Lu Dynasty

Chapter 266
The civil and military people in Xuzhou are not in the mood to take care of the locust plague. Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, is 63 years old this year, and now he is seriously ill in bed waiting to die.Don't look at the history books that often record the appearance of people aged eight or ninety. In fact, the average life expectancy of people in the Han Dynasty was very short.It's like Liu Bei said: People over fifty are not considered young.It can be seen from this that the average life expectancy of people in the Han Dynasty was not much higher even if it was higher than 90 years old, so Tao Qian can be considered a blessed person if he can live to 50 years old.

Feeling that time was running out, Tao Qian called Mi Zhu and Chen Deng to discuss matters.Mi Zhu has already decided to join me in Chang'an, so he didn't say a word.Chen Deng saw that Mi Zhu was silent, so he said: "Cao retreated because Lv Bu attacked Yanzhou, and this year was a famine year, so Cao was short of food, so he didn't fight again. When Cao food is sufficient in the spring of next year, he will definitely Let’s attack Xuzhou again. The Lord Fu gave Liu Bei his seat twice before. At that time, the Lord was still in good health, so Liu Bei refused to accept it. Now that you are seriously ill, you will give up the seat to Liu Bei again at this time, Lord Fu, for the sake of For the people of Xuzhou, Liu Bei will definitely not refuse again!"

Tao Qian was very happy to hear Chen Deng's analysis, so he sent someone to Xiaopei to call Liu Bei.When Liu Bei heard that Tao Qian had asked him to discuss military affairs, he took Wei Yan and Sha Moke to Xuzhou Governor's Mansion.The servant notified Tao Qian that Liu Bei had arrived, and Tao Qian invited Liu Bei into the bedroom directly.

After exchanging pleasantries, Tao Qian said: "Xuande, I have nothing else to do with calling you here today, but I am already in critical condition, so I might go sometime! If you still think you are a member of the Han Dynasty clan , I hope you can accept the post of Xuzhou Mu with the most important thing in the Han Dynasty. If this is the case, even if I die, I will rest in peace!"

Liu Bei was very happy when he heard Tao Qian brought up this issue again, but if he accepted it in a hurry, Tao Qian would definitely not like it.So Liu Bei said: "Tao Shijun has two sons, why not let them inherit the position of envoy?"

"Alas!" Tao Qian said with a long sigh: "As the saying goes: There is no better way to know a son than a father. I have two sons, one named Tao Shang and the other named Tao Ying. It's a pity that they are all talented! If we let them be dudes, I believe they must have done a good job. Managing states and counties? They don’t have that ability! After I die, I will ask Xuande to take care of and teach them a lot. I thank Xuande here!”

Liu Bei said in embarrassment: "I'm just a person, how can I take on such a big responsibility?" What Liu Bei said was: You want to give up Xuzhou to me. agree.In fact, at the end of the Han Dynasty, cities were often in the hands of aristocratic families.It's as if Xuzhou City is controlled by Cao Bao, Guangling City can be said to belong to Chen Deng's family, and if Ye City does not have the consent of Zhen's family, Yuan Shao probably would not dare to enter.

The reason for saying this is because the soldiers guarding the city are often the slaves of these aristocratic families.It's as if Mi Zhu joined Liu Bei and gave Liu Bei 5 slaves as soon as he opened his mouth, and [-] slaves are [-] soldiers!There are [-] people in Yecheng's defenders who are slaves of the Zhen family. If the Zhen family and Yuan Shao don't deal with it, will Yuan Shao be able to sleep peacefully at night?Besides Cao Bao, he not only has a domestic slave guarding Xuzhou, but he is also the guard of Xuzhou himself. This is also the reason why Cao Bao put Lu Bu in Xuzhou City easily after being bullied by Zhang Fei in history.

Tao Qian didn't understand what Liu Bei meant, and thought that Liu Bei said that there were not enough people under his command, so Tao Qian said, "I recommend a person for you who can work for you. His name is Sun Qianzi Gongyou, from Beihai, he can Do your job!" Then Tao Qian said to Chen Deng and Mi Zhu: "Xuande is a hero in the world, you should help him well."

After Tao Qian said these words, he felt a little out of breath, but Liu Bei hadn't promised him to accept the post of Xuzhou Mu.So Tao Qian looked at Liu Bei intently, hoping that Liu Bei would agree to him.But he found that Liu Bei seemed to be refusing, and he was so anxious that he couldn't speak immediately.Tao Qian suffered from sudden illness and died when he pointed to his heart.

When Tao Qian died, the whole Xuzhou fell into grief.Not to mention, even though Tao Qian's ability is not very good, his popularity in Xuzhou is still very good.Hearing that Tao Qian had died, all the people and troops in Xuzhou spontaneously mourned for him.If it is said that the mourning of the whole team may be faked, but the mourning of the people spontaneously cannot be faked.

After Tao Qian's death, his subordinates took out the Xuzhou governor's seal and wanted to give it to Liu Bei.But Liu Bei still refused to accept it, no matter how much Xuzhou civil and military officials tried to persuade him.Even Sha Moke and Wei Yan persuaded him together, but it was useless.The next day, many Xuzhou people came to the Governor's Mansion, crying bitterly and begging Liu Bei to accept the post of Xuzhou Mu.However, if it is said that no one organized it, I would not believe it even if it was killed!
In this way, Liu Bei reluctantly accepted the position of Xuzhou pastor under the expectation of hundreds of officials in Xuzhou, the ardent expectations of the people of Xuzhou, and the pressure of public opinion in Xuzhou.Now that Liu Bei accepted the post of Xuzhou Mu, he naturally wanted to train his own team, so he asked Sun Qian and Mi Zhu to work on it, and Chen Deng to be the official, and transferred all Xiaopei's troops to Xuzhou City. Liu Bei was in control.

While reassuring the people, Liu Bei arranged for Tao Qian's funeral.He and the whole army wore hemp and filial piety together, and after Dashe offered sacrifices to Tao Qian, he buried Tao Qian by the Yellow River.Then Liu Bei sent the seal that Tao Qian left behind before his death to give him the position of Xuzhou Mu to the Chang'an court, which was actually sent to me.

After Li Jue and Guo Si received Liu Bei's seal, they sent it over immediately, and asked me how to deal with this matter.I smiled and asked them to agree to Liu Bei's seal. After all, Liu Bei was also a Xuzhou herd in history, and this would also make Cao depressed. If Cao couldn't resist sending troops to fight Liu Bei, it would also relieve Lu Bu. The pressure on their side.

Sure enough, as I expected, when Cao knew that Tao Qian was dead, but Liu Bei had become Xuzhou Mu, he was furious and said to everyone under his command: "My big revenge has not been avenged yet, but Liu Bei didn't bother to kill him." As soon as the soldiers died, they occupied Xuzhou, I must kill Liu Bei, and then dissect Tao Qian's coffin and slaughter his body to relieve the hatred in my heart!" Cao said that he was about to raise troops and go to attack Xuzhou again.All the generals under Cao's command were gearing up and eager to try, but Xun Yu stood up and said something, dispelling Cao's idea of ​​attacking Xuzhou again.

(End of this chapter)