Chapter 1317 Letter


    Lao Cao was very happy these two days.


    In this day and age, multi-children always makes people feel very happy.


    Although Ji Huan, um, will be changed to Mrs. Huan from now on, her background is not good, but as long as Cao Cao is happy.


    "I don''t know the lord''s Lin''er, have you decided on a nickname?" Xi Zhicai was stuffing an empty wine gourd into his sleeve, while talking to Xun Yu inconclusively.


    "It''s settled... Let me say, can you stop doing this?" Xun Yu frowned as he watched Xi Zhicai''s actions, and said in a low voice, "Last time, my lord asked, when are you going to restore your original identity... Let''s talk about it later. , Isn''t such a move more eye-catching?"


    "At least not now..." Xi Zhicai, that is, Guo Jia stretched out his hand to push back the hair that was hanging down in front of his eyes, and said with a smile, "On the contrary, their attention will be focused on how many gourds of wine I stole on...not on my looks..."


    Xun Yu shook his head, Guo Jia was always a little unreasonable, but it seemed right after thinking about it.


    Cao Cao has a new son, and people from the surrounding counties and places will naturally come to congratulate him. A large banquet is naturally indispensable, and Cao Cao''s subordinates, including Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others, must also attend.


    Guo Jia walked out and said, "I haven''t said what nickname the lord has given?"


    Xun Yu paused, and said, "The nickname is...Cangshu..."


    "Cang Shu?" Guo Jia was taken aback, and then stopped.


    Xun Yu smiled wryly and nodded.


    "Puyang..." Guo Jia looked up at the sky and murmured, "Diqiu... Cangshu... Zhuanxu..." (note to this chapter)


    The two stood outside the hall, looking at the clouds and clouds in the sky, and remained silent for a while.


    "Do you know why?" Guo Jia turned to look at Xun Yu and said, "You must know!"


    Xun Yu lowered his eyes, and said after a while, "Heluo...Marquis Wen caused rebellion, blocked the palace, arrested Fu and imprisoned him..."


    "Ah?!" Guo Jia''s eyes widened, and he said tentatively, "This...you did it?"


    Xun Yu shook his head.


    Guo Jia looked at Xun Yu''s expression, rolled his eyes a few times, and said, "Then, Yang''s hands and feet are likely to be the ones doing it... Well, no, since it wasn''t yours, how would you know about it..."


    Xun Yu lowered his voice and said: "...When Luoyang was in chaos at night...the son of Lord Fu and Zhonglang general Dong escaped from the city at night and found the lord..."


    "Why didn''t I know about this..." Guo Jia said suspiciously, and suddenly realized, "No wonder I haven''t seen Miaocai these days..."


    ………………


    In the past two days, Lao Liu was very unhappy.


    Especially in the past few days, the letters sent from Yuan Shu made Liu Bei''s mood drop to freezing point.


    In the letter, Yuan Shu expressed his dissatisfaction with Liu Bei''s arbitrariness in paying tribute to the imperial court, and arrogantly ordered Liu Bei to immediately raise troops to attack Cao Cao in Yanzhou like a dog, otherwise he would bear the consequences. Of course, Yuan Shu did not write so directly It is not white, but the meaning of threat in the letter is full of words.


    Liu Bei immediately convened his subordinates to discuss whether to send troops to Yanzhou.


    "How is the relief situation for the refugees? So far, has anyone died of freezing or starvation? How about the spring plowing?" Although Liu Bei was inevitably a little flustered, he still had to be stable on the surface.


    Some time ago, Xuzhou was unstable, and Xuzhou, which was originally rich, was also in a state of embarrassment due to the fights. Cao Cao''s massacre of the city led to a large number of refugees, and if these refugees were not properly resettled, there would be even worse consequences, and there might be more Xuzhou Yellow Turbans.


    "Report to the envoy, all the prefectures have opened warehouses to release grain, and do their best to help the refugees..." Mi Zhu handed over his hands and reported, "It is now time for spring farming, and refugees are mobilized from all over the country to fill the labor, dig ditches, and connect the river. Zengqiu Fu..."


    Chen Deng smiled and nodded, without saying a word. Are there any refugees who were frozen to death and starved to death? Is there any need to ask or answer such a stupid question? So Mi Zhu also avoided answering.


    Liu Bei let out a long breath and said: "It''s so good! The people of Xuzhou are not at peace, how can I let go of it? I hope you will work together to tide over the difficulties..."


    Chen Deng smiled at Mi Zhu''s gaze, then clasped his hands together with the crowd, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is benevolent!"


    According to common sense, since they are refugees who escaped from the surrounding counties where Cao Cao slaughtered the city, shouldn’t it be enough to repatriate them, clean up the ruins, and rebuild after the disaster...


    But the problem is far from that simple. Population is also a resource. Even in later generations, there are still a large number of people engaged in human trafficking, let alone in the Han Dynasty. The law of the Han Dynasty directly stipulated that all refugees can be directly arrested and used as slaves. How could the big gentry in Xuzhou miss this feast in vain for such a lucrative matter?


    Liu Bei hoped to resettle the refugees, and the people under him were indeed resettled, but as for how to resettle and divide up, Liu Bei didn''t know.


    After listening to Mi Zhu''s report, Liu Bei suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Digging canals is costly. Although civilian labor can be replaced by refugees, how do we deal with the consumption of money and food? What do the villagers think?"


    Chen Deng smiled slightly, and said: "The old people from all over the country are willing to support the envoy''s benevolent government..." Listen clearly, it is benevolent government.


    Liu Bei nodded with an "oh". This time taking power in Xuzhou is actually the first time Liu Bei has managed such a large territory. In the past in Gaotang and Pingyuan, although he also controlled the local government, he was much younger than Xuzhou Mu after all. Even in Pingyuan, if Liu Bei really wanted to walk around the fields, it would only be a few days or so. It''s not a big problem for more than ten days, but now, even if you want to go around, you don''t have the time.


    Running around, who will handle the government documents sent from various places?


    Mi Zhu wants to follow, so leave it to the second brother?


    Or the third brother?


    Do not make jokes.


    Although the second and third brothers have worked hard to learn and understand these years, they still prefer military affairs rather than civil affairs. So how many counselors here?


    Jian Yong, if it’s general government affairs, it’s okay, but Jian Yong’s main reason is that he loves to talk too much, maybe he will spend the whole day talking in the government affairs hall without dealing with anything...


    Sun Qian, who just came here for conquest, is not very familiar with him yet, so he won''t be able to entrust important matters to him immediately.


    Chen Deng, maybe? But Liu Bei was not sure about Chen Deng, um, what the Chen Deng family was thinking...


    Chen Deng saw Liu Bei''s gaze, smiled, and said in a soft voice: "Since the envoy came to Xuzhou, he has appeased the local area, extensively governed the poor, and the villagers all over the country call the envoy benevolent..."


    Liu Bei was a little embarrassed, because he was thinking that if he really wanted to send troops to Yanzhou, and because most of the warehouses were empty in the past two years, he could only apportion or increase taxes, but he was blocked by Chen Deng return.


    "This..." Liu Bei was silent for a moment, and finally said clearly, "The general later came here... I want to cooperate with someone to attack Yanzhou... I don''t know what you think?" It is said that it is cooperation, but Liu Bei is just putting powder on his face. Of course, Those present who didn''t understand naturally didn''t understand, and those who understood pretended to be confused.


    "Okay! Hit Yanzhou!" Zhang Fei almost jumped up with a cry, and muttered happily, "I have seen that **** not pleasing to my eyes! Hit Yanzhou!"


    "Ahem..." Guan Yu sullenly cut Zhang Fei back onto his seat with an eye knife.


    "Send troops to Yanzhou?"


    "The rear general?"


    There was chaos in the lobby for a while.


    "The envoy just said that the exiles'' spring farming is the current priority... Now that the warehouse is empty and the wealth is meager, the matter of sending troops to Yanzhou... may as well discuss it again..." Chen Deng stroked his long beard and said word by word.


    When Mi Zhu heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, then his face darkened, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "The general''s intention..."


    Before Mizhu finished speaking, Chen Deng interrupted unceremoniously, saying: "The envoy is not a subordinate of the Empress General, how can he follow the arrangement of the Empress General in everything? Zizhong must not put the cart before the horse!"


    "..." Mi Zhu was suddenly choked and speechless.


    Liu Bei coughed, then straightened his face, and said with a bit of grief: "In the past, Cao''s bandits invaded the country and slaughtered the people. Like the tide, the strategy of sending troops was forced to be cancelled... Now that the civil strife in Yanzhou has been decided, if you don''t take the opportunity to take it, wouldn''t you miss it? After the addition, the general raised troops to fight against the rebellion, but Yuanlong said that it is not appropriate to send troops? Why? The Cao thief went against the sky Why, if this kind of rebellion is not eradicated, is it not ashamed of the people of the world?"


    Chen Deng smiled slightly. Facing Liu Bei''s questioning, he didn''t panic, and said: "The situation in Yanzhou is exactly as the envoy said...but the general situation in the world makes you have to think twice..."


    "The general trend of the world?" Liu Bei couldn''t help but straighten his back, showing a trace of concern.


    "Now that Gongsun has been defeated, the governor of Qingzhou Tian is also powerless to return to heaven, and Youzhou in northern Hebei will be settled soon..." Chen Deng said slowly, with a kind of calmness and a faint sense of superiority, "At this time, the general There is a deep meaning in wanting to conquer Yanzhou...I believe that the envoy will understand...Dare to ask the envoy, if the general sends troops to the south at that time...how will the envoy deal with himself?"


    "This..." Liu Bei was stunned.


    Liu Bei had been considering whether to listen to Yuan Shu. If he wanted to fight Yanzhou, how would he fight, how would he deploy troops, what would Cao Cao do, and where would he fight? The soldiers came over to clean him up, whether he could withstand Yuan Shu''s force and so on, but after hearing Chen Deng''s words, he suddenly realized that there were not only Yuan Shu and Cao Cao in it, but also Cao Cao standing behind him. Yuan Shao...


    If it is said that the latter general is reliable, Liu Bei still feels that he is somewhat sure that the coalition forces will deal with Cao Cao, a short man, but only a little.


    And now with Yuan Shao added, this has reduced the success rate once. Although Yuan Shao must be busy dealing with Gongsun Zan now, but the question is, if he can be sure that Yuan Shao will not send a partial army or something southward?


    what to do?


    Liu Bei expressed his embarrassment.


    ………………


    Although Puyang has experienced the Cao Lu war, the population base has not shrunk much, so the recovery is not bad. In addition, as the place where Cao Cao originally started, most of the Cao family and Xiahou family are also concentrated here, and naturally become Cao Cao''s current political center.


    Cao Cao was happy to have a son, a big banquet, everyone celebrated, and looked beaming, but God seemed to not want anyone to be happy all the time, or for a long time, just when Cao Cao was teasing his own child, A letter from Yuan Shao was sent to Puyang and handed over to Cao Cao...


    Just like what Chen Deng had considered, Yuan Shu wanted to poke Yuan Shao''s big back at this moment. As two brothers who came out of the same family, Yuan Shao also wanted to poke Yuan Shu''s fat back.


    Yuan Shao''s letter was very long. He first expressed his dissatisfaction with Cao Cao''s handling of Zhang Miao without authorization, and severely criticized it for a while. Now that the situation in Jizhou is very good, the demise of Gongsun Zan is just around the corner...


    Although I talked a lot, it actually meant one thing, let Cao Cao attack Yuzhou.


    "What do you two think about this matter?" Speaking of which, Cao Cao is more experienced than Liu Bei in discussing politics, so he secretly called Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai, namely Guo Jia, to discuss in the side hall. There was no fanfare to convene everyone to discuss.


    Although it is said that everyone gathers firewood with great enthusiasm, the problem is that not all of them may be firewood, and they may also be bombs. Therefore, it is far more efficient to do a small-scale research first, come up with a more feasible plan, and then arrange it further than large-scale discussions and negotiations.


    "You can''t attack Yuzhou..." Guo Jia said bluntly, "Wen Ruofang recruited talents from Yingchuan one after another, and the lord turned around and attacked Yuzhou, wouldn''t it be..."


    During this period of time, because Cao Cao expelled Lv Bu and captured Zhang Miao, he was basically the same in Yanzhou. Cao Cao, who was sitting in Yanzhou and a part of Qingzhou, was naturally more attractive than before, so Xun Yu recruited These people in Yingchuan also somewhat gained confidence.


    But just like what Guo Jia said, just now he said that he wanted to recruit, turned around and attacked Yuzhou, not to mention whether he could win or not, but such behavior would definitely be disgusted by the people of Yuzhou.


    Who likes to fight wars on their own front door? Who would like a lord who spoils his estate?


    Xun Yu said slowly: "...But the general''s order must be obeyed... When Yanzhou rebelled, without the help of the general..."


    Xun Yu didn''t finish his sentence, but everyone can understand the meaning. It can be said that now that Cao Cao has taken down Zhang Miao, not many people jumped up to oppose it. In fact, it was because of the power of the soldiers supported by Yuan Shao, many people didn''t know what to do. I thought it was Yuan Shao who was dissatisfied with Zhang Miao and borrowed Cao Cao''s hand. If those who have not yet fully returned their hearts know that Yuan Shao is actually dissatisfied with Cao Cao, there may be a second Zhang Miao and a second Lu Bu immediately. Appear.


    Cao Cao didn’t want to fight either, because Yanzhou didn’t have much reserves at this time, and he just sent Xia Houyuan out two days ago to see if he could fish in troubled waters...


    "My lord, you might as well send troops to the south in the open and attack Heluo secretly to meet and rescue the emperor!" Xun Yu said in a deep voice, "In Luoyang City, there is great chaos, everyone has their own thoughts, the army''s morale is bound to be unstable, and Marquis Wen loses his loyalty." , It’s time for rebellion! If you can welcome the emperor, the general will have nothing to say!”


    Guo Jia glanced at Xun Yu, and seemed to find something, but he didn''t say anything.


    "Welcome the Son of Heaven?" Cao Cao didn''t pay attention to Guo Jia''s small movements, his eyes were a little divergent, and he repeated in a murmur, with a complicated expression...


    Note: Cao Chong’s life is Cang Shu, but it’s definitely not something Cao Cao casually said when he saw a hamster...


    If you want to know more, you might as well search on Baidu for who is "Cangshu", and the character Cangtong Cang...


    In addition, the author wrote that Xun Yu strongly recommended Boss Cao to welcome the emperor again at the end, not because there were no other better solutions, but because of the word "Cangshu". As a royalist through and through, Xun Yu naturally hoped that Boss Cao could Go back to the right path of Hanchen...


    (end of this chapter)