After becoming emperor, Liu Xiu had seen countless maps of China.

And this one is obviously much larger than the land of China that he knows, and there are many forces, place names, passes, and so on that he doesn't know. However, to be able to draw such a map, within the scope of his previous life, except for a wealthy family like Deng Yu and the Deng family, who have this kind of human and financial resources, few others can do it.

This map is truly a precious gift.

"What's wrong, Shuda?" Deng Yu seemed to see Liu Xiu's surprise and asked.

"It's nothing, to be able to draw such a complete, precise, and vast topographic map, only your Deng family can do it."

Deng Yu showed a slight smug look on his face, and said: "The drawing of this map can be said to have consumed most of my wealth, and now, I gave him to you, how about this gift, not bad." ”

Liu Xiu rubbed his hands and bowed to Deng Yu three times: "Brother Deng's help, Liu is unforgettable." ”

Deng Yu hurriedly helped Liu Xiu up and said: "I studied all my life, just to find a master to save the common people and end the troubled times, and now I have met you to raise troops, and it is my honor to be able to serve you, not to mention that this map can be used to the best extent in your hands, which is his best destination." ”

Liu Xiu said: "Those who know me, Brother Deng." ”

Deng Yu also smiled: "Don't be too humble, I also want to use your prestige to make a name for yourself." ”

After going back and forth, Liu Xiu asked Deng Yu a lot of some profound questions about this world, and Deng Yu relied on his profound knowledge and strong family background to answer them one by one, without omission.

Now, Liu Xiu has some real understanding of the world. In this world, it seems that only a certain range of the area where he was resurrected has been going on according to the historical line of his previous life, in Kunyang, in Chang'an, everything that happened completely overlapped with his previous life memory, and outside of this, history has deviated. For example, Chang'an is now controlled by Wang Mang, but to the west of Chang'an, it is the Qin Dynasty, which was destroyed by the Han Dynasty in the previous life, and in the north, it is the Yuan Kingdom, which he has never heard of. There are about a dozen other forces like this in the whole of China, and the stronger ones among them have been marked on the map by Deng Yu with different colors.

It is also strange from the point of view of time, in this world, the previous dynasty of the Han Dynasty is not the Qin Dynasty, but the Zhou Dynasty, but everything else is not unusual.

In other words, the historical line where he was in his previous life seems to have been "cut" like scissors, and then "seamlessly spliced" in another new world.

If so, then the ultimate enemy is not Wang Mang, but these invisible and unknown powerful opponents!

Thinking of this, the first step is to quickly integrate the Central Plains region, which must be faster and more efficient than in the previous life, so that it is possible to gain a firm foothold in this world.

"What does Brother Deng think of our current situation?"

Deng Yu squinted his eyes and said, "Do you want to hear it closer, or farther, or farther away?" ”

"Let's talk about the closer ones first."

"The enemy at the moment is Wang Mang's new army. Although Wang Mang's new army has a large number of people, since the implementation of the new policy, Wang Mang has been rampant, betrayed and separated, and the morale of the army is low, in fact, there are many weaknesses. ”

There was a pause in his speech to look at Liu Xiu's expression.

"I think so too."

"Presumably, with Brother Liu's talent, he already has a strategy to break the enemy in his heart, right?"

Liu Xiu said with a smile: "I can't hide it from Brother Deng, that's exactly the case." ”

"Okay, then let's take a look at the green forest and the red eyebrows, although they are developing rapidly, they are all some peasant rebels, burning, killing, plundering, robbing the people's daughters, although they occupy a large area, they are vain and unpopular."

"Oh? So what is Brother Deng's countermeasure? ”

"First, I have eight laws for governing the army, which are used in the army, prohibiting the abduction of the people, harassing women, embezzling military salaries, returning land to the people, encouraging soldiers, prohibiting orders, orders in battle, details of rewards and punishments, etc., are all in it, and they can be used. Second, even if it doesn't work, both are bandits, and they will compete for food, and it is inevitable that there will be a war. ”

"Caring for the people, this king's power is much more useful than killing 10,000 people and capturing ten cities."

"Yes, that's what I want."

Deng Yu's thinking is really sharp, if he had received his support earlier in his previous life, maybe he could have eliminated Wang Mang earlier, Liu Xiu secretly praised.

"Then the rest is a little bit further away."

"Please."

"Chang'an is the capital of this dynasty, and whoever can occupy it will have an orthodox reputation, so the next step is to attack Chang'an."

Liu Xiu smiled: "I think so too. ”

Deng Yu was secretly surprised, Liu Xiu hadn't seen him for a few years, and his insight and temperament seemed to have made great progress, Wang Mang's new army was hundreds of thousands, and there were only tens of thousands of Lingling soldiers, and anyone would feel that his ideas were a little too big, but Liu Xiu seemed to be confident, and he didn't seem to feel strange at all for the idea of enterprising Chang'an.

However, according to Liu Xiu's personality, he has always been old and steady, not the kind of person who does not match his words and blindly trusts the big, so seeing Liu Xiu's performance, Deng Yu's awe in his heart deepened again.

"And what about the so-called farther away?" Liu Xiu then asked

Deng Yu said: "I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"Speak."

"Okay, then I'll talk about it." Deng Yu has absolute trust in Liu Xiu.

"Throughout the ages, the king has been defeated, since you have raised an army, you have to think that one day you will become the emperor."

"Yes." Liu Xiu did not evade,

"But one mountain does not allow two tigers, have you ever thought that when you compete for the world in the future, you and your eldest brother Liu Yan."

He paused, looking at Liu Xiu's reaction, Liu Xiu's face was gentle, and he motioned for him to continue.

Deng Yu's expression became serious, and the handsome face set off by white clothes flickered under the flickering lights, and he accentuated his tone and said word by word:

"Brothers are bound to fight."