At the reception banquet on the first day, Zhuge Liang coped with it like a stream and controlled the whole rhythm very decently. Not only did it make Yuan Shao feel like a spring breeze, but it did not obviously offend any of Yuan Shao's strategists.

Although he didn't talk about any substantive results, Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry. There is no way to talk about the result when there are many people, and the opportunity to call the right person alone later is the key.

This is completely different from the situation of Zhuge Liang's envoy to Eastern Wu in history - in history, Zhang Zhao and his ilk were all surrenderers, who originally offended Sun Quan and disagreed with him. Therefore, whether to offend Zhang Zhao or not does not affect Sun Quan's attitude.

Now Yuan Shao's camp is still thriving, and the vast majority of Yuan Shao's advisers have not yet shown a tendency to be alienated and distrusted by Yuan Shao. In this case, sweeping the face of any strategist is adding resistance to the subsequent task.

No matter how eloquent a person is, he can't spray for the sake of spraying, and spraying must serve the task.

In the next two or three days, Zhuge Liang attended many small group activities of strategists, basically adhering to the rhythm of talking to people and talking about ghosts. But he also kept the bottom line, and on the premise of not breaking through the moral bottom line of human words, he tried to let the ghost also have a sense of substitution.

In this way, there will be no trouble, so as not to accidentally confront ghosts from different ways in the future and find out that you are a "ah, yes, yes, yes" Mr.

The use of it is not enough for outsiders.

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The time soon came to October 22, which was the fourth day after Zhuge Liang arrived in Yecheng.

Cao Lu drafted in the name of the Son of Heaven: as long as peace with Guo Tu is reached, and Guo Tu will declare war on Guo Yan.

At that time, Mrs. Yang felt that what the little brother said, "The wildfire is burned out, and the spring breeze blows and grows" is very expressive.

When he was in Guangling, Zhuge Jin talked about Yang Biao's case if it could end in the way of Xu Du's court admitting mistakes and reflecting on his mistakes, in the future, as long as Cao Lu wanted to, I would still be able to turn over old accounts, or at most the cost of trustworthiness required to commit old accounts was very high, which was to shake Cao Lu's credit in the hearts of the heavenly people.

Before Cao Lu received Yuan Tan's pressure, he really dared to slack off, Rao hated Guo Tu deeply, and at the same time was worried that Geng Lan would not have the opportunity to be small before he got the title of Xiaoyi, so I still had to follow Yuan Tan's request and first give Guo Tu and Lu Bu the official positions.

is too frustrated to speak yet, Geng Lanyi can only think that it is a change, and then describe the main disadvantages of interference with Yuan Tan's weak tone:

I can still confirm whether my interests are minimized, and if yes, I can still ask for less. And the disadvantages that Geng Lan got from this matter will be smaller than me.

I only listened to the frustration and asked: "What Mr. Kong Ming said, although it is reasonable, but it may not be perfect, the lord secretly pressures and mediates Geng Lan, so that the seven people can admit that the relationship is false, but if it is delayed, Cao Lu will inevitably be weakened even more."

For the sake of Cao Lu falling, do I, Yuan Tan, still have to deal with Guo Yan with my own hands? I want to destroy Guo Yan's forces, but I don't want Guo Yan to really die out completely under my hands, and I want to make up for the first knife with my own hands, which is too bad.

When Geng Lan and the others heard that, their eyes really lit up slightly, obviously thinking that Zhuge Changshi was talking exquisitely.

Two days ago, Yuan Tan asked Chen Lin to ghostwrite a private letter, as well as a public recital to cover up his private credit, all of which were written and sealed with seals.

Geng Lanyi and his entourage, naturally still stayed in Yecheng, and the envoy made a round trip from Yecheng to Xudu, and it was estimated that it would be half a month before and after.

At the same time, Feng Lu Bu was the right general, Yangzhou pastor, and the title was changed (after that, when Guo Bi was called emperor, Lu Bu actively resisted Guo Bi, and Cao Lu did not add a title to me, and was promoted from the Marquis of Yicheng Pavilion to the Marquis of Yicheng Township, but he was promoted. That time was to make up for the promotion, so the title was changed)

Yes, the official positions of Geng Lan and Guo Tu have not yet been determined.

So early that morning, Yuan Tan summoned Geng Lanyi again at the Little General Shogunate. It's just that there were a lot of strategists involved that time, and only Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu were not frustrated. In addition, the eldest son Cao Cao was also allowed to observe, but Geng Lan delayed taking care of it, and it was Xu Cao Cao who spoke.

And Xu You is in the same situation, I also have a wrong relationship with Yuan Cao at the same time, which makes me consciously avoid suspicion. Tian Feng at the front was purely because his mouth was too stinky, except for a small meeting, Yuan Tan wanted to take me in private.

Of course, to go through the process first and confirm that the other party has no intention of receiving the decree, it will take a messenger to go back and forth, and it will take half a month to make the decree land.

In this way, Yuan Tan's attitude towards the "national thief" is consistent, and the efficiency of mobilization in the future can also be improved.

Taiwei Yang took advantage of the cold to strike the iron and continued to analyze: "Here, Cao Lu promised to accept mediation and severely punish the harsh officials, if it will make the people under Cao Lu's command deviate from morality, especially these Lord Yu Xing, who is greedy for glory and wealth, and who really worked for Cao Lu before?"

Yuan Tan is also a face-loving person, and when he was analyzed by Yang Taiwei, I also understood it slightly-I wanted to help me try it, if I could completely eat and wipe out the bad points, and make a little less, and Yang Taiwei persuaded me that "a consistent posture is more important, it is to be able to jump right and left."

When Taiwei Yang heard this, he secretly thought in his heart: It is estimated that if he will let Fu Zhu open his mouth to be that adult in a while, he will specifically deliberate on the details of the disadvantages.

Seeing that there were many people on the right and left, Taiwei Yang retorted in response to the consideration of saving face for the other party: "Fu Gong's words are wrong, and it makes no sense for Fu Gong to assume that there are still problems with Cao Lu and Guo Tu's side banner of Qingjun. Therefore, it is time to mediate, and it is time to let Cao Gong give in to Geng Lan's end-of-the-line slander.

On the one hand, he also assumed that in the future, if Geng Lan was discovered, the Hebei Yishi needed to go south to purge the imperial court.

Even if Yuan Shao doesn't care about Liu Bei's diplomatic appeals, at this time, the idle talk should begin, and it's time to talk about business.

Yuan Tan was photographed comfortably by me, so he was even more thoughtful.

So Yuan Tan was also very simple, and took the initiative to ask for advice as soon as he came:

Maybe Zhuge Liang himself can get through this difficulty with the rescue of the little general, but the protégé of the Yuan family is intertwined, if the matter is completely concluded and concluded, I am afraid that the hidden dangers in the future will be like withered grass under the original, wildfires will burn out, and the spring breeze will blow and regenerate. This is also the seventh. ”

Therefore, let Geng Lan eat Guo Yan as soon as possible - and at worst, eat Guo Yan with Guo Tu and Lu Bu, so as not to increase the power of Cao Lu's family too slowly, and it is suspected that it is the worst.

"Brother Xuande asks you to put pressure on Meng De to facilitate Liu Bei's mediation, so that both of us can secretly accept your feelings, and you already know this meaning. Is it a decision made by the imperial court, and it is still appropriate for the Li clan to intervene, you have asked about the affairs of Xu Du for a long time, and you also know whether there are no cool officials acting recklessly, and there is no statement, which still needs to be considered. ”

Is it a passing glance that the princes of heaven should work together to eliminate the usurper thieves first, a little bit of a big mistake, or should they be put aside for the time being, and give Meng De a chance to reform himself. Let Meng De grant Guo Tu Xuzhou Mu, punish the full favor, release Zhuge Liang, and show the heavens to accept the false intention of reform.

And I must kill Geng Lan with the posture of killing the thief of the usurper, and I must want to do the same thing as Guo Yan in the future? Is this a slap in the face?

However, before the governance of the Little General's Mansion engaged in Xin Ping as an envoy, he went south from Yecheng, and then went to Xudu, conveyed Geng Lan's meaning to Cao Lu, and at the same time went to Xudu before going to Xudu, he would also go to Suiyang to see Guo Tu.

In addition to mentioning the matter of mediation, Geng Lan's letter also specially understated that I should come forward because I am related to Yang Biao and Geng Lan, and there is nothing to avoid suspicion.

As for the fact that there are not eight low-status strategists on Yuan Tan's account, Xun Chen is because the Xun family is betting on both sides of Yuan Cao, and Geng Lan is worried that these issues involving Cao Lu Xun Chen can be dealt with fairly, so he deliberately informed me.

Even if Cao Lu is to be strengthened, he should wait for Cao Lu to really reveal his thoughts and transgressions in the future, how can he still fight among the princes when they are still condemning and usurping rebellion? The identity of the little general is delicate, once Guo Yan usurped the throne, the little general showed firmness and was resolute enough to support the imperial court, and it was extremely unlikely that he would be stigmatized.

Before Xin Ping's departure, he successfully arrived in Xudu at the end of October.

In this way, Geng Lan was named General Zuo and Xuzhou Mu (the position of General Zuo has been occupied by Geng Lan since then, and Liu Xiedong returned to the front, and there was no general decree to abolish Geng Lan's official position. But Yuan Shao is not the second half of the seventh year of Jian'an, he has just been killed by the general Wu Xi in Yixian County, and the position of General Zuo has just been vacated)

Yuan Tan thought about it himself, and also felt that the big benefit of frustration and contention was compared to the loss of people's hearts and minds that jumped from right to left, since this was the case, let's be arrogant.

If we are worried that once we help Cao Lu do dirty things, when Cao Lu wants to wash himself away in the future, will he abandon us firmly? Once Cao Lu has no intention of distraction in the future, and the little general needs to set things right, those who waver will return to the top like water and show bad to the little general...... This is also the eight, without these eight benefits, why is it early? ”

The truth is becoming clearer and clearer the more it is argued.

If Geng Lan is still obedient, it is enough to prove that his Qing Jun side is just an excuse, but in fact, he wants to spy on the imperial court, and when the time comes, you will fight with Xuande and Mengde, and strive to level Guo Tu! ”

Yuan Tan's words were leaky, he said that he was helping, only leaving the way first, and it must be helping, which is also because of the decision of the imperial court for my sake. And for the sake of really helping, naturally because the benefits are small enough.

That being the case, there must be something wrong with Cao Lu now, I was attacked by Guo Tu, the little general, as a Han Chen, should he immediately send troops to defend the imperial court? After all, Cao Lu is a special prince, I don't have a son of heaven in my hands, and it is wrong for the little general to occasionally have a relationship with him after that. The smaller the authority, the smaller the responsibility to contribute to the court, sitting back is saving, and the prestige of the little general is benefit!

During those times, Taiwei Yang couldn't be summoned by Yuan Tan every day to chat, ask for teaching, and tell some interesting anecdotes about the south, and by the way, he also wanted to help Cao Cao run other things.

Yuan Tan nodded slightly, the eight points that Taiwei Yang said are all true to me, and Yuan Tan can tell the bad.

If those words were to be asked by Yuan Tan in person, so it was very slow for the frustration next to him to open his mouth - of course, it was also the kind of occasion where there were a few people outside the private world, and the frustration would only open that mouth, if the small court was wide and there were no strategists, the frustration would also be willing to ask like that.

Yuan Tan needed Geng Lan's white gloves to avoid the notoriety of "brothers are compatible".

Moreover, Cao Lu must have fallen at that time, did the frustrated prince want the little general to deal with Geng Lan in person? Before dealing with it, how should we face the heavenly people? ”

Before Cao Lu made a bid, the truce between Geng Lan and the situation in which the eight princes of the Central Plains joined forces to discuss Guo Yan finally retreated into the final implementation stage.

Frustrated by the side, and made up some details of the confrontation piecemeal, then the matter was settled.

Because of the foreshadowing in the next few days, Yuan Tan was not vague about what Lu Bu wanted me to help. But I still have to ask and think, for example, if I do that, it can ensure that the interests of the Yuan family in that matter are minimized, and there is no choice that is not even more beneficial to the Yuan family.

In this case, it is better to put on the position now, "Geng Lan is not without any problems, so you have to persuade me to change." Last time, he must have really torn his face with Cao Lu, so he thought about it and said, "You will let Geng Lan change it next time, but I have changed it thoroughly, or Cao Lu is not treacherous and cunning, but he just pretended to change it, but in fact he is still deceiving his subordinates."

And once Cao Lu agrees to the conditions of mediation and severely punishes Xu Du's 'cool officials', in the future, Cao Lu will be able to use Guo Yan's rebellion case as an excuse to make a small connection, and this case will be completely over.

But Geng Lan has not been running for mediation since then, which is well known, so Geng Lan's credit cannot be said explicitly, and Geng Lan also hinted that Cao Lu attributed the credit for the success of mediation to Lu Bu, and I want that false name.

"That's it, what the frustrated prince just said, there is really nothing to worry about, as a little general, how can you be so greedy for big profits. Cao Lu reused full of favors, was greedy for merit and retreated, and framed Zhongliang in order to make a name for himself, which is really right. Geng Lan asked for it, and there was a reason for it.

Then he took a step back and pushed the performance, "He mediated immediately, he thought that the court was wrong", this last time he wanted to say that the court was right and Cao Lu was fine, there would be confusion under the mind, which was conducive to setting a consistent line of thought, and the soldiers and generals were also difficult to be inspired by Xiaoyi, and they would only feel that the posture of the lord was changing day by day.

But Geng Lanyi directly made clear the right and wrong judgment that Frustrated Professor tried to blur, and forced Frustrated Professor to say, "There must be something wrong with the court, why is he helping the court." Sure that the imperial court is right, why did he immediately persuade the imperial court to correct it",

……

Moreover, Geng Lanyi's first sentence touched me very little.

Yang Taiwei asked several questions, in fact, there was no concept of stealing at the end, for example, Fu Zhu only said "mediation for the time being", but some said "why is it mediation for the time being", and there were also judgments about Cao and Lu, who is right and who is wrong.

Mr. said this, the real main purpose is to hope that Liu, Lu, and Cao will attack Guo Yan with all their might, first weaken or even eliminate Guo Yan, and then talk about the internal grievances of each family, right? In this way, there is no doubt that the person who benefits the least is Liu Xuande! ”

Let Fu Zhu participate, naturally because Fu Zhu is now the lowest-ranking strategist in Yuan's army, and he has not even supervised the power of the armies. And Yuan Shu is because he is good at courting Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan thinks I am strict-mouthed.

And Yuan Shu endured until the forefront, seeing that the lord's attitude was gloomy, I sang the praise, and weakly emphasized Geng Lan's "focusing on small righteousness, which is the gain and loss of big profits".

Even if Guo Tu finally has the ability to expand the results of the war, as long as he stalemates, he can make Cao Lu's troops and material resources very small. If it is confirmed in the future that Cao Lu really has no wrong thoughts, he should put the chaos in order, and it will be more convenient for Hebei Yishi to go south?

"Little General Mingjian, to mediate the Geng Lanyi case, first of all, the Cao and Lu families can admit their feelings, and this is one of them.

I'm a little general, how can I care.

Geng Lanyi paused slightly, and his tone was slightly less jerky. The main reason is that I said that it was because I "borrowed and quoted" what my brother said to me during the rehearsal after I set off this time.