Chapter 2947 Cao Cao, I, my son-in-law, have to ask for it even if you don’t want it


    Chapter 2944 Cao Cao, I, my son-in-law, have to ask for it even if you don’t want it


    Before this incident, Liu Xiu was generally quite grateful to Liu Yu. After all, compared to Liu Ji, who couldn''t afford to lose at all, he was still holding back his heart. As the second generation of Shu Han, Liu Yu was already quite kind and was also the most reliable teammate he met.


    Although Liu Yu didn''t do much on the surface after he took power, in fact everything he did was a big deal.


    Take the fact that he was the emperor as an example. This alone attracted more than half of the attention of the Qin Dynasty. This was amazing for the State of Chu, and it was equivalent to helping the State of Chu to attract the hatred of the Qin Dynasty.


    Previously, the Chu State was the most feared between the two countries of Shu and Chu, because the senior officials of the Qin Dynasty always knew that Shu State was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the losses of strong attacks were too great.


    Even if we can break through Yangping Pass, there will be Nanzheng, Jiange, and...


    Therefore, the Shu Kingdom, which has many natural barriers, will definitely be dealt with by the Qin Dynasty in the end.


    But Liu Yu''s bold proclaiming emperor was equivalent to uncovering the last layer of fig leaf, which forced the Qin Dynasty to become tough and concentrate on launching the Battle of Hanzhong, while weakening Shu Han, and shocking the Central Plains countries, in order to maintain the majesty of the overlord of the Central Plains of Qin.


    Liu Xiu still feels scared when he thinks of this matter. After all, since the Qin Dynasty is about to draw its sword, it will definitely have a goal. If Liu Yu had not become emperor, where would the Qin Dynasty''s sword slash?


    That must be Jiangling of Chu. It was only because of Liu Yu''s act of becoming emperor that Shu Han blocked the knife for Chu.


    Although Jiangling is the strongest city in Chu, it is unlikely to block the Qin Dynasty''s full-scale attack. Once Jiangling is captured, it is obvious that it cannot protect Chu alone by relying on a single Yangtze River. At that time, no matter how brave Liu Xiu was, he would not dare to destroy Wu.


    Although the battle to destroy Wu has been smooth now, Liu Xiu is planning and prepared well, and the most important thing is to dispatch enough troops.


    If the whole country cannot be devoted to its efforts, even if Sun and Wu split, the State of Chu will not only not easily destroy Wu, but may even suffer serious losses.


    Therefore, although Liu Yu did not intend to do all kinds of measures, in Liu Xiu''s opinion, it did help him greatly.


    After all, if it weren''t for Liu Yu, he would probably miss the only chance to unify Jiangnan, and the fastest time for Chu State to develop was after Liu Yu took power.


    Such a teammate can no longer be described as powerful. He is simply a great man who sacrifices himself to illuminate others. Liu Xiu is not a beast. Even if he can''t repay this kindness in the next life, how could he not be grateful?


    Therefore, in the next period of time, Liu Xiu looked like a gesture of following Liu Yu''s head.


    The Battle of Yinnan had no relationship with the State of Chu, but just Liu Yu said, Liu Xiu mobilized the southern army to attack the Southern Barbarians, in order to make the Liu Yu''s banner stand up.


    After all, only by letting Liu Yu attract Ying Hao''s firepower in front of Taiwan can he keep huddling behind and make a fortune in silence. Even if he makes some sacrifices for this, it is worth it.


    Liu Yu seeks great justice, while Liu Xiu seeks real profit. The two can be regarded as having each need, so the cooperation is intimate.


    If he could continue to cooperate like this, Liu Xiu felt that nothing was wrong, but he did not expect that Liu Yu would be so careless and would stab himself in the most critical moment, so he was naturally curious about what he wrote in his letter.


    Liu Xiu thought a lot before opening the letter, thinking that Liu Yu was just confused for a moment. Seeing that he was about to take down Jiangdong, he was jealous and then he took a plan to disgust him. However, he didn''t expect that Liu Yu not only did not disgust him this time, but also wisely laid a situation that was beneficial to both sides.


    Although Liu Yu plotted against Liu Xiu this time, he also drew a big cake for him. Not eating it is not harmful to suffer any reputation. Although he will pay a considerable price if he eats it, there may be greater benefits in the future, but who can tell the future exactly?


    Liu Xiu had no choice but to summon all his advisers to gather his ideas to see if he could come up with the best of both worlds.


    "Second, it''s amazing."


    After reading Liu Yu''s letter, even Pang Tong couldn''t help but be amazed. He understood why his lord was so entangled, because Liu Yu''s plan this time was not a conspiracy, but a naked open plot.


    What is open conspiracy? Even if you know it is a plan, it will make people unable to help but jump on the initiative. Liu Xiu is facing such a situation now, but all this has to be said by Yingzhou.


    Toyotomi Hideyoshi planned to end the two countries of Shu and Chu, but in order to win the trust of Liu Yu, Cao Pi sent his sister Cao Ying as an envoy. After all, the identity of Cao Ying''s concubine princess is easy to investigate.


    Cao Pi was still too young in the end and was not comprehensive enough to consider the problems. He only thought about how to win the trust of Liu Yu, but ignored the huge benefits brought by Cao Ying''s identity. But how could Liu Yu''s military advisor Su Qin not see it?


    As Liu Yu said, if Cao Wei was still strong, then Cao Ying would be worthless because it was not profitable at all. But it was precisely because Cao Wei was beaten by the Qin Dynasty and was about to destroy the country, that the value of Cao Ying''s identity as a princess in the country would be reflected.


    If a person who becomes Cao Ying''s husband in the future is just an ordinary person, it will be unprofitable. However, if a powerful prince is a prince, he can openly accept and recruit the remaining members of Cao Wei as his son-in-law, and this benefit cannot be measured by money.


    Then the question is again. With such great benefits, why don’t Liu Yu eat it by himself? Why was it given to Liu Xiu?


    The reason is very simple. Liu Yu couldn''t afford it at all. Shu Han did not border the Central Plains, and there were also two states of Sijing in the middle. The remaining troops of Cao Wei could not fly to Chengdu, right?


    On the other hand, Liu Xiu, after destroying Sun Wu, still did not border with Cao Wei, but he could take over the remaining troops of Cao Wei through the navy. As for how much he could take, it depends on his own ability.


    Therefore, Cao Ying has no value to Liu Yu, but will be of great use to Liu Xiu.


    If Liu Yu really married Cao Ying, he would not be able to exert her value. Instead of throwing this good card into his own hands, it would be better to use her to blackmail Liu Xiu.


    Liu Xiu may make a big profit from Cao Ying in the future, but Liu Yu can make a quick money from Cao Ying now.


    In order to maximize interests, Liu Yu proposed the conditions that were naturally extremely harsh and he directly demanded most of the Chu State''s profits in Yingzhou. This really made Liu Xiu both shocked and angry. What was shocking was that before the Chu-Wav negotiations were over, Liu Yu had already calculated that he would join the colonial community and relied on this as a way to settle down.


    What is angry is Liu Yu''s greed, and he has hit his allies on the head. Are you crazy about being poor?


    Liu Yu''s approach of using any means to make money made Liu Xiu think of himself when he was only in the four counties of Jingnan.


    At that time, the Chu State was really poor and weak. Not only were he worried every day, he was afraid that the Qin army would cross the Yangtze River one day, but in order to develop and regain it, he could be said to have taken frugality to the extreme. Liu Xiu even refused to change into a new set of clothes for several years, so he also used any means to make money.


    People only know that Cao Cao set up a magistrate to rob tombs in order to earn development funds, but they don’t know that other princes have actually done it, including Liu Xiu, but he did it more hiddenly and no one discovered it.


    There are a large number of burial objects in the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Yuzhang County. People in the world think that this tomb was robbed by the Cao Wei lieutenant, but in fact it was robbed by Liu Xiu, who sent someone to rob him. He was only blamed on Cao Wei afterwards. And since Yuzhang was not in the territory of Chu, no one suspected Liu Xiu.


    At that time, Liu Xiu was crazy and was using any means to make money. Now Liu Yu feels like this, but he is relatively more bottom-line. He will give him a baton and draw a cake, but whether he can eat it depends on himself.


    If he followed Liu Xiu''s temperament, he would definitely disdain the invisible benefits, but the temptation to accept the remnants of Cao Wei in the fallen country was too great.


    Cao Wei has such a large size and so many talents, and he will not only accept them after the country is destroyed. Even if it is only a small part, it is enough for Liu Xiu to have enough food.


    Liu Xiu and the advisers discussed for a long time but could not discuss the best of both worlds. After fully weighing the pros and cons, Liu Xiu finally decided to cooperate with Liu Xiu to marry Cao Ying.


    The State of Chu was not as short of money as the Shu Han. On the contrary, the more money they had, they could not spend it. Therefore, compared with the temptation of Yingzhou''s money, Liu Xiu still valued the talents and old subordinates after the fall of Cao Wei.


    "Where is Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue?"


    Hearing Liu Xiu''s shouting, the two brothers immediately stood up and responded, "I''m here."


    "Kuai Liang went to Shu Han to negotiate with Liu Yu, and Kuai Yue went to Cao Wei to propose marriage to Cao Cao..."


    Cao Ying is in Liu Yu''s hands. If Liu Xiu wants to raise the banner of Cao Cao''s son-in-law, he must first deal with Liu Yu. Although Liu Yu spoke up this time, there is no reason not to bargain when it comes to transactions.


    As for Cao Cao, it became secondary, because neither Liu Xiu nor Liu Yu took Cao Cao, who was about to fall, seriously. Liu Yu didn''t even explain to Cao Cao when he detained the envoy of Wei. It was really a slap in the face.


    Liu Xiu would send people to propose marriage to Cao Cao in such a way. In addition to coveting the inheritance of Cao Wei''s fall, he also wanted to be able to live with both sides. After all, the two will be nominal father-in-law and son-in-law in the future, otherwise he would not bother to pay attention to Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao''s reputation is indeed not very good.


    Liu Xiu felt uncomfortable when he thought that he was counted so hard by Liu Yu this time, but Liu Yu was able to completely restore the losses of the Battle of Yinnan by sucking blood from Chu.


    But then he thought that Shu Han was an ally to fight against Qin. The strength of Shu Han became stronger, which was conducive to the great cause of resisting Qin. Liu Xiu felt much better.


    "Oh, I really didn''t expect that I would become a relative of Ying Hao one day." Liu Xiu couldn''t help but sigh.


    Cao Xian and Cao Jie and Cao Ying are both Cao Cao''s daughters. Ying Hao married Cao Xian and Cao Jie, and he married Cao Ying. That means that he and Ying Hao have become brother-in-law.


    Liu Xiu was not very interested in being Cao Cao''s son-in-law, but he was quite interested in being a brother-in-law with Ying Zheng. After all, they were considered indirectly relatives.


    Liu Xiu was very curious about Ying Hao''s reaction after knowing this incident, and couldn''t help but sneer: "Cao Cao, Cao Cao, I, I have to take it even if you don''t want it."


    At the same time, Yizhou and Chengdu.


    Although Liu Xiu''s envoy has not arrived yet, Liu Yu has already received a letter from Liu Xiu.


    Although Liu Xiu scolded Liu Yu in the letter and scolded him for not being polite to his martial ethics, he finally agreed to trade with him, but the specific share still needs to be discussed carefully after Kuai Liang arrived, that is, bargaining.


    Liu Yu was naturally quite satisfied with this, after all, he got real benefits this time.


    Although the negotiations have not yet begun, Liu Yu could already guess the result in his heart.


    No matter how much benefit Japan promises to Shu, at least half of them are from Shu Han. The colonization of Chu is equivalent to working for Shu Han. This feeling of being able to get money without working is simply too good.


    "Haha, the benefits of this colonization and Chu transaction have accumulated. Our Han Dynasty will not only completely restore the losses of the Battle of Yinan, but also have a higher national strength. If we deal with the Southern Barbarians at that time, we will be more confident."


    After saying that, Liu Yu looked at Su Qin below and smiled and said, "If there were no military advisors planning for me, my great man would not have received such great benefits. The success of this plan was all due to the military advisors."


    Su Qin smiled calmly when he heard this, "Your Majesty, planning overseas colonization and restoring the damage to Yinan is only the first step. The next attack and destruction of the Southern Barbarians is the top priority."


    Hearing Su Qin''s words, Liu Yu also showed a solemn look. After all, the Southern Barbarians are really difficult to fight, and Chi You is really difficult to deal with. However, referring to the success of Liu Xiu''s destruction of Wu, he felt that as long as he made sufficient preparations before the war, he would definitely destroy the Southern Barbarians like Liu Xiu''s destruction of Wu.


    (This chapter ends)