"The big man can't leave Empress Lu anymore!"
The one who made this roar was Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, who had just returned to the General's Mansion.
Guo Jia and Cheng Yu were both subordinates of the general's palace and were not eligible to participate in the court meeting, so they did not know that the young emperor wanted to accept Lu Bu's daughter as a noble. Suddenly they heard that the big man was going to give birth to Empress Lu, and they thought it was referring to Fu Wan and Queen Fu and her daughter are causing trouble.
So these two large military forces who did not have the special skills of "being able to pinch and calculate" began to make suggestions without understanding the situation.
Guo Jia twirled his moustache, squinted his eyes and said: "Ming Gong, for the present plan, we still have to send Ming Gong's daughter to the palace and support her as a queen! Only in this way can we ensure that everything inside and outside is under control!"
Cheng Yu knew that Cao Cao's eldest daughter was not beautiful enough, so he did not agree with sending Cao Cao's eldest daughter to the palace. Instead, he proposed another strategy: "Ming Gong, I think we should use two tigers to compete for food. Plan! I heard that Dong Ji, the daughter of General Wei, was favored by the emperor, and General Wei commanded a thousand troops, and his strength was far beyond that of the Fu family. However, his ancestor was the founding minister of Emperor Guangwu, and after Fu Hou Her mother was the daughter of Emperor Huan Xiao. And General Dong Wei bore the name of Dong Zhuo's kin, so the ministers in the court personally rebelled against Dong. If the general could befriend General Dong Wei and provoke Dong Fu to fight. As long as the general Once they can be defeated, Dong Guiren and his daughter will be easy to deal with..."
Hearing the moves made by these two military advisors, Cao Cao didn't know what to say for a moment - he was clearly talking about Queen Lu! Queen Lu’s surname is Lu! Why did you two instigate me to deal with Queen Fu? Doesn’t that make room for Empress Lu?
Zhong Yao, who came back with Cao Cao, quickly explained to Cao Cao: "Fengxiao, Zhongde, you have misunderstood. The empress Lu mentioned by the general refers to the daughter of Lu Fengxian!"
"Ah, this Empress Lu's real surname is Lu!"
"It turns out that Lu Fengxian's daughter is going to enter the palace..."
The two great military advisors suddenly realized this and quickly started thinking again and making plans.
At a young age, Guo Jia's brain was moving very fast, and he immediately came up with a brilliant idea: "Ming Gong, I suggest using the strategy of driving away wolves and robbing tigers! Ming Gong can instruct Liu Xuande, who is stationed in Xiaopei, to send troops to kidnap Lu Fengxian's daughter on her way to Luo!"
Cao Cao shook his head repeatedly and said the word "difficult" several times.
Military Advisor Guo didn't understand again. Why was this strategy so difficult? If there are a few people in this world who least want to see Lu Fengxian's daughter enter the palace, then Liu Bei must be number one!
If Lu Bu becomes the head of the state, wouldn't his rule in Xuzhou be justified? Does Liu Bei still dare to think about Xuzhou?
"Fengxiao," Cao Cao's brother-in-law Ding Chong said with a wry smile, "Although the emperor offered to accept Lu Fengxian's daughter, he refused to let Lu Fengxian buy a Xuzhou governor on credit. He only offered him the title of East China Sea Prime Minister, and also asked Lu Fengxian to cede Pengcheng Kingdom to Liu Garrison troops in Yuzhou."
At present, Liu Bei's territory in Pei State only has one county, Xiaopei, and the rest of Pei State's territory is under the control of Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. And Pengcheng State has eight counties! Even if he was slaughtered by Cao Cao once, he would still be much better than Xiao Pei.
If Lu Bu really agreed to Liu Xie's arrangement, then Liu Bei would not be able to rob Lu Bu's daughter. Not only would he not rob her, but he might even send troops to escort her all the way...
"Ming Gong, do you think it is really possible for Lu Fengxian to agree to the emperor's arrangement?" Cheng Yu asked Cao Cao with a smile.
"It's hard to say," Cao Cao said. "With Lu Fengxian's daughter entering the palace, a Donghai Prime Minister, and the justified garrison of Xiapi, Lu Fengxian can secure the two counties of Xuzhou... Although it will take one Pengcheng Kingdom was given to Liu Bei, but that Pengcheng Kingdom was relatively dilapidated...not much oil and water."
"In this case, I will propose a plan to raise wolves and drive away tigers!" Cheng Yu's plan came again.
"Raise wolves to drive away tigers? Who is the wolf?" Cao Cao asked.
"Liu Xuande! Recently there is news from Xiaopei that Liu Xuande married the sister of Mi Zizhong, a wealthy man from the East China Sea, and received a dowry of tens of millions and a slave of two thousand...Liu Xuande relied on his new wife's dowry to recruit troops. , the troop strength has returned to ten thousand people!"
"Is this happening?" Cao Cao showed a surprised expression, "So, the Xuzhou nobles still love Liu Xuande!"
"That's natural," Cheng Yu said. "Liu Xuande was originally a vassal of Gongsun Bogui. He only had low-level warriors but no scholars around him, so he was used by the Xuzhou nobles. Previously, he wanted to win over the Danyang people left by Tao Gongzu, so he It failed to please the people of Xuzhou. Now the people of Danyang have taken refuge with Lu Fengxian, and there is a group of Yanzhou nobles around him. So the local nobles in Xuzhou must want Liu Xuande to take over Xuzhou again!
And Chen Gongtai and Gao Xiaofu around Lu Bu must also know this! "
The current mentality of the Xuzhou gentry is the same as that of the Yanzhou gentry who resisted Cao Cao. They all hope to welcome a military group with only warriors but no gentry to visit the home and protect the hospital. In this way, the local civil service in Xuzhou can be divided among the Xuzhou gentry. By mastering this civil service, the Xuzhou gentry will also control the local area and block the sources of food, salary and troops for foreign military groups.
In other words, the Xuzhou Mu or the Governor will become the puppets and bodyguards of the local wealthy families in Xuzhou!
However, Lu Bu came to Xuzhou with a group of Yanzhou nobles who fled with him, namely Chen Gong and Gao Shun. They welcomed Lu Bu because Cao Cao brought a group of Yuzhou nobles to Yanzhou to grab resources.
Now they have fled to Xuzhou with their clan township party, and they have become like the Yuzhou gentry who were originally in Yanzhou!
Moreover, the Xuzhou nobles are not weaklings without strength. Xuzhou not only has wealthy families like Xiapi Chen, but also capable people like Zhuge Liang, Lu Su, and Zhang Zhao. Later, King Langya, Pengcheng Liu, and Lanling Xiao who became famous in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties were all from Xuzhou. Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou who was killed by Gongsun Zan before, was the Donghai Liu of Xuzhou.
If Liu Bei entered Pengcheng Kingdom in the name of Prime Minister Pengcheng, and then colluded with the Xuzhou nobles, he would be strong enough to drive Lu Bu away in just a few years!
Cheng Yu paused and then said: "Ming Gong, as long as you get Yuan Gong to help Liu Xuande, even if Lu Fengxian is not suspicious, Chen Gongtai and Gao Xiaofu will definitely create trouble and exclude Liu Xuande. By then... Liu and Lu will definitely go to war, and Ming Gong can join forces with Liu Xuande to destroy the traitor Lu Fengxian, and then they can take over one or two counties in Xuzhou."
"Can Yuan Benchu listen to me?" Cao Cao was still a little worried.
"Of course!" Dong Zhao, who once served as the Yecheng magistrate under Yuan Shao, said with a smile, "Yuan Benchu certainly doesn't want Lu Feng to send troops to Luo first, right?"
Guo Jiaze added: "General Fu Han and General Wei definitely don't want the Han Dynasty to have Empress Lu again! Mingzheng took the opportunity to unite General Fu Han and General Wei, let them oppose Lu Fengxian together, and win them over at the same time!"
Cao Cao nodded, with a satisfied smile finally showing on his face: "Okay! That's it... Zhongde, think of something to remind Chen Gongtai and Gao Xiaofu. Gongren, Yuan Chang, you two Go contact General Dong Wei and Fu Fuhan!"
...
At the same time, Liu Xie was also discussing the "Queen Lu issue" with several confidants in his palace.
Participating in the discussion were Yang Xiu, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Zhang Ji, Hou Zhe, Tai Chong, and Feng Shuo. Although three of these people, "Hou, Tai and Feng", all held military positions, they were actually from the gentry family in Sili Qijun, and they were from the township party with Yang Xiu of the Yang family in Hongnong. Of course, they were also fellow villagers of the young emperor Liu Xie - there was a reason why Cao Cao wanted to use the three of them to establish his power.
Of course, these seven people are opposed to "Queen Lu"!
In the opinion of the four "Sili factions" Yang Xiu, Hou Zhe, Tai Chong, and Feng Shuo, if the emperor was dissatisfied with Empress Fu, he should marry Empress Yang of the Hongnong Yang family instead of Lu Bu, a border warrior. The daughter is the queen.
Of course, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Zhang Ji would not go against the Hongnong Yang family... Anyway, supporting Empress Fu is also politically correct. There is nothing wrong with Empress Fu, so why should she be replaced by Empress Lu?
This Empress Lu sounds scary...
The little emperor's reaction to this was to deny it.
"What Empress Lu? I only have Empress Fu, not Empress Lu. I met Empress Fu in times of crisis, and we are wives married in adversity. How can we abandon her?" Liu Xie's words were so plausible and confident. , you can tell at a glance that it comes from the heart.
He saw that his "seven confidants" seemed to be relieved, and lowered his voice and said: "I want to accept Lu Fengxian's daughter as a noble, but I just want to take advantage of the bravery and good riding of the Bingzhou warriors... Today I met Chen Deng Wei Zichao, who went to the palace together, is a famous cavalryman beside Lu Fengxian, who is good at riding a horse and holding a spear to charge into battle!"
He chuckled, stretched out his right hand, and made a fist: "If I succeed in asking Lu Xiaoniang, Lu Fengxian will definitely send one or two hundred Bingzhou cavalry and one Bingzhou cavalry general to escort Lu Xiaoniang to Luo. And accept it! What I am interested in is definitely not Lu Xiaoniang’s stunning appearance, but the one or two hundred big men from Bingzhou!"
real? Yang Xiu, Zhuge Liang, and Zhou Yu didn't quite believe it... Lu Bu was the red rabbit among horses, and Lu Bu among men! His daughter, if you think about it, you know she can't be ugly. Isn’t this more lovable than the big man from Bingzhou?
Seeing that his confidants were all speechless, Liu Xie knew that everyone still believed in his integrity, so he began to assign tasks to his confidants: "Zhong Jing, could you please go to Chen Yuanlong's place? I will take a look at his face today. It turns out that he likes to eat fish meat, so the insect eggs parasitic in the fish meat enter his body, hatch into small worms in his body, and eat his internal organs. He has gradually become terminally ill. If he is not treated, he may not be able to survive for a long time."
Zhang Ji was a little doubtful, "Your Majesty, just by looking at Chen Yuanlong's face, you knew there was a worm in his belly?"
Liu Xiedao: "I know there is hope for the four diagnostic techniques of hearing, smelling, asking, and cutting, but I have always only used sighting and smelling, and not the technique of asking, cutting, or cutting."
He was telling the truth. When he was saving lives and helping the wounded at a certain Beijing zoo, he never asked the patient what was wrong, nor did he check the patient's pulse...because he couldn't understand the patient's call, and he couldn't understand it. The patient's pulse could not be found.
Zhang Ji was shocked by Liu Xie's words, because the "Difficult Classic" said: He who sees and knows is called a god, and whoever hears and knows is called a saint!
Liu Xie could tell what disease the patient had just by looking and smelling it. He was the "God of Medicine" and "Medical Sage"!
Thinking of this, he asked again: "Your Majesty, how should Chen Yuanlong's worm disease be treated?"
"This... is difficult to cure," Liu Xie shook his head and said, "When you go to discuss with him the price of Prime Minister Pengcheng and Prefect of Guangling, remember to bring more garlic. Let Chen Yuanlong eat a pound of garlic every day. Be sure to chew it. Break it into pieces and then swallow it... Also, you can't eat that fish meat anymore." He looked at the people in front of him again, "Don't eat it either, the fish must be cooked before eating, you know? ?”
In his previous life, Liu Xie was born in the Xinglin family. He knew a bit about traditional Chinese medicine and how to deworm and kill bacteria. Of course, he also knew that garlic is a good thing! If allicin could be extracted from it...during the Eastern Han Dynasty, it would be comparable to a fairy medicine!
"knew!"
"I know."
Liu Xie nodded and said to Zhang Ji: "Zhong Jing, that Chen Yuanlong should be able to speak to Liu Bei. After you meet him, tell him this..."
