"In this case, please don't keep your majesty waiting too long, Mr. Zhou Mu."

"Dezu, you are responsible for entertaining Lord Angel to rest."

"Yes, the building and hot water are ready. Angel, please follow me this way."

Looking at the retreating figure, and recalling the meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth when he turned around, Li Shushi couldn't help but laugh softly.

Unfortunately, this chuckle did not ease the atmosphere at the scene. Everyone in the lobby had serious expressions on their faces, and some even seemed to have a tendency to vandalize public property compared to the more impatient ones.

That's right, I'm talking about you little strong guy!

"Ahem, Fengxian, I think you are in good spirits. It just so happens that Tamago-chan feels that her body and bones are not feeling well these days. She wants to find someone to practice with her hands and loosen her bones. Or do you want to give it a try?"

"The book is true. In fact, I have been infected with wind, cold and fever in the past few days. On the surface, I look lively and vigorous, but in fact, my body is weak. So I am really helpless. How about you find Zilong, Ziyi, or Hansheng?

Coming."

"As long as you have the will, you will be able to unleash 500% of your power. Tamago-chan won't mind if the person practicing with her is too weak. Anyway, it's the same for everyone, so don't bother others. After all, others have it too.

Things have to be done.”

"Shu Shi, you can rest assured. I, Lu Fengxian, can definitely do what others can do, and I can do it better than them all!"

"Oh, then I would like to ask Fengxian to take good care of these tables, chairs, and the things on the tables. If anything goes wrong, then when everyone meets Fengxian again in the future, they will say "Fengxian, you"

He’s a person who doesn’t keep his word~”

"No problem, I'll take care of it, Lu Fengxian!"

Well, after calming down this Xiaoqiang, the other guys who were eager to show off their muscles immediately became honest. Otherwise, for the sake of his own "innocence", Xiaoqiang would never mind looking for those grumpy guys to compare their tempers.

More irritable.

"Okay, if you have any thoughts about this sudden imperial edict, you can feel free to speak out."

"Shu Shi, lend me 30,000 tiger swords. I will help you capture the emperor's son and Cao Cao's old man, and beat that bastard Cao Zixiao. Well, Xia Houyuanrang and Miaocai can't let go either.

They all need to be beaten severely!"

"I'm telling you, Fengxian, if you say the same joke too many times, it won't have the funny effect."

"Shu Shi, even if you insult my pure heart like this, you can't just let it go!"

"(Squinting) Then tell me how I insulted your writing of 'purity' and reading of dirty mind."

"When others have already bullied us, shouldn't we give them the most violent response?"

"That makes sense..."

"Look, you actually admitted it yourself in the book, right?"

"But specific problems must be analyzed in detail, otherwise you will just fight randomly without principles. Do you like to do this kind of waste of energy? Or maybe your body is already well, then I will help you save your life with Tamago-chan.

Here~"

"It is forbidden to use weapons of mass destruction, we must all be pacifists!"

"Although it feels so inconsistent to say such words from your mouth, but forget it. Let's get back to the topic."

After saying that, Li Shushi looked at the civil servants on the right. The meaning was obvious: In order to prevent Xiaoqiang from continuing to perform, any of you should stand up quickly and continue to speak, and don't let me do anything.

Because the meaning in Li Shushi's eyes was so clear that a few people had no reason to pretend not to see it, but looking at the frowns on a few people's brows, it seemed that they hadn't figured out a clue yet. Several people were talking silently.

After a while, Cheng Yu, as the chief, finally stood up and gave Li Shushi a very classic line:

"Lord, there must be something fishy about this matter!"

Well, it’s also difficult for them. So I won’t lift the table this time, well, I won’t lift the table.

Probably seeing Li Shushi's dissatisfaction, Jia Xu, who seemed to have been keeping his eyes closed, opened his eyes and leaned forward slightly. After everyone noticed him, he slowly said:

"Although I haven't thought it through yet, I might be able to tell you some things as a reference."

"Wen He, please speak."

"Now our relationship with the two princes Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is very subtle. Although on the surface it seems that our relationship with Cao Cao's army is closer, while the relationship with Yuan Shao's army is more tense, and Yuan Shao's army and Cao Cao

The Cao Cao army is constantly having frictions over the ownership of Qingzhou and even Xuzhou, but this does not mean that we and Cao Cao's army can become allies in the next battle.

There is reliable information that shows that the relationship between the Hebei family under Yuan Shao and the Central Plains family under Cao Cao is quite close. Even now that the relationship between the two parties is tense, the relationship between them has not been severed, and may even become closer.

Although Cao Cao now occupies the three prefectures of Xu, Yan, and Yu, as well as a small part of Yangzhou and Qingzhou, if he hadn't held the trump card of the Han Emperor, would the powerful people under his rule have launched a uprising similar to that of Yanzhou?

At least that kind of rebellion

In my opinion, the possibility is very high, and the reason why Cao Cao relies on the Qiao Pei Group with his own clan as the core, adopts a restraining policy against the powerful under his rule, and constantly promotes those poor scholars and generals, is probably because he has some understanding of his own situation.

Very clear understanding.

However, no prince can truly destroy all the families under his rule, so now, the relationship between the two parties is in a very delicate balance, but because of the existence of the Han Emperor, this balance is more favorable to Cao Cao.

The above is my general introduction to the current internal situation of Cao Cao's army. What is really worth noting are some rumors that have begun to circulate in the past six months under his rule, especially in recent months, which have become more and more intense. But the specifics are

Whatever the situation, please ask Fengxiao to introduce it, he will be responsible for the specific matters in this area."

"Don't look at me, I just drank a little wine secretly...Okay, I admit that I was wrong.

Ahem, I won’t go into detail about what the rumors are. Anyway, they are all rumors that are unfavorable to our union, and the targets of attack are mostly focused on the lord and the policies he promotes. The core purpose is to borrow

This makes people believe that the Lord will be the likes of Wang Mang who conspired to usurp the Han Dynasty, or the likes of Fan Chong who came from a rough background.

Although it can be considered that these rumors are not much different from the version concocted by Yuan Shao, but for them to be spread so widely in the Central Plains, I am afraid that there must be someone who is adding fuel to the flames.

The most important thing is that as Cao Cao established his capital in Xuchang, he recruited talents from all over the world. While he obtained many talents from all over the world, the bureaucracy group under Cao Cao, headed by Xun Yu, who came from aristocratic families, became increasingly huge, and even

We can compete with the Qiao Pei Group. Perhaps Xun Wenruo is a wise man and will not do anything to harm Cao Cao's army, but his attitude towards our Bingzhou Army can have a huge impact on Cao Cao and the Han Emperor."

"Xu would like to add that many of our people here also have close ties with Hebei and the Central Plains. Perhaps their original intention was not to be detrimental to the lord. However, it is very possible that some of their words may be used by the enemy.

.”

"Actually, having said so much, Mr. Wen He and Feng Xiao are already very clear about the intention of this imperial edict."

"Takanao, do you want to tell everyone that you have guessed it?"

"No, no, no, compared to the two of you, my Fa Xiaozhi is still lagging behind, and I can't explain it as clearly as the two of you."

"Okay, don't beat around the bush and tell us the result directly. This matter is serious and must be treated with caution!"

Seeing that Li Shushi's expression was very serious, Fazheng took a deep look at Guo Jia who was not far away. Then he closed his eyes and rested like Jia Xu just now. As for Ju Shu next to him,

He smiled, but that smile made people shudder. I always felt that these guys with seven orifices and exquisite hearts were too suspicious.

Of course, there are more important things that need to be decided at the moment, so this inadvertent little action is destined to be nothing more than an episode.

The counselors once again communicated with their eyes and seemed to have reached a relatively unified opinion.

"Basically, it can be considered that this is a test for us." Cheng Yu said in a very positive tone.

"We all know very well that this is a test for us, but the purpose of this test is the key to the matter. Only by understanding this can we make a correct judgment."

Huang Zhong was perhaps the most calm one among the generals regarding this matter. Although he also frowned, he was not angry because of the content of the imperial edict. Instead, he seemed to be thinking hard like the civil servants.

I don’t know which one is wrong. The current Huang Hansheng and the old Huang Zhong in the history of another dimension and in the novel have taken completely opposite paths. Compared with that one, it is a bit reckless, but it’s easy to do.

Favorite eating Jijiang method, now

The current Huang Zhong seems to be much more stable. Not only can he always look at problems from a high perspective, but his ability to nourish his energy has also amazed even the civil servants. He sat and talked with them, holding hands for half a day, and even occasionally won a small victory.

.

"Well, maybe my lord can give us some help?"

"Don't look at me. This time, these people's methods are really hidden. We didn't even get the news until they entered the area controlled by us, so we were caught off guard. If we could have received the news in advance, we wouldn't have

If we were as passive as now, we might have been able to work out a response plan long ago."

Yes, I was indeed caught off guard this time.

There are only a few words in the imperial edict representing the emperor's order, and the meaning is very simple, that is, Luoyang is the irreplaceable capital of the Han Dynasty. Although the emperor has to live in Xuchang temporarily, he will return to Luoyang one day, so he hopes that Li Shushi

Giving up control of a county in Henan allowed the emperor to rebuild the palaces he needed according to his own preferences. Since rebuilding the palaces cost a lot, a county in Nanyang was also handed over to the emperor, so that the emperor could use Nanyang's taxes to complete the project.

your own wishes.

When everyone in the Bingzhou Army learned about the content of the imperial edict, their first reaction was the same: Are you sure you didn't get the imperial edict by mistake?

But when they saw the triumphant expression of Kong Rong who came to deliver the imperial edict, they knew that this was obviously not a mistake, but a deliberate act by the other party. Then the second question came... Let Kong Rong

Could it be that the person who came to preach the imperial edict is a brainworm?

Well, if Cao Mengde and Xun Wen are idiots, then even the Bingzhou Army will not have many people with normal minds. There will be none who can cure smart people. It is doubtful whether there are smart people in the whole world.

question.

Since the opponent's IQ is always high, why would he come up with such a ridiculous-looking thing?

Some impulsive guys naturally clamored to teach those arrogant guys a lesson, while those with more complex thoughts began to think about the profound meaning behind such actions.

Looking at the ancient pre-Qin period to the present, there are very few similar situations that can be used as reference. After all, when the power of the Han Dynasty was at its peak, not to mention the princes who dominated one side like Li Shushi, even those with royal blood

It is true that when faced with an edict like this from the emperor, the princes also lacked legal basis for confrontation.

It can be said that unless there is a rebellion, we will have to admit defeat.
To be continued...