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Text 4. Gongsun Bogui at the end of his rope

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    Time is gradually coming to autumn, and the days are gradually getting cooler.

    "It has been getting colder and earlier in Youzhou in recent years. It seems that the first snowfall of winter this year will also come early."

    "Yes, but please rest assured, my lord, although I am a little nervous, the food has been harvested and stored in the warehouse, and people have also been organized to go into the mountains to cut down a lot of firewood. After burning it, it will be enough to survive the winter this year. Can we collect it before winter?  Will the corvee repair the city wall again?"

    "Shiqi, thank you for your hard work. At this time, probably only loyal people like you will still be by my side."

    "My lord, how can you say that? The generals outside the city are still willing to fight for my lord!"

    "Hmph! Are you willing to fight for me?! It's just that when they encountered harassment from the enemy, they rushed one on the left and the other on the right. Have they turned into cowardly mice? Could it be that they can't survive without my rescue?  Are you going down there! They are all trash, they are all a bunch of trash!"

    "This" Guan Jing really didn't know how to answer at this time, because it seemed that any answer was wrong.

    Could he still say that there were many ferocious aliens among the enemies who went to attack the generals garrisoned in the city?

    Could he still say that those foreigners usually seemed a little disobedient, fighting bravely to take the lead when fighting against the wind, but hesitating when fighting against the wind, but under Yuan Shao's command, they all turned into wars that were less afraid of death than being trapped in the camp?  mad Men?

    Can he also say that the reason why those foreigners are so good at fighting but our side is so incapable of fighting is because Yuan Shao is rich and can offer bounties that drive those foreigners crazy, and besides Gongsun Zan's painstaking management of the Yijing fortress, our side has enough fine grain.  outside.  The rest of the country is not only short of food and grass, but also has low morale. You, the lord, stay at home and chill the generals?

    Can't say, Guan Jing can't say anything, even though he is full of pain in his heart, he still smiles on the surface.

    In the end, Guan Jing thought carefully before finally having the courage to say to Gongsun Zan:

    "Now my lord has been labeled as a traitor and traitor by the court. Although the court has become a plaything in the hands of others, it will still confuse many uninformed people and make them who were originally neutral feel that they cannot help but help those who are truly rebellious.  only."

    "Shiqi, what do you mean"

    "If the lord is willing, Jing kindly asks the lord to allow Jing to go to Puyang to meet the emperor and Cao Cao. Tell them the whole story. Even if it cannot wake up those rebels who follow the enemy, at least it will let those who are confused know.  , My lord, you are the true loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Not only did you guard the border for the country, but you also did not kill the traitor Liu Yu out of personal anger."

    All right.  If it weren't for venting his anger, would Gongsun Zan have Liu Yu beheaded?  Even if Liu Yu really takes the initiative to attack, Gongsun Zan, who has a good excuse, can definitely tie Liu Yu to Chang'an.  It is estimated that Li Jue and Guo Bang are also willing to use this clan as a front.

    However, as a subordinate of Gongsun Zan and one of the people who agreed to kill Liu Yu, it was naturally impossible for Guan Jing to say this.

    "Well, morale should also know that the emperor is in the hands of Cao Mengde, and the relationship between Cao Mengde and the traitor Yuan Shao goes without saying. Let Cao Mengde be more generous and let us go. Do you think this matter is really necessary?  Is it possible?"

    "If it were in the past, naturally it would be impossible. But this time, that time. When Cao Mengde was alone, he naturally had to seek refuge with the traitor Yuan Shao to protect himself. But just look at him to break away from Yuan Shao and set up his own business when he finds an opportunity.  People will never have to live under others for a long time. Moreover, now, Cao Mengde not only holds the emperor in his hands, but also joins forces with Bingzhou to severely damage Yuan Highway. The situation has become established, and the relationship between Yuan and Cao is far from what it used to be.  Close. So as long as Jing goes to Puyang and talks to Cao Mengde about his interests, Cao Mengde will definitely be willing to open his eyes and let us continue to deal with the traitor Yuan Shao in the north. The only pity is that Qingzhou is occupied by the traitor, otherwise Jing would have thought it was a return.  Being able to get some assistance from Cao Mengde will help the Lord even more."

    "If that's the case, then you're ready to go. If you close the city and defend yourself, Yuan Ni won't be able to attack this strong city of Yijing in just a few years. And since you are so confident, Shiqi,  If everything goes well, you can go to Bingzhou again with the imperial edict to test Li Xue's attitude. He should be the person who understands me best, and like me, he hates the invading aliens, but he has more means.  This is where I can't compare, but now Yuan Ni colludes with foreign tribes and attempts to encroach on our country. This is really a heinous act! If he can send troops to attack Yuan Ni with me, he can share Youji with me in the future."

    "This I'm afraid that Li Xue is also an ambitious person, I'm afraid"

    "Hahahaha! If he doesn't accept such conditions, it doesn't matter if I, Gongsun Bogui, listens to his orders. How can II am much freer than when I was restrained by Liu Bo'an. Although I, Gongsun Bogui, am a bit older, I can learn from Tong Feiteng and fight for another thirty years.  "

    Guan Jing hesitated again, but this time he finally gave up. He bowed to Gongsun Zan and turned around to leave.

    "Shiqi, do you think I can still see the first winter snow in Youzhou next year here?"

    "Please rest assured, my lord, if we cannot rescue our lord, our soldiers will definitely return and advance and retreat with our lord!"

    However, Gongsun Zan, who had his back to Guan Jing, did not turn around, as if he was attracted by the scenery outside the window. Guan Jing, who also saluted Gongsun Zan's back again, did not return to Gongsun Zan's side, but walked quickly  Leave.

    Looking at the bleak figure leaving in a hurry, it feels a bit like "the wind is rustling and the water is cold".

    Well, Yijing was originally on the bank of Yishui. In order to defend against Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan dug more than ten trenches on the bank of Yishui. He also built mounds as high as five or six feet in the trenches, and finally built a mound on the mound.  Build fortifications on top of each other in a continuous and interlocking manner.  After that, the fortress was continuously reinforced into a city wall, trenches were dug deeper and Yishui was introduced to become a moat, and iron gates were made into cast iron to become the fortress today.

    It is said that Gongsun Zan hoarded more than three million dendrobium of grain and grass in this fortress, which was converted into modern units according to the weights and measures of the Han Dynasty.  It is roughly equivalent to more than 40,000 tons of millet or nearly 40,000 tons of barley. This amount of food is enough to feed 100,000 people for nearly two years. Even if the consumption is likely to increase due to the lack of fat and heavy physical labor, but on weekdays  If you just stand guard here, you can reduce the supply, so as long as you plan properly, you should be able to support it for two years.

    Not to mention that there are fertile fields along the Yishui River, Gongsun Zan will also conduct military camps, and the water source is difficult to cut off. From a defensive perspective, Gongsun Zan has already built a super-hard turtle shell.  Even with all Yuan Shao's current strength.  They may not be able to chew it.

    Of course, if Li Shushi were here instead, the situation might be slightly different, but there would undoubtedly be a need to fill in a large number of soldiers.  Unless he is willing to fight the fatigue battle.  Or let Sister Xuanwu or Miss Suzaku come out and wander around.

    but.  Although Gongsun Zan can be said to have high walls and deep fortresses, and built a fortress on the bank of the Yishui River that made Yuan Shao scratch his head, this does not mean how powerful Gongsun Zan is.  On the contrary, it proves how miserable Gongsun Zan is today - if it was still Gongsun Bogui back then, how could he be willing to hide in his shell like a turtle with its head shrinking?

    "It's a pity that countless failures and the deaths of countless trusted relatives and subordinates have made this once high-spirited general like a shipwreck in the twilight. He can only survive by relying on deep ditches and high walls.

    As for the "bold words" that seemed to be ambitious just now, they were nothing more than a joke. Neither Gongsun Zan himself nor Guan Jing, who was preparing to go to Puyang, would actually take those remarks seriously.

    It can be said that if Gongsun Zan can really escape this time, disarming and returning home may be his only way out.

    And Guan Jing going south was Gongsun Zan¡¯s last ditch effort. If the court or Cao Cao still planned to help Yuan Shao and still prepared to pursue him to the end, then for Gongsun Zan, his only way out might be to sit in a lonely city and defend to the end.

    As for the ending there is no second way out anyway, just live for one more day.

    Although Yuan Shao blocked Yi Jing very tightly, Guan Jing, who was disguised, still managed to get through. Perhaps for Yuan Shao, the most worthy and only person worthy of his strict guard was Gongsun Zan.

    In Yanzhou, although it has been determined that the capital will be moved to Xu County, oh no, it has been renamed Xuchang. As for why it was changed to this name, I guess anyone who has a little understanding of the meaning of Chinese characters should be able to figure it out. I won¡¯t explain it further.  .

    Although the capital will be moved to Xuchang in the future, for the time being, it is still necessary to stay in Puyang. After all, it needs to build qualified palaces, rebuild the city walls, and systematically plan the streets.  Renovation, the construction of affiliated defense forces, the construction of permanent barracks of the North and South Army in the suburbs, and some other bits and pieces of things. There are so many things that make people busy and almost breathless. It can be said that Xuchang has almost become  A large construction site.

    Because something unexpected happened in Puyang before, as long as the speed is fast enough, everything else is fine.  But now that "the world has been settled", for the sake of the emperor's face and Cao Cao's face, even if there is no major construction, we can't fool people too much.

    As for the history of another dimension, the situation at that time was similar to the current situation when the capital was settled in Puyang.  And wait for anotherWhen Luoyang was moved back to Luoyang in history, it was also to restore Luoyang. Even if it cannot be compared with when the Han Dynasty was strong, it will definitely not be solved by just building a few thatched huts. It will not be like Xuchang.  It can be said that it was completely rushed.

    Therefore, even if Guan Jing arrives in Puyang, he can still find Cao Cao, Cao Cao's great steward Xun Yu, and Cao Cao's counselor Xi Zhicai, who also relies heavily on him, and of course Chen Gonggongtai, who has officially separated from Cao Cao.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that Guan Jing could find these people, but he was still left to hang out in the post house in Puyang for more than a month.

    Not only because everyone often needs to run south because of the matter of moving the capital, but also because in addition to the matter of moving the capital, it is necessary to deal with the powerful families in Yanyu, Xu, Sanzhou, select the talented and virtuous people among them to serve as officials, and punish those who are in the wrong team.  The family is powerful, redistributing the cleared property, etc. A lot of work is waiting for most members of Cao Caojun's management who originally thought it was quite enough, but only now did they realize that their vision was too limited.  .

    It is precisely because of this that many courtiers who originally responded smoothly to the civil strife in Puyang but were still on the wrong side were able to save their lives.  After all, no matter how they behave, they are still very capable in the end. However, the long period of turmoil has made them regard moderation and survival as the highest principle in their lives. "I would rather use less three-point force than talk too much."  "One sentence" became their guide to action, otherwise they probably would not have survived until now with Li Jue and Guo Si's tendency to fall out whenever they wanted.

    But in turn, when Liu Xie revealed to them through Chen Gong that if they did not work hard and redouble their efforts to show their value, they would be held accountable for not being able to rescue them in time during the Yanzhou Rebellion.  These people immediately burst into great work enthusiasm.

    Anyway, now Yanzhou has become the world of the Cao family.  The people above and below are either Cao Cao's people, or officials promoted by Han Emperor Liu Xie occasionally. They are the fish and meat on the chopping board. These two people can toss them however they want.  Not to mention that there is an orthodox Emperor of the Han Dynasty inside.  What's more, they are well-known and can make them infamy for thousands of years after death.  But it shouldn't be a problem to be unable to turn over for several lifetimes. This has indeed touched the most fearful thing in their hearts.

    In addition, this is also because Cao Cao really can't make up his mind on how to deal with Gongsun Zan.  Since we can't come to a conclusion, even meeting Guan Jing is a waste of time, and it may even make Yuan Shao laugh at him, which is just unpleasant.

    However, there are still some temptations. It can be said that Cao Cao has a preliminary understanding of Guan Jing's purpose here.

    In the temporary palace in Puyang, Liu Xie also discussed with his favorite ministers Zhao Nan and Chen Gong with great interest.

    "Gongtai, Ziliang, please tell me, isn't it too ridiculous that the Guanshi people have reached this stage and still want to excuse the rebellious Gongsun Bogui? Even if Liu Bo'an is wrong in all kinds of ways, it's still me  To kill the Han clan member casually, and even arrest his wife, this is truly a model of lack of discipline, and is no different than Yuan Benchu, yes or no."

    Liu Xie also obtained relevant information from Cao Cao, but as far as his personal wishes were concerned, he would never like the existence of Gongsun Zan, let alone the unruly Gongsun Zan who also killed a rare among the Han clan members.  Liu Yu, who was excellent and had no ambitions for the throne, left one less member of the clan who could truly defend the country of the Han Dynasty.

    "Your Majesty's words are reasonable. Chen Gong thinks that Gongsun Zan is really too wishful thinking to use sophistry to clear himself of the crime. Not only does this person have no discipline, but he also committed the crime recklessly. Even if we pardon his guilt, he will probably be a little bit delusional.  If you don¡¯t like it, it will happen again.¡±

    Chen Gong also has the same attitude. After all, Gongsun Zan's attitude towards the aristocratic family is also not very friendly. As a military noble, he would rather believe in the force of his own hands than the power of knowledge and inheritance that the aristocratic family relies on. Naturally, he is a heretic in Chen Gong's eyes.  .

    On the contrary, the current Chen Gong's attitude towards Li Shushi can be slightly better. Although Li Shushi also adopted a certain degree of restraint policy against powerful families, his move to establish official schools and open imperial examinations can be regarded as poaching the foundations of powerful families, but even if  Even Chen Gong had to admit that the aristocratic family's practices on certain matters were indeed very hard to defend. Li Shushi's move to expand the scope of knowledge dissemination was in line with the sages' "education without discrimination"  "strategy.

    Well, "education without distinction" was originally the slogan Li Shushi shouted when he founded the official school, a slogan that the powerful family could hardly refute.

    "This subordinate has a slightly different view." After a moment of hesitation, Zhao Nan expressed his "view."

    Of course, it¡¯s not just about his opinion.?, rather it was the opinion of the Bingzhou Army standing behind him - Guan Jing had been stretched out for a full month anyway, and with the information transmission tool in Zhao Nan's hand, how could he go back and forth?  .

    So even though they knew that what Zhao Nan was going to say was contrary to their own, both Liu Xie and Chen Gong were very patient.

    "Gongsun Zan's behavior indeed violated the rules that a minister should abide by, and he should be severely punished. Such things are indeed irrefutable. But we need to know that at this moment, no matter how vicious Gongsun Zan is, he is already on the verge of collapse. Even if we don't continue to punish  He and she can't hold on for long. But let's think about it, if he falls, who will benefit?"

    "Zi Liang means Yuan Shao?"

    Although Liu Xie hesitated when he said the name, anger flashed in his eyes.

    Seeing Liu Xie¡¯s reaction.  Zhao Nan smiled secretly in his heart, but Chen Gong couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart. Both of them understood why Liu Xie had such emotions at this time. After all, brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu took Han Fu to prepare for another party.  It can be said that the establishment of a new emperor is already known to everyone. Even if Yuan Shao puts all the blame on Han Fu, anyone with a discerning eye can see that without Yuan Shao's promotion, how could Han Fu have the courage to propose the establishment of a new emperor?  Such a treasonous and unethical proposition.

    Even Chen Gong is a member of the aristocratic family, and he somewhat agrees with Yuan Shao's actions, at least at the time.  Liu Yu, whom Yuan Shao chose, does look better than Liu Xie, who is still underage and is definitely Dong Zhuo's puppet.  Just like the death of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty.  The choice of the elder Han Emperor Liu Heng to succeed him put the Han Dynasty, which was not yet stable enough, on the fast track of rapid development.

    But now that Chen Gong is a minister of Han Emperor Liu Xie, he naturally cannot say such things, otherwise it may not be long.  Under Liu Xie's suggestion.  Cao Cao, who had always "held a grudge" against him, would never mind pouring all his malice on this political enemy.

    Even if Liu Xie thinks he is still useful, he will still stay by his side.  But what is conceivable in the future is that he will never become Liu Xie's trusted minister again. In that case, wouldn't it become a big joke for the family that betrayed Yanzhou to choose to take refuge in Liu Xie?

    so.  Seeing Zhao Nan beside him who looked a little secretly happy, Chen Gong simply chose to close his eyes and rest. Anyway, there was no need for Chen Gong to guess what the other party wanted to say next. It was completely a lice on the bald man's head - it was all obvious.  Well.

    As expected, as Chen Gong expected, Zhao Nan's next words, although not eloquent, were heart-wrenching and focused on Yuan Shao's disobedience. Finally, he came up with the idea of ??letting Liu Xie  The conclusion was to let Gongsun Zan go to contain Yuan Shao.

    And looking at Liu Xie¡¯s appearance, it was obvious that he had been convinced by Zhao Nan.

    Indeed, compared to Gongsun Zan who was just good at killing the clan and the other party took the initiative to attack, Yuan Shao was so ambitious that he even wanted to depose the emperor like Dong Zhuo, and the emperor he wanted to depose was Liu.  The existence of Xie himself is really treasonous and should implicate the nine tribes.

    In other words, Gongsun Zan still has a chance to save himself, and he can be given a chance to redeem himself under the current situation. But as for Yuan Shao, Liu Xie absolutely hopes that he will be kicked directly to the eighteenth floor of hell and never recover.

    "But" It wasn't until this moment that Chen Gong opened his eyes again. Well, it felt a little dazzling.

    "If you have anything to say, please be honest and honest. There is nothing that cannot be said between us monarchs and ministers." Just listen to this and don't take it seriously. At least Chen Gong feels that he will not make such a low-level mistake.  .

    ¡°Well, that has nothing to do with what he wants to say.

    "Although His Majesty can issue an edict to pardon Gongsun Bogui, and can also order him to secretly spy on Yuan Shao in private, so that Yuan Shao cannot go south with all his strength, but today, I am afraid that Gongsun Zan's power will not be able to have much influence on Yuan Shao."

    "Well, this is indeed a problem, Ziliang, what do you think? Could it be that by pardoning Gongsun Bogui, we not only failed to achieve the expected goal, but also harmed Yuan Shao and put us in an extremely embarrassing situation?"

    "I'm afraid, it depends on whether Gongsun Zan is willing to cooperate, and whether Guan Jing can convince Gongsun Zan."

    After saying that, Zhao Nan informed Liu Xie and Chen Gong of his thoughts (Bingzhou Army). After hearing what Zhao Nan said, both Liu Xie and Chen Gong were silent. It was obvious that Bingzhou was planning.  It's really a bit too huge.

    This made it really difficult for the two people to make a decision for a while.

    Liu Xie is not good enough. As for Chen Gong, if you ask him to make decisions in a short period of time, this is indeed not his strength.

    Not giving him enough time to get things doneIt's not that he can't understand things, but he will always feel that he has omitted to calculate here and thought of that, and then the whole person becomes unconfident, and if a counselor enters this state,  Obviously not a good sign.

    "Okay, since we can't come up with a result from our discussion now, the two dear friends will go back and think about it again. In addition, they will also inform Lord Sikong of today's thoughts. One person can calculate the shortcomings, and the three can calculate the longcomings."

    Gongsun Zan's fate seems to still be unresolved.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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