"Lord, when you explain it like this, it seems to be true."

"But now that Yuan Shu has sent someone over and sent a big gift, should we just ignore him and put him here?"

Zu Lang still felt a little embarrassed, after all, the gift from Yuan Shu was very tempting.

Yuan Shu, this guy, in order to thank Liu Zheng, and at the same time wanted to win over Liu Zheng, not only sent a heavy 3,000 money. He heard that Liu Zheng had not yet married a wife. actually sent ten beautiful women, which stunned Zhou Cang, Zu Lang and others.

These women were in Liu Zheng's mansion at this time, but they were temporarily shelved by him and did not go to receive them.

Liu Zheng didn't receive the envoy sent by Yuan Shu, and the envoy was not easy to leave, so the two sides were in a stalemate here, waiting for Liu Zheng to meet on a whim one day.

"Of course we can't keep him hanging like this, how can we not want something that was sent for no reason?"

"The reason why we didn't immediately meet these envoys sent by Yuan Shu was mainly to give these envoys a signal, we can't agree to Yuan Shu's request immediately, otherwise it seems that we are too easy to be manipulated by Yuan Shu, we have to hang him for a few days, pretend to be thoughtful and then agree to these requests made by Yuan Shu."

"In this way, Yuan Shu will know that we agreed to support him as emperor after serious consideration."

"Lord, do you really want to support Yuan Shu as the emperor? Why don't we call ourselves emperors? Our strength is much stronger than that Yuan Shu, if someone like him can be the emperor, then you can too. ”

After Liu Zheng said his decision to agree to support Yuan Shu as emperor, Zu Lang and Zhou Cang immediately cast puzzled glances at Liu Zheng.

In their opinion, a person like Yuan Shu has no strength to be the emperor at all, and his territory is only a few counties, not even half of Liu Zheng's, and if Liu Zheng wants to attack Yuan Shu, it will be an easy matter, if Yuan Shu's strength can be the emperor, then Liu Zheng can't do it at any time.

At the thought of being emperor, Zhou Cang, Zu Lang and others had an inexplicable excitement.

Because once Liu Zheng becomes the emperor, then these generals who followed Liu Zheng to conquer the south and the north and conquer the city everywhere will have a new identity, they can be knighted, they can be canonized as officials, generals, and they all deserve their names.

Unlike now, Liu Zheng is not the emperor, and he cannot canonize Zhou Cang, Xu Huang and others with the title of a well-known general, so he can only replace it with the title of commander of several battalions.

Although Liu Zheng himself doesn't mind this, the generals who follow him still hope to have a resounding name, after all, this is a matter of honoring the ancestors, people live for a lifetime, isn't it just to seal their wives and sons, and to honor their ancestors.

The reason why the Three Kingdoms became the Three Kingdoms, rather than continuing the rule of the Han Dynasty, is because, even if the leaders don't want to be emperor, they have too many followers, and these people will push you to become emperor.

There are many things that you can only do in order not to chill everyone.

Cao Cao did not become emperor in his life, and he has been dissatisfied by many people, not that Cao Cao has no ambition, but he knows that once he becomes emperor, he will inevitably offend many people, but in the same way, after Cao Pi became emperor, he has more followers.

Because after he becomes emperor, he will be able to bring enough benefits to his followers, as long as the benefits are there, who will care about you and who the emperor is.

"Is it really so important to be the emperor?"

Liu Zheng asked rhetorically, which immediately made Zhou Cang and Zu Lang stunned.

Being an emperor, in this era, who doesn't want to be an emperor, why doesn't it matter, but Zhou Cang and Zu Lang didn't dare to speak to Liu Zheng like this, so they could only smile awkwardly and muttered in their hearts.

"It's really important to be called emperor, but you also have to figure out the timing, isn't it self-defeating to be emperor at this time? Yuan Shu's guy is not clear, although the Han Dynasty is already in the state of the twilight of the West Mountain, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Han Dynasty still has a group of ministers, and now they are called the emperor, they are looking for death, and they will definitely become the target of everyone. ”

"Instead of being besieged by everyone like this, it is better to build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king!"

After returning to the Three Kingdoms, Liu Zheng has always believed in this wise saying.

Build high walls, accumulate grain, and slowly become kings.

As long as the city is strong enough and there is enough grain and grass, he is invincible, and he will not be the king and hegemon, and will not provoke many enemies, so basically, he can develop slowly during the Three Kingdoms period, and when he is beaten to the death, he will intervene and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Liu Zheng's idea is so unpretentious, it is so real, originally Zu Lang and Zhou Cang didn't understand, but after hearing Liu Zheng's description, the two of them nodded, and seemed to understand.

At the same time, I also understood that Liu Zheng did not have no ambition to be the emperor, but he just felt that it was not the time to become the emperor now.

"How many days has Yuan Shu's messenger been here?"

"Three days."

"Three days? So soon, three days should be enough, go, we will go to the messenger in a while. ”

Liu Zheng heard that Yuan Shu's envoy had been here for three days, so he dropped the playing cards in his hand, and then got up and took Zhou Cang and Zu Lang to meet Yuan Shu's envoy for a while.

The messenger sent by Yuan Shu was not by someone, but by Yang Hong.

Yuan Shu did not have many strategists, but Yang Hong was one of his trusts, and it was precisely because of his trust in Yang Hong that he would send Yang Hong to lobby Liu Zheng, and after seeing Liu Zheng's strength, Yuan Shu wanted to win over Liu Zheng and become a close ally with Liu Zheng.

Of course, becoming an ally is one thing, and on the other hand, Yuan Shu wants to learn from his eldest brother Yuan Shao and find a strong enough backer to deal with the Han court together.

Yuan Shao was looking for Karasuma people to be difficult to build, and after the two sides were mixed together, their strength really increased greatly, and even the imperial court was shocked, and around Yuan Shu, there were no allies who were strong enough, Cao Cao and others, he couldn't look down on them, and in the end he could only focus on Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng's strength, among the many people Yuan Shu has seen, can be regarded as the front, taking on the task of an ally, so Yuan Shu will spend such a big price to ask to see Liu Zheng.

"This is Mr. Yang Hong?"

Liu Zheng walked into the living room and saw Yang Hong sitting calmly on the chair at this time, not knowing what he was thinking, so he immediately opened his mouth and signaled that he had come in.

Yang Hong got up very politely, and then saluted Liu Zheng to express his respect for Liu Zheng.

"In Xia Yang Hong, Yuan Shu's account is under the master's book, and he is ordered by the lord of my family to ask to see Lord Liu Zheng."