Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 342 Premeditating the World
"First, our ally Gongsun Zan will lose to Yuan Shao, and eventually Yuan Shao will unify the north! Become our greatest enemy!" Feng Yao said with a gleam in his eyes.

Lu Bu shot fiercely in his eyes, and with a change in expression, he seemed to remember Yuan Shao's various mistakes, and said angrily: "Yuan Shao is the person I hate the most in my life!! I fought the Black Mountain Army to the death, and he was behind the scenes He intends to assassinate me! During the battle with Cao Cao, he sent troops to attack my rear many times!! If he wants to annex Gongsun Zan, I will definitely send troops behind to avenge him!!"

Seeing this, Feng Yao thought to himself: "If I expressly object, it will be disrespectful to the elders, and it is likely to make father-in-law even more angry!"

Thinking of this, Feng Yao immediately opened his mouth to scold Yuan Shao for all kinds of misconduct, Lu Bu was overjoyed, the two scolded for a while, Lu Bu also calmed down, and soon understood from Feng Yao's seemingly vague smile , looked at Feng Yao with a smile and said: "You kid, how dare you use tricks on your father-in-law!! Tell me quickly, what are you thinking? If necessary, father-in-law is not an ignorant person!"

Feng Yao was embarrassed, he didn't expect Lu Bu to see through it so quickly, he smiled slightly, and said sternly, "Father-in-law, we have just stabilized now, after years of fighting, the people also urgently need to recuperate, it is not suitable for us to expand abroad at this time! "

"Then let Yuan Shao eliminate Gongsun Zan and let him grow stronger?" Lu Bu asked puzzled.

"This is only on the surface. Now we have occupied the land of the five states of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty! It is already a big tree. Although the forces of all parties dare not attack immediately, they are all secretly expecting us to fall. All kinds of methods are available. Use it to create rumors, frame up, assassinate, instigate rebellion, create pressure in the court, or send another official to take over our territory!"

"If we lead the army to go out to fight, our rear is likely to be in chaos!! Some people will even say in front of the emperor that we intend to rebel! At that time, all the princes in the world are likely to besiege us!!"

Lu Bu looked dignified, nodded slowly, and said, "This statement makes sense!"

Feng Yao continued: "Even if we can deal with these things and defeat Yuan Shao, what about Gongsun Zan? Will he become our next enemy? If we go to war with Gongsun Zan, the world will definitely think us untrustworthy. Sun Ce, whose power in the south of the Yangtze River is rising, may also alienate us because of this! This is extremely unfavorable!"

"It's better to let Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fight. We just support it. After Yuan Shao gets Hebei, the power will look similar to ours on the surface. In this way, a balance will be reached. The emperor will not worry about our family dominating, and then we will Replace the big man! And the princes of the world will not let us be too weak and let Yuan Shao's family dominate!"

"But in secret, we can take advantage of Yuan Shao's war with the outside world to consume our strength, recuperate, expand the population, stabilize the economy, and develop agriculture! After the rise and fall, Yuan Shao is not our opponent, but our tool!"

When Feng Yao said this, he paused for a while, and let Lu Bu understand the artistic conception. What Feng Yao did now was just what a state shepherd of Yuzhou did. Although Xuzhou and Qingzhou had fought, the governors of the two states were not Feng Yao came to be the role, which left everyone speechless.

Lu Bu looked at Feng Yao strangely, and suddenly said something that startled Feng Yao.

"My son-in-law, do you want to dominate the world with your layout?"

"Father-in-law!!!" Feng Yao clasped his fists and shouted.

Lu Bu was taken aback, then laughed out loud!
"Good! Good! Good!!!" Lu Bu said "Hello" three times, his face became dignified, and he said: "This Marquis has never thought of this before!! Interacting with people is all about making things right, and this Marquis There is only one only daughter, it is useless to compete in this world, instead she will be infamous through the ages, but now it is different, the grandson of the Marquis is about to be born, let the grandfather do something for him!"

Feng Yao was overjoyed and bowed: "Father-in-law! It's the best for you to think this way! Now that the world is in chaos, if father-in-law still thinks that he can spend his life safely by sticking to one city, then he is very wrong! But even if father-in-law You don't have the intention of fighting for the world, but the subordinates are looking forward to the master doing this!"

Lu Bu was not angry because of Feng Yao's words, but nodded and sighed: "My son-in-law, I have been thinking about this problem for the past few years. Everyone pushes us to do it, if we forcibly go against everyone's wishes, what we get is not what we want! Now that you are willing to unify the world, your father-in-law will support you in secret!"

"Also, didn't you say that there are many big events, what else?"

"Father-in-law, there is one more important event! The emperor is now under the control of Li Jue, and he is fighting with Guo Si. Soon the emperor will break free and flee eastward. If the emperor sends an imperial edict to his father-in-law, Please father-in-law must send troops to bring the emperor back!" Feng Yao said.

Lu Bu was startled again, and asked, "Why is this? Don't you want to unify the world? Why did you bring in the emperor again? In that case, if the emperor wants us to give up our military power, should we listen or not? No." If you say so, the officials who follow the emperor will definitely think that we are planning to rebel, and if they listen, what are we going to do?"

"This is not contradictory! Father-in-law, so what my son-in-law said is to bring the emperor back to our territory! Instead of letting the emperor be in Chang'an or Luoyang! Just take it to our territory, and take the emperor's side to protect the emperor. If all the officials in the country are removed, the emperor dare not listen to our arrangement? In this way, we can coerce the emperor and order the princes, and our cronies can get whatever officials they want, and all the princes in the world will look at us Face!" Feng Yao said.

"Hmm! In this way, if there is another alliance under heaven?" Lu Bu worried.

"Father-in-law, please rest assured that this is not the situation a few years ago. Even if such a thing happened, it would not be as large-scale as before, and as long as we use it properly, implement benevolent governance, win the hearts of the people in the world, and be careful I don't think there will be any troubles in balancing the interests of the major families, even if they are our opponents, we can temporarily calm them down, and when our foundation is stabilized, we will clean up one by one!"

"However, if we don't act and the enemy takes the lead, then the enemy will use the emperor's mouth to remove all of our official positions and military power. At that time, even if we want to fight, our subordinates will not be able to get the seal. If we continue to let our hearts go, our strength will shrink rapidly, and we will eventually fall into a situation where we will be powerless to fight back. If we want to establish ourselves as emperors, so that all our subordinates can be appointed, we will be punished by the world because of treason. All the heroes are besieging!..." Feng Yao said.

Lu Bu nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, I will follow my son-in-law's advice! If it really succeeds, I will be ashamed!"

Seeing that Feng Yao's opinion was basically the same as that of Lu Buda, he was overjoyed and very excited!
Now that the major diplomatic matters have been decided, there are also some important domestic affairs. This is one of the reasons why Feng Yao is eager to meet with Lu Bu this time!
"Father-in-law! From my son-in-law's point of view, it is unlikely that the Yellow River will return to its original course. The original riverbed is already too high due to sediment deposition, and the diversion of the Yellow River has become a reality. Therefore, we There is no need to spend too much energy and money on governance, it is better to focus on people's livelihood!" Feng Yao said again.

(End of this chapter)