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Chapter 570 Ma Chao and Ma Dai: Today is the day to achieve great things!

Chapter 570 Ma Chao and Ma Dai: Today is the day to achieve great things!
The household steward was an official of the royal family and princes, in charge of household affairs.

To describe it using the words of the fairyland and later generations, perhaps it is - butler?
Isn't it a waste of talent to let Lai Min be the housekeeper?
"Jingda, it's not that I don't want to, but isn't it a bit of a waste of talent to let Jingda be the housekeeper?"

Lai Min shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, no, how could that be, it's not a waste of talent at all!"

Seeing Lai Min's insistence, Liu Bei finally agreed.

Looking at Lai Min's grinning face, Liu Bei couldn't help thinking: In the eyes of the nobles, Jingda had offended Wenhe, so in order to protect himself, he ran to my house to serve as a housekeeper. This makes sense.
This incident was just an episode. In the following days, the court, under the leadership of Liu Bei, operated at full capacity.

The wise and capable officials and generals scattered across the country actively implemented the court's orders, even if there were county governors who wanted to collude with the local gentry.

As soon as he revealed his intention, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and other generals with imperial seals came to him.

The frightened samurai wanted to seek help, but unexpectedly, the other samurai who had agreed to fight against Du Tian together turned against them at this moment.

This made the nobles scratch their heads and couldn't figure out why this happened. It was not until the news from Chang'an reached their ears that they realized how stupid they had been.

"What?! In the future, we will no longer select filial and honest officials, but counties will recommend children of noble families to enter the Mingjing exam? The more active the noble families are in land measurement, the more quotas they will get? There will even be other benefits and compensation?!"

"Among the Yingchuan nobles, the Cao family, the Xiahou family, and the Nanyang nobles in Qiao County, someone has even been granted the position of a councilor?! Cao Mengde may even be reinstated?!"

When the heads of the various noble families heard the news, their heads were buzzing.

Who could have thought it would be like this! Although it opened a gap for the poor scholars to be promoted, it did not completely block the way for the nobles to survive.

In the past, if you wanted to be a filial and honest person, you had to spend money to build up your reputation and you couldn't act like a thug or a bully.

Nowadays, they send their children to Chang'an to directly participate in the Mingjing Imperial Examination. They also understand the difficulty of the examination, which is nothing more than writing scriptures in the imperial examination to understand the classics.

They are familiar with this!

From this perspective, doesn’t it mean that the imperial examination has an additional step of examination?
In contrast, the Jinshi examination required not only basic classics, but also additional examinations on essays, agronomy, and the study of things.

Are these exam subjects real? They look more difficult than they actually are.
In addition, the court also granted the position of Yilang to those members of the noble families.
Although the position of Counselor is low, at least he can participate in the government affairs!

This doesn't seem to be such a loss.
If I had not resisted the land transfer in the first place, I would not have ended up in this situation!

No wonder. No wonder the Cao family, Xiahou family, Yingchuan and Nanyang families turned against the enemy at the last minute. It turned out that they had heard the news in advance.
The heads of the noble families were in tears and regretted so much that even the taste in their mouths was bitter.

But at this point, no matter how much they regretted, it was of no use. Team after team of soldiers stepped through the thresholds of the gentry and surrounded their residences.

Faced with the gleaming blade, no matter how proud the nobles were before, they could only tremble in fear at this moment. They squatted in the corner with their necks shrunk and their heads in their hands, waiting for the soldiers to deal with them.

"You bribed the county officials and disobeyed the imperial decree. According to the emperor's decree, your entire family will be relocated to the Western Regions!"

The nobles had mixed feelings. The good news was that their lives were saved, but the bad news was that they would be relocated to the Western Regions to start over, and even had to thank the emperor for not killing them.
No matter what the nobles thought in their hearts, at this moment they had only to thank the emperor for his grace.

Jiaozhou.

A group of troops appeared on an ancient road covered with wild grass. The two generals of this group, Wei Xu and Song Xian, were chatting with each other.

"Brother Song, have you heard about what happened in the Han Dynasty recently?"

"Hmm? What's the matter? I hope Brother Wei can help me solve this problem."

"I heard that the Han Dynasty is going to set up schools in various counties and prefectures. In the future, we won't have to rely on the nobles to study!"

"Good thing, this is a good thing!"

"It's not over yet. I heard that if you want to be an official, you don't need to recommend Xiaolian or Maocai anymore!"

"Hmm? Then how can I be an official? Do I have to wait for the appointment of a high official?"

"No, no. As long as you are of the right age and have not violated any law, you can take part in the imperial examinations. Those who pass the examinations can become officials!"

"Hahaha, good news, huge good news!"

As he was speaking, Song Xian's expression suddenly became lonely, and Wei Xu hurriedly asked him the reason.

Song Xian sighed: "What a pity, we missed such a good thing."

"absurd."

Song Xian's listless words soon drew a rebuke from Lu Bu, who rode his horse in front of the two men and said, "This is ridiculous!"

"Everyone in the world knows that the general will not mistreat those who have made contributions. Even if we have missed some exams, don't we still have this opportunity to make meritorious contributions?!"

The opportunity that Lu Bu mentioned was that this time they pretended to be defeated and fled to Jiaozhou as requested by Jia Xu, with the purpose of luring out the insects in Jiaozhou who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Han Dynasty so that they could catch them all in one fell swoop.

The two felt that Jia Xu's move was completely unnecessary. How could Jiaozhou be dissatisfied with the rule of the Han Dynasty?

Shi Xie, the governor of Jiaozhou, was a good and enlightened ruler. There had not been any major wars in Jiaozhou for a long time, and the people could be said to have lived and worked in peace.

Shi Xie also presented various spices and fine-grained hemp cloth, often numbering in the thousands, as well as other treasures such as pearls, large shells, colored glaze, jade, tortoise shells, rhinoceros horns, ivory, as well as rare fruits, bananas, coconuts, longans, and so on.

They were so greedy that their eyes turned red.

Shi Xie's achievement can be said to be outstanding.

Besides, Jiaozhou is located in a wild area, so why go through so much trouble?
Seeing the two men in a trance, Lu Bu could not help but scold them, "You are daydreaming again. Have you ever governed the world?! After this, the general will announce our achievements to the world. Then you and I can be awarded titles for our military achievements, and protect our descendants!"

"what?"

Wei Xu and Song Xian looked at each other in bewilderment. "General, is this really the general's promise?"

"If you two don't believe it, why not ask Military Advisor Mi!"

Wei Xu and Song Xian both turned their eyes to Mi Fang.

Mi Fang walked over slowly, "Not bad."

Wei Xu and Song Xian finally felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. "General, Military Advisor Mi is relieved to hear your words."

"Now that you understand." Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you hurry forward? Don't keep us waiting!"

"promise!"

"General"

Xu Jing, who took over as the chief secretary of General Jian Yong, walked up to Liu Bei and gave a look that only Liu Bei could understand.

Liu Bei hurriedly put down the government affairs at hand, pushed aside one official after another, and said to Xu Jing: "Wen Xiu, please come this way."

"General, please."

Liu Bei and Xu Jing moved to a guest house, and Xu Jing handed a secret letter to Liu Bei. After opening the envelope, Liu Bei clapped his hands and said, "Great, great!"

"My Lord, this letter is..."

Liu Bei saw the confusion on Xu Jing's face as soon as he looked up. He had no intention of hiding anything. He laughed out loud and handed the letter to Xu Jing.

"Wen Xiu, this is one of the good news I have heard recently." Liu Bei's words were true. Although the land measurement and education reform were proceeding smoothly, there were constant voices against Jia Xu. Even if Kong Rong, who was sharp-tongued, scolded back, those voices were still annoying.

After sighing, Liu Bei began to explain the source of the secret letter. "Earlier, Wenhe designed to let Lü Fengxian pretend to be defeated and flee to Jiaozhou, acting as bait to lure out the rebels. Now it has worked. A few days ago, Jiaozhou Governor Shi Xie sent an envoy and said that he was willing to resign from the post of governor. He hoped that the court would promote him based on his hard work. Two happy events at the same time, it is really God's help to the Han Dynasty!"

"My Lord." Xu Jing shook his head. "Lü Fengxian is a fickle person. You can't trust him easily."

"Wen Xiu, don't worry. Although Lu Fengxian is fickle, he is not a fool. Besides, Wen He has already checked it out, and Lu Fengxian has Mi Zifang by his side, so there won't be any serious problems."

"Mi Zifang" Xu Jing really wanted to say, my lord, don't trust this guy who set fire to the warehouse with a fire dragon easily!
But he turned around and thought that Mi Zifang's actions over the years did not seem to be able to be said in this way. Maybe Mi Zifang has repented? Cao Mengde was willing to wield the butcher knife against the nobles for the sake of the people, so what else could not happen now?

"My lord, I am overthinking." Xu Jing suddenly thought of a question, "My lord, since Shi Xie is willing to resign as governor, do you have any candidates for the new governor of Jiaozhou?"

"Of course. I was planning on going to the palace to discuss this matter with the Emperor!"

When Liu Bei stepped into the bedroom, he saw Liu Bian standing up with a smile.

"The emperor's uncle is here. Please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Liu Bei always felt that something was wrong with Liu Bian today. After a closer look, he discovered that there was a faint dark circle around Liu Bian's eyes, his eyes showed a hint of fatigue, and his face looked a little pale.

Um? How is this going?

Could it be that Your Majesty is overworked again?

Just as Liu Bei was about to open his mouth to ask what was going on, Liu Xie ran to Liu Bei's side like a gust of wind, put his mouth close to Liu Bei's ear, and whispered four words - excessive indulgence.

Liu Bei's expression suddenly became strange, and he looked at Liu Bian with a complicated look.

Liu Bian seemed a little guilty, his expression was very unnatural and his eyes were evasive.

In the end, Liu Bei chose to persuade him, "Your Majesty, please exercise moderation."

"I know, cough cough." Liu Bian coughed a few times in a pretentious manner and quickly changed the subject, "Uncle, you must have important business to come to the palace this time, right? Let's talk about the important business first."

Liu Bei repeated everything he had just talked about with Xu Jing, and both Liu Bian and Liu Xie listened more and more attentively.

Liu Bian nodded and said, "The matter of Jiaozhou must be dealt with. The governor is good at civil affairs, but Xianglin County almost broke away from the Han Dynasty. If we let it go, even if it doesn't rebel now, it will definitely rebel in the future."

Liu Bei nodded slightly. Yes, Shi Xie did not rebel, but Shi Xie’s son did.

"I have asked the Secretariat to nominate a suitable candidate for the appointment of the county governor. As for the governor and the accompanying general, who do you think can take on the job?"

Lu Bu is just a bait. If the rebellion is to be suppressed, the court will definitely need its own army.

"Your Majesty, I think Xiang Lang and Xiang Juda can serve as the governor of Jiaozhou, and General Xu Huang and Xu Gongming of Annan can serve as the commander-in-chief."

"Good. I'll follow the general's advice."

All of this content was silently memorized by Liu Xie who was listening.

Liu Xie thought to himself: Are we going to send troops again? ! Alas, it's a pity that my brother can't leave me, otherwise I would definitely go with the army! This good thing can only be left to the two Ma uncles.
Liu Xie did what he said. After watching Liu Bei leave the palace, Liu Xie found an excuse to slip away without waiting for Liu Bian to speak.

Liu Bian could only smile helplessly and said, "Alas, this Xie brother..."

Liu Xie rushed to the residence of Ma Chao and Ma Dai without stopping. Although Ma Chao and Ma Dai traveled thousands of miles to beat a criminal, they were not the culprits after all, and no one was killed.

After being taken back to Chang'an, he was arrested by Wu Ban and imprisoned for ten days and half a month. He was released yesterday after serving his sentence.

As soon as Liu Xie entered Ma Chao and Ma Dai's residence, he heard Ma Dai cursing, "This Wu Ban is really ungrateful! He is a wise minister who has answered the dream, but he doesn't know how to be flexible! My two brothers have traveled thousands of miles to defeat Lu..."

"Brother Dai!"

"Brother, why are you winking?"

Ma Dai's words were stuck in his throat. Ma Chao didn't need to explain, the voice behind him had already told him the answer.

"Uncle Ma, what are you two talking about? What?"

When Ma Dai heard Liu Xie's voice, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Liu Xie had a clear distinction between love and hate. If Liu Xie knew about Lu Meng, wouldn't he punish him to death? !
Ma Chao curled his lips helplessly and said, "Who told you to have a big mouth, Brother Dai?"

"Hahaha!" Ma Dai turned around and laughed awkwardly at Liu Xie, then quickly changed the subject, "It's Your Highness, my brother and I were just talking about marching and fighting."

"Marching and fighting? Really?"

Seeing Liu Xie's puzzled expression, Ma Dai quickly pulled out Ma Chao, "Really! It's truer than gold! If you don't believe it, you can ask your brother!"

Ma Chao, who was protected by Ma Dai, said: "."

Facing Liu Xie's inquiring gaze, Ma Chao had no choice but to nod his head, "Brother Dai is right. We are discussing the march and the battle. Your Highness, you are here to look for my two brothers. Is there something important?"

Liu Xie grinned, "Yes, Uncle Ma guessed it right! The court is going to mobilize troops against Jiaozhou. This is a great opportunity to make merit! Uncle Ma and Second Uncle Ma, what do you two think? Do you want to join the army?"

"Mobilizing troops against Jiaozhou"

Ma Chao and Ma Dai were both shocked, but then they felt a sense of longing. They looked at each other, and each saw a hint of determination on the other's face. As the Godly General of Heaven and Godly General of Earth, how could they live up to this title without making great military achievements? !
Therefore, neither Ma Chao nor Ma Dai thought much about it and agreed immediately.

But when the two arrived at the recruitment place, they were dumbfounded. Why was the place empty?
"What are you two doing here?" A burly man walked up to the two and suddenly asked.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai were not frightened by the man's size, and even asked him, "We are here to register, but why don't we see other people? Who are you?"

"Me? My name is Dian Wei, and I'm the captain in charge of recruiting soldiers. As for why you two didn't see anyone else, it's because you two came too late. We're only short of two soldiers! Are you two still going to sign up?"

Dian Wei!

Ma Chao and Ma Dai were shocked, and their shocked look made Dian Wei feel uncomfortable all over.

Fortunately, the two of them reacted very quickly. Faced with the two gaps, they responded in one breath without thinking too much.

In this way, they can achieve unprecedented achievements on their own!
Little did they know that their actions were all seen by Liu Bei. Xu Huang said, "General, Ma Chao and Ma Dai have successfully joined my army."

"Good. Gongming, don't let them know that we did it on purpose, and make sure they are safe."

"promise."

(End of this chapter)

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