Although he didn't expect his situation to become what it is now, Yuan Shao is not a mediocre hand, and it is not complicated to solve these troubles, and it is not even a problem for him at all. However, for what purpose did Xu Ji push himself to this point? This doesn't seem to be of any benefit to Xu Ji.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, there was no one around Yuan Shao who could ask questions for a while, and Yuan Shao's choice was to wait for Xu Ji's next move for the time being. For Yuan Shao, he can still bear this price, and no matter what Xu Ji's next step is, he can clearly judge Xu Ji's intentions, and it will not be difficult for him to target it at that time.

And in this way, Yuan Shao naturally would not let He Jin destroy his intention to control the West Garden, but Yuan Shao never thought that such a simple reason was the reason why Xu Ji did this, so that Yuan Shao lost the initiative even greater than he imagined, in other words, his actions and reactions now were all in Xu Ji's expectations. This is obviously not good news for Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao himself did not realize such a situation.

But Xu Ji never took it lightly, Yuan Shao's retreat was actually not so bad, and the only thing Xu Ji got was only one more temporary "ally" when facing He Jin. This can almost be said to be useless for Xu Ji to seize control of the West Garden, and may even make Xu Ji encounter greater troubles and obstacles, but Xu Ji has no choice, if the West Garden no longer exists, let alone control, so this is a last resort.

And of course Yuan Shao is not so simple, although he didn't realize that he fell into Xu Ji's trap, he still made a move that gave Xu Ji a headache, and he wooed Zhao Rong. Although Zhao Rong has always been low-key in the West Garden. But this person is really talented and learned, if it weren't for Feng Fang's easier to woo, then Xu Ji's first choice of object must be this one. At least compared to Feng Fang, Zhao Rong can play a greater role. But the opportunity has been missed. It's not so easy to get it back.

Although Zhao Rong did not completely fall to Yuan Shao, but compared to Xu Ji, Zhao Rong is obviously more inclined to Yuan Shao, this is the use of connections and fame, in the final analysis, Xu Ji is not a child of the family, these disadvantages exist congenitally, not to mention that Xu Ji has only been in the office for a year, and it is obviously not practical to catch up with Yuan Shao's reputation accumulated for many years, so although he is dissatisfied with Zhao Rong falling to Yuan Shao, he is helpless.

It's just that in terms of the strength of the two sides, Xu Ji is undoubtedly inferior again. Two of the eight lieutenants in Xiyuan can be counted as people on Yuan Shao's side, plus Yuan Shao himself has nearly half of the people in Xiyuan standing on his side, and the remaining Xia Mu Xu Ji must fight for it, because this is the only way to smooth out the gap in strength between the two sides, at least on the surface, Xu Ji can't fall behind.

Of course, it is the best result for Cao Cao to help himself, but Cao Cao, who is Yuan Shao's old friend, is already glad to deal with him, so don't expect Cao Cao to help him deal with Yuan Shao, as for Jian Shuo, this commander actually does not have half a soldier under his hands. And if you don't need to fight for him, he must be on his side, so Xu Ji once again has no choice.

The game is getting clearer and clearer, but I'm afraid it's more complicated for Xu Ji, and that's probably all the help Liu Hong can give himself. He is already too busy to take care of the affairs of the court, and the matter of Xiyuan is more helpless than how much Liu Hong really relies on himself. Xu Ji knows very well that his age is the biggest flaw, and I am afraid that few people dare to believe him. Liu Hong's reluctance to give himself such power is enough to prove how bad his father-in-law's situation is.

However, there will always be more troubles coming to the door in an eventful season, but for Xu Ji, the less troubles the better. He really couldn't spare the energy to deal with these things, but this time he was afraid that he couldn't hide from it.

Zhang Rang's resummoning didn't actually surprise Xu Ji. It's just that this time Zhang Rang chose really made his head as big as a fight. The old fox's abacus Xu Ji didn't expect it, but Xu Ji concluded that there was a huge trouble in this decision, and the old fox would not be looking for trouble. In view of his recent understanding of the government, He Jin seems to have once again forced the Ten Standing Servants to take a step, and today's summoning of himself must be related to this matter.

The meeting place is still the same as last time, the only difference is that today is not near night, so it looks a little brighter, but Zhang Rang is still sitting in the darkest corner, and Xu Ji still can't see the expression on his white and somewhat sickly old face.

"What are the instructions of the regular attendant to summon the subordinates?" In the face of this old fox, Xu Ji didn't dare to rely on his identity as a colt, and Zhang Rang really didn't take Xu Ji's so-called colt identity to heart, otherwise he would not have "summoned" Xu Ji.

Seeing that Xu Ji was still looking respectful, Zhang Rang seemed to show a playful smile, and he asked in a soft tone: "Don't you think the old slave is disrespectful?" The banter in his tone did not dispel Xu Ji's defense at all. Although it was a bit insulting to be like this to a eunuch, Xu Ji was really a little afraid of the old fox's methods. So he still replied respectfully: "Lord Chang Shi is worried about the country, and the lower officials are just luck, how dare you offend the Chang Shi?" These words are indeed beautiful, but neither Zhang Rang nor Xu Ji took each other's words seriously, Xu Ji's identity is real, and Zhang Rang's status is not false, so these words are just "polite greetings" between them.

And then it's time to talk about business, but before that, Zhang Rang obviously has other things: "I heard that there has been a lot of unrest in the West Garden recently, but is there such a thing?" Xu Ji nodded, it was impossible for Zhang Rang not to know the in Xiyuan, he had nothing to hide, and even if he wanted to, he couldn't hide it.

Zhang Rang saw Xu Ji nodding and seemed to nodded, but with the light behind his back, Xu Ji couldn't see the expression on the old fox's face, so he only heard Zhang Rang speak: "Don't worry too much about Yuan Benchu, this kid wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, how can he make him get his wish?" The Ten Standing Servants can't get their hands on nature and will never let others grasp it, since Liu Hong wants to have military power in his own hands, I think it's just right to hand it over to you, but he wants to put a Jian Shuo in it. How does Jian Shuo know how to lead troops? It's just nonsense. The horse can act according to his heart, and the old slave will do his best to help. ”

Hearing this, Xu Ji's heart was even more alarmed. Zhang Rang's sudden and almost flattering attitude is not a good thing, maybe there is a bigger trap waiting for him behind him. And why should Zhang Rang help himself? Liu Hong has the military power in his hands, so naturally he no longer needs He Jin, after solving He Jin, the next step is to get rid of their group of eunuchs, such a simple thing Xu Ji believes that Zhang Rang will not fail to see it, and in this case, Zhang Rang will never help himself. Therefore, Zhang Rang's sudden change of attitude may have another hidden meaning.

More importantly, what did Zhang Rang do to stop Yuan Shao? In the end, it was Xu Ji himself who came to die, and let him let Zhang let him sit and collect the fisherman's profits, which was a profitless business, and it was done, but Xu Ji was not stupid. So he immediately replied: "Chang Shi is serious, Yuan Benchu is anxious, although Wen Lie has no intention of winning, but it is not easy for him to control the West Garden, Chang Shi does not have to be like this." ”

The words are not clear, but the meaning of the refusal is obvious, Xu Ji's consideration is very simple, the situation in Xiyuan is complicated enough, and if Zhang Rang's power is mixed with Xu Ji, it will be even more big. Moreover, Zhang Rang had a saying that hit Xu Ji's mind, and he was enough to have him in the West Garden, so any force that wanted to stir up the West Park Xu Ji would never agree.

Zhang Ran could naturally see Xu Ji's refusal, but this was not what he was determined to do. So after Xu Ji expressed his position, he stopped mentioning this matter and turned to another thing: "Do you know what happened in the early dynasty yesterday?" ”

Xu Ji secretly cursed nonsense in his heart, how could he be a lieutenant to participate in the qualifications of the early dynasty, naturally he didn't know the way. However, he had such an attitude in his heart, but Xu Ji couldn't show it: "I don't know." Waiter, please. ”

Zhang Rang seemed to sigh in the corner before he spoke: "He Jin Shangshu asked his younger brother He Miao to hold the position of Jinwu, and the current Jinwu is an old slave villager. As soon as Xu Ji heard it, he knew that this must be the idea that He Jin, a fool, came up with. This kind of provocative stupidity is unlikely to succeed at all, and it will arouse the anger and vigilance of the Ten Standing Attendants. Now Zhang Rang's summoning himself is undoubtedly the most obvious proof of this.

"So, how do you want to deal with it?" Xu Ji leaned over and asked, in addition to the accident of inquiry, his eyes were more playful, He Jin's actions were not wrong to say stupid, but it also made Zhang Rang unhappy, He Jin was relying on his position as a general to get an official position for his brother, that is, public opinion didn't care about it, not to mention that the original Zhijinwu was a person on the eunuch side, and the family couldn't wait for this, where would he accuse He Jin? So it is difficult for Zhang Rang to choose how to deal with it.

Zhang Rang in the shadow seemed to smile: "Originally, the villagers of the old slave were a little ignorant of current affairs, and if they lost their official positions, they would lose their official positions, how could the old slave make an embarrassment with the general for such a person with a loss of personal morality?" Speaking of this, Zhang Rang paused, and then continued as if worried: "I just heard that He Miao is incompetent, and it is inappropriate to hand over the post of Jinwu to this person, not to mention that he was received by this person when he heard that the general summoned the horse, and he was not only rude but also humiliated the horse, and the old slave thought it was inappropriate, so he recommended another candidate to the saint." ”

Xu Ji suddenly felt uneasy, this matter is said to have been perfectly resolved by Zhang Rang, so why did he bring himself here? The only explanation is that the person recommended by Zhang Rang is himself.

And just when Xu Ji's thoughts turned here, Zhang Rang also spoke at the right time: "Yes, as expected by the concubine, the person recommended by the old slave is the concubine." ”

Zhi Jinwu has been set up since the Qin period, his real name is the lieutenant, and he is the commander of the forbidden army to defend the capital and the palace, and his position is equivalent to Jiuqing, and he is the supreme commander of the northern army guarding the Beijing division, especially the imperial city. Even when Emperor Guangwu was a child, he saw the chariot of the Jinwu and exclaimed that "the eunuch is the Jinwu", which shows the prominence of this official position.

But Xu Ji's qualifications are not to mention that he is the ruling Jinwu, that is, the subordinate officials who are holding the Jinwu are not able to catch it, Zhang Rang's move is simply to let Xu Ji go to death, and he is also facing He Jin. This is a burden that Xu Ji absolutely can't carry at the moment, of course, it's not that Xu Ji doesn't have a little motivation for Zhi Jinwu, if he really becomes Zhi Jinwu, it will be easy for him to control the West Garden, the elite of the Northern Army is no less than the border army, although it has not been good in recent years, but compared to the West Garden, this group of recruits is undoubtedly much more trustworthy.

Moreover, Zhi Jinwu is directly responsible for the security of Luoyang, and more importantly, he can even be in charge of the forbidden army, in other words, once Xu Ji takes office as Zhi Jinwu, fifty percent of Luoyang's soldiers will be under his command. And his status as a colt allows him to sit in this official position smoothly.

But these beautiful possibilities can't erase the bad reality, first of all, almost all the soldiers in Luoyang are directly under the command of He Jin. The so-called Northern Army is only in name, and in fact there are very few soldiers left who can fight. And most of the forbidden army are straw bales that are useless, and the more serious problem is that if he takes up the position of ruling Jinwu, he will take He Miao's position, imagine how He Jin will treat Xu Ji? It takes almost no imagination to know.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart, Zhang Rang really didn't have the slightest kindness, this was clearly to ask Xu Ji to withstand the pressure from He Jin for him, and more importantly, to be able to separate the relationship between He Jin and Liu Hong, this is simply a strategy to kill two birds with one stone, but only Xu Ji is the one who suffers. It can be expected that no matter how good or bad Xu Ji does, there will never be any good fruits to eat.

Xu Ji was about to speak subconsciously, but Zhang Rang said again: "It's a pity that Your Majesty is not old enough to convince the public and refuses to respond. But the old slave thought that he was afraid that there was no one more suitable person than the colt, so the final result had to be to let the colt temporarily take his place to see the aftermath. ”

Xu Ji smiled bitterly in his heart, what is the difference between this and the official position of directly granting himself the Jinwu? He Jin didn't just look at the reputation of the official position of Zhijinwu, and he must have offended He Jin by temporarily taking over his position, Liu Hong only thought about taking back control of the forbidden army, but he didn't think about whether it was appropriate to push himself to the front of the stage now.

But the matter has come to this point, and Xu Ji is powerless to change the result, although the position of Jinwu has made his voice in the West Garden more important, but at the same time, he has also caused such a trouble as He Jin. Xu Ji couldn't help but sigh to himself in his heart, he could only hinder Yuan Shao a little by setting up a game, and he might make himself more passive. And Zhang Rang's understatement recommendation directly caused a huge rift between He Jin and Liu Hong, who were originally close, and with this move, he perfectly resolved the disadvantage of losing an important official position on his side.

The words have come to this point, and Xu Ji has no intention of staying, although the holy decree has not been issued now. But since Zhang Rang said it, it must be a foregone conclusion, Xu Ji doesn't need to say any more useless words, what he needs to do now is to think about how to deal with He Jin's powerful trouble. At least for now, Yuan Shao's trickiness is not as tricky as He Jin. Even if Yuan Shao has more brains than He Jin.

Zhang Rang didn't stay long when he saw that Xu Ji had the intention of saying goodbye, and the reason why he summoned Xu Ji was certainly not to report the news that would be written on the holy decree soon. Zhang Rang's real purpose was to warn Xu Ji. Zhang Rang was very aware of what was happening in the West Garden, and Xu Ji's ability to show and not be surprised was somewhat beyond his expectations. And such a person who is not easy to control must be beaten from time to time, so he recommended Xu Ji when He Jin proposed to ask He Miao to serve as the ruling Jinwu, the purpose was very simple, to warn Xu Ji that he was just an ant, and the purpose of setting up this bureau and informing Xu Ji was self-evident, that was Zhang Rangah nakedly telling Xu Ji that he could easily fiddle with Xu Ji.

Xu Ji has no other way but helplessness, and this is not acceptable to him, he has already offended He Jin, whether he takes over the ruling Jinwu or not, this Liangzi has already been settled, Xu Ji does not think that He Jin will be magnanimous to the point that Xu Ji himself gave up this official position and laughed at the grievances, since he was forced to offend He Jin, how can he do it without receiving some benefits? Therefore, Xu Ji himself does not intend to refuse to take the position of Jinwu.

However, there is a little trouble, that is, Yuan Shao is likely to unite with He Jin again, and I am afraid that it will be absolutely unbearable for these two guys to unite at that time, so in response to this, Xu Ji still has to insist on his countermeasures at this time, and after taking office as Jinwu, Xu Ji can even directly not live in the West Garden, giving Yuan Shao the illusion that Xu Ji is no longer able to take care of the West Garden, but Ji Lu is assigned to Ji Lu, and Xu Ji does not have a complete charter for the time being.

Xu Ji was very sure that when Liu Hong's holy decree arrived, it was the day He Jin and himself got married, and he had to be prepared before that, and there had been discussions in the morning yesterday, even if it was decided that he had done it in the morning today, He Jin must have a "surprise" waiting for him, and the first thing to solve was this trouble that was almost certain to come.

In this way, the matter of the West Garden had to be put aside, but Xu Ji was not sure what Liu Hong's thoughts were, so he had to go to see Liu Hong once, of course it couldn't be now, now that the holy decree had not yet been announced, he ran to the palace to face the saint at this time, which was equivalent to saying that he Xu Ji had already been implicated with someone in the court, so he had long known these things, and this was probably something that Liu Hong would not accept even more unacceptably. As for the matter of his two meetings with Zhang Rang, I'm afraid no one knows about it, Xu Ji is still sure of this, Zhang Rang can't expose himself that he has any too close ties with the current dynasty, otherwise it will ruin his own plan.

Xu Ji had to admit one thing, that is, he was indeed a little tender, he lost the game, although he did not lose to Yuan Shao, but Zhang Rang's actions still made Xu Ji feel a huge sense of frustration, but at the same time, it also greatly increased Xu Ji's knowledge.

It can be expected that Xu Ji will not be so powerless next time, and Xu Ji's heart is also looking forward to the next head-to-head fight with Zhang Rang.

Yes, head to head! He wants to get back to the field where he was at the mercy of calculations twice. (To be continued......)

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