Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight road blocking vision
In October and a half of the fourth year of Jian'an, in order to present the jade seal, a team of more than a thousand people, from ceremonial guards to escorts, left Jinling under Bai Tu's farewell.
With a little disappointment and full admiration, the people of Jinling spontaneously saw each other off at the city gate.
Originally there were rumors that Bai Tu wanted to imitate Yuan Shu, to which the people responded with great joy.
This is inevitable. If even the people at the base of Jinling City don't agree with Bai Tu, how can he be a general or a prince of Chu?
Is it possible that everything from theater troupes, daily notices and other publicity campaigns to various practical measures to benefit the people was all in vain?
If Baitu spreads rumors in Jinling that he wants to proclaim himself emperor, there will be no chaos among the people at all. Instead, he is close to the general's palace, but not close to the center of the six departments. The nobles who lack first-hand information are a little panicked.
But now all the rumors have been self-exposed - Bai Tu is indeed a sage in this world, and those previous slanders were obviously villains with ulterior motives!
After getting the imperial seal, he sent it back to the court without any hesitation...
I would like to ask, apart from Bai Tu, which other princes have such noble sentiments?
"Ziyu is here to say hello to His Majesty on my behalf, and also to let Your Majesty know that no matter what others say, the General's Mansion is the most solid backing for the imperial court." Bai Tu instructed.
The backing of the imperial court... If it were in the prosperous times, this statement would already have a somewhat disrespectful meaning, but now no one cares about it.
Even Baitu, who took the initiative to send back the jade seal, has to be singled out? Then are you still human?
Hua Xin also knew what Bai Tu meant, and said calmly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will live up to the court and my lord by going here."
That's right, Bai Tu finally decided that Hua Xin would lead the team to deliver the jade seal as the main envoy.
Originally, Bai Tu had hesitated on the choice of candidate, mainly between Hua Xin and Bing Yuan...
Both of them are famous scholars, so they are perfect for this position.
As for Kong Rong... although he has not yet become the chief bodyguard of the Confucian Academy, he is already significantly higher than other celebrities. For him to be the leader is not only inappropriate in character, but also too grand.
The biggest advantage of Bing Yuan as an envoy is that he doesn't have to worry about what Cao Cao will do to him, and Bing Yuan is upright, even if Bai Tu has not discussed anything with him in advance, as long as everyone else's "work" is done properly.
Under the circumstances, Bing Yuan's true character will be the best performance.
And... although Bing Yuan, Guan Ning and Hua Xin were combined into a "one-stop", compared to Hua Xin, Bing Yuan's main role in the General's Mansion was the "mascot".
Without actually doing anything, Bing Yuan's existence itself just adds a layer of shame to Bai Tu.
Even if Cao Cao shamelessly detains Bing Yuan as a court official, Bai Tu will not suffer much loss.
In contrast, Hua Xin did more practical things. The promotion of rural studies in the Ministry of Rites and rural studies was mainly planned by Hua Xin, and there were 360 days a day. Hua Xin spent more than 100 days in Yangzhou.
Visited various counties.
Hua Xin is indispensable to the present scale of township and county schools.
If Cao Cao detains Hua Xin, Bai Tu will feel uncomfortable for a while...
However, Hua Xin has obvious advantages over Bing Yuan - both of them are famous people in the world, but Bing Yuan can only act in his true colors, while Hua Xin... can perfectly get the key points provided by Bai Tu.
Then we can strive for greater benefits for Bai Tu and the General's Mansion, and even Xu Du's current situation is a time of uncertainty!
Historically, before the Battle of Guandu, there were many ministers under Cao Cao who had secretly communicated with Yuan Shao. Even if they didn't sell Cao Cao openly, they were at least flattering Yuan Shao and leaving a way out for themselves.
Just like the historical Battle of Guandu, in the first year, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao only conducted some tentative battles around the north and south of the Yellow River - after all, Yuan Shao came with the purpose of crushing hundreds of thousands of troops.
, it also takes a long time to dispatch from personnel to baggage.
And now...under the influence of the white rabbit effect, the situation in Xudu will only become more chaotic. As a prince, Liu Bei is a guest in Xudu in alliance with Cao Cao. There are also many people in the court who are dissatisfied with Cao Cao. There is an undercurrent in Xudu.
time.
Therefore, Hua Xin's judgment is needed so that he can adapt to changes in Xudu.
Bai Tu considered that Cao Pi was also in Jinling and that Cao Cao would not dare to do anything to his envoy, so he finally decided that Hua Xin would lead the envoy.
At the same time, a small honor guard from the Prime Minister's Palace, about forty or fifty people, has arrived in Jinling and will accompany Hua Xin.
It's not that Cao Cao is stingy because only a few people came, but... if there were more people, I'm afraid Baitu would dislike it!
Cao Cao didn't want to provoke Bai Tu now, as if he was "supervising" him to return the jade seal.
What is also somewhat surprising is that the deputy envoy delivering the jade seal this time is a girl in her twenties and eighties - none other than Xu Rong, the Taishi Cheng of the General's Mansion!
In Bai Tu's words, this trip must be grand. How much he has to travel every day and when to rest are all determined by Xu Rong's observation of the sky.
When they reach the north of the Huaihe River, Xu Rong will return with a small number of honor guards and escorts, and Cao Cao will plan the route later...
Bai Tu suddenly felt so ceremonial, and when negotiating the terms, he didn't open his mouth like a lion as expected, which made Sima Lang a little uneasy.
It's a pity that he didn't have the chance to go back with him.
Cao Pi wanted "Cao Bang" and went back with the team delivering the jade seal. Anyway, Cao Pi was the most important. The General's Office didn't care whether Cao Bang stayed in Jinling or not.
However, "Cao Bang" refused. After all, there were still so many dramas that were halfway through. When we returned to the Central Plains, there would only be some wild troupes performing some "weird" dramas every day.
Being in the "enemy camp", Cao Pi did not dare to expose himself too much, so naturally he could not force Cao Bang to do anything...
The representative of the mission sent by Cao Cao to Jinling was Liu Ye, who had been to Jinling before and was born in a clan.
Originally, he thought that along the way... Bai Tu might have other plans. Sure enough, it didn't take long for this idea to come true.
A few days after setting off, when we were about to arrive at Shucheng, several tigers suddenly rushed onto the official road and blocked the carriage of the seal delivery vehicle. The power of the beast caused the engine of the war horse to jam...
After being forcibly driven away by Chong Bu wearing foot armor, the team was able to continue to pass.
Because people from Shu County were already watching, rumors soon spread that God did not want Yuxi to leave Chu and return to the Central Plains!
Originally, Liu Ye was very sensitive to this rumor and suspected that Bai Tu wanted to use these tigers to order the delegation back to Jinling under the guise of destiny.
However, after that, Hua Xin had no intention of quitting because of this rumor.
Xu Rong proposed to stay temporarily and watch the stars for divination to see if it was a warning from God. However, Hua Xin refused and continued to urge the team to go north, and encouraged: "This must be a test from God for us! On behalf of my lord,
With admiration for the Han Dynasty, I returned the jade seal, how could I hesitate to move forward and delay the auspicious day because of a few tigers?"
Ling Liu Ye, who was secretly preparing his words of condemnation, couldn't help but wonder...could it be that this tiger was set free by someone else?
Little does he know that the "God's will" that Bai Tu pretends to be can't be represented by just a few tigers...
On the contrary, Liu Ye acted a little surprised at his suspicion.
Eight days have passed since encountering the tiger, and the team has arrived in Shouchun. With the soldiers and civilians of Shouchun seeing each other off, and the soldiers and civilians of Runan welcoming each other, the team crossed the Huaihe River.
At this point, Liu Ye has already concluded that he was too careless before, and that "the tigers rushing on the road"... maybe it really wasn't arranged by Bai Tu?
Of course, it may indeed be Bai Tu's arrangement, but it is not to take advantage of the situation to turn back the ceremonial guard, but just to leave an introduction to further enhance his prestige and set off his determination to return the jade seal.
After all, after crossing the Huaihe River, it was now within Cao Cao's control area. It would not be easy for the team to return afterwards. At least, Bai Tu probably had no regrets about returning the jade seal.
However, it is true that the story of "a group of tigers rushing across the road" has spread in Jiangdong and the Central Plains, making Bai Tu even more popular.
After crossing the Huaihe River, the honor guard camped for a short rest.
There is a small tributary flowing behind, so there is no need for a ferry. There is a bridge to cross the narrow river, and there are even some flimsy ice floes on the river surface.
According to Hua Xin and Xu Rong's request, before dawn, a large number of soldiers and civilians were waiting to line the road to welcome them, and the honor guard would pass from the bridge tomorrow morning.
In later generations, it would be a tormenting formalism, and everyone deserves to be scolded. However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the people's tolerance was much higher, especially now that it is the slack time for farming.
Neither Liu Ye nor the other think tanks in the Prime Minister's Office knew Bai Tu's path, so they had no way of taking precautions.
That night there were just some people doing something under the bridge, but they didn't disturb anyone on both sides.
Early the next morning, soldiers and civilians came to the bridge a mile away.
Just listen...a thunder on the ground!
According to folk rumors in the future, under the witness of countless people, Thunder Lord descended to earth in anger... I saw the small river that the honor guard was about to pass. With Thunder Lord's anger, the bridge collapsed and the river flowed backwards. It looked like the end of the world!
Seeing this scene, countless people spontaneously knelt down and worshiped the power of God, hoping that God would appease his anger.
Liu Ye, as well as other officials of the Prime Minister's Office and court officials, were also confused at this time!
The tiger before was just fine. After all... there are too many ways to fake it, but what is the situation now?
Lei Gong destroyed the bridge in his anger?
Could it be that God really wanted to keep the jade seal in the Chu land and did not want the jade seal to return to the Han Dynasty?
Even Zangji, who was sent by the little emperor to greet the Jade Seal ceremonial guard and was loyal to the Han Dynasty, was stunned for a long time when he saw this scene on the other side of the bridge. Although the belief in the Han Dynasty in his heart was extremely firm, it did not completely collapse like the bridge.
Bad, but it seems that the ice below is already full of cracks...