Marriage has existed in the world since ancient times. For example, after the founding of the Han Dynasty, when the emperors of various dynasties were frightened by the battle of Bai Deng and were unable to conquer the Huns, they married with the Huns in order to temporarily stabilize the Huns.

Those who are superior will marry their children to their subjects in order to win their hearts. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were even marriages between the two countries to achieve the effect of forming an alliance!

Ignore the former for now, but the latter, as long as the marriage between two countries or two forces is mostly a matter of mutual benefit, if there is no benefit, how can the stronger party be willing to marry and help others?

Mao Jie was telling the truth, but Yun Ye obviously didn't want to be like this, so he relented. After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head and retorted: "I have no less capable people than Cao Mengde under my command! If you want to rest in peace,

, we can station a large army at the border of the Yellow River. If anyone dares to cross the river to attack, we will attack him halfway across the river. Who can disrupt Jizhou?!"

Yun Ye's words were extremely strong, but when Mao Jie heard the words, he frowned and had no intention of refuting.

After all, there is really no force near the Yellow River that can attack Jizhou from the garrison of Wu Zhaohou, unless it is an alliance of multiple forces attacking like the princes against Dong. However, Yun Ye is not as rampant as Dong Zhuo.

, on the contrary, he treated the Han Emperor extremely well. In this way, there was no excuse for forming an alliance!

Moreover, the reason why Wu Zhaohou is Wu Zhaohou is because Wu Zhe means force, and Zhao means obvious. He is known to the world for his tyranny by force. Even if several parties form an alliance, they may not be able to actually cross the Yellow River and invade Jizhou!

For a moment, Mao Jie was in a dilemma, but he still had a trump card in his heart. He no longer hesitated and said directly with a solemn look: "From Mao Jie's point of view, I'm afraid that the words of the Marquis are wrong!"

After finishing his words, before Yun Ye could speak, Mao Jie showed a certain look on his face: "Although Mao Jie is just a counselor, he also knows a lot about civil affairs. When Mao Jie entered the city, he saw that all the food and grass in the city were burned to the ground.

, I’m afraid that due to the accident during the war, Lord Marquis has no food left in Jizhou?!

In this way, even if the Marquis can provide Jizhou with food and grass for the county to survive this winter, what about next year? If there are no troops and horses to invade, Jizhou will be able to be self-sufficient next year, but what if there are troops and horses to invade?

Can we still support the huge Jizhou with the grain and grass from Daijun?"

After Mao Jie finished speaking, a smile appeared in his expression, and he looked at Yun Ye with smiling eyes. This was his trump card. He believed that this question was enough to stump Yun Ye!

After all, although Dai County is extremely wealthy, it is only one county, and it has only developed for a few years. How could it be possible to support Jizhou, which has nine counties and states, in two years?!

Mao Jie's words made Yun Ye look slightly moved. He had just ordered people to go down and quickly clean up the burned grain and grass, but he never thought that Mao Jie had already noticed this when he entered the city!

"Mao Jie is indeed worthy of being Mao Jie. He has become famous since he was a child. His ability to see into the smallest details makes me even admire him!" In an instant, Yun Ye realized what he was doing, and before he knew it, he was already smiling and stroking his hands in praise.

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When Mao Jie heard this, his expression relaxed. It seemed that the matter was almost done. In a slightly better mood, he smiled and cupped his hands towards Yun Ye, and said modestly: "Master Hou Miao praised me, these are just

Just a little clever!"

However, Yun Ye's next words made Mao Jie freeze on the spot.

"It's just that Cao Cao is a big dragon! Now he wants to use my power to get out of trouble. I would rather Jizhou suffers from continuous famine than see Cao Mengde get out of trouble!"

Yun Ye's words contained a hint of determination, which chilled Mao Jie to the extreme. He had already heard that Marquis Wu Zhao was extremely stubborn and arbitrary, and was ruthless to his enemies and even more ruthless to himself. He had not believed it before, but he had never expected that Yun Ye would actually It's just as rumored.

He was willing to risk the famine in Jizhou for several years just to contain an unexpected enemy in the future.

This kind of enemy can be called a madman, but it is this kind of talented madman that makes people feel the most frightened, because no one can guess what he will go crazy about next!

"Master Hou is joking!" Mao Jie endured the feeling on his scalp and squeezed out a smile and said: "Master Hou is gifted by nature. No matter how much my lord develops, how can he be his opponent? I only want to give him a helping hand." , blocking the enemy from the south for the Marquis is my Lord’s greatest wish!”

Mao Jie dare not say anything about mutual benefit at this moment, otherwise, it will only make Yun Ye more determined to kill Cao Cao! If Yun Ye is really determined, with Yun Ye's status, all he needs to do is send a letter. With Tao Qian, Cao Cao's military pay and food will be cut off. When the time comes, Cao Cao's power will only collapse!

Although Mao Jie is confident, he is not arrogant. He naturally knows that to Yun Ye, Cao Cao is no different than a baby in the palm of his hand. If he is not fed, his life will be extinguished!

Although Yun Ye didn't know what Mao Jie was thinking, he had another set of thoughts in his heart.

Cao Cao really cannot have anything happen to him now. Otherwise, it would be absolutely delusional to cross the Yellow River and sweep the entire south of the Yellow River and even the south of the Yangtze River with his own troops!

Once he crosses the Yellow River, the princes in the south will definitely form an alliance as soon as they feel threatened. By then, Yun Ye doesn't think that he can overwhelm the princes in the world with his own power!

Didn’t you see that in history, Cao Cao unified the entire north of the Yangtze River? When his army went south, almost everyone in the world thought that the world was about to be unified, but in the end he was still defeated on the small Red Cliff. This defeat lasted for decades!

Therefore, Yun Yecai needs to accumulate strength more, and by accumulating strength, he cannot start too many wars. There is a Cao Cao wandering south of the Yellow River, but it can make Yuan Shu and others pay attention to Cao Cao!

The reason why Yun Ye didn't agree to the marriage at the beginning was just that he wanted more benefits. Seeing Mao Jie's confusion at this moment, Yun Ye also showed a smile on his face:

"It's just that this matter can't be discussed!"

"What do you mean by the Marquis?" Upon hearing this, Mao Jie suddenly perked up and put his head over the table.

Yun Ye tapped his slender fingers on the table and said directly: "I can write letters to Tao Qian, Kong Rong and others, and even send troops to the north bank of the Yellow River if necessary. However, Cao Mengde must pay 20% of his annual taxes in the future. Lead a thousand families to Jizhou every year!"

"Twenty percent, one thousand households..." Mao Jie trembled slightly, his eyes full of shock, and retorted: "Master Hou, is this a bit too much?"

If Cao Cao owns a state in the future, wouldn't the 20% tax make it impossible for Cao Cao to train soldiers and horses? And one thousand households, but thousands of people, large counties only have tens of thousands of people, which is equivalent to one less small and medium-sized county every year Yamen!

"If you don't agree, there's no need to talk about this matter anymore!" Yun Ye's face darkened, he waved his sleeves, and began to issue an order to expel the guests: "Okay, if you can't make the decision in this matter, please leave and let Cao Mengde personally

Come and tell me!"

Mao Jie didn't know what Yun Ye was thinking. Seeing Yun Ye chasing away the guests, he felt anxious and blurted out: "Wait a minute, Lord Marquis, I can make a decision!"

In fact, Cao Cao's situation at this moment has reached an extremely dangerous stage. Yuan Shu has a grudge against Cao Cao and has expressed his trust to Tao Qian many times, promising to drive Cao Cao out of Xiapi!

At this time, Mao Jie had no time to go back to Xiapi to ask Cao Cao!

So when he finished speaking, he immediately said: "Master Hou, I have agreed to this matter on behalf of my lord. I also ask Master Hou to send troops to the north bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible."

After saying that, he stood up, drooped his wide sleeves, and bowed his hands.

"Since I have agreed to this, I will definitely do it!" Yun Ye nodded calmly, took a sip of tea, and then asked: "Who does Cao Cao plan to marry to this Marquis as his concubine?

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"Your Majesty, you are my lord's cousin. This year she is 28 years old and her country is beautiful and fragrant. She will not disappoint you!" After this was confirmed, Mao Jie breathed a sigh of relief and spoke much more briskly:

"It's just that the time of the wedding still needs to be decided by the Marquis!"

"At the beginning of January, I will send people to Xiapi to welcome people!" After Yun Ye finished speaking, he stood up and stretched: "If there is something wrong here, you can go back to Xiapi on your own!"
Chapter completed!