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Zhang Ming's trip to Guanzhong can be described as a twist and turn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He first hurried to Chang'an, but Liu Xiu was not in Chang'an, and it was said that he went to Liangzhou - the reason why it is said is because Zhang Ming could not have heard the news from General Wei's mansion, and the people outside General Wei's mansion didn't know where General Wei had gone, and it was already a guess to know that he went west to Liangzhou. Zhang Ming went to Liangzhou again, and it took several days to know that Liu Xiu had gone to Wuwei, and he had to travel thousands of miles to Wuwei.

When he arrived in Wuwei and saw the herds of horses in Qilian Ranch, Zhang Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his errand had finally been successfully completed, so he asked Lan Lan, who was accompanying him, to ask for a meeting. Liu Xiu was very happy to see them, but as soon as he heard that they were not here to change people, but to buy horses, Liu Xiu turned his face on the spot, pointed at Zhang Ming and scolded, buy a horse? Lao Tzu won't even sell you horse manure, you send Yingzi to me immediately, or Lao Tzu will give Ma Bai to Cao Cāo, and then send him 3,000 iron horses, and ask for Zhang Jiao's old life.

Zhang Ming was scolded by Liu Xiu so bloody, he walked back in a gray way, just when he passed through Luoyang, he happened to meet a few horse merchants, and when he inquired, he knew that Liu Xiu had no horses to sell to him: the Son of Heaven took away four thousand war horses from him, and later the Yuan family bought more than a thousand from him in his private name, plus those thirty or fifty odd business, and the war horses accumulated in Xihe and Yanmen Ranching in Bingzhou for several years have almost been sold out.

Zhang Ming asked at the time, what about the Qilian Ranch of the Warrior Ranch in Liangzhou?

The horse merchant laughed, it seems that the foot is not very familiar with the war horse, a war horse is not so easy to get, after the horse becomes an adult, it will take three years of training to become a real war horse, Liangzhou has just been pacified for more than a year, Qilian Muyuan has just opened, how much inventory can there be? General Wei himself is not enough, how can he sell it to you, the war horses sold now are all from Bingzhou.

Zhang Ming saw that the horse merchant was very honest and very familiar with the situation in Bingzhou, so he naturally made friends with him, and generously bought a few horses from the horse merchant, and after the two became friends, he revealed the idea of buying a large number of war horses.

The horse merchant began to be a little puzzled, until Zhang Ming revealed the identity of Taiping Dao, and the horse merchant believed it, he said, you want too many horses, I can't have them on hand, but we can transfer them from the grassland. Now the Xianbei people fight themselves, their noses are blue and their eyes are swollen, they need a lot of supplies, but only war horses can be sold, so now it is a very good choice to sell horses from Xianbei, we have a way in the border army, you can transport the war horses in, but the price is higher.

Zhang Ming's heart suddenly lifted and asked, how high is it?

The horse merchant raised a hand and flipped it over, a high-grade war horse is worth a million yuan, and an ordinary war horse is 500,000 yuan a piece. This is the market price of Luoyang Horse Market, but for the sake of you buying so many shares at one time, I can give you a nine-percent discount.

Zhang Ming gasped, 500,000 yuan a horse? Those 1,000 war horses are 500 million yuan, according to Zhang Jiao's tone, if you don't have 10,000, you have to have 5,000, which is a lot of money.

Seeing his expression, the horse merchant smiled slightly, you can consider it, however, this price is only valid now, there are many people in Luoyang City who want to buy horses, it is said that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu of the Yuan family are competing for the wind, and they are rushing to buy war horses, and this market may rise again.

Zhang Ming didn't dare to slack off, he didn't have time to go back to Julu to meet Zhang Jiao, he found Ma Qiang first, and the two of them totaled 10 million yuan to give the horse merchant a deposit, which is considered a deposit, as for how much to buy, I will give you a letter when the time comes. The merchant was very happy, took the money, and arranged for someone to prepare the supply.

Zhang Jiao was also very surprised when he received Zhang Ming's news. On the one hand, I feel that the price of this horse is really high, based on the price of ordinary war horses, a horse is 500,000 yuan, 5,000 horses are 2.5 billion, and 10,000 horses get 5 billion. On the other hand, he can't help but buy, Cao Cāo has the backing of the Son of Heaven, and he transferred horses from Bingzhou, the Yuan family has strong financial resources, and his followers are also extraordinary, they buy from Bingliang with their private financial resources, and now they all have more than 5,000 cavalry, if he doesn't have a war horse and can't form a cavalry, he will definitely suffer a lot in the next confrontation.

Zhang Jiao was in a dilemma, so he had to invite the kingdom to discuss. Wang Guo thought for a long time: "Master, how much money can you take out?" ”

Zhang Jiao gritted his teeth: "Now I have to use money everywhere, and I can only draw a billion dollars at most, which is already the limit." ”

Wang Guo nodded, "A billion dollars is two thousand war horses, and you can also use them first, but if you want to confront the official army, it is far from enough." ”

"What then?" Zhang Jiao smiled bitterly: "There is news from the palace that the Son of Heaven is dissatisfied with me and wants me to attack the heroes of Jizhou." If you want to attack them, you can have more money, but once you fall out with them, then I will not only deal with Yuan Shao and Cao Cāo. ”

Wang Guo's jaw head echoed: "At this moment, we can't fight with Jizhou Haoqiang, otherwise we will fall into the crisis of fighting on both sides." Master, the disciple thinks it's time to go to Yuan Kui. ”

"Looking for Yuan Kui?" Zhang Jiao groaned: "Can he still cooperate with me?" ”

"Yes." The kingdom nodded with confidence: "Not to mention that you have been in contact before, judging from the current situation, they want to take the opportunity to fight us to expand their strength, if we are defeated, the Son of Heaven will take their military power next, it is impossible for him not to see it." We don't need him to do anything, we just need him to control Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, don't push too hard, otherwise it won't do them any good. ”

Zhang Jiao's eyes rolled, and after a little thought, he agreed to the kingdom's suggestion.

Ma Qiang, who had been conducting public relations activities in Luoyang, was immediately ordered to visit Yuan Kui. What kind of person is Yuan Kui, he doesn't need Zhang Jiao to remind him to know what to do, recently the Son of Heaven is opening a small stove for Cao Cāo, he can see through the Son of Heaven's mind at a glance, do you want to compare financial resources, although Cao Cāo and the Song family have a little wealth, but how can they be compared with the Yuan family, you buy two thousand, I will buy four thousand, see who can afford it, Liu Xiu only sells it to you, not to me? It doesn't matter, there are many horse merchants in Luoyang, as long as there is money, what are thousands of war horses? There are vast prairies as pastures, and a large number of Xianbei people as horses, what are the pastures under Liu Xiu's rule?

In this case, of course Yuan Kui didn't want Zhang Jiao to die too quickly, Zhang Jiao died, what reason did the Yuan family have to keep so many parts? Of course, the longer it drags on, the better, as long as the yellow scarf is not leveled, the Son of Heaven will not receive the wealth, and where did those wealth go, of course, it went to the hands of the powerful people in various places, and then converged into the hands of the Yuan family, making the Yuan family stronger, if the time comes, the Son of Heaven will lose blood and die, and there is no longer the strength to suppress the Yuan family, the Yuan family wins without a fight, and it is logical to grasp the power.

Yuan Kui readily agreed to Ma Qiang.

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The Son of Heaven was furious and screamed: "Drag it down and beat it until you die." ”

The two tiger ben lang walked up in response, dragged Feng Zhen and left, Feng Zhen was so frightened that his face turned pale, his whole body trembled, and a foul smell gushed out from under him, and even the steps paved with white jade were dirty. The Son of Heaven was even more angry, waving his sleeves and roaring angrily: "Hit, beat to death!" ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was so angry, the tiger ben lang didn't dare to slack off, and dragging Feng Zhen, who was in the flow of feces and urine, was beaten hard, how could Feng Zhen's pampered body and bones withstand this beating, shouting like killing a pig, and Xiang Ri's reserved demeanor had already been beaten away.

Zhang Rang arched his hands, listening to Feng Chen's screams getting weaker and weaker, his face remained unchanged, but a chill surged up in his heart. He knew that the Son of Heaven was really angry, Zhang Jiao and Yuan Shao had been facing each other for four or five months, but he was unwilling to do anything to the heroes of Jizhou. Killing Feng Zhen is actually a jing notice to Zhang Jiao, but Zhang Jiao is far away in Julu, and it is difficult to say whether he can listen to the advice or not, but Feng Zhen's life was cut off.

This is the price he paid for accepting bribes from Zhang Jiao and being willing to speak for Zhang Jiao.

He Zhang Rang also accepted Zhang Jiao's money, but he was not as stupid as Feng Yu, he would do this kind of thing so uprightly and brightly, and his contact with Zhang Jiao has always been very secretive, even the Son of Heaven does not know.

Zhang Rang glanced at the triumphant Jianshuo, and a wave of worry surged in his heart. After Jian Shuo came back from Liangzhou, he has become the first favorite of the Son of Heaven, he has military exploits, which is an advantage that no eunuch has, and the current situation is also favorable to him, Liu Xiu spared no effort to support the Son of Heaven, Jian Shuo, as Liu Xiu's spokesperson in the palace, naturally got the trust of the Son of Heaven. And whether it is the Yuan family or Zhang Jiao, they have all become the people hated by the Son of Heaven the most, who dares to speak for them?

Zhang Rang regretted it a little, he knew that Liu Xiu did not despise eunuchs, he not only had a good relationship with Jian Shuo, had a good relationship with Bi Lan, but also had a good relationship with Zhao Zhong.

Zhang Rang and him didn't turn their faces, but that's all he wanted, and he didn't have anything special to do with Liu Xiu. Because of He Guiren, Zhang Rang has always kept a distance from Liu Xiu, who supports the Song family, but now the imperial concubine born to Queen Song has gradually grown into a strong and smart little man, and the limelight far overshadows the eldest son of the emperor born to He Guiren, and his investment in the He family has failed.

Is it to approach the Song family directly, or to show favor to the Cao family or Liu Xiu? This is a big issue that Zhang Rang is considering at the moment, and as for Feng Yu's death, it is insignificant to him at all.

In Zhang Rang's contemplation, Feng Yu gradually lost his breath, but the Son of Heaven was still angry, turning around anxiously in the main hall, he glanced at Zhang Rang, and saw that Zhang Rang was a little distracted, and couldn't help but be a little angry: "Zhang Gong, how should I deal with these traitors?" ”

Zhang Rang was taken aback, and hurriedly smiled: "Your Majesty, why worry, with Your Majesty's heavenly might, what are those charms and ghosts." ”

The Son of Heaven frowned: "You say something real, they are embarrassed to be jiān, how should I deal with it?" ”

Zhang Rang quickly weighed it and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, they want to join forces to deceive Your Majesty, and their hearts can be punished, but the minister thinks that they will not succeed." ”

"Oh." The Son of Heaven laughed: "Why? ”

"Your Majesty, the Yuan family doesn't listen to Your Majesty's words, but Your Majesty still has two sharp weapons in his hands, one bright and one dark, so why worry?" The smile on Zhang Rang's face became even brighter: "Your Majesty, General Wei is a horse slashing sword, with him, no one can move the foundation of the Han Dynasty, but the horse slashing sword should not be taken lightly." And Cao Cāo is His Majesty's ring-headed sword, although it is not as powerful as the sword of chopping horses, it is also invincible, enough to break the balance of the Yuan family. The minister thought that he could order Cao Cāo and Huangfu Song to quickly break the Yanzhou Yellow Turban and force the Yuan family to exert force. ”

The Son of Heaven narrowed his eyes, rolled his eyes, reached out and patted Zhang Rang's shoulder, and smiled slightly: "Zhang Gong, what you said is slightly the same as what I thought. Our monarchs and ministers are united, and what traitors cannot be broken. ”

Zhang Rang hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

The Son of Heaven laughed, a cold light flashed in Jian Shuo's eyes, but there was no hesitation on his face, and he also laughed. The Son of Heaven thought for a while, then turned his head and asked Jian Shuo: "Jian Shuo, you are a soldier, what do you think I can do to break the current deadlock?" ”

Jian Shuo humbly arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister is ignorant, how dare you speak falsely?" However, the minister is also a little foolish, and dares to present it to His Majesty, and respectfully asks His Majesty to make a holy judgment. ”

"Tell me about it." The Son of Heaven was very satisfied with Jian Shuo's attitude, calmly waved his sleeves, and motioned Jian Shuo to speak quickly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Cao Cāo and Huangfu Song have more than 30,000 troops, and it is not appropriate to increase them, and the Che Cavalry General, as the father of the Empress, should serve His Majesty like the Hussar General, how can he sit in Luoyang City? Therefore, the minister suggested that the 2,000 war horses newly sent by General Wei be handed over to the Che Cavalry General, and let him lead the two Huangfu Song and Cao Cāo to fight, so that they would not provoke criticism and open up the situation as soon as possible. After defeating the Yanzhou Yellow Turban, he turned north to attack Jizhou, at that time, can the Yuan family still be so calm? If they don't contribute, then the great merit will be obtained by the general of the chariot cavalry, the Yuan family has no merit, can not continue to hold heavy troops, if they contribute, then Zhang Jiao's fall is imminent, the world is peaceful, and what reason does the Yuan family have to continue to hold heavy troops? ”

The Son of Heaven is in the middle of it. What he wanted was to increase Cao Cāo's strength again, so that he could make more military exploits, force the Yuan family brothers to compete for merit, and no longer have a false relationship with Zhang Jiao, and at the same time force Zhang Jiao to no longer be so yang and disobey, and break the connection with the powerful lotus of the family. However, he was worried that the Cao family would be too big to control in the future. Jian Shuo's proposal just made up for this worry, he had decided to make the emperor's concubine Liu Xie the crown prince, the Song family is a self-evident relative, of course, it can't be without any strength, all controlled in the hands of Cao Cāo or Liu Xiu, at this moment, give the general Song Feng a chance, let him make some contributions, and balance Cao Cāo and Liu Xiu in the future.

"Yes, if they don't move, I will force them to move."