"I understand, I finally understand."
"I was too narrow-minded. After obtaining Pei Country, I was bewitched.”
"Why do you only know how to stare at Yuzhou?”
Mei Zhu's words made Zhang Mu realize why Guo Jia was willing to help him take down Pei Country but didn't acknowledge him as his master.
He was too obsessed with Yuzhou and had limited himself to death. (In Guo Jia's eyes)
"Yeah, Yuzhou is not a good place at all.”
Zhang Mu wanted to slap himself.
He clearly knew how hot Yuzhou was.
Two years ago, Dong Zhuo had appointed Kong Hui as the governor of Yuzhou. However, the latter had joined the Guandong coalition army to attack Dong Zhuo the following year. During this time, he had been stationed in Yingchuan, and Dong Zhuo had sent Li Jue and Guo Si to deal with him.
Not long after, news of Kong Xiong's death spread. It was unknown whether he died of illness or was killed by Li Jue. Kong Xiong's era ended.
This year, Yuan Shu, as the legitimate son of the Yuan family, returned to Yuzhou and received the yellow towel from Runan and Yingchuan to respond to Yuan Shu (nominally attached, but in fact, they were independent).
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Mutuals Law was implemented, and officials avoided their native places. Yuan Shu, as a native of Runan, Yuzhou, could not serve as the governor of Yuzhou, so he appointed his follower Sun Jian as the governor of Yuzhou.
Four months ago, Sun Jian defeated Dong Zhuo's subordinate Hu Zhen in the Yang Kingdom. In April, Dong Zhuo moved westward to Chang 'an. Yuan Shu and Sun Jian seemed to have defeated Dong Zhuo, and their reputation increased greatly.
Yuan Shao, who was nominally the leader of the alliance, was unhappy. He would take advantage of Sun Jian's crusade against Dong Zhuo and send Zhou Xin, Zhou Ang, and Zhou Yu to seize Yuzhou. In the end, they were beaten away by Yuan Shu, who was stationed in Yanzhou.
According to his calculations, the three Zhou brothers would arrive soon.
This Yuzhou would become the battlefield of the two Yans.
The degree of devastation could be compared to the large families in Yingchuan who took refuge in a large scale, and in the end, Liu Biao benefited.
If there were no accidents, Sun Jian would die in Jingzhou and Xiangyang next year. In order to prevent the battle line from being stretched, Yuan Shu took the initiative to withdraw from Nanyang and focus on Yuzhou. He went north to Yanzhou to oppress Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and joined forces with Liu Biao, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zan.
Cao Cao received Yuan Shao's support. While fighting with Yuan Shu, he occupied Liang, Lu, and other places. This was the foreshadowing for him to bring back Liu Xie's capital, Yingchuan, and Xuchang.
In the end, Yuan Shu was defeated. He ran to Jiujiang Prefecture in Yangzhou and stood up again. He changed it to Huainan and let Sun Ce and the others go to Jiangdong. At the same time, they started a war on Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou.
Next, Yuzhou would be in chaos.
"We must not take this Yuzhou."
"Runan's Yuan family is deeply rooted, Yingchuan's aristocratic families are deeply entrenched, Chen Country's Prince Chen Liu Chong is defending his territory, Cao Cao will enter, Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo will be beside him.”
"There are so many opponents. Can I win?”
"Even if I win, can I defend it?"
"Even if we can defend it, how much effort would we need to spend to manage it? How much will it drag me down in my quest to conquer the world?”
"No wonder Fengxiao asked me how I should treat the aristocratic families in the morning. He actually wanted to test my attitude towards Pei Country and see if I would set my sights on this!”
When Mi Zhu pointed out the true situation in Yuzhou, Zhang Mu finally found the answer to his fruitless thinking.
Her words woke him up from his dream.
It seemed that this was the main point of recruiting Guo Jia.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mu nodded in agreement and said,"Brother Mi, you know Yuzhou very well and have not been blinded by profits. I am interested in working with you.”
Mi Zhu was stunned.
Hearing Zhang Mu's words, the question was actually testing him?
"Hmm?" Guo Jia was stunned and looked at Zhang Mu with a hint of confusion.
What the hell?
Isn't the one who is most persistent about Yuzhou you, Zhang Mu? I thought you wanted to work with Mi Zhu to bring up the past, how could you say that?
Even though Guo Jia was extremely smart, he couldn't think of any reason at the moment.
"As expected!"
Guo Jia didn't know that Zhang Mu had been secretly observing him after he said those words. He had seen his expression.
"This Yuzhou is not a good place."
Zhang Mu's brain spun quickly and he said in a deep voice,"I've asked people to investigate. Yuzhou has about five million people, Runan has 37 counties with two million people, Yingchuan has 17 counties with about 500,000 people, Liang and Lu have eight and six counties with more than 300,000 people, Chen has nine counties with more than 1.5 million people, and Pei has 21 counties with less than 300,000 people.”
"Yingchuan County has countless large clans. Runan is the Yuan family's headquarters. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu could not stay in Yuzhou because of their hometown, but they sent Sun Jian, Cao Cao, and other trusted aides to seize it. Everyone knows the ambition of the Chen Kingdom's King, Liu Chong.”
Zhang Mu analyzed himself.
Mei Zhu nodded lightly, secretly investigating Zhang Mu's strength. He actually had such a powerful intelligence network to report the situation in Yuzhou.
However, Zhang Mu could choose to place his bets or remain neutral in these dukedoms, so why did he say that he should not stay for long?
could it
Mei Zhu thought of a terrifying truth.
At this moment, Guo Jia had already put down the wine glass in his hand. His eyes were as bright as the stars as he asked,"Then where do you think is a good place to go?”
Guo Jia spoke, causing Zhang Mu to be excited. He quickly said," Yangzhou, Jiujiang, of course!"
"Jiujiang and Huainan are now ownerless. After occupying them, we can find an opportunity to swallow the entire Yangzhou. If there are any changes in the world, we can move west to swallow Jingzhou, and even pass on to Shu Prefecture and Jiaozhou.”
"In the north, we can annex the land of Xu Prefecture, and in the northwest, we can use Pei Country as a springboard to annex Yu Prefecture and spy on Si Li and Yan Prefecture.”
"If we build a big bed, we can even attack Qingzhou and Youzhou by sea.”
"This place is where my Zhang family thrives!”
Following the unified analysis, Zhang Mu's train of thought became clearer and clearer. In the end, he even felt his blood boil.
Yuan Shu went to Huainan four or five years after Yuan Shu died. He relied on Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to conquer Jiangdong. After occupying Yangzhou, he still fought on three sides against Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Cao Cao of Yuzhou, and Liu Bei of Xuzhou. In the end, he proclaimed himself emperor.
He was indeed useless, but this place was not bad!
Why didn't he go ahead and claim it?
"Dragon Flourishing Land huh…"
Guo Jia's eyes brightened. He suddenly stood up and cupped his fists at Zhang Mu."Guo Jia greets the lord!"
Mi Zhu:
Where am I? What am I doing?
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