The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Xun Zhen greeted Zhang Hong and went back to the hall. ◇↓,

Among the people present, although Zhang Hong had the least seniority, he had just joined Xun Zhen's account, but he was a "landlord", and he was very famous in Guangling and Xuzhou. He was not in the back of the crowd, not only was not in the back, but he was in the forefront, second only to Xi Zhicai, and he was on an equal footing with Xun You and others.

Zhang Hong apologized first, and said, "I should have arrived early, but when I went out, two scholars from other places happened to be visiting the door, so I briefly talked with them, and it was too late."

"Oh? Foreign scholars? I don't know where they came from?"

"It's from Danyang County."

"It turned out to be a scholar from Yangzhou, and the public is really famous, and he will return from far and near."

Zhang Hong has been famous for a long time. Scholars from all over the world who visit his house have been coming and going. He has long been accustomed to it. Besides, he is a master of Confucianism. Praise, but he did not show any "complacent" performance, and replied modestly: "It's all just a fake name, compared with the mighty virtue of the Mingfu, it's nothing to mention."

"How humble is the public!"

Zhang Hong said: "I am late, I wonder if I have delayed the discussion?"

"When the Duke came, I was just talking about sending someone to choose an opportunity to meet Zang Ba."

"This is the right thing to do!"

"Can you be familiar with Zang Ba?"

"In the past when the Yellow Turbans were in chaos, Zang Ba once led his troops to Guangling, and I met him once."

"How do you feel?"

"The filial and martyr are quite righteous."

"If I send an envoy and see, can it be used?"

Zhang Hong pondered for a while, then replied, "It's hard to say."

"It's hard to say? That means it may be useful, or it may not be useful?"

"Ming Fu also sent someone to meet Zang Ba before. I don't know how Zang Ba's words and behaviors were at that time?"

Xun Zhen sent troops to attack Dong Qian. In order to prevent Tao Qian from taking the opportunity to take his Guangling, Xun Zhen sent Liu Bei and Cheng Jia to see Xue Li and Zang Ba respectively, in order to form an alliance with them. remain neutral. After Cheng Jia came back, he relayed the whole process of meeting Zang Ba to Xun Zhen. Xun Zhen, through Cheng Jia's retelling, had a general understanding of Zang Ba's mentality at that time.

Seeing Zhang Hong asking about it at this time, Xun Zhen replied, "A man of righteousness in Tibet and Xuan Gao has a heroic ambition."

These two words, "a man of righteousness" and "heroic ambition", seem to be praise words, but they actually contain two meanings.

First of all, "a man of righteousness", this means that Zang Ba was born in a ranger, and he is full of righteousness. In other words, Tao Qian is kind to him, and he may not betray Tao Qian. Secondly, "Hero's Ambition", this is to say that Zang Ba became famous at a young age and achieved ambitions in his prime, so he would inevitably have some ambitions. In other words, this is to say that although Tao Qian is kind to Zang Ba, Zang Ba still has some ambitions. May betray Tao Qian.

Xun Zhen's words seem to be inconsistent, but the root of it is actually the same as Zhang Hong's "hard to say".

People's hearts are complicated, especially in this chaotic world, where individuals are affected by various environments, a right choice may lead to success, a wrong choice may lead to death and annihilation, then when faced with a choice, what will he do? Which one to choose? Many times, not to mention outsiders, it is himself, until the end, it is difficult for him to make up his mind and to clarify the direction.

In contrast, Zang Ba's "difficult to say", from the current point of view, is the most beneficial to Xun Zhenshi, at least it is much better than his firm side with Tao Qian, Xun Zhen at least has win his possibility.

Zhang Hong said: "Since Zang Xuangao has a heroic ambition, the possibility of using it is a little higher, but..."

"Just what?"

"There are many Taishan soldiers under the command of Tibetan Xuangao, so the monarch can use them temporarily, and he will have to think about ways to cut his military power in the future."

Xun Zhen took it for granted, but this is a matter of the future. For now, whether or not he can get Zang Ba's help is still between the two. The matter of "cutting his military power" will be discussed. It's too early to think about it.

Seeing that the conversation between Xun Zhen and Zhang Hong about Zang Ba came to an end, Xi Zhicai picked up Xun Zhen's question and said, "Jun Hou Shicai asked the state government if there is any change recently, but there is nothing unusual, it is the same as before: At that time, Tao Gongzu invited celebrities from the prefectures and prefectures to give many rewards to Zang Ba and the state soldiers, and he also recruited heroes to store grain, smelt weapons, and buy war horses.”

"Where's Xiapi? What's going on?"

"Nothing has changed, but it's the same: Tao Gongzu sent troops to the Xiapi border, and Zherong arranged two lines of defense, one at the junction of Xiapi and my Guangling, and the other on both sides of the Huai River."

Sun Jian expressed Le Jin as the prime minister of Xiapi. It has been several months since Xun Zhen had returned to Guangling, but after arriving at Guangling, he was abolishing troops and horses, relocating farmland, and dealing with internal affairs. One can imagine the aggressive intentions of Xiapi: Tao Qian and Zhe Rong must be a little bit restless.

Xun You smiled and said, "Since the monarch and the marquis have returned to the county, they will not move for a few months, and it will be difficult for Tao Gongzu and Zhe Rong to sit and stand still!"

Xun Yu said, "But it is to guard against Tao Gongzu's preemptive strike."

Xun Zhen was not worried about this, and smiled: "If he is willing to 'pre-emptive', it would be best."

The purpose of convening Xi Zhicai and others this time is to summarize the diplomatic achievements of the past few days. As for the question of "the current situation of Zang Ba, the prefecture and Xiapi", Xun Zhen stopped talking about it, changed the topic and asked about it. The recent "diplomatic" situation.

Xun Zhen has been ruling Guangling for quite some time. With the assistance of local officials such as Zang Hong, Yuan Sui, Qin Song, and the support of celebrities such as Zhang Hong, Guangling County is already monolithic, at least the foundation of Xun Zhen's rule is very strong. Stablize.

This means that once a war with Zhe Rong or Tao Qian begins, even if Guangling scholars and people will not fully support him, there will be no resistance, so there is no need to worry about this.

In addition to Guangling, Xun Zhen's key diplomatic targets were the officials of the prefectures, the chief officials of the localities, and the right surnames of the Guan clan in the counties.

The officials of the prefecture, such as Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, etc., are like Zang Ba. It is still difficult to pull them all over to Xun Zhen's side. People of insight in these prefectures, including Wang Lang and Wang Lang, were a little dissatisfied and disappointed with the current state of Xuzhou and Tao Qian.

This dissatisfaction and disappointment is mainly composed of three meanings.

One is: since Tao Qian arrived in Xuzhou, although he had the power to pacify the Yellow Turbans, he relied too much on the Danyang soldiers and the Taishan soldiers, so that "foreign soldiers" ran rampant in the state, especially Zang Ba, a Taishan native, because of Tao Qian's heavy use However, they were able to control Xuzhou, and at the same time, in order to raise soldiers, but also for a luxurious life, the collection of grain and taxes on various counties and states was relatively onerous, which brought a lot of economic losses to Xuzhou scholars.

Another is: Tao Qian is rigid in nature, and many times he cannot obey the opinions of state officials, and often suppresses those state and county celebrities who refuse to obey him.

The last one is: Tao Qian sits in three counties and has tens of thousands of soldiers, but he is intimidated by Xun Zhen. But today is already chaotic, and Tao Qian is still like this for Xun Zhen, who has only one county. If one day in the future, a foreign enemy stronger than Xun Zhen will invade, can Tao Qian be able to keep Xuzhou safe? Zhao Yu, Wang Lang, Chen Deng and others all had doubts about this.

Xun You concluded: "Governance should be done in the way of relaxation, and Tao Gong's ancestor lived in Xuzhou, and he was often domineering. There are many people who hold grudges, but because they are afraid of the soldiers of Danyang and Taishan, they cannot take it and keep silent. The government of the king's way, the virtuous and the people, the reputation has been heard far and wide, and the people of the state will praise it. If Tao Gongzu has a dispute with the prince in the future, I predict that the officials of the state government will abandon him and go away."

The local chief officials did not mention those from other states, but only those from their own state.

Of the five prefectures and states in Xuzhou, Xiapi was in the hands of Zherong, and the East China Sea was the seat of the prefecture. These two prefectures and states could not be won. The remaining two places, Pengcheng and Langya, could be won by Xun Zhen.

Cheng Jia said: "Langya Prime Minister Yinde has long hated Zang Ba for seizing his county power, but he doesn't have many county soldiers under his command. In the future, when a prince and a prince will compete with Tao Gongzu, he is afraid that he is powerless, so he wants to respond to the prince. There is Zang Ba in Langya, and he can't do anything. As for Pengcheng's prime minister, Xue Li, there is no need to say more about this Shuzi, his vain attempt to find a relationship between the prince and Tao Gongzu is despicable and ridiculous."

Xun Zhen said: "The root of Langya is still in Zangba, if I can get Zangba for my use, Langya will not have to worry about it. Even if I can't get Zangba for my use, if I can keep him neutral, it will be of great benefit to me. As I said just now, the next step, when the time is right, needs to put more effort on Zang Ba."

Xun Chen asked, "Where's Pengcheng? Would you like to send another person to Pengcheng to meet Xue Li?"

Xun Zhen pondered for a moment, then said, "Xue Li ends up at both ends. Even if he doesn't help me, he probably won't help Tao Gongzu. However, just in case, I should send someone else to see him."

Xue Li's plan was to take Pengcheng's own weight and move between Tao Qian and Xun Zhen, in order to achieve the goal of both sides. When the war between Xun Zhen and Tao Qian develops to the point that one side is about to lose, he will most likely send troops to help the side that is about to lose, lest the winner will dominate Xuzhou, which will be detrimental to his interests. If it is Xun Zhen's side that is about to lose, Xue Lilai would be good to help him, but if it is Tao Qian's side that is about to lose? However, Xun Zhen had to prevent the situation of "Xue Li helping Tao Qian" in advance.

Xuzhou's five counties~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Judging from the current situation, Tao Qian has the upper hand. He has three counties and Xun Zhen has only one county. Not all of the three prefectures and states here are very reliable, Langya state can be won, if you can win Langya neutral or help Xun Zhen, and then pull Pengcheng over completely, in this way, you will become Xun Zhen. There are three prefectures here, and Tao Qian's side is only two prefectures, there is no suspense in this battle, and it is not difficult for Xun Zhen to win.

However, this is the most ideal state.

In fact, the situation that Xun Zhen hopes to have now is: without asking Langya and Pengcheng to help him, as long as these two places can truly maintain neutrality, then the best situation will be. If these two prefectures could remain neutral, Xun Zhen would have one prefecture against Tao Qian's two prefectures. It might be a little harder to win, but Xun Zhen asked himself, and he thought his chances of winning were still very high.

In Xun Zhen's current diplomacy, the struggle for state officials and local officials are the two key points.

So far, it has been quite fruitful.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Although Tao Gongzu is the prefect of Xuzhou, if I can get the support of the state officials, and if I can get Langya and Pengcheng to be neutral, then in terms of politics and military, I will at least be on the same level as Tao Gongzu. "