Chapter 507: Brewing a Great War
When Cao Cao was proud of the spring breeze and played with the Son of Heaven to make the princes happy, a discordant voice was also popular in the market, that is, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, persecuted the emperor, bullied the ministers, and persecuted the harem.
And at this time, You Heng was naked, beating drums and scolding Cao Cao in the lobby, pushing this matter to a climax. This completely angered Cao Cao, and he simply rolled his eyes with anger, and now he began to faintly feel that Lu Peng had a good idea for himself, and let himself coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and the ultimate goal was to dig a big pit for himself, and Lu Peng was standing on the pit, and he was happily throwing soil on his head with a spade, ready to bury himself alive.
But the mouths of the people in the world can't find people to settle accounts one by one, especially Lu Peng, Cao Cao wants to settle accounts with him, but he really can't find it. So, Cao Cao counted this account on the head of Emperor Han Xian.
It's true, you are Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, at that time, you asked the ministers and officials to dig wild vegetables and pull the bark of trees, and begged people everywhere to take them in, but no one agreed. My kind-hearted Baba ran to save you, so that you now have no worries about food and clothing in the palace, but as a result, you picked up a bowl to eat meat, and before you put down the chopsticks, you began to scold the cook, how can you be so unkind?
So Cao Cao's rebellious psychology appeared, and his attitude towards this disobedient little guy Emperor Han Xian became worse and worse, and he became more and more dissatisfied with the old ministers who surrounded Emperor Han Xian.
The struggle for power between the monarch and the minister, and between the former colleagues, became more and more intense, and finally reached a white heat.
Under the temptation of power, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty finally called on the heroes loyal to the Han family in the world in accordance with the course of history in the way of the jade belt edict to rise up to crusade against Cao Cao, and Cao Cao finally fell into the pit.
However, at this time, Cao Cao's power has risen sharply, and his jurisdiction has reached Sili, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Hanoi, and he has become the largest prince in the world.
If you want to crusade against Cao Cao and revive the Han Dynasty, you have to have soldiers and generals to do it.
So, in the scolding of Cao Cao, Liu Bei got the edict of offering the emperor's jade, took the chicken feathers as arrows, abandoned his wife and children, escaped from Xudu, and then occupied Xuzhou, becoming an unbeatable Xiaoqiang.
Cao Cao was furious and prepared to lead his troops to fight against this capricious fellow.
In the face of Cao Cao's soldiers, Liu Bei, who was weak and weak, was just one who loved to cry, one was proud, and one was a troublesome brother, Mifang Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Chen Gui and other cats and dogs, and their talents were mediocre, so they couldn't resist it.
At this time, Liu Bei's subordinate Chen Gui offered a plan, saying that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had a great enmity for robbing Qingzhou, and asked Liu Bei to make an appointment with Yuan Shao to attack Cao Cao from the north and south, and they were horns for each other. Then ask Mi Fang to take the secret letter to disguise himself as a businessman, go to Youzhou and ask his eldest brother Mi Zhu to suggest that Lu Peng send troops to Qingzhou, for the sake of the brothers back then, pull the brothers and go south to rescue themselves.
Liu Bei listened to Chen Gui's plan and immediately sent Mi Fang and Chen Gui to the two places respectively to lobby Yuan Shao and Lu Peng.
Cao Cao is not a fool, and he also knows that if he wants to attack Liu Bei, of course, he must beware of Liu Bei inviting foreign aid.
The first one to guard against is his sworn enemy Yuan Shao.
So, Cao Cao asked his advisers: "The five masterminds of the Jade Belt Edict, my uncle Dong Cheng has already asked me to kill them, and the queen has also let them hang on the beams of the house, and the interior of this capital will be stable." But outside, Liu Bei and the others are ready to move now, I want to crusade against Liu Bei, but I'm afraid that he will collude with Yuan Shao and Lu Peng and attack my back, how should this matter be resolved? β
As a result, the ministers discussed a lot, thinking that now Yuan Shao and Chen Bingguandu have faintly become a horn posture with Liu Bei, and Lu Peng and Liu Bei are brothers, so they should not attack Liu Bei now.
However, the eloquent Cao Cao shook his head and denied the advice of the strategists: "Everyone's vision is short-sighted, Liu Bei, that is the hero among the people, Guan Daniel Zhang is the world, once these three people give a little wind and rain, they can immediately turn into a dragon, give him two or two paints, and immediately open a dyeing room. β
Just when everyone was disagreeing and discussing, Guo Jia came in from outside, so Cao Cao hurriedly asked: "I want to attack Liu Bei, but there is a worry about Yuan Shao and Lu Peng in the back, and I ask Mr. to give me a suggestion." β
Guo Jia smiled indifferently: "Isn't it Yuan Shao and Lu Peng?" One is a clown who jumps off the beam, the other is a short-sighted guy, what is there to worry about? β
Guo Jia has always been the most important adviser under Cao Cao, and all the strategies he said were in the right place, and Cao Cao almost obeyed him, and when he heard him say this, he hurriedly asked: "What did Feng Xiao say?" β
Guo Jia said with a smile: "Liu Bei is new to Xuzhou at this time, and those soldiers who have just surrendered to him may not be convinced. As for Yuan Shao, his temperament is hesitant and suspicious, if he doesn't ponder a thing 800 times, he will never be able to come up with a quasi-idea, and his advisers and scribes form gangs one by one, suspicious and jealous of each other, and quarrel until the earth is barren for a trivial matter every day, and when he sends out troops, the cucumber vegetables are cold. β
Cao Cao also told Liu Bei and Lu Peng's friendship, although he and Lu Peng had an agreement not to attack each other, but he also knew that when the agreement was signed, it was used to tear it up, and it was impossible to do it, so he had a big headache.
At this time, Jia Xu, who had just defected, suggested: "Between the two forces, it is normal to divide and merge, and if you want Lu Peng to commit it, it is just a coercion and temptation." β
"What did Wen He say?" Cao Cao asked seriously.
Jia Xu said: "Coercion, that is, we sent an envoy to Lu Peng, coerced him by defaulting on his debts, and made him stand still. β
Using the method of repaying debts to force a warlord to give up a great opportunity and not to send troops, this is simply a child's play, child's play.
So Xun Yu shook his head: "Wen He underestimated Lu Peng's child, that kid had already robbed and emptied the accumulation of hundreds of years of Wuhuan Royal Court, which can be described as getting rich overnight, plus the new money he minted is all over the world, and the annual income is already innumerable, we rely on him for hundreds of millions of dollars, but he starts the machine and mints 100 million again, and the arrears of 500 million yuan cannot be made by Lu Peng." β
Jia Xu smiled and said: "What Mr. said is true, but you only see one point but not another, that is, Lu Peng's character." β
Everyone is puzzled, Lu Peng's character is good, what does this have to do with the current incident?
Jia Xu smiled and said humbly: "Of course, I am not as good as the great sages in terms of strategy, but I am the best at understanding people's hearts." β
At this point, everyone is humble and embarrassed.
Jia Xu, who is recognized as a poisoner in the world, in order to save his own life, he provoked Li Guo to attack Lu Bu and troubled Chang'an, and the Han world has come to such a point, it is precisely because of him alone that he absolutely dares to say that he is the top five in the world in terms of strategy.
The speculation of human nature and human hearts is unrivaled in the world. What this guy says, you must definitely think about it and listen carefully, otherwise you will fall into the pit completely.
Jia Xu smiled indifferently: "Lu Peng, the world's financial management expert, but it is precisely because of his ability to manage money that he can see that he loves money, loves money and is greedy, and greed is stingy. β
This order is known to the whole world, and the order issued by Lu Peng at that time said that even if the world is in a famine, he would rather give relief than never reduce the taxes of the people, and this rule will be implemented until the earth is desolate.
At that time, except for Youzhou, all the Han officials sneered at Lu Peng's cold-bloodedness, although they would never exempt the people from taxes, and even stepped up their efforts to exploit the bones and suck the marrow, but after all, everyone did not say it so loudly.
From this point of view, Lu Peng is indeed too greedy and loves money, and loves money to the point that he is despised by the so-called gentlemen who are benevolent and love the people.
From this point of view, Lu Peng is indeed greedy to the point of reluctance, so, 500 million money is definitely a wealth that cannot be given up for him, so it is not impossible to use this 500 million money as a threat.
"Since coercion can be achieved, but it is unrealistic for him not to covet us, then let him be tempted again." Jia Xu saw that everyone agreed with his point of view, so he talked about the plan behind it.
Cao Cao frowned: "How can he impress Lu Peng?" β
Lu Peng's greed is obvious to all, if it is small, it will definitely not be able to move his mind, and when it is big, Cao Cao really can't see what he can come up with.
Jia Xu said: "Now we share Bohai County with Lu Peng, and they and we each occupy half of it, this time, we will give half of Bohai directly to him Lu Peng." When he said this, he definitely had a look of throwing away the rags.
As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, Bohai, it was a land of ointment, the land was flat and broad, and the rivers were criss-crossed, although under his own governance, he was not as rich as Lu Peng's half, but the size was a piece of meat, how could he give Lu Peng just like this?
So everyone accused Jia Xu of betraying the country, no, he was a traitor and betrayed the interests of the group.
Not only Cao Cao's subordinates and advisers were angry and accused, but even Cao Cao was angry that Jia Xu was not distressed by Jia Xu's sale of Yetian.
Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Everyone, don't be impatient, don't be angry, and listen to me." β
Cao Cao squinted at Jia Xu and waved his hand to the others under him: "Let's listen to the text and the Tao." β
With Cao Cao's permission, Jia Xu said eloquently: "Although the Bohai Sea is relatively rich, for us now, the two sides account for half of it, and the jurisdiction overlaps with each other, which in itself is not advisable, which is a hidden danger for large-scale conflicts to break out in the future, and for our group, it is a chicken rib." What's more, Youzhou Lu Peng has the Bohai Sea to communicate with us, which is to give us a channel for the population to flow to Lu Peng's office, in fact, we are bleeding Lu Peng through the Bohai Sea all the time. β
This point of view left everyone speechless for a while.
This is the case with the current Bohai Sea, because the other half is connected to Lu Peng, and as a result, there is an obvious watershed.
In the other half of the Bohai Sea jurisdiction, in Lu Peng's residence, that is the fields are intertwined, the roads are smooth, the pastoral villages are lined up, and the people have enough food and clothing, that is paradise.
Turning to look at his current location across the river, the fields are barren, the villages are dilapidated, and the people are crying cold and hungry. There is no gap without comparison, and in this way, this place has become the biggest gap in the escape of the population, and there are countless people who fled from here to Youzhou in any year, even if there is a large army, because of the excuse of mercy, it cannot be blocked all, and this place has indeed become a gap in the bloodletting of their own territory.
"And Bohai was Yuan Shao's starting place, it was Yuan Shao's foundation, the reason why Yuan Shao gave Bohai to our two families was really the general trend at that time, and if you don't give it, you have to give it, but Yuan Shao is absolutely unwilling. There is this most important point, as long as we release the entire Bohai Sea to Lu Peng, it is equivalent to provoking a fight between Lu Peng and Yuan Shao, which is a plan for the two dogs to compete for food. β
Your eyes lit up.
"Bohai is in his two families, Yuan Shao wants to recover his hometown, he needs to consider that he will be attacked and resisted by the two of us, and once Bohai becomes a family, think about it, what will Yuan Shao do?"
Just this sentence made all the Wenchen strategists completely admire Jia Xu's dark psychology, he really deserves to be a poisoner.
On the bright side, Cao Cao ceded half of Bohai County to Lu Peng, which was a big loss, but when Jia Xu said this, where is this to accompany Lu Peng? This is clearly a big trap for Lu Peng, which will lead all Yuan Shao's attention to Lu Peng. In this way, Yuan Shao in the future will not focus on himself, but turn to Youzhou, so that Yuan Shao's threat to his back will be solved together.
The poisoner really deserves his reputation, and every one of his schemes will make the other party fall to death.
Guo Jia was the first to stand up and gave Jia Xu a deep salute: "With a big mind, I'm not as good as Mr." Then he turned to Cao Cao and said, "Lord, this plan is wonderful, and it should be done." β
With Guo Jia's endorsement, this strategy was immediately agreed by all the civil and military generals.
Cao Cao sat on it and laughed: "Wenhe's plan is really wonderful, I should follow it." β
This is the hero, who can afford to put it down, in order to achieve great things, he definitely doesn't care about small profits and small sections, and walks freely.
The plan stopped, so Cao Cao immediately wrote a letter to LΓΌ Peng, first saying that he was loyal to the Han Dynasty, and then talked about the hardships he had to crusade against Liu Bei, and finally described his thoughts in detail, and then promised on the spot to cut half of Bohai County to compensate LΓΌ Peng, as a condition for him not to support Liu Bei.