The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

After talking with Xun Chen secretly, Xun Zhen invited Zhao Yu again and told him that he planned to send him and Xun Chen to Chang'an to face the holy. Today, Chang'an is being held hostage by Dong Zhuo, which can be described as "dusty", but at this time, the driver shows his loyalty, so Zhao Yu takes orders.

Although Xun Zhen felt that Zhao Yu was in love with a fake, but he was still very relieved about whether Zhao Yu could accomplish this mission. Because of his same name, in other words, it was also called the "Heavy Name Festival", so as Xun Zhen's official, He will do his best to accomplish his mission.

I talked to Xun Chen and Zhao Yu separately, Xun Zhen gave them two days to prepare for their trip to Xijing, and at the same time asked the prefectural government to prepare the tributes for today's son, special products of Xuzhou, etc. One day, Xun Zhen led Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and other state officials, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Xun You and others to see Xun Chen and Zhao Yu off together, out of the city, and sent them out to live more than ten miles away.

The road to Chang'an was long and unstable, so Xun Zhen dispatched Sima Dong Zhi to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters, and a total of five hundred cavalry escorted Xun Chen and Zhao Yu. Dong Zhi was acquired by Xun Zhen when he was in Jizhou. He was in his early thirties this year. Although he was not a general, he was a warrior. suitable.

After sending Xun Chen and Zhao Yu away, Xun Zhen and the others returned to the mansion in the city and talked with Zhang Zhao, Xi Zhicai and others for a while. Regarding the current situation in Chang'an and the situation at home and abroad, Zhang Zhao and others spoke to each other and had a little discussion. Because they were busy with official business, they didn't have a deep discussion. They left after a while. Soon, only the hall was left. Xi Zhicai and Xun You.

The two of them were going to leave, but Xun Zhen stayed behind.

At this time, there were no outsiders in the hall, and Xun Zhen said to Xi Zhicai and Xun You: "Living the two of you is really the same thing."

Xi Zhicai asked, "What's the matter?"

Xun Zhen said, "Yuan Ben initially declared Zhou Ang to be the governor of Yuzhou. Although I don't know why, Zhou Ang has not crossed south to Yuzhou yet, but if I save him, Wentai and Zhou Ang will meet each other sooner or later. Know."

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "Sun Hou and Yuan Benchu ​​must have a battle."

Xunzhen went on to say: "Yuan Benchu ​​and I were old friends. In the past, I had a lot of help from him. I don't want to go against him. But Wentai, my life and death friendship, if Sun He and Han Dang were not divided into Xiao and Hong, I would It is also difficult to use troops calmly to overcome the ugly and punish the violent, so there is Xu Fang, so if Wentai asks for help, I will help him. The two of you also know about this."

Xi Zhicai said: "Without Yuzhou, Xuzhou will have a cold tooth. If Sun Hou is in a hurry, our army cannot help."

If Sun Jian asked for help, Xun Zhen would definitely help him. The reason Xun Zhen said was because he and Sun Jian were friends of life and death, and he got help from Sun Jian when he attacked Tao Qian. Xi Zhicai didn't say that, he just said When it comes to the essential reason that "Sun Jian must be helped": there is no Yuzhou in front, Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shu in the south, and the enemy on both sides, Xuzhou is difficult to defend itself, let alone develop!

Xun You also said, "If Marquis Sun is in trouble, Duke Ming must be rescued."

"If you save Wentai, then Yuan Benchu ​​and I will turn against each other! Once we turn against each other, I have two worries."

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "I have known about Duke Ming's worries."

"Oh?"

"Try it for Duke Ming and see if it's okay?"

"Speaking."

"Even though Duke Ming has obtained Xuzhou today, he has no king's order, so he is not a 'true animal husband'. Once he turns against Yuan Benchu, if Yuan Benchu ​​chooses a gentleman to lead Xuzhou and come to our territory from the west, the fourth prince of the Yuan family will be expected by the world, and the people will be the people. Or attached, this is one of the worries of Duke Ming."

Xun Zhen said, "Exactly."

"Chen Liu Zhang Miao, Ben Chu's acquaintance, Shanyang Yuanyi, Ben Chu Cong's brother, the reason why Bao Xin was able to get Jibei is because of what Ben Chu and Cao Cao expressed, Liu Yanzhou and Ben Chu were friendly, and Ben Chu entrusted his wife and son. Living in this place, Cao Cao now has the East County, which is also the power of the beginning. These monarchs, each with strong soldiers, are stationed in the west of Xuzhou, and they have all the famous people in the world. It should not be underestimated. If Yuan Benchu ​​was angry and spread the word, and called the Duke of Ming's "unauthorized expedition and rebellion" to attack him, then some people in these counties would respond and send troops to take the opportunity to seize Xu. If so, then Xuzhou is worried about internal and external aggression, or it may be difficult to defend oneself, this is the second worry of Duke Ming."

"good."

"Today, Duke Ming has sent Biejia and You Ruoxi to Chang'an, and when he returns, if he can get an edict, then Xuzhou will really be Duke Ming! This can solve Duke Ming's first worry."

"Of course."

"And if you want to solve the second worry, the only plan is now..." Xi Zhicai looked at Xun Zhen, but stopped talking, didn't continue to talk, smiled, "Ming Gong thinks that he has already planned. ?"

"The two of you must have a good plan in mind, please tell me first."

Xi Zhicai and Xun You looked at each other and said two words each.

Xi Zhicai said "Gongsun" and Xun You said "Youzhou".

Xun Zhen was overjoyed and said, "I and Qing see the same thing!"

Youzhou and Gongsun are already Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan is now in a state of prosperous military power. He is in Youzhou, and he is at war with the Wuhuan tribes all the year round. The elite of the soldiers can be compared with Liang and Ping. He is the hero of the sea. In the middle, he moved the capital of the cavalry with military merit. In the fifth year of Zhongping, he defeated Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju, and because he was awarded the title of marquis, because he was facing the battle, he was like a vengeful enemy. Every time he heard that the Wuhuan invaded the border, he became furious and ran away. Or it will continue to fight at night, day and night, so that the Wuhuan captives are so timid that no one dares to confront each other. Last year, he smashed 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans with 20,000 paces, and even shocked the North. Yuan Shao was also deeply afraid of it. If you can form an alliance with Gongsun Zan, then you don't have to worry too much about Yuan Shao's many followers and strong troops.

In this way, politically, with the king's order in hand, and militaryly with Sun Jian and Gongsun Zan as allies, it just happened to form a semi-encirclement of Jizhou and Yanzhou, and they echoed each other. Figure development.

Xun You said: "I heard that Gongsun Zan is in You, not close to famous people, and he is not on good terms with Liu Youzhou. Liu Youzhou is expected to be important at home and abroad. Now that we are fighting against Jizhou, we can definitely make an alliance with Gongsun, but I am only worried or ridiculed by the Qing Dynasty."

Liu Yu is a clan and has a great reputation. Last year, Yuan Shao, Han Fu, and the generals in Shandong wanted to establish another emperor because their son was being held hostage by Dong Zhuo. They chose Liu Yu, but Liu Yu refused. From this, we can also see Liu Yu's reputation in China.

Regarding the attitude towards Wuhuan and other clans, Liu Yu focused on appeasing Huairou, while Gongsun Zan focused on attacking and killing. The two were at odds, either because Gongsun Zan was born in a concubine, or because of Youzhou The children in the family with the right surname are so good and useless and arrogant, most of Gongsun Zan's close friends are cold scholars and even merchants. Therefore, two points, although Gongsun Zan is famous, he is quite disdainful of the scholars in Youzhou.

Therefore, Xun You was a little worried that if he formed an alliance with Gongsun Zan, he might be criticized by Qing scholars.

Xi Zhicai disapproved and said: "When discussing the disciples in the Qing Dynasty, it is possible to talk about high-level discussions with the benefit of words and words, but when it comes to actual talents, nothing can be achieved. In the past, Kong Dian in Yuzhou was scolding dry and blowing life. When a bandit is at his wits’ end, and the sun is running on the moon and the moon is judging, the scholar gets his reputation, as if he ascended to the nine heavens, and the scholar gets his demotion, as if he fell into the nine abyss.

He said to Xun Zhen, "Of course, when Xu Zijian called Duke Ming the 'Valley of Desolate Years', he was a little bit knowledgeable. Even so, this generation's comments are not important."

After listening to Xi Zhicai saying that Xu Zijiang was "somewhat knowledgeable" because he gave him a good review, Xun Zhen couldn't help laughing and said: "What Zhicai said can't be said to be unreasonable, but neither can It is said that none of the scholars of the Qing Dynasty are desirable, and each has its own merits." He said to Xun You, "What Gongda said is also reasonable. So, not only will you form an alliance with Gongsun Bogui, but also go to visit Liu Youzhou by the way."

Xun You said, "This is the best."

Xi Zhicai said, "In the matter of forming an alliance with Gongsun Bogui, Duke Ming had better send an envoy to see the Marquis Sun.

The reason why Xun Zhen wanted to form an alliance with Gongsun Zan was to restrain Yuan Shao, so how could he better restrain Yuan Shao? That naturally encouraged Gongsun Zan to go south to fight against Yuan Shao. However, this kind of thing can't be said clearly. First, the more you encourage him, the more he may suspect that you are treating him as a fool and using "drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf". Second, Xun Zhenben It was Yuan Shao's party. If Sun Jian had to turn against Yuan Shao, the people of the world would understand that, but if they turned against him again and immediately pushed Gongsun Zan to attack Ji in the south, it would be a bit too much.

Therefore, Xi Zhicai said that he could pull Sun Jian to form an alliance with Gongsun Zan. In this way, with the two strong allies of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, even if he did not encourage him, he would definitely take the opportunity to go south to fight for Ji. That is, "more help Gongsun's courage".

Xun Zhen and Xun You both agreed and agreed with Xi Zhicai. Xun Zhen accepted the suggestion.

Now that this matter is settled, the next step is to select the messenger.

Xun Zhen said, "I intend to use Junchang as my envoy. What do you think the two of you are doing?"

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while, then said: "On the matter of Junchang Zhicai, he is strong enough to send ambassadors, but his body is short and his appearance is not good. Gongsun Bogui, a fierce warrior, I heard that he is beautiful in appearance and makes Junchang Go, I'm afraid it will be taken lightly."

Cheng Jia's eloquence has nothing to say, and people are also arrogant, but he is too short, only six feet five inches. Converted to the scale of later generations, it is less than one meter five. According to the custom, less than six feet two inches is "stop". The Chinese law stipulates: "Those who can't do anything will be exempted from service, and those who can do things will be exempted from half of their service", which seems to be a preferential treatment for the dismissal, but the reason for the preferential treatment is that he is too short and the service is useless. semi-disabled.

In addition, Cheng Jia's appearance is not very good. Xi Zhicai said that he is "not good-looking", but because he has known him for a long time and has a good relationship with him, he is so polite. In the past years in Zhao State, because Cheng Jia was short and had spots on his skin, the county people called him "Cheng Junchang, frozen pear dress", which shows his appearance.

Gongsun Zan is a well-known brave general, and he is also handsome in appearance. In the northern part of Youzhou, his soldiers are also strong and strong. Cheng Jia is short and honorable. He went to see Gongsun Zan on behalf of Xun Zhen, and he might be taken lightly by Gongsun Zan. , and was even ridiculed by Youzhou Shi.

Xun Zhen didn't care, but smiled and said, "Although Yan Zi is short, he makes him strong, and he does not disgrace his mission. Jun Chang is also a man!"

Xun You also said: "Junchang Zhao people are familiar with the customs and characters of Ji and You, and they are both heroic and strong. They sent him as an envoy, and he was just right."

Xi Zhicai said: "If it is necessary to use Junchang, Duke Ming can choose another person, and choose a person with outstanding style as a companion."

Xun Zhen thought about it for a while. Among the suitable diplomatic talents under the tent, Xun Chen had already left Tan and went to Chang'an. Sun Gan was fine, but he had just arrived in the prefecture, so he couldn't take on heavy responsibilities. Cheng Jia's deputy asked, "Can you recommend someone suitable?"

"It's okay to be a pirate, but it's just that he's in a high position now, and he can't travel far, so is Jian Yong in his department."

Jian Yong under Liu Bei was indeed a suitable ambassador.

This person is from the same hometown as Liu Bei, from Zhuo County, and from Youzhou, a serious person. He has grace and can speak. Earlier, he had been transferred by Xun Zhen to work for a period of time, but then he returned to Liu Bei's department.

Xun You said, "Did Duke Ming forget about Duke Lu?"

Xun Zhen immediately stroked her forehead and said with a smile, "Don't tell me Gongda, I forgot that my son-in-law and Gongsun Bogui were classmates!"

Lu Guang was the brother-in-law of Handan Rong, who had studied from Lu Zhi in Jianshi Mountain, and was a classmate with Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei.

When Xun Zhen appointed the county magistrates, he also re-appointed several county magistrates where the county government was located. Because Lu Guang was his old minister in the Zhao state, he was well-deserved~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Talented, let him be the order of Guangling, and now he is in Guangling County.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "If you can use Lu Zigong as Jun Chang's assistant, you will definitely be able to do your job well." Then he made a decision and said to Xun You and Xi Zhicai, "Zi Gong can be Jun Changfu, Xianhe is graceful and elegant, and you can be a famous person in Youzhou. , can also be a supplement. So he and Junchang go together with them."

Xun You and Xi Zhicai had no opinion.

As a result, Xun Zhen sent a text to Liu Bei, saying that he wanted to send Jian Yong from Cheng Jia to Youzhou as an envoy, and Liu Bei had nothing to object to.

He said to Jian Yong: "Your Excellency is going to You, and you have traveled through Zhuo County. You can greet the old deceased and tell about the mighty virtue of Duke Ming, who is prepared to be strong but not talented, and prepares for a middle-ranking general. Bring it, and if your relatives wish to come, please bring it back."

Jian Yong responded.

Since he was the ambassador on behalf of Xun Zhen, Jian Yong could not have a prestigious position in the state or the shogunate, so Xun Zhen appointed him as the state governor.

Two days later, Cheng Jia and Jian Yong left the city, guarded by hundreds of soldiers, went south to Guangling, made peace with Lu Guang, and then turned west to meet Sun Jian. Seeing Gongsun Zan in a quiet place.