"Gong Jin, I heard that you have a good relationship with Jiangdong Sunlang?" Liu Xie smiled as he watched Zhou Yu look around curiously, and waited until he finished reading before starting to ask questions.
Zhou Yu replied: "Zi Tianjia, I have known each other and Sun Bofu, a young man from Fuchun, and have been each other's confidants for six or seven years."
"I also know Fuchun Sun Bofu's reputation for bravery," Liu Xie said, "but the Kuaiji governor Donghai Wang Jingxing he defeated in Jiangdong was Taiwei Yang's younger brother and my uncle."
The Wang Jingxing he was talking about was the Wang Lang who was scolded to death by Zhuge Liang in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! But now Wang Lang can no longer scold him, because Zhuge Liang and Liu Xie have become Yang Biao's disciples, and Wang Lang is their uncle.
Liu Xie's current purpose of getting Wang Lang back through Zhou Yu is to set up a school in Luoyang to teach Confucian classics and "Liu Family Immortal Methods", and he wants Wang Lang to be "Principal Wang".
"This is really Sun Bofu's fault," Zhou Yu understood Liu Xie's meaning and hurriedly said to Liu Xie, "I immediately wrote a letter to Jiang Ziyi to Sun Bofu, asking him to release the prefect Wang and return to the court."
Liu Xie smiled and said: "That's great! By the way, what official position does Sun Bofu occupy now?"
"Reporting back to Tianjia, Sun Bofu is now the prefect of Kuaiji..."
Liu Xie smiled: "Who appointed him?"
"This is..." Zhou Yu couldn't answer.
Seeing Zhou Yu's hesitant answer, Liu Xie did not ask further questions. Instead, he smiled and said, "I can make him the governor of Kuaiji! I can also make him a general with a heavy title, and during the holidays, he can open a mansion with the third division!" "
Zhou Yu was stunned, Liu Xie gave him a lot! I don’t know how much I’m going to charge? Ten million should be enough, right? Fortunately, Sun Ce has now taken over two and a half counties, and has some savings in his hands.
Liu Xie then said: "I have calculated that Yuan Shu will definitely arrogantly proclaim himself emperor next year... At that time, as long as Sun Bofu is loyal to me and sends troops to attack Yuan Shu, I can give him an official position and give him a title. The right to lead Jiangdong!"
Sun Ce was sent to Jiangdong by Yuan Shu, a rebel. Although his fists were strong enough, he did not have the rightful name to rule Jiangdong. His relationship with the Jiangdong nobles was very tense, and he needed Liu Xie to give him a rightful name.
However, Liu Xie will not give him the titles of General Chonghao, Jiejie, and Kaifu Yitong. Instead, he will use these righteous titles that Sun Ce wants most to hang on Sun Ce until Yuan Shu becomes emperor. Then give these to Sun Ce - and try to give them directly, bypassing the middleman Cao Cao!
In this way, Sun Ce may become a tool to restrict Cao Cao after Yuan Shu's collapse.
In addition, Liu Xie also hoped to win at least half of Yuzhang County for Zhuge Xuan. When he was in Luyang, he had already sent Zhao Yan, the Yilang, to Yuzhang to appoint Zhuge Xuan as the prefect, mediate the conflict between Zhuge Xuan and Liu Yao, and let them divide the territory of Yuzhang. Liu Yao took the big head and Zhuge Xuan took the small head.
But Liu Yao is about to die soon. If Zhuge Xuan can survive Liu Yao, then he may occupy more territory in Yuzhang and become the "door panel" to contain Sun Ce and prevent the Sun Group from overexpanding and threatening "Liu Dajin's main watch". "Yes.
But there is no need to clarify this matter with Zhou Yu now, it is too late to discuss it after Liu Yao's death.
At this time, Zhuge Xuan's good nephew Zhuge Liang and a palace servant came back with a plate of freshly fried fried dough sticks and a pot of freshly cooked soy milk.
Fried dough sticks with tea soup...the flavor is quite unique, so unique that Zhou Yu has never seen it before. And the freshly fried fried dough sticks smell really delicious! The soy milk seemed to have honey added to it, giving it a sweet fragrance. Combined with the aroma of fried dough sticks, it made Zhou Yu hungry.
"This is called fried dough sticks," Liu Xie picked up his chopsticks, picked up a three-inch long fried dough stick, put it on the plate in front of Zhou Yu, and introduced with a smile, "It's fried dough sticks in hot lard. It's fragrant and crispy. It's quite filling but a little greasy. But as long as you soak it in honey soy milk and eat it, you won't feel greasy at all."
Zhou Yu picked up the fried dough stick with chopsticks and tasted it. It was indeed very fragrant! Then he took another sip of sweet soy milk, um, it tastes good!
At this time, Liu Xie called Zhuge Liang to sit down: "A Liang, sit down too... We are monarchs and ministers outside, but we are friends in this thatched cottage! Gong Jin, what do you think?"
Be friends with Zhuge Liang?
Zhou Yu glanced at the things that seemed to be "heavenly books" and "magic weapons", then smiled and cupped his hands towards Zhuge Liang: "Ah Liang, we will be friends from now on!"
Zhuge Liang returned the gift and said with a smile: "From now on, let's help the Tian family and revive the Han Dynasty together!"
"Okay! It's a deal!" Zhou Yu agreed very readily. He originally had no confidence in the revival of the Han Dynasty, but if the emperor really knows the magic...then the Han Dynasty may really have the possibility of revival!
No matter what, let’s follow along!
"A Liang," Liu Xie asked with a smile, "do you think the Han Dynasty can be revived in the nine counties of Luoyang?"
"Why not?" Zhuge Liang said seriously, "The Tianjia still has nine counties and thousands of elite soldiers. The brave generals include Xu Gongming, Gan Xingba, Huang Hansheng, Fengmingshan and others, and the advisers include Yang Dezu and Gong Jin. Why aren’t there so many talented people? Among them, Yang Dezu is from the Hongnong Yang family, the head of the Sili family!"
"What else can the Sili family do now?" Liu Xie asked.
Zhuge Liang said: "The sons of aristocratic families are so talented, but the people who have lost their families are so hard-working!"
These words are indeed what Zhuge Liang said from the bottom of his heart. He is a talented man from a well-known family, but he is also a bereaved man who cannot do anything without hard work! He just wants to be a playboy now, but he doesn't have the conditions anymore, so he must work hard!
Liu Xie turned to look at Zhou Yu again. Zhou Yu frowned and seemed to be thinking about the general trend of the world for Liu Xie. When he saw Liu Xie's eyes, he considered and said: "If the Tian family wants to use Luoyang as a basis to restore peace to the Han Dynasty, In the world, we must first stabilize the foundation and manage Luoyang, the center of the world.
Then, try to make Yuan and Cao compete with each other and prevent one of them from becoming dominant. After the foundation of Luoyang is laid, then slowly move westward, first gradually encroaching on Hongnong and Hedong.
At the same time, the Tianjia still needs to unite with Uncle Zhang Pheasant in Hanoi, wait until Sanhe and Hongnong are all owned by the Tianjia, and then take advantage of Yuan Cao's difficulty in deciding the outcome, and seize the three assistants in one fell swoop... As long as Sanfu became the base of the Tianjia, so why couldn't the Han Dynasty be revived? "
Liu Xie turned to look at Zhuge Liang again.
Zhuge Liang followed Liu Xie's example and started to count with his fingers: "If Gong Jin's plan succeeds, the world will be divided into eight parts, and the Tian family will occupy Sili and Fuliang Prefecture as one of them; Yuan Benchu's tigers occupy Ji, Qing, Bing, and You, which are two of them; General Cao is expected to pacify the two states of Yan and Henan, which are three; Sun Bofu's tigers are marching east of the Yangtze River, which are four; Liu Jingzhou holds Jingzhou, which is five; Liu Jiyu lived in Yizhou, which ranked him as the sixth; Yuan Jiyu had a big tree with deep roots. Even if he arrogantly proclaimed himself emperor, he should be able to persist between Jianghuai for several years, which ranked him as the seventh; as for the eighth...just look at Lu Fengxian and Liu Xuande Who among them can occupy the land of Xuzhou and Jianghuai?"
"Eight points of the world..." Liu Xie smiled: "Isn't this the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period? If I take over the seven counties of Sili and control Liangzhou, it will be a bit of a situation where Qin Hu is in the northwest!"
"The sage of the Heavenly Family!" Zhuge Liang said, "In the past, the Qin Dynasty took Guanzhong as its base and annexed the six kingdoms. Emperor Gao had the Three Qin Dynasties first and defeated Xiang Yu. Based on Guanzhong and Fuliangzhou, taking advantage of the form to win and looking at the world, it was Qin who destroyed the six kingdoms. Han has the way to dominate the world!"
Liu Xie thought to himself: Zhuge Liang's plan is actually to bring about the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period... It would be great if it could be realized! If after conquering Sili and Liangzhou, Liu Zhang can be defeated, it will really be a complete strong Qin!
And it seems that the difficulty of realizing this "eight points of the world" is not very high, because Guo Fan will lose his head this year, and Li Jue will lose his head next year to the Yi tribe... Guanzhong will be leaderless by then!
But even if Guanzhong is leaderless, the imperial army must be strong enough!
Thinking of this, Liu Xie looked at Zhou Yu who was eating fried dough sticks and drinking soy milk, and asked with a smile: "Gong Jin, you know the soldiers and are good at fighting. You are willing to send the soldiers of the imperial court to quell Dinghong for me after the death of Li Jue and Guo Fan." Nong, Sanfu?"
Does the Heavenly Family also know that I know how to fight with soldiers? When Zhou Yu heard Liu Xie's evaluation of himself, he felt like he was going to meet the Ming Lord!
Moreover...helping the emperor to pacify Hongnong and Sanfu has a better future than helping Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong!
Because Jiangdong didn't even need Zhou Yu to show his military talent, he was already going to be pacified by Sun Ce. And what is the upper limit of the Lord of Jiangdong? It seems to be the Kingdom of Wu and the Kingdom of Yue. If you want to upgrade to the Kingdom of Chu, you have to annex the territories of Liu Biao and Yuan Shu and part of Xuzhou. It's a bit difficult!
And the future of Qiang Qin... is to dominate the world!
Moreover, the emperor still has the title of the lord of the world. If the world cannot be unified in the future, maybe he can also be granted a county for Zhou Yu! Didn't Zhuge Liang's uncle become the governor of Yuzhang? The Zhou family in Lujiang is the second and third generation, much stronger than the Zhuge family in Langya. Is it not too much to kill Yuan Shu and give the Zhou family a Jiujiang prefect?
In addition, the emperor also has a heavenly book...Zhuge Liang can have a look at it, and I, Zhou Yu, should be able to, too!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu put down the soy milk and fried dough sticks, stood up suddenly, and bowed to Liu Xie: "The Zhou family of Lujiang has been a minister of the Han Dynasty for a long time, and the second and third princes. Although my minister Zhou Yu is not talented, he is willing to use his eight-foot body to be the king. Strike forward to revive the Han Dynasty!"
Liu Xie nodded with satisfaction and looked at Zhuge Liang again.
Zhuge Liang also immediately stood up and bowed to the ground: "Although Liang is young, he also knows loyalty, and his family has been deeply favored by the emperor. He should swear to death to repay it! Liang is willing to work with Gong Jin to assist the Tian family and revive the Han Dynasty!"
Very good!
Liu Xiexin said: Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were finally "recruited successfully", and their "loyalty" seems to be not low. Next, it’s time to discover Sima Yi! Gong Jin, Kong Ming, and Zhong Da are three in one. How can they be equivalent to Cao Cao?
By the way, there is also Jiang Gan, so we can’t let him come in vain! Jiang Qian should have come to steal the book. How embarrassing would it be to leave him empty-handed? Moreover, if Jiang Gan’s mission cannot be completed, the Lujiang Zhou family will not be able to explain to Yuan Shu, right?
So Liu Xie asked Zhou Yu with a smile: "Gong Jin, the purpose of Yuan Jiujiu sending you and Jiang Ziyi to Luo is probably not just to send a small tribute, right? Does he also want to steal a few volumes from me... Will the Heavenly Book go back?"
