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

Chapter 336 Zheng Ping returns, Liu Bei decides to proclaim himself emperor

Under the city of Xudu.

The white robe hurried.

"Xu Du is heavy, who is coming!"

The guard at the top of the city saw thousands of white-robed cavalry galloping forward, and hurriedly gathered troops on the tower to stand in formation.

"Sun Ce, Deputy General of the White Robe Battalion, escort General Zuo's army division generals to Xudu to discuss matters, and quickly open the city gate." Sun Ce took the general's flag from the flag bearer, rode forward, and responded loudly.

Liu Bei's White Robe Camp?

Military division general Zheng Ping?

The guard didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly ordered the city soldiers to put down the suspension bridge, and then went out of the city to meet him in person.

"Is Army Master Zheng here?"

"Who are you?"

"Changshui Colonel Seed Collection!"

After Zhong Ji cooperated with Lu Zhi to kill Dong, he thought he would be promoted.

As a result, Lu Zhi died of illness, and Zhongji remained on the fringes of the court.

Later, he was appointed by Cao Cao as the Changshui captain for escorting Liu Xiedong back. Although he was a member of the emperor's personal army, it was actually a sinecure.

It is impossible for Cao Cao to really allow Liu Xie to have personal troops.

After the chaos in Xudu, many people died.

So much so that after Ma Teng, Han Suifengji and others left, Zhong Ji, the captain of Changshui, was also temporarily serving as the city gate order.

After Liu Bei entered Xudu, Zhong Ji found an opportunity to meet Liu Bei and talk about his friendship with Lu Zhi, and became one of the few court officials who supported Liu Bei among the old civil and military ministers in Xudu.

"Changshui Colonel Zhong Ji, I have met Military Advisor Zheng." Zhong Ji saluted Zheng Ping respectfully.

Regardless of his status or fame and family background, Zheng Ping is an existence that Zhongji needs to look up to now, and now that he has voted for Liu Bei for the first time, Zhongji's attitude is naturally very low.

Zheng Ping returned a salute, and asked: "Lieutenant Zhong used to fight against thieves for righteousness, and he had the merit of punishing Dong. Why did he stay at the city gate?"

Zhongji thought about how he had been marginalized in the court in the past few years, and sighed: "Cao's thieves are in power, and loyal ministers and righteous men can hardly accomplish anything." Zhongji met with General Zuo a few days ago. General Zuo has a lot of work to do, and Zhongji deeply felt that General Zuo’s benevolence.”

After exchanging pleasantries, Zheng Ping had a better understanding of Zhongji.

Zheng Ping invited Zhong Ji to sit down near the city tower, and ordered him to prepare fine wine such as Xianren Brewing to entertain Zhong Ji. Zhong Ji was flattered.

"Lieutenant Zhong knows how many people in Xudu are willing to support General Zuo." Zheng Ping asked slowly, this wine was naturally not for free.

Zhong Ji calmly said: "Those who can support General Zuo are mostly petty officials with low status, and those like Ru Ji who have a fair status but no real power. Those ministers who are in high positions or have real power are not willing to support Zuo. General."

Although Zheng Ping did not express his support for General Zuo to proclaim himself emperor, Zhong Ji had been in officialdom for many years and had a delicate mind.

Now that Liu Xie is dead, Xu Ducheng has been arguing about who will succeed the Datong for more than a month and has yet to come to a conclusion. Zhong Ji can naturally understand Zheng Ping's thoughts.

Zheng Ping said calmly: "Human nature is such that high-ranking people are unwilling to give up the power and interests in their hands, and low-ranking people hope to have the merits of being a dragon."

Zhongji was embarrassed. After all, Zhongji was also a low-ranking person in Zheng Ping's hands.

Zheng Ping didn't care about Zhongji's mentality, and continued: "Lieutenant Zhong, if you want to win the merits of Conglong, you can't just verbally support General Zuo."

Zhong Ji's heart trembled, and he cupped his hands: "I am willing to listen to Zheng Junshi's orders."

Zheng Ping picked up the wine bottle: "The ministers of Xudu have been arguing for a month without any results. The core is that although these ministers and Cao Cao have quarrels, they actually form an alliance against General Zuo."

"If you want to solve this trouble, you have to solve Cao Cao first!"

"Use all the power you can use to spread the news in Xudu that Cao Cao has exclusive power to bully the emperor and has an affair with Yuan Shao."

"And, the death of the emperor was actually caused by Cao Cao's conspiracy!"

Zhong Ji's pupils changed rapidly, and he said in shock: "The death of the emperor was actually caused by Cao Cao's conspiracy? This, this, does Zheng Junshi have evidence?"

Zheng Ping narrowed his eyes slightly: "If Cao Cao and Yuan Shao hadn't negotiated a peace agreement, General Zuo would not have confronted Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and Ma Teng and Han Sui Fengji would never have appeared in Xudu."

"Ma Tenghan hijacked the emperor and fled, but Cao Cao only sent Lu Bu to chase him, but stayed in Xudu himself. It can be seen that he didn't care about the kidnapping of the emperor."

"The Son of Heaven died at the hands of Ma Teng and Han Sui. As Sikong, Cao Cao didn't say that he would never die with Yuan Shao. He only wanted to support the new emperor, which shows the danger of his intentions."

"General Zuo is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the uncle of the emperor, and he is wholeheartedly fighting against Yuan Shao. No matter in terms of fame, ability, or support for the great man, he is impeccable. However, Cao Cao took the lead in opposing General Zuo."

"Judging from his intention, he is worried that General Zuo will succeed to the throne and will no longer be able to coerce the emperor to disobey him."

"It can be seen from this that the death of the emperor was planned by Cao Cao. The purpose was to select a family member without foundation from the clan, and continue his sinister intention of coercing the emperor to make him disobedient."

"In the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, whenever a young emperor succeeds, there must be treacherous officials."

"If Cao Cao is not punished, the Han Dynasty will not prosper!"

"Captain Zhong, I've given you the reason. Whether you can succeed or not depends on your ability."

"In this world, there is no such thing as getting something for nothing. If you want to be in a high position, you have to show your real skills!"

Zhong Ji was shocked in his heart.

Zheng Ping's eyes seemed to be able to see through Zhong Ji's heart, which made Zhong Ji feel chills.

Zheng Ping got up without waiting for the editor to express his opinion.

Zheng Ping didn't really care about people like Zhong Ji, or perhaps people in the capital who were as speculative as Zhong Ji.

Success or failure does not affect Zheng Ping's ultimate goal.

Looking at Zheng Ping who had already left, Zhong Ji had mixed feelings in his heart.

"Terrible people!"

"In front of Zheng Junshi, all my thoughts seem to be seen through."

Zongji clenched his fists.

Zhong Ji is very clear that if he really acts according to Zheng Ping's thinking, it will be tantamount to offending Cao Cao and the ministers, civil and military, who opposed Liu Bei.

It is even possible that before Liu Bei became emperor, Zhong Ji and others would have to be assassinated by Cao Cao and some officials.

"However, Zheng Junshi has such a terrifying ability, which means that General Zuo's proclaiming himself emperor is already the general trend."

"I'm waiting, it's just icing on the cake!"

"Man dies for money, and birds die for food. If you don't fight this time, I'm afraid you won't have a chance."

Not to mention how Zhongji spread the news, Liu Bei was overjoyed when he learned that Zheng Ping had arrived in Xudu.

Immediately he rode out of the camp to meet Zheng Ping.

"Xianmou, you've worked hard all the way!" Liu Bei looked at Zheng Ping, who was busy with the world, feeling more weathered and vicissitudes than before, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

When Zheng Ping dismounted, he was also happy to meet again after a long separation: "It's all for the big man, not to mention hard work."

After chatting for a while, Liu Bei invited Zheng Ping to join the camp. His tone was a little complicated: "Have you heard about the recent events in Xudu?"

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "If you have the opportunity to be an emperor, you should congratulate you."

Liu Bei sighed: "Why did Xianmou say that? Bei really has no intention of calling himself emperor."

Zheng Ping shook his feather fan slightly: "My lord, life does not always go smoothly. My dream all along is to travel with my wife, from the East China Sea to Xichuan, from the South China Sea to Beizhou, or in a flat boat, Or ride a fast horse and travel throughout the mountains and rivers of the Han Dynasty, and then write a "Geography" to be passed down to future generations."

"However, from the first year of Chuping to now, what I have done is either military affairs or government affairs."

"These military and political affairs are not what I want in my heart, but the troubled times are such that it is impossible for me to travel around the mountains and rivers safely, so I can only do my best to rectify these troubled times."

"Although the envoy has no intention of proclaiming himself emperor, in today's world, who else but the envoy is qualified to claim the title of emperor?"

"If the person who calls himself emperor cannot bring order to the troubled times, what is the difference between him and a puppet?"

"How can you bear to care about your personal reputation and ignore the people of the world?"

"If you proclaim yourself emperor, you can sweep away the fallen leaves like the autumn wind, and you can quell the rebellious thieves like a broken bamboo. If you don't proclaim yourself emperor, you may not be able to quell the rebellious thieves if you fight this battle for another 30 years."

"Thirty years of troubled times, do you know how many people will die?"

"A truly benevolent person is one who is sincere in the world without fear of stigma!"

"You don't care about your mind, and there is no perfect person in this world, please make you think carefully!"

Zheng Pingzhi's words were deafening, and every word hit Liu Bei's heart.

In the past month, many people have persuaded Liu Bei.

There are Liu Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other civil and martial arts, and there are also speculators like a series of speculators.

However, Liu Bei never let go.

In fact, Liu Bei understood many things in his heart.

Liu Bei would not agree with Cao Cao and the ministers to support another puppet young emperor, so even if Liu Bei did not agree to be emperor, he did not agree with other clans to be emperor, but only used Liu Yu as an excuse.

And Liu Yu also pretended to be sick for more than a month!

Liu Bei's delay in making up his mind was partly due to his inner unwillingness to accept the title of emperor and partly due to Zheng Ping's attitude.

Since meeting Zheng Ping at the beginning of Gaotang, the achievements of these few years are all made by Zheng Ping assisting Liu Bei to fight together.

Zheng Ping's attitude has a strong influence on Liu Bei's choice.

Liu Bei's mind will not change if he cannot talk to Zheng Ping in person.

Zheng Ping has known Liu Bei for six years, and also knows Liu Bei's temperament very well, so he came to Xudu from Bingzhou all the way.

With Zheng Ping's persuasion, Liu Bei gradually felt relieved.

"Xian Ming, do you really think Bei is qualified to be emperor?" Liu Bei's tone was not surprising, but very serious.

Zheng Ping didn't answer but asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to bring peace to your Majesty?"

Liu Bei nodded solemnly: "I don't think about it for a day!"

Zheng Ping stood up and bowed: "No one in the world can compare with Shijun's benevolence! No one in the world can compare with Shijun's trustworthiness! If Shijun becomes emperor, then he can justifiably gather the strength of the six states to compete with Yuan Ni."

"Without the shackles of righteousness, destroying Yuan Ni is as easy as flipping the palm of your hand!"

In the last sentence, Zheng Ping spoke boldly and confidently.

The soldiers of Xing Dayi are invincible!
Liu Bei felt awe-inspiring.

Zheng Ping's words, besides believing that he is the most qualified to be the emperor, are also telling himself.

If it weren't for the lack of righteousness in sending troops, there would be no need to play some fancy tricks.

Righteousness bound Liu Bei and also bound Zheng Ping!

When Liu Bei has righteousness, it is when Zheng Ping truly shows his military might!
a long time.

Liu Bei also stood up, and said resolutely: "Although Bei has no intention of proclaiming himself emperor, the people of the world have been weary of war for a long time! If he succeeds to the throne, Bei should follow the example of Guangwu. In ten years, the world will be sure!"

Zheng Ping laughed loudly: "It takes ten years to set the world! Three years is enough to stop the war!"

Helping Liu Bei make up his mind, Zheng Ping came to Liu Yu's residence.

Knowing that it was Zheng Ping's visit, Liu Yu hurriedly called Zheng Ping in to have a talk.

"Xianmou came to see the old man today, it must be that Xuande has already made a decision." Liu Yu was dressed in plain clothes, and there was no sign of illness at all.

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "Mr. Bo An has been ill for more than a month, why is he more happy than before?"

Liu Yu laughed: "This month, the old man stayed here every day, ate and slept, ate and ate, and the flesh came back to life. Xianmou, don't gossip, tell the old man what Xuande thinks quickly? Tired of waiting."

Zheng Ping restrained his face slightly, and said: "General Zuo has agreed to proclaim himself emperor, but there are many voices of opposition in Xu Capital. To break this situation, we need to rely on external forces."

Liu Yu was overjoyed: "Xuan De is willing to bear the heavy burden, I feel very relieved."

Being an emperor is not a good job.

If it's a faint king, it's naturally comfortable, but if you want to be a wise and wise king, you have to bear the weight of the whole world on your shoulders!

If you don't do well, you will be infamous for thousands of years like the two emperors Huan Ling.

Perhaps for others, this is a dream position, but Liu Yu, who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, knows very well that not everyone can sit in this position!

"Show off, if you need the cooperation of the old man, just speak up!" Liu Yu gradually became solemn.

Zheng Ping nodded, and his tone became sharper: "Bo'an's reputation in the sea is also highly respected in the clan. You can write to the clan members who are famous in the fief and ask the clan to support General Zuo as emperor."

"Ping will also believe in my father, and use my father's reputation among the folk scholars to support General Zuo to proclaim himself emperor."

"Although the court officials are all famous officials in various counties, they also have the support of big families behind them, but if the clan relatives of the six states in the south and the famous officials from the six states who are old with my father work together to recommend them, and the popularity accumulated by General Zuo over the years , status, and strong troops at hand are enough to suppress the group of ministers who hold objections."

"If they insist on objecting, then I can only punish them with the Han law! Each of these ministers counts as one, and no family is clean!"

The minister wants to follow the rules, but Zheng Ping plays with them.

If the minister does not follow the rules, Zheng Ping will not follow the rules either.

Liu Yu couldn't help being surprised by Zheng Ping's ruthlessness.

However, Liu Yu knew very well that being too kind to the enemy would be cruel to himself. After all, Liu Yu suffered a big loss when he was in Youzhou.

The bigger the occasion, the less merciful it is!

"I understand the plot."

"The old man is in charge of the clan relatives, and the conspirators have to worry about famous officials."

Sikong House.

Cao Cao pondered Yuan Shao's letter repeatedly.

Now Cao Cao is in the most difficult predicament, and he already has a sense of the end of the road.

Even if Xun Yu and other Yingchuan scholars supported Cao Cao, Cao Cao was not qualified to support a controllable emperor.

Because of Liu Bei's checks and balances on Cao Cao, Gong Qing, who was originally suppressed by Cao Cao, suddenly broke out with extremely strong fighting power.

The aristocratic families related to this group of ministers began to show their power crazily.

Recently, there have been rumors in the capital city of Xu, such as "the death of the emperor due to Cao Cao's conspiracy", which caused Cao Cao to suffer a lot.

"Original!"

Cao Cao closed his eyes tightly and fell into deep thought again.

(End of this chapter)