It is obvious that Yuan Shao was unbelievable that the emperor had returned to his independence and had become neutral, and there were still people who would attempt to completely overturn the central government of the court.

If you are so arrogant and doomed to the world, wouldn’t you be punished by the princes?

Even though the princes actually didn't care whether the emperor was or not, the problem was that they were willing to jump out and bring the excuse of fighting to the door.

As long as there is an excuse, even if I was staying in the bed the night before, I would say ruthless words to my concubine, and they would turn into loyal ministers in the Han Dynasty like wolves and tigers.

After all, Yuan Shao still believes in the powerful power of psychological inertia. Even if his situation was very good a few years ago, he would only dare to consider supporting Liu Yu, but he did not inflate to the point where he felt that he could go.

So in the face of this question, Yang Xiu did not answer him immediately, but instead used the power of silence. Just like the head of state's speech, he smiled seriously, looked at the other party, and let the other party reflect on himself with his eyes. When the other party felt a little bit of self-doubt, he would be able to repay the answer just right.

Yang Xiu said sympathetically: "Ming Gong is open and honest, and cannot imagine the mentality of a rebellious minister. But please put yourself in your shoes and think about it: Does the current center of the court seem stable, but in fact it is as dangerous as a burden? Strong branches, weak trunks, are they heavy, and they have reached a very serious point?

General Zhu Jun, there is nothing to say about this. He has to suppress the three heroes of the Yellow Turbans, Duke Lu and Duke Huangfu, and no one in the world can protect the Han generals. Duke Zhu assisted the government and all the world can be submissive. But Duke Zhu is over 60 years old and his health is getting worse. After all, he will not be able to support the world in the future.

Let’s look at the areas and soldiers actually controlled by the imperial center. What Your Majesty can command directly is Hongnong and the two counties in Henan. Hongnong now raises 50,000 troops, Duan Wei for 40,000, and Dong Cheng for 10,000. Even if Duan Wei is diligent in farming, he will not be able to support so many soldiers and horses by relying on Hongnong alone. In the future, he will definitely be dismissed from military farming.

When Li Jue and Guo Si were in power, although Duan Wei could support a general of the Central Army and 40,000 troops, it was supported by the Chang'an court. Li Jue had to plunder the people and also had to fund some of Duan Wei's military salary, so Duan Wei was willing to block the enemy in Guandong for him. Now that His Majesty wants to stand up, he can no longer let the King of Hanzhong fill the entire military salary gap of Duan Wei's army, otherwise His Majesty would be worried about who Duan Wei would serve.

Henan has nearly 20,000 soldiers, which is under Zhu Jun's troops, and has done its best to the people. After Luoyang was burned by Dong's bandits, although the former general Guan Yu and Sun's rebellion work together to save him, Henan Yin had barely a population of 300,000, and it was impossible for him to raise more soldiers.

The center has been weak all year round, and its troops, money and food are far inferior to those of the princes outside the capital, so this is an unstable balance. It is not that the court center has the strong self-protection power. It is just that the princes from all directions are intertwined with the court, and no one dares to start first to give other parties a clear word. If you have the opportunity, you can do it without knowing it, or it is very sudden, or you can find an excuse to give a good opportunity to heaven, then as long as he is confident of hitting a blow, he may have ambitions."

Yang Xiu took the lead in analyzing from the perspective of "If someone gets the opportunity, can he or she be able to instantly kill the court center?" Yuan Shao also felt that it really makes sense and admitted that he has the ability to kill instantly as long as he wants to do it.

The rest is whether you dare to kill instantly, so how can you have the excuse of instantly killing instantly?

Yuan Shao couldn't help but move forward half a foot on the mat, lowered his voice more and more, and asked for advice humbly: "Ancestor De, then you can tell me, even if you can, how dare they?"

Yang Xiu waved his hand and said firmly: "How dare not? There are many hidden dangers of the court being found by others. First of all, I just said, if Zhu Jun died of illness and the center changes, Your Majesty issued an edict to promote other central generals to fill the general's shortcomings. Do you dare to ask Ming Gong, will you be convinced then? You won't suspect that there are close ministers in the central government who have stolen their lives?

As we all know, Dong Cheng is now the most trusted confidant around His Majesty, but Dong Cheng was just promoted by Dong Zhuo. Apart from this rescue, he had no achievements in the world before. His Majesty actually gave him a gift to the general of chariots and cavalry just because of his personal kindness. Isn’t it because of his life-saving private grace?

Dong Chengzhi's closeness and trust depended on him as the national uncle, having the status of a foreign relative, and being with the royal family. However, when His Majesty fled east, Empress Fu was killed, and Concubine Dong also died at the hands of Li Jue. This year, because of his lack of morality and temporarily living in Hongnong Bank, it is difficult to establish a queen again. He only dared to accommodate some palace maids who had escaped and had not been humiliated, and barely enriched the inner replenishment.

But knowing that His Majesty will come to Luoyang or even return to Chang'an, he will re-select concubines. At that time, except for the royal family and vassal kings of Liu, the governor of the state will not be able to offer his daughter, and the other princes of other surnames may give their daughters. With a new uncle and father-in-law, how could Dong Cheng handle himself?

If the princes ask His Majesty to add official positions to the new foreign relatives, should Dong Cheng stop it? If it is not stopped, what should the new foreign relatives learn from He Jin and invite the princes to the capital? If it is stopped, will it be given the foreign princes to attack the new traitors? At that time, Dong Cheng may become a new evil of "gradual expansion and attempting to hold the king"!

If that day comes, the ambitious princes will not be so difficult to make a decision. Maybe they will think they can hide the truth, and even if there is something wrong with His Majesty, they can frame Dong Cheng-

When Wang Yun died, Wang Yun did not threaten Li Jue and Guo Si with the life of the emperor. That was because Wang Yun knew that he was a loyal minister, and also knew that Li Jue and Guo Si did not care about the life or death of the emperor, nor did he care whether he was carrying the bad reputation of killing the emperor.

But before Li Jue died, he must have thought of threatening the King of Hanzhong with the life of the emperor, because he knew that the King of Hanzhong was a loyal minister, at least the King of Hanzhong did not want to bear the reputation of killing the emperor. But in the future, if such a change occurs for the third time, will the newcomer care about the life and death of the emperor? Can Dong Chengzhi be as loyal as Wang Yun? As long as the one who seizes and the one who guards, as long as the one who is firm and has a slight flaw in the steadfast heart, the earth will shake. If the fortune lasts twice, it does not mean that he can survive the third time."

The dragon-slaying boy will finally grow into an evil dragon. After all, Dong Cheng is not very clean from a very clean background and has no real military achievements. His foundation is too shallow.

If Li Su was asked to deduce this issue, his speculation would definitely be more radical than Yang Xiu. Maybe he would dare to think so: If the emperor wanted a new uncle of a prince to take office in the future, Dong Cheng might be unwilling to fail and took the "Ling Edict" to other princes who were not in the face of the new relatives and princes, and let them fight against the traitors together.

After all, strong branches and weak trunks are an unstable system, and something will happen sooner or later.

Balance is dynamic and requires continuous replenishment and repair. Imbalance is natural. As long as the replenishment and tiles that try to maintain balance stops, it will collapse on the other day.

After listening silently, Yuan Shao realized that the emperor had survived the first two times, and he was so lucky. However, the quality of the people around him was getting worse and worse, and the majesty of the court was severely damaged in every chance he survived.

For example, after surviving this second time, the emperor abandoned too much prestige and did too much morality, so he became as weak as he is now. Although he was regained his freedom, it was impossible for the princes in the outside world to let him replace the local chief. This is the backlash of losing virtue and losing power.

Yuan Shao pondered for a long time and asked with difficulty: "Then do you think, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Biao, will be the one you can't help with in the future?"

Yang Xiu did not immediately answer this question. He sued him and then insisted on laying some other materials first: "Ming Gong forgives his crime, Xiu cannot answer this question immediately. Because even if Xiu blurted out, it was just a baseless and straightforward statement. Even if Ming Gong believed it, he would be suspicious.

Therefore, before answering, Xiu wanted to emphasize that the princes in the world should draw a line for Ming Gong on the issue of their attitude towards the emperor, so that Ming Gong could see clearly which people stand on one side and who are standing on the other side."

At this point, Yuan Shao had completely hoped that Yang Xiu would analyze it clearly, because he knew that every sentence here was a ruthlessness, and ordinary strategists did not dare to say it when there were too many people. Only those who had relatives could say it privately.

Yuan Shao looked respectful and polite: "But it's okay to say it."

Yang Xiu: "To say something ruthless, Your Majesty sent Zhang Yi to make a statement to Ming Gong before. He said that the emperor's decree during Wang Yun's regent was the original intention of the emperor, and Li Jue's decree during his regent was all the troubled life. Can the Ming Gong know that who taught Your Majesty to appease the princes in this way?"

Yuan Shao: "Who?"

Yang Xiu: "Right General Li Su. Right General is a man who knows the destiny of heaven in the world. He knows very well that even if His Majesty asks Luoshui as an oath, he does not have to mind Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu's affairs, Ming Gong may not be willing to give up sincerity. Only by letting Your Majesty come up with a common promise to all the princes in the world, so that Your Majesty dare not easily destroy the promise and dare not take the risk of breaking the trust of all the princes in the world. Only by using such a promise to win the trust of Ming Gong will Ming Gong be completely convinced - I dare to ask Ming Gong, are you so completely convinced at this moment?"

Yuan Shao was slightly shocked, feeling unhappy when he was seen through his worries, but then he thought that there would be no shame in his absence of outsiders, and that would be fine.

The idea that Li Su gave to Liu Xie was actually to make a set of agreements between the monarch and ministers similar to that of the Western Magna Carta. Liu Xie's promise to Yuan Shao cannot be reflected in a separate promise. He must have a set of consistent general principles to support all the princes in the world. In this way, the cost and breach of trust in the party that destroys the promise is enough, and the guarantee of mutual trust is thorough.

Therefore, it must be reflected in the consistent marking of "everyone in the Wang Yun period is the true expression of the emperor's intention, and everything in the Li Jue period is a life-threatening situation."

After a while, Yuan Shao asked suspiciously: "Since the right general teaches His Majesty, why should the right general help Yuan and improve the mutual trust between Yuan and His Majesty?"

Although his tone was a little suspicious, Yuan Shao unknowingly used the claim of "Yuan" and was obviously grateful for Li Su's layout.

After all, Yuan Shao was always worried that the emperor would liquidate the dark history of the emperor and he tried to support Liu Yu, which was his biggest concern for the center of the court.

Yang Xiu did not keep it a secret this time and readily revealed the mystery: "Because Ming Gong's interests with the King of Hanzhong in treating Your Majesty should be potentially consistent with the King of Hanzhong - the King of Hanzhong and the former King of Yan were both beneficiaries of Wang Yun's two months in power. During that period, Your Majesty only recognized the vested interests of the princes of the two local areas, namely the King of Hanzhong and King of Yan.

Therefore, the right general was named to help Your Majesty win over Ming Gong. Such marking lines consolidated Ming Gong's interests and eliminated Ming Gong's worries was actually solidifying and determining the vested interests of King Hanzhong.

Similarly, Ling's brother Yuan Gonglu benefited from this marking from the opposite side. During Li Jue's time in power, he repeatedly refuted Li Jue's life and expanded his territory in the name of killing the perverted party members, such as killing the governor of Yangzhou Chen Wen. Moreover, Ling's brother seemed to have some unjust words in the years when the emperor was trapped in a thief. His Majesty also endured and ignored the marking of the dusty state at that time. Therefore, Ling's attitude towards "If you live for a long time today" should be to advance and retreat with Ming Gong."

In the last half of the sentence, Yang Xiu really couldn't say it because it was "If you, Yuan Shao, think that the emperor was in the way, then Yuan Shu would also think that the emperor was in the way."

Moreover, Yuan Shao doesn’t feel that it’s in the way. Only after one or two years or two are eaten up the territory of the thief that has not been divided up in the five counties of Zhang Yan, Wuhuan and Hetao, will it feel that it’s in the way.

And Yuan Shu now feels that it's in the way.

Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu all felt that the emperor was in the way, but the first one who jumped out would help others become evil people!

When it comes to this subtext, Yuan Shao already understood it, and raised his hand slightly to signal Yang Xiu without saying anything.

After all, I feel sorry to say the words "I will feel that the emperor is in the way" and it will be fine if everyone understands it in their hearts.

Yuan Shao sighed, but he was a little unwilling to accept it, so he didn't even get over it. He changed his mind to ask: "As Dezu said, will Cao Mengde never feel that it's in the way of doing things today?"

Yang Xiu: "No, because Cao Cao never had the will to be independent, and in Chenggao and Xingyang, he openly said, "I will go north and I will go west." This statement is a great bonus in my heart today. Cao Mengde couldn't bear it in the spring and autumn today, because other princes in the world would definitely not be able to bear it before him."

Yuan Shao's eyes twitched: Damn! I almost forgot! Brother Meng De, that cunning man! He asked us to play the role of the evil man who supported Liu Yu. He himself gained a reputation as a loyal minister from the emperor in Chang'an. How could he have the same attitude towards the emperor as himself?

But at this time, Yuan Shao suddenly found himself in a dilemma: people with different attitudes from him cannot use them, but they have to endure them or find ways to subdue them. Only those with the same attitudes as him can use them. Whoever makes him dislike the emperor to keep working?

He used his younger brother to stand out, but in the end he wanted to eliminate his younger brother. Moreover, the two sides were not bordered, and he might not get much direct territory in the process of destroying Yuan Shu. On the contrary, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu were bordered. On that day, Cao Cao might actually make more profits and make a fortune in silence.

Without using Cao Cao, but without excuses to deal with Cao Cao, Cao Cao might even be very proactive in becoming a new relative, or even replace Dong Cheng, and continue to maintain the current situation of the court. It has to be admitted that Cao Cao is the most suitable to support Liu Xie.

Of course, Yuan Shao certainly cannot tolerate the appearance of this day. Even if the emperor dies, it will be fine. If it is like this, he must be strictly guarded.

Thinking of this step, Yuan Shao finally realized his clarification and he had made up the profound meaning of Liu Bei's delegation to Yang Xiu show his favor to him:

If the emperor dies, then Yuan Shao can support King Yan Liu He with the new emperor without any grudges, treat the new emperor frankly and efficiently use the new emperor to command the princes.

And at that moment... Haha, if Liu Yu was still alive and Liu Yu became emperor, Liu Bei might have to obediently be a vassal king. After all, Liu Yu had great kindness to Liu Bei. Liu Bei's career began in his life. Before becoming the magistrate of the two thousand stone county magistrate, Liu Yu promoted him all the way, and this kindness could not be avoided.

Unfortunately, Liu Yu died, and Yuan Shao was not so arrogant that he felt that relying on just Liu He's face could make Liu Bei be the one who was a minister.

Then, the most likely thing is that if the current emperor really comes to the time when he supports Liu He when he supports him.

Liu Bei will also pick up his bargain and become emperor! At that time, just like in the Guangwu era, many descendants of the Liu family will become emperors and compete for the world again. Of course, from the perspective of territory, the territory of Liu He supported by Yuan Shao should correspond to the "Guangwu occupied Hanoi" when Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was raised during his rebellion. Liu Bei's land in Guanzhong corresponds to the territory of the failed Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan.

Of course, Liu Bei himself would not think that he was the garbage like Emperor Gengshi. He would definitely compare himself to "Gaozu protects Guanzhong" to fight against Liu He's "Guangwu occupied Hanoi".

As for other princes, Liu Biao may be equal to Liu Penzi's territory, and the princes of other surnames will be like warlords such as Gongsun Shu and Li Xian in the Guangwu era. They may temporarily rely on someone with the Liu surname to proclaim themselves, or seize the opportunity to officially establish themselves.

After all, Yuan Shao has read history, so he will make up for his own associations later.

"Liu Bei is hinting that although he will eventually be my opponent, we still have common interests at present. We must jointly induce the world to move towards the situation of the two emperors of the East and West. Before achieving this step, Cao Cao and others are our common enemies, because Cao Cao hopes to exist today and make profits from it...

Alas, some people know that he is your enemy in the end, but not at this stage! You still have to be nice to him and cooperate with him with him!"

Yuan Shao's mind was very confused. It took him a long time to straighten out the logic of "the future enemy is still a friend now" and he was almost schizophrenia.

Those who play politics are too dirty.

If he could know the history of future generations from the perspective of God, he would definitely be brought to the end of World War II. On one hand, the two camps had to think about "destroying the head of state first, this is a common interest", but on the other hand, he had to keep a hand and always be clear and realize that "the moment the head of state was killed was the beginning of the Cold War."

Yuan Shao was depressed and entangled for a long time and decided not to think about the dirty issues that only a few years later would need to worry about. He let out a long sigh and asked, "No matter what Cao Ah hides it! Let's say, if the road child may not be able to bear it, how can we make him unable to bear it?"

"Please!" Yang Xiu said without hesitation, "The best way to make Yuan Gaolu float is to make him feel that he is surrounded by people who support him.

For example, the King of Hanzhong needed to rely on his money and food to save the major disaster in Guanzhong, and he had to acquiesce to his command that Qiao Rui had five counties in Jingzhao with his mere weak soldiers. Even if the Jingzhao Yin, the right general Li Su, was much stronger than Qiao Rui's, had to tolerate it, which would make Yuan Shu gradually fade away.

For example, Yuan Shu never looked down on Duke Ming. If Duke Ming could tolerate it for a while and see that Yuan Shu was willing to sell grain to help the King of Hanzhong, you would also follow Yuan Shu's actions.

For example, you have to write a book to show goodbye, saying that the reason for your grain selling behavior is "to follow my brother's righteousness and be willing to follow the horse's tail." How could Yuan Shu not use books to show that he is what the Yuan family wants?

These examples are all taken casually. As long as the two close neighbors and tribesmen who were compared by Ming Gong and Hanzhong King, Yuan Shu, were in the border areas to expand money, grain, army and horses, and he was trapped in the world and could not stretch out. Then, there were people to praise each other at all times. They were tempted and praised. If Zhu Jun and Dong Cheng changed, how could he not be obsessed with power?

However, when it really comes to that day, please remember the previous question - Cao Mengde is not the same as you. Speaking of this, I am not afraid to tell Ming Gong that the Right General asked me to bring a prisoner this time, which was secretly engaged in Cao Cao's under the curtain, named Xue Ti.

When he was arrested, he was contacting Cao Cao in Chang'an and ambushed in the court of Li Jue's court. Now he is serving the King of Hanzhong. It is not difficult to see based on their confession that Wang Bi and Xue Ti wanted to desperately destroy the relationship between Ming Gong and Hanzhong King.

Obviously, Cao Cao also saw that only in this way could he use the act of Ming Gong's support for King Yan to give Ming Gong a pill to His Majesty, so that Ming Gong and King Hanzhong would be hostile to each other and create space for him to please the emperor."

It was not until this last moment that Yang Xiu took out the chess piece Xue Ti.

If he had taken it out today, Yuan Shao might not have believed it.

But he has now determined that "Cao Cao always contradicts his opinion on whether he wants the emperor now". One should support and the other should make profits.

So, even before Xue Ti spoke, Yuan Shao had already believed it three or four minutes.

Yuan Shao's adrenaline soared. He first secretly brought the prisoners with him and tortured some in person. Although Xue Ti was vague and he didn't know too much, it seemed that it was enough.

Yuan Shao was like an angry tiger, thinking about how to make good use of the "Cao Cao's rebels against the princes" and go to the emperor to force a thief to fight against the thief, or to be famous for his leadership to intimidate Cao Cao.
To be continued...