Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 42 Digging a Pit
When he was thinking hard about how to dig a hole, someone came to report, and Liu Li came.Zhou Cang raised his quota with both hands, "Hahahaha, it's raining in time." My brother dug a hole for Liu Bei together this time.

Liu Li came from Wo Niu Gang.According to Zhou Cang's instructions, Liu Li quickly summoned ten capable men and collected ten gold-touching talismans. The business is in full swing. The first batch of proceeds have been shipped to Wo Niugang. Report on recent work: Woniugang now has [-] households, more than [-] people, and [-] young adults. The cottage has complete facilities, and Bocai and Peng Tuo have the face. Therefore, the Yellow Turban Army dare not invade. There are a few bandits who want to come. The intrusion was repulsed by Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Jiabao did not suffer any losses, and the team grew instead.

Zhang Shuang and Su Ping had already arrived at Woniugang. A few days later, Zhou Cai, his clan brother, also fled to Zhoujiabao. On the way, Zhou Cai was seriously injured by bandits. Fly to the Dabie Mountains, take in the refugees and farm the fields, and Liu Quan, an old family member, went to Mengshan.Among the belongings brought by Liu Li, gold and silver were handed over to Zhang Shuang and Su Ping to exchange grain, salt and iron with Mi and Chen, and some prohibited items were hidden in the mountains.Zhou Cang was very relieved to see that the situation in Zhoujiabao was very good.

Just who is Zhou?Zhou Cang thought for a while before he realized that it must be his cousin Bo Cai who escaped with his life and went to defect to Pei Yuanshao. In order to avoid arrest, he was forced to change his surname.Zhou Cang was very satisfied with Pei Yuanshao's arrangement.Ding Hu and Xu Fei must be Pei Yuanshao's younger brothers.

Zhou Cang called the ten people recruited by Liu Li. It seemed that none of the ten people were very strong, probably because of professional needs.Zhou Cang inquired carefully about their specialties, some were good at digging holes, some were good at drilling mountains, some were good at reading Feng Shui, some had good noses, and some had good ears.Four of them were selected to stay with him, and the remaining six and Liu Li were awarded Touching Gold Talismans and arranged for them to continue their careers.Zhou Cang left four gold-touching talismans for himself, and Zhou Cang named these four people respectively Zhou Da, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and planned to focus on training them.

Zhou Cang secretly called Thursday to his side, handed him some prohibited items that Liu Li had stolen before, and told Thursday to dress up as a Zhongshan businessman to visit Zongzheng Liu Yu, and hand these jades to Liu Yu, saying, these The jade was sold to him by someone else, but he didn't answer when he asked the person's name, he just claimed to be a Han-style clan relative. After King Jing of Zhongshan, he had to sell it because of life.After accepting the jade, he was told that it was a prohibited item and dare not keep it. This time he came to Luoyang for business and handed it over to Mr. Zongzheng.If Liu Yu is furious, you can persuade him and say that this may not be true, it may be fake, but there is no way to verify it.Strictly ordered that after finishing the matter on Thursday, he immediately left Luoyang and went to Mengshan to assist Liu Quan.

After sending them away on Thursday, Zhou Cang found the bamboo slips that Liu Li had given him, and carved words on them with small seal characters: Di Che traveled to the middle of the Fen River and had a banquet with his officials. Erfa should be ordered again by the descendants of the clan, who should be the one who should be the one who should be the one who should be the one who should be the one in the sixth and seventh 42nd generation of the Han Dynasty. It's said that I was drunk and said that I have never heard of the same surname since ancient times, so the one who grew up to rule the world, but the loss is not my father and son.

Unfamiliar with the business, it took Zhou Cang two days to finish engraving the characters. He tied up the bamboo slips and tied gossip on them. Taking advantage of his position, he put them in Yuan Shu's study and mixed them with other slips. It’s best if you can see it yourself. If Zhang Jiong can find out in the future, he will definitely understand what I mean.

In the next few days, Zhou Cang stopped going out, and asked Zhou Da, Tuesday, and Wednesday to learn from Dian Wei and Zhang Jaw, and to read Yuan Shu's collection after handling a little business by himself.After leaving on Thursday and never coming back, Zhou Cang knew that the plan had already started.

Sure enough, more than ten days later, Tao Qian came back from court and chatted with Zhou Cang, saying that the emperor was not in court for a few days. Today, it was reported that Zhang Jiao died of illness in the yellow scarf. After Zhang Liang led the rest of the people to defend Guangzong, the emperor was very happy , Called all the officials and ordered Huangfusong to continue to lead the army northward.Tao Qian asked again, "When in Youzhou, did Wei Guo meet the royal clan?"

Zhou Cang shook his head and said, "Never met."

"Today, Zongzheng and Liu Yu reported that some people in Zhongshan claimed that their clan relatives were forced by their lives to sell prohibited weapons. The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. Zhongshan is not under the rule of Youzhou, but it is not far from Youzhou. Zongzheng also asked me if I met to this matter."

"This matter is very strange." Zhou Cang pondered, "If it is a royal family member, why don't you turn to the clan for help? Could it be that you are impersonating someone for money?"

"Zongzheng also has this concern, but there is no way to check it."

"Nowadays when the Yellow Turban is in chaos, the villains take the opportunity to pretend to be false, to deceive the emperor, to deceive scholars, to confuse the people, or to plunder property, or to ask for rewards. I am afraid that some people will not only seek money, but also have evil intentions."

"Wei Guo is careful!" Tao Qian sighed again, "The world is in chaos, and there are so many thieves."

"My lord, I think: Although this is a matter of the emperor's family, it is extremely harmful and must be guarded against."

"There is no outsider here, Wei Guo can say everything." Tao Qian nodded.

"At the beginning, Gaozu eliminated the tyranny of Qin Dynasty and established me as a great man, but after Wang Mang usurped the throne, the clan's relatives were displaced, and no matter how difficult the genealogy is, it is inevitable that someone will pretend to be the blood of Gaozu."

"Zongzheng also has this worry, but Gaozu's blood cannot be lost."

"It's easy. Anyone who claims to be a clan needs to provide three things: one is the ancestor's token, the other is the resume issued by the government, and the third is the approval of the three clans who have been certified." Zhou Cang said after pondering.

"In this way, isn't it true that many clans are not allowed to join the clan?"

"The royal family of Guangwu (Liu Xiu) is already in the vassal state or court, which is easy to identify. It is difficult to study the various lines of the ancestors. They have a long history and have experienced Wang Mang's chaos. If they are virtuous, they will be verified..." Zhou Cang What he said was very cryptic but also very clear. Liu Xiu's descendants are now either fiefdoms or officials, so it is easy to distinguish.It's hard to say about Liu Bang's descendants. It's been too long, and they didn't know what to do when Wang Mang usurped the throne.Those who resisted Wang Mang have been rewarded by Liu Xiu, so it is easy to verify.Those who are famous will naturally be recognized by the big guys, and it is not difficult to come up with those three.It's hard to tell who the other people are.

Tao Qian was lost in thought.Zhou Cang continued: "In order to prevent people from pretending to be clan relatives, all localities should be strictly ordered. If people who have not been verified claiming to be clan relatives are found, they should be sent to the capital for inspection." Tao Qian still did not speak, and after a while he said: " You go, don't mention what you just said to anyone."

Seeing this, Zhou Cang got up and left.Zhou Cang would not expect the emperor or Zongzheng to hear or even adopt this suggestion, as long as the thorn was pierced.As for the consequences, there is no need to think about it. If you can achieve this step, you will win.The world is in such chaos, how could it be sent to Beijing?

(End of this chapter)