After Chen Deng finished reporting and left first, Cao Cao called Zhang Han in.
"Then Chen Yuanlong seemed to have something else in mind when he spoke just now, but is there anything he is hiding that he dare not say?"
Zhang Han's eyes lit up, thinking that your eyes are quite treacherous, he cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
There were not many people in the hall at this time, the guards were all guarding outside the door, and another bookkeeper in the hall was copying behind the screen.
Guo Jia and Zhang Han, the two suspected bookkeepers, were both confidants, so they were all members of the same family, so there was no need to hide it. Zhang Han simply walked up to Cao Cao, pulled a futon, knelt down and looked at him.
He leaned closer and whispered: "The mountains and rivers in Xuzhou were destroyed too much. Chen Deng spent a year persuading Tao Qian to build water conservancy, but they were all destroyed in one battle."
"This man always insists on certain things. He also wants to rebuild the mountain, but he is suffering from the empty treasury and declining population in Xuzhou. If he waits for a few more years, there may be floods in the next few years."
"He wants to come here to ask for money and food, but I know that Yanzhou is not rich, and he cannot transport money at will, which will cause trouble for the lord."
When Zhang Han spoke like this, Cao Cao felt much more at ease and asked for advice sincerely and humbly.
This is not a problem that Zhang Han can solve. If he secretly makes suggestions, it will be a bit annoying.
After being so calm, Cao Cao smiled and said, "Did you help him with his plan? Or did you want to help him?"
"Yes," Zhang Han nodded, "I want to invite Mr. Bao to my home for a banquet tonight, and then I will discuss this matter and recommend Chen Deng as the Prime Minister of Pengcheng."
"Chen Deng regretted it so much that he couldn't breathe because he didn't take the initiative to ask the lord for an official position last time. He's even more embarrassed to say it this time."
"What do you think, my lord?"
Zhang Han asked tentatively.
Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Let Chen Deng be the Prime Minister of Pengcheng, and then let the Chen family jointly recommend Yu Jin as the Prime Minister of Xiapi. Yu Jin knows internal governance, and he can encourage Pengcheng and Xiapi to govern together, and then benefit Tancheng."
"Understand?" Cao Cao looked at him seriously.
Zhang Han pondered for a moment, thinking repeatedly about Cao Cao's original words, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Each of them has his own son, to balance each other?"
Bao Xiang promoted Chen Deng, while Chen promoted Jin. This would benefit everyone.
Chen Deng was promoted to the position of two thousand stones, so that he could fully display his ambitions, and Bao Xiang could also appoint a confidant with real power who was surrounded by local noble families to govern the important town of Xiapi.
Even according to the layout, Yu Jin's position can be right between Chen Deng and Chen. If there is a change, he can attack at will to avoid chaos.
At the same time, he can easily look at each other at an angle with the other two generals of the Cao clan.
"Yes," Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction after hearing his answer, and continued to read the military intelligence report that was sent to him.
It's great to have a foster father. He's teaching me how to have a conversation with Mr. Bao. I almost forgot about sharing the same fate... Zhang Hanxin said.
He waited for a long time, thinking that something would happen next, but Cao Cao watched intently and was about to turn around and sneak away.
Just when he was about to escape, Cao Cao raised his head and asked in a calm tone: "You took such a long detour just to help Yuncheng. In this way, wouldn't the recommendation be his?"
"Then what benefit can you get from this? If you came to tell me directly, it would be a trivial matter."
"Then there is no need to ask for benefits. I simply think Chen Deng is a talent. This is investing in a dream."
"Haha," Cao Cao heard the strange remarks about "investing in dreams" and thought it was something his Uncle Zhang often did. "Don't you want to make friends with the Chen family in Xuzhou to support you?"
Zhang Han chuckled: "No, I don't like Chen. I only make friends with Chen Yuanlong."
"Okay," Cao Cao said "good", then lowered his head to read the official document. After a while, he raised his head and looked up and down at Zhang Han standing in front of him, "Aren't you going to entertain Yuncheng? Why don't you leave?"
"Well, actually there is something else," Zhang Han came closer and said with a smile: "In addition to the banquet for Duke Bao tonight, there will also be a visit from Cao Cao of the West of Juancheng City. We have already sent someone to invite him."
"Perhaps, we can win this person over and contact his brother Dong Zhao with a letter to ask him to surrender. Dong Zhao followed Yuan Shao's order and traveled a lot with Chang'an. He can get many secret reports from the emperor, and he can also spy for me. Guide.”
Zhang Han still vaguely remembers this incident. In the original history, after Dong Zhao decided to surrender to Cao Cao, he lobbied a bunch of allies for him in Chang'an alone, including Dong Zhao, without any instructions or even knowledge from Cao Cao. Cheng, Yang Feng, Han Xian.
But he couldn't remember everything. He only remembered this little bit, but it was enough to point the way. Anyway, even if he didn't take action, Cao Cao would find this line in a year or two.
Don't worry too much, let's talk about it first.
"Okay, so it turns out that it was him..." Dong Fang was really embarrassed. Cao Cao only kept him because of Zhang Han and Cheng Yu's suggestions.
But you can't be too nice to him, otherwise it will appear that you have other agendas, and you will be looked down upon.
So after he stayed, he was allowed to continue his appointment in Chenliu. At the end of this year, officials from various places came to Juancheng to report.
Dong Fang was from Chenliu.
He didn't even see Cao Cao, so he went directly to report to Xun Yu, and then stayed for a few days before returning to Chenliu for the winter when the mountains were closed in ice and snow.
Zhang Han is his chief secretary and will soon be his son-in-law this year. It is not rude to go and make friends with him. Moreover, it is a small favor for Dong Fang to introduce so many people to Dong Fang during the banquet.
From now on, it will be much easier to win over, and Zhang Han will become more mature in his work.
Cao Cao was secretly satisfied. If he had taken a knife and put it to someone's neck before, it would have been a vulgar martial act.
"Okay, Bo Chang is interested."
After saying this, Zhang Han hasn't left yet.
This time it was Cao Cao's turn to be surprised. In the past, his figure had already reached the bottom of the stairs and was preparing to leave the compound.
Why are you poking in front of me this time?
"Is there anything else?" Cao Cao raised his eyes and asked.
"I am running around and working hard for my lord, right?" Zhang Han had already folded his hands in front of him, not arching them, looking flattering.
Cao Cao's face tightened, but he still nodded slightly.
"Then the cost of the banquet...can we report it to the government office?"
Cao Cao pointed toward the door.
Zhang Han looked overjoyed: "Go to Mr. Wen Ruo to spend money?"
"Get out."
Pooh! Cao thief! !
…
After descending the stairs, Zhang Han walked through the arch from the corridor pavilion and went straight to the stables of the government office.
At this time, he found that Guo Jia was also off work and came with him.
After going to see Jueying, Zhang Han fed it a few handfuls of grass and whispered softly for a while.
Jueying purred happily, trampling the horse's hooves back and forth on the ground, spinning around trying to get Zhang Han to ride it.
Zhang Han patted the big horse's head and said softly: "Next time, I want to go home and ride the red rabbit."
"Lulu!!" Jueying suddenly became excited, her clear black eyes filled with mist, and she immediately took two steps back. Then she became more and more angry as she thought about it, and turned around suddenly, her hind hooves kept moving, as if she would raise her head at any time. Take a kick.
After leaving the government office, Guo Jia didn't go home. He got into the same carriage as Zhang Han and went straight to Zhang's house.
He planned to stay from now until evening, and he expected that Zhang Han would entertain him and give him something good to eat.
When I first arrived, although I received a lot of gifts, they were all spent quickly. Therefore, I was quite shy with my money, so I asked Xi Zhi before asking for a loan, and found that he also lived by borrowing other people's money.
The two brothers are still the same as before, with cool faces, and they are still Penguin's favorite boy who makes money.
Guo Jia originally questioned Xi Zhicai, saying that he didn't buy any property or land while offering wine in public, and he didn't save any money for his life.
As a result, Xi Zhicai choked him to the point of being speechless when he said, "I am born with talent that will be useful, and I will come back after all the money I have spent."
I asked, Zhang Han taught me.
As soon as they left, Cao Cao wanted to find someone to discuss the matter. He remembered that Zhang Hanli was not here, so he went to call Guo Jia, but was told that Guo Jia had also left.
Cao Cao was so angry that he screamed in the government office, and then thought of the old clerk... Most of the official affairs in the government were still undertaken by this loyal and honest old clerk, but he was not talented enough and had insufficient vision to share Cao Cao's worries.
After thinking about it for a while, he became very angry. Cao Cao suspected that he had a scumbag constitution. All these chief clerks were scumbags!
From now on, I must find a talented person from the family with a bright lintel and a hairpin tassel to be the chief secretary to accompany me. He comes from a family of etiquette, and he will not be like these two bastards who do not practice self-cultivation. In an extremely angry situation, he ordered Guo Jia to be fined one month's salary as a warning to others. As for Zhang Han, he did not mention it.
…
As soon as he arrived at the mansion, Zhang Han went straight into the main hall and asked Dian Wei to light a fire pit to keep warm. Mi Zhu went out to do things, but Sun Qian was still in the mansion.
After several people came over, they naturally gathered around the stove, and Dian Wei went to get some wine to burn.
Guo Jia watched for a while, then walked to Sun Qian with Wuzi and said, "Gongyou, move to the right. I'll sit here."
Sun Qian looked at him eagerly and saw that he really had no intention of blushing, so he moved to the left.
Moreover, I have only met you twice, and both times were at the big banquet hosted by the lord. You called me "Gongyou" like an old friend for many years.
Of course, no one present at this moment realized that this position would last forever.
After Guo Jia sat down and the heater was turned on, he began to doze off without listening to what they were talking about.
Zhang Han watched helplessly for a long time. He felt that Guo Jia might be a top e-person.
A person like him will never feel uncomfortable wherever he goes and speaks freely.
The same goes for choosing friends. As long as they are to your liking, you will immediately become familiar with old friends, and you can bond with them. If you are not to your liking, you will meet them a hundred times without saying a few words.
Moreover, Guo Jia didn't care much about other people's eyes. Just now, Sun Qian was almost torn and didn't want to move. He was still looking forward to it with blazing eyes, so he had no choice but to give way.
Several people waited by the fire until the afternoon, had some wine, and discussed the banquet before Zhang Han informed Dong Fang and Dong Zhao about their relationship.
Guo Jia kept frowning. Everyone present had foreseen this reaction. When Zhang Hanchu mentioned this, basically everyone was not very optimistic about it.
First, I don’t know what Dong Zhao is capable of.
Second, they were too far apart. Dong Fang was in trouble and there was no correspondence from Dong Zhao, let alone now? Maybe the contact between their brothers has long been severed.
If you want to have long-term correspondence with someone these days, you must have a specific channel. Otherwise, you may not be able to see each other again in your lifetime.
Therefore, everyone is uninterested and unwilling to expend energy.
But Guo Jia's brows finally relaxed and he said: "Just give it a try. Don't worry, most things will end in failure, but those who persist can often succeed. If you don't try, you will fail. If you try, you will fail." Hopefully.”
He scanned the crowd, finally looked at Zhang Han, and said: "Since Bo Chang has this idea, he might give it a try. The worst result is just to make one more friend. It's not a loss."
"What Brother Fengxiao said is absolutely true."
Zhang Hanle smiled happily.
…
As the afternoon approached, the servants started preparing for the banquet. In the evening, Bao Xin immediately invited the distinguished guests to the table and held Zhang Han's hand as soon as they arrived.
"Meng De told me that you were the one who strongly recommended the position of Xuzhou Governor."
"Mr. Bao's words are strong, but I'm a humble person. There's no point in talking. This is because my lord is willing to let you lead Xuzhou."
"However," Bao Xin smiled, "just being the governor will not convince the public, but it will take several years to cultivate the foundation and stabilize a state, which is not easy."
He is an outsider and has limited connections. Even if he is the governor of a state, he is essentially an inspector with a salary of 800 dan.
In terms of salary, he is not as good as a prefect.
However, most of the governors were governors. Nowadays, the governors in various places in the Han Dynasty can also be regarded as state pastors, because they have military power in their hands.
Zhang Han said: "There is another guest tonight. He is from the Chen family in Xuzhou. He may be able to get acquainted with Mr. Bao."
"Well, I know, Chen Yuanlong, right?" Bao Xin smiled, feeling that Zhang Han was interested. The banquet was ostensibly to bring him good fortune, but in fact it allowed Chen Deng to pay him a visit.
This point hit the acupuncture points that Bao Xin needed, making him feel very comfortable.
Since he came from Langya South, he has not been able to get close to the Chen family and other aristocratic families, so taking this opportunity to start with Chen Deng is not a bad thing.
Zhang Han also patted the back of his hand and said with a smile: "Zixiu will also come tonight. He has brought a gift to give to Mr. Bao."
"Oh?" Bao Xin was quite surprised, "Zixiu is a good kid, quite like his father."
Cao Ang has made great achievements in both civil and military affairs, and he is honest, sincere, benevolent and virtuous. He is like a jade-like young master. Bao Xin and Wei Zi are very fond of his uncles. After Wei Zi's death, Cao Ang's behavior in the past few years has Bao Xin also sees growth.
If there are no accidents, in a few years he can gradually take over many important positions. With the company of many mentors and friends, he can truly transform and become an outstanding leader in his own right.
In the future, his achievements may really be able to inherit Meng De's achievements and then surpass them.
"In addition, there is another person. Although he is only a minor official, he is worth making friends with, and may be able to connect many people in Chang'an."
"Well, that's it." Bao Xin nodded and wrote down the matter.
For an old silver coin like him, Zhang Han only needs to mention it and he will know what to do.
However, Guo Jia, who heard these words from the sidelines, suddenly fell into a daze of surprise.
It was as if he thought of a very important node in an instant.
Bao Gong, eldest son, Chen Deng...
Zhang Han held a banquet at home and entertained Duke Bao with rich delicacies and fine wines. He also invited the eldest son Cao Ang to come so that he could pay a visit to this uncle with a special status.
With the eldest son's character and identity, he would organize this banquet on himself to show his grandeur. He has always been like this, because the lord is inconvenient to lavishly win over his subordinates, but the lord is different. He can do this, and there is also a hint of the lord among them. So instructed.
Therefore, Zhang Han actually used a mansion to hold banquets, and he could also enjoy it and make friends.
Moreover, one of them solved the problem of Bao Gong and Chen Deng getting acquainted and let them discuss it on their own.
Secondly, it allowed Dong Fang to be at a banquet where many people gathered, and he felt deeply favored and was willing to make friends with Zhang Han and others.
The third is to ask the eldest son Cao Ang to pay.
In the end, Zhang Han didn't have to pay anything, and everyone would feel that they owed him a favor, and they would treat him back to a banquet next time, and even thank him with generous gifts.
Damn it, Mr. Sun, you are really good at playing.
Guo Jia was immediately in awe, feeling that he wanted to get to know Zhang Han again from the bottom of his heart.
He is definitely not a loyal and honest young man! I was wrong!
(End of chapter)
