Liu Bei only occupied five counties in Jingzhou, with so much territory, population, and wealth.
If one person gets more, the others will get less.
What's more, any local is xenophobic and doesn't want outsiders to stand at the head of locals.
Liu Bei, who believes that all these reasons are selfish excuses for his family!
Immediately, he refuted it with words and said that he must be king this time and not fall behind the princes of the world.
Zhuge Liang was shocked when he heard this, and immediately persuaded Liu Bei earnestly not to ruin his future just because of a title.
You can first lead Jingzhou Mu by yourself, and then slowly lead yourself as a general. After finally achieving some results, it is not too late to become king.
It's a pity that Liu Bei couldn't listen at all, and had long been seduced by the temptation of becoming king.
He simply cannot be satisfied with the mere position of Jingzhou Shepherd.
In Liu Bei's view, it's all fake anyway, so why not make it bigger?
Cao Cao ordered the Xuchang court to rebuke him as the governor of Nanjun.
Fake Jingzhou pastoralists will also be reprimanded by the Xuchang court.
What else will the fake King of Chu do besides being reprimanded?
Since he is wanted by the court controlled by Cao Cao no matter what, he is considered a rebel by the court controlled by Cao Cao.
Then nothing matters!
As long as one does not proclaim himself emperor directly, it does not count as ignoring the current majesty in the true sense.
At least that's what Liu Bei thought.
The civil and military forces headed by Liu Bei and those who supported Liu Bei's becoming king, and the civil and military forces headed by Zhuge Liang who did not support Liu Bei's becoming king, fell into a stalemate or even an extremely fierce confrontation.
Both sides refused to give in and even started fighting if they disagreed.
Just when the situation was extremely deadlocked, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei suddenly led an army to surround the entire Jiangling City.
In a rage, all those who resisted were arrested.
Including Zhuge Liang!
Guan and Zhang just said one word.
Those who obey live, those who obstruct die!
This sentence was not just a threat, bloodshed occurred that day.
Even though the dead ones were just small shrimps, it still shocked many people.
In the end, most people chose to obey under force.
Liu Bei finally achieved his goal and happily called himself King of Chu!
In order to ease the relationship with Zhuge Liang and respect the Jingzhou family, Liu Bei publicly expressed his willingness to take a step back.
Just be king, not build a country!
At the same time, in order to revive the great cause of the Han Dynasty, he took the post of Jingzhou Mu and Zhennan General!
After becoming the king, Liu Bei began to impose brutal rewards in order to win over people.
Those who can be rewarded and those who cannot be rewarded are all rewarded.
Anyone under Liu Bei's command will be granted the title of Marquis!
Because there were too many people to be granted, many marquises' fiefs were granted in states and counties controlled by other forces.
Through constant rewards and titles, he finally got through the turmoil of becoming king smoothly.
In addition, Cao Cao was unable to conquer, Sun Quan also proclaimed himself duke in the southeast, and Qin King Liu Zhang went all out to deal with the martial arts competition.
External forces did not respond at all to Liu Bei becoming king.
Not even a denunciation!
Liu Bei was even more excited, thinking that defeating Cao Cao would make the world's princes dare not underestimate him.
The name of the King of Chu is completely deserved!
Just a short time after Liu Bei became king, it was reported that Liu Zhang asked the warriors from all over the world to gather in Chang'an to compete for three divine horses and a huge reward of millions of gold.
Originally Liu Bei could have dismissed this, but calling himself queen was no longer an option.
Jingzhou, which was not rich to begin with, was completely squandered by Liu Bei.
Poor jingle!
It seems that even the salary can no longer be paid.
After Liu Zhang guaranteed everyone's safety in the name of King Qin, Liu Bei could only grit his teeth and agree to participate.
In fact, the title "King of Qin" is worthless to Liu Bei, but Jingzhou is too poor.
Liu Bei urgently needed the reward of one thousand gold to the winner and the divine horse awarded to the final winner.
Yes!
Liu Bei firmly believed that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were enough to obtain the ownership of at least one divine horse.
It doesn't matter if Liu Zhang cheats after Guan and Zhang win.
Didn’t Liu Zhang make an announcement?
You can exchange the divine horse for one million gold!
Liu Bei is not allowed to bring the divine horse back, but Liu Bei can happily accept it if he brings back one million gold.
Obtaining the former would be a timely help for Liu Bei now!
Obtaining the latter is like the resurrection of his biological father for Liu Bei now!
It is impossible for only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to participate in the competition. This would make it appear that King Liu Bei of Chu did not even have a general under his command.
But after picking and choosing, I couldn't pick out a few that could be beaten.
Originally, in addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Jingzhou also had a Wenpin.
It's a pity that Liu Zhang ran away not long ago.
After much thinking and layer upon layer of selection, Liu Bei finally selected ten people.
Ten people, no more, no less, just make up a team.
It's just that the strength of this team is really not on the table.
The figure of 'Admiral' Xing Daorong actually appeared inside. . .
"Yun Chang, Yide, generals, Gu!"
When Liu Bei mentioned the word "lone", he paused hard.
Using this word to refer to yourself simply made Liu Bei so happy.
"Gu! I'll see you off not far away."
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other ten people bowed their hands and saluted Liu Bei, and no one was disrespectful at all.
Today is different from the past. Liu Bei is now the King of Chu!
"Thank you, King Chu!"
Hearing the generals chanting the word "King of Chu" in unison, Liu Bei took several breaths of anger through his nostrils.
Then, there was a look of satisfaction again.
"Generals don't need to be polite! I'm alone! I'm alone! I'm alone..."
Liu Bei had been alone for a long time, not thinking about what he wanted to be alone for, and his face suddenly turned red.
In fact, there is no such thing as loneliness. I just feel that the word "loneliness" needs to be mentioned as soon as I open my mouth!
In the end, Liu Feng took the initiative to stand up and rescue Liu Bei.
"Father, don't worry, my son will definitely defeat the Qin army when he goes there and show off the style of our Chu army general!"
After being rescued, Liu Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing it was Liu Feng, his eyes were even more full of love.
Liu Feng, whose real name is Kou Feng.
Liu Bei was a middle-aged childless man with only two daughters, so he adopted Liu Feng as his adopted son.
There are two reasons why Liu Feng should be adopted.
First, Liu Feng was excellent in martial arts and had the appearance of a general.
The other is that Liu Feng's mother is a clan member of the Han Dynasty and a descendant of the King of Changsha.
In other words, Liu Feng has half the blood of the Han clan, and it is extremely pure and well-documented!
Didn't Liu Zhang say that Liu Bei's Han clan ancestry was fake?
Now that Liu Bei has no son, there is no problem if he adopts Kou Feng, who is of Han descent, and changes his name to Liu Feng, right?
Liu Feng was not only brave but also extremely filial to Liu Bei.
So far, the relationship between the adoptive father and son is no less than that of the biological father and son!
"Orphan, brave and invincible!"
"When we go to Chang'an, the orphan's bravery will surely astonish everyone in the world!"
"Especially Liu Zhang, the thief, will definitely be frightened and overwhelmed!"
As he spoke, Liu Bei patted Liu Feng on the shoulder to show encouragement.
But Liu Feng was extremely embarrassed when he heard these words.
orphan. . . ?
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