"Lord Wei, Gongsun Chan violated the intentions of the first emperor and disagreed with my father and son, how should this matter be handled?" Liu Kuan retracted his thoughts, since Wei You could come with illness, he must have considered it.

"Ji Hou, not long after the envoy came to Youzhou, when he recruited talents for his own use, Gongsun Bogui was a native of Liaoxi Lingzhi, and his neighbors suffered from the invasion of the northern peoples, and witnessed too much burning, killing and plundering, and his hatred was understandable. Liu Envoy Jun can first reprimand and know the stakes, and make him obey the overall situation, which is not a fierce general in Youzhou! ”

Liu Kuan knew that Wei You didn't know that he had ever been "angry" with Gongsun Zhan, and he didn't know that in Liu Kuan's heart, the contradiction with Gongsun Chan was irreconcilable. Liu Kuan knew that maybe Wei You's words were right, so he explained to Gongsun Zhan well, and asked him to accept the Huairou policy and accept Liu Yu's leadership, and Gongsun Chan might be the right-hand man of his father and son.

But Liu Kuan knows history after all, no matter what Liu Yu does, historical inertia may also push Gongsun Chan to the opposite side of Liu Yu in the end, and his father and son may still be killed by Gongsun Chan, even if this probability is only one percent, it is unacceptable.

"Lord Wei, if the contradictions are irreconcilable, there will be a battle, what should we do?" Liu Kuan was straightforward.

"That's it?" Wei Yu groaned, and saw Liu Kuan's firm tone, "If that's the case, take it step by step, don't raise tigers." ”

Wei You thought that Liu Kuan's words were exaggerated, and looked at Liu Yu while talking, but saw that Liu Yu was closing his eyes and recuperating.

When Liu Yu first came to Youzhou, he felt that Gongsun Zhan was a talent and his greatest help in military affairs. Although Liu Kuan also mentioned in the early years that Gongsun Chan would be unfavorable to him, Liu Yu did not believe it, because Gongsun Chan was only his subordinate, not a political enemy. With Liu Kuan's return this time, he mentioned it a few more times, and the recent performance of Gongsun Chan really verified Liu Kuan's prediction.

At this time, Liu Yu was already convinced of this, so let Liu Kuan say it, Wei You still has hope for Gongsun Zhan, Wei You is not like Liu Yu, who has experienced Liu Kuan's several predictions.

"My lord, how should I do it?" Liu Kuan asked.

"Youzhou's troops are too concentrated in Gongsun Chan and his subordinates, and when General Fenwu is the mainstay, the Youzhou army should be under unified control, and in today's troubled times, the general can also recruit troops appropriately. In addition, Gongsun Zhan's subordinates can be called or promoted to gradually differentiate; The supply of materials and military rations should also be strictly controlled, and the recent serious attrition of Gongsun Zhan's troops has enabled Jun Ke to reduce the number of his troops. All in all, it is to weaken Gongsun Chan and develop and strengthen our own Youzhou army. ”

Yes, the development of the army, the most important thing is financial resources, now Liu Yu is in charge of the military and government of Youzhou, as long as the financial restrictions on Gongsun Zhan, he will not be able to raise troops on a large scale, recently, Gongsun Zhan's troops have been greatly reduced, not to supplement, materials, grain and grass are limited according to the existing troops, he can still rebel?

Although militarily Gongsun Chan commanded the army, but we continued to grow our troops, constantly diluted, Gongsun Chan soon became an ordinary general, if Gongsun Chan's military strength only accounted for a fraction of the Youzhou army, or even a dozen, then what else to worry about?

Liu Kuangao glanced at Wei You. Qi Zhou said with a smile: "Yesterday, Gongsun Bogui urged the army to ask for money and food. "Wei You is Dong Cao Peng, in charge of personnel, and he is more engaged in Qi Zhou's management, how can he not know how powerful Wei You's strategy is.

"Oh, how did Lord Qi deal with it?" Wei You asked.

"Now that Youzhou is poor, Gongsun Bogui is fighting endlessly, how much food is there, I want to come again today."

"Lord Qi", Liu Kuan answered, "I saw that there were only a few thousand sergeants in the Duting Hou Army some time ago, and it would not exceed five thousand. Don't let people eat empty pay! Qi Zhou paused, and then laughed heartily.

Liu Kuan was happy, so he asked Gongsun Zhan to wear small shoes, and when he finally couldn't bear it anymore, he would definitely provide an opportunity and a good reason for his father and son to crusade against him.

When Liu Kuan sent Wei You out, he found that Wei You was coughing after walking a few steps, Liu Kuan held Wei You, "My lord, my master is proficient in Huang Lao's technique, when my master comes another day, please invite the adult to come over again, and let my uncle diagnose the pulse of the adult." ”

"Thank you! It's an old problem, and in the past six months, I have also invited a lot of doctors......"

Wei You shook his head, got into the carriage and left. Liu Kuan couldn't help but worry when he saw Wei You's complexion and the extent of his cough, this can't be tuberculosis or lung cancer, in this era, such a disease is equivalent to a death sentence. Hey, Liu Yu's subordinates already lacked military generals, and finally there was a decent one, and it was like this.

Liu Kuan still decided to ask Hua Jun to diagnose Wei You on the same day, and in the evening Liu Kuan drove Hua Jun to Wei You's mansion in person, after Hua Jun diagnosed him, Liu Kuan was completely desperate, judging from Hua Jun's description, although Liu Kuan did not have much medical knowledge, it was almost certain that Wei You had lung cancer, and it was estimated that it was at least in the middle stage.

The next day, Wei You came again, "Ji Hou, Du Tinghou's official document asking for conscription, military rations, and baggage is here." Wei You saw that Liu Yu didn't care much about these things, so he came directly to Liu Kuan.

Liu Kuan knew that although Gongsun Zhan was strong, he only had a military position, and the conscription and supply of troops were in Liu Yu's hands, which was great!

"Tell Du Tinghou truthfully, now that the tribes in the north are obedient, there is no need for soldiers, and now Youzhou is in ruins, making ends meet, and the finances are stretched, let him wait for the time being, and talk about it after a while."

Liu Kuan saw that Wei You was still coughing, "Lord Wei, you pay attention to resting more, just ask your subordinates to come over for these errands." ”

"In an eventful autumn, how dare you slack off. Ji Hou, take a look at this list, according to your instructions, the county magistrates should adjust it like this? ”

Liu Kuan took the list and looked at it, only to see that almost none of the people on the list knew him, so Wei You explained that those who were dismissed or transferred to idle departments were all people who were related to Gongsun Zan or those who had a slight friendship, and those who took office were all people who supported Liu Yu's ethnic policy.

"Master Wei, you can deal with it like this, I'll show this list to my father later. By the way, Lord Wei, how can we recruit a large number of soldiers? ”

Wei You coughed badly, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Now that there are many displaced people everywhere, many young and strong people are difficult to eat, and it is easy to recruit soldiers, but it is difficult to recruit new soldiers, and it is difficult to form combat effectiveness." Now that the Yellow Turbans in Youzhou are extinct and the rebellion of ethnic minorities has been quelled, there is no need for the counties to garrison troops, and a small part of the lieutenants and soldiers in each county can be left to maintain law and order, and the rest will be gathered, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers can be obtained in an instant! ”

Wonderful, Liu Kuan sighed in his heart, he contacted Wei You in the past two days and found that he was not only elegant, but also able to accurately understand the mind of his boss, and he was not only efficient in doing things, but also able to lift weights like light. The more Liu Kuan thinks like this, the more he regrets it, he is really jealous of talents, why did he finally have a good strategist, but he got lung cancer......

On the second day, Cheng Xu, who was in charge of grain and grass, reported that Gongsun Zhan sent a soldier to ask for grain with hundreds of subordinates to make trouble in the grain depot.

How could Qiu Jian not know what Liu Kuan meant, and soon surrounded Gongsun Zhan's subordinates, Zhang Fei directly tied up the soldier, and only after a whip to relieve his anger did he release the people. The military waited and went back in a gloomy manner.

Two days later, Jian Ju and the Murjin and Murjin and Mur Copper brothers came to vote, Jian Ju brought 2,000 cavalry, and the Murjin brothers brought 1,000 cavalry.

It turned out that Jian Ju had already known that Liu Yu had arrived, and he also knew that various tribes had come to vote, how could he not come as Liu Kuan's brother. Helplessly, his father Wei Qiutai was critically ill, and it was not until after Wei Qiutai's death that he and the Murjin brothers came non-stop with the Murjin brothers, who had already been better.

After Jian Ju and the others came, Liu Kuan was really busy and hurried to build his own army! The work of recruiting troops and reorganizing county and county lieutenants is very cumbersome, but fortunately, Han Dang, Xian Yufu, Tian Yu and others are capable, and the progress is also smooth.

At Liu Kuan's suggestion, Liu Yu expressed that Jian was the best candidate, and Liu Yu also accepted Liu Kuan's opinion, Jian was Liu Kuan's brother and the most untrustworthy person, and second, the future work of Buyeo and even Goguryeo depended on Jian Ji. As for the Murjin brothers, both of them were assigned to Jane and served as military servants under him.

And Gongsun Zhan, when he learned that Liu Yu and his son did not replenish their own troops, but instead expanded the army by themselves, he was furious, and several cases were kicked over.