"My lord, the military advisor has sent an urgent report from Wei County. King Hongnong has made Yuan Shao the Prime Minister of Zhongshan and Cao Cao the Prime Minister of Hejian." With that, the messenger handed over the letter.

For a moment, everyone in the hall looked at each other in shock. Just now they were talking about how Yuan Wei would respond to Yuan Shao's defeat, but before the banquet was over, the response came.

King Hongnong's edict, perhaps, it is more appropriate to call him emperor now. Even if Liu Qing does not recognize it, everyone in the world does. Yuan raised his arms and shouted, "The people who support King Hongnong are definitely more than half. On the contrary, Liu Qing of Luoyang

The Association became a minority.

"My lord, Yuan Wei's move is really tricky. Neither the Zhongshan Kingdom nor the Hejian Kingdom has a prime minister. Do we recognize the edict of King Hongnong or not?" Tian Feng said.

Liu Qing did not answer, but looked at Xun Yu.

"Yuan Wei has ordered the emperor to command the world. This edict must be obeyed. Just like the Bohai dispute, Yuan Shao also obeyed the imperial edict of the late emperor and ended up in such an embarrassing situation. If he did not obey the edict, it would be an act of disobedience."

Xun Yu explained, "This is also the purpose of Yuan Wei doing all this. As long as the world still recognizes the Han Emperor, this edict must be respected."

However, Liu Qing had already noticed it in his heart. He smiled and took a sip of tea, pretending to enjoy the aftertaste.

Xun Yu smiled and said: "Looking at my lord's appearance, I already have an idea."

"That's right! I remembered a famous saying, 'If he crosses the river, I will cross the river', which can explain Yuan Wei's plan."

Tian Feng and Xun Chen were savoring Liu Qing's "famous saying" without knowing why, but they obviously didn't appreciate anything. However, Xun Yu, who knew that Liu Qing had a close relationship with Dong Zhuo, immediately thought of it.

"My lord wants to ask Luoyang for an edict, so that the fight can be fair and just."

"Do you think it would be interesting for Liu Bian's edict and Liu Xie's edict to come together in the same place?" Liu Qing smiled, turned to Tian Feng, and said: "Yuan Hao, you are serving as the county magistrate in Changshan.

Over time, you have become extremely skilled in county affairs, and I plan to recommend you as the Prime Minister of Zhongshan."

After Liu Qingming said it, Tian Feng also understood Liu Qing's thinking, "But my lord, can Luoyang agree?"

Liu Qing was not worried at all whether he would agree or not, not only because of Dong Zhuo's relationship, but even if there was no relationship, Liu Qing thought Luoyang would agree because Jia Xu was there.

Facing Yuan Wei's denunciation, Jia Xu must have hoped to see Jizhou have a force to resist Yuan Wei.

Not only Jizhou, but also Luoyang may re-open all controversial local officials.

Just do it, Liu Qing immediately wrote a letter to Dong Zhuo, recommending Tian Feng as the Prime Minister of Zhongshan, and then in one go, he elected Dong Zhao as the Prime Minister of Anping and Fu Xie as the Governor of Qinghe. As for Cao Cao, Liu Qing will stay in Bohai for a while.

, during this time, we will communicate again, and if we can persuade him to quit, then do so.

After all, his battlefield is not farming in the river. The Cao family's base, influence, and connections are all in Henan.

Liu Qing went on to read the letter. The letter also mentioned the current situation of Wei County. On the surface, Li Wen was the prefect, and Li Wen was appointed as the governor and officially became the county magistrate. Zhang Liao became the captain of Wei County and took charge of Wei County.

soldiers.

Today, he is leading the county troops to clear out the Black Mountain bandits in the Huangze area. To the west of Huangze is Sili Hanoi County. The two armies are separated by the Black Mountain. This is the origin of the Black Mountain Army.

Therefore, the Black Mountain Army not only ravaged Wei County in Jizhou and other places, but Hanoi County also suffered greatly.

Zhang Liaoping and Heishan should be training their troops.

And Zhao Yun and Gao Shun Zhu Ling gathered together to garrison Handan, and they could take any city they wanted.

Liu Qing suddenly remembered and hurriedly added another sentence to his letter to Dong Zhuo: recommendation...

But then he suddenly discovered that there was no one under his account?

Gu Yong was too young, and Han Heng was almost interested. He suddenly thought of a candidate, and after thinking about it for a while, he added: recommend Guo Yu as the prefect of Zhao County.

Liu Hong once promised Guo Jian the position of governor of Yanmen. Unfortunately, due to the incident in Luoyang, the ten permanent ministers did not draft the edict to grant Guo Jian the title, so Guo Jian worked for Liu Hong for free.

Liu Qing knew that Guo Mian wanted to take refuge, which was confirmed during his trip to Taiyuan, so he took this opportunity to win over the Guo family in Taiyuan.

After all, the largest Wang family in Taiyuan County is on the side of the Yuan family.

After writing the letter and ordering it to be delivered, Liu Qing once again brought the topic back to the issue of Bohai County.

"Wen Ruo, you are solely responsible for the governance of Bohai County, and the management of salt affairs is the top priority. For this reason, I will transfer Zhu Ling to you for your guidance."

"Zhu Wenbo, although I have never met him, I have heard of his name. In Changshan County, he is meticulous, low-key and reliable." Xun Yu said with a smile, obviously admiring Zhu Ling very much.

"Zhu Ling has a relatively balanced ability. He can not only lead troops, build facilities and defense lines, but the most rare thing is that he is selfless. There must be many tricky hands in the salt affairs, so it is most suitable for him to do it." Liu Qing said.

"Thank you, lord!"

Liu Qing wrote a letter on the spot to dispatch Zhu Ling, and ordered him to bring the new military camp with him.

After finishing the work, Liu Qing felt that he could be freed. All important matters in the Bohai Sea were handed over to Xun Yu, and he could take Qian Ying out for "inspection" again...

In the evening, Tian Feng suddenly came to the Bohai Palace and said that he had brought an important person.

It was mysterious, but I finally found out that the man was actually an informer, and the secret he revealed really surprised Liu Qing.

Wang Fen is in Yangxin County, Bohai!

…

Chenliu County, Chenliu.

After Yuan Shao left Bohai, he returned to Runan via Chenliu in Dongjun. However, he received a letter from Yuan Wei on the way, ordering him to go to Chenliu.

After arriving at Chenliu, Yuan Shao learned about the alliance mentioned by Yuan Wei. During his trip to the Bohai Sea, Yuan Wei had already called on the governors, governors, and county magistrates of the various states in Guandong to work together to defeat Dong.

After Liu Bian ascended the throne in Ruyang, out of etiquette, he gave Liu Xie the title of king. Because the original title of Bohai King was occupied by Liu Qing, Yuan Wei thought of Chenliu King.

Conferring Liu Xie the title of King of Chenliu is considered a courtesy.

At the same time, as a sign of irony, Yuan Wei also decided that Chenliu would be the place where the alliance would be held.

Yuan Shao went straight to the county mansion to look for Zhang Miao, but saw that the county mansion was bustling with activity.

The arrival of Yuan Shao also added to the anger of the already bustling county government.

"Ben Chu! You're safe and sound!" Zhang Miao, who had a big belly, rushed to meet him. His big belly did not affect his speed at all.

"Meng Zhuo, I'm ashamed, Shao lost the opportunity."

Yuan Shao knew that the incident about King Bohai had been spread, but because it was the late emperor's order, there was no such thing as failure. It was just that no one present knew that Yuan Shao had fainted from someone's anger on the spot in Bohai County.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Isn't this the Prime Minister of Zhongshan again!" Zhang Miao said with a smile.

These words struck Yuan Shao's ears, which were a bit harsh. If he hadn't known that Zhang Miao was a bit unobtrusive in his words, Yuan Shao would have taken these words as sarcasm.

After all, the incident in Bohai left a psychological shadow on him, which made him realize one thing. Apart from Yuan's background, how much does he, Yuan Benchu, weigh?

"Come on, Ben Chu, I'm here to introduce you. There are many acquaintances here today!" Zhang Miao said, welcoming Yuan Shao into the hall. He saw that the hall was filled with dozens of banquet tables. What's exaggerated is that, The seats were packed.

Zhang Miao first introduced Yuan Shao to an old acquaintance, and Yuan Shao naturally recognized him as former Situ Huang Wan, now Yuzhou Mu.

Yuan Shao immediately raised his hand in greeting and Huang Wan nodded.

Sitting next to Huang Wan is an old man with gray and messy beard.

"This is Tao Qian, Tao Gongzu, the governor of Xuzhou."

Gu Yuan

"Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai Liu Gongshan."

Zhang Miao introduced it step by step, step by step.

"Jia Cong, Jia Mengjian, the governor of Jizhou."

"Nanyang Taishou Yangxuyangxingzu."

"These two...haha!" Zhang Miao smiled.

Yuan Shaochong smiled and greeted the two Yuan brothers, and Yuan Yi and Yuan Shu politely returned the greeting.

Next, there were a group of prefects, several of whom I had met before. Wang Kuang and Bao Xin were both from He Jin's old department, and Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, was quite famous.

Surprisingly, there was Gongsun Zan of Liaodong.

"Meng Zhuo, when will the alliance begin?"

Zhang Miao said: "It should be March, after the spring sowing, before the army can be assembled, but the leading figures have already arrived here one after another."

Yuan Shao thought about it for a while. In this way, he would have enough time to go to Zhongshan to take up his post and then come back. Yuan Wei had stated in the letter that he should be the leader of the alliance.

"Meng Zhuo, I have important things to do now and want to go back to Jizhou. I won't be able to join in the fun today!"

"At this time, Meng De was in Jizhou?" Zhang Miao suddenly asked.

Yuan Shao nodded, "Meng De is now the Prime Minister of Hejian. I think he will come to join the alliance."

"I haven't seen Meng De for a long time. If I see you this time, please send me your regards." Zhang Miao said.

After a few casual greetings, Yuan Shao was left from the county government and headed north again with the original team, which was missing one Xun Chen.

After Zhang Miao sent Yuan Shao away, he turned back to his home and saw Chen Gong coming towards him.

"Master Fu, Yuan Benchu ​​seems to lack confidence during this trip." Chen Gong said.

"How can this be seen?" Zhang Miao was puzzled.

"As a man, Yuan Benchu, how could he miss an occasion like today? Dining and making friends is one of Yuan Benchu's great loves."

"Didn't he say that something important was going on?"

"There are still nearly two months left for the March Alliance. A few trips back and forth to Jizhou are enough. Yuan Benchu ​​doesn't want to stay. Firstly, the defeat of Bohai Sea has been widely spread and is detrimental to his face. Secondly, he feels that the Zhongshan Kingdom Appearance is not a sure ticket to victory." Chen Gong explained.

After listening to Chen Gong's analysis, Zhang Miao thought for a while and realized that this was really the case.
To be continued...