In Zhuge Liang's mind, it is worth winning over the forces that are worth pulling over to fight against the Jin State together with the imperial court, and there are only a few Qingdi families, and the rest of the forces are at most strong or shouting cheers.

Cao Cao of Yanzhou has great ambitions, is good at civil and martial arts, and has a group of extremely outstanding civil and military generals under his command, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is also very considerable, plus its territory is only separated from the Jin State by Sili Hanoi County, once the imperial court is not guaranteed, Cao Cao will also be unlucky, and he is a typical stakeholder, so it has become Kong Ming's first choice for secretly co-ordinating.

According to Zhuge Liang's analysis, the Jin State was able to consolidate and digest the two major territories of Liangguo and Youzhou that were actually controlled by Liang and Youzhou, forming a huge entity from Shanhaiguan in Liaodong in the east to Yumen Pass in Liangzhou in the west.

At that time, Zhao Xing could launch multiple wars at the same time in the east of the Jin State (Jizhou) and the south of Liangzhou (Yizhou) and even the south of the Jin State (Sili region), and he could be undefeated for a long time, while any state force that was attacked would be defeated without the support of other states.

Now, a full year has passed since the establishment of the Liang Kingdom. At this time, the internal affairs of Liangguo and Youzhou entered a critical stage, and if a war against Zhao Xing was launched, the construction achievements of the two places in the past year would be put to waste, and the pace of Zhao Xing's southward movement could be greatly delayed. If the imperial court could gradually weaken the authority of the governors in the process of merging and consolidating, and successfully integrate the eight prefectures south of the Yellow River and the Jizhou north of the Yellow River, there was still hope that it would defeat Zhao Xing and resolve this catastrophe.

It seemed almost impossible for the imperial court to cooperate with the forces of the states and to take over their authority, but Zhuge Liang was confident that it would be done. Because he believed that with his own analysis, he could persuade these forces to agree to join the imperial camp and voluntarily hand over a part of the actual rights.

Kong Ming entered the boundary of Yanzhou after leaving the Tiger Prison Pass, and it was only nearly a hundred miles away from Chenliu, the seat of Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, and it took only two days to reach it smoothly. The swordsman Shi A, who was guarding his side, and a group of dead soldiers loyal to the emperor pretended to be horsemen and servants, and they were inseparable all the time, in case Zhuge Liang encountered any accidents. Since even the emperor's most loyal personal death soldier has been dispatched, it shows that Zhuge 's secret envoy is very important.

Hearing that his subordinates reported that a young envoy had come to the imperial court to see Yanzhou Mu by name, Cao Cao did not slack off and immediately invited Zhuge Liang into his mansion.

After the guests and hosts met, Zhuge Liang first spoke: "Langya Zhuge Kongming, today I am here to meet Cao Zhoumu by the secret edict of the Son of Heaven. ”

After Cao Cao heard that someone had reported his home, he asked with some confusion: "Dare to ask the envoy of Kong Ming, but the one who was called Wolong by Shuijing Sima Hui?"

Zhuge Liang replied indifferently: "It's just Mr. Sima's gossip, and Wolong's name is well deserved, and it can't be taken seriously." ”

After the two chatted for a while, Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry to show the secret edict of the imperial court, and Cao Cao was not in a hurry to ask Kong Ming's intentions, the two chatted very tacitly about the customs of Yanzhou, the personnel changes of the imperial court, neither mentioning the "snowflake salt" dumping incident that has now made a lot of noise, nor talking about the new things that appeared at the Jin State Business Exhibition, it seems that Zhao Xing, a powerful force that is enough to stir up the world, has gone to another world and has nothing to do with them.

When it was time to eat at noon, Cao Cao warmly invited Zhuge Liang to participate in the banquet of catching the wind and washing the dust, and Kong Ming accepted it calmly. In order to show respect, Cao Cao invited his subordinates Xun You, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhong, Liu Ye and other important scribes to accompany Kong Ming to the banquet.

Zhuge Liang, dressed as a Confucian in a green shirt, although he was the youngest among the guests and friends here, he spoke elegantly and decently, and behaved calmly and steadily, not inferior to Cao Cao's group of celebrities. Everyone heard that the envoy sent by the imperial court introduced by the lord Cao Cao was actually a character who was called "Wolong" in the Jingxiang area in recent years, and everyone had a little comparison and consideration in their hearts, so there were many mysteries in their words, not as harmonious as they appeared on the surface.

For Cao Cao's group of strategists, Zhuge Liang has also heard of it, and after seeing it today, he secretly sighed in his heart that Cao Cao is really good at recognizing and employing people, as far as these few in front of him, no matter which one is placed in the court, it is Wang Zuoliangcai. Kong Ming was not angry about everyone's intentional or unintentional verbal temptation, and he also secretly turned around skillfully, and the atmosphere in the seat seemed fresh and natural, not dull and depressing.

After half an hour had passed, Cao Cao ordered the singers and musicians to dance in the middle of the circle of the seats. The singer has a gorgeous posture, a slender figure, beautiful dance steps, and under the background of the music of silk, bamboo and zither strings, she sings and dances lightly, and for a time won the applause of the people in the audience.

After the dance, the singers and musicians retreated. Cao Cao asked Zhuge Liang with some pride: "I don't know what the envoy thinks this dance is like Luoyang?"

Zhuge Liang's face was calm, and he replied unhurriedly: "The dance is graceful and moving." It's just that Kong Ming has a word that is pressed in his heart, and he doesn't vomit or feel unhappy. ”

Cao Cao was surprised when he heard this, and said, "I don't know what Mr. Zhuge wants to spit out and then hurry?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "Yanzhou is about to be overturned, but Caozhou Mu is drinking and talking happily every day, singing and dancing at night, doesn't it make the heroes of the world despise?"

Cao Heizi, who was originally on the rise, was suddenly disgraced by Zhuge Liang's disappointing words, and his expression suddenly became a little ugly. Without waiting for Cao Cao to speak back, Xun Yu, who had long wanted to compete with Kong Ming, opened his mouth and said: "If Chengping is peaceful today, and the people are happy, how can Mr. Zhuge say that people are worried about the sky?"

As soon as Xun Yu opened his mouth, he knew that today's drama had begun, so he said without hesitation: "The Jin Kingdom is dominating the north, looking at the world, and the Liang Kingdom and Youzhou are responding on both sides.

Xun Yu is an honest and honest person, and the things and phenomena that Zhuge Liang asked rhetorically do exist and cannot be refuted, so he kept silent, saying that Kong Ming's words were indeed reasonable.

Xun Yu on the side asked Zhuge Liang again: "The Jin Kingdom can have today, isn't it the fault of the imperial court that the imperial court connived at the beginning? If Zhao Xing in the north really has a disobedient move, the first thing to bear the brunt of is the Sili area south of Keiguan!"

Zhuge Liang replied: "The year before last, the imperial court sent troops to fight against Zhao, and although the states responded, they all had evil intentions in their hearts, fearing that their own forces would be lost, and as a result, the battle against Zhao ended in failure. If Zhao Xing goes south one day, after the fall of Si Li, how can Yanzhou avoid it?"

Zhuge Liang pointed out in public that when Zhao Xing was crusaded, the forces of various states did not contribute to the work, which made Zhao Xing survive, and now he is finally overpowered. After hearing this, everyone's faces were very ugly, and they wanted to refute a few words, but they found that they were just covering their ears and stealing the bell, especially Zhuge Liang's last sentence "If Zhao Xing goes south in another day, after the fall of Si Li, how can Yanzhou be avoided?" is even more direct to the hearts of the people, so that everyone can not prevaricate at all.

On this occasion and at this time, if anyone still pretends to be stupid and says that the southward movement of the Jin Kingdom has nothing to do with Yanzhou, it will definitely be despised and shameless. Because the people present are all masters of strategy, saying nonsense that does not help people will only make people laugh in vain, and it will not solve the common crisis of Yanzhou and the imperial court at all.

Now that Zhuge Liang has said this, it is time for him to show his hole cards, so everyone no longer distinguishes, and listens to the purpose of the imperial envoy's visit.