Chapter 93 General Liu has another request

Yuan Tan had an spy in Donglai, and he already knew that Liu Bei was appointed the Mu of Qingzhou by the imperial court. He was furious about this and vowed to send troops to attack Liu Bei.

At the same time, he sent people to Yecheng to report to Yuan Shao, and at the same time he raised troops, horses, and food to prepare to personally lead the troops to attack Liu Bei.

When he saw Zhou Xing at this time, he was surprised and even more angry, thinking that Liu Bei sent Zhou Xing to ask him to leave Qingzhou.

Zhou Xing drew his long sword outside the door and entered the living room with two followers. When he saw Yuan Tan, he felt that the anger he had been holding back in his heart was about to burst out.

"General Zhendong of Tinghou of Yicheng led Zhou Xing, the military advisor of Liu Xuande, the prefect of Donglai, to pay homage to the envoy!"

Before the other party's anger exploded, Zhou Xing quickly saluted.

He also deliberately said the words "General Zhendong" and "Prefect of Donglai" very loudly to show that Liu Bei did not regard himself as "General Zuo" or "Qingzhou Mu".

He also called Yuan Tan the "Shijun", indicating that Liu Bei still regarded him as the governor of Qingzhou.

Sure enough, Yuan Tan's anger was obviously relieved after hearing this. Even the general present, Yan Jing, looked a little calmer and looked at Zhou Xing with less murderous intent.

"I wonder if Liu Xuande is now General Zhendong or General Zuo? Is he the Governor of Donglai or the Mu of Qingzhou?"

Yuan Tan asked seriously, with a very dissatisfied tone.

"Of course it's General Zhendong and Prefect Donglai." Zhou Xing replied calmly.

"But I heard that the imperial court worshiped Liu Xuande as General Zuo and Qingzhou Mu. Is this a rumor?" Yuan Tan still had a sullen face.

Zhou Xing slowly replied: "It's not a rumor, it's true. General Zhendong has to accept the emperor's edict, but..."

Yuan Tan and Yan Jing both put their hands on the hilts of their swords and glared at Zhou Xing, as if they were about to draw their swords and kill each other in the next moment.

Hearing Zhou Xing say "but", Yuan Tan held back the words he wanted to curse angrily, and listened patiently to the other person's continued words.

"General Liu knows that he has little virtue and no merit in the imperial court, so he cannot hold the post of General Zuo and Mu Ping of Qingzhou. Therefore, I have been specially ordered to bring the seals and ribbons of General Zuo, Mu Ping of Qingzhou, and Marquis Mouping to the envoy. If

When it comes to the position of Qingzhou shepherd, it must be the envoy."

"Ming Shijun, your promotion to General Zuo and Mu of Qingzhou is not what General Liu wants, let alone what General Liu wants. General Liu just wants to defend the county and live there so that the people in the county can be stable. He has no intention of occupying the state. This matter

Maybe someone from the Xudu court did it deliberately."

Yuan Tan said sternly and angrily: "Humph, of course someone did it on purpose, and that person is Grand Master Kong Rong."

Zhou Xing shook his head and said: "Ming Shijun, in my opinion, is not Taifu Kong."

"Who else could it be if it wasn't Kong Rong?" Yuan Tan asked.

"Ming Shijun can imagine that it was Taifu Kong who was willing to leave Qingzhou and give Qingzhou to Shijun, which shows that he recognized Mingshijun's talents and even more recognized Shijun as the governor of Qingzhou. In this case, why did he go to Liu

The general is the pastor of Qingzhou? General Liu has no grudges with Taifu Kong. He has no intention of harming General Liu. But with Taifu Kong's wisdom, doesn't he understand that one state cannot tolerate two masters?"

"Now that Mr. Ming Shijun has lived in the state as the governor of Qingzhou, if Mr. Kong proposed that General Liu be the governor of Qingzhou, wouldn't he want General Liu to fight with Mr. Mingshi? And Taifu Kong must know that no matter Liu is

Neither the general's heart nor the strength of General Liu can fight with the Ming Dynasty Lord, and he will lose if he fights. Under such circumstances, how could Taifu Kong take the initiative to declare General Liu as the shepherd of Qingzhou?"
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Yuan Tan lowered his eyes and meditated. After a moment, he raised his eyes to look at Zhou Xing, nodded slightly and said: "That's true. Taifu Kong should not be so stupid, and Liu Xuande was once kind to him. I mean, do you want to say that Taifu Kong went to Liu Xuande to express his gratitude to him?"

Is the Qingzhou Mu matter under the instigation of others?"

Zhou Xing was secretly happy that Yuan Tan really thought along his own lines.

"It's very possible." Zhou Xing replied.

Some things cannot be said with certainty, and the other party must make their own guesses.

"Are you trying to say that Cao Sikong deliberately asked Master Kong to appoint Liu Xuande as the shepherd of Qingzhou?" Yuan Tan asked again.

Zhou Xing nodded and said: "If this were not the case, it is really difficult to explain why Cao Sikong first presented General Liu as Zuo General and Mouping Marquis, and Kong Taifu followed closely and listed General Liu as Qingzhou Mu. Now Cao Sikong holds the emperor hostage.

To make the princes even want to think of themselves as generals, they did not pay attention to General Yuan at all. Not to mention that although he was respected but had no real power, Taifu Kong was bound to be forced by him and obey his wishes."

"It is in Cao Sikong's favor to provoke a fight between General Liu and Lord Ming. Although Cao Sikong gave up his position as general and retired to Si Kong, he must not be willing to accept it. At present, Gongsun Zan is building a city in Youzhou to accumulate grain and defend himself.

General Yuan is defending the northern border, and if he asks Ming Shijun to send troops to Donglai, he will instigate internal fighting in Qingzhou. At the same time, he may also secretly communicate with Gongsun and lead Youzhou soldiers to go south."

"If Hebei is in chaos, it will take the opportunity to cross the river and seize the land of Jizhou and Qingzhou. In this case, I am afraid that the people of Jizhou and Qingzhou will suffer war again!"

Only by pushing Cao Cao out as their common enemy can Zhou Xing get Yuan Tan and Liu Bei to stand on the same front. Only in this way can Yuan Tan let go of his doubts about Liu Bei.

Moreover, if Yuan and Cao can be provoked to fight now, it will be very beneficial to Liu Bei.

Yuan Tan thought about it carefully and felt that what Zhou Xing said made sense.

It is true that since Cao Cao became the emperor, he became arrogant and even despised his father Yuan Shao.

First, he issued an edict and scolded him in the name of the emperor, and then assumed the position of general, and let Yuan Shao occupy the position of three princes and Taiwei.

Although the Taiwei is the head of the three princes, he is below the general.

After Yuan Shao flatly refused, Cao Cao had some scruples and naturally gave up the position of general. He retired to the empty position of the three companies and sent people to worship Yuan Shao as general.

Although Yuan Shao accepted the position of general, he had begun to be dissatisfied with Cao Cao, and at the same time he deeply felt that the emperor had many inconveniences for him in the hands of Cao Cao.

Not to mention anything else, just making various demands in the name of the Emperor will make you very troubled.

And Yuan Tan naturally understands the mood of his father Yuan Shao, and actually has no good impression of Cao Cao.

Now that I hear Zhou Xing say this, the more I think about it, the more I think it should be like this.

"Unexpectedly, it was Cao Cao's conspiracy!" Yuan Tan looked at the three wooden boxes held by the people behind Zhou Xing, "Liu Xuande is really willing to hand over the seals and ribbons of Qingzhou Mu and General Zuo to me?"

Having just heard that Liu Bei was willing to hand over the seal and ribbon, Yuan Tan has been looking forward to it.

If this is true, it can prove one thing: Liu Bei is really afraid of himself!

Liu Bei is willing to hand over the seal and ribbon, which is definitely not done willingly, but only as a last resort. It also shows that Liu Bei is self-aware and knows that he cannot fight against him.

If the other party is afraid, it means that he is powerful, which is Yuan Tan's pride.

"Of course, there is also the seal and ribbon of Hou Mouping."

Zhou Xing turned around and asked the person behind him to place the three wooden boxes on the table in front of Yuan Tan. He opened the wooden boxes and revealed the seals of Hou Ping, General Zuo and Mu Seal of Qingzhou.

Yuan Tan picked up the seal of Qingzhou Mu and looked at it carefully, and couldn't bear to leave his hand. This was the seal of the imperial court, and it was Qingzhou Mu, which was different in name from Qingzhou Governor.

"This is the seal given to Liu Xuande by the imperial court. Is he really willing to give it up?"

"Of course I'm willing to give up things that are not my own." Zhou Xing replied, "Previously, Han Wenjie gave up Jizhou, and Duke Yuan was promoted to general. Now that General Liu is giving up Qingzhou, Mingshijun will definitely be able to be promoted to general in the future!"

Zhou Xing compared Han Fu and Liu Bei, implying that Qingzhou was originally owned by Liu Bei and was given away by Liu Bei.

When I talk about this matter in the future, I will have something to say.

Yuan Tan was in a very good mood at this time and did not think of that much at all. He laughed and said: "Liu Xuande is so generous, which proves that he has no disloyal intentions. He can reward 10,000 stone grains, hahaha..."

Zhou Xing saw that Yuan Tan was so satisfied and even took the initiative to provide food. He quickly said: "The people of Donglai are short of food. It would be better if Mingshijun could give 10,000 shi of food. Zhou Xing replaced General Liu and the Donglai people Xie Mingshi

Your kindness! However, General Liu has one more request."
Chapter completed!