"Boya, how about you take a look at this performance? Since Zhang Chun has been conferred the head, Mr. You'an (Guan Ning) and others have advised me to quickly pacify the people and comfort the counties, and after rectifying and cleaning up the people, I will repair the port affairs, open the sea road and trade road, and go south to help Pingqing Yellow Turban to serve the country. ”

On the third day after Xiangping City was conquered, Liu Bei called Li Su early in the morning and discussed with him the next step.

Li Su carefully looked at the sheet written by Liu Bei to Liu Yu, which detailed the merits of each battle in the process of pacifying Liaodong, and also listed some places that should be promoted.

Dian Wei has made meritorious contributions in several battles, and he has been the first to be listed as the Sima of the other departments twice, and he has become the most junior among the Sima of these other departments.

As for Tai Shici, he also killed a lot of enemies in these two battles, and he fought bravely and resolutely. It's just that it doesn't have the merit of being the first to get there, so it's not very conspicuous. Liu Bei himself can be the master, and he will be promoted to the Marquis of Qu Army.

Of course, Guan Zhang Zhao's credit is also great, but limited to Liu Bei's current official position, Guan Yu, the captain, cannot be promoted for a while, and the others can only pile up there.

However, Liu Bei not only showed the merits of the military attachés, but also those civil officials who had outstanding performances in the process of organizing tuntian and cash-for-work and appeasing the people were also eligible for promotion.

At the same time, Liu Bei did not forget to give Liu Yu a Jinbao gift when he played the text, and the money that should be paid was also handed over to his subordinates.

These ordinary civil officials don't have a good reputation, and they are not ashamed to give money to repair the palace.

"Biaolusu is the commander of Xiangping County, with a rank of 1,000 stones, and Tian Chou is the magistrate of Gaoguryi County, with a rank of 400 stones......"

Li Su took a look at it and felt that these rewards were appropriate.

Before Lu Su came to Liaodong, he was a county magistrate in Jixian County, and he went to Liaodong to endure hardships for half a year, helping to sort out the rear of civil affairs, and the order to transfer from a large county to a smaller county was a normal promotion.

Tian Chou's contribution to the management of Tuntian is not much smaller than that of Lu Su, and he is more proficient in his own business.

It's just that Tian Chou was originally only the official in charge of Hu Cao in Wuzhong County, and he was not even an official, so he could only climb to this step first. It was necessary to make the full amount of four million, because the previous officials could not "redeem and recover".

Li Su nodded: "It's okay to show merit, but isn't it a bit tricky to help the Qingzhou Yellow Turban." Even if you don't go to Beijing to ask for an order, you can ask for the authorization of an envoy. Brother and the soldiers will recuperate for 20 days, and when I go to Jixian County, I will personally explain the interests and disadvantages to the envoy, and get the palindrome before making a decision. ”

Liu Bei was not in a hurry, but in the past few days, he was picked up by Guan Ning and Tai Shici, refugees from Beihai and Donglai who fled to Liaodong, and wanted to save their fellow countrymen as soon as possible, so he asked.

Seeing Li Su say this, Liu Bei also pushed the boat down the river and said with a smile: "This should be the case, let's suspend the army until the beginning of August." However, is Boya just going to restore his life? Won't he be caught by the envoy again and go to Beijing to make contributions? ”

Li Su said with confidence: "This will not be, as soon as I am now relieved of my position as a driver in Youzhou, it is just a long history in Liaodong, and if the name is not right, it is not good."

Second, the last time I entered Beijing, I may have said too much and would have lost, although I won the favor of His Majesty, His Majesty also had the intention of keeping me as an official in Beijing. I said 'Liaodong is not peaceful, I dare not slack off', and I prevaricated.

Brother knows my personality and vision, Your Majesty is old, and the Beijing Master is probably not a stable place, so I would rather sit in a corner and watch the world. Therefore, if you can, hide and try not to dazzle in front of Your Majesty. ”

Hearing Li Su's reluctance to enter Beijing, Liu Bei's expression also returned to a serious and positive tone, obviously thinking of some very serious long-term issues of right and wrong.

I saw Liu Bei getting up from the seat and wandering in the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, occasionally touching the hilt of the saber, and sighed:

"It's not that I don't want to let the court dispatch at will, it's really Your Majesty's stupid use of people, the more thieves are in chaos, the more you can do whatever you want. It is said that from the end of last year to the first half of this year, the Yellow Turbans of Gepi, the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou, and the Baibo Army rose one after another, and the three lieutenants and the rest of the generals were replaced at will.

Just like Tao Qian, who joined the army with Zhang Wen last year to fight against Han Sui, I heard that he did not have much military achievements in Liangzhou, but at the end of last year, Han Sui returned to Tianshui for the winter, and after Zhang Wen was deposed, Tao Qian had nothing to do. After turning the page this year, the rise of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, it is actually allowed to join the army in this kind of futility to be reappointed as the Xuzhou Thorn History, and prepare for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban to go south to Xuzhou, what kind of appointment is this?

At this time, if we want to be in a remote corner, not to be chaotic, to wait for the DPRK to be stable, and then to re-respect the normal dispatch of the imperial court, so as not to be exhausted, can we call? Isn't it seen as having a different mind? Or, what can be done so that people don't attack each other on the grounds of disagreement? ”

Li Su listened to Liu Bei's emotion, but he was also quite vigilant and surprised in his heart.

Fortunately, Liu Bei's general attitude has not changed so far, and he is still absolutely loyal to the imperial court.

After all, he has been promoted so far, how can he be disloyal?

But he is also wary of the court's blind tossing and wasting of people's strength, and he no longer wants to be useless cannon fodder in vain, and wants to be more efficient in counterinsurgency - this is a subtle attitude of not losing money and not changing loyalty, but hoping that "the monarch's life will not be affected by the foreign monarch", and he does not want to be manipulated by the emperor.

To Li Su's surprise, Liu Bei in this life was so unoptimistic about Tao Qian's attitude, and it seems that the "phase" between people is not born to death.

In another life, Tao Qian has the grace of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei must be grateful to Dade.

But today's Tao Qian, in Liu Bei's opinion, is just a "poor work, leaving a mess for Liu Yu's hands-off shopkeeper", plus Tao Qian has not done anything in Liangzhou Zhang Wen for more than half a year, so he naturally feels that Tao Qian is a visitor.

This is determined by the position, Liu Bei's most grateful person in his life is already Liu Yu, and all those who cause trouble to Liu Yu will have a bad impression in Liu Bei's heart.

The butterfly effect has become more and more violent.

After thinking about this, Li Su was slightly tentative: "Brother wants to disobey? ”

Liu Bei seemed to be taken aback, and hurriedly denied it: "How can it be called disobedience, I just don't want to be tossed by the whim." But I am afraid that the world will not know my sincerity, so I hesitate and don't know how to behave. ”

Li Su thought about it for a while, and felt that at this time, he had to say something at the level of "Longzhong's right".

Because Liu Bei already has a base land in name, how he thinks of this base land, and there are still several thoughts before the emperor's death, and now he must be put on the table to make it clear.

Otherwise, if it is not properly disposed of, the territory can certainly be saved, but the reputation of "unparalleled loyalty and righteousness in the world" in the past year and a half will be damaged to a certain extent.

It is not easy to think that Li Su has planned for Liu Bei for the past year and a half, starting from "abandoning the official to save his uncle, promoting the righteous name of the world and raising filial piety", step by step without reservation for the image of dedication to the court.

This image and reputation are already the biggest help for Liu Bei to recruit talents from all over the world in the future. Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, and they have to be cautious about the risk of falling short.

must be resolutely insisted on until Emperor Ling dies, and even the Young Emperor is deposed by Dong Zhuo.

After Li Su figured it out, he took a deep breath and persuaded: "My brother has doubts, I am willing to relieve my brother, why don't we assume a few situations and see how my brother is willing to deal with it." As long as you have a plan in mind, then you will not panic in your career. ”

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief: "This is very good, I knew that Boya must have a strange plan, and every time I think about it, please try to say it." ”

Li Suzhengse asked: "If after Liaodong is completely pacified, Your Majesty has the heart to send your brother to other places to quell the rebellion, but retains the post of Liaodong Taishou for a long time, is my brother willing to serve the court without reservation?" ”

Liu Bei also replied: "This is nature!" It is incumbent upon anyone who kills a thief to save the country. It's just that when there are many thieves in the world, it is better to go from near and far first, otherwise it will be a huge waste of food and salary in the army, how can it be done by cherishing the people's strength? ”

Li Su further asked: "Then if even the post of Liaodong Taishou has to be transferred to other places, and then find a county that has fallen into the hands of thieves, and Yao Ming Brother is Taishou, and he must personally recover it before he can take office, is my brother willing to serve?" ”

This time, Liu Bei was obviously not as decisive as he was at the beginning, people are selfish, and he couldn't help but hesitate: "As long as you ...... The imperial court can treat the people of Liaodong well, and don't send an abusive official who loots the people's fat and ointment to toss, and that's it.

The main reason is that it is not easy to be peaceful in Liaodong, and it is washed by Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun like this, and the people are not even enough to survive on their own in winter. The change of officials in the imperial court is a small matter, if the law of crossing the famine in Tuntian is interrupted because of this, wouldn't it be harmful to the people! ”

Hearing this conclusion, Li Su was in a complicated mood and a little relieved.

It is complicated because the difficulty may increase, and the satisfaction is that Liu Bei keeps his reputation to the end, and the problem should not be big.

He originally thought that he needed to have a Cao Cao and Yuan Shao-style dialogue with Liu Bei, and then reminded Liu Bei that "the key is not the base, but 'the intelligence of the world, and the way of the king'".

However, it seems that he thinks badly, people are different, and on the question of "which is more important, people's hearts or base areas", Liu Bei and Cao Cao have the same views.

Cao Cao believed that "the intelligence of the world" was the most important.

And Liu Bei has gone one step further, believing that "the great affairs of Fuji must be people-oriented".

Therefore, there is no need for anyone to persuade Liu Bei to pay attention to the question of "how important people's hearts are", Liu Bei understands.

When it came to Longzhong in history, Liu Bei's message to Zhuge Liang was still all about people's hearts, "I don't measure my strength with virtue, I want to declare righteousness in the world."

Instead, he asked Zhuge Liang to pour cold water and let Liu Bei be realistic, and first think about the base area "cross-Jingyi".

When you talk to someone or what you say, it depends on the person. What the other party lacks is what to say, and what is not lacking, even if it is a very correct truth, is just a cliché.

Li Su wanted to understand all this, and decided not to plagiarize Cao Yuan's dialogue of "what is the basis for the aspect" - this is useless to Liu Bei, he is not lacking, let's talk about what is missing:

"Since my brother is so loyal, and I am willing to go to the soup for the court at the expense of officials, I have some reserved back-up countermeasures that can be used by my brother - as for how to rely on this consistent loyalty to continue to win the world's reputation of good beginnings and good endings, Su originally had a plan, but Brother Guan himself is also good at this, and this part seems to need me to say."

Liu Bei: "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Li Su: "Then let's talk about it, in case the imperial court sees that Liaodong is fine, and wants to transfer my brother to another Taishou, how to ensure that people go to politics and that the land of Liaodong still implements the Tuntian decree of the elder brother, retreats and guards like a paradise, and respects the old policy of my brother from afar." ”

Li Su is a person who is not willing to suffer a big loss at all, so Liaodong must not fight in vain.

In the worst-case scenario, even if Emperor Ling could still toss a few moths in the last nine months of his life, Li Su had to ensure that Liu Beiren's tea would not be cold.

Fortunately, Liaodong was originally separated from Liaoxi by a 400-mile no-man's land in the Yanshan Corridor, and as long as the Liaodong Army controlled the navy and did not allow the attackers to transport food and supplies by sea, it would be very easy to form a secession and self-isolation in Liaodong for decades.

The plan that Li Su had to make was that even if Liu Bei left, Emperor Ling of Han would not appoint an unreliable Liaodong Taishou to come over to pick peaches.

As for the death of Emperor Ling and Emperor Shao, it doesn't matter.

In history, the reason why Dong Zhuo was able to listen to Xu Rong's recommendation to appoint Gongsun Du to parachute into Liaodong Taishou was because Liaodong was already in a semi-anarchic state at that time, Taishou was vacant, there were no strong figures, and no one organized to raise the banner of fighting Dong. Therefore, the imperial court controlled by Dong Zhuo was able to successfully parachute in, and Gongsun Du himself was also a ruthless man who "rode into the state alone".

However, in this life, even under such circumstances, as long as Liaodong pulls up the banner of fighting Dong with Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao as soon as possible, even if he actually does not send troops because the place is too far away and isolated, it is enough - I have asked Dong, how can I still admit that Dong Zhuo sent Taishou? If Gongsun Du still dares to come, he will be beheaded as a thief.

Of course, this is only the worst-case scenario. It is also the price that must be paid in order to keep the good name of "loyalty to the last day of the collapse of the imperial court".

Li Su, a person who is as meticulous in making plans as the modern general staff, must have thought through all aspects of the possibilities and emergency plans and countermeasures.

After Liu Bei roughly understood what Li Su meant, he humbly asked: "How will Bo Yadang arrange to ensure that the imperial court will not be chaotic and will not send people to harm my Tuntian government after transferring me to other places to quell the rebellion?" ”

Li Su: "Let's start personnel preparations immediately, and think about who can lead the internal affairs of Liaodong when my brother goes out to lead the troops—I will say first, I can't do it." I have been plotting with my brother for too long, and outsiders regard me as my brother's brains. If Your Majesty really has the heart to transfer his brother to a foreign position and prevent secession, he will definitely not rest assured that I will be the Taishou of Liaodong.

Therefore, this person must have a good internal political situation, and his current official position is not low, at least more than a thousand stones, and his teeth cannot be too young, so as not to be said that he is not worthy of being too conservative and has a long history. At the same time, this person has not been working and cooperating with his brother in the officialdom for too long, so that he will not be regarded as a brother's confidant by the imperial court, but in fact, he must be loyal to his brother and do not have to worry about people going to politics......"

Li Su threw out several conditions at once, which really made Liu Bei very big.

He must be absolutely loyal to Liu Bei, and not let outsiders see that he has long been loyal to Liu Bei, and he must be at least nearly thirty years old, not too young, and his official position must be more than a thousand stones......

It's too hard, isn't it? To ensure that in the worst-case scenario, Liaodong will still be closed from afar, and that Liaodong will not be an enemy in the future, it is really not an ordinary difficulty.

Lewen