Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 128 When the clouds are pulled out to see the sun, Liu Bei is the minister who made the first contribution

In the early morning, Liu Bei was sitting by the bed in his pajamas, his hair was messy and unwashed, and his expression was a little confused.

He came to Luoyang to visit Liu Yu, the master of Yulin temple.

Now, not only have I visited, but I can even follow her. This is an opportunity bestowed by God, but now, on the one hand, I am following Liu Yu to Nanyang, and on the other hand, I am returning home.

Although they are both fighting the plague, this choice...is not easy to choose.

"Let's... go back to Zhuo County!" Liu Bei sighed. At this moment, he thought of the big mulberry tree in front of his house, the old mother weaving bamboo mats under the mulberry tree, and the old mother's life under the ravages of the plague. hardships.

It is not surprising that the big man ruled the world with filial piety and made this choice.

At this time...

Liu Yu broke in, saw Liu Bei who looked confused, and quickly asked, "Brother Liu is leaving?"

"There is an old mother at home, and there is a plague, so I have to go." Liu Bei's tone was quite bitter.

"That's right..." Liu Yu nodded with a gloomy expression.

This slight change in emotion made Liu Bei keenly observe.

"Brother Liu is going to Nanyang, I can understand Liu Yu's difficulties." Liu Bei pursed his lips, "If it were me, I would also save Nanyang first, it is the center of the entire Dahan business, the population is larger, and the sprawling The speed will be faster, once it loses... the whole big man will collapse."

He was explaining to Liu Yu...

In any case, there is only one Liu Yu, and he can only save one place. Just because Liu Bei's hometown is Zhuo County, he cannot be forced to save Zhuo County first.

One side is the personal relationship, the other side is the overall situation, Liu Yu's choice is not wrong.

"It's good that Brother Liu can understand my difficulties." Liu Yu didn't hold back, took out three kits of different colors from her bosom, and stuffed them to Liu Bei.

"This is?" Liu Bei asked quickly.

Liu Yu's tone became much more solemn. "Saving Nanyang doesn't mean leaving Zhuo County alone. Since Big Brother Liu wants to return to Zhuo County, then simply... the important task of stabilizing the situation in Zhuo County is left to Big Brother Liu."

Having said that, Liu Yu patted Liu Bei's palm heavily.

"The trip to Nanyang will take as little as two months and as much as half a year. However, the situation in Zhuo County must be stabilized during this period. At least the plague must not be allowed to spread to the counties and prefectures. I heard that the local county magistrate has already fled. The entire Zhuo County is completely chaotic and out of order, there must be someone to re-establish this order and control the spread of the plague, otherwise... within a few months, the entire northern border will be lost."

"Then... what should I do?" Liu Bei asked hastily.

Liu Yu pointed to the three kits. "I have written down the specific methods in three kits. When I arrive in Zhuo County, I will open the first one. When I have no other choice, I will open the second one. At a critical moment, I will open the third one!"

This is out of the way...

With a "click", Liu Bei wanted to kneel down...

This kneeling was not kneeling for himself, but kneeling for thousands of people in Zhuo County.

Brother Liu...he didn't...he didn't give up Zhuo County!
Never had.

Even if Brother Liu was going to save Nanyang, he would still... still think about Zhuo County, and even left some methods to let... let Zhuo County stabilize the situation.

Of course... before Liu Bei knelt down, Liu Yu had expected it a long time ago and helped him up.

"According to these three tips, it can be stabilized for at least three months, and I try to solve the plague in Nanyang within three months, and then go north to help with all my strength! In the end, when the dark clouds cleared and the sun came out, Big brother Liu is the number one hero in fighting the epidemic in the northern border!"

Speaking of this, Liu Yu patted Liu Bei's shoulder meaningfully.

"Brother Liu has always had great ambitions, but he has no fame because no one has named "filial piety" and no one has commented on it. This time, Zhuo County's fight against the epidemic... once it succeeds, it will be compared to ten filial pieties and ten celebrities. It will be a hundred times more effective, when the time comes, Big Brother Liu will enter the imperial court... I, Liu Yu, will definitely be the first to applaud Big Brother Liu!"

boom…

Rumble!
Liu Yu's voice was not loud, and his tone was gentle, but every word, every sentence reached Liu Bei's ears, it was like five thunders roaring, deafening.

It turns out that Brother Liu has always...know Liu Bei's ambitions, and has he always taken his ambitions to heart?

This made Liu very flattered...

"Brother Liu..."

Liu Bei opened his mouth to express something, but when the words reached his mouth, he choked up. For a while, he became "clumsy in tongue".

It was Liu Yu who patted him on the back last.

"Brother Liu, Zhuo County can't afford to lose anything, I'll leave it to you!"

Speaking of here…

Leaving a quite confident smile, Liu Yu turned and left.

Liu Bei was left alone in a daze.

His hair was especially fluffy, but the hands holding the three kits became inexplicably hot, and...and...his heart also started to heat up!
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In early summer, the weeds are soaring, and the wild flowers bloom uncontrollably. There are many people fishing by the Luoshui River, covering the floor with felt, sitting in twos and threes around the bank of the Luoshui River.

The convoy heading south was on the official road, and Huangfusong escorted the convoy with a thousand Hanting Northern Army. The whole team was full of majesty.

Everyone is waiting for the legendary "big hero" who can defeat the plague and save the people of Nanyang from suffering!
only…

At this moment, the "big hero" was still walking and chatting with Xun Yu in the grass.

Some children were running and flying kites on the grass, yelling, and a few horses were leisurely chewing on the green grass, but Xun Yu had a cold expression, staring at the river.

"The land of the plague, it's close to death!" Xun Yu sighed, "Unexpectedly, the counterattack of the Yuan family in Runan came so fast and so violently..."

Xun Yu knew the inside story, and also knew what the Yuan family was plotting.

Since they couldn't stop Taoists from entering the temple, then...they simply chose to destroy, lifted the willow feathers high, then threw them down heavily, and then completely destroyed them.

"Cough..." Liu Yu coughed lightly, and seeing a little daughter whose kite had broken and was crying on the ground, she immediately stepped forward to stroke her forehead in three steps, and took out a string of five baht from her bosom. money, told her with a smile: "Give it to your mother, and buy a new one."

The little girl stopped crying and ran away happily.

Xun Yu followed...and said with emotion: "Your brother is not short of money, but this plague cannot be solved with money. The ancient saying 'money can make ghosts grind' doesn't seem so accurate."

"Why is Wen Ruo always complaining today..." Liu Yu turned her head to look at Xun Yu, with a faint smile on her lips, but in Xun Yu's eyes, this smile seemed a bit "fearless".

Plague... Isn't he worried at all?

"Brother Yu really wants to help you, but...but I don't know where to start." Xun Yu's eyes were full of powerlessness.

"Wen Ruo, if you really want to help me, then... help me with one thing." Liu Yu raised her eyes with a smile...

"Is it about Nanyang?"

"No, it's about Zhuo County, and about a...dead eunuch?" Liu Yu replied with a smile.

"Dead eunuch?" As if... people in this era still can't understand what a "eunuch" is.

"It's that eunuch..." Liu Yu quickly explained. "Our Tianshidao went south to fight the epidemic so hard, and almost died, how can we take advantage of those eunuchs? They should also let them experience the suffering of the common people."

"what…"

Xun Yu still couldn't understand.

But Liu Yu beckoned slightly, and asked Xun Yu to put his ear close to him, and he whispered some words.

Waiting for this to be said...

Liu Yu still looked relaxed and at ease. "Wen Ruo, don't worry... This trip to Nanyang seems to have fallen into the tricks of the Runan Yuan family and narrowly escaped death, but in fact... it is an opportunity, an opportunity to make the Heavenly Master Dao bigger."

Speaking of here…

Liu Yu patted Xun Yu's shoulder, and finally gave him a bright smile, then turned around and walked towards the horse team without forgetting his instructions.

"Wen Ruo, don't forget, that dead eunuch, ah no... is that eunuch without eggs!"

Ah…

Hearing this, Xun Yu smiled.

He admired Liu Yu's optimism, and even... For a moment, he had a bold idea, whether the younger brother is going to be with this "dead eunuch", no, it is an eunuch... Could it be that the younger brother is planning to be with him... hurt each other?

Immediately shook his head...

Xun Yu found that even though he had known Liu Yu for a long time, many times he still couldn't see through this Yulin Liulang!
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The Imperial Palace, the Palace of Longevity.

The emperor Liu Hong was uncharacteristically reading the memorial book, and it took two or three hours to see it!
This is completely different from the old days when I like to tease dogs, and when I am interested, it is completely different from the living habits of beauties who deduce the world's major events in bed!
The reason…

It is because the treasury is rich, and because the Yuan family in Runan broke his arms, the emperor in a good mood fell in love with reading memorial books, as if he was developing into a "Mingjun".

...which is actually quite understandable.

In the workplace of later generations, there are many such examples.

Often a staff member is very capable, can handle all business in an orderly manner, and even handle interpersonal relationships very well. Everyone will praise him and praise him as "capable", and even subconsciously identify him as the next promotion object.

But in fact, there are many staff members who are as capable as him, it just depends on... whether they are willing to devote their abilities to work.

In other words, the premise of ability is relationship.

If the relationship is in place, then...ability and performance can be transformed into direct promotion. At this time, individuals will work hard, and naturally they will become people who are praised as "capable" by everyone, and accomplish more Task.

In other words, if one enters the workplace and immediately discovers that there is no chance of promotion at all, then who would be "stupid" and devote all their abilities to the workplace.

Most people will choose to lie flat!

It's the same for the emperor, everyone wants to be a wise emperor, but there are internal and external troubles, the treasury is empty, and there are many aristocratic families. Any emperor in such a situation...will gradually eliminate the edges and corners, and finally choose to lie flat.

Because...all the efforts I put in were ruined by reality, and no results were obtained...

that…

What else am I trying to do?Will I still aim for "Ming Jun" and "Leaving a name in history"?
as if not...

Whoever it is, will lie down completely, pamper concubines every day, build gardens, play happily with small animals, those bad things in the court, no matter how you like them, as long as they don't bother me!

This is the case with Liu Hong, the Hanling Emperor in history.

But now...

The situation in the Han Empire was very different.

Liu Hong suddenly discovered that the national treasury that had troubled him for more than ten years suddenly became full, and the Yuan family in Runan, which he was quite afraid of, also resigned from the position of Sangong.

It's not...everything is fine.

Liu Hong saw the hope, saw the hope of becoming a "Ming Jun" and "leaving a name in history", so naturally...he became diligent in governance.

Just reviewed a memorial...

Liu Hong stretched his arms. He hadn't been sitting for such a long time in more than ten years, which made him very unaccustomed to worrying about paperwork. He got up slowly, walked to the window, and looked at the scenery of His Highness Qianqiu Wansui, which was a change of mood.

at this time.

A little Huangmen reported: "Your Majesty, Xun Shi Yushi is asking to see you."

The censor Xun Shi in the small yellow gate is naturally Xun Yu.

The title of "Shi Yushi" is not accurate. It is called "Shi Yushi who governs books" and is an important official of Liu Hong's establishment of the "Inner Dynasty".

In addition to foreign affairs, trial of suspected prisons, Ping Tingwei's performance,

Xun Yu's status as "servant censor" is more equivalent to the think tank next to the emperor, who advises the emperor. Although his official title is not high, and he only has "six hundred stones" like Duyou, his status is not the same.

Hearing Xun Yu begging to see him, Liu Hong immediately beckoned.

"pass!"

Not long after, Xun Yu stepped into the Palace of Longevity and Long Lives, but he didn't have time to speak.

Liu Hong was the first to ask: "That 'Yulin Liulang' has left?"

He knew that Xun Yu was going to see Liu Yu off.

"Yes." Xun Yu nodded, "However, brother Liu left a message for me."

Well…

Liu Hong motioned for Xun Yu to sit down, and he knelt back to sit in front of the dragon case, and asked, "Is it about the Nanyang plague?"

"No!" Xun Yu waved his hand lightly. "It's about the spread of the plague in Zhuo County, Youzhou."

Xun Yu paused, and his tone became serious. "Brother Liu urged thousands and thousands of times that the plague in Zhuo County must be brought under control. Otherwise, once it spreads, it will first spread to Zhuo County, then Youzhou, and finally the entire northern border of You, Ji, Qing, and Bingzhou. At that time...don't say More than a million people will die, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to stop it!"

Liu Hong gritted his teeth slightly, "How could I not know? But it's not easy to curb the spread of the plague?"

He shook his head and sighed: "This is not the first plague since I registered. Why haven't I thought of various ways to prevent the spread of the plague? The first thing to bear the brunt is to stop the flow of people in the plague area, but the people don't think so. I just told them clearly that their movement will cause more people to be infected with the plague, will destroy their hometown, and even kill the people they care about, but I want them to give up everything immediately, and all go to centralized isolation, or stay at home Isolation...is still hard."

What Liu Hong said was full of worry.

In this day and age, how difficult is it to keep people isolated?No one knows better than Liu Hong.

Because in the eyes of ordinary people, once they enter the isolated concentration area, they will definitely not be able to get out...or very few people can get out. As for home isolation, what do they eat?
The final result must be that everyone is avoiding the pursuit of officers and soldiers, running around...

At the beginning, one person often got the plague, but as it spread, the plague would cover a village, a county, and even spread rapidly to the entire state.

Typhoid fever is contagious, which makes the prevention and fight against the plague extremely difficult.

"So..." Xun Yu said, "Brother Liu specially sent the locals Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong to Zhuo County, and told them some methods and methods to prevent the spread of the plague..."

This…

Liu Hong narrowed his eyes slightly. "Just the three of them? Is it okay?"

Apparently, the emperor began to suspect that the plague in a county town wanted to stop the spread... a thousand people may not be able to stop those refugees, let alone... three people!
Xun Yu was quite confident. "Brother Liu has always been accurate in seeing people. Since he sent Liu Xuande and the three of them, there must be something special about these three people. What's more...Dr. believers, go northward with all your strength to prevent the spread of the plague."

hiss…

Hearing this, Emperor Liu Hong exhaled lightly. He never thought that Yu'er went south to Nanyang, but he was still so concerned about the plague in Zhuo County.

He even thought about the impact on the entire northern border after the fall of the Zhuo County plague.

"How many people have gone to the Heavenly Master?"

"More than a thousand!"

"Is it enough?" Liu Hong still questioned...

"Not enough!" Xun Yu said truthfully, "So, when brother Liu took you away, he grabbed my hand and urged me to find a way to borrow someone from Your Majesty?"

"Who?"

"The head of the ten permanent attendants—Zhang Rang!" Xun Yu explained word by word: "Your Majesty should be clear that the two biggest forces in the court today are the scholar-bureaucrats headed by the Yuan family in Runan, and the The eunuch headed by the ten permanent servants, Zhang Rang is the head of the ten permanent servants, if your majesty...your majesty..."

At the end of the sentence, Xun Yu's throat seemed to be choked up, and the words seemed to be blocked, or he was not absolutely sure of what he said.

"go on."

Liu Hong motioned for him to finish speaking.

Xun Yu continued: "If His Majesty sends him north to Zhuo County, and then tells him that if he cannot control the spread of the plague, he will cut off his head. If he succeeds, it will be a great achievement! Then...he dare not risk his life, Do you work hard?"

This…

Liu Hong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he went north to Zhuo County to control the plague. On one side were Yu'er's subordinates, three people headed by Liu Bei, on the one hand was the Heavenly Master Dao, and on the other was Zhang Rang, the head of the ten permanent attendants.

What do you think... that's an odd combination, too?

Can they do it?
Liu Hong began to doubt again.

"Zhang Changshi is just an eunuch next to me. Apart from pleasing me and doing some things for me? Can he fight the plague?"

Xun Yu quickly explained. "When Brother Liu made these remarks, the minister also raised doubts, but...Liu Brother said...that the minister didn't even know how powerful Zhang Changshi was, and that his name alone could frighten the people of Zhuo County. It can even stop a child from crying at night. This kind of person is like a fish in water if he is thrown in the north, and he is daunting, and he dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool...Liu brother also said...say..."

"say what?"

"Say... When it comes to Zhuo County's fight against the epidemic, one Zhang Rang can stand up to the entire Han Ting and Northern Army!"

Ah…

Ha ha…

Hearing this, Liu Hong laughed, thanks to Yu'er who said this, if it were someone else, it would be a joke if the emperor Liu Hong did not keep his balance.

However, Yu'er's words, Yu'er's prophecy, and Yu'er's style of handling things.

So far... there has never been a slip up.

His words are worth a try!

Thinking about this...

"Xun Qing, if you draw up an order for me, I will trust this 'Yulin Liulang' once, and let Zhang Changshi, Liu Bei and others go to the northern border, to Zhuoxian County, Youzhou! Land, then it can’t be white, didn’t the county magistrate of Zhuo County run away? Let Liu Bei take the place first, if it can really prevent the spread of the plague, I will reward you!”

"Yes…"

Xun Yu immediately took over Huang Chou's imperial edict and quickly drafted it.

no matter what…

He has completed the task that the virtuous brother entrusted to him before leaving!

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In Luoyang City, a luxurious and huge mansion is located on Luoyang East Street.

Different from the dignitaries in Luoyang City who all set up their mansions in South Street, this place is somewhat unique.

but…

If you know the owner of this mansion, you won't be surprised at all.

——Zhang Rang, the first of the Ten Attendants!
This is Zhang Rang's mansion. I didn't choose South Street because the houses on South Street are too small to fit...gold, silver and jewels bribed by officials from all over the place.

certainly…

Because of the case of Empress Song, Zhang Rang handed over all the money he had gained from embezzling ink over the years, but...if he thought he would take it as a warning, he would be wrong.

Zhang made the door clear. His Majesty only wanted gold and silver, but he didn't convict him... What does that mean?Don't you still have to use him to make concessions?Otherwise... Who will do the dirty work for His Majesty?

For this reason, the gate of the Zhang Mansion was held, and all the gold, silver, treasures and silks sent by the local officials were accepted...

People live for the rest of their lives, isn't it just for money?
Why can't you get along with yourself?
Can…

Zhang Rang tonight, even though he still has a lot of money in his arms, is not happy at all.

His legs seemed to be limp, and he was lying on the ground, holding an imperial decree in his hand. Every word in the imperial decree echoed in his mind, as if scratching his heart.

"I#@&%…"

Zhang Rang spoke extremely fast, speaking incomprehensible words.

However, anyone can tell that his cheeks with almost condensed facial features are not good words... If it is put in later generations, it will probably be something like "I bought a watch last year".

for a moment...

He wanted to cry.

Why is he... Zhang Rang?

Who did he provoke?

How to go to Zhuo County to prevent the spread of the plague, this matter... unexpectedly... was arranged on Zhang Rang's head.

He is really drunk.

At such a juncture, who doesn't know... Going to this plague land is tantamount to a narrow escape.

"I…"

Zhang Rang almost sprayed out "national quintessence" again...

Zhao Zhong, who was also one of the ten permanent attendants, spoke quickly. "Zhang...Zhang...Zhang Changshi? What...what's the situation? Your Majesty...why...why did you choose you to go to Zhuo County? This...this plague land, so many officials don't choose...choose us eunuchs? Your Majesty is this ...what does this mean?"

Zhao Zhong thought for a long time...

He even felt that His Majesty wanted to kill Zhang Rang?
Otherwise...how could it be their eunuch's turn for such a thing?If so many petals don’t go, must their eggless eunuchs go?This... This... This... Isn't this bullying?

"We... our family is convinced!"

Zhang Rang no longer had the mood to raise that proud orchid finger.

At this moment, besides wanting to cry... he still wants to cry.

Zhao Zhong pointed to the words on the edict, and quickly reminded: "Your Majesty, the words on this edict are not polite. If you can successfully prevent the spread of the plague, it is a great achievement, but if you fail to prevent it, then... that is a great achievement." Misfortune is imminent!"

"You don't need to remind our family, our family can read!" Zhang Rang frowned, looking furious.

Zhao Zhong scratched his head: "Then... what does Zhang Changshi plan to do?"

"What else can we do? Can our family resist the decree?" Zhang Rang's legs were trembling. First...he would never dare to disobey the imperial decree. Second...the edict on this matter has been issued, and the emperor's golden words, if it is released There is absolutely no reason to take it back.

If he doesn't go, he has to go!
"Go, why don't we go home?"

"Zhao Changshi, you...you go and check for our family, how many...how many of our people are there in Zhuo County... No, we can't just check Zhuo County, we have to check Zhuo County, we have to check the entire Youzhou, our family's life...but ...But leave it all to them!"

Zhang Rang said this sentence... he was about to cry.

this moment…

The night wind outside the window is silent, the cold moon is like a knife, the knife is urging the eunuch to grow old!
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(End of this chapter)