"Your Highness, can we hold the wedding according to etiquette?”
Qiao Rui asked tentatively.
After all, he was a high official in the court. If his two daughters were to hastily marry into the Eastern Palace, it would not look good on his face. Previously, Qiao Rui had also heard a little about the Crown Princess entering the palace.
The Feng family had fled to Shouchun to seek refuge, so they could still use force to bring them directly to the palace. If they were to put it on Qiao Rui, it would be somewhat inappropriate, and it would easily make their subordinates feel disappointed.
"Of course, the six wedding ceremonies are indispensable.”
Yuan Yao naturally had no objections.
As long as Qiao Rui accepted the imperial edict, Er Qiao would naturally be his concubine. It didn't matter whether it was sooner or later.
"Your humble subject thanks Your Highness."
Qiao Rui then left.
Qiao Rui actually had her own selfish motives. Now that the situation in the Imperial Court had taken a turn for the worse, the Yuan Family might not be able to survive.
Perhaps his daughter was jumping into a fire pit when she got married, so he would drag it out as long as he could.
The Crown Prince was already a half-ruler. It would take him about a year to complete the entire etiquette process. By then, the situation would be clear at a glance.
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Xudu.
Sikong Manor.
In the first year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao welcomed the emperor back and was appointed as a Si Li Colonel. His official position was not high, but he had great power to record the affairs of the minister.
Moreover, Yuan Shao in the north was very powerful. In order to win Yuan Shao over, Cao Cao made him a Great General in the name of the Emperor, while he himself was given the position of Sikong.
"We have already taken down three counties of Yuzhou. What should we do next?”
Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.
"My lord, I believe that our army should ally with Liu Bei and Sun Ce to destroy Yuan Shu in one go.”
Cheng Yu said.
Cao Cao nodded, neither agreeing nor opposing. He continued to ask,"What do you think? Do you all agree with Zhongde's suggestion?"
"My lord, I have a different opinion.”
A young and handsome man stood up and said.
"Oh? What do you think, Fengxiao?"
Cao Cao's interest was piqued.
"Yuan Shu has overstepped his authority and proclaimed himself emperor, which is not tolerated by the world. Although he has lost most of his territory, he has not lost much of his troops. There are at least 100,000 troops in the Huai River region.”
Guo Jia spoke with assurance.
"What do you think?"
"Although Lianghuai is good, Xuzhou still has Lu Bu and Liu Bei. Even if we defeat Yuan Shu, Lianghuai is just a piece of land for us. It's really a little useless.”
"Then what should we do? Now that the emperor is in our hands, if we don't get rid of Yuan Shu, there will be two emperors in the world. The value of the emperor in our hands will be reduced by half!”
Cao Cao's words did not show any respect for Liu Xie. He did not put him in his eyes at all.
"Liu Bei of Xuzhou has always claimed to be a descendant of the Han Emperor. The lord can give him an official position and then issue an edict in the name of the emperor to attack Yuan Shu. Liu Bei is burdened by his background and will definitely not be able to refuse.”
"Liu Bei alone is probably not Yuan Shu's match, right?”
Cao Cao asked.
"There's also Sun Ce from River East. The person who wants to kill Yuan Shu the most right now is undoubtedly Sun Ce.”
"What do you mean, Fengxiao?"
"Because both the father and son of the Sun family were supported by Yuan Shu. As long as Yuan Shu is alive, Sun Ce will betray his master.
If the lord issued an edict to him, Sun Ce would be able to stand on his own and become a loyal general of the Great Han Dynasty.”
"Hahaha! Good! Very good! Let Liu Bei and Sun Ce act as the vanguard for us and exhaust Yuan Shu's forces. We'll sit back and watch the tigers fight!”
Cao Cao was very satisfied with Guo Jia's plan.
"No! We can't just sit around and do nothing."
Guo Jia denied Cao Cao's plan.
"Oh? Feng Xiao, tell me quickly. Don't keep me in suspense.”
Cao Cao hurriedly asked.
"We can also use troops. Nanyang in the west and Xuzhou in the east can be taken by the lord. I don't think it will be difficult.”
Cao Cao started to think about it and said after a while,""Liu Bei was ordered to attack the puppet Emperor Yuan Shu. If I attack Xuzhou now, I will be at a disadvantage. The previous massacre of Xuzhou has already shown its aftereffects.
Moreover, that mad dog Lu Bu is still stationed in Xiao Pei, which is right in front of Xu Prefecture. He will bring us a lot of trouble.”
" Then there's only one choice left."
Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Haha! Filial piety, ah, filial piety! You just gave me a choice!”
Cao Cao understood Guo Jia's intentions and teased him.
"My lord is wise."
"What's there to be wise about? I've already let you finish speaking, so I can only do as you say.”
Although Cao Cao was mocking him, his tone was very casual. It could be seen that he relied heavily on Guo Jia.
Cao Cao favored Guo Jia so much because of his outstanding strategy and his political significance.
Cao Cao had accepted the investment of the Yingchuan aristocratic family, which was why he was able to grow rapidly. However, the influence of the aristocratic families was too great.
Cao Cao directly issued a recruitment order and reopened the monthly evaluation. He directly skipped the selection of filial piety and honesty and implemented the selection of talents. He used the Humble Class to resist the influence of the aristocratic families in the court.
Xi Zhicai (already dead), Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, and the others were used by Cao Cao to fight against the Yingchuan Xun Clan, Chen Clan, and Zhong Clan.
"Pass down the order to prepare the army for war. We will send troops to Wan City in a few days.”
"Here."
Guo Jia and Cheng Yu, as well as a few Cao Family generals, received the order in unison. There were no people from aristocratic families present in the hall.
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Shouchun.
The tax-free notice had been posted for many days, and the people in the city already knew about it.
On this day, Old Yuan and Little Yuan were dressed in white dragon and fish clothes. They were secretly visiting the city to observe the people's feelings.
Of course, this was the official statement. In fact, Yuan Shu was out hunting for women.
Seeing that Little Yuan had two beautiful wives, although they had not married yet, Old Yuan was envious.
That was why he came to Shouchun City in high spirits today to look for a few outstanding beauties.
It was an arms race. Not only did it depend on quantity, but also quality, right?
No matter how many grenades he had, he would not be able to send a single one to Dongfeng Express.
"There's a teahouse up ahead. Let's go in and rest.”
Old Yuan was fat to begin with. Coupled with the arms race, his body was very weak.
"Look at you. You can't take it after just a few steps? Didn't you say that you wanted to get me a younger brother?”
Yuan Yao said disdainfully.
Yuan Shu: Then I'll leave?
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