"King Xiangyang?" Liu Bei said to himself. I haven't figured out the mystery behind Zhuge Liang's suggestion for a while.

Zhuge Liang explained: "The second prince was confined in the inner courtyard of the palace, but it was just a matter of outsiders criticizing the words of today's son, if it was sent to Xiangyang, it would make Liu Biao, who was pretending to be sick, powerless. Liu Biao must not be willing for the second prince to come to carve up the power of Jingzhou, but he can't beat or humiliate the second prince, just like someone stuffing a baby without a father and mother in his arms, not only can't he throw it out, but he also has to try his best to feed the baby and change diapers. ”

Liu Bei was still puzzled, and said: "If Liu Biao takes this opportunity to hold the second prince in his hands, but he is like Zhao Guochang who coerces the prince and governs himself, wouldn't it be self-defeating?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "If Liu Biao dares to do this, the Yizhou Sima clan and the Eastern Wu Sun clan will definitely attack Jingzhou with all their might!"

Liu Bei asked again: "Our original intention is to take all the land of Jingzhou, if the two evil tigers of Yizhou and Eastern Wu also attract more Jingzhou, won't the situation be even more chaotic?"

"If the Yizhou Sima clan and the Jiangdong Sun clan attack Jingzhou, when Liu Biao can't stand the beating at both ends, he will definitely turn his head and ask us for help, at that time, as long as we give Yizhou and Dongwu two more big hats, they will definitely let them return to Wuzhou without having time to take care of themselves!" Zhuge Liang said confidently.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang asked and answered like this, and talked for a long time until late at night. As the conversation deepened, I saw that Liu Bei's face was less and less puzzled, and when he got to the back, he laughed out loud, obviously because his mood had improved, and he had a lot of clever ideas from Kong Ming.

On the second day, Liu Bei personally went to the General's Mansion and discussed with Cao Cao to meet the Son of Heaven together, and suggested to the Son of Heaven that the second prince Liu Xie be named the "King of Xiangyang". Now Liu Bei and Cao Cao are in charge of internal affairs and military affairs, and any major matters are first reached in private, and then they meet the Son of Heaven to make a statement, and finally they are put forward by their henchmen as spokespersons in the court.

Cao and Liu acted in this way, although they were suspected of treating the Son of Heaven as an ornament, but they needed to do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, at least no matter what they did, they would carefully state their reasons to Liu Wei and give the emperor full respect. With the talents of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, as long as the emperor can give them enough power and trust, the situation of the Han Dynasty will develop in a good direction instead of continuing to erode.

After Cao Cao understood Liu Bei's intention, he patted his thigh and said with a smile: "This plan is really wonderful, if you don't waste a single soldier, you can kill three birds with one stone! Xuande quickly and honestly confessed, is it Mr. Kong Ming's clever plan!"

Liu Bei smiled and nodded a little smugly, acquiescing to the matter. Of course, Liu Bei's heart was happy, he felt that although his strategists were not as many as Cao Cao, one Zhuge Kongming was enough to defeat thousands of troops.

Cao Cao is now a general in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and his ideal is to really be able to hold the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and Jingzhou and Liu Biao, who are not very obedient, are naturally the first goal he wants to clean up. Cao Cao, the "overlord" in the north, is self-aware, and if people don't provoke him, he will burn high incense; the tiger in Jiangdong is obviously not the right time before he takes control of Jingzhou; the Sima clan in Yizhou is far away from the mountains and rivers, so don't think about it for a while.

Since he could let Liu Biao, Sun Jian and Sima Yi get together to fight, and he could be the arbiter at leisure, Cao Cao was naturally willing to help Liu Bei facilitate this matter.

The two entered the North Palace together to ask to see the Son of Heaven, and sang and talked about the benefits of being named the "King of Xiangyang" by Liu Xie, and naturally won the emperor's acquiescence and approval. A few days later, when the court meeting was held, Liu Bei's henchman Chen Qun made a suggestion, which attracted a wave of opposition from everyone in the court. As a result, because Taifu Lu Zhi did not speak out, Sikong Liu Yan also looked like he had nothing to do with himself, and the general Cao Cao directly ignored the opposition of Taiwei He Jin, and expressed his support in a grand manner, and finally passed.

Liu Bei didn't say anything at that time, but the new official Cao Shangshu Chen Qun made it clear that he was Liu Bei's henchman, and Chen Qun's attitude was Liu Bei's attitude. There are things that are supported by the prime minister and the general, who dares to die to carry the opposition, the consequences are very serious, really serious!

Not long after, the imperial court officially announced to the world, crowning the second prince Liu Xie as the "King of Xiangyang", and in the future, he would rule the land of Jingzhou and replace the Son of Heaven to guard the southern frontier of the Han Dynasty.

As soon as this news spread, it naturally caused an uproar, and the reaction varied from place to place.

Yuan Shu's current fief was close to Luoyang, so he was the first to learn about it. Although he couldn't see the catty in it clearly, his uncle Yuan Kui, who was now at home, was an old thief, and he saw at a glance the court's plot to blame Jingzhou, and quickly reminded Yuan Shu to cheer up and find a way to get a bowl of dry food in the next Jingzhou chaos.

After Sun Jian of Eastern Wu learned of this, he quickly found his staff to discuss, and after analysis, everyone came to the conclusion that the imperial court just changed the way to clean up Liu Biao, which was a good thing for Jiangdong no matter what. Because it is obvious that Liu Biao's seat is going to be unstable, the situation in Jingzhou is also going to be chaotic. It's good to touch the fish when the water is muddy!

After Sima Yi of Yizhou learned of this, he thought hard for a few nights, and then sighed and said: "Zhuge Kongming is really powerful, even I am counted!" Although he knew that the imperial court's approach this time was to pull Yizhou and Dongwu into the water, Sima Yi really couldn't find a reason to stay out of the matter. Yizhou wants to find a way out, but the north is obviously not possible, so it can only attack to the east. This time, Sima Yiming knew that Zhuge Liang had made a pocket for himself, but he was still ready to get into it without hesitation.

When Liu Biao, who was in Jiangling, learned of this, he closed the door and scolded, "The big-eared thief is not a good man!" After scolding Liu Bei, Liu Biao angrily returned to Xiangyang with Ma Liang and Huang Zhong, and seemed to have fully recovered. Zhuge Liang's strategy was really powerful, and it actually made Liu Jingsheng, who was bedridden, cured!

The most strange reaction after learning about Liu Xie's title to the king was Zhao Xing, the king of Pingxi.

He immediately issued a statement in the "Jin Bao", openly expressing his support and support for the appointment made by the imperial court, and warned certain people with ulterior motives not to disobey the yang and yin, so as not to provoke the anger of the public and end up in the fate pointed out by the thousand people.

Zhao Xing's statement is nondescript, it seems to say a lot, and it seems that he didn't say anything. Who are the people who are disobeying the yang and the yin?

However, after Zhao Xing's statement was issued, Liu Biao immediately felt even heavier pressure. Think about it, even the king of Pingxi, who is far away in the north, said that he would support the imperial court, if he Liu Biao went against the imperial court, what good fruit could he eat?

However, Liu Biao's discomfort did not last for a few days, and after he suddenly saw a mysterious envoy from the Jin Kingdom in the mansion, he began to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and wait for the arrival of the King of Xiangyang.