Chapter 429 The status quo of the princes and vassals of the Han Dynasty
After saying this frankly, Liu Tao felt much more relaxed. I don’t know when it started, but he no longer needed to take Liu Bei seriously.
"Now the Youzhou Governor is very supportive to me, and I am grateful for his support, so I dare not abandon him." Liu Bei sighed, "If you can't survive in Youzhou in the future, you will have to go to Bingzhou to disturb Deran, and you will not ask for high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but just ask for a meal."
So that's it. Liu Yu began to focus on cultivating Liu Bei... Maybe it was because he was a relative of the Han Dynasty and a classmate of Gongsun Zan. It was just enough to lubricate the relationship between the two parties.
Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, one of whom was doves and the other was hawks, had the opposite attitude towards the Hu people. In history, Gongsun Zan even killed Liu Yu and became the governor of Youzhou himself, but it is probably difficult now. After all, this is no different from public rebellion.
It should be said that the current situation has curbed some bad ideas of Gongsun Zan. However, it is certain that he is frustrated to be the prefect of Youbeiping under Liu Yu's command. In fact, he is also pushing Liu Bei, otherwise Liu Bei would not appear in front of Liu Yu.
Gongsun Zan's idea was also very simple, let Liu Bei replace Liu Yu, so that there would be no problem.
At that time, he was nominally a subordinate of Liu Bei, but in fact he was two princes, and even Liu Bei could be undermined by him. The two worked together to defeat the three counties in Hebei, and then look at the situation in the world, the two had already made an agreement in private.
Liu Bei was unwilling to go to Bingzhou, but in fact he hoped that he could take advantage of this opportunity to take a good fight!
Liu Tao also guessed that Liu Yu might have to train Liu Bei as his heir... But if he remembered correctly, Liu Yu had a son Liu He who remembered that he was a servant in the court, so he didn't know much about it after that.
It is better to say that he is an official in the court, than to say that he is more hostages. Not only Liu He, but Liu Yan's eldest son Liu Fan and second son Liu Dan also stayed in the court, but later died at the hands of Li Jue and others. As for whether Liu He died? Liu Tao was a little curious. He should not be by Liu Yu's side anyway, otherwise he would not support Liu Bei as his heir.
Liu Bei did not accept his recruitment, and Liu Tao was not too entangled. He went to chat with several royal families, and the various princes in the alliance were obviously divided into two camps according to their different positions.
The Han clan relatives who came here in person spontaneously gathered together. Those who represented the Han clan relatives or only represented themselves gathered on the other side. In fact, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and Chen Gong considered this result very early.
So let Cao Cao act separately and understand what the group of people there were.
"Uncle, that was just now..." Liu Chong came over and took the initiative to contact this powerful clan.
After all, the clans who came here were actually him, Liu Tao, and Liu Dai. The problem was that Yanzhou where Liu Dai was located should be in a three-legged state. As the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Dai only controlled the two counties of Dongjun and Jiyin.
Although Liu Chong, who only controls Chen State, is not qualified to say that he is, he still looks down on Liu Dai a little. On the contrary, Liu Tao, who has occupied Bingzhou and brought thousands of elite soldiers this time, is even more worthy of winning.
"Liu Bei, whose courtesy name is Xuande, is my brother. Now under Gongsun Zan, he is a Sima of another department." Liu Tao said with a smile, "Speaking of this, he and I haven't met for five years, so I went over to say hello."
"So that's the case." Liu Chong smiled. Although he was a royal family, he actually served under Gongsun Zan. Liu Chong felt that such an existence might be accessible, but there was no need to have a close relationship with him. He mainly did not want to have more uncles.
After a pause, he changed the topic: "This alliance was said to be a gathering of royal families... I didn't expect that only the three of us came."
"Kong Rong should have really replaced King Beihai, but the soldiers under his command are not worthy of their expectations. The rest of you, who clearly represent one royal family, actually represent himself. Especially the neighbor of Zhao Gong (Liu Chongbiao), he probably covets you too!" Liu Tao heard this and briefly analyzed it. He could not be afraid of Yuan Shu in the distance.
"Last year, he had tried to cross the border several times, but I was beaten back. But his territory was larger than mine, and Runan County was the old nest of the Yuan family. My little Chen State can only rely on the Liang King and deal with it carefully." Liu Chong sighed.
The Liang Kingdom is next door to Chen State. However, since the death of the previous generation of Liang King, his son Liu Mi did not have enough merits, so he was demoted to Liang Hou. Because of the sudden change in the world, he was elected as Liang King. However, he had only two thousand warriors under his rule, and he had no self-restraint and was not enterprising. He was not a person in the world. The failure of this alliance has already explained the problem.
In the northern part of the Liang State, it directly borders Chenliu County and Jiyin County. Chenliu County is Zhang Miao's territory, and Jiyin County is currently Liu Dai's territory. Due to the identity of a royal family, the three parties have already formed an alliance. Liu Dai also needs to use the King of Liang and Chen to prevent Zhang Miao from acting rashly.
In addition, there were Liu Kai from Dongping Kingdom and Liu Luan from Jibei Kingdom... This should have been the case, but Liu Luan suddenly died last year and had no descendants. Jibei Kingdom was also abolished, and the prime minister of Jibei Bao Xin became the prefect of Jibei.
It is hard to say whether this matter was done by Bao Xin himself or whether it was Liu Dai's participation. It is precisely because of this matter that Liu Chong and Liu Mi were a little more alert to Liu Dai.
In addition, he also planned to join forces with Liu Yao, the king of Pei. Strictly speaking, he had already contacted Liu Cong, the previous generation. Everyone was about to form an alliance, but Liu Cong disappeared, and Liu Yao came to power and completely forgot about the alliance.
During this period, Liu He, the King of Pengcheng, suddenly passed away... At the same time, Liu Rong, the King of Langya, Liu Yun, the King of Jinan, Liu Bin, and the real King of Zhao, also suddenly passed away. Not to mention that Liu Yi, the King of Xia Pi, passed away four years ago, resulting in the country being exterminated... There are actually not many vassal kings in the Han Dynasty.
Including the royal family, only Liu Yu, Liu Tao, Liu Dai, Liu Mi, Liu Chong, Liu Biao and Liu Yan, the others have not yet become puppets, and the rest are puppets.
Liu Yao, who was supposed to go to Yangzhou to serve as the governor of the state, has not yet been appointed, so he is not the governor of the state. Judging from the current situation, he can take office safely and has no possibility of becoming a puppet, which is very low.
But these royal families who have not become puppets did not come to the alliance. Is it because they have no intention of the world and only intend to ensure peace in one side? Or should they wait and see first, wait and wait for the situation to be clear, and then wait for an opportunity to act? It is hard to say, but they just didn't come anyway!
"I have no ability. Bingzhou is vast and sparsely populated. In addition, the Xianbei Budu roots and the Kebienneng division are growing stronger. It is already very difficult to maintain this foundation. It is not easy to go south to support it." Liu Tao also sighed.
Bingzhou, Liangzhou and Youzhou are also considered border areas of the Han Dynasty. In addition, the terrain and climate are related to the small population. The population is basically concentrated in Shangdang and Taiyuan counties, and even in the Yunzhong counties, there are even Hu and Han living together.
"The world is like this. If we don't do anything, the world may not be the world of the Han Dynasty." Liu Chong was very unwilling, but what if he was unwilling to give up?
"It is a slow plan that as long as your own power is stable, it is not that easy for others to take advantage of the situation. I am afraid that the other party will not come from the front, but instead use despicable means of assassination. Please be careful," said Liu Tao.
Chapter completed!