Although these three things are very urgent, they do not prevent Liu Zheng from doing it at the same time.

He wants to be the emperor, but in fact, at this time, it is not the best period.

It is said that in troubled times, the three things to do are to build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slow down the king.

Because once you claim the title of king and emperor, you will inevitably become the target of everyone, and when the time comes, you will be dealt with by the people around you.

Originally, Liu Zheng still had some scruples, worried that the imperial court and Yuan Shao's men and horses would come together to deal with him.

But after experiencing the previous events in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, Liu Zheng knew that now Yuan Shao and the imperial court have begun to be suspicious of each other.

As a result, it was difficult for Yuan Shao and the imperial court to unite again.

Being the emperor later and being the emperor now is no different for Liu Zheng.

Compared with Liu Zheng, being the emperor now can also give Liu Zheng's decadent morale a major boost.

After all, only by being the emperor can he give amnesty to the world, so that the generals and strategists under Liu Zheng can have a formal official position and title.

can inspire people and make the people who pursue Liu Zheng have a well-known name.

However, Liu Zheng can't directly decide on his own claim to be the emperor, this matter, after all, is a big deal, and he needs to ask his generals what they mean first.

After he returned to Wu County, he immediately sent orders to the generals stationed in various places, secretly summoning them to return to Wu County.

This was done on the one hand to prepare for the emperor, and on the other hand, Liu Zheng knew that the imperial court would soon send a large army to attack him again, so he had to prepare in advance, dispatch troops and horses, and deploy in advance.

Let his generals come over, but also to deploy soldiers and horses as soon as possible to deal with the army of the imperial court.

May 191.

This is the anniversary of Liu Zheng and Zhang Duyu's wedding.

In the past two months, Liu Zheng has nothing to do, mainly in his own home, accompanying his wife and children, the eldest son Liu Jiang and the youngest son Liu Shan, have all learned to run and play in the yard, Liu Zheng rarely celebrates such a birthday.

With the permission of several wives in the family, Mi Zhen's passage was not rejected by them.

After all, they already know the news that Liu Zheng is about to become emperor, and as an emperor, it is already normal to marry a few more concubines.

Within the three palaces and six courtyards, it has become normal.

By the end of May, the generals and strategists who had rushed from all over the country had basically arrived in Wu County.

One night, Liu Zheng secretly gathered his generals. In the yard, start chatting.

A large part of the people sitting on the field have been following Liu Zheng since he started his troops in Quyang.

The old brothers of the Yellow Turbans back then, now, have become the mainstay of Liu Zheng's subordinates, and the most capable, such as Xu Huang and Zhou Cang, are the leaders of the first battalion.

Pei Yuanshao, who is second-level, is now also the deputy general of the first battalion, and most of the Yellow Turban Army who once began to follow Liu Zheng in Quyang have become tun commanders or even Qu Chang.

More or less, they have become a commander-level figure, after all, after being able to fight for so many years, people who have little ability have either died in battle, or have withdrawn from the ranks due to injuries.

The person who can really survive is either strong in his own strength, or has super high survival skills and luck, and such a person is also a manifestation of strength.

In addition to these remnants of the Yellow Turban who first followed Liu Zheng, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, and Su Fei are now the pillars of Liu Zheng's army.

In fact, among the Wenchen generals under Liu Zheng, there have always been two factions.

One is the first to follow Liu Zheng's thief lineage, they are represented by Xu Huang, Zhou Cang, Gan Ning, Wen Ping, Zu Lang and others, who came from humble backgrounds, either from mountain thieves or from water thieves.

The idea of pursuing Liu Zheng is very simple, in the early days, Liu Zheng could give them a bite to eat, and later followed Liu Zheng, he could be promoted to become wealthy, command thousands of troops, and establish meritorious deeds in order to make a name for himself.

There is another faction represented by Sun Jian, Shi Xie, Zhang Wen, Yuan Shu, Cai Mao, Mi Fang, Chen Deng and others.

Sun Jian and Zhang Wen represent the families of Yangzhou, Shixie represents the families of Jiaozhou, Cai Mao represents the families of Jingzhou, and Chen Deng and Mi Fang naturally represent the families of Xuzhou.

Although the clan is under Liu Zheng's command, the power is not as strong as those bandit factions, but in fact, the resources that the two factions can mobilize are about the same.

The bandit faction is mostly military generals, and they are in charge of the army, while the family faction, mostly civilian officials, controls the locality.

These two factions are not contradictory, Liu Zheng actually hopes that these two factions exist at the same time, he needs checks and balances, and cannot let one side dominate, otherwise, one side will challenge his authority.

The people of the bandit faction can help Liu Zheng conquer the world, and the people of the family faction can help Liu Zheng manage the place, and they all have their own strengths.

"Generals, the longest of you who has followed me must have been seven or eight years old."

Liu Zheng was in the courtyard and glanced at the hundreds of generals present.

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass from the table, then got up and paced around the courtyard.

"Among you, there must be a lot of people who followed me when they were in Quyang, thinking back then, when we were still in Quyang, no one could have imagined that our group of Yellow Turban remnants could become the princes of the party that influenced the general trend of the world, you can't think of it, and I can't think of it myself."

"But the truth is so beyond people's expectations, not only have we become a big force controlling several states and counties, but also, after the previous battle between us and the imperial court, I have clearly realized that we are not much different from the imperial court, we are just a name, why can they hold a puppet emperor, and we ourselves can't become emperors?"

"His surname is Liu, and he can become the emperor, and he Liu Yu's surname is Liu, and he can become the emperor, why can't I, Liu Zheng?"

"Brothers, I want to be the emperor, and the reason why I want to be the emperor is not because I want to be the emperor. It's because I don't want you to be fighting against the enemy, and others will pull out a random person, who is a general of the chariot and cavalry, or a lieutenant general, and you are just a battalion commander who was canonized by me, Qu Chang. ”

"What battalion commander, Qu Commander or the like, compared with their general name, is it too inferior, do you want to be a general too? Do you want to show your title during the big war, General So-and-so? ”