"Xun Gong! What the hell is going on with you that you have to go back at this time!? ”

Facing Lu Ren's questioning, Xun Yu was silent for a while, and then sighed heavily: "I received news some time ago, Liu Bei in Shu and Cao Pi in the north are now busy with the king's affairs......"

“……”

Lu Ren was stunned. Are both of these guys ready to reign now?

In fact, by this time, it was already the thirty-second year of Jian'an, that is, 227 AD, which was not in the original history. And if it is according to the original history, Liu Bei was called the king of Hanzhong in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, that is, in 219 AD, and then in the first year of Zhangwu, that is, in 221 AD;

As for Cao Pi, this guy inherited Lao Cao's throne as King of Wei in the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, that is, in 220 AD, and in the same year, he ousted Emperor Liu Xie from the emperor's throne and became the emperor himself.

But the current situation is that in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, the battle for Hanzhong between Lao Cao and Liu Bei was mixed in by the Western Regions coalition army, which made many things change. Not to mention anything else, Liu Bei's influence was that he was really not good at claiming the throne when a foreign enemy invaded the territory of the Han Dynasty. A foreign enemy invades the border, but you are king at this time? It's strange not to be drowned in the world's saliva! And Liu Bei is still very cheeky many times, where would he do such a self-defeating thing?

Liu Bei is like this, and Cao Pi's situation is not much worse. But the difference with Liu Bei is that Liu Bei can't pull that face, and Cao Pi was stopped by Lu Ren and Xun Yu together, so he didn't go to the throne out of many considerations.

Next, the battle between Liu Bei and Cao Pi, the two giants, and the Western Regions Alliance Army fought for a long time, during this war, Liu Bei and Cao Pi were not convenient to be kings, and after the war against the Western Regions Alliance Army ended, both sides had to be busy recovering their strength, and it was naturally not convenient to do anything to become kings.

But whether it is Liu Bei or Cao Pi, in addition to adding a Sun Quan, where will their desire to be the king and the emperor stop? Whenever they have the chance, they will definitely do it. In addition to some of their own problems such as politics and economics, to a large extent, it is also because Lu Ren is staring, or the combination of Lu Ren and Xun Yu is staring, which makes them dare not act rashly.

Originally, there was no problem with this, even if Lu Ren was on an expedition, Xun Yu, who stayed in Yizhou, would still keep an eye on some things, and the corresponding Lu Ren also gave Xun Yu enough authorization, and there were some things that Xun Yu could do directly without reporting to Lu Ren, so Lu Ren has always been very relieved about this aspect of the problem.

But...... How to say that? Whether it was Lu Ren or Xun Yu, they all ignored a few questions.

The first is age. It's also funny to say that Liu Bei should have hung up in 223 AD, and Cao Pi died of illness in 226, but now both of them are still alive. But in a sense, it is also normal, because Liu Bei died of a physical and mental breakdown after the defeat in the Battle of Yiling; Cao Pi died of excessive drinking...... After becoming the emperor, no one cares, and the harem is full of beautiful women. It is said that after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne and ascended to the emperor, he accepted some of Lao Cao's women, so that one time when his mother, Mrs. Bian, went to see Cao Pi, she saw that Cao Pi's bed was actually a woman that Lao Cao had fucked, and she was so angry that she scolded Cao Pi and said, "You should die." Playing with women to this extent, it is strange that the body bones will not be in a panic.

Far from it. What I want to say here is actually that Liu Bei was sixty-nine years old in 227 AD in the thirty-second year of Jian'an, and he was seventy years old. A person, but also an ancient, and even more so a very ambitious ancient, seeing that he has entered the age of antiquity, may one day be on the couch and will never be able to get up again, and the desire for certain things will naturally be strong to the point that it is difficult for others to understand. To put it mildly, Nima wants to live an emperor addiction before he dies. Even if the emperor can't be deserved or can't be deserved, then it's better to have the entire throne on his body, right?

Liu Bei is old and wants to do something before he dies, compared to Cao Pi, who was only forty-three years old at this time, and when he was in the prime of life, he seemed to be in no hurry. But! The reason why Cao Pi will live for three more years is ...... It's that there are not as many women around him as emperors, but with his power, where will there be fewer women who can receive the harem? It can even be said that Cao Pi has lived for three more years, in fact, because he has to fight against the Western Regions Alliance, so he has no time to touch the women to live for the past three years. As soon as the battle with the Western Regions Alliance was over, Cao Pi returned to Yecheng and was still drunk, and his body and bones quickly weakened.

Many people can feel it when their bodies are dying, and the same is true for Cao Pi, and Cao Pi's ambition is not below Liu Bei. Feeling that he might not be able to last a few years, some of Cao Pi's thoughts became like a flood that burst the embankment.

These are just the psychological factors of Liu Bei and Cao Pi, but under the external environment, there is also the possibility that they can take this step. The main reason is that after the end of the war with the Western Regions Alliance, Liu Bei and Cao Pi were fully committed to developing production and restoring national strength, so that Cao Wei and Shuzhong had a very good pattern. With the people living a good life, the support of the people in these two fields is very high.

In addition, Lu Ren's long-term foreign conquest also gave these two goods an opportunity to take advantage of, after all, Lu Ren's absence from Yizhou for a long time will reduce his influence on many aspects of the Chinese region. On the other hand, a very important reason why Lu Ren can control Liu Bei and Cao Pi is that he has considerable influence on Liu Bei and Cao Pi at the economic level, but at this time, one is that Liu Bei and Cao Pi have managed their own territory well, and of course they don't have to care too much about Lu Ren's face when they are rich;

Second, Lu Renke has more than 100,000 troops fighting abroad, so how huge is the corresponding military expenditure? In order to meet this huge military demand, Lu Ren relaxed many trade restrictions on the Chinese region, and the result was ...... How can this be said? To explain it in modern terms, it was originally Lu Ren's seller's market, and the people who bought the goods had to look at Lu Ren's face, but because Lu Ren relaxed a lot of restrictions, it now has a bit of a buyer's market. In other words, it was the people who originally bought goods from Lu Ren, thinking that Lu Ren was going to see their faces.

The people who will be most sensitive to this kind of thing are, of course, Liu Bei and Cao Pi. Let's put it mildly, Lu Ren relaxed trade restrictions because he didn't want to destroy the economic system within his own borders, in other words, Lu Ren basically didn't use his strategic reserves, and relied on normal circulation of trade income to maintain the war. But where do Liu Bei and Cao Pi know this? They also didn't know much about Lu Ren's true potential strength. Seeing that Lu Ren seemed to be completely relying on the exit to the outside world to maintain the war, they had the idea of not having to look at Lu Ren's face anymore.

So, some time ago, Liu Bei began to make a big noise, preparing to call himself the king of Hanzhong...... A throne that was originally added to Liu Bei eight years ago. And Liu Bei said that it was okay to say that after all, Liu Bei was a clan surnamed Liu, and he did not destroy the clan system of the "White Horse Alliance", which also made Liu Bei shout the slogan very justifiably.

Liu Bei came like this, where could Cao Pi still sit still? Therefore, Cao Pi also immediately followed up and prepared to ascend to the throne of King Wei "in accordance with public opinion". And some such news, of course, will immediately reach the hands of Xun Yu, who stayed in Yizhou.

In fact, when Xun Yu first received the news, Liu Bei and Cao Pi didn't have it, or they didn't dare to make too big a move, because they both knew that Lu Ren was not so easy to mess with in some things, so they released some news to test Lu Ren's reaction. But Lu Ren was in an important period of designing the total annihilation of the rest fleet, Xun Yu, who knew the importance of this battle, really didn't dare to distract Lu Ren at this time, so he could only temporarily suppress the news and not send it to Lu Ren, and at the same time hoped that Lu Ren could finish this battle quickly, so that he could tell Lu Ren the news quickly.

But Lu Ren doesn't know these things! It was precisely because he didn't know that Lu Ren adopted Zhou Yu's strategy, and it took more than a month just to play the "wolf" tactic. And in the past month or so, Xun Yu almost didn't have a problem. Turning to Liu Bei and Cao Pi, they have been waiting for Lu Ren's reaction, seeing that Lu Ren has not made any reaction for so long, then will they be polite?

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After listening to Xun Yu's narration, Lu Ren really stayed on the spot, and he couldn't say a word for a long time, and only four words came out of his heart: "Fire in the backyard!?" ”

Xun Yu looked at Lu Ren silently for a while before sighing: "Yihao, don't say anything now, hurry up and bring the troops back!" ”

The soldiers must be brought back, because the current situation can no longer be suppressed by the trade tactics of the past, and can only be suppressed by strong force.

Lu Ren was silent when he heard this.

Maybe at this time, some people may say that Liu Bei and Cao Pi are not kings? Is there any need for Xun Yu to be in such a hurry? Besides, Liu Bei is also a clan surnamed Liu, isn't it justifiable to be called a king?

If Lu Ren and Xun Yu heard these words, they would jump to their feet and scold the person who said this for not understanding politics. This kind of thing, do you really think it's as simple as being a king?

Not to mention that the purpose of Liu Bei and Cao Pi to be kings is to finally ascend to the throne, only from the current pattern, the Han Dynasty is already an empty shelf, and the Chinese continent is divided by Cao, Liu and Sun, completely relying on the existence of Emperor Liu Xie, maintaining a nominal unity.

Lu Ren and Xun Yu are very aware of this problem, so they are also trying to maintain this nominal unity as much as possible. Lu Ren needs such a pattern, and from the perspective of an angry youth, as long as this nominal unity remains, then there will be no division in China......

It may be a bit confusing to say this, so let's cite an example. Before the Japanese army invaded China in a full-scale way, why did it try to create a puppet Manchurian regime in the northeast? The intention is to separate the Northeast from the consciousness of China, so that the Northeast can be gradually classified under the name of the island country.

And the current situation is also like this, once Liu Bei and Cao Pi are crowned kings, then their next step is to become emperors. And the result of being the emperor was, of course, separated from the unification in the name of the Han Dynasty, and at this time, the Han Dynasty was equivalent to the real split of two new countries that had nothing to do with the Han Dynasty. And if they do, will Sun Quan do nothing?

In other words, once something happens, in the near future, the Han will be completely divided into three countries, and the Han will officially perish. Lu Ren does not want to see a unified country enter a full-scale split, and Xun Yu does not want to see the Han Dynasty perish, which is why they will join forces to stop some things.

The soldiers must be brought back, because the current situation can no longer be suppressed by the trade tactics of the past, and can only be suppressed by strong force.

Lu Ren was silent when he heard this.

Maybe at this time, some people may say that Liu Bei and Cao Pi are not kings? Is there any need for Xun Yu to be in such a hurry? Besides, Liu Bei is also a clan surnamed Liu, isn't it justifiable to be called a king?

If Lu Ren and Xun Yu heard these words, they would jump to their feet and scold the person who said this for not understanding politics. This kind of thing, do you really think it's as simple as being a king?

Not to mention that the purpose of Liu Bei and Cao Pi to be kings is to finally ascend to the throne, only from the current pattern, the Han Dynasty is already an empty shelf, and the Chinese continent is divided by Cao, Liu and Sun, completely relying on the existence of Emperor Liu Xie, maintaining a nominal unity.

Lu Ren and Xun Yu are very aware of this problem, so they are also trying to maintain this nominal unity as much as possible. Lu Ren needs such a pattern, and from the perspective of an angry youth, as long as this nominal unity remains, then there will be no division in China......

It may be a bit confusing to say this, so let's cite an example. Before the Japanese army invaded China in a full-scale way, why did it try to create a puppet Manchurian regime in the northeast? The intention is to separate the Northeast from the consciousness of China, so that the Northeast can be gradually classified under the name of the island country.

And the current situation is also like this, once Liu Bei and Cao Pi are crowned kings, then their next step is to become emperors. And the result of being the emperor was, of course, separated from the unification in the name of the Han Dynasty, and at this time, the Han Dynasty was equivalent to the real split of two new countries that had nothing to do with the Han Dynasty. And if they do, will Sun Quan do nothing?

In other words, once something happens, in the near future, the Han will be completely divided into three countries, and the Han will officially perish. Lu Ren does not want to see a unified country enter a full-scale split, and Xun Yu does not want to see the Han Dynasty perish, which is why they will join forces to stop some things.