After several years of operation by Zhong Xuan, Luoyang and its surroundings have a population of nearly 100,000, which is much better than in previous years, and as for the captured Yuan Jun and Cao Jun prisoners, they have been scattered in Chang'an, Beidi, Xinping, Anding, Xihe, Shangjun and other places. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he returned to Chang'an, Liu Shi summoned Xun You, Jia Xu, Li Ru and others to discuss matters.

The failure to rescue the Son of Heaven caused the Son of Heaven to be seriously injured, and the eldest brother also retreated to Nanyang under the attack of Cao Cao, and now it can be said that he is temporarily living in Xinye. This situation cannot be sustained, otherwise it will not be good to cause strife.

Giving Nanyang to the eldest brother as a place for the garrison to eat, Li Ru was a little reluctant. The reason is that after several years of development, Nanyang has become a wealthy place, which can provide a lot of taxes for Yongzhou, and once Nanyang is given to Liu Bei, Yongzhou's taxes will be reduced a lot.

Xun You and Jia Xu agreed very much. The reason is: all the soldiers and horses in Nanyang can be moved back to Chang'an, and the Yongzhou army can concentrate on running Yongzhou, merging the state, and concentrating on taking Liangzhou when there is a chance, and let General Zuo keep borrowing it Sooner or later something will happen, it is better to cut through the chaos now and end up with a personal favor!

Li Ru also knows these things, but he is reluctant to pay those taxes!

In the end, Liu Shi decided to give Nanyang to his eldest brother! But the Danshui was left behind.

Because Danshui, Shangluo, and Lantian are Liu Shi's food places, this can't be arbitrary.

In this way, Nanyang was almost completely left to Liu Bei.

After many years of development and operation by Liu Shi, Nanyang has done a good job in various water conservancy facilities and defense measures. With nearly 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, Liu Bei said that although the offense was insufficient, the defense was still enough. Of course, this requires Liu Bei to be able to make friends with Liu Biao, and Liu Bei's popularity and ability are of course not a problem.

For the sake of prudence, Liu Shi kept nearly 3,000 guards in Danshui and Shangluo, and Jiang Qin was stationed at Wuguan and could meet Nanyang at any time.

The two brothers met in Shinno, and I don't know what they talked about.

Afterwards, Liu Shi withdrew all his subordinates from Nanyang, including Nanyang's Taishou post.

After Liu Shi's people left, Liu Bei arranged for Chen Zhen to be the Taishou of Nanyang, Chen Qun to be the governor of General Zuo's Mansion, and Jian Yong, Mi Li, Sun Qian, and Zhang Yi to be engaged.

Guan Yu guarded Luyang, Xu Rong was stationed in Wancheng, Wu Anguo was stationed in Fancheng, and the rest of the people were stationed in Xinye with the army.

As soon as the two met, Liu Biao was moved by Liu Bei's gentleness, kindness, and benevolence.

After Lu Su was transferred back to Chang'an, Liu Shi sent Lu Su to Luoyang, and the governors of Hanoi, Luoyang, and Guangcheng Guan. Dian Wei and Gao Shun are the deputy governors, and they have jurisdiction over Huang Zhong, Mugu, Liu Feng, Liu Yu, Gong Du, and Li Tong. Among them, Gao Shun, Liu Yu, and Li Tong were stationed in Quang Thanh Pass, and Huang Zhong and Mugu were stationed in Hanoi. Dian Wei, Gong Du, and Liu Feng are stationed in Gong County.

Liu Wei took over Zilong's defense of the annexed state, and transferred more than half of the soldiers and horses transferred back from Nanyang to the Jinghe valley in the name of Tuntian, and assisted Peng to defend Anding and Beidi. Zilong, together with Cao Xing, Gan Ning, Shi Lian, Fa Zheng, Cheng Yin, etc., accompanied Liu Shi and Gongsun Xu to Youzhou, solved Wang Song, supported Liu Fang as Taishou, and trained a naval army in Quanzhou.

Just as he was about to leave, a letter was delivered to Liu Shi, and when he opened it, he suddenly thundered like five thunderbolts, and he was stunned for a moment, and a tear slipped from Liu Shi's eyes.

I don't know how long it took, Liu Shi suddenly shouted: "Someone! Ordered Yongzhou and Bingzhou to bring filial piety to the Son of Heaven.

As soon as the military order was given, everyone was blinded, and Li Ru, Xun You, Liu Zhen and others all poured into the Hussar General's Mansion.

Liu Shi was expressionless, and handed the letter to everyone to read one by one.

It turned out that Liu Xie, the son of heaven, died of his injuries, and Cao Cao had identified Liu Xie's two-year-old prince as the emperor.

Everyone looked at each other with astonishment.

Liu Shi asked the generals to withdraw, and he was quiet by himself, and then issued a military order to bring filial piety to the emperor, and recruited Liu Zhen, Xun You, Li Ru, Jia Xu and other deliberations.

Liu Zhendao: "The Son of Heaven collapsed, the new Son of Heaven is only a two-year-old child, and all the government is in the hands of Cao Cao." Is Dahan really finished? ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and then they all looked at Liu Shi.

Liu Shi sighed: "The matter has come to this, everyone think about what to do in the future!" ”

Jia Xu's eyes flashed, and he said, "I don't know what the lord thinks of the new Jitianzi?" ”

Liu Shi said heavily: "I should do my best to support the crown prince by Emperor Chengling, but now, Emperor Xie's early death, although he has not fulfilled his responsibility, but the government is like this, there is nothing to be done!" ”

After a pause, he said firmly: "As for the bloodline of Emperor Xie, as a successor, at present, it is impossible to support the government in a short period of time. Let me be self-preservation, and whoever trespasses against me, I will return the color. After speaking, a domineering aura rose.

At this time, Li Ru and the three of them smiled heartily, and Xun Yu said: "In this case, the lord should make a slight adjustment to the current garrison to deal with the future, and the lord must communicate with General Zuo in time to step up the layout of Youzhou." ”

Li Ru sighed: "Only I have a hard life, I just breathed a sigh of relief, there is a slight surplus of grain in Yong, and there is a shortage again." ”

Xun You smiled: "That's your business, there is no food to eat, I'm afraid I will sell you to Jia Liang." ”

Liu Shi knew: "The war is all about money and grain, and without money and food, everything is fake." In the past few years, Li Ru has followed him, but he has made great efforts. Although he occupies Yongzhou and merges the state. But these two states are poor places, not only lack of money and food, but most importantly, lack of people. Through various ways, let Su Shuang cooperate with him, look for money everywhere, and move the population around. Chang'an has gone from an empty city to a prosperous place now, thanks to him and Su Shuang!

I originally wanted to protect myself in this troubled world, and when I returned to the Son of Heaven, I would retire and return to the fiefdom and enjoy peace, but now it seems impossible, and then we will usher in a real troubled era! ”

Liu Shi said heavily: "Having said that, we should also try our best to maintain peace for a few more years and make the food more fully prepared." However, the preparations must be made as soon as possible, and it will be a life-and-death battle in the future. If there is no result, it will not end, unless everyone is similar. ”

Xun You said: "If the lord can integrate Liu Zhang and Liu Biao, it will be enough to compete with Cao Cao, and even sweep away Cao Cao!" ”

Liu Shi smiled bitterly: "When it comes to integration and popularity, my eldest brother can complete this task." It's just that Liu Biao and Liu Zhang each have heavy troops to defend themselves, and it may be difficult to convince them, and Liu Zhang is still separated by Zhang Lu and Wei Duan. And the places that Liu Biao actually mastered were only Nanjun and Xia County. And there is another part of Xia County that is occupied by Sun Ce. Even in the land of the two counties, there is also infighting between the Kuai family and the Cai family. It can be said that I am too busy to take care of myself. My eldest brother and I are unhindered, but the eldest brother is newly defeated, and it will take a while to raise him. ”

Xun You said: "In this case, the lord can defend in the east, defend in the north, and attack in the west. This land in Longxi is beautiful and beautiful, but it is a good place to raise soldiers. It's a pity to leave it to Wei Duan and Han Sui. Ma Teng's death, Ma Chao must have action, this may be an opportunity. ”

Liu Shi nodded and said, "I've also thought about this. If Emperor Xie's is here, I will not follow the orders of the Son of Heaven, and I will not plan to send troops to Longxi. Therefore, only according to the row of people in the land of the Jing River. The Son of Heaven collapsed, and the trend of the world could not be grasped, of course I didn't want to leave Wei Duan and Han Sui behind me. And Cao Cao may have expected this, and he has already made a move. ”