The carriage drove all the way back.
Not long after, Lu Xuan took Da Qiao back to the palace and immediately arranged for a doctor to diagnose Da Qiao's pulse. After the doctor made the diagnosis, he looked at Lu Xuan and said respectfully: "Congratulations to King Wu, the princess is pregnant."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Lu Xuan nodded slightly.
After the doctor left, Lu Xuan and Da Qiao were left in the room.
A smile appeared on Da Qiao's soft and charming face. Today, she is pregnant again, which is a great thing for her.
Lu Xuan instructed: "Now that I am pregnant, I should put down the affairs in the palace and leave them to the people below. Don't do it yourself."
Da Qiao said: "I understand."
Lu Xuan chatted with Da Qiao in the backyard, and the couple talked about raising a baby. For Da Qiao, these are familiar paths. On the one hand, she has already given birth to a child, and on the other hand, she has arranged the pregnancies and births of many women in the backyard.
After Lu Xuan comforted Da Qiao, he returned to the study to continue handling government affairs.
After the beginning of spring, everything in Wu State is developing steadily, especially the city of Nanjing is being rapidly constructed, with new changes every month. Because of the large scale of Nanjing, it takes a long time.
Fortunately, Nanjing City is adjacent to the Yangtze River, and all materials can be transported by water, which consumes less manpower.
While Lu Xuan was looking at the government affairs, there was a sound of footsteps. Yang Xiu entered the study and bowed: "Your Majesty, Yang Xiu, pays homage to the king."
Lu Xuandao: "What's the matter?"
Yang Xiu said: "It's about my father."
Lu Xuan immediately became energetic, but he thought that it had been a long time since Yang Biao returned to Luoyang. Even though Yang Biao saw the emperor only a handful of times, he shouldn't delay it for such a long time.
Lu Xuan was a little worried and asked: "Dezu, what happened?"
Yang Xiu replied: "After my father saw the emperor, he had already convinced Liu Xie and obtained the imperial edict on clothes and belts. However, when his father planned to leave Luoyang, he was detained in Luoyang and could not leave. Fortunately, his father sent the emperor's clothes and belts. The imperial edict, please read it, your Majesty."
As he spoke, Yang Xiu handed over a belt.
The edict was sewn into the belt and had not yet been opened.
Lu Xuan took a small knife, cut the thread at the corner of the belt, and took out the edict written in silk from the belt. It was still the emperor's blood edict, written in blood.
Lu Xuan had a smile on his face.
Clothes edict!
This is an opportunity to fly the emperor's banner.
It is true that even if Lu Xuan did not have the belt edict, he still had enough strength to attack Cao Cao. However, the foundation for Cao Cao's foothold was the emperor's support. When Lu Xuan and Cao Cao went to war on a large scale, the emperor's belt edict ordering a crusade against Cao Cao's thieves could shake Cao Cao's legitimacy.
The public opinion of this era is not like that of later generations. If you send a message, the whole world will know about it.
Public opinion now is in the hands of a few people like Lu Xuan. When Lu Xuan had the imperial edict, it was legal and reasonable, and it was approved by the emperor. Once the news spread, it was enough to form public opinion and incite people's hearts.
Lu Xuan read it again, put away his smile, put away the belt edict, looked at Yang Xiu, and asked solemnly: "Dezu, does Yang Gong have any other arrangements? For example, how to bring him to the Kingdom of Wu."
Yang Xiu replied: "My father sent someone to send a dress edict, and also sent a message saying that he would stay in Luoyang temporarily. On the one hand, he continued to serve as a liaison for the King of Wu, which made more veterans turn to the King of Wu. On the other hand, he continued to serve as a liaison for the King of Wu. , my father is still attached to the Han Dynasty and is willing to stay. So my father said, please don’t worry about it. "
Lu Xuan said: "If Mr. Yang wants to stay, then leave him alone. You tell Mr. Yang to pay attention to safety. With Cao Cao's nature, he may make things difficult for Mr. Yang, but he will not kill people. However, the people under Cao Cao's command may have Other thoughts, so be careful.”
Yang Xiu said respectfully: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, my father is very cautious."
"Your Majesty, Gu Yong wants to see you."
At this moment, Lu Xun came in to report.
"please come in."
Lu Xuan ordered.
Yang Xiu bowed and then left.
Gu Yong entered the study, bowed and sat down, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I just received news from Pang Tong from Yizhou."
Gu Yong has always been responsible for reporting and liaison with external parties.
Pang Tong, Gan Ning, and Xu Sheng entered Yizhou for a while, but not before. No news came back.
Lu Xuan looked expectantly and asked, "How is the progress in Yizhou?"
Gu Yong replied: "Pang Tong established a line with Zhang Song according to your suggestion, so that Zhang Song submitted and was willing to serve the king. However, under the contact between Zhang Song and Pang Tong, many people still did not express their stance, and not many people were willing to submit. Wu State."
"Zhang Song went to test Liu Zhang."
"Zhang Song said that the general trend of the world has been decided and the pattern is very clear. Liu Zhang must consider his retreat in advance, so surrendering to the king is one way. As long as Liu Zhang surrenders to the Kingdom of Wu, he can be granted a title and enjoy glory and wealth."
"Liu Zhang was unwilling to surrender to the state of Wu and directly rejected Zhang Song's proposal."
"Liu Zhang's thinking is that he is entrenched in Yizhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, Cao Cao and the king check each other, so he is not in danger for the time being."
Gu Yong sighed and said: "So Pang Tong wants to disintegrate from the top of Yizhou, but there is no chance for the time being. Even if Zhang Song persuades him, there is no chance for the time being."
Lu Xuan thought for a while and asked, "Does Pang Tong have no other arrangements?"
"have!"
Gu Yong nodded in reply.
He looked more serious and continued: "Pang Tong and Zhang Song were unable to lobby Liu Zhang, so they changed their strategies. Because Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang had a dispute, after Pang Tong changed his strategy, he planned to put Yizhou into crisis."
"As long as Liu Zhang is in trouble and unable to save himself, he can only ask the king for help."
"So, Pang Tong worked through Zhang Song, hoping that the troops on the front line would provoke Zhang Lu's people, prepare to fake defeat, and let Zhang Lu kill him, which would make Liu Zhang scared. But when this strategy was advanced, the situation was very strange."
"Yizhou faked defeat, and the people under Zhang Lu in Hanzhong also faked defeat."
"Both sides seemed to have thought together. Both hoped that the other side would win, and both hoped that the other side could suppress their own side. Pang Tong's judgment at the time was that there must be Cao Cao's people in Hanzhong, and it was Cao Cao who also wanted Zhang Lu to lose."
Gu Yong said: "Both sides have the same plan and layout, and a dramatic scene occurs. Both are pretending to be defeated, and both hope to be attacked by the other side. Because the losing side will be under pressure and seek foreign aid. Intend."
Lu Xuan thought quickly after listening.
Yizhou battlefield!
This is currently the key point in his fight with Cao Cao. If Yizhou is controlled by Cao Cao, when Cao Cao takes control of Yizhou, he will have a real rear area. In addition, Cao Cao is strong and can easily guard the pass from the Yangtze River to Sichuan, making Lu Xuan very Difficult to penetrate.
This was a threat to Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan ordered: "If anyone comes, please notify Lu Su and Jia Xu immediately to discuss matters."
The attendant immediately went to inform him.
After a while, Lu Su and Jia Xu entered the study, saluted Lu Xuan and took their seats.
Lu Xuan directly talked about the intelligence about Yizhou reported by Gu Yong, and said in a deep voice: "Pang Tong is in Yizhou. Although he has won over Zhang Song, he has also developed some power. But now, because Cao Cao is also planning Yizhou, the situation has changed If we can’t advance, what do you think we should do?”
