The longer he got along with his lord Liu Cun, the more he felt that defecting to Qingzhou was the most correct choice in his life. Only Liu Cun, who is strong and broad-minded, can provide him with a historical stage and a solid foundation to show his talents and realize his ambitions.

What touched him even more was that Liu Cun valued and cared for him, not only regarded him as a confidant, but also took his son Fu Hong under his command to teach him wholeheartedly.

All of this made Fu Zhu deeply realize that Liu Cun, who was born in a poor family, whether it is Wen Tao Wu Strategy, or moral integrity, is above all the princes, Liu Cun's magnificent spirit and open-mindedness, strict self-discipline and diligence and love for the people, every time Fu Zhu is extremely moved, such a lord is worthy of his lifelong service.

Under the impetus of all his henchmen, Liu Cun implemented the huge plan of "hiding from the sky and crossing the sea and plotting against Jizhou", which was not carried out in a sneaky way, but a public conspiracy.

Liu Cun gladly adopted the opinions of Gongsun Pei and Zhao Rong, and when the imperial court promulgated the edict to entitle him as the general of the chariot and cavalry, he sent a letter to the princes from all walks of life, and in the "Qingzhou Times", which was published in the world, he righteously stated the reason and determination of the whole Qingzhou to "receive the emperor's order to repair the Huangling Tomb and repair the imperial capital", and implored the princes from all walks of life to have the money to contribute, and to make a strong contribution to restore the trade routes as soon as possible, communicate with each other, and work together to repair the tombs of the previous emperors and the royal tomb and the old capital Luoyang, so as to welcome the holy drive and the imperial court to return to the imperial capital. In order to restore the order of the country and show the prestige of the Han Dynasty.

The princes of all walks of life reacted differently to this.

Yuan Shao, who was the first to know, stroked his palms and smiled, before that, he and his henchmen made a three-year plan, and made up his mind not to anger Qingzhou, which was powerful but complacent, within three years, so. He wished that Liu Cun would go to the deserted but dangerous Luoyang as soon as possible. The more material and financial resources Liu consumed in Luoyang, the more he wasted. Yuan Shao, who had obtained most of Jizhou, and his henchmen were happier.

Secondly, Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation to send an envoy to Linzi to discuss the exchange of the seven counties of Hanoi County, which he had just recovered, for the Bohai County occupied by the Qingzhou army, so as to facilitate Liu Cun to restore order in the imperial capital of Luoyang.

Liu Cun's performance was entirely expected by Yuan Shao and his henchmen: Liu Cun did not immediately respond to the proposal for a land exchange, citing the need to appeal to the imperial court and the emperor. However, Liu Cun made a verbal promise to the envoy that as long as Yuan Shao did not attack Qingzhou and did not harm Qingzhou's interests, the Qingzhou army would not only not invade the seven eastern counties of Hanoi County occupied by Yuan Shao, but would also trade and cooperate with each other with the seven eastern counties of Hanoi County under Yuan Shao's control!

From beginning to end, Liu Cun did not mention the issue of the ownership of Jizhou, Yuan Shao felt that it was purely normal after repeated consideration, Liu Cun had always been opposed to Yuan Shao's occupation of Jizhou, but it was only against it, Yuan Shao was confident that Liu Cun would not send troops to fight for Jizhou. Otherwise, it would have been done a year ago.

Yuan Shao's top priority was to exterminate the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army in the west as soon as possible. Then patiently waited for Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou to distinguish the winners and losers.

As soon as the opportunity came, Yuan Shao immediately waved his army north, destroyed his old enemies Gongsun Zan or Liu Yu, and pocketed Youzhou, which had a wide land and was rich in war horses, cattle and sheep, and pig iron.

At present, the one who controls more than 10 counties in Xingyang and Zhongmu is Lu Bu, who has been hit hard by the split of the Xiliang Army and led his troops eastward, when Lu Bu received Liu Cun's handwritten letter, his first reaction to Liu Cun's proposal to "repair the Huangling and repair the imperial capital" was surprise and vigilance.

However, after Lü Bu obtained the 100,000 stone wheat that Liu Cun had exchanged for, he immediately ordered his general Gao Shun to withdraw from the Tiger Prison Pass, and cede control to Xu Sheng, the general of the Qingzhou Army who had led his troops in advance, and generously agreed to Liu Cun's request to allow the exiles from all over the country to go to Luoyang to serve as coolies through Zhongmu and Xingyang.

Gongsun Zhan of Youzhou has always maintained a good trade cooperation relationship with Liu Cun, and he replied to Liu Cun with a long letter full of praise, praising Liu Cun's righteous deeds and supporting Liu Cun's decision, but did not mention the fact that he contributed money and efforts to the reconstruction of the old capital Luoyang.

After receiving Liu Cun's handwritten letter with a respectful tone and neat handwriting, Liu Yu was immediately moved by Liu Cun's loyalty to the Han royal family, and the little resentment in his heart suddenly disappeared, not only immediately wrote an enthusiastic reply letter for the messenger sent by Liu Cun to bring back, but also urgently raised 500 sturdy ploughing cattle and 1,500 pack horses, sent people to Pingyuan City, and handed over to Liu Cun to take to Luoyang, so as to repair the imperial tomb and the old capital as soon as possible.

As generous as Youzhou Mu Liu Yu is Xuzhou Mu Taoqian.

After Tao Qian received Liu Cun's handwritten letter, he immediately called dozens of civil and military officials such as Mi Zhu and issued an order to "give 200,000 stone rice grains, collect 150,000 refugees and send them to Luoyang to be handed over to Liu Zhijun".

Cao Bao and the three major families of Xuzhou were very supportive of Tao Qian's decision, and they were the same as Tao Qian, believing that as long as Liu Cun, who was named the general of the chariot cavalry by the imperial court, led the army to be stationed in Luoyang, it would be able to effectively curb the threat of all princes to Xuzhou, so the capital Luoyang and the surrounding three counties were in the center of the world, whether it was Jizhou, Yanzhou, or Jingzhou and Yuzhou, if they wanted to attack Xuzhou, they must take care of Liu Cun to launch a retaliatory attack from behind them, which would be beneficial and harmless to Xuzhou.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou, Sun Ce of Jiangdong, and the Shi family of Jiaozhou all supported Liu Cun's move.

However, both Liu Biao and Sun Ce regretfully told Liu Cun in their reply letters: they are quelling local riots and cannot raise manpower and material resources, please forgive Yunyun. On the contrary, it was the new Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie, who had been in business with Qingzhou for several years, who strongly supported Liu Cun's righteous deeds and was willing to contribute money and efforts to the repair of the Luoyang Imperial Mausoleum and the capital.

Shi Xie handed over the first batch of 12 pairs of ivory, 500 horses of Tianzhu cotton cloth and 500 catties of gold purchased from Nanyang to the merchant ships of the Langya Chamber of Commerce to Liu Cun, and implored Liu Cun to pay tribute to the emperor and the court of Chang'an City on his behalf, and then continued to raise 200,000 stone rice for Liu Cun for the restoration of the old capital of Luoyang.

Cao Cao, the assassin of Yanzhou, and his advisers were deeply shocked by Liu Cun's move, and Cao Cao held a three-day meeting to discuss the true purpose of Liu Cun's move and the potential threat to Yanzhou.

Only Liu Yan, the Yizhou Mu who burned the plank road and cut off contact with the imperial court, has no news.

For several years, he has taken a blind attitude towards the life and death of the imperial court and the disputes in the Central Plains, and has retreated in Chengdu to be his native emperor.

On 20 October, more than 300 large and small ships of the Qingzhou Navy Army, transporting a large number of soldiers, civilians and supplies, marched upstream, heading for Luoyang, and the huge momentum stretching for more than 10 miles once again shocked both sides of the Yellow River.

Cao Cao, who received the urgent report, couldn't sit still any longer, and he really couldn't figure out what Liu Cun's idea was? He could only urgently dispatch a herald to summon his henchmen and civil and military forces to rush back to Changyi, the seat of the state capital, to discuss Liu Cun's large-scale action again. (To be continued......)