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Liu Bei squinted at Tao Ying, and the atmosphere was a little heavy.

Although it is said that the potter Tao Ying chooses, but if it is a person, it will be selfish, Liu Bei still wants the potter Tao Ying to go to Qingzhou, only in this way will Liu Bei feel at ease, because only what is under his control will not pose a threat to himself.

Tao Ying looked at Liu Bei hard, his firm eyes revealed his determination, he must not follow Liu Bei back, no one likes to be a caged bird, as for the pottery merchant, he didn't understand what was going on at this time, he looked at Liu Bei with a smile, waiting for Liu Bei's decision.

Liu Bei glanced at Liu Yi, but finally compromised, and said: "Since it is your choice, then I respect, you find a place to be incognito, and don't participate in the affairs of the world anymore."

Liu Bei said and sighed, maybe this ending is very good, the retirement of the potter Tao Ying has made the hidden dangers in Xuzhou less part, and letting go of the potter Tao Ying, whether it is willing or not, is good for his reputation.

Liu Yi smiled and nodded, let it go, there is no need to keep it under house arrest, take someone else's Xuzhou, and then imprison someone else's son, how can it be said.

Tao Ying was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Thank you Xuande Gongcheng, from now on, the affairs of Xuzhou have nothing to do with the Tao family, and the Tao family will definitely not participate in the power struggle in Xuzhou." ”

Dig out your heart and lungs, and promise Liu Bei openly and secretly that letting us go is right, we don't want anything, we just want to live well, as long as you let us go, Xuzhou's power struggle will never interfere in the future.

Liu Yi said with a smile: "The second son is smart and clever, but he is not like the cowardice and incompetence that Tao Gong said, Tao Gong is still out of sight after all." ”

Tao Ying bowed his hand and said with a smile: "There is no peace between my father and the Xuzhou family on the surface, whether the two of us are smart or stupid, it is impossible for the two of us to take over Xuzhou, instead of worrying, why not be a chic spectator." ”

For Liu Yi said that he was smart and clever, Tao Ying didn't want to pretend anymore, Liu Bei had already promised to let them go, and he would not break his promise, since Liu Yi had opened his mouth to debunk himself, Tao Ying knew that pretending to be stupid and selling cuteness would have the opposite effect, so he simply put it on the table to talk.

The potter didn't understand when he heard this, although Liu Yi and they could understand what they said separately, but they didn't know what it meant, so they simply ignored it.

The potter smiled and said, "Xuande Gong, you talk, I'll go get some snacks and fruits."

Let's say it, the potter left the room, and now there are only three people left in the room: Liu Bei, Liu Yi, and Tao Ying.

Liu Yi shook his head with a smile and said: "Tao Gong has done a good job, it's just that the family will not surrender so easily, the second son's choice is right, if you don't go back to Qingzhou with us, you have to leave Xuzhou, otherwise those families will definitely make up their minds and hit you." ”

What do the families in Xuzhou say, they are not honest, or they are not satisfied, their strength is not strong, but their ambitions are very big, especially the Cao family and the Chen family, they are used to being arrogant and domineering in Xuzhou, how can they bear someone pointing fingers at them, Liu Bei is okay here, and those families who are not here will not buy Liu Bei's account.

Tao Ying said with a wry smile: "Brother Ziang is right, there is actually an undercurrent behind the peace in Xuzhou, especially the Chen family in Xuzhou, maybe in Xuzhou, the reputation of my father is not as good as the reputation of the Chen family." ”

Liu Yi and Liu Bei glanced at each other, sure enough, the highlight came, Tao Ying probably knew some insiders, Liu Bei and Liu Yi had also investigated Xuzhou before, but what they got was very one-sided, and the various battles for rights within Xuzhou and the results could not be investigated.

Liu Yi hurriedly asked: "Second son, can you tell me more specifically, the family in Xuzhou is too easy to compromise, and I always feel that things will not be so simple." ”

Tao Ying glanced at Liu Bei and them, smiled and nodded.

After chatting for a long time, Liu Yi also got a lot of information from Tao Ying, first of all, the Chen family is a famous family, and a local power faction, it can be said that it is a local warlord, and the current head of the family is Chen Qi, Chen Qi's uncle is Chen Qiu, who has served as a county guard, a lieqing, and finally promoted to a lieutenant, most people may not have an impression of Chen Qiu, but Cao Jie should know that Chen Qiu was killed in the end because he planned to bring down the eunuch Cao Jie with Qiao Xuan, Yang Qiu, Chen He and others. Chen Qiumen has two sons and a nephew, the eldest son - Chen Yu, Wu Jun Taishou, the second son - Chen Cong, Jiyin Taishou, nephew - Chen Qi Peixiang, it can be said that the power of the Chen family is complicated, not only in Xuzhou, but also in other states also have a certain right to speak, so it seems that Chen Qi in Xuzhou can have such a big force, indispensable to the support of his brother. Therefore, the Chen family is a family of big officials.

And according to Tao Ying, Chen Jue himself is a great person, very talented and learned, and he does things even more well. It can be seen from Yuan Shutu's usurpation that the first think tank that Yuan Shu thought of at the beginning was Chen Jue, and also kidnapped his youngest son, Chen Jue not only did not help him stand on his own, but also publicly circulated a book to denounce Yuan Shu, which once made Yuan Shu very passive.

Out of the Tao Mansion, Liu Yi said with a smile: "Xuande Gong, it seems that if something goes wrong in Xuzhou, it must be the Chen family, Chen Jue, Chen Deng's father and son are all people with great ambitions." ”

Liu Bei nodded, before Chen Deng came to say that he had taken refuge, his every move revealed that he was soft, and he just listened to the story of Chen Jue, an old guy, and he really understood in an instant where the point was, Chen Jue Chen Deng, the tiger father has no dogs, and the two of them are here in Xuzhou, and they will not be stable.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "It's okay, there is Wen He, I believe he will handle it." ”

Liu Yi was a little worried, Chen Qi is an old fox, and Chen Deng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and when he goes back, he must tell Jia Xu not to take it lightly, otherwise he may really capsize in the gutter. If you analyze carefully, you will find that Chen Qi and his son followed Tao Qian, Ying Liu Bei, Shun Lu Bu, and returned to Cao Cao, but none of them were money-losing transactions. You must know that in the history of Tao Qian's era, Chen Qi was just a celebrity who resigned at home, and Chen Deng was just a small master. After Liu Bei came, Chen Deng's father and son and Zhang Fei actually divided the command of the Xuzhou descendant troops, Danyang Bing. After Lü Bu came, the Chen family father and son developed a relationship with Lü Bu on the one hand, and on the other hand, they controlled the military power of Guangling County. In the Cao Cao era, Chen's Guangling Army and Zang Ba's Changshu Army had developed into two major civilian military groups in Xuzhou, and even Cao Cao did not dare to move easily.

In fact, the operation is very simple, and other people may be able to do it, but Liu Yi believes that it is not easy to jump around so perfectly and save his life. When Tao Qian was in Xuzhou, the Chen family rallied closely around Tao Qian. As soon as Liu Bei came and Tao Qian was dying, the Chen family immediately saw the wind and ran to Liu Bei's side, Xuzhou looked at it and was about to stabilize and prosper, but at this time, Lu Bu, who was defeated from Guanzhong, came to Xuzhou with a group of his subordinates, and Xuzhou was disturbed again. Liu Bei's local army was far from being the opponent of the Bingzhou army that had been fighting abroad for a long time, and it was not long before Lü Bu became the new master of Xuzhou. Seeing that Liu Bei was losing power, the Chen family followed Lu Bu again. But the uniqueness of the Chen family's vision lies in the fact that he thinks that Lu Bu will not succeed and will be destroyed sooner or later. So he pretended to be a false and wronged snake to Lu Bu, but secretly had an eyebrow with Cao Cao, while Liu Bei was put aside and treated as a soy sauce player, in order to get rid of Lu Bu, the Chen family became Cao Cao's spy, successfully destroyed the marriage between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and sent a steady stream of information from Xuzhou to Cao Cao. Under Chen Deng's internal response, Cao Cao successfully captured Xuzhou, Chen Deng naturally became a great hero, and the Chen family finally found a big backer, this is such an operation, the strength of the Chen family in Xuzhou has gradually increased, and it is quite fantasy to think about it.

Later in history, Chen Deng added the title of General Fubo to the position of Guangling Taishou, and Chen Jue was even given the title of Ten Counties. Until Chen Deng's death, Guangling was in a state of "autonomy" of the Chen family. In today's terms, the Chen clan is a powerful local faction in Guangling, the emperor of the soil who controls one side. That's right, Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong, Xuzhou local Haoqiang. Tao Qian is, Liu Bei is too, Lu Bu is too, of course, Cao Cao is still. The Chen family has ushered in 4 masters, but the only thing that remains unchanged is their Chen family's status and reputation in Xuzhou. Thinking about it carefully, it is very scary, although Liu Yi knows that the family of this thousand years must have a reason for its existence, but he has never really seen their talents, and he has only seen it in history, the affairs of the Chen family, Liu Yi dare not despise it anymore, there must be a reason for its existence, if it is overturned by others, it will be really embarrassing.

Liu Bei walked in front and said with a smile: "Ziang, you said that we can't transfer Chen Deng, I feel that this Chen Deng is a hub that connects the previous and the next, and transferring Chen Deng from Xuzhou will make the Chen family in Xuzhou not so unscrupulous, and secondly, it will be impossible for Chen Qi to go on his own if there is any action in Xuzhou." ”

Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, and pumping ladders from the house, Liu Bei's method became more and more clever.

Liu Yi also feels that the key to Xuzhou lies in Chen Deng, not only the executor of the Chen family in Xuzhou, but also his own talent is also very high, and he also has a certain reputation in the world.

Chen Deng's talent is not blown out, it is indeed shown, Chen Deng governed the place in the Guangling area, and was praised and strongly supported by the people. Later, when he was transferred, the people couldn't bear to give up, helped the old and the young, and said that they would go with him, and they would go wherever Chen Deng went. To be honest, can't being a parent official do this job and still reflect his talent? I can already be very proud.

There is also a need to know that Guangling is a border land, and he and Sun's Jiangdong are separated by a river, and they are often harassed by Jiangdong. As early as the Sun Ce period in history, Sun Quan had invaded Guangling with ten times the troops of Chen Deng, but this blue-eyed child, who was called "Sun 100,000" by later generations, was completely funny in Guangling, sending warmth and warmth, and nothing was done, his two attacks were defeated by Chen Deng, and he was perfectly defeated, but he achieved Chen Deng's first wisdom.

Liu Yi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Xuande Gong, let's take Chen Yuanlong with us when we leave that day, didn't their Chen family take refuge in us, just to find an excuse to transfer Chen Deng to the central government, he can't help but obey." ”

Liu Yi said with a wicked smile, the plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, Liu Yi has always been thinking about how to give the Xuzhou family a chance to make them mess up, and then subdue them, he has never considered how good it is to directly prevent Xuzhou from messing up, and he will not waste manpower and material resources to quell the rebellion, he really fell into a misunderstanding.

Liu Bei nodded with a smile and said, "Is this really good, I don't know if Chen Deng will listen to the order, or take it away directly." ”

Liu Yi: "Since you have surrendered to Xuande Gong, a paper order, he can't help but obey, even if Chen Deng doesn't want to go, we also have an army, what can we do if we force him to go, but I believe he will get acquainted, the Chen family in Xuzhou is not the kind of family without brains, when to do something, I understand it very well." ”

Liu Yi said with a smile, in fact, the more calculating the family, the more they will be restrained, always thinking that everything can wait for the best time and reap the best results, and they don't want the fish to die and the net is broken, but I don't know that sometimes before the time comes, the fish is already dead, because this is not what you want to wait for the time to wait for people to wait with you, when you are calculating, others are also calculating, never treat the enemy as an idiot.

Liu Bei laughed and patted Liu Yi: "Then it's decided, the family in Xuzhou does not have the Chen family to take the lead, I believe it will not hit the stone with an egg, it is better for Xuzhou to be more stable, we still have to wait to see the good show of Yanzhou." ”

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he turned around and continued to walk, Liu Yi followed behind, thinking in his heart that it seemed that Liu Bei did not particularly agree with the previous strategy of wanting to make Xuzhou chaotic and then calm down, at least if he had a choice, he might not choose to let Xuzhou be chaotic, because of such a thing as war. It is difficult to manipulate the victory or defeat, in case the boat overturns in the gutter, it will be too big, or this method of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle is easy for Liu Bei to accept, harming others and benefiting himself, and there is almost no risk, how can he not accept it.

Liu Yi walked and suddenly asked, "Does Xuande Gong think Cao Cao can recapture Yanzhou?" ”

Liu Yi walked with a smile, looking at Liu Bei's eyes full of banter, Cao Cao wants to fight his good brother, Cao Cao wants to fight with Lu Bu, this kind of gap is not a big battle, it is really difficult to say who wins and who loses, otherwise Liu Bei would not say that he wants to see the good show in Yanzhou.

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Although I don't want Cao Cao to get Yanzhou again, I feel that Cao Cao still has the strength to get Yanzhou back." However, the casualties may have great losses, but in this case, I just don't know if Cao Cao will choose to make a move. ”

Liu Yi nodded, without words, there is already a big gap between Boss Cao and his subordinates in history, and several great talents were poached by Liu Yi, Guo Jia, Zhicai, Jia Xu and others, without these top strategists, I don't know if Cao Cao can still fight Lu Bu in Romance, you advance and retreat, and in the end it is solved by heaven.

At this time, Liu Bei and Liu Yi were calculating Chen Deng, waiting to see Cao Cao's good show, and in the courtyard where he had just left, some interesting things happened.

I saw that after the potter brought the dim sum, he suddenly found that there was no one left, leaving only his younger brother sitting there drinking tea, and brought the dim sum fruit over suspiciously, and asked with a smile: "Second brother, where did they go to Xuande Gong, why are they gone?" ”

I put the tray down and looked around for Liu Bei and Liu Yi, but unfortunately I didn't find it.

Tao Ying said helplessly: "Big brother, don't pretend, everyone is gone, Xuande Gong has promised us to live in seclusion, you are really." ”

The potter smiled and touched his head, and he didn't know that he thought this was a stunned man, but in fact, he was not.

The potter said with a smile: "Find a place to be incognito, there are too many things in the world, let's not get involved, Liu Xuande, it's really not easy, Qingxu Lianzhong, who in the world can stop him." ”

Tao Ying looked at his brother helplessly, obviously very smart, but he has been pretending to be stupid, the key is that no one can see him by pretending to be stupid, no, Liu Bei and Liu Yiyi just now thought that the pottery merchant was a fool and did not understand the world, but he didn't know that all this was just the surface that the pottery merchant wanted to show.

Tao Ying said: "No matter what, anyway, I promised others, and we will no longer care about Xuzhou's affairs in the future."

The potter nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, with my father's wealth, I won't worry about money in this life." ”

Tao Qian's deposit is not much, it will definitely not be less, Tao Shang Tao Ying glanced at it, understood what the other party thought, so he looked at each other and smiled, two cowardly and incompetent people looked different in the light of the moonlight, maybe rumors can really only be rumors.