Chapter 404 Liu Fu comes to vote
Unfortunately, a few months after Liu Fu's death, Sun Quan came belatedly, and the merits he brought were lost to people like Jiang Ji.
"It turns out to be Mr. Yuan Ying."
Liu Bei pretended to be surprised and said: "Bei is very happy that you can come to join Liu Bei. I wonder what you are good at? You can use it according to your ability."
Nowadays, Liu Bei's vision is also higher, and ordinary celebrities are not enough to impress him.
Liu Fu is also a famous person in Xiang County, and he is also quite famous in Pei State, but outside of Yuzhou, not many people have heard of him.
The reason why he has such a high status in the original time and space, surpassing Sima Lang, Jia Kui and others, is ultimately due to two reasons.
First, he is probably a relative of Cao Cao, and a daughter from his family married Cao Cao.
The biological mother of Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, was named Liu, and she was Cao Cao's concubine. Judging from the customs of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is very likely that Cao Cao's concubine came from a wealthy family in the county.
Recall that Cao Ang was adopted by the Ding family and was made the eldest son. After Cao Ang died in battle, the Ding family did not hesitate to break with Cao Cao.
There is a high probability that this Liu family is a noble woman from the Liu Fu family, and if she married Cao Cao as a concubine, she was probably serving as a concubine for the Ding family.
This also explains why Cao Ang's status is much higher than that of Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi, who were both descended from the side chamber.
Because the Bian family was born as a singer, she was just a plaything at that time. Naturally, such a bloodline was far from being comparable to Cao Ang, who was born from the noble family Teng's concubine.
After Liu Fu defected to Cao Cao, the history books actually recorded that Cao Cao was "pleased" with him. Then, in a roundabout way, Zhao Wen asked Zhao Wen to appoint Liu Fu as a vassal, which was a senior official among the bureaucracy.
Not long after, Liu Fu was released and directly served as the governor of Yangzhou.
This shows Cao Cao's love, trust and shelter for him.
Another reason is naturally that Liu Fu gave birth to a good son. His son was extremely popular in Cao Wei. He served as a high-ranking official with two thousand shi repeatedly, and served as Jiuqing twice. Finally, he became the general of Zhenbei, Jiajie, and the governor of Hebei's military.
Liu Jing's second son and Liu Fu's second grandson, Liu Hong, was even more powerful. He had made good friends with Sima Yan when he was young. They had a very close personal relationship. He was promoted to the rank of Shizhong, General of Chariots and Cavalry, and Kaifu Yitong. After his death, he was given posthumously to the county magistrate.
Both generations of his descendants had a close relationship with the royal family and were deeply favored by the emperor. Although Chen Shou was a good historian,
If Liu Bei was happy about his investment, then Liu Feng was quite wary.
The Cao family in this person's background is a bit high, and Cao Cao is now the general and in charge of the government.
Liu Fu obviously only needs to continue going north and defect to Cao Cao to get favors. Why did the other party suddenly come to defect to him? This made Liu Feng very wary and he wondered whether Liu Fu was a high-level spy sent by Cao Cao.
Just as Liu Feng looked Liu Fu up and down, Xun You smiled and responded to Liu Bei: "My lord, I don't know. Yuan Ying came here with a big gift."
Now not only Liu Bei was interested, Liu Feng also looked over curiously.
Xun You was a kind man after all, but at this moment he suddenly smiled and said nothing and gave the stage to Liu Fu.
Liu Fu glanced at Xun You gratefully, and then said to Liu Feng and his son: "Fu is here because you are right... Yuan Shu's important general, Li Shu, the prefect of Wan County, is willing to offer the city to the Hussars General."
"Is this serious?"
Liu Bei cried out in surprise.
It's no wonder Liu Bei is so happy. Wan County is still very important. It is located at the exit of the passage and is the second and last gate after Xunyang.
Moreover, Wan County is backed by Qianshan and faces the river to the south, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
If Liu Beijun can get Wan County, he can immediately cut off the connection between Jingzhou and Liu Xun, and Liu Xun will instantly become a turtle in the urn.
In addition to its strategic value, Wan County itself is also quite attractive. Not only is it a big city, but the local land is fertile, water conservancy is developed, and the commerce and trade economy is prosperous, making it very prosperous.
However, Liu Feng's expression changed because he was worried that rushing to join Li Shu and regain Wan County would irritate Liu Biao completely.
If Liu Biao breaks away prematurely, Liu Feng's headquarters has not yet expanded his army, and Liu Bei has only just arranged the direction of adjustment and army expansion.
Once a conflict occurs, or even a full-scale war with Jingzhou, will it disrupt his overall plan?
Even if the plan is not disrupted, will this unexpected incident cause Zhang Xian's rebellion to change or even disappear?
Moreover, even if Zhang Xian still rebels, it is also a question whether Liu Biao dares to send heavy troops south to quell the rebellion on the premise of being at odds with Liu Feng and his son.
"Don't be suspicious if you dare to love Liu Xiuqi. Li Shu is the general under Yuan Shu and is responsible for guarding Wan County. He has more than 2,000 households under his command. When the powerful nobles in Wan County heard that Li Shu was willing to do anything, they surrendered to the court and the general, and also provided money and food. Use your strength and manpower to respond to the general at any time.”
There is no reason to blame Wanxian County for its lack of strength. In fact, the landlords have no food left.
Even though Wan County is close to the Yangtze River, many water conservancy facilities have aged and are far less effective than in the past. Large areas of canals are even blocked by silt. Therefore, Wan County's harvest this year is also extremely poor.
Not to mention supporting Li Shu and his tribe, I'm afraid they won't even be able to retain grain for next year.
Although Liu Biao gave some support, Liu Xun did not send it out and kept it all in his hands as military rations.
Perhaps it was because the severe drought was too frightening, and Liu Xun was worried that Liu Biao's aid would be cut off, so except for some military rations given by his close generals, he received nothing.
Li Shu had a good relationship with Liu Xun on weekdays, but the problem was that Li Shu's status was too high. He was originally sent by Yuan Shu to check and balance Liu Xun in Lujiang, and he had 2,000 households directly under his command.
When Yuan Shu was around, Li Shu and Liu Xun were still on good terms.
Now that Yuan Shu is gone, Liu Xun naturally regards Li Shu as a thorn in his side, and the ambitious Li Shu also feels that Liu Xun is an eyesore, and they are really tired of each other.
When Liu Xun announced his surrender to Liu Biao before, he did not discuss it with Li Shu. Li Shu dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
After all, his wealth is not bad compared to Liu Xun's. If he really breaks out, Li Shu can still gather three to four thousand people to defend the city.
Liu Xun's own family only has seven or eight thousand people, so he may not be able to deal with him.
But if Liu Biao is included, then Li Shu will have a rest, not to mention that the place where Li Shu is stationed is Wan County, not far from Jingzhou and next to the Yangtze River.
If Liu Biao wanted to deal with him, it would be quite convenient.
The main reason why Li Shu was persuaded by Liu Fu to betray him this time was because Liu Xun was so imbecile. He didn't give Li Shu any food.
Even if Li Shu gave him a heavy gift, Liu Xun still accepted the gift. There was no food, which made the former furious.
In addition to Liu Xun, Li Shu didn't think of other ways, such as going to Liu Biao to complain.
But the problem is that Liu Xun and Liu Biao are good friends, and they are good brothers with Cao Cao.
Although Li Shu was also from a noble family and a wealthy family in Runan, he really had nothing to do with Liu Biao and Cao Cao.
Moreover, Li Shu was not very smart. In the original time and space, he had rebelled against Sun Quan first, and then sent troops to attack and kill the Yangzhou governor appointed by Cao Cao. At the same time, he maintained a hostile relationship with Liu Biao. It is true. Understand diplomacy.
So when Sun Quan came to kill him, Liu Biao and Cao Cao maintained a tacit attitude and laughed off Li Shu's request for help. In the end, Li Shu himself died miserably, and all his subordinates were moved to Jiangdong by Sun Quan. Therefore, Liu Fu could easily persuade Li Shu, who was desperate, to make him agree to come to Liu Bei's side anyway.
However, Li Shu himself was quite ambitious, and in the original time and space, only Sun Ce was convinced.
When Sun Ce was here, he honestly managed Jiangbei for Sun Ce. As soon as Sun Ce died, he immediately rebelled and became independent, without taking Sun Quan seriously.
If it weren't for the massive harvest failure in Li Shu's territory, except for a small number of paddy fields near the Yangtze River, there was almost no harvest from other fields. Coupled with the attitudes of Liu Biao and Liu Xun, Liu Fu might not have been able to convince him to surrender.
Liu Fu paid homage to Liu Bei and said: "Now the noble people in Wan County are united, and Lieutenant Li and the people in Hecheng, Wan County are all looking forward to the general's virtues."
Liu Bei was moved at that time, but just when he was about to agree, Liu Feng suddenly pulled his sleeve secretly.
Liu Bei was stunned at first, but then he realized that he had a different opinion, and it was not convenient for him to say it in public.
So, Liu Bei swallowed the words that came into his mouth again and changed his words: "This is a serious matter, please allow me to think twice."
Then, he said to Xun You: "Gongda, please arrange for Mr. Yuan Ying to go down and rest first."
Xun You had a look of surprise on his face, but as smart as he was, it was impossible for him to talk too much. Not only did he quietly comfort Liu Fu, who wanted to talk, but he also calmly persuaded him to leave the hall.
After Liu Fu left, Liu Bei asked Liu Feng in confusion.
"My son, why is this?"
After Liu Feng bowed respectfully, he persuaded, "Father, please wait for a moment until Mr. Gongda returns."
Liu Bei glanced at Liu Feng, and nodded as if he had some realization.
Lu Su and Liu Ye looked at each other and couldn't help but murmur in their hearts. They also wondered how important it was that actually made Liu Feng reluctant to support Li Shu.
Thinking of this, Lu Su and Liu Ye couldn't help but take a breath of air-conditioning.
Li Shu's Wan County can be said to be a battleground for military strategists in the Jiangbei region.
How big is the benefit for Liu Feng to let this place go?
After a cup of tea, Xun You hurried back and saw that everyone in the hall was just drinking tea. He knew that they were waiting for him, and his heart felt warm.
Liu Bei and his son could obviously talk about things first and tell themselves after they arrived. Perhaps this was the normal situation.
But Liu Bei and his son are different. Their respect for people is deep in their bones and meticulous.
It is precisely this that makes Xun You, Lu Su, Liu Ye and others particularly favor gratitude.
"Father, do you still remember what the child mentioned to you before?"
After Xun You returned to the table, Liu Feng immediately spoke: "It's the incident in Jingzhou that I mentioned to you before I entered Luo this time."
Liu Bei exclaimed that sure enough, he had actually woken up just now and had guessed something.
Liu Bei knew about this, but Xun You and others did not.
Liu Feng immediately told the matter.
After hearing this, Xun You, Lu Su, Liu Ye and others were all the talents of Wang Zuo at that time, and they were also shocked by Liu Feng's good appetite.
Swallowing Jingzhou?
The first reaction of Xun You, Lu Su, Liu Ye and others was disbelief.
If you really want to say that Liu Feng is bragging, it only took Liu Feng more than half a year to capture the six counties of Yangzhou.
You must know that in the ranking of princes at that time, Yuan Shu was higher than Liu Biao, and even ranked second in the world, second only to Yuan Shao of Hebei.
If we really compare according to this, Liu Feng's desire to devour Liu Biao becomes reasonable again.
After Liu Feng finished speaking, the hall was still quiet. Xun You and others were deep in thought, while Liu Bei looked east and west, trying to make some inferences from the expressions of Xun You and others.
After Liu Feng finished speaking, he also fell into deep thought.
He had drawn up the plan, but now that something unexpected had happened, he had to make a decision himself.
After a long time, Liu Ye was the first to raise his head.
Among the three, Xun You is second to none in terms of talent and ability.
It's a pity that the person he served in the original time and space was Cao Cao. Cao Cao's talents were quite outstanding. As long as he didn't waste his time, he himself was a talented person.
Therefore, although Xun You was able to help Cao Cao, offer twelve ingenious strategies, and be able to make plans on the spot, in the final analysis, Cao Cao was the one who made the final decision.
In his entire life, Xun You never served as a general, let alone took charge of one side.
There will be such an ending. Cao Cao's fear of the Xun family is an important reason, and Xun You's own indifferent character is also another important reason.
Therefore, even if Xun You and Liu Ye made a decision at the same time, he would humbly let Liu Ye speak first, and Liu Ye himself wanted credit and would do his part.
"Young Master, from Ye's point of view, this matter is not only not a disaster, but the icing on the cake!"
Liu Ye looked happy and bowed to Liu Bei and Liu Feng one by one: "Liu Xun occupied the six counties in the southwest of Lujiang. He did not respect the king's order and rebelled against the imperial court. He was really seeking death. However, Liu Biao did not know the number of days and pretended to be respected. Such an act of supporting the rebels.”
"The actions of Li Shu and Liu Fu were actually based on the fate of heaven and the current situation."
As usual, Liu Ye took the moral high ground first. In the hearts of the people of the Celestial Dynasty, it is necessary to uphold justice and defeat evil, and to have a famous teacher. To recruit an unknown teacher is an undesirable move that will be despised.
"From what I can see, Li Shu is quite ambitious. Anyway, this is not a good intention. It is really a desperate move."
Liu Ye only ordered Li Shu alone and did not mention Liu Fu.
Liu Fu was born in the state of Pei. Now Liu Bei has many scholars from Runan and Pei who have come to serve. Among them, the Long Kanghuan family is one of them. The two brothers came to serve together. Liu Bei valued them very much and they have been introduced to the shogunate. middle. Not to mention that their two elder brothers are still serving as the ninth minister in the court.
Moreover, when Liu Fu came to surrender, he was looking for Xun You, a famous scholar from the same state, and Xun You took care of the whole thing.
Liu Ye is indeed very proud, but he is not a person who makes enemies without thinking. He does not want to offend Huan and Xun You at the same time.
(End of chapter)