Lu's relatives

Chapter 532

Hebei, in the mansion of Bingzhou Mu.Yuan Tan, who has always been arrogant, is bowing and holding a letter of appointment with a bright red seal at this moment, talking to a middle-aged man who is described as short and dark. The burly man next to him had a look of contempt on his face.

"Uncle Cao! My nephew used to be wild and unrestrained. Thanks to your teaching, I was able to avoid going astray. Please rest assured that no matter when the emperor's edict comes down, Yuan Tan's Bingzhou will It is all Bingzhou of your Uncle Cao, but wherever your uncle's sword points, it is where Yuan Tanyi has no hesitation." Yuan Tan was not affected by the attitude of the strong man next to the short black middle-aged man, still smiling With a full face, he carefully said flattering words.

"Xiansi has a heart! You are the eldest son of Benchu, and you have been in Bingzhou for many years. Cao came here this time. After inspecting on behalf of the emperor, it is only natural that the above table appointed you as the governor of Bingzhou. Why should my nephew do this? How polite? It is because Xiansi you are too young, otherwise, it would be a matter of course to ask the emperor to order Xiansi you to guard Bingzhou!" The person sitting in the hall was Cao Cao.

With Lu Bu's retreat and the injection of Gongsun Zan's powerful troops, the chaos in Hebei has now entered a stalemate stage. After Cao Cao also fought with his "old comrade-in-arms" Gongsun Zan a few times, he changed from the time when he and Lu Bu made an appointment to carve up the two prefectures. , intending to forcibly erase Yuan's traces in these two states by force.He began to deliberately show kindness to Yuan Tan, showing his willingness to be gentle.And Cao Cao's bargaining chip is to ask the emperor to issue an order, just like Qin Xu, to confer Yuan Tan as the governor of Bingzhou.This also hit the heart of Yuan Tan, who was panicked because Cao Cao's army entered Bingzhou and captured the dangerous pass of Huguan within a few days. Tens of thousands of troops approached Jinyang without encircling it.

However, Yuan Tan acted as a bachelor. After getting the news, he almost didn't hesitate at all, so he rode lightly out of Jinyang City, entered Cao Jun's camp and invited Cao Cao's army to enter the city.This also made Cao Cao a little more surprised at the boldness of this former nephew.However, Cao Cao, who always seeks out people beforehand, also left a lot of leeway in this matter.

One is that Yuan Tan did not obtain the long-awaited Bingzhou Shepherd for Yuan Tan as Yuan Tan wished, but only the governor of Bingzhou.The explanation for Yuan Tan is, of course, because Yuan Tan was too young to be established. Since the Han Dynasty established the prefectural animal husbandry system, there has been no precedent for such a young man to take charge of a prefecture’s military administration. Especially at this time, the state pastoral system has long been abolished. It was only because of Liu Yan's statement that the Quartet was troubled that he chose the governors of various ministries with deep qualifications as state shepherds.This excuse is high-sounding, and it actually benefits, but there are not as many Yuan Tan as expected, but in fact, although the governor was in the Han Dynasty under certain circumstances, such as wars, disaster relief, etc., It is also possible to exercise the power of combining state herdsmen, military and government, but it is not a permanent position, and the rank at this time is only two thousand shi. Senior officials such as Sima, Engage, and Chang Shi.It can also be regarded as a means of Cao Cao's kindness and power.

Furthermore, Cao Cao also wanted to use this incident to point out something to Yuan Tan.When Cao Cao played Yuan Tan in the above table, he did not hide it from Yuan Tan. At the same time, he also wrote another letter, which was also a letter appointing Yuan Tan's younger brother and current nemesis Yuan Xi as the governor of Jizhou .It's just that the appointment document with the emperor's seal is already loved, and because Yuan Xi hasn't expressed his attitude, Yuan Xi's share is temporarily suppressed in Cao Cao's hands.This is also the reason why Yuan Tan changed his mind.Although the Han Dynasty is now in chaos, the states and counties are in charge of their own affairs, and the emperor's government orders are difficult to come out, but after all, the old Liu family of the Han Dynasty is still orthodox. Before the entire dynasty collapses completely, this nominal righteousness still has a great effect.At least you don't have to worry about being attacked by the world and all the heroes in a hurry like Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu.And having an identity that can be used as a talisman is what both Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi need most at present.

"Thank you uncle for your love! Yuan Tan will follow the example of his uncle! On the matter of Jizhou, Yuan Tan is also willing to be consistent with his uncle's wish and to keep Hebei stable!" Now, on the surface, Yuan Tan is quite satisfied with this situation.At least Cao Cao gave the Yuan brothers the identity they wanted this time, but what they "asked for" was stability in Hebei. Now that Cao Cao seeks stability, and Yuan Tan has also learned a lesson from this war, Knowing that it takes time for stable development, of course they can hit it off, and Yuan Tan has his own little plan for how things will develop in the future.Yuan Xi's "hesitation" at this time gave Yuan Tan hope.In Yuan Tan's view, an obedient person with enough strength to help Cao Cao stabilize the vassal forces in Hebei is more useful than an unpredictable Yuan Xi.Now Yuan Tan wished that his brother would not agree to Cao Cao under pressure too quickly, because the more Yuan Xi was like this, he would be able to buy enough time for Yuan Tan himself to realize the "ambition" of the Yuan family's children.

"My lord, there is an urgent letter from Xuchang for [-] miles!" Cao Cao, who looks like he is supporting his juniors, and Yuan Tan, a good young man who admires his elders, have reached a consensus at least on the current state affairs, and they seem to have recovered on the surface. It is comparable to the love between uncle and nephew in Luoyang back then.It's just that this "calm and peaceful" state only lasted for a stick of incense.This scene of "harmony" was broken by Cao Ren who came in a hurry.

"Zixiao, what's the matter? Xiansi is now one of his own, so it's okay to say what's the matter." Cao Cao frowned slightly, and gave Cao Ren a displeased look, but with a smile on his face, he stopped and was about to say goodbye Yuan Tan said to Cao Ren.I have to say that although Cao Cao has a bad reputation, he is very generous in the "research" of the art of manipulating people's hearts, and he will never be left out because of the scruples of what he said, even if it is just Objects that utilize each other.

"This...promise!" Cao Ren was embarrassed by Cao Cao's stare.Cao Ren, as a brother of the same clan, knew Cao Cao's temperament all too well.Knowing that he was in trouble this time, but under Cao Cao's gaze, Cao Ren really didn't dare to hesitate, so he had to bite the bullet and whisper, "My lord, Wen Ruogong, who was staying in Xuchang, suddenly sent an urgent call from six hundred miles away. Urgent news arrives, saying that recently, in the name of comforting the late Duke Yuan of Ye, the Son of Heaven circumvented everyone's decree of favor and granted the title of Duke Yuan's son, Yuan Shang, and descended to the second class to inherit the title of Duke Yuan as Shangting Marquis. , and should have been a maocai, the former Jizhou who was appointed as the servant of the Huangmen was engaged in Jushou, recommended talents as a high-level official of Jizhou, and was bestowed by the emperor as the governor of Jizhou by Yuan Shangling..."

"Boom..." Before Cao Ren could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the wine glass that Yuan Tan accidentally knocked over when he stepped back after Zhili heard the news.

"You mean that the Son of Heaven privately ordered Yuan Shang to be the governor of Jizhou without going through the court meeting? Is this news true?" Cao Cao was startled when he heard Cao Renzhi's words, and asked blankly.At this time, among the cases in front of me, there is still one who has not stamped the seal of Marquis of Wuping, and played Yuan Xi's recommendation form for the governor of Jizhou. Originally, he wanted to use this as an explanation to Yuan Xi who had taken refuge in his own thoughts, and to deter him. Yuan Tan's method in front of him, the news brought by Cao Ren at this moment, has not been effective yet, and it has become a piece of waste paper.

"My lord, this is the copy of the imperial decree sent by Wen Ruogong six hundred miles away." Cao Ren knew Cao Cao too well, and now Cao Cao's expressionless expression was not the sign before the violent anger, so even Cao Ren was a little frightened He bowed and handed the bamboo tube sealed with wax to Cao Cao, and replied in a low voice.

"Heh! Ha! There must be an expert helping Yuan Shang behind this! Jushou! Uh! Jushou! It seems that Cao will not have to be bored to have nothing to do in the future!" Cao Cao smiled instead of anger, and the expression on his face was calm and tight. Without even looking at the bamboo tube Cao Ren placed in front of him, he waved his hand and brushed aside the written recommendation form. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Yuan Tan, who was smiling awkwardly, and said with a big laugh, "However, this famous scholar from Hebei also I have underestimated Cao's ability! Since the emperor has issued an edict to appoint the third son of Benchu ​​as the governor of Jizhou, Cao must be the most supportive, so His Majesty misses Benchu's Long En! But I heard that Yuan Shangnian is only On the [-]th and [-]th, it is not a perfect strategy to entrust the affairs of a state at such an age! As a Han minister, Cao has the duty to check and make up for the gaps for His Majesty. For the sake of hundreds of thousands of people! Well! So I wrote a letter and recommended my brother Yuan Xi to be the shepherd of Jizhou!"

"Ah!?" Hearing Cao Cao's words, it was not only Yuan Xi who subconsciously expressed surprise, even Cao Ren was a little confused.Right now in the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, there are only a few prefectures where the son of heaven canonize the prefectural herdsmen. With the successive deaths of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao, and Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, only Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu and Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao are left. , Liu Biao, Mu of Jingzhou, Liu Yan of Mu of Yizhou, and Ma Teng, who had made great contributions to saving his family at the beginning, and Liu who pretended to be the successor of Youzhou Mu to fight Gongsun because of Yuan Shao's need. Besides Yu's son Liu He, there is no one else.

Among these people, apart from Liu He who was not recognized and disappeared after being defeated by Gongsun Zan, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Ma Teng and others were either world-renowned heroes or accumulated Heroes who have achieved great success are also clan members of the Han Dynasty at the last time.And who is he, Yuan Xi?It's just Yuan Shao's second son, neither the first son nor the eldest son, why is he so lucky?It was Yuan Tan who "asked" Cao Cao to "help" the emperor of Han and named himself the shepherd of Bingzhou at the beginning, but it was just a way to ask for a lot of money.Could it be that he did such an unfounded thing just because he wanted to wrestle with the emperor?Cao Cao doesn't look like such a ignorant person!

"My lord (Cao Gong), please think twice!" In this matter, Yuan Tan and Cao Ren, the general of the Cao army, maintained the consistency of their words in an astonishing manner no matter what their reasons were. They did not understand Cao Cao's intentions. , urged.

"A decision has been made! Let's look at other people's methods!" Cao Cao didn't explain much, but turned his hands behind his back, looking at the southeast of Bingzhou, with a vague sneer on the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)