Han Sui's plan was very sinister. He lured Liu Bei...or Tian Chou, the general under Jincheng County, to the area around Chang'an City, and then displayed the banners of three families, as if he was a noble ruler, forcing Liu Bei and Fu Xie to be unable to argue.
Because as long as Han Sui cannot be caught and Han Sui does not let go, nothing they say will be of any use.
They had no way to provide evidence that they came here only to attack Han Sui and not to Qingjun.
Because Han Sui gave up Longyou, and because there were many powerful horse bandits in the Yongliang land, all the sects and thieves all stood up to support their move to Qingjun.
In this case, if they want to tell the world that they are loyal to the imperial court, they will never have second thoughts about the imperial court.
Then those are the methods Guo Tu mentioned.
First, after bringing Liu Bian out, he supported King Hongnong as emperor and simply made mistakes.
But in this way, not to mention the names of future powerful ministers, their reputations will be completely ruined, and Liu Bei's entire reputation will be questioned in an instant.
Second, give up Tian Chou and let Tian Chou take the initiative to declare that he is a subordinate of Han Sui. In order to drag down Liu Bei and Fu Xie for this matter of Qing Jun's side, Han Sui persuaded him.
Afterwards, he took the initiative to die, allowing Liu Bei to exterminate his relatives and cut off ties with them.
Although this was cruel, the matter still turned into Han Sui's conspiracy, and Liu Bei and Fu Xie could still publicize that Han Sui was not a son of man.
In this way, their reputation will be reduced a lot, but in the eyes of some people, the word ruthless will not go away.
Moreover, Tian Chou couldn't even get the name of a righteous man. He would be beaten to death.
Liu Bei couldn't do it, but Yan Zhong also thought of this, and also knew that Liu Bei couldn't do it, so he took the initiative to go to Tian Chou's army and persuade Tian Chou to force Liu Bei to take action when necessary.
At this time, Xun You's appearance gave this matter a new idea.
Since you can't refuse, since you can't refute, then admit it.
We are really here to purge the emperor, but we are not purging important officials recognized by the court like Li Jue and Guo Si. We are purging the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, Ma Xiang.
In the fifth year of Zhongping, Liu Yan stayed in the east of Jingzhou because of the impassable road and was unable to enter Yizhou to become a herdsman in Yizhou. At this time, a major rebellion broke out in Yizhou because of the appointment of Quejian as the governor of Yizhou.
Yizhou rebels Ma Xiang, Zhao Zhi and others named themselves Yellow Turbans in Mianzhu County. Within a few days, they gathered thousands of people and attacked Yizhou. They first killed Mianzhu's commander Li Sheng and gathered thousands of people to respond. Then they went to attack Luoxian County. Finally, he attacked the prefecture of Yizhou and killed Que Jian.
From then on, Yizhou lost control, and Ma Xiang proclaimed himself emperor that day!
Ma Xiang, who had just occupied the two counties of Yizhou, became the first person to proclaim himself emperor. He was more powerful than Zhang Jiao.
Afterwards, Ma Xiang captured Bajun again, killed the Zhao tribe guarding the county, and then officially took control of the three counties of Yizhou, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command.
However, Ma Xiang was somewhat capable in fighting, but his governance could only be described as nonsense. In the last few months, the people of Yizhou were in dire straits, and the soldiers and horses under his command were full of complaints.
At this time, Jia Long gathered hundreds of people to defend Jianwei County, and then based on Jianwei County, he defeated Ma Xiang, the inexplicable emperor.
In the end, Ma Xiang's ending became a mystery.
There is a saying that Ma Xiang died and was killed by Jia Long.
But if this was the case, as a rebel who dared to claim emperor, Ma Xiang's head must have been sent to Luoyang, but no, neither his head nor his body had ever appeared.
Even except for the people in Yizhou, no one knows what Ma Xiang looks like, and even Yizhou doesn't know much about it.
So this leads to the second theory. Either Ma Xiang or his deputy Zhao Zhi escaped directly instead of being killed, but Liu Yan and Jia Long hid the matter. .
This statement was also popular for a while, but because the two of them never appeared again, Liu Yan also cut off the roads to all parts of Yizhou again, and the two sides fell silent.
The court did not continue to award the reward, but there was no blame placed on him, and the matter just passed.
As for those who know the truth, Jia Long was killed by Liu Yan because he joined forces with Dong Zhuo to attack Yizhou. The grass on Qujian's grave is already three feet tall. If Ma Xiang and Zhao Zhi can find anyone who still wants to find the truth, they will be the truth.
So this is the biggest mystery.
At this time, Xun You's strategy was to turn this matter into a simple fact since he could not refute the fact that he was on the Qingjun side, and then change the target of Qingjun's side.
Liu Bei and Fu Xie only wanted to kill the traitor of the Han Dynasty, the evil traitor Ma Xiang Zhao Zhi who dared to proclaim himself emperor.
As for whether this matter is true or false, Xun You can naturally make it true.
The first is the first loophole, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, let’s not say whether he is in the mood to get involved in this matter, even if he is, he is powerless at this time.
There are only two roads out of Yizhou, one is to go through Hanzhong and pass through Guanzhong or to enter Yongliang.
At this time, Zhang Lu was released, Ma Teng was blocking Longyou, and Liu Bei and Tian Chou were blocking Chang'an. If his envoy could enter Chang'an to meet His Majesty, Liu Bei's entire army would wipe their necks and commit suicide.
There is really no need to continue.
The other road is Jingzhou. Now Liu Bei's old boss Gongsun Zhu is blocked at the junction of Deng County and Nanyang. Guan Yu is full of troops.
If he wants to leave Jingzhou, he must pass through Nanyang. Otherwise, if he takes a long circuit and enters Chang'an, the matter will be over by the time they arrive.
Therefore, even if Liu Yan wanted to do something, he couldn't do it.
The second loophole in this matter is whether the imperial court recognizes the head of the Prime Minister of Yizhou who has never been seen before.
In Xun You's eyes, this matter is even simpler than the first one.
Because Liu Bei had Liu Bian in his hands, even if no one told Liu Bei Liu Bian's identity at this time, he was not a fool, he just chose to pretend to be stupid.
Carry Liu Bian out and talk to Li Jue, Guo Si and others in Liu Bian's name. If they don't want to start another turmoil and be attacked by the princes of the world, then everyone can live in harmony.
Liu Bei gave a reasonable reason, and they recognized it.
The emperor is still the emperor, they are still the important officials of the court, no one has changed at all.
As for cutting off the hair of the acting head, after all, this matter is harmful to the face of the emperor and the court, so Liu Bei and Fu Xie are doing it for the sake of the Han Dynasty to be more stable, which is also wrong.
So they have to pay a price and an attitude.
Taking the initiative to plead guilty and take the initiative to cut off the hair of the acting head showed their attitude. As for whether the court would punish them.
If they were punished at this time, Liu Bei's reputation would be completely opened. For the sake of the stability of the Han Dynasty, he would not hesitate to risk his own reputation to do this to lure the snake out of its hole.
The harder he was beaten, the greater Liu Bei's reputation became.
If Xun You hadn't been afraid that Gongsun Zhu would dig up his ancestral grave, he would have asked Fu Xie to beat Liu Bei directly in the name of the court until he couldn't get out of bed for a year and a half.
By that time, Liu Bei's "loyalty" name will be resounding throughout the world.
Don't forget how the prince's master's reputation has spread all over the world. He endures the humiliation and bears the heavy burden.
As for the third loophole, it was Han Sui.
So Xun You then used the Xun family's methods to spread Liu Bei's memorial and questioning throughout the world, and forced Han Sui to question him.
At the same time, this also gave Han Sui a choice.
Or choose to cooperate with them and play out the scene according to their ideas. In this way, everyone will be loyal ministers and generals who work hard for the Han Dynasty.
Everyone returns to their respective places and everything is fine.
Or, you continue to choose to fight to the death, continue to insist that the letter in Liu Bei's hand is fake, and then come to confront them.
But you are still a traitor, but they have slowly turned into righteous soldiers who can endure humiliation, and if there is a confrontation, who can guarantee that no one will be killed here.
That's what happened, and the choice was placed in front of Han Sui.
As for the most important Yellow Turban bandit here, besides Cao Mengde of Yanzhou, who else in the world can compare with Liu Xuande, the remnant of the Yellow Turbans.
He rose to prominence by being surrendered to the Yellow Turbans. When he was fighting all over the Central Plains, there were countless Yellow Turban remnants who joined his command.
Everyone has "real talent and learning". They wrap the yellow scarf around their heads and put on their original clothes. Who dares to say that they are not the remnants of the yellow scarf?
As for Ma Xiang’s head?
There were so many villains who responded to them. Who wanted to be their Majesty before they died? If they didn't choose, Liu Bei would choose for them.
Liu Bei just has the air of an elder, and he is not stupid. How can he pity their lives at this time?
This was Xun You's plan. He confirmed Han Sui's frame-up, then told the world about their difficulties, and finally used his own advantage to continue talking with Chang'an.
He believed that there must be people who, like him, had chosen to remain silent regarding Liu Xuande's existence in Chang'an City despite not issuing any orders.
Han Sui turned the war into a conspiracy, while Xun You turned the war into a negotiation.
In their hearts, although fighting on the battlefield is essential, it has always been the most despicable method.
Liu Bei's envoy has already left for Chang'an. This time the envoy is Xun You. Since he has agreed to resolve the matter here, he must do it well enough.
It's just that when he entered Chang'an, although no one tied him up, they were even very polite to him.
But he didn't see Li Ru, and from what he saw along the way, he knew one thing clearly, that is, Li Ru was definitely no longer in Chang'an.
In the midst of such a great war and such persecution, if Li Ru was not in Chang'an, where would he go?
He retired to the mountains and forests, but Xun You felt that it was not his time yet. He was a loyal person and he would not leave until he did his best.
But what hasn't he done yet?
A frightening thought suddenly occurred in Xun You's heart.
"I really underestimated this guy. I'm afraid Han Sui is just his pawn."
Xun You's calm face was a little gloomy. He seemed to have guessed what Li Ru was going to do. At the same time, he also felt that Liu Bei, who had just taken over this time, would really suffer a loss if nothing unexpected happened.
