Chapter 604 (1/2)

”There is a plan.” Guo Tu suddenly said.

Yuan Shao gasped for breath and said slowly, ”what's your plan? Tell me.”

Guo Tu's face showed a smile: ”in addition to juxu and gongsundu, the Lord can also instruct tens of thousands of troops. As long as these tens of thousands of troops come, it's natural to force Liu Ye away.”

Where did you get tens of thousands of troops? Hearing Guo Tu's words, Yuan Shao suddenly came to be interested: ”the public is not to betray the truth, in the end, where tens of thousands of troops came from, quickly say it.”

”Ha ha...” Guo Tu said with a smile: ”not long ago, the Lord once asked for Shan Yu's gold seal for ruidun, Su Puyan, Wuyan, etc? They have always been grateful to the Lord, and now it is time for them to repay him. ”

”The Lord can give the Yuyang county and Shanggu County in the border area to the Wuhuan people to herd horses in exchange for sending troops to the south to help our army.” Guo Tu said: ”they can use Liu Yuqing to control the imperial court and send troops to the king in the name of the emperor. Wu Huan of the three counties can ride and shoot armour in the world, which is not inferior to Gongsun Zan's white horse righteousness. With their help, it is not easy to drive Liu Ye away.”

”Well...” Yuan Shao, with a thoughtful look on his face, stroked his chin beard, obviously thinking about the pros and cons.

”No!” The first one of the judges jumped out and objected: ”the barbarians are not trustworthy. The weak are dependent on China, and the strong are ambitious. They try to join the invaders. Did you forget that the Xiongnu surrounded the Gaozu and got Baideng?”

”The Wuhuan people are ambitious, which is not enough to believe. If they are allowed to take over Jizhou, they are afraid that their lives will be ruined and the people will be filled with complaints. It is absolutely forbidden to let them enter Jizhou.” Xunzi was equally solemn.

Not to mention the barbarians, even the National Army sometimes can not help beating rabbits and killing good people. These Wuhuan people were even more ferocious. They burned, killed and plundered many times in the border areas, killing people and robbing food. Jizhou is rich, these Wuhuan people into Jizhou, but not wantonly plunder?

He was a native of Jizhou. Naturally, he did not want to see his hometown slaughtered by the Wuhuan people. Xunzi also lived in Jizhou for many years, so he didn't want to see Jizhou full of life.

”But if you don't invite the Wuhuan people, how can you and Zhengnan defeat Liu Ye's Liangzhou army?” Guo Tu said coldly: ”I know that Mr. youruo and Mr. Zhengnan love feathers. The reason why I didn't mention it was that he was worried about the burning, killing, looting and robbing of Wuhuan people, which would affect his reputation, but my Duke Guo was not afraid of it!”

”Wuhuan people are hard to avoid burning, killing, looting and robbing. It is well known to all that I, Guo Tu, don't know?” Guo Tu bowed his hand to Yuan Shao and said, ”master, the heart of Wuhuan people is well known, but those who have achieved great things do not stick to small details. Several previous emperors also shot down Yueqi camp in Luoyang. All the knights in the camp were Hu people. It can be seen that the Hu people can not be used by the Lord. ”

”For the sake of great cause, we must make some sacrifices. After defeating Liu Ye, the Lord can exempt some people in Jizhou from taxes.” Guo TU was right and said: ”I think the people will understand the Lord's heart of diligent king.”

”Well, it makes sense.”

In fact, Yuan Shao agreed with Guo Tu's suggestion very much. The reason why he didn't affirm it was because he was worried about reputation. However, Guo TU was so frank in taking the blame, which made him feel relieved.

”The Duke is indeed a loyal man.” Yuan Shao sighed: ”you are right. In the future, you will exempt half of the taxes of Jizhou people.”

When Guo Tu heard this, he understood that Yuan Shao was ready to adopt his own suggestion. He bowed his head and said happily, ”the Lord is kind, and he is willing to work hard for the Lord.”