Chapter 3, Liaodong Comes
As expected by Xun and Zhuge Liang, when Gongsun Du beheaded the second Yuan, under the pretext of revering the loyal ministers and martyrs, he ordered Xiao Ji to be taken down and hanged to protect his body, but in fact, he just temporarily found a similar-looking person to die. Xiao Yuantu was temporarily detained, and afterwards Gongsun Du personally lobbied, repeatedly coerced and lured, and finally subdued Xiao Ji on the surface.
At that time, although Shi Xun was suspicious, he did not break it on the spot, nor did he ask for Xiao Ji's body to be examined, Gongsun Dubai was busy for a long time, and he was so beautiful that he showed the blind man - do you think people with similar appearances are easy to find? For Shi Xun, he was afraid of exposing the tricks and angering Gongsun Du, and it would inevitably be extraneous, anyway, if the head of Er Yuan could be brought back, then his mission would be successfully completed, and it would not matter whether he lived or died.
And the reason why Gongsun Du left a record is naturally not to respect his demeanor as a loyal minister and martyr, but just to seek a lot of talent for good decision-making. Liaodong is remote and talented, for the ministers of Liaodong, Liang Mao does not look at it except for a Liu Yi, this is not that Liang Bofang is arrogant, nor is it that Gongsun Du has no eyes, if he really wants to get "Wolong" and "Phoenix Chick", who will allow Yongru to occupy the key points? The problem is that the land of Liaodong, that is, the mediocrity is also rare.
Moreover, Gongsun Du has another consideration, although he may not have the ambition of the world, he has always coveted Youzhou and wants to expand his territory to the west. originally planned to collect the second Yuan to be the "leading party", but unfortunately the second Yuan was not useful, Yuan Shang was ambitious, and Yuan Xi was pustuated, so he simply cut off the heads of the two to temporarily marry Cao Cao. He is resourceful and loyal, and he is a famous strategist in the Yuan group, if he can subdue this person. It can be hoped that Youzhou or even Jizhou will also be.
However, the age is willing to fall. In fact, it is just a superficial article. It's like that, people. When the blood rushes for a while, he wants to die generously, but if he is forced back to the world at the time of nine deaths, he will calm down and cherish his life even more. Although the news of Yuan Tan is not accurate, it is estimated that Cao Cao will not spare his life, and there is only one Yuan Mai left in the Yuan family. In Xudu, holding on to the hope of what happens, maybe Cao Cao will not take his life immediately?
-- Xiao Ji expected it to be good, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao competed, purely because of the general trend, the two males could not stand side by side, but there was no deep hatred such as killing his father and taking his wife. After breaking the thistle, Cao Cao also went to Yuan Shao's tomb to worship, wept bitterly, and then ordered to treat Yuan's wife Liu well. When he returned to the army, Yuan Shao's body was relocated and buried back to his hometown Runan. So that Yuan Mai returned to his father's funeral. After all, Yuan Mai is still young, and he is a concubine, and he has no influence among the former officials of the Yuan family, if he is in the north, he may also set off some chaos, and he will move to Runan, the heart of Cao Cao, and live under residential surveillance, so he is not afraid of any demon moths.
Wouldn't it be good to use this to show his magnanimity and set an example for Liu Biao and Sun Quan?
Therefore, Xiao Ji hoped to buy Yuan, hoping to revive the Yuan family, so he must first leave his useful body and wait for the opportunity. At the same time, he hates Cao Cao, it is better to hate Gongsun Du - Yuan Cao has been fighting for many years, even if Cao Cao kills all the Yuan family, it is reasonable, but Gongsun Du and the Yuan family have never clashed, and they don't even have borders on the territory, why can you go and kill the two sons? Therefore, he temporarily served Gongsun Du, and wanted to take revenge for the sake of revenge.
Of course, Gongsun Du will not be stupid enough to fully trust Xiao Ji, he just uses Xiao Ji as a strategist, does not hold military power, and does not involve secrets, and sends people to monitor at any time, once Xiao Ji has any misdeeds, he will order him to be killed. But there are only one or two days to defend people, and there is no defense for a lifetime, and more than half a year has passed, Xiao Yuantu seems to be loyal, and there is nothing abnormal, and Gongsun Shengji's body is uncertain, and the surveillance is gradually relaxed.
Xiao Ji took advantage of this opportunity to say that since Cao Cao had appointed Fu Zhu as the Taishou of Zhuo County, he could write a letter to contact Fu Zhu and inquire about the inside story of Youzhou. Gongsun Du was overjoyed, and said that if you can say that you can move and frustrate Zifu correspondingly, it will be a great achievement for you. Of course, Gongsun Du had to check the letter written by Xiao Ji to Fu Zhu in advance, and the messenger sent by him was also his own cronies, so he thought that Xiao Ji couldn't play any tricks.
However, if you talk about planning the world, you will be frustrated far away, and if you talk about conspiracy and trickery, it is not as good as being frustrated, and what about the people in Liaodong? Xiao Yuantu quickly bought the messenger, and in addition to the official script written to Xiao Ji, he hid silk in his bun and wrote some secret words.
When Xiao Ji had just contacted Fu Zhi, Fu Zifu reported to Shi Xun. Compared with Xiao Ji, Fu Zhu is the real loyal minister, if it weren't for Xun Qiao's tongue and changed the original historical trend, he would have been killed by Cao Cao for seeking to return the Yuan family. In this timeline, Fu Zhu temporarily persuaded Shixun to turn his loyalty to the Yuan family to the imperial court, although the Yuan family still had a lot of weight in his mind, after all, Yuan Shao and all his sons died, Yuan Mai was firmly pinched in the hands of Cao Cao, and he couldn't find a master if he wanted to regain his allegiance to the Yuan family. So he was originally relieved to be Cao Cao...... Guarding the place for the imperial court, but the same as Xiao Ji, he hated Gongsun Du, who killed Er Yuan with his own hands, so Xiao Ji wrote a letter to contact, and he immediately denounced it.
Yes Xun said that you should not be in a hurry, and perfunctory with Xiao Yuantu, see if you can pull him to our chariot. Who Cheng thought that Xiao Ji had the intention of being right, and as soon as his secret letter fell into the hands of Fu Zhi, Fu Zhu immediately sealed it and reported to Xiang Shi Xun.
Xiao Ji's first secret letter actually has no substance, just to inform the inside story of Liaodong. Not long ago, he conspired for Gongsun Du to carry troops on a large ship to kill Lelang, and the army under the command of Liu Yi took only three months to completely pacify Lelang County. Immediately, a fort was built in Fanhan County, at the junction of the two counties, to prevent Goguryeo and ensure the smooth passage of the road. Gongsun Du took Liu Yi as the guard of Lelang County and stationed in North Korea for a long time.
In addition, Xiao Ji also reported two things, one is that Gongsun Du has often been dizzy and unable to govern recently, and handed over all government affairs to his eldest sons, Gongsun Kang and Bei Jiayangyi; Second, Yang Yi made Gongsun Du let Liu Yi outside, and it seems that he has a plan for authority.
After receiving the secret letter, Shixun summoned the advisers to come and discuss it - of course, such a secret matter could not be sought out by the public, and he only conveyed it to the public on a small scale. The first one to find was Zhuge Kongming, after Kong Ming read the letter, he pondered for a long time, and replied cautiously: "Liaodong is afraid that there will be changes, and Mr. wants to take advantage ......of the change to march, so that Fu Zifu can secretly inform Xiao Yuantu and spread the news at any time."
Zhuge Liang means that the line of the Guò Ji can roughly investigate the internal situation of Liaodong, which is much more useful than the secret agents we sent in the past who are difficult to penetrate into the center. Originally, the imperial court had a Liang Mao in Liaodong, but on the one hand, Liang Mao's wisdom was limited, and he couldn't pass on any news at all - even the matter of his own detention in Xiangping had to be understood by Xun - and after Xun returned from the previous mission, he played Cao Cao, and took the imperial court's edict to go to Liang Mao as the middle lang, and Gongsun Dugang was at peace with Cao Cao, and it was inconvenient to disobey the will of the imperial court, so he reluctantly allowed it and sent him back.
However, as for the most important and secret inside affairs in Liaodong, it is estimated that Xiao Ji will not be able to inquire about anything, let alone as an internal response when he enters the army in the future, Zhuge Liang Jianyi is Xun should not expect too much about this line - or should he take the expansion of his own strength as the first priority today.
Then Xun sent someone to invite Sima Yi, and also showed him the letter from Fu Zhi, as well as the public and private letters of Xiao Ji. Sima Zhongda, as the county guard of Guangyang, lived in the same city as Shixun, and the two sides had close contacts. Jixun originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to win him over, so he often called him over for guidance under the pretext that Zhongda was not familiar with the classics enough.
Sima Yi was born in a big family, the so-called family, in fact, the full name is the Confucian family, the Eastern Han Dynasty almost monopolized the inheritance of knowledge and classical research, of course, the foundation will not be bad. However, the original official school was Jinwen, and many families, including the Sima clan in Hanoi, also used Jinwen to teach their children in order to facilitate their official studies, but through the efforts of Tongguò Shixun, Jinwen was gradually excluded from the official school, and Guwen, or even just Zhengxue in Guwen, became the most orthodox thought. It was Xun who was originally a disciple of Zheng Xuan, relying on lectures, standing stones and other measures, that is, he also occupied a very important position in Zheng Xue, and now the nominal second-generation leader of Zheng Sect, Xi Xian, in order to consolidate his power, has many ways to envelop him, so this is the world's first-class scholar, how can Sima Yi not want to learn?
Shi Xun took the opportunity to wantonly tamper with and distort the classics, using Mencius's studies as an outline to instill Sima Yi's concepts of the country and the world, and wanted to use these concepts to gradually wash away the little family interests in his mind. Of course, this is not an overnight effort, but when it comes to sophistry, none of the ten Zhongda is Shi Xun's opponent, or if there is doubt, he is often refuted by Shi Xun and is speechless. This has been repeatedly instilled that you are wrong, you are wrong, you are wrong, you have learned everything wrong in the past 20 years, as long as the time is long enough, and no one else wakes him up with a stick in the middle, it is the same as being hypnotized, sooner or later he will cry bitterly and then change his previous "wrong".
After all, Shi Xun did not ask him to break the family for the country, but just told him that the prosperity of the country can be prosperous, and if he insists on the interests of a family and becomes the son of heaven, the country will be destroyed and the family will be lost, and if he is a vassal who is obsessed with the interests of a family, the country will be defeated and the family will decline.
Sima Zhongda is also very sensitive, even if he is not really convinced of Shi Xun's theory, he also knows that this theory will definitely dominate in the future, and if he does not work hard to climb this car, the future will not be smooth sailing. So he proposed it, and he also wanted to worship under the Xun Sect like Zhuge Liang, and when the retransmission of the Zheng Gate, it was Xun who happily agreed to it, and simply called Guo Huai over and accepted the two apprentices at the same time.
This time, when he sent a letter to Sima Yi, Zhong Da was more suspicious, and first doubted whether Xiao Yuantu was sincere. Shi Xun said with a smile: "He is not sincere to the court, but he is sincere to cover the grandson, but he can use it." Sima Yi pondered for a while, and suddenly raised another question that neither Xun nor Zhuge Liang noticed: "Even if Yunyangyi puts Liu Yi outside, or Liu Yi can be used." "Can we find a way to win over Liu Yi? That is in Liaodong, which is much greater than the energy of the Dawn Period!
Shi Xun's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then he smiled: "What Zhong Da said is true, this is really a wonderful plan!" (To be continued......)