Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 275 Drawing the General Trend, Zheng Ping's Ultimate Goal

When Liu Bei said this, he couldn't contain his inner excitement.

Liu Xie personally asked Zongzheng Liu Ai to announce the decree, asking Liu Bei to welcome the emperor and move his capital to Qingzhou!
What a trust!

If it weren't for the Qingzhou Sixth Battalion, only the Baiwu soldiers can be mobilized at present, Liu Bei would have wanted to drive the troops directly to Chang'an.

Welcome the emperor to Qingzhou, complete Lu Zhi's uncompetitive great cause, and then follow the emperor's order to attack the false emperor in the north, and Liu Bei can be directly promoted to the general or the great Situ, and become an extremely human minister!
It is impossible for Liu Bei not to be tempted.

Although Zheng Ping had the intention of supporting Liu Bei to proclaim himself emperor, from the first year of Chuping to now, Zheng Ping has never shown any idea of ​​making Liu Bei proclaim himself emperor.

And Liu Bei never had the idea of ​​replacing Liu Xie.

What Liu Bei thought was similar to what most of the Han officials thought, to make contributions and help the Han family, and to become either a great general or a great Situ after he wiped out the thieves.

Zheng Ping's reaction was not strong, but he asked slowly, "Has Shijun asked Gongda?"

Liu Bei nodded.

Naturally, such a major matter should be discussed with Xun You.

"Gongda persuaded me to welcome the Son of Heaven, so that I can justifiably order Qingyan, Yuxuan, Jingyang and six prefectures to attack the puppet dynasty in the north."

"However, Gongda also pointed out the disadvantages of serving the emperor."

"If the Son of Heaven arrives in Qingzhou, how to arrange Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, and the former emperor's former ministers is a question that requires careful consideration."

"Once it is not handled properly, there will be disharmony between the monarch and his subjects, which will affect Qingzhou's plan for the Northern Expedition."

Liu Bei couldn't help sighing.

Although Xun You persuaded to welcome the emperor, he rationally analyzed the pros and cons of welcoming the emperor to Qingzhou, and handed over the decision to Liu Bei.

Although welcoming the emperor can obey the emperor's order to disobey the ministers and call the soldiers of the six states to attack the north; but he will also face the same difficulties that Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, Li Jue, and Zhang Miao faced before.

How to balance the forces of North Korea and China!
If Liu Bei strongly recommends talents from Qingzhou to become officials in the court, the old officials who have been deposed and demoted will impeach Liu Bei for arbitrarily deceiving the lord and fighting against dissidents.

If Liu Bei doesn't recommend talented people from Qingzhou to become officials in the court, all affairs of the court will be controlled by a group of mediocre and lazy officials who like power struggles.

Especially after learning from Liu Ai that the censor Shi Hou Wen was greedy for ink and rice for disaster relief, Liu Bei was even more troubled by it.

In Qingzhou these years, the government is clean and the people are harmonious, and there are very few corrupt officials, mediocre officials and lazy officials.

Even if you encounter it occasionally, you will be severely punished.

When Liu Bei was a county lieutenant, he dared to flog the postmaster. He hated corrupt officials, mediocre officials and lazy officials.

It is precisely because of Liu Bei's tough attitude that the officials in the counties of Qingzhou will restrain their inner desires.

However, if the ministers of the court take the lead in corruption and disorder, the local officials will inevitably collude with the ministers of the court, and the efforts of Qingzhou for several years will be destroyed because of the arrival of those ministers.

Regarding this, Liu Bei was very entangled.

On the one hand, it is to welcome the emperor and obey the emperor's order to conquer the false emperors in the north, and to achieve immortal achievements.

On the one hand, he worried that after the emperor and officials came to Qingzhou, politics would become corrupt.

"Brother Gongda really didn't disappoint me." Zheng Ping secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Bei's enthusiasm for welcoming the emperor made Zheng Ping somewhat worried.

If Liu Bei gets hotheaded and insists on welcoming the emperor into Qingzhou, Zheng Ping will add a lot of trouble.

Xun You rationally analyzed the pros and cons of welcoming the emperor to Liu Bei, which made Liu Bei think deeply these days, so that there would be no situation where he refused to listen to the advice and insisted on welcoming the emperor.

Welcome the emperor to Qingzhou?
Zheng Ping is a fool to do such a stupid thing.

If only Liu Xie entered Qingzhou, with Liu Bei's charm, he might be able to train a prosperous Mingjun, and it would be a better ending for Liu Bei to become a great Situ.

However, when Liu Xie entered Qingzhou, the group of ministers and officials who followed Liu Xie in exile would inevitably follow to Qingzhou.

This group of ministers are not good at the outside world, but they are better than one at the inside.

The public officials who survived under the succession of Dong Zhuo and Li Jue's power, have no power and strategy, and have already become a piece of loess.

If the world is unified, Zheng Ping may still be interested in playing tricks with these ministers.

But now, Yuan Shao and the puppet dynasty are still alive, and they are fighting with a group of emperors and old officials who are obsessed with power, unless Zheng Ping is full and has nothing to do.

"Since the emperor has issued an edict, making the emperor a Han minister, he must obey the edict."

"This emperor, the envoy not only wants to welcome, but also makes the emperor feel the sincerity of envoy."

Zheng Ping slowly gave his opinion.

Liu Bei's eyes lit up: "Is Xianmou also in favor of welcoming the emperor? After welcoming the emperor, how should the emperor's old officials be arranged?"

Zheng Ping chuckled: "Master, I just said that I want to welcome the emperor, but I didn't say that the emperor will definitely come to Qingzhou?"

Liu Bei was stunned: "What's the meaning of Xianmou's words? Since the emperor is welcome, why doesn't the emperor come to Qingzhou?"

The feather fan shook slightly, and Zheng Ping's eyes were burning and wise: "Master, you are worried that after the emperor comes to Qingzhou, it will be difficult for the emperor's old ministers to be properly settled."

"But the old ministers of the emperor are also worried that they will lose their current official positions and powers after they come to Qingzhou."

"Now that there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, it is imperative to move the capital. Since they can't stop the move, they will definitely stop the emperor from moving the capital to Qingzhou."

"The people headed by Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong will persuade the emperor to move the capital to Chenliu. Only in this way can Zhang Miao truly take charge of the government."

"Those who have formed friendship with Cao Cao in the court will persuade the emperor to move his capital to Yingchuan. Cao Cao has the intention of welcoming the emperor, so he will definitely reach an alliance of interests with this group of people in the court."

"And the rest of the ministers are unwilling to submit to either Zhang Miao or Cao Cao. They will choose a compromise place, and that is the old capital Luoyang!"

The excitement in Liu Bei's heart gradually turned cold: "The situation in the DPRK and China is so complicated, doesn't it mean that it is nonsense that the emperor moved his capital to Qingzhou?"

After being excited for several days, I finally found out that Qingzhou is the place where the emperor is most unlikely to move his capital. Liu Bei felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Chenliu, Yingchuan and Luoyang are all possible, but Qingzhou is the least likely.

This is too bullying!
Liu Bei was suddenly very upset: "Since the emperor can't come to Qingzhou, why did Liu Zongzheng come to Qingzhou to announce his decree?"

Zheng Ping had a panoramic view of Liu Bei's reaction, and calmed down slightly: "Although Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong have given the emperor more opportunities to govern personally than Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, and Li Jue."

"However, the emperor's foundation in the court is shallow, and there are not many ministers who really put themselves in the emperor's shoes."

"The emperor wants to move the capital to Qingzhou, not only because of his trust in the envoy, but also because he wants to be a rejuvenating king and a puppet dynasty in the Northern Expedition."

"It's a pity that although the Son of Heaven has the long-cherished wish of the king of Zhongxing, he doesn't have the power of the Emperor Wu. He can't compete with the group of ambitious ministers in the court."

"The emperor trusts the envoy, and the envoy naturally wants to reciprocate. You can't stop welcoming the emperor just because the emperor can't come to Qingzhou."

"When the emperor arrives in Luoyang, let Jun Ke personally bring troops and horses to Luoyang, and help the emperor decide where to move the capital."

Liu Bei's internal resentment gradually disappeared, replaced by hatred for the ambitious officials in the court: "These treacherous officials in the court do not think about serving the country, but only know how to take advantage of power for profit."

"In the past, I made military merits and became a captain of Anxi County. I could protect the people of one side, but unexpectedly, the imperial court issued an edict: Those who have military merits and become senior officials should be eliminated by Sha Sha."

"I earned the post of county lieutenant only after I did my best. This group of treacherous courtiers wiped out my past achievements with a single sentence."

"Now that His Majesty has a move to rejuvenate, and wants to wipe out the gang of thieves, these treacherous ministers have started to act like monsters again, not to be sons of men!"

Thinking of the past, Liu Bei was even more dissatisfied with the ministers in the court.

a long time.

Liu Bei's anger gradually calmed down: "Xianmou just said, let me personally raise troops to Luoyang, and help the emperor decide where to move the capital. Where does Xianmou want the emperor to move his capital?"

Without hesitation, Zheng Ping said, "Yingchuan!"

Liu Bei was stunned: "Yingchuan? Why Yingchuan? Cao Cao has an old grievance with me. If the emperor is allowed to go to Yingchuan, Cao Cao will definitely order me in the name of the emperor."

Starting from Tao Qian's incident, Liu Bei and Cao Cao's old grievances accumulated day by day.

Coupled with the fact that the holidays ordered Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian's hand was used to cause Cao Cao to lose troops and generals, etc., added to the hatred.

Even if Cao Cao was friendly with Liu Bei on the surface, and personally sent a letter asking Liu Bei to persuade the emperor to Qin Wang, this was only a temporary harmony.

Once Cao Cao took power in the DPRK and China, and when there was a political discord with Liu Bei, he would inevitably bring up his old grievances with Liu Bei.

At that time, the new and old grievances will be counted together, and Cao Cao will order Liu Bei under the guise of the emperor's order.

Liu Bei knew Cao Cao's character well, so he was puzzled by Zheng Ping's proposal.

Gently shaking the feather fan in his hand, Zheng Ping rode his horse like a stroll, and explained slowly: "Your Majesty, the North-South War is unavoidable."

"When Yuan Shao integrates the power of the three northern states, he will definitely send his troops south."

"If the Son of Heaven is in Luoyang or Chenliu, Yuan Shao can definitely send a general to contain Qingzhou, and then surprise Luoyang and Chenliu with elite troops."

"Luoyang is in ruins, and Chen Liu has no danger to defend. It is very difficult to stop Yuan Shao's surprise soldiers."

"If the emperor of a country is captured alive by Yuan Shao, there will be violent turmoil in the six southern states, and a large number of gentry tyrants will think that their destiny lies in the north, and then switch to Yuan Shao."

"Therefore, ensuring the safety of the emperor is the most important thing in the Northern Expedition."

"If the Son of Heaven moved his capital to Yingchuan, with Yanzhou as a buffer, it would be difficult for Yuan Shao to launch a surprise attack with his army. In this north-south dispute, we can only decide the victory or defeat by fighting head-on."

"It's a personal grievance between Shi Jun and Cao Cao; and the dispute between the North and the South is a national enmity. Since Shi Jun has the ambition to help the Han Dynasty and sweep the world, he can't abolish the government for personal reasons and just make Yuan Shao laugh."

Zheng Ping found a lot of reasons to persuade Liu Bei, but in fact these reasons were just excuses for Zheng Ping to let Liu Xie go to Yingchuan.

If Liu Xie doesn't go to Yingchuan, how can Cao Cao's ambition be revealed?

If you want to help Liu Bei win the world, you must let Liu Bei gain righteousness!
Liu Xie can't come to Qingzhou, otherwise Liu Bei can only be a general or a great Situ in his life.

But Liu Xie couldn't stay with Chen Liu in Luoyang, otherwise, once Liu Xie was captured alive by Yuan Shao, the six southern states would be in complete chaos.

At that time, the two emperors will become the only emperor in the same sky, and Liu Bei's prestige will not be enough to claim the title of emperor. The six states in the south will become a mess, while Yuan Shao will be able to sweep up disobedience in the north with great momentum.

Zheng Ping would not do such things that harm others and benefit himself.

Let Liu Xie go to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will be busy fighting for power with the emperor and old ministers, while Liu Bei can raise his troops in Qingxu.

Being a power minister is not easy!
Under Zheng Ping's persuasion, Liu Bei gradually felt relieved: "Fortunately, I was conspired and persuaded, and I almost abolished the government because of personal interests."

"Whether the emperor comes to Qingzhou or Yingchuan, my purpose is to help the emperor kill Yuan Shao and destroy the puppet dynasty."

"If I persuade the emperor to go to Yingchuan, Cao Cao will surely let go of the old grievances with me and assist the emperor together to help the Han family."

Having figured it out, Liu Bei's tone became brisk: "Is Xianmou's trip to the north going smoothly this time?"

Zheng Ping nodded: "As the salt merchant Xu Ping, I have already met Xu You; Aye also went to Zhuo County to cast a secret vote for trial and match. The secret has been laid out, and we just need to wait for the right time."

"As for Nanpi City, the envoy will hang up the banner tomorrow and conquer Nanpi City himself."

Liu Bei said awe-inspiringly, "Xianmou, if I conquer Nanpi City myself, will Brother Bogui be able to get out of trouble?"

Zheng Ping shook his head: "No! General Gongsun chose to send his family to Qingzhou, so he already has the will to die."

"As for me, I just gave General Gongsun a temporary counterattack opportunity. As for whether General Gongsun can use this opportunity to achieve his wish, we can only resign ourselves to fate!"

Zheng Ping is not a soft-hearted person.

From the very beginning, Zheng Ping never thought of saving Gongsun Zan.

Zheng Ping also knew that with Gongsun Zan's character, it was impossible for him to come to Qingzhou to live by idling.

This time, everyone except Gongsun Zan is the bait for Youji's layout!

The Baipao Camp and Gongsun Zan's family were the bait, the Qingzhou Third Battalion who attacked Nanpi was also the bait, Zheng Ping who went north was also the bait, and Liu Bei, who was in command and personally conquered, was also the bait.

Use the Baipao Battalion and Gongsun Zan's family to arouse Yuan Shao's killing intent, and let the Qingzhou Third Battalion attack Nanpi to divide Yuan Shao's troops.

Zheng Ping, who went north, wanted to send false information to Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao and his counselors believed that Liu Bei wanted to welcome Liu Xie into Qingzhou by attacking Nanpi City.

Liu Bei, who led the expedition to Nanpi City himself, was to make Yuan Shao further believe in Liu Bei's determination to attack Nanpi City.

All these baits are matching one person.

That is, Gongsun Zan of Yi Jingcheng!
Although Gongsun Zan had the heart to die, most of Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were around Yijing City, waiting to capture and kill Gongsun Zan.

If Gongsun Zan cannot be given a chance to counterattack, Gongsun Zan can only die in hatred under Yuan Shao's army.

Zheng Ping didn't want Gongsun Zan to die so uselessly!
This death has to be a worthwhile death.

It is impossible for Qingzhou to mobilize so many teachers to save Gongsun Zan's family. This is not Zheng Ping's style of doing things.

The Sixth Battalion of Qingzhou dispatched the Fourth Battalion, how can we not let Yuan Shao suffer a bit?
Zheng Ping wanted to take advantage of Gongsun Zan's dying counterattack to give Yuan Shao a big gift!
Go back to the city.

Liu Bei invited Zongzheng Liu Ai, promised to end the war with Yuan Shao as soon as possible, and then personally lead his troops to Luoyang when the emperor arrived in Luoyang.

Liu Ai also knew that Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were attacking Nanpi City, and it was impossible to retreat directly at this moment, so he said: "Liu Shijun, Your Majesty remembers Lu Shangshu's last words and trusts you quite a lot, you don't want to You have failed His Majesty's sincerity."

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