When Yuan Mai picked up the jade seal and returned it to Yuan Shang, the jade seal had become a broken piece, and it was not easy to glue it together.

To be honest, in fact, it doesn't matter to Yuan Shang to change the eight words "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity" to "immortal blessing and eternal enjoyment, longevity and Tianqi", there is no special political purpose in this, of course, if it is not purposeful, at best it is just a little prank to hit Liu Xie.

Yuan Shang didn't want to be a guy like Wei Xiaobao, but who made this emperor so disobedient? Don't put him together, and feel uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty! This is a godsend! Good signs! Good luck! Yuan Shang's face was slightly excited, and he hugged his fist at Liu Xie to congratulate.

Liu Xie's face darkened, as if it was a black charcoal head that had just been taken out of the fire kiln.

"The words on my jade seal have been changed? Do you call this an auspicious omen? ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, the change of the words on the jade seal is probably not artificial, this is the will of heaven!" It was God who saw that His Majesty was still in Luoyang, and the Han Dynasty was hopeful, so he lowered the auspicious rui and changed the words on the jade seal! This is the heavens' affirmation of His Majesty, and it can't be wrong. ”

Liu Xie's eyes blinked, like the little eyes of a mouse stealing oil, wandering.

"Yuan Shang, why are you so sure?"

Yuan Shang raised his hand and pointed to the words on the jade seal to explain to Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, the words on the original jade seal, what "ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity", there is no momentum at all, and I don't know which uneducated Leng is carved and cast, you look at the current eight words - "Immortal blessing and eternal enjoyment, longevity and Tianqi", Your Majesty, is there a sense of majesty and domineering when you read it? Don't talk about ordinary people in these words. Even Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, didn't dare to say that back then! ”

Liu Xie blinked his eyes and said, "Really? ”

Yuan Shang smiled slightly and said, "That's natural, Your Majesty, you should listen to the minister's congratulatory message for you." ”

After saying that, Yuan Shang turned his head and looked at the ministers with different faces, happy or worried, one by one.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yuan is going to give a congratulatory speech for His Majesty, and please wait for him."

Congratulatory message for the Son of Heaven. Whoever dared not attach the courtiers, the ministers all nodded in agreement.

But seeing Yuan Shang turn his head, he cleared his throat, and then saluted Liu Xiechang and said in a loud voice.

"Your Majesty is benevolent and virtuous, wise and wise...... The magic power is vast, and the mana is boundless! So that we and the others are invincible! I wish my lord, immortal blessings and eternal enjoyment, longevity and heaven! ”

With that, raise your hands high above your head. I want to hug the sun and stretch out my arms to the sky, as if I was revering the gods.

The ministers fell down one by one with goosebumps, but they had no choice but to shout and raise their hands together with Yuan Shang.

"I wish your majesty eternal blessings. Longevity and Tianqi! ”

This paragraph is easy to read, and it sounds imposing, Liu Xie suddenly heard it, and immediately smiled. nodded again and again, but after careful consideration, it seemed to be a little unpleasant.

"Yuan Shang."

"The minister is here!"

"Are you sure that what you just said was a message to me? How do I feel after receiving this congratulations from you? It seems that he has become a cult leader. ”

Yuan Shang showed his signature kind smile again.

"Your Majesty has been thinking a lot, which cult leader in the world can be so wise and handsome as Your Majesty. Can't find it even with a lantern? ”

"Well, Aiqing said this...... I think so! ”

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As a result, the action of the three princes to jointly restrict the Son of Heaven came to an end, and each of the three families left heavy troops to guard the three places of Hejian, Zhongmu, and Wancheng, and then each led his troops back to his own territory.

Liu Xie returned to the ancient capital of Luoyang with a disgraced face, and as soon as he returned to Luoyang, he nested in the palace in Luoyang, squatting on the soft couch and sulking.

Not long after, Xu Shu also returned to the capital to meet Liu Xie.

After listening to these things that happened after he left Beijing, Xu Shu immediately lowered his head and was silent.

After a while, Fang saw Xu Shu and said with emotion: "I originally wanted to offer a plan to ask His Majesty to occupy the land of Luoyang, balance the three families, and rejuvenate the Han family, but I don't want to be dominated by Yuan Shang's anti-guest, and the anti-alliance of the three families to restrain me, this person is much more terrible than Cao Zhi and Liu Bei, and he will inevitably become the first major enemy of the rejuvenating Han under His Majesty in the future!" ”

Liu Xie sighed when he heard this: "Yuan Zhi, haven't you seen how arrogant and domineering Yuan Shang is in forcing the palace this time...... The word domineering is misappropriate...... Yes, it's not overbearing, it's shameless! It's so shameless, it's shameless...... He even wants to be an uncle! And that Liu Bei, as my clansman, actually colluded with Yuan Cao and the two thieves to go against me, he is simply ungrateful! I won't spare him! ”

Xu Shu shook his head and said sadly: "These are actually not the most important ones at the moment...... Your Majesty, the minister heard a report from the spies, saying that Yuan Shang is now in Hebei Daxing and has changed the direction of government affairs, which is really worrying the minister! ”

Liu Xie was surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "What does Yuan Zhi mean by this?" What did Yuan Shang do? ”

Xu Shu frowned and said: "In fact, with the current soldiers and elites of Hebei, if they go south to attack Cao Zhi, although it will take some time, it is not impossible to seize the four states of the Central Plains...... But Yuan Shang is a fierce soldier, appeased Cao Zhi to recuperate, but did not send troops to destroy him, Your Majesty, do you know what he is for? ”

Liu Xie thought for a while and hesitated: "Yuan Shang is empty-eyed, arrogant, and delayed the fighter?" ”

Xu Shu shook his head and said: "No, it's because the minister got a news that Yuan Shang is currently making every effort to relocate the residents of the Xianbei Three Kings, the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court and some other tribes to live in peace in the counties and townships of the four prefectures of Hebei!" This is a major strategy, almost attracted the attention of all high-level officials in Hebei, including Yuan Shang, once this strategy succeeded, Yuan Shang himself not only achieved the capture of Hu that no one in the past generations could do, but the four states of Hebei will also be unprecedentedly strong, far better than Cao Zhi, Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others! ”

Liu Xie shuddered when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "What do you mean?" ”

Xu Shu said: "Your Majesty, the dispute between the princes, in addition to fighting money and food, the most important thing is actually to fight the population!" The reason why Yuan Shang dared to let go and let Cao Zhi recuperate was because Yuan Shang knew how to recuperate. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yanzhou and other places, the population under their jurisdiction has reached the limit of loss...... It's easy to kill a person, but if it is not a matter of one or two years to raise an adult strong man, it will take fourteen or fifteen years to say the least, the current Yuan Shang, no matter how he lets Cao Zhi go, there are still so many people under Cao Zhi's household registration, and it will basically not grow! On the contrary, Hebei set out to absorb foreign immigrants from the Three Kings and the Xiongnu. Migrate the population of Mobei, assimilate their clans, reclaim the land, and the household registration and money and grain taxes will continue to grow, and the more people with the hukou, the more soldiers Yuan Shang can raise. It was Cao Zhi who was letting Yuan Shang go, and the further he dragged it back, the weaker Cao Zhi became, and the stronger Yuan Shang became! Powerful enough that no one in the world can stop it. ”

Liu Xie heard this. Cold sweat flowed.

Xu Shu was full of worries and continued: "There is another reason, Yuan Shang is not in a hurry to fight the Central Plains now, because the Central Plains have been war-torn for a long time. The people's livelihood is withering, and he doesn't want to maintain this mess by himself! Cao Zhi is kind-hearted and cares about people's livelihood. It is necessary to wholeheartedly support agriculture and water conservancy and reclaim tuntian...... Yuan Shang wanted to wait for a while, so that Cao Zhi could re-govern the people and people's livelihood in Zhongzhou to a stable and prosperous ...... Cao Zhi's household registration is difficult to grow, but his household registration in Hebei is increasing, and the army is becoming more and more powerful. Moreover, Cao Zhi and Sun Liu are now bordered, which can also help him block the pressure of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, so that he can hide in Hebei and develop with peace of mind, but watch the princes in the south increasingly friction......"

Liu Xie stood up abruptly and suddenly realized.

"No wonder, I have always felt strange, why is Yuan Shang such a vicious person, after Cao Cao's death, but has been allowing Cao Zhi to develop in Zhongzhou, it turns out that he is the household registration person of Zhongzhou who knows Lu Dao Ding is the limit, and it is better to let Cao Zhi take care of his family and care for his family, manage Zhongzhou's Tuntian water conservancy and agriculture and other political affairs, and by the way, it has also become a barrier against Liu Bei's Sun Quan...... When the time was almost right, he went south in one fell swoop, got land and grain, and picked up cheap...... Yuan Shang, this kid, is simply inferior to a beast! ”

Xu Shu sighed and said: "So, Your Majesty, the minister has thought carefully on the way back, no matter what, the first person to deal with must be Yuan Shang, otherwise he will wait for his strategy to succeed in the future, not to mention Your Majesty, there will be no place for people in the world to turn over!" ”

Liu Xiechang sighed and said, "However, Yuan Shang has already united the troops of the three families to limit my development, and I have Luoyang in the sky, how can I compete with him?" ”

Xu Shu said: "The top priority is to recruit those talents, and in addition, Your Majesty should quickly send someone to marry Song Jian and Li Ru as foreign aid, ready to plot against Guanzhong at any time!" Yuan Shang's four states of Hebei are getting stronger and stronger, and he must no longer be allowed to come up with a way to pass through the land of Guanzhong, so after a few nights, who in the world can beat him? ”

When Liu Xie heard this, he nodded and agreed.

"The minister went out of Beijing this time, and also brought back a fierce general for His Majesty, called Tong Fei, when the minister came back, he talked with him in detail, and learned that this person is the son of Tong Yuan, the son of the gun god Sanren, the grandson of Yuzhen, the grandson of the famous Yan family in Hebei, familiar with military books, has a good net worth, and has an amazing force, which is enough to compete with Zhao Yun under Yuan Shang, and is a general!"

"According to what Aiqing said, I will follow the ...... Yuan Shang, I swear not to rest with him! ”

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Xu Shu analyzed Yuan Shang's current strategic purpose and his pivotal position in the world's various forces for Liu Xie, which strengthened Liu Xie's determination to prepare to confront Yuan Shang.

It's just that now with the inflow of Xianbei and Xiongnu migrants in the four states of Hebei, the household registration is also growing rapidly, and the strength is becoming stronger and stronger, solid as a rock, and unshakable.

Liu Xie didn't dare to stretch out his hand to Hebei, so he had to move his gaze westward and sweep towards the two states of Yongliang under Yuan Shang's rule.

It should be regarded as the softest place among the powerful Yuan clan's potential.

At this moment, not only Liu Xie, but also another person's eyes swept towards Guanzhong.

This person is Zhuge Liang.

After Liu Bei returned to Xiangyang, he directly held himself in the mansion and sulked for several days.

It wasn't until the third day that he sorted out his mentality and came forward to meet with the civil and military ministers.

And after seeing Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang threw an important message directly at him.

"Lord, the spies are coming to report, Yizhou don't drive Zhang Song as a messenger, on the order of Liu Zhang, out of Chuankou, come to Jingzhou, and want to meet the lord."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bei suddenly lifted his spirits, and he glanced at Zhuge Liang deeply, his eyes full of deep meaning that others couldn't understand at all.

"Strategist, is this true?"

"It's true, lord, now Zhao Yun is in charge of Yongzhou in Chang'an, Yan Xing is in charge of Jincheng in Liangzhou, and Xiqiang is closed, these two generals swept all the princes of Yongliang, seized power and seized power, robbed the soldiers, and the old Japanese warlords in Guanzhong were all in danger, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was also afraid of the two soldiers, intending to go south to seize Sichuan, so as to fight against Zhao and Yan with the foundation of the two-headed tiger, Zhang Song came here, and he must be asking for help for Liu Zhang."

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and said, "Okay, great......"

Indeed, as Zhuge Liang said, Zhang Song did come here to ask Liu Bei for help for Yizhou.

The wheel of history took a big turn because of the appearance of Yuan Shang, and after going around the same road for a while, it turned back unconsciously.

Zhang Song was indeed ordered by Liu Zhang to come to Jingzhou to ask Liu Bei for help.

Historically, Zhang Song did go to Xudu to ask Cao Cao for help, but after being indifferent to Cao Cao, he went south to Jingzhou and switched to Liu Bei.

But now, Cao Cao is dead, the four states of the Central Plains are surrounded by enemies on all sides, and Cao Zhi's hand can't reach Xichuan at all, how can he help Liu Zhang solve Zhang Lu's danger?

As for Zhao Yun of Yongzhou and Yan Xing of Liangzhou, both of them belonged to Yuan Shang's subordinates, one was a victorious general who could conquer and habitually fight, and the other was a famous Xiong Zhen general in Western Liang. Liu Zhang thought about begging them, but he could discuss them with his subordinates, and finally vetoed these two.

There is no other reason, just because both of them are Yuan Shang's subordinates!

And what kind of person is Yuan Shang, that is the giant traitor of the world who even Cao Cao dared to pit back then!

Liu Zhang dared to ask him for help? Join forces with him and seek skin with the tiger! Who knows how Yuan Shang will harm himself afterwards!

After thinking about it, Liu Zhang's final gaze still fell on Liu Bei in Jingzhou.

Liu Zhang's move can be said to have fallen into the hands of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, but I don't know how long they have endured in order to wait for today!

"Strategist, Zhang Song is here, how should he deal with it?"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Liang has eight words to give to the lord, and he will definitely be able to accept Zhang Song." ”

"Which eight words?"

"Kindness caresses, affection and righteousness, if the lord can do these eight words, then the great thing will be done!" (To be continued......)