Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Although this made the people in Shouchun City temporarily relax, after all, they didn't have to face Li Yi immediately, but their hearts were cast with a shadow that could not be shaken off.

Because, Li Yi's going here can certainly give them a breather, but when Li Yi returns again, how much space can Yangzhou leave for Yuan Shu?At that time, Shouchun might become a real lonely city.

Shicheng, in the county government.

Wei Yan was smiling and pushing glasses with a scribe in his forties. The two of them drank a lot. Wei Yan was in a strong body, so he could drink a lot. Now he just looked slightly drunk, but the scribe was obviously a little taller. His eyes were dazed, and he had to blink a few times when talking to Wei Yan, otherwise he would not be able to find anyone.

"Wang Taishou, Wei is a vulgar person, he doesn't know how to say auspicious words, he can only congratulate Wang Taishou on his promotion with good wine, please!"

Wei Yan filled the other party's and his own wine glasses, and then raised their glasses. Although the person opposite Wei Yan was a little dizzy, he was not a person with ink marks. Otherwise, Wang’s trip will be difficult! The Marquis of Xiang is so gracious! Today, with this glass of wine, I wish the Marquis of Xiang a speedy birthday and great achievements!”

"My lord will win!"

Wei Yan agreed, and the two of them lightly touched their wine glasses, raised their glasses and drank them down, then looked at each other and laughed loudly at the same time, it could be seen that the two hit it off very well.

If Li Yi could see this scene, he would definitely give Wei Yan a compliment. Although Li Yi instructed Wei Yan to do some things, Li Yi never expected that Wei Yan could get along so well with each other, just like two brothers. , It's almost become a year-end friendship.

And that scribe was none other than Zhizhong Wang Lang who was an official under Tao Qian a few months ago, and now, he is the new prefect of Wu County.

As for why Wang Lang appeared here and drank and ate meat with Wei Yan, that would be a long story.

Wang Lang and Zhao Yu were both important officials under Tao Qian's command, but both of them were dissatisfied with Tao Qian's behavior and did not want to serve him. They started planning a long time ago, wanted to leave Tao Qian, and planned to find a place to find a prefect.

It's just that Cao Cao suddenly sent troops to Xuzhou, disrupting their plans, and after Cao Cao retreated, the two good places vacated in Xuzhou, Xiapi and Guangling, were all digested by Li Yiming secretly, allowing the two of them to live together. Plan to be blocked again.

Then within a few days, Xu Gong, the prefect of Wu County, was killed by Gan Ning, and a position was vacated. Although Wang Lang was a little moved at the time, he knew himself and didn't dare to take food from Li Yi's mouth, so he didn't beat Wu It is the county's idea, but it is not as good as the sky. Wang Lang didn't want to go to Wu County, but the appointment of Wu County's prefect fell on him.

If it is a prefect from other places in the Han Dynasty, whether it is directly appointed by the imperial court, or the local governor and state shepherd chooses the person himself, anyway, it is a matter of appointment, and he can take office with a certificate.

But the prefect of Wu County is different, because the situation there is too complicated. Although there are many capable people in the world, there are really not many who can sit firmly in Wu County.

First of all, after Xu Gong's death, Yuan Shu's influence in Wu County suffered a great blow, but that doesn't mean that Yuan Shu is no longer in Wu County. Zhu Zhi is one of them, at least on the surface he is Yuan Shu Besides, he still has soldiers and horses in his hand. If it wasn't for Yuan Shu's people who went to Wu County, they would naturally have to pass Zhu Zhi's test.

Then, there are the local forces in Wujun, represented by the Yan family brothers. They want to be the local emperor of Wujun. As long as whoever helps them achieve this wish, they will be loyal to whom, but obviously, their request, regardless of The imperial court, Li Yi, or Yuan Shu would not agree.

From this point of view, no matter who goes to Wu Jun to succeed the prefect, he has a hostile relationship with the Yan brothers.

Therefore, the imperial court had very high requirements for appointing the prefect of Wujun. The man must have soldiers in his hands, otherwise he would not be able to control the situation at all.

However, the imperial court didn't have soldiers to send, and even if they had soldiers, they didn't dare to use them there.

Li Yi is now at war with Yuan Shu, and the imperial court suddenly put a force of soldiers behind Li Yi. Let alone what Yuan Shu thinks, what would he think of Li Yi alone?

Did the imperial court want to wait for them to be stabbed with knives?

Or are you going to look for an opportunity to take credit for Li Yi's work?

This problem is very troublesome. If you don't have soldiers, you can't send troops. If you want the new prefect to stabilize his position, you can only borrow soldiers. As for who to borrow, there is no one to borrow except Li Yi.

However, finding Li Yi to borrow troops is also a big problem.

Just imagine, if the imperial court ignores Wu Jun, then the next prefect of Wu Jun must be appointed by Li Yi. After all, Li Yi is the largest in Yangzhou and has the strongest soldiers and horses. Li Yi reported his name, and the court did not The reason for not agreeing.

It's like letting Zhang Liao be the prefect of Yuzhang some time ago. In terms of qualifications and experience, Zhang Liao is not qualified, but so what, Li Yi just says he is him, and the court dare not not give Li Yi this face.

However, even though the court is fatuous and corrupt, it is not stupid.

Although Li Yi has a very good reputation now, if the court allows all the officials in Jingyang and Yangzhou to be written by Li Yi, it will make Li Yi the uncrowned king of these two states. Even if Li Yi is really a loyal minister, even if he himself does not want to rebel, in the future His subordinates may also force him to rebel.

Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation, the imperial court had to intervene in Yangzhou's personnel affairs, but this was to steal food from Li Yi's mouth. If Li Yi turned his face, it would be difficult for the imperial court to do so.

During that time, the imperial court successively searched for two more suitable candidates.

One was from Chang'an, and when he heard that he was going to Yangzhou, he refused to go on the pretext of being old and frail and unable to withstand the turbulence.

The other one is in Yangzhou, this time there is no need to travel, but they refused more simply, bluntly saying that they are too old and their eyesight is dim, and they asked the court to choose another talented person.

The court knew that those people didn't want to make Li Yi unhappy, so as not to cause death, but the court had no choice but to continue to look for warriors who dared to go to Wu County. At this moment, someone recommended Wang Lang who had always wanted to be the prefect. .

The reason is simple, no matter what Wang Lang said, he knew Li Yi. If Wang Lang went to Wu County, Li Yi should not be embarrassed to drive him away, and if something difficult happened in Wu County in the future, Li Yi might help Sex is also bigger.

After thinking about it, a group of bigwigs in the court felt that there was no one more suitable than Wang Lang, so after an imperial decree, Wang Lang became the prefect of Wu County in a daze.

At that time, many people congratulated Wang Lang, but Wang Lang was extremely depressed.

Wang Lang knew that if he went to Wu County alone without Li Yi's help, he would probably be killed within three days, but if he asked Li Yi for help, he didn't have the confidence. Why does Li Yi let his own cronies not use him, and instead help him, an outsider who is neither relative nor relative, take the position?

Wang Lang thought about it, couldn't make up his mind, so he went to his friend Zhao Yu to discuss a solution, but when Zhao Yu heard it, he stared straight away, saying that Wang Lang is a villain with the heart of a gentleman, and Li Xianghou is a dignified gentleman. But he is the minister of the big man's brawn. He, Wang Lang, also received the imperial edict to take office, and he is also open and aboveboard. To support the benevolence and righteousness of the Marquis, how can he not help him?

After Wang Lang was reprimanded by Zhao Yu, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and set off south, but after all he was a little guilty. After arriving in Guangling, he stopped going and wrote a letter to Li Yi first, the content was very modest, saying that he He was appointed as the prefect of Wujun, and he was worried, fearing that his lack of talent and knowledge would disappoint the high expectations of the court, so he wanted to resign, but he was afraid of being blamed by the court, so he wanted to ask Li Yi what he thought of this matter.

After Li Yi received Wang Lang's letter, he knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, and immediately replied to Wang Lang, saying that he admired his demeanor in Xuzhou, and that Wang Lang's ability to come to Yangzhou today is the blessing of the people of Yangzhou, and it is also a blessing for him and Li Yi , let Wang Lang not need to worry too much, soon he will personally lead the troops to help Wang Lang clear all kinds of obstacles in Wu Jun.

After Wang Lang received Li Yi's reply, he was immediately moved. Although Li Yi did not expressly state it in the letter, it is not difficult to see from the lines that Li Yi's attitude is not for the imperial decree, but to give Wang Lang face. .

Although saying this is not very respectful to the emperor, but as Wang Lang who has gained face, he is really happy.

Therefore, Wang Lang stopped writing, and rushed to Shicheng to wait for Li Yi according to the agreement in the letter. Then, he saw Wei Yan who had arrived here first.

Chapter 531

Wang Lang had met Wei Yan once when he was in Xuzhou, and had a short exchange, but he had no friendship. Therefore, at first, Wang Lang was afraid that Wei Yan would make things difficult for him.

But after getting in touch with him, Wang Lang realized that he was indeed like Zhao Yu said, with a bit of a villain's heart. At the same time, he also admired Li Yiyu's method, because although Wei Yan was a warrior, he was not as delicate as a literati. They really didn't say anything to him, Wang Lang, and they didn't let him be wronged at all. When they even heard that Wang Lang was coming, Wei Yan immediately gave up the county government office to Wang Lang to live in.

Wang Lang is not a person who doesn't know what is good or bad, so naturally he won't push his feet, and disagrees with everything. In the end, the two simply lived in the county office together. After two days of contact, they drank a few drinks. The relationship between them quickly became closer.

After drinking another glass of wine, Wei Yan shook his head with a smile and said, "Wei does not agree with Wang Taishou's words."

Although Wang Lang was a little dizzy, but his ears were still good, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Dare to ask the general, what did Wang say wrong?"

Putting down his wine glass, Wei Yan said: "Although Yuan Shu was very powerful earlier, after losing to my lord in a row, his previous management has been damaged by seven or eighty-eight. After the battle a few days ago, there was even a situation where no one was available. It's just a dead bone in the tomb, it can't stand the twists and turns at all, but what about my lord?"

Wei Yan waved his arm very boldly, and said: "My lord is the rising sun, this time he conquered Yangzhou, and Yuan Shu's main force was smashed to pieces with just a single master. The lives of the soldiers, otherwise the mobilization of the army to attack the city, within seven days, Shouchun will definitely change its banner!"

Wang Lang nodded slightly. Perhaps what Wei Yan said was a bit exaggerated, but it wasn't outrageous. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li Yi really had the upper hand over Yuan Shu, and through contact in Xuzhou, Wang Lang also knew that Li Yi He is a person who cherishes human life very much, so Li Yi kept his hand against Shouchun this time, and didn't use all his strength.

"Xianghou is really powerful. He deserves to be admired by the world. Compared with Xianghou, hehe, Wang has spent most of his life in vain."

Wang Lang made a joke, then raised his glass to Wei Yan, who took a sip and said, "My lord is indeed powerful, but let me tell you, the most powerful thing about my lord is none other than knowing people! "

Wei Yan put down his wine glass, broke his fingers and said, "Who is around Yuan Shu now? Ji Ling is the only general who can support the appearance. There are Xu Huang, Dian Wei, Huang Zhong, and Gan Ning in the city of Shouchun, although most of them are not as famous as Ji Ling, but in terms of skills, none of them are inferior to him!"

"In addition to generals, there are also think tanks. The resourceful people around Yuan Shu are Yan Xiang and Yang Hong, but their talents and learning are just like that. After facing my lord, they suffered a lot and didn't gain any advantage. Now, in my opinion, they are second-rate at best."

"But by my lord's side, the military adviser Kuai Yue, and Mr. Xun Youxun who is not a military adviser but is better than a military adviser. With these two counselors for my lord, the war will be safe. In addition, there is Zhang Zhao, the prefect Wang knows him. , my lord once said that after gaining Zhang Zhao, everything in the army will be in order, so you don’t need to worry about him anymore, this is also a great talent!”