Chapter 47 Negotiate the division of stolen goods

"Your Majesty, Han Hao has connected with the enemy, and now Cao Shen's men have come to the palace! Your Majesty, please avoid it for the time being!" At this time, a pawn hurried back to the noisy hall and reported to the emperor of the Zhong family. It is said that it is the main hall, but in fact, the messy appearance is almost the same as the vegetable market.

"Avoid? Where to avoid?" Yuan Shu suddenly laughed. Even if it is out of the siege now, there are enemies in all directions. All the counties in the east and west were taken by Liu Bei, and Yuan Shu was unable to retreat. At this time, the shouting of killing was getting closer and closer. Yuan Shu got up and looked, and then walked out of the hall. Several of his officials followed him.

"Your lord, Cao's army is already attacking the palace, and Sun Ce has passed. Let's go quickly!" Just as Xuzhou's army had just entered the city, Gao Shun hurried to report to Liu Bei.

"Of course, by the way, how's it going on in the treasury?" Liu Bei asked quickly.

"Cao Wei has taken it, and General Xia Houyuan is carrying grain." Gao Shun was also a little depressed, but he still sighed, "Yuan Shu really accumulated enough food. If I had known it, we wouldn't have lent it to Cao Qian."

"It's okay now." Liu Bei is very open-minded. Anyway, Xuzhou is not short of money and food. However, Zhao Feng, a rich fan, is a little painful. God, that's Yuan Laoer's savings for many years!

"Oh, why is there a fire over there? At this time, a sharp-eyed soldier pointed to the thick smoke in the distance. Everyone looked at it, and the thick smoke rolled up in the west. It's Yuan Shu's palace!" Gao Shun was a little surprised. He just came from there.

"It seems that Yuan Shu has broken himself!" Liu Bei muttered, and then sighed. The eldest brother is too kind. You forgot how Yuan Shu treated us in the Allies at the beginning!" Zhang Fei said angrily.

"Forget it, third brother, forget it if he is dead." Guan Yu squinted at the smoking and burning palace, but said nothing more. As for Cao Jian, seeing Yuan Shu raise a fire**, he quickly ordered to stop the attack, but did not put out the fire, because the forbidden palace was going to be burned. Just order that if the soldier Yuan surrenders, pay attention to receiving it.

In fact, it is true. Seeing the palace on fire, Yuan Shujun, who knew that there was no chance of winning, began to gradually surrender. By the afternoon, the whole Shouchun City was basically under control. Yuan Shu and dozens of his confidants all died, and the rest of the important ministers of the pseudo-Zhong court were killed or captured. Cao Yan ordered them to be beheaded in the downtown. As for the 150,000 troops guarding Shouchun, in addition to those killed in the palace in the past month and burned in the palace, the three allied forces also captured a total of nearly 90,000 prisoners.

"Today, you can eliminate the anti-thief Yuan Shu. You are all meritorious ministers. I will drink this cup!" In the Shouchun Taishou's house that night, Cao Qian held a banquet to reward everyone. Prime Minister, please!" It's not easy for everyone to brush Cao's face. They staggered for a while, and then praised each other. The atmosphere was quite harmonious. Cao Qian, who was sitting in the throne, trembled with laughter. What he was most happy about was to completely copy Yuan Shu's treasury. The money and grain that Yuan Shu had searched for many years returned to him. Now Cao Wei has a lot of food. Even if there is another Yuan Shu, it's no problem to fight with him.

After three rounds of drinking, Sun Ce first asked, "Now that Yuan Shu has been destroyed, I don't know who the Prime Minister wants to send to govern this place?" Yan Bi stared straight at Cao Yan and waited for his reply. Zhao Feng was also stunned when he heard the words: Sun Ce was really young and couldn't calm down. Now he asked face to face. But when everyone heard the words, they also stopped drinking and watched Cao Yan's response.

Cao Wei quietly put down his glass and said, "Why is Bo Fu so anxious? It's not too late to wait until you come back to the court!"

"It's not urgent, but in fact, Jiujiang County is under my rule in Yangzhou. As the governor of Yangzhou, he naturally wants to seek more benefits for his own people. Sun Ce said, and the reason is also very good. Cao Yan was waiting to speak again, but he saw a man hurried in outside the door and handed over a letter. Cao Yan took it and took it, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

"Your Majesty has something to call you, and you need to go as soon as possible." After reading it, Cao said lightly, but there was a trace of murderousness in his tone. After a pause, Cao Yan said again, "I will return to the army tomorrow morning. As for who will take over Lujiang, Shouchun and other places, Lieutenant Liu and General Sun can negotiate and report to the court after waiting, and ask your majesty for permission. I'm so out of charge, Zixiao, you greet the public for me. After saying that, he left the banquet in a hurry, leaving Sun Ce, Liu Bei and others stunned. Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Cao Ren quickly persuaded him to drink again. For a while, the banquet at least seemed to have returned to normal.

"Gentlemen, why did Cao Wei leave the banquet in a hurry today?" After the banquet, the people in Xuzhou returned to Liu Bei's tent, and Liu Bei asked in a low voice.

"Your lord, I think it should be that Cao Xun has not been in Xuchang for a long time. What did the people who opposed him in the court did, forcing Cao Xun to rush back as soon as possible!" Zhao Feng was half speculated, but he secretly recalled the trajectory of historical development in his heart. At this time, it should be almost the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to write an edict, right?

"If you want to do this, I'll send more details to Xu Chang to inquire." Liu Bei was probably the same. He turned around and said, "Cao Qian asked Sun Ce to discuss the ownership of Yuan Shu's territory. What do you think?"

"Jiujiang County is the result of our bloody battle, and we must not give up. What's more, only when you occupy Jianghuai can you train sailors. As for Lujiang, it can be allowed. Zhao Feng first put forward his point of view. Liu Bei was stunned when he heard the words, and then asked, "Does Bo Tao want to be a sailor?"

"Exactly, Lord, this Sun Cexiong is very talented, and his ambition is not small. Now he is close at hand. Sooner or later, he will meet us on the battlefield. How can we fight with them without a sailor!" Zhao Feng was half speculating and half affirming. Liu Bei heard the words and looked at Lu Su again, and the latter also nodded.

"In this case, how should we negotiate with Sun Ce?" Liu Bei asked. Zhao Feng looked around. Xuzhou has always been eloquent Jian Yong and Sun Qian are not there. Only he and Lu Su can talk. Although Xu Shu's wisdom is good, his eloquence is not good. I'm afraid that how to negotiate will fall on him. At the moment, he volunteered and said bravely, "Master, let me and Zi Jing negotiate with Sun Ce."

"It's good!" Liu Bei looked at Zhao Feng and Lu Su and nodded and agreed. At this time, Guan Ping suddenly hurried and said, "Father-in-law, Sun Cezheng is sending people to persuade Yuan Shu's surrender and persuade them to go to Jiangdong together!" And just now, the Li county magistrate also sent someone to send the news, saying that Jiangdong has sent people to in their counties to incite people to move to Jiangdong. In the past few days, tens of thousands of people have left!"

"Sun Ce's action is so fast!" Zhao Feng was also a little unprepared. Seeing that some generals still didn't understand, he immediately explained: "There are many people in Jiangdong. Sun Ce now has a population of no more than one million, and no more than 100,000 soldiers, so he urgently needs a population. The population of Huainan is nearly one million, and Sun Ce's ambition is to win. Even if he can't take Huainan, he must get as many people and soldiers as possible. Speaking of this, Zhao Feng also sighed in his heart: In history, Shu Han was defeated by too few people and insufficient troops. At that time, Shu Han occupied Yizhou, and the core area had a population of 940,000. It's incredible to think of the population of more than 100 million in Sichuan in later generations.

"So that's it!" Only then did Zhang Fei and others suddenly realize, "Well, Sun Ce can't wait, brother, wait for me to teach him a good lesson!" Zhang Feimo is about to do it when he rubs his hands. The third brother is reckless, Bo Tao, Zi Jing, Yuan Zhi, I don't know if you have a good plan for this? Liu Bei stopped Zhang Fei, but turned to ask Zhao Feng and others.

"Your lord, this matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. If Sun Ce recruits too many people to go to Jiangdong, it won't help even if we take Huainan. I think the lord should send people to collect them as soon as possible. In addition, he told Li County to tell them that as long as the people of these five counties are willing to stay here or go to Xuzhou, they will be exempt from half of the tax in the next three years!" Xu Shu considered and proposed two emergency measures.

"Half the tax?" Liu Bei was caught off guard by Xu Shu's "becance". Lord, don't be shocked. The people of these five counties have lived under Yuan Shu for a long time and are deeply oppressed. If it is reduced by half, I will not lack this amount of money and food in Xuzhou, but the people will be grateful. Xu Shu continued to explain.

"So that's it!" Liu Bei also understood when he heard this, but Zhao Feng added with a smile, "Moreover, we are so generous that we can reduce taxes by half. If Sun Ce wants to incite the people to move again, it will inevitably cost more. In this way, we can make them get less benefits."

"It makes sense!" Liu Bei also laughed when he heard the words. At this time, Zhao Feng remembered another one. At the moment, he proposed, "Master, if you want to collect and surrender soldiers, you can order General Ji Ling to summon soldiers. After all, General Ji has been in Huainan for a long time and has great prestige. It should be more effective for him to persuade those soldiers to surrender."

"That's right!" Liu Bei also nodded and agreed when he heard the words, so Ji Ling immediately left to lobby in the captive camp. Originally, the prisoners of war should have been under Cao's control, but now Cao's busy returning to Xuchang, so naturally he can't take care of them anymore. As for who will take care of Sun Ce and Liu Bei, this still needs to be discussed. At present, we can only build a public opinion offensive first.

The next morning, Cao Zhen's whole army pulled out of the village, and Liu Bei and Sun Ce sent dozens of miles away before returning. However, although Cao Wei left in a hurry, he took a lot of what he could take away. Even those soldiers have a few more burdens, which is really rewarding.

"It's really good to move!" When Cao Yan was sent away, Zhao Feng hurried to Yuan Shu's original "national treasury" and saw that there was little left in it. After asking someone, I knew that Cao had ordered someone to carry it overnight yesterday and took at least 80% of the grain.

"Isn't this just to share the stolen goods?" Zhao Feng thought of it spoofly. Cao Qian was in a hurry to leave, so he took Yuan Shu's money and food. Now Liu Bei and Sun Ce are not in a hurry, and now they will slowly talk about the ownership of the land and the population that can't be taken away. Of course, if we can't reach an agreement, we can only fight.

So this afternoon, Zhao Feng and Lu Su came to Sun Cejun to discuss the division of stolen goods. Sun Ce did not come forward in person. After meeting them for a polite time, he entrusted the matter to Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, who came in a hurry.

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