Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

As for what Yang Biao said, Lu Bu didn't know whether it would happen in the future. He just wanted to do his best to prevent it and give her enough sense of security.

He said, "I've read the Chronicle of Empress Lü. She married an old bachelor, Liu Bang, at a young age and toiled for him her entire life. The Lü family built half of the empire for the Liu family. She killed princes for him, protected the empire, and bore a terrible reputation. But in the end, what did she get? Liu Bang wanted to abolish the legitimate heir and establish a concubine's son. Her own son died young. Even her grandson was deposed and executed by court officials after her death. Even her sister's children were not spared."

"Are you afraid that I will follow in Lu Bu's footsteps in the future? Do you want to take a concubine?" Zhang Mo's face froze as she leaned on his chest. Unless Lu Bu took a concubine and gave birth to a bastard son, it would be impossible for her to follow in Lu Bu's footsteps.

Lu Bu quickly said, "No, it's not!"

"Then why are you saying these things?"

Lü Bu said, "I am ten years older than you. One day I will have to go first. I fear that some court officials will treat you the same way they treated Empress Lü. You may appear ruthless, but in reality you are truly compassionate. Therefore, I want you to cultivate a group of trusted aides. Civil officials like Yuanzhi and Xiaozhi are loyal to you, but the military commanders are mostly my men. While I am here, they will listen to you. If I die, some of them might be bribed to oppose you."

"I've experienced the affairs of the court twice, both in my dreams and in reality. Once power is involved, many people will become different. Ziyi, Anren, Zhongkang, Gongming, and others who are loyal to you, I want you to promote and use them. Wenyuan and Ziyan are also trustworthy. Even if I die in the future, these founding civil and military officials will be your people, and no one will dare to challenge your position. I even want you to teach their descendants and cultivate trusted talents to assist you and your son in the future!"

Lu Bu said so much, actually he just wanted to centralize power, to give her power!

When the country is established in the future, the location of the imperial capital will probably still be in Guanzhong. Lu Bu handed over all the military affairs of important places such as Chang'an and Huayin to her people. In addition, the finances of Bingzhou are now in her hands, which means that she has become the real master of the new empire.

Zhang Mo was deeply moved by his foresight, but she said, "You're worrying too much. Even if you die first, no one can touch me. Who says I'm soft-hearted? If I really want to kill you, who can escape?"

"What about Zi Zheng? Why haven't you killed him yet?"

Zhang Mo muttered, "I was just trying to keep him on the brink of death for a few more days. Who said I wouldn't kill him?"

"Tough mouth!"

Lu Bu looked down at her and gently kissed the top of her head. "I've cleared up his doubts. You don't want to take action because he was once my brother. I'll help you!"

"It's up to you. It's yours anyway."

Lu Bu spurred his horse to a slow trot and said, "When spring comes, have Duan Zhongming and his men plant crops on the land here. We'll come back for a stroll next summer."

"Even if we arrange for all the refugees recruited from Huayin to come here, they won't be satisfied!"

"Move some of your Black Mountain bandits here?"

"I plan to arrange for those people to be sent to Jizhou and Henan Yin nearby. One Henan Yin can accommodate them."

"That's really annoying. There's land but no one to farm it!"

"Many people have fled to Jingzhou, so we can only use preferential tax policies to slowly attract more people here."

The couple chatted all the way back to Huayin, and it was already evening when they returned. As soon as they entered the city, Guo Yu rushed over, handing over a piece of paper with both hands, and reported, "This morning, Mr. Wenhe sent a message saying that Wei County has been captured, and General Qu and General Xu are now besieging Ye City. They will capture the city soon. My lord and madam, please tell me what to do with Yuan Benchu ​​and the civil and military officials of Jizhou after the city is captured."

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Jizhou, Yecheng!

Yuan Shao was wearing a purple fur coat and standing on the tallest building in the city facing the wind.

Like Huayin, it was also snowing in Jizhou, and the snow was even heavier than over there. From here, the snow scene outside Yecheng was in full view. The withered branches were dressed up as crystal jade trees, the frozen moat was like a mutton-fat jade bracelet, the ground was covered with white fox fur, and the pure white spread from outside the city all the way to the horizon. Everything was so beautiful, except for the clusters of dark brown Bingzhou military camps outside the city.

In just over three months, the Bingzhou army occupied Zhongshan, Changshan, Julu, and Zhao State in Jizhou, broke through Weijun's layers of defense, and reached Yecheng!

Yuan Shao had been standing here for the past two days, wondering why he had lost so quickly. What had gone wrong?

Was the decision to join forces with Cao Cao to attack Bingzhou a mistake? Was the hesitation outside Hukou Pass a mistake? Was the trip to Huayin to welcome the emperor a mistake?

Looking at the fluttering snowflakes, he couldn't help but recall what his uncle said to him when he called him to his study in Luoyang. His uncle said that he was more talented than his elder brother and that kid Yuan Gonglu, but because of his illegitimate status, he was too inferior in his heart and often acted hesitantly and timidly.

However, his uncle later said that he was talented and courageous, and he was one of the three highest officials in the Yuan family for four generations. The Yuan family had paved the way for him and the highway, and how far he could go in the future depended on his and his abilities.

Now Yuan Gong has occupied two states and captured Xuzhou and Guangling County, but he himself has been divided up by Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan in Jizhou and is besieged in a city with no chance of turning things around. Does this mean that he, Yuan Shao, is inferior to Yuan Shu?

No, Yuan Shu was just luckier than himself. He had no strong enemies around him, while he had two of the strongest enemies in the world around him - Lu Bu and Mr. Zhang.

One is invincible in bravery and military prowess, the other is unparalleled in wisdom and can predict the future. How can I defeat both of them?

So what if he was a three-generation official? Yuan Shao smiled self-deprecatingly. This status brought him endless benefits, but it also made him arrogant, conceited, and stubborn.

Are you unwilling? Of course you are unwilling, but you are more relieved.

These days, there has been a knife hanging over his head. Every time he heard a piece of bad news, the knife would fall down a little, making him terrified day and night and unable to sleep.

Suddenly, tens of thousands of Black Mountain troops appeared outside Sheguo to help in the battle; Yuan Shu's reinforcements were defeated in Liang County; Sheguo was broken, Liyang was broken, and Liangqi fell; Ma Teng's 30,000 troops were wiped out in Puzhen. One bad news after another made him almost breathless. He was really too tired!

If he were to say what his biggest wish was now, it was not that Lu Bu would suddenly withdraw his troops and let him go, but to know the news of Shang'er before he died, no matter whether he was dead or alive.

"My lord, Lu Fengxian and his wife are outside the city!" Tian Feng climbed up the ladder from the building and reported with a bow.

Yuan Shao understood what he meant. The reason why the Bingzhou army had been surrounding the city but not attacking in the past few days was that they were waiting for the two people who were in charge. Now that they had arrived, the city should be broken!

Yuan Shao turned and went down from the attic, saying to Tian Feng, "Call everyone here!"