Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

All the officials in the court, those who resigned or those who did not resign, all hibernated, but dormancy did not mean surrender, they just had no strength to contend with Lu Bu, and chose to endure temporarily.

Lu Bu knew this very well. When these people felt that they could do it, or thought of some amazing tricks, they would jump out without Lu Bu looking for them.

The officials did exactly what Lu Bu thought, they were forbearing, and Dong Zhuo would be defeated. They believed that Lu Bu would be the same, after all, he was not recognized by the world. How could such a person control Guanzhong for a long time? This place is destined not to be owned by a person of Lu Bu's background.

And temporarily put it in his hands for a period of time, watching him help cultivate, when the time is right, this fertile soil will be theirs again.

Lu Bu is not interested in exploring the good wishes of officials and Guanzhong scholars. For him, there are many things to do. Influenced by Lu Boyong in the simulated world, Lu Bu is not in a hurry to expand blindly after taking full control of Guanzhong. , but to send people to appease the Kanto princes, basically to confirm their current legitimacy.

For example, Tao Qian was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, Yuan Shao was the general, Yuan Shu was the general of the left, and Gongsun Zan was the general of Hu Karasuma.

Although the princes are unwilling to listen to the imperial court's dispatch, there is no reason to refuse such a legitimate matter, but this time, the nature of the problem will change.

Yanzhou, Juancheng.

The Yellow Turban Army has retreated, leaving only a pile of ruins.

Cao Cao was sitting on a stone wall a little tired, his waist was a little sore. These days, he had been running around and fighting for days, and as soon as he stopped, he would feel exhausted.

In the distance, teams of Cao Jun soldiers are searching for survivors. Compared with the mob outside Hulao Pass, Cao Jun now has the momentum of a strong army, especially in this battle to recover Yanzhou. The Yellow Turbans are no longer the Yellow Turban rebels of the past. Their numbers are smaller, but their combat power is stronger.

In the process of Cao Cao's expulsion of the Yellow Turbans this time, the soldiers in the army have gradually grown up in this blood and fire.

Recalling the Xiliang soldiers back then, Cao Cao sighed. If he fought at this time, he would probably lose, but it doesn’t matter. Although Yanzhou is small, it is located in the most affluent place in the Central Plains. In its heyday, a Yanzhou had a population of five More than one million people. Although the population has decreased a lot after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is still a big state. There must be three million people, or even more.

This is the foundation of Cao Cao's hegemony.

"My lord!" Cheng Yu came over, clasped his fists at Cao Cao, and said, "The battle in the city is over, and many yellow scarf thieves have been captured."

"Keep them all. From now on, these people will all be lieutenants in our army!" Cao Cao grinned and said, "Zhongde, this Juancheng will be the new seat of Yanzhou in the future. What do you think?"

"Very good!" Cheng Yu nodded. The original seat of Yanzhou was Changyi, which belonged to Shanyang County and was located in the center of Yanzhou. However, just like the problem Dong Zhuo faced before, the Yanzhou gentry invited Cao Cao to drive away the Yellow Turbans. It is not true that Cao Cao is the main one.

Now that the Yellow Turbans are almost wiped out, if Cao Cao can have a relatively closed environment, like the current Guanzhong, that's fine, at least his starting point is much stronger than Lu Bu, and now he holds military power, the scholars are not Dare to turn your face directly.

But the problem now is that Yanzhou is almost surrounded by Yuan Shu's territory, and compared to Cao Cao, the Yanzhou gentry is obviously more inclined to Yuan Shu. If Yuan Shu sends troops to fight at this moment, the chances of these gentry defecting are extremely high.

Cao Cao placed his headquarters in Juancheng, next to Yuan Shao to the north. Even if Yuan Shu came to fight, Cao Cao could ask Yuan Shao for help in time, and at the same time, he could avoid the possibility of those gentry directly overthrowing him. It is far inferior to the one in Changyi.

At the same time, the choice of Juancheng also illustrates another problem. Cao Cao will use Xuzhou as his development direction next.

It's not easy~

Cao Cao laughed. Finally, he had a place to stay that belonged entirely to him. Although the situation was not very good, he took his time. I...are still young, right?

Rubbing his sore waist, Cao Cao sighed.

"Cao Gong!" When the two were discussing how to develop next, they saw Chen Gong rushing towards this side with a roll of bamboo slips.

"Why is the public platform in such a hurry?" Cao Cao was obviously in a good mood, and greeted Chen Gong.

Chen Gong handed the bamboo slips to Cao Cao, and said with a wry smile, "Since King Situ died, Lu Bu has acted quite magnanimously. This time, he has issued edicts and rewards to all the princes."

"Situ Gong was too complacent after he gained power." They naturally knew what happened in Guanzhong. The person Wang Yun sent to appease the princes was still here with Cao Cao. months.

Cheng Yu chuckled, Cao Cao and Wang Yun were old, and they were already quite polite, so how could Wang Yun be complacent? It's clearly self-willed, but if there is a bit of brains, it won't let Lu Bu, an outsider, take the opportunity to seize military power.

It can be said that half of the credit for Lu Bu's success has to be credited to Wang Yun.

However, after Lu Bu won Chang'an, he quickly blocked all the checkpoints. Tongguan, Wuguan, Pubandu and other avenues leading to Guanzhong were all blocked by Lu Bu, which made it more difficult to inquire about news in Guanzhong. Cao Cao was busy dealing with Yanzhou Huangjin at that time. So I haven't paid attention to it, I don't want Guanzhong to send news on its own initiative today.

Cao Cao looked at the bamboo slips, his face gradually became happy, he looked up at Chen Gong and said, "Yanzhou Mu?"

"That's right. As far as I know, this time Lu Bu is not only for Cao Gong, but Yuan Gong, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zan and others all have canonizations. In contrast, Cao Gong here should be incidental." Chen Gong said with a smile .

"This move..." Cheng Yu took the bamboo slips from Cao Cao, narrowed his eyes slightly after reading it for a while, and said, "It is to let the princes of the world recognize the imperial court!"

Chen Gong nodded. This is the reason for his worry. Lu Bu's move is to ask the princes of the world to recognize the status of the imperial court, but the princes still have to recognize it. Just like Cao Cao now, the imperial court gave you the official position of Yanzhou Mu. , do you want it or not?

Although Cao Cao is now known as the Yanzhou Shepherd, this Yanzhou Shepherd has no name or reality. It was just recommended by the Yanzhou gentry to drive away the Yellow Turbans.

But now that the imperial court took the initiative to issue it, it would be different. The imperial court canonized it, and it was justified. Cao Cao wanted to refuse, but would he?

"We are all ministers of the Han Dynasty, and there is only one imperial court in the world, why don't you recognize it?" Cao Cao solemnly put away the bamboo slips, and his tired look disappeared, as if his waist was no longer sore.

"Just in this way, then Lu Bu can coerce the emperor to command the princes!" Cheng Yu frowned.

Cao Cao nodded, and once the princes recognized it, then Lu Bu must be blackmailing the emperor to order the princes. When the time comes, will you accept the imperial edict sent by the court or not?

Of course, this kind of edict cannot be issued indiscriminately. Like this one, the edict that is beneficial to the princes, the princes have no burden to accept it, but if it is unfavorable, then even if the princes do not reject it, they will definitely obey it. It will only lose. The imperial court is majestic, so the best way is to use the emperor to provoke wars among the princes for their own benefit.

If the Son of Heaven is in my hands...

Cao Cao thought for a while, and finally sighed. Now Yanzhou is newly acquired, and it is not the kind that has been completely obtained. Lu Bu has closed the pass again. It is not easy to win the emperor from him.

Until now, Cao Cao still remembers the oppressive feeling when facing Lu Bu's pursuit. Even if Lu Bu didn't chase him, he still felt that the god of death would fall on him at any time.

"But I don't know what position I got at the beginning?" Cao Cao was a little curious. If he, a figurehead, could send out the state shepherd, what did Yuan Shao get?

"General!" Chen Gong sighed.

Cao Cao raised his head, looked at Chen Gong in disbelief, and got a sure look from Chen Gong, which meant he wasn't lying to him.

"Lv Bu has such courage?" Cao Cao frowned and stood up. In his impression, although Lu Bu was powerful, he was just a reckless man who knew how to fight, and he was a bit arrogant, and he looked like a reckless man! However, Lu Bu's boldness in dispatching official posts to the Central Plains this time made Cao Cao have to re-examine this reckless man.

It is not a problem for Lu Bu to take the position of general, but Lu Bu does not. Cao Cao suddenly looked at Chen Gong again: "Then what is Lu Bu's official position now?"

"Weiwei!" Chen Gong said in a deep voice.

"Weiwei?" Cao Cao repeated, smiling: "He regards the entire imperial court as his own, and it doesn't matter what position he holds!"

Wei Wei is ranked among the nine ministers, which is actually not small, and this official position has no real power in this troubled world. It is only responsible for guarding the palace and protecting the emperor, but it is precisely because of this that Lu Bu's attitude can be seen.

Chen Gong nodded, that's why he said: "Mr. Cao, Lu Bu should not be underestimated!"

This is not something that can be done with powerful advisers around. A powerful adviser can advise Lu Bu, but the final decision-making power is in Lu Bu's hands, excluding the possibility that Lu Bu is actually controlled by the advisers. He has a clear understanding of the imperial court and has a strong self-control ability.

A person with this kind of quality is definitely a heroic figure in this troubled world. No matter who takes the Central Plains in the future, Lu Bu will be his great enemy. Combined with Lu Bu's terrifying combat ability... But this can also be Lu Bu's weakness!

Chen Gong had already started to think about how to take advantage of Lv Bu's combativeness to plot against Lv Bu. After all, it was very difficult to restrain Lv Bu from other aspects. If they really fought, they could only attack from the most confident direction of the opponent.

"No matter what, it's a good thing. I'll write a letter to Benchu ​​later and have someone send it over to celebrate him getting the position of General!" Cao Cao put the matter aside, stood up and laughed.

Chen Gong glanced at Cao Cao, feeling a little proud in his heart, this one is not easy! Have the capital of the wise master!