Xun Mansion.

Since Xun You was released from the outside and became the prefect of Runan, the three giants in the past are now Xun Yu and Xun Yue. However, because Xun Yue was appointed as the Zhongshu Ling, who represents the will of the emperor, Xun's status has gone further. It is said that even the inns that can stay outside guests diagonally opposite their house have increased by more than twice. By the window, you can see that the room at the gate of Xun Mansion even costs a new money to stay for one night. However, it is still full of all year round and there are no empty rooms.

Since the Battle of Guandu was won, the territory actually controlled by the court expanded a lot, or even doubled. There were a large number of vacancies at the grassroots, middle-level officials, and even two thousand stone officials. Xun Yue and Xun Yu, who held the Zhongshutai in one hand and the Shangshutai in the other, actually controlled the personnel appointment and removal power of these officials. Officials and scholars from all over the world ran to their doorstep to give gifts and make friends, which was naturally the right thing to do.

嗯……现在听说荆州也光复了一半.

So their family is really lively now. Let’s put it this way. As long as the magistrate of Yi Qianshishi who was not very familiar with someone, he would not necessarily meet any of the two Lingjuns after handing over a week.

However, Xun Yu and Xun Lingjun, who should be proud of themselves no matter how they look, was full of sorrow. In fact, since the end of the Battle of Guandu, he had been losing his hair for many days.

Today, the two brothers were out and went home, but they pushed all dozens of prayer posts in one breath, locking themselves in the study room for most of the day but not coming out.

"Zhongyu, you said... After receiving the frontline news, the emperor was not very happy, but was a little disappointed?"

“是啊,我也觉得奇怪.”

“到底是不开心,还是失望呢?”

“有什么区别么?”

"The more the emperor has been in a good situation, the more he encourages himself. Although the emperor rarely asks about the war in Jingzhou, the strategy is formulated by him. The emperor has made a brilliant plan. Therefore, this victory is an unexpected surprise for us, but for the emperor, it is expected. It is not very happy. It is normal. But if he is disappointed, it means that perhaps... he is actually not satisfied with the results of the battle? After all, there are three counties in Jingzhou that fall into Sun Ce's hands, and Lu Bu has also fled to Yizhou."

"But it's not right. The emperor strongly denied his own plan and pushed all the contributions of this battle to Chang Yun. This time, he could almost be granted the title of the county marquis of Yun Chang."

Xun Yu nodded and said, "Yes, so the emperor's disappointment should not be aimed at Yunchang, so he can only... come for us. The emperor is dissatisfied with our work."

"we?"

"Yes, the front line has won such a big victory, but because our army is not well fed and exhausted, we really have no ability to expand the results of the war in military terms. As a general on the front line, Yun Chang has indeed done everything he can, but he cannot make progress in military terms. Can't we achieve results with political means?"

荀悦道:“可天子也没有吩咐啊”

"Think about it, how many major things the emperor has to deal with every day? Moving the capital, moving tombs, reforming the imperial guards, tax reform, and the first imperial examination all involve the basic affairs of the country. With the emperor's big concerns, since he has to do it, he naturally has to be linked one by one. How much energy does the emperor have to consume? These eternal laws require the emperor to think about themselves. Shouldn't the emperor be troubled by the temporary laws on the front line? Shouldn't he hand over a charter together with the war report?"

As he said that, Xun Yu patted Xun Yue on the shoulder and said, "Zhongyu, our Xun family has been in a situation of cooking oil since you became the Secretary of the Central Committee. Outsiders are envious of them, but they don't know that I can't sleep day and night, as if I am on the abyss, and walking on thin ice."

When Xun Yue heard this, he nodded quite agreeingly: "Yes, this is what the emperor should mean."

"The imperial examination is approaching, so tell Kong Rong that there are already a large number of vacant items in Jingzhou and even Yangzhou. No matter how he wants to think of ways when making the questions, we cannot suppress more than half of the examinations of Yingchuan people. We should try to suppress them and try to support as many Jing, Yang scholars, or scholars who are familiar with Jing and Yang situations. We should try to send scholars who are admitted to Jingzhou as much as possible."

As he said that, Xun Yu rubbed his temples, and was about to think about how to implement political measures in Jingnan and Yangzhou, when he saw the doorman suddenly say to the outsider: "Two sirs, have a message."

“不是说好了今天谁都不见的么?”

“是……崔曹缘的拜帖.”

“魏公府新任的东曹掾崔琰?”

"yes."

Xun Yu sighed and said, "The court has been stable for a year. At this time, Grand Sima... Alas, in this way, you can help me take him to the living room first, and say I'm taking a nap. You can't disturb me, and I'll wake up in a while."

"yes."

After the doorman left, Xun Yue couldn't help but frown and said, "This Cui Yan has never had much friendship with us. At this critical moment, I'm afraid it's going to make things difficult for us."

"Chang Yun pacified Jingzhou. If he returned to the court, Jingzhou would lack a governor. If he did not return to the court, he would lack a Jinwu in the court. These are all important positions that are better than the Nine Ministers. I guess he should have some ideas."

"After all, he is still recording the affairs of the Secretary of the Republic. Moreover, if there are soldiers in his hands, even if the emperor is the emperor, it is impossible for him to ignore his opinions. Jingzhou Xinding, holding Jinwu is even more important. Well... If it were the emperor, with the emperor's style of conduct, he would have killed two birds with one stone, or even killed three birds with one stone, right?"

"You also said that it was the emperor. We are far-sighted and we can't stand it. Didn't you just say that you should share your worries and let the emperor not worry about such a worldly law?"

"But that's true. I'll deal with the new Cui Caoyuan first. Since Duke Wei sent him to send a letter of worship instead of coming here in person, it means there is still room for this matter. No matter what he says, I can at least delay it for a few days. When you talk about this with the emperor in the past few days, you will indirectly investigate the emperor's attitude and tendencies. As long as there is a general direction, let's do the rest. After all, you and I have been following the emperor for so long, so we have to grow up, right?"

Xun Yue nodded with deep understanding: "Yes, yes, we have to grow up too. We have to learn this method of the emperor. If we can't learn 100% of the time, we have to learn at least 670% of the time. At least we have to prepare the general framework and let the emperor review it. If we have to think about everything personally, wouldn't it seem that we are the ministers who are incompetent?"

"Well, in this way, let the chef cook a few more side dishes in a few days. I try to invite Sima Yi and Zhongji to hold a family dinner at home. Both of them are the ones who know the emperor best and will definitely be helpful to us."
Chapter completed!