Chapter 418 Unify Yongzhou
"Does General Lu Bu really want to leave Yang Biao with His Majesty?" As soon as Yang Biao left, a sound came from the screen beside Lv Bu, and then a figure came out. This person was none other than Xun Yu.
"Do you think this is not appropriate, sir?" Lv Bu asked.
"I thought that the general would want to kill Yang Biao and use his head to stand up, but I didn't expect that the general would let him go if he was lost." Xun Yu looked at Lv Bu puzzledly and asked.
"Isn't that what you want to see? Yang Biao is a good person. He can observe words and colors. More importantly, he doesn't want to have conflicts with me. I also hope he can let your majesty learn this. Lv Bu did not look at Xun Yu, but looked at the place where Yang Biao left and said faintly.
At the same time, in a hidden place outside Chang'an City, the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang finally came together.
"Second brother, where have you been? My eldest brother and I can't find you. Are you going to find an opportunity to sneak into the city to have a look?" Seeing Guan Yu coming to Zhang Fei's nervous mood began to ease, but he still asked puzzledly.
"Zang Ba and I fought. When I learned that the Ma family had been defeated, I didn't want to fight. I was afraid that Ma Chao would be unfavorable to you, so I looked around for you, but I didn't see any trace of you. This delayed me until now. However, I was relieved to see that my eldest brother and third brother were fine." Guan Yu explained his itinerary a little.
"As long as everyone is fine." At this time, Liu Bei stepped forward, grabbed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's hands and said.
"I didn't expect that the Ma family was just a false reputation. It was so easy to be cleaned up by Lv Bu. It's so disappointing." Thinking of what happened in the past few days, Zhang Fei said angrily.
"Now that Lv Bu is powerful and has Xun Yu's help, we can no longer compete with him. We can only leave Yongzhou first." Liu Bei sighed and said.
"Sun Yu, wasn't this person forcibly taken away by Lv Bu? How could he turn to Lv Bu?" Hearing the news that Xun Yu defected to Lv Bu, Guan Yu was also shocked. As a martial artist, Guan Yu also knew Xun Yu's reputation, but he was still a little shocked that Xun Yu defected to Lv Bu.
"This can't be wrong. When the third brother fought with Taishici, I saw Xun Yu in the middle of the iron cable behind Taishici." Liu Bei's face was gloomy and he said affirmatively.
"Lv Bu's force was already unparalleled, but now there is a wise man like Xun Yu to help him. Even if he doesn't want to be strong, it's difficult." Guan Yu also said worriedly.
"In contrast, I have waited until now, but I have achieved nothing." Speaking of which. I saw Liu Bei's eyes red, and it seemed that he was about to shed tears.
"Big brother, why do you have to do this? The heroes in the world are like white horse crossing the gap. Although Lv Bu is better than Dong Zhuo, as long as our brothers are single-minded, Lv Bu is nothing." Seeing that Liu Bei was about to cry, Zhang Fei said quickly.
"Big brother, the third brother is right. The most urgent thing is to leave Yongzhou and then revive. Although we can't deal with Lv Bu this time, the eldest brother is not without benefits. This uncle's reputation has also been confirmed. In the future, the prince will dare to underestimate our brother." Hearing Zhang Fei's words, Guan Yu also echoed.
"Then let's go back to the plain first. There are often yellow scarves in Qingzhou, which is just an opportunity for us to expand our strength." After saying that, Liu Bei stopped hesitating and took his two brothers to lead the troops straight to Qingzhou.
But he said that Yang Biao returned to Emperor Xian, so he told Lv Bu's words to Emperor Xian and the ministers.
"In this way, Lv Bu's conditions are nothing. Just give him some food and fodder." After listening to Yang Biao's words, Emperor Xian breathed a gentle sigh of relief. Last time Lv Bu killed Cao Yin, Emperor Xian was really afraid that Lv Bu would fool around again and make something happen, but now his heart is finally relieved.
"Your Majesty, now Lv Bu is in power, and everything in Chang'an City is under Lv Bu's control. Even the guards inside and outside the imperial city are now in charge of Lv Bu's cronies Dian Wei. We have no power and money in our hands, let alone the mobilization of food and fodder. Lv Bu is clearly playing tricks on us." Emperor Xian just breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as the voice came from below, he saw a figure coming out, thinking that Emperor Xian bowed and said. Everyone looked at him, this person was not someone else, but General Huangfu Song.
"Yang Aiqing, is this what you said to Huangfu Aiqing?" Hearing Huang Fusong's words, Emperor Xian was shocked and hurriedly asked Yang Biao beside him.
"What General Huangfu said is the truth. Although we are valuable members of the court, we have no power without soldiers, but we can't do anything." Yang Biao also sighed and said.
"How about this?" Emperor Xian hurriedly asked.
"At this time, there is no way. Lv Bu also knows the situation in Chang'an. At this time, Lv Bu asked the court for food and fodder. Your Majesty did not give the power of the country's finance and tax to Lv Bu. In this way, Lv Bu can ask for local taxes from other princes, which can also be regarded as the money and grain given by the court to Lv Bu to raise soldiers. As for whether he can get these money and grain back, it depends on Lv Bu's ability. Everyone was helpless. Suddenly, someone took a step forward and proposed to the ministers.
"This is not good. Although Lv Bu is powerful now, he is just a Han minister. His Majesty has promised to promote Lv Bu to a lieutenant and hand over the military power to Lv Bu. Once Lv Bu has mastered the world's financial power, what rights does the court have?" Hearing this, Huang Fu Song hesitated for a while and said uncertainly.
"General Huangfu is wrong. Now you and my lives are in the hands of Lv Bu. Why do we care about these rights that we can't even reach? What's more, what we give is just a reputation. Yang Biao said without paying attention to Huangfu Song's opposition.
"In that case, that's it." Emperor Xian patted the table and said without hesitation. As long as there is no conflict with Lv Bu, Emperor Xian can take care of any power struggle at this time.
The next morning, Lv Bu got the imperial edict to promote himself as the lieutenant Longxi Marquis, and of course, there was a fake festival, which was responsible for urging the payment of taxes in various places.
"Hahaha, I don't know who came up with this idea and asked me to ask the princes everywhere to pay taxes. Do they really think that the princes everywhere are soft persimmons?" Lv Bu looked at the two imperial edicts in his hand and said with a wry smile.
"Isn't it for this that the general asked those ministers to take out money and food to support the soldiers?" Xun Yu stood aside and looked at Lv Bu and asked Lv Bu with some puzzlement. In addition to some famous edicts, Xun Yu didn't understand what Lv Bu wanted from which ministers and emperors, and what they were worth coveting.
"These ministers and ministers can't all be raised for nothing. They should play a role. I originally wanted them to go to various places to raise some food and fodder for me, but now it seems that I'm still working hard. It seems that I'm really a lucky life." Lv Bu sighed and said what he thought in his heart, but soon turned to Xun Yu and said, "From today on, you are the long history of my Taiwei Mansion. Please help me draw up a list of officials who go to various places to collect money and food." Lv Bu is not good at such heavy things, so he can only make Xun Yu work harder, but Lv Bu is still very reassuring about Xun Yu's ability.
"Is the lieutenant really going to do this?" He asked in surprise that Xun Yu understood the thoughts of all kinds of princes in troubled times. Everyone was accumulating money and food, expanding troops, and how could he have money and food to give it to Lv Bu.
"Ha ha, this matter is not urgent. You can do it when Hu Jun comes back." Lv Bu said with a faint smile.
"So that's it. It seems that adults are ready to lay out the world." At this time, Xun Yu finally figured out what Lv Bu meant. He wanted to take this opportunity to find out the details of various princes and see those difficult enemies among them, who were just frogs in the well. As long as Hu Zhuan can make Fu Feng surrender, then the whole Yongzhou is almost under Lv Bu's control, and Lv Bu has the opportunity to stare at the world.
A few days later, thousands of people and horses outside the west gate of Chang'an City came slowly in two lines. The first two horses sat on top of the two horses. One of them was sent back to Fufeng by Lv Bu to be responsible for dedicating Fufeng to Lv Bu.
"General Hu Qi, if you go to see General Lv Bu this time, you can say more words for me." A general around Hu Yu said flatteringly to Hu Yu with a fist.
"Ha ha, don't worry. You said that a big Tianshui is dedicated to General Lv Bu. Will General Lv Bu treat you badly?" Hu Yu patted the man on the shoulder in front of him and said. It turned out that this person was not someone else but Yang Feng, the captain responsible for guarding Tianshui. It turned out that after Li Yu left Tianshui, he handed over the defense of Tianshui to Yang Feng. This time, Yang Feng knew that Lv Bu had occupied Chang'an, so he took the initiative to contact Hu Zhi and wanted to throw himself into Lv Bu's arms. By this time, Yang Feng also understood that Lv Bu was powerful and controlled the court. At this time, surrendering to Lv Bu was the same as surrendering to the court, which was not a shame.
While the two were talking, they saw the west gate of Chang'an suddenly open. A pair of powerful knights rode out, but it was Lv Bu's wolf horse. Before the wolf rode, one was dressed in golden armor, and the fiery red cloak fluttered with the wind. He sat down to chase the red rabbit horse. It was Lv Bu who knew that Hu Zhu had brought Yang Feng to surrender and immediately led the troops to greet him. Lv Bu is very welcome to those who are willing to devote themselves to this kind of current affairs.
"General Lv Bu is coming. You and I will go and see you soon." Seeing Lv Bu coming to greet him in person, Hu Qian hurriedly greeted Yang Feng. He thought that Lv Bu ran over. Lv Bu went out of the city to greet him. He already gave them great face. They didn't dare to hold it big and hurriedly greeted him. Lv Bu must be their master from now on.