Chapter 29: The Wheel of History

"What's the name?"

Cheng Yu didn't know why, so he took the letter handed over by Cao Cao, but looking at Cao Cao's expression, he felt that this should be a bad thing.

But when he saw the message on the letter, he showed the same expression as Cao Cao.

Because how can I say this?

It's a bit awkward, the relationship between Comrade Lao Cao and Empress Dowager He is not a secret in the high-level of their Cao Cao camp, Lao Cao did this kind of thing directly and honestly, and everyone is not very interested in Lao Cao's private life.

So this Liu Debate is here, and there is a big problem with this personal relationship that everyone usually doesn't care about much.

The previous Empress Dowager He was considered to be in the outer room of Cao Cao's side, but if the young emperor Liu Wei came, the relationship between Cao Cao and the Empress Dowager He would be embarrassing, and according to Lao Cao's character, the fat in his hands would definitely not be given out, and besides, the Empress Dowager He also made him like it tightly, and he had to go from time to time.

"It's a name, but it's just ......"

Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao, and Cao Cao naturally knew Cheng Yu's meaning and concerns.

"I know."

Cao Cao smiled awkwardly, spread his hands, and jokingly said his thoughts in an indifferent tone.

"Maybe people will treat me as Lu Buwei, but our opponent is not a wine bag and rice bag, is there a chance to beat this opponent who is stronger than the other, let alone whether it is Lu Buwei."

Cheng Yu nodded, now it is clear, although Liu Biao is here, but before the final unification of the Han Dynasty, it is impossible for Liu Biao and Cao Cao to turn their faces, even if Cao Cao just let Liu Bian know his relationship with Empress Dowager He, Liu Biao also needs Cao Cao's tree to shelter him from the wind and rain, even if he has the opportunity to kill Cao Cao and seize power, he can't do that, because if Liu Biao knows that he doesn't have Cao Cao's talent, once Cao Cao is gone, the high wall that blocks him in front of him to shelter him from the wind and rain is gone, and he can only be divided by the wolves around him.

This situation is a bit familiar, anyway, the surrounding enemies and Cao Cao's leadership ability itself is the biggest reliance, and Liu Wei will always be in a passive position.

It can be regarded as occupying the Empress Dowager He openly.

And now it has been a long time since the death of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager He has long been smoothed out by the cruel reality of arrogance and superfluous thoughts, and now with Cao Cao's protection, being an invisible Empress Dowager can have anything, which is also good.

It's just that what needs to be thought about is that if Liu Wei comes, will Empress Dowager He rekindle her ambitions because of the return of the heir and the mastery of Wang Yue's power, Cao Cao naturally will not ignore this.

"I wonder if Wen Ruo is here?"

Cao Cao put the letter away, so that people should not act rashly, and let Liu Wei come to the door by himself.

"It's hard to say, although we went to Yingchuan again and again to invite, but Xun Wenruo and Chen Changsheng were close friends back then, as long as Chen Changsheng wrote a letter to Xun Wenruo, presumably Xun Wenruo would not refuse, right?"

Cheng Yu also knows something about Xun Yu, a young talent in Yingchuan.

"Not necessarily, I guess Wen Ruo will come."

Cao Cao raised his head and paced, he had great confidence in this matter, he had personally visited Yingchuan several times before, and wrote to Xun Yu many times, although he knew that Xun Yu and Chen Chen were close friends, but he still felt that Xun Yu would choose himself.

"If Xun Wenruo will definitely come to us, it may be two reasons, one is the rules of the family, they will not put all their eggs in one basket, the Xun family is also a big family, they naturally want to seek an opportunity to prosper the family in this troubled world, and their family has a lot of young talents, naturally it is impossible to rest assured that all of them are blocked in the family, and disperse the talents, so as to fully ensure the inheritance of the family, like Xun Gongda has already gained a firm foothold in Liu Xuande, Xun Youruo follows Yuan Benchu even if he loses, He will not defect to Liu Xuande, but leave from Qingzhou and go to find Yuan Highway. ”

"Why didn't he come to me?"

Cao Cao was stunned, Xun Chen didn't go to Liu Xuande, why didn't he come to find him, but went to Yuan Shu's side?

"Because Xun Youruo is still the representative of the remnants of the Yuan faction who evacuated, he took all the talents under Yuan Benchu's account who did not go to the front line to Yuan Highway, because it was the power of the Yuan family, not the power of Yuan Benchu alone. Therefore, after the defeat of Yuan Benchu, the best choice for these talents is naturally the people of the Yuan family. As for Cao Gong, hehe. ”

Cheng Yu even smiled, Cao Cao knocked Cheng Yu on the shoulder with a pout, they have a good relationship.

"It's okay, Wen Ruo will definitely come."

Cao Cao didn't dangle in front of Cheng Yu either, sat back in his position, and chatted with Cheng Yu about the impact of Liu Wei on the recovery of Xuzhou after Liu Wei came, and now Lao Cao is also a little miserable, and his talents are not nothing, but he can help Lao Cao make decisions and make ideas, and Lao Cheng is alone.

"After the young emperor came, we reorganized the court on a small scale, with the young emperor as a guarantee, gave Tao Gongzu a high position for the elderly, and arranged his two sons to be idle, presumably he should not refuse. In this case, Xuzhou basically belongs to our bag, but after taking Xuzhou, we are basically going to turn our faces with Yuan Highway, Liu Xuande in the north, Yuan Highway in the west, and Sun Wentai in the south, which are not good stubble. At that time, the pressure will actually be greater, but after Xuzhou, we can be regarded as having the confidence to compete in the Central Plains. ”

Cheng Yu thought about it, and he should use a way of saying it sounded awesome.

"Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, with the young emperor in hand, the court is built, maybe a strong enemy is not a bad thing on the side, to be able to trade with them with enough empty names, we need to pay not much, we can get a lot of practical help, the simplest, now Liu Xuande is still the Beizhong Lang General and the Marquis of Jinyang who was personally appointed by Emperor Ling. And those important ministers and fierce generals under him, one by one, the titles are not very suitable for the current scale and status, Liu Xuande is a relative of the Han family, and the young emperor is still there, he will naturally maintain a bright respect, as long as we are not too much, we may be able to form an alliance with them and use their strength. ”

"What's more, Yuan Benchu was defeated by Liu Xuande, and Yuan Highway and Liu Xuande are bordered, the probability of their alliance is lower, and the possibility of becoming an enemy is greater, and there are many ways to take advantage of this."

After Cheng Yu finished thinking about this large paragraph, Cao Cao applauded him very much.

His eyes were full of praise when he looked at Cheng Yu.

"Coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, I like this sentence. In that case, then I wish us a promising future. ”

Cao Cao raised the wine glass on the table and toasted Cheng Yu.

Although what they have now is only a narrow corner, they can see their bright future with Liu Wei himself sent to the door......

"We all have a bright future ahead of us."

Chen Chen patted the intelligence in his hand and walked out of the office base of the navy in Yecheng, this is not a hidden department, after all, the secret of the navy lies in the endless offline and intelligence sources. Everyone knows that this thing exists, but not many people can figure out how this thing gathers intelligence.

The information in his hands was the news that Liu Wei, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, had fled from Qingzhou and chose to go to Cao Cao.

Could it be that Liu Bei's group, which has an army and a powerful intelligence department, would not know where Liu Wei is?

How can it be?

Before Yuan Shao was destroyed, they already knew which room Liu Wei lived in in which city.

Yuan Shao's protection of Liu Wei is okay, but there is no need to hide the news, after all, he is a face-loving person, and he naturally has to arrange for Liu Wei to be in place, and it is not low-key, and it is impossible for that large-scale mansion to become inconspicuous.

After that, the cities of Qingzhou were Zhao Yun and Xu Huang who went to raid and recover, and the speed of recovery was very fast, it stands to reason that they should be prepared in advance to find and meet Emperor Shaodi of Han, after all, Yuan Shao recommended Emperor Shaodi of Han to come to the throne again, but it also caused a lot of sensation.

But Zhao Yun and Xu Huang didn't do that.

In Liu Bei's group, there are not many high-ranking generals who can command Zhao Yun and Xu Huang at the same time, and there is a high probability that it can only be Chen Chen alone.

Let Liu Wei escape from Qingzhou and go to Cao Cao, it is indeed Chen Chen's arrangement and handwriting, this matter, or he asked Yan Ren to secretly find Zhao Yun to explain, it was Chen Chen who saved Zhao Yu at the beginning, Zhao Yun will naturally follow Chen Chen's wishes, not to mention, everyone understands the situation of the Han family now, Liu Bian, the deposed little emperor, was still set up by Yuan Shao, how much influence can he have?

After discovering the traces of Wang Yue and his organization, Zhao Yun and Xu Huang also slowed down the speed of searching the city, providing them with plenty of time, city defense loopholes and coincidences, so that Wang Yue and Liu Wei could evacuate smoothly, and then through the way of siege, they forced Wang Yue to go only to the southeast, in that direction, either to find Tao Qian, or to find Cao Cao, they took the city bordering Qingzhou and Yuan Shu in advance, and built a defensive line.

It can be said that Wang Yue and Liu Wei still felt that they had escaped, but in fact, it was Chen Chen who asked them to let them out.

And it can be regarded as guiding them to Cao Cao.

Sometimes the wheel of history does not necessarily pass by naturally, but it may also be arranged in advance by someone with a heart to let it continue to move towards the established trajectory.

Now Chen Chen wants to take this information to Liu Bei and inform him that he has not found the news of Liu Wei, and the other high-level officials do not know Chen Chen's arrangement, but even if they do, they will support Chen Chen's behavior.

Because for today's Liu Bei Group, the benefits that Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty can bring are far less than the troubles he will bring.

Chen Chen carefully considered it, if he followed the original path of Cao Cao, coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, according to the weight of the north, to sweep the world, it is not difficult to imitate it.

But Liu Bei and Cao Cao are different, very different.

Not only from the choice of character, but also from the identity.

If Emperor Shaodi of the Han Dynasty came to Liu Bei, should Liu Bei choose the traditional pseudo-moral path of imperial uncle, regent, and forcing Liu Wei to abdicate? Or did he choose to let Liu Wei die unnaturally and accidentally, that is, the kind of suicide with dozens of knives in the back? If Liu Bei wants to ascend to the supreme position, then Liu Wei's curtain call is indispensable, otherwise it will be easy to be criticized by moralists.

Presumably, with the current Liu Bei, Liu Bei, who has not been betrayed by the imperial court many times, he is not very willing to choose these two paths, if Liu Bei chooses to give way to Liu Bei, then what should they do with Liu Bei to fight the world?

Letting Liu Wei, a delicate existence with Liu Bei, stay in the group and be protected, it is a thing that makes it difficult for Liu Bei to choose.

And after having Liu Wei, Liu Bei Group was not able to get any substantial benefits, and their policy was to sit in the four northern states next, develop well, rely on Chen Chen's talent for a long period of accumulation, and then use absolute strength and military strength to push the world.

Is there any difference between bullishing the world in the name of the emperor and flattening the world in the name of the Han family?

There is not much difference, the battle that should be fought always has to be fought, Liu Bei himself is already burdened with the name of the Han family, and the arrival of Liu Wei will cover Liu Bei's light.

So Chen Chen finally made a decision, this Han Shaodi, or not.

As for what to do after that, isn't it very simple?

Liu Wei and Liu Xie, who died at the hands of others, have nothing to do with Liu Bei at all, and the only person who can prosper the Yan Han is Liu Bei.

For Chen Chen, there is no psychological pressure at all to make this choice.

He is not familiar with Liu Wei, and he has no loyalty and recognition to the Han royal family, and now he only cares about this world and Liu Bei.

He's just making a choice that is best for his own forces.

After solving this problem, there is no need to worry too much, and then after Nanhua Laoxian solves the problem of glacier cold wave, just do a good job in development and construction, and Liu Bei Group will continue to unite and move forward.

Will it be condemned if the truth of this is known in the future?

Chen Chen didn't care about this question.

At the beginning, he did have the idea of being alone in this world and taking care of his old age, but all kinds of experiences and insights over the years have made him understand that since he came to this world, he has been destined to be unable to clear the relationship, and his influence on this world will only get deeper and deeper, how can someone choose to give up when they have the opportunity to change the world in the direction they like?

Now that you have done it, you can make it better, change the world, and change the Han, and then you can relax and rest.

Chen Chen had already arrived in the study of the General's Mansion, looked at Liu Bei, who was still processing official documents, and stepped forward to hand him the information.

Liu Bei took the information with some surprise, looked at it, and was silent for a moment.

"The news has arrived, I'll go back first."

Chen Chen didn't plan to stay, so he bowed and turned around and left the study.

It's just that when Chen Chen's feet just stepped out of the study, there was a sound behind him.

"Thank you, sir."

Without looking back, Chen Chen shrugged his shoulders, as if he hadn't heard this thanks, and left the general's mansion without looking back.