After arriving in Nanzheng, Li Su rested for two or three days as usual, anyway, he already had a mansion in Nanzheng City, and someone had been cleaning it, and Liu Bei didn't bother him with official business, at most he came over every day to chat with him and ask about the latest situation in Nanzhong. When he heard about the details of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's exploits, and how to defeat the war elephants and rattan armor soldiers with outnumbered enemies, Liu Bei also exuded a leisurely admiration.

Especially when he heard that Li Su was sick a few times, he didn't even drink Li Su, and every day when he met and chatted about things, he drank tea, and ordered Li Su to prepare a diet of light duck, vegetables, and gruel, and then add some freshwater fish when it got a little better, and the cattle and sheep should still eat less.

On this day, it was already the third day of the sixth lunar month, and after Liu Bei finished taking care of important affairs, he came to Li Su's Beppu to hang around, thinking of asking about the long-term personnel arrangements of Nanzhong in the future, and listening to Li Su's suggestions.

Li Su then remembered something he had forgotten to explain two days ago, and casually mentioned it to Liu Bei: "By the way, when I was leaving, I agreed with Yun Chang that he would raise troops from Lushui at the end of July to counterattack the lair of Gao Yi, the barbarian king of Yuewang, and let Yide make a feint on the northern front twenty days in advance to lure the enemy into deploying defenses.

When I came back, I didn't stop at Yandao for a long time, but I didn't explain it to Yide, and I asked my brother to forgive me for transferring troops without authorization to agree on a follow-up battle, and talk to Yide. ”

Liu Bei waved his hand: "What's this, the virtuous brother is the governor of Nanzhong, and all decisions must be for the overall situation." Although Yide returned to the road, it is also appropriate to cooperate with Yun Chang's feint, anyway, there is still more than a month, I will send a messenger to tell Yide with an order. ”

After saying this, Li Su also sighed that the road to Shu was dangerous and far away - he made an agreement with Guan Yu at the end of March to launch a campaign at the end of July. As a result, when he returned to Hanzhong from the Burmese border, he was sick and stopped at the beginning of June, and when Liu Bei's order went back, Zhang Fei should almost do it.

The advance of four months can be quietly wasted in the return of the messenger, which shows how slow the march was. However, it is precisely because of this that Gao Yi definitely did not expect that there was such a large-scale military linkage in the world, and he couldn't prevent this move if he wanted to break his head.

After arranging Gao Yi, Liu Bei asked: "I don't think the virtuous brother will have to go deep into the miasma to exercise his powers in the future, the governor's mansion will be set up in Zhuti, and the weather will be more comfortable." However, after the Yue Shan is calmed down this year, Yunchang will definitely be transferred back to the north before the beginning of spring next year. At that time, there was a lack of garrisons in Nanzhong, and it all relied on the prestige of the imperial court and the kindness accumulated before, so I had to be cautious. Brother Xian thinks, who is the best candidate for Jianning and Yuewang Taishou? ”

Li Su thought for a while: "Although Yuewang is poor, after all, it borders Shu County and Qianwei. I want to use the general Eshun as the captain, let the magistrate of Shu County, Shi Xunyou, go to be the Taishou of Yue for two years, and let Yun Chang leave two or three thousand soldiers and horses in the local area when he leaves, and stabilize it for two or three years. If Gongda really appeases the barbarians, and the town guards and governance are in order, it can be further reused, and other civil officials who have followed his brother for many years are also convinced. ”

Li Su pays great attention to employing people first-come, first-served, and will not directly parachute into a high position because of Xun You's high intelligence value, and must make meritorious contributions before he can give the corresponding official position.

And just assisting Li Su in governing Shu County, no matter how good the governance is, it is not a miracle, but it is better than his duty. Therefore, the deputy post of Shu County was transferred to Yuewang as a full-time position, to solve the complex work of "pacifying the barbarians", and to ensure long-term peace and stability, so that the real ability can be seen.

It's like a cadre in later generations who wants to be promoted, and he has a bit of experience in assisting the construction of border areas, and he looks better than being an official in a wealthy area in the interior.

Liu Bei thought that this was indeed the truth, so he decided to let Xun You be the Taishou of Yue after August. Then he casually asked: "What about Jianning?" ”

Li Su thought about it for a while, and there was no candidate in his mind for a while, so he asked people to bring the roster to carefully comb and screen, and after comparing for a while, he suggested:

"It's good for me to look at Gu Yuansi. Before he joined the army at the age of 22 and defected to his mentor Cai Gong, he was the commander of Hefei County, and now he has served in Ba County for two years, and when Yun Chang completely withdrew from Nanzhong at the end of the year, Yuan Si has also been in our army for three years, and he should have been a deputy of a county.

Jianning is a poor land, and a Taishou there may not be a deputy in a county in a rich land that is more popular. Those who are old, in poor health, and can't endure hardships, still refuse to be Jianning's Taishou. Brother Yuan Si is 25 years old, just right.

And I asked Meng Wei and Zhurong clan and other major barbarian tribes to send all the chieftain's sons and nephews to Jiangzhou to study with Yuan Si, and wait for a year to study, Yuan Si and they have established the respect of teachers, and then go to Jianning to be a guard, first, to let the sons and nephews of those barbarian chiefs run a little less and study at the door of the house, and secondly, it is also convenient for Yuan Si to suppress the Nanban handsome. ”

This is also a person who is not qualified to be a Taishou in terms of seniority and age, but only because he is poor and remote, and the qualifications of Taishou candidates can be low, so he can get it in turn.

In addition, Gu Yong himself is a civil official, and he still has no family roots and is an official from thousands of miles away, so he is not worried about what kind of force group Gu Yong will form in the local area.

And all the sons of all the barbarian kings are in Gu Yong's hands, studying in Gu Yong's school, which is protected by a small number of Liu Bei's descendants, which further makes the barbarian king dare not mess around, if anyone dares to rebel, all the sons will be executed by Gu Yong as hostages.

However, after Gu Yong left, Cai Yong's "Southwest Taixue" in Jiangzhou also had to change the teaching director, and Mi Wei and other Han officials in Liu Bei's camp had to find another famous teacher to teach.

After arranging Xun You and Gu Yong, Li Su also summed up a little experience: in the future, the Taishou positions in the poor places in the south can be generally used for the famous ministers who are still relatively young and have insufficient qualifications, and have high intellectual and political values in history, as a transitional position to brush up their qualifications. In this way, it is also possible to avoid the kind of internal dissatisfaction brought about by directly promoting the new attached officials to high positions.

People have supported the old and the young and the poor, even if you work overtime, three years of work experience can be worth five years of you have no problem.

"This law is very good, so it will be handled according to the arrangement of the virtuous brother, so that Nanzhong can ensure long-term worry-free." Liu Bei pondered repeatedly, and felt that this method was very safe, and he was full of praise.

Li Su sorted out his experience, and was about to discuss with Liu Bei the long-term plans of "formal tax reform and personnel system reform" while the iron was hot, but he didn't expect an urgent military situation to interrupt his rhythm.

The two were chatting, and suddenly saw that Fa Zheng, the magistrate of Sanguan County, who should be stationed in Dasanguan, personally rushed into Li Su's Beppu with Lu Su, the matter seemed to be very urgent, and the guards outside did not stop him.

"Zijing, filial piety, why is it here?" Liu Bei also immediately stood up from the bamboo mat to greet him.

Lu Su sighed bluntly with hatred: "Lord, something is wrong!" Three days ago, listening to Chen Cangdao's return to the detailed work, Chang'an changed suddenly, saying that the Son of Heaven had been ill for a long time, and he felt that he had no one to be blessed by the king, and he wanted to give the Zen position to Dong Zhuo! It is also said that the Son of Heaven has ordered Situ Wang Yun to preside over the ceremony and build a meditation platform in Chang'an City. After Xiaozhi inquired about this situation, he rode with a fast horse, and rushed to report the news without stopping, and came here for three days over the mountains and mountains! ”

Liu Bei looked confused, looked at Fa Zheng, who was only eighteen years old, and Fa Zheng's body didn't seem to be as weak as it was later, but he ran more than 300 miles of mountain roads in a row, and he couldn't breathe, he didn't say a few words, he just pointed at Lu Su with his finger: "What Brother Zijing said is good, that's what I just told him." ”

Liu Bei was so angry that he trembled, and he was stunned for a few seconds before he suddenly slapped his palm on the table, knocking down a bamboo coffee table in Li Su's living room: "How can Your Majesty be so weak and unkempt!" The four hundred years of the Han Dynasty have been in the hands of national thieves! Or a bloodthirsty dog thief like Dong Zhuo! Gaozu Guangwu, the descendants are not good! ”

Of course, Liu Bei would not know that this was Wang Yun's strategy, so he was the first to get the news of the current stage, so he made a judgment directly. Because the slapping of the table was too strong, several bamboo thorns pierced into his hand, and the blood did not stop.

"Come on, wash the wound first, and pull out the bamboo thorns." Li Su was afraid of tetanus, so he hurriedly asked the maid in the house to come over to serve the debridement, but fortunately, his bamboo coffee table was wiped and cleaned every day, so there should be no tetanus bacillus.

While bandaging, Li Su also instructed to pay attention to let the wound breathe, and not to rush to close the wound after the bamboo thorns were cleaned.

Liu Bei didn't understand medicine, and he waved his palm that was still bleeding a little impatiently: "The eldest husband has been fighting for eight years with arrows and stones, and he has never seen any injuries, what is a bamboo thorn." Boya, you can say a few words, if you are so corrupt today, how should you deal with it?

Back then, Huangfu Song dissuaded me from sending troops to the king, just because I was not suitable to enter Beijing as a clansman, but now that the Son of Heaven has surrendered to thieves, what else is there to say? I want to call up all the generals and immediately use the soldiers of Hanzhong to crusade against the usurper thieves!

Alas, Boya, you misunderstood me, let me Xu make preparations, train the army in Chengdu and Nanzhong, and then transfer it back to Hanzhong on the day of the war, and say that it is good to save grain and grain in Hanzhong, but now it is good, and if you want to transfer troops, you will have to delay for a month or two! Yun Chang couldn't even get in there! ”

"Calm down, my lord! Wait until I find out! There were outsiders present, Li Su would not call Brother Liu Bei, but obediently called the lord, after calming Liu Bei's emotions, Li Su immediately asked Fa Zheng to pour a cup of warm tea, let him drink two sips before asking:

"Filial piety, don't worry, make it clear, it is rumored that the Son of Heaven wants to give Dong Zhuo the Zen position, what day is it? Has Dong Thief succeeded to the throne now? ”

Fa Zheng thought for a while: "I got the report three days ago, and the source is my hometown of Yixian, so it should be two days earlier." That is, five days ago, on May 28, after Dong Thief got the news, he left Chang'an in Hewu with great fanfare, and also rewarded the officers and soldiers around Hewu, so the movement was very big, and it was transmitted to Chencang two days later, and was carefully transmitted back by our army. ”

Li Su touched his beard: "Dong Thief is over fifty years old, he shouldn't be able to withstand the fatigue of the saddle horse, it is estimated that he can travel one or two hundred miles a day by car, that is, he can reach Chang'an in two days." Today is the third day of the sixth month, and if Dong Thief really accepts the Zen position, he should take over the throne for a day or two. ”

Li Su said so in his mouth, but of course he knew in his heart, "If Wang Yun succeeds, then Dong Zhuo should have been lit for a day or two by now."

After the Dong thief was killed, a wick was lit on the navel to burn oil, and the fat was burned for three days before it was used up, and the people of Chang'an were probably still celebrating, and they didn't care about other things.

Of course, history has also gone through so many butterfly effects, and various situations are possible, including the possibility that Dong Zhuo escaped sanctions.

Moreover, because of the existence of Liu Bei's anti-Dong force, Liu Bei is much stronger than Liu Yanke in the same period of history, so Dong Zhuo's defense deployment will definitely not be deployed as it was when he died in the original history - not to mention anything else, just in Chencang City, which guarded against Liu Bei's Northern Expedition route, there was no heavy defense in history, but now there is a lieutenant general, plus Captain Fan Chou.

Therefore, even if Dong Thief is really dead, Xiliangjun's reaction will definitely be different from the same period in history, and the butterfly effect will be very violent.

Therefore, Li Su could only advise Liu Bei first: "Don't worry, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to be anxious, so it is better to gather the generals and clans in Nanzheng, explain the situation, and think about it in the long run." It is certainly impossible to go on a large-scale Northern Expedition, and it is necessary to wait for the opportunity.

At best, we can only send troops on a small scale to harass and give Dong Thief a blow to the head to show our determination to win over the thief, and because it is impossible to complete the battle in one battle, we must also be careful to expose the strategy of our army's real northern expedition in the future. ”

Liu Bei's anger at the beginning was also dissipated, and he had no choice but to do so.

Li Su secretly thought in his heart: I didn't expect Liu Bei to be so excited in advance because he heard the first appearance of Wang Yun's plan for the first time, but he could take advantage of it, but how to reap the benefits?