The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 193 Set Sail

Sun Shao frowned, feeling a bit overwhelmed.Do you really think that you will become a Confucian after a few days of reading?The famous general Zhang Huan annotated 30 characters in the Shangshu, but Confucian scholars did not agree that he was a fellow, or regarded him as a warrior.How can you be more obedient than a Confucian scholar if you have been half-baked at reading all your life?
"Does Yuezhang know Zigong?" Sun Shao rolled his eyes and said very unhappy: "Yuezhang, it's okay for you to look down on me, but it seems a bit wrong for you to look down on Zigong? A sage can accept a businessman as a disciple, why do you Do you always have trouble with businessmen? Besides, without me, a pariah, providing you with food, grass and military equipment, would you still have the strength to stand here and talk?" After speaking, he walked away without waiting for Guan Yu's answer.

Guan Yu was stunned by what he said, raised his arm and pointed at Sun Shao's back, hesitant to speak.Having known Sun Shao for so long, it was the first time that Sun Shao got angry at him, but what he said made him speechless and unable to refute.

"This...why is this Zhu Zi so rude?" Guan Yu was a little bit embarrassed, and argued forcefully with his face flushed.

"Ah Weng, it's your fault." Guan Feng saw Mi Fang's expression gloating in the distance, and hurriedly tugged Guan Yu's sleeve, pulled him aside, and complained in a low voice: "Fengxian is doing it for your sake. How can you call him a pariah in front of such a person? Besides, the Mi family is also a businessman. If the master hadn’t been funded by the Mi family, could he have been brought back to life? Now Mrs. Mi died in Changban Poe, the lives and deaths of the two young ladies are unknown, and the Mi family is also a loyal subject of the lord, if you say such things in front of the Mi family, wouldn't it make the Mi family look bad?"

Guan Yu stared, feeling a little unreasonable, let him speak soft words but couldn't speak, so he snorted and said unhappily: "Why do you dare to refute me now?"

"Follow your father at home and obey your husband when you become a monk. Didn't you teach me this?" Guan Feng blurted out retorted.

Guan Yu choked, laughed back in anger, and waved his hand: "Go, go, go from your husband, don't hang around in front of the old man, looking upset."

Guan Feng knew Guan Yu's temper, and knew that even if he made a mistake, he would not be subdued, so he just smiled and stayed by Guan Yu's side.The father and daughter walked along the city wall and chatted all the way. Guan Feng's tall figure looked particularly petite against Guan Yu's background. It softened the black and red Xuanjia a lot.

When Guan Feng returned to the mansion, Sun Shao was playing chess with Pang De. Seeing her come in, he just nodded without saying a word.Guan Feng didn't say a word, saluted Pang De, and went in to wash himself.Pang De glanced at Sun Shao and said with a smile, "Have you had a fight?"

Sun Shao gave him a white look: "I never thought that General Pang would care about these things?"

Pang De smiled, took out a green pouch from his arms and put it on the case, and pushed it in front of Sun Shao: "The parting is imminent, there is no gift for it, these are some things I wrote, there is nothing unusual, I will leave it to the general Let's make a memorial."

Sun Shao's gaze stayed on the green pouch for a moment, but he didn't reach out to take it. He put his hands on his thighs, straightened his legs, and sighed: "Time flies, it's been more than half a year in a blink of an eye."

Pound smiled silently and did not speak.

"There is always a banquet in the world." Sun Shao said, "When is the general going to leave the city?"

"Tomorrow morning." Pang De said apologetically, "Since Duke Yang is here, the prime minister's envoy will be here soon. I want to see Duke Cao before they enter the city."

Sun Shao thought for a moment, nodded and said: "That's fine." After finishing speaking, he got up and walked to the desk, opened the inkstone box, picked up some ink flakes and put them into the inkstone pool, picked up the bronze water fountain and dripped a few drops of clear water, and then picked up the inkstone. The bluestone inkstone gently grinds the ink.Seeing this, Pang De hesitated for a moment, rushed over to sit down opposite Sun Shao, and stretched out his hand to pick up the inkstone.Sun Shao glanced at him and let go of his hand. Pang De picked up the inkstone and began to sharpen the ink slowly.Sun Shao spread out a piece of paper, held a pen in his hand, meditated for a while, and a line of elegant and elegant characters flowed out from his hand.

"Sun Shao, the latecomer, wrote to His Royal Highness King Wei..."

He wrote without haste, without stopping, as if these words had been thought out in his heart long ago. Pang De looked at the words he had written, and was inexplicably grateful. Telling about his actions in Wancheng shows that he has not done anything unfavorable to Cao Cao. I hope Cao Cao will not misunderstand him.After writing, Sun Shao asked Shuai Zeng to bring a brocade box, and when he opened it, there was a beautiful clairvoyance inside.Sun Shao picked up the clairvoyance and caressed the exquisite pattern on it: "General, this is the clairvoyance I use myself. It's a guest-host match. There is nothing worth giving away, so just give this to the general."

Pound was a little surprised. He knew the importance of clairvoyance. Not many officers under Sun Shao had it. Guan Yu also had one, but it was also given by Sun Shao. It's heavy.

"This... can't be done." Pound repeatedly declined.

Sun Shao put the clairvoyant in the brocade box and stuffed it into Pang De's arms: "We became friends with the old general at first sight. Half a year passed in a blink of an eye. I am really reluctant. Clairvoyant, clairvoyant, I hope the general remembers that there is an old friend thousands of miles away." .”

Pang De was deeply moved by what he said, and he sighed: "It's so disrespectful." He carefully put his clairvoyance away.

Early the next morning, Pound left Wancheng with his personal guards, and Cao Ren and others went to see him off together.Before leaving, Cao Ren said to Pang De: "Please order Ming to report to His Royal Highness King Wei, and I will wait for the defeated general to wait for His Royal Highness to dispose of us here."

Hearing this, Pang De was filled with gratitude to Sun Shao.There were many prisoners and generals in Wancheng, but he was an exception. He was neither a prisoner nor a general. He was just Sun Shao's guest.And all of this is thanks to Sun Shao.

He cupped his hands: "Don't worry, general, I will definitely report the general's situation to His Royal Highness King Wei." Then he waved at Sun Shao and led him away.Sun Shao watched quietly until he could no longer see anyone, then turned around and said to Cao Ren: "Don't worry, general, as soon as Duke Cao's envoy arrives in Wancheng and the General Assembly for Elimination of Soldiers is successfully held, you can join us as a general." General Pang also left Wancheng. I only hope that after the general returns, he can persuade Cao Gong to rest and recuperate. After more than 30 years of fighting, the strength of the big man has been severely damaged, and the Hulu in the north are about to move. Things will come soon."

Cao Ren's jaw should be.

After Pound returned to Cao Ying, Cao Cao read Sun Shao's handwritten letter, comforted Pound a few words, and then let him retreat.Sun Shao took everything into consideration, even if he didn't believe in Pound, he couldn't do anything, otherwise he would be defeated by Sun Shao.Regarding Cao Ren's oral message, he hesitated for a long time. Cao Ren's words revealed Sun Shao's meaning. If the envoy does not come to Wancheng, the captives will never be released.

"Mr. Yang is here." Cao Cao seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be saying to Liu Ye and others.He frowned slightly, and his head, which hadn't hurt for a long time, ached again.To Yang Biao, he has always been in awe, it is a kind of awe from the bottom of his heart.

Liu Ye was thoughtful: "Mr. Yang is a prudent planner. He is indeed the best candidate to host this army-removing meeting."

"That's right." Cao Cao rubbed his temples, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "But in this way, there is not much room for us to manipulate. He has been ups and downs in the officialdom, what kind of tricks have we never seen? Sigh ——This battle..." Cao Cao regretted: "Why do I feel that I was deceived by Sun Shao again? If he hadn't said that taking Yizhou was the best strategy, how could we have fallen to where we are today .”

Liu Ye comforted: "Prime Minister, the strategy of taking Yizhou is not bad, and the strategy of the three armies attacking and defending twice is also good, but I didn't expect that Guan Yu flooded Yu's army first, and then Sun Shao defeated Fancheng, and the center line collapsed. It's all God's will, the prime minister doesn't need to blame himself."

"God's will, maybe it's really God's will." Cao Cao had no choice but to think for a while, then changed the subject and said, "Who do you think is better to negotiate?"

Liu Ye didn't speak, Cao Cao turned his eyes to Xin Pi again, Xin Pi hesitated: "I suggest sending a young master." After a while, he explained with some anxiety: "This matter is too important, I'm afraid... "

Cao Cao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then patted his hands on the case lightly: "Send an order, let Zihuan come to Wancheng."

Simpi bowed to accept the order.

In mid-April, Cao Pi rushed to the outside of Wancheng with some staff members. Cao Cao explained the mission to him, and then equipped him with fifty tiger warriors as personal guards. Tiger Marquis Xu Chu personally led the team. Cao Pi was very excited and impassioned. Cao Cao promised that he would fulfill his mission.The father and son talked deeply all night, and early the next morning, Cao Pi rushed to Wancheng to meet the emperor.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Quan's envoy Sun Shao and Liu Bei's envoy Fei Yi also arrived in Wancheng. Under the auspices of Yang Biao, the General Assembly of Soldiers Elimination officially opened.But things didn't go well. At the beginning, everyone was very polite, and no one would say that they were rebellious. They all expressed respect for the big man with one voice, but when it came to the specific sphere of influence, they tore their faces and quarreled.First, Sun Shao and Cao Pi quarreled over the ownership of the two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang. Sun Shao said that Sun Quan was the shepherd of Yangzhou, and Jiujiang and Lujiang were both within the scope of Yangzhou. Hand it over to Sun Quan.Fei Yi followed suit. Since Liu Bei is the shepherd of Yizhou, Hanzhong is also within the scope of Yizhou. Please Cao Cao withdraw Xiahouyuan and Cao Zhi's troops from Hanzhong first, and then talk.However, Fei Yi and Sun Shao didn't cooperate for long, and when it came to the ownership of Jingzhou, they also had internal strife.Fei Yi said that in the 14th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei represented Sun Quan as a driving general and led Xuzhou Shepherd. At that time, Sun Quan agreed with Liu Bei to lead Jingzhou Shepherd. Later, Sun Quan took advantage of Liu Bei's battle with Cao Cao in Guanzhong and sent troops to snatch the four counties of Jingzhou. .Sun Shao retorted, "Did Liu Bei lead the Jingzhou pastor because of what he said?"You also said that my lord is in charge of Xuzhou Mu. Do you want Duke Cao to give up Xuzhou first?

The three families quarreled in circles, and the originally harmonious meeting suddenly turned into a fighting arena.

Even someone as powerful as Yang Biao couldn't control the situation.Although he is highly respected, but in the face of the three major warlords, no matter how nice the reason he said is useless, no one listens to him.After a few days of quarreling, Yang Biao felt a little dizzy and his eyes were a little blurry. He really felt that he was old and had no ambitions, but he didn't have the physical strength anymore.

After Sun Shao heard the news, he came to visit him. Looking at the abnormal flush on Yang Biao's face, he knew that the old man's blood pressure was high due to anger. .Yang Biao gave a wry smile, in the current situation, can he rest in peace?

Sun Shao waved his hand to let the imperial doctor order to prescribe the prescription. He sat beside Yang Biao's sick bed and said with a smile, "My lord, isn't it a bit unexpected?"

Yang Biao sighed.He had already made full psychological preparations at the beginning, but now he found that he still underestimated the difficulty of this matter. These princes with military power did not pay attention to the emperor at all. The meeting is just a meeting to divide the stolen goods, to carve up the world openly and secretly, and to respect the emperor is just talking about it.

"It's not that morality is useless, it's just that the effect is too small to make them afraid." Sun Shao said calmly: "What are they arguing about here? It came out of their mouths and entered Yang Gong's ears. Does anyone know? I don't know, so They don't need to be afraid at all."

Yang Biao looked at Sun Shao suspiciously, and forced himself to sit up: "The general has a solution?"

Sun Shao smiled: "There is a way, I don't know if it will work or not."

"Tell me." Yang Biao said anxiously, whether it's useful or not, let's hear it first.

"Mr. Yang, look, since they can come to Wancheng, it means that none of them are willing to be traitors, and it means that fame still plays a role. The reason why they can ignore morality when it comes to interests is Because in the face of interests, the voice of morality is too weak. If morality is to work, the power of morality must first be strengthened. Where is morality?" Sun Shao pointed to his heart, and pointed to Yang Biao's heart: "morality lies in People's hearts. In Yang Gong's heart, in my heart, in the hearts of all people in the world."

Yang Biao suddenly realized: "You mean, spread this matter to various places, let the people of the world participate in this matter, and put pressure on them?"

Sun Shao nodded.

Yang Biao slapped his thigh, as if waking up from a dream.Yes, he only thought about Wancheng, and forgot about the civil forces scattered in the states and counties.In addition to these three princes, what is the most powerful force in the big man?family.Where is the family?in the states and counties.Unlike the princes, they don't want wars. If there is a war, the ordinary people will die, but the losses suffered by the aristocratic families are also staggering.They hope for peace in the world.

Yang Biao immediately frowned again. "However, if this news is sent to all states, counties and even counties, it will require a lot of manpower. Where can Wancheng get so many copyists?" It was renamed Kyushu, but the Kyushu system has not been recognized except within the scope of his own rule. There are more than 18 prefectures-there are many newly established counties, and there are more than a thousand counties. Not to mention the entire territory of the Han Dynasty, hundreds of Shu Zuo are needed in the Central Plains, and Wancheng does not have such conditions at all now.

"I have a solution." Sun Shao said with a smile: "As long as Mr. Yang can hand over the manuscripts they discussed to me in time, I promise to hand over a thousand copies within one day."

Yang Biao stared at Sun Shao and said, "General Sun, this is no joke."

Sun Shao patted his chest: "Mr. Yang, don't worry, if there are any mistakes, you are the only one to ask. Otherwise, you can give me a manuscript now, and within twelve hours, I will definitely hand in a thousand dollars." I will give you the same copy."

Seeing that Sun Shao spoke seriously, Yang Biao felt a little unconfident.He rolled his eyes, raised his hand to call a secretary, and took a copy of the edict issued by the emperor to convene a general meeting to eliminate soldiers, and handed it to Sun Shao: "Do you think this will work?"

Sun Shao took a look and nodded: "Okay. Yang Gong, you can rest at ease. At this time tomorrow, I will give you a thousand manuscripts."

"If the general can really do it, I owe you a big favor." Yang Biao smiled slightly.

"Mr. Yang, why are you irritating me?" Sun Shao laughed and said, "There is no need for human favors. If Mr. Yang can show me the annotations on the Shangshu handed down by your family, I will be satisfied. I guarantee that all the papers that follow will I don’t even ask the emperor for a single coin.”

Yang Biao was annoyed and funny by Sun Shao's words. He still came to do business with his feelings, and he dared to ask the emperor for money.But now he doesn't care about these things, he waved his hand to signal Sun Shao to do it first, and then he closed his eyes and meditated, thinking about how to break the current deadlock.After thinking about it, he still thinks that Sun Shao's method is good. Distributing the content of their debate to the world, let more people know what they are talking about, and let more people know their greed and shamelessness. Somewhat binding on them.Yang Biao thinks further, he is well aware of the power of the aristocratic family, if he can combine the aristocratic family, then he may go further.

Perhaps, this is a turning point.Yang Biao suddenly looked forward to it, and he was impatient to see the answer.

The next day, Sun Shao came to Yang Biao's room on time, followed by two strong bodyguards, holding a thick stack of papers in each hand, they were still far away, and there was a strong fragrance of ink It was passed on.Yang Biao didn't wait for Sun Shao to speak, jumped up from the bed, rushed to the two guards, picked up a piece of paper and glanced at it.

The edict was clearly printed on the white paper.

Look at another one, it's still the imperial edict.Yang Biao picked up a handful and spread them out on the desk. At a glance, they were all identical edicts.

"This..." Yang Biao was both surprised and delighted.

"Mr. Yang, is it still useful?"

"It's useful, it's useful." Yang Biao laughed loudly, and more than half of his illness was cured immediately. He held a sheet in one hand, looked left and right, and was inexplicably delighted. He looked at Sun Shao and said, "General, what are you doing?" Did it?"

"This... must be kept secret." Sun Shao said with a sly smile: "When will Yang Gong annotate the Shangshu to me, when will I tell Yang Gong, and only Yang Gong will be alone."

Yang Biao glared at Sun Shao, which was no longer a look between his colleagues. In a daze, he seemed to be facing his nephew.

"Okay, since you want to keep it secret, then I won't ask." Yang Biao stroked his beard in satisfaction: "One thousand copies is not enough, two thousand copies, I will ask them each to draw up a plan tomorrow, and then send their The plan is to print [-] copies and distribute them to various places, so that people all over the world can see their faces."

Sun Shao shuddered, this old man is really cruel, he didn't even say hello, and directly sent out the plans of these lions, I'm afraid that the face of the three families will be completely lost this time.

The next day, Yang Biao reappeared at the meeting place. Cao Pi and others, who were having a good time arguing, were a little surprised when they saw it. They came forward to say hello hypocritically and asked Yang Biao to take care of his health for the country.Yang Biao remained calm, still looking sick, and said weakly, your opinions are very different, and I don't know which is better for a while, so let's do it, each of you write a plan, and then put it together, I invite the emperor Review it to see what kind of requirements you have, so you know what you want.

Cao Pi and others didn't know what the trick was, so they agreed immediately, and two days later, they sent over the plan one after another.To be honest, none of them took this seriously, knowing that neither of the other two would agree to their plan, so they were open to it anyway.After Yang Biao received the plan, he continued to go back to recuperate. Cao Pi and others didn't care. After quarreling, they held a pen meeting and talked about literature and art, all in harmony.

Half a month later, these three proposals, together with the edict of the emperor Mi Bing, suddenly appeared in Qingxu, Chongyu, Jiyang, Jingyi and other places. At first, they were spread in private. Later, someone posted these manuscripts on the city wall, and within a very short period of time , except for remote areas, important cities in the Central Plains, Hebei, and Jiangnan all know about these plans.

The shamelessness and greed revealed in these plans made everyone angry.

When Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei got the copy, they cursed at Yang Biao on the one hand for being too shady, and on the other hand scolding their envoy for being too careless, which made them lose face in front of the whole world.Is the human heart important?It depends on how many people's minds, no one is stupid enough to fight against the people of the world, in that case, no matter how strong your force is, it won't last long, let alone no one has enough strength now.

As soon as this manuscript was released, it was no longer a question of whether the military elimination conference could continue to discuss, but a question of how to calm down the instability of people's hearts inside. 30 years of chaos, so there are far more prosperous families than unlucky families, and there are far more people who yearn for peace than those who want to continue to fight. At this time, whoever initiates the war is the enemy of the world. Needless to say, His end will be miserable.

Whether it is Cao Cao, or Sun Quan and Liu Bei, no one can survive without the support of the family.

Almost at the same time, Cao Pi, Sun Shao, and Fei Yi received stern orders: talk, talk carefully, talk with sincerity, and if this embarrassing plan happens again, you will bear all the consequences.

Cao Pi was stupid at the time.The consequences of Sun Shao and Fei Yi's failure to handle affairs are at most dismissal, but the consequences of his failure to handle affairs are very serious.Cao Cao was originally dissatisfied with him because of the Yecheng incident, and this time he was asked to negotiate, which was to give him a chance to make amends. Unexpectedly, he was played by Yang Biao with blue eyes and swollen eyes, and fell into a big somersault.He gritted his teeth with hatred for Yang Biao, but there was nothing he could do. Now the initiative was in Yang Biao's hands. If he wanted to accomplish this, he couldn't annoy Yang Biao. The position of the son of the world is also completely ruined.

(End of this chapter)