The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 197 Chapter 196
Zhang Yan recruited famous people from all over the world to assist the government under the order of the emperor. After more than a month, the famous people who were willing to join the court have arrived in Pengcheng one after another.

Among them, Zheng Xuan was old, and on the pretext that he was seriously ill and could not travel far, he tactfully refused the imperial court's call.However, for the sake of the court's society, Zheng Xuan recommended his apprentice, Xi Li, to serve as an assistant to the court.

Guan Ning, Wang Lie, Bing Yuan, and Guoyuan all avoided chaos in Liaodong. When the scouts arrived in Liaodong with an imperial decree to find these four domestic celebrities, Guan Ning and Wang Lie were not moved by the high-ranking officials of the imperial court and politely refused. They accepted the imperial decree of entering the court to assist the government, and each wrote a letter to plead guilty to His Majesty.

Both Bing Yuan and Guo Yuan wanted revenge, but they had no place to show it, and they were dissatisfied with Gongsun Du, who dominated Liaodong. When they heard that the court recruited them to assist the government, they immediately moved with their envoys to Pengcheng without saying a word. .

Zhang Fan avoided chaos in Yangzhou, did not seek fame and wealth, and did not seek official positions. He only wanted to concentrate on his studies and was unwilling to become an official, so he declined the imperial court's call.

At this time, Hua Xin and Wang Lang were the prefects of Yuzhang and Kuaiji, respectively. They each had official positions, but they immediately went to the order gladly when they received the imperial edict.

Coincidentally, Zheng Hun stayed in Hua Xin's home temporarily to avoid the chaos in Yangzhou. After receiving the imperial edict, he went to Pengcheng with Hua Xin.

Once Hua Xin and Wang Lang left, the prefects of Yuzhang and Kuaiji were vacant. Zhang Yan had already planned to appoint Liang Mao and Liang Xi as prefects of Yuzhang and Kuaiji respectively.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan gave each of Liang Mao and Liang Xi a secret letter for them to open when they arrived in Yuzhang and Kuaiji.

When Liang Mao and Liang Xi arrived in Yuzhang and Kuaiji, they respectively opened the secret letters given to them by Zhang Yan, and the two followed the instructions in the secret letters. In name, they belonged to Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, but in fact they were with Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou. Chen Deng came and went in secret, preparing to nibble at Jiangdong step by step.

In addition, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhong Yao, Gu Yong, Jiang Ji, Jia Kui, Wen Hui, Zhang Ji, Xu Yi, He Kui, Sima Zhi, Xing Yong, Du Ji, Xu Miao, Wei Kai, A total of 19 people, including Wang Can, Liu Shao, He Qia, and Xu Gan, all accepted the call of the government and arrived in Pengcheng successively.

However, only the scouts sent to recruit Jia Xu never heard from him. Just when Zhang Yan was worried, news came that Xu Sheng had returned from Guanzhong.

When Zhang Yan heard the news, he immediately summoned Xu Sheng.

A moment later, in the hall of the General's Mansion, Zhang Yan saw Xu Sheng coming in from the outside, and behind him, there was a man following him. The man was about 40 years old, with a thin face and sunken eye sockets. There is a pair of shining gem-like eyes embedded under the eyebrows of his head, and the broad forehead shows wisdom beyond ordinary people, and there is a melancholy expression hidden in the silence that can impress anyone, but those deep eyes are not It made him unable to see through it at a glance, so deep that it was elusive.

Without waiting for Xu Sheng to speak, Zhang Yan immediately asked: "Xu Sheng, this gentleman is..."

Xu Sheng grinned, and immediately clasped his fists and said: "My lord, didn't you ask me to check the person who sent the letter secretly to the lord? He is that person!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yan was startled. He hurriedly walked forward, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. is the person I'm looking for. Without Mr.'s secret letter, Zhang Yan'an could have met His Majesty so easily. I don't know Mr. Gao's name." , Zhang Yanding should thank you very much!"

The man cupped his hands and said: "Report to the general, my surname is Jia Mingxu, and the characters are Wenhe..."

Zhang Yan was very surprised, he didn't expect that Jia Xu, whom he wanted to find with all his heart, would appear here.What's more, what he didn't expect was that the mysterious person who had been helping him in the dark turned out to be Jia Xu.

However, then again, Jia Xu is the only one who knows everything about Li Jue and Guo Si so well.After Dong Zhuo was killed by Wang Yun, Jia Xu instigated Li Jue, Guo Si and others to counterattack Chang'an in order to protect himself. After that, Li Jue, Guo Si and others attached great importance to Jia Xu.But at the same time, they were very jealous of Jia Xu, because Jia Xu was very close to the current emperor.

Later, after Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou took control of the government together, the three were suspicious of each other, fought for power and profit, and fought many times.Jia Xu always puts the overall situation first, persuading the three of them, and even encouraging them from the sidelines.Therefore, although the three of them were at odds in their hearts, they were able to get along on the surface.

Later, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou divided Chang'an City into three parts, and each guarded its boundary.Not long after, Li Jue asked his nephew to stab Fan Chou to death and seize his army.After that, the contradiction between Li Jue and Guo Si became increasingly intensified, and they began to fight.

For this reason, Li Jue specially asked Jia Xu to be his military adviser, to advise and help him.

At the same time, Emperor Liu Xie also found Jia Xu and begged Jia Xu for help. Seeing that Li Jue and Guo Si were not the masters of the Ming Dynasty, Jia Xu simply added fuel to the flames and helped Emperor Liu Xie escape. He tried to persuade Li Jue to prevent Li Jue from committing atrocities, and protected many ministers from persecution.

It wasn't until Zhang Yan came to Liu Xie and blocked the advance of Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji at Hangu Pass that Jia Xu withdrew and turned to his fellow villager Duan Yan who was stationed in Huayin.Jia Xu has always been well-known and admired by Duan Yan's army. Duan Yan is afraid that Jia Xu will seize his military power, but on the surface he treats Jia Xu very politely.Jia Xu knew that Duan Yan was suspicious, and felt uneasy.It happened that Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji's nephew, had been in contact with Jia Xu. When he learned that Jia Xu was at Duan Yao's place, he sent someone to pick him up.

At about this time, after investigating some clues, Xu Sheng learned that Jia Xu was the person who secretly helped Zhang Yan, so he pretended to be Sergeant Duan Yao, met Jia Xu at night, and expressed his intention to Jia Xu.

Coincidentally, the scout who was in charge of recruiting Jia Xu to assist the government also came here. Jia Xu considered it again and again, and finally chose Zhang Yan between Zhang Yan and Zhang Xiu, and returned to Pengcheng overnight with Xu Sheng.

When Zhang Yan saw Jia Xu standing in front of him, he couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart. He took Jia Xu's hand and said slowly: "I hope that my husband is already hopeless. I am so happy that I can come here, sir." .Xu Sheng, order me to go down immediately, and host a banquet for Mr.!"

"Here!"

In history, Jia Xu made a lot of ingenious schemes, and he was dubbed a poisonous man by later generations. His resourcefulness was no less than that of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Sima Yi and others. Among the counselors, Jia Xu lived the longest. Not only that, but he also saved his family. This is the real great wisdom. Jia Xu may be the smartest person in the Three Kingdoms period.

Zhang Yan was delighted to win Jia Xu, and the joy in his heart could not be expressed in words. At the banquet, Zhang Yan and Jia Xu had a conversation, the more they chatted, the more speculative they became, and a long time passed unknowingly.

Among Zhang Yan's current advisers, most of them are talented in handling government affairs, and only Zhang Hong and Chen Deng are really good at military matters.

However, Zhang Hong's and Chen Deng's schemes were not ruthless enough, and compared with Jia Xu, there was still a gap.

Now that Jia Xu is here, he can have someone he can rely on in the military.

Because Zhang Yan was happy, he drank a lot of wine, but he was not drunk, so Xu Sheng placed Jia Xu in his general's mansion, and directly asked Jia Xu to be the long history of the general's mansion.

When Jia Xu first arrived, he was appointed by Zhang Yan as the Chief History Officer of the General's Mansion. He was very surprised that Zhang Yan valued him very much.

However, Jia Xu did not accept, but repeatedly refused, thinking that he had just arrived and had not made an inch of merit, and he was afraid that Zhang Yan's old department would not be convinced.

But Zhang Yan didn't care so much, and insisted on letting Jia Xu accept the job.

Jia Xu was flattered and afraid of disobeying Zhang Yan's wishes, so he accepted the position according to Zhang Yan's wishes.

Jia Xu came alone this time. For the sake of safety, his family temporarily entrusted him with a friend's house. Therefore, he was alone and only asked for a guest room in the General's Mansion.

Since Jia Xu came from afar, Zhang Yan didn't allow the banquet to go on for too long. Anyway, the days are long and there will be opportunities to chat in the future, so he asked Xu Sheng to take Jia Xu to rest.

The next morning, Jia Xu got up early, dressed everything, and just opened the door, and saw Xu Sheng waiting at the door.He was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "General Xu, when did you come?"

Xu Sheng smiled and said: "Not long after arriving, my lord asked me to wait for my husband to wake up, and then go to have breakfast together!"

"The general is really too polite..."

Xu Sheng took Jia Xu to the hall. At this time, Zhang Yan was the only one in the hall, and the table was already full of food. Seeing Jia Xu's arrival, Zhang Yan asked Jia Xu to sit down.

As soon as Jia Xu sat down, Xu Chu came in from the outside. As soon as he entered the hall, he immediately cupped his fists and said, "My lord, Yuan Shu's envoy has arrived and brought a thousand pieces of gold..."

Zhang Yan said softly: "Yes, I got it. Did you take it to see His Majesty?"

"No, as soon as the envoy arrived, the subordinates immediately came to report to the lord."

"Then you take the envoy to see His Majesty. From now on, you don't need to report such things to me. Someone in the court will deal with it."

"Here!"

After Xu Chu left, Zhang Yan said to Jia Xu, "Did you rest well last night, sir?"

"Thanks to the general, Wen He rested very well."

"Well, it's good to have a good rest. Sir, please have breakfast!"

"Here!"

The two sat in the hall, eating their own meals. After a while, Zhang Yan asked: "Sir, although the emperor was taken to Pengcheng by me, the princes of the world may not obey me. I don't know what you can do, sir. Can it improve my reputation?"

Jia Xu put down the bowl and chopsticks, and after chewing the food in his mouth, he said: "The general has just brought the emperor to Pengcheng, and the foundation is not solid. Now that all the officials are not complete, it is understandable that the princes of the world will not accept the general. Originally, if the general didn't invite the emperor to give rewards to the princes of the four directions, so that he can feel at ease, in this way, the name of the general will be famous far and wide, and his prestige will also increase accordingly!"

"Well, sir's suggestion is not bad. I will go to Chonghua Hall in a while, invite the emperor, and confer titles to the princes of the world."

(End of this chapter)