Xuande

Chapter 404 Dong Fu Visits
Regarding the matter of recruiting soldiers, Liu Bei originally planned to recruit all the Han people in Berkshire to join the army, but because there were also many local Han people in Berkshire who wanted to join the army, after Liu Bei thought about it, he set aside two battalions for recruiting Han people in Berkshire , and the remaining five battalions were handed over to Jinren.

At the same time, Liu Bei also formally opened the shogunate of General Hushi in Berkshire, announcing that he would recruit members of the shogunate from Yizhou people to join his shogunate and assist him in Yizhou's military affairs.

This is not a regular position, but Liu Bei's personal staff. When Liu Bei was still in command of the Yizhou military, there was still work to do. But once Liu Bei loses the power to control the Yizhou military, it is hard to say whether this position will still exist. up.

To put it bluntly, this is a temporary worker.

But because of Liu Bei's own fatal attraction, this temporary job position also attracted a lot of people from Yizhou to come to Berkshire to meet Liu Bei, hoping to get Liu Bei's appointment.

They believed that if Liu Bei could establish achievements or show his talents, even if Liu Bei no longer took charge of the Yizhou military, he would definitely find some way out for them, which would be much better than their wandering around in Shu.

Isn't it good to have one more door?
What if Liu Bei takes a fancy to it?
Among this group of people, there are quite a few names that Liu Bei is familiar with.

For example, Gan Ning, a native of Linjiang in Berkshire, admired Liu Bei's military achievements and prestige, so he took the initiative to visit Liu Bei and express his intention to serve him.

For example, Zhao Wei, a native of Anhan in Bajun and the former commander of Taicang in Luoyang, when Liu Bei entered Shu to suppress the rebellion, he just felt that Luoyang was in chaos and didn't want to stay any longer, so he resigned from office and returned to his hometown. He heard that Liu Bei was summoning members of the shogunate, so Mao Sui recommended himself.

There is also Qin Mi from Mianzhu County, Guanghan County. He is very talented. Take the initiative to go to Benba County, wanting to serve Liu Bei.

When Qin Mi came, he persuaded his friend Wang Shang, a native of Qi County, Guanghan County, to join Liu Bei. Wang Shang also admired Liu Bei's military achievements and prestige, so he came to serve Liu Bei.

There was also Zhang Ren from Shu County. Because he admired Liu Bei's military achievements and prestige, he volunteered to serve Liu Bei, saying that he was brave but came from a humble background, and hoped that Liu Bei would appoint him.

These people are somewhat representative.

In addition to them, there are more than 30 Yizhou people with Wenzhiwugong talents. After talking with Liu Bei and showing their talents, they were all included in the Hussar General Shogunate by Liu Bei and became his personal subordinates.

During their tenure, all their salaries and benefits were given by Liu Bei personally. They did not receive the salary of the Luoyang court, nor did they listen to the orders of the Luoyang court. They only had one direct superior—Hussar General Liu Bei.

To accept them, in addition to getting along with Yizhou locals for the first time, Liu Bei also wanted to select suitable candidates as his official subordinates, so that he could get some Yizhou locals in the future in the great changes in Yizhou. support.

In addition to these people, there is also a little old man who is getting old and came to Dangqu County to meet Liu Bei.

This little old man is called Dong Fu.

Dong Fu, who failed to lure Yizhou Mu in Luoyang, suddenly heard that the Yizhou rebellion occurred immediately after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He was very worried, but then he heard that the hussar general Liu Bei was appointed as the governor. , Supervising the Yizhou military, I suddenly had a calculation in my heart.

So Dong Fu resigned regardless of General He Jin's persuasion, left the prosperous Luoyang, and returned to Yizhou with his aging body.

After entering Hanzhong, he was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Bei had successfully quelled the rebellion of the Jian people, recruited soldiers in Berkshire, opened the hussar general shogunate, and recruited people from Yizhou to assist him in managing the Yizhou military.

His back was no longer sore, and his legs were no longer hurting. He dragged his 80-year-old body over mountains and ridges to Berkshire, and went to Dangqu County to meet Liu Bei.

Dong Fu was well-known in Yizhou and Luoyang. Liu Bei had heard of his reputation and knew that he was a famous divinist and fortune-telling magician. He was recommended by General He Jin. Liu Hong met him and asked He has some things about prophecy and astronomy.

Liu Bei then received Dong Fu cautiously.

Liu Bei originally thought that as an old man, Dong Fu's speech should have twists and turns. Although he didn't know what he was thinking, but he listened to him patiently, and he could always hear what he had to say.

But what Liu Bei didn't expect was that Dong Fu would cut straight to the point.

"There will be chaos in the capital, there will be bloodshed, and the situation will be very unstable. If the general can stay in Yizhou and wait and see the changes in the situation, he will be able to seize the favorable opportunity and realize the general's ambition."

Liu Bei was very surprised by Dong Fu's straightforward words.

"Why do you have such a view? How could there be bloody chaos in the capital?"

Dong Fu mysteriously explained to Liu Bei the circulation of celestial phenomena and qi from the perspective of the theory of prophecy, and said some professional terms in prophecy that Liu Bei could not understand anyway, and finally concluded that there would be wars and bloodshed in the capital. in conclusion.

He believed that the capital would be unstable, and Liu Bei must stay in Yizhou, so that he could survive the catastrophe safely.

Liu Bei didn't believe that the old man could see so many things by looking at the sky, and he was more inclined that the old man analyzed it through experience.

So Liu Bei smiled.

"Zibuyu speaks strange powers and gods. Although I have attached great importance to the theory of prophecy since the founding of the country, Dong Gong, I personally don't believe in the theory of prophecy. I am more inclined to think that you came to this through meticulous observation and careful analysis. Conclusions, not the science of prophecy."

Dong Fulue looked at Liu Bei in astonishment.

"The theory of prophecy is the most famous in the world. Since Emperor Guangwu rejuvenated the Great Han Dynasty, no one has not believed it. The general, as a state shepherd appointed by the imperial court, doesn't believe in the theory of prophecy?"

"The rise and fall of the world is the law of nature. The reasons for rise and fall have been recorded in the history books by the predecessors. If you read the history books, you can see the way of rise and fall."

Liu Bei shook his head with a smile, and said slowly: "When we find that the mistakes made by the predecessors are corrected by today's people, we know that prosperity is coming; when we find that people today are still making the mistakes of the past, we know that Doom is coming, this is a very clear thing, why do you need to draw conclusions by observing the sky?"

Dong Fu blinked his eyes, looked Liu Bei up and down, shook his head, quite sighing.

"One word from the general is better than the words of prophecy."

"It's just a feeling."

Liu Bei sighed and said, "People today always make the same mistakes as their predecessors. This is the root cause of disasters. When I read history books, I often see this kind of content. I am very moved by it.

I don't know why today's people can't completely correct the mistakes of the predecessors. I don't know why some people know that they will perish, but they don't make any changes. But I know that there are signs of prosperity and demise.

Dong Gong, I heard that the Son of Heaven is going to recruit new soldiers to train new troops in Luoyang, and they are not part of the Northern Army, Huben Army, Habayashi Army and other armies. Is there such a thing? "

Dong Fu nodded.

"It's true, but I didn't expect the general to know about it. Is the general concerned about Luo Yang?"

"It's hard not to know about such a big thing."

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled wryly: "Luoyang already had an army, and the Han army was the emperor's army. In this case, why did the emperor organize a new army? It's nothing more than the emperor thought that Luoyang's army was no longer trustworthy, so he did it We must train new troops.

If you think about it further, you can think that Luoyang's army is under the command of General He Jin, which is as stable as Mount Tai. Now that the emperor wants to train a new army, he must be suspicious of General He Jin.

So why did the emperor doubt the general He Jin?Is the general disloyal and wants to rebel?So why is there no news?Thinking of this, normal officials would suspect that the emperor had the intention of abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones.

They will suspect that the emperor's targeting of the general is to abolish the elders and establish the younger, and officials will assume this way. If the emperor cannot make a clear attitude, such an assumption will come true.

In this way, around the dispute over the state reserve that abolishes the elders and establishes the younger ones, there will inevitably be battles between the new army and the general He Jin. Once there are battles and bloodshed, it is not surprising. "

(End of this chapter)