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

Chapter 115 Talents Gather, Supporting Han Fu and Yuan Shao

For Lu Su's grandmother, nothing is more important than letting Lu Su marry a wife and have children to carry on the family line.

The old lady endured Lu Su's refusal to deal with family affairs. Who would let this one man be the only one in the family.

The whole day was spent studying and learning martial arts, and pulling together a group of neighbors to practice formations, and the old lady endured it, after all, learning martial arts in this troubled world can protect itself.

As a result, Lu Su came back from Yangdu City and shouted to go to Qingzhou, this old lady couldn't bear it anymore.

Is this going to abandon all the inheritance of the Lu family in Dongcheng for generations?
"A Su, it's not easy for your grandfather and your father to keep the inheritance, so don't worry about it, marry a wife and have a few sons, and you can pass on the family business."

"There is a Yibu family in this neighboring county, and her daughter is very virtuous."

The old lady tried her best to dispel Lu Su's idea of ​​abandoning his foundation and going to Qingzhou.

But Lu Su didn't think so.

Now the only relative in this family is the grandmother, who can take this with her wherever she goes.

But if you marry a wife and have children, it will be more troublesome to leave this East City.

"Grandmother, the ambition of a man is to seek fame and fame. How can you be unknown in this small county in Dongcheng?"

"Qingzhou Inspector Xuande Gong, Ren Dezhang Wu, a sage in the world, has added an official school in Linzi City, using Beihai Kang Cheng Gong as literature, and recruiting young heroes who have not yet reached the top."

"Students who successfully enter the school will not only receive a [-] shi money and food subsidy every year, but they can also directly serve as county magistrates or county magistrates after they complete their studies."

"Grandson has been practicing literature and martial arts since he was a child, so he can be called a young hero no matter what!"

"Young ambitions, you should make a name for yourself. If you don't go to Qingzhou to participate in the assessment, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Lu Su said boldly.

The old woman wanted to refute again, but suddenly heard the word "Kang Chenggong", and asked quickly: "A Su, is what you said true? Beihai Kang Chenggong is in charge of literature?"

Lu Su nodded: "Of course it's true! If it weren't for that, why would my grandson go there?"

The name of Beihai Zheng Xuan is well-known throughout the world.

I don't know how many scholars wanted to worship Zheng Xuan's family.

Nowadays, as long as scholars who have not reached the top level can pass the examination of the official school, they can become Zheng Xuan's disciples. Who would not be greedy for such an opportunity?

"Go, of course you have to go!" The old lady changed her attitude just now, and her tone became excited: "Mr. Kang Cheng is a sage in the world, a man of great virtue! If Ah Su can worship under Mr. Kang Cheng's family, he will surely shine on the lintel of the family and reappear in Dongcheng Glory to the ancestors of the Lu family."

The old lady's reaction made Lu Su a little unconfident: "Grandma, can I really go?"

"Of course!" The old lady said with certainty: "You can marry a wife at any time, but there are not many opportunities to pay homage to Mr. Kang Cheng. Hurry up and prepare a few carts of gifts, and don't look like a petty Lu family. What are you still doing?" How can a man be hesitant?"

Seeing that the old lady was more anxious than himself, Lu Su was stunned for a moment: "Oh, good."

Liu Bei's reputation became more and more famous in Xuzhou, and young men like Lu Su, who had not reached the championship, were scrambling to go to Linzi City.

If one step succeeds, it will be a matter of honoring the ancestors.

On the other side, Liu Bei and Zheng Ping returned to Linzi City after several days of galloping on horseback.

Zhizhong Liu Hui caught it and reported some important government affairs decisions during Liu Bei's absence to Liu Bei and Zheng Ping.

Liu Hui is worthy of being a famous official in Jizhou, and also a talented person in the governance of Jizhou. The management of these Cao documents is well-organized, and the government affairs reported to Liu Bei and Zheng Ping are also simple and clear.

"Zi Hui has worked hard." Liu Bei couldn't bear to see Liu Hui's tired face.

Since Liu Bei and Zheng Ping went south, all counties in Qingzhou's government approvals were concentrated in Liu Hui's place.

Liu Hui not only had to separate the approvals within the scope of authority, but also separated out the approvals outside the scope of authority, and left it to Liu Bei and Zheng Ping to come back for approval.

Consider the priority of affairs and decide whether to exercise the power of proxy trial.

Although Liu Bei and Zheng Ping were allowed to interrogate Liu Hui before they left, this power of interrogation cannot be abused.

Only Liu Hui will exercise it when he judges that immediate approval is necessary.

Therefore, during the ten days that Liu Bei and Zheng Ping left, Liu Hui hardly had a good rest.

Liu Hui shook his head: "How can I feel bitter when I entrust you with important tasks before going south!"

There is suffering, but when Liu Bei is greeted by the cold wind, Liu Hui feels that all the suffering is worth it.

Qingzhou now lacks people who can properly handle government affairs, so there are many approvals from Liu Hui, which is inevitable.

Lack of talent makes it difficult to make effective decisions on affairs.

For these officials, their approval authority is relatively small.

If you want to reduce the workload, you must absorb more talents to share the government affairs.

And before that, Liu Hui made up his mind to shoulder the burden for Liu Bei!

After a pause, Liu Hui said again: "Master, Zhen Yao has already replied, he is already raising money and grain, and will transport the money and grain to Qingzhou in the next year."

"Moreover, Zhen Yao promised that he will continue to transport grain to Qingzhou in the next year."

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words, clapped his palms and laughed and said, "It's Qingzhou's good fortune that Zhen's willing to transport grain to Qingzhou, and he will repay this kindness in the future."

Although Liu Bei has promised to give Zhen Yao a talent quota, this does not affect Liu Bei's gratitude to the Zhen family.

The journey from Zhongshan to Qingzhou is remote, but Zhen Yao still chooses to transport grain to Qingzhou. This trust makes Liu Bei quite happy.

Zheng Ping asked, "Liu Zhizhong, is there any important news from the states in the past ten days?"

The general trend of the world is changing rapidly.

Zheng Ping didn't want to be preempted by others, so he sent a large number of spies to various states to collect and record important information.

Liu Hui nodded, and while handing several selected pieces of information to Zheng Ping, he said, "Something happened in Youzhou. Seven days ago, Jizhou Mu Han Fu had a big fight with Youzhou Mu Shijun Liu."

"Han Fu even scolded Liu Shijun as 'pedantic' and 'rat' in public, and then left angrily. This incident caused a lot of trouble in Zhuo County."

Liu Hui was dissatisfied with Han Fu, so he called him by his first name.

"In addition, Yuan Shao hosted a banquet five days ago and met with the ministers of Qinghe, Hejian, Anping, Zhongshan, Julu prefect, Changshan and Zhao. Yuan Shao's youngest son, Yuan Mai's first birthday gift, but what was specifically discussed cannot be found out."

"Four days ago, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, asked Cui Yan, Prime Minister of Jinbei, for food, but Cui Yan refused. The angry Liu Dai directly drove his troops to Jibei Kingdom. If Prime Minister Pingyuan hadn't sent troops to persuade him to make peace, Cui Yan might have been attacked and killed by Liu Dai. .”

"Ying Shao, Taishou prefect of Mount Tai, deployed more soldiers and horses at the dangerous pass, and stepped up inspections of passers-by."

"Two days ago, Liu Dai suddenly attacked Ren Chengguo and killed Ren Chengguo Zheng Sui."

"There is also information from Nanyang County that Yuan Shu's general Sun Jian defeated Dong Zhuo's general Hu Zhen in Luyang and is preparing to attack Luoyang."

"Zhou Yu from Kuaiji is an old official of the Yuan family. Yuan Shao declared him as the governor of Yuzhou as the leader of the alliance, but his current movements are unknown."

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Liu Bei couldn't help frowning: "First kill Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, and then Zheng Sui, the chancellor of Rencheng. Does Liu Gongshan think that Yanzhou is not chaotic enough?"

Originally, he wanted to let Lu Zhi contact Zhu Jun, gather Yanzhou soldiers and horses to ask Dong again, and take the opportunity to ease the conflict between Liu Dai and the counties, but he did not expect that Liu Dai would directly attack and kill the counties.

Zheng Ping put down the information, and said in a concentrated voice: "Liu Dai overestimated his strength and attacked without authorization. He will surely die on the battlefield in the future."

"Although the Donglai Liu family has a relationship with the envoy, the envoy must not provoke Liu Dai's matter, so as not to be implicated."

"On the contrary, it is Jizhou. It is estimated that something big will happen, so you need to pay more attention."

Reminiscent of Liu Dai attacking and killing Rencheng Prime Minister Zheng Sui, Liu Bei was moved when he heard the words: "It means that Han Fu and Yuan Shao are going to attack and kill each other?"

"Han Fu is mediocre, if Yuan Shao can replace Han Fu, it must be a blessing for the people of Jizhou."

Liu Bei still has a good impression of Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuan Shao responded to Liu Bei's proclamation twice, calling on big money and grain households to transport a lot of grain to Qingzhou.

However, Han Fu deliberately shirks and despises the magi, so naturally he will not make Liu Bei feel good.

"Shi Jun really thinks so?" Zheng Ping chuckled.

Is Yuan Shao a blessing for the people of Jizhou?

As soon as he took power, he fought with Gongsun Zan first, instead of dealing with the black mountain bandits who invaded most of Changshan County.

If this can be considered a blessing for the people of Jizhou, then the people of Changshan County just want to spit at Yuan Shao.

Liu Bei nodded: "Yuan Shao is naturally stronger than Han Fu in appealing to the counties and states to transport grain to Qingzhou."

Zheng Ping shook his head lightly: "Your Majesty only knows one thing, but not the other. Although Han Fu is mediocre, he is the Jizhou Shepherd appointed by the imperial court after all, and he has not made any big mistakes."

"Han Fu is different from Jiao He and Liu Dai."

"Jiao He made a big mistake and let the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou be a disaster for the state; Liu Dai is the governor, not the governor of the state, and has no power to appoint and dismiss the counties."

"But Han Fu is the shepherd of Jizhou, and he has absolute power to govern the counties and states of Jizhou."

"Therefore, Han Fu can appoint and remove the prefects and prime ministers of the states and counties, but if the prefects and prime ministers of the states and counties do not respect them, they are ignoring the authority of the imperial court!"

"Therefore, if Yuan Shaozhen clashes with Han Fu, the envoy needs to publicly support Han Fu!"

Liu Bei was suddenly puzzled: "But if I support Han Fu, Yuan Shao will definitely be angry and think that I am ungrateful. The money and food sent from Jizhou to Qingzhou may also be cut off because of this."

Zheng Pingdong looked at the fire: "If Yuan Shao became the shepherd of Jizhou, would you think that he would still need the reputation of helping the hungry people in Qingzhou? The excuse that Han Fu can use, Yuan Shao can also use."

"On the contrary, if the envoy supports Han Fu, Han Fu will be grateful to the envoy, and the money and food that he refused to provide before will also be sent to Qingzhou."

"And if Yuan Shao repents at this time, Shi Jun and Han Fu can announce together that Yuan Shao is trying to gain fame and not really want to help the hungry people in Qingzhou."

"It has too much to do with it. If you are not careful, Yuan Shao will lose his reputation and be cast aside by the scholars of Jizhou. Yuan Shao will not be so stupid!"

"To ensure that there will be no omissions in the money and food sent from Jizhou to Qingzhou, the best strategy is to maintain the current balance in Jizhou."

"Whoever wants to break the balance of Jizhou is the enemy of the envoy!"

"My lord, don't abolish the public because of personal interests!"

Liu Bei appreciates and appreciates Yuan Shao, this is a personal affair.

But ensuring the food supply for the hungry people in Qingzhou is a matter of business.

If you neglect official business because of a little personal affair, that would be irresponsible to the 50 hungry people in Qingzhou!

Liu Bei woke up.

After all, Yuan Shao helped Qingzhou for his own sake, not because he really wanted to help the hungry people in Qingzhou.

If this becomes Jizhou Shepherd, there will be many reasons to refuse.

The hungry people in Qingzhou are useless to Yuan Shao, so how could Yuan Shao insist on transporting food to Qingzhou?

With this food, wouldn't it be more direct to gain fame by wooing and appeasing the hungry people in Jizhou?

Liu Hui also said: "Your Majesty, don't be so reasonable. Yuan Shaoruo, like Liu Dai, attacked for no reason. Then after they won Jizhou and Yanzhou, would they think about attacking other states and counties?"

"Although I hate Han Fu deeply, I don't want Qingzhou to suffer undue losses."

"Maintaining the status quo is in the best interest of Qingzhou."

Seeing that Liu Hui also agreed with Zheng Ping's point of view, Liu Bei nodded and said: "I understand, unless Yuan Shao is formally appointed by the court, I cannot support Yuan Shao to be the shepherd of Jizhou, even if the minister of Qinghe Kingdom, the minister of Hejian Kingdom, The Prime Ministers of Anping, Zhongshan, Julu, Changshan, and Zhao all support Yuan Shao, and I also want to maintain Han Fu’s orthodoxy in Jizhou.”

"Because he is the Jizhou Shepherd conferred by the imperial court. Since he has made no serious mistakes, he shouldn't be robbed."

Zheng Ping knew the general situation, and also knew Yuan Shao's ambitions.

Therefore, in planning Liu Bei's future general trend, we will try our best to weaken Yuan Shao's general trend.

Yuan Shao wanted to seize Jizhou, Zheng Ping added obstacles to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao wanted to use the fame gained from helping the hungry people in Qingzhou to make Han Fu take the initiative to abdicate. Zheng Ping asked Liu Bei to firmly support Han Fu's status as Jizhou shepherd with the righteousness of the court.

Not only to dominate the future of the world, but also to ensure that the money and food promised by Jizhou can be continuously shipped to Qingzhou.

Regardless of long-term interests or short-term interests, it is necessary to maintain the current balance in Jizhou.

After discussing the strategy for Jizhou, Zheng Ping focused his work on the southward migration of [-] villagers.

After all, from Qingzhou to Donghai Kingdom, it takes at least a month just to spend time on the road.

Zheng Ping must ensure that these villagers have enough supplies on the way south.

Because Liu Bei's reputation in Xuzhou has already started, there are wise men who come to vote one after another.

Liu Bei was overwhelmed, so he invited Kong Rong and Wang Xiu from Beihai Kingdom to Linzi City to help out.

Among these many sages, the most outstanding are Zhao Yu from Langya, styled Yuanda, Zhang Zhao from Pengcheng, styled Zibu, and Zhang Hong from Guangling, styled Zigang.

Among them, Zhang Hong's talents are the most comprehensive.

Adopting Zheng Ping's opinion, Liu Bei appointed Zhang Hong as the governor of Donglai County to assist Zhang Fei in handling the administrative affairs of Donglai County.

Zhang Hong is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, which is suitable for Zhang Fei who has a bad temper but respects the magi.

At the same time, Liu Bei appointed Zhao Yu and Zhang Zhao as the meritorious and literary directors of the governor's office respectively, and also took part in the examination and approval of the governor's office, and assisted in sharing the government affairs of Zheng Ping and Liu Hui.

With the addition of Zhao Yu and Zhang Zhao, the pressure on Zheng Ping and Liu Hui also eased.

And Liu Bei's wedding date on January [-]st is getting closer.

Governor's House.

Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei ran back, Zhang Fei was even more elated, and shouted from a distance:
"Brother, I brought you a good baby!"

(End of this chapter)