What a stupidity!

Qiao Wei felt that he was simply heartbroken for the Jiangdong Wu County Shi clan.

But it can't be helped.

When people live in this world, they naturally have identity labels, and others use their identities to distinguish friends and foes.

For example, the factions under the command of the various princes are generally composed of regions.

Outsiders are naturally not trusted.

And never want to go to the core.

After all, those families have been married to each other for hundreds of years.

For example, the Xiahou clan is obviously a foreign surname to Cao Cao, but he is a clan general, and even Xiahou Tang has a higher status than the Cao family, almost a family.

Yingchuan, Xun, Chen, Zhongguo and other families are intertwined and huddled under Cao Cao.

The four major families of Jingzhou, Cai Kuai, Huang Pang, and the same qi turned Liu Biao into a dog guarding the household.

The same is true for the six surnames of Jiangdong.

Even Luo's is not exempt from vulgarity, and without many people supporting Luo's, it would not be possible to have the current momentum.

If you want to betray your origin and give up your identity, the price you have to pay is unimaginable, and you can't even destroy yourself directly.

Because even your ashes are not your own, they are inscribed with your origin and feet.

It's called –

Born free, but always in shackles!

The relationship between the bridge and the Rocks can give the bridge a way out.

But if he still wants to show his political ambitions, then he must keep the six surnames of Jiangdong, and if he can't keep the six surnames of Jiangdong, his Qiao family will also be excluded in the end.

Perhaps given a high status, and then politically marginalized, this is something that Qiao Wei cannot tolerate.

The reason why the rest of the surnames are reluctant to pay this money is very simple, their political ambitions are different, they want to defend the territory, not open up the territory.

In the hearts of these Jiangdong locals, although no one said it, they all had one idea, that is, how could Jiangdong unify the world?

Gongzi Chu is indeed very powerful, and now these Jiangdong talents are also very strong, but they are not as good as King Xiang.

At the beginning, King Xiang became the Son of Heaven, but was defeated by Emperor Gao in only a few years, and the history books say that "its rise is vigorous, and its death is unheard of".

In the land of Jiangdong, there has always been a secret rumor about the failure of King Xiang at the beginning, that is, the lack of king qi in Jiangdong.

That's why after King Xiang got the Mandate of Heaven, he lost it again in a short time.

The people of Jiangdong, especially the people of Wu County, believed in this rumor, and for three hundred years, this kind of thinking was deeply ingrained in the hearts of almost every Wu County people.

Even if Luo Chu came to Jiangdong, he couldn't change this thinking.

Since there is no hope of unifying the world, and since the mandate of heaven does not fall on Jiangdong, why spend a lot of manpower and material resources to do those things that are meaningless to the family?

But in Qiao Wei's opinion, this kind of thinking is stupid.

People should not confront the general trend, and now Luo Chu's command is obviously expanding the territory and the voice is louder.

There are only two options for the six surnames of Wu Jun.

The first is for support, and the second is against.

If you support it, you will naturally have to invest manpower and material resources, and if you fail, there is nothing to say, but if you succeed, you will definitely be able to get a lot of benefits.

If you oppose it, you will fall into confrontation, and the resources you want to save will only be consumed in vain in the confrontation, which is the so-called internal friction.

Whether it is for or against, it is a loss for the family, so why not choose to support it?

The fruits of victory do not necessarily fall into the hands of the factions that preside over the war, and have few of them been stolen since ancient times?

Rather than cowering now, it is better to plan early on how to hold the possible victories into your own hands.

For example, after capturing Jiangxia County, Lu Su was appointed as the Taishou of Jiangxia, which can be said to be a great victory for the Liuyu system.

What if this Jiangxia Taishou is a person with the six surnames of Jiangdong?

Isn't it a great victory for the six surnames!

The six surnames are not without talents who can govern a county, and Gu Yong's talent is enough to govern the land of Jiangdong.

Lu Kang, the head of the Lu family, looked at a few people around him, glanced at Qiao Wei again, pondered for a while, and recalled Lu Xun, the unicorn child of his family.

When Luo Chu first entered Jiangdong a few years ago, Lu Xun had already shown his talent and intelligence, and after several years, Lu Kang was full of praise for Lu Xun.

Lu Xun is very different from most of the Lu family's children, he can draw inferences from everything he does, at a young age, his wisdom is already better than most people in the family, and he is very calm, and he has a clean character, although he is not Lu Kang's son, but Lu Kang thinks that it is Lu Xun who can prosper Lu in the future.

Lu Xun has his own views on the situation in Jiangdong, and when Lu Kang taught Lu Xun a few months ago, Lu Xun replied loudly: "Gongzi Chu governs Jiangdong by doing nothing.

He stabilized the situation in Jiangdong, so that Jiangdong avoided falling into internal friction, and then did not express any strategic action.

Whichever faction has the upper hand, he acts according to the ideas of that faction.

But he's got a lot of talent, and he can do it both offensively and defensively.

But he doesn't want to make some choices himself, but needs to be pushed, and he puts the right people in the right places, and that's what he does.

Today's general trend in Jiangdong is different from when Gongzi Chu entered Jiangdong.

At that time, Jiangdong was said to be six counties in Jiangdong, but in fact there were only two counties, Wu County and Huiji County.

At that time, of course, Jiangdong was dominated by our Jiangdong, but now Jiangdong has recovered Jiujiang, Lujiang, Danyang County, and Yuzhang County, and the scholars in these counties also occupy high positions in Jiangdong.

Kure's status in Jiangdong has inevitably declined.

Later, he also captured Jiangxia County, and Lu Su became the Jiangxia Taishou, which was a very terrible thing, and those officials of the Liuyu Department who had no foundation obtained a place to settle.

We used to say that the south of the Yangtze River is Jiangdong, but in the current Jiangdong, the three counties in the north of the Yangtze River are becoming more and more popular, but among the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, there are countless mountains and Yue entrenched, restraining the power of our old Jiangdong.

The Lanling Xiao clan and the Huaiyin Han clan went south.

Although they have a good relationship with our six surnames, it is more likely that they will strengthen the strength of the main battle faction.

Because once Jiangdong has a stronger hope, they must hope to be able to return to their homeland, after all, Yangzhou and Xuzhou are so close to each other.

Especially the Huaiyin Han clan, which is next to Jiangdong, how could he not want to go back?

Moreover, although Gongzi Chu did nothing, judging from his continuous introduction of foreign scholars into Jiangdong, he may not have a desire to achieve great things in his heart.

Families should plan ahead. ”

A young man's voice kept echoing in Lu Kang's ears at this moment, and he suddenly found that Lu Xun's guesses were correct, and what Xiao Han Er said today proved that they had chosen to go another way after all.

Gongzi Chu's words today also slightly revealed some of the true thoughts in his heart.

What should Lu do?

Qiao Wei slowly opened his eyes, and Lu Kang suddenly said in a loud voice: "Son, both Yangzhou counties, all of them are fathers and villagers, I once served as a taishou in Lujiang, and it is really sad to see today's scene."

Wu Jun Lu is willing to donate Chinese medicinal materials to his family. ”

Lu Kang's sudden voice instantly startled several others, and then he saw Lu Kang glaring at them, and Qiao Wei also looked at a few people from time to time.

Except for Gu Yong, the others didn't know what was going on.

Among the six surnames of Wu County, Gu Yong is a rare talent, and he has been thinking about the future path these days.

Not long after he made up his mind, he wanted to move completely closer to Luo Chu, as long as he didn't let the Gu family's children go to death, the rest of the money and food would be a small way.

Unexpectedly, Lu Kang was faster than him, as soon as Lu Kang said this, although the other three family heads didn't know what was happening, they were almost at the same time clasping their fists and making words.

He is willing to donate medicine and food for disaster relief in the three counties of Jiangbei.

Zhou Yu and the others all narrowed their eyes slightly, and there was a strong fear in their eyes, these six surnames in Jiangdong are really the same thing.

At this critical moment of political statement, he didn't forget to pull the rest of the family, even if he didn't know what was going on, he didn't hesitate to choose to advance and retreat together, even if his interests might be damaged.

This kind of political alliance is really terrible to the extreme, it can be said that the needle cannot be penetrated, the water cannot be splashed, one person attains the Tao, and the six surnames ascend to heaven.

Qiao Wei slowly put away the scolding of his allies in his heart, but fortunately, these people are not stupid to the extreme.

Qiao Wei set his eyes on Luo Chu, and the two of them glanced at each other, and both nodded slightly, without attracting anyone's attention.

Regarding Luo Chu's thoughts, only Qiao Wei and Xiao Qiao know about the current Jiangdong, and the rest of the people don't know.

The content of Qiao Wei's gesture to Luo Chu is very simple, no matter what the six surnames of Wu Jun think in their hearts, they will always be a solid backing for you, and they will always rely on your power to do anything in Jiangdong.

We don't have much ambition, unlike those outsiders.

Luo Chu received these indications and expressed his satisfaction with the influence of the Qiao clan, with the six surnames of Wu County, his position in Jiangdong was indestructible no matter how it changed.

After the six surnames of Wu County expressed their attitude, the rest of the second-rate scholars in Yangzhou naturally agreed.

It is said that it is a second-rate scholar, but in fact, in the eyes of the Central Plains scholars, these Jiangdong scholars, as well as the Lujiang Zhou clan and the six surnames of Wujun, are noteworthy, and they are considered scholars.

After all, the scholar clan is not only an official position, but also has to have family scriptures and so on, otherwise even if it is done three princes and nine kings, it is just a meteor.

Especially the aristocracy of Xiao Han's second clan.

Yes.

Xiao Han's second family, or five surnames and seven families, is usually called a nobleman, because it has been prominent for too long and has a title that is not easy for three hundred years, which is different from these scholars who rely on official positions to inherit their families.

As for Rock's, then don't mention it.

In the eyes of many people, although Luo's is the title of a duke, it is like a royal family.

Most of the scholars in Jiangdong are just ordinary heroes, at the bottom of the chain of contempt.

Although the performance of the six surnames of Wu Jun today was a little jealous and dissatisfied, the final result was good, Luo Chu stood up, raised the wine lord in his hand, and then said in a loud voice: "Jiangdong Harmony, what difficulties in this world cannot be overcome?"

What is there in this world that you Jiangdong heroes can't overcome?

Please drink this glass of wine and celebrate today. ”

Everyone saw that Gongzi Chu was very happy, and when the heads of the three families of Wujun Chu, Zhu, and Zhang saw this, they were instantly shocked into a cold sweat, and even the hand holding the wine lord was trembling.

How could Gongzi Chu suddenly change the promise he made to them?

Didn't Gongzi Chu just want to sit down in Jiangdong?

Could it be that just getting Jiang Xia made Gongzi Chu's mind change?

Countless thoughts flashed through their minds, but fear sprung up from them.

One of the most terrifying things for the Scholars is that they have not been able to find out what their faction bosses really think.

The Shi clan is strong, but also weak, especially in troubled times, and the fall of a family is just around the corner.

The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan clan in Runan, if it weren't for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's fast running, they would have been wiped out by Dong Zhuo's group in Luoyang City.

The warlord with the knife in his hand really wants to destroy a family, as long as he has the idea of ending up together, it is really simple.

Not to mention that a single family, or even an entire state, can be destroyed.

Families like the Xiao family and the Han family are leaving Xuzhou because they are worried about the destruction of the family.

Even a prominent family like Erlu in Qingzhou had to submit to Yuan Shao on the surface, because he wanted to give Yuan Shao face, and he couldn't openly oppose it.

Luo Chu was invited to Jiangdong by the six surnames of Wu County, and since entering Jiangdong, he has been more strict with the six surnames of Wu County, but the real harm has not been, but has helped the six surnames to eliminate some black sheep and guide the six surnames to a higher level.

But now, the three of them almost came to the opposite side of Gongzi Chu, fortunately, there are still people who can guess Gongzi Chu's thoughts.

Most of the people left the palace and Luo Chu walked to the threshold, Qiao Wei stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Son-in-law, when are you going to announce that matter?"

This kind of thing, sooner rather than later, if there are too many interests bound, then it can be a dilemma, not how you want to do it. ”

Luo Chu also said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, don't worry, this kind of thing is not sooner rather than later, but at the right time."

Today's Jiangdong is still a part of the Han court, this kind of thing is not easy to do, I am waiting for an opportunity, this time should be coming soon, there are already people who are ready to move, and some people are already deeply constrained, and can no longer tolerate such a political order. ”

Hearing what Luo Chu said, Qiao Wei knew that Luo Chu had a draft in his heart, so he nodded and said, "Since you have your own rhythm in your heart, then I won't talk much."

This damn plague, accumulated in three years, was completely wasted in one day, and the three counties of Jiangbei turned out to be a plague in a short period of time, and the Jiangdong plan would be affected. ”

Luo Chu also felt helpless when he heard this, and even had a rather ridiculous idea in his heart, that is, is there really no royal spirit south of the Huai River?

Why did such a great plague suddenly sweep through the south, causing a large number of casualties and interrupting the upward momentum?

There is no destiny in this world, but there are still such coincidental events.

Cao Cao and Luo Chu were both busy licking their wounds and restoring their strength damaged by the plague, and Liu Bei couldn't escape either.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Xuzhou is not as completely downstream as Jiangdong.

Liu Bei's greatest loss was that the army encountered a plague, which caused many soldiers to die in the plague, and he did not even dare to lead the soldiers back to Donghai County, for fear of bringing the plague back to Xuzhou.

Just carried it so hard, and carried it until Luo Xuan made the medicine to treat the plague, but the soldiers under his command suffered one-third of the casualties.

It's miserable!

It's comparable to the casualties of the last few years of fighting with Cao Cao.

"God doesn't bless me Liu Bei!"

After Liu Bei finally returned to Xuzhou, facing Luo Qi and the others, he was silent for a long time, and only said this sentence.

There is endless bitterness in the words.

Mi Zhu, Zhang Fei and others didn't know how to comfort Liu Bei, after all, it was too unlucky, Liu Bei led the army to travel, even if it was specifically to send him to death, he lost one-third of his troops, and there was no gain, but Cao Cao got Runan.

But this can't be blamed on Liu Bei, it can only be said that the destiny is like this, so it makes people sigh and sigh.

"Childe Qi is here!"

At this time, someone suddenly said loudly, and everyone's eyes lit up, if anyone can persuade Liu Bei, then only Gongzi Qi.

Everyone hurriedly got out of the way of a wide road, Luo Qi rode a horse, hovered, and then turned over from the horse, hugged his fists and said: "Xuande Gong." ”

Liu Bei held Luo Qi's arm with both hands, speechless, Luo Qi said: "Xuande Gong thinks, Qi understands, who has Qi brought you?" ”

As he spoke, he turned sideways and let out an elegant-looking middle-aged man, Liu Bei was immediately surprised when he saw it: "Yuanlong!" ”

It is Xuzhou Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong, he and Liu Bei have known each other for a long time, and the two are still the same door to some extent, in this era, it can be described as a quite iron relationship.

"Xuande Gong, I haven't seen you for many years, don't come to harm!"

Chen Yuanlong's face was full of smiles, he bowed respectfully to Liu Bei, for Liu Bei to serve as the pastor of Xuzhou, he was 10,000 willing and in favor.

Liu Bei held Chen Deng's arm with one hand and said in surprise: "Yuanlong, when I first entered Xuzhou, I wanted to look for you, but Lingtang said that you were not in Xuzhou, I don't know where you are, it's a pity, but I didn't expect to come back now."

is willing to help, if you get it, even if you lose the army this time, you can barely talk about masturbation. ”

Chen Deng's eyes were in tears almost instantly when he heard this, and he bowed down and bowed: "The envoy will not give up, Chen Deng will see the lord!" ”

Liu Bei laughed, then turned to everyone and pointed at Chen Deng and said: "Everyone, this is my old acquaintance, Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong, born in the Chen clan of Xuzhou, he is both civil and military, there are few people in the world who can beat him, today with his help, the achievement of the great cause is a few points closer." ”

Seeing that Liu Bei changed his confusion just now, he was directly excited, and everyone was even more curious about Chen Deng.

Xuzhou Shi clan and Hao Qiang are no strangers to Chen Deng, after all, unlike the Mi family, the Chen family is a real Shi clan, if it were not for the two great gods of Xiao Han Er in Xuzhou, the Chen clan would be the leader of the Shi clan, and the status of the Yingchuan Xun clan in the Yingchuan Shi clan is almost the same.

Chen Deng's statement to Liu Bei today is a shot in the arm for the entire Liu Bei forces.

It shows that the current crisis in Xuzhou has not affected the confidence of the Xuzhou scholars in Liu Bei, and the entire Xuzhou is still united around Liu Bei to overcome the difficulties.

Yes.

Overcome the difficulties together.

Now anyone with political wisdom can see that the current situation in Xuzhou is very dangerous.

After Liu Bei and others entered Donghai County, they immediately convened a special political and military meeting in Xuzhou to discuss matters related to Xuzhou.

Liu Bei sat on the main seat, and below him were Luo Qi, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng, Liu Ye, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Liu Yan and other scholars, although Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun and others did not understand these things, they also sat next to them.

Only Lu Shen and Tai Shici, who were far away in Taishan County, did not come here, but the two of them could not move lightly, and they could inform the results later.

Liu Bei's face was quite solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the situation in Xuzhou is very dangerous now, I don't know what solution you have." ”

Except for Zhang Fei and other generals, the rest of the people all looked solemn.

This place in Xuzhou, since Bang Zhou, is a place where soldiers must fight, and Ji Zhao also returned to Hojing after hitting here.

The biggest battle was the battle between Emperor Gao and King Xiang at the end of the Qin Dynasty, which could almost be said to have decided the ownership of the world.

This place is indeed important, connecting the north and the south, but the biggest problem is that there is no mountain and river here, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

If you want to simply rely on Xuzhou to keep the foundation, it can basically be said to be a dream, before Liu Bei was able to sit firmly in Diaoyutai, that was because Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou, Yuan Shu occupied Runan, and the two were the biggest opponents.

Whoever wanted to attack Xuzhou, Liu Bei could form an alliance with another person, but now that Cao Cao had access to Runan, he now had the complete Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and the entire western part of Xuzhou was under Cao Cao's watch.

Cao Cao could now attack Xuzhou from any direction with impunity, and Xuzhou would have to defend on a thousand-mile-long defensive line.

It's completely impossible!

Although Liu Bei can't do it in other places, he is still very good at fighting, so he said that Xuzhou is in danger now, which is really not an exaggeration at all.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Luo Qi said slowly: "Xuande Gong, the land of the four battles in Xuzhou is not in danger to defend, but fortunately, Taishan County and Yinghou Kingdom are in our hands."

As long as they hold Taishan County, the opponents from the north will not be able to enter Xuzhou, even if they want to enter from Langya County, but Taishan County can cut off its grain route, the north is stable, and the east is the sea, worry-free.

The only thing to worry about is the west and south, the southernmost part of Xuzhou is Guangling County, Guangling County is connected to Jiujiang County and Wu County, but there is a Yangtze River between Wu County and Guangling County, which is not easy to pass, and the only thing to worry about is Jiujiang County.

But what if you think about it from another angle?

Runan County is connected to Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and Jiangxia County, and since the beginning of Yuan Shu, Jiujiang and Lujiang counties north of the Yangtze River have been included in the bag.

This kind of power occupying Runan County naturally hoped to achieve, after all, it was not difficult to attack north of the Yangtze River.

Compared with Jiujiang, Lujiang and Runan County, the strength is inferior.

In this case, Jiangdong is also extremely vigilant against Cao Cao, if it were not for this plague, Jiangdong and our army should have fought Cao's army in Runan County at this moment.

If we can send a letter of alliance, knowing the benefits and disadvantages, and volunteering to attract Cao Cao's firepower for Jiangdong, Cao Cao will inevitably throw a mouse into the trap and dare not lead the army to Xuzhou.

As long as Cao Cao does not raise a large army, it is not difficult for my Xuzhou to unite as one and defeat his partial army.

The current lord of Jiangdong is Qi's younger brother, he is gifted and knowledgeable, and he will definitely agree to our suggestion. ”

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, Luo Qi's method was actually a change in the previous tripartite checks and balances, but Yuan Shu died, and another person was used to check and balance.

Checks and balances?

Liu Ye suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he said with a little excitement: "Lord, I thought of a little from Gongzi's strategy just now.

If you are still not at ease, it is better to sign an agreement with Yuan Shao, he will withdraw half of the army from Qingzhou, and we will withdraw half of the army from Taishan County.

This will definitely put more pressure on Cao Cao. ”

？

What does this have to do with Yuan Shao?

Only Luo Qi and Chen Deng understood what Liu Ye wanted to say, and Chen Deng explained to Liu Bei in a deep voice: "The lord, what Zi Yanggong means, I am afraid that the war between Jizhou and Youzhou is now at the most critical moment, if there is a new force attacking at this time."

That Gongsun Chan will be defeated.

If Yuan Shao gets Youzhou, the next target must be Cao Cao, because he can't attack from Taishan County, so he can only attack Henan and Yanzhou, which are Cao Cao's territory.

This is another plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, but it is a little difficult to implement, and the most important thing is not to know where the war in Youzhou has progressed. ”

I see!

After listening to Chen Deng's explanation, Liu Bei understood.

This is actually the judgment of Cao and Liu on the situation in the Central Plains before, that is, the two joined forces to fight against Yuan Shao, but they didn't expect Yuan Shu, a waste, to suddenly be defeated, and it was faster than Yuan Shao to fight Gongsun Zhan.

As a result, Cao Cao picked up a big bargain.

The plague prevented the rest of the people from peeping into Runan, and Luo Xuan also directly cured the plague, I have to say that the heavens seemed to be on Cao Cao's side, and everything good things made him catch up.

Lianluo Chu balances Cao Cao, this is one of them.

The powerful Yuan Shao forced Cao Cao to unite with himself, which is the second.

This is the idea that everyone gave Liu Bei, the so-called way of combining vertical and horizontal, but Liu Bei shook his head and said: "I can't do this, Gongsun Zhan is my brother, I can't help him now, how can I join forces with Yuan Shao to harm him?"

Besides, since there are checks and balances, why can't you unite Gongsun Chan to balance Yuan Shao?

and then unite with Yuan Shao to balance Cao Cao.

Jingzhou also has Liu Biao, as well as Nanyang Zhao Hong, which is also on the side of Runan County.

The combination of vertical and horizontal that you just mentioned can completely expand the scope.

I once heard that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of Bang Zhou, there were vertical and horizontal families born to connect the countries or join the vertical or horizontal, can't this be the case now?

Cao Cao may be stronger now, but isn't the way to unite the weak to suppress the strong?

When the plague is over, wouldn't it be beautiful to start looking for allies and help each other? ”

Liu Bei was able to think of this, Luo Qi felt a little surprised, but since Liu Bei mentioned it, there was no problem with implementing it in advance.

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A plague in the eighth year of Jian'an, the economic damage to the south was devastating, from the historical data, it can be concluded that for two whole years, the southern princes did not carry out large-scale military acts, which is unimaginable in the troubled times, and the plague objectively postponed the outbreak of the Second Zhuxia War. ——"History of the War in the Late Eastern Han Dynasty"

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