Chapter 132 All parties are moving
Liu Bei stood up and said: "I am fully aware of what Bonin said. You can go back and reply to Meng De. Whether it is war or peace, I will make my own decision based on his sincerity."
Hearing this, Manchong felt relieved.
Liu Bei's words were obviously hinting to Man Chong that if Cao Cao asked for peace, he should show sincerity.
What is sincerity?
Everyone who understands understands.
After discussing the official matters, Liu Bei began to seek talents again.
Liu Bei admired Man Chong very much.
Excellent courage, extraordinary strategy, uprightness and majesty.
These four words are not excessive at all when used on Man Chong, and there are also a few words missing, such as hard on the outside and soft on the inside, straightforward in appearance but cunning in appearance, etc.
However, the latter two words can only be felt after a long time, which is not as intuitive as the previous ones.
Liu Bei immediately ordered a banquet to be prepared to entertain Man Chong.
During the dinner, Man Chong also held Man Chong’s hand and introduced Xuzhou’s important ministers to him one by one, which surprised and delighted Man Boning.
Man Chong is tall, 1.92 meters tall, half a head taller than Liu Bei.
But Liu Bei looked up at him without any strange look. The last person who could do so without any strange look was Cao Cao.
"Chong grew up in a wealthy family since he was a child. He has a violent and stubborn temperament. Fortunately, he still knows good and evil, is sensible, and knows how to be loyal and treacherous. Therefore, he was able to conquer the county and gained a little reputation."
Man Chong was inexplicably grateful. He bowed down to Liu Bei and saluted: "I didn't expect you to be so kind to me, but I don't deserve the favor."
"Why is Boning so humble?"
Liu Bei helped him up and sighed. : "Bei only regrets that he met Boning too late. It is a great regret that he could not have Boning always by his side to advise him."
Man Chong only felt that the person was a bit light-headed. He really did not expect Liu Bei to meet Liu Bei. He is so highly regarded.
Before the earliest days, Man Chong actually didn't pay much attention to Liu Bei. He only thought that Liu Bei was just a northern warrior with a background and a famous teacher.
Even the curiosity about Liu Bei stemmed from the fact that after the Second Conquest of Xuzhou, his master occasionally began to angrily accuse Liu Bei of being ungrateful and ambitious.
Later I heard that Liu Bei overestimated his ability and actually went to Xuzhou. Man Chong felt that it was quite in line with Liu Bei's knowledge.
The warriors on the frontier have never had such an opportunity. It is common sense not to know whether to advance or retreat.
But when Liu Bei took control of Xuzhou, the news that came was completely beyond his imagination.
By the time Cao Cao asked him to go as an envoy to Xuzhou, Man Chong had completely forgotten how he viewed Liu Bei before. He carefully collected Liu Bei's information, then studied it day and night, and made preparations based on Liu Bei's character traits to decide how to persuade him. plan.
After all, Man Boning has a soft figure hidden under his strong appearance.
Integrity is Man Boning’s means, not the purpose.
But this still requires some luck.
Take Manchong’s direct grandson Manchangwu, his final ending is ugly.
At that time, Cao Wei Emperor Cao Mao rebelled. He guarded the main entrance of the palace and refused Sima Qian and Wang Xian to enter directly.
Fortunately, Sima Qian was Man Changwu's uncle. He didn't think too much and reported the situation truthfully to Sima Zhao.
But Wang Xian was a villain. Just because he was refused entry into the palace, he became deeply jealous of Man Changwu and even bribed Sima Zhao's attendants to slander him.
As a result, Man Changwu was framed by a villain and became a prisoner. He was tortured to death and even caused his father to be deprived of his title and demoted to a commoner.
This is a typical failure to play a good balance, so that the body dies and the family title is also deprived.
Because Man Changwu didn't know that he had offended Sima Zhao a long time ago.
Therefore, Man Chong's ability is actually very rare.
Man Chong himself is also an extremely proud person.
But even so, at the moment of receiving such courtesy from Liu Bei, Man Chong was moved after all. I also figured out one thing in my heart, that is why my master misses Liu Bei so much.
Liu Shijun can win people to death.
While Man Boning was enjoying himself at Liu Bei's place, Cheng Yu rushed to Suiyang County, the capital of the Liang Kingdom, in a hurry.
Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou, is working here.
Guo Gong is a descendant of Guo, a clan of famous scholars in Yingchuan, and is of the same clan as Guo Tu and Guo Jia.
Based on the three mutual laws, Guo Gong cannot serve as the governor of Yuzhou.
Only in order to check Yuan Shu and expand their influence over Yuzhou, Li Jue and Guo Si gave up the post of governor of Yuzhou to Guo Gong, a local celebrity in Yuzhou.
Guo Gong is indeed not an ordinary person. After entering Yuzhou alone, he raised a huge army of more than 10,000 people in Liang State.
Except for a small number of county soldiers, the rest of these armies are tribesmen and servants contributed by powerful local noble families.
This alone shows that Guo Gong does have a huge influence in Yuzhou, at least in terms of reputation.
When Lu Bu stabbed Cao Cao in the back, Guo Gong actually joined in the fun and led an army of more than 10,000 people directly to the gates of Juancheng.
In fact, from this position, it is impossible to say that Guo Gong, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong are not on the same side.
You must know that between Liang State and Dongjun Juancheng, Chenliu County and Dingtao State are separated.
Both of these two places are under the control of the Lu Bu Group.
Chenliu is basically Zhang Miao's home base. How can he use the road to allow Guo Gong's army of more than 10,000 people to move north?
This was obviously a covenant relationship, but in the end, Xun Yu caught the flaw between Guo Gong and Chen Gong, and after a time lag, they actually said they would withdraw from the Yuzhou Army.
Otherwise, when Chen Gongjun arrives later, there will be a question mark as to whether Juancheng can be defended.
After Guo Gong withdrew his army, he returned to Liang State.
Although Guo Gong is named the governor of Yuzhou, he can only govern the Liang Kingdom. Moreover, Guo Gong is only the governor of Yuzhou, not the pastor of Yuzhou.
After Cheng Yu entered Suiyang, he went directly to the government office to ask for an audience with Guo Gong.
When Cheng Yu came this time, he not only brought Cao Cao's famous cards, but also Xun Yu's famous cards.
So soon, Guo Gong summoned him.
Guo Gong was a somewhat old-fashioned celebrity. In his opinion, the tall and thin envoy in front of him was just a nobody. Only a eunuch like Cao Cao would promote such a person.
I don’t know how capable Cheng Yu is, but he can serve as the Prime Minister of Dongping. Cao Mengde really doesn’t know how to employ people.
However, even though Guo Gong didn't like Cheng Yu very much, he still showed courtesy on the surface and asked about Cheng Yu's current health before turning to the topic.
"Your envoy has come from afar, what advice can you give me?"
Cheng Yuhe and others are smart people, and they have been keenly aware that Guo Gong has opinions about themselves.
So, he made a decisive adjustment, lowered his eyebrows and said: "Guo Shijun has been very kind to Yanzhou. We will bear it in our hearts and dare not forget it. How can we give you advice? It's just that my lord has learned some news. I'm afraid Guo I don’t know that I was taken advantage of by others, so I came here specially.”
Sure enough, Guo Gong’s attitude began to soften when he saw Cheng Yu lowering his eyebrows and being humble.
"Why did your envoy say this? What happened before was just instigated by villains, and almost made a big mistake. Fortunately, Xun Wenruo came to tell me the truth overnight, and it was natural for me to retreat. No kindness."
Cheng Yu saw Guo Gong's softened attitude and felt contempt in his heart. Such people who are just seeking fame can actually gather tens of thousands of people and take on important tasks. The man is really exhausted.
“It is natural for you to be humble and to show kindness without expecting repayment. In this case, we should also think about the virtuous people and not let you be more beautiful than before.”
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Hearing this, Guo Gong was very happy, stroking his beard and nodding: "Your Majesty has said it."
Cheng Yu felt that he had finally made Guo Gong happy, and the heat was almost over, so he went straight to the topic: "My lord has recently found out that Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou, wants to get involved in the two countries of Guizhou, Lu and Pei, and re-establish Chen Gui, whom Tao Gongzu had established in the past, as the prime minister of Pei. This will obviously be detrimental to you, the envoy. After my lord learned about it, he immediately recruited I am sent as an envoy to inform you about this."
"What?"
Guo Gong was shocked when he heard this. The news was indeed beyond Guo Gong's expectation. He was a little unhappy. Xin said: "Liu Xuande was just a martial artist. Tao Gongzu was so ignorant before his death that he actually bypassed the court and granted and accepted the power of state pastoral affairs privately." You are so greedy that you want to occupy my Yuzhou territory?”
Cheng Yu categorically affirmed: "This is indeed the case. You can send more troops and observe the mobilization of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou. If they really have wolf ambitions, they will definitely show their deeds."
Guo Gong was shocked, angry and angry. I'm afraid, he only has more than 10,000 troops under his command, and most of them have never been in battle.
Liu Bei went to Langya within ten days. Compared with Langya, his country of Liang was actually less than two-thirds larger than the other country in terms of number of households and population.
If Liu Bei really attacks, what should I do?
Guo Gong couldn't help but look at Cheng Yu, who was not valued by him just now, and asked for advice: "Listen to Xun Wenruo's praise, Zhongde has outstanding intelligence. What can you teach me today?"
Cheng Yu was naturally humble again, while Guo Gong was already ill and rushed to the doctor, urging Cheng Yu.
Finally, Cheng Yu said: "Your Majesty, Liang and Pei are closely intertwined and closely related. This is a place of life and death. If Pei is lost, Liang will lose its barrier. If Pei can be preserved, If the country is in trouble, then Liang Guoan will be safe. "
"Therefore, Liang Pei's problem lies with Pei, not Liang." Guo Gong nodded repeatedly. Not only were the countries of Pei and Liang intertwined geographically, but they also penetrated into each other's hinterland. , there are many rivers in the territory of the two countries, making the two countries more closely connected both economically and culturally. In particular, the Suishui River even directly connected Suiyang, the capital of Liang State, and Xiangxian County, the capital of Pei State.
To a certain extent, Cheng Yu told the truth.
But this truth doesn't actually apply to Guo Gong.
"What Zhongde means is that I should send troops directly to the country and seize it first?"
Guo Gong asked tentatively.
"It is true. This is the only feasible strategy today."
Cheng Yu said impassionedly: "The envoy is the governor of Yuzhou. The imperial court worships him and the people want him. He enters Pei. The country is reasonable and reasonable, and based on Yu's opinion, the king enters the country of Pei, and the name is justified, and the counties of Pei country can decide. "
After Guo Gong heard this, he was very moved, but he also knew that the power gap between the two sides was too big: "I am in Liang State, but I only have ten thousand people. If I build up an army, I can only dispatch ten thousand people at most. But Liu Bei is actually at this time There are 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses, and our army is one against five. How can we defeat it?"
Cheng Yu laughed at Guo Gong's fierceness, but still gave him some advice: "Pei is Yuzhou. Liu Bei's attack on the territory is an intrusion into the borders of Yuzhou. The knowledgeable people of Pei State will not be able to make peace with him. "
"Moreover, there is still King Liu Chong of Chen State who is good at fighting and has his subordinates. There are more than 100,000 troops."
"Since the envoy can't stop Liu Bei, why don't you invite Chen Wang Liu Chong to send troops to protect the safety of the state?"
Guo Gong was overjoyed when he heard this and saluted Cheng Yu to thank him.
Cheng Yu hurriedly got out of the way, expressing his daring repeatedly.
Guo Gong immediately announced a banquet to entertain Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu couldn't get rid of it, so he could only stay and deal with it.
Waiting for the next day, he declined and continued to go south to Shouchun, Yuan Shu's home.
Guo Gongze began to mobilize his troops and at the same time sent envoys to Chen County, the capital of Chen State, to ask for an audience with Chen King Liu Chong and Chen State Prime Minister Luo Jun.
At this time, Liu Bei also sent Man Chong three miles away from Tancheng and said goodbye reluctantly.
When they were leaving, Liu Bei took Man Chong's hand and said, "Bo Ningruo's stay under Meng De was not satisfactory. Please remember that there will always be a place for Bon Ning in Tancheng."
Man Chong I was so grateful that even though I was as strong as he was, I couldn't help crying.
In the following days, Chen Deng, Chen Qun, Mi Fang and others took office.
When Chen Qun learned that he was worshiped as the prefect of Jucheng, he was surprised.
Because according to convention, Chen Qun's current reputation and qualifications, and being able to be appointed as the county magistrate of a large county is already a significant promotion.
Now Liu Bei directly promoted him to the position of prefect, which can be said to be a promotion beyond the rank. Chen Qun's first instinctive reaction was to refuse.
But Liu Bei was firm and would not allow Chen Qun to retreat.
This is not only a reward for Chen Qun's hard work in following him from Yuzhou to Xuzhou, but also a reward for Chen Qun's hard work. Finally, it also includes the purpose of showing the sages of Yuzhou a gift of gold.
With all these considerations in mind, Liu Bei certainly would not allow Chen Qun to refuse.
Chen Qun was also a smart man and reacted quickly, but Liu Bei's kindness was genuine.
After Chen Deng and others were sent away, Cao Bao's appointment as the Prime Minister of Xiapi was also on the agenda.
With Liu Bei's personal promise, coupled with Cao Bao's contribution to the battle against Langya and his sacrifice in handing over the troops, there was no way there would be any accidents.
It’s just that Liu Bei and Liu Feng were worried that Cao Bao would be taken advantage of after going to Xiapi.
If something big happens, will Cao Bao be punished or not?
The eyes of so many people above and below are watching, and if there is no punishment, then Uncle Fang is engaging in malpractice for personal gain.
The punishment was for Uncle Fang to kill the donkey. Not only Xu Dan and Zhang Jie were watching, but also Zang Ba’s Taishan army chiefs.
Liu Bei is bound to be in a dilemma, and there is no right answer.
In this case, the best way is to wake up Cao Bao in advance so that he can be more cautious and not step into the trap.
So, Liu Bei specially asked Liu Feng to visit him, secretly to remind Cao Bao how to have some good intentions.
Cao Bao was overjoyed to receive the news of Liu Feng's visit, and immediately ordered a banquet to be entertained for his future virtuous son-in-law.
This time in the battle, Cao Bao naturally knew whether he had merit or demerit.
Not to mention anything else, he was almost stabbed by Zang Ba under Kaiyang City, but it was bigger than one.
Although Chen Deng later helped him to reconcile, Cao Ruyi, the dog-like thing, was also skinned by him and driven back home.
But Cao Bao still knew in his heart that Liu Bei must know the whole story.
Chen Deng could help him cover up, but it was impossible for him to help him deceive Liu Bei.
Xiapi Xiang, who he once thought he had dreamed of, flew away again.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei did not break his promise, and still rewarded his merits with Prime Minister Pi.
This made Cao Bao very grateful.
Today, Liu Feng came to visit again, and everything he promised before has come true.
How could Cao Bao not be so excited that he wanted to host a banquet in honor of Liu Feng.
Soon, Liu Feng came to the Cao Mansion in a light carriage, just like when he came for the first time. He was still accompanied by Pan Zhang, who had already left the Ministry of Sima.
One side bursts into tears with gratitude, and the other side has something to do.
It can be said that they are like each other and the natural atmosphere is extremely harmonious.
After the banquet, Cao Bao and Liu Feng sat in the hall drinking tea.
Liu Feng suddenly said: "Uncle, it may not be a blessing for you to go to Xiapi this time."
Cao Bao was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and hurriedly asked: "Can a good nephew say this? "
"There are many people in Xuzhou who want to see my father and you make a fool of yourself."
Liu Feng said meaningfully: "My uncle is going to Xiapi this time. Someone will jump out to help my uncle do something that is not convenient for him to do.”
“This?”
Cao Bao was a little stunned, why did these words sound so familiar.
"Uncle, you are already the Prime Minister of Xiapi, a dignitary with two thousand dan, your family has a lot of wealth, and the sales of snow salt have been launched. There should be the first dividend in the second half of the year. Your 10% The shares can earn at least millions of dollars in profits.”
“Millions of dollars?”
Cao Bao took a breath, which was already more than his entire wealth. One piece more.
I had thought that Xueyan could make a lot of money, but I still didn’t expect that Xueyan could make such a huge amount of money.
Cao Bao murmured to himself: "If there are really so many, then it is indeed as Qing'er said, there is no need to be moved by wealth."
"What Qing'er said?"
Liu Feng's ears were quite keen, and he instantly captured the information in Cao Bao's words.
Could it be that I have this kind of insight in my side room without a door?
Cao Bao smiled awkwardly and realized that he had let something slip.
However, he then thought that his daughter would marry Liu Feng sooner or later. In this case, it would be better for Liu Feng to see his daughter's ability to show off her appearance and intelligence earlier, so as to prevent her daughter from being looked down upon for her hidden clumsiness.
So, Cao Bao simply handed out Cao Qing's reminder to him before and told Liu Feng everything.
After Liu Feng heard this, he was a little surprised, and then he became very curious.
I didn’t expect that my concubine would be so wise and could be called the best among women.
It is a pity that the two parties cannot meet before the marriage, otherwise Liu Feng would be very interested in chatting with each other.
Then Liu Feng thought that even if he couldn't meet, he could still exchange letters. He could try writing a letter later to see how the other party would react.
"Uncle, what Qing'er said is all good advice. Uncle can follow it."
Liu Feng temporarily put aside his curiosity about Cao Qing and returned to the topic: "Uncle But according to Qing'er's words, Xiapi will be governed by doing nothing."
"As long as the uncle does not make big mistakes and does not engage in corruption, even if something happens, the nephew can guarantee that at most he will let his uncle do it in another place. Just an official."
Cao Bao was overjoyed after receiving Liu Feng's verbal promise.
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