It has to be said that Yuan Shao's counselors are still very powerful. Before, they only focused on internal fighting.

But now, when the opponent's life and death are at stake, they have abandoned their prejudices, their efficiency, and their abilities have more than doubled.

Soon, before Yuan Shao woke up, Yuan Shao's counselors had already made the decision to strategically move into Youzhou first.

At this time, Yuan Shao hadn't woken up yet, and everyone was afraid that something would happen if they continued to wait.

So, as a good friend of Yuan Shao and a good friend since childhood, Xu You stepped forward.

He decided to let the army move first and wait for Yuan Shao to wake up on the road. Otherwise, they would wait here in vain. What if Yuan Shao wakes up and has to hesitate for a while?

Wouldn't that give the chasing troops behind a chance?

They knew Yuan Shao's character very well. The more serious the matter, the less Yuan Shao could make a prompt decision.

Once the time drags on for too long, accidents will inevitably happen, so Xu You directly took Yuan Shao to issue an order to move into Youzhou, and at the same time sent people to notify Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, asking them to bring the army to Youzhou.

When everyone saw this, Xu You took the initiative to take the responsibility. They didn't care about it. They wanted Xu You to guarantee that if Yuan Shao wanted to hold him accountable, they would protect Xu You to the death. But at the same time, they were sighing that someone finally came out to take the blame.

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After receiving the order, Yuan Jun quickly took action. They turned directly to the northeast and moved towards the boundary river.

As a general, Gao Lan took on the responsibility of the vanguard general after Yan Liang and Wen Chou disappeared.

Zhang He was responsible for cutting off the rear, and the group of people moved quickly towards the boundary river in a mighty manner.

Of course, at this time, the counselors did not forget Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. After all, they still had nearly 200,000 people in their hands.

Therefore, the counselors discussed it and quickly sent people to send a message to Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, asking them to join their main army in Youzhou.

Of course, Boss Cao didn't know about Yuan Shao's actions, so when he rushed all the way to Yecheng, he found that there was no one in the city.

He and Lu Bu, who had been waiting for Yuan Shao to come and prepare to give Yuan Shao a heavy blow, stared at each other for a while before Boss Cao finally accepted this fact helplessly.

But he also couldn't figure out why Yuan Shao, who was very hesitant in the past, could make a decision so quickly and decisively this time.

It is estimated that Boss Cao thought so hard that he would not know that this decision was not made by Yuan Shao at all. He himself was still fainting at this moment.

However, Boss Cao and Lu Bu felt that even if they could not contain Yuan Shao, they still had to know where Yuan Shao had gone. Otherwise, if Yuan Shao suddenly jumped out of nowhere and gave them a blow, they would still be the ones who would suffer.

As a result, Boss Cao discussed with Lu Bu and asked Lu Bu to send people to investigate Yuan Shao's whereabouts, while he himself decided to return to Yanzhou.

Since the old one ran away, we can only go back and see if we can catch a smaller one.

However, Boss Cao had no hope for this, because at this time, it had already been two or three days since Guandu was occupied.

Since it was Yuan Tan, no matter how slow Yuan Shang reacted, they should have run out of Yanzhou.

The reason why Boss Cao still wants to go is that he just wants to try his luck.

Of course, if I have to say there is, it can only be for Liu Bei and Sun Ce.

At this time, Boss Cao had received intelligence two days ago that civil strife had broken out in Jiangdong. Sun Ce, who was previously thought to have been assassinated, suddenly appeared in Yuzhang County.

And for some reason, he raised a Shanyue army of more than 30,000 people and swept across Jiangdong, forcing Sun Quan to commit suicide in defeat.

Now, Sun Ce reintegrated all the forces in Jiangdong and began to increase his troops towards Xuzhou and Yanzhou.

Here, Boss Cao is a little confused. Wasn't Sun Ce a neutral prince before? Why is he starting to fight against the big man now?

Although Boss Cao couldn't figure out what was going on, he knew that Sun Ce was definitely more difficult to deal with than Sun Quan.

After all, Sun Ce's strength has been verified. In less than a year, with just a few thousand soldiers at the beginning, he was able to conquer six and eighty-one counties in Jiangdong.

Isn't this better than Sun Quan, a rookie who has never been on the battlefield?

And I heard that Sun Ce is very good at fighting, not much worse than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

As a result, Xiahou Dun was under great pressure in Yangping.

Therefore, Boss Cao planned to take people to support Xiahou Dun and Chen Gong, and to visit Sun Ce and Liu Bei, whom he regarded as his lifelong enemy.

But Boss Cao may not know that he was fighting people to death in Yanzhou, while some people were in Luoyang, eating hot pot, drinking wine, and watching all this through the system.

Liu Xie was having a good time during this period. He had something to do with the cabinet, and all he needed to do was control the cabinet.

Memorials sent from various places are first approved by the cabinet and written with opinions on how to deal with them, and then reviewed by Liu Xie.

If he thinks it's good, he just writes his approval and then forwards it to the cabinet for dispatch.

If he disagrees, or feels that the cabinet is not handling it appropriately, he will also write his own opinions in the memorial and ask the cabinet to act on it.

In this way, he saves the process of selecting memorials and doesn't have to look at the nonsense that flatters you or writes you a memorial just because it's a big deal.

Not only has his efficiency improved, but his daily office hours have also been greatly reduced.

In Liu Xie's words, he is here to enjoy the blessings of being an emperor. Who is willing to devote himself to work twenty-four hours a day, eighteen hours a day?

None of the 996 blessings in later generations were so exploitative. Do you want the First Emperor to die from exhaustion at his job like Yongzheng?

There are no such things as work-related injuries these days.

Submitting the memorials to the cabinet for review will not only filter out those memorials that write nonsense, but also allow you to see whether the cabinet you choose can reasonably handle the people's livelihood issues of the entire empire.

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In this way, all he needs to do is to manage the few people in the cabinet.

What is this called? This is called efficiency. Of course, Liu Xie still has to go to the court meeting every three days. Otherwise, over time, the courtiers will only know that there is a cabinet, and they will not know that he is an emperor.

However, the only troublesome thing about adopting a cabinet system is how to confirm the loyalty of cabinet members.

Liu Xie has a system and he is not afraid. He only needs to glance at it to see through the system which people are loyal to him and those who are not.

However, his descendants did not have such ability, so in order to prevent cabinet members from gaining too much power, Liu Xie stipulated that cabinet members need to be replaced every four years through secret voting within the court.

At the same time, it is also stipulated that cabinet members can only serve for a maximum of two consecutive terms. That is, a maximum term of eight years.

Similarly, in order to prevent courtiers from being coerced by cabinet members and forcing them to vote for him, Liu Xie secretly formed the Zhiwu Guard.

On the surface, the Zhiwu Guards were personal soldiers and an honor guard formed by Liu Xie for himself, but in reality they were similar to a special organization like the Jinyi Guards.

Similarly, in order to prevent the corruption of the Zhiwu Guards, he established the Internal Affairs Office to supervise the Zhiwu Guards. The Internal Affairs Office could only supervise the Zhiwu Guards and did not have the right to arrest people. The person who was actually responsible for arresting people was Captain Sili.

people.

The Sili Xiaowei belongs to the ministers, so this creates a closed loop, with the three parties supervising each other.

Liu Xie feels that this is the benefit of time travel, and he has enough examples to learn from.
Chapter completed!