The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 195 Chapter 194
"Zhang Aiqing? Zhang Aiqing?" Seeing Zhang Yan sitting there in a daze, Liu Xie called out immediately.

Hearing Liu Xie's cry, Zhang Yan suddenly came to his senses. For Liu Xie's edict, Zhang Yan would never obey. How could he give up the talents he had worked so hard to gather around him?

"Your Majesty loves Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Chen Qun, Chen Gui, Dong Zhao and others so much, and I am also happy for them. They are all my subordinates, and I should not have any objections to being able to hold such an important official position now. But Taiwei, Situ, Sikong and other positions are all high-ranking and powerful, and they are also important ministers of the country. I am afraid that they will not be competent. Why don't your majesty order the world to choose ministers who are highly respected in the court and China to retake these important positions?"

Liu Xiedao: "I don't know what Ai Qing is. Most of the civil and military officials who followed me all the way to the east died in the rebellion. Only Yang Biao, Zhang Xi, Chun Yujia and more than [-] people survived with me. But most of them are ministers recommended by Li Jue and Guo Si. Although they fled here with me, their hearts are not necessarily consistent with mine. Moreover, they have been in office for a long time, but they have not made any achievements. It can be seen that they are not competent. I heard that the counselors under Aiqing's account are all talents who govern the country and stabilize the country. That's why I want to confer such important positions on them. Moreover, these people are all from Aiqing's old department. I believe that after taking up important positions, I will definitely help each other with Aiqing, and jointly assist me in governing the world, with Aiqing and others to assist, I believe that in the near future, I will definitely be able to restore the big man to his former glory."

Zhang Yan listened to Liu Xie's words, but he was not stupid. If Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Chen Qun, Chen Gui, Dong Zhao and others all became Sangongs, became Jiuqing, and sat on an equal footing with him, he would still be the same in the future. How to order them?

"Your Majesty, they are all the aides of this humble official. I am very familiar with their abilities. They are absolutely incapable of such an important official position. I hope that your majesty will take it back." Zhang Yan didn't bother to say so much , directly refused.

Liu Xie sat there expressionless, but he was like a bright mirror in his heart. His purpose of doing this was actually to test Zhang Yan.

"What Aiqing said is also very reasonable. I'm just hearing it, and I don't know their abilities at all. It's just that there are not enough officials in the court, and the government affairs are neglected. I don't know if Aiqing has any solution. ?” Liu Xie asked.

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and thought: "So this is what Liu Xie really meant..."

"Your Majesty, why don't you recruit famous people from all over the world to serve as officials in the court and assist Your Majesty, so that the country will not be ruined!"

Liu Xie said: "Well, Ai Qing's suggestion is good, then let Ai Qing handle this matter!"

"I obey the decree!" Zhang Yan bowed to Liu Xie, "By the way, Your Majesty, how should we deal with this imperial decree?"

"Since this imperial decree has no meaning, there is no need for it to exist. Ai Qing will just burn him down!"

"Here!"

After walking out of the Chonghua Palace, Zhang Yan was displeased. He didn't expect that he would fall into Liu Xie's trap when confronting Liu Xie for the first time.It turned out that it was false to reward Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others, and his real purpose was to let him enrich the officials for Liu Xie.

Although Zhang Yan realized that he had been deceived, he still followed Liu Xie's suggestion to enrich the officials.Because, he has his plan, and he can use this incident to recruit talents from all over the world.

After returning to the General's Mansion, Zhang Yan quickly sent people to find Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, and Dong Zhao, and then revealed to them the meaning of enriching the officials, and asked them to recommend domestic celebrities to serve in the court.

This time, Zhang Yan planned to use the order of the emperor to seek personal gain for himself, and even cast the net on a large scale.After being recommended by Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, and Dong Zhao, Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Wang Lie, Guo Yuan, Zhang Fan, Zheng Hun and other domestic celebrities were all included in the call-up. In the list of court assistants.

In addition, Zhang Yan also relied on the historical figures of the Three Kingdoms that he was familiar with. At the end of the list, he added Jia Xu, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhong Yao, Gu Yong, Jiang Ji, Jia Kui, Wen Hui, The names of Zhang Ji, Xu Yi, He Kui, Sima Zhi, Xing Yong, Du Ji, Xu Miao, Wei Ji, Wang Can, Liu Shao, He Qia, Xu Qian and others.

Not only that, Zhang Yan even added the names of Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xu You, Shen Pei, Pang Ji, Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Zhou Yu, etc. .

Anyway, it is casting a large area of ​​nets. As for whether the fish will catch the bait or not, it depends on whether they themselves are willing to enter the court to assist the government.

According to Zhang Yan's reputation and influence, Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian of the generation, was the first to be conscripted as Taifu, Guan Ning as Situ, Wang Lie as Sikong, Bing Yuan as Taichang, Guoyuan as Taifu, and Hua Xin as Grand Master. Honglu, Wang Lang as Weiwei, Zhang Fan as Tingwei, Zheng Hun as Zongzheng, and the rest were all conscripted into the court to assist the government with the official positions of servants, and their official positions were sealed separately after they arrived in Pengcheng.

For a time, the scouts carrying the imperial decree set off from Pengcheng on the same day and went to different places.Before leaving, Zhang Yan specially asked the scouts to deliver the imperial decree to everyone in person.

As for Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xu You, Shen Pei, Pang Ji, Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Zhou Yu, etc., because they were already on duty with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Sun Ce, So Zhang Yan played to Liu Xie and asked Dong Cheng and Fu Wan to serve as envoys to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to convey the imperial edict of His Majesty's call for them to serve as assistants in the court.

Dong Cheng and Fu Wan are the father-in-law of the current emperor, and it is most appropriate for them to be envoys to read out the imperial decree.In addition, Zhang Yan also asked Dong Cheng and Fu Wan to bring the imperial decree to confer official positions on Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was in Huainan, and the imperial decree that Fu Wan brought was for Yuan Shu, so he took a carriage and headed for Huainan with the envoy's talisman.

The news that Zhang Yan received Pengcheng that day had already reached Yuan Shu's ears. When Yuan Shu heard the news, he didn't care at all, but laughed it off.

Ever since Sun Ce exchanged his jade seal for soldiers and horses and went to conquer Jiangdong, Yuan Shu has been thinking about being the emperor all the time.

He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and others of the Yellow Turban Remnant Party entrenched in Runan County each had tens of thousands of troops, harmed Runan and invaded other counties and counties.

Under Yan Xiang's suggestion, Yuan Shu dispatched Ji Ling and Zhang Xun to lead an elite army to quell the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.

Ji Ling led the army to arrive first, defeated Huang Shao's army in the first battle, and beheaded him. Then, with lightning speed, he pretended to be a Yellow Turban thief and attacked the residences of He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man. The thieves were beaten to pieces, lost in a row, and finally forced to surrender to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu reorganized He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man's [-] troops, and obtained a large amount of food and money hoarded by He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man.

Afterwards, Sun Ce was defeated and returned from Jiangdong, but Yuan Shu did not punish him, and still let Sun Ce serve under his tent, guarding Licheng together with his uncle Wu Jing and his cousin.

After that, Yuan Shu recruited troops aggressively and secretly prepared to proclaim himself emperor.

At this time, Yuan Shu was holding the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in his hand, looked at it obsessively, and said to himself: "Owning you is equivalent to owning the supreme power. It's a pity that the time is not yet ripe, otherwise, I will Then you can be the Son of Heaven..."

"My lord, Master Yan is seeking to see you outside." Yuan Shu's personal soldiers came in from the outside, clasped their fists and said.

Yuan Shu hastily put away the Chuanguo Yuxi and said, "Let him in!"

After a while, Yan Xiang came in from outside the hall, and once entering the hall, he clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the angel has arrived!"

"Angel? But from Pengcheng?" Yuan Shu asked.

"Exactly."

"No!" Yuan Shu said decisively.

Yan Xiang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "My lord, although the angel came from Pengcheng, the person who came this time is the father-in-law of the current emperor, and even the father of the queen, Lord Fu Wanfu!"

"No matter who it is, don't see it, beat it with a stick!" Since Yuan Shu decided to become emperor, he naturally didn't like the emperor of Pengcheng.

"My lord, absolutely not. The emperor sent an envoy to come. If my lord beats him with a stick, I'm afraid if it gets out, it will..."

"What is there to be afraid of! Today's emperor doesn't have the imperial jade seal in his hand at all. He's just a white version of the emperor. Why should I listen to him? Besides, I'm going to be the emperor soon. Let me listen to the white seal at this time." It’s from the Son of Heaven, if it gets out in the future, where will I put my face?”

Yan Xiang hurriedly said: "My lord, don't speak nonsense, lest the envoys hear you. As far as the present is concerned, the lord is still a subject of the emperor, and the emperor sent someone to come with the imperial decree to proclaim the decree for the lord. If the lord resists the decree and disrespects it, I'm afraid It will cause people to misunderstand. Besides, even if the lord wants to become the emperor, it is not at this time, at least the time is not yet ripe, why not listen to what kind of decree the messenger brought, and explore the movement of Pengcheng ..."

Yuan Shu frowned and said, "Okay, let's invite the envoy in!"

"Here!"

Yan Xiang walked out quickly, and a moment later, he brought another person in from the outside, and that person was Fu Wan who was in charge of delivering the decree this time.

Holding an imperial decree in his hands, he immediately shouted loudly as soon as he entered the hall: "The imperial decree has arrived, and the rear general Yuan Shu kneels to listen to the imperial decree!"

Yuan Shu sat there, motionless, and frowned after Fu Wan, thinking that Yuan Shu hadn't heard, increased the decibel of his voice, and yelled loudly again.

This time, Yuan Shu remained motionless, his cold eyes were staring at Fu Wan closely, and there was even a bit of disdain in those deep eyes!

This was the first time Fu Wan encountered such a thing. Although he was angry, he didn't dare to attack casually. After all, this was Yuan Shu's territory, and he was alone. If he angered Yuan Shu, he would never have any What a good fruit to eat.

Therefore, Fu Wan didn't care whether Yuan Shu kowtowed or not, and directly opened the imperial decree, and read aloud: "Follow the heavens, the emperor's decree says, today..."

(End of this chapter)