Cao Cao agreed with Xi Zhicai's analysis. Isn't it so obvious? At this time, Xi Zhicai continued: "Xun Yu, Xun You's death must have nothing to do with Liu Bin. It must be that Liu Bin was afraid that his reputation would be damaged, so Liu Bin had to let Xun Yu and Xun You come to visit Xun Shuang. But after Xun Yu and Xun You left, Liu Bin was afraid that Xun Yu would surrender us sincerely and become our help. Or was afraid that Xun Yu, Xun You accidentally revealed their military secrets after Xun You came to us. So Liu Bin arranged an assassination in Qingzhou and then blamed us for the consequences."

Speaking of this, Xi Zhicai shook his head and sighed: "Liu Bin and his team's plan is not complicated and profound. But Liu Bin's method is too high. The Qingzhou is under the jurisdiction of Lord Zhong. Lord Zhong is appointed by us. In other words, Qingzhou is still our territory in terms of title. Now Xun Yu and Xun You are dead on our territory. If we make it clear, this is Liu Bin's frame-up. We have no strong evidence. And even if there is any evidence, it will be said that we are forged to get rid of the predicament. From then on, we have fallen into endless war of words. In addition, no matter how we debate, we will leave a person with the people who will be allowed to be under Liu Bin to live freely in our territory.

But we have no way of being incompetent. If we ignore this matter, it will leave a default illusion for the world. The people are dull and unclear, right and wrong. They will definitely think that Liu Bin is kind and virtue, while the lord is jealous and able to kill virtuous ministers. Although those intelligent talents can see some strangeness from it, they will also think that Liu Bin has high means and Liu Bin's ability to deal with things is better than that of the lord. If this is the case, we have designed Liu Bin's plan before, which would be considered a complete failure. Because our reputation in benevolence is far inferior to Liu Bin. Even if Liu Bin kills his subordinates, it will not change the gap. And if the lord's reputation for being high in ability is inferior to Liu Bin, then we will really not be worth the loss."

Cao Cao was so depressed that he heard this. Of course, Cao Cao had thought of what Xi Zhicai said. Otherwise, Cao Cao would not be so annoyed. He could not say anything and he could not vomit Cao Cao so much that he was so worried. This time, Cao Cao was considered to be stealing chickens without losing his rice.

However, Xi Zhicai smiled again and said, "My lord, although our plan was not perfect because of Liu Bin's response, we did not gain anything. After all, we did nothing and forced Liu Bin to kill two of his subordinates. Although Liu Bin's use of such a vicious method seemed to be higher than ours in a short time, his arrangement would definitely make his subordinates feel disappointed. And we have caused the impact of poor management caused by Xun Yu and Xun You's death on our territory. We can also save it through other methods. Although this matter is difficult, there is no way to crack it."

When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed and asked, "What good ideas are there to tell me quickly."

Xi Zhicai said calmly: "Although Qingzhou is nominally under our jurisdiction, in fact, Qingzhou has fallen into the hands of Youzhou! The last time the Xiliang army and Yuan Shu's troops attacked Bingzhou. In order not to participate, we let the two tigers fight, so our army in Qingzhou also took action! But who knew that the Youzhou army was even more cruel! Not only did they defeat the coalition forces of the princes in Bingzhou, but the Xiliang army and Yuan Shu's Huainan army retreated, and the Youzhou army also took the opportunity to increase the offensive in Qingzhou and drove all our troops out! Although Youzhou has not completely controlled Qingzhou now, Qingzhou has become the real territory of Bingzhou and Jizhou, and has become the real territory of Youzhou. But it is not much different! On the contrary, I

We are in Qingzhou now, but we don’t have much power! Now, since Liu Bin said that Xun Yu and his death was caused by us on the grounds that Qingzhou is still our territory! Then we might as well take the opportunity to re-occupy Qingzhou again! The foundation of the Youzhou army in Qingzhou is not very stable, and it will not take much effort to take Qingzhou! At that time, we will be vigorously clearing out the rioters! In this way, we can not only re-occupy Qingzhou again and strengthen our strength, but also prove to the world that Qingzhou is not all our territory! Youzhou also occupies a certain territory in Qingzhou! The death of Xun Yu and Xun You and the others cannot be completely our responsibility! In this way, we cannot show that Liu Bin’s ability is much higher than us!”

Cao Cao frowned and said, "Now the Xiliang Army and Yuan Shu's coalition forces have been defeated by Liu Bin recently. Liu Bin's army is in full swing. It is said that the troops and horses gathered in Bingzhou were no less than 500,000. Liu Bin's troops were also more than 500,000 when they attacked us! Liu Bin must have heavy troops in various border areas to prevent all ethnic groups outside the border. Therefore, the number of troops and horses of Liu Bin must be within one million.

And we have been fighting one after another. Now the troops are short of troops. The day before yesterday, Ma Chao was in chaos, and we almost had no soldiers available. Now if we start a war again and provoke Liu Bin, will we cause trouble? "The news that the Xiliang army has completely surrendered to Liu Bin, Cao Cao and the others do not know. They only know that the Xiliang army was defeated by the Youzhou army. Now the Youzhou army is besieging the Xiliang army, but the specific results are still unknown!

Xi Zhicai sneered and said, "Lord, if Liu Bin really had so many troops, how could he withdraw his troops when we were almost unable to resist? If his troops could really leave enough numbers to resist the Xiliang army, Yuan Shu and others when attacking us. Why should he miss the great opportunity to annex us? It must be that Liu Bin had many horses and cavalry. After they retreated to Jizhou, they only left the navy to defend the Yellow River. Then they quickly horses

Hurry to Bingzhou for rescue. The distance from Guandu to Bingzhou is not far. If you are lightly cavalry and fast horses advance lightly, two days will be enough to reach. The Xiliang Army and Yuan Shu's coalition forces were afraid that Liu Bin's army would be famous for many days and delay the fight. Of course, Liu Bin calmly transferred his 500,000 troops from Guandu to Bingzhou and succeeded in the battle. And this also shows why Liu Bin's men and horses stayed in Guandu were all naval troops. And we would not let us set up a water camp in Guandu."

Cao Cao thought Xi Zhicai was right. However, Cheng Yu reminded on the side: "It's not appropriate. Youzhou's army is above one million, which may not be fake. Liu Bin's name of not killing surrendered prisoners is known to everyone. Thinking about Liu Bin and Dong Zhuo's confrontation, they recruited soldiers and horses. At that time, Dong Zhuo claimed to have a million troops, and Liu Bin's army was said to have reached more than 500,000 troops. After that, Liu Bin wiped out Gongsun Du, Liaodong, Yuan Shao, and Jizhou. Although we don't know much about the number of Gongsun Du's soldiers and horses. But after Liu Bin killed Liu Yu and occupied Jizhou, he did have more than 500,000 troops. He knew very clearly about this. But after Liu Bin wiped out Yuan Shao,

Yuan Shao's old subordinates brought us not many soldiers. According to them, Yuan Shao was defeated before he had time to fight Liu Bin. All the soldiers and horses of Yuan Shao were actually returned to Liu Bin. It was not new to Liu Bin with a hundred million troops alone. Besides, Liu Bin defeated Dong Zhuo several times, and he didn't know how many surrendered soldiers he obtained from Dong Zhuo. There was also Guan Hai who occupied the Beihai surrendered to Liu Bin. He didn't know how many surrendered soldiers he brought. You must know that we just subdued the Yellow Turban Army of Sili, and we expanded the army and horses of 300,000. Guan Hai's ranking among the seven major bandits is still above them. God knows how many Liu Bin will expand his army because of this? Therefore, Liu Bei and the strategy of hiding troops must be guarded."

Cheng Yu said this, even Xi Zhicai and Cao Cao were all vague. For nothing else, Cheng Yu said everything was the truth. The reputation of the Youzhou army not killing and surrendering prisoners was too loud. What's more, no one in the world knows that Liu Bin was not only the world's leading merchant, but also the world's leading general, and a big slave dealer. When he swept through the Yellow Turban bandits, which big family had never bought slaves because of Liu Bin's proposal? Cao Cao even handled this matter for Liu Bin himself. After Liu Bin occupied Youzhou, Liu Bin became even more crazy to buy slaves. However, from the beginning to the end, Youzhou always bought more and sold less and only sold to local people in Youzhou. However, in this way, people like Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai who are proficient in military strategies, of course, understood that this was a way for Liu Bin to hide his troops.

You should know that slaves are also humans and soldiers. How many slaves Liu Bin has? In other words, how many slaves can Liu Bin form at any time? And he has passed through the army and always has organizational training. That is much stronger than ordinary people who have just formed an army in terms of discipline and combat effectiveness.

At this time, Cheng Yu suggested: "But since the Youzhou army retreated after attacking Guandu, it means that Liu Bin must have no reason to continue the attack. Moreover, we used a trick to force Liu Bin's subordinates to surrender. Liu Bin would rather kill his subordinates than to launch troops to attack us and threaten us to let Xun Shuang go. This even more shows that Liu Bin must have a reason to not take action now. So we don't need to pay too much attention to Liu Bin's counterattack. As long as we don't anger Liu Bin too much, forcing Liu Bin to fight us to death. So I suggest that we can send someone to hold an edict from the emperor, saying that we surrender to Kong Beihai. Kong Rong is a descendant of Confucius. He gave up his pear at the age of three, was well-educated and well-known for his loyalty. If the emperor saw the edict, he saw the edict. Kong Rong was a descendant of Confucius.

Kong Rong will definitely surrender! In this way, the strategy of the drama counselor can be realized. Moreover, we did not take the initiative to attack Liu Bin, leaving a verbal excuse for Liu Bin. It is not easy for Liu Bin to start a war with us. At the same time, we can also test where Liu Bin's bottom line is. We can use this to obtain the real reason why Liu Bin does not take the initiative from Kong Rong. Moreover, after Kong Rong comes to us, we can also expose the fact that Liu Bin killed Xun Yu and Xun You in the name of Kong Rong. Kong Rong is Liu Bin's subordinate, a contemporary great scholar and the leader of the scholar. His remarks are ironclad evidence that cannot be overturned. In this way, Liu Bin will inevitably lose his prestige and his reputation will be greatly damaged. The lord's ability will also appear much higher than Liu Bin."

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said, "Okay, okay. I will ask someone to go to Beihai to recruit Anna Kong Rong here." Cheng Yu suggested to Cao Cao: "The New Year is coming. We should write to the court to change the year name Xingyuan on this New Year, so as to establish the lord's assisting the emperor and revitalize the prestige of the court. At the same time, we should also have a banquet for civil and military officials during this New Year. To appease the hearts of civil and military officials." Cao Cao nodded in agreement.

The next morning, Cao Cao went out to work and asked to report: "Long live my emperor. Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, is a great scholar in the world. He governs the North Sea and makes good weather and the people are healthy. He should be promoted to the capital, follow the emperor and handle the major affairs of the country." The emperor now said bluntly, he was just a puppet. Of course, Cao Cao could do whatever he said. The emperor immediately approved the report.

But at this time, the Grand Tutor Wang Yun suddenly felt a sudden heart. You know, since Wang Yun saved the emperor and came to Cao Cao, all the development and changes were very different from what Wang Yun expected. The old ministers who were originally left in Luoyang were all undermined by Cao Cao. Even Wang Yun has only a false reputation now. Cao Cao is the second place in Dong Zhuo. He still regards the emperor as a puppet. This aroused the extreme dissatisfaction in Wang Yun's heart. However, Wang Yun had no power or power, so Wang Yun could only bear it. He still gave Cao Cao a false guilt.

Now, Cao Cao was preparing to recruit Kong Rong, which made Wang Yun feel that the opportunity had come. He could introduce new gangs for himself. Therefore, Wang Yun quickly spoke, "Ah. Prime Minister, please wait. Kong Beihai was a descendant of the saint. He was highly respected. Kong Rong was a man and a member of the Qingliu faction. If the Prime Minister sent someone to go, then Kong Beihai would not leave without an edict, would it be a good thing? The subordinates recommended one person. They would definitely be able to easily convince Kong Rong to come to the court." When he heard that Wang Yun wanted to recommend the wise man, Cao Cao was stunned at the time.

Although Wang Yun was respectful to Cao Cao after he came to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was always careful with Wang Yun and did not fight for anything else, but Wang Yun was able to get along with Dong Zhuo. Finally, he even brought the emperor out of Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao had to look at Wang Yun high. If Wang Yun had not rescued the sage, his reputation would have been too high. Cao Cao would have long brought Wang Yun aside and let Wang Yun stay wherever he was cool. In this way, although Cao Cao could not move Wang Yun openly, Cao Cao secretly classified Wang Yun as a royalist party and regarded Wang Yun as his number one political enemy in the court.

However, although Cao Cao was careful about Wang Yun's proposal, Cao Cao was still very interested in Wang Yun's proposal. For nothing else, it was just because Wang Yun said it was just that. Although Cao Cao knew Kong Rong as a human being, Cao Cao would never disobey the imperial edict. But after all, Cao Cao and Kong Rong had not seen each other for several years, and Kong Rong was the example of Qingliu, which was an indisputable fact. "The guests in the seat are always full, and the wine in the cup is not empty." That is also the unanimous evaluation of Kong Rong. If Kong Rong was really unhappy to come to Xudu to be an official, Kong Rong would not dare to disobey the imperial edict, but Kong Rong would not dare to disobey the imperial edict. That might not be something Kong Rong could not do. And if Kong Rong really did this, it would not have any impact on Kong Rong's reputation. It would also make the world praise Kong Rong's noble reputation. In addition, it would also be a great blow to Cao Cao's reputation.

Cao Cao thought thoroughly and couldn't help but sweat a cold sweat, feeling that he was reckless and hasty. Cao Cao respectfully asked Wang Yun: "I don't know who the Grand Tutor wants to recommend?" Cheng Yu saw this situation aside and secretly praised Cao Cao for his practical work. He did not listen to nothing because the proposal was proposed by his political opponents.

Wang Yun still looked humble and said, "Kong Rong had a friend who forgot his age. His surname was Ni Heng and his name was Zhengping. These two people had a deep friendship. Ni Heng once called Kong Rong the "Zhongni Immortality"; and Kong Rong also called Ni Heng the "Yan Huifusheng". Moreover, Ni Heng was talented and knowledgeable. All schools of thought were sophisticated. All three religions and nine genres knew. If the Prime Minister got this person to say it, Kong Rong would be absolutely coming."

Cao Cao nodded. Cao Cao also heard a little about the reputation of Ni Heng. He seemed to be a famous scholar. But hearing is false. Seeing is true. Especially Ni Heng, who was sponsored by Wang Yun. Cao Cao had to meet him and see if he could be used by me. Only then could Cao Cao feel at ease. Therefore, Cao Cao said to Wang Yun: "I have to worry, Lord Taifu has to worry. You can ask Ni Heng to see him in my house tomorrow."

The morning court dispersed. When Wang Yun returned to the mansion, he asked someone to come to Ni Heng. Wang Yun first brought himself to the court and recommended Ni Heng's affairs to Ni Heng. Then Wang Yun said to Ni Heng earnestly: "The Han Dynasty is in decline, and the powerful ministers are in power. In fact, you need to support the pillars. When you go to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow, you must be careful and leave a useful body to serve the country." Ni Heng retreated with timidly.

It is a matter of course that Wang Yun would say this. Wang Yun wanted to promote the wise men of the country, add a helper to the court, and press a nail under Cao Cao's hands. That's why Wang Yun hinted that the powerful ministers were in power. Ni Heng's role was to serve the country. However, Wang Yun was treacherous and sloppy. In this political struggle, Wang Yun did not want to give Cao Cao any handle. So what Wang Yun said was rather obscure, and he did not clearly give Ni Heng what to do.

It was this negligence that led to a series of things that happened later! Cao Cao only remembered that Ni Heng was a famous literati. In order to show his eagerness to seek talents, he agreed to ask Wang Yun to recommend him! Wang Yun knew that Ni Heng was very literary and was also Kong Rong's best friend, so he deserved to recommend him! But they didn't know Ni Heng's true character, nor did they know how Ni Heng's personality! They just looked at Ni Heng's consistent view of literati in this era, but the matter was so wonderful. Ni Heng was really a little different from ordinary literati, so it will not be continued.

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