The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 446 Yuan Shang's Strategy

When Yuan Mai picked up the jade seal and returned it to Yuan Shang, the jade seal had already been broken into pieces, and it was not easy to glue it together. Fortunately, Pu Yuan was with the army at that time, and with his superb craftsmanship, he barely glued this national treasure back together.

To tell the truth, it doesn’t really matter to Yuan Shang to change the words “obeyed by heaven, long life will last forever” to “eternal blessings, long life equal to heaven”. If there is a purpose, at best it is just a small prank to hit Liu Xie.

Yuan Shang didn't want to be a fool like Wei Xiaobao, but who made this emperor so disobedient?It doesn't make him feel uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty! This is auspiciousness from heaven! Good omen! Good luck!" Yuan Shang's face was slightly excited, and he cupped his fists at Liu Xie to congratulate him.

Liu Xie's face turned dark, as if it was a black charcoal head just taken out of the kiln.

"The words on my jade seal have been changed? Do you call this an auspicious omen?"

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, the change of the characters on the jade seal is probably not man-made. It is God's will! It is God who sees that your majesty is still in Luoyang, and the great man is expected to rejuvenate, so he lowered auspiciousness and changed the words on the jade seal. Words! This is heaven's affirmation of His Majesty, and it cannot be wrong."

Liu Xie's eyes blinked, like the small eyes of a mouse stealing oil, vacillating.

"Yuan Shang, why are you so sure?"

Yuan Shang raised his hand and pointed to the words on the jade seal, explaining to Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, the words on the original jade seal, such as "Ordered by heaven, will live forever", have no momentum at all, and I don't know which uneducated person carved it up. Look at the eight characters now—" Immortal blessings will last forever, and longevity will be equal to the heavens." Your Majesty, does it sound majestic and domineering when you read it? Let alone ordinary people, even Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, would not have dared to say such words!"

Liu Xie blinked and said, "Really?"

Yuan Shang smiled slightly and said: "That's natural, Your Majesty, just listen to the minister's congratulatory speech for you."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Shang turned his head and looked around one by one at the ministers with different expressions, either happy or worried.

"Everyone, Mr. Yuan is going to congratulate His Majesty, please join me."

Congratulatory speeches for the Son of Heaven, who dared not to attach the courtiers, the ministers all nodded in agreement.

But Yuan Shang turned his head away, cleared his throat, then bowed to Chief Liu Xie and said loudly.

"Your Majesty is benevolent, wise, and wise... His supernatural powers are boundless, and his magic power is boundless! Make us all invincible and invincible! I wish my lord, immortal blessings forever, and a life as long as heaven!"

After all, he raised both hands high above his head, stretching his arms towards the sky as if he wanted to embrace the sun, as pious as worshiping a god.

The ministers all had goosebumps falling down, but they had no choice but to shout loudly and raise their hands along with Yuan Shang.

"May your majesty enjoy immortal blessings forever, and live as long as the heavens!"

This passage was easy to read, and it sounded imposing. When Liu Xie heard it, he immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly, but after careful consideration, it seemed a little bit off-putting.

"Yuan Shang."

"Chen is here!"

"Are you sure that what you said just now is a congratulatory speech to me? Why do I feel that after receiving your congratulations, I seem to have become the leader of a cult."

Yuan Shang showed his trademark kind smile again.

"Your Majesty is worrying too much. Which cult leader in the world can be as wise and handsome as His Majesty. Can't you find him with a lantern?"

"Well, what Aiqing said... I also deeply agree!"

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Ever since, the joint action of the three princes to restrict the emperor came to an end. Each of the three families left heavy troops to guard Hejian, Zhongmou, and Wancheng, and then led their troops back to their own territories.

Liu Xie returned to the ancient capital of Luoyang in disgrace. Once he returned to Luoyang, he nestled in the palace of Luoyang, squatting on the soft couch and sulking.

Not long after, Xu Shu also returned to the capital to meet Liu Xie.

After hearing what happened after he left Beijing, Xu Shu bowed his head and remained silent.

After a while, Xu Shu said with emotion: "I originally wanted to offer a plan to ask Your Majesty to occupy the land of Luoyang, check and balance the three families, and revitalize the Han Dynasty, but I didn't want Yuan Shang to be the master of the guests and to unite with the three families to restrict us. This person is better than Cao Zhi. Both Liu Bei and Liu Bei are too scary, and they will definitely become the number one enemy of His Majesty's Chongxing Dahan in the future!"

Liu Xie sighed after hearing the words: "Yuan Zhi, you didn't see how arrogant and overbearing Yuan Shang was when he forced the palace this time... The word overbearing is inappropriate... Yes, it is not overbearing, it is shameless! Shameless Ji, it's really shameless... He even wants to be the emperor's uncle! And that Liu Bei, as my family member, even colluded with the two thieves Yuan and Cao to oppose me, he is simply ungrateful! I don't think so Forgive him!"

Xu Shu shook his head and said sadly: "These are actually not the most important things at present...Your Majesty, I heard a report from a spies saying that Yuan Shang is now governing in a big bank in Hebei and changing the direction of government affairs. This move really worries me. !"

Liu Xie was surprised when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "What does Yuan Zhi mean by this? What did Yuan Shang do?"

Xu Shu frowned and said, "Actually, with Hebei's current soldiers and elites, if we go south to attack Cao Zhi, although it will take some trouble, it's not impossible to capture the four states of the Central Plains... But Yuan Shang is fighting hard, appeasing Cao Zhi to rest and recuperate, but he can't help it." Send troops to destroy him, Your Majesty, do you know why he is doing this?"

Liu Xie thought for a while, then hesitated and said: "Yuan Shang is arrogant and arrogant, which will delay the opportunity of the battle?"

Xu Shu shook his head and said: "No, it's because I got the news that Yuan Shang is currently working hard to relocate the residents of the Three Kings of Xianbei, the Southern Xiongnu King's Court and some other tribesmen to live in the counties and townships of the four prefectures in Hebei! This is a big project. The political strategy has attracted the attention of almost all high-level officials in Hebei, including Yuan Shang. Once this strategy is successful, Yuan Shang himself will not only achieve the feat of capturing Hu that no one in the past has been able to do, but the four prefectures of Hebei will also be unprecedentedly prosperous. Far better than Cao Zhi, Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others!"

Liu Xie trembled when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "What do you mean?"

Xu Shu said: "Your Majesty, apart from fighting for money and food, the most important thing in the battle between princes is to fight for population! The reason why Yuan Shang dared to let Cao Zhi rest and recuperate is because Yuan Shang knew that Yanzhou and other places started from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. , the population under his command has been lost to the limit... It is easy to kill a person, but it is not a matter of a year or two to raise a grown man, at least it will take fourteen or five years. The current Yuan Shang However, no matter how much Cao Zhi was left alone, the number of households under Cao Zhi’s administration was still so large, and basically would not increase! On the contrary, Hebei began to absorb the immigrants from the Three Kings and the Huns, relocate the population of Mobei, assimilate their tribes, and cultivate and raise them. Land, household registration, money, food and taxes will continue to increase. The more household registration population, the more soldiers Yuan Shang can support, and this will ebb and flow. On the surface, it seems that Yuan Shang is letting Cao Zhi go, but in fact, it is Cao Zhi who is letting Yuan Shang go. , The more you drag back, the weaker Cao Zhi will be, and the stronger Yuan Shang will be! So powerful that no one in the world can stop him."

Liu Xie broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

Xu Shu was full of worries, and continued: "There is another reason. Yuan Shang is not in a hurry to attack the Central Plains now. It is because the Central Plains has been war-torn for a long time, and the people's livelihood is dying. He doesn't want to maintain this mess by himself! Cao Zhi is kind-hearted and cares about the people's livelihood, so he must do his best. Supporting farming, mulberry and water conservancy, reclaiming farmland... Yuan Shang wanted to wait for a while, let Cao Zhi re-govern the people and people's livelihood in Zhongzhou to be stable and prosperous... Cao Zhi's household registration is difficult to increase, but his Hebei household registration is more and more, soldiers Wouldn't it be beautiful to go south to pick up ready-made ones at that time, and not have to bother to maintain them after the war? Moreover, Cao Zhi now borders Sun Liu, which can also help him resist the pressure of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and make him hide Anxin is developing and growing in Hebei, but watching the feudal lords in the south getting more and more at odds..."

Liu Xie stood up suddenly, suddenly realized.

"No wonder, I've always wondered why such a vicious person like Yuan Shang, after Cao Cao's death, allowed Cao Zhi to develop in Zhongzhou. It turned out that he knew that the number of registered permanent residents in Zhongzhou was the limit, so he killed Cao Zhi to pick up the mess Instead, it is better to let Cao Zhi take pains to help him look after the house, manage the water conservancy and agricultural affairs in Zhongzhou, and by the way, he also became a barrier against Liu Bei and Sun Quan... When the time is almost right, he will go south in one fell swoop, gain land and gain Picking up food is cheap... Yuan Shang, this boy, is simply inferior to a beast!"

Xu Shu sighed and said, "So, Your Majesty, I thought carefully on the way back. In any case, the one who must deal with Yuan Shang must be Yuan Shang, otherwise he will wait for his strategy to be successful in the future. Let alone your Majesty, there will be no one in the world." It's time to turn around!"

Liu Xiechang sighed, and said: "However, Yuan Shang has united with the soldiers of the three families to limit my development. I have Luoyang alone, how can I compete with him?"

Xu Shu said: "The top priority is to recruit those talents. In addition, Your Majesty should send people to make friends with Song Jian and Li Ru as foreign aid, and be ready to plot Guanzhong at any time! Yuan Shang's four states in Hebei are becoming more and more powerful, and he must not be allowed to think about it. There is no way to go to the land in the middle of the pass, so, after a few nights, who in the world can fight against him?"

Liu Xie nodded in agreement when he heard the words.

"I went out of Beijing this time, and brought back a fierce general named Tong Fei for your majesty. When I came back, I talked with him in detail, and then I learned that this person is the son of Tong Yuan, the son of the gun god, the grandson of Yuzhen, and the famous Yan family in Hebei. The foreign concubine, who is familiar with military books, has a good fortune, and has amazing military power, can stand shoulder to shoulder with Yuan Shang's Zhao Yun, he is the talent of a general!"

"According to what Aiqing said, I'm sure it's...Yuan Shang, I swear to never leave him!"

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Xu Shu analyzed Yuan Shang's current strategic purpose and his pivotal position in various forces in the world for Liu Xie, which strengthened Liu Xie's determination to confront Yuan Shang.

It's just that the four prefectures in Hebei are now following the influx of Xianbei and Xiongnu immigrants, and their household registrations have also increased rapidly, and their strength has become stronger and stronger, as firm as a rock, and unshakable.

Liu Xie didn't dare to extend his hand to the land of Hebei, so he had to turn his eyes westward to the two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou under Yuan Shang's rule.

There, it should be regarded as the softest place among the powerful Yuan's forces.

At this moment, not only Liu Xie, but also a person's eyes swept to Guanzhong.

This person is Zhuge Liang.

After Liu Bei returned to Xiangyang, he directly suffocated himself in the mansion, sulking for several days.

It wasn't until the third day that he sorted out his mentality and came forward to meet with civil and military officials.

After seeing Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang threw an important message directly at him.

"My lord, the spies are here to report that Yizhou don't drive Zhang Song as an envoy, to leave Chuankou by Liu Zhang's order, and come to Jingzhou to see the lord."

As soon as these words were said, Liu Bei's spirit was lifted immediately, and he took a deep look at Zhuge Liang, his eyes were full of deep meaning that others could not understand at all.

"Master, is this true?"

"It's absolutely true, my lord, now that Zhao Yun is in charge of Yongzhou in Chang'an, and Yan Xing is in Jincheng of Liangzhou to gather Xiqiang. The warlords are all in danger, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is also afraid of the two soldiers, and intends to go south to seize Sichuan and use it as a foundation against Zhao and Yan two fierce tigers, Zhang Song must have come here to ask for Liu Zhang's help."

Liu Bei nodded upon hearing this, and said, "Okay, that's great..."

Indeed, as Zhuge Liang said, Zhang Song came here to seek help from Liu Bei for Yizhou.

The wheel of history took a big turn because of Yuan Shang's appearance. After detouring for a while, it turned back unconsciously.

This time Zhang Song was indeed ordered by Liu Zhang to come to Jingzhou to ask Liu Bei for help.

Historically, Zhang Song did go to Xudu to ask Cao Cao for help, and after being indifferent by Cao Cao, he went south to Jingzhou and switched to Liu Bei.

But now, Cao Cao is dead, and the four states of the Central Plains are surrounded by enemies on all sides. Cao Zhi's hand can't reach Xichuan at all, so how can he help Liu Zhang relieve Zhang Lu's danger?
As for Zhao Yun from Yongzhou and Yan Xing from Liangzhou, both belonged to Yuan Shang's subordinates, one was a victorious general who was used to fighting, and the other was Xiliang's well-known general Xiong Zhen.Liu Zhang thought about asking them, but after discussing with his subordinates, he finally rejected these two.

There is no other reason, because both of them are Yuan Shang's subordinates!
And who is Yuan Shang? He is a traitor who even dared to cheat Cao Cao back then!

Liu Zhang dared to ask him for help?Join forces with him and seek skin from a tiger!Who knows how Yuan Shang will harm himself afterwards!

After thinking about it, Liu Zhang's final gaze fell on Liu Bei in Jingzhou.

Liu Zhang's move can be said to have caught Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's hands, but they don't know how long they have been patient in order to wait for today!
"Military division, Zhang Song is here, how should Bei respond?"

Zhuge Liang swayed his feather fan and said with a smile: "Liang has eight words to give to the lord, and he will definitely conquer Zhang Song."

"Which eight characters?"

"Encourage him with kindness and affection, if the lord can do this character, great things will come true!"

(End of this chapter)