"Hmph," Yuan Shu didn't take them into account at all.

is on the verge of troubled times, and it is Yuan Shao who these people are actually willing to follow, not Yuan Shu.

But in fact, in terms of vast territory and prosperous people, he is not weaker than Yuan Shao, but most of the heroes in the world belong to him.

These people refused to come to Yuan Shu, and most of the virtuous people in the south of the Yangtze River were willing to come to attach themselves because of the location of the Fu Festival and the messenger of the Son of Heaven.

There are also many officials, in fact, they are willing to come because of Ma Riyan's connections.

After Jin Shang left, there were advisers one after another to say that the autumn harvest was about to end, and the fields and grains were collected in the warehouse, and the taxes should be reduced this year, so that the people could be a little grateful.

After dealing with official business, Yang Feng and Han Xian sent deputy generals to ask for a meeting, they were stationed in the Guangling area, there was a shortage of grain and grass, and the soldiers could only eat fish and shrimp in the river.

After hearing this, Yuan Shu sneered again and again: "What he means by this, I'm afraid that he intends to threaten with this, and if he doesn't give it, he will cause trouble in the land of Guangling." ”

"Hehe, I also have no grain to transport to distant places, so let Yang Feng and Han Xian lead the remnants to Huainan and garrison in Jiujiang, and I can give grain resettlement."

"Yui."

In the afternoon, Yan Xiang came to ask for a meeting again, disturbing Yuan Shu and many sages.

He was quite dissatisfied with the tea from the main courtyard to the side hall, and saw Yan Xiang to ask about things.

"Sun Ce led the troops through Qu'a, marched to Huiji, repelled Wang Lang and hoarded troops in Huiji, asking for grain and grass, he wanted to fight with Wu County again, and decided to take Eastern Wu for the lord."

"Dongwu ......" Yuan Shu pursed his lips and thought for a long time, and asked tentatively: "How much salary does he want?" ”

"30,000 stones, gold, silver and cloth for the army, and at the same time need iron, copper and other stones to transport, and also invite 500 craftsmen to help build armaments, in addition, he said that he did not ask the lord to ask for soldiers and horses, just ask the old department of the Sun family to go and help."

"Sun's old department?" Yuan Shu's heart tightened, almost all of the victories over the years were won by their old veterans, and the generals under his command, Ji Ling, Yuan Jian and others, were all in the town of the Chinese army, and there had never been a big war.

Liu Xiang under his command was a brave man back then, but he didn't expect to be attacked and killed by Cao Cao's cavalry at Kuangting.

If the old Sun clan is also returned to Sun Ce, their merits will become even greater, so I will also rely on him.

"What do you think?" Yuan Shu asked.

Yan Xiang has a thick beard, stretching out his hand to caress him, his face is relatively rich and round, but he is tired due to hard work, at this time he pondered for a long time, and said: "In my opinion, you can't send the old department of the Sun family to Sun Ce. ”

"He led the army to defeat Huiji, he has already achieved fame, but he can return to Huainan to receive a reward, and the lord should use the edict of the second son of heaven to let Sun Ce come to discuss the reward of merit, and propose to record all the merits of his father and him in the book, send it to Xu Du, and ask the son of heaven to reward the official."

"In this way, there is no need to transfer grain, and there is no need to worry about the old Sun clan following Sun Ce."

Yuan Shu nodded slightly, but quickly shook his head again, "It's not good......"

He was a little difficult to decide, if he did this, wouldn't he be treacherous, but would be resented by Sun Ce?

You must know that Sun Ce was asked to lead the troops to make meritorious contributions because he presented the jade seal of the country obtained by his father in Luoyang, and presented it to Sun Ce in the name of the Mandate of Heaven.

At that time, Yuan Shu had promised to let him lead his troops to attack and make meritorious contributions to capture Jiangdong.

This matter is secret, and only the confidants and ministers around him know about it, so it is not allowed to be known to others for the time being.

Yuan Shu is still preparing, waiting for the time to be ripe, and then he will no longer be subject to Cao Cao.

Otherwise, the current situation can be said to be very serious, if you are edicted, you must not have a bad relationship with Cao Cao, if you do not obey the edict, you will be called a traitor by the Han court.

And in this world, in fact, the Han Dynasty has long existed in name only, that is, Cao Cao does not talk about martial arts, and he has to welcome the Han Emperor back to worship.

Otherwise, where would the Han court still exist now, isn't it all the world of the princes?

Cao Agui, it's really a thing that harms others and is not beneficial to himself, what is the use of what he wants the Son of Heaven, we and other princes will be edicted, but they will never really be attached to Cao Cao.

It is estimated that they are all trying to find a way to get out of his control, Cao Cao wants to follow the example of Li Dao Guo Yan, if he doesn't get it right, he will become the next Dong Zhuo.

"Hey," Thinking of this, Yuan Shu couldn't help but laugh, turned to Yan Xiang and said, "How can you be so defensive against your subordinates?" Sun Ce is a chivalrous person, and he is very brave and brave. ”

"Lord......" Yan Xianggang wanted to persuade again, but Yuan Shu smiled and waved his hand, and said softly: "Meritorious ministers should be rewarded, and their fathers and his merits should be sent to Xudu, and the rest will be transferred to him according to him, and grain, grass and craftsmen will be transferred to him." ”

"Let him temporarily comprehend the situation, govern the local people, and shelter the homeless, so as to demonstrate my benevolence."

Yan Xiang looked stunned, frowned a little unconvinced, and was about to speak when Yuan Shu raised his hand to stop: "Yan Jun, don't worry, the princes are fighting now, Sun Ce because of my father's kindness back then, and because Sun Jian entrusted his family to me, these are all filial piety, if he wants to rebel, then there is no place for him in Jiangdong." ”

"Okay," Yan Xiang stroked his beard and nodded slightly, then said goodbye to Yuan Shu.

When he came out, Yan Xiang felt a little, he thought that his lord had fallen into the current heyday, and he was a little carried away.

But what he just said was a lot of consideration, Sun Ce has his father's grace here, and he will not easily rebel, unless something happens that makes him have to rebel.

In short, as long as the lord does not give Sun Ce any chance, it is impossible for him to easily break away from Yangzhou.

But......

After Yan Xiang walked a few steps, he glanced back at Yuan Shu, who was already sitting at the desk looking at the military situation.

Why, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart.

……

Hedong.

Zhang Han led eight hundred black-robed armor horsemen, and escorted the envoys of the Son of Heaven to Hedong to reward Zhang Yang, because Cao Cao was among his henchmen, and he was currently doing nothing every day, so he gave him some merits to be recorded.

Zhang Yang, a middle-aged general with rich combat experience, received the title of Marquis and General after being rewarded this year, which can be described as famous.

At the same time, the Son of Heaven ordered him to continue to Tunhedong without having to migrate, of course, before this, Cao Cao had secretly sent a lot of gifts to Zhang Yang through Dong Zhao, and they exchanged geese with each other several times, and they had already made friends.

The envoy is Zhong Xuan, because of the guard, he has to worship as the imperial history of the Cheng, this official position is not much real power, but the status is respected.

However, in Chang'an over the years, Zhong Xuan has more than the generals of Xiliang, and the generals of the northern and southern departments have gotten acquainted with each other and gained their respect.

Therefore, he came to be the envoy of the Son of Heaven and sent an edict and a reward, but in fact, he had other intentions.

Zhong Xuan was in the carriage and asked Zhang Han to get in the car and talk about the purpose of the trip.

Although Dong Zhao is already responding, it is still necessary to discuss and prepare, and how to negotiate with Zhang Yang when the time comes, Zhang Han still needs to be there to witness.

Zhong Miao received two orders from the Son of Heaven and Cao Cao, and both wanted to win over Zhang Yang, but Zhong Miao was a member of the Zhong family of the Changshe Society, and did not respond to Cao Cao's words, but did not dare to disobey the orders of the Son of Heaven.

Whose alliance Zhang Yang will end up with depends on his own choice.

After talking for a while, Zhong Xuan said something interesting, "Junhou, when I was in Chang'an, I heard about some of your deeds, I was once ambushed in Yingchuan, and then-"

"Zhongcheng doesn't need to say much," Zhang Han hurriedly raised his hand, righteous and awe-inspiring, "I will not be angry with the Yingchuan clan in this matter, each of them was their master at that time, and some of them may want to be attached to Yuan Shu, so this is the case." ”

"These things have been dealt with back then, Zhongcheng doesn't have to worry," Zhang Han smiled magnificently.

Zhong Xuan's face was still as usual, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he said lightly: "I heard that the Zhong family invested more than 8,000 gold in property to quell the rebellion and sweep the thieves?" ”

Zhang Han's face froze, and the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and at the same time suspected that the Zhong family must have something to do with the assassination back then.

Because they gave 10,000, but said to Zhong Xuan that it was only 8,000, which is enough to explain a lot of problems.

However, that is all in the past, and it is useless to mention it now, because when he made the money, he had already placed the crime on the head of the bandits, and most of the thieves had surrendered, and some of them continued to flee, so they were their own people.

Everyone divided more than 40,000 gold belongings, including cloth, gold, silver and jade, and some families used food to pay, and in short, they were very happy with each other.

Although the Yingchuan tribes lost their money, they gained the happiness of eliminating thieves and helping Han.

"Hehehe......" Zhong Xuan saw that Zhang Han didn't speak, and continued: "How much did the prince share?" ”

"Zhongcheng, don't talk nonsense," Zhang Han said with a straight face.

Besides, I've run away on horseback.

"Hehehe......" Zhong Xuan chuckled, but he was no longer entangled in this topic, and said after a long sigh: "Junhou, this time to escort me to Hedong, but there is another secret order?" ”

"No," Zhang Han shook his head, "The lord just asked me to escort him, go back and forth for half a month, and return to Xudu in the winter season, after the autumn harvest this year, the grain warehouse is full, in addition to reducing taxes to benefit the people, the military grain has accumulated hundreds of thousands of Hu, the general of the clan led the troops to Runan and Yingchuan to garrison, Guang'an displaced people, recruiting the township brave and strong, so I have nothing to do except for public security." ”

"So let me guard Zhongcheng."

Zhang Han didn't need to be close to Zhong Xuan anymore, he already had Sun Qian, Mi Zhu and others around him, and it was not beneficial to have a relationship with the scholars, this time he came to Hedong, in addition to meeting Zhang Yang, he still had to bring Dong Zhao back.

Dong Zhao had made a lot of achievements on the way to welcome the Han Emperor before, and almost won too many allies for Cao Cao.

If you talk about secret orders, this is one of them.

The other is to find out whether Zhang Yang's heart for the lord can really become a long-term ally, if not, he should set up a situation in advance, you must know that the mouth of Hedong is no less than Nanyang in the south.

Because it can become a springboard for Yuan Shao's march, Zhang Yang and Yuan Shao had a lot of grudges in the early years, but this does not mean that there will never be hidden dangers, allies change with interests and time, maybe one day the two will unite.

The world is like this, and people's hearts are unpredictable, so it is a good thing to be appropriately suspicious.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han calmed down and didn't plan to say everything to Zhong Xuan.

Zhong Miao nodded and smiled: "Understood." ”

"The prince should be here to pick up Dong Zhao to go back, in fact, these things don't have to be hidden, when I was in Chang'an, I had contact with Dong Zhao, and conspired with the Son of Heaven to return to the east, and he wrote three letters to me on behalf of Cao Gong, each of which was sincere."

Zhong Xuan took out two letters from under the case, put them on the table, and then said leisurely: "I don't understand, the content of this letter has many words of appreciation and admiration for me, but since I arrived in Xudu, I seem to have changed my attitude greatly, and I don't remember these words at all." ”

"Well, the respect for you has always been in my heart, so why do you need to show it at any time?"

Zhang Han immediately said with a weak heart, he understood that Dong Zhao must not have communicated with Cao Cao in advance, and after the Son of Heaven returned to the east, he immediately went to Zhang Yang to report the situation, although he made many achievements in the middle, but he never had the opportunity to come to Cao Cao's account.

Therefore, what Dong Zhao said, Cao Cao definitely didn't know, or only knew that he had said good things, but he didn't know the content of the words.

Zhong Xuan can think of it, but he shouldn't know the detailed situation.

"I love to hear this," Zhong Xuan pointed to something, looked at Zhang Han deeply, and said with a mysterious smile: "The prince remembers what you said today, I should remember the golden words and jade laws in my heart, and the lord will definitely remember his respect for me." ”

Zhang Han was stunned suddenly, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't don't, I didn't say anything." ”

"Haha," Zhong Miao smiled lightly again, and then said quite intriguingly: "The prince is here, after seeing Dong Zhao, you can go to visit the generals under Zhang Yang, and one of them can be befriended, called Yang Chou." ”

"Yang Chou......" Zhang Han muttered silently, faintly feeling that this name was somewhat familiar.

"In addition to Yang Chou, there is another person who is an old acquaintance of the prince and marquis, named Su Gu, do you remember?"

Zhang Han suddenly froze, this name is indeed familiar, at the beginning, Yu Poison, Bai Huan Black Mountain Army, was to attack Dongjun together with Su Gu, which led to a fierce battle for a year, in addition to this matter, Zhang Han also has some private grudges, in fact, it should be counted with Yu Gu.

His brothers in the first battalion that year, a total of 173 people, all died under the ambush of Zhenggu, at that time, it was Cao Renzhong's plan, and the dispatch was wrong, and more than 1,000 soldiers and horses were lost, including Zhang Han's team.

As Dubo, Zhang Han was powerless to speak, he could only act according to orders, and it was impossible to know the whole picture of the marching strategy, and he could only obey orders, so Zhang Han naturally could not make any judgment.

He survived because there was a high level of hierarchy in the army, and there were no deserters under him.

At the same time, it was the brothers who kept him running out and grabbed the only war horse.

Without a war horse, they can only die under the pursuit.

Zhang Han is also a person who has suffered defeats, thinking of these things, his brain is a little buzzing, and now he has actually mixed up with Zhang Yang, which means that he is a subordinate of the hero at the moment, and it is better to see Zhang Yang's face and not to conflict.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han laughed directly, arched his hand to Zhong Xuan, his face was full of cynical smiles, and said: "Zhongcheng, I just understand, you invited me to the car and talked to me so much about the bend, it turned out that I was asked to take care of the overall situation, and when I see the enemy again, I can't mention personal enmity?" ”

"Don't worry, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, I, Uncle Zhang, know the most about current affairs, and I spare my life, how can I do such a thing on other people's territory."

After listening to this, Zhong Miao smiled faintly.

He has learned a lot about Zhang Han's past, Xun Yu was originally a gentleman, and he was quite secretive about some private things, and he didn't say anything about it.

But these deeds of defeat are not hidden.

So Zhong Miao guessed that either Cao Cao had a secret order, or Zhang Han himself had some purpose to accompany him to Hedong.

Otherwise, it is impossible to be willing to guard, and it is not that there is nothing to do, isn't the captain of the Tun Cavalry not busy at all?

Zhang Han and Zhong Xuan gave up their hands, got out of the car, and asked Ji Boxiao to bring the war horse, and went to the side with Dian Wei and Gao Shun to tell him about it.

Dian Wei's eyes widened, and he suddenly became excited: "Okay, kill him." ”

"Kill," Zhang Han said categorically, but immediately became confused again, touched the stubble on his chin, frowned and groaned: "However, Zhong Zhongcheng mentioned a Yang Chou again, what does it mean?" ”

This old thing seems to be an old silver coin.

(End of chapter)