Chapter 241 Public Opinion Orientation(1/2)
As soon as Tao Shang said that, even Pan Feng himself could not understand his meaning.
He didn't believe that Tao Qian and his son would have such kindness. After all, Xuzhou is the foundation of the Tao family. If it is taken away, it will be difficult for them to die!
Because Tao Qian also has a considerable prestige in Xuzhou Baixin's eye, if such a threat is not eliminated, no one will be safe if he takes Xuzhou.
Of course, Pan Feng did not deny that he would attack the Tao family and son after taking Xuzhou, but he would at least save their lives and make them rich men for life.
Pan Feng had fantasized about capturing Xuzhou in various ways, but he didn't expect Tao Qian to do this.
The field fell into a brief silence, and everyone looked at Pan Feng with incredible eyes.
At this time, Pan Feng had to stand up.
"What Mr. Tao said is really a terrible disaster. Xuzhou has been run by Mr. Tao for a long time. It is precisely because of Mr. Tao's efforts that Xuzhou is today. I, a martial artist, have the ability to take charge of Mr. Tao for Xuzhou." Pan Feng waved his hand and signaled that he could not do it.
"Hahaha, General Pan is too modest. I heard Zi Zhong say that Jizhou can have such a situation now, because the strategies made by General benefit the people and accumulate strength. The development of Jizhou must be worthy of the general's great contribution. In this way, why can't the general help the people of Xuzhou!" said Tao Shang.
His expression was very serious and his eyes were very serious. If Pan Feng hadn't known the Tao family's possessiveness towards Xuzhou, he would have believed it.
But Pan Feng didn't believe it, and Xuzhou civil and military officials present believed it!
Tao Qian and Tao Shang did not inform other civil and military officials of the scene today, which led to the civil and military officials present thinking that Tao Qian really wanted to give Xuzhou to Pan Feng.
But Cao Cao's evil thief has been driven away, why did Tao Qian even surrender Xuzhou?
This makes people think deeply about the reasons.
Those who can be invited by Tao Qian to attend the banquet are not stupid, otherwise they would not have become senior managers.
After hearing Tao Shang's words, these people understood the reason after a moment of thinking about it - Tao Qian must have been threatened!
Apart from this reason, they couldn't think of any other reason to let Tao Qian take the initiative to give up his position in Xuzhou after the thief left!
This time, the civil and military officials present were unhappy.
As the saying goes, one emperor and another minister.
The Lord of Xuzhou will replace them, and the senior civil and military personnel will definitely usher in a major blood change. Once this situation occurs, the most likely result is that most of the people present have to go back to the field, and then the civil and military personnel sent by Jizhou will take over their positions!
Even if you are lucky enough to be caught in the first batch, you may be screened by Pan Feng for various reasons!
This is human nature.
When you arrive at a position like Pan Feng, most people will consider the role of grace.
An official in the same position must be more graceful and more loyal than those promoted by Tao Qian and those promoted by himself.
Loyalty is the most valuable thing!
Therefore, the civil and military officials present are almost certain that once Xuzhou changes its ownership, the major change of blood from the senior executives in Xuzhou is almost irreplaceable!
The ones that are most anxious about this are Chen Gui and his son.
Chen Gui and Chen Deng had already secretly surrendered to Cao Cao, but what they expected was that Cao Cao was defeated and went north to leave Xuzhou City.
Now they can't figure out where Cao Cao went.
For such a partner, the cunning and cunning Chen Gui and his son naturally could not die together.
The most important thing for them now is to find a new backer, and the best choice for this backer is Pan Feng.
It’s a pity that Mi Zhu sent his sister to the Pan Mansion first, which forced Chen Gui and Chen Deng, who were incompatible with the Mi family, to give up Pan Feng, the best candidate and turn their attention to others.
After much thought, they decided to lean on Tao Qian's thigh and then find other princes who could surrender.
Even if Tao Qian dies or Xuzhou is taken away during this period, their father and son can still gain a reputation as loyal victims. At that time, if the new master of Xuzhou is not satisfied, he can leave openly.
But Tao Qian suddenly wanted to give up Xuzhou and caught Chen Gui and his son off guard.
The people they sent to contact Yuan Shu probably hadn't arrived in Yuan Shu's tent yet, and Tao Qian was about to abdicate and give way to the wise!
How can this be done?
Once Pan Feng becomes the lord of Xuzhou, the Mi family will definitely rise. At that time, their Chen family may not be able to wait for Yuan Shu's reply and they will die at the hands of the Mi family!
Therefore, even the civil and military officials present supported Pan Feng's entry into Xuzhou and the Chen family could not agree!
However, the civil and military officials present now seem to be very satisfied, they just lack one person to take the lead.
Thinking of this, Chen Deng turned his gaze to a general beside him.
After hearing the potter's words, this person just frowned and began to continue eating meat.
This looks quite rude, but no one of the civil and military officials present dared to say anything, because the man was still wearing gauze, which was caused by injuries during the battle to defend the city.
"General Cao Bao, as a general of Xuzhou, can you bear Pan Feng's capture of Xuzhou with helplessness?"
Cao Bao, who was eating meat, paused, raised his eyes and looked at Pan Feng, and then continued to lower his head to eat meat.
However, his voice came: "General Pan is a kind and righteous person, don't worry too much."
Chen Dengyu choked.
Xuzhou general Cao Bao actually has such a good impression of Pan Feng!
Chen Deng didn't know that Pan Feng saved Cao Bao when he was in Qingzhou. This time, Cao Bao was seriously injured when he was guarding the city, and was also found by the Jizhou army. In the end, he even used the herbal bag brought by Pan Feng to save his life.
Adding up, Pan Feng had saved Cao Bao's two lives.
Although Cao Bao is not an unparalleled hero, he also knows how to repay kindness.
Pan Feng's two lives were enough to get his acquiescence, not to mention that this matter was proposed by Tao Qian and Tao Merchant.
Seeing that Cao Bao had no reaction, Chen Deng had to go to find someone else.
As a result, before Chen Deng could instigate the next one, someone stood up in the field.
"Pan Feng, have you threatened Mr. Tao and his son? Although my Xuzhou has experienced the decline of talents after the war, I am not afraid of your Jizhou army. As long as I, Cheng Yan, are there for one day, you will not be able to seize Xuzhou!"
Cheng Yan's appearance made Chen Deng excited and almost jumped up.
What he was waiting for was someone taking the lead. In this case, as long as someone took the lead, others would use this to vent their dissatisfaction. In this way, Pan Feng would definitely be criticized by everyone present!
Sure enough, with Cheng Yan taking the lead, most of the remaining civil and military officials stood up to express their objections.
Some rational ones directly advised Tao Qian and Tao merchants to think twice, while some reckless ones directly pointed at Pan Feng and started to curse.
Pan Feng had never been so angry that he had to give these people some color on the spot, but when he thought about it, he instantly understood the intentions of Tao Qian and his son!
What a good guy, the Tao family father and son are also involved in the insidious and cunning.
This trick is so easy to use by using a knife to kill people. If Pan Feng really started fighting with these civil and military officials in Tao Qian’s mansion today.
Then tomorrow morning, Pan Feng will be cruel and rude and will be rude to seize Xuzhou. The act of robbing Xuzhou will spread throughout the city of Xuzhou and then throughout the entire Xuzhou!
In this way, the people of Xuzhou, who already had a fondness for Tao Qian, would definitely regard Pan Feng as a traitor like Cao Cao.
If this impression is remembered by the people of Xuzhou, it is a question whether the decrees issued by Pan Feng in the future can be fully implemented.
Moreover, once the people began to hate Pan Feng, it would be like giving Tao Qian countless bargaining chips to compete with the Jizhou army for Xuzhou.
Although the people are slightest, if millions of people in Xuzhou work hard, even Pan Feng, with a large army of 100,000, may not be able to stabilize the situation in Xuzhou.
Too dangerous.
I almost fell into the trap of Tao Qian and his son!
Of course, in the face of the shameless behavior of Tao Qian and his son, Pan Feng also thought of a way to deal with it.
But he couldn't stay on the scene anymore, so he had to go back now and ask someone to prepare.
"Duke Tao, you guys, I have no intention of occupying Xuzhou. Even if it really happens, my lord will not agree. He is a close friend of Tao, so how could he covet the foundation of Tao?"
"If you don't believe me, I have nothing to say. Let me say goodbye first!"
After saying that, Pan Feng left the banquet without waiting for Tao Qian to stay.
At the top, Tao Qian's turbid gaze fell on Pan Feng's firm back.
He always felt that he and the pottery were ignoring something. Leaving so easily was not Pan Feng's style.
There must be a fraud, but he couldn't imagine it!
At this time, Xuzhou civil and military officials who thought they were victorious began to want Tao Qian to toast to show their loyalty.
Tao Qian also refused everyone to this, adding the wine in the wine glass again and again.
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After leaving Tao Mansion, Pan Feng soon met Deng Long, who was waiting on the street corner.
This was because Pan Feng was afraid that Tao Qian would be ambushed secretly, so he specially asked Deng Long to come over to protect him.
Not Pan Fengbiao.
With him and four personal guards here, it was enough to resist Deng Long’s support!
However, Tao Qian did not ambush the killer, so Deng Long's reinforcement army was not available.
Seeing Pan Feng come out, Deng Long hurriedly asked, "General, is there any abnormal movement in the old thief Tao Qian?"
Pan Feng waved his hand: "The old thief is very smart and doesn't fight me head-on. He is now trying to use public opinion in Xuzhou to suppress our army."
Speaking of this, Pan Feng sneered: "What he didn't know is that we are too familiar with the public opinion!"
To be continued...