"Your Majesty, Xuzhou Zhao Kuangyin does not respect the king and humiliates Your Majesty several times. As a minister, I should send troops to fight against him!" Li Chunfang said proudly.
Hearing this, everyone in the hall was shocked. Some were excited, some were puzzled, and some were indifferent. Yan Xiang, Pang Juan, and Jiang Xiaobai all looked sideways slightly, never expecting that today would be like this
The low-key Li Chunfang actually became active.
Today, Tan Ma came to report that there were some minor conflicts between Pei Xingjian and Zhao Kuangyin.
However, everyone in the court did not take this as a big deal. After the alliance split the Sun clan, Yuan Shu and Zhao Kuangyin each occupied half of the county. It is normal for conflicts to occur from time to time when the territory is close to each other.
In the past, after some minor conflicts occurred, no one took them seriously, but they never thought that Li Chunfang would be so strong today, and she would directly show her intention to fight as soon as she opened her mouth.
Li Chunfang, a figure brought out by Xu Jie, was one of the chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty. He was implanted next to a member of Li Xiang's clan. Originally, he was planning to take part in the imperial examination and become an official, but when Li Xiang knew that there were still people in his family
After having such a number one figure, he was sent to Yuan Shu.
However, Li Chunfang did not follow Li Mi's path. Instead, she recommended herself to Yan Xiang and became Yan Xiang's disciple.
Later, after Li Chunfang continued to show her talents, she spent more than a year proving her innocence and loyalty before being recommended to Yuan Shu by Yan Xiang.
Yan Xiang was very loyal to Yuan Shu. How could he easily recommend Li Chunfang to Yuan Shu if he had not proven her reliability.
However, Li Chunfang did not get along so well with Yuan Shu. His external identity was that of a member of a poor family, so it was naturally difficult for him to stand out in Yuan Shu, who valued his family background.
For Yan Xiang's sake, Yuan Shu gave Li Chunfang a small official position. Otherwise, Li Chunfang might not even have the chance to meet Yuan Shu.
Yan Xiang had always had political disagreements with Li Shui, a favorite in Yuan Shu's eyes, during the court meetings on weekdays, and quarrels were common. Almost half of the morning court meetings were spent by the two arguing over various matters.
As a member of Yan Xiang's family, Li Chunfang would naturally compete with Li Shui, so Li Chunfang became even more unpopular with Yuan Shu.
However, Li Xiang did not send Li Chunfang here to influence Yuan Shu. Li Mi alone could handle such matters. Li Chunfang's arrival was to provide cover for Li Mi.
Just like today's matter, Li Mi cannot always bring it up alone. Otherwise, if Yuan Shu makes trouble every time, Li Xiang will just be able to profit. If there are too many such things, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of others. Li Xiang never
If you think others are fools, you will not treat others as fools!
It is precisely because of the different positioning that Li Chunfang does not need to gain enough status with Yuan Shu like Li Mi. He only needs to be a small official, just like today. When needed, he can be used by the court generals who need him.
Just say what you say!
"What do you guys think?" When he heard that he was going to attack Zhao Kuangyin, Yuan Shu still became slightly interested in Li Chunfang, although he didn't call him much.
Yuan Shu's sense of Zhao Kuangyin was indeed not very good. After the Sun clan was eliminated, Yuan Shu originally wanted to bring over the remnants left by Sun Quan and Sun Jian, and humiliate them to repay his hatred.
However, when Sun Quan went to defect to Zhao Kuangyin, he brought a large number of civil servants and generals with him. If Zhao Kuangyin handed Sun Quan over to Yuan Shu, wouldn't it be a chill in the hearts of these large numbers of civil servants and generals?
What's more, if Yuan Shu wants something, he, Zhao Kuangyin, will give it to him. Wouldn't it make the world think that he, Zhao Kuangyin, is afraid of Yuan Shu!
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin ignored Yuan Shu's unreasonable request and directly beat out the envoy sent by Yuan Shu with sticks.
At that time, this made Yuan Shu, who was proud of his face but also cautious, almost not send troops to fight immediately, but fortunately after Yan Xiang and others persuaded him, Yuan Shu settled down again!
"Your Majesty, now that our army is strong and our horses are strong, it is the right time to attack Zhao Kuangyin!" Yan Xiang was the first to agree.
Yan Xiang and the others have now understood that when Yuan Shu first proclaimed himself emperor, the Liu family in Jingzhou really attacked them for the sake of the Han Dynasty because of their kinship with the Han clan, but Sun Jian's purpose was purely to divide the territory.
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At that time, Yuan Shu gave the surrounding princes such a good reason to send troops. How could the smart princes not take advantage of this great opportunity to come and grab meat?
However, due to a series of reasons at that time, only the two princes from Jingbei and Sun Jian came to attack. Next, it was Yuan Shu's strength shown in successive battles.
It was precisely because of the strength displayed by Yuan Shu that Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin and other princes knew that this piece of meat was not easy to chew, and this piece of territory was not easy to grab. In addition, they also needed to rest and recuperate at that time, so they did not continue to take action, so that
Everyone has been in peace these past two years.
On the other hand, for these princes, attacking Yuan Shu is naturally beneficial, but leaving Yuan Shu behind is also beneficial.
As long as Yuan Shu exists, it is equivalent to suppressing the prestige of the Han Dynasty under his feet. And the prestige of the Han Dynasty is constantly weakened, which is good for all the non-Liu clan princes in the world. And this is what Yuan Shu is doing
Another reason why you can live a stable life for two years.
In history, after Yuan Shu became emperor, Cao Cao decisively sent troops to attack. This was because Cao Cao was weak at the time and needed the Han court. If the prestige of the Han Dynasty was weakened, it would also have great disadvantages for him.
But Li Xiang is different now. He is already strong enough, and he does not need to rely on the prestige of the Han Dynasty to develop and grow.
Therefore, Li Xiang wants to keep Yuan Shu, not only to use Yuan Shu to disrupt the situation in the Central Plains, but also to keep Yuan Shu to continuously weaken the prestige of the Han Dynasty. If Li Xiang feels that his strength is enough one day, it will also be convenient for Li Xiang to claim the throne for himself.
The emperor makes preparations.
It was precisely because Yan Xiang had seen this clearly that he persuaded Yuan Shu not to start another war in the two years after Sun Ce was defeated, but to take advantage of this relatively stable period to work hard to accumulate strength until the time came.
When your troops and horses are strong, you can conquer all directions.
Now, after two years of rest, Yan Xiang believes that it is time for Yuan Shu to continue to expand. Moreover, after all, Li Chunfang is also a member of his family. As long as it is not detrimental to Yuan Shu's interests, Yan Xiang naturally will not
