Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

As soon as the four words "Yuan Shu, proclaim yourself emperor" came out of his mouth, the other three immediately understood why Yuan Shao was so angry.

The Yuan family had three dukes in four generations and was famous all over the world. A big part of the reason why they were able to gain the support of aristocratic families was because of their reputation under the protection of the Han Dynasty.

But once someone discovered that the Yuan family was using this reputation to usurp the throne, that would be another story.

This kind of heaven-defying operation will make the aristocratic families realize the Yuan family's evil ambitions, and some people loyal to the Han Dynasty will leave him.

After all four of them read the news, Guo Tu was a little bit unconvinced.

"My lord, Yuan Shu is so bold that he dares to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Is this true or false?"

"How could this be false? Yuan Shu's edict of enthronement has already been delivered, saying that he would confer the title of general upon me. I tore it into pieces and threw it on the ground."

Yuan Shao was very angry, not only because Yuan Shu's enthronement would damage the reputation of the Yuan family and alienate the nobles, but also for a more important reason: if Yuan Shu became emperor, his status would be above his.

He occupied three states and had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. Gongsun Zan had been beaten back repeatedly by him and had no strength to fight back. It would not be long before Youzhou would fall into his hands.

By then, he will dominate four of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. With the land of these four states, he will be able to support a million soldiers in time.

Even if he wanted to be crowned emperor, it would not be his turn, Yuan Shu.

How big is his territory and how many people does he have?

"How should we deal with this matter? Everyone, please tell us."

"My lord, the person who should be the most angry about Yuan Shu's declaration of emperorship is Uncle Liu. Uncle Liu was determined to support the Han Dynasty. Now there is another emperor besides the Son of Heaven. How can Uncle Liu let it go? In my humble opinion, we just need to wait and see how things develop. It will not be too late to make a decision then." Guo Tu was the first to express his views.

Yuan Shao was still thinking, Ju Su hurriedly bowed and said: "My lord, this matter must not be done. Although the Han Dynasty has declined, it has been four hundred years after all, and there are countless people in the world who support the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shu's declaration of himself as emperor damaged the reputation that the Yuan family had accumulated over the years. If the lord wants to continue to gain the support of the aristocratic families, he must clearly support the Han Dynasty.

My Lord, you should immediately issue a manifesto to punish the rebels and cut all ties with Yuan Shu."

The two different viewpoints made it difficult for Yuan Shao to make a decision.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, it was already dawn.

At this time, the servant came to report.

"My lord, the emperor's edict has arrived outside the palace. Please go and receive it."

"Uncle Liu is very quick. I don't need to read this edict. It must be asking the lord to send troops to attack Yuan Shu."

Xu You gave his own insights.

Everyone followed Yuan Shao out to receive the imperial edict, and the content was exactly as Xu You said.

"My lord, the emperor's edict has arrived. It is no longer possible to wait and see what happens. Please do not hesitate and make a decision as soon as possible."

Tian Feng was somewhat distressed

"Publish a manifesto and kick Yuan Shu out of the Yuan family tree. Both pieces of information must be made known to the world."

"Lord Shengming."

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After Liu Yu issued the imperial edict, he has been organizing his army these days. To send an army of 100,000 to war is by no means something that can be achieved with a simple order. The appointment of generals, transportation of equipment, marching routes, supply of food and fodder, etc., all have to be arranged properly before the troops can be dispatched.

Liu Yu stood in front of the sand table, constantly deducing how events would develop next, his face lost in thought.

"My lord, Chen Yuanlong is here to pay his respects."

Xu Chu's words brought Liu Yu back to his senses from his thoughts.

"Invite him in quickly."

After Chen Deng came in, he quickly saluted Liu Yu.

"My lord, I have fulfilled my mission. I have killed Yuan Shu's envoy and caused a rift between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu."

Liu Yu took Chen Deng's hand and said with a smile: "Yuan Long has good tactics. As long as there is no Lu Bu to hinder him, Yuan Shu will be nothing more than a dead body in the grave. There is no need to worry about him."

"My lord, I came here this time on the orders of Lu Bu to form an alliance with you. Lu Bu wanted to send troops to attack Yuan Shu, but he was afraid that you would use troops against Xuzhou afterwards, so he specially ordered me to come and ask you for the position of governor of Xuzhou."

"Yuanlong, what do you think should be done about this matter?" Liu Yu smiled faintly and did not give his answer immediately. Instead, he threw the question to Chen Deng.

"To be honest, lord, I have been thinking about this all the way and I am still a little undecided. If I can get Lv Bu's help, it will be twice as easy to capture Jiujiang. But Lv Bu has great ambitions. If I let him guard Xuzhou with a legitimate reason, I am afraid he will have second thoughts.

But if I don't agree to Lü Bu's terms, I'm afraid he will send troops to harass us when my lord captures Jiujiang."

"Yuanlong, you have considered it carefully. That's right. Lu Bu is a fierce tiger. If he can't be used steadily by the Han Dynasty, he will be a trouble in the end."

"My lord, you must not let Lü Bu be the governor of Xuzhou." After hearing Lü Bu's request for the governorship of Xuzhou, Xu Chu hurriedly tried to stop him. "Lü Bu is fickle and cannot be trusted."

Liu Yu pondered for a moment and figured out the key. The most important contradiction at present was the contradiction between the Han Dynasty and Yuan Shu's claim to the throne. According to the thoughts of later great men, at this time, we should unite all forces that can be united to resolve the main contradiction.

As for the threat from Lu Bu, it is still a secondary contradiction at this time. When he becomes the main contradiction, it will not be too late to put it on the agenda and deal with him slowly.

"Yuanlong, go back and tell Lu Bu that he wants the post of governor of Xuzhou. I can give it to him, but there are two conditions."

Liu Yu took two slow steps and continued, "First, join forces with me to capture Jiujiang and capture Yuan Shu alive; second, obey the orders of the Han Dynasty."

There is a lot of mystery in these two conditions. If Jiujiang is captured and Yuan Shu is captured alive, it will be technically feasible.

Obeying the orders of the Han Dynasty is ambiguous on a spiritual level. At this time, the Han Dynasty ruled the world, and there was nothing wrong with asking Lu Bu to obey the orders of the Han Dynasty.

However, the Han Dynasty had already declined. Although the princes respected the Han Dynasty on the surface, they acted on their own. When appointing an official, they would at most submit a memorial to the court. If the court approved it, everyone was happy. If it did not approve it, it would not have much impact. The official position would remain as is and the salary would be paid as is.

"My lord, although Lu Bu is extremely powerful, he is not stupid. I am worried that he will not agree."

"He has no choice now. Go back and bring an imperial edict to Lu Bu. It will state that because of his meritorious service in killing Yuan Shu's envoy, he is appointed as the Left General and is allowed to attack Jiujiang."

"My lord, what Lu Bu wants is the governor of Xuzhou. If he doesn't have this title, I'm afraid he won't send troops just to be the left general."

"Yuanlong, if you were Yuan Shu and knew the contents of this edict, what would you do?" Liu Yu had his signature smile on his face, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.

After hearing this, Chen Deng finally understood what Liu Yu meant.

"What a good plan to drive the tiger to devour the wolf. If Yuan Shu knew the content of this edict, I'm afraid he would send troops to attack Xuzhou before Lu Bu sent troops to Jiujiang."