In the main hall of King Yan's Mansion, Yuan Qi sat on the throne, looking at the middle-aged scribe in front of him, his eyes were full of joy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This person is Yuan Ba, who has been searching for Yuan Qi for nearly two years, but has not been able to find the news. Why did Yuan Qi still bother to find out his whereabouts for such a person? Because Yuan Qi knew that although Yuan Ba was not outstanding in all other aspects, there was one thing that he had a talent that no one in the world could match, that is, managing the economy. He fled from Chengdu as soon as Mount Tai captured Chengdu, came to Yanjing, and went to Yanwang's mansion to meet with Yuan Qi, which shows that Yuanba has the heart to go out. How could this not make Yuan Qi ecstatic?

"Mr. Zichu, I am really happy to see Mr. today, but unfortunately, I will lead the troops to the battle in a certain day. I'm afraid I won't be able to get together with my husband for a long time, but. If Mr. is willing to stay, there will be many more times when we meet in the future. Yuan Qi said tentatively to Yuan Ba, he wanted to see if Yuan Ba was here to serve him.

Yuanba smiled and said, "Since the regent already knows Ba's intentions, why should he try to say anything again? Ba just wants to know, what position is the regent going to grant Ba?"

Sure enough, he was full of arrogance, and when he opened his mouth, he asked Yuan Qi what official he wanted to seal him! If it was someone else, maybe Yuan Qi would directly let the elite of the Tiangui Army drag him out, but now the person who opened his mouth to ask for an official is Yuan Ba, so it is another matter.

Yuan Qi thought for a while, and replied to Yuan Ba carefully: "The existing official positions are saturated, and there is no shortage of manpower for the time being, and the old official positions cannot give full play to Mr. Zichu's strengths." Therefore, a certain plan is to set up a new government, called the French and Commercial Government, to be in charge of the national economic trend, and to regulate the domestic large and small commercial banks and merchants, and guide them to conduct regular and legal business under the macroeconomic control of the French and Commercial Government. As for the chief officer of the Fa Shang Fu, he is called the Fa Shang Fu Cheng, and he is temporarily listed as a second-class official, and he wants to invite Mr. Zichu to take up this position, but I don't know if Mr. Zichu is still satisfied?"

As the meaning of Yuan Qi's words became clear, Yuan Ba's eyes gradually released two fine lights, and he looked at Yuan Qi intently. When they first met, they were sealed out as a second-class official, and they were also in charge of the economic lifeline, such a monarch was either extremely mediocre or wise.

At the same time, Yuan Qi's wisdom and easy-going temperament deeply touched Yuan Ba's heart, compared to the suspicious Ugong Teriya and the salted fish turned over Mount Tai, Yuan Qi is undoubtedly much better, such a monarch, so that Yuan Ba has a kind of impulse to die for his confidant.

Putting away the arrogance on his face, Yuan Ba bowed to Yuan Qi convincingly: "Yuan Ba sees the king, and is willing to contribute his own modest strength to the king's domination of the world." ”

Less than fifteen days before the expedition to Yizhou, with the arrival of Yuan Ba, Yuan Qi devoted all his attention to the work of preparing for the establishment of the Fashang Mansion, and ordered Zhong Miao and others, who stayed in Yanjing, to continue to vigorously support Yuanba after he led the army to the expedition, and helped him to support the Fashang Mansion as soon as possible, in order to let the Fashang Mansion officially put into work as soon as possible and bring correct guidance and direction to the economy.

After a few days of busyness, after the preliminary preparations for the French and Commercial Mansion came to an end temporarily, Yuan Qi refocused his attention on the upcoming Battle of Yizhou, and began to gather the civil and military ministers on the list who went out with the army but were stationed in various places, such as Zhuge Liang. In order to prevent Taishan and Ugong Terulie from smelling the wind in advance, so Yuan Qi has not recalled Zhuge Liang and others, they are all important ministers on the side of the town, if they leave their station, outsiders may not find anything in a short time, but if it is a long time, it will inevitably attract the attention of Taishan and Ugong Terulie, therefore, until now, Yuan Qi has summoned Zhuge Liang and others to Yanjing to make final preparations for the upcoming war.

Time was counting down day by day, and when there were still seven days left before the day of the expedition, Yuan Qi deliberately took half a day out of the intense preparations to write a letter to Ugong Terulie and Sun Ce respectively. In the edict, Yuan Qi first affirmed that the title of King Wei of Ugong Zhaolie was true and valid, and then vaguely mentioned that Mount Tai shot the first emperor Yuan Xie, so that Ugong Zhao Lie was ready to work together to conquer Yizhou in the future, and avenge the Yuan Xie who died unjustly. Yuan Qi did not specify a specific date in the edict, and he did so. One is to stabilize the heart of Yugong Zhaolie and recognize his title of King of Wei. At the same time, it is also implying that the title of your King of Wei was canonized to you by my regent Yuanqi, since I have the right to canonize you, then I also have the right to withdraw the canonization of you, provided that as long as you keep to yourself, you can be your King of Wei steadily;

Second, you can also confuse Unomiya Terulie. Let Ugong Zhaolie mistakenly think that Yuan Qi will not move troops in the near future, and after Yuan Qi leads the army and Taishan to exchange fire, even if Ugong Zhaolie wants to take the opportunity to invade Jizhou and other places, I am afraid that it will be difficult to raise sufficient grain, grass and soldiers and horses for a while, which will greatly alleviate Yuan Qi's worries. After all, Unomiya Terulie is in his hands. But without the clairvoyance and ears of the wind like Qianlong, it is not so easy to find out the extremely hidden military movements of Yuan Qi.

What Yuan Qi wrote to Sun Ce was just a letter from home, in which Yuan Qi mentioned the upcoming expedition to Yizhou to conquer Mount Tai. hoped that Sun Ce would not leak this matter, and at the same time, Yuan Qi hoped that Sun Ce could secretly help him, and while defending against Yugong Zhaolie, he would send a surprise army to invade Jingzhou in Mount Tai. Let Taishan suffer from the enemy on his back, and take care of one and lose the other. Yuan Qi instructed Sun Ce in his heart. All actions must be hidden, not to be discovered by Ugong Zhaolie and Taishan, if there is any indecisive deployment, you can ask Zhou Yu and Sun Quan for advice, the whole thing, at most, can only be known to the two of them, and the scope must not be expanded.

The reason why Yuan Qi used the form of a family letter to tell Sun Ce about this crucial matter was because Yuan Qi believed in Sun Ce, Sun Ce was not only Yuan Qi's chief disciple, but also Yuan Qi's eldest brother, and under his own strength, the eldest brother was still trustworthy.

After receiving Yuan Qi's edict and letters, Ugong Terulie and Sun Ce reacted very differently. After reading the edict of Yuan Qi, Ugong Zhaolie smiled and asked the civil and military officers under his command: "Tell me, what do you think of this matter?"

A group of military generals led by Ugong Ren all congratulated Ugong Zhaolie, thinking that Yuan Qi was afraid of the strength in the hands of Ugong Zhaolie and did not dare to start a war with Ugong Zhaolie, so he was forced to officially issue an edict to admit the established fact that Ugong Zhaolie was called the King of Wei. Even some of the strategists have this kind of thinking.

Only Guo Jia and a few other people did not have any joy, but their faces were full of worry. Xi Zhicai was the first to speak: "King, there must be a demon when things go wrong, this Yuan Yuanqi is definitely not a person who is afraid of the head and tail, therefore, Zhong concludes that this edict is fraudulent!"

Cheng Yu also agreed and said: "Perhaps, this is Yuan Qi's strategy to delay the army, and I want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the city while we are careless, the king, we should still be fully prepared." ”

Seeing that Guo Jia, the first think-tank under him, had not spoken, Ugong Zhaolie asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, what do you think of this matter?" Because it is now October and is about to enter the harsh winter, Guo Jia, who has always been not very well, has been unprepared for a while, and occasionally feels a cold, and has been recuperating at home in recent days, but his condition has not improved in the slight......est. cough cough, it's not as simple as it seems, cough cough, the so-called one mountain does not allow two tigers, not to mention that there are three princes now, cough cough, if you count Sun Ce in Jiangdong, it is four parts of the world, with Yuan Qi's heart, it is never allowed to allow such a situation to coexist for a long time, so, cough cough, so, this edict is the harbinger of Yuan Qi's army, but the king should not be his first target, Yuan Qi this time, cough cough...... This time, it should be to use troops against Tarzan. ”

After saying so many words, Guo Jia's face became worse, and he sat down on the seat panting, unable to get up anymore.

Ugong Terulie took off the cloak on his body, stepped down from the throne and came to Guo Jia's side, put the cloak on Guo Jia's body with his own hands, and said with concern: "Fengxiao still has to pay more attention to your body, Lone shouldn't have summoned you today." ”

Guo Jia shook his head, gasped and said, "It's okay, sharing worries for the king is a matter within Jiafen, cough cough ......"

Ugong Terulie gently patted Guo Jia twice on the shoulder, signaling that Guo Jia could go back to the house to recuperate later, and there was no need to wait for his orders. After that, Unomiya Terumol stood up and said to the civil and military officers who were around him: "Bongxiao's analysis is very reasonable, Yuan Qi must have made a big move, we can't just watch the excitement, immediately send out all the scouts, collect all the intelligence, and see if we can get any benefits from it......"

Unlike Yugong Zhaolieyang's disobedient attitude, after Sun Ce received Yuan Qi's letter, he immediately called Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, and then asked the guards to retreat fifty paces and defend them strictly, not allowing anyone to come within fifty steps. After reading Yuan Qi's letter, Sun Quan said in surprise: "Master, this is going to prepare to destroy Mount Tai in one fell swoop, strong!"

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "Although the regent's move seems reckless, but Taishan is a lurking tiger, the more time he is given, the greater the harm he can form in the future, and now Taishan has not yet been able to fully control Yizhou, but it is also a good time to send troops to fight." ”

Seeing that Zhou Yu and Sun Quan both agreed with Yuan Qi to send troops to conquer Mount Tai, Sun Ce couldn't help but smile knowingly, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I think so in my heart, now, let's discuss how to help the master..."