Xun Yu is still very diligent, although he only learned the news that this mysterious sage won Youheng and pointed out Kong Rong in the evening.

He still got into the carriage as soon as possible and went straight to the palace construction site, and it took a lot of effort to forcibly drag back Kong Rong, who had already slipped away.

Kong Rong was very depressed, he didn't want to be as liver as Xun Yu, but other officials were older than him, and there was no way to work overtime if he was caught.

It was getting late, and many processes on the construction site had been stopped, and the men would not return until dawn the next day to continue their work. At present, only the tributaries of the newly excavated river are still transported by a few small boats to and fro to transport the giant wood mined from Songshan.

Although Xun Yu doesn't know much about building co-ordination, he is still more powerful than Kong Rong - after all, it is the existence of the Three Kingdoms games in the past dynasties, and the political value is always not less than 98.

After a little inspection, Xun Yu concluded that the new construction co-ordination method that the mysterious sage thought of for Kong Rong could indeed save a lot of work on the transportation of building materials.

After all, the cost of water transportation is one-twentieth of that of land transportation, and it is the cost of moving a little more distance on the ground for such a huge amount of timber.

Digging and ramming the palace walls is the amount of work that needs to be done in the first place. According to the calculation of the new overall plan, after changing from random excavation to trenching, the total transportation distance of rammed earth has also been greatly shortened, which is also a lot of work.

"This person must be a great talent who is good at scheming, Brother Wen Ju, may tell this person's name? Was it sent by your Qingzhou? ”

With Kong Rong's insight, his understanding of Zhuge Jin's value is not as thorough as Xun Yu's.

Seeing that Xun Yu attached so much importance to it, he could only tell him: "This person's name is Zhuge Jin, born in the Langya Zhuge clan, and this time he was on behalf of Zhendong General Liu Bei to enter Beijing to present and meet him." ”

When Xun Yu heard Liu Bei's name, a trace of alertness flashed in his eyes.

But in this life, after all, he has not had in-depth contact with Liu Bei, and it is impossible for Liu Bei to come to Xu Du to join Cao Cao as a Beijing official.

Therefore, Xun Yu's vigilance only flashed away, and he murmured lightly:

"I don't know when this person was recruited by Liu Bei, with such talent, it would be good if he could stay in Beijing and work directly for the imperial court."

Xun Yu knew that he couldn't solve the problem just by thinking, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Kong Rong and returned home, and then asked Geng Ji to take Liu Bei and Lu Bu's seals by the way, and he wanted to think about it carefully.

Xun Yu also read these seals the day before yesterday, but he was not in a hurry to approve them, and he still had to ask Cao Cao for some questions. Now that I know about Zhuge Jin, of course I have to deal with it urgently.

Xun Yu thought carefully, re-wrote his supplementary opinions, and prepared to hand them over to Cao Cao tomorrow, asking Cao Cao to order a meeting with the Hajj envoy from Xuzhou.

……

Cao Cao, in the first year of Jian'an, still met the court on the day of the court.

In history, Cao Cao did not dare to go to court, after he killed Zhao Yan and completely offended Liu Xie.

But this day was not the first day of the five-day day, so early in the morning, Cao Cao was just in Sikong Mansion to take care of daily government affairs.

If there is something important to see, they will also come directly to Sikong Mansion to say something.

At the beginning of the hour, Xun Yu rushed to Sikong Mansion.

With his identity, of course, the guards outside would not stop him, and they all put it in directly.

Xun Yu went straight into the front yard and walked until the last courtyard door was left from Cao Cao's study, and then turned into the signing room on the left.

Sima Lang, who was working in the wing, immediately got up and saluted.

Xun Yu signaled that there was no need to be polite, and asked in a low voice, "Does Sikong have leisure?" ”

Sima Lang replied respectfully: "I am dealing with the daily stamps, and there are no outsiders." Please order you to wait, wait for a certain and go to the communication. ”

Saying that, Sima Lang entered first to ask for instructions, and soon came out again and asked Xun Yu to enter together.

In the room, a bearded and fat middle-aged man in his early forties, sitting on a low couch with a golden knife, the brush in his hand was like a fast sword and a long halberd, and he was staggered to review the seal, it was Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao finished brushing and brushing his instructions, he threw the things at hand to the side, and casually motioned to Xun Yu to sit down and speak: "Wen Ruo came early today, let me guess, could it be that I found some great sage, so you couldn't sit still, and you were in a hurry to recommend." ”

Xun Yu just sat down, and hurriedly got up again to praise: "Sikong Mingjian, the guess is too accurate." ”

Then, he made a long story short, and reported all the news he heard at Kong Rong yesterday and Zhuge Jin's other performances.

Cao Cao stroked his beard, and the order in which he listened to the report was different from what Xun Yu heard from Geng Ji yesterday.

Geng Ji was to vent his anger to Xun Yu, so he first reported Zhuge Jin's deeds of winning Youheng, and as for helping Kong Rong save money and effort, it was just an addition in Geng Ji's eyes.

And Xun Yu came to report today, it was for the country, so he gave priority to Kong Rong's contribution, and only mentioned Zhuge Jin's pioneering work in Confucianism at the end.

But it was this reporting sequence that made Cao Cao have a hint of first rise and then then depression in his heart.

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said, "Can you be good at building overall planning and saving manpower?" This is a good thing, and he should indeed be allowed to assist Kong Rong in doing things. However, the fallacies and heresies that followed are not enough......"

Xun Yu was puzzled for a while: "Why did Sikong say this?" Subordinates can't understand. Zhuge Jin's theory, the outline and purpose are clear, the essence and the use are clear, and it is indeed unseen by the predecessors, blocking the mistakes and omissions since Dong Zhongshu and Gongsun Hong, and it can also warn the people to put the people first......"

Cao Cao raised his hand: "I don't believe in Han Confucianism for three hundred years, and no one will see Dong Zhongshu's mistake." The so-called sages and Confucianism are also created by the times, and Dong Zhongshu and his ilk, when they rose in Emperor Xiaowu, naturally they only cater to the 'virtue' that Xiaowu wants to believe.

If it was the time of Wenjing, he respected Confucianism in advance, maybe the great sages at that time, such as Jia Yi and others, might not be like Dong Zhongshu to explain.

Emperor Xiaowu's poor soldiers are just like Qin Shi Huang, if Dong Zhongshu said to Emperor Xiaowu, 'One day is to benefit the people of the world, not to let the king use the money and food saved after the day to do other good things', then will he still be reused by Emperor Xiaowu?

Therefore, this theory may be used to govern the world, so that the people after the peace of the world will not forget their original intention and put the people first. But in today's troubled times, there is no need at all. All the money and food in the troubled times must be used to strengthen the army and annex the princes, and his big principles are still too far! ”

Xun Yu was refuted by Cao Cao, and suddenly felt sad in his heart, and at the same time admired Cao Cao's quick reaction, and he had an instant insight into the interests behind his academic attitude, which was really cunning.

He knew that Cao Cao's words were already practical to the extreme, and it could be said that his admiration for domineering was already on the same level as Emperor Xiaowu of Qin Shi Huang.

But I don't know, if the world is reunified in the future, can Cao Cao still recall his original intention and spend the internal friction saved by the Legalist government on the head of the "people"?

"That's it, this question is too far away, let's take it one step at a time, why bother to be serious with Meng De." Xun Yu secretly thought in his heart and decided to suppress the argument.

Perhaps even he didn't know that his later suspicion of Cao Cao's "unification of the world" was from this moment.

Some people regard the unification of the world as a means to stabilize the people, and the stability of the people is the ultimate fundamental goal and the original intention.

And some people just regard the unification of the world as the goal itself, and when they achieve this, they don't even think about what they will do next.

Xun Yu couldn't calm down for a long time, so much so that Cao Cao felt strange:

"Why did Wen Ruo wander? Do you think what I'm saying is inappropriate? A little bit of debate, what a bit of worry. However, Zhuge Jin can refute You Heng in public, which is enough to make people happy. ”

Cao Cao was open-minded, but he didn't care about the face problem when talking to his superiors. He thought that Xun Yu couldn't hang on face, so he gave Xun Yu face.

Xun Yu came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly pleaded: "In any case, please show how to approve the above table of Liu Bei and Lu Bu in Xuzhou?" Do you want to summon the envoys Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng? It is foolish to think that both of them can try to keep them. ”

Cao Cao had a lot of things, and he couldn't remember some details clearly, so he asked first: "Then Liu Bei and Lu Bu are on the table, what official positions do they want?" ”

Xun Yu had done his homework, and replied: "Liu Bei said that Lu Bu assisted in quelling the rebellion of Yuan Shunei Ying Cao Bao, Xu Tan, and Zhang Kuang, so Lu Bu was the pastor of Xuzhou.

And Liu Bei said that after he completely captured Guangling County, which was partially stolen by Yuan Shu, he found more evidence of Yuan Shu's disobedience, and Yuan Shu's general Sun Ce had recently broken through Xu Gong of Wu County, forcing Yangzhou Mu Liu Miao to a desperate situation, leaving only Dantu (Zhenjiang) County.

Now the Yuan rebellion in Xuzhou has been completely purged, but the Yuan rebellion in Yangzhou has become more and more intense. Liu Bei asked the court to allow him to continue to pursue Yuan Shun, and said that Yuan Shu would sooner or later have the heart of usurpation, and he was willing to ignore his own interests and do his best to eliminate the traitors for the court. ”

Xun Yu roughly relayed the content of the recital written by Zhuge Jin on Liu Bei's instructions.

After Cao Cao listened, he was also surprised by Liu Bei's "single-mindedness for the country".

"Liu Bei can be so open-minded? He just needs to fight for the country? Even Xuzhou, which is his foundation, was taken away by Lu Bu in the process of 'counterinsurgency', and he didn't care about it? Do you want to continue to pounce on Yuan? Cao Cao thought it was incredible.

He has always felt that Liu Bei is a character, but he didn't expect to have such an idealistic side.

Of course, he also reacted quickly: This may just be Liu Bei knowing that he can't get back the empty words and beautiful words after Xiapi, and he wants to be a favor and make an enemy.

"Liu Bei has endured so far, not to be underestimated. But this time he thinks about the country, it's not good not to reward him heavily, otherwise the will of the Xudu Imperial Court, how many princes from other towns are willing to obey? Anyway, for the sake of the golden bones, this time I have to add an official to Liu Bei.

As for Lu Bu...... can't be so cheap for him, Liu Bei wants to sell it well, and the court can't sell it, but it can only sell a little, so that Lu Bu is still dissatisfied, so that he will resent Liu Bei and contain each other. Anyway, I know what to do, so I will call Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng to see me first! ”

Cao Cao also figured it out, the official position is false, and it doesn't matter if you give it a little higher. In today's world, the key to how much territory can be in the local area is to see whether it is strong enough to be strong.

Otherwise, even if he gave Yuan Shao's title of general to Liu Bei, it would be useless, as long as Liu Bei didn't have enough soldiers and horses, he wouldn't be able to take much place.

In this case, what kind of false title do you regret?

After Xun Yu got Cao Cao's order, he immediately went to convey the order, sent someone to the Xuzhou County Mansion, and notified Zhuge Jin and Chen Deng to come to the audience.