The third year of the Chu calendar has not yet arrived, and at the end of the second year of the Chu calendar, an obituary came from Liaodong - Gongsun Du, who died of illness in September.

The second year of Chu Li and the second year of Xingshun are equivalent to the eight years of Jian'an without the White Rabbit effect......

It is said that Gongsun Du should have died in the ninth year of Jian'an, but ...... Up to now, the white rabbit is different from the butterfly, not only fluttering its wings, but also kicking its legs, and the impact on the surroundings has long been incalculable, and it is not unusual for Gongsun Du to die a few months early.

If you really want to speculate, Bai Tu estimates ...... It is likely that because of the stability of Jingyang and Yangzhou, not only did the locals have no idea of emigrating, but also the war-torn immigrants in the Central Plains were more attractive than in history.

As a place to avoid chaos, Liaodong is mainly to eat the dividends of talent inflow in troubled times, so that it can develop a wave every time in troubled times, and now there is Jingyang Zhuyu in front, naturally Liaodong has a lot less talents than in history.

Maybe a few doctors originally went to Liaodong, but now they have gone to Chu State and medical school, so it has indirectly affected Gongsun Du's lifespan......

However, the transition of power of the Gongsun clan is very smooth, after all, before Gongsun Du's death, Gongsun Kang has been gradually taking over, and his younger brother Gongsun Gong, because he has been cut off for treatment since he was a child, is not competitive in inheritance, so the transition of power in Liaodong is not controversial.

Taking advantage of the obituary of Gongsun Du's death, Gongsun Kang also asked Chu and Wei again to seek a marquis for him.

In this regard, neither the Chu State nor the Wei State refused, and together they wrote to the Han family, stating that Gongsun Du had worked hard for the country and had meritorious service in guarding Liaodong, and that he should be crowned a marquis for his heirs - and it was not an ordinary liege, but a prince who needed to be awarded Jiuxi!

In addition to Gongsun Kang, who was also asked by Chu Wei to be awarded the title of Marquis of Jiuxi, there was also Zhang Lu, Marquis of Hanzhong.

Of course, he only supported Zhang Lu as the marquis, as for the titles of Heavenly Master and King of Hanzhong, Bai Tu and Cao Cao didn't want to deal with it at all.

And Zhang Lu, who gradually felt threatened, no longer swelled, accepted the suggestions of Chu and Wei, and moved closer to the two major feudal states of Chu and Wei......

Therefore, on the New Year, Bai Tu and Cao Cao gave Liu Xie the best gift - two commendation letters of "loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty", blowing Gongsun Du and Zhang Lu to the sky, and they looked sorry for the whole world if they were not crowned or their descendants were princes.

In addition to appeasing Gongsun Kang and Zhang Lu, Chu and Wei did not necessarily have the intention of "further attacking the prestige of the Han family".

Before Bai Tu, the last time the Han family awarded Jiuxi was when Wang Mang was in chaos.

However, now from Bai Tu to Cao Cao, there are still a number of auxiliary Han marquis, how many Jiuxi have been granted by the Han family?

Not to mention, they are still being forced to continue to "teach".

Although he knew that Chu and Wei were nonsense, and what Gongsun Du and what Zhang Lu were "chaotic ministers and thieves", Liu Xie also knew that if he told the truth, there would definitely be more slap in the face, such as Hanzhong and the northeast of Youzhou privately feuding the country, such as Chu and Wei privately recognizing the feudal status of Gongsun Kang and Zhang Lu......

There is also a lot of controversy between the DPRK and China over this matter.

Liu Xie wanted to dismiss them all, but everyone knew that the Han family did not have the confidence to do so now.

The more controversial one is mainly aimed at Zhang Lu's Hanzhong Hou!

Gongsun Kang is far away in Liaodong, in the eyes of the Han family, even if he wants to attack Gongsun Kang, only the Wei State bordering by land can do it, since the Wei State supports Gongsun Kang as a marquis, then the court does not need to worry too much.

Even if you have to deal with the Gongsun clan in the future, it will be after the recovery of the Wei State, and after all, Cao Cao and Gongsun Kang are adjacent to each other, so can the two really get along happily all the time?

Maybe in the future, when fighting against Wei, you can also seek cooperation - distant friendship and close attack, but it is a "good method" that Qin has already verified.

However, the situation in Hanzhong is completely different, theoretically Hanzhong and Chu can not be regarded as connected, after all, taking the road from Hanzhong to Jingzhou by Hanshui is not only inconvenient, but also completely one-way, from Chu it is impossible to cross Wushan and reach Hanzhong!

If it is only difficult to march from Jingzhou to Yizhou, then from Jingzhou to Hanzhong is a fool's dream.

The north and south sides of Hanzhong are respectively Yizhou of Shuhou Liu Zhang, Yonghou Ma Teng, and Guanxi of Saihou Hansui.

It seems that as long as Yonghou and Saihou sweep Guanxi and subdue the remnants of Dong Zhuo who were separating in Guanxi, they can attack Zhang Lu on both sides......

What's more, Zhang Lu still occupies Hanzhong, which is not only related to Yizhou and other auxiliary Han forces, but also the land of Longxing of Han Gaozu.

And the grudge between Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu cannot be mediated by an edict.

rashly added Zhang Lu, but it made Liu Zhang dissatisfied with the imperial court and increased variables!

Not to mention that Dong Cheng and others also played a great role in opposing this matter......

According to Dong Cheng's logic, Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, Liu Bei, these Kwantung princes, are all Diao Min who want to harm His Majesty, or Ma Han of Guanxi, at first glance, they are loyal ministers and good generals, especially Ma Teng - after all, in the case of Han Sui's intention to paddle in a low-key manner, Dong Cheng can experience the suppression of IQ in the Xiliang princes!

In contrast, Liu Bei and Zhang Yan made Dong Cheng feel threatened because of the support of high-ranking people.

Therefore, Dong Cheng's faction in the DPRK must put the interests of Kansai first, and oppose the Guanxi can attack Hanzhong to be a marquis!

At this time, among the courtiers, they were roughly divided into three factions, one faction was headed by Dong Cheng and the emperor was protected...... In other words, licking the emperor as the first priority, claiming absolute loyalty to Liu Xie, is Liu Xie's favorite faction in terms of emotion, and the other faction is headed by Zongzheng Liu Ai, focusing on supporting the Han family, and using Dong Cheng's private statement when he provoked Liu Xie, Liu Ai and these people don't care who is the emperor, as long as they are the emperor of the Han family!

As for the third group, it is "other......

There is no absolute representative figure, if you have to say it, it should be Yang Biao.

It must be said that the unanimous appeal of the "other factions" is that each has its own abacus, or the faction of the clan interests or the representatives behind the scenes, Hua Xin and Zhong Xuan are also among them.

Everyone knows that behind Hua Xin is the State of Chu, and behind Zhong Xuan is the State of Wei.

When Zhong Xiang was holding Liu Xie hostage by Li Dao and Guo Yan, he served as the "Ting Weizheng" in Chang'an, and when Liu Xie fled from Guanzhong, Zhong Miao was also one of the main planners!

Originally, Liu Xie also trusted Zhong Xuan, but ...... After going to Xudu, Liu Xie gradually discovered that this guy and Cao Cao were of the same mind.

In fact, Zhong Xuan did get in touch with Cao Cao through Xun Yu before returning to the east, and when he was in Chang'an, he persuaded Li Dao and Guo Yan many times to coordinate the relationship between the imperial court and Cao Cao.

After all, Zhong Xuan and Xun Yu are both from Yingchuan, and both families are also from the Dashi clan, in Zhong Xuan is optimistic about Cao Cao, Cao Cao also needs someone to open his eyes for him, and then in the case of Xun Yu's matchmaking, the two sides quickly reached a tacit understanding!

In history, after the emperor returned to the east and before the Battle of Chibi, Zhong Miao had been sitting in Guanyou and governing Guanzhong for Cao Cao.

At that time, Guanzhong was in chaos after the death of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and Cao Cao had to actively prepare for the northern expedition to Yuan Shao and the southern expedition to Sun Quan, and he had no intention of mixing into this mud......

Before the Xiliang rebellion, whether it was Ma Teng or the generals of Xiliang, as long as they arrived at the border of Guanzhong, they were all headed by Zhong Xuan, and when Yuan persuaded the Southern Xiongnu to attack Pingyang, including Ma Teng, the warlords of Guanzhong and Guanxi all recognized Zhong Xuan's order and fought with the Southern Xiongnu.

In the future, when Ma Chao was anti-Cao, in order to persuade Han Sui, he also falsely claimed that "Zhong Sili asked me to try to get the general"......

Obviously, Cao Cao didn't put many soldiers and horses in Si Li, but only gave Zhong Xiang a "tiger skin", but Zhong Xiang became the "big alliance leader" of Si Li by relying on the "tiger skin", and stabilized Si Li for Cao Cao.

This shows the "evil nature" of Zhong Xuan, or the "chicken thief"!

At the beginning, together with Zhong Xuan, the courtiers who discussed saving the Han Emperor's return to the east may have been part of the original intention to be sincerely for the Han family and the emperor, but ...... What Zhong Xuan is best at is to make his "thief ship" bigger and keep all the people who are on the thief ship!

More than two years ago, when the Han Emperor returned to the west and reunified the division, Zhong Xuan, who was originally Cao Cao's stable division, also entered the court again and opened his eyes for the Wei State in the court.

Because Hua Xin has the merit and fame of returning the jade seal, Zhong Xuan has the merit of saving the driver ten years ago, and they are both famous people in the world, so the status of the two in the court is also stable.

Even the two of them are not alone in the DPRK, but they have a group of supporters!

Because Chu and Wei were friendly and Wei had various relationships with the Yang family, and because they had to face the suppression of Dong Cheng and Liu Ai, the "other" factions often united.

However, this time, not only Dong Cheng strongly refused Zhang Lu's title for the sake of the interests of Guanxi, but Liu Ai and other clan relatives also resisted Zhang Lu because of Liu Zhang......

Although Liu Yan's abolition of history and pastoral care is a strategy to mess with the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhang's surname is still Liu after all, and the clan relatives no longer want the Liu family to be weakened in any way!

Even Yang Biao agreed with Dong Cheng's opposition on this matter.

Therefore, Hua Xin and Zhong Xuan ran in the court, but they failed to compete......

In the end, the Han court finalized the title of Gongsun Kang as the Marquis of Yan, and at the same time applied for Zhang Lu, accusing him of not wanting to defend the territory and fighting with Yizhou in vain, and ordered Zhang Lu to immediately suspend his army and return to Chang'an to report on his work.

Of course, no one expected Zhang Lu to really return to Chang'an honestly after seeing the edict, just to show his attitude.

And Jinling learned about this on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and Bai Tu estimated that even Zhang Lu didn't know about it......

Bai Tu also deliberately began to "leak" this matter in Jinling, but the version circulated among the people is that the Marquis of Shu was cunning and treacherous, bewitching the Han court, and wanted to join forces with the Marquis of Yong, first take Hanzhong, and then go down the river, attack Jingzhou, and destroy the Chu State......