"My Lord Mingjian, I secretly thought that Gongsun Xiao'er's move was just to please the public. He must have been forced by the public sacrifice. He made a blind promise in an attempt to win people's hearts. In fact, he was trapping himself. But if you give him an opportunity to attack him, his reputation will be ruined. , there is no possibility of recovery!"
Everyone could remain silent, but Xu You couldn't stand still. He had nothing to do, because the matter of public sacrifice was exactly his idea, and it was he who came forward to secretly promote the matter. He originally wanted to create some trouble for Gongsun Ming. , but never expected that Gongsun Ming would actually take advantage of him, and he actually came up with such a three-chapter agreement, which made the Jizhou side extremely passive now. In order to prevent Yuan Shao from taking responsibility, he had to step forward.
"Um?"
Upon hearing that Xu You's words seemed reasonable, Yuan Shao's tense expression immediately softened. However, given that Xu You always came up with some bad ideas, Yuan Shao did not dare to fully trust his judgment.
"My lord, Youzhou is now a ruined place. Although Gongsun Xiao'er has some abilities, he is an enemy to all the people in the west. Even the Black Mountain bandits who are allied with him are probably harboring evil intentions. Otherwise, they will not give strong support. Gongsun Xu divided Youzhou. Under such circumstances, if Gongsun Xiaoer wanted to protect the territory and the people, it would be necessary to recruit tens of thousands of troops. In this case, wouldn't his flaws be exposed? Instead of increasing donations and taxes, he would instead reduce them Half, where did the materials come from? Therefore, I think this must be just lying to deceive the common people."
Seeing that Yuan Shao's expression softened slightly, Xu You immediately became more energetic and analyzed the situation in Youzhou in detail, finally coming to the conclusion that Gongsun Ming was lying.
"Well... what Ziyuan said is very reasonable. However, this beast is cunning, but we have to guard against it. After all, we have to expose its true colors as soon as possible. Does Ziyuan have any clever strategies?"
Yuan Shao thought about it carefully and felt that Xu You's analysis was very pertinent. There was nothing wrong with it. Recruiting an army requires money, and raising an army also requires money. It's not just a small amount of money. Such a large military expenditure is no joke. Once Without military pay, a mutiny is inevitable. Let alone Youzhou's dilapidated family fortunes, even if it were replaced by the wealthy Jizhou, there would be nothing to do. But the truth is this, the problem As soon as the three chapters of the agreement came out, it had an extremely bad impact on the three states of Yi, Bing, and Qing under Yuan Shao's command. After all, they had to be eliminated quickly.
"This matter is not difficult. As the saying goes, big things can be seen with small feet. All you need to do is encourage the counties in Youzhou to disobey their government orders in tandem, and it will be enough to make them focus on one thing and ignore the other. Once the government orders fail, their lies will be self-defeating. When that happens, At that time, the people will surely rise up and fight, and Youzhou will be destroyed without an attack."
What Xu You is best at is those dark little tricks. It is difficult for him to do construction, but it is difficult for him to do destruction. The bad water is really turbulent and violent. No, Yuan Shao just finished speaking, Xu You said it He came up with a cunning plan.
"Hmm...do you think this strategy is feasible?"
Hearing what Xu You said, Yuan Shao was immediately moved. However, in view of Xu You's criminal record, Yuan Shao really did not dare to make a decision on the spot. Instead, he left the problem to the advisers who stood silently aside.
Xu You was arrogant and was very unpopular among the counselors. In the past, whenever he made suggestions, he would always be surrounded and suppressed by everyone. However, what happened this time was so weird that the counselors could not tell Gongsun for a while. What kind of medicine is being sold in Ming's gourd? Even Tian Feng and Ju Shou, who are known as wise men, are very ignorant about this matter. Naturally, they have no way to come up with evidence to refute Xu Youzhi's suggestion. Of course, to The counselors would definitely not endorse Xu You, so keeping silent became the only choice for the counselors.
"Then let's give it a try first. Ziyuan will be responsible for this matter. Let's see how Gongsun Xiaoer responds and then we can make preparations."
Yuan Shao waited for a while and saw that all the counselors were unwilling to speak, so he did not hesitate any more and handed over the power to handle the matter to Xu You...
"My lord, something big has happened. Junmi County, Xuwu County, Lecheng County and other nine counties have issued a memorandum at the same time, claiming to ensure domestic appeasement, but cannot implement the halving of taxes. In addition, Cheng Gaofa, the magistrate of Shanglan County, I have sent an urgent official document, saying that the people have gathered to cause trouble. Now the county government has been surrounded, and the garrison troops are all locals. They refuse to come forward to suppress them. I request the lord to send reinforcements as soon as possible. There are many official documents here. Please take a look, lord."
On May 26, the Western Year of Jian'an, on the tenth day after the announcement of the three chapters of the covenant, noon was approaching. Gongsun Ming, who had been busy in the study room of the city guard's mansion for a long time, was preparing to go to pass the meal, when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps. In the middle, Wang He, who had just been appointed as the chief secretary, hurried in from the outside, holding a thick stack of documents in his hand, bowed to Gongsun Ming, and said something.
"Yushan (Wang He's word) don't be impatient. We'll wait until I read the statement before deciding."
As early as when he divulged the three chapters of the agreement, Gongsun Ming had already expected that there would be a backlash on this matter, but he did not expect that the backlash would come so fiercely. Actually, one person would link up nine counties, covering the southeast, northwest, and almost all of them. At the same time, a statement was made. It would be really strange if there was nothing strange in it. However, Gongsun Ming didn't pay too much attention to it, because he had already thought of a countermeasure.
"promise!"
Wang He was not from Jixian County, but a famous person from Bohai. Because he had an old relationship with Gongsun Fan, he recommended him to Gongsun Ming. In fact, he only took office in the past two days, and he still had no idea of Gongsun Ming's temperament. Tou, seeing Gongsun Ming being so calm at this moment, couldn't help but feel surprised in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he took a step forward and placed the text he was holding in his hand on the copywriting in front of Gongsun Ming.
"Yushan went and invited Zilong to come. In addition, Zihuan immediately organized his troops and sent troops to Junmi County early tomorrow morning."
Although this chapter is quite a lot, Gongsun Ming read it very quickly. He read through all the ten articles almost at a glance. However, he did not rush to make a decision, but after thinking for a moment with his eyes slightly closed, Only then did he give two orders in succession.
"promise!"
Wang He couldn't understand what Gongsun Ming wanted to do at all, but now seeing that Gongsun Ming obviously had no intention of explaining, he didn't dare to ask random questions, but when he saw Gongsun Ming responded respectfully, he hurriedly exited the study.
"I will finally meet my lord."
Not long after Wang He left, Zhao Yun, dressed in military uniform, rushed to the study and saluted Gongsun Ming.
"Zilong, please go to Shanglan immediately."
Before Zhao Yun arrived, Gongsun had already changed his armor early in the morning. As soon as he saw Zhao Yun arriving, he stood up, said an explanation, and strode outside the room...
