Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2301 Meng Ke recommended talents, King Shouchun

Chapter 2297: Meng Ke recommends talent, Shouchun Prime Minister

After hearing Gao Yao's words, Song Que was at a loss for words.

Generally speaking, if people who have practiced the Dafa of absorbing energy are exposed, they will definitely have one end, that is, they will be beaten by various sects as crooked and evil, and hunted down to death.

But Gao Yao is different, he has the support of Daqin officials, and those decent families in the Jianghu, even if they have the courage of bears and leopards, no one dares to say that he is crooked.

Song Que couldn't say it was too high, and he couldn't win Bu Jingyun and the four teamed up in a short time, so he already felt a retreat in his heart.

Song Que calculated the time in his mind, estimated that Guan Yu and the three of them had almost fled away, and suddenly opened a gap, and then decisively chose to retreat.

Naturally, the four of them would not let Song Que go. They raised their swords and chased after him at full speed. However, after chasing for two hours, Song Que still slipped away. meaning.

After getting rid of the pursuit of the four high-ranking masters including Yan Ri, Song Que began to retreat according to the route he had planned in advance, and wanted to join Guan Yu and the other three, and then escorted the three to Chudu to meet the King of Chu.

But what Song Que didn't expect was that he didn't meet Guan Yu and the three along the way, but met the swordsman he sent to escort, but they were all knocked out halfway, but Guan Yu and the three disappeared.

Only a letter was left at the scene, which said: The three righteous men of Guan Zhang and Dan have agreed to enter Shu.Wang Yueliu.

"Wang Yue, I, Song Que, are at odds with you."

Song Que tore the letter to shreds in a panic. He managed to save Guan Zhangdan and the others. He also sacrificed many of his subordinates for this, but he never expected that Wang Yue would lend him Hu.

Song Que not only failed to bring back the three of Guan Yu this time, but also defeated many powerful subordinates. It was impossible for him to go to Shu to rob people, so he could only return to Chu temporarily to plead guilty to Liu Xiu.

But what Song Que never expected was that instead of punishing him, Liu Xiu promoted him and appointed Song Que as the prefect of Lujiang.

This appointment made Song Que a little puzzled. After all, he was engaged in espionage before, so he could not see the light at all, but now he took the initiative to transfer him to the military to take up such an important position as the prefect of Lujiang. What kind?

It is not that there are no people who have turned from the dark to the bright in Chu, but they are all people who have made great contributions, and Song Que has not only failed to make contributions this time, but has done so, so it must be difficult to convince the public to serve as the prefect of Lujiang.

Song Que asked Liu Xiu with puzzlement, and Liu Xiu also gave him an answer.

The reason why Liu Xiu suddenly promoted Song Que was naturally because someone recommended him, and this person was Meng Ke.

As the only hundred schools of thought supporting Chu, Liu Xiu respected and trusted Meng Ke very much, and treated him like a disciple.

Not long ago, when Meng Ke came to the capital of Chu, Liu Xiu hurriedly went to visit. At the same time, he also informed Meng Ke of the lack of talents in Chu, hoping that Meng Ke could recommend one or two great talents to him, so as to alleviate the shortage of high-end talents in Chu. Useful embarrassment.

Naturally, Meng Ke saw Liu Xiu's intentions, and laughed loudly, "His Royal Highness, you are sitting on a treasure mountain without knowing it."

Liu Xiu thought that he was very accurate in appointing talents, so he said very unconvinced: "Master Meng can tell you in detail, how does this king sit on the treasure mountain without knowing it?"

"Song Que, the patriarch of the Song family in Lingnan, once defeated tens of thousands of Vietnamese coalition forces with hundreds of clan soldiers, and united with the major families in Lingnan to defend the city with three thousand clan soldiers. Hong Xiuquan's tens of thousands of troops could not break the city."

Hearing Meng Ke's words, Liu Xiu was shocked.

His impression of Song Que was only in terms of martial prowess, he only knew that he was a half-step Grandmaster level powerhouse, and he didn't know anything else.

If Meng Ke didn't say anything, Liu Xiu wouldn't even know that Song Que had such a record.

Hundreds of people repel tens of thousands of troops?This kind of record is really amazing, even Liu Xiu can't guarantee that he can do it.

"Is what Master Meng said true? Is this Song Que really that powerful?"

"Can the old man still lie to you?"

Meng Ke gently stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Song Que is not only talented in both civil and military affairs, but also has military and political skills, and is even a rare talent in the world, but you, King Chu, only let Song Que be the chief spy. Overqualified, isn’t this just sitting on a treasure mountain without knowing yourself?”

In a few words, Meng Ke said that Liu Xiu was ashamed. He thought he could know and use his talents, but he didn't expect that there would be a day when he was wrong.
Liu Xiu felt a little rejoiced that it wasn't too late for him to find out, otherwise, if Song Que, such a great talent, was not reused for a long time, it was hard to guarantee that he would not leave him with a grudge, so he decided to reuse him when Song Que came back. he.

After learning about the existence of Song Que, Liu Xiuqi was not satisfied, and continued to ask: "In addition to Song Que, can Master Meng recommend some good talents to Da Chu?"

Meng Ke also knew how difficult Liu Xiu's situation was, so he thought about it and replied: "Guo Ziyi, a native of Huashan in Yongzhou, is a student of the military family.

Guo Ziyi is both human and military, and he is well versed in the way of using troops, good at analyzing the situation in the world, and good at all-round layout in combat. If His Highness can get his assistance, he will win a hundred thousand soldiers. "

Liu Xiu was overjoyed, getting such a high evaluation from Meng Ke was enough to prove how extraordinary this Guo Ziyi was.

"Where is this person now? The king immediately sent someone to invite him."

"Guo Ziyi is currently in Jiangxia."

"it is good."

As he said that, Liu Xiu walked out with dignity, but turned back halfway, and said cheekily, "Master Meng, are there any more?"

Meng Ke couldn't help laughing, and continued to recommend.

"Guo Wei, the Patriarch of the Guo family in Hebei Province, was able to lead the army when he was on horseback, and was able to govern when he was off.

When the Qin army conquered Hebei, Yuan Shao conquered Guo Wei three times, but was rejected by him. This angered Yuan Shao, forcibly ransacked Guo's house, and Guo Wei was also imprisoned.

Later, the Great Qin ruled Hebei. Although Guo Wei was released, his family property was confiscated by the Great Qin. "

When she heard that Guo Wei had served as governor, Liu Xiu couldn't stop her ecstasy. You must know that there are only two ministers at the rank of governor in the entire Chu Kingdom, and Guo Wei was the governor of Huanling period.

"Master Meng, this Guo Wei is now..."

Before Liu Xiu finished speaking, she was interrupted by Meng Ke.

"Don't worry, King Chu. Although Guo Wei is talented, he is not the one I want to recommend. What I really want to recommend is Guo Wei's adopted son, Chai Rong."

"Chai Rong?"

Liu Xiu's eyes lit up immediately, and he said excitedly: "But that Chai Rong who is famous all over the south of the Yangtze River? He is Guo Wei's adopted son?"

Guo Wei was the Taizu of the Zhou Dynasty after the Five Dynasties, but he did not pass the throne to his son after his death, but passed the throne to his adopted son Chai Rong.

Chai Rong became the second emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, which made the Later Zhou Dynasty truly develop and grow, and he has made great achievements in military and political affairs. Historians praised him as "a hero of martial arts, and a hero of a generation."

If it hadn't been for Chai Rong's premature death due to illness, Chai Rong must have ruled the world, and naturally there would be no shameful dynasty like Zhao Song.

Chai Rong, like Guo Wei, is one of the characters randomly called, and he was still implanted as Guo Wei's adopted son. He has a good reputation in the south of the Yangtze River, and has repeatedly rejected Sun Jian and Liu Xiu's conquest , and it was precisely because of this thought that Liu Xiu was left with a deep impression.

"That's right, the Chai and Guo families are family friends, but unfortunately the Guo family was in trouble, and Chai Rong was brought up by Guo Wei.

Chai Rong is one of the most outstanding disciples of my Confucianism. Not only is he proficient in Confucianism, he is also very good at the art of war. "

Hearing that Meng Ke praised Chai Rong so much, Liu Xiu smiled wryly, "But Chai Rong has already rejected my king's conquest."

Meng Ke laughed indifferently.

"As long as Chai Rong does not become an official, you still have a chance, Your Highness.

Since His Highness can't subdue Chai Rong directly, why not change his mind?
Chai Rong is a dutiful son, if His Royal Highness the King of Chu can subdue Guo Wei, Chai Rong will join his adoptive father in allegiance to Chu. "

Liu Xiu suddenly realized that the reason why Meng Ke mentioned Guo Wei was to let him pass Guo Wei but subdue Chai Rong.

"Guo Ziyi, Chai Rong, and Guo Wei are all great talents in the world. I hope His Highness the King of Chu will accept them as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

After Meng Ke finished speaking, he felt a little thirsty, and immediately poured a cup of tea and drank it, but found that Liu Xiu was hesitant to speak, and couldn't help frowning: "His Royal Highness, if you have anything to say, just say it." .”

"Master Meng, is there any more?" Liu Xiu said cheekily.

Seeing that Liu Xiu didn't give up, Meng Ke said helplessly, "That's all."

As he said that, Liu Xiu recommended more than a dozen talents from Confucianism, but there was a certain gap in ability compared with Guo Ziyi and the other three.

The talents recommended by Meng Ke this time include more than a dozen talents including Meng Jian Meng Gongwei in Runan, Shi Tao Shi Guangyuan in Yingchuan, and Xie Yi and his son in Lujiang.

These people were either hermits, or had been officials, but they were deposed. In addition, they have something in common, that is, they have a relationship with Confucianism, and they are underappreciated.

The state of Chu has always been in a state of talent shortage. Liu Xiu was overjoyed to learn so many talents at once, and immediately wrote a letter by himself and sent envoys to recruit them, but he did not expect to encounter twists and turns at the first stop.

The envoy of Chu State was one step late, Xie Yi and Xie Yi had already been recruited by Sun Jian first, and Sun Jian also directly appointed Xie Po as the prefect of Yuzhang to show his thirst for talents.

Liu Xiu was a step slower with Xie's father and son, but naturally he couldn't be slower with others. After all, he couldn't lose to Wu Guo in robbing talent.

Fortunately, people like Guo Ziyi and Shi Guangyuan either thought of the relationship between Confucianism and Meng Ke, or they didn't like the state of Wu at all, so most of them chose Liu Xiu.

Of course, during this big battle for talents, Wu Guo also recruited a lot of talents, both Wu and Chu have gained.

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The first year of Shenwu, February [-]nd.

Cao Cao, Duke of Wei, Zhao Kuangyin, Duke of Song, Sun Jian, Duke of Wu, and the monarchs of the three kingdoms gathered in Shouchun, the capital of Song Dynasty, and agreed to become kings together.

The three kingdoms of Shu, Chu, and Sui all issued angrily denouncing the Three Kingdoms when they learned about it, saying that the kings of the Three Kingdoms were a disaster for the world. Instead, the Great Qin sent envoys to publicly support the Three Kingdoms.

It is actually a helpless move for Daqin to support the Three Kingdoms as kings. After all, Daqin cannot turn against the Three Kingdoms no matter what before it completely recovers from the war wounds, otherwise it will really be the enemy of the whole world.

Of course, although Da Qin supports the Three Kingdoms as kings, he still needs to express his attitude.

At the king ceremony, when Zhang Yi, the envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty, brought Huang Chang, Chong Lou, Dongfang Shuo, Gui Ling, and Wu Dang, a total of five great masters arrived at the scene, the faces of Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Zhao Kuangyin immediately turned green.

Especially Zhao Kuangyin's complexion turned livid in an instant. It was not until Zhao Gongming came to his side that he felt a sense of security in his heart.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't want Shouchun to end up like Chang'an. He wanted to get angry, but he was afraid that Zhang Yi would be angered by it, so he forced a smile and asked Zhang Yi: "What is Qin's intention? Why did you bring five great masters here?" Participate in the ceremony?"

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "I, Daqin, have received definite news that Chu and Shu may send experts at the level of grand masters to come to Shouchun to destroy the Three Kingdoms' grand ceremony of becoming kings.

After my emperor learned about this, based on the obligations of allies, he specially invited the five masters to come here to prevent the two kingdoms of Chu and Shu from making trouble and disrupting the ceremony. "

Hearing this, what else could Zhao Kuangyin say, even if he was dissatisfied, he could only bear it, and the ceremony that was originally joyous, also became a bit awkward because of the invitation of the five great masters.

The scale of the Wei, Song, Wu and Three Kingdoms proclaiming the king, not to mention the enthronement ceremony, is far behind Ying Hao's proclaiming the king. It is just rituals such as offering sacrifices to heaven and reading the edict of proclaiming the king.

[Ding dong, Cao Cao is officially crowned king, rewards: force +1, politics +1, charisma +3.

曹操基础五维：统帅99（+1），武力92（+8），智力98，政治100，魅力92（-6）；
当前曹操五维：统帅99（+1），武力93（+9），智力98，政治101（+1），魅力95（-3）；】

Cao Cao has fought in the South and the North in these years, and he has encountered Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Shiji, and Zhu Di, such high-ranking opponents, so his own command and force have already broken the limit.

Especially the force attribute is 10 points higher than the peak.

As for why the charm attribute does not increase but decreases?
It is because everyone knows about the tomb robbery, and even Cao Cao's reputation is more derogatory than praise, and the overall state is in a state of mixed reputation, so the charm attribute will not rise but fall.

[Ding dong, Cao Cao is king, the skill 'Traitor' is activated.

Traitor: A minister capable of governing the world, a traitor in troubled times.This is Cao Cao's unique skill.

Effect 1, hold the emperor to make the princes, and the five dimensions of oneself will be +1 forever.

Effect 2, after becoming the king, the fifth dimension of oneself will be permanently +1.

Effect 3, if you personally participate in the battle, all generals and commanders will be +1, the force of the whole army will be +1, and the overall quality of the whole army will be greatly improved.

Effect 4, when you are proud, arrogant, and lustful, your intelligence will drop by 1~10 points. (Note: If you can overcome these personality defects, you will use your own five-dimensional calculation +1 again.)]

Liu Che's "Wuxiong" was rewarded only for proclaiming the emperor, while Cao Cao's "Traitor" was rewarded for proclaiming the emperor, but there was no reward for proclaiming the emperor.

This may be because Cao Cao in history was only called king until his death, but he was not called emperor. The title of Emperor Wu of Wei was actually given to Cao Cao after Cao Pi became emperor.

As for the effect 5 of "Traitor", it fully explained why Cao Cao was defeated in Wancheng and Chibi, because his character flaw was too fatal.

[Ding Dong, Cao Cao's skill 'Traitor' effect 3 activates, after becoming king, his own five-dimensional permanent +1.

当前曹操五维：统帅100（+2），武力94（+10），智力99（+1），政治102（+2），魅力96（-2）；】

(End of this chapter)