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Fu Zhu continued to analyze: "Judging from the current situation, assembling a large army to quickly attack Hebei is the best opportunity to hit Li Yi hard, and it is also the only way for the lord to regain the imperial unity and authority. In order to get Cao Cao and the other three alliances to agree to send troops to attack Hebei, the lord not only had to actively cooperate with Cao Cao to rebuild the imperial system, but also spared no effort to help. ”

Once the army crossed the Yellow River, the forces of Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Bei would inevitably be damaged, and this was the prerequisite for inducing Yuan Shu to proclaim independence on behalf of the Han dynasty in Yangzhou. As long as Yuan Shu doesn't feel the danger, he will be deceived. ”

At this time, regardless of whether the army could defeat Li Yi or not, Liu Bei would first withdraw his army, followed by Cao Cao. That is to say, if the army defeats Li Yi, Jizhou may be occupied by us, and if the army is defeated by Li Yi, Li Yi's strength will be greatly damaged, and he will not be able to cross the river to the south in the short term, so that we can quickly capture the Central Plains while they are exhausted after Cao Cao and Liu Bei kill Yuan Shu. ”

Yuan Shao was shocked: "If you have this kind of thinking in the battle of Hebei, it may be a defeat!" ”

"What if you lose?" Fu Zhi waved his hand indifferently and said, "Although the battle was defeated, our goal was all achieved. Li Yi temporarily lost the ability to attack south, Yuan Shu was killed, the three alliances broke down, we captured the Central Plains, and the lord and Li Yi formed a north-south confrontation, and the hegemony was formed. ”

After careful consideration, Yuan Shao finally accepted Fu Zhu's suggestion, and he replied to Cao Cao, and immediately rushed to Dingtao, Yanzhou, to gather troops to attack Hebei, and to rebuild the imperial system and imperial court.

Yuan Shao wrote another letter to Yuan Shu, ordering Xu You to immediately rush to Shouchun, Yangzhou with the letter, to meet Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shao discussed the details with Fu Zhu and others, and then arranged for Fu Zhu to sit in Luoyang, and ordered the trial to go to Guanzhong to assist Yuan Tan, and let Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others rush to Yanzhou.

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At the beginning of March, Xu Yu arrived in Shouchun in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou.

Yuan Shu and Xu You have a very good personal relationship, the two have not seen each other for many years, and they are very happy to meet again.

Xu You presented Yuan Shao's letter, and then explained in detail the intention.

Yuan Shu's face sank, slapped the case hard, and said angrily: "Ziyuan has to kill me? ”

Xu You laughed and said, "Isn't there a way to avoid trouble on the highway? ”

"Of course I have a way to avoid it." Yuan Shu sneered, "Yuan Benchu, this bastard, actually calculated on my head, and I called him bloodless." ”

Xu You looked at him and asked, "Do you want me to bring this to Brother Benchu?" ”

"Yes." Yuan Shu nodded.

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Xu You hurriedly went north to Yanzhou with Yuan Shu's letter to meet Yuan Shao.

Yuan Yao, who was summoned by Yuan Shu, his cronies Li Ye, Yang Hong, Yan Xiang, Xun Zheng, Ji Ling, Liu Xun and others to discuss the plan.

Yuan Shao's letter caused controversy among many of Yuan Shu's advisors.

Obviously, Yuan Shao's purpose was not to help Yuan Shu become emperor, but to have other plans. With Yuan Shao's strength, how could he give up the throne of the emperor?

Yuan Shu said confidently: "What does Yuan Benchu want to do, I know that he wants to use me to dominate the world, but why don't I want to use his strength to achieve my hegemony?" ”

Yuan Shu's words were very light-hearted, but the group of strategists were very realistic. The 400-year-old foundation of the Han Dynasty has been completely overthrown after being destroyed by the traitors, Dong Zhuo and Li Yi. Now in this land, who doesn't want to seize the world and claim the title of king and emperor in this land?

Although there are prophecies and replacement theories that the five virtues have always said, these cannot replace strength, and it takes strength to be the king and hegemon, and if you don't have the strength, you want to be the emperor, which is purely looking for death.

Yuan Shu's strength is not strong, and he currently does not have the capital to be called the emperor, and he will definitely be defeated if he rushes to become the emperor.

"If Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Bei all die on the battlefield in Hebei, if I can occupy the Central Plains, if I stand with Yuan Shao and Li Yi, then can I ascend the throne and become emperor?" Yuan Shu asked with a smile.

Li Ye and the others' faces changed slightly.

Yuan Yao glanced at his father in horror and whispered: "Father, after this battle, although Hebei's vitality has been greatly damaged in the short term, it will ...... in the future."

"In the future, whether my Yuan family can sit firmly in this country depends on Yuan Benchu." Yuan Shu sneered, "The two of them have one heart, the world can get it, if they kill each other, it is difficult to say whose country this country is." ”

Everyone Yuan Shu had made up his mind, and immediately stopped persuading each other, and concentrated on discussing the strategy of seizing the Central Plains.

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In early March, seven-year-old Liu Mao ascended the throne as emperor in Changyi City, Yanzhou, with the year name Yongping.

The Son of Heaven decreed that his grandfather Liu Chong was the Taifu, Cao Cao was the prime minister, Yuan Shao was the Tai Lieutenant and the leading general, Liu Biao was the imperial historian and the general of the guard, Yuan Shu was the hussar general, Gongsun Zan was the left car cavalry general, and Liu Bei was the right car cavalry general.

He also worshiped Yuan Wei, the assassin of Yuzhou, as the general of the auxiliary country, Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hebei, as the general of the Zhenjun, and the Taishou Ma Teng of Fufeng County as the general of Zhenxi.

The officials below Jiuqing will discuss after several important ministers of the court and the central government gather in Changyi City.

Originally, Cao Cao planned to let Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei serve as Taiwei and Yushi Dafu respectively, and be tied with him as the third duke, but Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei were self-aware and politely declined.

Cao Cao is polite, with the background and strength of the two of them, he can't be compared with the Yuan family of Megatron.

Cao Cao said disapprenousively: "If it weren't for us to rebuild the imperial system, this world would be the Yuan family, and the two of them have made great contributions, in order to resign?" ”

Gongsun Zan said: "Now that the imperial system and the imperial court have just been established, and we want to immediately join forces to attack Hebei, the most important thing at this time is to work together, there is no need to intensify the contradiction because of this trivial matter, and form an opposition with the Yuan brothers, once it is self-defeating, it will go against our original intention of rebuilding the imperial system." In addition, the important ministers of the court and the central government are not in the capital at ordinary times, and only the Taifu and you, the prime minister, are in charge of state affairs, so it doesn't matter if we are the three dukes. ”

Cao Cao smiled and nodded repeatedly, but there was a little embarrassment in his eyes.

Although Gongsun Zhan's words were very subtle, they directly hit Cao Cao's vital point. This rebuilding of the imperial system was done by the three alliances together, but Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were only participants, and the main things were done by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's goal was to dominate the Central Plains, but his strength was not enough, and Li Yi of Hebei might cross the river to attack him at any time, so he first established an alliance, and then rebuilt the imperial system, trying to expand his strength in a short time.

Now that the three alliances are in place and the imperial system has been rebuilt, Cao Cao's next goal is to control the Son of Heaven and the imperial court.

Cao Cao's methods of controlling the imperial court were simple and effective. He first asked the Son of Heaven to worship the officials of all parties, and then on the grounds of war, he asked the Son of Heaven to let these officials from all parties, who were ministers of the imperial court, supervise their respective states and counties.

The interests of the officials from all sides did not suffer any loss, they did not feel the threat of the new court to their power, and of course they did not need to embarrass Cao Cao for the affairs of the emperor and the court, and Cao Cao used this method not only to maintain the situation of the local officials supporting the army and separating the territory, but also to successfully control the imperial court.

Although this Son of Heaven and the imperial court seem to be nothing more than a façade at the moment, once Cao Cao, who controls it, greatly increases his strength, the situation will be different.

Once Cao Cao has the strength to back him, he can be like Li Yi in Hebei, coercing the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to order the world, so that Cao Cao's hegemony can be achieved.

Cao Cao's thoughts naturally couldn't be hidden from Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, so the two were secretly worried, feeling that the future situation was very unfavorable to them, but now in the face of the threat of Hebei, they urgently needed the three alliances, the imperial system and the imperial court, as for the future, let's talk about it in the future.

Liu Bei sensed Cao Cao's unhappiness and hurriedly said a lot of reasons. He is much more modest than Gongsun Chan, and he is the head of the way, and he makes it clear in his words that he and Gongsun Chan will never betray the alliance. Cao Cao was willing to hear such words, and his heart was very happy.

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In early March, Yuan Shao arrived in Changyi. Cao Cao, Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Bei went out of the city to greet each other.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were very excited about each other.

In front of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao's waist was not straight.

When Yuan Shao was the main alliance of the world to crusade against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao was just a wanted criminal in the imperial court, if it weren't for Yuan Shao's order to "inherit the system" to make him a martial general, and later successively sealed him to an official position, giving him strong support, Cao Cao is not fooling around in that corner now.

Since the fall of the traitorous eunuch, the power of the Cao family has almost been swept away. It was Yuan Shao's help that gave him a chance to rise again. Speaking of which, Cao Cao wants to thank Yuan Shao.

If Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei were not coincidental, it would be impossible for them to be ministers in the same hall with a figure like Yuan Shao, both of them stood behind Yuan Shao with a humble mood, respectful.

Gongsun Zhan is Yuan Shao's in-laws, and Yuan Shao gave him a smile, but to Liu Bei, Yuan Shao's eyes were three points of disdain and seven points of contempt.

Yuan Shao has always maintained a reserved and arrogant demeanor, slow and reasonable, with a posture of ignoring and domineering.

Cao Cao accompanied Yuan Shao into the city while explaining to him the matter of rebuilding the imperial system.

Cao Cao said: "The rebellious Li Yi held the Son of Heaven hostage, Han Zuo saw that he was about to die, Cao was worried about this, and hastily decided to take Liu Chong's ancestors and grandsons to Changyi to rebuild the imperial system and the imperial court, and maintain the Great Han Dynasty." Because of the rush of time and a lot of things, I didn't have time to discuss it with you, so please forgive me. ”

Yuan Shao smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to pat the dust on his clothes, and did not answer.

Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao had a lot of opinions about him, and this time he was able to come to Changyi, which had already given him enough face, although Yuan Shao's attitude made him very unhappy, but now what he needed was not Yuan Shao's respect, but Yuan Shao's force. He desperately needed to attack Hebei to inflict heavy damage on Li Yi and give him enough time to expand his strength.

Therefore, Cao Cao laughed at Yuan Shao's arrogance, disagreed, and continued to explain to Yuan Shao the changes to the official system and other systems of the new imperial court.

Cao Cao said: "Cao has no intention of being in charge of state affairs, and the reason why he became the prime minister is because I need to have an idea about many things now, so I reluctantly accepted the appointment of the Son of Heaven." The position of prime minister is none other than the original brother, and now that the original brother has arrived, I should be a virtuous person. ”

Yuan Shao waved his hand, not caring at all. (To be continued.) )