"Mr. Yuan."
"My identity as the emperor's uncle has long been erased from the family tree by Cao Cao."
"However, it is not difficult for me to help Yuan Gong break into Xudu, capture Cao Cao alive, and welcome the emperor."
"No matter how Mr. Yuan wants to fight, I will cooperate to the end."
Liu Bei said solemnly.
Hearing this, Yuan Shao felt disdainful.
How many people do you have under Liu Bei?
With just these people, I have the nerve to say that I will cooperate to the end.
In fact, he didn't expect much cooperation from Liu Bei. He just wanted to use Liu Bei's channels to contact people in Xudu who were unhappy with Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao would be completely defeated. That was all.
When it came to a real war, Yuan Shao never thought about how well Liu Bei's people could cooperate with him.
"Cao Cao was rebellious and changed the Han family genealogy indiscriminately."
Yuan Shao poured himself a glass of wine and continued: "The name on the genealogy does not mean anything. Everyone in the world knows that Xuande is still the emperor's uncle. With Xuande's support, our battle will basically be fine."
This is exactly what Liu Bei wants.
The name in the genealogy does not mean anything. As long as the people in the world still think that he is the emperor's uncle and he still has benevolence and righteousness, that is enough.
People outside only knew that Cao Cao was rebellious and changed the genealogy indiscriminately. That was Cao Cao's problem.
In this way, Liu Bei appears to be more righteous.
But for Yuan Shao, being an imperial uncle was nothing. As long as he killed Cao Cao, he could depose the emperor at any time and become the emperor himself, and the world would belong to him.
It's a pity that it's freezing cold now and everything is frozen. It's not suitable to send troops at this time, otherwise they would have crossed the river long ago.
Yuan Shao had no choice but to endure it for the time being and wait until next spring when he would personally lead his army across the river to see Cao Ah Man.
"Thank you Mr. Yuan for your recognition."
Liu Bei put down the wine glass in his hand and bowed. Thinking of Chen Gong's next plan for him, he added: "Actually, I have another idea that I have always wanted to propose to Mr. Yuan, but I was worried that it would not be appropriate."
Yuan Shao said: "If Xuande has anything to say, just ask."
Liu Bei said: "Yuan Gong has many soldiers and generals, and the four northern states have deep foundations and sufficient food. It is not difficult to defeat Cao Cao. If the army attacks in full force, Cao Cao will be defeated like a mountain."
Yuan Shao likes to hear this.
He is very happy to achieve success, and what he likes most is for others to praise him.
It is precisely because Guo Tu and others have mastered this essence that they are so popular with Yuan Shao.
Seeing the joyful expression on Yuan Shao's face, Liu Bei knew that Chen Gong's analysis of Yuan Shao was spot on, and he knew what to say next, and said: "Cao Cao is not worth mentioning in front of Yuan Gong, but..."
He sorted out his words, considered which direction he should continue speaking, and then said: "Cao Cao is actually not weak. Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou are all under his control, and he has also annexed some of Yuan Gonglu's resources. Cao Cao is certainly no match for Duke Yuan, but he should be able to hold off against Duke Yuan for a while."
Yuan Shao thought about it and thought it was right. He could not underestimate the enemy and asked, "What are Xuande going to do?"
"I want to open a second battlefield for Mr. Yuan."
Liu Bei solemnly said: "As far as I know, there are still many Yellow Turban remnants in Runan and other places. Although these people are lazy and not many in number, they can become a powerful team when integrated. You must know that Runan is in many places." In the south of the capital, this strange force is quite useful."
Yuan Shao listened and nodded slightly.
I think it makes sense.
"When the time comes, Mr. Yuan will give me a letter and take it to them. The remnants of the Yellow Turbans will never dare to object in front of Mr. Yuan. They will submit to the majesty of Mr. Yuan and be used by us."
"I can lead them to open a second battlefield in Runan and catch Cao Cao off guard."
"To the north, Duke Yuan's army is pressing down on the border, and to the south, our surprise troops are making a surprise attack."
"Cao Cao must be in a hurry."
"Gong Yuan took this opportunity and used the fastest speed to overthrow everything Cao Cao had to do, frightening all the princes in the world. Sun Ce from Jiangdong, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Liu Zhang from Yizhou and others were all frightened."
When Liu Bei spoke at the end, his voice became passionate.
These were taught to him by Chen Gong and he said this deliberately in front of Yuan Shao.
Sometimes speaking requires an art.
"well said!"
Yuan Shao stood up. His counselors had also mentioned this second battlefield to him. At this time, he heard that Liu Bei also believed that it needed to be opened and agreed: "I leave this second battlefield to Xuande!"
Liu Bei solemnly said: "I will definitely not disappoint Mr. Yuan's expectations!"
As long as he can leave Yecheng, lead Zhao Yun to recruit the soldiers back, and then go to Runan to recruit the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. After the plan to attack Cao Cao from a flank is completed, the sky is high and the sea is wide, allowing him to do whatever he wants.
As long as they pretend to submit to Yuan Shao, gain his trust, and go through Chen Gong's planning, they can replace everything Yuan Shao does when Yuan Shao moves south.
Great things can happen!
Yuan Shao smiled and said: "I have Xuande, and great things can be accomplished!"
In fact, he was thinking that after taking Cao Cao's territory and deposing the emperor, Liu Bei, the emperor's uncle, could kick him aside.
They each have different thoughts.
Everyone has their own agenda.
But they pretend to be harmonious, cooperate with each other, and talk happily.
After speaking, they raised their glasses, drank a glass of wine, and laughed happily.
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Xudu, Chen family.
Chen Zhou got the arrangement and started teaching arithmetic.
In this way, he can be sure that Cao Cao adopted his own village method, and then sent people to study mathematics to prepare for future tax calculations.
After all, tax collection based on proportion will be a huge amount of calculation.
Only by improving computing power can we continue.
For situations such as concealing reports at all levels, it is entirely up to Cao Cao to arrange supervision.
The first group of people to learn arithmetic were Cao Ang, Xun Yun, Xun Ji and Xun Qiao. They were also their elected representatives. After learning, they would go back and teach arithmetic to others.
Seeing them all coming, Chen Zhou didn't hesitate and started making arrangements directly.
They have all read "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", so it will be easier to teach them next. Chen Zhou took out all those equations and numbers for teaching, and then taught them the corresponding statistical knowledge, some simple accounting methods, etc.
This is all Chen Zhou can understand, no more.
But these are enough for them.
"Sir, you know so much!"
Xun Ji was amazed when he saw the brand-new arithmetic knowledge, using a few numerical symbols to replace the complicated text descriptions they knew before.
"Mr.'s digital symbols are unique."
Xun Yun admired him and said: "With that kind of mathematical knowledge, one can write a book similar to "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic" and pass it on to future generations."
Chen Zhou gave them some topics and asked them to study on their own. After hearing this, he shook his head and said, "You all know that I am lazy and don't have much interest in writing books or the like. If you can learn what I teach, I can take some time off, which is what I want most.”
Cao Ang said: "Sir, I still want to lie down."
Chen Zhou smiled cooperatively.
Xun Qiao rolled his eyes and asked softly: "Sir, how about I help you write this knowledge into a book? This way, you can be lazy and spread your knowledge of arithmetic. The signature of the book is still yours. Why? Sample?"
