in addition.

As far as Wu Liang knew, the identity of the governor of Bingzhou was also a problem.

Five years before Zhongping, the governor of Bingzhou was a man named Zhang Yi. Later, Zhang Yi died in the battle against the Hu people, and the post of governor was succeeded by Lu Bu's former adoptive father Ding Yuan.

Later, Dong Zhuo induced Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan. After a period of time, it is hard to say who the governor of Bingzhou was replaced.

But now.

Bingzhou has become Yuan Shao's territory. According to historical records, after Yuan Shao obtained Bingzhou, in order to stabilize the situation, he immediately appointed his nephew "Gao Gan" as the governor of Bingzhou, and "Gao Gan" did not disappoint Yuan Shao.

During the period of Bingzhou, his political discipline was excellent, and many tourists from Bingzhou came to rely on him.

And in the subsequent Battle of Guandu, "high cadres" also provided Yuan Shao with considerable supplies of food and soldiers.

Therefore, the current governor of Bingzhou should be a "high-ranking cadre".

There should not be any serious trust crisis between Yuan Shao and the "high-ranking cadres". Under normal circumstances, he would definitely not skip the "high-ranking cadres" to send a message to Zhang Liang, the commander of Jinyang.

unless.

The things mentioned in the message are not normal.

At the very least, it should not be a political or military order in the normal sense, but it may be some secret things that cannot be taught to too many people, or even dirty things that Yuan Shao does not want his real "own people" to get involved in...

at the same time.

"The two envoys have worked hard after traveling a lot."

Zuo Ci also reacted quickly. While taking the bamboo tube, he smiled at the two messengers and said, "Don't be impatient, please. Come! Prepare some food and wine for the two messengers right now. Wait for them."

I’ll read the letter and write down the receipt before sending it out!”

"promise!"

An officer responded, stepped forward and made an invitation gesture to the two messengers, "Please come with me."

The two messengers looked embarrassed. They were obviously a little anxious, but they didn't want to offend Zuo Ci, so they could only nod and said: "Please prepare the receipt quickly, County Magistrate Zhang. If something goes wrong, the two of us will be afraid of going back."

It’s hard to explain.”

"Don't worry, everyone, Zhang knows what's going on."

Zuo Ci nodded slightly.

Immediately, the two messengers followed the officers to the backyard, while Zuo Ci turned back to look at Wu Liang and asked with his eyes what Wu Liang meant.

Wu Liang pursed his lips at him, indicating that he should first enter the study to avoid outsiders.

…

After a while.

Zuo Ciping retreated, leaving only Wu Liang, Dian Wei and Zuo Ci in the study.

Wu Liang had already seen the plaque that Zhang Liang had mentioned before. For the time being, he was not in a hurry to get the oracle bone documents hidden behind the plaque. Instead, he took the bamboo tube from Zuo Ci and smashed the seal on it with a slap.

mud.

A small scroll of slips fell out of the bamboo tube.

Not only Wu Liang was curious about the contents of the slip, Zuo Ci was also very curious. Seeing Wu Liang picking up the slip, he tilted his neck slightly and stared at the slip.

But it was due to Dian Wei's majesty.

After all, he still kept a distance from Wu Liang and did not dare to get close to him easily.

Before he figured out what was going on, Wu Liang did not intend to share the contents of the slip with Zuo Ci. He turned around to avoid Zuo Ci's eyes before opening the slip and reading it carefully.

Although there were not many words in the slips, there were only about a hundred or so words in total, but the content presented in these words shocked Wu Liang.

It turned out that Yuan Shao had received a secret report that Li Jue and Guo Si, Dong Zhuo's old troops, had completely fallen out. After months of fighting each other in Chang'an City, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had already escorted Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others out of Chang'an under Li Jue's former troops and left.

After being taken under the control of Li Jue and Guo Si, he fled eastward to the area of ​​Anyi (now Yuncheng, Shanxi).

Yuan Shao ordered Zhang Liang to secretly gather a group of people, disguised as disaster victims, and go to Anyi to "welcome" Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie. No matter what the cost, Liu Xie must be assassinated in Anyi...

"this……"

Wu Liang was shocked.

As for the falling out between Li Jue and Guo Si, and the escape of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty Liu Xie, although it was a little earlier than the time recorded in historical records, it did not surprise Wu Liang. After all, many historical events have been advanced or

It's a change, maybe it's the result of the butterfly effect.

But Yuan Shao actually wanted to send people to assassinate Liu Xie, which was something Wu Liang had never thought of.

Because about this matter, the official history records this:

As early as when Yuan Shao defeated Han Fu and captured Jizhou, a counselor named "Ju Shou" beside him had made suggestions and asked Yuan Shao to take advantage of the opportunity to gather a million troops and go to Xijing to take Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, back to Luoyang.

You can use the emperor to command the world, and if the conquest is not obeyed, great things can be accomplished.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao didn't take it to heart at that time.

Later, Yang Feng and others escorted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie to escape from Chang'an. Jushu once again reminded Yuan Shao that he should hold the banner of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in his own hands and hold the emperor against his enemies.

However, Yuan Shao still did not adopt it. He believed that welcoming Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would be equivalent to putting a pair of shackles on himself. At that time, any action would have to be submitted to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty for approval. If he obeyed the order of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he would lose his power, and if he did not

It is not a good idea to obey the orders of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and then be accused of resisting the imperial edict.

In this way, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie hid in Anyi for a while, and finally found an opportunity to return to Luoyang.

Only then did Boss Cao immediately go to Luoyang to meet Emperor Xian after getting the news. On the pretext that Luoyang was dilapidated and food was in short supply, he finally moved Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xu County, where he established a new capital and firmly controlled Emperor Xian.

The opportunity in his hands to command the world.

Does Yuan Shao regret this?

He soon regretted it, because the benefits of Boss Cao welcoming Emperor Xian soon became apparent. After that, Boss Cao used the emperor to show his self-respect and quickly plundered a large area of ​​land in Yuzhou. Many separatist forces in Guanzhong also came forward.

As a result, Boss Cao received huge benefits in a short period of time.

While Yuan Shao was filled with regret, he actually asked Boss Cao to send Emperor Xian to him in Yecheng.

Boss Cao was not a fool. He immediately rejected Yuan Shao's request and issued an edict in the name of Emperor Xian to reprimand Yuan Shao: "When I was King Qin, I didn't see you coming. You were thinking about forming a party to attack others for private purposes. Now you think of me. I don't want you to come."

go!"

Yuan Shao was so angry. He knew clearly that Boss Cao was up to something, but he could only write a letter to defend himself.

But what’s even more annoying is yet to come.

A few days after this happened, Boss Cao made himself a general in the name of Emperor Xian, and appointed Yuan Shao as Taiwei, and changed his title to Yehou.

Although the Taiwei is also an important minister of one of the three princes, his status is lower than Boss Cao's general. Yuan Shao knows that Boss Cao is deliberately disgusting him. He thought that Boss Cao was inferior to him in all aspects, but now he is

Yuan Shao felt humiliated and immediately went to court to avoid being rewarded.

that's all.

Yuan Shao ultimately missed this most important political bargaining chip, paving the way for his subsequent failure.

When he saw this period of history before, Wu Liang only felt that Yuan Shao lacked political wisdom and brains, and was too self-willed to listen to other people's opinions. Such a person was destined to be unable to achieve great things... I believe many people have the same view, and even think about it.

Yuan Shao was a little disdainful.

But now that he saw the contents of the message, Wu Liang felt that the matter might not be that simple.

Although Yuan Shao did not listen to Jushu's advice to welcome Emperor Xian and coerced the emperor into disobeying his ministers, he must have thought of the importance of welcoming Emperor Xian.

otherwise.

How could Yuan Shao issue a message and order Zhang Liang to go to Anyi to assassinate Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie?

Although he didn't want to welcome Emperor Xian, he also didn't want Emperor Xian to fall into the hands of others, so he acted like this.

So if the assassination is successful, how will the situation develop?

Wu Liang analyzed it carefully.

Emperor Xian was still young at that time, so he had no heirs, and no other member of the Liu family could legitimately inherit the throne of emperor. By then, the world would be leaderless, and it would inevitably fall into greater chaos.

Under this situation, all the separatist forces will begin to fight internally.

As the most powerful person at this time, Yuan Shao even has the advantage of crushing any separatist force. He can either sit back and watch and reap the benefits, or he can take the initiative to eliminate and annex those forces one by one to further strengthen himself. At the same time, he can consolidate these forces.

After losing strength, one can legitimately ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor on the grounds that "the Han Dynasty no longer has an emperor", without having to be condemned and cursed by the people of the world. Wouldn't it be wonderful?

Furthermore, as the "leader" of the Kwantung Allied Forces, Yuan Shao witnessed with his own eyes the fate of the previous Dong Zhuo who "hijacked the emperor to order the princes".

At that time, Dong Zhuo was reviled by the people of the world and was conquered by the people of the world.

With such a lesson learned from the past, it is impossible for Yuan Shao not to be touched in any way.

What's more, as the "leader" of the Kwantung Allied Forces who took the lead in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he did something like Dong Zhuo. This is a bit of a slap in the face. As a descendant of the "Four Generations and Three Dukes", Yuan Shao inevitably has some baggage and is afraid of defeat because of this move.

It is reasonable to take away the character of Yuan family in Runan.

On the contrary, look at Boss Cao's end.

Boss Cao has never proclaimed himself emperor in his life. Is it because he has no ambition and does not want to proclaim himself emperor?

Not really!
To be continued...