Xingping, is the fourth year after Liu Xie's accession to the throne, the first year of Xingping (194 AD) for Shuzhong, is a very quiet year, thirty-six academy students served as the county order, but also represents Ye Zhao's control over Shuzhong to further strengthen, starting in June, Ye Zhao was divided into three Ba County, headed by Zhang Lu, the Brazilian Taishou Zhanglu, asked Ye Zhao to send someone to take over the place.

It's really unbearable, without the financial support of the three counties in Shuzhong, only these three Taishou are not enough to support the operation of the three counties, and with the news of the three counties, all the people of Ba County are praying that the new policy can benefit the land of Sanba, for the three counties are only nominally attached to Ye Zhao but in action to Ye Zhaoyang's disobedience to the Taishou, more and more resistant, there is no harm without comparison, and the Shu sergeant is not enough to fight against Ye Zhao, which also makes Ye Zhao in this soft attack, without a single soldier, he has gained the real power of the three counties, Since then, the land of Bashu has been returned to Ye Zhao, which can also be regarded as the biggest thing that happened in the land of Bashu in the fourth year of Chuping.

At the end of the year, Ye Zhao set up Zhuti County, ordered Guan Yu to be the Taishou, and mastered the military and political power of Zhuti, so far, what Ye Zhao really grasps in his hands is Hanzhong, Guanghan, Shu County, Ba County, Qianwei and Zhu Ti six counties.

Although Ba County is divided into three, it is just to weaken the power of Taishou, in Ye Zhao's eyes, Ba County is Ba County, and he is not ready to divide it into three for the time being.

In addition, Zhang Ren and Gan Ning's political achievements this year are also quite outstanding, Guan Ping said that his political achievements are the first, but that is to take advantage of Zhu Rong's advantage, and Zhang Ren has defeated the enemy of Qingqiang several times in Hanjia County, protecting the territory and the people, making Han Jiaxing prosperous, adding more than 1,000 households, Gan Ning has built four acropolis in Yinping Road, but there are few people over there, even the Qiang people are less active there, and there is not much achievement in terms of population, but this does not mean that Gan Ning is poor, congenital conditions are limited, and the place is biased, in a year's time, Gan Ning's ability to reclaim 10,000 acres of thin land in Yinping Road is already quite good.

"Liu Yu and Gongsun Zhan, did they finally start a full-scale war?" After Ye Zhao returned to Chengdu, he received the Central Plains war reports one after another.

At the beginning of the first year of Xingping, the Son of Heaven had the idea of returning to the east, and secretly ordered Liu Yu's son Liu He to go to Youzhou to ask Liu Yu to send troops to greet him, Liu Yu had agreed, but was rejected by Gongsun Zhan.

After all, Youzhou is too far away from Chang'an, Liu Yu welcomes the holy car this time, and is preparing to raise the troops of Youzhou to go, which naturally includes Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yu This time, it is obvious that he is not only welcoming the Son of Heaven, but also wants to clear the Xiliang Rebellion led by Li Dao and Guo Yan.

Gongsun Chan did not agree, and after several fruitless discussions, in the end, Liu Yu took Liu Bei as the commander and Zhang Fei as the vanguard to conquer Gongsun Zhan, but was ambushed by Gongsun Chan in the fox slave, breaking Zhang Fei's vanguard, and Zhang Fei was almost killed by random arrows.

Liu Bei was also furious, regardless of the friendship of the same family, and Gongsun Chan in the fox slave war, during the period, Liu Bei successfully persuaded Gongsun Chan's lieutenant Tian Yu to surrender secretly, Yu Hu Nu broke Gongsun Zhan, forced Gongsun Chan had to give up Yuyang, retreat to the right Beiping, and secretly contact Yuan Shao to help.

Former classmates and friends, and finally went to hostility, and Liu Bei took advantage of this battle to completely gain a firm foothold in Youzhou, Liu Yu's trust coupled with the name of benevolence and righteousness in broadcasting over the years, gradually revealed his grandeur, and there was a prince!

"The old emperor uncle is old, looking at this formation, I am afraid that the old emperor uncle wants to establish Liu Bei as the lord of Youzhou, this campaign, it is actually to hand over all the military power to Liu Bei, Liu Bei has full wings, if he wins this battle, he will be the new lord of Youzhou!" Xi Zhicai nodded.

It sounds like Liu Bei earned it, but what if he received Youzhou Mu? Youzhou is already vast and sparsely populated, plus Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan are such a fight, no matter who wins in the end, they have to face Yuan Shao, who has been close to Jizhou, Yuan Shao has now firmly sat in the position of Jizhou pastor, and now he is busy annexing Qingzhou, and has no time to pay attention to the war in Youzhou, and when he frees his hand, Liu Bei can stop Yuan Shao?

"If Youzhou is defeated, Liu Bei can not die, I am afraid that it will be another scourge in the future!" Ye Zhao sighed, it is basically impossible for Liu Bei to defeat Yuan Shao, he does not have Cao Cao's background, and the land of Youzhou is not as rich as the land of the Central Plains, when he Yuan Shao swept the river/north, Liu Bei may be difficult to resist, but if he does not die, the qualifications of Youzhou Mu will become Liu Bei's political capital, plus Liu Yu has already justified his name as the Han clan and the talents recruited in Youzhou, he Liu Bei may not have the opportunity to rise.

"What the lord said may happen, but now Liu Bei is not able to threaten the lord, but it is Cao Cao's ......" Xi Zhicai handed a piece of information in his hand to Ye Zhao: "Although the imperial court changed Chen Hanyu to Xuzhou Mu, Tao Qian was killed by Cao **, although Cao Cao retreated, but he captured Pengcheng State, and his power is growing, after Yuan Shao pacified the Dinghe/North Four Prefectures, it is not Yuan Shu who competes with Yuan Shao, but this person!" ”

Ye Zhao's strategy worked, the imperial court, obviously did not want Cao Cao to take Xuzhou, plus Li Dao and Guo Yan took the throne, and had a good relationship with Shuzhong, and pushed the boat down the river to do a personal favor, and ordered Chen Qi to be the pastor of Xuzhou, so that Tao Qian killed himself, and Cao Cao had no reason to continue to attack Xuzhou, but the Pengcheng State that had been occupied, Cao Cao obviously did not mean to spit it out.

And in this battle, Cao Cao's strength was also shocked to the world, thinking that it was evenly matched, Yuan Shu was even ready to go out to attack Cao Cao, who would have thought that the Xuzhou army was beaten by Cao Cao without the power to fight back, and at the same time, Cao Ren and Xiahoudun were arranged by Cao Cao to Daze Township and Nanton to monitor Yuan Shu.

In this battle, Cao Cao changed his previous forbearance, and the strength he showed made Yuan Shu dare not enter again, and he watched Tao Qian being killed by Cao **.

"I said earlier, Meng De's ability is not comparable to Tao Qian and his ilk." Ye Zhao didn't look too surprised, looked at the intelligence and smiled: "But I didn't expect Chen Qi to form an alliance with Lu Bu." ”

If it weren't for Chen Jue to persuade Lu Bu in time, take advantage of Cao Cao's troops, the rear is empty, and send troops to occupy Kunyang, Cao Cao would not have been able to withdraw his troops so easily.

"The Lord's ability to recognize people is quite admirable below." Xi Zhicai nodded and smiled: "But as soon as Chen Jue's move comes out, Cao Cao is surrounded by enemies on three sides, and at the same time facing the hostility of Lu Bu, Chen Jue and Yuan Shu, it is not easy to break the enemy." ”

Ye Zhao nodded, now the Central Plains can basically be divided into three battlefields, Liu Yu, Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shao in the north calculate each other, and the south is an alliance formed by Yuan Shu, Chen Qi, and Lu Bu to fight against Cao Cao, and Li Dao and Guo Yan in the west have been fighting with Ma Teng and Han Sui, but Ye Zhao, who was rejected by the princes in the past, is at ease to farm and accumulate strength in Shu.

"How to break the game, that's his business." Ye Zhao gloated and smiled: "If Meng De can't even pass this game, it means that he is not involved in this battle for the world." ”

In fact, Cao Cao seems to be surrounded by enemies on three sides, but he is not necessarily losing, the breakthrough is on Lu Bu's side, with Lu Bu's person, Cao Cao can completely persuade Lu Bu or provoke the relationship between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and help him contain Yuan Shu, while Cao Cao is free to clean up Tao Qian.

The Central Plains is in chaos like this, Yuan Shao will definitely not fall into the well against Cao Cao at this time, not to mention that the two are still subordinate now, even if they are not, in the north before sweeping the river/before, Yuan Shao naturally will not want to fight with Yuan Shu so early, so not only will he not fall into the ground, but he may even have to fund Cao Cao one or two.

"Lord, Zhang Song asks to see!" The two of them were commenting on the chaos in the world, and they were like melon eaters with peace of mind, but they saw Dian Wei coming in from outside the door and bowed down.

"Zi Qiao? Invite him in. Ye Zhao nodded.

"Lord, great joy!" saw Zhang Song running in in a hurry, and came to Ye Zhao's side excitedly.

"Oh? Where does the joy come from? Ye Zhao looked at Zhang Song and asked with a smile.

"My lord looks at this!" Zhang Song mysteriously handed a thin book to Ye Zhao.

"Secret edict?" Ye Zhao took the thin book, he served as a guard lieutenant and a general in Luoyang, and often went in and out of the palace, how could he not recognize it, he looked up at Zhang Song and said, "Who sent it?" ”

"Don't you want to take a look?" Zhang Song was surprised by Ye Zhao's blandness and wondered.

"It's nothing more than that the Son of Heaven wants to ask me to help him get out of trouble." Ye Zhao put the edict aside and said: "I have become an official hussar, and my title is also to the extreme, the Son of Heaven wants me to help him, and what he gives is nothing more than a false name, don't you want to crown me as the king?" ”

"Even if you don't win, it's not far away!" Zhang Song smiled and said: "Your Majesty has named the lord as the prince, ranking as the third duke, and the other prince is the marquis of Changmen Ting, and the prince of Yi is the marquis of Ganting, and the lord is now a third marquis." ”

"One door and three marquis?" Ye Zhao sneered when he heard this: "The children are all marquis, but the soldiers under my command who followed me in the southern and northern wars have not yet been crowned marquis, how can Xiao'er be marquis?" Help me reject the Son of Heaven! ”

"Lord, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, my Yizhou is now rich in grain and grass, fierce generals like clouds, and there are 100,000 male soldiers at any time to listen to the lord's order, if the lord sends troops at this time, how can Li Dao and Guo Yan be the enemies of the lord, then the lord can serve the Son of Heaven to order the princes to ......"

"And then, like that Dong Zhuo, will be discussed by the princes of the world?" Ye Zhao looked at Zhang Song and frowned.

At this time, although the princes of the Central Plains have decreased, their strength is much larger than when they were in the sour jujube alliance, and now he has such a little family background, and the plan for the development of Shuzhong has just begun, don't look at his decree in Shuzhong, Zhong Xuan was also very polite when he came to visit, but if he came out of Shu at this moment, Ye Zhao's policies in Shuzhong were equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the princes of the world, how could he rashly agree?

Moreover, Liu Xie's move also had the intention of killing, with the help of his own escape from the control of Li Guo and the others, and then he used the hands of the princes of the world to bring himself to the Jedi, I haven't seen him for a few years, this kid's heart has risen a lot.

And he went out of Sichuan at this moment, which was to give the Shu sergeants and the Central Plains scholars the opportunity to join forces, and when the time came, Shuzhong, which had just been pacified, was afraid that there would be another accident.

"Then ......" Zhang Song was obviously a little unwilling, looked at Ye Zhao and hesitated: "How to reply to this secret edict?" ”

"As for the Marquis of Changmen Pavilion and the Marquis of Ganting, my son is still young and not enough to bear this burden, so he will give the position of Marquis on behalf of His Majesty to Ding Li and Guan Hai." Ye Zhao said indifferently, Ding Li and Guan Hai have been with Ye Zhao for the longest time, and they can be regarded as hard work, Ye Zhao could not be crowned a marquis without authorization, but now that Liu Xie has sent the title to the door, Ye Zhao has no intention of returning it, just let himself reward his subordinates.

"This ......" Zhang Song was speechless when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "It's not reasonable, after all, the lord doesn't send troops to rescue, but he leads this official, it's a little ......"

Ye Zhao looked at Zhang Song and said with a smile: "Ben Hou has never asked the Son of Heaven for it, this is a gift from the Son of Heaven, how can he not accept it?" ”

When Zhang Song heard this, he could only nod and say, "In this way, the minister will reply." ”

Looking at the back of Zhang Song leaving, Ye Zhao looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "This person ...... The heart is not here! ”

Xi Zhicai smiled, but did not speak, in fact, now Sergeant Shu is afraid that most of them support Ye Zhao to send troops, but what Ye Zhao wants is obviously more than territory.