Xuzhou Governance, Xiapi City Mansion

As an idealistic, moral, educated, and disciplined bigwig who wants to realize his ambitions, Liu Bei is always paying attention to the dynamics of all parties in the world. Liu Xie, the son of heaven on the mobile phone, was preparing to move the capital to Youzhou, and Liu Bei also got the news in the fastest time. Immediately after that, he convened the military council under his command.

Of course, the military generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as Chen Dao, the commander of the White Army, the leader of the pro-army, these three are still big fish and are worth mentioning, while in terms of strategists, there are two small fish such as Jian Yong and Sun Qian, which are not worth mentioning. Even Mi Zhu was poached by Yuan Chang, and now, because of the recruitment of Chen Deng, it is quite passable. Otherwise, how could the strategists under Liu Bei's command be described as a miserable and miserable relative.

Liu Bei looked upright, did not smile, and asked a few people under his command kindly, "Everyone, if you follow the advice of Youzhou Mu to move the capital to Youzhou today, you don't know what you think about this?"

"Big brother, it must be Yuan Chang's thief who coerced the Son of Heaven, and the third brother, I am willing to lead the troops to Youzhou and rescue the Son of Heaven. ”

Zhang Fei couldn't wait to be the first to stand up and express his opinion, shouting loudly, "I have long seen that their Yuan family does not have a good thing, when he was in the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, was timid and afraid of things, and refused to command the army to kill the Dong thief; Yuan Shu raised troops to invade Xuzhou for no reason and robbed the territory of the eldest brother; now, Yuan Chang is even more coerced by the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Youzhou, which is really hateful. As long as the eldest brother gives an order, the third brother, I will cut them all. ”

"Third brother, Hugh is talking nonsense!"

Guan Yu stopped Zhang Fei majestically, with a serious expression, and said, "In any case, it is already imperative for the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Youzhou, and I heard that Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao also supports the idea of moving the capital to Youzhou. Xuzhou is surrounded by Qingzhou, Yangzhou and Yanzhou on three sides, and if the eldest brother wants to welcome back the Son of Heaven, he is afraid that he will have to fight with them on three sides. With the current situation in Xuzhou, it is simply impossible to support such a battle. Therefore, for the matter of the Son of Heaven moving the capital to Youzhou, we have no way to do it, which is hateful. ”

Guan Yu still has loyalty to the Han family, of course, Liu Bei is a descendant of the Han family, Guan Yu is loyal to him and loyal to the Han family, so naturally there is no difference.

"The second brother's words won my heart, third brother, you should learn more from your second brother. ”

Liu Bei praised Guan Yu, and then taught Zhang Fei a sentence, and then looked at Chen Deng, a novice on the side, and asked, "Yuanlong, what do you think?"

"My lord, my subordinates think that it is not a bad thing for the lord that the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Youzhou. Chen Deng stroked his beard and replied calmly.

"Yuanlong, what do you say?"

Liu Bei's eyes flashed, as if he understood Chen Deng's thoughts, and looked at Chen Deng with no joy or sadness. And the others also looked at Chen Deng, as if curious to see what unique views he could have.

Chen Deng stood up, straightened his robe, and swept his eyes around everyone present, and then said, "All of you here are the lord's henchmen, and Deng will say some thoughts in his heart. ”

"Yuanlong has any ideas, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Liu Bei said a word, meaning to tell Chen Deng that he would not be blamed for anything he said. After getting Liu Bei's acquiescence, Chen Deng said, "When Dong Thief entered Beijing, the Young Emperor was unfortunately killed, and then he was enthroned by Dong Thief today." However, everyone knows that the Son of Heaven is just a puppet in the hands of Dong Thief, and he has no power at all. And now, Youzhou Mu Yuan often suggested that the Son of Heaven move the capital to Youzhou, what is the difference between Dong Thief's behavior? At that time, he may also murder the Son of Heaven like Dong Thief, and once again launch a puppet to come to power, so as to control the world in his hands. Moreover, it is more likely that Yuan Chang will use this to seek to usurp the throne, and it is not impossible to occupy the artifact of the country. Now, the Son of Heaven followed Yuan Chang to move the capital to Youzhou, and his subordinates dared to ask the lord if Yuan Chang conveyed some unacceptable orders in the name of the Son of Heaven when he arrived, would the lord obey him?"

"This..."

Liu Bei frowned slightly, Chen Deng's words were obviously very straightforward. It is to ask Liu Bei whether he obeys the orders of the Son of Heaven or not, and simply put, whether he will start anew. Otherwise, when Yuan Chang took the order of the Son of Heaven, he asked the governors of various states to go to Youzhou to report on their work, and when the time came, should everyone go or not? If you don't go, it is obviously to tell others that you have different intentions and do not obey the call of the Son of Heaven; if you go, Youzhou is Yuan Chang's territory, and who knows if you can save your life after you go. Therefore, Chen Deng's purpose is very clear, that is, to ask Liu Bei to determine his attitude. Otherwise, everyone will bring a family to fight the world with you, but you have the emperor in your heart, and the emperor will send you to death as soon as the emperor orders you, who wants to follow such a lord?

After pondering for a moment, Liu Bei said, "The order of the Son of Heaven is prepared to judge the situation. ”

Liu Bei did not directly express his opinion, and expressed his meaning euphemistically in a sentence of judging the situation. If the order of the Son of Heaven is harmless to him, it is naturally no problem to obey it, but if he wants Liu Bei to give away his life, it is naturally a disobedience to the yang and the yin.

"So, my subordinates understand!"

Chen Deng naturally knew what Liu Bei meant, and Liu Bei was obviously ambitious, so he Chen Deng naturally followed Liu Bei to fight the world. After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, Chen Deng opened his eyes again when the light flickered, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, if the situation is chaotic today. Among the states in the world, there is only one lord with royal blood, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou, and there are only three people! The descendants of the royal family of the rest of the counties do not need to be taken seriously. And Liu Zhang, Yizhou, cut off the road between Shu and the Central Plains, cut off Shu as the king, and did not have the ambition to chase the Central Plains, he only needed to send a large army to make him bow down to the courtiers; However, these years of comfortable life have already made him lose his enterprising spirit, and he is not afraid to live in Jingzhou. Today, among the descendants of the royal family, only the lord has the power and ambition to revive the Han family. Therefore, his subordinates thought that if he changed in the future, the lord could raise the banner, raise his arms, and achieve great things. ”

"Yuanlong's intention is to be prepared to be that chaotic minister and thief, this matter must not be!" Liu Bei's face sank, and he said with righteousness and awe. If he raises the banner of self-proclaimed king, then his reputation will be ruined, and it is difficult to say whether he can still be recognized by the people. Liu Bei studied the past and the present and found that if he wanted to realize his ambitions and achieve great things, his reputation for benevolence and righteousness must not be lost.

Like the Qin Dynasty, the world won by force did not last after all, so the Qin Dynasty died after two generations. Yingzheng has a prestige and can suppress the people of the world, but Hu Hai does not have that prestige and cannot do this. Later, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu competed for hegemony, Liu Bang was because of the name of benevolence and righteousness, so the talents were all invested in him, and Xiang Yu's side, the early talents later ran to Liu Bang's command. When Liu Bang completely controls the world, and then throws away the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, and kills the heroes, it doesn't matter whether he has such a reputation at this time. And the same is true of Wang Mang of the new dynasty, the early reputation of benevolence and righteousness spread all over the world, so there are countless talents who have invested in him, however, Wang Mang usurped the dynasty too hastily, and the forces have not been completely arranged, and they have perished in a short time. If Wang Mang is willing to support a puppet emperor and slowly control the whole world in his hands, then whether there is still Liu Xiu's later revival of the Han dynasty is a matter of two things.

Therefore, although Liu Bei was also hot about Chen Deng's proposal in his heart, he was not very supportive.

"The lord misunderstood the meaning of his subordinates!"

Chen Deng's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "The subordinates are not asking the lord to raise the banner of self-reliance now, now the Son of Heaven is persecuted by Dong Zhuo, Li, Guo Yan and other thieves, and now there is Yuan Chang's hostage, the people of the world are sad about what happened to the Son of Heaven, and the people's hearts are still there." However, no one dares to guarantee whether the matter of the young emperor will happen to the son of today, and once such an unfortunate thing happens, I hope that the lord will be able to make a decision. After all, the lord is also a royal family, and he can afford such a big responsibility. ”

"That's it, that's it!"

Zhang Fei jumped out again to brush up on his sense of existence, and said loudly, "Third brother, I told my eldest brother a long time ago, eldest brother, you are also a royal descendant, you can sit on this throne as well, and you can do better than them, in this case, we don't have to care about the life or death of the Son of Heaven, and when the Son of Heaven is killed, it will be logical for the eldest brother to get into trouble!"

"Yide, shut up!"

Guan Yu shouted angrily again to stop Zhang Fei's unstoppable, the Son of Heaven was held hostage by thieves, and if he was killed, they should mourn. However, this kind of thing can't be said, fortunately, all the people present are Liu Bei's henchmen, if it is heard by others, Liu Bei's reputation is afraid that it will be ruined.

"Big brother, Yuan Long's proposal second brother I think is very reasonable. If today's son is killed, and another puppet is pushed out to command the world, do we still have to obey? This kind of thing can be repeated again, if we don't know, it's just that, the eldest brother is a reasonable person, won't we understand? Besides, the eldest brother is also a descendant of the royal family, and the world is still in the hands of the Liu family to raise the flag and stand on his own. If someone else takes the opportunity to stand on their own, is it that you are willing to fall into the hands of outsiders, big brother?"

"This..."

Liu Bei's face showed a look of embarrassment, of course, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart. After being silent for a moment, Liu Bei said, "Let's not talk about this matter for the time being, now Yuan Chang just asked the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Youzhou, and no one knows if he has the intention of not being a minister." Wait until something happens to him and then discuss it. By the way, why didn't Zizhong come to the meeting today?"

"Lord, Zizhong has been unwell for the past few days and has taken leave to recuperate at home. Jian Yong said and explained the reason why Mi Zhu didn't come to the meeting.

"Zizhong is unwell, why didn't you tell me earlier, I should visit him in person!"

Mi Zhu's wealth has always supported Liu Bei's career, and Liu Bei naturally attaches great importance to it. Moreover, in order to make the relationship between them closer, Liu Bei also euphemistically proposed that he was willing to marry Mi Zhu's sister, but Mi Zhu never replied. Liu Bei is not in a hurry, as long as Mi Zhu is under his command for one day, sooner or later he will agree, will he, Liu Bei, a hero such a hero, still treat Mi Zhu's sister badly? And if the son moves the capital to Youzhou today, maybe the Son of Heaven will be killed in an accident one day. Although Liu Bei did not answer Chen Deng's question, he already knew the answer in his heart. Therefore, the wealth of the Mi family is still of great help to his great cause. Therefore, Liu Bei planned to take the opportunity to visit Mi Zhu to mention the matter with his sister again. Liu Bei didn't mind exerting some pressure if necessary.

Subsequently, Liu Bei and his entourage went to Mi Zhu's mansion, but after arriving, they saw that the door of Mi's house was closed, and there were no servants to guard the door.

"Zizhong, big brother is coming to visit you!"

Zhang Fei stepped forward and knocked the door while shouting loudly, but there was still no response. Zhang Fei shouted and knocked on the door several times, waiting for a full quarter of an hour. Liu Bei and Chen Deng glanced at each other and felt that something was wrong, even if the servants were lazy, it would not be that Zhang Fei knocked and shouted for a long time without anyone responding.

"Isn't there an accident?"

Liu Bei was shocked, and said to Guan Yu at the moment, "Second brother, quickly go and transfer people, crash open the door and go in, something may have happened." ”

"Yes!"

A short time later, a team of soldiers and horses arrived with a hugging wood that had struck the door, and the gate was knocked open in a few clicks. Entering the Mi family's mansion, I only felt that there was a quiet place in the mansion, and there was no figure.

"Take a quick look and see what's going on!"

Liu Bei ordered with a calm face, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"Qiqi Prefecture Mu, there is no one in the house!"

After a short time, the captain who led the team reported to Liu Bei.

The people of the house seem to have left, and many places are stained with dust and cobwebs. And the power of the Mi family, or the governance office in Xuzhou, is obviously not murdered, and the only possibility is that the people of the Mi family secretly left.

"What the hell is going on, the huge Mi family is gone out of thin air, who can tell me what's going on?"

Liu Bei held back his anger and gritted his teeth and asked. The wealth of the Mi family is related to his great cause, and now there is no one in the house, and everything of value has been taken away, it looks like it was premeditated. What made Liu Bei even more unhappy was that the people of the Mi family were gone, and no one noticed it.

"Report, lord, Xiao Pei has an urgent report!"

Just when Liu Bei was angry, an urgent cry came, but it was the personal soldiers sent by Liu Bei to monitor Xiao Pei. Looking at his tired appearance, it seems that he has been in a hurry overnight.

"My lord, this is a long letter!"

After the soldiers handed over the letter to Liu Bei, he fainted, and Liu Bei asked the soldiers to take him to recuperate, and then unfolded the letter and read it. Looking at the content of the letter, Liu Bei's face first showed joy, and then it darkened, but I didn't know what was written in the letter, which would make Liu Bei, who was invisible, behave like this.

"My lord, what happened?"

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't speak, Chen Deng asked, and then Liu Bei handed the letter to Chen Deng. After Chen Deng read the contents of the letter, he was also a little stunned. ntent

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