Although everyone calls Dong Zhuo a traitor, this traitor has the ability to crush any prince. With Han Zhan's existing strength, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Guo Jia looked around and saw that everyone was thinking hard, so he stood up, walked slowly with his hands behind his back, and said with a shaking head: "According to Jia, Dong Zhe is in his life. If we are too close to him, we may be affected by the fish."

When Zang Hong heard Guo Jia say this, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Guo, are there any princes who plan to form a coalition to attack Dong Zhuo?"

After hearing this, Guo Jia smiled faintly, "The princes who used to attack Dong Zhuo are now attacking each other. How could they fight to form an alliance to fight against traitors?"

"Mr. Guo, you just said that Dong Zhe will be dead soon!" Zang Hong asked in confusion: "What's going on?"

"If you do evil, you will die. Dong's evil will be full of evil. Not to mention the princes in various places, even the officials in the court will hate him to the core." Guo Jia explained to Zang Hong: "If Jia is not wrong, someone has already made a secret arrangement and is ready to take Dong's life."

"It's not easy to take Dong Zhe's life." Zang Hong shook his head and said, "The Yue Cavalry Captain Wu Fu and Wu Deyu, who failed to assassinate Dong Zhe in the current dynasty, was cut off; the Xiao Cavalry Captain Cao Cao and Mengde attempted to assassinate Dong Zhe in the name of offering a knife. After being seen through, he could only die in the world. If it weren't for Chen Gongtai's interpretation, he would have been dissatisfied..."

When Xun Yu heard Zang Hong say something like a series of failures in assassination of Dong Zhuo, he couldn't help but worry. He was afraid that Han Zhan would send someone to assassinate Dong Zhuo on a whim. He hurriedly asked: "Zhan'er, is it that you plan to send someone to assassinate Dong Zhuo?"

Han Zhan shook his head and said to Xun Yu: "There is a powerful general Lu Bu around Dong Zhe, who is not worthy of the courage of thousands of men. No one around me is his opponent, so why should I send someone to die? Of course, there is someone else who wants to go to Dong Zhe's life." In order to prevent Xun Yu from asking questions any more, he quickly changed the subject, "Uncle, has Li Ru's envoy left?"

"I haven't left, but I still live in the inn." Xun Yu didn't know why Han Zhan suddenly asked about this, and quickly replied: "Does Zhan'er want to see him?"

Han Zhan waved his hand to Xun Yu and said, "Uncle, prepare a generous gift for Li Ru and ask him to take it back, and ask him to help us say good things in front of Dong Zhe. He said that the road is difficult now. After the spring of next year, I will go to Chang'an to visit Master Dong again."

"Sacrifice," Han Zhan said to Guo Jia after giving Xun Yu instructions: "Send a person who is capable of speaking and wisely, bringing a generous gift to Chang'an, and secretly give it to Li Jue and Guo Si, under Dong Zhuo."

"Li Jue, Guo Si?" Guo Jia repeated these two names and frowned and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, although these two are generals under Dong Zhe, is it useless to make friends with them?"

Han Zhan grinned at Guo Jia's doubts, and wanted to use "the secrets cannot be revealed" to make excuses, but seeing that all the civil and military officials in the conference hall were staring at him, he decided to explain to everyone: "Everyone, once the ministers in the court colluded with Dong Zhe's subordinates and killed Dong Zhe. Tell me, what kind of situation will happen?"

What kind of situation will happen if Dong Zhe dies? When he hears Han Zhan's question, the first thing that comes to mind is that when Dong Zhe dies, he will support the Han Dynasty and save the people. But when he sees Han Zhan's calm and gentle appearance, he feels that things may not be as simple as he imagined, so no one speaks.

"Everyone, I think that once the Dong thief dies, his subordinates will definitely raise troops to avenge him." Han Zhan saw that he didn't say anything, fearing that they would have random thoughts, so he took the initiative to tell everyone his thoughts: "There are tens of thousands of troops in Xiliang. Once the troops are at the city of Chang'an, do you think that the ministers in the court can defend the city?"

"Can't defend it!" Everyone could reach a consensus on this, because now there are Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses in Chang'an City. Even if Dong Zhuo dies, these soldiers will still be loyal to him for a long time. If Dong Zhuo's subordinates really lead the Xiliang army to come, they will definitely turn against him.

Tian Feng asked curiously: "Does the lord think that Li Jue and Guo Si can replace Dong Zhe and continue to hold the emperor hostage to control the government?"

"Yes, that's how I think about it." Han Zhan nodded and said, "Dong Zhe has four generals: Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji. Once Chang'an falls back into the hands of Dong Zhe's subordinates, then the one who controls the government will be Li Jue and Guo Si."

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Xun You laughed loudly, and then said, "Master, have you forgotten the powerful general Lu Bu? Even if Dong Zhe died, this person will be the one who takes over the military power."

Just as everyone agreed with Xun You's statement, Guo Jia remained silent, his eyebrows frowned, as if thinking about Han Zhan's voice outside the painting. After a long time, he asked, "Lord, do you mean that Lu Bu colluded with the ministers in the court and wanted to attack Dong Zhe?"

Seeing that Guo Jia could guess the truth of the matter, Han Zhan showed a satisfied smile on his face. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Tian Feng say, "This is unlikely. Anyway, Dong Zhe is also Lu Bu's adoptive father, so where is the reason why the adopted son attacked his adoptive father?"

"Lu Bu, just a slave from the family of three surnames." Han Zhan and Tian Feng finished speaking, immediately said in a contemptuous tone: "Since he can kill his adoptive father Ding Yuan in order to join Dong Zhe. So what is the point of killing another Dong Zhe?"

While everyone showed surprise on their faces, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief. He realized that his and Han Zhan's thoughts coincided with each other. He decisively stood up to support Han Zhan: "If things really go as if the lord's assertion, we should prepare for the future and send someone to make friends with Li Jue and Guo Si."

"Lord," Tian Feng hurriedly came out to advise, "The things we just discussed are all our analysis. We still don't know what the specific situation is. From the perspective of our subordinates, it is better to watch it."

Fortunately, Xun Yu came out in time to support Han Zhan: "Zhan'er, for several months, uncle, I have been arranging my subordinates to make friends with the powerful and powerful in the capital, and I have also sent people to give gifts to Li Jue, Guo Si and others, which is quite a bit of friendship. I will immediately send someone to notify my subordinates in the capital, so that they can only get together with Li Guo and others."

After discussing the matter of the capital, the next strategy was discussed. Guo Jia said to everyone: "Yuan Shao was defeated. He would not dare to invade the territory easily before the spring of the next year. During this period, we could not be idle. Now Yuan Shao's youngest son Yuan Shang and several strategists are trapped in Bohai County. We should take advantage of the favorable opportunity that Yuan Shao could not send troops to aid to send troops to attack Nanpi and take Bohai County into his pocket."

Han Zhan's eyes swept over the civil and military officials in the conference hall. Seeing that the people sitting here were people whom he could trust, he said boldly: "The strategy of this marquis is to take Qingzhou first and then Bingzhou. Before that, as long as you uproot Yuan Shao's foundation, you can force him to Yanzhou."

Only Tian Feng didn't understand Han Zhan's words. He looked at Han Zhan and asked in surprise: "Lord, my subordinates don't understand why you forced Yuan Shao to Yanzhou. Isn't it easier to destroy him directly?"

"If we destroy him now, we will inevitably be seriously injured." Han Zhan explained to Tian Feng: "Once our strength is damaged, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan in the south will send troops to attack us. At that time, we will lose sight of one thing and another, and there will be danger of destruction. If Yuan Shao is forced to Yanzhou, he can deal with Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, and we can concentrate on dealing with Gongsun Zan who may be treacherous at any time."

Tian Feng became very interested in Han Zhan's statement. He asked curiously: "I wonder what good plans can the lord have to make Yuan Shao retreat to Yanzhou willingly?"

"Yuan Hao, let me tell you." Seeing Tian Feng like a curious baby, Xun You kept chasing Han Zhan and asking, then smiled and said to him: "The original intention of the lord is to report to the court that Yuan Shao is the governor of Yanzhou, and return the captured Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and others to him as his bargaining chip to give up Yecheng and go to Yanzhou."

"Isn't the Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai?" Tian Feng asked in a confused look: "If the lord submits Yuan Shao as the Yanzhou Governor, how should Liu Dai be placed?"

Xun You turned his head to look at Han Zhan, and said to Tian Feng: "According to the lord's judgment, the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou will be in trouble again in the spring of the next year. Liu Dai might have any accidents. It was just a matter of a thrift of hand to report Yuan Shao as the governor of Yanzhou."

Although Tian Feng was still a little confused after hearing Xun You's explanation, he nodded and said, "So that's it, my subordinates understand."

Seeing that the civil servants stopped talking, Zhao Yun stood up and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, although our army has many soldiers at present, its combat power is uneven. Yun intends to use his free time to train the soldiers so that they can become combatable soldiers."

"General Zilong," Han Zhan naturally would not call Brother Zhao Yun in front of everyone, so he said in an official voice: "I will let Captain Huang, Captain Dian and Captain Xiahou assist you."

Zhang He, who had not spoken since he entered the door, was a little anxious when he saw that Han Zhan had arranged work for everyone and missed himself. He stood up and asked loudly at Han Zhan, "Lord, what about me? What should I do?"

When Han Zhan saw Zhang He standing up, he immediately realized that he had accidentally ignored the other party. He quickly said apologetically: "General Jun Yi, General Zilong is responsible for the training of the soldiers. There is no suitable thing to arrange for you at the moment."

Zhang He said a little embarrassedly: "Is it because the lord doesn't trust Zhang, so he is unwilling to entrust Zhang with important tasks?"

"General Ye Yi, you misunderstood." Han Zhan quickly smiled and said to Zhang He: "You are the garrison of Jizhou. You can be fully responsible for the defense of Jizhou City. Although we are allies with Gongsun Zan, we may turn against each other one day. The troops stationed in Guangzong City can be at the city at any time. As long as you can defend Jizhou City, it will be a great achievement."

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After everyone dispersed, Han Zhan left only Xun Yu and Guo Jia. He wanted to understand the financial situation of Jizhou and discuss with them how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

After reporting the amount of money and grain in Jizhou to Han Zhan, Xun Yu continued: "Although our existing food and grass is enough for ten years for ten thousand troops, the money we have in hand can only pay the soldiers half a year's salary. What should we think of to increase the income of Jizhou?"

If you want to increase the income of Jizhou and increase taxes to the people, it is definitely not possible. In the past, when you were involved in the state, you could send troops to attack the bandits and the Yellow Turban Army and seize money and grain from them. Now after you take over Jizhou, you will use this method and it seems that the effect will not be great. Besides, where are there so many bandits and the Yellow Turban Army to fight themselves?

Han Zhan looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, do you have any good solutions?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Lord, Jia is good at strategy, not internal affairs. If you want to talk about how to increase the income of money and grain, you can only ask Xun Changshi."

"Uncle," Han Zhan turned his head and looked at Xun Yu and asked, "I wonder if you have any good solutions?"

"There is one way," Xun Yu said hesitantly when he heard Han Zhan's question: "It's just a bit too harmful to the good deeds."

"What will harm your good deeds?" Han Zhan stared at Xun Yu and said jokingly: "My uncle will not plan to suggest that I send someone to rob the tomb, right?" After that, he burst into laughter.

Unexpectedly, Xun Yu nodded with a serious expression and said, "Zhan'er, that's right, this is a way to make money. We can draw a group of people to specialize in robbing the tomb to obtain wealth, so as to supplement military pay."

Han Zhan was silent about Xun Yu's proposal. He thought to himself: In real history, could it be Xun Yu's suggestion to Cao Cao to enrich his military salary by robbing tombs?

Seeing that Han Zhan was not speaking for a long time, Xun Yu showed an embarrassing expression on his face. After all, such a thing was disgraceful. He was very afraid that Han Zhan would become disgusted with him because of this, so he quickly added: "If Zhan'er thinks this move is inappropriate, then we will think of other ways to enrich the military salary."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Han Zhan waved his hand: "My uncle's proposal is a good way to supplement military pay. After the reign of Wen and Jing, burials in various places became popular. I believe that I can obtain countless gold, silver and treasures in the tomb."

Seeing that Han Zhan agreed to his proposal, Xun Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Since Zhan'er agreed, then my uncle will immediately arrange personnel to find the tomb."

"Uncle, wait," Seeing Xun Yu turn around and want to leave, Han Zhan quickly called him again: "This matter is not very glorious after all, so it is not advisable to make a statement. Those soldiers who go to dig graves and dig tombs should be kept confidential and not allowed to outsiders to know about it."
Chapter completed!