Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 105 Yanzhou Changes, Liu Bei Lian Heng Qing Xu

"Do the sages of Jizhou know that there is Liu Bei in the world?" Liu Bei was overjoyed when he saw the letter.

After implementing Zheng Ping's strategy, Liu Bei felt very uneasy.

After all, it is always a disservice to the reputation of the neighboring states to use these 50 starving people to intimidate the neighboring states.

but now.

Ju Shou recommended Liu Hui, the former governor of Jizhou, to come to Qingzhou, which gradually calmed Liu Bei's anxiety.

Excited, Liu Bei immediately came to Zheng Ping's office to share the good news with Zheng Ping.

"Xianmou, good news!"

"Don't drive Jugong in Jizhou, and recommended Huigong, the former governor of Jizhou, to Qingzhou."

"Han Fu is a mediocre person. He has talents but doesn't use them. Instead, he humiliates and punishes them in public. How can he make a wise man attach himself to such behavior?"

Liu Bei handed Ju Shou's letter to Zheng Ping, with an excited tone.

Zheng Ping was also taken aback, and quickly glanced at Jushou's letter.

In the letter, Ju Shou briefly introduced Liu Hui's talents, and cryptically stated Liu Hui's experience in Yecheng. He even apologized to Liu Bei and regretted not being able to persuade Han Fu to help the hungry people in Qingzhou.

"Jugong is a true righteous man!"

Zheng Ping put down the letter and sighed with emotion.

Although the emperor of the Han family was looted by Dong Zhuo and the prestige of the Han family was demolished, there are still a large number of scholars who are loyal to the Han family among the scholars in the states and counties of the Han Dynasty.

Jushou is like this.

Although it is Jizhou Biejia, Jushou is not Han Fu's retainer, so Jushou apologized to Liu Bei for not being able to persuade Han Fu to help the hungry people in Qingzhou.

Not only that, Jushou also recommended Liu Hui, who is famous for his virtue and talent, to come to Qingzhou under the name of Jizhou Biejia.

"My lord, you can send someone to inform Yun Chang immediately, and you must treat Zi Huigong generously." Zheng Ping quickly made a decision.

This is Liu Bei's first famous official to vote for since he became governor of Qingzhou!

Liu Bei shook his head, and his words were a little more proud: "This letter was sent by another person from Yun Chang. Yun Chang has already gone with Ju Gong's messenger to meet Zi Hui Gong."

Zheng Ping was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "It's my lord's blessing that Yun Chang has a clear distinction between public and private affairs!"

Both Liu Bei and Zheng Ping knew Guan Yu's character.

The attitude towards scholars has always been relatively arrogant.

Although Lu Zhi followed and taught, it is difficult to change Guan Yu's character in a short period of time.

However, the attitude towards the scholars is a private matter, and it is a public matter to treat the wise men favorably for Liu Bei. Guan Yu can distinguish between public and private, and he is qualified to be Prime Minister of Pingyuan.

Liu Bei was also very pleased.

There are not many talented and absolutely trustworthy people around him, so Liu Bei placed high hopes on Guan Yu.

"Grand Zi Hui used to be the governor of Jizhou, how about letting him be the governor of Qingzhou?" Liu Bei asked.

Zhizhong is the senior assistant official of the state governor, in charge of all Cao documents, his status is second only to Biejia, just like Biejia, he usually works in the governor's mansion.

Liu Bei made up his mind.

Liu Hui is a well-known official in Jizhou. If he is directly sent out to serve as the governor of the county or the prime minister of the state, he will not be seen very often on weekdays, which will inevitably make the relationship seem alienated.

But Zhizhong is different. Whenever I have time, I can have a long talk with Liu Hui and talk about the art of governing the state.

The more time we communicate, the closer the relationship will naturally be.

As soon as Liu Hui came, Liu Bei gave Zhizhong such an important position, which was enough to make the rest of the sages admire and vote.

Zheng Ping nodded and said with a smile: "At present, I am taking part-time job in Zhizhong. If Zi Huigong comes, I will be much more relaxed."

Zheng Ping is almost always assisting Liu Bei in the affairs of a state.

Jiao Heqing's generation, the promoted Zhizhong, Gongcao and others are probably useless. The last time Xu He attacked Linzi City, most of them escaped.

Zheng Ping could only choose some available temporary replacements among the scribes from Zhuojun and Zheng Xuan's disciples.

So much so that Zheng Ping has almost been acting as a generalist during this time.

Allocating money and food, assessing officials, agricultural and commercial workshops, mining and processing salt and iron, etc., almost all have Zheng Ping to formulate corresponding procedures and approve various Cao documents.

Liu Bei was also not idle, communicating with the counties, going to the countryside to petition the people, comforting the scholars, etc., and he was also so busy that he didn't have much time to sleep.

After all, this involves the food, clothing, housing and transportation of more than 80 million people in 50 registered households in Qingzhou, and there are still [-] hungry people who need relief.

It is not easy to understand.

An excellent internal affairs talent can reduce the pressure on Liu Bei and Zheng Ping, and can also improve the administrative efficiency of the Governor's Mansion.

After discussing the appointment of Liu Hui, Zheng Ping took out a report and handed it to Liu Bei, which recorded the feedback from the states and counties after this call.

"My lord, since the proclamation came out, Marquis Yuan Shao of Bohai was the first to respond to the call of the proclamation. Money and food from Bohai County, Anping Kingdom, Qinghe Kingdom, and Hejian Kingdom have already been transported to Qingzhou."

"Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, also responded to the appeal, but Tao Qian hoped that [-] hungry people could be placed in the East China Sea to reduce the consumption of food transportation."

"Taishan Taishou Ying Shao wrote back that he is already raising money and grain to transport to Qingzhou, and promised to continue to transport grain to Qingzhou until next year's autumn harvest."

"Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang County, and Yuan Xu, the prefect of Jiyin County, also expressed their support for Qingzhou, but their money and food will not arrive until next spring."

"Others, such as Cui Yan, chancellor of Jinbei, Zheng Sui, chancellor of Rencheng, Zhang Miao, prefect of Chenliu, etc., have made promises."

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After listening to Zheng Ping's report quietly, Liu Bei frowned suddenly: "Hasn't Governor Liu of Yanzhou replied?"

Zheng Ping shook his head: "No, I have already sent someone to find out the specific reason."

According to normal reasoning, Liu Dai will definitely support Liu Bei.

Liu Dai not only needs fame to rule Yanzhou, Donglai County is also Liu Dai's hometown.

Whether in public or private, Liu Dai will support Liu Bei.

But now even Zhang Miao has replied, but Liu Dai's messenger has not arrived yet.

We are discussing.

The scattered officials came to report: "Don't drive, I ask you to see me!"

Zheng Ping frowned suddenly.

Mi Heng has been making a name for Liu Bei in Yanzhou. If there is no urgent matter, he will not return to Linzi City.

Soon.

Mi Heng came quickly and saw that Liu Bei was there, so he saluted quickly.

"Zhengping, you are not in Yanzhou, why did you come back suddenly?" Zheng Ping asked in a calm voice.

Mi Heng's tone became a little more anxious: "Qiao Mao is dead!"

Liu Bei was taken aback: "Qiao Mao, governor of Dongjun County, how did he die?"

Zheng Ping vaguely guessed the reason.

You Heng took a deep breath: "Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, has always been at odds with Qiao Mao. A few days ago, Liu Dai sent his confidant Wang Gong to collect Qiao Mao's criminal evidence, and used Qiao Mao as a letter to the third prince, and repeatedly collided with him. On the grounds of Shangguan, behead him."

"After Qiao Mao's death, Liu Dai appointed Wang Gong as the prefect of Dongjun. At the same time, he summoned Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang County, and asked the counties to transport all the money and grain supporting Qingzhou to Dongping Kingdom."

"In the name of Yanzhou, transport money and food to Qingzhou to relieve the hungry!"

Liu Bei's face changed instantly: "What is Liu Gongshan trying to do? Kill Qiao Mao and collect money and food. Doesn't he know that this will cause public outrage?"

Liu Bei couldn't understand Liu Dai's bizarre behavior.

How did it become so complicated when everyone agreed to share fame?

Zheng Ping's eyes were deep, and there was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth: "Sure enough, the more it comes to fighting for fame, the more obvious the selfish mentality of this group of people becomes."

"It's the same for Huimeng to discuss Dong, and it's also the same for helping the hungry people in Qingzhou."

"Liu Dai killed Qiao Mao to establish his prestige, and gathered money and food in Dongping to distinguish between dissidents. He wants to take this opportunity to take control of the entire Yanzhou!"

Liu Bei couldn't help but said angrily: "How can you convince people by killing them? Liu Gongshan's move not only offended the public, but also made it difficult for Yanzhou to transport money and food to Qingzhou."

I thought that Liu Dai was the part that would have the least problems, but it turned out that Liu Dai was the first to have problems.

People are not enough to swallow elephants.

Although Liu Dai wanted to support Qingzhou with money and food, but more importantly than this, Liu Dai wanted to take the fame of helping the hungry people in Qingzhou to himself!
Dongping Kingdom didn't have much food to support Liu Bei, and Liu Dai didn't get much fame.

But if he can gather money and food from Yanzhou and send it to Qingzhou in the name of Yanzhou, then his reputation will be quite high.

At that time, everyone in the world will know that Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, rescued Qingzhou with righteousness.

And people like Zhang Miao, Yuan Yi, Yuan Xu and others can only prostrate themselves under Liu Dai's fame!
But Zhang Miao and others, how can they be willing to live under others?
If Liu Dai kills Qiao Mao to gain power, he can kill Zhang Miao to gain power, and kill Yuan Yi to gain power.

It is even more impossible to gather money and food in Dongping!
Who knows if Liu Dai will take the opportunity to recruit troops and then attack and kill the counties?

"It's a conspiracy, is there a good way to stop it?" Liu Bei looked at Zheng Ping.

If the money and food in Yanzhou cannot be transported, Qingzhou will lack a large amount of money and food that can be used to relieve the hungry.

Zheng Ping shook his head and sneered: "Liu Dai committed suicide by himself, and no one can save him. I underestimated Liu Dai's ambition and overestimated his ability."

"Since you don't want this fame, don't blame me for disregarding the feelings of the same state. Don't think that this will make me helpless."

"Shijun can immediately write to Tao Qian, asking him to prepare to accept one hundred thousand starving people."

"At the same time, transfer back to Ziyi and escort [-] hungry people to the south!"

"Believe in Zang Ba of Langya Kingdom again, whoever dares to loot will be the enemy of the entire Qingzhou!"

Zheng Ping is very clear about Tao Qian's purpose.

It is an excuse for the loss of money and grain transportation.

Tao Qian wanted to place these [-] hungry people in the East China Sea, which would not only increase the population, but also help Tao Qian balance the forces of all parties in Xuzhou.

But Tao Qian's request did not harm Liu Bei.

in contrast.

These [-] hungry people went south and resettled in Donghai County, which would not only strengthen the connection between Qing and Xu, but also spread Liu Bei's reputation to Xuzhou.

In Zheng Ping's planning for the general trend of the world, such a deployment is beneficial and harmless.

It would be even better if Tao Qian could be more heroic and resettle 20 hungry people.

There are constant disputes in the world.

Whether it is Youzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, or Yuzhou, almost all the governors of the prefectures are at odds with the prefects of the counties.

These careerists must all have to compete with swords and guns.

Only Xuzhou will be relatively stable in the next two years.

With the promise of Tao Qian and the existence of the Mi family in Donghai, it is no problem to settle the hungry people in the East China Sea.

As for pursuing a higher standard of living.
In troubled times, survival is already an extravagant hope.

If you want to live and work in peace and contentment, only when Qingzhou is rich in money and food, and Liu Bei has a foothold in the world.

After careful consideration of Zheng Ping's strategy, Liu Bei said in a low voice, "Since Mr. Tao took the initiative to ask for [-] hungry people to be resettled in the East China Sea, Mr. Tao must have enough money and food."

"This matter can be promised!"

"It's a pity, if other states can have this idea, there is no need to transport grain to Qingzhou."

Zheng Ping smiled calmly: "Emissary, don't have such thoughts. Mi Zizhong is closely related to Tao Shijun's initiative to resettle these [-] hungry people in the East China Sea."

Liu Bei was taken aback: "Zi Zhong? Why is this?"

Zheng Ping chuckled: "Does your envoy still remember that Mi Zizhong helped you last time, and your envoy gave back the "Book of Si Sheng", "The Moon Order of the Four People" and "Quyuanli"?"

"This East China Sea country has also been repeatedly destroyed by the Yellow Turbans. It has a vast land and few people, and there are a lot of unowned wasteland."

"The gift of Mi Zizhong's "Book of Si Sheng", "Si Min Yue Ling" or "Quyuanli" is originally to hope that Mi Zizhong can have a bumper harvest in the coming year."

"Tao Shijun is also a profit-seeking person. Since there is a way to increase crop production, he naturally refuses to miss it."

"However, neither the "Book of Sisheng" nor the "Monthly Order of the Four Peoples" are currently not suitable for individual farmers, but more suitable for aristocratic families with a large number of farmers and cattle, and for government farms."

"Tao Shijun wants to use these [-] hungry people to farm in the East China Sea. In this way, Tao Shijun can get more food to fill the treasury in the coming year."

Liu Bei understood: "Although the taxation of the villagers in the village is heavier than that of ordinary households, the only way to talk about other things is to solve the food and clothing of the hungry people first."

"It's just that I have made a promise before, and now I drive the hungry people into the East China Sea, how can they trust me?"

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "It's not difficult. It's cold in Qingzhou, and relatively mild in Xuzhou. We can give priority to appealing to those with dilapidated houses to go to Donghai. If they are willing to go, the government will give them warm clothes."

"In this way, it can also temporarily solve the problem of insufficient warm clothing."

"At the same time, I promise that these hungry people who go south will also come to Donghai Kingdom for a visit. If the hungry people can't afford food and clothing in Donghai Kingdom, it will take at most one year, and the Lord will take them back to Qingzhou."

"Remember, we just promised Tao Shijun to resettle the hungry people in Qingzhou in the East China Sea, but it doesn't mean that these hungry people in Qingzhou can't be managed by the envoy."

"If these hungry people in Qingzhou do not live well in the East China Sea, the envoy has the right to take them back to Qingzhou!"

Liu Bei pondered Zheng Ping's words carefully: "So it turns out that these hungry people in Qingzhou are only temporarily loaned to Tao Shijun by me, but will Tao Shijun agree?"

Zheng Ping laughed: "Why would Tao Shijun disagree? He wants these hungry people to earn more food. If the hungry people are dissatisfied, they will breed rebellion. At this time, Tao Shijun will send the dissatisfied hungry people back to Qingzhou."

"Not only will Shijun not lose faith with the hungry people, but Tao Shijun can also avoid the hidden danger of hungry people's rebellion."

"And Shijun and Tao Shijun can also form an alliance because of this. If one side is in trouble in the future, the other side can also provide money, food, soldiers and horses to help."

"Everyone is happy, why not do it?"

Liu Bei suddenly realized: "Show a clever plan! In this way, the risks added by the accident in Yanzhou can also be stabilized with the help of Xuzhou."

Zheng Ping nodded: "But for this matter, you have to meet with Tao Qian in person, weigh the pros and cons, and get what you need."

(End of this chapter)