The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 528
"..." Er Zhang was silent.

"It is absolutely no problem to become the prefect of one side with the two talents. You can enjoy this hard-won prosperous life in Xiapi, but the people in other places will suffer from hunger. Do you have the heart to do this?" Li Yuan spoke fiercely. The feelings were sincere, and a few tears even flowed out while talking, Zhou Yu on the side was dumbfounded, because even he couldn't tell whether Li Yuan was pretending or showing his true feelings.

"General Li, we..." Zhang Hong opened his mouth to refute.

But Li Yuan didn't give him a chance to speak, so he continued: "Needless to say, it's useless for you to study hard for the sages and say that you care about the people, but in fact you don't care about the people at all. You have to know that even if you work under me, you are not Serving for me, but serving the people, if you are so obsessed with who you are loyal to and put the people in dire straits, it is really unkind and unrighteous, I, Li Yuan, have misjudged you!"

After Li Yuan finished speaking, he turned and left. Seeing this, Zhang Zhao hurriedly took a step forward to hold Li Yuan, and said, "General Li is absolutely right. We should not stick to whom we serve. The most important thing is to serve the people. We have been too stubborn since then, but after listening to General Li’s words just now, I am enlightened, and I ask General Li not to blame you, from today onwards, you are our lord!”

Zhang Hong and Zhang Zhao knelt down at the same time.Li Yuan put on a dignified look, helped Er Zhang up and said: "Both of you are great talents, I am very happy to have an epiphany, and I hope you will do your best to serve the common people in the future."

"It's the lord!" Er Zhang clasped his fists together.

Under Li Yuan's flickering, Er Zhang agreed to go out of the mountain without hesitation. When he left, Zhou Yu still couldn't react. He suddenly wondered if he had also boarded Li Yuan's pirate ship...

After persuading Erzhang, Li Yuan immediately sent them to Kuaiji, because Kuaiji was busy arranging the relocation of Shanyue and Wuxi Man, and dividing the land for them, so that the local people could teach them how to farm. There were a lot of things to do. Cheng Yu couldn't keep busy alone, so Li Yuan decided to send Er Zhang to assist Cheng Yu. With Er Zhang's help, Cheng Yu's pressure would be relieved a lot.

In the 11th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao defeated Gao Gan to pacify Bingzhou. After all, Gao Gan was not Cao Cao's opponent. After persisting for less than a year, he was defeated. Now, except for Liaodong, Cao Cao has unified the whole of Hebei. At this time, his momentum shocked the world. Many people are discussing this matter.

Many people think that after Cao Cao unifies Hebei, he will directly go south to declare war on Li Yuan. Some people think that Li Yuan is so powerful that Cao Cao must not dare to attack rashly. He will definitely conquer Liaodong first, and then send troops to Chang'an to attack Xiliang, etc. Only when the strength is enough to compete with Li Yuan will he attack Li Yuan.

Just three months later, Gongsun Kang of Liaodong suddenly announced his submission to Cao Cao three months later, which was too sudden for everyone to accept.It stands to reason that although Gongsun Kang's strength is far inferior to Cao Cao's, Liaodong is located in a remote area and the environment is harsh. Even if Cao Cao attacks with all his strength, he may not be able to capture Liaodong within a year and a half.However, Gongsun Kang directly gave up resistance and chose to surrender to Cao Cao. If his father Gongsun Du learned of this practice, I am afraid Gongsun Du would be very angry.

Gongsun Du attacked Goguryeo in the east, Wuhuan in the west, Liaodong Peninsula in the south, and Donglai counties in the north of Jiaodong Peninsula across the sea. He is the king of Liaodong, but his son Gongsun Kang handed over the country that his father had so hard to defeat, which makes people feel sorry. Gongsun Du was a wise man, but gave birth to an incompetent son. It seems that the father of the tiger is not sure. No dogs.

But the fact that Gongsun Kang surrendered to Cao Cao in Liaodong is not the most surprising thing. The most surprising thing is that shortly after Gongsundu announced his surrender, it was reported in Yizhou that Liu Zhang fell ill and died, and Liu Bei succeeded Liu Zhang as Yizhou Shepherd. Controlling the military and political power in Yizhou, he instantly became a prince in the world.

Many people think that Liu Zhang was killed by Liu Bei, so Liu Bei can become the lord of Yizhou, but Liu Bei holds Liu Zhang's suicide note, which says that Liu Bei will succeed him after his death. Although many people don't believe Liu Bei, but It is also impossible to prove that Liu Bei was the one who murdered Liu Zhang, so Liu Bei became the shepherd of Yizhou very smoothly.

In just one year, the situation in the world has undergone tremendous changes. Li Yuan immediately summoned his important ministers to discuss matters.

"Everyone, I just learned that Liu Zhang died of illness and Liu Bei succeeded to the throne. I don't think I need to say more, you should have guessed how Liu Zhang died." When Li Yuan announced the news, everyone was surprised, but I also think it is common sense, because Li Yuan had said that Liu Zhang would definitely die in Liu Bei's hands.

Sima Yi came out and asked: "My lord, I heard that the Yizhou gentry are very xenophobic. Is there no objection to Liu Bei inheriting the position of Yizhou pastor?"

"This is Liu Bei's ability. Although everyone suspects that he killed Liu Zhang, no one can find out the evidence. The most important thing is that he still has Liu Zhang's suicide note, which clearly states that Liu Bei will succeed him, so even if It's useless for someone to object, unless they have evidence that Liu Bei did it."

Li Yuan also knows Liu Bei very well. Although Liu Bei is a hypocrite, he has to admire his methods. Three princes have died in Liu Bei's hands. The first is Kong Rong in Beihai, and the second is Liu Biao in Jingzhou. The third one is Liu Zhang from Yizhou, but Liu Bei can get away with it every time he makes a move. No one can find out the evidence. I don't know whether to say Liu Bei is too cunning or Li Ru is clever in using poison.

But in any case, now that Liu Bei has become the lord of Yizhou, he will become Li Yuan's strong enemy, and even he must deal with it carefully.

Zhou Yu reminded: "The general situation of the world has undergone tremendous changes. Cao Cao unified Hebei, and Liu Bei became the shepherd of Yizhou. I am afraid that all forces will make big moves in the near future. We need to take precautions. The hatred of Liu Bei and Cao Cao towards the lord cannot be ruled out. They will join forces against us."

"Gong Jin is absolutely right. They are very likely to form an alliance to fight against me and Ma Teng at the same time. It will definitely be a melee, but I estimate that there is still one to two years. After all, Liu Bei has just become the Lord of Yizhou not long ago. We will definitely eliminate dissidents and let Guan Zhang and others take up important positions; Cao Cao also needs to digest Hebei and other places, slowly restore his troops, and will not send troops until there is enough food and grass."

Xi Zhicai suddenly smiled and said, "My lord, since this is the case, we can do something to make Liu Bei feel bad, so that he won't take control of Yizhou so easily."

"Does Zhicai have a clever plan?" Li Yuan knew that Xi Zhicai was full of tricks, and he should have thought of a way to deal with Liu Bei.

"We can use the name of Emperor Xian to write a document to advertise the world, condemning Liu Bei's crimes, saying that he killed Kong Rong, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang successively in order to fight for power, and then win people's hearts with hypocrisy and hypocrisy, list his crimes one by one, and order him to immediately Go to Xiapi to be punished, in this way, Liu Bei'an will be given a reputation of being cruel, ambitious, and a hypocrite, making him a person who is scolded by everyone in the world." Xi Zhicai said what he had in mind.

Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Hahahaha, this plan is very good, since Liu Bei cherishes his reputation so much, let's stigmatize his reputation first."

Huang Xu, who was below, was puzzled: "But my lord, Liu Bei will definitely not be so stupid to come to the Pi. Wouldn't our efforts be in vain?"

Li Yuan explained: "You don't know that the ultimate purpose of this plan is not to let Liu Bei come to the Pi, but to slander his reputation. As long as Liu Bei's mind is normal, he can't come to the Pi, but it may be more difficult to slander his reputation. Killing him will make him uncomfortable."

Li Yuan knows that Liu Bei is a person who cherishes his reputation very much. In the past ten years, Liu Bei has nothing but a reputation of benevolence and righteousness. With this reputation, he can be loved by the people, and he is also loved by Kong Rong, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang. These princes accepted, so reputation is very important.Not only for Liu Bei, but also for everyone in ancient times. A person's reputation often determines a person's character and future achievements.

(End of this chapter)