Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 93 Recruiting Liu Guanzhang (please subscribe)
  Liu Bei's incident was discovered by Liu Ming when he was sorting out the memorials. It was basically similar to the experience in the novel.

After serving as the captain of Anxi County, Jian Shuo was caught up in selling his officials to collect money. He also reorganized the people who were promoted to local officials due to military merit. In fact, he just collected another amount of money, and those who paid more money would continue to stay in office. Those who paid more money would even be repaid. Those who can be promoted and don’t pay money will be embarrassed and will be directly eliminated.

So Zhang Fei whipped the postal supervisor, and Liu Bei had no choice but to leave with his seal and go to Daizhou Liu Hui, hoping that for the sake of his fellow clan, he would be given a place to stay.

Liu Ming has little interest in Liu Bei. What he is really interested in are the two powerful generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. When he is in crisis and his power is weak, if he can get the help of these two generals, it will undoubtedly be even more powerful.

Jian Shuo briefly flipped through the memorandum, then looked at Liu Ming's expression, shook his head seriously and said: "It's better not to introduce such an ignorant person into the palace rashly. After all, you and I have secrets that cannot be told to anyone. Unless it’s someone close to your heart and soul… Let’s do this, whoever is chosen to enter the palace will be directly controlled by this general from now on, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore.”

As expected by Liu Ming, Jian Shuo was on guard against Liu Ming establishing his own power.

Although he keeps saying that Liu Ming can handle any small matters, he must ensure that these are under Liu Ming's control. Now that Liu Ming is suspected of trying to win over his own people, Jian Shuo will of course stop him.

"My dear, what you said makes sense." Liu Ming praised, thought for a while and said, "Then Liu Bei will not be allowed to enter the palace, but he can be allowed to participate in the defense of Luoyang City. At present, our ability to protect ourselves is still too weak. The Northern Army and the Western Army are The total number of Yuan Eight Schools plus the Yulin Army is less than 30,000. If you exclude the soldiers and horses lost during He Jin's rebellion, there will be even less. Excluding the daily defense of the city, there are almost no soldiers and horses available."

"How can we rule the world like this? Dong Zhuo came to the west and brought 30,000 troops. We can only rely on foreign troops like Ding Yuan, which is really passive. Therefore, we must find ways to increase troops and supplement the generals."

Of course, Liu Ming was not willing to give up this opportunity, so he settled for the next best thing and said that he could call Liu Bei to participate in the defense of the city.

Jian Shuo still knew something about military affairs. He thought about it carefully and felt that what Liu Ming said was true.

Now is no longer a time of prosperity and peace for the country and the people, but thieves are everywhere. There are also many generals like Dong Zhuo who support their troops and respect themselves. More importantly, Jian Shuo has something secret in his heart. If he wants to stabilize his position with this substitute, he must master More and more powerful soldiers and horses.

This is the truth.

"Okay, you decide to recruit Liu Bei to the capital. It would be best if he can bring some troops." Jian Shuo finally relaxed, but still reminded, "But you have to remember, don't Because he is from the same clan as you, he was stupid enough to reveal his true identity to the other party. Your identity cannot be known to anyone except you and me. It is related to your wealth and even our lives, so don't be careless."

"Of course I know." Liu Ming agreed.

Jian Shuo naturally knew the importance of increasing military strength, but he had no better choice in the short term. The generals with heavy troops did not show much kindness to him. However, Dong Zhuo sent Li Su to give him gifts, and he also helped. Dong Zhuo, but in the end it was discovered that Dong Zhuo came to Beijing to eradicate himself.

This oolong made Jian Shuo extremely embarrassed.

"There are many vacancies for ministers in the DPRK. Why don't we take the opportunity to select and install some close associates to hold important positions, which will also make it easier for you and me to control the ministers." Liu Ming made a suggestion.

When the He family fell, a lot of people were killed, that's all. Now there are a lot of empty seats in the court. In addition, there are still some unsold officials who were sold before. The central machine of the big man is missing a lot of parts. .

"Well, that's exactly the reason." Jian Shuo nodded, "It's a pity that there are not so many confidants to install at the moment. How about this, we install some, and the rest can be recommended by the ministers. Of course, if you recommend one, you have to donate a sum of money. . Well, the general will share half of the money from selling his official position, and you can control the other half."

Although Jian Shuo has moved to Zhao Zhong's mansion, his biggest hobby is still collecting money, and he doesn't care at all about the negative consequences of doing so.

Will the big man die?

This idea has never occurred in Jian Shuo's mind. Not only him, but also current Yuan Wei, Yang Biao and others would not think so.

Even Dong Zhuo, who wanted to go to Beijing to gain political benefits, never thought that the Han Dynasty would be destroyed. As for Cao Cao, who directly led the Han Dynasty to destruction in history, he is still a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

No one in the world thinks that the great man will die. Even Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, who claims to be the emperor, are just enjoying themselves for a moment.

Although this country is in turmoil, it still feels very stable to the people who are in it.

So, if you don’t take advantage of the opportunity to be more greedy while you are in power, what are you waiting for? Will it be invalidated when the power expires?

Especially for Jian Shuo, power? It has almost reached its peak. As for the title of duke and king, that is a matter for later; beauty? His special body structure has cut off this ability, so his only hobby is greed for money. Moreover, he directly proposed that he would keep half of the money from selling the official position. This was done openly, but secretly, didn’t those who bought the official position also give him gifts? So he can benefit from both ends. Why not.

The two immediately discussed the appointment of court ministers, and decided to go to court again tomorrow to make the announcement.

"What? There's another court meeting tomorrow?"

When the news was conveyed to the civil servants and generals, they felt unbelievable for a moment.

In the past, the Chang Dynasty was raised only once every ten days or even more than a month. Why is it that the Chang Dynasty is raised two days in a row now? There must be something big announced.

Jian Shuo had already arranged for people to notify those who were about to be promoted. He was just waiting at home to receive the gifts.

Sure enough, someone came to the house to deliver gifts that night, and Jian Shuo's face was filled with joy.

Not satisfied with this, he personally asked Pan Yin, his most trusted eunuch, to supervise the construction of the paper mill. As for the construction cost, of course he could not pay for it himself and had to pay it from the state treasury.

As for the future profits, most of them will definitely go to Jian Shuo. Of course, this is just his wishful thinking. When large-scale paper manufacturing is completed, it is still unclear whether Jian Shuo will be there at the time.

Liu Ming immediately issued an edict and sent people to Liu Hui in Daizhou to recruit Liu Bei's three brothers to Beijing to receive the title.

As for the appointments of Liu Yu and Huangfu Song, they need to be formally drafted by the Chancellor after tomorrow's court meeting, and finally Jian Shuo will use the seal.

That's right, now that the jade seal is in the hands of Jian Shuo, without the imperial edict stamped with the jade seal, its gold content will be much smaller. Especially at the moment when the imperial power is on the decline, many people will wonder whether the emperor's favorites are falsifying the seal without authorization. Preach the imperial edict.

There are many heroes wandering around the countryside today. In addition to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there are also Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Xu Huang, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, etc. Zhao Yun is still young, and Lu Bu and Hua Xiong have already Lord.

All of these must be recruited slowly, starting with Guan and Zhang this time.

Liu Ming has an innate advantage, that is, his status as emperor. Unless he has reached a situation where the princes have joined forces and divided their kingdoms, it will be easy for him to recruit these people.

As for the extremely intelligent counselors, most of them were hidden in the countryside, such as Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and others. Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi were still young. But these people are not suitable for use for a while because they are too smart.

You have to wait until you take care of Emperor Ling and Jian Shuo before you can use smart people. Now you just need to be able to maintain the normal operation of the government.

After dinner, Liu Ming reviewed the memorials for another hour under Lu Qiang's service, and then went to bed.

I have to say that this Lu Qiang is still very diligent in his work.

Today has been a fulfilling day, and I am in a good mood, so I am even more prosperous in the evening.

During the sage's intermission, Liu Ming did the math and said happily: "The probability that my beloved concubine will be pregnant with a dragon species will be greatly increased tonight."

Concubine Shu didn't know what was going on and asked doubtfully: "Why is this? Did Your Majesty take medicine?"

Liu Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was too lazy to explain to him what the safe period was and what the ovulation period was. He had just estimated that the hit rate should be the highest in these days.

"No, I can see through the yin and yang of the heaven and the earth. I can calculate with my fingers. In the past few days, when the purple energy comes from the east, a god will send me a son." Liu Ming said casually.

"In that case, in order to increase the hit rate, why not do it a few more times?" Concubine Shu's face turned red with embarrassment, but her body was not honest. She wrapped Liu Ming tightly, wanting to ask for it again...

(End of this chapter)