Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 255 The situation is gratifying, God help me!
How can normal Confucian scholars have such great strength!
Tian Chou also learned swordsmanship since he was a child. When he was young, he was really good at fencing and fighting with others, but as he grew older, he also lost his ruthless heart.

Start to study military books, and look at the theory of internal affairs.

Gradually, he gained knowledge, but because he had been staying in the frontier fortress, there were not many great Confucians around him, and the treacherous and treacherous ones were recruited as military advisers.

There are not many teachers and friends around who can talk with each other. Occasionally there are one or two, and they often walk around, and they haven't seen each other for several years.

Naturally, all the knowledge is meditated by myself, so I know the importance of the marching map.

In frontier fortresses, the roads are difficult and the landmarks are not obvious. If you are not careful, you will get lost. The difficulty of marching is intensified.

But if there is a trail to enter, it will be very different.

The difficulty of a surprise attack and a frontal battle is of course different.

Xu Zhen was taken aback by the slap just now.

Tian Chou began to think about his talent. He fencing since he was a child, so he has some sword skills and stronger strength than ordinary people. If he can deal with three or four bandits, there will be no problem.

Later, he studied literature, achieved some success, and knew how to think about the world.

Later, I talked with the common people, communicated with the gentry, and dealt with the envoys of the Yuan family many times, and learned how to speak and avoid words, that is, eloquence.

Only then did he develop good thinking, eloquence no less than that of people in the same situation, and then he had to maintain his heart, not envy glory and gain, and keep his mind quietly, and it took decades to achieve small success.

So, how did this charioteer manage to be invincible in leading troops, as powerful as a chariot, wise in internal affairs, calm and clear in character, and at the same time quick in thinking and different from ordinary people?

This is not a talent given by God, how can it make sense.

He is self-cultivation, martial arts, and mind-cultivation, and at the same time, he is also known as "lusty". A person, in his early thirties, can already have so many advantages in his body.

I am afraid that I have already started to study in many ways since I was born in the womb.

Really demon.

Tian Chou said in surprise.

Peeking at Xu Zhen who was lost in thought.

He really wants to know what Xu Zhen, a quick-witted person like him, was thinking of writing when he was thinking so deeply in his head...

"How can we trick Dianwei and the others into going to the border in the future..."

Xu Zhen already had a plan in his heart at this moment, and at the same time, he also understood that it was impossible to lead troops to defend the frontier fortress, and the soldiers and horses of the frontier fortress could only be recruited by local villagers.

If the frontier is guarded, the soldiers under his command may be dissatisfied, unless Xu Zhen can manage the frontier to be more prosperous than the Central Plains, but this will take more than ten years, and it will not be accomplished immediately.

Therefore, if it is cold and cold, if you want your elite to go to the frontier, and your interest is high, it is not as simple as giving an order.

Of course, the sergeant will never disobey the order after the order is given. They have long been loyal to Xu Zhen, regardless of life or death.

But the morale of the army, if you want to find a way to settle it, you have to start with internal affairs.

You must first build Youbeiping into a prosperous place, and then take in the people and encourage them to have children. The more people there are, the more people there will be.

Nothing more than the problem of food and clothing.

If food can be fed, clothing can keep warm, materials can be obtained easily, and people can earn money and food, the people will naturally be willing to move, and there will be many rootless people who have not yet lived in various places.

In addition, there are also many slaves from the gentry, and if they want to attract people, they have to rely on "beating the gentry". Thinking of this, Xu Zhen touched his chin.

"Thank you sir."

"Cheqi was joking, but I just have one word, I still want to warn Cheqi."

Tian Chou sighed, "The Gongsun family has enjoyed a great reputation in Liaodong these years and has won the hearts of the people. After the people surrender, they will support them firmly and will not be easily overthrown."

"Even if Liaodong is defeated, if it is not managed properly, there will be disasters in the future. Moreover, if you travel by water from Jizhou to Liaodong, you have to cross the river for ten days."

That stepping horse is a sea.

Xu Zhen smacked his lips, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Tian Chou may have put it mildly, of course he can go at sea.

"To travel by sea, you need an engine to be fast enough, otherwise you can only trade with large ships and travel slowly, once a month, and stay for seven days at a time," Xu Zhen sighed and muttered to himself.

Otherwise, manpower consumption is not small, and the waterway can only be built after the capture of Liaodong.

"What chicken?"

Tian Chou blinked, but didn't understand what it meant.

"It's nothing, just say it casually."

"Oh, I think that Liaodong cannot be captured in a short period of time. It is better to let the two generations of Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang continue to resist and manage the frontier."

Tian Chou cupped his hands and said: "Cheqi also said that their father and son are loyal to the Han Dynasty, and although they are fiefdoms, they pay tribute every year. If they change the person who inherits the great cause, it will not be too late to suppress it."

Speaking of this, Xu Zhen laughed, shook his head bitterly and said: "If Liaodong is uneasy for a day, the prime minister will not dare to let me live in Hebei and live with peace of mind."

"My son is almost one year old, but he has only seen him for a dozen days."

"What do you think sir?"

Xu Zhen knew Cao Cao too well.

This Liaodong didn't make him feel at ease all day, like a cockroach in his throat, Xu Zhen really couldn't live in peace all day.

Cao Cao couldn't believe that other people came to guard.

If you don't care about it, and you are afraid that Gongsun will be too powerful in the future, and there will be a few ambitious and talented people in the family, if there is no deterrence nearby, you must be self-reliant.

You only need to cover the Black Mountain, Yushui, and Mangniu River, and it is so difficult for soldiers and horses to attack head-on.

Moreover, none of the generals of the Cao family will come to defend them. They want to go south to take credit. Among all the generals, only Xu Zhenlai, who has been banned from riding, is the only one.

Not to mention issuing an imperial edict to intimidate Cao Cao, even if Cao Cao came to the door to spoil him, he would have to let Xu Zhen guard it. Then the one-and-done solution is to defeat the Gongsun family, and then let the Cao family take the land of Liaodong, or take it by themselves and go to cultivate it. This large piece of land.

As long as it is dug down, cultivated properly, and the population migrates enough, it is unimaginable how much the annual grain tribute will soar, and that is also a gratifying situation.

In this way, whether it is to capture Zhuangyouzhou for internal affairs or to relocate people to garrison frontier fortresses, these things can be carried out all year round.

When a person reaches this position, he should continue to be diligent.

Xu Zhen seemed to see a huge amount of self-discipline points and countless rewards waiting for him. The development here is not only to resettle the people, but also to give himself more ways out, which is even more inhuman.

Maybe not a bad thing.

Tian Chou fell into silence, and said: "This, I dare not speak nonsense."

"The main reason is that I always feel that rebellion in the future is a matter of the future. Right now, Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang have no intention of rebelling."

"If you raid the land and defeat the army, it is not difficult for the chariots, but how can you stabilize the local people?"

The hearts of the people are all towards the Gongsun family. To be honest, Gongsundu has taken in refugees, distributed food, cultivated and stockpiled food in recent years, and resisted the invasion of Goguryeo, Puyu and Wuhuan.

Saved the lives of at least 50 people.

Xu Zhen sighed, and said solemnly: "It depends on how Gongsun Du will behave after the spring begins."

Tian Chou cupped his hands and said with emotion: "However, I also know the heart of Cheqi, so I only do my job well, pay attention to the map of Liaodong for Cheqi, and send it to Cheqi and the prime minister."

"Well, thank you very much."

Xu Zhen said calmly and firmly.

……

Winter passed.

The winter in Youzhou is extremely cold, with ice and snow thick on the Xuepu Mountains, few people go out to play, the mountains and forests are deserted, and there are absolutely no birds.

Occasionally, traces of animals with thick fur can be seen, but the world is still deserted.

This winter, Xu Zhen spent all his time warming up in the government office. Before the heavy snowfall, he brought his family to Zhuo County to celebrate the New Year.

The main division of Bingzhou was Zhang Liao, who led the army to garrison. In Jizhou, Zhao Yun and Xu Chu led the Chinese army to suppress it. In Youzhou, Xu Zhen and Dianwei led the army. Of course, Huang Zhong and Gao Shun also followed in the army.

There are many other heroes and generals at all levels in all armies.

Xu Zhen now has an army of 24, which is distributed to various places. He also has the right to recruit troops. Within a year, he recruited tens of thousands of troops, and just now he has almost exhausted all the soldiers in the three states.

After waiting for several years, Yangmin Anding has another source of soldiers.

Now there are nearly 30 soldiers.

Xu Zhen's bike has already lived up to its name.

Fortunately, there is fertile soil in Jizhou, so there is no need to worry about raising soldiers.

Some people say that Xu Zhen is powerful and has a strong army and horses, so he will become a big trouble in the future. Perhaps after many years, he will become a great prince in a certain place in the west, protecting the country's wall.

It may be very difficult to have a hereditary title of nobility.

And was deeply feared by the Central Plains.

Some people also said that Xu Zhen despised power and devoted himself to the people of the world. If the Central Plains were stable, he would withdraw from his official position and hide in the mountains.

Some people also think that he and Cao Cao are too close, like a father and son, and will retreat behind the scenes with Cao Cao and entrust the power to the next generation.

There are different opinions, and it can't stop the people talking. Nowadays, the princes, officials and people in the world all listen to it and laugh at it, and use it as a talking point.

In this year, the Chi Road and the Main Road were established in Youzhou, and he advocated the migration of the people to the north.

He has achieved what he dreamed ten years ago.

Heard of the princes.

He is now well known in the world.

Powerful.

People who are friends with Xu Zhen can be called "Bowen" at will, but other people who were acquainted with each other at the beginning but have no friendship with each other, and those who were peers in the past but are not what they used to be, all have to call "Cheqi" with strange expressions.

Perhaps there were too many rumors, and with Tongtong in Liaodong, Gongsun's inquiries about Xu Zhen and Cao Chun, two close neighbors of the garrison, were more detailed.

It is known that the various achievements of the two over the years have already been evaluated.

Regardless of Xu Zhen.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry commanded Cao Chun, who was the main general who chased and killed Yuan Shu all the way to Shouchun.

This person's achievements also shocked all the enemies.

What's more, there is Xu Zhen and Dian Wei beside him.

Therefore, after the beginning of spring, Gongsundu did deploy heavy troops, but not on the main road, but deployed [-] Liaodong soldiers along the Xiaoling River.

What they protect are the caravans along the way, and what they guard against are the Wuhuan foreigners in Liucheng.

……

At the end of February, Zhuo County Zhuo County.

During the family banquet of the Liu clan, they invited Xu Zhen to a banquet in the family's ancestral house. They ate and drank a lot at the banquet, and generously presented Xu Zhen with various books.

He even secretly sent more than [-] slaves in the family to Xu Zhen's name, and Xu Zhen can be raised as a dead man at will. For the family, this is also a great affection.

But they expressly repay Xu Zhen's kindness.

Because, when Xu Zhen first arrived in Zhuojun and lived in the newly expanded government office, he sent someone to tell Mrs. Liu that he had received Liu Bei's kindness and knew that this was his hometown, so he immediately recommended several Mrs. Liu. People with prestige are township officials.

And donated a lot of food rewards.

It was like Liu Bei returning to his hometown, so he upheld the original intention of reciprocating, and he couldn't contact A Bei in the south, so the Liu clan was very grateful to Xu Zhen and couldn't support him.

I came to ask day and night, and those recommended as officials practiced self-discipline, and they never did anything greedy. At the same time, they praised Xu Zhen for his high integrity, which made his reputation even higher among the scholars in Youzhou.

After all, the Liu family of Zhuojun is also the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, and the current emperor's uncle is a prince outside, so they should have been hiding.

When Xu Zhen came, he thought he would be liquidated. Unexpectedly, he was a person with old benevolence. In addition, the Emperor Xu Du and Weide were outside.

Then just laugh it off about the ghost clothes and edicts in the past!
It's better to return to the emperor's command!

Therefore, at this year's end, Xu Zhen basically ate and drank at Liu's place. Anyway, he kept refusing, but he insisted on inviting him.

Of course, Mrs. Liu doesn't think that Xu Zhen is a loafer, a dignified car rider, a prince of thousands of households, who needs to come to eat? !
Impossible, he can come to the whole clan to flourish!

Every time I come here, Liu Yi, Liu Zijing, who is known as Liu Bei's uncle, and Liu Yuanqi, the two elders of the clan, are all happy.

After the banquet, the clan members sent Xu Zhen out of the mansion and into the carriage.

Dian Wei, who was full of wine and food, leaned in front of the carriage to act as a coachman, and returned to the government office in the city comfortably.

"Oh, what a comfortable day."

Dian Wei sighed with emotion, then took out a letter of military information from his bosom, handed it to Xu Zhen, and said with a smile: "Liucheng, there is really a movement."

"This time, thanks to Gongsun Du."

Dian Wei said in a deep voice.

Xu Zhen was a little surprised, because he didn't drink, so he was refreshed and his thoughts were clear, and the corner of his mouth suddenly smiled, "So, he has already figured it out."

As he spoke, he opened the letter and saw what was said in the information, his expression suddenly became serious, "Wuhuan intends to plunder the merchant horses that entered Liaodong, huh..."

If this chaos is not eliminated, we must guard against it day and night.

This time, it was Gongsundu who garrisoned [-] soldiers in Xiaolinghe, so when the Wuhuan cavalry sent troops to plunder, they immediately captured the middle.

Later, when they were fleeing across the river, they suddenly attacked the troops crossing the river, making it impossible for Wuhuan to fight back and suffered heavy losses.

But this battle still didn't hurt the root cause, but let the merchants and the people see Liaodong's determination to protect this way, so that if there are commercial vehicles passing by in the future, it will be more practical.

But it would be even better if the Wuhuan Rebellion could be resolved and Liucheng expelled.

"I heard that the people are celebrating."

"The tranquility of the soldiers that has not been seen in decades."

Xu Zhen laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Dian Wei on the shoulder, and said loudly: "I'm more happy, so we can go back to Jizhou with peace of mind."

"Marching this winter, we will definitely break Liucheng!"

"Ha," Dian Wei immediately smiled, "Then we will expand our military equipment this year, and when I behead that Shan Yu, I will use it as a flagon for Cheqi!"

"Fuck you, I don't want it."

Xu Zhen's face suddenly turned cold, and he already felt sick.

I don't think it's hot-blooded at all.

The carriage headed towards the government office, staggering and leisurely.

With the beginning of spring, it seems that all problems have been solved.

……

Xu Du, the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After the beginning of spring, intelligence letters from all over the country began to be submitted to the prime minister's residence.

Most of the north used Jizhou paper and decorated it with brocade cloth, while the southern and central states and counties still used the old slips to present.

Therefore, in the case of the main hall of the prime minister's mansion, the two kinds of submissions were differentiated, and the division of submissions could be seen at a glance. Cao Cao mostly looked to the north first.

At this time, he was holding a noblely decorated letter in his hand, and he was fascinated by it.

After a while, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Fengxiao, Zhicai, let Wen Ruo come to the prime minister's mansion immediately! The situation is gratifying! Heaven help me!"

(End of this chapter)