Liu Yu walked into the palace alone, which has been idle for the past two years, and only the cleaners have been cleaning recently. Coming to the court hall, the power center of the former Han Dynasty, looking at the single position above the ninth order, Liu Yu smiled and said silently in his heart: "Wait, your new master will be coming soon!" ”

"Yu'er, do you know where your sister-in-law is?" Liu Yu went to the study and asked Liu Yu, who was reviewing the official document for Liu Yu.

Liu Yu stopped what he was doing in surprise, looked at Liu Yu with a worried face and asked, "Husband, do you have something to do with Sister Lingsi?" You don't want her to take Bian'er to live alone in Chenliu, do you? ”

It's no wonder that Liu Yu has such an expression, although He Lingsi and Liu Yu have lived together for more than two years, what Liu Yu said to her adds up to less than a hundred sentences. Liu Yu also knew that Liu Yu had always hated He Lingsi, so this time he heard that Liu Yu took the initiative to find her, so he would have such a guess.

"Don't be cranky." Liu Yu lightly tapped on her smooth forehead and said with a smile: "I have something to do with her, and it's a big business!" ”

The worry on Liu Yan's face was gone, and it was replaced by a face full of doubt: "Sister Lingsi should now be at the 'Freedom Pavilion' to inspect Yan'er's studies with Sister Yan'er." Let me warn you first, don't bully Sister Lingsi, otherwise our sisters won't let you go!" ”

"Got it." Liu Yu responded casually, and then rewarded Liu Yu with a kiss, and then ran to the Freedom Pavilion in her coquettishness.

When I came to this pavilion located on a rockery, the first person to find Liu Yu was Liu Bi. He immediately got up and saluted Liu Yu and said, "Bian'er has seen my uncle. ”

The royal boy, who was about to be fifteen years old, not only did not get infected with the habits of ordinary rich and noble disciples, but instead appeared to be particularly simple and generous. Liu Yu was very puzzled in his heart. How could such a vicious mother teach such a kind son? Could it be that this is the legendary "bad bamboo shoots"?!

"Husband, why are you here?" Cai Yan asked very happily when he saw Liu Yu.

Liu Yu pinched her pink and delicate face, and said with a smile: "I want to discuss something with my sister-in-law." ”

He Lingsi, who was about to salute Liu Yu, was stunned at first. Then his face turned pale. Cai Yan also asked nervously: "Husband, you are not going to drive Sister Lingsi and her mother and son back to the fiefdom to live because you have grown up, right?" ”

Is there any mistake, why do you think so? Liu Yu pinched Cai Yan's face again, and said helplessly: "Husband, how can I drive your Sister Lingsi away?" I have something serious to tell you Sister Lingsi, but you have to take a defense to avoid it! ”

Cai Yan's eyes rolled a few times, and then he looked at Liu Yu with a thief-like gaze and said, "Husband." You don't want to do something bad to Sister Lingsi, do you? ”

He Lingsi's face turned red again when he had just returned to normal, and Liu Yu was also extremely embarrassed, and couldn't help but roar angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about?" Don't hurry up yet! ”

Cai Yan was really angry when he saw Liu Yu. couldn't help but stick out his little tongue, and fled with Liu Wei, who didn't know why.

"I don't know what the Hou Ye is looking for me?" He Lingsi, who was born in the palace, quickly returned to normal, she looked at Liu Yu with complicated eyes and asked softly.

Her eyes made Liu Yu dare not look at her, Liu Yu tilted his head slightly and asked, "Sister-in-law, have you ever thought about letting Bian'er ascend to the throne of God?" ”

"Don't!" He Lingsi's answer was succinct and resolute.

"Why not?" Liu Yu asked very strangely. Because the Empress He in Liu Yu's memory who exists in historical materials is unscrupulous for her son's throne!

He Lingsi showed a smile that made Liu Yu sad. said: "Bian'er is living happily now, and I don't want him to go back to the original life of intrigue and vigilance." ”

Intrigue and beware everywhere? I'm afraid that's your original life, what's the matter with Liu Bian?!

Probably noticing the disdainful expression on Liu Yu's face, He Lingsi bit his lower lip, then looked directly at Liu Yu and asked, "Why has Master Hou always been dissatisfied with me?" If there is something I can't do well, please let Master Hou say it clearly! ”

Looking at her unanswerable expression, Liu Yu also said directly: "To be honest, it is really difficult for me to let go of your behavior of poisoning Wang Meiren because of the competition for favor!" ”

He Lingsi's face turned pale. She grabbed Liu Yu's hand tightly regardless of her identity, and asked in a trembling voice, "What do you mean?" Legend has it that Sister Yu Yan was poisoned by me? ”

"Isn't it?" There are similar records in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so there should be nothing to doubt, right?

He Lingsi grabbed Liu Yu's hand in pain, and her unfocused eyes were full of anger, grief and helplessness. Her appearance made Liu Yu feel a little uneasy, so Liu Yu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, and asked, "You...... Nothing, right? ”

He Lingsi looked at Liu Yu with bright eyes full of tears, and muttered, "Master Hou, do you believe it?" Sister Yu Yan wasn't poisoned by me, it's really not ......"

Liu Yu's spiritual sense told him that He Lingsi was not lying. This surprised Liu Yu, could it be that Luo Guanzhong and Chen Shou teamed up to ignore people? In order to understand the truth of the matter, Liu Yu first said in a firm tone: "I believe in you!" Then he asked, "Can you tell me what the hell is going on?" ”

He Lingsi first glanced at Liu Yu gratefully, then nodded, and said in an extremely sad tone: "The first emperor was gifted and intelligent, and when he was twelve years old, he was appointed as the heir to the throne by Emperor Huan. Yu Yan's sister not only looks beautiful, but her personality is gentle and considerate, and the emperor was fascinated at once, so she often did not go to court and abandoned government affairs. This made the Queen Mother very dissatisfied, and after many times of persuasion to no avail, the Queen Mother actually poisoned the pastry I gave to Yu Yan's sister, causing Yu Yan's sister to be poisoned and died. After the emperor learned the truth of the matter, he did not get angry with me. It's just that his heart has changed dramatically because of his heartache and hopelessness for revenge, and he has become ridiculous ever since! ”

I see! When watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Yu felt strange. Why was Empress He not punished after poisoning the emperor's favorite concubine Wang Meiren, the truth of the emotional matter is like this! Liu Yu said to He Lingsi with a little guilt: "Sister-in-law, I misunderstood you. It's been a pain for you in the past two years! ”

He Lingsi's tears finally flowed, but what appeared on her face was a smile from the heart. At this moment, Liu Yu suddenly discovered that she was also a peerless beauty, and her appearance was vaguely above Liu Xuan and Ren Hongchang, no wonder she could be made the master of the harem as a butcher girl!

He Lingsi, who was blushing at Liu Yu's face, shyly let go of the jade hand holding Liu Yu, lowered his gaze to look directly at Liu Yu, and asked in a voice like a mosquito's chirping: "Master Hou." Is there anything else you can do? ”

Seeing that Liu Yu had not spoken for a long time, He Lingsi glanced up at Liu Yu and asked a little suddenly: "Master Hou wants to make Bian'er the emperor?" ”

What a smart woman. Liu Yu couldn't bear to lie to her, and confessed: "Cao Cao always pointed fingers at me with the little emperor in hand, and not long ago appointed Jin Shang as the assassin of Yanzhou to occupy my territory, I don't want to be restrained by him anymore." That's why I want to help you get on top. to resist Cao Cao. ”

He Lingsi said with some hesitation: "As the saying goes, 'There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country', Hou Ye will make the people of the world at a loss if he does this, and I am afraid that the Han will also be chaotic at that time!" ”

"Oh, do you think that now Cao Cao can command all the princes? Do you think that the world will not be chaotic now? ”

He Ling thought for a while, then looked at Liu Yu with complicated eyes and said, "Our mother and son are all arranged by the Hou Ye!" ”

Liu Yu laughed, because he could also "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes"!

may have seen the clues a long time ago, Liu Yu and their subordinates Huang Zhong, Guo Jia and other subordinates were not surprised that Liu Yu wanted to set up a new king. Only a month passed. You Heng told Liu Yu that everything was in place, so Liu Wei began to wear the imperial robe, worship heaven and earth, worship ancestors, and forgive the world.

After becoming the emperor, Liu Wei was awarded a great title of meritorious hero under the instruction of Liu Yu. Of course, the main ones who were sealed were the three dukes and nine qing, except for Zongzheng Liu Yu, Dahonglu Liu Biao, Weiwei Liu Dai, and Taichang Liu Xuan, the rest of the official positions were:

Lu Zhi, who was idle at home, was appointed as one of the three princes, the Grand Sima (Tai Lieutenant), who was in charge of the promotion of officers, the logistics of the troops, and the salaries of soldiers;

Zheng Xuan, the former Shangshu who wrote books and spoke at home, was one of the three princes of Situ, who was in charge of education;

appointed Zhang Wen, who was demoted by Dong Zhuo to a commoner, as one of the three princes, as Sikong in charge of water and soil and construction projects;

appoint You Heng as one of the Nine Secretaries of the Great Si Nong, in charge of taxes, money and grain, salt and iron, and the state treasury;

Cui Lie was appointed as one of the Shaofu of the Nine Qings, in charge of the royal family's goods, and his subordinate officials had the palace order in charge of the imperial paper, ink, pens and other things, the Shang Fang order in charge of swords, crossbows and other things, the imperial palace order in charge of clothing, and the imperial doctor order for the court;

appointed Han Rong as one of the servants of the Nine Emperors, in charge of horses and animal husbandry;

Kong Rong was appointed as one of the Nine Emperors, Guangluxun, and was in charge of the gate of the Suwei Palace. Its subordinate officials include the Confessor who is in charge of the affairs of Binzan, the Captain of Fengche who is in charge of the royal chariot, the Captain of the Attached Horse who is in charge of the auxiliary chariot and horses, and the Captain of the Cavalry who is in charge of the Yulin Ride;

Tian Feng was appointed as one of the nine kings, in charge of criminal law and prison proceedings, and was the highest judicial organ for appeals in various places.

appoint the former imperial servant Zheng Tai as the imperial historian, the official in charge of impeachment and picketing;

He Man was appointed as the ruling Jinwu and was in charge of the guards outside the palace;

Xun Yu and Zhang Zhao were appointed as attendants to assist the prime minister in handling daily government affairs, and had the responsibilities of praising and guiding, accompaniing, taking the seal and taking care of the emperor's daily life;

Guo Jia and Fu were appointed to join the army and assist the prime minister in military affairs.

Of course, that prime minister is Liu Yu! Originally, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not set up the post of "prime minister", but in order to make Liu Yu justifiably "inherit the emperor's will and have full authority to handle the country's military and political affairs", they jointly asked the emperor to establish this new position. In addition, at the request of He Lingsi, the emperor also crowned Liu Yu as "Duke of Zhou", which means "Duke Zhou vomits and feeds, and the world returns to the heart......

The officials and people of Liu Yu's territory were very happy with Liu Yu's act of appointing a new monarch and serving as prime minister, but the princes from all walks of life, including Cao Cao, condemned Liu Yu one after another, and even intelligence showed that they might have a drama of "princes begging Liu"!

Through the efforts of the three major intelligence networks, Liu Yu got detailed information about several major princes such as today:

Yuan Shao now occupies ten counties in Jizhou, including Ye, Hejian, Bohai, Changshan, Julu, Anping, Guangping, Wei County, Qinghe, and the plains of Qingzhou, with a population of more than 4.6 million. It has nearly 400,000 troops, and its subordinates include Guo Tu and Feng Ji, who are known as the "two foxes", and Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the fierce generals known as the "two tigers of Hebei";

Cao Cao. Sitting on the seven counties of Yongzhou and Jincheng County of Liangzhou, more than 3 million people, more than 200,000 troops under control, and its subordinates Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Zhang Xiuju are all capable of conquest and habitual warfare, and are collectively known as "five good generals";

Liu Yan occupied nine counties in Yizhou and nominally controlled the Nanban, with nearly 3 million civilians and 200,000 soldiers, and his subordinates Huang Quan, Wang Lei, Zhang Ren, and Wu Yi were all very talented;

Gongsun Chan. It occupies the five counties of Beihai, Donglai, Le'an, Jinan and Taishan in Qingzhou, with a population of more than 2.3 million and nearly 200,000 soldiers. His subordinates Yan Gang, Tian Kai, Shan Jing, and Zou Dan are collectively known as the "Four Great Generals", and have made a lot of achievements in the process of their conquest of Qingzhou;

Tao Qian has six counties of Xuzhou, Langya, Donghai, Pengcheng, Xiapi, Guangling and Dongguan, with more than 2 million people, and has Chen Qi, Chen Deng, Cao Bao, Mi Fang, Mi Zhu and other civil and military generals. The number of troops under its control is about 1450,000;

Sun Jian. According to Danyang, Wujun, Huiji, Jian'an and other four counties, the population is more than 2 million, the total of the land and water army is about 160,000 people, and the more famous civil and military forces under his command are Sun Jing, Huanjie, Zu Mao, Zhu Zhi;

Liu Bei occupied four counties in Jingnan, including Changsha, Wuling, Lingling, and Guilin, and although its territory was vast, its population was less than two million, and there were only more than 100,000 soldiers, but there were many talents under his command. In addition to Pang Degong, who was recommended to him by Liu Yu, there are Huo Jun, Han Hao, Jian Yong, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Ou Xing and others, who are known as the "Five Tiger Generals";

Maarten. In addition to Jincheng County, the rest of the six counties of Liangzhou, Jiuquan, Xihai, Zhangye, Wuwei, and Xiping are firmly in its hands, but Liangzhou is also as sparsely populated as Jingnan, and the total population of the five counties is only more than 1.7 million, but the number of iron horsemen in Liangzhou is 120,000, but there are not many talents under Ma Teng, and only the two young people in the "Northwest Double Gun" can make Liu Yu look at them, that is, Ma Teng's son Ma Chao and Han Sui's son-in-law Yan Xing;

Yuan Shu occupied the three counties of Yuzhang, Jiujiang and Poyang, with a population of about 1.4 million and more than 100,000 soldiers.

Shi Xie, the head of the first family in Lingnan, took advantage of the chaos in the world to assassinate Zhang Qian, the assassin of Jiaozhou, and sent private soldiers to occupy the four counties of Nanhai, Cangwu, Hepu and Yulin, and now has more than one million people and more than 100,000 soldiers, and his auxiliary ministers have his younger brother Shiyi, Shiwu, etc.;

Zhang Lu entrenched himself in Hanzhong as history says and established a theocratic regime, controlling nearly a million people and 100,000 soldiers, and the Yang family, the first wealthy family in Hanzhong, was also attached to him, and sent the outstanding sons of the clan Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Yang Song, and Yang Bai to his command as officials;

In addition, although Gongsun Du of Liaodong relied on the help of his family to stabilize the four counties of Liaodong, Xuansu, Lelang, and Daifang, but the subjects under his rule were less than 800,000, and the soldiers were only 70,000.

After reading this report, Liu Yu was very proud, you must know that the Three Kingdoms era in history was a period of great decline of the Han nation, and the population from the initial more than 50 million to only 8 million in less than a hundred years, which also caused the confrontation between the north and the south.

But when Liu Yu appeared, the wheel of history changed direction, first suppressing the Yellow Turban Uprising in the Central Plains at a very fast speed, and removing the threat of military disasters for the broad masses of the people; Then, when natural disasters occurred, he desperately rescued the people and avoided starvation; Later, in Liu Yu's sphere of influence, including the most densely populated Central Plains, women were encouraged to become "heroic mothers", and the policy of multi-production and multi-childbearing was implemented to ensure the continuous growth of the birth rate. In the end, it saved millions of people in Luoyang from the fire.

Although no nationwide census has been conducted, after analyzing various intelligence, one conclusion can be drawn: the total population of the Han Dynasty is no longer below 50 million during the period of Emperor Huan!

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Liu Yu summoned Guo Jia and Fu Zhu to prepare to open a small military council.

"How many of the princes from all walks of life will send troops to us this time?"

According to the information of Xinghua News Agency and S.H.I.E.L.D., after the lord set up a new monarch and served as prime minister, the princes who frequently mobilized people and horses and seemed to have something to do were Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu. And Liu Bei and Ma Teng just made a verbal condemnation. As for Liu Yan and Tao Qian, the two old foxes put on a neutral posture, indicating that they would only be loyal to the true son of heaven who had the jade seal of the country. ”

Heirloom jade seal? It has long since turned into a pile of powder after being absorbed by Liu Yu because of the stored energy, so how can Liu Yu use it to make the princes loyal?! Liu Yu reluctantly continued to ask, "What is the attitude of Shixie and Zhang Lu?" ”

Fu Zhu said with some disdain: "These two people have sent people to Beijing with gifts to congratulate the lord and the prime minister and resolutely express their intention to support the new monarch." But at the same time, they also wanted the imperial court to recognize their power and grant them official positions. ”

"Oh, so do you think I should accede to their request?"

Fu Zhu said resolutely: "The Lord will never agree!" If we admit what they did, then how can we rule the world with loyalty and righteousness, and hope that the Lord will decide! ”

Liu Yu glanced at Guo Jia, and he said knowingly: "Shixie and Zhang Lu are too far away from us, and their strength is not strong. Although recognizing their status and granting them official positions can play a certain role in deterring other forces. But doing so will make the court lose its credibility and prestige, so the minister's suggestion is also not acceptable! ”

Liu Yu thought for a while and said, "Okay then." Anyway, all the princes of the world have offended Guangguang, and they are not worse than the two of them. If the 'Liu Alliance' is successfully formed this time, will we be able to eat it with our strength alone? ”

Guo Jia and Fu Zhu looked at each other and smiled, and replied with a relaxed expression: "Please rest assured, lord!" Although the total number of soldiers and horses of the princes of the five towns exceeded one million. But none of them could come out: Yuan Shao's Jizhou was surrounded by our three states: Yan, He, and You. How dare he send all his troops? Although Gongsun Zhan's territory faced the sea on three sides and had no worries, he had always been dissatisfied with the forcible occupation of Pingyuan County, which originally belonged to Qingzhou, by Yuan Shao, so he would also leave a part of his troops to guard against Yuan's army. Although Cao Cao did not have strong rival princes in his vicinity, there was a threat from the Xiongnu to his north. And Sun Jian also had this trouble, the number of Shanyue tribes in his sphere of influence was as high as 600,000, and most of them did not recognize his rule, so he would not send too many troops. As for Yuan Shu, because he forcibly occupied the two counties of Yuzhang and Poyang, which originally belonged to Sun Jian, he would definitely leave a part of the army to defend against the Jiangdong Army. So. These princes will never have many troops that can really be gathered, and they can completely resist with our military strength! ”

I touched my chin. Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Then what do you think the number of troops they might send will be?" ”

Guo Jia looked confident, and said with a smile: "According to the estimation of the ministers, Yuan Shao can probably send 120,000 troops, Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao can probably send 100,000 troops, Sun Jian can probably send 50,000 troops, and Yuan Shu can send up to 40,000 troops." ”

"And where will they be attacking?"

"The eight paths of Taihang are guarded by our generals, and if Yuan Shao wants to attack and state, it will be thankless; Youzhou is far less prosperous and rich than the Central Plains, and there are 100,000 city defense troops and 100,000 guerrilla cavalry, and Yuan Shao gathered all the soldiers and food in Yecheng, so he will probably not attack there at a distance. ”

"In this way, Yuan Shao must be plotting against Yanzhou, and the object he is most likely to attack is Hanoi County, which stands in Hebei overlooking the Jizhou Plain!"

"The lord is wise!" Guo Jia slapped Liu Yu on the back.

Liu Yu thought for a while, and said to Fu Zhu: "I'm afraid it will be a little difficult for Fang Yue to defend Hanoi alone, I think you should take Xu Chu and 30,000 horses to help him!" ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Liu Yu motioned for Guo Jia to continue, he nodded, and said: "Gongsun Chan concentrated the soldiers, horses, grain and grass in Jinan County, it seems that the object of his attack is either Jibei County or Dongjun, but Jibei is guarded by Yanzhou General Zhang He personally led an army of 50,000, and Sima Luyi of Dongjun is also both civil and military, and there are 30,000 well-trained soldiers under his command, so he relies on Gongsun Zhan's 100,000 soldiers and horses to eat these two large counties that are rugged and for each other. Cao Cao's 100,000-strong army had marched towards Tongguan, seemingly intending to attack Hangu Pass, which was guarded by 50,000 elite troops led by General Xu Huang. ”

Guo Jia added without waiting for Liu Yu to speak: "When the time comes, the ministers will personally go to Hanguguan to assist General Xu Huang, please rest assured!" Yangzhou general Zhang Liao is already good at defense, and the troops in his hands are 50,000 more than Sun Jian, I am afraid that Sun Jian will steal chickens and not lose a handful of rice. And Yuan Shu is most likely to go up the river to attack Jiangxia County, which is guarded by Jingzhou General Huang Zhong, according to the minister's opinion, this time General Huang Zhong has another opportunity to train his troops! (To be continued.) )