The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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When he heard Liu Bei and Guo Jia begging to meet, Pengcheng Prime Minister Xue Li was discussing scriptures with Cangyou, the chief secretary.

"Liu Bei, Guo Jia?"

The county official who came to report respectfully replied, "Yes."

Xue Li hesitated, looked at Cang Yu, and said, "Why did the two of them come silently?"

Cang You smiled contemptuously, and said, "Xun Guangling has used the power of a single county to support tens of thousands of soldiers, and Guangling has been empty for a long time! At the end of this year, when youth is not coming, the two of them are here now, except to ask for food. Why else?"

"Xun Guangling has always been serious about farming. I heard that after he came back from Yingchuan, he dismissed his soldiers and swarmed the fields. Now there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left. Food must be very short, right?"

"He has always intended to take down Pi, if not for food, then for iron."

"I just sent him a batch of iron last month."

"Ming Gong, is there something I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Between you and me, why shouldn't you say something wrong? Feel free to say something."

"Earlier, Tao Gongzu relied on the strong to bully the weak and sought my Pengcheng, and the persecution was very urgent. Duke Ming wanted to establish himself and diplomacy Xun Guangling to ask for help. This was a last resort. Pi, has become Tao Gongzu's number one confidant, and Tao Gongzu has no time to take care of me Pengcheng anymore. At this moment, in my humble opinion, Duke Ming doesn't seem to have to follow Xun Guangling to ask for anything."

Xue Li sighed and said, "Neihe Peijun is near my western boundary!"

To the west of Pengcheng is Pei County, which is the seat of the Yuzhou prefecture, that is, the place where Sun Jian stationed his troops today. Sun Jian and Xun Zhen were allies, Xue Li was determined not to give Xun Zhen food and iron, but he was afraid that Sun Jian would send troops for this, so he was in a dilemma. I'm willing to sell everything, but I can't not sell it at all. I can give a discount at most, 40% off or 30% off.

Cang Yu disagreed, feeling that Xue Li was unfounded, and said: "Sun Wentai's position as the prefect of Yuzhou is already wrong, so how dare you invade my county boundary for no reason?"

Xue Li shook his head. Although he thought Cang Yu's words were justified, his worries were always difficult to put down. He didn't want to talk more about this topic, so he said to the county official who came to report: "Call Liu Bei and Guo Jia in."

Xue Li had met Liu Bei, but never Guo Jia, so he asked Cang Youdao: "Guo Jia is a familiar name, but I can't remember who he is. In Xun Guangling's mansion, what role does this person hold?"

As Xue Li's master bookkeeper, Cang You is quite the secretary, and always prepares for Xue Li's consultation, so he has spent a lot of time studying Xun Zhen, and he knows all the important people around Xun Zhen, so he immediately replied: " Guo Jia, who did not work in Xun Guangling's mansion, was a native of Xun Guangling's county. Some time ago, he was appointed Sima by Xun Guangling, and now he and Liu Bei are stationed in Dongyang County."

"Is it from Yingchuan? What family are you from?"

"It is said that he was born in Yangzhai Guo's family, but it is just an alienated branch."

I heard that Guo Jia was just a "Sima", and not from the right family of a famous family. Although Xue Li looked down on him because of this, he didn't take him seriously anymore. After a short wait, Xue Li saw three people coming outside the door.

The three of them are all clothed. The first one is in his thirties. Although his behavior is polite, he can't hide Qi Yu's high-spiritedness. Beside him is a young man in his early twenties, with long eyebrows and star eyes, looking left and right. Beard, while walking, he looks like a sword, and his spirit is absolutely vulgar.

Xue Li recognized that the first person was Liu Bei, and the last one was Guan Yu. He thought to himself, "So Guo Jia is still a young man. No wonder Xun Zhen valued him, but he was only a Sima." Called Cangyu to go out to meet him.

Cang You did not go out, but stood on the threshold, waiting for the three of Liu Bei to approach, bowed a long bow, and said, "Brother Xuande is here in Bi County, but why didn't you tell me first, so that I can make preparations earlier, and welcome you from outside the county. what."

The three of Liu Bei returned the salute, and Liu Bei smiled and said, "Brother is a high-ranking scholar in Pengcheng, how dare you ask brother to greet him?"

"Your Majesty is already waiting in the hall, brother, please come to the hall."

The three of Liu Bei removed their shoes outside the hall.

The guards at the door wanted to take away their swords, and Guo Jia said, "The swordsman, the gentleman's weapon, can't leave!"

Cangyu glanced at him, motioned the guards to back away, extended his hand sideways, and invited the three of them into the hall.

Before Liu Bei entered the hall, he had already seen Xue Li sitting in the hall.

This is the first time Guo Jia has seen Xue Li. Seeing him with a thin face and a slumped nose, and a narrow and crooked appearance, Guo Jia thought to himself: "If you have a narrow and crooked appearance, it is no wonder that you are acting perversely." Unwilling to associate with Guangling.

After the three of them bowed, Xue Li said, "Please get up, please get up."

The three of Liu Bei got up, and He Cangyu took their seats.

As the two sides talked, Xue Li first asked if the journey was hard, exchanged a few words, and then got to the point, saying: "You waited for the hard work and came to my county, I think it must be Duke Xun who asked me? I don't know if Duke Xun sent him. Why did you come here?" As he said, he thought to himself, "If you come for food and iron, I can't tell, I have to cry a few times, and I can give as little as I can."

Liu Bei said, "We are here in your county today, and we are indeed under the order of the ruler of my family, and we are here to announce the good news to Ming Gong."

Liu Bei is taciturn and is not very good at words, so he and Guo Jia discussed carefully how to answer and speak after seeing Xue Li on the road. of.

"good news?"

"Exactly."

"What good news?"

"My family's ruler wants to share Xiapi with Ming Gong."

"what?"

"To the north of the Huai River, it belongs to Duke Ming; the ruler of my family only takes the five counties of Huainan."

"This, this, ... where did this come from!" Xue Li didn't think that Liu Bei and Guo Jia came this time, not only for food, but not for iron, but to take down Pi! For a time, his mind was shaken, his words were out of order, and he didn't know how to respond.

Cangyu was also shocked in his heart, but seeing Xue Li lost his mind, he couldn't care about the shock, and rushed to rescue him. Before thinking about it, he blurted out and said, "Xiapi already has a master, how can we share it?" The words came out. , I was surprised that something was wrong, and quickly changed my words and said, "The appointment and removal of two thousand stones came from the imperial court. How dare the ministers dare to talk and act rashly?

"Yes, the appointment and dismissal of Erqianshi must have come from the imperial court. In the past, he was courting Dong, so the Yingchuan soldier Cao Yuanle was loyal and loyal to the country, and he worked hard to kill thieves.

"But Xiapi now has a scorpion, and he also got the upper table!"

——Zhe Rong, this Xiapi, was listed by Tao Qian.

"What is the credit of Zhe Rong to occupy this position? The reason why he was able to occupy the magpie's nest was only because of the opportunity of Xiapi's illness and death, and he was crowned as a monkey. "

Cangyu had nothing to say, and said, "This, this,..."

Xue Li calmed down a little, and said, "Zong Zherong took down Pi in private. Xu Fang only went through the Yellow Turban Rebellion a few years ago, and the people are already suffering, so why bother to fight again?"

Guo Jia opened his mouth at this time and said, "Miao Ming Gong!"

"What's wrong?"

"The reason why the ruler of my family raises troops to take down Pi is for the sake of the people!"

"how do I say this?"

"Le Jin has repeatedly asked the ruler of my house to help him take down Pi, but the ruler of my house is sympathetic to the people and does not want to make the people suffer from the turmoil of the soldiers. Yu Lejin, for the sake of the common people, did not allow him to raise troops and fight, but unexpectedly, Zhe Rong did the opposite, making Buddhas abusive, causing Xiapi to be caught in water and fire, and people from Xiapi kept flocking to my county, begging Le to enter the Lord, and hearing that Xiapi was in a state of fire. In order to allow the people to live in peace and no longer suffer, the lord of my family finally decided a few days ago to help each other and take down Xiapi. This is sincere by the order of the state and the heart of the people. That's right!"

Xue Li and Cangyou looked at each other.

Zhe Rong and Le Jin, the two "Xiapi ministers", were originally confused accounts. Both of them were listed on the list. At the same time, neither of them had been formally appointed by the court. In other words, both of them were just It was just an application form handed in by someone else. In the Taiping era, it was impossible to take charge of a county without the imperial edict and appointment, let alone a county or a county. , the court moved to Chang'an, and no longer has control over Kanto King".

If Chu Rong was officially appointed by the court, and Le Jin would compete with him for Xiapi, of course it would be unjustifiable, but the problem now is: the prime minister of Chu Rong is not officially appointed by the court, but is the same as Le Jin. , they are just listed by others.

In this way~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Xunzhen played the banner of "for the people" again--and his banner was correct, Zhe Rong really did something wrong in Xiapi, so Xue Li and Cangyu were really real. There is nothing to refute.

It is one thing to have nothing to refute, so it is another to agree to join forces with Xun Zhen.

Xue Li and Cangyou discussed this matter. Tao Qian has been the governor of Xuzhou for several years. Now there are three counties. There are Danyang soldiers, Taishan soldiers, and Xuzhou state soldiers. There are tens of thousands of them. , and formed an alliance with Yuan Shu. Xunzhen only has one county. Even if Sun Jian is an alliance outside, there are still many opponents of Sun Jian in Yuzhou. Comparing the two sides, no matter how you look at it, Tao Qian has a big victory. .

This is the overall strength of the two sides.

Another, although Pengcheng's strategic position is important, its jurisdiction is small, with a total depth of only more than 200 miles from east to west, and only three or four hundred miles from north to south. The fate of the entire army being wiped out and the territory being lost.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Xue Li to join forces with Xun Zhen and involve himself in this war.

He calmed his mind and said, "Xun Gong loves the people, which is admirable, but it's just that there are few soldiers and few people in this county, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to discuss this matter with Xun Gong."