After paying homage, Cao Cao said, "If you want to contact the princes from all over the country to raise troops, you need a leader whose reputation is resounding throughout the world. I think all the officials in the world are from the Yuan and Yang clans. The Yang clan is still in Luoyang, and Yuan Shao among the Yuan clan

, but Yuan Shu has already arrived in Guandong. I am going to write a letter to the two of them, asking them to take the lead and call on all the heroes in the world to raise troops to attack Dong. If either of these two people is willing to come out, the matter will be settled!"

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had been playing together since childhood, and they were very familiar with this pair of brothers. Dong Zhuo felt that as long as Yuan Wei, the head of the Yuan family, was in charge, he would not have to worry about the Yuan family.

But Cao Cao knew that it was because Yuan Wei, Yuan Ji and others were in Luoyang that the two brothers Yuan Shao had the desire to raise an army.

After all, only in this way can the two brothers inherit the huge political legacy of the Yuan family, the first noble family in the world.

——Bohai County

After Yuan Shao was appointed as the governor of Bohai by Dong Zhuo, he did not dislike it and immediately went to take office on Bohai.

After arriving in the Bohai Sea, he used his previous connections to recruit soldiers and famous men and generals.

Soon, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Gao Lan came to surrender with their troops.

There were also celebrities such as Xun Chen, Xu You, Feng Ji, etc. who planned for him.

Bohai County is a large county no less than Pingyuan Country, with a population of more than one million. In addition, Bohai Sea is between Youzhou and Qingzhou. In recent years, due to Ma Qiang's development of trade routes, it has become quite wealthy and has a large iron reserve.

In the blink of an eye, Yuan Shao recruited 20,000 troops and trained them day and night.

"Ming Gong, I heard that Cao A'hao has sent a message?" Xu You walked in with a folding fan.

Ever since Ma Qiang's folding fan spread, this extremely elegant object has become a favorite among literati. No matter who it is, if he doesn't have a fan in his hand, he will be looked down upon.

"It's Ziyuan. Ah Man also escaped from Luoyang and returned to Qiao County, Yanzhou. Huang Wan, the shepherd of Yanzhou, learned about it and asked his subordinate Huan Shao to lead his troops to encircle and suppress Ah Man. Poor Ah Man, thousands of people were killed. He was with us in the past.

Qin Shao, who had been drinking, was also hit by an arrow and died.

It was also because of his good fortune that Dong Zhuo suddenly summoned Huang Wan to Luoyang as a disciple, otherwise what we have received now would be the news of his death in battle."

Xu You smiled. He had always looked down on Cao Cao. He sat opposite Yuan Shao and said, "Cao A'man is in his mid-thirties, but he is so ignorant of people. Huang Wan has always criticized him. Now that he has the opportunity, how can he let it go?"

Pass?"

Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Yes, he has now defected to Chenliu and Zhang Mina. He wrote to me in the hope that I could raise the flag of righteousness and contact the princes of the world to attack Dong Zhuo together. Ziyuan, what do you think?"

Xu You shook his head and said, "No, the Taifu is still in Luoyang. If Duke Ming gets involved, it would be extremely unfilial!"

Yuan Shao thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's true, but you can't just watch Dong Zhuo grow bigger day by day, right?"

Xu You rolled his eyes and said, "Since Cao Cao is with Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao also wants to fight. Zhang Miao has a brother, Zhang Chao, who is the prefect of Guangling. There is a hero in Guangling named Zang Hong.

I know very well that this person has a very strong character. As long as he writes provocative letters, he will definitely tell Zhang Chao to rebel against Dong.

In addition, Cao Cao talks about Zhang Miao, and the general trend of the world will be stirred up!"

Xu You's large-scale strategy was very much to Yuan Shao's liking. Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it this way."

Xu You touched his beard proudly, and then said, "At this moment, there is something that needs to be decided openly."

"Ming Gong, Xun, I met two gentlemen and asked to see you."

Xu You couldn't help but frown, and Yuan Shao said, "Let them come in."

Xun Chen, courtesy name Youruo, was from Yingchuan and was the brother of Xun Yu.

Feng Ji, Zi Yuan Tu, from Nanyang.

These two people and Yuan Shao were He Jin's subordinates in the past, so they had a close relationship.

"Ming Gong, oh, Ziyuan is here, but I don't know if what Ziyuan wants to say is consistent with what I think." Feng Ji said with a smile.

"What happened to make you three come together?"

The three of them looked at each other and said in unison, "Plain!"

"Pingyuan? Ma Qiang?"

Xu You was afraid that the two of them would steal his limelight, so he took the lead in saying, "Ma Qiang, the Prime Minister of Pingyuan State, came from a humble background and was good at merchants, so he was valued by the late emperor.

At the end of last year, Ma Qiang borrowed more than 100,000,000 yuan from the court with the inducement of high profits, and so far, more than 80,000,000 yuan has not been repaid.

He was not satisfied with this, and actually took advantage of people's fields. Now the plains are like accumulated wages, and the people have already boiled with resentment!

Now, the Gao family in Ban County cannot bear the humiliation and has fled to Bohai, Ming Gong. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"good chance?"

"Yes, Dong Zhuo dismissed Ma Qiang from office in the past. He hated Ma Qiang deeply in his heart. Ming Gong could take advantage of this and write to Dong Zhuo to remove Ma Qiang and replace Ming Gong's relatives and friends as the prime minister. Pingyuan country would be Ming Gong.

all.

With the Tutor in the court, Dong Zhuo will definitely be willing to do this favor."

Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel excited after hearing this.

"If Ma Qiang refuses to accept the imperial edict, Ming Gong can also borrow the help of the imperial court and separatize Ban County in the name of the Gao family!"

Yuan Shao hesitated for a while, but when he thought that Pingyuan Kingdom might have 80,000,000 yuan of grain stored there, he finally said, "Okay, let's do it like this!"

——Plain

"Cao Cao has arrived in Chenliu?"

Ma Qiang put down the latest intelligence from various places and said, "It seems that troops will be launched in various places at the beginning of next year."

With that said, Ma Qiang looked at the map and said, "By the way, where are the Gao clan in Ban County?"

The Gao family is the largest wealthy family in Pingyuan country besides the Hua family. The Gao family is a real family with heirlooms of poetry and calligraphy.

In fact, it is not so much the heirloom of poetry and calligraphy as the heirloom of books and farming, which means studying to become an official, then buying and acquiring fields, and then using these fields to support the children who only need to study, and so on.

"We have arrived at Bohai County. Yuan Shao should have received the news."

"Our Pingyuan country has always had a big tree that attracts trouble. I'm worried that Yuan Shao will be jealous after seeing money... Let Guo Jin be careful."

Ma Qiang remembered that one of Cao Cao's comments about Yuan Shao was that he would forget his life for small gains and cherish his life for big things. His current wealth is not small at all.

Ma Qiang did not wait for the news of Yuan Shao's attack. Instead, he waited for Dong Zhuo's edict to recruit him to Luo as a general to conquer the captives. Along with the edict came the famous scholar Yang Pei who succeeded him.

Ma Qiang looked at the edict and seemed to see the scene where Fatty Dong swore to God in front of him that he would recognize him as his godson.

Ah! I believe you, you are such a bad old man!

"Yang Kongqu, do you think I should accept this edict or not?" Ma Qiang asked Yang Peidao with a smile while holding the edict.

Yang Pei took a breath and said, "This is the imperial edict, so I will naturally accept it!"

"Where is the court?"

"Luoyang Imperial Court!"

"Is there an emperor in the court?"

"There is an emperor!"

"If there is an emperor, why do I only hear about Master Dong and not the emperor?"

Ma Qiang threw the edict directly to the ground and said to the sergeant escorting Yang Peilai, "Go and tell Dong Zhuo that if he wants to take Pingyuan, let him get it himself! Yang Pei is a famous scholar, and I am short of manpower here, so there is no need to go back!"

With that said, Ma Qiang said to Huang Xu next to him, "See you off!"

Yang Pei stared at the extremely arrogant Ma Qiang with his mouth open, feeling as if he had just left the tiger's den and ended up in the wolf's den again.
Chapter completed!