The news of Cao's withdrawal soon spread through the streets of Xuzhou, and people flocked to the streets, beating gongs and drums to celebrate the victory. The mood that had been suppressed for a long time under the white terror of Cao Jun was released, and the days of trembling and trembling like thin ice finally passed, the haze in my heart was swept away, and the songs and laughter filled the entire Xuzhou City.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Tao Qian's illness is actually all cured, he is full of energy, his face is radiant, and he set up a celebration banquet in the state pastoral mansion to feast guests. The specifications of this banquet are much higher than the reception banquet when Liu Ze first entered the city, and the scale is also much larger, not only the large and small officials of Xuzhou participated in the banquet, Tian Kai, Kong Rong, Guan Yu, Jia Xu and others also entered the city and participated in the banquet together, and like Liu Ze, they were treated as guests by Tao Qian.

The central figure of this banquet is naturally Liu Ze, people take turns to toast Liu Ze, and Liu Ze is polite and polite in returning, and his gentle and elegant temperament left a deep impression on the guests present.

Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Cao Bao and others have their own hearts, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas, wine and delicacies, and the food is also tasteless.

Tao Qian in Liu Ze when he first entered Xuzhou, he proposed to give Xuzhou, now Cao Bing has retreated, Tao Qian has not said, Chen Deng is worried that Tao Qian was forced by the situation to give Xuzhou to Liu Ze, now the crisis in Xuzhou has been removed, Tao Qian is reluctant to let in, deliberately pretending to be deaf and dumb, and no longer mention, in this way, Liu Ze will definitely withdraw the troops with Tian Kai Kong Rong, and his plan will be completely ruined, how can Chen Deng not be anxious.

Mi Zhu and Cao Bao are in the opposite state of mind. I am afraid that Tao Qian will bring up the old matter again, and then say the words of Xuzhou. The Mi Zhu family is wealthy, and it can be called the first wealthy family in Xuzhou, and the status of the Mi family in Xuzhou is second to none, and even Tao Qian is quite dependent on the Mi family. Xuzhou changed hands, but Mi Zhu was not willing to see it, not to mention Liu Ze's reputation in the plains, Mi Zhu had already heard of it, and the powerful forces in the plains were subdued by Liu Ze, and Liu Ping, the largest scholar in the plains, was killed by Liu Ze. Punish the strong and help the weak, so that ordinary people are grateful. But it makes forces like the Mi family sit on pins and needles. Once Liu Ze enters Xuzhou, maybe they will liquidate their Mi family.

Cao Bao, who is more worried than Mi Zhu, has elite soldiers but no unscrupulous generals in Xuzhou, so Cao Bao, who thinks he is a second-rate character, has secured the position of captain in Xuzhou. Cao Bao is now the first general in Xuzhou, and it is not windy. After all, I have followed Tao Qian for so many years. Birth to death. Cao Bao has also made a lot of achievements, and it is extremely difficult to get today's status. Unlike the Mi family, Cao Bao is not an indigenous to Xuzhou. If Tao Qian falls, he will also fall. Looking at the super-first-class fierce generals under Liu Ze, Cao Bao's backbone felt cold for a while.

But the development of facts does not depend on their will, and what should come will still come. The banquet ended in a joyful atmosphere, and in front of everyone's eyes, Tao Qian invited Liu Ze to take a seat, and ordered his entourage to bring up the seal ribbon.

Seeing this scene, Mi Zhu and Cao Bao's hearts sank, but Chen Deng's brows stretched a lot.

"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to the old man!" Tao Qian coughed lightly and said loudly, and the scene immediately fell silent, and everyone looked sideways. "The old man is old, the second son is not talented, and he is not worthy of the country's heavy responsibilities. Liu Gong is a nobleman of the imperial family, with high virtue and talent, but he can shepherd Xuzhou on behalf of the old man, and the old man is willing to beg to recuperate. From today on, Runde Gong is the lord of Xuzhou, and I hope that all colleagues will sincerely assist in governing Xuzhou. ”

"What?" Many people couldn't help but exclaim, Tao Qian's words stirred up a thousand waves, if Tao Qian let Xuzhou only a few important staff know, at this time Xuzhou large and small civil and military officials are there, this influence can not be compared.

"Father, are you crazy?" Tao Qian's second son, Tao Ying, stood up, his face distorted and his face flushed. Tao Ying has not yet reached the crown, only nineteen this year, and has no position, so he was not present when he let Xuzhou for the first time. At this time, when he heard that his father was going to give Xuzhou to others for nothing, he couldn't help but be anxious, and he didn't care about the courtesy, so he reprimanded him in person. "Xuzhou is the Xuzhou of the Tao family, how can you give it to someone with a surname?"

Tao Ying's words were extremely rude, at least as a son of man, openly reprimanding his father in public, it was already disrespectful, disobedient and unfilial, no matter what, Tao Qian's face couldn't hold it, and shouted: "Rebel son, is this where you speak?" Don't quit yet! ”

Tao Qian has always had a headache for his two sons, although the eldest son Tao Shang has a cowardly personality, is gentle and simple, and does things in a proper manner, he is not worthy of the big task at all. The second son Tao Ying gave him a headache even more, all day long the flying eagle lackeys were not doing their jobs, they were completely a swinger and a gentleman, relying on his mother's doting, ignoring Tao Qian's teachings, Tao Qian was also helpless.

Tao Ying still had to be strong, but the potter grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Brother, don't make a mistake." ”

Tao Ying glanced at the pottery merchant with disdain, and snorted coldly: "Brother, the foundation of our Tao family is about to be robbed by others, can you still be so calm?" ”

Mi Zhu took the lead and said: "Princess Tao has been in Xuzhou for many years, her merits are high and virtuous, Cao Bingfang has retreated, and all kinds of waste are prosperous, Xuzhou cannot change hands lightly, and the chaos will be regenerated, please think twice about Tao Gong." ”

In front of the tent, Cao Hong, Langya Xiang Xiao Jian, Xiapi Xiang Zhenrong and others gave salutes together and advised: "Please think twice about Tao Gong." ”

Liu Ze watched coldly, the officials in Xuzhou almost unanimously opposed Tao Qian's decision, now is definitely not the time for him to take over Xuzhou, what surprised him a little was that Zhenrong, who believed in Buddhism, did not lead the people to flee south and loot Guangling, whether he didn't plan to leave or Cao Bing retreated too late to leave, Liu Ze didn't know very well. But looking at the situation at the scene, Liu Ze had to stand up and speak.

"Tao Gong, this matter must not be done. Ze to save Xuzhou, is to be righteous, unprovoked Xuzhou, the people of the world will regard Ze as an unrighteous person, people have no faith and can not stand, Ze He Yan to see the people of the world, although Ze is not talented, but also dare not bear the infamy of injustice. Please take back your fate! ”

Seeing that Liu Ze refused to accept it, Chen Deng's heart tightened, and hurriedly said: "Although Cao Cao goes, he may not come back, Tao Gong is old, riddled with diseases, and it is difficult to see things, the safety of Xuzhou's millions of people is in danger, and he is a king. ”

As soon as Chen Deng's voice fell, Tao Ying scolded and said: "Good you Chen Deng, our Tao family treats you well, you actually betray your gratitude and forget your morality, eat inside and out, and curse my father to die early, you ungrateful brute." ”

Most of the people sitting here are scholars with status and status, even if they scold people, they don't have dirty words, like Tao Ying, who is like a scoundrel in the market, and everyone can't help but look sideways. However, the words are not rough, in the case of unanimous opposition from the officials in Xuzhou, there are actually people who oppose Liu Ze to take over Xuzhou, and they are scolded by Tao Ying so unstoppable, but they also feel relieved, and everyone looks at Chen Deng with an expression of schadenfreude.

Chen Deng had been insulted like this, his face was red and white, and he was ashamed and embarrassed.

Tao Qian's face sank, and he shouted: "When adults speak, how can you allow this vertical son to interject!" Shang'er, drag this rebel animal down! ”

The pottery merchant dragged Tao Ying down from the hall according to his words, Tao Yingwu was unconvinced, and shouted loudly: "Father, you can't do foolish things, Xuzhou Foundation, but what you have worked so hard to create, you can't give it to others no matter what......"

"This rebel ......" Tao Qian was angry, stomped heavily, turned around and said: "The dog is not good, let Runde Gongjian laugh!" What Fang Cai Yuanlong said is that the old man is very old, and the affairs of Xuzhou must be Runde, and he will not quit! ”

"Tao Gong's words are bad!" Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu got up and said, "The shore of the land is not the king's land, the minister of the coast, the minister of the king." This territory of Xuzhou is the territory of His Majesty of the Han Dynasty, and the Tao envoy is the shepherd of the Son of Heaven, how can he give it to each other privately? Even if Tao Yuanjun can't see things due to illness, he should go to the court of the Ming Dynasty and be appointed by the court to send a virtuous person to appoint him, wouldn't it be contrary to the law of the court to give it to Tao Gong so privately! ”

Tao Qian was slightly embarrassed and said, "This ...... Tao made a statement to the court from the meeting. ”

Sun Qian, who was engaged in governance, snorted coldly and said: "Zhao Taishou's words are inevitably biased, Fang is often in turmoil today, and now it is weak, and the government is controlled by Dong Zhuo's remnants Li Dao Guo Yan, if Tao Envoy Jun resigns from the post of state pastor, and the court sends a person from Dong Zhuo's chaotic party to govern Xuzhou, it will be in line with the law?" According to Zhao Taishou's opinion, should Xuzhou Mu be a gentleman with both benevolence and virtue like Runde Gong, or a tyrannical villain sent by the court? ”

Everyone was talking about each other, and they all said that what Sun Qian said was reasonable.

Zhao Yu was furious and said angrily: "The shaft does not conspire with each other!" With that, he got up and walked away.

Liu Ze looked at the back of Zhao Yu's departure, and secretly surprised that the officials in Xuzhou were nothing more than divided into two factions, supporting Tao Qian to let Xuzhou as one faction, and opposing Tao Qian to let Xuzhou as the other faction, but Zhao Yu stood out from the crowd, taking the national program and law as the criterion, not opposing Tao Qian's resignation, and opposing Tao Qian's transfer of the position of state pastor to others without the permission of the court. Zhao Yu is loyal and upright, and in the troubled times, he especially does not forget the law, which is commendable.

Liu Zeli resigned: "Although Ze is a descendant of the imperial family, he is only sparse and thin, and he is not competent to serve as the Taishou of a county, how can he be the pastor of a state, even if it is difficult for Tao Gong to see things, he needs to choose another capable person." Huainan Yuan Highway, the fourth and third dukes, the famous sea, adjacent to Xuzhou, why not Tao Gong will pay the state and county. ”

As soon as Kong Rong heard this, he immediately said: "Huainan Yuan Shu, the dry bones in the mound, why not worry about the teeth." Since Tao Gong is sincere, Runde does not have to shirk anymore, and the people of Xuzhou should be the most important. (To be continued......)