After Wang Meng's analysis, Liu Mang's thinking was clear.

From an overall point of view, the safety of the current emperor Liu Xie is more important than everything else.

As long as the emperor is still there, even if he is still trapped in Chang'an, relative stability can be guaranteed. It will take time for the state to develop, and it will take time for the Hedong issue to be resolved.

Liu Mang immediately sent a letter to Wu Yong, instructing him to ensure the safety of His Majesty the Emperor in all his actions in Chang'an. When necessary, you can take the initiative to cooperate with Wen Tianxiang, Guo Kan, and even Wang Yun, Lu Bu, etc., to show the attitude of merging the state.

The rebellion in Chang'an was inevitable.

Liu Mang is beyond his power and cannot control the crisis situation in Chang'an, so he can only hope that the relatively stable situation can last for a longer period of time.

However, Liu Mang also knows very well that stability is difficult!

It's like erecting an egg on a speeding cart, and you may succeed, but sooner or later the egg will fall and even fall to pieces......

Chang'an is in crisis, and Hedong is in chaos.

The key to Hedong lies in whether the Baibo army can be dismantled, and the key to the key lies in Deng Qiang's choice.

Liu Mang wrote a letter of appointment to Deng Qiang and handed it to Wang Meng.

"Show people with weakness, avoid rigidity with skill; Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, take advantage of the chaos. It was Wang Meng's idea of planning to take Hedong.

To put it simply, it is to "thunder and rain little", and put on a posture of wanting to control the salt pool, but not daring to move troops easily.

For this reason, Liu Mang posted notices in various parts of Hedong, announcing that Hedong was under his control, but did not send troops to the south of Fenshui.

At the same time, Kou Zhun was appointed as the Taishou of Hedong, Xu Shiji was appointed as the general of Hedong, and Shan Xiongxin was appointed as the salt supervisor of Yanchi, and the land was announced.

The appointment of these people was decided a long time ago. It was only because the situation in Hedong was unclear and he was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so it was never announced to the public.

Nowadays, with these appointments as "thunder", a voice is spoken to Nakajoyama and Kasaka.

Bai Bojun and Pusaka, during the period of "Wuzhai Ba Salt Pond", occupied a place in the salt pond. Vested interests will not be easily relinquished.

And now, Bai Bojun has the explicit support of Yuan Shu, Pusaka has been appointed by Dong Zhuo, and both consider themselves to be the rightful controllers of Yanchi. They all want to take the opportunity to dominate the salt pond.

Liu Mang also sent a letter to Bai Bojun and Pusaka.

The letter stated that Yanchi had been annexed to the state, and his surname was Liu! Liu Mang said in the letter that considering the overall situation, he did not want to tear his face with the two families. I hope that the issue of Hedong and Yanchi can be resolved peacefully, and it is proposed to find a suitable time and place for everyone to sit down and have a good talk.

The purpose of this move is also to "show weakness", prompting the White Bojun and Kasaka to put aside their concerns and launch operations as soon as possible.

All three covet the salt pond, but they also have some scruples.

Negotiation is indeed a good way to solve problems. But Bai Bojun, Yang Feng, Han Xian, and Pusaka are not fools, they both know it. Even if it is necessary to negotiate, it is necessary to preemptively control all or most of the salt ponds.

In this way, you can have enough chips at the negotiating table.

And what Liu Mang hopes is that they will make a move as soon as possible.

In a hurry, the opponent can make the wrong decision. In this way, Liu Mang has the opportunity to "sit on the mountain and watch the tiger, and take advantage of the chaos".

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More concerned about the situation in Chang'an than Liu Mang is Nanyang Yuan Shu.

And what pays more attention to than Yuan Shu is Li Zhu.

Li Zhu, young martial arts. Very smart, the world is wonderful.

I had to meet a master, teach the learning of the miscellaneous family, and compare myself with the representative figures of the pre-Qin miscellaneous family, Lu Buwei.

And take Lü Buwei as an example.

Late Han Dynasty. The world is in turmoil, and the princes rise together.

The troubled times made Li Zhu see the hope of showing his ambitions in his chest. He vowed to become the current Lü Buwei.

In the last years of the Warring States Period, the great merchant Lü Buwei met the grandson of Chu, the king of Qin, who was a hostage in Zhao State, and poured out his wealth. Help Zichu. Leave behind the famous idiom "strange goods can live".

Zichu eventually succeeded to the throne of Qin and was the king of Qin Zhuangxiang. And Lü Buwei's "hoarding Juqi" was finally rewarded and became the prime minister of Qin. The power is for a while.

Li Zhu wants to become Lü Buwei, but he has no bargaining chips to live in.

Scatter your wealth and pull up a team. But because he couldn't get the support of the gate valve family, Li Zhu's team gradually became thieves who robbed their homes.

Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, and the princes of the world rose up to fight. Dong Zhuo was defeated, coerced the emperor and hundreds of officials in the court to move the capital to Chang'an, and set fire to the capital Luoyang.

Luoyang, almost in ruins.

Millions of Luoyang people, families and eunuchs and palace maids in the palace abandoned their homes and fled.

Li Zhu's nephew, Li Kai, led the team to take advantage of the fire on both sides of the Yellow River to rob and rob money.

Li Yi is also quite experienced in robbery.

The eunuchs and palace maids who escaped from the Luoyang Palace mostly carried treasures in the palace and had little ability to resist. Loot them, save time and effort, and reap the rewards.

By chance, I actually got the jade seal of the country!

Li Zhu was ecstatic, thinking that this was a revelation from heaven!

Li Zhu reflected, summed up the lessons, and drew conclusions. The previous army was unsuccessful because it was too anxious.

Now that you have got the jade seal of the country, you must not live up to the favor of God!

Li Zhu carefully planned and set a strategy of steady development and growth. ordered his nephew Li Yi to entrench in Wangwushan and develop slowly, while he himself devoted himself to the party Zhang Yang.

Prepare to accumulate strength, and one day, when the time is ripe, first take the party, and then fight the Central Plains, and dominate the world.

Unexpectedly, Liu Mang appeared!

Zhang Yang collapsed, Wangwushan collapsed, and the hard-earned family foundation was gone. Li Zhu became a lost dog.

However, Li Zhu did not despair. He also has a "strange goods" heirloom jade seal!

Although the dream of dominating the world has been shattered, with this wonder and talent, Li Zhu is confident that he can still be like Lu Buwei and go to the peak of the people!

Which prince to defect to, Li Zhu thought about it a lot.

The jade seal is a strange thing, and in the eyes of different princes, the value is very different. For those who do not have the heart of self-reliance, the jade seal cannot bring Li Zhu enough returns.

He had to find a buyer who "knew the goods" and was willing to pay a lot of money for it!

Moreover, this person must have enough strength, among the princes of the world, and have enough influence.

Yuan Shu is the buyer identified by Li Zhu!

The son of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, sitting on the rich land of the Central Plains, has strong soldiers and horses. Most importantly, Li Zhu believes that Yuan Shu has greater ambitions than his brother Yuan Shao!

Yuan Shu's ambition will infinitely magnify the value of the jade seal's strange goods, and Li Zhu can also get a greater reward with this!

Yuan Shu did not disappoint Li Zhu either. smiled at the jade seal and treated Li Zhu well. Li Zhu was appointed as the chief of history, and he was regarded as a confidant.

Because of the jade seal, Yuan Shu reused Li Zhu. But he can't look down on Hou Junji, who was born in grass.

Although Li Zhu is heavily used, he has no wings of his own here in Yuan Shu. For the long-term, Li Zhu strongly recommended Hou Junji to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu gave Li Zhu face very much, and awarded Hou Junji as a general, and his status was second only to the general Ji Ling.

……

Yuan Shu got the world's most precious jade seal, and was awarded the title of the imperial court. While constantly expanding the territory and including Yuzhou Runan into the bag, he was also fighting for the Baibo army and taking the lead.

Han Xian, the main leader of the White Wave Army, had secretly sent someone to contact Yuan Shu and expressed his willingness to join Yuan Shu's command.

Yuan Shuzhi was full of pride, and it was smooth sailing.

Like Liu Mang, Yuan Shu also pays attention to the movements of Chang'an from time to time.

However, the purpose of the two people's attention to Chang'an is different.

Liu Mang pays attention to the trend of Chang'an in order to formulate his own development strategy.

And Yuan Shu paid attention to Chang'an for the emperor's dream in his heart!

This dream, except for Li Zhu, who offered the jade seal, no one knew.

When the time is not yet ripe, Yuan Shu will not say it to others, even if Ji Ling and the others who have followed him for many years, they can't say it.

At the same time that Liu Mang asked Wang Meng about his plan, Jingzhou Nanyang, Yuan Shu and Li Zhu were also secretly analyzing the situation in Chang'an...... (To be continued.) )