"Liu Bei has united with Cao Cao, what should we do now?" Yuan Shao called his counselors to discuss countermeasures. It was impossible for Chen Liu to get rid of Liu Bei. Now he could only think of other ways. To get rid of Liu Bei, or to break up the alliance between Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zan.
Yuan Shao did not expect that Liu Bei, whom he once looked down upon, would soon grow up to be his equal.
Moreover, he was located in Jizhou, with Gongsun Zan in the north, Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the south, and Lu Bu in the west. They were all his enemies, but the east side without enemies was still the sea. It could be said that he was surrounded by enemies on all sides.
He felt that he could not sit on the four northern continents and become the overlord of the world like the original history.
Now if he doesn't operate well, he will be wiped out.
"Fengxiao, what do you think should be done now?" Yuan Shao asked Guo Jia.
"I don't know." This is not the first time Guo Jia has rejected Yuan Shao's question. He has a strategy, but he doesn't want to say it.
Guo Jia has been disappointed with Yuan Shao since Yuan Shao failed to listen to their advice and captured Chang'an.
Seeing small profits and forgetting one's righteousness was vividly expressed by Yuan Shao.
Even if such a lord is supported by Tian Feng Jushou and others, it will be difficult for him to achieve great things.
Hearing Guo Jia's rejection, Yuan Shao looked a little unhappy.
"My lord, although Liu Bei was granted the title of Mu of Xuzhou, his current foundation is still shallow. Liu Bei's focus will definitely be on Xuzhou, thus neglecting Pingyuan County. My lord can take the opportunity to seize the remaining counties in Pingyuan County and open up Qingzhou. At the same time, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou have different political opinions. It only takes the lord to intensify the conflict between them and turn them against each other. No matter who wins in the end, the alliance between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan They will all be defeated without attacking! It won't be too late for my lord to take Youzhou by then." Tian Feng saw that Yuan Shao looked a little unhappy, so he immediately stood up to advise Yuan Shao and redirected Yuan Shao's attention to this issue.
The purpose of Tian Feng's strategy is to destroy the relationship between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan. Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan are relatives of the Han clan on one side and Liu Bei's classmates on the other. If the two fight, Liu Bei can only persuade them, and no one can help. If Liu Bei does not persuade, If it succeeds, it proves that the two of them are in dire straits. There will definitely be one casualty. Whoever wins will lose, and the alliance between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan will no longer exist.
In addition, even if Liu Bei's persuasion is successful, Gongsun Zan will definitely cool down on Liu Bei because of this matter.
After hearing Tian Feng's suggestion, Yuan Shao began to think about it. This method was indeed good. No matter what, the relationship between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan would eventually break down.
Although this method is good, it is quite difficult to implement. Although Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu are at odds now, they have not yet reached the point of turning against each other. Yuan Shao thought about it but could not think of how to make Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan turn against each other.
"Can Yuan Hao find a way to turn Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan into enemies?" Yuan Shao asked Tian Feng again.
"Lord, this is simple!"
"Oh? What's Yuan Hao's clever plan?" After hearing Tian Feng's reply, Yuan Shao's eyes lit up instantly. If he could make Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan turn against each other, he would not only break up the alliance between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan, but he would also be able to capture Youzhou.
"Promote Liu Yu as emperor!" Tian Feng slowly spit out six words.
Tian Feng had just finished saying this, and the entire hall was silent.
"Yuan Hao doesn't know. As early as when the heroes attacked Dong, I proposed to support Liu Yu as the new emperor, but Liu Yu refused." Yuan Shao spread his hands and smiled helplessly. Although Liu Yu was the shepherd of Youzhou, , the official was very big, but he had no character and no good leadership skills. It was this ability that made him propose to support Liu Yu as the new emperor, so that he could control it more easily and control the emperor to order the princes.
It's just a pity that my younger brother Yuan Shu stood up against me for his own selfish reasons. At that time, I thought that this younger brother was crazy and did not support his brother's work, so I wrote him a letter with sincere words. Said something.
Later, I realized that I had overthought. Yuan Shu was not out of his mind, but he wanted to be emperor. He was afraid that after Liu Yu became emperor, his lofty ideals would not be realized.
He did not continue to talk to Yuan Shu, but sent a delegation to Liu Yu to express his good wishes to Liu Yu. Who knew that Liu Yu would not follow this trick and decisively rejected him.
Yuan Shu's opposition and Liu Yu's refusal made his wishful thinking come to nothing.
Unexpectedly, someone brought up the idea of Liu Yu becoming emperor again today.
"My lord, things are different now. My lord, think about it, if the emperor dies, who in the world is most qualified to inherit the throne?" Tian Feng naturally knew about Liu Yu's refusal to proclaim himself emperor, but this time he brought it up again. , because the current situation is different from the past.
The emperor was still alive before, and Liu Yu refused to proclaim himself emperor. This was human nature, but now the heroes are attacking Dong again. If successful, I am afraid that except for a few loyal to the Han Dynasty, no one else would want to see the emperor alive.
When the emperor dies, the world will turn into a struggle between the Han Dynasty and the unification. This is an opportunity.
"If the emperor dies, Liu Yan of Yizhou will probably be the first to proclaim the emperor. Liu Biao of Jingzhou is not weak and may also stand up and proclaim the emperor."
"And Liu Bei, who has just been recognized by the emperor as his uncle, may also become emperor."
Yuan Shao rolled his eyes and thought for a moment before answering.
"My lord is wrong. Liu Yan of Yizhou and Liu Biao of Jingzhou both belong to powerful clansmen of the Han Dynasty. Even if they don't proclaim themselves emperor, they will proclaim themselves king. Although Liu Bei is recognized by the emperor as his uncle, he still regards himself as a subordinate. From what I know about him, this person will never proclaim himself emperor without strong strength. The only person in the world who is most qualified to inherit the throne is Youzhou Mu Liu Yu!" Tian Feng retorted to Yuan Shao and explained to Yuan Shao .
Although Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Liu Yan and other princes were powerful, in terms of blood, they were not qualified to inherit the Han Dynasty.
At this point, Yuan Shao already understood what Tian Feng wanted to do. The emperor was young and had no heirs. As long as the emperor died, all the Han clan members in the world were qualified to become emperor and inherit Datong.
The powerful Han clan members would proclaim themselves kings and emperors, while the weak Han clan members would be held hostage by the princes and become their puppets to proclaim themselves emperors.
And Liu Yu is the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty, Prince Donghai Gong Liu Qiang, and is more qualified than anyone else to inherit the unification. As long as Liu Yu does not want the Han Dynasty to fall into the hands of others, he must stand up and proclaim himself emperor and inherit the unification of the Eastern Han Dynasty!
When Liu Yu becomes emperor, the first person he doesn't want to be is Gongsun Zan. He and Liu Yu have different political ideas, and they are in the same state. If Liu Yu becomes emperor, he will definitely implement his political ideas, so Gongsun Zan will definitely stop it with all his strength.
Wouldn't this intensify their conflicts?
When the time comes, you can just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and by the way, you can support Liu Yu as your puppet.
"Then how to deal with the alliance between Liu Bei and Cao Cao?" The problem between Gongsun Zan and Youzhou has been solved, but there is another Cao Cao whom he pays more attention to!
The immortal predicted that Cao Cao would defeat him. Only by killing Cao Cao could he truly change his destiny!
But now Cao Cao has used the immortal's previous answers to obtain rewards. He is much more powerful than he was in the original history. He has also joined forces with others to deal with him. He can no longer kill him if he wants to.
"Lord, this is simple."
"In order to improve the dissemination of knowledge, Cao Cao carried out academic studies and spread culture in the army. This matter has already made the aristocratic families dissatisfied. We only need to unite those aristocratic families and give them some support so that they can suppress Cao Cao. When the time comes, Cao Cao's own Yanzhou will be in chaos, and then the lord can take advantage of it." At this time, Jushou stood up and offered advice to Yuan Shao.
During the time they stayed in Chenliu, they received many letters from the Yanzhou family.
In the letter, every line reveals that he expressed his goodwill to Yuan Shao and hoped that Yuan Shao would become the master of Yanzhou.
The reason is that Yuan Shao did not forcefully promote knowledge in Jizhou for the sake of knowledge dissemination, but Cao Cao promoted it. This matter has touched the fundamental interests of the aristocratic families. If Cao Cao had not been cautious and suppressed by the army, Cao Cao would have been suppressed by these aristocratic families. Killed.
"Yeah, how could I forget about this?" Yuan Shao patted his head regretfully, he actually forgot such an important knife.
He had not promoted knowledge in Jizhou before, and he was worried about the backlash from the aristocratic family. Moreover, the Yuan family was also a large aristocratic family.
Cao Cao's method of promoting knowledge in the military is indeed good, and he has won the hearts and minds of the people and the military. However, those aristocratic families are not stupid people, and have a strong sense of safety in times of danger. If you promote culture in the military today, you may be able to promote culture among the people tomorrow. Promotion, this is digging into the roots of their aristocratic families. If these aristocratic families can support you, you will be kidnapped. .
The correct posture for spreading culture should be like Liu Biao's. This matter must be done step by step and cannot be rushed.
"By the way, have our sweaters been made?" Since Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei already had plans, Yuan Shao began to ask about another thing.
Autumn has come now, and winter will come soon. At that time, the coalition forces of various princes will arrive. He also wants to use these cotton clothes to exchange for some military supplies from other princes, and by the way, make woolen sweaters into their specialty products in Jizhou. , so as to promote their economic development in Jizhou.
Although the wool spinning technology is not unique to them, the Jenny machine brush is indeed unique to them.
They can produce large quantities of sweaters at high speed
"Back to my lord, our army has been fully equipped with sweaters and is still mass-producing them." Tian Feng reported to Yuan Shao.
"Okay, order people to quickly transport the produced sweaters to Chenliulai!" Yuan Shao believes that his sweaters will be a big seller!
"Obey!" After Tian Feng received the order, he retreated and found someone to carry it out.
Afterwards, Yuan Shao discussed some unimportant issues with several of his counselors, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting. Everyone except Guo Tu left the hall one after another.
"Guo Tu, do you have anything else?" Yuan Shao asked Guo Tu when he saw that Guo Tu did not leave.
"My lord, I really have something to say to my lord." Guo Tu stood in the center of the hall and saluted Yuan Shao.
"What's the matter?" Yuan Shao's attitude towards Guo Tu was a little cold. Just based on the immortal's foretelling of Guo Tu's attempt to harm Zhang He and Gao Lan, it can be seen that this person is a small person and cannot be reused. If he hadn't still had some abilities, he would have done it himself. Even not killing him would remove him from office.
"My lord, Guo Jia didn't answer my lord's questions twice. I'm afraid he is dissatisfied with my lord in his heart. My subordinates are worried that he will take refuge in Cao Cao like the history broadcast by the immortal, so I asked my lord to kill Guo Jia in order to annihilate him." Trouble in the future!" After everyone left, Guo Tu told Yuan Shao what he wanted to say. Yuan Shao asked Guo Jia twice for advice, but Guo Jia had a plan and refused to tell him, feeling that Guo Jia had betrayed his master.
Guo Jia's strategy is not weak. If Guo Jia takes refuge with Cao Cao, it will do them no harm at all.
"Hmph, Guo Tu, I think you are jealous of Feng Xiao's talent." Yuan Shao angrily scolded Guo Tu. It's okay if Guo Tu didn't say this, but when he said this, Yuan Shao became even more angry. The immortal predicted that you had tricked Zhang He and Gao Lan into defecting to Cao Cao, and now you are here to trick Guo Jia again. How come he has the same surname as you, Guo, and also... We are all from Yingchuan, so this is how you treat people from your own hometown.
Guo Jia did not answer his own questions twice, but the premise is that he did something wrong. He believed that Guo Jia was just angry with him and could not have the intention to seek refuge with Cao Cao.
Hearing Yuan Shao's angry rebuke, Guo Tu was dumbfounded.
I am sincere. I do not deny that I am jealous of his talent, but this time I am sincere. Lord, believe me!
Guo Tu roared in his heart.
"Guo Tu, if you let me hear you arranging your colleagues again, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Yuan Shao still missed his old friendship. He just gave Guo Tu a warning, got up and left, leaving only Guo Tu messy in the wind.
On the other side, Cao Cao captured someone.
It was Ji Yan who lay down all the way to the end in the Xuzhou Championship.
Ji Yan was sent to Yanzhou by Li Ru to find Yuan Shao and publicize the dangers of Liu Bei, so that Yuan Shao would pay attention to Liu Bei.
But not long after he entered Chenliu, Yanzhou, he was recognized by Cao Cao.
The pair was recognized by Cao Cao himself.
"You're so good at pretending, you almost fooled me." Cao Cao pulled off Ji Yan's beard from his face. He didn't expect that the person he caught casually on the street turned out to be Dong Zhuo's. A person, and a person whom he considers to be a natural scout.
He was walking well on the street, but if he hadn't touched her and made her notice his background, she would have been fooled by him.
"Hehe, you can't compare to Duke Cao's wise eyes." Ji Yan flattered Cao Cao with a smile, hoping to make Cao Cao happy and save his own life.
"Tell me, what is Dong Zhuo sending people for?"
"Don't miss a word, you know what kind of person I, Cao Cao, am." Cao Cao sat on a chair and took a bite of an apple and asked Ji Yan.
Ji Yan almost cried in his heart, but he still told Cao Cao exactly what Li Ru had told him.
"Mr. Cao, I have said everything that needs to be said. You can let me go now." He told Cao Cao everything Li Ru told him. He would definitely not be able to go back to Chang'an. Ji Yan now only prayed that Cao Cao would not kill him and put him to death. Let it go, your own life is more important than anything else.
"Let you go?"
"This is impossible." Cao Cao directly rejected Ji Yan's request.
"Mr. Cao, I have said everything that the villain should say. There is nothing to hide. If you kill the villain, you will dirty your hands." When Ji Yan heard that Cao Cao would not let him go, his heart suddenly became cold. He was going to It’s over!
"Hahaha, to be honest, I admire you very much."
"How about it? Are you interested in following me, Cao Cao?" Cao Cao took another bite of the apple and asked Ji Yan.
At the same time, Xu Chu, who was standing next to Cao Cao, also pulled out his long sword and waved it in front of Ji Yan's eyes.
"Ji Yan pays homage to my lord." Seeing Xu Chu's sword, Ji Yan immediately gave up and took refuge with Cao Cao.
"Hahaha." Cao Cao laughed proudly.
"Xu Chu brought him down to practice his courage." This man is indeed very capable, but he has not received professional training and is a little timid. As a scout, he may be caught by the enemy at any time. It is not good for the timid, so Cao Cao let him Xu Chu stayed and trained him carefully to make him a qualified scout.
"As you command!"
"Hey hey hey!" Xu Chu looked at Ji Yan with a malicious smile and walked out with Ji Yan in his arms.
"Help! Lord!"
