Control your ancestors and create an immortal family starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 79: Gu Chen rules the world, Liu Bei meets Zhuge Liang again
Yin Ling.

Liu Bei stared at Zhang Fei in front of him. After a brief moment of surprise, he seemed to realize something and suddenly stood up and asked:

"Where's the young master?"

"Why didn't you come back?"

Ever since hearing Zhuge Liang's advice, Liu Bei has been somewhat wary of Cao Cao.

Not only Zhang Fei was left behind, but also Gu Tao.

The idea is that the two of them complement each other.

After all, Zhang Fei's attitude towards Gu Tao is also very good.

"Big brother."

Zhang Fei knelt on the ground, his face filled with sorrow. "I have failed you, sir. I ignored your advice and drank every day."

"Young Master, he died in Qingzhou."

Drops of tears kept falling from Zhang Fei's eyes.

Hearing this, even Guan Yu's face showed anger: "Third brother, I am putting such a heavy burden in your hands."

"How could you act like this?"

The regret on Zhang Fei's face became even more intense. He lowered his head silently, too embarrassed to face the two of them.

"No need to say more, my two brothers."

"I have no way to repay your kindness, sir."

"If it weren't for the need to escort my sister-in-law, I would have died on the battlefield with you."

"Now my sister-in-law has been delivered."

He murmured.

The next moment, he suddenly stood up, drew out the long sword at his waist, and slashed towards his neck without hesitation.

But at this moment, Liu Bei suddenly rushed over, stopped him, and slapped Zhang Fei in the face!

There was a "pop" sound!
Liu Bei slapped Zhang Fei so hard that it completely woke him up.

Liu Bei stared at Zhang Fei intently and said in a deep voice, "You and I, three brothers, swore brotherhood in Peach Garden. We do not seek to live together, but to die together."

"My third brother will commit suicide here today."

"How can Yunchang and I survive alone?"

His tone was so serious.

Hearing this, Zhang Fei was stunned and knelt down again.

"Third brother, having failed you today, I must inherit your aspirations and help you accomplish your great cause."

“If not.”

"How can my third brother, in the afterlife, face you?"

Liu Bei's words really touched Zhang Fei's heart, and he immediately stood up and left the camp: "I want to attack Cao Cao!"

"Third brother!"

Liu Bei was furious and stopped him again, slapping him again.

"When will you finally calm down?"

Zhang Fei was completely stunned.

Liu Bei's expression was extremely serious at this moment. He looked at the ministers in the tent and said helplessly: "At this moment, Qingzhou has been lost."

"There's no way back for us."

"If we fail to seize Yangzhou at this opportunity, our army will be dispersed soon."

Liu Bei's mind was extremely clear at this time. He understood his current situation very well and must not make the same mistake again.

Cao Cao is too powerful.

Today, he occupies Jiyouqingyan, and his foundation has even surpassed Liu Xiu in the past.

If he makes another mistake.

I'm afraid there will really be no more chance.

But since Cao Cao had already decided to take action, how could he leave Liu Bei with any chance?

The very next day, Liu Bei went to see Zang Ba, a general under Tao Qian, and wanted to clarify the situation in the world and formally form an alliance with Tao Qian.

But this is doomed to fail.

Not to mention that Tao Qian is not in Yanzhou at the moment.

Even if he were there, with Tao Qian's personality, he would not dare to offend Cao Cao at the moment.

Cao Cao's judgment was correct.

Among all the princes in the world, except Gu Chen and Liu Bei, no one else can catch his eye.

After receiving Tao Qian's instructions, the Liu Tao army, which was clearly an alliance, immediately became somewhat disunited.

Liu Bei wanted to quickly capture the city of Yangzhou.

But Zang Ba was stopping him.

Cao Ren also quickly rushed to Yangzhou and forced Liu Bei to withdraw from Yangzhou.

Liu Bei really wanted to form an alliance with Tao Qian.

Xuzhou’s strength is not weak now. With the troops under his command, even if he cannot defeat Cao Cao, it will not be a problem for him to defend a place in a short period of time.

But compared to Liu Bei today, Tao Qian obviously pays more attention to Cao Cao.

As a last resort——

Liu Bei had no choice but to head towards Jingzhou again.

The world situation is constantly changing.

June, the second year of Jian'an;
Gu Chen officially entered Chang'an, his power shook the world, Zuo Fufeng surrendered, and he completely penetrated the entire Sizhou.

Stabilized the entire western part of the Han Dynasty.

The news from Qingzhou had naturally spread, and he also learned that Gu Tao had died at the hands of Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

But Gu Chen was only silent for a while and was not extremely sad.

Each of them was deeply influenced by Gu Xi.

There is no fear of death.

It can be said that every member of the Gu family who is still fighting outside today is prepared to die.

For him, the only way to live up to his brothers is to keep going forward with unwavering determination and bring the entire family back to the top.

Gu Chen was not in a hurry to take the next step.

After all, reality is not a novel. No matter how high the Gu family's reputation is, the people will eventually become disappointed if their lives do not improve for a long time.

Gu Chen had to stop and stabilize the situation.

In this situation, the usefulness of Gu Wei and Xun Yu is revealed.

Both of them are absolutely top talents in domestic affairs, and Gu Wei himself has unique insights into domestic affairs.

——The effectiveness of the previous purge of the Bingzhou aristocratic families and powerful people was demonstrated at this time.

In fact, in today's world.

Most of the land and crops are controlled by these clans.

In order to completely stabilize a place, it is necessary to balance the distribution of interests between the nobles and powerful families and the common people and refugees.

Everyone must feel that there is a way out.

Only then can we completely calm people's hearts.

Gu Chen summoned Gu Wei and Xun Yu to Luoyang one after another, and after several days of discussion, he finally settled the internal affairs.

He implemented a variety of programs.

——First of all, the military farming system was implemented.

In Sizhou, the people settled in the area and the land of the evacuated aristocratic families was distributed to the common people. There was no tax exemption in the first year, and in the second year, the policy of six for officials and four for the people was implemented.

As for border areas like Liangzhou, they are military settlements.

Mix the soldiers with the refugees and open up farmland.

The tax rate for officials was three times that for common people, and it was promised that the land would always belong to the pioneers. "Red Deed Land Certificates" were issued, inheritance was allowed, and annexation by powerful people was prohibited.

A three-color token system was implemented for refugees.

“Green Brand” represents local farmers;
"Yellow Card" represents newly attached refugees;
“Red cards” represent those waiting to be resettled;
In addition, "delivery shops" were set up along the way, where people who came to seek refuge could receive different supplies according to the cards;
The refugees were also classified into blacksmiths, carpenters, doctors, etc.

Salaries are given according to their different skills.

Especially the blacksmith.

Anyone with excellent skills will not only receive a salary, but also have the opportunity to acquire land.

He even built granaries in Chang'an, Jinyang and other places.

These food and fodder were provided by the destroyed Bingzhou nobles.

In fact, if this series of policies had been implemented in the past, it would definitely have caused dissatisfaction among the aristocratic families, and they might even have defected to Cao Cao.

But now it's completely different.

Gu Chen only eliminated those nobles who intended to connect with Cao Cao.

There is a fundamental difference here.

The most crucial thing, of course, is the rectification of local government administration, which is what the Gu family's descendants are best at.

Gu Chen set up a special department to keep a close eye on this matter.

As for the barbarians in Liangzhou.

Gu Chen also has a special system.

It is to use the reputation of the Gu family among the barbarians to break the deadlock between the two sides, start business and collect commercial taxes.

Gu Yi was dumbfounded by all these methods.

There's no way around it, Gu Chen's performance was really a bit too exaggerated.

It’s a pity that Gu Chen’s attributes are still a question mark.

The exact value cannot be determined.

But based solely on Gu Chen's performance after loading first, Gu Yi could be sure that Gu Chen's current overall attributes were definitely no less than ninety points.

This is a very exaggerated number.

It can be said that it combines the advantages of all the Gu family members from Gu Kang to Gu Xi.

Gu Yi wished he could just go all in on the lottery and draw out more "wall-breaking cards".

If only every member of the Gu family had this ability.

What else does he need to worry about?
But after thinking about it, Gu Yi calmed down again.

Gu Chen's appearance was the result of the right time, place and people.

It's not just about Gu Xi's education of his family's children, it also includes the changes in the world and Gu Chen's own personality.

Even if we draw another wall-breaking card, it will probably be difficult to produce another person like Gu Chen.

The environment may be artificially created.

But Gu Chen's character of not accepting defeat and not accepting his fate is definitely not something that can be interfered with by human power.

Gu Chen is constantly developing, and Cao Cao will naturally not be idle either.

Tao Qian was indeed too cowardly.

Although he participated in this battle, he also gave the entire Yuyang two states to Cao Cao.

This move seems absolutely stupid in the eyes of people with ambition.

After all, if Cao Cao occupied the two states of Yu and Yang, it could be said that he had directly surrounded the area of Xuzhou.

But Tao Qian didn't think so. He just wanted to live a stable life.

He didn't want to give Cao Cao a reason to attack him.

And things did not go against his expectations, Cao Cao did not attack him.

It’s not impossible.

But it is totally unnecessary.

Tao Qian's attitude made the entire Xuzhou aristocracy begin to turn to Cao Cao.

Those who were loyal to the Han Dynasty had already left Xuzhou one after another.

Although the entire Xuzhou was still in Tao Qian's hands in name, it had actually been completely hollowed out by Cao Cao.

As long as Cao Cao is willing.

Xuzhou will change hands in an instant.

In this case, why send more troops?

Looking at the whole world now, the only person Cao Cao really cares about is Gu Chen.

For this reason, he even accepted Lu Bu's surrender.

No, it shouldn't be said to be acceptance.

But use.

He placed Lu Bu in Weijun and did not give him any real power. He only provided him with limited food and grass. It was obvious that he wanted to use Lu Bu to deal with Gu Chen.

Cao Cao doesn't want to go to war with Gu Chen yet.

He also needs to pacify the four directions.

Whether it is Qingzhou or Yuyangzhou.

He needs to completely calm the hearts of people from all directions.

But Cao Cao still expressed his attitude.

In the fourth year of Jian'an, in February;
Cao Cao finally took the position of "Taifu" and officially stepped into the pinnacle of nominal power.

The two most powerful princes in the world today did not go to war, but instead each ruled their own territories.

This does have some impact on the direction of the world.

The world, which had been in chaos for many years, suddenly had a sense of stability.

But how could the wars on all sides be completely stopped?

——Sun Ce is gaining momentum!

This was beyond everyone's expectations. He relied on hundreds of troops to capture cities and territories in Jiangdong one after another, and conquered the entire Jiangdong in a short period of time.

He is known as the "Little Overlord of Jiangdong".

This matter even attracted Gu Chen's attention.

Because Sun Ce and he can be called absolute enemies.

After all, Sun Jian died at his hands.

However, Gu Chen did not care too much about it. He already had the ambition to be invincible in the world, and Sun Ce was not enough to make him pay too much attention.

Jingzhou, Xinye.

Unlike Tao Qian, Liu Biao accepted Liu Bei.

In fact, Liu Bei’s strength is not weak now.

The 20,000 soldiers under his command are all veterans, and they include powerful generals such as Guan, Zhang, and Zhao.

What Liu Bei lacked was a foundation. He had no base of his own and could only rely on others to provide him with food and grass to stabilize his army.

Although he is now under Liu Biao's command and has Liu Biao's support.

But Liu Bei still worried every day.

The number of Jingzhou nobles far exceeded his expectations, and he could feel that Liu Biao's control over Jingzhou was insufficient.

And the most important thing is——

He couldn't figure out how to break the current situation in the world.

It’s not that he hasn’t thought about joining forces with Gu Chen.

But Liu Bei's attitude towards Gu Chen is actually very complicated.

He couldn't figure out what Gu Chen was going to do.

He also had some resentment towards Gu Chen for killing Empress Dowager He.

This is a completely unavoidable problem.

Although Liu Bei disliked Emperors Huan and Ling, he had to acknowledge their status as emperors.

The same was true for Empress Dowager He.

For him, no matter how wrong Empress Dowager He was, she was still the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty and should not have died at the hands of Gu Chen.

This is the limitation of this era.

No matter how extraordinary Liu Bei was, the idea of "loyalty to the emperor and serving the country" always constrained him.

Gu Chen, a man with an iron will who can take revenge with ease, is ultimately the only variable in this era.

This is also the reason why Liu Bei never went to see Gu Chen.

At this moment, he was standing on the top of the city wall.

Feeling the breeze, his eyes were fixed on the direction of Luoyang, and his expression was particularly complicated.

"Big brother."

At this moment, Zhang Fei's roar suddenly sounded.

Liu Bei turned his head and looked over, only to see Zhang Fei hurriedly running to the top of the city wall and saying, "Mr. Kong Ming is back."

"Kong Ming is back?"

Hearing this, Liu Bei immediately perked up and said anxiously, "Quick! Quickly prepare your horses and follow me to see Mr. Kong Ming."

He always remembered Zhuge Liang.

What Zhuge Liang said at Julu has now come true.

This made Liu Bei feel that Zhuge Liang was even more extraordinary.

Since arriving in Jingzhou, I have gone to look for Zhuge Liang, but have not seen him.

How can we not be excited to hear that Zhuge Liang has returned?
"Everything is ready." Zhang Fei laughed.

Since Qingzhou, Zhang Fei seemed like a different person.

He seldom drank alcohol and was always looking forward to breaking into Xuchang and personally killing Cao Cao and Cao Chun to offer sacrifices to Gu Tao.

Liu Bei attached great importance to the meeting with Zhuge Liang.

He took Guan, Zhang, Zhao and other trusted men with him, and then rode out of Xinye and headed straight for Nanyang.
Ps: I’m begging for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)