Chapter 262: Wolf Ambition
"Liu Ye, Liu Ziyang?"
Liu Chuang blurted out and asked.
Obviously, Chen Qun was not unfamiliar with Liu Chuang knowing Liu Ye's name.
After all, Liu Ye is also a member of the Han family, and Liu Chuang, as the uncle of the Great Han Dynasty, knows Liu Ye's cunning, which does not seem to be a very strange thing.
But in fact, Liu Chuang knew about Liu Ye because in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, during the Battle of Guandu, Liu Ye offered a stone cart to fight against Yuan Shao. Of course, Liu Chuang later knew that the so-called Liu Ye made a stone cart seemed to have no basis. Liu Ye is indeed working for Cao Cao, and has always been Cao Peng. It was not until after Cao Cao's death that Cao Pi ascended the throne that Liu Ye was able to serve as a servant and had a stage to display his talents.
In Liu Chuang's impression, one of Liu Ye's most famous things is to judge Meng Dawei's sarcasm.
As for other things, his impression was a little unclear.
However, in a Three Kingdoms forum in later generations, a Three Kingdoms enthusiast named 'Brave Core' said that Liu Ye belongs to a very alternative strategist, different from Zhuge Liang Guo Jiaxunyu's kind of strategist who strategizes and wins thousands of miles, but when it comes to talent, he is not inferior to these people.
In the history books, Liu Ye is also evaluated, with 'Zuoshi's talent', courage, and words.
It's a pity that such a figure has always had an embarrassing position in the Cao Wei Group at that time. Even if it was later reused, it was already dying.
Liu Chuang didn't expect that it was Liu Ye who came to make an envoy.
It stands to reason that Liu Chuang is the emperor's uncle, and Liu Ye does not seem to be equal as a cangcao peng.
But Liu Ye is a relative of the Han family, and it seems to be very symmetrical.
"What is Cao Cao's intention in sending Liu Ziyang here?"
The voice did not fall. Zhuge Liang spoke: "I just want to unite with the lord." ”
"Oh?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Yuan Cao's war is imminent, and Cao Cao will inevitably feel pressure when Liu Bei rebels.
Moreover, Cao Cao was surrounded by enemies on all sides. It is not as good as Yuan Shao who can concentrate his forces, so if he wants to fight against Yuan Shao, I am afraid that there is a huge disparity in strength...... At this time, Cao Cao sent an envoy to see that the lord had occupied Liaodong. I want to ask Liaodong to send troops to contain some of Yuan Shao's troops. ”
Liu Chuang couldn't help but agree after hearing this.
"Since that's the case, how about inviting Zizhong to come forward to receive you?"
"Whoa!"
Lu Zhu happily accepted the order, and the matter was temporarily over.
Liu Ye came by sea from Donglai, so Lu Zhu had to prepare immediately and set off for the ...... Send troops to contain Yuan Shao? This is what Liu Chuang meant. In the battle of Guandu, although he knew that Cao Cao would win, Liu Chuang was in his heart. There was always some apprehension.
He didn't know. Will history change?
What if Cao Cao loses?
So send troops to contain Yuan Shao. For Liu Chuang, it's not a bad thing.
In addition, Liu Chuang knew very well in his heart. In the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao lost! But the defeat of the Battle of Guandu. For Yuan Shao, who owns four states, although his vitality is greatly damaged, the foundation still exists. There is a saying that an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse! Liu Chuang did not think that Yuan Shao could be slaughtered after the defeat in the Battle of Guandu. In fact, it took a full eight years after the Battle of Guandu for Cao Cao to unify the north.
Yuan's strength in Hebei can be seen.
If you want to deal with Yuan Shao, you have to rely on Cao Cao...... The more ruthless Cao Cao attacked, the more opportunities Liu Chuang had.
From now on, the protagonists of the Northern War are still Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.
Liu Chuang can only fish in troubled waters now, seek benefits from it, and accumulate strength. Do you really want to fight Yuan Shao independently? Liu Chuang believes that it is not realistic in the short term.
Therefore, Liu Chuang is very calm.
He needed an ally like Cao Cao, and although this ally was likely to become an enemy in the future, for now, they had a common enemy, and that was Yuan Shao.
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With the end of the Battle of Liaodong, Liaodong seems to have entered a period of calm.
The spring thunder exploded, and the sting came.
The Goguryeo mission, escorted by Tai Shici, arrived in Xiangping.
The person in charge of receiving the Goguryeo mission was Chen Qun. At the same time, he was also responsible for negotiating with the Goguryeo mission, and Liu Chuang ordered Chen Qun to be the chief envoy and Chen Jiao to be the deputy envoy. Both of them were unrivaled in eloquence and outstanding learning, and were best suited to accept such matters.
Liu Chuang was not prepared to have too much contact with the Goguryeo people.
He is the winner, how can he casually contact the defeated side?
It was nothing more than waiting until the final negotiations with the Goguryeo people were over, and Liu Chuang would come forward to summon him. But before that, Liu Chuang didn't plan to come forward.
This is also the power of the victors!
At the same time, Yan Rou sent an envoy to Yu Guo and returned with a full load.
Jian, the lord of Fuyu, sent Mayu, the prince of Fuyu, to accompany Yan Rou to meet Liu Chuang, and at the same time handed over the credentials, fully expressing his goodwill.
This time, Yan Rou sent her husband to Yuguo, and it can be said that she has gained a lot.
After the death of the former head of the country, Qiu Tai, Jian took over.
Unlike Wei Qiutai, Jian Ju admires the Han family and has been trying to change the relationship with the Han family. But after all, he had just ascended to the throne, and in the face of the nobles left behind by Wei Qiutai, he did not dare to make changes in a big way. Wei Qiutai is quite hostile to the Han family. He plundered the Han population several times in Liao, and even assisted Goguryeo and the eastern Xianbei, making enemies of the Han family......
Wei Qiutai's attitude naturally affected a large number of people.
The nobles in Fuyu's country, who coveted the wealth of the Han family, how could they agree to make a change in the Jian family?
However, this changed dramatically with Liu Chuang's victory in Liaodong.
Liu Chuang seized the three counties of Liaodong with a thunderous momentum, and even captured the Goguryeo city of Susheng Bone City, showing an extraordinary tough method.
Fuyu is only a small country, located in a remote area, and the environment is harsh.
Many of the materials they obtained were obtained by trading with the Central Plains. Previously, Gongsun Du let them go, of course they could do whatever they wanted. But now, the lord of Liaodong has become Liu Chuang, and Liu Chuang's fierceness and toughness are also clear to them. It's not easy to do whatever you want like before.
Jian Ju was introduced by Xiaofeng and had secret contact with Yan Rou several times.
In the end, according to Liu Chuang's instructions. The two sides decided to set up a commercial market town in Koxian to facilitate trade between the two sides.
Fuyu's furs, horses, medicinal herbs and other materials. All can be imported into the Central Plains through guò high display; The salt, ordnance and other materials needed by Fuyu Kingdom, as well as silk, ceramics and various luxury goods from the Central Plains, which were most popular among the nobles, were transported to Fuyu Kingdom.
Salt and iron theory, not in favor of selling weapons to foreign races.
But the problem is that these things can't be banned at all.
There are a large number of merchants in this world, who sell weapons outside the territory through guò smuggling, and you want to stop it. It's also unlikely......
Liu Chuang thinks. I'll have no problem selling you these ordnance.
But what kind of ordnance is sold. It's up to me to decide.
Those inferior ordnance, even those that have been eliminated from the army, can be sold to aliens at a high price...... So. You don't have to research or improve the casting process and produce your own ordnance on your own. In time. Your weapons will depend entirely on my output. Once the two sides are at war, the blacksmiths of your husband and the rest of the kingdom can only tinker and even build agricultural tools, and I can easily defeat you as long as I block the output of weapons...... The more your husband and Yu Guo rely on me, the less of a threat there will be.
In this regard, Chen Qun and others expressed strong opposition at first.
But as Liu Chuang explained his idea to everyone, everyone stopped insisting.
If it is really possible to control the production of ordnance and materials in the Fuyu Kingdom, then from now on, it will be difficult for the entire Fuyu Kingdom to pose a threat.
It's just that Liu Chuang's idea, Jian Ju can't know it.
After learning that Liu Chuang was willing to open the market and increase trade with Fuyu, Jian Ju immediately expressed a strong interest.
The two sides finally decided that Fuyu would release the Han people who had been taken captive to Fuyu in the early years and were willing to return to their hometowns in batches...... According to preliminary estimates, about 30,000 Han Chinese could return to Xuansu County. If it can be implemented, it can greatly alleviate the population problem of Xuansu County.
Fuyu produces horses, and Fuyu people are superb in riding and shooting.
Yan Rou asked Jian to organize 8,000 warriors from the Fuyu Kingdom to enter Liaodong.
Of course, this army is not in plain sight, but in the form of a mercenary army. To this end, Liu Chuang would exchange salt, ordnance, and the rest of the country.
In short, Yan Rou's gains in Fuyu Country this time were extremely amazing, so Jian Ju also sent Ma Yu to confirm it.
Liu Chuang summoned the envoy of Fuyu in Xiangping, and he was even more friendly with Ma Yu, which made Ma Yu grateful......
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"Liu Ye, meet Uncle Huang."
Just when Liu Chuang received the envoys of Fuyu and Goguryeo, Cao Cao's delegation, accompanied by Lu Zhu, arrived in Xiangping.
Liu Ye is eight feet tall, with a slender body and a clear appearance.
In his impression, Liaodong is a bitter cold place, and it should be a desolate scenery.
But when he arrived in Xiangping, he found that this Xiangping was extremely prosperous, which was quite unexpected.
Due to the arrival of the Fuyu Kingdom and the Goguryeo mission, the city of Xiangping was filled with Hu people dressed in various colors. These people either set up stalls along the street to sell goods, or they walked in groups and played in the market. Xiangping in February still has a hint of winter, but the weather has gradually warmed up, and people don't have to worry about the cold in the cold season. And this also adds a bit of vitality to Xiangping.
At first glance, Liu Yegen couldn't see that this Xiangfang had experienced a turmoil.
In my heart, I can't help but pay more attention to Liu Chuang, the same sect.
He has seen Liu Chuang!
When worshipping the Taimiao Temple last year, Liu Ye also participated as a clan. It's just that his position is relatively backward, and Liu Chuang is not aware of his existence.
"Cao Gong sent Ziyang here, I don't know what advice?"
After greeting each other, Liu Chuang asked straight to the point.
Liu Ye said with a smile: "Ye Today, I am here to congratulate Uncle Huang, congratulations to Uncle Huang." ”
"Huh?"
"Uncle Huang swept through Liaodong, captured the three counties, and defeated Goguryeo even more, which can be said to be a great victory that has never been achieved since His Majesty ascended the throne.
After Cao Gong learned about it, he was also very happy.
He ordered Ye to come to congratulate the emperor's uncle, and at the same time there was a happy event with the emperor's uncle. ”
"Happy event?"
Liu Chuang has been informed by Lu Zhu, and Cao Cao came this time with the intention of uniting with Liu Chuang, so there is no malice.
Coalition?
Of course Liu Chuang is willing.
Lian Cao to resist Yuan is also a strategy that Liu Chuang has long formulated.
It's just that he doesn't understand what Liu Ye means by mentioning happy events three times and twice.
Liu Ye said: "Uncle Huang is brave, and now he is even more famous outside the territory, and the Son of Heaven is also extremely happy.
Cao Gong has always respected the emperor's uncle, he has a beloved daughter under his knees, he is fourteen years old, born with a flower and moon appearance, and a very high temperament. Cao Gong intends to marry his beloved daughter to the emperor's uncle in order to marry Qin and Jin. Isn't this a great event? ”
Cao Cao's daughter?
For some reason, Liu Chuang's mind suddenly appeared with Cao Cao's five short figures, thin eyebrows and wide mouth.
His daughter...... Could it be that he looks the same as Cao Cao?
Without waiting for Liu Chuang to speak, Liu Ye said again: "Speaking of which, Cao Gong's beloved daughter and the emperor's uncle have already known each other.
Last year, when Xu Tian was hunting, the emperor's uncle fought hard against the two bears and saved Cao Gong's beloved daughter. Later, he also gave an old man to the Xian Niangzi, I don't know if the imperial uncle still remembers? ”
"You mean ......"
In Liu Chuang's mind, a girl with a pink carving suddenly appeared.
Liu Ye nodded again and again, "This is a match made in heaven, and Uncle Wanghuang must not refuse." ”
Oh my God...... That girl seems to be only eleven or twelve years old. Liu Chuang only felt a little dazed, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
He also knows that this is a bad habit of this era.
But eleven or twelve-year-old girl, even if I am a beast, how can you let me do it!
Liu Chuang had a feeling of crying and laughing, and at the same time, he refused this marriage in his heart, and the consequences of it. Cao Cao was suspicious, and if he refused, there was no guarantee that he would not have other ideas. Even if both of them know in their hearts that they will become opponents in the future. But at present, in order to cooperate and become allies, it is certainly not possible to rely on a paper book alone, and a more intimate relationship is needed as a guarantee.
If Cao Cao became suspicious, wouldn't it cast a shadow on the alliance?
Liu Chuang looked at Liu Ye, pondered for a moment and then said softly: "Ziyang, I won't tell you, this matter is really a bit sudden, and I can't make a decision for a while."
As you know, I already have a wife.
Xian Niangzi...... Can I think twice about this? ”
Liu Ye also knows that this kind of thing can't be done overnight...... Liu Chuang did not immediately refuse, which shows that he is not very resistant to this marriage. Thinking of this, Liu Ye stopped talking about this topic, and as soon as the conversation changed, he got to the point.
The two talked for a long time, and it was not until it was dark that it was over.
Liu Ye, accompanied by Lu Zhu, returned to the post house to play.
And what about Liu Chuang? A little dizzy, he walked out of the room and walked slowly along the corridor.
At this moment, I suddenly saw a person hurrying from the end of the corridor.
"Zhongda, in a hurry, what's the matter?"
The person who came was Sima Yi, with a solemn look on his face, he walked quickly to Liu Chuang's side, and whispered in Liu Chuang's ear.
At the beginning, Liu Chuang's face was as usual.
But gradually, it was clouded with a layer of haze...... After Sima Yi finished speaking, Liu Chuang stood next to the railing with his hands in his hands, and there was a coldness in his eyes.
"What Zhongda said, can you be serious?"
"Cousin, I've already made sure, it's absolutely true."
Liu Chuang closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "If you don't die, you won't die, since he wants to die, let's send him on the road......"
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