In fact, from the bottom of my heart, Zhao Kuangyin was not Yi Yin's initial choice. It would be extremely difficult to find a way out of the Four Battles of the Central Plains.
The first person Yi Yin really wanted to seek refuge with was one of Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Che, Qin Zheng or Liu Bang.
Each of these princes has its own advantages. The most important thing is that unlike the three states of the Central Plains, enemies from all directions can attack. Moreover, the Central Plains are still some flat areas, easy to attack and difficult to defend, with no geographical advantages.
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Che, Liu Bang, and Qin Zheng are not as powerful as Li Xiang. The more talented a person is, the more conceited he is and the more he believes he can turn things around.
Wouldn't it be more challenging to join a relatively less powerful prince and help it unify the world? Wouldn't it be more challenging and a better way to demonstrate one's abilities? This kind of thinking is a common problem for many top talents.
Moreover, as Li Xiang has developed to the extent he has now, even if Yi Yin is gone, he will not be able to directly ascend to a high position. He will have to accumulate merit step by step. Coupled with the large number of talents of all kinds, it is almost impossible to think of taking power!
Just like Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period, maybe he did have the idea of loyalty in his heart and Liu Bei's approach of visiting the thatched cottage and chose Liu Bei, but it was not because Liu Bei was weak enough at the time.
Therefore, being the number one prince in the world does not mean that there will be talents who will favor you more, especially those who are truly top talents!
However, although Yi Yin's first target had never considered Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to come to him several times after hearing about Yi Yin, which eventually changed Yi Yin's plan.
After all, in Yi Yin's view, the monarch's various abilities are the most important factor in fighting for world hegemony. After several contacts, Yi Yin discovered that Zhao Kuangyin had good abilities in various aspects such as unification and politics.
Of course, this is nothing. What Yi Yin admired most about Zhao Kuangyin was his decisiveness when he betrayed Tao Qian and his ruthlessness when he killed Tao Shang and others. In Yi Yin's view, these are the advantages that a monarch must have.
Yes, it is a stain in the eyes of many people, but for a monarch, it is the most basic advantage and skill that should be possessed.
For example, if Li Shimin had not launched the Xuanwu Gate Revolution and killed his brothers, how could there have been a future emperor, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty? If Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had not had the shamelessness and ruthlessness to steal his grandson's world, how could there have been a future emperor. The sage Khan; if Zhao Kuangyin did not bully the orphans and widows left behind by Chai Rong, how could there be the world of Zhao and Song in the next few hundred years...
Anyone who achieves a generation of emperors does not have some stains, but for mortals, stains are the best guarantee for the achievements of those generations of great emperors.
Therefore, after several twists and turns from Zhao Kuangyin, Yi Yin finally chose to leave the mountain. Although Xuzhou is not his ideal goal, it can fully demonstrate his abilities, right?
"Lord, we can send troops to Yanzhou openly and attack Yuzhou secretly!" Zhao Pu said after Yi Yin.
During this period of time, apart from Li Xiang's place in Yongliang, it was Yuzhou that was in a mess. Sending troops to attack at this time will definitely gain something.
After all, needless to say, Sun Ce has been living a miserable life in recent times. Li Mi's plan and Huang Chao's plan to backstab them, but the Sun family was beaten miserably.
As for Yuan Shu, no matter how big his family is, no matter how rich his background is, he has been fighting for such a long time, and he will not look like a normal person!
"No need, there is no rush in Yuzhou, just make preparations in advance!" Zhao Kuangyin smiled and waved his hand.
In Yuzhou, they are still fighting each other until now. There is no rush to intervene until the time is right, and let them consume each other again. They also take this opportunity to develop production and recover as much as possible from the previous trauma.
Moreover, when Yi Yin helped him analyze the world situation, he had mentioned Yuzhou emphatically.
Liu Bowen was in the Jin army and could learn more information, so he could infer that Li Shui was a trap planted by Li Xiang. But Yi Yin didn't have that much information, so Yi Yin naturally couldn't be as accurate as Liu Bowen's inference.
However, despite this, the more you analyze Li Shui's information bit by bit, the more you can find something wrong with it.
It can be said that Yuan Shu can still live such a prosperous life after becoming emperor, and his little life is living happily day by day, and Li Shui has a great contribution to this.
Looking at his deeds, we can see that he has talents in the world. How could such a person not see the shortcomings of Yuan Shu's claim to be emperor, and how could he support Yuan Shu's claim to be emperor? Unless, the person did it on purpose.
Following this line of thought, Yi Yin finally came up with several conjectures:
The first conjecture is that Li Shui has a grudge against Yuan Shu and wants to take this opportunity to destroy Yuan Shu. However, as soon as this conjecture appeared, it was already denied by Yi Yin. If Li Shui wanted to destroy Yuan Shu, there was no need to plan to repel the various princes later.
Another conjecture is that Li Shui wanted to become a prince of his own. After all, after Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, with the merits of defeating the dragon and later attacking the princes, Li Shui's status in Yuan Shu's group also increased, and his power became more and more powerful.
In addition, Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor will definitely not last forever, and Li Shui may not be able to devour Yuan Shu in the end. Of course, this is a conjecture made by Yi Yin without knowing the specific details of Wang Mang and Jiang Xiaobai.
There is a third conjecture, that is, Li Shui secretly planned for another prince. However, the scope is too large and cannot be specifically pinpointed to a certain prince.
In Yi Yin's opinion, Jin King Li Xiang is the most likely, and Xiang Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Che, and Cao Cao are also possible. If these princes had not fought in the Yongliang War later, as long as they planned properly, they would have gained huge benefits.
On the contrary, the two princes of Jingbei and Sun who were closest to Yuan Shu were the first to be ruled out by Yi Yin.
Of course, Sun didn't need to say more. Even Sun Jian was played to death by Li Shui. Li Shui definitely couldn't be the person Sun placed with Yuan Shu. Li Shui was also merciless when dealing with Jingbei, and he should not be from Jingbei.
Yi Yin believed in his analysis and inference, but until he got more favorable information, he could not narrow down the scope of his inference and finally get the correct answer.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Kuangyin and Yi Yin decided to slow down before taking action against Yuzhou, and temporarily observe the next development of the situation in Yuzhou.
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