Chapter 632   Each has its own plans (43)

Chen Gong suspected that Bao Xin was killed by Cao Cao, and also secretly conducted some investigations, but found no evidence.

He was not a reckless person, but he had no idea of ​​avenging Bao Xin, nor had the confidence to betray Cao Cao.

But things that made Chen Gong dissatisfied one after another happened, and he was a little uneasy.

First of all, Cao Cao only took the talent, but his position arrangement did not meet Chen Gong's wishes.

Chen Gong and Xun Yu, a literati and strategist who joined Cao Cao's group at about the same time as him, both came from wealthy families.

But Xun Yu's fame and status in the scholars' forests are above the Chen Palace, so Xun Yu's position is above the Chen Palace, so he can still accept it.

Cheng Yu's background and fame were between Chen Gong, but he defected to Cao Cao after Chen Gong.

Chen Gong helped Cao Cao recover Yanzhou, but before Cheng Yu made a contribution, he was appointed as the magistrate of Shouzhang County, the capital of Yanzhou.

After Cao Cao pacified Yanzhou, Chen Gong did not receive any promotion and reward, and he still worked in Dongjun, which had no power. This made Chen Gong, who was very proud, feel a little embarrassed.

Chen Gong was upright and strong in character, and liked to make friends with well-known people in the country when he was young.

Because Cao Cao practiced the principle of being a talent-only proficient, many famous scholars in Yanzhou did not receive the courtesy that Cao Cao deserved, and felt quite unfair, so they used Cao Cao's background as a relative of eunuchs to explain the matter.

These words came to Cao Cao's ears, but they violated his negative scales.

Just as Yanzhou was about to be decided, Cao Cao wanted to kill several people to establish his authority in Yanzhou, so he used these few unsightly famous scholars and ordered the execution of several famous scholars in Yanzhou.

Most of the famous scholars arrested by Cao Cao were friends of Chen Gong.

Chen Gong could not watch them being executed by Cao Cao, so he pleaded with the bullet and pleaded with Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao ignored it and didn't even let anyone go, giving Chen Gong no face at all.

This incident made Chen Gong very embarrassed, and his status among the noble families and scholars was greatly reduced.

With his upright personality, it was his limit to not turning against Cao Cao immediately, because he did not have enough capital to match Cao Cao's operations, so he could only endure it.

Among the famous scholars Cao Cao killed, one was named Bian Rang, and he had a great reputation!

Bian Rang used to be the prefect of Jiujiang and was of the same level as Cao Cao, but was killed by Cao Cao without any scruples, which caused uneasiness among the wealthy families in Yanzhou, including Zhang Miao!

Although Xi Zhicai, who was born in a poor family, had similar positions to Chen Gong in Cao Cao's group, Cao Cao attached much more importance to Xi Zhicai than Chen Gong.

Although Chen Gong was very resentful, he had no reason to attack. He just secretly competed in his heart, and wanted to show a talent that was better than Xi Zhi, so that Cao Cao could use him.

Who knew that Chen Gong's abacus was disappointed again.

Cao Cao actually left him idle, leaving his talent with no place to use his skills.

He even suspected that Cao Cao already knew that he had investigated the cause of Bao Xin's death!

With such a good opportunity to make contributions in Xuzhou, Cao Cao did not even give others the opportunity to express his opinions, so he directly decided to take the show to go on the battle.

Chen Gong was appointed as the governor of Dongjun under the recommendation of Xun Yu because he asked Xun Yu to do his homework in advance.

Chen Gong, who is upright in character, most yearns for the decisive battle on the battlefield and displays his military talents!

Now Cao Cao clearly wants to transfer him to a local area, which means he wants him to give up his ideals. He decided not to endure it anymore. He wants Cao Cao to learn his power and pay the price for him not to value his wrong practices.

Chen Gong's wisdom is pretty good. Xun You, who has a good relationship with him, once commented that "Chen Gong has wisdom."

After Cao Cao led his army to the war, Chen Gong began to secretly plan to make a fire in Cao Cao's backyard.

With Chen Gong's wisdom and eagerness, he may not be able to come up with any clever ideas.

But it was not a matter of a few days for Cao Cao to go to Xuzhou, and he had time to plan.

After careful consideration, Chen Gong quickly found the key to success or failure, that is, Chenliu's prefect Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao, whose courtesy name was Meng Zhuo, was from Shouzhang, Dongping (now Dongping County, Shandong). He was one of the famous "Eight Chefs" of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Zhang Miao was righteous and liked to help the poor, and people from all over the world were willing to rely on him.

His status in the world is roughly equivalent to Chao Gai and Song Jiang who are generous in "Water Margin".

However, because the Han Dynasty's recommendation system was different from the imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty, Zhang Miao was much luckier than Chao Gai and Song Jiang.

After he became famous in the world, he could be directly recommended to be an official without going up the mountain to fall into the grass and accept recruitment.

After assessment, Zhang Miao was appointed as the cavalry commander because of his outstanding grades and was later promoted to the prefect of Chenliu.

Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others have been Zhang Miao's good friends since their young city.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao called on all the princes to attack Dong Zhuo. The eighteen princes gathered together. Cao Cao was able to be the deputy leader of the alliance because Zhang Miao and Bao Xin were Cao Cao's firm ally.

Although Zhang Miao did not participate in the Battle of Bian River, he sent general Wei Zi to lead his troops to fight with Cao Cao and Bao Xin.

Yuan Shao became the leader of the siege to attack Dong Zhuo, and often acted arrogant and arrogant. As an old friend, Zhang Miao often bluntly criticized him, which aroused Yuan Shao's dissatisfaction.

Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao, but Cao Cao refused to obey, but instead blamed Yuan Shao and said:

"Meng Zhuo is our good friend, and he should be tolerated no matter what. If there is a great chaos today, we should not kill each other!"

After Zhang Miao learned about this, his relationship with Cao Cao went further.

Lu Bu was not satisfied with Yuan Shao, so he left Yuan Shao and went to join Zhang Yang.

When passing by Zhang Miao's territory, he came to Chenliu to visit according to the rules.

People like Zhang Miao who have been in the world care about face very much.

When Zhang Miao heard that Lu Bu, who was famous, came to visit him, he felt very proud.

He naturally gave Lu Bu enough face. The two had a great time talking and held hands to make an oath.

Yuan Shao was extremely angry when he heard about this.

At that time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao said they were allies, but the weak Cao Cao was equivalent to dependent on Yuan Shao.

Zhang Miao was worried that Cao Cao would eventually kill him for Yuan Shao, and he was always uneasy, but because the two of them had a close relationship, they were still in peace.

Although Zhang Miao's Chenliu County surrendered to Cao Cao, because of the special relationship between the two, Cao Cao did not control Chenliu in his own hands, and Zhang Miao still maintained control over Chenliu's government affairs and military affairs.

Cao Cao did not need Chen Gong to conquer Tao Qian. He decided to betray Cao Cao and after he made a plan, he went to convince Zhang Miao.

Chen Gong said to Zhang Miao:

"Now that great talents are rising everywhere, and the world is divided into different places. You have such a vast land and many soldiers. You are in a situation where you are surrounded by enemies. If you look around, you can also be called a hero among people, but you are controlled by others. Isn't it a damage to your identity? Today, the army in Yanzhou City is expeditioning eastward, and the city is empty. Lu Bu is a brave general, good at fighting and moving forward bravely. If you welcome him for the time being, occupy Yanzhou together, observe the situation and act at the camera, you may be able to do a great cause!"

(End of this chapter)
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