Of course, Guo Jia also thought of this question, and said to Zhen Yan in a deep voice: "Is Zhen Gongzi joking?" The lord is the Yanzhou Assassin, where is he qualified to appoint the Jizhou Assassin? Even the position of Yanzhou Assassin was recommended by Liu Dai, the former Yanzhou Assassin History, and I didn't hear that Liu Dai would give it to whoever he wanted. These words called Zhen Yan Zhen Gongzi, obviously very dissatisfied with Zhen Yan.

Zhen Yan said with a face full of grievances: "Why should Mr. Guo Jia be in a hurry? I don't mean anything else, after all, the way of government is like flowing water, and if the lord is also the assassin of the two states, how can the decree be quickly uploaded and issued? Could it be that the affairs of Jizhou and Yanzhou should go to Chen Liu, Yanzhou, for advice? I'm afraid it's a joke, right? ”

Guo Jia didn't expect Zhen Yan to go toe-to-toe with him, and snorted coldly: "The second son's words are wrong! The lord can only set up a separate driver position in each state, and it is enough for the daily affairs to be taken care of by the other driver. I wonder if the second son thinks so? ”

Zhen Yan heard this, but she didn't expect Guo Jia to have such a move, and she was speechless. After thinking for a long time, he said: "Whether it is the history of the assassin or the don't drive, as Mr. Guo Jia said, it is good to have someone take care of the daily affairs, but because of this, the appointment of this position is also suitable for the lord to consider the old officials in Jizhou, after all, they know Jizhou better than others." ”

Xu Jixin called the drama meat to come, the Zhen family really would not give up their interests, if he agreed to this request, then he would have returned to the level of ordinary warlords.

What does it mean to be familiar with Jizhou affairs? It's all about finding someone who can be at their mercy.

How could Xu Ji agree to such a thing? However, Xu Ji wanted to know who the candidate for Jizhou was in Lu Dao Zhen Yan's mouth. said quietly: "What you said is not unreasonable, according to your opinion, who do you think is the candidate for this Jizhou don't drive?" ”

Zhen Yan looked at Xu Ji. Without showing any emotion, he said: "Actually, it doesn't have to be the old officials of Jizhou, but my subordinates think that if there is a person, they must not only be familiar with Jizhou affairs." If you are also familiar with the various decrees of the lord, you are the best candidate. After all, both states are under the rule of the lord. Unanimity of government decrees is the right way to go. ”

Xu Ji said lightly: "Oh? If there is such a character, then it is really a good choice. ”

Zhen Yan said with a smile: "The lord said that he was joking, but in fact, the candidate in Zhen Yan's heart is Mr. Guo Jia." ”

As soon as these words came out, Guo Jia's face changed slightly, obviously thinking of the inappropriateness.

However, not many people could see this, and the people in the hall just thought it was a pretty good idea. Only Gao Shun and others felt that the Zhen family had other plans because they had listened to Liang Xi's analysis.

As for Chen Zhi and Zhang He, who were born and died with Guo Jia, they only felt that Zhen Yan's proposal was very reasonable. As for the other families in Jizhou, led by the Xin family and the Xun family, they all agreed, after all, Guo Jianai was a celebrity in Xu Ji's eyes, and the Zhen family was so close to Guo Jia. Maybe what Zhen Yan said represents Guo Jia's true thoughts. What's more, they have always looked at the Zhen family. What's more, there are already two of their next generation of children who are working under Xu Ji, even Xun Yu will be out sooner or later, and this time it is just a smooth sailing.

There are even many people who think that Guo Jia's current behavior is just retreating into advance.

At this time, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, who were also in the column, also remained silent, although they stayed, they were obviously still undecided, obviously wanting to see if Xu Ji was what he wanted to take refuge in. Ming Lord". Perhaps the problem Xu Ji is facing now is that God gives him a great opportunity to observe Xu Ji and decide where to go.

But where did Xu Ji know this? He just sneered in his heart, and said secretly in his heart: Sure enough, the Zhen family wants to attack Guo Jia, but. Will Guo Jia's intelligence be fooled?

Sure enough, Guo Jia said to Xu Ji in a deep voice: "The lord must not do this matter, Director Guo Jia is to make suggestions in front of the two armies, not to manage the affairs of the state and county." Please also think twice. ”

As soon as Guo Jia's words came out, many people were stunned, and then they saw that Guo Jia really didn't want to take the position of Jizhou Don't Drive.

Of course, Xu Ji knew that this was Guo Jia making his position clear to everyone. Pretending to be mysterious, he said: "I have planned this for a long time, and I will tell you the answer tomorrow." ”

The crowd was confused. It's not good to get to the bottom of it, so I have to divert the topic. After talking to Xu Ji painlessly, they dispersed.

Guo Jia saw that there was no one in the hall, so he was about to speak to Xu Ji, but the latter smiled and touched his belly and said, "Fengxiao, I understand what you mean, but let's talk about it after we finish lunch, okay?" ”

Guo Jia nodded, Xu Ji got up and asked Guo Jia to sit down, and he went to change his clothes first.

After Xu Ji walked into his room, there was already someone who had been waiting for Xu Ji for a long time, and this person was Huang Jun.

Xu Ji was not polite when he saw Huang Jun, and asked straight to the point: "Do you want you to investigate anything?" ”

Huang Jun first pondered for a while and said: "Lord, my subordinates have something to say, no matter what, Mr. Guo Jia is loyal to his lord and has no two hearts. ”

Xu Ji scolded with a smile: "What are you thinking? When did I say there was a problem with Bonghyo? The problem is the Zhen family, they obviously want to use Feng Xiao, although Feng Xiao senses that something is wrong, but it seems that there is something unspeakable and reluctant to speak out, but we can't let it go. ”

Huang Jun nodded when he heard this: "The lord is right, in fact, this is also the worry of his subordinates, there have long been rumors in Yecheng that Mr. Guo Jia and Mrs. Zhang have an ambiguous relationship. Otherwise, Mrs. Zhang would not have thrown herself into the lord when Yuan Shao's power was strong. ”

Xu Ji snorted coldly and said, "Mrs. Zhang chose to cooperate with me out of the consideration of family interests and filial piety. By the way, why don't they spread the word that there is a problem between Fengxiao and Zhen Mi? ”

Huang Jun said with a smile: "No one believes this matter, because Zhen Mi was personally designated by Liu Liangfa as the person who was ordered by the queen, if Mr. Fengxiao had an affair with Zhen Mi, wouldn't Mr. Guo Jia become the emperor?" Where will anyone believe? What's more, wouldn't this be a slap in the face of the lord? ”

Xu Ji smiled coldly when he heard this: "I'll talk about this later, what's going on with that rumor?" ”

Huang Jun looked at Xu Jisen's cold appearance, and he was quite afraid in his heart. But he immediately replied, "Yes, back to my lord." On the day when Yuan Shao attacked the city and defeated Mr. Guo, Mr. Guo Jia invited Mrs. Zhang to go. The ghost monitor learned that Mr. Guo Jia was drunk that night, and Mrs. Zhang was also in Mr. Guo Jia's room that night. ”

When Xu Ji heard this, his breathing suddenly became heavy and cloudy, and he said nervously: "When did Mrs. Zhang come out of Fengxiao's room?" ”

Huang Jun knew what Xu Ji wanted to ask, and said with a gloomy expression: "It was the early morning of the second day, and the shadow replied that Mrs. Zhang came out disheveled, and her face was gloomy and seemed to be quite serious. Immediately, he cautiously asked Xu Jidao: "Does the lord suspect that Mr. Guo and that Mrs. Zhang have done something wrong?" ”

Huang Jun clearly knew that if Guo Jia and Mrs. Zhang really had a leg. Then Guo Jia's position is really a problem, because he will be coerced by Mrs. Zhang. In that case, it will be difficult for Xu Ji to do it.

saw Xu Ji breathe a sigh of relief and said, "The matter is not as serious as you imagined." ”

Looking at Huang Jun's puzzled appearance, Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "If Fengxiao and Mrs. Zhang really do something, how can Mrs. Zhang be preoccupied?" And with a gloomy face? She doesn't know that the shadow is watching her, and if there is really something, she will definitely cry and cry to be responsible for Feng Xiao, Feng Xiao is first involved in the love scene, where do you understand these many ghost tricks? I'm afraid that I will fall into Mrs. Zhang's gentle trap. ”

Huang Jun looked at Xu Ji and said in his heart: Is there also a woman who wants your old man to be responsible?

Xu Ji saw his virtue. Laughed and scolded: "What do you want? This is only an empirical statement from the book. ”

Huang Jun was overjoyed when he heard this; "Where the lord saw it, I will also go to see it!"

Xu Jixin said: Originally, it was speculation where did the classic book query come from? But he pretended to be displeased: "Where did all this nonsense come from? ”

Huang Jun shrank his head and said to Xu Ji again: "Can the lord find any clues from these things?" ”

Xu Ji sneered: "What a powerful Mrs. Zhang! At the expense of self-destruction of reputation to control Jizhou, no wonder Fengxiao seems to have unspeakable secrets. I see that this Mrs. Zhang did spend the night in Fengxiao's room, but Guo Fengxiao's amount of alcohol, hehe. That's it, presumably nothing. But I was a little surprised. It seems that since the first day Feng Xiao lived in the Zhen family, this Mrs. Zhang has been thinking about how to use Feng Xiao. Hum! It's a pity that you can't hide it from me! ”

glanced at Huang Jun, who was a little stunned. Xu Ji smiled: "Mrs. Zhang wants to continue to control Jizhou, but there is no door!" ”

Xu Ji looked at Huang Jun, who looked puzzled, and said in a deep voice: "Don't you think it's a little strange? Feng Xiao has been in Jizhou for more than a year, why do rumors only arise between her and Mrs. Zhang? ”

With a wave of his hand, Huang Jun, who wanted to speak, Xu Ji said coldly: "Don't tell me that there are rumors between Fengxiao and Zhen Mi and no one will believe it, but Fengxiao has lived in the Zhen family for more than a year, who knows what happened in the Dao?" Hum! If it is said that there can be nothing between Fengxiao and Zhen Mi, there should be no incident between Mrs. Zhang and Fengxiao. ”

Huang Jun opened his mouth, thought about it carefully, and had to admit that Xu Ji was reasonable, Mrs. Zhang has been widowed for many years, and she is the head of the Zhen family, so it can be said that she has read countless people, what kind of man has not seen it? Although Guo Jia is amazingly talented, he is only stunned in terms of feelings, although he is talented, but it is only in the military aspect, and he can't see that Guo Jia will be a master of the love field with sweet words to please women, otherwise after a year, how can he still just drink and read books as if he was in Chen Liu?

How could such a Guo Jia arouse Mrs. Zhang's interest? What's more, Mrs. Zhang, who is the head of the Zhen family for many years, has come into contact with so many men, and she has never heard of any ambiguous relationships with others. Mrs. Zhang's reputation for chastity is very famous in Jizhou, but as soon as Guo Jia came, rumors arose, which is a strange place.

Could it be that Mrs. Zhang did it on purpose?

Xu Ji seemed to see through Huang Jun's thoughts, and sneered: "It is very likely that this rumor was created by the Zhen family itself, if the enemy spreads rumors, such as Yuan Shao, he will definitely not choose Mrs. Zhang as the object of Fengxiao's scandal, because that will only increase the relationship between the Zhen family and me." ”

Huang Jun suddenly said: "The lord's words are reasonable, because at that time, we had not yet implemented the reform of the lord in Chen, and they probably didn't know the intention of the lord of the Dao to suppress the big family, according to the ideas of ordinary people, if it can be related to the Zhen family, it will undoubtedly increase its strength." If this rumor comes true. The lord can rely on Mr. Guo Jia to get the support of the Zhen family. After all, those who get the Zhen family have Jizhou. ”

Xu Ji nodded and said, "So if I am Yuan Shao, I should choose Zhen Mi, because Zhen Mi is the queen's life." If there are rumors about Feng Xiao and Zhen Mi, it will bring us a lot of trouble. For example, it will be said that we have a heart of disobedience, and at least in the eyes of outsiders, I, the lord of the father, will be suspicious of filial piety. Such rumors are beneficial to Yuan Shao. ”

Huang Jun nodded when he heard this: "I understand, that is, the reason why Mrs. Zhang wants to spread this rumor is to seek greater benefits." ”

Xu Ji sneered: "That's right, Mrs. Zhang knows in her heart that her daughter can't marry casually, at least not Yuan Xi, because if she dedicates the Zhen family's hands to the Yuan family, she chose to cooperate with us." Because we are not forced to marry them, the independence of the Zhen family is preserved. But what Mrs. Zhang wants is not only that the Zhen family will not be annexed, but that the Zhen family will get greater benefits. And the ambiguous relationship between Bonghyo and him is just in her favor. ”

After a pause, he said: "Mrs. Zhang's eyes are very poisonous, a female streamer can actually see that she fought with Yuan Shao a year ago, we are the last winners, in her calculations, a defeated Yuan Shao is insignificant, and Han Fu has to sell him face, I will naturally lose my strength because of the victory with Yuan Shao." And she can't afford to take care of Jizhou, so Jizhou is still in her hands, plus we and the Zhen family because of the cooperation, there will be a lot of business and political exchanges. According to her wishful thinking, judging from Fengxiao's identity as the first military division under my account, if she has any interests with me in the future. She can get more benefits from us with Guo Jia's face. ”

Huang Jun nodded when he heard this: "I see, Mrs. Zhang wants to make a situation. In other words, the relationship between her and Mr. Guo Jia is extraordinary, in fact, there is nothing between the two of them. ”

Xu Ji nodded. He said: "But the development of the situation has changed, Mrs. Zhang didn't expect Yuan Shao to lose so quickly, so miserable, this is completely beyond her expectations, the strength of our army directly threatens her control of Jizhou, the more important thing is that I have carried out the restructuring in Chenliu, the family of Yanzhou is afraid of me, and the family of Chenliu is suppressed so that they can't raise their heads, with a smart person like Mrs. Zhang, she must know that if I Xu Ji enters Jizhou, I will definitely carry out the same reform in Jizhou, Although the strength of the Zhen family is not entirely reflected in the possession of land and grain, land and grain are a major pillar of the Zhen family, and just looking at the 50,000 clan soldiers of the Zhen family is enough to explain the problem. ”

Huang Jun sighed: "If you don't have a huge amount of land and plenty of food, how can you afford to support so many people, even if these soldiers are peasant soldiers and not soldiers under the command of the lord, they must have a lot of arable land on weekdays." ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "That's right, Mrs. Zhang understands that once I occupy Jizhou and start to restructure, the Zhen family will lose a lot of land, and then naturally it will not be able to raise so many clan soldiers. It is hoped that after the restructuring, the Zhen family will gain a new living space, instead of being completely shrunk and depleted under the suppression of the restructuring like Chen Liu's family. ”

Huang Jun frowned and said, "Then why didn't Mrs. Zhang go to Yuan Shao for help." Seeing that Xu Ji glared at him angrily, he immediately reacted and said: "The subordinates are confused, first of all, Yuan Shao may not be able to help her, after all, Yuan Shao is the defeated general of the lord's subordinates, if the Zhen family and Yuan Shao join forces and are defeated by our army, the Zhen family will be directly razed to the ground by the lord under the anger, and even if Yuan Shao helps her defeat the lord, it is still difficult for the Zhen family to escape the fate of being annexed by the marriage with the Yuan family, ha, in this way, isn't this Mrs. Zhang a dilemma?" ”

Xu Ji nodded.

Huang Jun asked again: "But I don't understand what is the use of Mrs. Zhang pinning her hopes on Mr. Guo Jia now?" It is impossible for Mr. Guo Jia to help her, because the main public account has always been strict in military law, and there has never been any affection. Maybe Mr. Guo Jia is very close to the Zhen family, but he will not make such a mistake. ”

Xu Ji sneered: "Mrs. Zhang is old and spicy, and she has her own set of outstanding sets, of course, it is not something that a cold-headed boy like you can imagine." As long as there is something to use, she will hold on. ”

After a pause, he said: "Today's incident is the best proof of this, why would Zhen Yan propose Feng Xiao to serve as the assassin of Jizhou, or Jizhou Don't Drive, the general leader of Jizhou affairs?" That was Mrs. Zhang's idea at all, she knew that it was impossible for me to appoint officials in Jizhou to manage Jizhou, because that would be a change of soup and not a change of medicine, and my restructuring in Jizhou would not be able to be carried out, so I would definitely transfer an internal affairs master from Yanzhou who knew that I was reforming in Chenliu to Jizhou, and at that time, the Zhen family would not be able to play a little trick. ”

Huang Jun said suddenly: "That's why Zhen Yan proposed Mr. Guo Jia to manage Jizhou." ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "That's right, first of all, Feng Xiao is my henchman, and he has made great contributions, and Jizhou was won under the auspices of Feng Xiao." Moreover, Fengxiao has a very high reputation in Jizhou, and everyone is heartbroken about it, and no one will raise objections to Fengxiao to manage Jizhou. ”

Huang Jun nodded yes.

Xu Ji said: "Secondly, Fengxiao is not a master of internal affairs, how to seize Jizhou, Fengxiao is an expert, but how to govern the place, Fengxiao is a complete layman, not to mention the reform of this kind of thing." If Jizhou is handed over to Fengxiao, Fengxiao can only rely on the family of Jizhou, wouldn't this give the Zhen family an opportunity? Therefore, Zhen Yan will strongly recommend Fengxiao to govern Jizhou. ”

Huang Jun nodded, and said, "But why does Mrs. Zhang think that she can influence Mr. Guo Jia?" Is it just those vague rumors? Since Mrs. Zhang knew so much about the reform implemented by the lord in Chenliu, then she should know that if there was anything between her and Mr. Guo Jia, the lord would double down on her, because what the lord didn't like the most was the big family controlling politics and the army. After a pause, Huang Jun continued: "And the lord can send a deputy for Mr. Guo Jia to help Mr. Guo Jia in Jizhou, how can the Zhen family play tricks?" (To be continued......)