Chapter 16: Reasonable and decisive

Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Han Dynasty, was gradually moving farther behind him, and Guo Jia was riding on the horse and was stunned.

After all, Liu Xie was a 16-year-old boy and had expectations for Guo Jia.

Many years ago, Guo Jia let Liu Xie down once.

Today, he was also unable to get Liu Xie to what he wanted.

After leaving Luoyang with a complicated mood, Guo Jia was a little overwhelmed.

He did not ask Liu Xie for a legitimate official position in Chang'an. Before Liu Xie was held hostage by other heroes, it would be futile to issue any edict in Luoyang.

It cannot be heard by the people of the world, nor has any prestige.

Guo Jiaruo took advantage of Liu Xie and left Liu Xie in Luoyang, which was actually a real person.

Ma Teng and Han Sui, who had returned with Guo Jia, looked gloomy and intertwined with resentment and anger since leaving Yang'an Palace.

Their merits have not been commended, and only Liu Xie’s words of praise are just a few words of both salty and unpretentious praise. What’s the use?

Han Sui's Liangzhou Governor was not appointed. Ma Teng wanted to become a close minister of the emperor and ordered the Ma family to restore the glory of General Fu Bo in the past, but unfortunately he did not realize it.

As Guo Jia said in Yang'an Palace, even if Ma Teng led his army to loyal to Liu Xie, where did the food and grass come from? Can he stop him if there are princes to attack?

From the time they sent troops to Liangzhou to the time when they returned home, Han Sui lost nearly 30,000 troops, and nearly 20,000 horses, leaving six or seven thousand soldiers to return to Liangzhou, achieving only one goal: to eliminate Li Jue and Guo Si.

When Guanzhong changed hands, Guo Jia suffered the least casualties, but made the most profits.

Who made Guo Jia the strongest army?

On the way back, Guo Jia was thinking about his worries, and Liu Xie finally almost made him do his part in a begging tone. Guo Jia agreed, but he was right and wrong.

Even if Guo Jia wants to really be loyal to Liu Xie, all the civil and military officials under his command will not agree.

Officials in Yizhou will not agree.

Because of the interests.

Here in Guo Jia, they only have one lord. Guo Jia was loyal to Liu Xie. Not only did their status decline, but they were also suppressed by countless gentry. How could they agree?

"Lord, the person who went to Jizhou to deliver the letter is back." Gan Ning rode his horse to Guo Jia and found that Guo Jia was in poor spirits, so he whispered to report the news.

Guo Jia asked casually: "What did Yuan Shao say?"

Gan Ning shook his head and said, "Yuan Shao did not express his opinion."

After sighing, Guo Jia was speechless at this Yuan Benchu.

After defeating the Southern Xiongnu and learning that the emperor had returned to Luoyang, Guo Jia sent someone to Jizhou to deliver a letter to Yuan Shao, hoping that Yuan Shao would take the emperor to Jizhou.

In terms of territory, Yuan Shao, who took Bingzhou, was the closest to Luoyang, but welcoming the emperor was a joke? Even if Yuan Shao's subordinates in Bingzhou heard the news, they might not dare to make their own decisions.

Yuan Shao has to make the decision, so that Cao Cao in Xuchang is actually closer.

Yuan Shao was not harassed by the Black Mountain bandits led by Zhang Yan, and his road to rise was smooth and forced Gongsun Zan into a desperate situation. Yuan Shao was undoubtedly powerful. If Yuan Shao was the one who held the emperor to command the princes, would Yuan Shao be even stronger?

Guo Jia didn't think so. The emperor and the officials were surviving in Luoyang, but if they got to the princes, they would become a powerful political group.

The gentry of the imperial party would have fierce conflicts with the gentry of supporters of the princes.

If Yuan Shao really welcomed the emperor, he would not be able to control the situation. With Yuan Shao's actions to send his three sons to three states, Guo Jia decided that Yuan Shao was definitely not a person who could dominate the overall situation.

Is it a check or balance to go to three states?

No

It is a hidden danger that brothers are dissatisfied with it, and the disaster is caused by Xiao Wall

On the contrary, Cao Cao was an excellent politician. He was able to calmly treat the emperor as a sign of commanding the princes and suppress the situation.

Historically, a gentry of the God Party has played many conspiracies under Cao Cao's eyes, but they were easily resolved by Cao Cao.

The Cao Cao that Guo Jia knows now can be said to be too hypocritical.

While Cao Cao did not admit that he had abolished the filial piety and integrity, he was only talented and issued several orders to seek talents.

Typically, sheep-headed sells dog meat.

If he was asked to hold the emperor in his palm, he would be under the banner of "submitting the emperor to order the emperor to be unjust", but in fact he would be a conquering the Cao family. Isn't such a person hypocritical?

However, he is the veritable hero

For Guo Jia, sending someone to send a letter to Yuan Shao is hoping that Yuan Shao will welcome the emperor to Yecheng, so that he can not only restrict Yuan Shao, but also curb Cao Cao, killing two birds with one stone.

The key is how Yuan Shao does it

Yuan Shao had a headache in Yecheng, Jizhou.

In the palace of Yecheng Prefecture, Yuan Shao sat in the main seat, and the civil and military officials arrived in the hall.

After seeing off the envoy who sent Guo Jia's letter, Yuan Shao ordered civil and military officials to come to Yecheng to discuss matters.

"What do you think about Guo Jia? The emperor fled back to Luoyang. Since Guo Jia learned about it and had already gone to Luoyang in person, why did he send someone to report to me? Why didn't he welcome the emperor to Chengdu?"

Yuan Shao once wanted to support Liu Yu as emperor because he felt that he could control Liu Yu so that he could stand on the political commanding heights and suppress dissidents, and then wait until the world is destroyed and then abdicate, so that the Yuan family ruled the world with justification.

But now, he could not tell whether Liu Xiehui would be controlled by him, especially Liu Yu was a relative of the Han Dynasty, but not an orthodox emperor. Liu Xie was the bloodline of the late emperor. Although he was the emperor supported by Dong Zhuo's decentralization, people in the world always believed that Liu Xie was an orthodox emperor. As the Yuan family of the four generations and three dukes, Yuan Shao could be calm in the face of Liu Yu. When facing Liu Xie's words, the difference between the monarch and the subject in his bones made him afraid.

In addition, Yuan Shao couldn't figure out why Guo Jia gave him this opportunity, was it a good intention or a ill-intention?

One of the counselors in the hall was listed, with a gentle and humble manner, and a very Confucian style. It was Ju Su.

Ju Su was different from other gentry families who were born in filial and honest. He was appointed as an official. Maocai was a place in a state that was a place every year, and in terms of rank, he was much higher than filial and honest.

Ju Shu had great ambitions and was good at strategy. As early as when he was in office, he presented Yuan Shao with the strategy of unifying Hebei.

These include unifying Jizhou, Qingzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou. The order is to take Jizhou first, then attack Qingzhou, and then lead the troops north to Youzhou to unify Hebei.

According to this strategy, in less than ten years, Yuan Shao became the prefect of the Bohai Sea and was about to become the most powerful prince in the world.

And in this strategy, Ju Su had already told Yuan Shao about the plan to use the emperor to command the princes.

However, Ju Shu used "kill", and Mao Jie used "Feng" to offer advice to Cao Cao. The difference between one word is different, and from a political perspective, it is between high and low.

Ju Su smiled at this time. He thought that Yuan Shao was very satisfied with his strategy back then. Now that the opportunity has come, he can use the emperor to command the princes and unify the world is just around the corner.

"Lord, this is a good opportunity given by God, so you can't lose it. Guo Jia dared not rob the emperor of the emperor and ordered the princes because Guo Jia was humble and had only one Yizhou. Even if he took Guanzhong, Guanzhong was deserted. In the early stage, he even had to divide his troops to defend Yizhou and Guanzhong, and his strength did not increase but decline. Therefore, if he robbed the emperor of the emperor, he would probably have the will but lack strength. But the lord is different. The lord has a wide area and a lot of soldiers, horses, money and food. Who in the world can compare with? The lord brought the emperor to Yecheng, and who dares to say so much?"

Ju Su's analysis was very accurate. Yuan Shao welcomed the emperor and was justified, and no princes dared to question Yuan Shao.

Before Guanzhong resumed production, it was a burden, which restricted Guo Jia, but it could not be blinded by the current situation. Looking forward to the future, with proper management and governance, Guo Jia, who got Guanzhong, would have a huge increase in strength after a few years. At present, he does not have the strength to command the princes by the emperor. Moreover, compared with his background, Guo Jia is far apart from Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other princes.

Yuan Shao fell into deep thought, and Ju Su's words sounded reasonable, but the key point he was confused about was not whether he could bring the emperor to Yecheng, but whether it would be beneficial to bring the emperor to him.

In the past, Yuan Shao had elders who gave advice. He followed the orders of his elders. First, he had his father Yuan Feng, and then his uncle Yuan Wei. Without his backer, Yuan Shao's shortcomings of being resourceful and decisive were exposed. In the early days of his rise, most of the counselors gave him advice. Now that Yuan Shao is strong, the counselors have a factional difference due to his personal interests. For Yuan Shao, there are many people who come up with ideas and different opinions swaying from side to side, so he finds it difficult to make a decision, unable to see the situation clearly, and cannot distinguish the pros and cons.

"I think you must not be a lord. Looking at the current situation, the Han Dynasty is in name only, and those who support the Han Dynasty will be burdened. Who among the princes in the world truly respects the Han Dynasty? Isn't the lord who welcomes the emperor to Jizhou? Isn't it a shackle for himself? Please think about it, what will happen if Dong Zhuo holds the emperor hostage? What will happen if Li Jue and Guo Si holds the emperor hostage?"

Guo Tu's out-of-listing is against Ju Su's tit-for-tat, and his opinions are completely different.

He opposed the welcome of the emperor, but the reason was very simple. They were the real powers under Yuan Shao. When the emperor brought all the officials to Jizhou, they would inevitably weaken their rights.

Ju Su, who thought that he had convinced Yuan Shao, changed his expression and hurriedly advised Yuan Shao: "Lord, this world is still the Han Dynasty, and the country is still the country of the Liu family. At this moment, even if the princes in the world do not respect the emperor, the people in the world don't think so. If the lord welcomes the emperor to Jizhou, the talents in the world will compete to serve and the people in the world will submit their sincere support. The emperor is just a big fist that commands the world. How can the lord compare himself with Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si?"

Yuan Shao had a headache, and what Ju Su and Guo Tu said made sense.

The military general Chunyu Qiong clasped his fists at Yuan Shao in a muffled voice and said, "Lord, I don't understand the great truth. I just want to ask the lord, "The emperor is here, who will I listen to?"

Yuan Shao's face changed and he showed a slight shock.

Yes, the emperor is here, who will his subordinates listen to?

Listen to the emperor? What should he do?

Don’t listen to the emperor? Then isn’t he the same as Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si? What should I do if I will be detained for treason?

"I have decided to welcome the emperor."

After a fierce struggle in his heart, Yuan Shao made such a decision in history.

"Lord..." Ju Su was planning to persuade him a few more words, but found that Yuan Shao had waved his sleeves, got up and left the table, and walked towards the backyard.
Chapter completed!