Nothing to say all night!

In the early morning of the second day, Wang Xu finished freshening up under the service of the women, and was about to send someone to summon Guo Jia and Fu Zhi to come to the study to discuss matters.

"Lord!" The two saluted in unison.

"Excuse me! Sit down, I was looking for you two, but I didn't think you would come first! Wang Xu sat behind the desk in the study and smiled.

The two looked at each other and smiled, slowly knelt on the mattress, Guo Jia said: "Lord, I got spy information last night, and I have to come!" ”

"And there's another happy event coming today!" Frustrated with the stroking beard to take it.

This made Wang Xu a little surprised, and he wondered: "Why is there a joy?" ”

"Lord, look!"

As he spoke, he slowly opened the burden in his hand, and after a while, two golden seals came into view, and next to them were a dark purple ribbon and a golden silk silk, which was obviously a holy decree, exquisitely made, and very beautiful.

Wang Xu knew what it was at a glance, and said strangely: "This is the golden seal purple ribbon?" ”

"Exactly!" Fu Zhu held the package in his hand, got up and put it on the table in front of Wang Xu. "This morning, the imperial court came, and His Majesty was promoted to the lord of General Wei and Jingzhou Mu, and the original title of Marquis of Taoyang County remained unchanged, and it has been announced to the world!"

Wang Xu didn't busy talking, and picked up the golden seal and looked at it carefully. According to the military system of the Han Dynasty, this Wei general commanded all the forbidden armies, second only to the general, the hussar general and the chariot general, which was a very high military position.

But now, in addition to making yourself more justified, it really doesn't have much use, so how can there be any forbidden army. It has long been carved up by the group of heroes in Si Li. Even the elite of the year fled. Dead of death, not one left.

was holding the golden seal to watch, Wang Xu suddenly pinched hard, then laughed dumbly, and picked up another big seal of Jingzhou Mu and pinched it, and now he was sure of its material, and said with a smile: "Fengxiao, Gonghe, this golden seal looks exquisite." But the inside is all made of copper, and it's inferior copper! ”

"Oh?" Guo Jia and Fu Zhu looked at each other, and then laughed.

After a long time, he couldn't help but sigh: "This dignified Han General Wei actually gave an inferior copper seal, where is the majesty of the Han Dynasty, where is the prestige!" ”

Guo Jia also shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "I don't know how difficult His Majesty's situation is now, and it is really ridiculous to use such inferior copper as a big seal." How can there be royal face! ”

"Forget it! The life of His Majesty is not very easy, and it is not bad to have a copper seal. Now that Chrysostom has been opened, the name is there. Wang Xu waved his hand, then put the gold seal and ribbon aside, and said with a smile: "As for the usual use, I'll make two by myself!" I don't know how much this inferior copper seal can be imitated, how can it be used? ”

"What the lord said is reasonable!" The two nodded.

Wang Xu smiled slightly, no longer delved into this matter, and instead asked: "Feng Xiao and Gonghe came early in the morning, could it be that they made a special trip for this matter?" ”

"Definitely!" Guo Jia took the words with a smile, his eyes were meaningful. "Have you ever thought about the fact that this Wei general has not been set up for many years, why is it not promoted to the lord and the lord now, but a single Wei general is set up for the lord?"

"If it is said that the court is now in the court, although it is controlled by Yang Feng, Duan Xuan and other rats, but Jingzhou Nanyang is only one step away from Si Li, and it is powerful, if His Majesty appoints the lord as a hussar general or a chariot general, they dare not have any complaints. But His Majesty didn't, why? ”

Wang Xu's head was running rapidly, and after a while, he was already enlightened. "Fengxiao, do you mean that His Majesty is alluding to me with the duties of General Wei?"

"Not bad!" Guo Jia nodded, and said with great affirmation: "Your Majesty can't help yourself, and there are no close soldiers around you, and the envoys sent by you will be held hostage by those incompetent people, but Your Majesty has to rely on them to resist Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, so it's hard to say clearly." General Wei was originally in charge of all the forbidden armies and guarded the safety of the capital, so His Majesty must have hoped that the lord would raise troops to protect the court. ”

"Hmm!" Wang Xu nodded, and he had already sensed some of his thoughts from Guo Jia's tone, but Wang Xu did not show his attitude, looked at his two great strategists for a long time, and asked lightly: "Then do you think it is better to be diligent or not diligent now?" What's so good? ”

The two were not in a hurry to speak, they looked at each other inquiringly, and it was obvious that they had not had time to reach an agreement first.

Guo Jia was slightly humble, and smiled in frustration, then stroked his chin and short beard, and slowly admonished: "Back to the lord, the minister has heard that the ancestor of the lord has been a minister of the state for several generations, and everyone in the world is rumored to be loyal. Today, the Son of Heaven has been displaced, and the temple has been ruined. It can be seen that although all the states and counties in the world claim to be volunteers on the surface, in fact they are plotting with each other and have no idea of worrying about the country and the people. ”

"Now, the lord has completely pacified Jingzhou, the development is rapid, the soldiers obey the orders, the people support and love, if the lord is willing to go to the northwest to meet the Son of Heaven, move the capital to Xiangyang, you can coerce the Son of Heaven and order the princes, inherit the emperor's orders, settle the people, accumulate soldiers and horses, crusade against the rebellion that does not obey the imperial court, except for a few princes in the world, who dares not obey the lord's orders?"

"At that time, the lord only needs to rely on the vastness of Jingxiang, the strength of the army, and the counties and townships near and far are naturally looking forward to being attached, where the army is caused, except for the powerful princes, they will bow down and obey orders, this is a God-given opportunity, and I hope the lord will see it!"

The frustrated voice fell, and he bowed his hand deeply to Wang Xu, and then sat down again.

But the more Wang Xu listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and he didn't say anything about it, but looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao also has the same opinion?" ”

"Nope! Subordinates and public officials disagree. Guo Jia shook his head.

"Oh?" This was beyond Wang Xu's expectations, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to object. "Bonghyo thinks this statement is wrong?"

Guo Jia shook his head again and explained loudly: "It's not that this law is wrong, but it's useless to the current situation in Jingzhou. ”

Wang Xu suddenly became very interested, and he hesitated before because of the great drawbacks of "coercing the Son of Heaven and making the princes".

If it was for Kuang Fu Han, then this move would definitely be imperative, but he was not interested in Kuang Fu Han at all now.

Now, he wants to be self-reliant. Jingzhou civil and military still don't know. But inevitably there are those who are loyal to the Han family. Now take over the emperor. It's like hanging a knife over your head. Even if you control the government, there are still many restrictions, and there will be many people who want to seize power, just like Cao Cao's civil strife in history, almost every once in a while.

Although he was suppressed every time, no matter how powerful he was, he was still a minister. Like Wang Zuozhi's talent Xun Yu, if the court is not by Cao Cao's side. After a long time, his heart of devotion to the Han may be dispelled.

But in the end, he was stunned to respect the Han, Cao Cao wanted to enter the king of Wei, and when he found out about Cao Cao's ambition, he immediately obstructed it in every possible way. Because in his heart, he always thought that Cao Cao wanted to calm the world with power, and after the world was calmed, he would hand over power to the capable emperor surnamed Liu, and retire successfully.

Such people are not only Xun Yu, nor are they one or two. Wang Xu didn't know how many people under his account were this kind of thinking, thinking that in the end he would hand over the country to the royal family. If the imperial court is not around. Then, as the word Han court disappears in the eyes of everyone, a new and perfect national system is formed, which will naturally be slowly transformed.

But if there is a court all the time, then only God knows who has the heart to change the dynasty and who doesn't! Historically, Xun Yu followed Cao Cao for so many years and made great contributions, he was Cao Cao's mastermind and sat in the core position, but in the end, even the two of them didn't realize that their respective thoughts turned out to be far from each other.

This is where Wang Xu hesitates the most, if he says "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", it will definitely have its benefits. The prestige of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, the national consciousness in the hearts of the people is still very strong, not to mention anything else, taking Yizhou, I am afraid that most of Yizhou will surrender directly, and even Liu Zhang himself may surrender. Even if he did not surrender and waved his army to pacify, the people of Nayizhou and local middle and low-level officials would also rush to join him, which was also the basis for Cao Cao's later ability to quickly stabilize the north.

For example, Kong Rong and other small forces in various places were broken, and the court was happy to go over to become an official as soon as it was called, which was actually all Cao Cao's meaning. As soon as Yuan Shao died, except for a few sons who ruled the land, most of the counties and townships in Hebei were directly attached. As soon as Liu Biao died in Jingzhou, except for a few people who were loyal to Liu Biao or disgusted with Cao Cao, the first reaction of the ministers and the people was to surrender, not because of his strong strength, but because he represented the imperial court and represented orthodoxy!

It wasn't until decades later that Cao Pi became emperor that the situation really changed.

Now Wang Xu can't wait for a few decades, and he doesn't have a few decades to weaken the influence of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, so the best thing is to keep everyone away from the word imperial court and quickly dilute it.

Both options have pros and cons, making it difficult for him to decide.

But at this moment, Guo Jia suddenly said something amazing, saying that Yingtianzi was useless to Jingzhou, of course, he was very surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Feng Xiaoke can come quickly!" ”

Guo Jia pondered for a moment, seemed to be sorting out his thoughts, and then continued after a long time: "The lord, the intention of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes lies in the fact that there are many local forces and scattered strengths, but now there is no such problem in Jingzhou, every inch of land in Jingzhou is led by the lord to pacify, every official is appointed by the general's office, and the main forces of the army are concentrated in the hands of the lord alone, and now it has been governed for more than ten years, and it has long been connected, how can it still be controlled by the imperial court?" ”

"If it is Yuan Shao of Hebei, Cao Cao of the Central Plains and others, of course, it will be greatly advantageous. Because of their power formation, most of them were dependent on the local officials who had served before the imperial court, and they did not form a unified dispatch, and the generals and taishou were all self-led, not all of them were their retainers. At this time, if there is the Son of Heaven in the realm, then we can deter all places and make more talents and regions attached, but how can we do it? ”

"Yuan Shu in the east sits in Huainan, and now it has all been entrusted to his cronies, and the imperial court has no effect on it. Jiangdong Sun Jian, like us, is fighting step by step, and the subordinates and generals are all retainers, how can the imperial court let his retainers be attached lightly? As for Yizhou, if you borrow the prestige of the imperial court, you may be able to make it attached, but it is already in the lord's pocket, and when Jingzhou recovers its vitality, it can be taken with all the troops, so why use the majesty of the imperial court? ”

"If it is really with the help of the imperial court to take Yizhou, how will those Taishou and generals deal with it? If His Majesty wants to appoint a taishou, what should the lord do? If you completely ignore Your Majesty, then how is it different from Li Dao Guo Yan and others? Wouldn't it affect the lord's reputation of patriotism and loyalty, benevolence and virtue? ”

"My Jingzhou is now self-contained, and if I welcome my majesty to the south, it will not only burn down the system that I have worked hard to build over the past years, but also increase the variables. Even a large number of incompetent officials and ministers, how should it be? Isn't this useless, but a restraint on oneself? ”

After saying so much in one breath, Guo Jia paused for a moment before he said word by word: "Therefore, if it is not for the situation in the world to be decided, the subordinates oppose the lord to welcome the Son of Heaven!" ”

Before Wang Xu finished listening, he was already enlightened, and he was suddenly awakened by Guo Jia and thought secretly......

yes, what am I doing now to welcome the Son of Heaven? Sooner or later, Yizhou is in the bag, and the military under his command are all retainers, even if the former princes Liu Biao and others are not attached, but sincerely subdued after being defeated, and become retainers like retainers.

In this way, welcoming a little emperor and a group of crooked chirps may demagogue people at any time, brainwash Jingzhou's civil and military officials, shake unity, and point fingers at the civil and military officials What are they doing in vain? Isn't this a fool who uses money to support others to abuse himself?

After thinking about it like this, Wang Xu was excited in his heart, and finally opened his mouth to say: "Fengxiao's words are reasonable!" ”

Frustrated Professor opened his mouth, trying to say something, but he didn't seem to find a reason to refute it.

Seeing that Wang Xu's expression was also very excited, he thought for a moment and then took over the words gloomily: "Lord, what Feng Xiao said is also reasonable, but if the lord does not welcome the Son of Heaven, there will be strong heroes in the north to greet him. In any case, nominally you always need to obey the imperial court, appoint a senior official such as a taishou or assassin, and after all, you need to report to the imperial court in order to be justified! ”

"Gong and too worried!" Since Wang Xu has figured it out, he naturally doesn't care about this, and explained: "Since my Jingzhou is an iron plate, I am not afraid of such things, and in the future, I only need to report to the imperial court to appoint a big official, as for whether he agrees, what does it have to do with me?" Can he still appoint someone to seize power? As long as you get the support of the people, you will be benevolent, virtuous, and powerful, and the world's miracles will also come to defect. ”

Hearing this, he opened his mouth, but he still didn't say more, although he didn't approve of this completely ignoring the Han Dynasty in his heart, but he silently agreed after all.

No one expected, let alone expected, how important Guo Jia's construction was, and how correct Wang Xu's decision was.

Many of the civil and military forces in Jingzhou are the same as the frustrated people, although they think of the Han Dynasty and do not approve of ignoring the imperial court, but they acquiesce in such a road of revitalization, and the farther they go on this road, the more things they acquiesce, and the more distant the word Han becomes. When they suddenly discovered after many years that the Yiqiē around them seemed to be a mature national system, the big Han left their hearts lightly.

If there is no such decision, ushering in the little emperor, even if it is useless, but he is still standing there, telling everyone all the time, even if he has no real power, he still represents the supreme position, if you want to really change comprehensively, I am afraid you have to be like Cao Wei in history, and wait until the second generation to take charge of the opportunity, because they have ignored imperial power since they were young, and they do not have the concept and sense of belonging of the Han Dynasty!

Of course, Wang Xu couldn't think of it so far, and at this moment, he also agreed, and immediately smiled: "Okay, I decided not to welcome the Son of Heaven, but I have to take a small number of soldiers and horses to Sili for a trip!" ”

"My lord, why is this?" Guo Jia and Fu Zhu were puzzled.

Wang Xu smiled incomprehensibly, and slowly stretched out two fingers: "First, in order to block the mouths of the people of the world." Second, I don't welcome the Son of Heaven, and I don't want Cao Cao to welcome him, even if Yuan Shaoying is welcomed, he is better than him! (To be continued......)