Zhao Hao's lips curled slightly. "Don't worry, those people aren't even as good as Yuan Shao. There's no way they could be truly capable. Among them, Cao Mengde might have the opposite effect if he were to acquire them."
So I sent these people to Liangzhou, Yangzhou, and Yizhou.”
At the beginning of the year, the tavern prepared such a generous gift of treacherous officials for him, which was something Zhao Hao had not expected.
In order to make the best use of people, Qin Hui was sent to Yangzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of Yuan Shu; Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan were sent to Liangzhou under Liu Biao; as for Yizhou, Zhao Hao was actually a little hesitant.
Sending either Zhao Gao or Wei Zhongxian would have been enough to influence the politics of Yizhou.
When Zhao Gao arrived, he directly satisfied the interests of the local gentry in Yizhou and put Liu Zhang on the throne.
Therefore, in order to annoy those people, Zhao Hao still sent Wei Zhongxian to Liu Yan and Liu Mao's side, and the mission he gave was to find an opportunity to pull Liu Mao into the position of ruler of Yizhou.
In this way, Yizhou will not only need to balance the military and the powerful families, but will also face the threat of Jia Long from Yunzhou. When Zhao Hao's army marches out of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu will be left without support on all sides.
Therefore, the only places Zhao Gao could choose to send his troops to were Ji Province and Xu Province.
Shi Xie of Jiaozhou had no prior grudge against me and had no connection with me in the past, yet this year he sent a fleet all the way by sea to Youzhou, and finally to Jinyang to pay tribute to the 'emperor,' which was actually a gesture of goodwill towards me.
Zhang Xian of Xinjingzhou has directly stated his position, standing on my side, so there is even less need to send spies to infiltrate at this time.
After much deliberation, the most suitable place for Zhao Gao to be sent is still Xuzhou!
Although Yuan Shao had similar problems to Tao Qian, Yuan Shao was in a disadvantageous position, and his abilities were not as good as they were at the Battle of Guandu when he was confused about the advantages.
With his civil and military officials mostly loyal to him, Zhao Gao couldn't play a significant role in Ji Province.
Instead, going to Xuzhou would not only sow discord between Tao Qian and the civil and military officials of Xuzhou, but also...
This will allow Liu Bei to continue to be overshadowed by Tao Qian's son!
It's just a question of which of Tao Qian's sons Zhao Gao will choose to be his puppet ruler...
“Go back, Jinglue.”
The world is about to be thrown into turmoil once again. We must prepare ourselves as soon as possible!
"Yes, sir! Your subordinate will certainly not let those cunning individuals succeed, young master, please rest assured!"
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