Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

The dead girl Huo Si was talking about was naturally her daughter Huo Qi.

This time when Huo Si came to Shouchun, she originally wanted to bring her with her. The mother and daughter had been staying in Xiapi for the past few years. Unlike their mother who hid in a deep boudoir, Huo Qi, a tomboy, knew many children of civil and military officials. , everyone knew that she was Wang Zheng's niece, so naturally they responded to everyone and tried to please her in every possible way.

Although Huo Qi is a few years older than before, she is no longer a little girl, but after all, she is not an adult, and she doesn't know that the treatment of these stars and Gongyue has nothing to do with Xiapi, but because of the royal government, so she lives and dies Huo Si didn't want to come, but Huo Si couldn't screw her, so she left a maidservant to continue persuading her, and set off first with the step trainer and others.

Now it seems that I was wrong.
Huo Si looked up at the sky, and thought to herself, "Xiao Qi has been close to Ah Zheng since she was a child. Since her belly is not up to par, having her by my side will make Ah Zheng remember me more."

Thinking that if this is the case, not only will her family's position in the future be stable, but she will no longer be alone in the empty boudoir every night, Huo Si's cheeks became redder, as if on fire, and in a trance, her heart suddenly became hot. , There is already damp in the depths of the winding path.

This is not the first time, the time between the two of them is not short or long, but Huo Si's longing for Wang Zheng has already reached an uncontrollable level, often a word, a memory, can make her Can't help it.

Many times, she would also blame herself very much. This is not the virtue that a virtuous woman should have. However, when Wang Zheng did that with her, the feeling of being overwhelmed is really unforgettable. .

She kept her composure, and quietly put her legs together under the skirt, so as not to be discovered by the maid next to her, she casually found a topic to change: "By the way, you can find out who is going to move in next. The embassy? Could it be that General Ah Zheng has a new love?"

After several repairs and additions by Yuan Shu, the Shouchun embassy is not only magnificent with carved beams and pillars, but also has a very large area. The east wing alone is enough for several of the "wives and concubines" of the royal government and their entourage to live. They are still vacant, but in the past few days, the steward suddenly ordered someone to clean the west wing, so Huo Si guessed that someone might want to move in again.

Hearing her question, a servant girl quickly replied: "Ma'am, I have already found out. It is said that Yuan Shao, the shepherd of Jizhou, sent a mission to Shouchun. They have already arrived in Xiapi a few days ago. It is estimated that there will be at most two or three ounces." It's coming in a few days."

"The envoys from Jizhou?"

Huo Si frowned slightly when she heard the words. She remembered that the group of enemies who attacked Kaiyang at the beginning were the Jizhou army. Could it be that they also turned enemies into friends with Ah Zheng?Looking sideways, he asked, "What are they doing here?"

"The steward doesn't know, but the general told him to tidy up the room and get ready to welcome the distinguished guests."

At this time, Wang Zheng was also receiving Gao Jin in the palace.

Gao Jin was one of the members of the Yangzhou mission sent to Jizhou earlier. Since Yuan Shao wanted to send the mission back for a return visit, the two parties drove towards Yangzhou together and entered the territory of Jiujiang. Back to Shouchun.

After all, there are many things that cannot be clearly explained in the letter, and they need to be clarified privately in advance before Yuan Shao's delegation meets Wang Zheng.

When Gao Jin entered the hall, Wang Zhengping withdrew his followers, leaving only Guo Jia to stay, and the three of them sat down to talk.

"Going to Jizhou, what's the wind like?" Wang Zheng asked.

"I report to Zhou Mu." Gao Jin bowed and replied, "Yuan Shao has been high-spirited and arrogant since he broke Jihou. I stayed in Yecheng for many days before I got the name."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng snorted coldly, turned his eyes to Guo Jia and said indifferently: "Yuan Benchu ​​is so arrogant?"

Guo Jia smiled slightly, "This man ascended to the imperial court with a weak crown and became famous all over the country. He was already arrogant and arrogant. Now that he is flying in Heshuo, he has absorbed the strategies of heroes and the power of scholars and people. Naturally, he has become more and more forgetful."

Wang Zheng let out a "hey" and was noncommittal, his eyes fell on Gao Jin again, and he continued to ask: "I heard that Yuan Shao has six advisors under his command, namely Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Xu You, and Feng Feng. Ji, you

Have you seen Pan Ke? "

"Remember my lord's entrustment. Before meeting Yuan Shao, I prepared generous gifts to pay respects to these Jizhou conspirators. Except for Guo Tu and Shenpei, it is said that they guarded Linzi together with Yuan Tan. They are not here at this time. Yecheng, but" At this point, Gao Jin paused, hesitant to speak.

"But what?" Wang Zheng asked.

"Although we have already met, Tian Feng and Jushou did not accept the gift. Although Feng Ji accepted the gift, he also returned a gift when Wei Chen left, saying it was for the state shepherd."

"It means that Xu You is the only one who accepted all the orders?"

In this regard, Wang Zheng is not surprised. After all, the personal character of this important supporting role in the future Guandu battle is already debatable. , but don’t use this general’s name, um, just use your own name to establish a good relationship with him first, and it will be useful sooner or later.”

"Here."

Wang Zheng asked again: "Since I have met all four of you, is there any gain?"

"Huizhou Mu, the others just exchanged polite greetings, only the supervisor, Jushou, chatted with the minister for a long time."

"Oh?" Wang Zheng became interested, "What are you talking about?"

"When I went to visit Ju Shou, he not only went out to greet him, but also talked with him for about half an hour after entering the study. In this half hour, at least [-]% to [-]% of the time, he was the one who asked me."

"What did I ask you?"

"Ask Xiapi, ask Pengcheng, also ask Shouchun, and also ask about the lord's bearing, and ask me about the handsome people in Xuzhou, and he asked his ministers the most about how Zhou Mu defeated Sun Ce in the first place, including how to recruit troops and how to train them , seems to be the most interested in military matters."

These are all sensitive issues, Wang Zheng frowned slightly inadvertently, Gao Jin wouldn't have covered everything he knew, right?

"Then how did you answer him?"

Gao Jin said: "Zhou Mu is wise and powerful, a talent of the sky, generous and benevolent, everyone in the world knows it, and there is no need for ministers to boast about their bearing, and Ju Shou must have known it long ago. As for me, Xuzhou Junyan, Wen Ru Zhang Guoxiang, Guo Jijiu , You Sima, etc., are all determined to win, seek husband Kong Duo; Wu Ruxu, Wu, General Huang Zhong, etc., are also invincible, the world's bears and tigers, this does not need to be said by ministers .”

"So I just objectively talked a few words about the daily interesting stories of Zhou Mu, gentlemen and generals, especially the various actions of Zhou Mu in Xuzhou, how to bring peace to the country and benefit the people, and how to respect culture and Confucianism. So, Ju Shou was greatly impressed, and called out Zhou Mu for his extraordinary talent, which is enough to be a great tool!"

Wang Zheng smiled when he heard the words, and did not feel complacent about it, but continued to ask: "Didn't you say that you are most interested in military affairs? What did you ask? How did you answer?"

"He asked a lot of questions. Some asked about the number of tigers in Xuzhou, some asked about our army's equipment, some asked about our army's rations, and some asked about the proportion of our army's elite and local garrison troops. He also asked how many cavalry are in our army? Even Jushou heard about Zhoumu’s establishment of military schools in Xiapi, Kaiyang and other places, and asked about it in detail.”

Gao Jin said: "Of course, as a minister who observes words and demeanor, although he asks a lot, what he cares most about is our army's attack on Jiangdong, the repeated battles with Sun Ce and Yuan Shu, how much we have won, and how much we have lost."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng nodded slightly, thinking that Ju Shou asked a lot of questions, covering almost all aspects of the army under his command. If Gao Jin answered these questions truthfully, Yuan Shao would have seen almost all of his own truth.
While thinking, he raised his eyebrows to signal Gao Jin to continue talking, and see how he answered at that time.

"I don't know much about military affairs. I also remember that the governor of the state has already explained that if the army is involved, it will either expand by three points or reduce by five points. In short, I can't tell the truth, so this minister is just telling the truth."

"Speaking of the specific number of tigers under Zhoumu's command, I only answered an approximate number. He only said that including the Tuntian Army, it was over [-]. More specific, I just shirked and didn't know. Other similar questions were generally answered in the same way."

"Um."

Wang Zheng nodded, Gao Jin is not a famous historical figure, Wang Zheng is naturally not at ease, he has repeatedly explained these things before the other party went on an envoy, what can he answer truthfully when he goes there, and why not make a discount of nine truths and one falsehood, see now Gao Jin's performance was quite satisfactory, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and praised a few words casually.

In fact, this does not mean that much recognition, but Gao Jin was refreshed, thinking that Zhou Mu was very satisfied with his performance, and turned his eyes, and suddenly said: "Zhou Mu, I feel that this Ju Supervisor Army is also the best in the world." Jingying, and while talking with him, listening to what he said, it seems that he is not very satisfied with some of Yuan Shao's recent actions, so from this point of view, can we try to recruit one or two?"

Recruiting professors?

Wang Zheng was slightly taken aback. What impressed him most about Jushou was that he gave Yuan Shao correct advice every time, but Yuan Shao didn't accept it every time.

For example, Jushou once proposed to Yuan Shao to flatter the emperor, oppose the separation of schools, and proposed a strategy of exhausting Cao for three years, but Yuan Shao did not adopt it.

For example, in the Battle of Guandu, Jushou proposed a slow-advance tactic, which was not adopted.On the eve of the burning of Wuchao, Jushou proposed to protect food outside, but was rejected again.

Finally, after Yuan Shao's defeat, Jushou was captured and refused to surrender. Even so, because he cherished talents, Cao Cao still treated him favorably. Unfortunately, Jushou conspired to return to Hebei and was killed.

Gao Jin said that Jushou was dissatisfied with Yuan Shao. This Wang Zheng believed that it was possible. After all, Yuan Shao was a man who was always scheming, but there were not only many counselors under his tent, but also many camps. I am afraid that Jushou had already experienced several times at this time. not accepted".

People with outstanding resourcefulness are generally proud and arrogant. Even if the result of "not adopting opinions" is not too bad, dissatisfaction is possible.

However, dissatisfaction does not necessarily mean that he will change his family. Anyway, in history, Jushou would rather die than surrender Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng looked sideways at Guo Jia and asked, "Feng Xiao, how sure do you think this matter is?"

After pondering for a while, Guo Jia said slowly: "It's hard to say, but Jushou this person is good at strategy, if he can be recruited for me, it will be helpful to the great cause of the lord, and this person is the former governor of Jizhou Han Fu's farewell, When Han Fu was planning to sell Jizhou, Ju Shouyu once advised him, "Although Jizhou is small, there are millions of people who can wear armor and go into battle, and the food can last ten years. Yuan Shao used an outsider And the army who is in poverty, look up to me, like a baby in the palm of an adult, if you don’t feed him, you can starve to death immediately. Why do you want to give him Jizhou?”

"It's just that Han Fu didn't obey, otherwise, how could he be humiliated to die in a clean room in the future?" Guo Jia said, "And this is the main reason why Ju Shou is not as good as Tian Feng and Xu You under Yuan Shao's tenure."

"You mean?" Wang Zheng was taken aback when he heard the words, "Because of this matter, Yuan Shao has always had a problem with Jushou?"

Guo Jia smiled sarcastically, "It's not surprising that Yuan Benchu ​​had sympathy with others."

That's it.
Wang Zheng thought about it for a while, and then said to Gao Jin: "Then it will be the same as Xu You. Since you have visited him, you can count yourself as a personal friend. Next, let's keep the correspondence with him first." After Gao Jin bowed and agreed, he went Asked: "By the way, who is the chief envoy in the Jizhou Mission this time?"

"It is precisely for this reason that I rushed back to Shouchun in advance, just to report to the state shepherd."

Hearing this, Gao Jin quickly said: "Obviously the chief envoy of this mission is Xin Chen, and he is not considered a high-ranking official at all. It was only halfway through the journey that the ministers only found out by chance that Yuan Shao's servant Yuan Fang was also accompanying him."

Wang Zheng was startled when he heard the words, and just about to speak, he saw Guo Jia who was at the side startled: "What, why did Yuan Fang take on the role of this envoy?"

"Why is Feng Xiao so surprised?" Wang Zheng asked puzzled.

"My lord doesn't know, Yuan Fang's identity is not simple." Guo Jia said in a deep voice, "It is said that he is Yuan Shao's servant, but there are only two Yuan children of Yuan Shao's generation, namely Yuan Yi and Yuan Shu."

"Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao have always been at odds, not to mention that Yuan Fang cannot be his heir, if his heir would not be in Jiangdong but in Hebei, and Yuan Yi also died young and came from nothing, then Yuan Fang would Whose offspring is it?"

Hearing the string song, he knew the elegant meaning, and Wang Zheng heard Guo Jia's implication.

Yuan Fang is unlikely to be Yuan Shao's henchman, and the doubts about his identity are also very obvious. Since Guo Jia can see it, can't Yuan Shao's counselors see it?
There is only one reason to keep silent after seeing "my lord being deceived" clearly.

The so-called "congzi" was not someone else to deceive Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao used it to deceive others!

Wang Zheng reacted almost immediately. After all, he had seen this kind of operation in Jin Yongli, "Feng Xiao's implication."

"Could this Yuan Fang be Yuan Shao's illegitimate son?"