Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

"Why can't I go?" Pang Tong was slightly stunned. He didn't know what he couldn't go to. It's not like he had never been to Sichuan and Sichuan.

There are many mountains and roads that are difficult to travel, but it is not impossible to go. Although there are many miasma in Sichuan, as long as you choose the right season, it doesn't matter.

"You, there are other uses," Xu Zhen smiled wryly, and waved his hands. He understood that Pang Tong didn't have to fight for the credit, but was just curious why he couldn't go, but it was hard to explain.

However, in fact, Xu Zhen was too careful. As long as he didn't anger Liu Zhang, he would naturally be in no danger.

I went to see Zhang Song and said that I wanted to ask him for the blueprint, but it is not clear whether Zhang Song is really rebellious now. I need to find someone to discuss and ask before I can get the result.

Therefore, Kongming is the best.

Even if Liu Zhang finds out, he can be his envoy to make friends with Sichuan and Shu. Now that Liu Zhang is not at odds with him, he will be treated as a guest of honour.

In addition, there are more trades between the two places, and the friendship between them... In Xu Zhen's words, it means hooking up.

With his current status, many people are willing to hook him up. Just the number of self-recommendation letters that are burned every day is unknown.

Xu Zhen never wastes time on these things, but he can read the policy theory. The self-recommendation letter is basically for the officials below to read. That's fine.

Xiliang riding merchants travel north and south, and invested a lot of money in one year to build it. The gentry is in charge, and Xu Zhen also intends to transform the gentry family into a chaebol.

Of course, it is the kind that I can control, earn enough money for them, and I am still the maker of currency circulation, so even if there are not so many officials to seal, and no titles to apply for, it is enough Let him benefit from the next.

It will not collapse.

"Master, if I go, how should I talk to him?"

"Do you want me to meet the officials in Yizhou, or go alone to find the man named Zhang Song and Fazheng? If so, do you want to go there with a gift and pay a visit to Liu Zhang?"

"If so, as the governor of Xiliang, write a letter and send it to Shuzhong first. How about Liu Zhang's attitude?"

"Very good!"

Xu Zhen nodded, deeply convinced that Kong Ming was really thoughtful about etiquette, and he had to be a little more thoughtful, "Then leave it to you, and you can write as much as you like."

"The main reason is to facilitate you to find that pine without being noticed by others."

"If my expectation is not bad, Zhang Song does have the drawings of Sichuan and Shu to donate, but he himself is still hesitating, so this time, don't threaten, let him make his own decision, you can tell him what to do. The benefits are."

"If I want Sichuan and Shu, half of the big men will be in my hands. They will welcome the emperor in the future. They will all be meritorious officials. If they don't welcome the emperor, they can work hard to become the founder of the country, and they can also appoint hundreds of officials."

"clear."

Zhuge Liang had already heard these words countless times, and in his opinion, now is indeed the time, but there is still hesitation in what the master said.

He is still thinking about what if.

On the second day, taking advantage of the good weather, Zhuge Liang finished writing the letter, sent the horse to Sichuan and Shu, and passed it to Liu Zhang to wait for a reply.

The horse journey is relatively fast, and it is estimated that within fifteen days, there will be a reply, so during this period of time, I can calm down and collect other experiences one by one.

Unexpectedly, it was almost until autumn.

When Xu Zhen looked at the rice ears and crops in the field, they were all golden, and the cotton harvests in various places were also abundant, and the cloth was not only obtained from his own cultivation of mulberry trees, but also from trade.

Under the name of Ma Chao, the horse merchant in Xiliang went to Qianghu three times, and each time he returned with a full load, and sold the accumulated products of Tiangongyuan through the tooth shop.

Then exchange gold, silver, cloth, horses, etc.

After the climate warmed up, Qianghu had many more horse dealers, and Xiliang had more grazing, so there were already a lot of cattle, sheep and horses. In autumn, there were four or five thousand more war horses.

Although Xu Zhen can't have horses in hand for everyone, almost all elite troops can add a Qu Junhou and get hundreds of cavalry.

Likewise, armaments can be strengthened again.

The land of several states is enough to have millions of troops, but he is still suppressed at about 40, focusing on high quality and scattered around the guards.

On the one hand, it is used to support the people.

On the other hand, he used this to reassure Xu Du, so he was hiding some strength. If he used his fame and popularity to recruit troops, he could immediately exceed 50.

But the bigger the number, the less chance Xu Du will give. Boiling frogs in warm water like this is actually a good thing.

Xu Zhen knew very well that he should not be so aggressive in fighting with the gentry. The bigger the spies in the future, the more they will need their help.

Otherwise, if there are two different schools in a country, there will definitely be a fight. Even if he is a car rider now, he would not dare to raise the rhetoric that a hundred schools of thought contended with back then.

He only dared to gather people from other schools into the Tiangongyuan, so that a hundred flowers bloomed within his control, instead of the whole big man.

Some people can detect this, but there is nothing they can do about it.

After all, they don't even know the territory yet.

When Prime Minister Cao was thinking about his achievements in unification, Xu Zhen was already pursuing how to become another Wang Mang.

The main reason is that in the eyes of these advisers, he is really an enhanced version of Wang Mang. Apart from those amazing ingenuity, he also possesses unrivaled ability to run the army.

From the current point of view, there are only two people who can attack in the future, one is Prime Minister Cao, and the other is Xu Cheqi.

After entering the Dukedom, it is the beginning of another road. After all, Wang Mang first came to the position of Duke, set up a hundred officials, set up a ceremony for the founding of the country, and finally dared to take the road of becoming emperor with a strong army and horses.

At this time, Xu Zhen received news from the south again.

The army was defeated several times and could not attack the Yangtze River natural moat.

So Jia Xu came to speak again.

Jia Xu, who was in a hurry, walked in from the door, and knelt down in front of Xu Zhen, his old face was rarely more happy.

At the moment, he has deep bags under his eyes, and his face is dull. It can be seen that he didn't sleep well yesterday, or didn't sleep at all.

Seeing this, Xu Zhen, who was reading a book, had no intention of reading it, so he immediately interrupted his progress and gained a pitiful 11 ​​points of self-discipline.

He started the mode of meeting with guests, discussing and discussing with each other. He knew that Jia Xu must have come to persuade him to enter Jizhou immediately.

Take Jizhou and directly threaten Xudu, then the prime minister will have to face the enemy and be reduced to defeat. This will be the best turning point for Bingyouzhong.

This time, Jia Xu wanted to make sure that this was definitely not the plan of Che Qi and the prime minister.

The cooperation between them has been too many times, which is frightening.

"Sir, you don't have to be so sleepless. I let you pay attention to the situation in the south, so that you can grasp the opportunity at any time, instead of making you think about going east to Jizhou. If I send troops, I will definitely be an unjust army."

"Whether it is unrighteous or not, if it is beneficial to march, it can overwhelm righteousness!" Jia Xu said eagerly, as if he had guessed what Xu Zhen would say. It seems that he didn't sleep last night, not because of insomnia, but because of Thinking about how to refute, "Now is not the time when the gentry was in power, and the riders don't need to be afraid of the reputation of the gentry."

"Look at the prime minister, when has he ever been afraid of human words? It is said that human words are scary, but the hero has no fear. If Jizhou is captured, millions of people will return to their homeland with pride. Isn't it a good thing? ?”

"These people, although it is what people want to follow you from Jizhou, but in the end, what they want is profit, and there is no profit. Why should they follow?"

"For example in Xiliang, all the generals of the Ma family hate the Cao family because of the death of General Fubo. With the help of this reason, they can attack, and it is not considered an unjust army."

"Haha!" Xu Zhen burst out laughing, "If so, people may ask whether Xu Zhen demoted Ma Chao or Ma Chao demoted Xu Zhen."

"Why did Xu Zhen go to fight the Cao family for Ma Chao? Ma Teng was there to make a plan. What he relieved was that the princes of the world were restrained by the emperor, and he announced the matter of the clothes and belts to the world. The news spread very slowly these days. Still have to wait."

"Not to be missed!"

Jia Xu stood up anxiously, cupped his hands to Xu Zhen and said, "You know, once Prime Minister Cao wins, he can announce it to the world, and if he returns to unification, the chaos in the Han Dynasty will be over!"

"If at that time, you come out to mobilize troops again, you must be like Han Xin back then, no one responded!"

"Isn't he always losing?"

"How difficult it is!" Jia Xu sighed immediately, "With millions of troops as the backing, how could they lose to Jiangdong? As long as the tide recedes and the natural moat is weak, they can naturally cross the river and attack."

"Furthermore, if you are able to attack on land, you can enter from the south. If you dare to abandon Jiangxia and Liu Bei and go straight to Jiangdong, you can still win, and you will not lose no matter what!"

Jia Xu thought hard for some time, he knew that he had indeed received news of a lot of defeats, but he didn't move his muscles. To put it bluntly, the total number of lost troops was only [-].

The Southern Expedition soldiers stationed in Jingzhou can definitely afford it, and can even afford it several times more, but at this time, Jiangdong has also consumed thousands of elites.

Sooner or later, their morale will be crushed by this huge difference in numbers, and the army will be defeated and collapsed at that time. No matter how good the general is, it is impossible to wear down the enemy's army slowly through one battle after another.

Xu Zhen fell into silence, he knew that Jia Xu had done his homework, if he talked to Dian Wei about this, he might be able to shut up and go drink with just a few words.

The rest of the generals are the same, because they are generals, and they will obey their orders. That is the bounden duty of sergeants in the army, but military divisions are different.

He is the strategist and strategist.

At this time, Xu Zhen was about to ask a question.

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

Jia Xu was taken aback.

Blinking his eyes several times, he didn't expect that Che Qi would suddenly lose his mind, and this afternoon, there would be entanglement and debate on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't expect a sentence to hit his heart directly, making him stunned on the spot.

After thinking for a long time, Jia Xu still didn't know how to answer, mainly because if she said so, she would feel a little compassionate and feel ashamed.

If you lie, you will definitely be seen.

Is he doing it for fame and fortune?Yes, actually not.

But it must be to spend the rest of my life in peace.

If he wanted to sit safely and securely, and not be burdened by the great war in the final years, he had to make suggestions, because now it was impossible for him to go back to Xudu.

And according to the judgment of the situation, Cheqi already has a huge advantage and cannot lose. As long as he is willing to put down his face and be a treacherous person, then the world will be at his fingertips.

"Old man...I am afraid that I will grow old, and I will not be able to help Cheqi anymore. If it is delayed for another ten years, how can I devise tricks? At that time, it will be like what Cheqi said in a letter, intending to kill thieves, And powerless!"

"I see."

Xu Zhen laughed at this moment, "Then you believe my conclusion, I predict that the prime minister will lose."

"In the battle of Chibi, he will definitely suffer a big defeat, and then withdraw to Xudu, and concentrate on heading north."

"Therefore, it is the best policy to focus on Yizhou in this matter."

"Why did you stop?!"

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xu Zhen's face in disbelief. He speculated hundreds of times, pretending that he was the minister of Jiangdong, and under the situation of constantly overestimating Zhou Gongjin, there was only one countermeasure to get along with him.

"Fire attack!"

Xu Zhen said firmly.

The stone in Jia Xu's heart suddenly fell into his stomach, and then he was very happy, and immediately got up and bowed deeply to him, "Cheqi is worthy of being a Cheqi, it seems that you have been paying attention to the situation in the south. I can't turn back, but I can still win."

"Don't be afraid," Xu Zhen still smiled confidently, even unfathomably, "I'm strong, but I can't go back to heaven. If you run out of oil and the lamp is dry, I can light the seven-star lamp and borrow another ten years for you."

The corner of Jia Xu's mouth twitched.

It’s okay, this kind of words... It’s enough to deceive others. I, Jia Xu, who read the books of sages, never believe in these fallacies, otherwise I would have gone to engage in peace with Zhang Jiao and the others.

"Cheqi is joking. Recently, the old man feels powerless and flustered. I am afraid that he is already old. I don't know how much time is left, but I still want to see Cheqi's ambition come true."

my ambition? !
Xu Zhen felt that Jia Xu might have been thinking too much all the time. His ambition was not the [-]th Five-Year Plan at all, that is, if he wanted a higher position, he could learn more attributes and abilities. In the future, it would be better than anything else to be an immortal.

But if the troubled times are settled, relying on the attribute of "Han soul", he can't let the big man be destroyed, and he can be the person behind the emperor.

In the future, it is enough to designate whoever will be the Son of Heaven. Being an ancestor is better than anything else, but the current ability is not yet able to reach this level of profound knowledge, but he is also the master general who sweeps the world. If you really want to talk about your ambition, you can set it as type out.

Only the territory of the Han Dynasty, the harvest is definitely not much, but if you capture all the Guishuang, Xianbei, Wuhuan, Huns, etc., and then take back countless slaves, send the Han people to develop and build a new civilization, there will be a lot. up.

It will only grow exponentially in the future.

Therefore, being a general who conquers the west is really his current ambition, the more territory the better.

Of course, this ambition can't be said, after all, ordinary people can't understand it.

"Then you, then you have to live for decades," Xu Zhen said with a wry smile.

For this, Jia Xu never understood why.

But a few months later, he heard a news that shocked him.

Cao Jun was really defeated, and the fire burned for hundreds of miles. Zhou Gongjin of Jiangdong really completed his small and big, burned the prime minister hundreds of miles away, and fled back to Xudu.

This happened a month ago. For the rest of the month, Jingzhou was in chaos, as if it was back in the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, so the news couldn't spread so quickly.

Many of the scouts he sent died during the looting.

It was really planned by him.

And now, for them, is the opportunity to truly call it a turning point.