Pengcheng began to be lively, and the Taishou and generals who came from various counties, either in carriages or on horses, rushed to Xuzhou one after another these days, because the Son of Heaven wanted to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Yuan Shu of Huainan, Cao Cao and Lu Bu of Yanzhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou in the south, Liu Zhang of Shu farther away, and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou all symbolically sent over.

Since the reappointment of all the officials in Xuzhou last year, it has been another year in the blink of an eye, and the Taishou and generals of various counties have rushed to Pengcheng to continue their posts, and they are somewhat apprehensive in their hearts, not knowing if there will be any new tricks in that unserious assassin history this time.

The palace changed from the original Thorn History Mansion to the imperial palace, this day was overcrowded, Zhang Min still sat in the front hall, all the civil and military forces in Xuzhou gathered together, and the Son of Heaven was invited to the main seat to observe.

"People are here, I don't have anything to say, everyone has done very well this year, I haven't heard of where the people are dissatisfied, and I haven't heard of robbers running rampant, now the Son of Heaven will say two words to everyone, everyone is welcome!"

"Xiaguan (the last general) and others will see Your Majesty!" There was a jagged voice, everyone was surprised, but they didn't expect that Zhang Min, as the lord, would pull the little emperor out to listen.

Even Emperor Liu Xie was a little surprised, seeing everyone's various courtesies, he couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, but he couldn't say anything, this place is far from the real court, and who are the people in the audience? If it is placed in the court, it is a petty official who has no place to stand, and he is not used to it!

"Get up, prepare more next time, just get used to it!" Zhang Min watched the excitement from the side, and he didn't know if he intended to do so, "Everyone has seen the Son of Heaven, work report or something, wait until you go on, it will be like this in the future, Taishou County Order to find Zhen Taishou, military generals and captains to find Luo Junshi, saying that they have the final say on whether they are incompetent or not!" ”

Zhang Min pointed to Mi Zhen and Zhen Luo, who were dragged to the hall and sat down, and everyone found that there were still two flowers tied in the pile, both of them were wearing formal official uniforms, and they suddenly looked no different from ordinary officials.

After the strange silence, Chen Qun stood up, and wanted to say something like not wanting to be an official in the same hall with a woman, but when he thought about the outstanding political achievements of these two women this year, one took care of the millions of people in Xuzhou in an orderly manner, and the other led the army outside, so that Cao Cao and others did not dare to act rashly, it can be said that both of them are very credited. I didn't want to find a reason to scold, so I glanced at Mi Zhen and Zhen Luo, couldn't find a thorn to pick, and retreated.

Helplessly, it can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence to the two women who are in the same column as everyone. Everyone was silent when they saw the upright Chen Zhi, and they also kept silent with interest, and they didn't say anything when they didn't see the Son of Heaven!

Zhang Min was waiting to be scolded for a while, but after waiting for a while, no one stood up against anything, and couldn't help laughing, "Since everyone has nothing to say, they all disperse, go down and stay in Pengcheng to play for two more days, and then go back after the sacrifice." ”

Everyone looked at each other, originally thought that they would stand for a long time without talking, but they didn't expect that the work of two sentences would be over, and they were somewhat overwhelmed when they stood in place.

Seeing that everyone was leaving, Liu Xie kept his majestic face, and finally changed color, "Zhang Mengxuan, why didn't you tell me in advance, did you deliberately want me to be ugly?" ”

"Tsk, aren't you very capable? When it comes to women, why can't you even say anything when you sit in front of a few big men? ”

"You're a man who is afraid of guilt!" Liu Xie wanted to find some reasons to explain his gaffe, such as that this place is nondescript, and the officials below are not indiscriminate, but when he thought that he didn't look like a son of heaven now, he held back and directly used the killer idea. …,

"I won't fight with you, there will be a small party later, you are ready, we will go over immediately." Zhang Min chose to compromise and accept it when he saw it.

Liu Xie looked at him with some suspicion, "What are you going to do this time?" ”

"The people we want to see later are all my people and yours, and we will have to rely on them to clean up the world in the future." Zhang Min smiled, "Later, I will talk to them about the trends of our Xuzhou in the next few years, if you have any ideas, say them directly, but I can say it first, if you have some bad ideas, don't say it!" ”

Liu Xie was about to fight back, when he saw a Danyang soldier escort coming, he hurriedly straightened his posture.

"Your Highness, General, they're all here."

Zhang Min smiled and pulled Liu Xie, "Let's go, let's go!" ”

I turned a corner and walked a little way to the side hall.

"See Your Majesty!" Everyone saluted, "Meet the lord!" ”

Zhang Min asked Liu Xie to sit in the main seat, and he sat next to him.

"There are still a few people!" Zhang Min sighed, "You all sit down!" ”

Mi Zhen, Zhen Luo, Guan Hai, Tai Shici, and Chen Qun were a total of five people, sitting down in two columns, Mi Zhen and Zhen Luo on one side, the other three on the other, and three hundred Danyang soldiers guarded outside the side hall to prevent people from approaching.

"Zhen Taishou, let's talk about our situation in Xuzhou first." Zhang Min spoke first.

"300,000 households, more than 1.2 million people, thousands of hectares of fertile land, and sufficient grain and grass." Mi Zhen replied very succinctly.

Zhang Min looked at Zhen Luo again, "Master Luo, you can also talk about it." ”

"We have a total of 120,000 soldiers in Xuzhou, including 70,000 in Pengcheng, 20,000 in Langxi, 10,000 in Guangling, 15,000 in Donghai, and 5,000 in Xiapi. Zhen Luozhan got up and replied.

Zhang Min glanced at Liu Xie, and saw that he was sitting precariously, and he probably didn't have anything to say, so he said: "The basic situation is like this, now everyone is talking about where we will develop in the next two years." ”

"We are surrounded by Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou, among which Yanzhou Cao Cao is a mortal enemy, and is fighting with Wenhou Lu Bu; Qingzhou temporarily belongs to Yuan Shao, the people's livelihood is withering, and it is useless; Yuzhou was occupied by Cao Cao Yingchuan and Runan, and Yuan Shu in present-day Huainan also intended to get a piece of the pie, but Liu Biao of Jingzhou was looking at the side, and I was afraid that he was powerless. ”

"Lord, I think it's still the army that goes straight to Yanzhou and the Wei general Lu Bu flanks Cao Cao before and after, and then take Yanzhou first." Zhen Luo has a soft spot for taking Yanzhou, and when he saw Zhang Min signaling to continue, he added: "After taking Yanzhou, wave the army to the west, annihilate Guo Yan, take Sili, rebuild the capital Chang'an or Luoyang, and then pass through Yuzhou, connect Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Sizhou, and Yuzhou, and half of the world in your hands!" ”

Liu Xie was a little moved when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Min.

"How many people does Cao Cao have now?" Zhang Min didn't show his attitude, and turned his head to ask Mi Zhen.

"According to the details, after Cao Cao successively took Chenliu, Runan, Yingchuan and other places, he collected more than 50,000 local soldiers and horses, plus the only remaining 60,000 in Yanzhou, and now it is on par with us."

"What about Wen Hou, how many people does he have now?"

"Judging from the last time he sent people to ask for food and grass, I am afraid that there are less than 30,000 people."

"30,000 people, then if we send troops to Yanzhou, how many people can we bring?"

"Sixty thousand at most."

Zhang Min turned his head to look at Zhen Luo, "Cao Cao has more soldiers than us, and the strategists and generals such as Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, etc., are much more powerful than the two or three kittens we have here." If there is no conspiracy, it will be difficult to defeat him! ”

"Now that Marquis Wen is weak, the last time Zhang Wenyuan came to show his intention to form an alliance, if the two armies meet, there may not be no hope of defeating Cao Cao!" Zhen Luo didn't understand why Zhang Min was so scruples about Cao Cao when he repelled Cao Cao twice. …,

"Even if Cao Cao is defeated, I'm afraid it will be a lose-lose, it is estimated that if we don't come back to our senses, Yuan Shao of Jizhou will definitely pull 400,000 soldiers and horses to rush over, and what will he do to stop him when the time comes?" Zhang Min said with a smile: "That's why I finally asked Your Majesty to canonize Cao Apu as the general of the chariot cavalry, now Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are two brothers who are powerful, one south and one north, and most of the world is in their hands, if I still take the initiative to fight with Cao Cao, wouldn't it be self-defeating!" ”

"What the lord said is very true." Chen Qunjin said: "Since Yanzhou can't go, does the lord mean to go to Qingzhou or Yangzhou?" "Qingzhou is Yuan Shao's established territory, and if you move, you will get into trouble, so we have to take advantage of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's recovery before they come to their senses

Wait, take down Huainan's Yuan Shu! ”

"Lord, Yuan Shu's army of 200,000 and sufficient food and grass is more powerful than Cao Cao, and the Yuan family is more famous as the fourth and third dukes, if there is no explanation, it will be difficult to win if you venture to be an enemy of him." Chen Qun questioned.

"This will have to fall on Your Majesty!" Zhang Min looked at Liu Xie.

"What does Champion Hou want me to do?" Liu Xie was also a little curious, could it be that he directly issued an edict announcing that Yuan Shu was a traitor?

"Your Majesty, do you know where the jade seal is?"

Liu Xie, Mi Zhen, Chen Qun and others are all cheering up, Yuxi is the representative of the true dragon emperor, if he can know the whereabouts and send someone to snatch it back, Liu Xie, the emperor, will be seated, and more people will obey the order issued from Xuzhou.

"I only know that when the Dong thief burned Luoyang, the jade seal was lost, and I don't know where to go from then on, could it be that the champion Hou You know?"

Zhang Min nodded and was about to speak.

"Could it be in your hands?" Zhen Luo suddenly stared at him.

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at Zhang Min.

"Where do you want to go!" Zhang Min glared at her, "If I had a jade seal, I would have been the emperor myself a long time ago, why did I take this son of heaven over!" ”

Zhang Min glanced at Liu Xie by the way, a little demonstrative, and as if he was joking, Mi Zhen and the others all bowed their heads and kept silent, pretending not to see it.

"Could it be that the jade seal is in Yuan Shu's hands?" Liu Xie didn't care, he was used to Zhang Min's style these days, and he didn't squeeze into his seat to sit down, shouting something to remember, although it was a little disrespectful, but it made Liu Xie's heart settle down a lot.

"It's not in his hands." Zhang Min still shook his head.