There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard the words: "Surprise? Is your Majesty going to give this minister any treasure?"

Liu Xie blinked at him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, after a while, Ai Qing, you will know."

Not long after, Liu Xie's edict calling all the princes to come to Fan County was sent out by Kuaiqi.

And there is no doubt that the first person to receive the edict was Yuan Shao in Jizhou.

Yuan Shao is now commanding the generals, who have just conquered and occupied Bingzhou.

Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army was defeated by Yuan Shao, losing troops and losing generals, so he could only gather his people and flee to the depths of the Taihang Mountains, completely reduced to rogues.

At this time, Yuan Shao received the imperial edict sent by the emperor Liu Xie.

When Yuan Shao first read the edict, he was very happy, after all, the potter's performance was beyond his imagination.

The relationship between the Cao Tao family was not only stalemate because of his scheme, but also because of the gentry and Xiliang generals in Yanzhou.

Especially the fact that the potters hijacked the emperor to Fan County surprised Yuan Shao.

Because most of Yuan Shao's subordinates were gentry, he did not dare to take the emperor to Yecheng easily, but this did not mean that he wanted Cao Cao to control the emperor.

Now that the pottery merchant has kidnapped the emperor to Fan County, it is a great thing for him.

You can look at the emperor, but you don't have to be afraid that the gentry under your command will be affected by the emperor.

why not?

But when he saw the content behind Liu Xie's edict, Yuan Shao's face turned blacker than black charcoal.

But see Liu Xie clearly wrote at the end of the imperial edict:

In order to commend Taiping's son Tao Shang's achievements in serving the king this time, he was specially appointed as a general.

Chapter 351 Make Friends with the Eunuch

In the early morning, under the supervision of an old eunuch, several yawning little Huangmen came out of Liu Xie's living courtyard, carrying tiger cubs, one by one listlessly.

"Take it easy!"

The old eunuch Ma Xun was among the regular servants, and he was the head of Liu Xie's close servants. He was not too young, but his personality was not very gentle, and he treated the eunuchs under him quite harshly on weekdays.

"Clean up the tiger quickly! Your majesty and the concubine will use it later when they get up!" Mason screamed repeatedly.

The so-called Huzi refers to the urinals of the Han Dynasty, which can also be said to be the prototype of the ancient toilet.

Just as the old eunuch was screaming, he saw a man in white walking in front of the old eunuch Mason with a warm and kind smile on his face.

"Ah Weng, you are so busy early in the morning? Have you had breakfast yet?"

When Mason heard this, he felt very unpleasant.

Didn't see us pouring the urinal here!

At this time, you still ask about whether you want to eat breakfast. Isn't this deliberately off-putting?

It's just finding fault!

Mason turned his head and was about to reprimand the visitor, but when he saw the visitor's voice and smile, he immediately put away the anger on his face, put on a smile, bowed and saluted, "So it's Mr. Taiping." , the old slave is disrespectful."

The pottery merchant smiled and waved his hands, speaking very gently: "Ma Aweng and I don't have to be polite. When Tao met the emperor, he didn't have time to talk to you. Today is a coincidence, so the emperor has been in trouble for many years. Suffering a lot, I depend on Ah Weng to take care of me in my life, Ma Aweng took care of the Lord of the World for us, and suffered a lot, Tao Mou came here today to thank you on behalf of all the people in the world."

Hearing the politeness of the pottery merchant, Mason was really flattered: "Don't dare! Don't dare! The old slave is just a servant, how dare he be praised like that by a public servant, besides, the title of Ah Weng is absolutely unacceptable. "

The potter smiled and took out a kit containing gold grains from his sleeve, and stuffed it into Mason's hand without a trace.

"There is nothing wrong with it. I heard that the emperor will call you Aunt every day. From now on, we will all be ministers under the emperor's command. We will work together to help protect the emperor and help the community. We are in the same palace in the court." Minister, we are friends under the court, how can there be so many words."

Mason weighed the purse in his hand, feeling both surprised and happy.

After the party was imprisoned, coupled with the chaos of the ten permanent servants, the gentry always regarded the eunuchs as tigers and wolves. Even Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others who were in power in recent years treated them like wild dogs. It is very common to hit or scold, and kill a few at every turn.

Mason recalled carefully that this was the first time in the past few years that a pottery merchant had deliberately made friends among the gentry and spoke so politely.

Ma Xun was very touched, he bowed to the potter, and said: "Young master is so polite, this old slave is really ashamed that this old slave is here first, let's say congratulations to Mr. Taiping first."

The Tao merchant gently touched the bridge of his nose, and said with a smile, "Congratulate me? I don't know where Tao's happiness comes from?"

Ma Xun said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you don't know yet. Your Majesty is already preparing to issue an edict. After the soldiers and horses of the princes from all walks of life arrive in Fan County, you will officially confer the title of Grand General, Marquis of Wanling! This honor comes from General He." After that, there is no second person."

The smile on the potter's face froze suddenly.

"Ah Ong is serious?"

Ma Xun nodded vigorously and said: "How dare this old slave deceive Master Taiping? This matter is absolutely true! Your Majesty has already pointed out this matter in the imperial edict of King Qin written to all the princes, so that all the princes should be prepared first. "

The pottery merchant took a deep breath, and tried his best to suppress the restlessness of rushing into the mansion right now, dragging out the emperor Liu Xie and kicking him in circles.

Impulse is the devil.

"Your Majesty is very good, why did you make me a general? After all, since the death of General He, I have never established a general in my dynasty. Tao remembers that when Han Sui asked His Majesty for the title in Chang'an, His Majesty would We are in crisis every day, and we never agreed to that tiger and wolf."

Mason looked around, and then pulled the potter to the side of the house. Seeing that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "The old slave sees that the young master is a modest gentleman, and he is only thinking of your majesty, so he told you the old man." I have been with His Majesty for many years, and watching His Majesty grow up, I also feel that His Majesty will not easily grant the position of General to others. One person met His Majesty secretly in the middle of the night, and the old slave was guarding the outer room at that time, and did not hear what he said to His Majesty, but now that I think about it, this person may be the only one who can persuade Your Majesty to confer a title of Duke like a son."

"who is it?"

"Jia Xu, formerly under the command of Niu Fu of the Xiliang Army, when he was in Chang'an, he saved His Majesty three times in times of crisis, so His Majesty has always believed in his advice."

The pottery merchant suddenly realized when he heard the words.

"It turned out to be his old poison."

The potter gave Ma Song some good words to comfort him, and promised to offer generous gifts in the near future, hoping to make more friends with Ma Song in the future.

It was very rare for Mason to meet a prince who was willing to be friends with himself, an eunuch. The so-called shade under a big tree, he naturally happily agreed.

And in his opinion, the little thing he told the pottery merchant was not a big deal at all.

Compared with the many behaviors of the ten permanent servants back then, he Mason was just talking to the pottery about his family's shortcomings. Compared with Zhang Rang and others back then, he Mason, the eunuch, already behaved like a saint up.

Not long after Ma Xun left, he saw Chen Deng and Guo Jia approaching the potter from not far away.

After the pottery merchant finished talking to the two of them, both of them showed solemn expressions.

Chen Deng frowned and pondered, with a serious expression on his face.

"The Son of Heaven appointed the Lord of the Fu as the Great General. This move is really dangerous for you! This is tantamount to placing the Lord of the Fu on the opposite side of the princes. If the strength and power of our Xuzhou ranks among the leaders among the princes, the General's The title of Fujun is well-deserved, and he will definitely shock the heroes, but now, not to mention the far ones, but the ones that are close, there are two major forces, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who are close to him, especially Yuan Shao, who has a good face and respects official positions Second, he was the leader of the feudal lords back then, if the Fujun became a general, the first one to regard the Fujun as an enemy would definitely be Yuan Shao."

The potter smiled slightly mockingly: "Yes, Cao Cao is still in a hostile relationship with us, if we add Yuan Shao, there is Yuan Shu in the south who is our mortal enemy, and this day is really difficult. "