Three Kingdoms: copy Lu Bu's force at the beginning

Xuzhou.

Xiapi.

Liu Bei was still very obedient, heeded Lu Su's advice, and carried out reforms in Xiapi City.

The reform is very simple, in fact, it is to learn from Hua Yu.

As explained above, the former Liu Bei was a bit greedy, and both the gentry and the common people wanted it, but the result was similar to Gongsun Zan, neither of them got it.

Lu Bu's surprise attack on Pengcheng was certainly because of Cao Bao, but the more fundamental reason was that Liu Bei did not win the hearts of the gentry, nor the hearts of the common people.

On the contrary, the gentry blamed Liu Bei for being kind to the people, and the common people blamed Liu Bei for protecting the gentry, which caused Liu Bei to become Zhu Bajie who looked in the mirror and was not a human being inside and out.

The most fundamental reason why Liu Bei lost Xuzhou is to be too greedy to chew.

Lu Su clearly saw this, first explained to Guan Yu, and then with Guan Yu's help, persuaded Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is indeed a kind person. After discovering a problem, he immediately accepted it humbly and carried out reforms.

Liu Bei's reform in Xiapi was exactly the same as Hua Yu's method, which was to make decisions for the common people and suppress the noble families.

As a result, the noble families in Xiapi fell one after another, and some were even exterminated.

Liu Bei quickly won the hearts of the people in Xiapi, and even obtained a large amount of money and food, which quickly stabilized the situation in Xiapi.

Because Lu Bu's strategy when he was in Xiapi was to win over the nobles and wealthy families, but he didn't care about the lives of the common people.

In doing so, Liu Bei was exactly the opposite of Lu Bu, and naturally won the support of the people in Xiapi City.

After Xiapi was stabilized, Liu Bei began to recruit troops and prepare to recapture Xuzhou.

As for Lu Su, he sent a large number of secret agents to Pengcheng to secretly publicize the reform of Xiapi.

This news made the people of Pengcheng itch, and they were very thirsty for Liu Bei.

After all, in the hundreds of years of the Han Dynasty, no one has ever dared to offend the wealthy nobles for the sake of the poor.

This news was obtained by Chen Gong in time, and he hurriedly reported it to Lu Bu.

At this time, Lu Bu was busy with his marriage with Cao, so he didn't care about such things at all.

"Gongtai, isn't Liu Bei reforming in Xiapi?"

"Hey, to be honest, Ben Hou really doesn't like this stupid way, it's just extremely stupid."

"The world of the big men is the world of the gentry, not the world of the poor."

"Isn't Zhang Jiao very good, vigorous, and started a Yellow Turban uprising, but in the end, it was suppressed by the imperial court and the gentry."

"So, Gongtai, you don't have to worry, you should be happy."

"Liu Bei went against the grain and slaughtered all the gentry in Xiapi, which is tantamount to offending the gentry in Xuzhou and the gentry all over the world, just like Hua Ziyi's stupid pig."

"Hahaha, Liu Bei has offended the gentry, and it is absolutely impossible for him to plot against Xuzhou again."

"On the contrary, with the support of Xuzhou nobles, Benhou can easily take back Xiapi and drive Liu Bei and others out of Xuzhou."

"Benhou was thinking about how to take down Xiapi, but don't worry now, Liu Bei committed suicide."

"So, Gongtai, don't worry, just feel at ease and attend Ben Hou's big wedding in half a month."

"..." Chen Gong rolled his eyes wildly for a while, and hurriedly persuaded again, "Marquis Wen, don't underestimate this matter."

"Na Hua Ziyi wins over the common people and attacks the gentry, achieving unprecedented success."

"It is precisely because of this that Hua Yu took over the lands of Guanzhong, Yizhou and Jingzhou in such a short period of time, and quickly won the hearts of the people."

"What Marquis Wen said was that the great Han established the country with noble families. This was originally good, but it was in the past."

"But now, in troubled times, the influence of noble families is far less than before."

"Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Uprising failed, but Jing Cong's Uprising has countless people and lasted for many years."

"It can be seen from this that in troubled times, whoever gets the help of the people will occupy the most favorable situation."

"After all, in troubled times, if people can't afford to eat, they will become troublemakers and resist."

"Although the gentry is powerful, how many people can there be, and more people are common people."

"Once the riot breaks out, and the gentry are too busy to take care of themselves, do they still have the energy to help Marquis Wen?"

"Hahaha..." Lu Bu laughed loudly, "Gongtai is worrying too much."

"No matter how many unscrupulous people there are, they are still unscrupulous people. They have no weapons, no money and food. How can they fight against the government and the army, or against the private soldiers of the noble families? They will definitely lose in the end."

"Okay, Gongtai, go back and rest quickly. During this period of time, you have been making suggestions for me, and you are very tired. You must pay attention to your health."

"We took Xuzhou down, but the governance in the later stage still needs to spend a lot of energy. The person I trust and rely on the most is you."

"Okay, Gongtai, the Marquis still has something to do, you can go back to the residence and rest." After speaking, Lu Bu patted Chen Gong on the shoulder, turned and left.

"Wen..." Chen Gong opened his mouth, wanting to stop Lu Bu again, but finally sighed, turned and left.

Although Lu Bu didn't take this matter seriously, Chen Gong didn't think so, he had to do something.

After leaving Wenhou Mansion, Chen Gong immediately sent people to secretly investigate who spread the news, and then arrested them one by one.

In three days, the people sent by Chen Gong arrested more than 30 people.

However, what Chen Gong didn't expect was that Lu Su seemed to be honest, but he was still somewhat cunning in terms of tricks.

Lu Su expected that Chen Gong would definitely arrest those who spread the rumors, so he told the people he sent out that he didn't need to spread the news in person, just spend money to find someone to spread the news.

Once the news spread, these people immediately withdrew from Pengcheng.

At the same time, the second group of people arranged by Lu Su will enter Pengcheng and be responsible for inquiring about Pengcheng.

Chen Gong interrogated these more than 30 people one by one, and found that they were all locals of Pengcheng, all of them were gangsters in Pengcheng, and they all took advantage of others to help spread the news.

This result made Chen Gong very angry, but he had to be convinced. Liu Bei had expert advice around him.

Xi Zuo didn't catch it, but the news spread throughout Pengcheng.

Then, the businessmen who traveled to and from Xiapi in Pengcheng quickly confirmed the news.

So, what Chen Gong was worried about finally happened, and the whole Pengcheng was almost boiling.

Originally, the people's hearts, which had just stabilized, became unstable again.

Chen Gong is naturally very busy, but he cannot save the people's hearts like this alone.

Lu Bu also realized the seriousness of the problem, but he was a fool and had no idea, so he could only ask Chen Gong for advice.

Things have developed to this point, they are out of control, and they can't be forcefully suppressed, what can Chen Gong do.

Chen Gong said to Lu Bu, "There are only two strategies for the moment."

"First, learn from Liu Bei, suppress the gentry, and elevate the common people."

"Second, send troops to Pi immediately and defeat Liu Bei quickly."