Since coming to the end of the Han Dynasty, with his understanding of the historical process, the only ones who can really pose a threat to him at this moment are Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and the remaining Liu Biao, Liu Zhang and others are completely negligible, of course, if you really want to find another one, it can only be Sun Ce who is hiding in Jiujiang, but his current threat seems to be inferior to Liu Biao.

And between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, if you really want to say who is the biggest threat, then Liu Lan will definitely choose Cao Cao, even if Yuan Shao's power is now the largest, the highest position, and the general of the Han Dynasty, but in his heart, the hero Cao Cao is not yet full-fledged, and when he becomes a blockbuster, no one will be able to arrive.

Even he has no hope, Cao Cao's horror may not be seen at the moment, at least among the many princes, Cao Cao is just occupying the righteousness, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, no one really takes him in his eyes, from Liu Yan to Liu Zhang, under the pretext that the road is not passable, he has not made an offering for many years, not to mention paying taxes, as for Liu Biao and Liu Lan, he is even more deaf, and he has never thought about it at all, on the other hand, Yuan Shao, let alone give Cao Cao face, not only will he not pay any taxes, but he will also ask the court for salary with a shy face, which is called secluded, The soldiers of Ji guarded the border for the country, and the taxes of You, Hebei, and the three states were simply unable to make ends meet.

I've never seen such a shameless one, but Cao Cao didn't dare to really expose him, aggrieved, nestled, although he occupied the righteousness, but sometimes when he thought about it, it seemed that taking back the emperor did not bring him real benefits, but just like the things that Jizhou was worried about back then, no one respected the order of the Han family outside, and there were internal and external troubles, including the Son of Heaven and the scholars, who did everything possible to seize power.

Of course, what Cao Cao didn't know was that this was actually caused by Liu Lan's appearance, if it wasn't for Liu Lan, stabbing Cao Cao to death to pacify Xuzhou and recover Huainan, it was the time when the spring breeze was proud, how could he have these thoughts, let alone feel that the emperor was a burden.

For the current Xu Du, if it is just these horses of its own, the taxes of Yanzhou and Yuzhou are actually completely enough to deal with, but coupled with the royal expenses and the income of hundreds of officials in the court, such a big bottomless pit, let alone the current Xu Capital, even if Yanzhou and Yuzhou have not suffered from military disasters, they can't bear it.

Over the years, after several years of hard work, he has broken through this foundation, which has been trampled on in an instant, and if it were not for half of the troops, he would not know how to survive the next two or three years.

Although he regretted it, Cao Cao did not intend to give up, after all, this is the established policy, the result of the collective support of his think tank team, to put it bluntly, the purpose of this plan is not really to make those ambitious princes obey, but to attract the people of the world who finally Han family as much as possible, and to seize the commanding heights of morality, fame and people's hearts, both of which are indispensable, if but in terms of these two points, their decision is undoubtedly correct, so they have also reaped the benefits that were absolutely impossible to harvest in the past.

Profit or loss, it's hard to say, it depends on how the scale in Cao Cao's heart is measured, but as far as Chen Qun and Kong Rong can abandon Xuzhou and go to Xudu, it is obviously because of the attraction of the Han family, not his own charm, if he really has this charm, then he could have pulled the two into the account at the beginning, but no, in the end, it was in the name of the Han family that he finally succeeded.

I have to say that in this era, under the rule of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, the number of people and clans loyal to the Han family is still the largest, and even can reach seventy percent or even eighty percent.

And just as Liu Lan said, Cao Cao during this period did not continue to expand his ambitions because of the expansion of power, after all, now he himself is difficult to protect, how can he have the idea of replacing the Han family, but this is all because of external threats and internal constraints, when these are quelled by him, no one can stop his ambition to be the emperor, even if he is not the emperor, Cao Pi will also be the emperor, otherwise the Cao family will be wiped out.

This is the reality, the struggle for royal power has always been accompanied by blood, if you don't kill him, he will take his place, only one of the two families can stand at the pinnacle of power, so Cao Cao did not call the emperor in the end, this alone really makes Liu Lan admire, if it is him, he may not be able to resist the temptation of being the emperor, only one step, and this step he only needs to easily step over, he can reach the peak of power, but he did not usurp the throne, from beginning to end, he adhered to the ideals of his youth, and always adhered to his loyalty to the Han family, It did not disappear because of the disappearance of time, it did not swell because of the expansion of power.

Cao Cao can be said to be one of the few representatives in the feudal era who was not the emperor at the peak of power, of course, it is difficult to say whether this is related to the external and internal environment, but at least he withstood what, which Liu Lan is not as good as him. Even with a little temptation, he can give up some principles, and in his eyes, the interests are the highest.

So he can accept the alliance with Cao Cao without mind, and in turn accept the co-optation with Yuan Shao, how can there be any righteousness, it is all a deceptive thing, of course, someone will take it seriously, but Liu Lan will not, he will only use various methods to make him stronger under his rule, and the people will be richer, at this time, it can be said that Liu Lan's goal of giving up Qingxu's goal can be truly achieved, and then he can watch the fire from the other side.

Is there any more joyful thing in this world, no, invincible, watching the trend of the world according to his own vision, comparing the world to a chess table, then he may now be the only chess player, as long as he wants, where the chess pieces of both sides want to fall, they have to be at his mercy, at this moment he enjoys this feeling very much, the feeling of being in control, the key is that he still has the ability to meddle at any time.

Is there anything more exciting than this, in this era, he has intersected with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and knows both of them, although it is difficult to say that he knows both of them well, but at least he knows both of them better, which allows him to have a calm arrangement, really when they go to war, it is easy to absorb benefits and rich returns.

And what he needs to do now is to wait, wait for the final result of the battle of Shouchun, wait for the final choice between Cao Cao and Ma Yan, whether to fight or peace, and of course the final result of Yuan Shu, another time and space, Yuan Shu died at the hands of Liu Bei, and this time and space, will he die in the hands of Cao Cao or be saved by Ma Yan?

I don't know, but he sent someone to inform Cao Cao and told him that Yuan Shu had fled to the north, of course, the key point is to take this opportunity to let him know that Shouchun is already under his control, for Cao Cao, this must be a big bad news, if he continues to go south, then it is a war against Shouchun, this is definitely not the price and consequences that Cao Cao can bear now, in the face of Liu Lan, who is more powerful than him, he can only choose to retreat.

Cao Cao's office had news in the afternoon, Liu Lan, who was sitting in the room to give instructions on important official documents, received the news from Xu Shu, under their notice, Cao Cao really captured Yuan Shu, which was not expected by Liu Lan at all, this is Yang Mou, even if Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shu was Liu Lan borrowing a knife to kill, under the premise that Shouchun was occupied, Cao Cao had to make some responses, even if it was just to pass on the jade seal, and he could be regarded as having an explanation for this expedition.

But capturing Yuan Shu at the same time will inevitably cause Ma Yan's dissatisfaction, and it will offend Yuan Shao, so Liu Lan estimates that Cao Cao will not execute Yuan Shu, even if he is executed, he will find a substitute ghost and execute him openly, but secretly will send Yuan Shu to Ma Yan's hands, but the jade seal in Yuan Shu's hand, the temptation is too great, is Yuan Shao just brotherly love, is there no jade seal?

He still remembered the seal of the Son of Heaven that had no meaning at all when he was courting Dong, how excited Yuan Shao was, how many people knew that Yuan Shao knew the meaning of the seal of the Son of Heaven very well, but he still wanted to set up Liu Yu as the Son of Heaven with such a seal that he didn't have, how ridiculous, but it also showed that when the jade seal of the country appeared, he would not give up easily.

Therefore, the battle between Ma Yan and Cao Cao is inevitable, this is Liu Lan's judgment.

"Lord, Ping's urgent report!" Xu Shu couldn't wait to enter Liu Lan's study, dressed angrily, looking very anxious, Liu Lan raised his head, and was about to say that he was going to let him rest, but Xu Shu didn't mean to stop at all, and after a quick salute, he said: "Lord, the latest news, Ping'a's Jizhou army has made a move, taking the initiative to attack Cao Cao, according to the scout's report, Cao Cao did not engage in the battle, and retreated." ”

"It seems that I still underestimated Cao Cao's patience, but I didn't expect it to be like this, in the face of Ma Yan, who was only a few thousand people, Cao Cao didn't even resist." Liu Lan shook his head and sighed, he didn't know whether he was sorry or surprised, but only he understood in his heart that there was no shame in being patient in front of a powerful enemy, even if this powerful opponent only had five thousand people at the moment, but because only a few thousand people could still endure it, Liu Lan really admired Cao Cao, and his level of patience was terrifying, which made him creepy.

It also shows how terrifying Cao Cao is, not only because he can endure humiliation, but more importantly, he can also let the generals under his account evacuate with him, which is too difficult, think about himself, he is also retreating, the situation is almost exactly the same as Cao Cao, but after the fact, it still attracted the confusion of many generals.

But he understands that Cao Cao has no choice, so he is afraid, such an opponent must be careful, must be vigilant, although an impulse can be fast, can relieve the hatred in his heart, but at that time it was painful, killing cool, and after that, in the face of Yuan Shao's anger, how to deal with it?

So at this moment, Liu Lan understood Cao Cao very well, when everyone didn't understand him, when he himself was angry and wanted to be angry with the crown, but he still calmed down, there was no impulse, this is not something that anyone can do, compared to defeating Ma Yan recklessly, not many people can be as calm as Cao Cao.

"Don't you think there's something strange about this matter?" Xu Shu said: "Cao Cao will not give Yuan Shao any tongue, we have judged this before the war, so he will never take the initiative to provoke a war, but Ma Yan took the initiative to attack, under normal circumstances, under the situation that Jizhou attacked first, Cao Cao completely fought back, even if it is really said, Cao Cao also occupies the righteousness, let Yuan Shao eat Coptis dumb, why Cao Cao didn't even return his hand?"

"What do you mean?" Cao Cao instantly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that he knew that Yuan Shao was going to attack Yanzhou, so he retreated and didn't give Cao Cao any truth?" Liu Lan felt that this possibility was very large, of course, there was another one he didn't say, although it was possible, but it was not big.

"I think it's best to investigate Yuan Shu's situation, in fact, this time the focus of their dispute is still Yuan Shu, if you can know his situation, maybe you can know the truth.

"Do you also think this is the reason for Cao Cao's retreat?" In Liu Lan's mind, another possibility is that Cao Cao has already executed Yuan Shu, so when Ma Yan came to attack, he took the initiative to retreat, but his real purpose was to create a chaos and make Yuan Shu's death seem more reasonable, such as he died in the chaos of the army, not in his own hands, so that even if Yuan Shao wanted to explain, he could leave himself alone.

"It's not impossible, anyway, the humble position is convinced of this, otherwise it will be difficult to accept the reason why Cao Cao took the initiative to retreat." Xu Shu paused, asked for another order, and said: "I hope to send someone to investigate this matter, especially Yuan Shu, to see if he is alive or dead, and if he is dead, then what is the cause of his death." ”

Xu Shu has to find out regardless of it, if he doesn't let him figure out the truth, maybe he won't even sleep well, of course, Liu Lan is also very curious about Yuan Shu's fate, such a generation of heroes, if he really ends his life in this way, I have to say that it really makes him sigh, but this is the reality, this is the result of the competition for the world, after all, there is such a position in this world, it seems that there are more than a dozen people fighting, but really count, mixed in, at least half of the people in the Han Dynasty are fighting, It's just that in the end, only one person and one force can have the last laugh.

Xu Shu went down to arrange manpower, but Liu Lan didn't have any mind to sort out any paperwork in the study, his mind was on the battle between Cao Cao and Ma Yan, Yuan Shao needed an excuse to start a war, several people wanted to fight, there were many people who fought undeclared in this era, this year, the Spring and Autumn War Result Period sent people to report that they were going to attack so that the other party could prepare for the situation would not appear for a long time, and now it is not uncommon to take the war by surprise, it can be said that today's way of fighting is very different from hundreds of years ago, but the only thing that remains unchanged is to occupy the righteousness, The so-called justice.

But nowadays, everyone will make excuses for their own troops, so that they can occupy the righteousness, and it is not uncommon for both the enemy and us to pretend that they are the righteous side when they send troops, and they are both hanging the people and fighting crimes.

But now that Cao Cao doesn't give Yuan Shao a chance at all, what other way can Yuan Shao use to achieve his goal of sending troops?

Maybe the witty Cao Cao got rid of Yuan Shu in the way of military disasters, and he would eventually be used by Yuan Shao, if this is the case, then Cao Cao is really smart and mistaken by cleverness.

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