Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 403

Liu Ba's words were very destructive, and Liu Bei didn't know how to refute for a while. Seeing that Pang Tong seemed to have something to say, he quickly waved his hands happily: "Shi Yuan has something to say?"

Pang Tong clasped his hands and replied: "My lord, what Kong Ming and Zichu said are both reasonable, but Ziyu is not limited to the ancient methods and often has miraculous effects. They all think that without Quanling Academy, there would be no Changjiang Newspaper, let alone those military workshops. Also, now that he has set up a Mentorship School in Jiaozhou and built the big city of Guangzhou, maybe it is a new cause, why don’t you just wait and see the result?”

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Shiyuan's words are reasonable. It's a good metaphor for planting karma and reaping fruit. Ziyu is a master of agronomy who is good at planting. I deduce that Jiaozhou must have good fruits."

"My lord, I definitely don't have any selfish intentions. Although General Lan is a genius, he still needs to be reminded. It is often said that drowning a child is like killing a child. It may not be good for General Lan if you let him do whatever he wants," Liu Ba continued to persuade. .

"There are very few people in the world who can be Ziyu teachers. Zichu still has more confidence in him. I will let Meng Xuetang not go out of Jiaozhou, so there is nothing to worry about. Let's skip this matter and discuss other things first." Liu Bei shook his head and said, It implies that Liu Ba is not good enough to teach Lan Tian.

Zhuge Liang didn't wait for Liu Ba to speak, and immediately raised the topic: "My lord, about the establishment of a newspaper in Yizhou."

Liu Bei stretched his waist, then smiled and looked at everyone: "We really can't get around Ziyu, the public opinion effect of the Yangtze River News is very good for governing the region, should we ask the Book and News Agency to add more manpower and make more publications to ensure three used by the state."

"The main reason is that Yizhou and Jingzhou are too far away. Although it is convenient to communicate with the Yangtze River waterway, the timeliness of such back-and-forth communication is not strong. It is not very good for governing Shu, so the supplementary publication is meaningless." Fazheng analyzed.

"That would be a pity," Liu Bei sighed.

Zhuge smiled and said, "My lord, don't be sorry. Liang recently communicated with Yuanzhi and learned that Ziyu is going to move the Yangtze River Newspaper to Jiangling, and then transfer Jiang Gongyan to Jiaozhou to run a new newspaper. Why don't we run a Shu newspaper in Chengdu?"

"The military master's plan is very clever. This can solve the time limit problem that Xiaozhi said. Should we transfer experienced people to Chengdu, or send people to Jingzhou to learn how to run a newspaper? I really want to ask Jiang Gongyan to come here directly, hahaha. "Liu Bei laughed.

If people want to drink soup, they use a bowl to scoop it up, but you are just taking the pot away, Zhuge Liang quickly waved his hand, "Ziyu is in need of people, so let him leave Gongyan, I have already recommended the Ma brothers to assist Yuanzhi to handle it." It will be enough to transfer some people from Jiangling to Chengdu when the time comes."

Liu Bei nodded, "Gongyuan (Liao Li)'s fierce comments on the Yangtze River Daily are very effective. In the future, Shu Daily will also keep the column of current affairs commentary. I think Wenxiu (Xu Jing) is very suitable for commenting. This matter will be handed over." Let the military division do it for you."

"Wei." Zhuge Liang embraced the order, and then did not forget to praise, "My lord knows people and uses them well, and promotes them with Xu Wenxiu's (Xu Jing) talent, and the effect of the Shu newspaper in the future will not be weaker than that of the Yangtze River newspaper."

"Everyone should make the best use of their talents." Liu Bei nodded.

The next group of people continued to discuss political affairs, and everyone deliberately avoided the topic of Lantian, Jiaozhou, so there was no such fierce voice as Liu Ba in the hall.

With Liu Bei as a formidable 'lubricant', all the big and small officials in Chengdu are very harmonious, and even if there are conflicts of interests, they are secretly digested, and they are rarely put on the table to fight like Jiang Dong.

After the court meeting, Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang alone for a small meeting to discuss the appointment of the Pang De brothers and Ma Chao.

Zhuge Liang had an outstanding vision for internal affairs. He was Liu Bei's right-hand man when he was in Jingzhou, and he relied heavily on him after taking down Yizhou.

"Ziyu made friends with Meng Qi (Ma Chao) in Jingzhou, and sent people to Hanzhong to rescue his remaining parts, saying that he was preparing for my attack on Liangzhou in the future. Is he taking too big a step? Pang Rou, Pang Germany and Germany made it difficult for me to settle down."

Liu Bei seemed a bit embarrassed in his words. Ma Chao had a bad record in the past. Seeing that he and Ma Dai went to Shu alone and had no one to rely on, Liu Bei made a heart for a high-ranking official and generous salary, but he could not easily give the actual military power, only using his name rather than effort.

Sending Ma Chao to Jingzhou as Linju Supervisor to assist Guan Yu also intentionally separated him from Ma Dai, so that he would have no wings and no chance to repeat the same mistakes, but now Lantian has given him a problem again.

Zhuge Liang understood Liu Bei's thoughts, and after thinking about it, he replied: "No matter what the Lord's arrangement is, we should send someone to Jiamengguan to pick him up first, otherwise the Lord will be criticized for his contemptuous attitude, and he will be transferred after they arrive in Chengdu for observation. "

"Bei has sent Jibo (Yiji) and Bozhan (Ma Dai) to meet him, and he should return to Chengdu in a few days." Liu Bei replied.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "That's very good. The Pang brothers escaped from Hanzhong, and they should know Zhang Lu's details very well. When the time comes to attack Hanzhong, the lord will have to use them."

"It's still a military adviser who has thought carefully." Liu Bei deeply agreed after hearing this.

At the end of the first lunar month, Yi Ji and Ma Dai led Pang De back to Chengdu, and Liu Bei personally held a banquet to welcome them.

Seeing Pound's good appearance, Liu Bei liked it very much. After the reception banquet, he found Zhuge Liang and expressed his intention to make Pound a miscellaneous general.

After hearing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly stopped him: "General Pang has just come to the same level and has not made a single contribution. If he is rewarded with a high official position, what will this make other bloody generals think? The current official position of the lord is General Zuo. I suggest that we should proceed gradually. It won’t be too late to seal him after he has made meritorious service.”

After taking Yizhou, there were many voices in private, hoping that Liu Bei could have a higher official reward, because in this way the people below could all be prosperous, especially after Cao Cao became a prince and proclaimed himself a duke, the voice became louder, and some people even secretly suggested that Liu Bei become king.

With the lessons learned from Yuan Shu's proclaiming himself emperor, and Lantian's entrustment to "slowly proclaim himself king" in his early years, Liu Bei has always been very restrained about false fame, but he is really helpless now. Although he now has the control of three states, his official position is only General Zuo and Miscellaneous Generals of the imperial court are also the most capable official positions, and they are not as generous as Sun Quan in Jiangdong.

"Okay then, I can only give more property, and after I have made meritorious service, I will be promoted to the rank, but they didn't propose to go to Linju. What's the reason for this, military adviser?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Good birds live on broken trees, virtuous ministers choose their masters, and Meng Qi has now surrendered to the master. If the Pang brothers insist on following General Ma to Linju, they should not put Meng Qi on the fire and roast him. Does it make the lord suspicious? Although they are warriors, they are definitely not reckless."

"The military adviser is right. I know how to settle them down. But what about Song Chen?"

"Song Chen is a soldier of the fallen army. My lord can just ask Ziyu to reward him. Why bother?"

The next day, Liu Bei named the Pang brothers General Zhonglang, left Pang Rou under Zhao Yun's tent in Chengdu, and sent Pang De to Langzhong to report to Zhang Fei.

(End of this chapter)