Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Li You and others were originally good at using deception. The so-called strategic deception basically means to support war with war, use plunder as the basis, abandon one's own development, and directly annex the four directions. Defeat the four parties before the internal dangers break out, and then cultivate and recuperate.
This road is not impossible. For example, Cao Cao in history and Cao Cao in this life are fundamentally following deceitful ways. It’s not that it’s bad to follow devious ways, but it’s just that you have to be fast enough and do it in deceitful ways. , there can't be any surprises in strategy and tactics, because the trick is quick but has no foundation. To put it bluntly, it is fighting against the sky. As long as you are fast enough, everything will be fine.
As for now, Jia Xu and Guo Jia have been dragged back to the royal road by Chen Xi, which is the so-called building walls high, hoarding food widely, and making progress step by step. The failure of one or two battles will not have any impact on the overall overall situation. Even if there is an unexpected big rout, there will be no collapse.
The advantage of the kingly path lies in a solid foundation, while the advantage of the deceitful path is that it can be achieved quickly. However, if you take the kingly path, you can use the deceitful path at any time. As for the deceitful path, you will never be able to take the kingly path unless you convince all parties.
The road of kingship is getting wider and wider, which is why up to now Li You and others are only maintaining internal unity and rarely provoking external provocations. Because Chen Xi has opened the road of kingship, they only need to maintain the situation. The princes from all directions and Liu Bei The gap will only get bigger and bigger. In the end, only one general will be needed to lead the troops, and everything he passes will inevitably fall.
When the gap really reaches that level, what is needed is no longer a strategy, but this is the highest state of a counselor. Let you rack your brains, I will swing my fist, and you will be dead anyway.
This is why Li You, after much thought, still plans to cut off all the disobedient aristocratic families in Xuzhou, because he wants to maintain stability.
As for how frightened the remaining aristocratic families would be, Li You didn't take it to heart. Although Li You didn't understand Stockholm Syndrome, when he was training ministers loyal to Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, Li You summed up an experience - —When the enemy is so strong that you can only kneel down, the slightest benefit from the other party's charity will make you extremely grateful.
Of course, Li You also knows that this kind of gain is not loyalty, but a kind of compliance mixed with fear and awe. However, as long as you are so strong that you can only make him kneel down, you can actually think that the other person's loyalty is full.
As for whether it will create a bad impression on the family, the combination of Li You's actions is Chen Xi's attitude towards the family. If you don't seek death, you will not die; I have the final say on my territory, and the dragon is holding it for me. It’s a tiger nesting for me; if you obey, you will get sweets; if you don’t, you will be beaten. Of course, we will not deliberately seek trouble for you, but if you mess around, it will be natural for us to fish and enforce the law.
However, due to the different styles of county governors in different places, some were beaten, and some lost their heads. Legal principles are not as good as human relationships. Who knows if you have touched the county governor's back scale. Different people will have different results when doing the same thing. , not to mention that you are different and the people you meet are also different. This is the tragedy.
By now, the major aristocratic families have basically summarized Chen Xi's overall attitude towards the aristocratic families. The attitude is pretty good. There is only one requirement - abide by the rules and laws. As for what will happen if you don't follow the rules, it can range from confiscating the family to annihilating the family, to making a slap in the face. Let it pass, in addition to the regulations, it also depends on the local county referee.
This matter has been going on like this. In the end, as long as half of the aristocratic families still exist, the other aristocratic families can basically say nothing about Li You. Military power in troubled times is not something that everyone can touch. Only the small aristocratic families left in Xuzhou can defeat Liu Bei. No one sitting in this position can bear the attention of military power.
After Chen Deng returned to his home, he raised his hand to Chen Gui and said, "Father."
"Sit down, we are the only two here, father and son, don't look at it." Chen Gui suddenly aged more than ten years compared to a few months ago. He was still in good health and now he is using crutches, " Are you dissatisfied with Li Wenru's style, but are you a little afraid that he will swing his butcher knife at us?"
"The rabbit dies and the fox is sad." Chen Deng didn't say much.
"Well, Yuanlong, you still need to hone yourself for a while. I have thought about it carefully at home for a few days. I am afraid that Li Wenru will not be able to stay in Xuzhou for long. Sooner or later, the position of Xuzhou Mu will still be yours." Chen Gui sighed, I was slightly disappointed with the alert Chen Deng.
"Li Wenru is too ruthless. I'm afraid there won't be many families left in Xuzhou after he takes over. Except for those families who really live in seclusion and don't fight for power, how many families will be left in Xuzhou after this? I don't believe that those families now have no resentment towards Li Wenru." Before he came back, I thought he had a woman's kindness, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid he is tempting those people." Chen Deng lowered his head and said with a slight fear, this is to destroy Xuzhou aristocratic family, Liu Xuande put these people in Xuzhou, so he had no intention of accepting the aristocratic family!
"My son is confused." Chen Gui sighed and said, "Yuanlong, you can continue to follow Li Wenru. You can just follow his orders. Sooner or later, the Xuzhou Chen family will have to fall into your hands. Because of my father's physical condition, Because of this, he is no longer suitable to be the head of the Chen family in Xuzhou."
"How could father say such demoralizing words!" Chen Deng was stunned, staring at his father's face and said bitterly.
"The succession of generations within aristocratic families is a rule. I am very lucky that my son can inherit the position of the head of my family." Chen Gui looked at his son and said with emotion. When he said this, Chen Gui couldn't help but think of the original position of the head of his family. The reason is that it is far less relaxed than Chen Deng now.
"Sooner or later, the Chen family and Liu Xuande's Xuzhou will need to fall on you. Don't have any bad thoughts. Chen Zichuan, Jia Wenhe and others are all outstanding people, and Guan Yunchang, Zhang Yide and others are all peerless generals, and Liu Xuande himself is tolerant and magnanimous, and our Chen family in Xuzhou will stand behind Liu Xuande no matter what." Chen Gui planned to hand over the position of head of the family to Chen Deng now, so he couldn't help but give instructions.
"Speaking of which, I admire Mi Zizhong. At the beginning, the Mi family was not as good as our Chen family, but now Mi Zizhong's name is probably resounding all over the world. He does have good vision. Yuan Long, you can have more contact with him in the future. After all, he was also born in Xuzhou and is an old friend of ours." Chen Gui looked at Chen Deng and sighed slightly. In addition to wisdom, a man's mind and vision are equally important.
Chen Deng listened to Chen Gui's education silently, but Chen Gui did not expect that his unintentional words would actually make Chen Deng guess Li You's strategy. It must be said that Chen Deng is also a smart person.
[Li Wenru, you are so powerful, you can still do this. No wonder you are so indifferent. You are just stimulating the greed in others. Everything after that is already doomed...] Chen Deng thought bitterly in his heart that he already understood what Li You was doing. Well, Xuzhou Family is just the other party’s toy. (To be continued.)
