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Yuan Xi asks for a seal, what does he ask for? To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao wants to be honest and straightforward in "dividing the family property".

At this time, Yuan Shao already owned the entire territory of Jizhou, as well as most of the three prefectures of You, Bing and Qing, so he divided the princes. With the eldest son Yuan Tan as the history of Qingzhou Thorn, the second son Yuan Xi as the history of Youzhou Thorn, and his nephew Gao Gan as the history of the Bingzhou Thorn, as for Jizhou, he wants to leave it to his favorite youngest son Yuan Shang.

At that time, the states and counties of the world were divided, and only the powerful supported them, and some of these pastors of a state or the guardian of a county were officially appointed by the imperial court and had official credentials. More often than not, it is "self-contained", that is, it is not in the central establishment and is not recognized by the imperial court.

Yuan Shao is the first prince in the world, a general, and naturally he can't be on par with those grass kings in everything, and he has to talk about the rules. All his rewards, especially those involving his sons, must be issued by the imperial court and given a silver ribbon, so that they can be justified.

Yuan Tan, Gao Gan, Ren Assassin Shi Jiu, was indeed "self-leading" earlier, but in the first year of Jian'an, when Yuan Shao won the title of general, he had already been corrected. Only Yuan Xi's Youzhou history is newly sealed, so this edict must be available, and Yuan Shao also generously let Yuan Xi go to Luoyang to pay his respects.

Yuan Shao released this strong signal. Anyone can feel it - Yanzhou, Yuzhou is in the bag, this Luoyang is the back garden of his Yuan family. Why not let your son go to his own garden?

Of course. At this critical moment of the Yuan Cao War, Yuan Xi's trip was not just as simple as asking for a seal and "visiting the back garden", he also had another secret mission, otherwise he would not have brought two senior staff members of the Jizhou Group to come.

Xu Yu originally went to Yanzhou with Yuan Shao, while Xin Ping stayed in Yecheng, but since Yuan Cao fought a stalemate. The role of the counsellor is much less. Even so, Xu You and Xin commented on this trip, not because Yuan Shao felt that they were idle, and sent their second son into the palace at will, but let them assist Yuan Xi. Accomplish a big thing.

There are two important reasons why Yuan Shao chose Xu You and Xin Ping: one is that these two are both Yingchuan faction, and the other is Yingchuan Yang Zhai clan, and they have a close relationship with Yingchuan Xun's clan; One is a native of Nanyang, and he has a lot of old relationships with the ministers of the DPRK and China. Second, because these two people are quite prestigious among the contacts and scholars in the court, they can make good use of their old relationships to lay a good foundation in advance.

Yuan Xi only took a team of cavalry guards on this trip, except for the two senior staff. Led by the cavalry governor Zhang Nan. However, there were more than 100 servants who drove oxen and carts and transported tributes. With Yuan Shao's Xuanhe momentum at this time, Yuan Xi's envoy did not need too many people to escort him. On the contrary, it was Ma Han who had to keep him safe.

Strong diplomacy, like the diplomacy of major powers, is full of confidence.

Within three days of Yuan Xi's arrival in Luoyang, he stayed at home and did not receive any visitors. On the fourth day, bathing and changing. Incense Peiluo, under the guidance of the messenger sent by the palace. With a group of retinues, go to the Chongde Temple. Meet the Son of Heaven.

Yuan Xi was weak, born in a family, a talent, elegant demeanor, and decent conversation. In particular, before the audience, he showed Xiàn respect, so that the courtiers all praised, and the Son of Heaven also appreciated it, and praised: "I am young, and I am young and strong, and the monarch and ministers are suitable, and I am very comforting." ”

Then he was awarded a silver seal and a green ribbon, and a jade belt, a green robe and a collar, ten pairs of copper wine utensils, and 20 catties of deer breast.

After the audience ended, Yuan Xi, Xin Ping, and Xu Yu all went out, leaving the mansion and entering the mansion, worshipping the guild generals, and showing their own means.

These three people have their own energy, and Yuan Xi's identity is there, and no one dares to slack off. Xin Ping is a famous person in Yingchuan, and there are many party in the township of the DPRK, and even the newly famous general's governor Shi Guojia and the military priest Jiu Xunyou are his world friends. And Xin Ping's ancestor moved east from Longxi, and he can be regarded as half of the Xiliang people in detail, which is the natural basis for his interactions with the powerful ministers of the court, Shangshu Cheng Jia Xu and some Kansai generals.

As for Xu You, his biggest advantage is that he is old enough and has a lot of courage. This can be seen by looking at his calendar.

Xu You was friendly with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao when he was young, and he was also a noble son.

During the Zhongping period, Xu You and Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, and Zhou Jing, the prime minister of Peiguo, joined forces with Haojie to depose Emperor Ling of Han and re-establish the Marquis of Hefei as the emperor, and tried to persuade Cao Cao to participate together, but Cao Cao refused. Wang Fen wanted to take advantage of Emperor Han Ling's northern tour to send troops on the grounds of preventing black mountain thieves in order to cause trouble, but in the end, Emperor Han Ling stopped his troops and summoned him to the court.

Even the emperor dared to abolish it, and this Xu You's guts were fat enough. Of course, this matter is still an unsolved case at the moment, otherwise Xu Yu will be caught in the net if he enters Luoyang.

The three people of Hebei are like fish in water in Luoyang, and during the roundabouts, Ma Han is sitting in the Tiger Prison Pass, paying close attention to the Guandu battlefield, and deducing the battle situation with the dragon and wolf generals all day long. When he learned the news of Yuan Shao's envoy's entry into the city, Ma Han casually threw the wargame villain into the sand table and smiled slightly: "Sure enough, it's like what the monarchs of Hebei did." ”

Why did Yuan Shao launch the Battle of Guandu? Of course, it is to unify the Central Plains. Fighting Cao Cao is just a means, and entering Luoyang is the ultimate goal. Since there is such a plan, it is natural to take a two-pronged approach, with one hand hard and the other soft, and on the one hand conquer by force and on the other hand mediate diplomatically. This is what a qualified Hebei think tank does.

In fact, according to Yuan Shao's idea, after the autumn wind swept away Cao Cao like falling leaves, he would send an envoy to Luoyang, so as to collect the effect of taking the lead and surrendering without a fight. It's a pity that their own soldiers will not be angry, and they will turn what should have been a neat and neat crushing battle into a sticky glue battle.

Seeing that it is impossible to win this battle by knockout, in the end it may be to rely on "points" to grind the opponent to death, and it is useless for a long time to drag on, and Yuan Shao can only send a messenger in a hurry. There are no surprises to play, only normal cards.

At the end of July, Ma Han returned to Luoyang, and that night he received a joint letter from the three people in Hebei represented by Yuan Xi, first expressing his admiration for the hussar general. Endlessly, I hope to visit the house the next day, and I implore you to take a moment to meet you.

Ma Han threw the post on the case and said with a smile: "Tomorrow's banquet will definitely be interesting." ”

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The first day of August. At night, Ma Han set up a banquet to invite Yuan Xi, Xu You, Xin Ping and other Hebei envoys. Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Le Jin, Xu Huang, Ma Chao, and Pang De were all sitting together.

There were also many leading figures among the courtiers who went to the banquet, such as Liu Ai, the imperial historian, Zhong Xuan, the servant Han Rong, the Taishi Ling Xun Yue, the Yulin Zuozhong Lang General Fu De, the Yue Cavalry Captain Wu Qi and so on. As for the other two heavyweights, two of the three publics, Taiwei Yang Biao and Sikong Zhang Xi. They all thanked him for his old age and strength, and sent servants to bring wine and meat to celebrate.

The atmosphere of the banquet has always been very good, and Yuan Xi may not be good on the battlefield, but he is comfortable with this kind of banquet and drinking meeting. The banquet can be described as full of spring breeze. Exquisite, all-encompassing. Even those who have never been treated very well, such as Xu Huang and Pang De, did not feel left out.

Ma Han secretly observed and came to the conclusion that if this person was an official in the court and had a prominent background, he would be able to mix it up. It's a pity. He went the wrong way, in the military, this kind of skill and communication. Just downride. What the soldiers really need is iron-blooded power and real hard power, not these vain things.

Xu You and Xin Ping are also talkative and elegant people, but in order to highlight the second son. These two fully embody the style of "eat more and talk less", and they don't say much. Even if you open your mouth. is also mostly Yuan Xi's round field, and he is happy to be praised.

Overall. The atmosphere of the banquet was friendly and harmonious – at least for the first half.

Soon, an urn of wine was drunk in a cup-changing cup.

At this time, a servant went up to the hall with a huge bronze urn full of wine, and his steps were steady, and he calmly placed it on the hoop in the hall.

Yuan Xi looked at it and applauded: "It is worthy of being a healthy servant in the hussar general's mansion, so strong." ”

But when Ma Han saw this servant, a strange glint in his eyes disappeared, and after the servant went down, after a while, Ma Han got up and changed his clothes (to go to the toilet), confessed to the people present, and retreated into the back hall.

As soon as he retreated into the back hall, Ma Han immediately walked quickly to the door.

There was already a person waiting at the bottom of the stairs, it was the healthy servant of Fang Cai, but Ma Han knew that he was by no means a servant, but a special guard of the General's Mansion, similar to the role of Zhongnanhai's bodyguard. Because of this, as soon as he turned into a servant, Ma Han knew that he had something important to tell. smiled at the moment and said, "Shadow Sword Shi'a, when did you disguise yourself as a servant?" ”

The "servant" laughed.

Shia! This person was none other than Wang Yue's most outstanding disciple, Shi A. Wang Yue returned to Princess Wannian and became her most trusted retainer and head of the guard. And Shi A, like Ma Yunluo, became the deputy leader. Ma Yunluo is an internal guard, while swordsmen such as Wang Yue and Shi A are external guards.

There were a lot of guests at the General's Mansion tonight, and almost all the guards were mobilized, including Hawkeye, who was dispatched at the same time, and even Wang Yue and Shi A participated in the inspection. However, to date, there have been no reports of anomalies. Unexpectedly, the first person to discover the abnormality was Shi A, who temporarily participated in the inspection.

"Actually, Shi Ah is just relaying the discovery of the master." Shi Ah arched his hand and said in a low voice, "Shizun found an acquaintance among the servants of the Yuan family. With this person's ability, if he is a personal guard for Yuan's neutron, it is normal, but Shizun found that this person is actually a horseman, which is absolutely impossible! ”

"And such a thing?" Ma Han rubbed his chin playfully and said, "Is this person friend or foe with Wang Shi?" ”

"Shizun used to fight with this person in his early years, and he was neither friend nor foe."

"Oh, sword fighting? Who loses and who wins? "Ma Han came to be interested.

"Only fight three times, the master stops, and the other party admits that he is invincible." Shi A glanced up at Ma Han, and said in an accentuated tone, "Master Fang specially explained that if you fight head-on, you are fearless, but if you suddenly stab, even if you are a master, it is difficult for ...... Master."

Ma Han knew about Zhao Yun and Wang Yue's skills, and said with a slight surprise: "So powerful? Who is this person? ”

"Hedong Ranger, the first swordsman, I wish justice."

"First swordsman! Groom? Ma Han's eyes flashed, and he suddenly laughed, "It's really interesting......" (to be continued)