard and deciding on his life's events, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were also discussing this matter, and it was Zhang Liao who invited Gao Shun to come to his mansion to drink tea.

Under normal circumstances, it is necessary to drink, but Gao Shun does not drink, and it is naturally not interesting for Zhang Liao to drink alone, so the two drank tea together.

The two drank tea for a while, and Zhang Liao asked with a smile: "Zhong Da thinks that the main guild accepts the Western Han Dynasty Zhao'an?" ”

Gao Shun didn't have the slightest smile on his face, but sighed, shook his head lightly and said: "Judging from Shun, the lord has three points of fear in his heart for that Cao Ju, and he is only afraid of ......."

Gao Shun's words were not finished, but the meaning was already obvious, Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Yes, Liao also guessed so, Liao knew that Zhongda was dissatisfied with Cao Ju because of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing. However, under the circumstances at that time, Cao Ju could not stop Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, so he could only give in temporarily. ”

"As the saying goes, if you can bend and stretch, you will be a husband, and what Cao Ju does is the best policy, if not, once you are convicted of Dong Zhuo, you will lose your life and leave you wise, but who can get rid of this Dong Zhuo?"

Gao Shun is not a pedantic person, and when he heard this, he immediately frowned and groaned, and he had to admit that Zhang Liao's words were very reasonable.

Suddenly, Gao Shun's heart moved, raised his head, and looked at Zhang Liao in surprise: "Wen Yuan, could it be that you have already taken refuge in that Cao Juye?" ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "It's not entirely true, Liao will join the lord and join the imperial power of the Western Han Dynasty, instead of abandoning the lord and voting for Cao Juye." ”

Gao Shun knew in his heart that there was no difference between voting for the imperial power of the Western Han Dynasty and voting for Cao Ju, and Zhang Liao just didn't want to keep the charge of betraying the master.

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