Chapter 307: The Bottom Line of the Principles of the Princes of the World
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Cao Cao was really scheming, he sent Xun You casually, and he let him achieve the desired goal
Liu Yi is now in a good situation, but he also seems to know that Liu Yi is now unable to launch another big war, he just uses the excuse of explaining why he launched the emperor's blood summoning, so that he can achieve a kind of seemingly overture to Liu Yi, and he can not be a vassal to Liu Yi, and interact with Liu Yi as an equal status
Now, the most sensitive thing for the princes of the world is how to maintain their status as a prince, and how to prevent Liu Yi, who has greatly increased his power, from sending troops to attack them in the name of rebellion
The princes of the world compete for power, no matter who it is, they do not value this reputation, in fact, it is not only the Han Dynasty that is like this, since ancient times, it is basically the same situation, the war between the two countries, generally in the case of a name, will be declared war on other countries for no reason, generally will not be fought for no reason
In this Han Wei era, the question of this name is even more important Now, no matter what, whether it is the Han court controlled by Dong Zhuo or the new Han Dynasty established by Liu Yi, it is all the Han imperial court, and the other princes of the world, no matter how powerful they are, are all vassals of the Han Dynasty Now, no one dares to risk the disapproval of the world, and dares to officially declare that they will stand up as kings after breaking away from the rule of the Han Dynasty
Liu Yi is powerful and occupies a righteous Lichao now, if Liu Yi doesn't have to worry about military rations, he can openly issue orders to the princes of the world, ordering them to come to the capital to worship and report on their work, or, they can conquer them by force and suppress them in the name of rebellion, so that everyone will fall behind at the beginning, if they don't surrender to Liu Yi, then they have to fight against Liu Yi in the name of a thief, what will their sergeants think? Do you still have the confidence to fight against Lewy's army?
That stupid Yuan Shu, he was stupidly called the emperor, and as a result, he immediately became the target of the world, and he was destroyed, so don't underestimate this name, at this time, it is still very useful
In the name, Cao Cao sent Xun You to make it clear that he Cao Cao was not not a Han Chen, he Cao Cao was not unwilling to submit to the court, but he Cao Cao regarded himself as a loyal minister, and doubted whether Liu Yi was like Dong Zhuo who coerced the Son of Heaven to make the princes harbor evil intentions, so he Cao Cao was based on the fact that there were two Han courts, and he had not been able to see who was the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty between the two Han courts, so that he did not submit to the imperial court, so that Liu Yi could no longer use some names to attack Cao Cao
If Liu Yi really wants to raise troops to attack Cao Cao, it proves that Liu Yi is really suspected of hiding evil intentions
Fortunately, Liu Yi raised troops to destroy Cao Cao without preparation, and reluctantly admitted Cao Cao's approach, and did not bother with Cao Cao, with the current situation of the New Han Dynasty, Liu Yi had no way to deal with others
Not to mention Cao Cao, even other princes, Liu Yi has no way to officially send troops to attack now
Development takes time, food will not fall from the world, it will be planted from the field to have a series of wars, so that Liu Yi has consumed too much financial and material resources, and can no longer start wars at will
Liu Yi asked Xun Yu and Xun Shuang to receive Xun You, after all, they are a family, and naturally there will be topics Some people of the Xun family decided to stay in Xuchang, so after Xuchang was occupied by Cao Cao, it is not strange to return to Cao Cao, the people of the Xun family, like Xun You, became Cao Cao's advisers, which is also common sense, otherwise, it will be difficult for the people of the Xun family to get peace, which is also the real reason why Liu Yi did not have too many thoughts to subdue Xun You
If you want Xun You to use it for yourself, then you must solve the problem of the Xun family, but Liu Yi came to the Xun family in person and failed to persuade the Xun family to move to Luoyang, so it is inevitable to face the situation that Xun You is used by Cao Cao
It was already evening after receiving Xun You, and Liu Yi did not receive other princes' envoys
However, in the next few days, Liu Yi had to go to the court and meet with the envoys sent by the princes one by one
Liu Biao also sent an envoy, and the envoy was of Iraqi nationality
Yi, the word machine uncle, Yanzhou Shanyang he and Liu Biao are fellow villagers, Liu Biao made a fortune, became the lord of Jingzhou, he just happened to be in trouble, so he found Jingzhou to vote for Liu Biao
Iraqi, good at debating, anxious, also very alert, proficient in the affairs of ventilation
Liu Biaoye's Liu Yi would attack him under the pretext of attacking him, so he had to send an envoy to meet Liu Yi
Liu Biao and Liu Yi, although they have only met, on the surface, they can barely talk, but he knows what he has done, everyone knows it, the economic blockade of Dongting Lake Xinzhou is equivalent to letting him stand on Liu Yi's opposing position He is now, somewhat a bit of a thief, although he also supports hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou troops, but when it comes to fighting with Liu Yi, Liu Biao must not dare to make some small moves behind his back, Liu Biao maybe, but to fight with Liu Yi head-on, he will not be more than half a year ago, A little Sun Ce hit his doorstep and almost took his Jingzhou, facing the fierce general Liu Yi, how dare he have the slightest ambition?
At this time, Liu Biao, he has already exposed his weak side, that is, he just wants to have his current status, keep Jingzhou, and be a prince of peace and happiness
Of course, if Liu Biao had just been in Jingzhou and had not yet gained a firm foothold in Jingzhou, he might still have a little adventure, but for now, forget it
Yi Zhi can also be regarded as a man who can speak well, and he has not been serving Liu Biao for too long, but he must have done a lot of work and figured out many things before he went out again
When Liu Yi met him, he talked with him in the court, and said that the relationship between Liu Biao and Liu Yi was like brothers, and they were similar to each other and had never had any friction
Regarding Liu Biao's economic blockade of Dongting Lake Xinzhou, he also listed the one, two, and three things that Liu Biao and Liu Yi had made friends
Finally, he said: "Taifu, Jingzhou and Luoyang, are really one, my lord Liu Biao and Taifu are both relatives of the Han family, and they are both vassals of the Han royal family, my lord said that in the future, he will pay tribute to the imperial court according to the precedent, but ......."
"But what?" Liu Yi knew that he had said so much, and now he got to the point, and said a little funny
Yi also knew whether he could pass the test, it depended on the present, and his expression couldn't help but bow down to Liu Yi and said: "My lord said that now the two Han courts, for a while, it is difficult to confirm which court is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, so the matter of paying taxes to the court has to wait for my lord to confirm which court is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty before paying taxes, of course, the taxes will not be less, and the taxes of every year are placed in Jiangling, just wait for the confirmation to pay them together."
"Haha, I've heard of you, I've heard that you can be eloquent, and when I saw it today, it was true that you said it in front of me today, which is equivalent to talking nonsense, I ask you, since Liu Biao has not confirmed which court is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, or he has not made a decision to submit to our New Han Dynasty, then, what did he send you for? Just want you to talk this nonsense? Liu Yi glanced at Yi Yuan with a smile and said
"Uh, Taifu, you can't say that" Yi said: "Anyway, my lord and Taifu have always been good friends, no grudges, and now Taifu recaptured the capital of the Han Dynasty from the hands of Dong thieves in Luoyang, and established a new Han court, and my lord is a subordinate of the original Han court, strictly speaking, my lord should have obeyed the dispatch of the original old dynasty, and what my lord worshipped at the beginning was also to offer the emperor, not the young emperor, if it wasn't for the Dong thief to control the government, My father-in-law will never regard the new Han Dynasty as the orthodoxy of the Han family, but because of the relationship between my father-in-law and the father-in-law, my father-in-law can send Yi to come, which is equivalent to respecting the father-in-law, and has the meaning of friendship with the master, in fact, the meaning of my father-in-law is also very clear, and now there are two courts, which will make it difficult for my father-in-law to choose, but what if there is only one court left? Only Taifu, the new Han Ting, is left? Then my father-in-law will definitely submit to the Taifu, and then pay all the taxes due to the Taifu over the years."
"Oh? In this way, Liu Biao's heart still admits that my new Han Dynasty is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty? Liu Yi pretended to say: "That's good, Ai Guang said it's useless, you go back, let Liu Biao pay the grain first, well, Jingzhou is a good place, Ai is rich, let Liu Biao take 1 million stone of grain first."
"1,000,000 stones?" Ichi's eyes widened suddenly, and he lost his voice
When Liu Biao sent Yi to come, he didn't actually think that he could fool him through, in order to prevent Liu Yi from raising troops to attack his Jingzhou, he was also ready to vomit some blood, no matter what, he would first hand over to Liu Yi and then talk about it, so he planned to give certain benefits to Liu Yi, for example, to give 100,000 stone of grain or something, if Liu Yi wanted to negotiate terms with him, he was also prepared to put the northwest area of Jingzhou, that is, the northwest area of Dongting Lake Xinzhou, all of which were under Liu Yi's rule, in fact, they were all relatively remote places. There wasn't much oil and water to fish, and it wasn't a big deal to give it to Lewy
Of course, some bottom-line principles still have to be adhered to, and these bottom-line principles, the thoughts of the princes of the world are almost the same, that is, they must not lightly admit that Liu Yi, the new Han Dynasty, is the orthodoxy of the Han family, and once they admit it, they will be completely in a passive situation and completely subject to Liu Yi
It's just that as soon as they admit it, then, nominally, they have to completely obey the orders of the New Han Dynasty, for example, casually issue a holy decree and let them enter the palace to report on their work, then they are finished, and after entering the palace, is it possible for them to go again? And they received the emperor's holy decree, and if they didn't listen to the holy order, then they would immediately become anti-thieves and rebels, and because of this, they would lose the opportunity to dominate the world
To put it simply, now the princes of the world are the most likely to move troops against them, and no one wants to be the first target of Liu Yi's attack, so they have to send envoys to come and have a good relationship with Liu Yi
In fact, the previous Xun You, as Cao Cao's important adviser, was sent to negotiate with Liu Yi, and he never thought that it would be so easy
Because Cao Cao is very clear about Liu Yi, in Cao Cao's heart, Liu Yi has a little stunned temperament in his bones, he sent out the emperor's blood summons, such a big battle, making Liu Yi so passive, more or less has already smeared Liu Yi's phenomenon Because of this matter, Cao Cao knew that he had formed an indissoluble enmity with Liu Yi Cao Cao was a little, and Liu Yi would be stunned again, and he would use troops against him regardless of Qiqi, so he sent Xun You, so that Liu Yi could send troops to attack him in order to stabilize Liu Yi, Cao Cao even planned to give Liu Yi some benefits, so that Liu Yi would give up the idea of attacking him immediately, but Liu Yi knew that Cao Cao was also new to Yanzhou, and he didn't have too many benefits for himself, so he simply didn't mention it, and didn't force Xun You to take out benefits
In fact, if Liu Yi insisted that he would prepare to send troops to attack Cao Cao, Xun You would naturally come up with advantages to prove that Cao Cao intended to befriend Liu Yi, and the two sides could cooperate to benefit both sides
Now, Yi didn't expect that Liu Yi would actually open his mouth widely, and he would ask for a million stones of grain as soon as he opened his mouth
One stone is equal to about 120 catties in later generations, and one million stone is equal to 120 million catties, which is an astronomical amount, and this amount of grain is almost equal to the output of grain in the entire Jingzhou area for half a year
The population of Jingzhou is naturally not as large as that of Luoyang and the prefecture combined, but there are quite a few, and the grain output of more than 100 million catties of the population of three million people is not necessarily the grain output of Jingzhou for half a year, but it accounts for half or one-third, and there is definitely such a large amount, which is far beyond the amount that can be determined by the Iraqi nationality
"Is a million stone a lot?" Liu Yi smiled and said: "Mr. Yi, I am not satisfied with you that Liu Biao carried out an economic blockade on me in Dongting Lake Xinzhou two years ago, so that my base has no way to conduct trade and trade in various places, do you know how big my loss is in the past two years?" Hehe, don't say that Liu Biao and I, Liu Yi, are both relatives of the Han family, everyone is brothers, if there is no resentment and no hatred, a certain is in Dongting Lake Xinzhou, in fact, it is just to do business, and it does not affect his Liu Biao's rule over Jingzhou, he economically blockades my base, and joins forces with the rich businessmen and wealthy families in Jingzhou to suppress my base, what are these behaviors? ”
"Uh, this...... But a million stones of grain, this is too much Ai Taifu...... Please also "Yi was speechless for a while, a little anxious
Liu Yi interrupted him and said: "As the old saying goes, cut off people's financial routes, and have the same enmity with killing their father, Liu Biao's economic blockade of Dongting Lake Xinzhou is for impure purposes, and there should be a psychological preparation for enmity with Liu, and I also happen to want to settle accounts with Liu Biao."
"Ao Taifu, doesn't he really want to use force against Jingzhou?" When Yi Yi heard this, he thought that Liu Yi was going to take Liu Biao as the first target, so he couldn't help but turn pale and said a little panicked
"Jingzhou is a good place, and in recent decades, it has been governed by non-ministers, and the people there are still relatively good and rich places compared to the people outside the Han Dynasty," Liu Yi sighed as if he was very yearning
"Taifu, Taifu, if you really want to use troops in Jingzhou, I'm afraid it will only disturb the people, a good place, let it fall into the chaos of war, how can Taifu bear it?" Yi Ji said anxiously: "Taifu has always taken the revitalization of the Han Dynasty as his own responsibility, the land of Jingxiang, it is still a happy land to avoid being strong, does Taifu really want to extend the war to Jingxiang?" ”
Mr. Yi laughed, it seems that Jingzhou has not been stable in recent years, right? The Yellow Turban Rebellion also affected the Jingxiang area, and from time to time there were officers and soldiers who said that they were thieves and rebelled, in addition, Liu Biao sent troops to kill Sun Jian for no reason, and not long ago he fought with Sun Ce in Jiangdong, aren't these wars? When I Liu Yi wants to send troops to Jingzhou, why has it become a scourge in the Jingxiang region? ”
"Don't, don't...... Taifu" Yi hurriedly said: "Taifu, in fact, my lord is ready to recognize the pro-Han Dynasty as the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, my lord sent Yi to come this time, and he has already confessed to Yi, saying that it is not easy for Taifu to assist the young emperor to establish the new Han Dynasty, and the money and grain of millions of people in Luoyang were plundered by Dong thieves, leaving millions of people to make Taifu brainless, so my lord plans to donate some money and food to Taifu to help Taifu relieve the troubled Han people."
"Oh? Did Liu Biao really say that? Liu Yi said with a smile on his face
"Yes, my lord said that he can donate 100,000 stone of grain to the New Han Court, as long as the Taifu doesn't care about some misleading things that my lord did before, don't lead the war to Jingzhou......"
"Only 100,000 stones?" Liu Yi's eyes were cold, and he said: "Liu Biao himself said, Liu Mou established the New Han Court, what can millions of people and 100,000 stone grain do?" It's just two or three days of food for millions of people."
"Then how much does that Taifu think it will take? One million stones is too much, Yi Yi is just a messenger, and he has no right to promise too much" Yi Yi planned to bargain with Liu Yi, but his expression was very embarrassed
"Okay, Mr. Yi, you sue me, 100,000 stone of grain, is the largest amount of grain that Liu Biao sent you to Luoyang?"
"How did Taifu know?" Yi Ji looked stunned
"Look at your embarrassed appearance, you know that 100,000 stone is something that Mr. can decide, then 100,000 stone, more, you can't decide that you go back and send me first" Liu Yi said: "But you have to bring it to Liu Biao, this year, there is still a month or two for a year, before February next year, you will give me 1 million stone of grain, as compensation for my original loss, well, in a few days, I will send an army to Dongting Lake, eliminate his acquaintance, and send me the food happily, otherwise, I will go and get it myself"
"What? Taifu really wants to send troops to Jingxiang? When Yi Yuan heard this, he really panicked
"That's right, no matter what, this time I will definitely send troops, but it may not be to deal with him Liu Biao, you can go back and clearly tell him to eliminate him and understand how to do it"