HLnovel Chapter 147 The precious "New Year's gift" that Su Yu gave to Xun Yu was actually!
Chapter 147 The precious "New Year's gift" that Su Yu gave to Xun Yu was actually!
"Is my lord worried that Li Jue, Guo Si, and the others, having obtained that mysterious strategist, will become even more troublesome than Dong Zhuo was in the past?"
Su Yu wanted to go back to play with Diao Chan as soon as possible, so he decided not to play riddles with Cao Cao and instead get straight to the point and analyze the essentials.
Cao Cao nodded and sighed deeply:
"I never imagined that after Dong Zhuo and Li Ru died, the Xiliang army would still have such great talent!"
"If this person were to suggest that Li Jue and Guo Si further annex Ba and Shu, using Ba and Shu as their granary, the Western Liang army might actually regain its former strength from the pre-Qin era!"
Cao Cao's concerns were not unfounded.
Just four months ago, Liu Yan, a member of the Han imperial family, a true enthusiast of the eighteen-foot spear, and the governor of Yizhou, passed away.
This is absolutely a major event that will shake the entire Han Dynasty!
If one had to choose the person most likely to restore the Han dynasty from among the Han imperial relatives at the end of the Han dynasty, it would definitely be Liu Yan, not anyone else.
After all, Liu Bei started from a very low point, Liu Biao was controlled by the powerful families of Jingzhou, Liu Yu was indecisive, and Liu Dai was an incompetent fool.
Only Liu Yan was a true hero of the same era as Dong Zhuo!
In fact, Liu Yan had even planned to declare himself emperor in Yizhou a couple of years ago and launch a vigorous northern expedition!
However, Liu Yan's disadvantage lay in his advanced age and the numerous injuries he had sustained in his youth.
After his death, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong led the Five Pecks of Rice sect in rebellion!
Within Yizhou, war also broke out between Liu Zhang, the fourth son of Liu Yan who was in line to inherit the position, and Liu Mao, the third son.
Although the war only lasted a few months.
The story ends with Liu Mao surrendering to Liu Zhang and accepting supervision, but the internal strength of Yizhou was severely diminished after this civil war.
The young Liu Zhang was unable to control the situation and could only be manipulated by powerful ministers such as Zhao Chi and Pang Xi.
Under such circumstances, if the Xiliang army intends to expand into Yizhou, they might actually be able to take it all in one fell swoop!
But Su Yu's next words instantly put Cao Cao's mind at ease again.
Su Yu analyzed with absolute certainty:
"Rest assured, my lord, that mysterious strategist will not help Li Jue and Guo Si further expand their power."
"The reason is very simple."
“Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji were all equals under Dong Zhuo.”
"Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, the four of them joined forces to defeat Wang Yun and Lü Bu and reclaim Chang'an."
"Without a common enemy, we will inevitably descend into civil war."
"If that mysterious strategist continues to serve these four, he will eventually perish because he gets caught up in their infighting!"
"A man who could lead the Xiliang army to defeat Wang Yun and Lü Bu must be quite intelligent!"
Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up.
That's absolutely true!
The fact that I had never heard of that mysterious strategist before suggests that he is probably not the kind of person who is arrogant, conceited, or loves to show off.
The civil war within the Western Liang army was destined to happen from the moment Wang Yun died!
This mysterious strategist should now be thinking about how to escape and ensure his own safety.
"Ziyi, after listening to your words, I, Cao, have suddenly understood!"
Cao Cao patted Su Yu on the shoulder.
Su Yu yawned and said slowly:
"My lord, is there anything else? I need to go back and catch up on my sleep (I'm going back to play with Diao Chan)."
Cao Cao's face stiffened instantly, and he said somewhat angrily:
"Ziyi! Look at Wenruo, she's like a workaholic every day, and look at you, you're like a salted fish!"
The term "model worker" was uttered by Su Yu to praise Xun Yu as a dutiful and responsible ox or horse—oops, a model worker.
Xun Yu couldn't help but puff out his chest.
Su Yu suddenly seemed to have thought of something and said to Xun Yu:
"Wenruo, I had almost forgotten about it if my lord hadn't mentioned it."
"The New Year is almost here. I specially prepared some New Year's goods for you. I'll send someone to deliver them to you later."
For some reason, Xun Yu had a bad feeling...
But would someone as lazy as Su Yu become a model worker?
Don't even think about it!
He would only offer general guidelines each time, to get the ball rolling, while leaving the specific operations and details to the other officers and men in Cao Cao's camp.
Su Yu waved his hand at Cao Cao's wish for him to work more:
"My lord, I suddenly remembered that there's still food cooking in the pot at home! I must hurry back!"
Cao Cao: “…”
He really wanted to ask Su Yu a question.
Ziyi, Ziyi, do I look silly as your lord?
Otherwise, why would you treat me like a fool?
but……
What was the relationship between Cao Cao and Su Yu?
This kind of close, albeit sometimes mischievous, friendship is something that few others can match!
Even Xiahou Dun's relationship with Cao Cao was more like that of brothers than friends who were at odds with each other.
Cao Cao waved his hand dismissively and said with a look of disdain:
"Get out of here, get out of here, I hate looking at you."
"By the way, you should be a little more restrained. I'll send Dian Wei to bring you something nice tomorrow!"
"okay!"
"Tiger's or deer's?"
"Get lost! You have both!"
Su Yu immediately stood up, cupped his hands in greeting to Cao Cao, and said:
"Thank you, my lord, for bestowing upon me the whip!"
Cao Cao felt a surge of pleasure.
I'm still the one who's generous.
Having finally obtained four whips, he immediately thought of Su Yu and gave two of them to him.
After Su Yu left.
Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai then discussed with Cao Cao matters concerning government affairs and the further dissemination of the Yanzhou Daily.
Xun Yu did not return to his residence until evening.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw the New Year's gifts that Su Yu had already prepared for him.
"Hehe, it's wrong of me to scold Ziyi all the time."
"Ziyi, at least he has a conscience; he's much better than Cheng Zhongde!"
Xun Yu looked at the New Year's gifts that Su Yu had sent with a guilty expression.
At the same time, he recalled Cheng Yu's poaching of his men, taking Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao, Jiang Ji, Zhao Yan and others to Xuzhou, and couldn't help but curse Cheng Yu for being shameless once again.
But when Xun Yu opened that pile of "New Year's goods," he was completely dumbfounded!
What kind of precious New Year's gifts did Su Yu send?
Don't worry, it's not official business; but these things are more troublesome than ordinary official business!
For example, the first one: "On How Yanzhou Can Further Deepen Reform".
For example, the second one: "On the drawbacks and improvement measures of administrative measures".
The key point is that everything Su Yu proposed was very valuable.
While invaluable, it consists of only a few sentences and a general outline. (Approximately a few lines)
The specific measures need to be further supplemented by Xun Yu himself.
Goodness, this is a huge undertaking!
It's like writing a thesis. Su Yu gave Xun Yu a summary of 100 words, but Xun Yu was asked to write 10,000 or even tens of thousands of words!
"Woooooooo..."
Xun Yu shed tears of regret.
Damn it! He shouldn't have praised Su Yu!
Compared to Su Yu, Cheng Yu is a kind-hearted and gentle old man with a "kind face"!
……