The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 373

Jia Xu and Jushou looked at it for a long time, their eyes widened, but finally they both shook their heads and smiled wryly, and put down the blank edict in their hands.

At this time, how could the two of them fail to understand what Lin Chao meant.

The so-called deliberation is actually to confer a suitable official position on the Kwantung princes.

Now that the Son of Heaven is in his own hands, for the Xuzhou Group, the best result is that the princes withdraw their troops, and then develop with peace of mind, and Xu Tu expands.

Only in this way can Lin Chao continue to implement his next strategy to seize Qingzhou.

Of course, it would definitely be against the rules for Lin Chao to do this, and it would even be outrageous.It's just that at this time when the emperor's authority is declining, these are not important anymore.

Furthermore, the emperor Liu Xie is not ignorant, everything is recorded, and the imperial edicts in his hands are all genuine goods at a fair price, not false edicts.

Jia Xu twirled his beard and laughed, "Zi Chu, these edicts are all written by Li Wenyou."

Hearing this, Lin Chao nodded.

He just remotely controlled Li Ru to cooperate with him, and never came forward to force the court officials, just because he didn't want the Xuzhou Group and himself to get a bad reputation of bullying the young master.

Lin Chao looked at the three of them and said with a smile, "No matter what, now that the matter has come to an end, I would like to ask the three of you to discuss with a certain staff member. What positions should be given to the Kwantung princes who marched to challenge Dong this time?"

As soon as these words came out, both Jia Xu and Ju Shou fell into deep thought, only Guo Jia continued to play with the imperial edict in his hand.

From the moment he saw the edict for the first time, until Jia Xu and Jushou put down the edict, Guo Jia was still playing with the edict in his hand, and there was a strange light in his eyes all the time.

So after Lin Chaodang asked the question, Guo Jia was the first to speak: "Zi Chu wants to use a piece of thin paper to make hundreds of thousands of troops retreat?"

The material of the edict is naturally thin paper, so what Guo Jia said is not wrong, but the emperor's seal is stamped on it, which is of course of extraordinary significance.

"If Feng Xiao has insight, you might as well speak up." Lin Chao said with a smile.

Guo Jia's eyes became brighter, and he smiled while holding the edict in his hand: "The emperor's edict is certainly effective, but I am afraid that it is not enough to make the princes retreat with just a few official positions. There is a plan. If you cooperate with the edict , so that nothing will go wrong!"

Seeing his eloquence, Lin Chao couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly, revealing a curious look in his heart.

In my own calculations, if the emperor issued an edict, and then Liu Bei took the lead in expressing compliance, the princes would naturally follow. After all, the matter has come to this point, and there is no other better choice.

"What's Feng Xiao's plan, you might as well speak up."

When Guo Jia is serious, he is still very good. Since he said something wrong, Lin Chao also wants to hear his opinion.

Faced with Lin Chao's sincere question, Guo Jia began to make decisions.

I saw that he was holding the emperor's edict in his hand, and said with a slight smile: "Zi Chu, if a certain plan is successful, this emperor's edict, I wonder if there is a certain copy?"

Hearing this, Lin Chao smiled.

After arguing for a long time, it turned out that Guo Jia was trying to get some benefits!
Since returning to Liu Bei, Guo Jia has successively helped the army defeat the bandits on Mount Tai. This time, he also made a lot of contributions in the fight against Dong, but so far he only has a false title of engagement.Although it was a trick for the princes this time, it was also a reward for meritorious service, so naturally he would not be treated badly.

However, it didn't fit Guo Jia's nature to speak up on his own initiative, so Lin Chao was a little curious, and asked with a smile, "What job does Feng Xiao want?"

"A certain person doesn't want an official, but a certain person wants a noble title."

When he said this, Guo Jia's eyes were filled with a kind of longing.

Guo Jiasu has great ambitions, and has an extraordinary dedication to making contributions and self-realization.and

In this era, official position is power, and title is status.

Guo Jia doesn't care about power.

Status and reputation is what Guo Jia wants to get.

Guo Jia, who was born in a side branch of the Guo family, is actually no different from the poor family.And because of his dissolute nature, most Yingchuan scholars dislike him.Therefore, Guo Jia has always wanted to find an opportunity to prove to those people that Guo Fengxiao is not in vain.Therefore, there will be this mention.

Lin Chao probably understood what he was thinking, so he agreed very simply.

"If this is accomplished, there will be no great contribution to filial piety. Adding in your previous contributions, it will not be a problem to be a Tinghou."

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, so the distribution of titles is similar.The No. 19 rank of the [-]th Army Meritorious Lord is called Guanneihou. He only has the false name of a Marquis and has no actual food, so the world does not list him as a real Marquis.

Only the No.20 Liehou is the real Marquis, also known as Liehou

But Liehou also has high and low points, sorted according to the size of the food town, so among the Liehou there are Youxian Hou, Xianghou, Tinghou, etc...

Moreover, the Marquis of the Han Dynasty was very valuable, unlike the later Three Kingdoms who randomly pulled out a person who was a county marquis. The Marquis of this era was really created by fighting on the battlefield with one sword and one sword.

The great ancestor Liu Bang once established the White Horse Alliance, no one can be king without the Liu family, and no one can be named a prince without military merits!
Even the current Liu Bei is just a county lord.Dong Zhuo gave Yuan Shao the title of Marquis of Beixiang.Even Lin Chao himself has the title of Marquis of Anxiting on him.

As for the core members of the Liu Bei Group, such as Guan Zhangzhao, apart from Guan Yu, the other two are only Guan Neihou.

So Lin Chao gave a Tinghou as soon as he opened his mouth, which is indeed not small.

Of course, there is a deeper reason.

After this battle, it's time for the Xuzhou Group's civil and military officials to rise up.Otherwise, the lack of forward momentum can easily lead to the emergence of slack administration.

Looking at Guo Jia again, when Lin Chao promised him the title of Marquis of Ting, his eyes immediately became straight.

"Zi Chu's words are serious!" Guo Jia said with wide-eyed eyes.

"It's true, of course. After all, the emperor's edict is in the hands of a certain person. It's just that the matter of being a marquis is not trivial, and it needs to be reported to Duke Xuande." Lin Chao laughed, "However, because of Duke Xuande's love for Fengxiao, it should not be ignored. would refuse."

I, Lin Zichu, mean what I say. As for whether it will be successful in the end, the decision is not in my hands.

Hearing this, Guo Jia nodded quickly, and said with a smile: "It's natural, such a big event, naturally requires the Lord's permission."

"Then what is Feng Xiao's ingenious plan, you can always talk about it now."

Under the searching eyes of the three, Guo Jia slowly smiled and said: "Zichu used rewards to get the princes to retreat. This strategy seems safe, but in fact it ignores the greed of wolves. Even if it is something that the princes dream of, it cannot let them It's too easy to get, otherwise they will definitely push their feet."

Guo Jia's words made Lin Chao nod his head again and again, deeply agreeing.

Human nature is always greedy and never satisfied.If you get it easily, not only will you not know how to cherish it, but it will encourage your greed.Guo Jia's words reminded Lin Chao.

It seems necessary to change the previous plan.

"Then, in the meaning of filial piety, how should we act?" Lin Chao continued to ask.

Guo Jia was still laughing, but he slowly uttered a sentence: "Separate his heart first, then make him retreat in spite of difficulties, and finally reward him with officials and titles. In this way, the princes will definitely retreat."

To put it simply, it is to make the princes internally chaotic, so that they have the idea of ​​​​retreating, but they are not reconciled to the credit that is about to be obtained.In such a dilemma, Lin Chao stepped forward to read out the emperor's reward edict.

In this way, the princes will inevitably retreat happily.

Hearing this, Lin Chao nodded again and again, and at the same time gave Guo Jia a look of admiration.

The truth of the human heart was understood by Guo Fengxiao.

Thinking about it, Lin Chao pointed to the pile of imperial edicts and said, "Feng Xiao, in your opinion, what kind of titles should these princes give to achieve the greatest effect."

Faced with Lin Chao's question, Guo Jia shook his head repeatedly.

"A certain plan is only supplemented by rewards. As for who should be awarded what official title, how does this know."

The method has been given to you, the specific details, you can measure it yourself.

Seeing Guo Jia's answer, Lin Chao had no choice but to tell the three of them about his original plan.

"The conferment of princes and ranks this time should be honored by the three." Lin Chao stretched out three fingers and said, "One is the later general Yuan Gonglu. This person is the leader of the alliance. He has Sun Wentai, Ma Shoucheng and other generals under his command. And befriend us again, so naturally we can't ignore it."

The official position given to Yuan Shu cannot be low, at least in name it must be the highest among the princes, so as to convince the public and prove that Lin Chao did not do any small tricks.

Hearing this, the three of them nodded.

Lin Chao continued: "Secondly, Yuan Benchu. Although this person came late to join Shanshan and cut off food during the war, his reputation spread far and wide, and he had many fans under his command. Suppress."

Yuan Shao's performance in this battle against Dong can be described in three words, that is... pig teammate!

Although he had his own considerations, the fact that food was cut off was a little disgraceful. If Liu Bei hadn't stopped him, senior brother Gongsun Zan would have given Yuan Shao a taste of Baima Yicong's arrow technique.

Even so, Yuan Shao still has many supporters under his command.It's not time to start a war with him, so I simply give him an official title so that he won't make trouble.

"The third thing is our lord." Lin Chao continued, "Although Yuan Gonggong and Yuan Benchu ​​are four generations and three princes, they cannot be above Duke Xuande. This matter cannot be changed."

Even if you, Yuan Shu, are the lord of the alliance, even if you Yuan Shao has a high reputation, you still cannot surpass Liu Bei in terms of status. This is the principle, and it is also the basis for Lin Chao to seek interests for the monarch as a courtier.

The three of them nodded again, but Guo Jia said, "What about Liu Gongshan, why don't you give us some sweets?"

Speaking of Liu Dai, Lin Chao sneered, his eyes turned cold.

For Liu Dai, Lin Chao originally wanted to keep him in Yanzhou and guard the west gate for Xuzhou through cooperation.But looking at it now, it was Lin Chao who thought too naively.

Of course, it is also possible that Liu Dai is too naive.

Lin Chao's innocence is his innocence towards human nature.He thought that when Xuzhou showed his kindness to Liu Dai, Liu Dai would be kind and cooperate closely with Xuzhou. Moreover, he and Liu Bei belonged to the same clan, so they should watch out and help each other.

And Liu Dai's innocence is the innocence of self-importance.He naively thought that he had the ability to become the overlord of one party, and naively thought that he could also fight for hegemony in this troubled world.

So much so that in this battle against Dong, Liu Dai actually became a staunch fence-sitter, and has always been wise and safe.

Lin Chao was very dissatisfied with this, and even thought that Liu Dai had cheated his feelings.

Then, let him pay the price!

Lin Chaosui waved his hand and said, "Liu Gongshan is nothing more than a chicken and dog ears, so it's nothing to worry about, let alone pay attention to it. As long as the three groups of people don't move, Liu Gongshan can still lead the army to Chang'an!"

Hearing this, Guo Jia nodded.

He just mentioned it casually, and he didn't think Liu Dai needed to treat it seriously.

Beside him, Ju Shou, who had been in deep thought just now, asked, "Zichu, what kind of official title do you plan to arrange for Yuan Gonggong?"

"General, lead Yuzhou Mu."

Lin Chao laughed.

But the content of the words shocked all three of them.

The Great General is the head of the world's military officials, with the right to open a government office, and is above the Sangong. This position can be said to be below one person and above tens of thousands of people. It will never be granted easily.

But thinking about it carefully, with Yuan Shu's achievements in beating Dong this time, and his status as the leader of the coalition army, it seems that there is nothing wrong with being a general.

As for leading Yuzhou Mu, it was a naked conspiracy.

Yuan Shu's current base is Nanyang, and Yuzhou is connected to Nanyang. After obtaining the position of Yuzhou Mu, Yuan Shu has a legal basis, and he will definitely want to bring the whole Yuzhou under his rule.

The current governor of Yuzhou is Kong Ni, who is a member of Yuan Shao's faction, so naturally he will not sit back and watch Yuan Shu gobble up Yuzhou.

The two Yuan did not get along at all, so they would definitely treat them as enemies even more.

In Lin Chao's vision, it would be best for the two Yuans to have a fight, and Xuzhou could take advantage of the opportunity.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a smile, "This official position...is quite appropriate."

"There is something more appropriate!" Lin Chao laughed, "In addition to Yuan Shu leading the Yuzhou Mu, a certain person is also planning to make Sun Wentai a chariot general and a Yangzhou shepherd."

"This……"

The three of them looked at Lin Chao in shock, thinking that Lin Zichu was indeed a despicable, shameless, vicious and vicious Lin Zichu!

I can think of such a trick!

It is not inappropriate for Sun Jian to confer the position of general of chariots and cavalry this time in order to seek Dong's meritorious service.With such a reward, Yuan Shu couldn't say anything.But the specific duties in the future are very terrible!
Yangzhou Mu was not the governor of Yangzhou. If he handled it properly, with Sun Jian's strength, he could completely become the overlord of his own side, so it didn't need to look at Yuan Shu's face.

Leading Yangzhou Mu, and adding the title of Chariot General above Jiuqing, Sun Jian is already very close to Yuan Shu in terms of official position.

As soon as this edict came out, even if Sun Jian still followed Yuan Shu's lead, it is estimated that Yuan Shu would not trust Sun Jian anymore.

Even so, with Sun Jian's loyalty to him and his contribution this time, Yuan Shu has no reason for him to refuse the official position.

The highest state of alienation is that even if you know it's a conspiracy, you can't refuse it!

Some time ago, Lin Chao had lamented that Yuan Shu's current strength was too strong, and it was time to weaken it, and now he found an opportunity.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if Sun Jian is still loyal to Yuan Shu after taking over the post of Yuzhou Mu, and Yuan Shu continues to trust Sun Jian, Lin Chao still has a backup plan.

Now Huang Zhong in Nieyang City is the second road prepared by Lin Chao for Sun Jian.

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