A few days later, Cao Cao's envoy Dong Zhao came to Pingyuan City to meet Yuan Mai with heavy gifts and seals. /In addition to the carriage carrying gifts, there is also a carriage clad in red and colorful colors, which is very surprising. In addition to sending heavy gifts and seals and ribbons, Dong Zhao made it straight to the point: "Zhao accepted Cao Gong's order this time not only to present Yuan Bingzhou with property and seals, but also for another important purpose. In any case, please invite Yuan Bingzhou." You must agree." "Oh Gongren has something to say, don't beat around the bush." ??Yuan Mai doesn't have much favorable impressions of this traitor of the Yuan family. Although Dong Zhao's rebellion against Yuan Jiangcao was related to Yuan Shao's inability to employ people, betrayal is betrayal, and no reason can change this fact. Ju Shuo and Tian Feng suffered much more injustice than Dong Zhao. Why could Ju and Tian be martyred? Dong Zhao also felt Yuan Mai's unfriendliness, and bowed his hands and said: "Although Zhao is in Xuchang, he will never forget his kindness to Yuan Gong day and night. This time the prime minister sent an envoy to visit, Zhao volunteered, actually for the sake of Hebei Sheji, The heart of a fist can be learned from the sun and the moon. "Everyone can say nice things. Yuan Mai neither responded nor choked. He first found out the other purpose of Dong Zhao's visit. "In addition to presenting the seal ribbon and gifts to Yuan Bingzhou, Zhao also came here to marry Cao Gong with the son." Dong Zhao coughed and spit out another intention. "Marriage? What do you mean?" Yuan Mai couldn't help but be stunned. Dong Zhao explained with a smile: "Cao Gong saw that the young master was a heroic young man with great talent and strategy. He established such a foundation in just a few years. Compared with Yuan Gong back then, it was even worse. He was very admired in his heart, so he wanted to love him. I don¡¯t know what the young master¡¯s intention is to marry the young master.¡± ¡°So this is what you mean by marriage?¡± I was given a pretty girl. If I kept a straight face and looked like I didn't want to see her, I would be a bit lacking in grace. His face suddenly looked much better. "This daughter is born to Mrs. Bian. She is twenty-eight years old. She is beautiful and charming. She is skillful and dignified. If he did not admire the young master's talent, Mr. Cao would naturally not betroth his beloved daughter to him. I hope the young master can happily promise to marry Mr. Cao forever in the Qin and Jin Dynasties. OK." Dong Zhao bowed and saluted again. He introduced the bride¡¯s conditions. I have been working hard in this world for more than two years. Yuan Mai saw many women. Naturally, he will no longer be like the young boy who once heard about a beautiful woman, who would start to lose his temper as soon as he heard about it. I thought in my heart that this Cao Ah Man was really cruel, just to achieve political goals. His daughter was thrown away casually as a bargaining chip. In terms of cruelty and ruthlessness, he really couldn't compare with Cao Cao. If it wasn¡¯t for his own time travel, Cao Cao would have betrothed his daughter to Yuan Tan when he was establishing the four states, but I don¡¯t know if it was this woman sent by Dong Zhuo? If so, I am truly an out-and-out sister-in-law maniac. He snatched Zhen Mi first, and then Yuan Tan's wife. I am the number one sister-in-law maniac in the ages. Who else could I do? It seems that Yuan Shang's wife was also arrested in Yecheng, so he might as well take them all into his harem. "Gongren, this matter is of great importance. I need to discuss it with my staff." Yuan Mai stroked his beard and said. Dong Zhao reported to his sleeves and saluted: "This matter is natural. I am willing to listen to Yuan Bingzhou's arrangements." Yuan Mai waved his hands and asked the guards to take Dong Zhao down to serve him. He glanced at the civil and military staff on the left and right: "What do you think of what Dong Zhao said?" Xu Shu, as the leader of the civil service, was naturally the first to speak: "Dong Zhao came here and brought generous gifts, seals and ribbons, and even Cao Cao's daughter. He obviously wanted to seek peace. It must be to concentrate all his efforts on dealing with Liu Bei. And our army just took this opportunity. , use all your strength to attack Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, this marriage is possible. " Chen Zhen hesitated and said: "My lord's army is like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves, invincible. The Hebei and Qing coalition forces are defeated day by day, and the destruction of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang is just around the corner. , the high-ranking officials in Youzhou are just turtles in the urn, even in Liaodong, they can be easily obtained. When the north is wiped out, our army's enemy will become Cao Cao in the Central Plains. Criticism. "Haha What you said is really pedantic. Political marriages are all for current interests. After they are no longer useful, maybe Cao Cao will no longer regard the lord as his son-in-law. Why should our army really feel that it is wrong?" , just find a reason to divorce Cao, this matter is nothing to worry about!" Before other staff could speak, the general Zhang He spoke first. Wang Shuang also echoed beside him: "Yes, as a scholar, there are many etiquettes. Since Cao Cao is willing to give his daughter to the lord to sleep with, how can he refuse? No matter what, he will not suffer a loss! When one day Cao Cao and the lord fall out, Give me the Cao family reward to play with for a few days" Wang Shuang said this, realizing that his words were inappropriate, he coughed hurriedly and lowered his head. In any case, Cao is also the husband of the lord.? Even if she is Cao Cao's daughter, even if Cao Cao and Yuan Mai turn against each other in the future, and the Cao family is relegated to the cold palace or even divorced, as a subordinate, he should not have any wrongdoing. Although Yuan Mai did not reprimand, he glared at Wang Shuang fiercely. If Wang Shuang hadn't been with him for a long time and was the second oldest person after Hao Zhao to take refuge with him, he would have been punished for lying today. As a lord, it is not a smart idea to just cultivate close relationships with his subordinates. It is the right way to use both kindness and power to establish one's absolute authority. Zhao Yun stood aside with expressionless eyes and said nothing. From a personal point of view, he certainly did not want Yuan Mai to take another concubine, because that would mean that his sister's favor would be taken away by others, and the competition in the harem would become more intense. But this matter is not a pure marriage, but a political competition, so he cannot object. Since you don't want to support but can't oppose, you might as well just stop talking. But Sima Yi sang the opposite tune and said impassionedly: "In Yi's opinion, not only is this marriage unacceptable, but the daughters of Dong Zhao and Cao Cao should be detained in the army and the two Yuans should be abandoned. While Cao Cao was raising troops to go south to conquer Liu Bei, On this occasion, the army crossed the Yellow River and attacked Xuchang. If they could break through the city before Cao Cao returned to the rescue, the vitality of Cao Cao's army would be severely damaged. In this way, the Central Plains would be determined, and the general situation of the world would be controlled by the Lord. This is the principle of capturing the thief and the king! Cao Cao is the strongest among the princes in the world. If Cao Cao is defeated, why worry about the uncertainty of the world? " After hearing Sima Yi's impassioned words, Yuan Mai couldn't help but feel moved. Sima Yi's words are exactly the same as Wei Yan's strategy of leaving Ziwu Valley to attack Chang'an. To suppress Cao Cao, now is indeed a golden opportunity. Otherwise, after Cao Cao drives Liu Bei out of the Central Plains, it will not be so easy to suppress Cao Cao! It¡¯s just that as great as the benefits are, so are the risks. What if the attack on Xuchang fails and Cao Cao returns to rescue him, becomes his sworn enemy, leaves Liu Bei aside, and fights with him with all his strength, how will the situation develop? This made Yuan Mai worried and hesitant. Opportunities and risks are all in front of you. How to make a choice is really a tricky thing. (To be continued)