Hebei, and among the governor's mansions. Yuan Tan, who has always been arrogant, is bowing down at this moment with an appointment edict covered with a bright red seal, talking to a middle-aged man who is short and dark, and the explicit flattery on his face makes the strong man who has been standing next to this middle-aged man have a bit of contempt on his face.

"Uncle Cao! The nephew was crazy before, this time thanks to your teaching, to avoid the misguided misfortune, you and let go of a hundred hearts, no matter when the edict of the Son of Heaven comes down, Yuan Tan's annexation is your Uncle Cao's annexation, but where your sword is pointing, it is Yuan Tanyi's place without hesitation. Yuan Tan was not affected by the attitude of the strong man next to the short black middle-aged man, he was still smiling, and he was careful to say flattering words.

"It's thoughtful! You are the eldest son of Benchu, and you have been in the state for many years, Cao Mou came here this time, and after inspecting on behalf of the Son of Heaven, it is only natural that the above table appoints you as the assassin of the state, why should the virtuous nephew be so polite? That is, because Xiansi is too young, otherwise, it is a matter of course to ask the Son of Heaven to ask Xiansi to shepherd and annex the state! "The person sitting in the hall is none other than Cao Cao.

With the retreat of Lü Bu and the injection of Gongsun Zhan's strong forces, the Hebei turmoil has now entered a stalemate stage, and Cao Cao also changed his intention to use force to forcibly erase Yuan's traces in these two states when he and Lü Bu made an appointment to divide Hebei and merge the two states. began to show kindness to Yuan Tan, showing his willingness to be gentle. And Cao Cao's bargaining chip is to ask the Son of Heaven to make an order, just like Qin Xu. Yuan Tan was enshrined as the history of the state assassination. This is also in the middle of this, because Cao Cao's army entered the state, and only a few days to capture the dangerous checkpoint of Huguan, tens of thousands of troops near Jinyang but not besieged. And Yuan Tan's thoughts, who were panicked in his heart.

And Yuan Tan behaved enough to be a bachelor, and after getting the news, he almost didn't hesitate at all, so he rode out of Jinyang City and entered the camp of Cao Cao's army to invite Cao Cao's army into the city. This also made Cao Cao a little more surprised by the open-mindedness of this former nephew. However, Cao Cao, who has always sought to seek people in advance, also left a lot of leeway in this matter.

One is that he did not seek the long-awaited state pastor for Yuan Tan as Yuan Tan wished. Rather, it's just a history of thorns. The explanation of Yuan Tan is, of course, because Yuan Tan was not yet old enough to stand, and the Han Dynasty began to establish the state pastoral system. There is no precedent for taking charge of the military and political affairs of a state at such a young age, especially at this time, the state pastoral system has long been abolished, just because Liu Yan said that the Quartet is troublesome. Only then did he choose the highly qualified ministers as the state pastors. This excuse is high-sounding. In fact, he also got benefits, but he didn't have as many Yuan Tan as expected, but in fact, although the assassin Shi in the Han Dynasty could also exercise the power of combining the state, pastor, military and government in specific circumstances, such as war and disaster relief, it was not a permanent position, and the rank at this time was only two thousand stones. Although the level of authority varies from person to person, in fact, it is only about official rank. It is not as high as the adjutant officials such as Sima, Engagement, and Changshi in the state. It can also be regarded as a means of Cao Cao's grace and power.

Moreover, Cao Cao also wanted to use this incident to point out some things to Yuan Tan. When Cao Cao played Yuan Tan on the table, he did not hide it from Yuan Tan, and at the same time wrote another seal, which was also a letter from Yuan Tan's younger brother and current rival Yuan Xi, who was the assassin of Jizhou. It's just that now the appointment document covered with the seal of the Son of Heaven has been loved, and because Yuan Xi has not yet expressed his attitude, Yuan Xi's share is temporarily pressed in Cao Cao's hands. This is also the reason why Yuan Tan changed his mind. Although the Han Dynasty is now in a mess, the states and counties are in their own ways, and it is difficult for the Son of Heaven to make a decree, but after all, the old Liu family of the Han royal family is still orthodox, and before the entire dynasty completely collapses, this nominal righteousness still has a great effect. At least you don't have to worry about being attacked by the world in a hurry like Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu. And having an identity that can be used as a talisman is what both Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi need the most at present.

"Thank you uncle for your love! Yuan Tan will look at his uncle's horse! In the matter of Jizhou, Yuan Tan is also willing to be consistent with his uncle's wishes and ensure the stability of Hebei! Regardless of whether Yuan Tan is dissatisfied in his heart, at least under the situation that is stronger than others, Yuan Tan is still very satisfied with this status quo on the surface. At least although Cao Cao gave the Yuan brothers the identity they wanted with a bowl of water this time, what he "wanted" was only the stability of Hebei, and now since Cao Cao sought stability, and Yuan Tan also learned a lesson from this war, he knew that it would take time to develop steadily, of course, he could hit it off, and then how far things could develop, Yuan Tan had his own little abacus. Yuan Xi's "hesitation" at this time made Yuan Tan see hope. In Yuan Tan's view, an obedient person with enough strength to help Cao Cao stabilize Hebei's vassal forces is always more useful than an unpredictable Yuan Xi. Now Yuan Tan wishes that his brother would not be too soon to agree to Cao Cao under pressure, because the more Yuan Xi is like this, the more time he can buy Yuan Tan to realize the "ambition" of the Yuan family's children.

"Lord, Xuchang has an urgent letter of six hundred miles to deliver!" Cao Cao, who looks like a junior, and Yuan Tan, a good young man who admires the elder, have reached a consensus on at least the current merger of state affairs, and they seem to have recovered their uncle-nephew relationship with each other on the surface. It's just that this "calm and peaceful" state only lasted for a long time. was knocked out of this "harmonious" scene by Cao Ren, who came in a hurry.

"Zixiao, what's wrong? Xiansi is now his own person, and it doesn't hurt to say anything. Cao Cao frowned slightly, glared at Cao Ren unhappily, but with a smile on his face, he stopped Yuan Tan, who was about to open his mouth to leave, and said to Cao Ren. I have to say that although Cao Cao has a bad reputation, he is very atmospheric in the "research" of manipulating people's hearts, and he will never snub even if it is just an object of mutual use because of the scruples of saying it.

"This ...... Promise! Being glared at by Cao Cao like this, Cao Ren was also stunned. Regarding Cao Cao's temperament, Cao Ren, as a brother of the same clan, simply knows too well. knew that he was in trouble this time, but under Cao Cao's gaze, Cao Ren really didn't dare to hesitate, so he had to bite the bullet and whispered: "Lord, Wen Ruogong, who stayed in Xuchang, suddenly sent an urgent news from six hundred miles, saying that recently, in the name of comforting the late Marquis Yuan of Ye, without ministerial consultation, he bypassed everyone's edict, crowned Yuan Shang, the son of Yuan Gong, and descended to inherit the title of Duke Yuan, as the Marquis of Shangting, and should be originally Maocai, and the former Jizhou who was the Huangmen Shilang was engaged in frustration, and recommended good talents as a high-level official in Jizhou. Awarded by the Son of Heaven Yuan Shang to lead the Jizhou Assassin History......"

"Bang ......" Before Cao Ren finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yuan Tan, who didn't hold his "demeanor" for a while, after listening to the news, and accidentally knocked down with his footsteps.

"Are you saying that the Son of Heaven did not go through the court's meeting, so he privately decreed that Yuan Shang would be named the assassin of Jizhou? Is this news serious? Cao Cao was stunned when he heard Cao Ren's words, and asked expressionlessly. At this time, on the case in front of him, there are still those who have not been stamped with the seal of the Marquis of Wuping, and Yuan Xi is the recommended table for the assassination of Jizhou, which originally wanted to be used as an explanation to Yuan Xi, who has the intention of taking refuge in himself, and a means to deter Yuan Tan in front of him.

"My lord, this is a copy of the holy decree sent by Wen Ruogong six hundred miles in an urgent manner." Cao Ren knew Cao Cao too well, and now Cao Cao's expressionless posture was not a sign before his anger, so even Cao Ren was quite frightened and bowed down and handed the bamboo tube sealed with fire paint in his hand to Cao Cao, and replied in a low voice.

"Huh! Ha! There must be a master behind this Yuan Shang! Frustrated! Not! Frustrated! It seems that Cao doesn't have to be so bored that he has nothing to do in the future! Cao Cao didn't laugh angrily, the expression on his face was also calm and tight, he didn't look at the bamboo tube that Cao Ren put in front of him, waved his hand and brushed it aside together with the written recommendation form, and the corner of his eye swept Yuan Tan, who was smiling with embarrassment, and said with a big laugh: "But this Hebei celebrity also underestimated Cao's ability!" Now that the Son of Heaven has issued an edict and ordered the third son of Benchu to be the assassin of Jizhou, Cao must be supportive, so that His Majesty misses the original Longen! However, I heard that this Yuan is still only sixteen or seventeen years old, and entrusting the affairs of a state at such an age is really not a perfect strategy! As a Hanchen, Cao has the responsibility of checking and filling in the gaps for His Majesty, and he should choose a strategy to make up for His Majesty's grace at the same time, but also for the sake of hundreds of thousands of people in Jizhou! Not! A certain book was written, and his brother Yuan Xi was recommended as the pastor of Jizhou! ”

"Huh!?" Hearing Cao Cao's words, he was subconsciously surprised, not only Yuan Xi, but even Cao Ren was a little confused. At present, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, there are only a few states where the Son of Heaven canonized the state pastor, with the passing away of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao and Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, there are only Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao and Yizhou Mu Liu Yan and Ma Teng, who had a great contribution to saving the driver, except for Liu He, the son of Liu Yu, who claimed to have not been edicted by the Son of Heaven, but because Yuan Shao needed it at the beginning, and pretended to succeed Youzhou Mu Yizhan Gongsun Liu He, there is no one else.

Among these people, in addition to Liu He, who was not recognized and was defeated by Gongsun Zhan, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Ma Teng and others are either heroes who are famous all over the world, or heroes who have accumulated merits, and the most important are also relatives of the Han family. And who is he Yuan Xi? It's just Yuan Shao's second son, neither a sister-in-law nor the eldest son, why is he so lucky? It was Yuan Tan who "requested" Cao Cao to "help" the Han Emperor and named himself as the pastor of the state, which was just a means to ask for a price. Is it not possible to do such a groundless thing because he wants to break his wrist with the Son of Heaven? Look at Cao Cao, he doesn't look like such a person who doesn't know the importance of it!

"Lord (Cao Gong), think twice!" In this matter, Yuan Tan and Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army, no matter what their reasons were, were surprisingly consistent in their words, but they did not understand Cao Cao's intentions and persuaded hard.

"Something has been decided! Let's look at the means of others! Cao Cao didn't explain much, but turned his back and looked at the southeast of Bingzhou, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. (To be continued......)