Princes and envoys from all walks of life gathered in Songshan, in addition to meeting the Son of Heaven and participating in the ceremony of sealing Zen, there was also a more important activity - diplomacy. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Many princes are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and the transportation is inconvenient. Most of them have only heard of their names, but they have never met.

This gathering is a good opportunity to network and win over allies.

Liu Mang, who started in Qianmo, became a powerful court magnate from a rural boy. There are no princes in the world who do not know his name. However, only Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others have really seen Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's power is enough to influence the situation in the world, and all the princes want to take the opportunity to visit Liu Mang. Or to enhance the relationship, or to resolve the contradiction and estrangement, or, hope that Liu Taiwei will come forward to coordinate the relationship with other princes.

Liu Mang also hoped to take this opportunity to get in touch with the princes and deepen their understanding.

Most of the princes arrived at Songshan early and carried out various diplomatic activities before the arrival of the Son of Heaven.

All the princes submitted their requests to see Taiwei Liu.

Du Ruhui and Yang Xiu arranged the order of the meeting of the princes.

The order of the meeting, the length of the meeting, and the etiquette of the reception are all very particular.

It is necessary to consider not only the titles, strength, and influence of the princes, but also the relationship with oneself and the impact on the overall strategic situation.

Yuan Shao of Jizhou is undoubtedly the most powerful prince except for Liu Mang. The meeting with the Jizhou mission should have been at the top of the list.

However, Yuan Shao did not come in person, and only sent his third son, Yuan Shang, to come, and the order of the meeting could only be in the back row.

On the contrary, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce all came to Songshan in person, with a large number of missions, and had a good relationship with Luoyang, and the order of the meeting was all in front.

As for those princes and kings surnamed Liu, although they are nobles, most of them have empty names and have no strength. The meeting with them was interspersed with the meeting with the powerful princes. The etiquette of the reception is very high, but the time of the meeting is relatively short.

Du Ruhui and Yang Xiu arranged very properly, and informed each other of the time of Liu Mang's meeting with the princes one by one.

Obtain the meeting schedule of the Taiwei Mansion, and the other princes arrange other diplomatic activities accordingly.

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The first person Liu Mang met was Cao Cao and the Yanzhou delegation.

Liu Mang and Cao Cao were both close neighbors and allies.

A few months ago, the two sides had just met in Hakuba, and there were not many things to discuss this time.

The meeting between the two sides is more formal than substantial.

Liu Mang's subordinates and staff members who came to Songshan all participated in the meeting, including Li Hongzhang, Liu Bowen, Du Ruhui, Li Yan, Pei Ju, Chen Jiao, etc.

There were a large number of participants and a rich wine banquet. Liu Mang attaches so much importance to it, which makes Cao Cao feel that he has face.

And Cao Cao also attaches enough importance to this.

Because of the close distance and good relationship, this time, Cao Cao's mission was the largest.

In addition to Cao Cao, there are also Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Hua Xin, Chen Qun, Man Chong, Xie Shi and other cadres, as well as guards Cao Hong, Cao Ang, Wen Yang and other generals.

In addition to the civil and military attachés, there were also two small guests - Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhi, and Xun Yu's second son, Xun Yu.

Cao Zhi and Xun Mata were married to Liu Mang's two daughters, Wan'er's daughter Mint and Xiang'er's daughter. This time, Wan'er attacked people with her two daughters and came to Songshan with Liu Mang.

Liu Mang's two daughters inherited their mother's advantages.

Peppermint is like Wan'er, well-behaved and smart; Xiang'er is a copy of the attack, gentle and virtuous.

Cao Zhi and Xun Yu were born in a prestigious family, and they are also dragons and phoenixes among people.

Cao Zhi is clever and talented, although he is less than seven years old, he is full of questions and answers, and his mouth is full of chapters. And Xun Mata is polite and famous.

The father-in-law looks at the son-in-law, and the father-in-law looks at the daughter-in-law.

Cao Cao Xun Yu is very satisfied, and the two little sons-in-law are also very pleasing to Liu Mang.

When Liu Mang made a marriage to Mint, he did not ask Wan'er's consent. Wan'er also blamed Liu Mang, blaming him for sacrificing his daughter's happiness for political purposes.

Now, seeing his future son-in-law Xiao Cao Zhi's erudition and cuteness, he has long forgotten his original complaints. took a lot of gifts and gave them to Cao Zhi.

With the affection of children and daughters, this meeting is more harmonious and harmonious.

Cao Cao is the most shrewd one among the princes in the world.

As long as there is an opportunity to seek benefits, Cao Cao will never miss it.

In a harmonious atmosphere, Cao Cao asked for help again. It is necessary to buy grain seeds, and high-quality pig iron.

Improved varieties and pig iron, both important strategic materials, have always been strictly controlled.

To be honest, Liu Mang didn't want to agree. However, with Cao Cao's character, since he opened his mouth, he had to do it.

Moreover, this time, Cao Cao is not excessive, he wants to buy, not beg.

In order to maintain the relationship between the two parties, they simply sold their personal favors.

Liu Mang readily agreed, and the relationship between the two sides became closer.

The feast begins at noon and lasts until the evening.

Before parting, Cao Cao affectionately held Liu Mang's hand.

"Jiangtian, there are rumors in the market that when Jiangtian eradicated Yuan Highway, he got the jade seal of the country."

Cao Cao said this, deliberately pausing. Seeing that Liu Mang didn't make any reaction, Cao Cao continued: "There are also rumors that Jiangtian secretly hid the jade seal of the country. ”

"What does Meng Degong think?"

Liu Mang was calm, Cao Cao was a little disappointed, and he couldn't help but admire Liu Mang's calm and mature.

Cao Cao only wanted to take the opportunity to provoke the contradiction between Liu Mang and others, and he never wanted to cause trouble, so he hurriedly said: "Jiangtian is the minister of my Han Zhushi, how can he do such a thing." naturally don't believe in these nonsense. It's just that I'm afraid that others will take the opportunity to make trouble, which is not conducive to Jiangtian. ”

"Those who are clear are self-purifying. Mang was splashed with sewage, and he has long been used to it. ”

"Lord Jiang Tianguo!" Cao Cao gave a thumbs up. "Jiangtian rest assured, if someone takes advantage of the topic to play, Lao Cao will definitely stand on Jiangtian's side!"

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At the same time that Liu Mang met with Cao Cao, Sun Ce paid a visit to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei and Sun Ce are adjacent across the river. Xuzhou foot riding is becoming stronger and stronger; Jiangdong Navy is proud of the Yangtze River.

Maintaining a good relationship is crucial for both parties.

The growing strength of Liu Mang made the importance of the alliance between Sun and Liu more and more prominent.

Liu Bei and Sun Ce conducted in-depth consultations and reached a consensus to support and cooperate with each other to prevent Liu Mang from setting foot in the Yangtze River Basin.

Using Liu Bei as a shield to confront Liu Mang, this is Sun Ce's abacus.

If you want to take advantage of Liu Bei, it is not enough to just talk about it.

Sun Ce had already prepared, and inside and outside the words, he passed on a message to Liu Bei - it was rumored in the outside world that after Liu Bei captured Shouchun, he secretly hid the jade seal of the country.

In whose hands is the jade seal of the country, the version of the rumor is different. The spearhead is either pointed at Liu Bei or Liu Mang.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu deliberately spread rumors and disrupted the audio-visual, but they didn't know it, but Liu Bei held the hole cards and had insight into the truth.

Liu Bei pretended to be panicked and asked Sun Ce not to believe the rumors. He repeatedly begged Sun Ce that if he heard rumors spread again, he must explain for himself.

Liu Bei's play was realistic, his expression was nervous, and his words were incoherent. Between the chatter, several names were deliberately revealed - Liu Jin, Qin Hui, and Empress Dowager Hu......

Sun Ce's face changed instantly......