The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 266 Chapter 265
The news that Dong Cheng and Fu Wan were copied and beheaded spread quickly in Pengcheng, and even Empress Fu and Concubine Dong Gui were implicated and all were killed. Ting Wei Zhang Zhao quickly posted a notice to arrest them for treason. Dong Cheng, Fu Wan, Empress Fu, Concubine Dong Gui and others discussed it.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yan summoned the ministers to the Chonghua Hall. The emperor Liu Xie announced that he would hand over all the military and government affairs of the country to Zhang Yan, and named Zhang Yan as the regent The king, issued an imperial decree and issued an edict to the world.

So far, all the power of the imperial court has fallen into the hands of the regent Zhang Yan.And Zhang Yan's first order was to choose a concubine for Liu Xie to enrich the harem.

According to the imperial edict, the daughter of Yuan Shao is the queen, the daughter of Cao Cao is the noble concubine, the daughter of Gongsun Du is the beauty, and the daughters of ten ministers are selected as Jieyu, a total of 13 people.

The decree of choosing a concubine was sent to Yecheng in Jizhou together with the decree to confer Yuan Shao as Taiwei.

In the hall of Yuan Shao's mansion in Yecheng, Yuan Shao was extremely displeased after receiving these two imperial decrees. He knew very well that this was a trick of Zhang Yanshi.

Taiwei's imperial conferment on Yuan Shao is completely acceptable, but he is absolutely unwilling to send his daughter to Pengcheng to be the emperor's queen.

Because Yuan Shao has been working hard for governance in recent years, and he wants to accumulate strength for a few years before crossing the Yellow River south and marching into the Central Plains.And the person standing in his way is none other than his old enemy Zhang Yan.

This year Yuan Shao expanded his army by another [-], and he is stepping up his training. According to his last wish, in two years, he will be able to launch an all-out war, striving to win the war and completely defeat Zhang Yan.

Now let him send his daughter to the palace to be Liu Xie's queen, wouldn't he send his daughter to the tiger's mouth?In case he launched a war two years later, Zhang Yan would definitely use his daughter as a threat.

Yuan Shao resolutely refused to do it, and immediately called someone to respond to the messenger, saying that he could not afford it!

It happened that Tian Feng was beside Yuan Shao, and when he heard Yuan Shao's blunt refusal, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, you must not act like this, if you do this, it is tantamount to disrespecting the order, and if it is pursued, it may be harmful. My lord's reputation."

Yuan Shao said: "Could it be possible to send my beloved daughter to Pengcheng? If Zhang Yan uses her to threaten me in the future, wouldn't I have harmed her?"

Tian Feng knew in his heart that Yuan Shao did have a daughter, and there was only such a daughter, she was not only beautiful, but also very reasonable, although she was born in a wealthy family, she didn't have the airs of a young lady, she was very approachable.

Therefore, this girl is deeply loved by Yuan Shao, and she just turned 16 years old, just the age to be in her boudoir.

Tian Feng said: "This subordinate understands the meaning of the Lord, but please look at it from another perspective, this matter is of great benefit to the Lord."

"What's the benefit of this?" Yuan Shao asked.

Tian Feng persuaded: "My lord, Zhang Yan is now the regent, and he alone has the final say on all affairs in the court. Although it is Zhang Yan's intention this time, if Miss Yuan is sent to Pengcheng to be the queen, But it is also of great benefit to the lord. Think about it, lord, if Miss Yuan becomes the queen, then the lord will be the father-in-law of the current emperor, and the head of the dynasty. In the name of the Qing Emperor, go to the Central Plains. The lord is His Majesty's father-in-law, and this relationship cannot be dismissed. In this way, the lord will become famous, and the soldiers will do their best to serve the lord. I look forward to being able to enter Pengcheng, save the emperor, and increase the rank of officials. What's more, once the lord becomes the head of the country, he can win over more people to serve the lord. This will kill two birds with one stone..."

Yuan Shao nodded after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he asked again: "Then what should I do with my daughter? Once that time comes, Zhang Yan will either use her to blackmail me, or he will kill her to relieve his hatred. Doesn't that mean I let my daughter go?" Do you want to die?"

Tian Feng said: "As the saying goes, there is no husband without poison. In times of crisis, parents and brothers can also abandon them, let alone a daughter? If you can really exchange one of the lord's daughters for the lord's prosperity, it is worth it."

Yuan Shao frowned, did not speak for a long time, and looked thoughtful.After a while, he said to Tian Feng: "Let me think about it..."

Tian Feng didn't force him either. After all, he knew that his daughter's life might be ruined, but he insisted on sending his daughter to die. Only a father can understand this feeling.

"This subordinate will leave first, please think twice, my lord."

After finishing speaking, Tian Feng turned around and left. Just two steps away, he heard Yuan Shao shouting from behind: "Sir, can we use someone else's daughter to replace my daughter?"

Tian Feng turned around and said slowly: "It's not impossible, but the daughter of the other family is not as temperamental as Miss Yuan after all, not to mention that if she is found out, she may cause even more trouble..."

Yuan Shao didn't say anything more, he waved his hand at Tian Feng, signaling Tian Feng to leave.And he himself fell into deep thinking.

After a night of thinking, Yuan Shao finally made a cruel decision to let his daughter enter the palace to be the queen. No matter how much he loves his daughter, he will marry in the end. Instead of marrying someone else, it is better to marry the current emperor.As Tian Feng said, it is a good deal to exchange a daughter for future great achievements without poison and husband.

Yuan Shao also thought of the marriage marriages in the Han Dynasty. Every time, the princess was used to make marriages. The emperor reluctantly gave up his love and married his daughter to the Huns. What's more, his daughter was going to marry the emperor, who was much better than the Huns .

So Yuan Shao replied to the envoy, asked the envoy to go back to report, and then sent Wen Chou with five hundred elite soldiers to escort Yuan Shao's beloved daughter to Pengcheng.

Also receiving the imperial decree was Cao Cao in Shangdang. Cao Cao heard that his daughter was going to enter the palace as a noble concubine. After thinking for a while, he arranged for the envoys to rest. Waited quietly, and sent people to Yecheng to inquire about the news.

A few days later, the news came that Yuan Shao followed the imperial decree and sent General Wen Chou with five hundred elite soldiers to escort his daughter to Pengcheng.

Cao Cao, who has always been shrewd, quickly figured out why Yuan Shao, who has always loved his daughters like his life, would do this.He didn't think too much like Yuan Shao. Since Yuan Shao was willing to send his daughter to the palace, he still had no worries.Therefore, he also followed the imperial decree and sent Man Chong with 200 people to send the eldest daughter who had reached the age of 17 to Pengcheng as a concubine.

Gongsundu, who was far away in Liaodong, also received such an imperial decree. When he heard that his daughter was going to enter the palace, Gongsundu didn't even think about it, and immediately sent someone to send his daughter to the palace. For Gongsundu, this was a matter. It's a very good thing, the great wealth that fell from the sky is naturally overjoyed.

In addition, Zhang Yan also selected ten beauties from among the minister's daughters and sent them to the imperial palace, and named them Jieyu.

When Zhang Yan learned that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had sent their daughters here, he ordered people to meet them at the border to prevent Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's send-off team from entering the territory, so as not to leak the military plan.

Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's send-off team were very reluctant, they had no choice but to send them to the border, and were picked up by the welcome team sent by Zhang Yan, and then sent to Pengcheng together.

On the contrary, it was Gongsundu's sending off team. With Zhang Yan's permission, the sending off team landed from Donglai County in Qingzhou, and then escorted Gongsundu's daughter all the way into Pengcheng. It was Gongsundu's son Gongsun Kang who was in charge of sending off .

This time Gongsun Kang is not only responsible for the task of sending off relatives, but also has an important task, which is to spy on the military situation entrusted to him by his father.

Liaodong is located in a remote area, separated from Yuan Shao's sphere of influence by the Wuhuan people, and separated from Zhang Yan's sphere of influence by the sea. Both of them are out of reach, so they can only appease them.

Last year, Yuan Shao sent envoys to Liaodong with the intention of soliciting them.But Gongsun Du just dealt with it, neither agreed nor refused.

This year, he suddenly wanted to let his daughter enter the palace. Needless to say, this was also the intention of Zhang Yan, the regent who controlled the government. This also showed that Zhang Yan was also wooing Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du is a smart person, and he can be keenly aware of some things only through this bit of information.Therefore, he sent his son Gongsun Kang to escort his daughter into the palace. His real purpose was to see how strong Zhang Yan was, and then make a decision between Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan. cling to.

In fact, Zhang Yan did intend to recruit Gongsun Du. Since Gongsun Du became the prefect of Liaodong, he has strictly enforced severe punishments and laws, cracked down on powerful forces, and made his administration smooth and his wings gradually flourished.

In the first year of Chuping (190 A.D.), taking advantage of Dong Zhuo's rebellion in the Central Plains, warlords from all over the country had no time to look east, so Gongsun Du took the opportunity to establish himself as Liaodong Marquis and Pingzhou Mu.

Then they attacked Goguryeo in the east, Wuhuan in the west, Fuyu in the north, Liaodong Peninsula in the south, and Donglai counties in the north of Jiaodong Peninsula across the sea to establish Yingzhou.

Gongsun Du opened up the territory, recruited talents, set up a school, recruited refugees, and traveled overseas, as if he was the king of Liaodong.Due to Gongsundu's forging ahead and painstaking management, the Liaodong area gained temporary peace during the war-torn era of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and also promoted the development of local production technology and feudal culture.

It is also because of this that at the end of the Han Dynasty, many famous scholars would choose to avoid chaos in Liaodong. Among them, Guan Ning, Wang Lie, Bing Yuan, Guoyuan and others had avoided chaos in Liaodong. Later, Bingyuan and Guoyuan were recruited to cross the sea Came to Xuzhou, became Jiuqing, and became an important minister in the court.

However, Guan Ning and Wang Lie were unwilling to be officials, and they were still avoiding chaos in Liaodong.

Therefore, Zhang Yan also paid special attention to Gongsun Du's send-off team for this reason, and asked people to set up post stations along the way to ensure the passage of the send-off team, and let people create a majestic appearance, deliberately let Gongsun Kang see his strong army strength to act as a deterrent.

Half a month later, the welcoming team of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao first entered Pengcheng, and ten days later, the sending team of Gongsundu finally arrived in Pengcheng.

As soon as Gongsun Kang and others entered Pengcheng, they received a warm reception. Jia Xu, the captain of the Sili school, took Gongsun Kang around the city. It left a deep impression, far beyond his imagination.

For Gongsun Kang, this trip has been very fruitful. After returning, he can also turn to his father.

(End of this chapter)