Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 88 Yuan Cao conspired, Liu Bei became famous in four states

Liu Bei's proclamations were successively sent to neighboring counties within this half month.

Such as Jizhou Bohai County, Anping State, Qinghe State, Hejian State; Yanzhou Taishan County, Jibei State, Dongping State, Rencheng State; Xuzhou Langya State, Pengcheng State, Donghai State.

Ying Shao, the prefect of Taishan County, was the first to respond to Liu Bei's appeal under the persuasion of his younger brother Ying Xun, and released the ban on grain trafficking in Taishan County.

Not only that, Ying Shao also personally wrote a letter to Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou who was stationed in Dongping, hoping that Liu Dai could use the name of governor to call on the counties of Yanzhou to lift the ban on food trafficking.

Before that, Ni Heng was ordered to visit Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, and publicized Liu Bei's name of benevolence.

This Liu Dai was originally from the Liu family in Donglai County, Qingzhou, and he was concerned about the yellow scarves in Qingzhou.

Helplessly, Liu Dai is in Yanzhou, and he is beyond the reach of the Yellow Turban in Dongnai County.

Liu Dai is naturally happy to hear that there are people from the Liu clan who are committed to sweeping up the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou.

After receiving Liu Bei's biography and Ying Shao's letter, Liu Dai appealed to the counties of Yanzhou to sell grain and rice to Beihai in the name of governor.

however.

Although Liu Dai was very motivated, all the counties in Yanzhou were not very happy except Ying Shao.

In particular, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun County, who had a gap with Liu Dai, immediately responded with a letter to Liu Dai, to the effect that:
I, Qiao Mao, was also the governor of Yanzhou before, so I was never as ignorant as you.

Liberating the ban on food trafficking will inevitably lead to food shortages in Yanzhou, and food shortages may occur in the event of natural disasters.

Don't let Yanzhou scholars and people take the risk of food shortage just because you are from Donglai County.

There are more than a thousand words eloquently, all of which are words against Liu Dai.

In fact, Qiao Mao showed these more than a thousand words to the guests, for fear that no one would know that Qiao Mao spoke out against Liu Dai's government orders for the sake of the people of Yanzhou.

This made Liu Dai very angry.

"The dog thief Qiao Yuanwei, relying on the old to sell the old, has repeatedly humiliated me, I swear to kill you!"

Liu Dai immediately summoned his confidant, Wang Gong, and asked him to inspect Dongjun, secretly searching for Qiao Mao's criminal evidence.

Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang County, Yuan Xu, the prefect of Jiyin County, and Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu County, although they were not as outspoken as Qiao Mao, they all pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Although Liu Dai was resentful, considering the reputation of these three people, he did not dare to act rashly.

Only Jinbei Minister Cui Yan and Rencheng Minister Zheng Sui dared not turn a blind eye to Liu Bei's call and Liu Dai's appeal like Zhang Miao and the Yuan brothers.

After all, Zhang Miao, Yuan Yi, and Yuan Xu did not directly receive Liu Bei's appeal, so they would not be condemned in a righteous way.

But Cui Yan and Zheng Sui directly received Liu Bei's appeal. If they disagreed, they would not only be condemned by righteousness, but also offend Liu Bei, Ying Shao and Liu Dai at the same time.

Although they cursed Liu Bei in their hearts, Cui Yan and Zheng Sui could only respond to Liu Bei's appeal and let go of the ban on grain trafficking in the county.

And in Jizhou Bohai State.

Yuan Shao, who had received Liu Bei's call, read and read the call repeatedly, and then looked at Xu You, Feng Ji, Xun Chen and others beside him in confusion.

"Who is this Liu Bei?"

Yuan Shao's circle of friends are all ministers and family members such as Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, Wang Kuang, and Bao Xin.

Although it is said that the lineup for seeking Dong is luxurious, in fact, almost all of those seeking Dong are Yuan Shao's family relatives, old friends, disciples of the Yuan family, and colleagues who once worked under the command of General He Jin.

On weekdays, Yuan Shao made friends with not only famous officials, but also ministers, or family members.

Now suddenly a man who claimed to be Liu Bei came to preach to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was in a daze.

On the left side of Yuan Shao, the haughty Xu You twirled his short beard and sneered, "At first, it doesn't matter who this Liu Bei is. What's important is that at first you can use Liu Bei's call for great events in Jizhou!"

Xu You was originally a famous official in Nanyang, and had a close relationship with Yuan Shao since childhood.

If you are close to vermilion, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black.

Yuan Shao likes to support the dead and always has great ambitions.

Xu You was also bold. When the Yellow Turban was first suppressed, he conspired with Jizhou governor Wang Fen, Pei Guo Zhou Jing and other heroes to abolish Liu Hong and make Hefei Hou the emperor.

After the failure, Xu You hid under Yuan Shao's command, changed his identity and followed Yuan Shao to join He Jin's command.

After Dong Zhuo abolished the emperor, Xu You fled Luoyang together with Yuan Shao and Feng Ji, and raised troops in Bohai to challenge Dong.

Although the bid for Dong failed, Xu You secretly offered Yuan Shao a secret plan.

Encourage Jizhou Mu Hanfu to support the great Sima Liu Yu to proclaim himself emperor!

Although Han Fu was a disciple of Yuan's family, he was more on guard against Yuan Shao, for fear that Yuan Shao's prestige would be too great, and the prefect of the nine counties of Jizhou and Guo Xiang would violate him, Muyang of Jizhou.

Not only did they send people to monitor Yuan Shao before calling for Dong, but they also held Yuan Shao back in various ways when calling for Dong.

Yuan Shao had long wanted to replace Han Fu.

However, firstly, the national grain and soldiers in Bohai Sea were scarce, and secondly, it was unfair to rob Jizhou of pastoralism, so Yuan Shao could only forbear and lurk.

And Xu You's secret plan is to use Han Fu's arrogance to let him support Liu Yu as emperor.

If Liu Yu became emperor, then Yuan Shao would not have to compete with Han Fu for Jizhou shepherd. The position of the great general must belong to Yuan Shao!

But what made Yuan Shao depressed was that this Han Fu was so useless, he tried to persuade Liu Yu countless times, but he just couldn't get Liu Yu to agree.

And this kind of thing, Yuan Shao can't personally persuade Liu Yu.

Hearing Xu You's mention of using Liu Bei's proclamation to seek major events in Jizhou, Yuan Shao suddenly became interested: "Ziyuan, you and I have friendship, don't cover it up like this, just speak up."

Xu You's tone was a bit more sinister: "Whether Liu Bei buys grain to save the people, whether it is for fame or profit, for the rich and wealthy businessmen in Jizhou, if the ban on grain trafficking is lifted, and they traffic grain to Qingzhou, they will get huge profits. Interests."

"Therefore, at the beginning, we should not only support, but also personally appeal to the rich and wealthy merchants in Hejian, Anping, Qinghe, Wei, Zhao, Changshan, Zhongshan, Julu and Bohai to support Liu Bei in purchasing grain."

"Let the people of Jizhou know the original heart of benevolence and love for the people."

"In this way, the rich and wealthy merchants benefited, and Benchu ​​gained fame. Even if Han Fu is afraid of Benchu, there is nothing he can do at this time."

"If you don't stop it, all the nine counties of Jizhou will hear the reputation of Ben Chu's benevolence; if you stop it, then Han Fu will not only fail to save him when he sees danger, but will also make the rich and wealthy businessmen unprofitable."

"In the future, the Yellow Turbans from Qingzhou will enter Jizhou, and Han Fu will be the culprit!"

"No matter how Han Fu chooses, it is Yuan Chu who will benefit in the end!"

Yuan Shao clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Ziyuan deserves to be brilliant! From this point of view, Liu Bei's preaching gave me a good opportunity to gain a foothold in Jizhou."

"It's ridiculous for Han Wenjie to think that he can be in charge of the nine counties of Jizhou because he is appointed by the emperor's edict."

"Even if my uncle died at the hands of Dong Thief, the prestige of the Yuan family is still not comparable to that of a scholar like Han Wenjie."

"Meng De is currently stationed in Dongwuyang County, Wei Commandery, and is waiting for me to write a letter to let Meng De cooperate with me."

soon.

Cao Cao got Yuan Shao's letter.

Wei County is adjacent to Pingyuan Country, and Cao Cao has heard about the sudden rise of Pingyuan Prime Minister Liu Bei next door.

In the Battle of Bianshui, soldiers from Cao Cao, Bao Xin, and Weiz fought north of Xuzhou. Cao Cao, Bao Xin were wounded, and Bao Xin's younger brother Bao Tao and Weiz all died in battle.

Cao Cao could only drag the remnants of the defeated generals, stationed in Dongwuyang, and licked his wounds.

After receiving Yuan Shao's letter, Cao Cao immediately understood.

Long before the fight against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao discussed the defeat of the fight against Dong Zhuo and where they should occupy to compete with Dong Zhuo.

Yuan Shao intends to occupy the Yellow River in the south, block the land of Yan and Dai in the north, and then use the troops of Rong and Di to fight for the world in the south.

And Cao Cao wants to use the power of all talented people in the world, and then use the kingly way to control it, so that he can defeat Dong Zhuo.

"At the beginning, this was Jizhou that wanted to seize Han Fu." Cao Cao squinted his small eyes, and put down Yuan Shao's letter.

Since the defeat of Bianshui, Cao Cao's mentality began to change.

The young man who once thought that he could compete with Dong Zhuo by summoning the soldiers of the world finally understood after experiencing the cruel reality.

The original sentence "use the power of all talented people in the world, and then use the kingly way to control, you can defeat Dong Zhuo." is too ideal.

Without a foundation, without soldiers, horses and food, all ideals and ambitions are empty talk.

And Cao Cao hated and despised Han Fu the most.

Among the allied forces of Dongdong, only Han Fu is the only one who joins the alliance as a state shepherd!
Gathering the manpower and financial resources of the nine counties of Jizhou, the result is that apart from talking about it, there is nothing left to do to suppress Yuan Shao's prestige.

"If Zhuben wins Jizhou, I can also garrison a county, instead of living under the fence and being restrained by Han Fu." Cao Cao was calm in his heart.

Although troops were stationed in Dongwuyang, Dongwuyang was always under Han Fu's rule, and both money and food and soldiers and horses were restricted.

It is not only Yuan Shao who Han Fu wants to suppress, but also Cao Cao, Bao Xin and other people who gather righteous soldiers to challenge Dong but have no foundation.

"Although this Liu Bei is not well-known, he is a hero who can think of spreading the word to the counties and states, buying food and saving the people."

"Since Brother Benchu ​​intends to use this to plan Jizhou, I should also go to Meng Zhuo to discuss."

Liu Bei's preaching was gradually spread in Jizhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

Although Tao Qian, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Dai and others may not really look down on Liu Bei, they all chose to respond to Liu Bei's call because of the balance of their respective interests.

This surprised Liu Bei and Zheng Ping.

After all, the matter of spreading the call was intended to be calculated against the counties and states other than Qingzhou.

"I didn't expect that I, Liu Bei, would be famous in four states!" Liu Bei was excited.

The responses from Tao Qian, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Dai gave Liu Bei the excitement of being famous all over the world for the first time.

After so many years of wasting, I am no longer the unknown Liu Bei and Liu Xuande!
But in the mouths of the real celebrities, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande can be named Prime Minister Ping Yuan.

"Congratulations, Mr. Fu!" Zheng Ping could understand Liu Bei's mood.

Making meritorious deeds and becoming famous all over the world is the ambition pursued by a real man.

Liu Bei is almost thirty now.

Before that, not many celebrities in the world could look at Liu Bei directly.

But now, Liu Bei's name can be spread in Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Jizhou!
Although he has just become famous and cannot use this name to call on famous officials from the four prefectures, this is the first step after all.

Liu Bei bowed solemnly to Zheng Ping: "It's a conspiracy, if it weren't for the gang, I, Liu Bei, might not even be able to defend Gaotang County today, and I would have to flee to another place."

Zheng Ping felt a lot more relaxed.

Even Zheng Ping himself did not dare to pat his chest to guarantee that this strategy of passing on the message would be absolutely successful.

But now, the plan is going more smoothly than expected.

As long as the neighboring prefectures lifted the ban on food trafficking, not to mention the more than [-] refugees from Beihai, plus Xu He's more than [-] refugees, Zheng Ping would also be confident in resettling them.

This adds up to a population of nearly 40!
In troubled times, population is the core force.

If there is no population, even if Zheng Ping has amazing talents, it will be difficult to really help Liu Bei gain a foothold in Qingzhou.

This Qingzhou lacks mountains and rivers and dangers. Whether it is Jizhou, Xuzhou, or Yanzhou, if he wants to invade Qingzhou, Liu Bei will not have much geographical advantage.

If the population is allowed to flow out again, it will be tantamount to breaking the foundation of Qingzhou.

In addition to being pleasantly surprised, Zheng Ping's thoughts gradually became calm.

"Your Majesty, although the neighboring counties have lifted the ban on food trafficking, they are still willing to transport food to Beihai."

"However, there are still more than [-] yellow scarves headed by Xu He gathered in Qi, Jinan, and Le'an."

"There is a long way to go if we want to completely put down the troubles of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou by the end of the year."

Liu Bei also gradually stabilized his mood.

Although the food issue has been resolved, the Yellow Turban disaster in Qingzhou has not been completely resolved.

If Xu He cannot be defeated, even if wealthy merchants from neighboring counties are willing to sell grain and rice, they will be easily robbed by Yellow Turban soldiers on the way.

Just talking.

People reported that a messenger from the Mi family of the East China Sea had arrived.

"The Mi family of the East China Sea?" Liu Bei was a little confused: "Xianmou, have we passed on the message to the Mi family of the East China Sea?"

Zheng Ping's heart shuddered.

The Mi family of Donghai Kingdom is the biggest wealthy businessman in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

"Your Majesty, it seems that there is more than one happy event today." Zheng Ping pulled out the feather fan from his waist, and lightly fanned his shoulders: "The Mi Clan of the East China Sea is not weaker than Lu Buwei, a wealthy businessman who defended the country in the past."

"Mi Zhu, the Patriarch of the Mi Clan, is also a humble person. If Mi Zhu can help him, even if the rich and wealthy merchants in the neighboring counties repent, the governor will not have to worry about the money and food for the Qingzhou refugees."

Liu Bei was both surprised and delighted: "If we can really get Mi Zhu's help, we will definitely be able to completely pacify the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou by the end of the year."

The most important thing to put down the troubles of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou is money and food, there is enough money and food to resettle the refugees!
Otherwise, even if Liu Bei killed Xu He, it would not be able to solve the Yellow Turban scourge entrenched in Qi, Le'an, and Jinan.

But now, the appearance of the messenger of the Mi family in the East China Sea once again gave Liu Bei the confidence to help Qingzhou Huangjin.

"Please!"

Liu Bei was agitated, for fear that he would neglect the messenger of the Mi family in the East China Sea.

Some people are happy and some are worried.

Liu Bei's rumors about the neighboring prefectures and states have already reached the ears of Jiao He, the governor of Qingzhou.

Jiao He, who originally had a rift with Liu Bei, now has a venomous look in his eyes.

"Liu Bei tried to guard Pingyuan, but he didn't get the fake position conferred by the imperial court. How dare he preach?"

"Did he regard himself as the governor of Qingzhou?"

(End of this chapter)