The news of Yu Ban's re-surrender to Jingxiang spread to Hebei in just a few days, and Cao Ying's five sons went to two of them, which made Cao Cao, who was already unhappy because of the defeat in Yanzhou, even more annoyed.

Summoning Er Xun into the house, Cao Cao looked gloomy and said to the two: "Why are loyal and upright people like Gongming and Wen Ze all going away from Cao!" Could it be that Cao Mou has really ordered his generals to deviate from morality? ”

When Er Xun heard this, he didn't know how to answer.

Now that Wu Ziliang will be seen in the eyes of the world, he has become a laughing stock, and even the people in Yecheng are joking about when Wu Ziliang will gather in Jingxiang, Xun Yu thought for a moment, and stepped forward to persuade: "The prime minister knows the public knowledge, who is the Wen Ze, and now he has returned to Jingxiang, there should be a last resort." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he smiled miserably.

Even though it was forbidden, Xu Huang surrendered to Jing Xiang, and Cao Cao never killed the two family members, Cao Cao never wanted to believe that the two would be prosperous and wealthy, and abandon the love of the monarchs and ministers in the past.

After sighing for a long time, Cao Cao simply stopped thinking about Xu Huang, and said to Xun Yu about the matter of forbidding the two: "Wen Ruo, is it smooth for Qingxu Erzhou to strengthen the city defense?" ”

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment and said: "It's quite smooth, now Xuzhou, Qingzhou County, are more than ten stone throwers, that is, in the county, there are also stone throwing acropolis defense, just to build stone throwing, the cost of strengthening the city defense is huge, if the prime minister does not add endowment, the land of Hebei, I am afraid that it is no longer like Qingxu, and the stone throwing ...... is widely made."

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this, before the defeat of Yanzhou, the army crossed the river in vain, which cost a lot, and now because of the extensive construction of stones, the financial resources of the DPRK and China are not enough, such a predicament. Cao Cao had a big headache, but Cao Cao thought that he could not act in a hurry, and if he suddenly increased the endowment, it would cause resentment.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao sighed: "Since the financial income is beyond the means, then we will suspend the construction of stones in Hebei, and the soldiers will work hard all year round, and it is not good to increase the endowment." Let his family complain about Cao. ”

Cao Cao said. Er Xun nodded, and there was nothing he could do in his heart.

Xun Yu, although Xun Yu is good at civil affairs, he only knows how to throttle. I don't know about open source. Moreover, Hebei does not have as many thaumaturgy as Jingxiang. Financial problems have always plagued the two, and now they see that it is difficult to solve Cao Cao's worries, and the two of them are also quite painful in their hearts.

Seeing Erxun's heart. Cao Cao endured the headache and said to Erxun: "Cao doesn't blame the two, the world can compare with the two who govern the people, and there is only the Tang King alone......"

When Erxun heard this, he was silent.

Nowadays, the prosperity of Jingxiang is known all over the world, and there are many Jiangdong, Central Plains people, migrating to Jingxiang, Xichuan, Guanzhong, so that Pang Shanmin is more prosperous under the rule, and Erxun is difficult to effectively deal with such a change.

It is normal for people to seek benefits and avoid disadvantages, when Cao Cao was strong before, the people of the world also rushed to the Central Plains to avoid the scourge of war, but the things of the past Erxun were happy to see it, but today's things made Erxun at a loss.

If this matter is reported to Cao Cao again, it will undoubtedly make the prime minister more worried, Xun Yu was about to report the current predicament to Cao Cao, but saw Xun Yu even glanced at him, looked up at Cao Cao with a sad face, Xun Yu also buried what he wanted to say in his heart.

Cao Cao was on the high seat, naturally taking in the demeanor of Erxun, seeing that Xun Yu wanted to speak and stopped, Cao Cao sighed: "Recently, except for Wen and the Wuhuan battle report, the rest of the things, many things are not going well, Wen He has been working with Cao for a long time, what is the difficulty, I can come to Cao!" ”

When Xun Yu heard this, he knew that his previous actions were discovered by Cao Cao, and he sighed lightly: "Now that the people under the rule of the prime minister have fled to the land of Jingxiang, in the long run, the source of my Central Plains soldiers will also be affected. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was suddenly shocked.

In the past, such a situation was only encountered during the battle of Guandu, but now that it is encountered again, Cao Cao is naturally miserable in his heart.

The people have left, which has shown that they have no confidence in him, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and the people's hearts have been lost.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao was in a hurry, a mouthful of blood sprayed on the ground, Xun Yu saw this, and urgently ordered someone to ask a doctor to come for treatment.

It wasn't until late at night that Cao Cao woke up quietly, seeing that there were many henchmen and courtiers gathered in the hall, Cao Cao sighed in a low voice: "Could it be that the land of Hebei is unlucky, and Cao Mou also has to follow in the footsteps of the beginning?" ”

No matter how difficult the war was, Cao Cao rarely lost his mind, and when he heard Cao Cao's words, all the ministers in the hall were shocked.

Seeing this, Xun Yu hurriedly said: "How can Yuan Benchu be compared with the prime minister? Besides, now Jingxiang intends to be in Jiangdong, and has no desire to compete with the prime minister, and there is filial piety, Jiangdong can confront Jingxiang for several years, and when the two of them are tired, it is the time when the prime minister enters the Central Plains! ”

Cao Cao only smiled slightly when he heard this, and said to Xun Yu: "If Wen Ruo doesn't need to say words to comfort, what is Jiangdong's ability, can Cao not know?" A few days ago, Cao had a secret letter of filial piety, saying that the courtiers of Jiangdong were difficult to have a heart with him, and Sun Quan was even more suspicious of him, and now Fengxiao has said that he is not sick and lives in the mansion, if Jiangdong is not hurt by Jing Xiang, I am afraid that it will be difficult to remember Fengxiao. ”

When Xun Yu heard this, he didn't know how to persuade him again, Cao Cao saw this, propped up his sick body, and said to the ministers on the couch: "Could it be that Cao is really not as wise as the Tang King?" The war is not enough, and the people's livelihood under the rule is also nothing but it, even if Jiangdong is united now, there is nothing to be done about it! ”

"It's not that the prime minister is not good, but Jiangdong is too incompetent...... Xun You heard the words and persuaded him, and said to Cao Cao: "The prime minister doesn't need to worry so much, I still have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Hebei, and if I recruit new soldiers in the coming year, I can still get 100,000, Jing Xiang wants to destroy Hebei, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream, the Central Plains is a good land, and the prime minister will take it in the future!" ”

Xun Yu said, the rest of the courtiers all said yes, a group of generals also in front of Cao Cao, said that they wanted to go to Qing, Xu Erzhou defended, more like Xiahou brothers, but also want to start the spring of the next year, ask for a military horse, go to Yanzhou, take advantage of the Jiangdong, Jingxiang two big battles, regain the lost territory.

The words of the generals made Cao Cao feel quite comforted, but Cao Cao knew that now the confrontation with Jingxiang is not only completely dependent on force, just like Xun Yu before, Xun Yu's worries about finances and people's livelihood, Hebei is far inferior to Jingxiang, as a prince of a place, how can Cao Cao not know that it has been like this for a long time, which is sinister?

Thinking of this, Cao Cao suddenly realized something, and said to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, in your opinion, where is the root of Jing Xiang?" ”

Xun Yu heard Cao Cao's words at first glance, and didn't know how to answer, Xun Yu saw this, hesitated for a moment and said: "The prime minister refers to Xiangyang City?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head and said to Er Xun: "According to Cao, the people of Pang Mountain have been so rich in the past, and they rely on the work of thaumaturgy. Could it be that you haven't noticed that since the loss of Yingchuan, there are new virtuous people in my court, and they are becoming rarer and rarer! ”

When Er Xun heard this, they all suddenly realized, and the loss of Yingchuan was a pain in the hearts of the two, how could the two forget that their clan had been captured by Jing Xiang?

Seeing that Cao Cao seemed to have an idea, Xun Yu said to Cao Cao: "In this way, the prime minister has a plan, which is not the root of it?" ”

"Summoning the dead and destroying their academies!" Cao Cao's face flashed with a touch of ruthlessness, and he said to Er Xun: "Although the academy can still be rebuilt, if its talents die, it will be difficult to find ......."

Er Xun heard Cao Cao's words, although he affirmed Cao Cao's plan, but he still hesitated in his heart.

Cao Cao's move was intended to wipe out the Jingxiang scholars, but the princes of each family fought against the soldiers, and few people killed the scholars, if Cao Cao acted like this, both Xun and Xun were worried that the people of Pang Shan would be as angry as Jia Xu slaughtered the city of Xu Du before......

If Jing Xiang does not attack Jiangdong in the coming year, but instead raises troops in Qingxu, it will be even more unfavorable to Cao Cao.

Seeing the expression on Er Xun's face, Cao Cao naturally knew what the two were thinking, and said to Er Xun: "Since he is a dead man, he will not let Pang Shanmin know that the destruction of his academy was Cao Mou's instruction, and Cao Mou can also plan and make the dead disguise Jiangdong people. ”

"But the people in Jiangbei are tall, the people in Jiangdong are short, and the country accent is difficult to change, the prime minister's plan is afraid that it is easy to make flaws......" Xun Yu said, but Xun Yu had a gain, and said to Cao Cao: "The dead man should not be sent by the prime minister, but the Jiangdong dispatch, and now Jiangdong and Jingxiang are like fire and water, if Fengxiao grants this strategy to King Wu, Sun Quan will naturally act according to the plan!" ”

Cao Cao suddenly realized when he heard this, and said with joy: "What Gongda said is extremely true, quickly take the pen and ink, and take a letter of resignation after this, and order Feng Xiao to promote this matter!" ”

Cao Cao's handwritten letter left Yecheng overnight, and the messenger quickly whipped his horse, but arrived in Jiangdong in a few days.

Guo Jia was recuperating in the mansion, and after reading the letter, he also felt that Cao Cao's strategy was quite feasible.

Sun Quan was greedy, and in addition to ordering him to slaughter the students of Jingxiang Academy, he also stole a huge number of classics in the academy, and in the future, he might be able to find the manufacturing method of Jingxiang's strange things, so that the Central Plains would also have strange things available in the future, and after a few years of operation, the Central Plains would be richer than Jingxiang.

Thinking of this, after Guo Jia's letter was burned, he went to Sun Quan's mansion.

When Sun Quan learned of Guo Jia's arrival, he was also quite puzzled, Guo Jia had been "sick" for more than a month, could it be that he had recovered from his illness now? Ordered the waiter to lead Guo Jia in, Guo Jia did not greet Sun Quan, only looked happy, and said to Sun Quan: "King Wu, there is a plan below, and the trouble is Jingxiang!" ”

When Sun Quan heard this, he hesitated for a moment and said to Guo Jia: "Mr. Fengxiao, is it just thinking about this matter for the rest of the month?" ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "King Wu should know that the courtiers are hostile to Guo, and Guo does not want to spoil his friendship with King Wu...... This time Guo's plan is the root of the death of Jingxiang, if it goes well, it can also make King Wu under the rule, richer than Jingxiang! ”

Sun Quan was shocked when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed, and said to Guo Jia: "What is the plan, sir, the lonely king of fast education!" ”

"Jingxiang's wealth is rooted in the frequent occurrence of strange things, and its strange things are created by the academy...... King Wu can send more dead soldiers, go to Jingxiang Academy, kill its scholars, seize its strange things, if the strange things are obtained by Jiangdong, only need to operate for a few years, Jiangdong is rich, comparable to Jingxiang! However, Pang Shanmin will be angry when he is hit by this, and if he is angry and raises troops, Guo will be sure that he will take the enemy outside Jiangdong! (To be continued......)