Chapter 49: Dong Zhuo, what a great guy!

  Hero Building, Wang Can and Guo Jia sat by the window.

  Guo Jia was languid, except for his bright and sparkling eyes, his whole body exuded a lazy atmosphere, but his complexion was no longer as pale and weak as before, and had a hint of rosiness.

  "Filial piety, how is your body?"

  Wang Can looked at Guo Jia and asked in a low voice.

  Guo Jia has used the prescription of Taiping Yifang, but Wang Can doesn't know its effect yet because he went to Dong Zhuo's mansion with Cai Yong.

  Guo Jia rolled his eyes and sighed: "My lord, I'm not dead yet."

  Xun Yu and Guo Jia were good friends, but Xun Yu was from the Yingchuan Xun family and was not as free-spirited as Guo Jia. He looked at Cao Cao with a grateful expression and said: "My lord, Feng Xiao's body has recovered somewhat. Although it will take some time to completely remove the poison from his body, as long as he continues to take medicine, Feng Xiao's body will recover."

  "That's good, that's good."

  Wang Can heard this and suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart. Guo Jia was one of Wang Can's most trusted advisors, he couldn't die.

  "Alas, no wine to drink, might as well die once and for all." Guo Jia stretched his waist, a listless expression on his face.

  Cheng Yu coldly snorted and scolded: "If you don't want to live anymore, then go kill yourself."

  Jing Yong's outburst caused Guo Jia to shrink his head, his eyes darted around and he hastily asked: "Your Excellency, you have already met Dong Zhuo, where did Dong Zhuo assign you to serve as an official and what is your position?"

  As soon as Guo Jia's voice fell, Cheng Yu and Xun You also concentrated their spirits and became serious.

  Seeing the transfer of vision, Guo Jia smiled and then sat lazily again, picking up the teacup in his hand to savor the tasteless tea water.

  Wang Can glanced at Guo Jia and the others, saying concisely: "Yizhou, Governor of Hanzhong."

  "Governor of Hanzhong?"

  Kuo Chia and the other two were taken aback at once.

  Dong Zhuo appointed Wang Can as the Governor of Hanzhong?

  The three of them were all surprised, but in fact, Wang Can being appointed as the Taishou of Hanzhong didn't count as a promotion. After all, the Yellow Turbans under Wang Can's command controlled Runan Commandery, so if Wang Can surrendered to the imperial court normally, he would also be appointed as the Taishou of Runan. It was just that Runan Commandery was too strategically important, which led to Wang Can being transferred elsewhere, and it was a lateral transfer.

  "What's wrong? Is there something not good?"

  Wang Can saw that all three of them had shocked expressions and was also stunned.

  The governor of Hanzhong, Wang Can, believed that getting the position of governor of Hanzhong was no less than being the governor of Runan, because Hanzhong's geographical location was also very important. To the north, it leaned against Qinling Mountains, to the south, it screened the Great Bashan Mountains, and in the middle, there was the Hanzhong Basin. Such a geography that could retreat and defend or advance and attack was not inferior to Runan County at all. Moreover, Runan was a place of four battles, Wang Can wanted to develop and expand, but he didn't have enough strength, on the contrary, it was not as good as Hanzhong County, which had no threats and had enough space for development.

  Xun Yu's face was bitter and he said: "Lord, the governor of Hanzhong is good, but Hanzhong has a governor."

  Wang Can was taken aback and asked: "Who is the governor of Hanzhong?"

  Xun Yu said, "The governor of Hanzhong is named Su Guo. He was a local official born and raised in Hanzhong. Before the Yellow Turbans rebelled, Su Guo served as the chief administrator of Hanzhong Prefecture. When the Yellow Turbans rebelled, Su Guo took advantage of the chaos to seize power and became the governor of Hanzhong overnight. From then on, he refused to obey the imperial court's orders. Due to the constant wars in the Central Plains and the internal conflicts within the imperial court, no one had the heart to deal with Su Guo, who was entrenched in Hanzhong, so he continued to occupy Hanzhong and control a region."

  Wang Can's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said in a cold voice: "It seems that Dong Zhuo also has ulterior motives, wanting to take this opportunity to test me. If I defeat Su Gu, Hanzhong will naturally become Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence. If I am killed by Su Gu, it can only be the loss of a small pawn."

  "Watching from the wall, is it so easy to watch from the wall?"

  Wang Can sneered repeatedly, and Dong Zhuo's carefree days would only last for this period of time. After Cao Cao attempted to assassinate Dong Zhuo but failed and escaped from Luoyang, by then, Dong Zhuo wouldn't have the heart to consider Wang Can anymore.

  Cheng Yu continued from Wang Can's words and said: "My lord, Dong Zhuo letting you enter Shu may have four purposes."

  "One, to transfer the lord away from Yuzhou, Dong Zhuo took this opportunity to control Yuzhou, thus occupying its strategic geographical position, making it so that both the eastern capital Luoyang and the western capital Chang'an were not threatened by Yuzhou; Two, to transfer the lord to Hanzhong, suppressing his reputation, causing him to disappear from the people's sight, the lord being far away from Luoyang, thus unable to become a threat to Dong Zhuo as the blade of Han dynasty loyalists like Cai Yong, Wang Yun and Lu Zhi; Three, to let the lord and Su Guo contend for the position of governor, two tigers fighting, Dong Zhuo reaping the benefits as the fisherman; Four, through Su Guo to grind and polish the lord, thereby promoting him to be one of Dong Zhuo's trusted advisors."

  "These four points were part of Dong Zhuo's plan."

  However, Dong Zhuo was just being self-righteous. Once the lord entered Hanzhong, he would be like a dragon rising to heaven and entering the great ocean, and from then on, he would no longer be threatened by Dong Zhuo. The lord's entry into Shu not only shook off his identity as a Yellow Turban bandit, but also transformed him into the Han court-appointed governor of Hanzhong, and had the conditions to dominate one side.

  Cheng Yu stroked his beard and smiled, a dazzling smile appearing on his cold face.

  Legalist scholars are closest to the emperor and best understand the emperor's thoughts.

  Dong Zhuo's mind was analyzed by Cheng Yu with crystal clarity.

  In terms of wisdom and strategy, mind and vision, Xun Yu and Guo Jia combined are not as good as Cheng Yu. However, this is also a matter of specialized skills. Xun Yu is a military strategist, skilled in deploying troops and forming battle arrays. As for Guo Jia, his learning is diverse and complex, with abilities that include the profound and mysterious Wen Wang's divination technique, as well as expertise in the art of war, astronomy, geography, and deployment of troops - all of which he has mastered.

  Wang Can nodded and said, "What Zhong De Gong said is reasonable. No matter what Dong Zhuo plans, as long as he leaves Luoyang, it will not be something that Dong Zhuo can anticipate." After a pause, Wang Can said in a sinister tone, "As for the governor of Hanzhong, Su Gu, humph, if he can be used by me, then so be it. If he blocks my way, there will only be killing and chopping."

  Xun You and Guo Jia heard Wang Can's cold and measured voice, and their bodies involuntarily shivered.

  Cheng Yu, however, wore a smile on his face, with a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes - this was the true mark of an emperor.

  Surrender, life.

  Resist, die.

  Wang Can finished speaking and looked at Guo Jia, asking: "Fengxiao, what's your opinion?"

  Guo Jia blinked his eyes and smiled: "My lord, in my opinion, Dong Zhuo is a very good person."

  "In the past, our great ancestor Liu Bang took Hanzhong as his base, built an altar to appoint Han Xin as a general, openly repaired the plank road, secretly crossed Chencang, and finally competed for the Central Plains, pacified the three Qins, unified the world, and established the foundation of the Han dynasty's 400-year reign. Now that you, my lord, have been appointed as the governor of Hanzhong, all you need to do is accumulate strength, train your soldiers, and when the time comes, with a mere rise of wind and clouds, you can lead your great army out of Hanzhong and compete for the Central Plains."

  "As for the so-called Su Gu, it's just a clown, and solving him is easy. Therefore, in Guo Jia's view, Dong Zhuo appointing our lord as Governor of Hanzhong is not only not a danger, but rather a great opportunity. As long as we grasp it well, our lord's great undertaking can be expected." Guo Jia's body was weak and sickly, but whenever military matters were involved, his eyes gleamed brightly, and an unparalleled confidence shone through his pupils.

  Wang Can heard this and clapped his hands repeatedly, laughing: "Feng Xiao's words are indeed piercing to the heart!"

  "Too kind, too kind."

  Guo Jia bowed his head and smiled: "My lord, considering how hard Guo Jia has been working, could you spare some wine for me?"

  "Alright, I'll reward you with a jug of well-brewed vintage wine." Wang Can said without hesitation.

  "Thank you, sir." Guo Jia's face lit up with joy, and he repeatedly thanked Wang Can. After being thirsty for so long, he could finally have a drink.

  Just as Guo Jia was rubbing his hands in excitement, Wang Can said: "Fengxiao, your body is not good now, so you can't drink. So the reward of fine wine will be left to you, and when you are better, we will have a good drink together, what do you think?"

  "What?" Guo Jia exclaimed, his smiling face suddenly fell.

  Hahaha...

  Cheng Yu, Xun You and Wang Can burst out laughing at this.

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