The head of the Zhao family said bluntly: "You are right, with the current situation in Shudi, even if you only lose one or two Ming cities, you can't afford it. ”

What the head of the Zhao family said was exactly what Liu He was worried about.

Unlike the other three parties, the rear of Shu was a remote barren land, and the vast majority of the population and tax revenue were concentrated in Chengdu and those towns close to the other two forces.

And most of these towns are contained in the eight Ming cities in Shudi.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan lost the Ming City in front, and there were still a large number of supplies to replenish in the rear, and if Shu Di lost the Ming City, it would undoubtedly be a disaster.

As the head of the Zhao family said, even if you lose a Ming City, it is an unbearable loss for Shudi.

Liu He's previous consideration was how to unexpectedly win more chips in the opponent's hands in the first battle, but now it is a different situation.

If he really follows the proposal of the head of the Zhao family, he can only lose but not win, and Liu He has to think about which Ming City to abandon.

This change came a little too suddenly, and Liu He also knew that giving up any place would bring great losses to Shudi, and this kind of loss could not be made up overnight, even if it was three years, it might not be enough.

The current situation is that if you lose, you will be slowly consumed by the other two forces, and if you win, you will immediately collapse.

Looking at Liu He, who was in a dilemma, the head of the Zhao family changed his words, "Unless ......"

Liu He was shocked when he heard this, unless the two words were like the last straw, Liu He knew that no matter what, he had to hold it in his hands.

"Unless you can let Liu Bei take the first step to become the emperor." The head of the Zhao family said unhurriedly.

Liu He was immediately shocked, and the teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground.

He looked at the head of the Zhao family in disbelief, and said in a trembling voice, "What did you say?" Let Liu Bei be the emperor? ”

The head of the Zhao family twisted his long beard in his hand and nodded with a smile.

Liu He thought about it for a long time, but it was still difficult to accept, "This is impossible, at this time, arrogating the title of emperor is tantamount to seeking his own death!" ”

The head of the Zhao family said calmly: "Don't worry, listen to me slowly." Yes, with the current strength of Shudi, Liu Bei is indeed not suitable for rashly becoming the emperor, and it can even be said that he has no qualifications to be the emperor at all. But this step seems to anyone to be a self-defeating move, but in fact it is a clever move to put oneself to death and then live. Let me ask you, if Liu Bei were to be proclaimed emperor, how would Cao Cao and Sun Quan react? ”

Liu He, who calmed down, fell into deep thought.

His first reaction just now was that if Liu Bei became emperor, other forces would definitely attack him, just like Yuan Shu did back then.

But if you think about it, given the current situation, I am afraid that it is difficult to have such a result.

The pattern of three parts of the world has been formed, although there are still a few smaller forces, but the only ones that can really threaten Shu are Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

Of course, Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take Shu in one fell swoop, but there was still Eastern Wu in the rear, waiting for the opportunity to move.

And Dongwu will not let go of this opportunity to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, the mutual consumption of the Cao and Liu families is the result that Dongwu wants to see the most, Sun Quan will definitely take a wait-and-see attitude, and will not send troops to attack Shu with Cao Cao, because he knows that once Shu is captured, Jiangdong will also be unsafe.

Since neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan would rashly attack Shu, there was only one action they could take, and that was to ascend the throne and claim the throne as emperor like Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor, Shu would become the Shu State, and it would have been out of the control of the Han Dynasty.

Originally, the rulers of the three parties were nominally courtiers of the Han Dynasty, but now that Liu Bei has become an emperor, then all the people under him will be promoted to the next level, and they will be crowned marquis and worship the prime minister.

This alone will attract countless talents to Shu in order to seek a high-ranking official fortune.

In order to maintain the same political status as Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan could only raise their status to the same position as Liu Bei.

Therefore, the succession of the three parties to the emperor will become the inevitable result of the general trend.

Liu He once thought that only Cao Wei had the strength and capital to usurp the Han, but now it seems that any of the three parties can do so.

Cao Wei's biggest advantage is not actually his strength, but his throne, which was given to him by the Han Emperor Chan, which is also the so-called justification and orthodoxy in the world.

In other words, as long as you are willing to bear a thousand years of infamy regardless of the name behind you, either party can openly claim the emperor.

It's just one point, Liu He has never figured it out, the three parties have been emperors, what impact will it have on the pattern?

The next explanation of the head of the Zhao family made Liu He suddenly realize.

According to what the head of the Zhao family said, once Cao Cao is the emperor, his luck will be prosperous, and in the short term, there will be no more worries about his life.

In this way, Liu He's plan can be implemented for a long time.

This is too attractive to Liu He, although he knows that taking the lead in arrogating the emperor's disapproval will bring a lot of trouble to the future Shu Kingdom, but it is much better than Shu being slowly eaten away.

After some consideration, Liu He immediately made a decision, and it happened that at this time, Liu Chan ran in from outside.

After frolicking, Liu Chan was already sweating profusely, his little face was flushed, and he was full of smiles.

"Master, they're all gone, we have made an appointment, and we'll play together tomorrow!" The child said unsatisfactorily.

Liu He smiled, summoned Chunshuang and Qiulu, and brought Liu Chan a handkerchief to wipe his face.

"Let him wipe himself!" Looking at the cautious autumn dew, Liu He said.

Qiu Lu stuck out her tongue, her hands were still busy, and she carefully wiped her face for Liu Chan, "I don't dare, this is the young master, if you let Mrs. Gan know, you won't have to kill me." ”

Liu Chan took the handkerchief from Qiu Lu's hand very obediently, "Don't worry, my mother is very kind and will not punish you." ”

The head of the Zhao family, who saw all this, nodded at Liu He with a smile, and then got up and walked towards the gate.

Just as he was about to step out of the door, he heard Liu He say to Liu Chan: "You go back and tell your mother, I want you to be the emperor." ”

As if struck by lightning, the head of the Zhao family slowly turned around and stared at Liu He for a long time, but he didn't say a word and left silently.

Only then did Liu He raise his head, looked at the back of the head of the Zhao family and sighed, and said silently in his heart, the big sacrificial wine, I can't help it.

Just now, when Liu Chan walked in, Liu He had a new idea, let Liu Bei ascend the throne, and immediately pass the throne to Liu Chan.