Chapter 332

Jizhou

In the council hall of Yecheng

Yuan Shao was meeting with the envoy sent by Gu Yi along with his strategists.

After listening to what the envoy said.

Yuan Shao couldn't help but exclaim:

"What!?"

"Gu Linzhi actually used the name of Han Prime Minister to invite all the warlords in the world to campaign against the pseudo-emperor Yuan Shu?"

The envoy nodded slightly and urged:

"Please, General Yuan, accept the decree quickly."

"The traitor Yuan Gonglu intends to usurp the Han family. As a loyal minister of the Han, my Prime Minister naturally has to stand up and campaign against the pseudo-emperor!"

"If General Yuan refuses to accept the decree today."

"Could it be that you want to be like the pseudo-emperor and become a Han traitor?"

Yuan Shao was instantly speechless.

Yuan Shu's brain-dead act of declaring himself emperor directly disrupted all the original plans of the Guandong aristocratic group.

Now.

For Guandong warlords like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

If they refused to accept the "invitation to campaign against the pseudo-emperor" issued by Gu Yi, it would be equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the Han family publicly.

There would be a big stain on their prestige.

How could Yuan Shao and Cao Cao bear such a price?

Aristocrats are most particular about moral kidnapping when doing things.

Things that do not occupy righteousness, aristocrats will not take the initiative to do.

Therefore, no matter what they do, aristocrats will find suitable reasons for themselves in a high-sounding way.

For example, before every expedition.

The banner they fly must be a so-called "righteous army."

For example, when changing the dynasty.

It must be that the last emperor of the previous dynasty "voluntarily" abdicated to the person who replaced him.

Why must they do this?

This is the importance of prestige.

As the saying goes.

Everything must be famous for its teacher.

Even if there is no name, one must find an excuse to make oneself famous.

But now.

Yuan Shao simply couldn't find a reason to refuse Gu Yi.

For one, Emperor Liu Xie was in Gu Yi's hands.

Secondly, Yuan Shu, this brain-dead person, suddenly declared himself emperor; Yuan Shao, as a member of the Yuan family, would have his reputation affected to some extent.

Once Yuan Shao refused the "invitation to campaign against the pseudo-emperor" proposed by Gu Yi.

He would instantly be labeled as an "accomplice of the pseudo-emperor" by Gu Yi!

Helpless.

After temporarily dismissing the envoy.

Yuan Shao quickly consulted with his strategists.

He asked:

"Gentlemen, what should be done about this?"

"The invitation issued by that fellow Gu Linzhi must be ill-intentioned."

"But if I refuse rashly, I fear my prestige will be damaged."

After experiencing the failure of the second Guandong coalition against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao's state of mind became more stable than before.

But this did not mean he had a way to deal with this "fatal invitation" issued by Gu Yi.

As the voice fell.

The strategists of the Yuan camp fell into deep thought.

In the end, it was Ju Shou who stood up first and said: