Li Zhu's triple plan is almost perfect, but there is also a problem that worries Yuan Shu.

It is easy to envelop Lu Bu with marriage, and then encourage Lu Bu to snatch Luoyang. However, around Luoyang, there are also princes such as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. If Lu Bu sent troops to Luoyang, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not intervene to stop it.

If they intervene, Lu Bu will be difficult to do, and they will not be able to stop Liu Mang from escorting the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang.

Once the Son of Heaven returns to Wangji, the hearts of the people in the world will gradually stabilize, and the effect of Li Zhu's plan will be difficult to achieve.

"Yuan Gong doesn't need to worry too much." Li Zhu is still full of confidence, "Although he was worshiped by the general at the beginning, he failed to record the Shangshu, and his heart was unhappy. The rogue child Liu Mang attracted people's hearts by escorting the east. Lu Bu's attack on Luoyang was to interfere with him, and he would be happy to see it at the beginning, and he would not interfere easily. Moreover, Lü Bu has no place to stay, and the soldiers, horses, and grain and grass are not sufficient, so he must ask Zhang Miao in Hanoi for borrowing. Zhang Miao was the leader of the alliance at the beginning, and with him involved, he would never interfere in the Luoyang matter. ”

Yuan Shu nodded slowly, but he was still not worried about Cao Cao.

This Cao Mengde has been in the limelight too much recently, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not meddle in his affairs.

"Yuan Gong is extremely worried. However, after Cao Mengde forcibly took Yanzhou, his intention was to Xuzhou in the east. As long as he tries to provoke the relationship between Cao Mengde and Tao Gongzu, Cao Mengde will definitely take the opportunity to raise troops in Xuzhou, and he will have no time to take care of Luoyang. ”

"Oh...... Tao Gongzu ......"

Yuan Shu twisted his beard.

Tao Qian used to be a member of his own camp, but recently he has been quite cold to himself, and it is time for him to suffer a little......

……

Xuzhou is located in the Huai River Basin, east of the sea.

In the early spring, the ice and snow in the north have not completely melted, and Xuzhou has already bloomed with flowers, and the wind and sun are beautiful.

However, Tao Qian, who is in Tan County, Xuzhou, is still wrapped in fur.

Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, when he was young, had a straight temperament and great ambitions. But as he grew older, his temperament became mild. The ambition is almost gone.

It is no wonder that Tao Qian is over sixty years old after all, his energy is no longer sufficient, and his ideals have gradually faded.

Be the governor of a state. With a land spanning hundreds of miles and governing millions of Li people, Tao Qian was content.

It's just that Tao Qian has reached the end of his life and intends to inherit the foundation. Helplessly, the two sons, the potter Tao Ying, were not successful.

For the sake of his two sons, Tao Qian also took great pains. gathered Zhao Yu, Wang Lang, Di Rong, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Chen Qi, Chen Deng, Cao Hong, Lu Fan and other people who are good at governance and strategy, as well as Zang Ba, Cao Bao and other generals who can fight well.

Some time ago, Tao Qian also recruited a brave and resourceful general, Wu Yunzhao, the son of Wu Fu, the captain of the Yue Cavalry.

Although his subordinates are full of talents, strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient food and grass, Tao Qian still can't rest assured. Just because around Xuzhou, there are snakes and wolves. Princes from all walks of life, eyeing each other!

Around Xuzhou, except for Liu Xuan, the new Yangzhou assassin in the south, Tao Qian's rest of the neighbors are not stable.

In Qingzhou in the north, Liu Bei's power is gradually stronger, and there is a tendency to develop to the south.

In Yanzhou in the northwest, Cao Cao had just forced Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai to die, and instead of him, the soldiers pointed directly at Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu in the west. The desire to dominate has long been revealed, and of course it will not let go of Xuzhou, which has a flourishing population and economic development.

He is old, his son is not a weapon, and he is a wolf and a tiger. On hot days, Tao Qian always felt a chill......

"Tao Gong, something happened!" Xuzhou, don't drive to engage in Mizhu panic and break in.

"Ah......" Tao Qian collapsed on the mat.

"Zhenrong and Zhao Yuanda had a dispute in Guangling, and they made a dangerous knife move!"

"Ah...... Ah...... "At present, there is internal strife." Tao Qian was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and it took him half a day to catch his breath. "Uh...... Oh...... There was no conflict between swords and soldiers, and the old man almost wanted to be scared to death by Zizhong! ”

Tao Qian caressed his heart and complained about Mi Zhu.

"Although I didn't use the sword soldiers, I was too arrogant!"

"Zizhong, sit down and talk slowly......"

Mi Zhu is not only Tao Qian's subordinate official, but also a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou. Although the Mi family has never produced a prominent high-ranking official, it has been engaged in reclamation for generations, and his family resources are abundant, which has made countless vassal states ashamed.

The Mi family is rich, and there are nearly 10,000 child servants, diners, and household soldiers. Mi Zhu is very important, Tao Qian attaches great importance to him and is very polite.

"Tao Gong, you can't do whatever you want!"

Di Rong, the minister of Xuzhou Xiapi State, believes in Buddhism, is good at charity, and is a local Buddhist leader.

At this time, not long after Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, it was able to deceive people with good words and words, and soon gathered a large number of believers.

Zhenrong built a large number of monasteries and stupas in the lower Pi Kingdom. For believers, they are exempted from forced labor, and on the Buddha Bathing Festival, the stalls of soup and rice stretch for dozens of miles.

For those people who do not want to believe, they will accept all kinds of difficulties and restrictions, prohibit them from being officials, and even use brutal means to force the people to believe.

The land under its rule gathered a large number of believers, and its power was very large and relatively stable.

He was deceived by Rongshan, and Tao Qian was old and did not check the facts, so he entrusted him with the important task of supervising the grain transportation in Xiapi, Guangling, and Pengcheng in southern Xuzhou.

Supervise the transportation of grain, oil and water are huge. Zhenrong had a way to accumulate money, built more monasteries and pagodas in Xiapi Kingdom, attracted more believers, became more powerful, and became more high-flying.

This time, he went to Guangling to supervise the transportation of grain, and forced Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling, to fund the construction of the temple, but Zhao Yu sternly refused, and almost broke out into a military disaster.

The officials in Xuzhou have long been dissatisfied with Zhenrong's conduct. Mi Zhu came to Tao Qian to ask Tao Qian to severely punish him.

As soon as Mi Zhu finished complaining, Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son also came to meet Tao Qian, and what they did was also a matter of Rong.

The Chen family is also quite powerful in Xuzhou, and Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son are also people that Tao Qian relies on.

Several people have experienced the sins of Zhenrong, Tao Qian has no choice, so he has to vaguely say that he will send someone to appease Zhao Yu, and he will also talk to Zhenrong.

……

Tao Qian didn't want to blame Zhen Rong, Mi Zhu and others were very disappointed, but Tao Qian also had a good reason.

Tao Qian explained that the biggest threat facing Xuzhou at the moment comes from the surrounding princes. At this time, the heavy is melting, which is equivalent to pulling out the fuelwood at the bottom of your own kettle.

Tao Qian's worries are not unreasonable, and Mi Zhu and others also understand it very well.

Chen Dengjin said: "Xuzhou lacks dangerous passes, faces enemies on three sides, and it is difficult to hold on. Only by befriending Yuan, Cao, Liu and other princes at the same time is impartial. In this way, those who covet Xuzhou will have the heart to forcibly take my Xuzhou, and they will also be afraid of other princes. ”

Mi Zhu and Chen Qi all agreed with Chen Deng's opinion.

Tao Qian also considered this issue.

Among the several princes who were threatened around, Tao Qian had the best relationship with Liu Bei, and he also had an alliance with Yuan Shu. It's not a problem to make friends with these two.

It's just that Tao Qian and Cao Cao have no friendship, and they used to belong to the two camps of Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao. When Cao Cao seized Yanzhou, Tao Qian also verbally denounced Cao Cao together with Yuan Shu and others.

How can you establish a friendly relationship with Cao Cao?

Chen Deng said: "In recent years, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, Meng De's father has been in my Xuzhou Langya country to avoid the war, recently, I heard that Meng De wants to take his father to Yanzhou, Tao Cheng can take this opportunity to send someone to serve and escort Cao Gong, then Meng De will be grateful." ”

Tao Qian was overjoyed, and finally felt less cold...... (To be continued.) )