Xuzhou's current strongest wealthy family, the Pengcheng Cao family, although its strength ranks first, Cao Hong grasps the affairs of the state in front of Tao Qian, and Cao Bao controls tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the state division, but it is not invincible.

Not to mention anything else, the Mi clan in the East China Sea alone has 10,000 private soldiers. Another powerful Chen family, under the planning of the next heir to the head of the family, Chen Deng, transferred the strength of the family to Guangling County in the south, occupied several county towns that were abandoned due to the Yellow Turban and Pirate Rebellion, and established a contiguous manor in the local area, with the slave tribe counted in 10,000 people. If you talk about potential strength, in fact, the Chen family is the most powerful in Xuzhou.

The Chen family and the Mi family have always been at odds, and the Cao family and the Chen family have almost fallen into a state of rupture due to the issue of the selection of the new state pastor. As for the Cao family and the Mi family, one regards the Mi family as a rich man, and he can't wait to take a bite; One sees the Cao family as a lucky villain, and is envious, jealous and hateful of Cao's strength.

There is such a big contradiction between several powerful families inside, where is it possible for Xuzhou to launch an attack on the outside world?

Therefore, Xin Ping didn't need to make any moves, and Xuzhou itself had no possibility of attacking Yanzhou. It's just that if you go back like this, how can Xin Ping have any credit to show?

Yuan Shao's shogunate can be said to be full of talents. Even a strong man like Xun Yu, who was evaluated as "Wang Zuozhicai" by the famous scholar He Yan early, felt that the competition in Yuan Shao's shogunate was too fierce, and would rather run to Yuan Shao's younger brother Cao Cao and serve as Cao Cao's deputy. If Xin Ping didn't do anything and went back like this, he would inevitably be ridiculed by other staff members as "doing things because of people", and his status in the shogunate would be difficult to say in the future.

Therefore, after writing a letter back and informing Yuan Shao that it was impossible for Xuzhou to send troops to Yanzhou, Xin Ping swaggered and stayed in Xuzhou. His gaze was aimed at Tao Qian's successor.

Don't get me wrong. Xin Ping was not stupid enough to covet the authority of Xuzhou. He just wanted the person who inherited Tao Qian's position to turn to Yuan Shao's side in terms of attitude, and stop getting involved with Yuan Shu.

Although the situation in Xuzhou is full of contradictions, it is miraculously balanced. The three strongest families, the Cao family, the Chen family, and the Mi family, were worried that the political situation in Xuzhou would be broken. will make his family suffer serious losses, and they will all be there to cast a mouse trap, and they will not dare to act rashly. Tao Qian, as the state pastor, has great power, and he is also bent on maintaining the stability of the situation.

If the situation continues to drag on like this, when Zhou Mu Taoqian suddenly hangs up one day, Xin Ping will not have any opportunity to take advantage of an outsider. Maybe at that time, the Pengcheng Cao clan invited Yuan Shu into Xuzhou. Under the scruples of other powerful people, no one dared to take the initiative to resist Yuan Shu's arrival.

In order to stir up the seemingly calm situation in Xuzhou, Xin Ping used a plan. His strategy is very simple, since Xuzhou has reached a certain degree of equilibrium, then invite another powerful faction to enter Xuzhou and simply break this unreliable balance.

was favored by Xin, and thought that it was more suitable to come to Xuzhou to wade into troubled waters, but it was no one else. But it was Liu Bei, the plain minister.

Liu Bei, a side branch of the Han Dynasty, was originally a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, a famous general in Youzhou. Gongsun Chan belongs to the Yuan Shu camp and has always had a good relationship with Xuzhou. Liu Bei, who was appointed by Gongsun Zhan as the minister of the plains. Although most of the plains were controlled by Yuan Tan, they never really took office in the plain country. However, he had previously taken on the task of selling Youzhou war horses to Xuzhou in exchange for some military rations, and had several contacts with Xuzhou officials. The officials in Xuzhou still have a good impression of this sociable Liu clansman.

If Gongsun Chan doesn't die. Xin Ping would never have thought of Liu Bei. However, it can only be said that Gongsun Chan died just right.

Although Liu Bei is Gongsun Zhan's junior brother, he is not a part of Gongsun Zhan, but is only temporarily subordinate to Gongsun Zhan. As soon as Gongsun Chan died, Liu Bei was completely independent from the Northern Xinjiang Military System.

Liu Bei, who has a unique [harmonious] identity. The identity is neither high nor low, it belongs to a level that can be wooed, and there is no direct contradiction with Yuan Shao, so it can undoubtedly be recognized by Yuan Shao's side. And as long as Liu Bei no longer opposes Yuan Shao in the future, Xin Ping still wants to try to win over this fierce general under Gongsun Zhan.

But Liu Bei's current situation is just not good.

With the title of Pingyuan Xiang, the Pingyuan Country was occupied by Yuan Tan, and Liu Bei did not have much foothold. Liu Bei, who was so sad that he had no money or food, almost couldn't even support his two thousand parts.

Because of this, Liu Bei was beckoned by Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, and ran over to seek refuge with others. After repelling Guan Hai's Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei temporarily stayed on Kong Rong's land to rest his troops in order to rise in the future.

It's a pity that this year, the landlord's family has no surplus food!

Kong Rong is one of the best political critics in the Han Dynasty, but he is not good at doing practical things. If it was during the Taiping period, there would be a Taishou like Kong Rong, and it would probably not be a bad thing. However, Beihai was looted by the Yellow Turban Army, and the money and food immediately showed that it was insufficient. Kong Rong wanted to restore the scale of his own county soldiers on the one hand, and on the other hand, he wanted to support Liu Bei's thousands of parts, and the granary suddenly seemed empty.

Although Kong Rong had a good face, he tried his best to maintain the supply of Liu Bei's troops. However, Kong Rong's subordinates would definitely not hand over the supplies to Liu Bei so happily. It can be said that Liu Bei is in Qingzhou, and his life is also tight, just barely maintained.

had an unsatisfactory life in Beihai, and Liu Bei also wanted to stay in another place. Xuzhou is undoubtedly a good place to stay, with abundant money and food, which makes people salivate. But if no one recommends Liu Bei to go in the past, he will be beaten.

Just when Liu Bei was hesitating in Beihai and unable to confirm his future, Xin Ping quietly came to visit him from Xuzhou.

At this time, Liu Bei, in the eyes of the world, was just a nameless person. Even if Kong Rong praised him a few words, that is, let the scholars in Qingzhou know that there is such a martial artist from the north in the state. In the eyes of those children of famous families and families, a martial artist, even if his surname is Liu, is not worth paying much attention to.

However, Yuan Shaojun and Gongsun Zhan had been at war for many years, and the generals and strategists under Yuan Shao's account still expressed cautious appreciation for Liu Bei's ability. Hearing that Xin Ping actually came from afar to visit, Liu Bei knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for for many years had finally come.

When Xin Ping saw Liu Bei, his first sentence was:

"General Liu is willing to marry the main bus?"

Liu Bei originally wanted to be polite, but he didn't expect Xin Ping to be so direct, and he was slightly stunned. However, as a battle-hardened veteran, his quick reaction did not make Xin Ping feel this. Xiang Xin commented for a long time, and Liu Bei replied with a little excitement in his magnetic voice:

"The general of the Che Cavalry is famous all over the world, and I have admired him for a long time, but I hate to have no chance to make friends!"

Hearing this answer, he nodded with a proud Xin Ping with satisfaction, but abruptly asked a seemingly irrelevant sentence:

"If Xuzhou Mu is invited, General Liu is willing to go to Xiaoju?"

The subtext in this sentence can only be figured out after a few turns. However, as soon as Liu Bei heard this, he did not hesitate, and immediately stood up excitedly, shook it to the end, and replied:

"I don't dare to ask for ears!"

From beginning to end, Xin Ping did not ask Liu Bei if he was willing to serve Yuan Shao. And Liu Bei has no opinion on this. Both men had their own needs, and the operation was just an opportunistic operation.

After all, Liu Bei had fought with Yuan Shaojun for several years, and went directly to the past, and the knots on both sides were a little difficult to solve. And Yuan Shao is currently being attacked by insolence and lost half of Jizhou. Under the great loss of strength, Liu Bei had no intention of running back to Jizhou to help Yuan Shao be cannon fodder.

For Xin Ping, it doesn't matter whether Liu Beida plans to take refuge in Yuan Shao or not. The important thing is that Liu Bei's entry into Xuzhou will inevitably make a huge change in the seemingly calm political situation in Xuzhou. This accident will definitely make Yuan Shu, who is plotting in Xuzhou, feel caught off guard!

Yuan Shu is the number two enemy in Yuan Shao's eyes - the number one enemy before. Weakening Yuan Shu's power was one of Yuan Shao's basic policies. Xin Ping was not directly aimed at Yuan Shu, and this behavior did not contradict the peace signal that Yuan Shao sent to Yuan Shu.

Even if Yuan Shu knew about this, he couldn't blame Yuan Shao's side for this. After all, Xuzhou is not his Yuan Shu's - even if Yuan Shu has regarded Xuzhou as his own forbidden body.

As long as Yuan Shu's matter can be defeated and Xuzhou is guaranteed to fall into the hands of a prince who is relatively friendly to Yuan Shao, Xin Ping will be a great achievement. As for whether Liu Bei can gain a foothold in Xuzhou, Xin Ping will not care......

Of course, in Xuzhou, Xin Ping is just an outsider. In his capacity, it is impossible to decide the future of Xuzhou. However, when he came forward to speak for Liu Bei and persuaded the Xuzhou officials and Haoqiang, those Haoqiang clans who were afraid of Yuan Shu sticking his hand into Xuzhou immediately thought that letting Liu Bei enter Xuzhou would be beneficial to Xuzhou's future.

In the hearts of the Mi family, the Chen family and other big clans, even if it is Liu Bei, an unknown person, who becomes the governor of Xuzhou, it is much stronger than being occupied by Yuan Shu.

What's more, Liu Bei is a poor family and has a weak strength, and if he wants to control the situation in Xuzhou, he must rely on Xuzhou's local heroes like Tao Qian, and even surpass it.

After all, Tao Qian's reputation back then was far above that of Liu Bei today, and he also had the support of the Han family behind him. However, the strength of Xuzhou Haoqiang has been greatly enhanced compared with the past. The tendency of the strong minister and the weak master can be described as extremely obvious. The major wealthy families can completely offer Liu Bei high, and then become a soil emperor on their own territory.

After seeing this, even the Pengcheng Cao clan weakened their opposition to Liu Bei and put on a posture of sitting back and watching Liu Bei enter Xuzhou. After all, Yuan Shu, that nobleman, is indeed a little difficult to serve.

As for Zhou Mu Tao Qian, he also had some contact with Liu Bei in the Yellow Turban Rebellion that year. The relationship between the two is not bad, and their temperaments are somewhat similar. Moreover, Liu Bei was born in a poor family, and basically came to prominence by virtue of his own ability, which is somewhat similar to Tao Qian himself. Therefore, Tao Qian cautiously agreed with the matter of letting Liu Bei enter Xuzhou.

As a result, Xin Ping's planning was quite successful. (To be continued......)