Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Han Dynasty, was gradually moving away behind him, and Guo Jia was stunned on his horse.

Liu Xie is still a sixteen-year-old boy after all, and he has expectations for Guo Jia.

Many years ago, Guo Jia failed Liu Xie once.

Today, he also couldn't let Liu Xie get what he wanted.

Leaving Luoyang with mixed feelings, Guo Jia was a little unhappy.

He did not ask Liu Xie for the official position of occupying Chang'an, and before Liu Xie was held hostage by other tyrants, it was in vain to issue any edict in Luoyang.

It does not reach the ears of the world, nor does it have any prestige.

Guo Jiaruo took advantage of Liu Xie's deception and left Liu Xie in Luoyang, but he was honest.

Ma Teng and Han Sui, who returned with Guo Jia, had gloomy faces and resentment from the moment they left Yang Andian.

Their exploits have not been rewarded in any way, only a few words of praise from Liu Xie that are not salty or light, what is the use of this?

Han Sui's Liangzhou Mu did not become a minister, and Ma Teng wanted to become a close minister of the Son of Heaven and restore the glory of the Ma family to the former General Fubo, but unfortunately it was not realized.

As Guo Jia said in Yang Andian, even if Ma Teng leads the army to be loyal to Liu Xie, where will the grain and grass come from? There are princes coming to attack, can he stop it?

From the time they sent troops to Liangzhou to the present time when they returned home, Han Sui lost nearly 30,000 horses, Ma Teng lost nearly 20,000, and each left six or seven thousand soldiers to return to Liangzhou, only one goal was achieved: to eliminate Li Dao Guo Yan.

Guanzhong changed hands, Guo Jia suffered the fewest casualties, but the greatest profit.

Who made Guo Jia the strongest?

On the way back, Guo Jia was thinking about his thoughts, and Liu Xie finally asked him to contribute to the Han family in an almost begging tone, Guo Jia agreed, but he was duplicitous.

Even if Guo Jia wanted to be really loyal to Liu Xie, none of the Wenchen generals under his command would agree.

Officials in Yizhou will not agree.

Because of the interests.

In Guo Jia's place, they have only one lord, Guo Jia is loyal to Liu Xie, not only is their status lowered, but they are also pressed on the head by countless scholars, how can they agree?

"Lord, the person who went to Jizhou to deliver the letter is back." Gan Ning rode his horse to Guo Jia's side, found that Guo Jia was not in good spirits, and reported the news in a low voice.

Guo Jia asked casually, "What did Yuan Shao say?" ”

Gan Ning shook his head and said, "Yuan Shao didn't say anything. ”

With a long sigh, Guo Jia was really speechless for this Yuan Benchu.

After defeating the Southern Xiongnu and learning that the Son of Heaven had returned to Luoyang, Guo Jia sent someone to Jizhou to send a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao would take the Son of Heaven to Jizhou.

In terms of territory, Yuan Shao, who won the annexed state, is the closest to Luoyang, but is it child's play to greet the Son of Heaven? Even if Yuan Shao's subordinates in the state learned the news, they might not dare to make their own claims.

The decision still has to be made by Yuan Shao, so that Cao Ying, who is actually in Xuchang, is closer.

Yuan Shao is not disturbed by the Black Mountain thieves led by Zhang Yan, the road to rise is smooth and unimpeded, and he has forced Gongsun Zan into a desperate situation, Yuan Shao is undoubtedly powerful, if it is Yuan Shao who coerces the princes of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, is Yuan Shao even more powerful?

Guo Jia didn't think so, the Son of Heaven with hundreds of officials was struggling in Luoyang, but if he got to the princes, he would become a powerful political group.

The gentry of the imperial party will have a fierce conflict with the gentry of the vassal faction.

If Yuan Shao, who really welcomed the Son of Heaven, he couldn't control the situation, so with Yuan Shao's actions of sending his three sons to three states now, Guo Jia decided that Yuan Shao was by no means a figure who could dominate the overall situation.

Three sons go to three states, is it a check and balance?

No!

It's a hidden danger! If the brothers are not satisfied, woe will be caused by the Xiao Wall!

On the contrary, Cao Ying was an excellent politician, he was able to calmly treat the Son of Heaven as a great commander to the princes, and he was able to suppress the situation.

The historical God Party has played a lot of conspiracies and tricks under Cao Ying's nose, but they have all been easily resolved by Cao Ying.

The Cao Ying that Guo Jia knows now can be directly said that Cao Ying is too hypocritical!

On the one hand, Cao Ying did not admit that he had abolished filial piety, and on the other hand, he was meritocracy, and issued several orders to seek talents.

Typical dog meat is sold on the head of a sheep.

And if he is asked to hold the Son of Heaven in his palm, he is under the banner of "serving the Son of Heaven with orders and not subservient", but in fact, he is fighting the Cao family himself, isn't such a person hypocritical?

However, he is a veritable hero!

For Guo Jia, sending someone to deliver a letter to Yuan Shao was to hope that Yuan Shao would welcome the Son of Heaven to Yecheng, so that Yuan Shao could be restrained and Cao Ying could be contained, killing two birds with one stone.

The key is, what Yuan Shao does!

Yuan Shao has a headache in Yecheng, Jizhou.

In the Yecheng Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Yuan Shao sat on the main seat, and the hall was full of martial arts.

After sending away Guo Jia's messenger, Yuan Shao ordered the civil and military to come to Yecheng to discuss matters.

"What do you mean, Guo Jia? The Son of Heaven fled back to Luoyang, and since Guo Jia learned about it and had gone to Luoyang in person, why did he send someone to report to me? Why didn't he welcome the Son of Heaven to Chengdu? ”

Yuan Shao once wanted to support Liu Yu as emperor, because he felt that he could control Liu Yu, so that he could stand on the political commanding heights to suppress dissidents, and then wait for the four seas to be leveled, and then practice Zen and let the Yuan family reign in the world.

But now, he can't figure out that Liu Xie will not be controlled by him, especially Liu Yu is a member of the Han family, but he is not the orthodox emperor, Liu Xie is the bloodline of the first emperor, although it is the son of heaven who was abolished and supported by Dong Zhuo, but the people of the world always think that Liu Xie is the orthodox emperor, as the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes, Yuan Shao can face Liu Yu calmly, and in the face of Liu Xie's words, the difference between the monarch and the minister in his bones makes him fearful.

In addition, Yuan Shao couldn't figure out why Guo Jia gave him this opportunity, was it a good intention, or was it harboring evil intentions?

One of the strategists in the hall is listed, Sven is modest, quite Confucian, and he is frustrated.

Unlike other scholars who are born in filial piety, he is a scholar who is a scholar, Maocai, and a place in a state every year, which is much higher than filial piety in terms of rank.

He was ambitious and good at strategy, and as early as when he served Yuan Shao, he offered Yuan Shaojin a strategy to unify Hebei.

Among them, it includes the unification of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Youzhou, and the order is to take Jizhou first, then attack Qingzhou, and then wave the army north to Youzhou to unify Hebei.

According to this strategy, in less than ten years, Yuan Shao has gone from a Bohai Taishou to the most extensive prince in the world.

And in this strategy, Fu Zhu had already told Yuan Shao about the plan to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

However, the frustration is "coercion", and Mao Jue's advice to Cao Ying is "Feng", the difference between one word is like mud, from a political point of view, it is between high and low.

At this time, he was smiling, he expected that Yuan Shao was very satisfied with his strategy back then, and now the opportunity has come, he can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to dominate the world.

"Lord, this is a God-given opportunity, and you can't miss it. Guo Jia did not dare to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, because Guo Jia was from a humble background, and his territory was only a mere Yizhou, even if he took Guanzhong, but Guanzhong was deserted. But the lord is different, the lord has a wide territory, and there are many soldiers, horses, money, and food, who in the world can compare? The lord took the Son of Heaven to Yecheng, and who among the princes in the world dared to make irresponsible remarks? ”

The analysis of Fu Zhu is very accurate, Yuan Shao welcomes the Son of Heaven, and the name is justified, and no prince dares to question Yuan Shao.

Before the resumption of production, Guanzhong is a burden, but it restricts Guo Jia, but can not only be blinded by the current situation, looking forward to the future, proper management and governance, Guo Jia who gets Guanzhong will be strong in a few years, at present, there is indeed no strength to coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven, and compared with the background, Guo Jia and Yuan Shao, Cao Ying and other princes are far apart.

Yuan Shao fell into deep thought, and his frustrated words sounded reasonable, but the key point he was entangled in was not whether he could bring the Son of Heaven to Yecheng, but whether it would be beneficial to bring the Son of Heaven here.

In the past, Yuan Shao had elders to give advice, and he listened to the orders of his elders, first his father Yuan Feng, and then his uncle Yuan Kui. In the early days of the rise, most of the strategists gave him advice, and now Yuan Shao's strength is strong, and the strategists have factions because of their selfish interests.

"I don't think it's possible! Lord, looking at the current situation, the Han family exists in name only, and those who support the Han will be burdened, and who among the princes in the world really respects the Han family? The lord ushered the Son of Heaven to Jizhou, didn't he carry a shackle on himself? Lord, please think about it, what will happen to Dong Zhuo's holding the Son of Heaven hostage? What happened to Li Dao Guo Yan holding the Son of Heaven hostage? ”

Guo Tu's listing and frustration are in a-for-tat confrontation, and their opinions are completely different.

He opposed the Son of Heaven, in fact, the reason was very simple, they were the real power under Yuan Shao, and the Son of Heaven came to Jizhou with hundreds of officials, which would inevitably weaken their rights.

Thinking that he had persuaded Yuan Shao, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly continued to persuade Yuan Shao: "Lord, this world is still the world of the Han family, and the country is still the country surnamed Liu, at this moment, even if the princes of the world do not respect the Son of Heaven in their hearts, but the people of the world do not think so, if the Lord welcomes the Son of Heaven to Jizhou, the talents of the world will compete for help, and all the people of the world will wholeheartedly follow, and the Son of Heaven will be the one who commands the world!" How can the lord compare himself with Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others? ”

Yuan Shao had a headache, and what he said was reasonable.

The military general here hugged his fist angrily at Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, the last general doesn't understand the big truth, I just want to ask the lord, the Son of Heaven is here, who do the last generals listen to?" ”

Yuan Shao's face changed, and he was slightly surprised.

Yes, the Son of Heaven is coming, who does his subordinates listen to?

Listen to the Son of Heaven? So what does he do?

Don't listen to the Son of Heaven? Isn't he just the same as Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, and Guo Yan? What should I do if I am charged with rebellion at that time?

"I have made up my mind, and I will not welcome the Son of Heaven!"

After a fierce struggle in his heart, Yuan Shao made such a historically identical decision.

"Lord......" was about to persuade a few more words, but found that Yuan Shao had already waved his sleeves, got up and left the table, and walked towards the backyard.

(To be continued)