Can I get to the other side?

After the banquet, everyone dispersed.

Since Jia Xu had just arrived in Yecheng and had no place to stay, Yuan Shao stayed in his mansion to rest.

After Guo Jia left the banquet, he went directly to the palace.

Although no one was allowed to enter or leave the palace at night, the Imperial Guards were all Zhang He's high-ranking officials, so Guo Jia's access was naturally unrestricted.

Of course, you have to avoid Yuan Shao's eyes and ears.

After entering the palace, Guo Jia came outside the palace where Liu Xie slept, knocked on the door and shouted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are you asleep?"

There was no response in the room, so Guo Jia increased his intensity.

It wasn't until a while later that the lights came on in the room. The sleepy Liu Xie opened the door with his clothes on, a look of sleepiness on his face.

"Fengxiao, why are you here?"

Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as your Majesty is not asleep."

Liu Xie: "?"

Resisting the strong desire to complain, Liu Xie still welcomed Guo Jia in.

In order to make it easier for him to see people, he did not allow eunuchs to serve in the palace at night. There were only guards guarding the palace, so he did not have to worry about being seen by outsiders.

"Why did Fengxiao come to visit late at night?"

Liu Xie yawned and asked. Although he also wanted to chat with Guo Jia, he didn't say it would be so late. He was almost sleepy.

Guo Jia didn't talk nonsense and asked straight to the point: "Your Majesty, I heard that Jia Xu came to the palace to see you today?"

When he mentioned Jia Xu, Liu Xie cheered up a little, nodded and replied, "Yes, but I didn't even have a word with him before Yuan Shao came over and took him away."

"Do you recognize Fengxiao? Why did he suddenly come to Yecheng?"

Anyway, he didn't know what the situation was.

So it would be better to ask Guo Jia directly.

It saves me having to use my brain, because I can’t figure it out anyway.

Guo Jia then told the story of Zhang Xiu's defection to Yuan Shu, as well as what he saw at the Yuan Mansion banquet today.

"...Jia Xu came to Yecheng to protect himself. He is a smart man and will not follow Zhang Xiu to Yuan Shu to die. Although Zhang Xiu can return to his hometown in Liangdi even after Yuan Shu's defeat. But Jia Xu has been at the banquet tonight Expressed his willingness to join Yuan Shao."

"With this person here, I need to be more careful when I act in the future, otherwise I am very likely to be noticed by him."

Guo Jia's expression was a bit solemn.

Up to now, he had used his low presence on Yuan Shao's side to create a fight through Yuan Shao's two sons, and planned quietly behind the scenes.

His next step was to prepare Yuan Shao's eldest son to be involved in this brotherly struggle. Unexpectedly, Jia Xu arrived before he even started taking action.

This forced him to reconsider the feasibility of his plan.

If Jia Xu saw any clues, it would be a trivial matter to involve him. The key is that he is afraid of involving Liu Xie.

Then he would have no choice but to die.

Liu Xie couldn't help but become a little nervous when he heard this, and said with some worry: "Fengxiao, why don't you put the planning aside for now, safety is the most important thing."

Although he really wanted to get rid of Yuan Shao's control, Liu Xie didn't want to see anything happen to Guo Jia.

After all, this is the only person who has considered him wholeheartedly until now. In terms of loyalty, Zhang He and Gao Lan cannot match him.

At worst, he'll just be a puppet.

If Yuan Shao unified the world, he would also enjoy the blessings.

At least at that moment, the person who least wanted anything to happen to him was Yuan Shao himself.

After the great reunification, he made a concession and became a wealthy man in the capital under close supervision.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I know what's going on."

Sensing the concern in Liu Xie's words, Guo Jia was moved and said: "Although Jia Xu is highly resourceful, he is ruthless and self-interested. I think it is possible to win over him."

"Yuan Shao attaches great importance to him. If he can be roped in as your majesty's assistant and plan with him, it will be of great help to your majesty and you can seize Yuan Shao's foundation faster."

It was not easy for him to gain Yuan Shao's trust and attention.

But Jia Xu can do this easily.

Therefore, if the two of them join forces, they will definitely be able to greatly accelerate the speed of seizing Yuan Shao's foundation.

He is so short of helpers now.

Liu Xie heard this and said: "Then do you want me to test him? If I can win him over, I will try my best to win over him."

"It's just that I don't know what he wants. Will he be won over by me? Fengxiao, do you have any good suggestions?"

To win over someone, you usually rely on fame, profit, and righteousness.

Guo Jia is special. He is somewhat similar to the black prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, but not completely.

He also wanted to wait until Liu Xie regained power in the future so that he could open the way to the Dragon Gate for the poor scholars in the world. This was for ideals and could be regarded as a kind of righteousness.

So what does Jia Xu want?

Is he really just a man who protects himself wisely?

"No."

Guo Jia shook his head and rejected Liu Xie's proposal, and said with a serious expression: "The risk for Your Majesty to come forward to win over Jia Xu is too great."

"Let me do it. As for how to win over him and whether I can win him over, I need to contact him for a while to judge."

Before he figured out what kind of person Jia Xu was, Guo Jia didn't dare to risk Liu Xie's appearance.

One careless move could mean losing everything.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Liu Xie nodded heavily, and then once again demonstrated the traditional skills of the old Liu family. He held Guo Jia's hand and choked with tears and said: "Fengxiao, it's a good thing that you are here, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

Liu Xie felt that his acting skills were getting better and better now.

At least he could cry when he said he would, and the tears would come when he wanted to.

Is this the power of blood?

Guo Jia's expression suddenly became serious when he heard this, and he said solemnly: "It is my duty to share the worries of Your Majesty."

"It's getting late, Your Majesty, have a good rest, I will take my leave first."

Liu Xie said sincerely: "It's so late, why don't you stay in my bedroom directly, you and I, the king and the minister, sleep with our feet touching, isn't it..."

Guo Jia was stunned.

The emperor is the supreme ruler, and he wants to sleep with his feet touching!

He only felt a raging fire rising in his chest

He bowed and saluted, saying in a trembling voice: "Absolutely not, Your Majesty is so powerful, how dare I offend you! I will withdraw now."

Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia's departing figure and smiled with satisfaction.

This trick is really useful.

The tradition of the old Liu family is too lethal to ministers.

…

On the second day after Jia Xu came to Yecheng, Yuan Shao showed everyone how much he valued him.

First, he rewarded him with a large mansion in the prosperous area of ​​Yecheng, and prepared dozens of carts of wealth and hundreds of servants.

Then he reported to the emperor and conferred Jia Xu the title of Guanglu Xun, directly moving up one level from the original Guanglu Dafu, and officially becoming one of the Nine Ministers.

This treatment was not given to all the staff under Yuan Shao.

In order to avoid suspicion, even though the emperor was in hand and the imperial edict was drafted at will, Yuan Shao did not give any prominent official positions to his generals or staff except for conferring the title of general and general on himself, but only conferred some titles.

But now he directly recommended Jia Xu as Guanglu Xun!

And the value of this Guanglu Xun is more than a little higher than Guanglu Dafu, because Jia Xu was conferred Guanglu Dafu when he was a subordinate of Dong Zhuo, who was a traitor, so not many people would recognize the official position and title conferred with him.

But Yuan Shao was not a rebel, but a loyal minister. The position he recommended to the emperor to confer on Jia Xu was real.

Jia Xu has become a new noble counselor under Yuan Shao.