Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 205 Eastern Han Trust?

After many twists and turns, Liu Yu was finally released.

It seems that the most important minister in the world did not receive any harsh treatment during his house arrest. It was rare for him to have nothing to do and he could not go out. On the contrary, he gained some weight.

Although Lu Zhi was polite to him, he had no intention of letting him go.

The so-called willingness to bet and admit defeat. Since this person relied on his identity and did not take Gongsun Zan seriously, he could not blame others for being killed. Now that he can save his life is the result of the old man's saving face, how can he be willing to help him regain the chips? .

Besides, Mr. Lu still has a lot of unresolved issues here.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, admired this powerful clan relative quite a bit, and his words were all contrived - he had been a clan official, and if he came back to power in the future, he would not want to show his face in front of the emperor or even enter the central government. About words?

Even if these utilitarian aspects are not taken into account, Liu Yu's life trajectory is what Liu Bei dreams of.

He came from a powerful clan, was proficient in the Five Classics, was filial and honest, and entered the officialdom. He started as a county official, and was promoted to the pinnacle of his career step by step. In the chaos, he became the last white jade pillar of the Han Dynasty to hold up the sky and the purple golden beam to support the sea.

In addition to being directly from the royal family, this is basically the best script that the surname Liu can get.

Therefore, Liu Bei treated him with great courtesy and would call him an envoy. After all, based on his origin, it would not be too much for Liu Bei, a native of Youzhou, to call him an envoy.

Moreover, there are currently more than a thousand people in the envoy, most of whom are directly under Liu Bei. Although it is impossible to let Liu Yu go directly, the etiquette treatment is still in accordance with the highest standards, almost the same as Lu Zhi.

After passing the initial stage of shock, Liu Yu thought it was reasonable - anyway, with his reputation and status, as long as the big man was still alive, he would not be mistreated anywhere, so he gradually felt relieved.

Lu Zhi was getting old and needed a good rest. He, Liu Guanzhang, and Sun Zi Xu Jiashu were the ones who often chatted with each other on horseback.

"Youzhou and Jizhou are mostly from the lineage of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan." When talking about his profession, Liu Yu thought quickly and spoke without any hindrance. "He was the founding king of Zhongshan. His sons alone had more than one hundred He is more than 20 years old and can be said to be prosperous, but not many are still serving as officials. If Xuande has the opportunity, he can go to Chang'an, as today is the time to employ people."

As the saying goes, a gentleman will be killed after five generations. During the four hundred years of the two Han Dynasties, twenty generations of people have had the final say. The Han Dynasty clan has been wiped out, and it has to be respected by the emperor. Otherwise, the title will be useless at most. It's just that [the favorability of people loyal to the Han Dynasty will increase slightly]. It's not a very valuable thing.

After all, Liu Bei's grandfather had been promoted as filial and honest, and he had served as an official. His pedigree could be traced. He was not a figure with unknown origins. He could be promoted with just a little effort.

"My great kindness to you, I will remember it for the next five years!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei was overjoyed - Liu Yu's favor was just a word, but it meant a lot to him!

The officialdom of the Han Dynasty still valued connections. With Liu Yu's endorsement, his origin changed from a "humble man who weaved mats and sold shoes" to a "high-profile new star of the clan". His official career suddenly became clear, and the glass blocking his head The ceiling was completely shattered, and it would be an exaggeration to say that the carp jumped over the dragon's gate.

Speaking of excitement, the two also discussed relatives on the spot. Liu Yu was worthy of being a well-known capable minister in the world. He could roughly calculate the seniority of Liu Bei's lineage based on his memory when he was Zongzheng. "The first emperor was the great-great-grandson of Emperor Zhang and the great-grandson of King Xiao of Hejian." , before inheriting the throne, he attacked his father's Marquis Jieduting."

After frowning and calculating for a while, Liu Yu clapped his hands and said, "Xuande and I are of the same generation. From now on, you and I will treat each other as brothers."

When Liu Bei heard this, he felt very happy.

According to seniority, Liu Yu is the uncle of the current emperor. If he is of the same generation as him, doesn't that mean he is also an uncle of the emperor?

Uncle Liu Huang!

After reciting this title several times in his mind, Liu Bei couldn't help but smile on his usually calm face, and he felt an inexplicable sense of happiness in his heart, as if it should be this way.

Seeing the worthless look of the emperor's uncle, Xu Jiashu couldn't help but feel happy for him, and then he realized - no, it only took a little more than two weeks and only ten days to get along with him. When did he develop a good impression of Liu Bei? So high?

"Deputy envoy", Liu Yu's words interrupted Xu Jiashu's thoughts. He looked at the deputy envoy who smiled and then suddenly fell into deep thought. He asked tentatively: "Although I went south, my family members are still in Jixian. I don't know. What should I do?”

The only son Liu He is still in Chang'an, and the only family members left in Jixian are a few wives and concubines.

Liu Yu did not mention this matter until several days after setting off, which was intentional.

If he had to take his family back home as soon as he was freed, he would have no reason to go back. Gongsun Zan would definitely rush to bring them back and leave together.

It was different now. He and Liu Bei had formed a deep personal relationship, and this newly recognized younger brother controlled most of the troops. He might be happy to return to Jixian to ask for people.

When Gongsun Zan saw them leaving and coming back, he would inevitably become suspicious. When the time came, he would stir up trouble and cause friction between the two sides. Taking advantage of Gongsun Zan's shallow foundation, he would use his own prestige to rise up and call on the officers, soldiers and people who were loyal to him to kill the rebels.

Isn’t Youzhou back again?

To put it bluntly, Liu Yu was used to holding great power, and he simply did not want to leave Youzhou, where he had worked hard for many years, and become a powerless mascot in the mission. This would be more uncomfortable than killing him.

He even vaguely resented Lu Zhi in his heart for not taking care of his students, but he actually helped him seize his own inheritance.

If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, it is not a good thing!

"family?"

Xu Jiashu blinked and forgot about this. After all, none of the people here are married yet.

Seeing his dazed look, Liu Yu was secretly happy. As long as he used his acting skills and shed a few heroic tears of a man worried about his wife and daughter, Liu Xuande, who had just benefited from his own benefits, might not be able to step forward and regain Youzhou in this way. Isn’t it just around the corner?

Quickly brew up your emotions, cry out before they ask to send someone to pick him up, and encourage Liu Bei to cause trouble.

"Don't worry, Commander Liu!"

An untimely drake voice sounded, and Sun Zi, who was still in the stage of changing his voice, came over excitedly and said as if he was taking credit: "I have made an agreement with General Gongsun a long time ago. He will send people to the border of Jizhou to find a big family for your family members. If you take care of me, you won’t be treated unfairly!”

The young man finally showed his face in front of the big boss. Although he suppressed it forcefully, he could not hide the feeling of "praising me and praising me".

See, my job as a sergeant is still of some use.

well done!

Xu Jiashu secretly thought to himself that he was worthy of being the junior whom Wang favored and favored. He was a big boss in the late Cao Wei Dynasty. He was so thoughtful at such a young age.

Coupled with the calmness shown in the face of important events in previous battles, he will be on par with Fazheng as a leader of the next generation.

"Well done." Liu Yu struggled to smile and encouraged: "Well done."

Before Youzhou Mu could find a place to feel uncomfortable, Xu Jiashu took over the conversation again: "Speaking of big families, I happen to know a big family in Jizhou."

You know, Wuji County, where the Wuji Zhen family is located, is in Zhongshan Kingdom, which is adjacent to Youzhou.

When the group arrived in Wuji County for repairs, Xu Jiashu asked for directions to Zhen's house.

Originally, it was just a tentative trip. In theory, Zhen Yan should be working in Quliang, not necessarily at home.

Unexpectedly, after announcing his name, he was quickly invited into the mansion.

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time and had a great conversation.

After all, Zhen Yan was the only son of the Zhen family, and the entire Zhen family's property was destined to be inherited by him, so whenever there was any trouble, the Zhen family found connections to bring him back instead of staying in the war-torn place in the south.

After entering the gate of Zhen's house, Xu Jiashu paid special attention to the simulator.

Well, nothing happened.

This is normal. During the conversation, I learned that Zhen Mi is only a little over nine years old now, which is less than ten years old in actual years.

If the simulator could ring at this age, I would probably be arrested by the Space-Time Administration.

So Xu Jiashu just reminisced about the past with Zhen Yan, and wanted to entrust Liu Yu's family here to give them a chance to cling to the princes.

While they were chatting, there was a noise from behind the main hall.

Zhen Yan's delicate and handsome face turned red, and she explained in a low voice with embarrassment: "My father and brother died early, and I was traveling around the world, so it was the women who made the decisions in the family, which made Zi Mao laugh."

"It doesn't matter," Xu Jiashu replied, "The Wuji Zhen family is extremely wealthy and well-known in Hebei. I didn't expect that it was a group of female family members who managed the family business. It's really respectable."

Zhen Yan smiled shyly, and the two of them didn't take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, the sound became more and more noisy, and since there was no other way, Zhen Yan asked his servants to call him.

"Brother!"

A little loli strode over. Although it's corny to say this, Xu Jiashu can really only think of "carved in pink and carved in jade" to describe it, like a flawless porcelain doll coming to life.

Is this the sister-in-law that Cao Zijian can't forget?

Although she is still young, she is already a top beauty - no, it is not an exaggeration to call her a beauty directly. Even Xu Jiashu has seen countless beautiful child stars who became famous at a young age, but none of them can match her.

"This"

He turned to look at Zhen Yan.

"My sister-in-law Zhen Mi."

Just as Zhen Yan was about to introduce, he was interrupted by the little Loli.

"I saw a lot of goods arriving at home. Is my mother buying these things again?"

Little Loli frowned. Although she was young, she was already very noble. "Seeking treasures in troubled times is not a good strategy. A common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of having a treasure. This is the so-called loss of life because of wealth. Now many people are When you are hungry, it is better to open a granary of your family’s grain and give it to your neighbors in all directions, as this is the right way to benefit everyone.”

Zhen has been taking advantage of the low prices of treasures during natural disasters to buy them at low prices. It was normal to buy low and sell high, but Zhen Mi was very opposed to this.

She looked at the guests aside and frowned.

Apart from the servants in the family, the man he sees the most is his brother Zhen Yan. However, as the only male, Zhen Yan is deeply influenced by the female relatives in the family, and is even easily misunderstood as a woman.

At this time, seeing a tall sports student like Xu Jiashu, I felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

A man suddenly appeared among the girls, and it was inevitable that he would be a little wary and xenophobic.

Zhen Yan just wanted to send his sister away quickly, and said, "I will tell my mother and ask the servants to scatter some grains and go out to make money and eliminate disasters."

Speaking of grains, Xu Jiashu got excited and talked about Qingzhou with Zhen Yan.

Mentioning what kind of hell it is on earth and the lack of food there, I couldn't help but sigh: "I'm afraid one million people will die in Qingzhou this year!"

"exactly!"

Zhen Mi, who was listening in fascination, interrupted, "If Jizhou falls into that same situation, and the family is still unkind because of their wealth, sooner or later they will be robbed by hungry people. Then what's the use of a warehouse full of treasure?"

When adults speak, children should not interrupt.

Zhen Yan quickly asked his servants to take the young lady out.

"Although your sister is young, she is sensible and sensible," Xu Jiashu praised, "The Zhen family is worthy of being a family of high officials."

"My sister-in-law has been fond of reading since she was a child." After sending Zhen Mi away, Zhen Yan sighed: "I want to revitalize the family business. The girl in the family is used as a half-man, so it would be better to read more books."

According to the custom at this time, it was not common for female relatives to study.

Seeing that he didn't want to talk more about his sister, Xu Jiashu asked about the situation in Jizhou, "Brother Zhen came from Quliang. I wonder what the situation in Jizhou is like?"

Quliang is just south of Jizhou, probably where it meets Yanzhou, and not too far from Yuan Shao's residence.

"It's very chaotic," Zhen Yan replied without thinking. "Liu Dai threatened to send troops north to attack. Judging from my family's trade there, I'm afraid it was not an empty threat."

In fact, in this era, every prince is collecting and transporting grain. This is not a strange thing, but combined with Liu Daifang's harsh words, the situation is very scary. Jizhou may really be divided.

"It's not just Yanzhou, grain is being harvested everywhere. My family seems to have stocked a lot, but these are not under my control," Zhen Yan said, "My mind is still on my official career."

"Official career?"

Hearing this, Xu Jiashu shook his head noncommittally.

Today is different from the past. What is the use of being an official?

Don’t you see that the most important minister in the world is now a prisoner among his own people?

But for the Zhen family, restoring their father and brother's career is the most important thing.

If a family has not produced an official for many generations, it will fall into a vicious cycle in which the descendants will have no shelter and their official career will not go smoothly - just like Fazheng did, until they fall to the bottom and are completely isolated from the scholar class, unless the descendants are surprised. A beautiful person, otherwise it will be difficult to have anything to do with power.

Without the protection of power, no matter how much wealth you have, it is just a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Thinking about the predicament of the Zhen family, Xu Jiashu suddenly had a magical sense of déjà vu.

How similar is this to the Mi Zhu we met two hundred chapters ago?

Both families have millions of dollars in wealth, but they have no way to cash it in, so they can only carefully find people to invest.

It's just that the Zhen family's situation is a bit more complicated. They don't even have a male, which limits their vision and choices.

After all, women can only handle business transactions at home, but it is difficult for them to be exposed in public, especially when the world is so chaotic, it is impossible to travel far away.

If this continues, the best outcome for Zhen is to find a local official in Jizhou and seek peace for the whole family through marriage, just like in history.

Frankly speaking, in a situation like Zhen's, the marriage with the Yuan family was definitely a high one. By giving Yuan Shao a blood transfusion, she could be exchanged for glory and wealth. It was probably because of Zhen Mi's beauty that she could get such favorable conditions.

The Mi family of Xuzhou made two efforts. While the Mi brothers were serving as officials, they also chose Liu Bei to be an angel investor. Even though Mi Fang, the uncle of the state, made a big mistake in the later period, he still obtained the title of "Tongxu" in Shu Han. lofty status, the rewards are not without great rewards.

Thinking of this, Xu Jiashu asked: "At the banquet in Luoyang that day, did Xuzhou Mi Zhu and Brother Zhen still have contact?"

"Black Mountain thieves are rampant, but there is no contact." Zhen Yan was stunned for a moment, and then asked alertly: "What's wrong? Did something happen to the Mi family?"

Xu Jiashu couldn't help but curse, "How come you rich people are all like frightened birds, always getting into trouble? Why don't you have any sense of security?"

"Brother Zhen, have you ever thought about joining forces with the Mi family?" He finally said what he was thinking.

Speaking of which, the Mi family's industry is actually much larger than that of the Zhen family.

Living in Xuzhou, which is close to the sea, its business includes salt drying, transportation, planting, etc. However, because there are no officials in the family, Mi Zhu's status was the lowest at the banquet that day. Xu Jiashu can still remember it.

If rich people like Mi and Zhen could unite, they could provide food and wages for a hundred thousand troops, and control the material supply and start a terrible economic war.

At present, the wealthy businessmen of Han Dynasty are like children holding gold. Even wise people are looking for protection from powerful people, but they do not realize that they also have terrible power. Once they unite, they can still change the world.

"Mi's family?"

"Yes", Xu Jiashu took the opportunity to promote his trust plan.

"Without the blessing of noble people, it's just a fantasy." After hearing this, Zhen Yan still shook his head, "It's not feasible."

Without sufficient force to support it, the so-called alliance is nothing more than putting money together so that others can grab it.

Protection by force?

Xu Jiashu didn't feel sleepy anymore talking about this. He finally confessed his identity.

"Actually, I'm not here to visit friends. The emperor's new shepherd of Jizhou is with me!"

(End of this chapter)