While the voting was in a stalemate, news of Cao Cao's victory began to spread rapidly.
Someone with evil intentions naturally believed that Cao Cao's behavior had gone beyond reason and declared himself duke. The next step was to declare himself king and emperor. For a time, Cao Cao's reputation among the gentry was reduced to the lowest level.
Of course, Cao Cao didn't care about this.
It is a definite fact that he has broken up with most of the nobles in the north. Now that these people can still use their words, Cao Cao will soon let them see what true cruelty is.
However, after the promulgation of the throne, the affairs of the Wei Kingdom were busy, and Cao Cao had not yet gotten away to work on this matter, so on the surface, it seemed that Cao Cao had given up.
At the same time, the new round of rules for the heir struggle were also posted.
What makes many people confused is that although the rules have been perfected, Cao Cao has not announced the most important start time. Although he is busy, Cao Cao just threw out such a big thing, and there was no follow-up soon.
According to the news, this kind of appetizing behavior has indeed disappointed many people who participated in the fun in Yecheng.
Cao Cao naturally had his own considerations about this.
In other words... there are more important things to deal with right now than the battle for heirship.
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In October of the fifteenth year of Jian'an.
Jiangdong is currently conducting an extremely hot selection campaign.
The same news of Cao Cao's proclamation finally reached the south.
This pours cold water on the already heated election campaign.
Zhang Zhaocai had just received the letter from Liu Bei. On the one hand, he was puzzled by the hesitation of Liu Bei and others. On the other hand, he received the news that Cao Cao from the north had proclaimed himself a duke and founded the country. Under these two shocks, Zhang Zhao's already depressed mood suddenly burst out.
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The letter was too slow, really too slow. Zhang Zhao wished he could yell at Liu Bei, a coward, thousands of miles away:
"I didn't see you being so reserved when you were bargaining with me before. Now when I need you, you are more polite with me?"
The key is that after seeing the news that Liu Bei and others proposed in the letter that the alliance would be held in Wuchang, Zhang Zhao almost lost his breath and fainted.
The two sides struggled for two or three months, and finally returned to Jiangxia for an alliance.
So what have you been testing in the past two or three months?
Isn’t it true that time is blown by strong winds?
Of course, although Zhang Zhao was angry, he could only sulk by himself.
The reason is simple - letters are too slow.
Two days have passed since the publicity and canvassing session began.
In the past two days, Lu Meng has indeed done his part. At least in Wujun City, Lu Meng's support rate is still quite good.
But...but Zhang Zhao had no chance to relax at all.
Because he didn't know when the booby trap hidden around him would explode, and he didn't even know if Lu Xun was deceiving him.
and…
Because of the information revealed by Lu Xun, the intelligence on Lu Xun that I have collected in the past two months is very likely to be false.
This made Zhang Zhao suddenly lose control of Lu Xun's trump card.
Lu Xun is not in a hurry until now...Does he still have some trump cards that he doesn't know about?
Countless thoughts filled Zhang Zhao's mind - he needed a simple, crude and effective way to end the threat posed by this uncertainty, so even though he held an infuriating letter in his hand, Zhang Zhao still
I plan to go to the appointment honestly.
Success or failure lies in this one move.
Zhang Zhao planned to hurry up to the appointment, reach a consensus with Liu Bei and others directly at the alliance site, and bring them to Jiangdong.
Regardless of the final selection result, as long as Liu Beijun comes, he will definitely win.
In addition to these, because the election requires considerable financial support, Zhu Ran, who was ordered to go to Poyang to suppress the riots, also sent back news that he had found a chamber of commerce willing to support the old-school election, and that the other party was willing to fully support Xindu, Yuzhang
, the selection of the five counties of Poyang, Guiyang and Lujiang.
Originally, the third front was in emergency, and Poyang was even facing some difficulties that it could not cope with, but there were immediate signs of easing.
In this way, Zhang Zhao was finally able to bite the bullet and leave all the affairs of Wu County to Lu Meng.
"This is the specific situation. I have to rush to Wuchang in person. I should be able to get back before the seventh day."
"During this period, Zi Ming, you have to be more careful. Whether Lu Xun is deceiving us or he really has arrangements, you must be careful in everything. Even if you temporarily give up some advantages, as long as you can delay it until I return,
We are 90% certain of winning or losing this game.”
Before leaving, Zhang Zhao repeatedly explained to Lu Meng.
Because at the moment, there is really no one else who can be trusted and loyal to him except Lu Meng.
It was said that the three major aristocratic families united to suppress Lu Xun, but now it seems that the Gu family is obviously suspected of plotting, and there is no need to say more about the Zhu family.
After overthrowing Sun Quan, Zhu Huan temporarily reached a consensus with Zhang Zhao, but the Zhu family, which had the most military power, obviously did not intend to hand over the army to Zhang Zhao easily.
The current situation of the old school is not optimistic. Represented by Zhu Huan, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Han Dang, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, Song Qian and others are basically standing opposite Zhang Zhao.
Or it could be said that civil and military forces are not the same family. If there was no gap between Zhang Zhao and Zhu Huan, there would be absolutely no possibility for Lu Xun to make a comeback now.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao supported Lu Meng and had Gan Ning, Lu Dai, and Bu Zhao to help him, so he could barely resist Zhu Huan's suppression in terms of military strength.
But again, apart from Zhang Zhao's money and temporary political means, the situation is definitely not optimistic.
The only option that could make him stand up was to defeat Lu Xun in one fell swoop and win the support of the people.
Lu Meng's answer pleased Zhang Zhao very much. Lu Meng knelt down on one knee and replied in an extremely firm tone:
"I would like to obey Mr. Ge's instructions. Meng Bi must do his best before you return."
"Well... That's good, Zi Ming, Wu County will leave everything to you. With the support of the Chamber of Commerce in Poyang, when Zhu Ran comes back, you can ask him first. I have asked Zhu Ran to communicate with him as much as possible.
Once the other party has communicated with you, at least when it comes to money, you don't need to be tied down."
"yes!"
After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he rubbed his tired eyebrows and quickly boarded the carriage while it was still early.
Following the coachman's shout, the carriage left quickly. Because he was worried about a mole, when Zhang Zhao arranged this matter, he actually did it in another hidden residence in the city.
He didn't notify anyone except Lu Meng about this matter. It seemed that this was really foolproof.
