The news that Dong Cheng and Fu Wan were beheaded soon spread in Pengcheng, and even Queen Fu and Dong Guifei were implicated and all were killed.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yan summoned the ministers in the Chonghua Palace, and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, announced that he would hand over all the government affairs of the national military aircraft to Zhang Yan on the grounds that he was young, gullible and could not handle government affairs, and crowned Zhang Yan as the regent, issued a holy decree, and issued an edict to the world.

At this point, all the power of the court fell into the hands of the regent Zhang Yan. And Zhang Yan's first order was to choose a concubine for Liu Xie to enrich the harem.

The edict took Yuan Shao's daughter as the queen, Cao Cao's daughter as the concubine, Gongsun Du's daughter as the beauty, and selected the daughters of ten ministers as Jieyu, a total of thirteen people.

The will to choose a concubine, together with the holy decree to make Yuan Shao a lieutenant, was sent to Yecheng in Jizhou.

Yecheng, in the hall of Yuan Shao's mansion, after Yuan Shao received these two holy decrees, he was extremely unhappy in his heart, and he knew very well in his heart that this was a means of Zhang Yan's envoy.

Taiwei's edict of Yuan Shao is completely acceptable, but he is a hundred unwilling to send his daughter to Pengcheng to be the queen of the Son of Heaven.

Because, in recent years, Yuan Shao has been working hard, bent on saving for a few years, and then crossing the Yellow River south and marching into the Central Plains. And the person standing in his way is none other than his old rival Zhang Yan.

This year, Yuan Shao has expanded his army by another 100,000 troops, and is stepping up training, according to his last wishes, in two years, he will be able to launch an all-out war and strive for a decisive victory. Completely defeated Zhang Yan.

Now let him send his daughter to the palace to be Liu Xie's queen. Did he not send his daughter into the mouth of the tiger? In case two years later he started the war. Zhang Yan will definitely use his daughter as a threat.

Yuan Shao resolutely refused to do it, and immediately called someone and asked him to respond to the messenger, saying that he couldn't climb high!

It just so happened that Tian Feng was by Yuan Shao's side, and after hearing Yuan Shao's crisp and neat refusal, he immediately said: "The lord must not act like this, in this way, it is tantamount to disrespecting the will." If it is investigated, it may damage the reputation of the lord. ”

Yuan Shao said: "Is it difficult, can I really send my beloved daughter to Pengcheng?" In case Zhang Yan uses her to blackmail me in the future, won't I hurt her? ”

Tian Feng knew in his heart that Yuan Shao did have a daughter, and there was only such a daughter, not to mention that she was beautiful, and she was also very reasonable, although she was born in a wealthy family, she did not have the shelf of an eldest lady. Very approachable.

Therefore, this woman is deeply loved by Yuan Shao. He is now just over 16 years old, which is the age of the boudoir.

Tian Feng said: "The subordinates understand what the lord means, but please look at it from a different perspective, this matter is of great benefit to the lord." ”

"What's in it for that?" Yuan Shao asked.

Tian Feng persuaded: "My lord, now that Zhang Yan is already the regent, he alone will decide all the affairs of the court. Although this time it is also Zhang Yan's intention, if Miss Yuan is sent to Pengcheng to be the queen, it will also be of great benefit to the lord. Imagine that Miss Yuan became the queen, and the lord was the father-in-law of today's son-in-law, and the reign of the dynasty. The lord is the father-in-law of Bixia, and this relationship cannot be pushed off, in this way, the lord will be famous, and the soldiers will do their best to serve the lord, and they are all looking forward to being able to enter Pengcheng, rescue the Son of Heaven, and add officials to the knighthood. What's more, once the lord becomes the lord of the country, he can attract more people to work for the lord. That's killing two birds with one stone......"

Yuan Shao nodded again and again after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he asked again, "Then what about my daughter?" Once that time comes, Zhang Yan will either use her to blackmail me, or kill her to relieve her hatred, won't that be sending my daughter to death? ”

Tian Feng said: "As the so-called non-toxic husband, in times of crisis, parents and brothers can also be abandoned, let alone a daughter?" If you can really exchange one of the lord's daughters for the merits of the lord's prosperity, it is also worth it. ”

Yuan Shao frowned, didn't speak for a long time, and looked thoughtful. After another moment, he said to Tian Feng, "Let me think about it again......"

Tian Feng is not forced to do so, after all, he knows that he may lose his daughter's life, but he has to send his daughter to death, such a mood can only be experienced by a father.

"The subordinates will leave first, please think twice."

After speaking, Tian Feng turned around and left, and just after taking two steps, he heard Yuan Shao shouting from behind: "Sir, can you replace my daughter with someone else's daughter?" ”

Tian Feng turned around and said slowly: "It's not impossible, but the daughter of another family, after all, is inferior to Miss Yuan in temperament, not to mention that if she is recognized, I am afraid that it will involve more trouble......

Yuan Shao didn't say anything more, waved his hand at Tian Feng, and motioned for Tian Feng to leave. And he himself fell into deep thought.

After a night of thinking, Yuan Shao finally made a cruel decision to let his daughter enter the palace as a queen, no matter how much he loves his daughter, in the end he will get married, rather than marrying someone else, it is better to marry today. As Tian Feng said, it is a good deal to use a daughter in exchange for future great achievements.

Yuan Shao thought of the harmony of the Han Dynasty again, every time he used the princess to make peace, the emperor couldn't bear to cut his love and marry his daughter to the Xiongnu, not to mention that his daughter was going to marry the emperor, much stronger than the Xiongnu.

So, Yuan Shao replied to the messenger and asked the messenger to go back to restore his life, and then sent Wen Chou, with five hundred elite soldiers, to escort Yuan Shao's beloved daughter to Pengcheng.

Cao Cao heard that he was going to let his daughter enter the palace as a concubine, he pondered for a moment, first arranged for the envoy to rest, and learned that Yuan Shao's daughter was going to be the queen, so he waited quietly in Shangdang and sent someone to Yecheng to inquire about the news.

A few days later, the news came that Yuan Shao actually obeyed the meaning of the holy decree and sent the general Wen Chou with five hundred elite soldiers to escort his beloved daughter to Pengcheng.

Cao Cao, who has always been shrewd, quickly figured out why Yuan Shao, who had always loved his daughter like his life, did this. He didn't think too much about it like Yuan Shao, since Yuan Shao was willing to send his daughter into the palace, what else did he have to worry about. So, in accordance with the meaning of the holy decree, he also sent Manzhong with 200 people to send his eldest daughter, who had reached the age of seventeen, to Pengcheng as a concubine.

Gongsun Du, who was far away in Liaodong, also received such a holy decree, as soon as he heard that he wanted to let his daughter enter the palace, Gongsun Du didn't think about it, and immediately sent someone to send his daughter into the palace.

In addition, Zhang Yan also selected ten beauties among the minister's daughters and sent them to the palace and canonized them as Jieyu.

When Zhang Yan learned that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had sent their daughters over, he ordered people to meet them at the border and prevent Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's family sending team from entering the territory, so as not to leak the military aircraft.

Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's send-off team was very reluctant, they were helpless, and in the end they were only sent to the border, and they were picked up by the greeting team sent by Zhang Yan, and then sent to Pengcheng together.

On the contrary, it was Gongsun Du's family sending team, with Zhang Yan's permission, the family sending team landed from Donglai County in Qingzhou, and then escorted Gongsun Du's daughter all the way into Pengcheng, and it was Gongsun Du's son Gongsun Kang who was responsible for sending relatives.

This time, Gongsun Kang not only served as a family send-off mission, but also had an important mission, that is, the spying military intelligence that his father gave him.

Liaodong is located in a remote area, separated from Yuan Shao's Shili range by Wuhuan people, and separated from Zhang Yan's Shili range by the sea, both of them are beyond the reach of the whip, and the only way to appease them is to appease.

Last year, Yuan Shao sent an envoy to Liaodong with the intention of soliciting. But Gongsun Du just coped with the matter, did not agree, and did not refuse.

This year, he suddenly wanted to let his daughter enter the palace, needless to say, this is also the meaning of Zhang Yan, the regent who controls the government, which also shows that Zhang Yan is also courting Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du is a smart person, and just through this information, he can be keenly aware of some things. Therefore, he sent his son Gongsun Kang to escort his daughter into the palace, and his real purpose was also to see what Zhang Yan's strength was, and then make a decision between Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan, whether to continue to waver, or choose one side and then cling.

In fact, Zhang Yan did have the intention of recruiting Gongsun Du, and since Gongsun Du served as the Taishou of Liaodong, he has strictly implemented strict punishment and strict laws, cracked down on Haoqiang Shili, and made the order administrative through, and his wings have gradually grown.

In the first year of Chuping (190 AD), taking advantage of the rebellion of Dong Zhuo in the Central Plains, warlords from all over the country had no time to look eastward, and Gongsun Du took the opportunity to establish himself as the Marquis of Liaodong and the pastor of Pingzhou.

Then he attacked Goguryeo in the east, attacked Wuhuan in the west, attacked Fuyu in the north, took the Liaodong Peninsula in the south, and crossed the sea to take the Donglai counties in the north of the Jiaodong Peninsula and set up Yingzhou.

Gongsun Du opened up the territory and expanded the territory, recruited talents, set up a museum to open a school, recruited displaced people, and traveled overseas, as if he was the king of Liaodong. Due to Gongsun Du's enterprising and painstaking management, the Liaodong region gained temporary tranquility in the war years of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and also promoted the development of local production jishu and feudal culture.

It is precisely because of this that many celebrities in the late Han Dynasty will choose to avoid the chaos of Liaodong, among which Guan Ning, Wang Lie, Bingyuan, Guoyuan and others have avoided the chaos of Liaodong, and later Bingyuan and Guoyuan were recruited, crossed the sea to Xuzhou, became Jiuqing, and became an important minister in the court.

However, Guan Ning and Wang Lie were unwilling to be officials and still avoided chaos in Liaodong.

Therefore, Zhang Yan also paid special attention to Gongsun Du's family sending team, and let people set up post stations along the way to ensure the passage of the family sending team, and let people create a majestic appearance, deliberately letting Gongsun Kang see his strong military strength to play a deterrent role.

Half a month later, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's welcoming procession entered Pengcheng first, and after another ten days, Gongsun Du's welcoming procession finally arrived in Pengcheng.

As soon as Gongsun Kang and others entered Pengcheng, they were warmly entertained, and Jia Xu, the captain of Sili, took Gongsun Kang around the city, the prosperity of Pengcheng, and the strong strength of Zhang Yan's army, all left a deep impression on Gongsun Kang, far beyond his imagination.

For Gongsun Kang, this trip has gained a lot, and after he goes back, he can also make an account to his father. (To be continued......)