Chapter 206: Ping invites Xu to attack
"Zhongzhi, how's the journey going? It's been a hard work."
The first thing Yuan Shao did when he sat down was to care about Xin Ping's health.
In terms of player performance, Yuan Shao has always done well.
Many people think that he is too ruthless towards Tian Feng, Ju Sue and others, but few people know that Tian Feng, Ju Sue, Shen Pei and other famous figures in Hebei almost always fight against Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao endured it every time, but how could he like it in his heart?
You must know that a wise and powerful man like Li Er will sometimes have to kill this farmer.
In comparison, the scholars sent by Henan are much nicer to hear. After all, they all left their homes and careers to join Yuan Shao. They have almost no roots in Hebei, and they really cannot speak hard.
To be fair, Yuan Shao is really tolerant.
But the Hebei faction just refused to give in.
To a certain extent, Fengji's frame-up of Tian Feng is actually true.
Tian Feng did say that if you win a big victory, you will live, if you lose a big defeat, you will die.
Yuan Shao is indeed not a wise master. When Guandu was defeated, he did not think about how to deal with the crisis. Instead, he killed the mastermind of his own family. The celebrities in Hebei were really stupid.
But if Tian Feng can speak well and don't ride on Yuan Shao's face every time, unreasonable provocation may not be effective.
This may be the difference between the north and the south. Yan and Zhao have many strong men, while Ru Ying has many famous men.
Northerners are straightforward, while southerners are more measured.
There are scholars from Hebei, Jusue, Tian Feng, and Shenpei, who are not bad-tempered, but scholars from Henan, Xun Chen, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Xin Ping, Xin Pi, and Xu You, are No one was willing to directly contradict Yuan Shao.
"Ping's trip south is a matter of state and county, and I dare not call it hard work."
Xin Ping immediately stood up and thanked Yuan Shao, humbly thanking Yuan Shao for his concern.
Yuan Shao smiled and nodded, and then got down to the topic: "Zhongzhi, when you leave, how will Xuzhou, Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu do?"
Xin Ping organized his thoughts, then stood up, cupped his hands towards Yuan Shao, and said in surprise: "Ping asked Duke Ming to immediately send troops to Beihai, occupy Qingzhou and then go south to Xuzhou."
Yuan Shao was indeed captured. Xin Ping was shocked by his words.
The whole person was leaning lazily on the table, but now he straightened up and stared at Xin Ping intently.
Xin Ping, however, was content and undaunted, and continued to talk to himself: "On my way here, I saw that people's livelihood was being restored everywhere in Xuzhou, and people were encouraged to settle. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and celebrities in the state gathered together, powerful and powerful Bow down. Liu Xuande has only been in charge of Xuzhou for a year, but he already has the support of local officials and literati in Xuzhou. If things go on like this, Liu Bei may become our biggest enemy in Jizhou."
That's it.
Yuan Shao quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that Xin Ping would say something shocking, but he didn't expect that he would just remind him of Xuzhou's threat.
Yuan Shao had already been mentally prepared for the threat from Xuzhou.
Otherwise, he would not have hinted that the bottom line of Xin's assessment of Jizhou was that the four counties of Qingzhou, Beihai and Donglai could not be moved temporarily.
In fact, in the history of the original time and space, Yuan Shao's rule of Qingzhou was extremely rough and superficial.
The situation in Qingzhou is more chaotic than that of most states and counties. The occupation cannot be completed only by defeating the local warlords.
The remnants of the Yellow Turbans, powerful men, rebels, and bandits from all over Qingzhou were not very convinced by Yuan Shao.
This directly led to the fact that the officials Yuan Shao sent to Qingzhou often disappeared without a trace. They were either hacked to death by local mobs or expelled by local powerful people.
Later it developed to the point where even the Qingzhou officials appointed by Yuan Shao refused to cross the Yellow River and only hoped to seek official positions in the plains north of the Yellow River.
In fact, part of Beihai County was soon controlled by the Yellow Turban bandits, while Donglai County and part of Beihai County were soon divided up by the Xuzhou Taishan bandits and Liaodong Gongsundu.
This is also the fundamental reason why during the Battle of Guandu, Zang Ba was able to invade Qingzhou with overwhelming force and defeat Yuan Tan.
Zang Ba has a stronger foundation than you, Yuan Tan, here. Why should Yuan Tan fight with him?
Just imagine if Yuan Shao's rule in Qingzhou was very stable, would Zang Ba and Gongsun Du dare to do this?
After hearing Xin Ping's opinion, Yuan Shao nodded, but did not rush to ask the reason, but looked at the others.
But Shen Pei was the first to stand up and objected forcefully: "Ming Gong, it was only with your support that Liu Shijun was able to take control of Xuzhou. So far, there has been nothing unfair. If it was just Because to govern the prefectures and counties properly, it is necessary to raise troops to attack. Not only is it completely morally wrong, but it will also cause the people of Xuzhou to resist to the death. "
The reason why Shen Pei opposed Liu Bei so strongly is of course not because he likes Liu Bei. , I like Xuzhou.
This has nothing to do with Shen Pei seeing through Xin Ping's scheme.
Shen Zhengnan has never been a resourceful and wise person. The reason why he was the first to jump up and oppose firmly with a clear attitude was simply because the person he supported was Yuan Shao's young master Yuan Shang.
Because Yuan Shao and his second wife, Mrs. Liu, loved their youngest son Yuan Shang very much, under Mrs. Liu's pillow wind, Yuan Shao actually came up with the idea of abolishing the eldest son and establishing a young son.
After keenly observing this, most of the Hebei nobles fell in favor of the young master Yuan Shang.
Because of Yuan Shao's partiality, Yuan Shang, as the third son, was left in Yecheng, while Yuan Tan, as the eldest son, was sent to Qingzhou.
Qingzhou is close to Xuzhou. If Yuan Tan really unites Qingzhou and then captures Xuzhou, then Yuan Tan's strength will expand to a terrifying level.
Even if Yuan Shao's main force goes south to attack Xuzhou, Yuan Tan, who is based in Qingzhou, must be the best choice for the vanguard.
This still gave Yuan Tan a huge opportunity to make meritorious deeds, which neither Yuan Shangdang nor the people of Hebei could bear.
Therefore, Shen Pei thought he had seen through Xin Ping's scheme. This guy clearly wanted to create opportunities for Yuan Tan to make meritorious deeds and to increase Yuan Tan's strength.
What a pity, how could such a small trick be concealed from me, Shen Zhengnan.
As a result, the judge made a prompt decision and clearly expressed his opposition.
After hearing what Shen Pei said, Yuan Shao also nodded and remained silent.
After receiving encouragement from Yuan Shao, the celebrities on the court left one after another.
Basically, the scholars in Henan supported Xin Ping's opinion. They felt that tigers should not be allowed to cause trouble. Even if Liu Bei could not be conquered and destroyed, all Qingzhou should be captured to create pressure on Liu Bei so that he could not freely expand his territory.
On the other hand, the scholars from Hebei, Shen Pei, Tian Feng, and Ju Shou all believed that Gongsun Zan’s problem had not been solved yet, so how could they distract themselves from going south? Besides, Xian Yufu of Youzhou was only because of Gongsun Zan. But joining forces with Yuan Shao, Chen Chen did not bow to Yuan Shao.
Therefore, Xian Yufu's 100,000 foreign allied troops can attack Gongsun Zan today and Jizhou tomorrow. What if the army goes south to Qingxu and Xian Yufu takes the opportunity to go south?
In fact, this concern was not unreasonable. During the subsequent Battle of Guandu, Xian Yufu clearly sided with Cao Cao and sent troops south, restraining Yuan Shao's 70,000 to 80,000 troops to the north and unable to move.
Seeing that the scholars sent by Hebei strongly opposed the southward attack on Xu, Xin Ping, Guo Tu and Xin Pi were not very angry, but kept arguing.
But the more they acted like this, the more Hebei scholars felt that there was a conspiracy, and the more fierce their opposition became.
To attack Xu in the south, should we deal with Gongsun first? It seems to be a battle over routes, but in fact it is also a battle over resources.
Although it was Hebei people who provided money and food to deal with Gongsun, at any rate, this was also a Jizhou county that was recovered.
The Hebei people spent money and food to attack Qing and Xuzhou to strengthen the Henan people. The last time the Hebei people were so stupid was when Emperor Guangwu rode into Hebei alone.
What is the final result?
Hebei people have regretted this for two hundred years.
Hebei people definitely don’t want to do the same stupid thing again.
"Gentlemen, please listen to what I have to say."
Just when everyone was getting more and more intense, Tian Feng opened his mouth.
For this theoretical second person in Jizhou, everyone still gave a little respect.
Tian Feng asked Xin Ping: "Mr. Zhongzhi, you have returned from Xuzhou. Have you achieved the results of the task entrusted to you by Ming Gong?" As soon as Tian Feng said this, everyone suddenly remembered , Xin Ping went south this time with a mission.
However, Xin Ping directly advocated war, which caused a fierce backlash from everyone, but Tian Feng was the first to bring up the business.
Everyone turned to look at Yuan Shao who was sitting on the throne, only to see that the Lord of Jizhou had already relaxed and leaned on the table again, watching them in amusement as they continued to make noise.
Seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, Yuan Shao then asked: "Zhongzhi, what Biejia said is true. What is the result of your responsibility this time?"
Xin However, Ping was calm and replied calmly: "After discussing with Liu Xuande, the result has been reached. Liu Xuande wants to keep Kong Beihai's status unchanged and add a Donglai county. In this way, he will no longer interfere with our state and fields." Things between Kai."
After hearing Xin Ping's words, Yuan Shao laughed with satisfaction: "Shan, Zhongzhi has fulfilled his mission. Thank you for your hard work along the way."
Xin Ping continued: "There are two other things that I want to report to Duke Ming."
Yuan Shao was quite satisfied with the result. When he heard that Xin Ping still had something to do, he said generously: "Oh, What's the matter? Zhongzhi just said it."
Xin Ping said calmly: "Liu Xuande wants to recommend the eldest son to be Maocai, and he is also willing to recommend the eldest son to be the governor of Qingzhou."
There was a moment of discussion. It got quiet.
Unconsciously, Yuan Shao straightened up again and stared at Xin Ping with burning eyes.
"Master Ming, in order to express his gratitude to you, Liu Xuande is willing to leave the opportunity of Xuzhou's outstanding talents to the eldest son this year. At the same time, in order to prove to me that he will never interfere in Qingzhou Tian Kai's affairs, I hereby express my great gratitude. The young master is the governor of Qingzhou."
Inadvertently, Xin Ping showed off his achievements.
Yuan Shao confirmed in a deep voice: "Is this true?"
Xin Ping said categorically: "There is absolutely no lie."
Yuan Shao suddenly laughed.
Yuan Shaoke was very satisfied with Liu Bei's gesture of goodwill.
This is equivalent to sending a gift to the heart. Although it is not as precious as sending help in times of need, it can definitely be regarded as the icing on the cake.
Yuan Shao has always been embarrassed by Yuan Tan's problems.
It’s not that he never thought of giving Yuan Tan a talented person, or even just a filial person, but he really couldn’t squeeze out the quota.
You must know that the quota for promoting filial piety and integrity is quite rare. There are only one quota for talented people in each of the thirteen states in the world a year. Even for the promotion of filial piety and integrity, each county has only one quota for those with more than 200,000 people, and only one quota for those with less than 200,000 people every two years.
Even though Yuan Shao is now the Jizhou Mu, these quotas are not something he can appoint or remove at will.
He has to discuss with the wealthy families in Jizhou. It would be good to have one or two places that he can truly freely appoint and remove. The vast majority of places can only be chosen among local counties.
This can also be regarded as a disadvantage brought about by Jizhou's relatively complete preservation.
For example, when Sun Ce later swept across Jiangdong, Yangzhou’s Maocai, Xiaolian, and Sun Ce had a lot of autonomy because the local nobles had been frightened by him and did not dare to fight with him openly. Struggled.
But Yuan Shao cannot do this. Doing so is tantamount to destroying his own foundation.
At such a moment, Liu Bei was able to offer Xuzhou's talent quota and was willing to give it to Yuan Tan.
Not only did Yuan Tan want to acknowledge Liu Bei's great kindness, but Yuan Shao himself also wanted to acknowledge Liu Bei's kindness.
"Good! Very good! Zhongzhi has made great contributions."
Yuan Shao praised Xin Ping repeatedly, and then sighed: "Liu Xuande, you are really kind. "
This is not something Yuan Shao can't help but be moved by. He has been Cao Cao's top brother for many years. In the past two years, Cao Cao has lost most of Yanzhou's territory. Without his food assistance, he would not be able to support the army. .
But even so, Cao Cao never thought of giving Yanzhou's talents to Yuan Tan.
Even if he hinted several times, Cao Cao pretended that he didn't understand and had no reaction at all.
But on Liu Bei's side, he just supported him to succeed Xuzhou Mu and gave him such a big gift in return. How could Yuan Shao not lament that Liu Bei was an honest man?
"Ming Gong, Liu Xuande is indeed a kind man."
Xin Ping raised his hand and praised: "Not only does he repay his kindness, but he also treats his ministers with great courtesy. When he came back this time, he also entrusted me to take care of him. I have returned all the gifts presented to Duke Ming. They were all sent to the treasury when they were sent to the state capital. This is the gift list. Duke Ming can review it. "
After saying that, Xin Ping took out a silk book and asked his attendant to take it away and give it to Yuan Shao.
When Yuan Shao opened it and took a closer look, another person spoke up, slightly mockingly: "Liu Xuande treated you so politely, but after he came back, he asked Duke Ming to send troops to attack Xuzhou. Is this how you repay Liu Xuande?"< br>
The speaker is Shen Pei Shen Zhengnan. This person has a strong and straightforward character and hates evil as much as he hates it.
In his eyes, Xin Ping's behavior was no different from a villain who repaid kindness with hatred. How could he tolerate such villains deceiving Duke Ming?
As soon as Shen Pei finished speaking, Cui Yan, a famous scholar from Hebei, also added: "What Zhengnan said is true. If Liu Xuande was a small man, Ming Gong sent troops south, and his division was famous. But Mr. Zhongzhi also It is said that he is a gentleman, courteous to the virtuous and corporal, kind to the people, knows how to repay kindness, and repays kindness to Ming Gong. Mr. Zhongzhi's behavior may be suspected of repaying kindness with hatred. "
Faced with the siege from Hebei scholars, Xin Ping was not afraid at all.
What is even more strange is that other Henan scholars did not make a sound.
It’s okay if Xun Chen, Chen Lin and others don’t speak. After all, they usually keep a low profile.
Xu You was greedy and relied on his irreconcilable relationship with Yuan Shao, so he formed a party by himself and generally did not take others seriously.
But Guo Tu is Xin Ping's close friend and in-law, and Xin Pi is Xin Ping's brother. It is really strange that these two people do not support Xin Ping.
Just when Ju Shou and Tian Feng were a little confused, Guo Tu suddenly spoke: "Xin Zhongzhi is loyal to Duke Ming and uses it for his duties. There must be internal reasons for his remarks, so why should you doubt him?"
< br>Xin Pi also echoed: "There must be a reason why my brother is respectful in front and arrogant in the back. Pi kindly asks Duke Ming to inquire about it."
At this time, Yuan Shao has also read the gift list, and there are not many things on it. But each of them is priceless, such as frost sugar and snow salt, which are now very famous in Hebei. Liu Bei actually gave him several stones in one breath, including two stones of frost sugar, which made Yuan Shao very happy. .
He was in a good mood, and he also felt that Xin Ping had another reason. After hearing Xin Ping's words, he took the initiative to inquire: "Zhongzhi, everyone suspects that you will repay your kindness with hatred. Why don't you identify your own reasons?"
Xin Ping bowed down to Yuan Shao and bowed to him. After standing up, he said: "Ming Gong, this comment is indeed about repaying kindness with hatred."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked. They didn't know what kind of medicine Xin Ping was selling in this gourd.
Repaying kindness with hatred can be a devastating blow to the reputation of a celebrity. Once Xin Ping ignores it, his future career will be completely ruined.
Yuan Shao was surprised and knew that Xin Ping would have a follow-up, so he watched it with his eyes.
But I found that Xin Ping had a serious look on his face and said eloquently: "Ping is a minister of Ming Gong, and the first thing is to be loyal to Ming Gong. Liu Xuande is indeed a kind person and treats his ministers very politely, but this time Favor is given to the lord. If a minister remembers his feelings for outsiders and speaks for him, this is not a loyal and wise prince!"
Yuan Shao was shocked. The celebrities of the Hebei faction were resourceful and quick to respond. , such as Ju Shou, Tian Feng and others, felt bad, and vaguely felt that they and others had fallen into a trap.
But Xin Ping's performance was not over yet, and he continued to say: "It is precisely because Liu Shijun was able to treat the virtuous corporal and be kind to the people that Xuzhou recovered so quickly that I was stunned and became wary. Liu Xuzhou can now be friendly with Ming Gong. , he can help Ming Gong, but if he has other ambitions, wouldn’t he become Ming Gong’s strong enemy?”
“Therefore, I kindly ask Ming Gong to send troops southward and sweep Qingxu.”
"This is to nip possible enemies in the bud."
After hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded slowly and sighed: "Zhongzhi is a long-term man."
The eyes of the celebrities from the Hebei faction wandered, but they saw the judge's wife getting up and objecting: "Ming Gong, Xin Zhongzhi is deceiving others with his big words."
"Now our army has been defeated by Yi Jing and suffered heavy losses. However, Xin Ping asked Ming Gong to leave Gongsun Zan alone and go south to attack Liu Bei. Doesn't this force Liu Bei to go to Gongsun Zan's camp? If so, then why did we support Liu Bei to take over Xuzhou last year? ? "
"Moreover, Liu Xuande has always been close to our state after taking over, and there is no contradiction. Now Qingzhou has also been divided. Our state has four counties, and he only wants Beihai and Donglai. The earth is a buffer, and this is a sincere and kind gentleman."
Shen Pei said loudly: "It is not loyal to raise unknown troops to attack the benevolent and righteous people."
Ju Shou, Tian Feng. Looking at each other, Shen Zhengnan knew that although Shen Zhengnan was impatient and less resourceful, there were some things that only he could say.
(End of this chapter)