Chapter 684

"With these three, even someone as cautious as Gu Linzhi would be difficult to deal with."

After saying this, Sima Fang touched the white beard on his chin.

In his heart, the success rate of this assassination plan could be said to be quite high.

Firstly, Gu Yi valued talent.

Wang Yue was not from an aristocratic family and had never had any intersection with Gu Yi before.

Such talent, with Gu Yi's character, would definitely be taken under his command.

And Wang Yue's martial arts value, in the current age, I'm afraid only peerless fierce generals like Lu Bu and Zhao Yun could rival him.

Furthermore, unlike fierce generals like Lu Bu and Zhao Yun.

What Wang Yue was best at was one-on-one fighting.

After all, he once served as the sword teacher of Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong.

His swordsmanship could be called the peak of the current age.

Fierce generals like Lu Bu and Zhao Yun focused on combat ability on the battlefield.

Each has his own specialty.

If it were really a one-on-one duel, Sima Fang believed that Wang Yue's probability of winning would be greater.

Cao Cao and Xun Yu exchanged a look silently.

If things were really as Sima Fang said.

Then... it really had great potential!

There was no other way; the frontal battlefield really couldn't be won.

Assassination, if Gu Yi could really be taken out, the goal could be considered achieved in a disguised way.

As for assassination, would it leave a bad reputation?

Please, this is competing for the world, not playing house.

Reputation?

Can this thing be more important than taking out Gu Yi?

Next.

Cao Cao took in Sima Fang and the numerous clansmen of the Sima family.

The three brothers Sima Lang, Sima Yi, and Sima Fu also took the opportunity to become officials in Cao Cao's mansion.

This was a kind of investment.

If the assassin Wang Yue really successfully took out Gu Yi, the Sima family's status would probably leap to become the existence second only to the Xun family.

But... taking out Gu Yi, how easy is that?

At least a certain author wouldn't dare to let the readers feel unhappy.

Then... the tragedy of the Sima family was quietly destined from this moment on.

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Chang'an

Prime Minister's Mansion

When returning to Chang'an, the weather was already approaching early winter.

Gu Yi spent several days warmly with Dong Bai and his numerous beautiful concubines at home.

As for the affairs in the court, Gu Yi had long since handed them over to the group of confidant foundations under his command to handle, so naturally, no major chaos would occur.

However.

In the days Gu Yi returned to Chang'an.

The court officials led by Yang Biaoshang submitted a table to the puppet little emperor Liu Xie, proposing the matter of abdication.

It must be said that Yang Biao was quite insightful.

Knowing when to do what.

However, according to the required procedures, Gu Yi naturally couldn't accept the abdication of the throne all at once.

To be called a Duke or a King, it should be three refusals and three acceptances.

But for something like being called an Emperor, according to the law and ritual, it was nine refusals and nine acceptances.

Sounds very cumbersome, right?

But it was okay.

Gu Yi was actually not that anxious to ascend the throne now.

According to Gu Yi's vision, after unifying the entire Han realm, then ascending the throne and establishing a unified dynasty would have a better effect.

After all.

The power he held now, whether he was called an Emperor or not, actually didn't have any substantial difference.

Anyway, with great power in his hands and beauties in his arms, he was just waiting to sweep the world.

At the same time.

Gu Yi also issued a "Recruitment Order for Talent" to the world in the name of the current Prime Minister and Prince of Qin.

But this recruitment order of his had a significant difference from the one of Cao Cao in the original history.

In the original history, in the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao issued a recruitment order to the world.

emmm, but the effect could only be described with the four words "hard to describe."

The talents who truly responded to him were still the Henan aristocratic families and Hebei aristocratic families.

As for that portion of talents within the territories of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, they naturally couldn't go through the trouble of going north to defect to Cao Cao.

That is to say, Cao Cao's recruitment order was equivalent to recruiting nothing.

His original intention was to recruit commoner talents or talents hidden in the world to counter the aristocratic talents under his command, thereby achieving checks and balances.

But in the end, the ones who responded to him were still that batch of aristocratic family members.

But Gu Yi's side was different.

Firstly, the territory Gu Yi occupied was much larger than Cao Cao's in the original history.

Furthermore, there was no partnership relationship between Gu Yi and the aristocratic families under his command, but a strict superior-subordinate relationship!

This resulted in the power in Gu Yi's hands being real power, and the degree of centralization was quite high.

Besides aristocratic talents.

Talents from commoners, powerful families, and even mountain bandits and wandering outlaws would all respond to Gu Yi's call.

After all.

There were talents of all classes under Gu Yi's command.

The recruitment order was issued for only one month.

The number of well-known talents who went to Chang'an by name was no less than a hundred.

And what made Gu Yi feel most pleasantly surprised.

Was the arrival of a super bodyguard.

This person was named Zhou Tai.

Perhaps Zhou Tai's martial arts couldn't be called top-tier.

But his ability to carry damage and his dedication could definitely rank in the top three of the late Han!

After all.

The boss of Zhou Tai in the original history was that pit-man Sun Shiwan.

Have you not seen the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford? (Dog head funny)

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PS: The next chapter will deal with Wang Yue, and by the way, preview that a certain general is about to break through the limit! ===== CHAPTER 685 =====