On November 29, Liu Bei, who had planned to leave for Qingzhou, had to stay in Luoyang due to a series of changes.

On the same day, Xu Shu, who was in charge of cleaning up the battlefield, returned with his army and reported the results to Liu Bei: it was determined that Li Dao, the leader of the Liangzhou Army, had been killed, Guo Yan's whereabouts were unknown, and Zhang Ji fled along Funiu Mountain to Nanyang County, Jingzhou.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses sent by King Qin sent by Xuzhou were finally rushed to Luoyang under the command of Chen Deng. Immediately, there was a clash with Yanzhou soldiers and horses at the gate of Luoyang City. Cao Song was killed on the border between Pei County and Donghai County, and when he saw the soldiers and horses of Pei County, Xiahou Xuan, who was handing over the formalities with Gao Lan, was vicious and waved his army to attack Chen Deng. Not to be outdone, the elite soldiers of Xuzhou Danyang immediately counterattacked. The gates of the city were suddenly in a clump.

When Liu Bei heard the news and rushed to the gate of Luoyang, he saw Cao Cao standing at the gate of the city with gritted teeth in a daze, his face was unpredictable, suddenly fierce, and suddenly soft. Liu Bei's heart moved, so he stopped to watch.

Although the withdrawal of the army is imminent, at this moment in Luoyang City is indeed the peak of Liu Bei's military strength, Xu Shu has just withdrawn, and the rest of the people have rushed to Luoyang, ready to return to their respective stations by boat. If Cao Cao is in trouble at this moment, Liu Bei can easily subdue the Yanzhou soldiers.

The situation at this moment is from small to large, like the division and integration of various local forces in the country. Xuzhou is weak, but because of Liu Bei's support, he will not give an inch. Cao Cao was strong, but he threw himself into a trap and did not dare to expand the situation. Liu Bei looked at the sidelines, ready to choose someone to devour......

After a while, Cao Cao finally made up his mind: "Yuan Rang (Xiahoudun), the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou are coming for King Qin, get out of the way, and let the soldiers and horses of Xuzhou pass." ”

Seeing this, Liu Bei smiled slightly, turned around and left, and instructed the attendants as he walked: "Find an opportunity not to be noticed, tell Chen Deng, and after meeting the saint, please come to see me." ”

After speaking, Liu Bei sighed: "Duke Cao puts state affairs first and forgets family feuds, I didn't misunderstand him." ”

Soon after returning to Qingzhou Trading Company, the guards came to report: Yangzhou Sun Ce sent 500 family members to Qingzhou by sea, and came to King Qin, and designated Zhou Yu to command, these soldiers and horses have entered Luoyang, and visited Liu Bei in advance.

Liu Bei was surprised: "Zhou Yu? Was it really Zhou Yu who brought them here? ”

After receiving an affirmative answer from the soldier, Liu Bei let out a cold snort from his nose: "Sun Ce is reminding me that he still has a dispute about Zhou Yu's ownership. Okay, Luoyang is really a big stage now, you sing and I will appear, the dispute between Xuzhou and Cao Cao has not subsided, and this is here again. ”

Under the guidance of the guards, Zhou Yu walked into Liu Bei's room with a man with a scar face and a short and fat Confucian student, and introduced Liu Bei: The scar man is Sun Ce's new brave general, Zhou Tai and Zhou Youping of the Jiujiang Zhou clan. Humpty Dumpty Confucian is Sun Ce's army, and Gu Yong and Gu Yuan of the Gu clan in Wu County sigh.

Gu Yong, the future prime minister of Wu State, Sun Ce sent him to Luoyang to help in the war, to show the importance of King Qin this time, but only sent 500 soldiers, it seems that the battle in Yangzhou must be very fierce, and Sun Ce's troops are extremely tight.

"Yuan sigh, what is the difficulty of Sun Bofu?" Liu Bei didn't have time to be polite to Gu Yong, so he asked.

"This ...... My lord is fighting in the east and west, and all the troops are currently engaged in continuous warfare, and the lord believes that the most urgent thing in our army now is a general who is in charge. The lord is fighting on the battlefield ahead, and there is a co-ordinating general to make the lord worry-free. ”

Gu Yong saw that Liu Bei had seen their predicament, so he no longer concealed it and eagerly explained to Liu Bei. After saying this, he deliberately looked at Zhou Yu and Liu Bei, the purpose was obvious.

Liu Bei smiled slightly, Sun Ce has been very sure of Zhou Yu's talent for the rest of his life, and he is very wary of Zhou Yu's talent, and now he can win over Zhou Yu, he must have heard that Zhou Yu has made great contributions, and he doesn't want him to get closer and closer to Qingzhou.

Liu Bei understated the agreement he reached with Cao Cao and the benefits he had won for Sun Ce, and then pointed out unequivocally: "Tell Sun Bofu that he wants to return to Zhou Gongjin, he will not think about it in this life, and I will use this person." Yangzhou troops are tight, I will support him with two legions, one legion is drawn from Malaysia, and the other legion is asked by Chen Qun on the return journey, let him draw a legion from Langxie County. After this incident, don't ask me about Zhou Yu again. ”

Gu Yong smiled wryly, speechless. From Sun Ce's standpoint, it seems that there is no loss in exchanging one Zhou Yu for two well-trained legions, and Liu Bei would rather pay the price of two legions than let Zhou Yu go, the next step is obviously to reuse Zhou Yu, and having a person who is kind to Sun Ce to climb to the high position in Qingzhou is only good for Sun Ce.

Liu Bei's eyes turned to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu's heart was cold, and he hurriedly interrupted: "Lord, our army sent troops this winter, and the soldiers fought hard, but Cao Cao became the prime minister, and our army seems to have gained nothing." Yu is puzzled, please solve the doubts. ”

According to the Qingzhou military system, Zhou Yu is the general of the garrison, and he is not allowed to leave the defense without a military order, but now he has come to Luoyang as a general of Sun Ce. Zhou Yu was the first to express his submission, and he wanted to exchange for Liu Bei's understanding.

Hearing Zhou Yu open his mouth to call the lord, Liu Bei really looked happy, regardless of the presence of outsiders, and patiently explained to Zhou Yu: "In the past, I was persuaded to blackmail the Son of Heaven and order the princes, I can't say anything. If the intention is to replace it, coerce the Son of Heaven and order the princes, and use the power of the imperial power to cultivate power, it is a clever plan. However, I am a relative of the Han family, and it makes no sense to me to replace the Han family.

The most important thing is that in recent years, what I Qingzhou has been trying to establish a new order and new rules, and I want to break the fate of the reincarnation of the dynasty. If I cannot replace him, I will do all kinds of harm to the Son of Heaven and me, but nothing will benefit. If I replace it, then I will not establish a new order of saying one thing and doing another? The establishment of such a new order is tantamount to death. I don't do anything about it. ”

Liu Bei stood up, circled around Zhou Yu a few times with his hands behind his back, and asked calmly, "Have you ever seen two dogs fight to grab a piece of bone?" ”

Zhou Yu understood what he meant, and replied honestly: "Yes, I have seen it." ”

Liu Bei continued to explain: "The Son of Heaven is that bone, in order to hold the Son of Heaven hostage, the world will fight for this dog bone. Cao Cao's strength is weak, and he has been severely damaged by our army, and if he wants to protect this bone, he must rely on our support. Therefore, although he is a great prime minister, when his own power has not developed, when he himself cannot cope with the challenges of the world, he does not dare to inhibit the development of my Qingzhou and support a Cao Cao. ”

Liu Bei sneered: "In a sense, my Qingzhou is also a dog bone, anyone who wants to stand in the position of the prime minister must win over my Qingzhou, this is a rare opportunity, my Qingzhou can do whatever he wants to implement all the new policies, but no one dares to blame, and even compete to curry favor and follow suit." Ten years, give me another ten years, when the people under my Qingzhou New Deal education grow up, they are young and strong to go to various positions, with this group of young and strong newcomers, who can shake the New Deal of the Han Dynasty? Who can shake my Qingzhou? ”

Gu Yong couldn't help but be amazed: "Gao, this is a strategy to retreat, Xuande Gong came to avoid standing on the cusp of the storm, and just concentrated on development." I, Yangzhou, am willing to join hands with Xuande Gong to jointly balance the world. ”

Gu Yong has a good vision, and his words clearly point out Liu Bei's purpose, Qingzhou's withdrawal, from the power of dominating the world to the power of balancing the world.

"Yes, checks and balances! Two dogs fight over a bone, will it go to war for that bone? The Son of Heaven is a bone, and my Qingzhou's powerful force is also a bone. Liu Bei stood proudly, put on a solemn posture, and greeted everyone's praise, Gu Yong spoke with enthusiasm, Zhou Tai was also cloudy, and Zhou Yu was insincere.

Insincerely-it seems that Zhou Yu understands in his heart that deliberately raising this question is just an opportunity for Liu Bei to show his incomprehension, and at the same time divert Liu Bei's attention and avoid punishment. Liu Bei witnessed everyone's performances, and his heart was a mirror.

Gu Yong and King Zhou Taiqin came, did not go to see the emperor, and saw Liu Bei first, which had violated the etiquette of the imperial court, and the two did not dare to stay for a long time, and then chatted a few words leisurely, and then left.

The two left, and Chen Deng came to Liu Bei angrily.

"Xuande Gong, Cao Mengde is too bullying. Zhang Min, the commander of the East China Sea, robbed and killed Cao Song, which was originally a personal act, but he was angry with my Xuzhou, and even openly attacked my Xuzhou sergeant in the imperial capital, how can this be reasonable! ”

Anger, this word is very wonderful, Chen Deng now knows the word anger, and society has really begun to progress!

In ancient China, there was no such thing as "anger", nor was there such a thing as "personal behavior". If a person commits a crime, he can even implicate the nine clans, and the court will even kill the infant in its infancy - this infant crime that can't speak is: the blood of a criminal is dripping in the blood. In addition, some of the relatives of the criminals are thousands of miles apart, and they have never even seen each other in their lives, and they do not know that they have such relatives, and they are sitting at home drinking tea behind closed doors, and they will also be beheaded for public display because of serious crimes, and the common people still cheer at this kind of beheading. And his crime is only: the blood of criminals in his blood......

The law is so barbaric, barbaric almost absurd.

Although the laws of Qingzhou implemented by Liu Bei were strict, they stipulated that the law was inferior to that of the youngest son, and one person should be responsible for committing a crime. This was quite contradictory to Confucianism and caused an uproar at the time. In the end, Liu Bei, in the name of Huang Ying, implemented this law with an iron fist, and later this law was ridiculed as "the benevolence of women". However, after ten years of implementation, it now seems that even Xuzhou has begun to believe that it is illegal to take the punishment of criminals on others.

Zhou Yu hurriedly handed tea to Chen Deng, took a seat, and paid the demeanor of his subordinates. Chen Deng glanced at him, and it was too late to say hello, Liu Bei cut off Chen Deng's words: "At that time, I was at the gate of the city. ”

Chen Deng suddenly said: "No wonder, Cao Cao is willing to let us go." Duke Xuande asked Cao Mengde to be the prime minister, I am afraid that he will have more and more strict control over the imperial court in the future, which will be detrimental to my Xuzhou. Xuande Gong, I in Xuzhou will support you as the prime minister, why don't we join hands: conspire ......"

Liu Bei waved his hand to stop Chen Deng's words: "Cao Mengde's capable ministers who rule the world, the country has been in chaos for so long, it is time to calm down, if I can make a peaceful transition to the new policy, and rejuvenate my Han, I am willing to pay any price." At the gate of the city just now, I saw that Cao Mengde put state affairs first, get out of the way, and let you enter the city, and I knew that Brother Mengde would not live up to me. I have chosen a great talent for the country and the people, and I am very gratified. ”

Chen Deng was silent for a long time, and Fang cautiously tested: "Xuande Gong, have you formed an alliance with Cao Mengde this time?" ”

Liu Bei directly gave Chen Deng a reassurance: "I told Cao Mengde that Xuzhou maintains the status quo, Tao Gongzu is not in good health and has no ability to expand, Xuzhou is flat, there are enemies on all sides, and it is not appropriate to defend it." I told Cao Mengde that if Xuzhou is in crisis, my Qingzhou will send troops to defend the city. ”

Chen Deng took a long breath, found a stool to sit down, and asked: "Tao Gongzu's body has become more and more unbearable in recent years, and the two sons are not successful. Tao Gong asked me to ask you, if he has something, Xuzhou will give jurisdiction to Xuande Gong, only ask Xuande Gong to protect the second son, so that he will be a rich man for life, what is the public will? ”

Liu Bei avoided talking about it, and asked rhetorically: "Yuanlong (Chen Deng), what are your plans?" ”

Chen Deng replied without hesitation: "The city lord of Xuzhou supports the government of Princess Xuande, and with the support of the Mi clan (Mi Zhu) and Sun Qiansun Gongyou of the Sun clan, I welcome the Xuande Gong to govern from top to bottom. ”

Liu Bei smiled and said, "I mean, if I recommend Yuanlong to rule Xuzhou, what do you mean?" ”

Chen Deng was shocked, stunned for a long time, Fang said: "Xuzhou is the land of the four wars, there are Sun Ce and Yuan Shu in the south, Cao Cao in the west, Deng Zhicai is shallow, although there is the support of Xuande Gong, but he is unable to support the crisis, Xuande Gong laughed. ”

Liu Bei pointed to the east and said: "Langxi County originally belongs to Xuzhou, and it has reserved a lot of people, money, and material resources for more than ten years. ”

Chen Deng excused himself and said: "Langxie County will return to Xuzhou, although my strength in Xuzhou will jump to a higher level, but Xuzhou lacks soldiers and major generals, and once the ancestor is gone, the situation is becoming more and more crisis. ”

Liu Bei chuckled, pulled Chen Deng to the window, pointed out the window confidently, and said, "I'll show Yuanlong something, you will be full of confidence after you see it." ”

Chen Deng excitedly approached the window and looked out of the window intently.

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