Chapter 339: Not Caring
After reading Sun Quan's silk book, Black Bear's stiff expression slowly relaxed.

He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

After taking a few deep breaths, he spoke: "This is more like it."

He immediately pushed the official document and the attached silk book to Yang Fu and said, "Yishan, take a look too. I think the people in Guandong have gone crazy."

"Is there such a thing?"

Yang Fu took it and read it carefully. His face changed drastically. "How could the King of Huainan be so fickle? He only has one son, who has been taken hostage in Guanzhong. How could the King of Huainan be like this?"

"Whether he wants to or not, when he is given the imperial robe, it is no longer up to him."

Black Bear was not surprised at all. When he attacked Guanzhong, he dared to spread rumors about establishing a new emperor. Now the people of Guandong are just looking for someone to succeed the emperor after his death. This is not a big deal.

He stood up and thought about it, and came to a map in the corner, which was a map of the world's provinces and counties.

Black Bear looked down in the direction of Hebei, squinting his eyes and staring: "I am now very curious about what Yuan Shang will choose."

Yang Fu followed and bowed: "Your Majesty, do you mean to leak the secret to Yuan Shang and cause civil unrest in Hebei?"

“I have this idea, but I don’t know how effective it will be.”

Black Bear's gaze fell on Hexi again. He had already decided to manage Hexi, so he would not leave here before the snow fell in winter.

The Longxi and Jincheng counties also need to be straightened out, and Han Sui must be brought back to Guanzhong.

A large amount of human and animal power needs to be rationally distributed and reorganized, and he must stay there.

A war between Cao Cao and Liu Bei was inevitable. Pei Qian, Fu Xun, Xu You and Lou Gui joined forces with Liu Xian, Liu Ba and Huan Jie to attempt to split Jingzhou and establish the Kingdom of Changsha.

After this matter was successful, the opinions of Liu Biao, Liu Qi and Pang Tong no longer mattered.

It is equivalent to cutting off an arm or a thigh of these people; these people wish they could eat themselves, but they can only force a smile in order to survive.

After this incident happened, no matter what the attitude of all parties in Jingzhou will be in the future, the internal confrontation and mutual constraints alone will destroy Jingzhou's external expansion and influence.

There will naturally be many benefits if we destroy Jingzhou's long-term development potential and don't worry about the other party standing in the hostile camp.

It is not enough to destroy Jingzhou, it would be better to destroy Hebei as well.

After Yuan Tan went to Jiaozhou, Hebei no longer had the hidden danger of internal division caused by the two Yuans fighting each other, and no longer had the opportunity to operate.

But if the actions of the Hebei scholars were revealed to Yuan Shang, either the Hebei scholars would kill Yuan Shang or put Yuan Shang under house arrest, or Yuan Shang would purge some of the Hebei scholars.

As a result of the purge, either Yuan Shang's control would be greatly enhanced, or the situation would get out of control and Yuan Shang would become antagonistic to the Hebei scholars.

After the establishment of the Xin Dynasty, Yuan Shang's purge was successful and his control increased greatly. Under such circumstances, Yuan Shang would join the Xin Dynasty and naturally reach a truce with Cao Cao. It is also possible that they would become temporary allies under the mediation of the new emperor.

In this state, Yuan Shang has a strong ability to expand externally, but is not very friendly to himself.

If the purge failed and Yuan Shang became opposed to the scholars, the emergence of a new court would be a huge variable factor for them.

But it is difficult to predict how the future will develop.

Black Bear asked Yang Fu, "Yishan, if you were Yuan Shang, what would you do if you knew that the scholars in Hebei were indecisive?"

"If I were a minister, I would arrest the big and release the small, following Cao Cao's strategy of crossing Guandu."

Yang Fu lowered his head and said, "In my opinion, there are many generous and ambitious people in Hebei. If they agree with the new emperor, there will be many who are willing to sacrifice themselves."

"Yes, there is no obvious benefit in exposing this matter. But I am worried that Yuan Shang is not prepared enough and will be tricked by them, causing Jizhou to fall into the hands of Liu Fu." Black Bear said and shook his head to overturn his previous inference: "The big families are greedy, how could they give up their current status? Without the protection and favoritism of the Yuan family, how could the big families in Jizhou grow to their current level? They are reluctant to give up their current family business, and they will not give up the Yuan family."

Yang Fu listened and wondered: "If that's the case, then why did they bother to collude with our army?"

"Just leaving a way out."

Black Bear pointed his finger at his head and said, "They can't guess what I'm thinking, and I can hardly guess what they're thinking. But the situation is different now. Liu Fu declared himself emperor, and all parties are vying for his support. The fake emperor has become the real emperor, which is very disadvantageous to me."

Yang Fu immediately asked: "If so, what about Liu Fu's son?"

"Take good care of him. He will have enough rice to eat. You can't just keep him there for nothing. You can make arrangements for him to herd cattle, till the land, and earn his own living."

"Then bring this person to Hexi?"

"You decide on the arrangements. Whether this person lives or dies, or escapes, it's not a big deal."

Black Bear smiled and said, if Liu Fu became emperor, there would be no essential meaning in killing someone else's only son.

Even if you make Liu Fu angry to death, the other party can push Liu Fu, and naturally they can also push Liu Biao, Liu Bei or someone else to become emperor.

As long as the first grand union is completed, the second grand union can be formed.

So Black Bear really doesn't care about the fate of Liu Fu's son. Even if he escapes back and becomes the new emperor, Black Bear doesn't care.

The position of the emperor is there. Even if Liu Xie and Liu Fu are gone, there will be other people with the surname Liu or not to fill their places.

That is to say, Liu Xie's death was too heroic, and Cao Cao's blasphemy cannot be washed away.

Otherwise, a new emperor would have been elected within a month of Liu Xie's death.

Liu Fu's innocence and high reputation just made up for Cao Cao's shamelessness, and the merger of the two sides was almost inevitable in the long run.

Yang Fu didn't expect Black Bear to be so rash. You know, after Liu Fu became emperor, his only son was of great significance.

He easily handed it over to him for disposal, and even frankly admitted that he didn't care whether the future prince escaped or not... Yang Fu had complicated feelings.

After observing Black Bear's expression, he whispered to comfort him: "Your Majesty, now it seems that Huainan's submission is intended to draw on your prestige to stabilize their country and intimidate the various units of the Jiangdong army. Now that their momentum has been established, they will naturally become rebellious."

"Don't worry about it. Jianghuai is not my property. We haven't invested a penny or a grain of rice there. Besides, Liu Fu's claim to the throne is just Sun Quan's idea. Even if he doesn't, I can't afford to distract myself from managing the two Huai regions. Liu Fu and I don't owe each other anything. There's no need to worry about these useless things."

Black Bear pointed at the documents piled up on the table and said, "What we need to do now is to close the door and manage Hexi well. If Hexi is stable, we can obtain no less than 500,000 cattle and horses every year. Such a huge profit will be of great benefit to the restoration of Guanlong."

"Yes, I understand."

Yang Fu bowed solemnly and tried hard to calm himself down, but it was too difficult.

The more Liu Fu of Huainan thought about proclaiming himself emperor, the more he felt that he was at a disadvantage. He wished that his own Grand Marshal would be the first to proclaim himself emperor.

But it is also clear that the sooner one declares himself emperor, the more support and recognition one will gain from all parties.

This is still a fight over interests. Our side is taking a different path, which is to rectify the wrongs and restore the traditions of the Qin and Han dynasties.

Therefore, if he proclaimed himself emperor too early, he would not receive any recognition and would only be encircled and suppressed.

Although the Qin and Han traditions would hinder and damage the interests of the big families and powerful people in Guanlong, the overall benefits brought by the career prospects were extremely high, far better than now.

(End of this chapter)