In the hall.
Everyone had different expressions.
There were those who admired him, those who examined him, and those who admired him.
Even Xun Yu and Zhong Yao didn't have any complaints.
The moment they saw Gu Qing, they had a good impression of him and felt that he deserved Cao Cao's respect!
"My lord!"
"Today, Mister Bo Ru met General Wei at the Zhangtai!"”
"Dong Cheng?"
Cao Cao's eyes turned cold.
Gu Qing took a sip of tea and smiled." It's just a small matter. It's all about the filial piety plan. I wanted to see who wanted to rope in the aristocratic families of Yan and Yu to oppose Cao Sikong. However, it has already been suppressed!"”
"Thank you for your filial piety!"
Cao Cao's eyes were filled with gratification!
Guo Jia quickly got up and said,"My Lord, I only did some small things. I mainly relied on Bo Ru to come forward!"”
"No worries!"
Cao Cao waved his hand and his expression darkened."Yesterday, I received news from Qingzhou that the Beihai Kingdom has been conquered by Yuan Tan. The Prime Minister of Beihai Kingdom, Kong Wenju, has entered Taishan County under the escort of his old subordinates. I want to recruit him as a great craftsman to show off the prestige of the new capital.”
"Not bad!"
Xun Yu stood up and said!
Cheng Yu frowned." My lord, this person's character is as smelly as a dung stone. I'm afraid he'll mess up the court if he comes!"”
"It's fine!"
Xun Yu smiled faintly and said," Kong Wenju is the twentieth grandson of Confucius. The emperor has moved Xuchang to the new capital, which is a good opportunity to show off his prestige. Moreover, if we can accommodate Kong Wenju, we can accommodate talented people in the world. There are pros and cons!”
"Not bad!"
Zhong Yao stood up and agreed.
"Filial piety?"
Cao Cao frowned.
Guo Jia rubbed his chin and said in a deep voice,""Actually, we can recruit him. This person is famous in Qingzhou and will definitely be of great use in the future!”
"Sir!"
Taishi Ci looked at Gu Qing.
He was old friends with Kong Rong, so he naturally wanted to save him!
"What do you think, Bo Ru?"
Cao Cao finally looked at Gu Qing, his eyes begging.
Accepting Kong Rong was a dangerous move. It was difficult to balance the gathering of talents and the chaos of the imperial court!
"Kong Wen Ju?"
Gu Qing swept his gaze across the civil and military officials and said in a deep voice,"If we accept him, we might not be able to recruit scholars and righteous people. However, if we don't accept him now, there will definitely be people accusing Sikong Cao of being in charge of the government alone. As the prime minister of the defeated army, he will be a great craftsman.”
"Then that's it!"
Cao Cao said decisively.
"Mr. Boru," Xun Yu said with a complicated expression,"will the position of councilor harm Confucius's family?"”
"Rule the country!"
"There has never been an affair!"
"If the imperial court can ignore Kong Rong's crime of losing the North Sea for the sake of Confucius 'Court today, then will someone be able to attack the Sikong Residence tomorrow and be innocent?" Gu Qing said in a deep voice while holding his teacup.”
"I've learned my lesson!"
Xun Yu felt helpless.
This was a clash between the country's laws and personal prestige. Naturally, no one could go beyond the law!
"Bo Ru!"
Cao Cao clenched his fists and said in a deep voice," After the army retrains for a month, I will prepare to attack Zhang Xiu in the south. I will expand the army's defense line to Wan City. On one hand, I want to prevent Zhang Xiu from Jingzhou. On the other hand, I want to contain Yuan Gonglu. Are you willing to follow me?"”
"My lord!"
"We can't go south now!" Guo Jia's expression changed drastically.”
"Why?"
Cao Cao was startled.
Guo Jia took a deep breath and said in a deep voice,"Now, the situation in Yanzhou is getting closer to stability. Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shao are not in the mood to invade. Therefore, the plan now is to pacify Si Li and occupy Xiliang!”
"Si Li!"
Cao Cao muttered.
"What does Sikong Cao think is the most important thing in the battle between the two armies?" Gu Qing asked in a deep voice.”
"Haha!"
Cao Cao laughed and said,"Of course it's the elite soldier, Ma Liang!"”
"Pa da!"
Gu Qingxing pointed to a map of the Han Dynasty's territory hanging not far away and said,""The most important thing in war is a sharp weapon. The Yanzhou army is already strong. Two years ago, they gathered more than a hundred thousand elites from the Qingzhou army, but in just a few years, they were all wiped out. The main reason is that their weapons are not sharp, and only one or two out of ten of them are wearing armor!”
"This…!"
Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, and the others lowered their heads.
In these two years, Cao Cao had lost more than he won. After recovering Yanzhou, he only had 20,000 soldiers left. Compared to Yuan Shao, he was like the difference between heaven and earth!
"Bo Ru!"
Cao Cao said bitterly,"Weapons require money, especially armors!”
"Yanzhou is a big province!"
"There's no lack of manpower at all!”
"Yanzhou's Jibei County, Jiyin County, Sanfu Hongnong, Liangzhou Wudu all have refined iron ores!”
"The Qilian Mountains in Liangzhou have coal mines that can refine refined iron, and there are also warhorses that are no less than those in Bingzhou and Youzhou. Therefore, we first pacify Si Li and then make peace with Xiliang.”
Gu Qing picked up a brush from the side and sketched on the map.
"Boom!"
Everyone in the hall stood up.
Everyone looked at the map excitedly.
The Han Dynasty was very poor in mining iron ore, so there were very few people wearing armor.
If everything was really as Gu Qing said, then he had to first pacify Si Li before making friends with Western Liang!
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