Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 2948 Cao Cao, you have to have my son-in-law even if you don’t want it.

Chapter 2944 Cao Cao, you have to have my son-in-law even if you don’t want it.

Before this incident happened, Liu Xiu was generally very grateful to Liu Yu. After all, compared to Liu Ji who couldn't bear any losses but still harbored evil thoughts in his heart, Liu Yu, as the second generation of the Shu Han Dynasty, was already quite kind. He is also the most reliable teammate he has ever encountered.

Although Liu Yu did not do many things on the surface after taking power, in fact everything he did was a major event.

Take the fact that he proclaimed himself emperor as an example. This incident alone attracted more than half of Da Qin's attention. This was a big deal for Chu State. It was equivalent to helping Chu State attract Da Qin. Hatred.

In the past, when Da Qin was between Shu and Chu, the country it feared the most was actually the Chu State, because Da Qin's senior officials had always known that Shu State was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the losses from a strong attack would be too great.

Even if Yangping Pass can be breached, there will still be Nanzheng, Jiange, and...

Therefore, the Shu Kingdom, which has multiple lines of defense, will definitely be dealt with last by Great Qin.

But Liu Yu's brazen proclaiming of emperor was tantamount to lifting the last layer of fig leaf, and forced Da Qin to toughen up, and concentrate all its efforts to launch the Battle of Hanzhong, weakening Shu and Han while frightening the Central Plains countries, in order to maintain Da Qin's hegemony in the Central Plains of majesty.

Liu Xiu still feels scared when he thinks about this incident. After all, since Da Qin is preparing to draw his sword, there must be a target. And if Liu Yu does not become emperor, where will Da Qin's sword go?

That must be Jiangling of the Chu State. It was only because of Liu Yu's move to proclaim himself emperor that the Shu Han blocked the attack for the Chu State.

Although Jiangling is the most fortified city of the Chu State, it is unlikely to be able to withstand the all-out attack of the Qin Dynasty. Once Jiangling is breached, the Yangtze River alone will obviously not be able to protect the Chu State. No matter how bold Liu Xiu is at that time Nor dare to use all the troops to destroy Wu.

Although the battle to destroy Wu was going smoothly now, it was also because Liu Xiu planned properly, was well prepared, and most importantly, dispatched enough troops.

If the whole country cannot be mobilized, even if Sun Wu is divided, Chu will not only be unable to easily destroy Wu, but may even suffer serious losses.

Therefore, although Liu Yu's various measures were not intentional, in Liu Xiu's opinion, they did help him greatly.

After all, if it weren't for Liu Yu, he would most likely have missed the last and only opportunity to unify Jiangnan, and the fastest development of Chu State was after Liu Yu came to power.

Such a teammate can no longer be described as awesome. He is simply a great man who sacrifices himself to illuminate others. Liu Xiu is not a beast. He will not be able to repay this kindness even in his next life, so how can he not be grateful?

Therefore, in the following time of the Shu-Chu Alliance, Liu Xiu seemed to be following Liu Yu's lead.

The Yinan War originally had nothing to do with the Chu State, but with just a word from Liu Yu, Liu Xiu mobilized the southern army to attack the southern barbarians, all in order to let Liu Yu's flag stand up.

After all, only by allowing Liu Yu to attract Ying Hao's firepower in front of the stage can Liu Xiu sit back and silently make a fortune. For this, even a small sacrifice is worth it.

Liu Yu pursues righteousness, while Liu Xiu pursues practical benefits. Each of them can be regarded as getting what they need, so the cooperation is close.

If the cooperation could continue like this, Liu Xiu felt that there would be nothing wrong with it. However, he did not expect that Liu Yu would be so uncomplimentary and stab him in the back at the most critical moment, so he was naturally curious about what he actually wrote in his letter. What.

Liu Xiu thought a lot before opening the letter. He felt that Liu Yu was just confused for a moment. Seeing that he was about to capture Jiangdong, he was jealous and came up with a plan to disgust him. However, he did not expect that Liu Yu was not only not trying to disgust him this time, but was actually very smart. This set up a situation that was beneficial to both sides.

Although Liu Yu plotted against Liu Xiu this time, he also drew a big pie for him. If he didn't eat it, there would be no harm except for a little damage to his reputation. If he did eat it, although he would pay a high price, he might suffer in the future. There are greater benefits, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

In this regard, Liu Xiu was unable to make a decision for a while. He could only summon his advisers to brainstorm and see if he could come up with a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Seconds, wonderful."

After reading Liu Yu's letter, even Pang Tong couldn't help but marvel, and he finally understood why his lord was so entangled, because Liu Yu's plan this time was not a conspiracy, but a naked conspiracy.

What is conspiracy? Even if you know it's a trick, people can't help but jump down. This is the situation Liu Xiu is facing now, and all this has to be talked about by Yingzhou.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi planned to bring down Shu and Chu, and in order to win Liu Yu's trust, Cao Pi sent his sister Cao Ying as an envoy. After all, the identity of the concubine Princess Cao Ying was easy to find out.

In the end, Cao Pi was too young and did not consider the problem comprehensively. He only thought about how to win Liu Yu's trust, but ignored the huge benefits brought by Cao Ying's identity. But how could Liu Yu's military advisor Su Qin not see it?

As Liu Yu said, if Cao Wei is still strong, then Cao Ying will be worthless, because there is no profit at all, but it is precisely because Cao Wei was beaten by the Qin Dynasty that it was about to subjugate, so the value of Cao Ying's status as a subjugated princess will be reflected .

If the person who becomes Cao Ying's husband in the future is just an ordinary person, it will be equally unprofitable. However, if he is a powerful prince, he can openly accept and recruit the remnants of Cao Wei's old generals as Cao Cao's son-in-law. , this benefit cannot be measured by money.

So the question comes again. With such great benefits, why doesn’t Liu Yu eat it himself? And why did he give it to Liu Xiu?

The reason is also very simple. Liu Yu can't eat it at all. The Shu Han Dynasty does not border the Central Plains, and there are two states of Sijing in between. The remnants of Cao Wei can't fly to Chengdu, right?

On the other hand, Liu Xiu, after destroying Sun Wu, although he still no longer borders Cao Wei, he can receive the remnants of Cao Wei through the naval army. How much he can receive depends on his own ability.

Therefore, Cao Ying is of little value to Liu Yu, but will be of great use to Liu Xiu.

If Liu Yu really married Cao Ying, he would not be able to bring out her value. Instead of throwing this good card into his own hands, he might as well use her to blackmail Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu may make a lot of money from Cao Ying in the future, but he, Liu Yu, can make a quick buck from Cao Ying now.

With the purpose of maximizing interests, Liu Yu's conditions were naturally extremely harsh, and he actually demanded most of Chu's profits in Yingzhou. This really made Liu Xiu both shocked and angry. Surprisingly, the Chu-Japanese negotiations had not yet ended, and Liu Yu had already calculated that he would join the colonization, and relied on this to appear determined.

What makes you angry is Liu Yu's greed. The extortion has been directed at his allies. Are you crazy because of your poverty?

Liu Yu's unscrupulous approach to making money reminded Liu Xiu of himself when he only had the four counties of Jingnan.

At that time, the Chu State was really poor and weak. Not only was it worried every day that the Qin army would attack across the Yangtze River one day, but in order to develop and regain Kojia, it could be said that frugality was taken to the extreme. Liu Xiu He even couldn't bear to buy a new set of clothes after a few years, so he was also unscrupulous in making money.

The world only knows that in order to earn development funds, Cao Cao set up a gold school captain to carry out tomb robbery, but they don't know that other princes actually did it, including Liu Xiu, but he did it more covertly and no one discovered it.

There are a large number of funerary objects in the tomb of Marquis Haihun in Yuzhang County. Everyone thought that this large tomb was stolen by Cao Wei's captain Mojin, but in fact it was stolen by Liu Xiu's men, but the blame was later blamed on Cao Wei, and Since Yuzhang was not in Chu State, no one suspected Liu Xiu.

At that time, Liu Xiu was so poor that he would do whatever it took to make money. Now Liu Yu feels the same way about Liu Xiu, but he has a more bottom line. If you hit him with a stick, you will get a piece of cake, but can you eat it? You have to rely on yourself.

According to Liu Xiu's temperament, he would definitely disdain this kind of tangible and tangible benefit, but the temptation to accept the remnants of the subjugated Cao Wei was too great.

Cao Wei was so big and had so many talents. Even if they took over all of them after the fall of the country, even just a small part would be enough for Liu Xiu to eat.

Liu Xiu and his advisers discussed for a long time but failed to come up with a best-of-both-worlds strategy. After fully weighing the pros and cons, Liu Xiu finally decided to cooperate with Liu Xiu in marrying Cao Ying.

Chu State was not as short of money as Shu Han, but had too much money to spend. Therefore, compared to Yingzhou's financial temptation, Liu Xiu still valued Cao Wei's talents and old troops after the fall of the country more.

"Where are Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue?"

Hearing Liu Xiu's call, the two brothers immediately stood up and responded: "My subordinates are here."

"Kuai Liang sent an envoy to Shu Han to negotiate with Liu Yu, and Kuai Yue sent an envoy to Cao Wei to propose marriage to Cao Cao..."

Cao Ying is in the hands of Liu Yu. If Liu Xiu wants to raise the banner of Cao Cao's son-in-law, he must first get rid of Liu Yu. Although Liu Yu is a lion this time, there is no bargaining. reason.

As for Cao Cao, it became secondary, because neither Liu Xiu nor Liu Yu paid attention to Cao Cao, who was about to perish. Liu Yu even detained the Wei envoy without giving Cao Cao an explanation. It is true that He was slapping Cao Cao in the face.

Liu Xiuhui sent people to propose marriage to Cao Cao in an unnecessary way. In addition to coveting the inheritance after the fall of Cao Wei, he also wanted to make things easier for both parties. After all, the two of them would still be nominally son-in-law in the future. Otherwise, he would not bother to talk to Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao's reputation It's really not good.

Liu Xiu felt uncomfortable when he thought that he had been tricked by Liu Yu this time, but that Liu Yu could completely recover the losses in the Yinan War by sucking blood from the Chu State.

But when he thought about it, Shu Han was an ally in the fight against Qin. The stronger Shu Han was conducive to the cause of resisting Qin. Liu Xiu suddenly felt much better.

"Oh, I never thought that one day I would become relatives with Ying Hao." Liu Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

Cao Xian, Cao Jie, and Cao Ying are both Cao Cao's daughters. Ying Hao married Cao Xian and Cao Jie, and he married Cao Ying. Doesn't that mean that he and Ying Hao have become brothers-in-law.

Liu Xiu was not very interested in becoming Cao Cao's son-in-law, but he was quite interested in being his brother-in-law with Ying Zheng. After all, the two of them would become indirect relatives.

Liu Xiu was very curious about Ying Hao's reaction after knowing this, and couldn't help but sneered: "Cao Cao, Cao Cao, you have to take my son-in-law if you don't want me."

At the same time, Yizhou, Chengdu.

Although Liu Xiu's envoy has not arrived yet, Liu Yu has already received Liu Xiu's flying pigeon message.

Although Liu Xiu scolded Liu Yu in the letter and scolded him for his lack of martial ethics and even plotting against his allies, he finally agreed to trade with him. However, the specific share needed to be discussed carefully after Kuai Liang arrived, that is, bargain.

Liu Yu was naturally quite satisfied with this. After all, he got real benefits this time.

Although the negotiations have not yet begun, Liu Yu can already guess the outcome.

No matter how many benefits the Japanese promised to the Shu, at least half of them belonged to the Shu Han. Chu's colonization was tantamount to working for the Shu Han. This feeling of getting money without working was simply not a good feeling.

"Haha, with the accumulated benefits from this colonial and Chu trade, not only will my big man be able to completely recover the losses in the Yinan battle, but our national strength will also be even higher. We will be more confident when we deal with the Southern Barbarians. ”

After saying this, Liu Yu looked at Su Qin below and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the military advisor who planned for me, I, a big man, would not have been able to get such great benefits. The success of this plan is all due to the military advisor."

Su Qin smiled calmly when he heard this and said: "Your Majesty, planning overseas colonization and restoring the damage in Yinan is only the first step. The next step is to destroy the Southern Barbarians."

Hearing Su Qin's words, Liu Yu also showed a solemn expression. After all, Nanman is really difficult to fight, and Chi You is also really difficult to deal with. However, considering how smoothly Liu Xiu destroyed Wu, he felt that as long as he made sufficient preparations before the war, He will definitely be able to destroy the Southern Barbarians just like Liu Xiu destroyed Wu.