The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 293: Zuo Rong with a fierce look in his eyes

"Okay, Zi Yu and Wen Ru have already gone out. Lord Tao, just tell me whatever you want to say." After Liu Bei saw that Yang Ji and the other two had disappeared, he turned to Tao Qian and said.

In response to Liu Bei's question, Tao Qian was silent for a while, obviously surprised by Liu Bei's reaction.

"I didn't expect that you, Xuande, have grown to this level." Tao Qian shook his head and sighed.

Two years ago at Hulao Pass, Liu Bei was just a nobody who was affiliated with Gongsun Zan and had only two thousand men under his command.

Moreover, although Liu Bei was elevated to the position of a vassal by Chen Xi at that time, the greatest impression that the vassal states of the Hulao Pass period had of Liu Bei was probably his two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong.

After that, he took advantage of Gongsun Zan's relationship and seized thousands of White Horse Volunteers from Gongsun Zan.

Then, with the help of Hua Xiong's relationship, he received tens of thousands of cavalry from the defeated Dong Zhuo.

The powerful ability of the Face Fruit made the big guys in Hulao Pass extremely envious, and they wished they could take its place.

What can be compared with Liu Bei's face is Liu Bei's own status and background, which does not even have much to do with his ability.

Although he was a relative of the Han royal family, he was just a mat weaver and shoe seller, which created a huge gap between him and the many descendants of famous families present.

Although on the surface everyone recognized Liu Bei as a prince, in fact, no one knew what to say about Liu Bei in their hearts.

The only people who really had no feelings about Liu Bei's identity were probably Gongsun Zan, Kong Rong and Tao Qian.

As a result, in just a short period of time, Liu Bei jumped from a mat weaver and shoe seller to the number one prince in the world.

Looking at Liu Bei in front of him, Tao Qian could feel that although Liu Bei's temperament had undergone a drastic change, Liu Bei was still the same Liu Bei.

"As people, once they shoulder responsibilities, they will involuntarily walk towards the path of growth. This is an inevitable experience for everyone." Liu Bei said with a smile.

Liu Bei admitted that he had changed a lot, but the one thing that would not change was his belief in supporting the Han Dynasty and saving the people from dire straits.

Recently, the ideal of "ensuring that the people have food to eat, houses to live in, medical care to the sick, jobs to be employed, rewards to be paid for their hard work, education to be provided for the young, and care to be provided for the elderly" has been added.

"Xuan De truly lives up to his reputation for benevolence." Tao Qian also heard the implicit meaning in Liu Bei's words.

"Forget it. I was originally planning to have a good talk with you, Xuande. With what you just said, I don't have to waste my energy.

When you get old, you should save some energy to deal with your funeral affairs." Tao Qian shook his head and sighed.

"Mr. Tao wants to take action against the noble families of Xuzhou?" Liu Bei's heart moved. The affairs that Tao Qian mentioned were probably to help him deal with the noble families of Xuzhou.

"Hmph, these guys actually dared to use force. Then don't blame me for using force too!" When talking about the Xuzhou aristocratic families, Tao Qian's eyes turned cold.

Even if the Xuzhou noble families really captured the governor's mansion, they would not do anything to Tao Qian. After all, their interests in Xuzhou still depended on Tao Qian's cooperation.

However, have the Xuzhou families ever asked Tao Qian whether he would cooperate with their actions?
Moreover, the rebellion started by these aristocratic families affected more than just the governor's mansion where Tao Qian was.

"Mr. Tao, why don't you let me take charge of the liquidation of the aristocratic families?" Liu Bei said calmly, as if he had been prepared.

"Leave it to you?" Tao Qian frowned, "This is a very offensive thing, are you sure you want to take it?" Tao Qian said seriously.

“If I, an old guy with little time, were to settle accounts with them, it would be the end of it.

However, if you were to do it, you might end up with their crazy revenge.

Xuande, you must know that the power hidden by the aristocratic family is not as simple as you see it. "

Don’t be fooled by the chaotic and seemingly disorganized mutiny by the aristocratic families.

But look at those small princes. Can they provide tens of thousands of well-trained private soldiers wearing leather armor and holding swords?

Even two years ago, Liu Bei could only muster two thousand soldiers in cloth armor and equipped with swords.

Even though the private soldiers of the noble families in front of him were beaten like grandsons by Chen Dao, who is Chen Dao, and what level of legion is the army commanded by Chen Dao?

There are even a few generals with certain command abilities among the aristocratic families.

If the aristocratic families are really pushed into a corner, who knows what kind of trouble they will come up with.

"So, let me, an old fellow, help you clear the obstacles for taking over the power of Xuzhou.

Let me settle the accounts accumulated over the years with them, and then you can calm their excited emotions. "Tao Qian looked at Liu Bei seriously and said.

A gentleman can be deceived by tricks. It was precisely because Tao Qian saw Liu Bei's benevolence that he planned to do another favor for Tao Shang and Tao Ying.

Of course, earning Liu Bei's favor was just a side job. The main reason was that Tao Qian had long wanted to fight with the aristocratic families in Xuzhou.

Ever since Tao Qian took control of Xuzhou, he has been constrained in all aspects by the aristocratic families of Xuzhou.

Now he finally found an opportunity to settle accounts, and he also wanted to settle accounts with the Xuzhou family.

"Mr. Tao, you talk as if what I am doing now has not offended the aristocratic families. In the eyes of the aristocratic families, my sins are even greater than yours, Mr. Tao." Liu Bei laughed.

What Liu Bei is doing now is much more serious than Tao Qian's plan to settle accounts with the Xuzhou families.

"Not to mention other things, the issue of universal education alone has pushed me to the opposite side of the aristocratic families. This is undermining the foundation of the aristocratic families." Liu Bei looked at Tao Qian and said seriously.

"What do you think those noble families can and dare to do to me?" Liu Bei restrained the expression on his face and said calmly.

Listening to Liu Bei's words, Tao Qian's eyes showed a hint of shock. Is this really something Liu Bei could say?
Chen Deng and Zhao Yu next to him lowered their heads to hide the horror in their eyes. Liu Bei really dared to say that.

"There are thirteen states in the world, and you, Liu Xuande, have only occupied two states and three counties. How do you know that they dare not attack you?" Tao Qian said after he came to his senses.

The malicious intentions of the aristocratic families don’t care whether you are the number one prince in the world, as long as you block their way to gain benefits.

Nowadays, the noble families would dare to challenge each other even if the person they encountered was the emperor sitting on the throne.

Not to mention that you, Liu Bei, are just a vassal. What does being the number one vassal in the world mean?

"Listen to me, let me, an old guy who doesn't have much time left, help you clear some obstacles." Tao Qian said to Liu Bei.

If Tao Qian really believed what Liu Bei just said, then there would be something wrong. How could all the Han Dynasty families choose to stand against Liu Bei? What do you think the Chen family, the Fan family, the Xun family and other families would think?

Moreover, even those noble families who chose to stand against Liu Bei for various reasons, didn't they send young people in their families who had similar or even the same ideas as Liu Bei and Chen Xi to Liu Bei's side?

His Tao family is a noble family, so how could he not know that the noble families of the Han Dynasty have recently been counting those young people in their families who have incorrect ideas or are not noble enough?

At that time, Tao Qian also counted the young people in the family, but unfortunately, after counting the direct, branch and collateral lines, he could not find a single incorrect young person.

Tao Qian realized at that time how huge the gap was between his small family and those top families.

Those top families will always find several or even dozens of young people whose thinking is not up to par with that of the top families.

Each of those top families gave Liu Bei more sons than all the people in Tao Qian's family.

Liu Bei looked at Tao Qian. Why did he always feel that Tao Qian seemed to have transferred the power of Xuzhou and the command of Danyang in the Xuzhou tribe to him?

Otherwise, Tao Qian could have directly sent troops to attack the Xuzhou noble families who were involved in this incident. Why is he speaking in a negotiating tone now?
Liu Bei's expression looked a little strange. He now regretted throwing Yang Ji and Li Ru out.

If these two people were present, they would probably be able to guess the reason why Tao Qian did this, and there would be no need for him to guess here.

"Mr. Tao, since you want to settle everything with the Xuzhou family, then go ahead. I will have to settle everything sooner or later anyway.

Yuan Gonglu's method of arresting people according to the law is quite good." Liu Bei said with a smile.

Although after being cleaned up by Tao Qian, there may not be many aristocratic family members in Xuzhou who can be caught and thrown into the pit of universal education.

However, my happiness is priceless. Since Tao Qian wants to settle accounts, let him do it.

Anyway, no matter what the fate of Tao Qian and the Xuzhou aristocratic families is, Liu Bei will arrest people from the major aristocratic families in Xuzhou according to the new version of the trial Han law.

"Ah?" Several question marks appeared on Tao Qian's forehead. What did it mean that Liu Bei also wanted to settle accounts?

Tao Qian was thinking that after he had almost dealt with the Xuzhou noble families, he would let Liu Bei come out to mediate and gain a lot of favors from the Xuzhou noble families.

Now Liu Bei must settle accounts with the Xuzhou noble families. Tao Qian remembers that the Xuzhou noble families have never offended Liu Bei in any way, right?
Chen Deng and Zhao Yu also raised their heads and looked at Liu Bei in disbelief. Why did he suddenly want to liquidate the Xuzhou families?
Tao Qian had to be cleansed once, and Liu Bei also had to be cleansed once, so what would be left of the Xuzhou family?
"Don't worry, the liquidation here is carried out in accordance with the new version of the trial Han law. The mortality rate is still very low, and it will not cause too much impact on the Xuzhou families." Liu Bei said with a smile.

If people are really arrested according to the current version of Han law, it is hard to say how long it will take to fill the huge hole in universal education.

Although it is a bit abstract to use these scum from aristocratic families to fill the gap in universal education.

But there is no way, because the business they have set up now is a bit too big, and if they don't want to use some unconventional methods, they won't be able to gather the required teachers.

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"Who is this guy?" Yang Ji looked at the middle-aged man who was stepped on by Chen Dao.

"He looks quite fierce. No wonder he was sent out by the Xuzhou noble family to lead tens of thousands of private soldiers." Li Ru said as he looked at the man who kept twisting his body.

Just when Yang Ji and Li Ru were discussing who was the leader of the private army of the aristocratic family under Chen Dao's feet.

The elite Danyang troops under Chen Dao's command were cooperating with the elite Danyang troops under Tao Qian's command to defeat the private soldiers of the aristocratic families who were still resisting one by one.

All I can say is that they are worthy of being private soldiers raised by aristocratic families. They are loyal to the family and are unwilling to surrender even if their commander has been captured.

"Wenru, do you have any skills related to interrogation in your skill tree?" Yang Ji asked Li Ru.

"Why do you think I have these skills?" Li Ru asked Yang Ji very unhappily.

He is a big and kind old grandfather, how could he have such a skill?

"Ah, you don't know how to do it?" Yang Ji asked in surprise. He thought that people like Li Ru knew everything.

"Fuck..." Li Ru was directly broken by Yang Ji's question. Does he know how to do it or not?
If he says yes, the image he created before will collapse. If he says no, the image he created before will also collapse.

"General Yang, Li Changshi, this man is called Zuo Rong." After asking the Danyang soldiers of Tao Qian's army, Chen Dao said to Yang Ji and Li Ru.

"Zao Rong?" Yang Ji frowned. He remembered that no matter in the official history or the original world line, Zuo Rong was always a very cruel person.

Yang Ji didn't know much about the official history, but in the original world line, Zuo Rong was one of the driving forces behind Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou.

Unexpectedly, in this life, Zuo Rong was chosen as the leader of the private army to attack Tao Qian.

If this is the case, then those private soldiers who robbed the people in Xuzhou city should have been sent by Zuo Rong.

"Are you Zuo Rong?" Yang Ji squatted down and looked into Zuo Rong's eyes. One could only say that he was indeed a cruel person recorded in history books, but there was not even a trace of cruelty in his eyes.

"Who are you?" Zuo Rong asked Yang Ji with a frown. He didn't know who the young man in front of him was.

“It’s not important who I am. What’s important is that you have read Buddhist scriptures for so many years but have not learned the Buddha’s compassion for all living beings.

No wonder Buddha saved the world but not you." Yang Ji said sarcastically.

"Impossible!" Zuo Rong roared at Yang Ji with a ferocious look on his face.

"Look, you're still angry, aren't you?" Yang Ji didn't care about Zuo Rong's roar at all. He was just accusing Zuo Rong of not having the manners that a Buddhist should have.

Looking at Zuo Rong's ferocious face, Yang Ji stood up with some boredom.

"Shuzhi, keep an eye on him and wait for Lord Xuande to deal with him. What this guy did should be punishable by death."

"Yes!" Chen Dao responded, then looked at Zuo Rong under his feet. He didn't expect that this guy could actually attract Yang Ji's attention. It seemed that he had committed a serious crime.

"Do you know this guy?" Li Ru looked at Zuo Rong and asked Yang Ji thoughtfully.

"What should I say?" Yang Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that there was no trace of cruelty in this guy's eyes just now.

But the private soldiers who went to rob the people in Xuzhou were sent by this guy."

"Yes, now your cruel nature is revealed." Yang Ji said, pointing at the murderous look in Zuo Rong's eyes.

(End of this chapter)