In the early autumn of July, one day after the Tongquetai summons, Lu Su officially met with the Wei general Gongsun Xun, and in addition to greeting his lord Liu Bei, he directly announced the established fact that his lord would take charge of the three southern counties of Xuzhou, and Cao Cao would take over the north of Pengchengguo and Donghai County.

In this regard, Gongsun Xun and his entourage did not say much about the important ministers who received the envoys.

After all, first, the so-called facts come true, and it is useless to say more;

Second, to this day, whether it is Gongsun Xun or Lu Fan, they have received a message from Guo Jia from Xi Zhong a long time ago, knowing that the relationship between Tao Qian and Liu Bei is far closer than imagined, otherwise Tao Gongzu would not have secretly ceded the command of the Xuzhou Navy that others had worked so hard to build to Liu Bei in advance, and the army had been given up in advance, what else did he want?

In fact, this time before Zhou Yu and the Guangling Navy went north to Langya to deter Zang Ba, they would have incorporated Zang Xuangao, a semi-independent small warlord, and there was already a lot of luck.

That's right!

The forty sea ships and 10,000 sailors are not Liu Bei's at all, and the numbers are not accurate, according to Xi Zhong's previous records, to be precise, it should be 37 large ships, plus 68 small ships for logistics support and auxiliary operations, a total of more than 11,000 sailors, mainly three cantonment ports, one each in Langya, Donghai, and Guangling...... Just think about it, Liu Bei's territory is not next to the sea, where can forty sea ships suddenly appear? That army was built by Tao Gongzu after seeing the defeat of Yuan Shao before and understanding the importance of the sea frontier while moving the county from the East China Sea to Xiapi, and at the same time immediately invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build it carefully to defend his sea frontier.

Fortunately, Xuzhou has a large area connected to the sea, Langya, Donghai, and Guangling have a large number of fishermen who are familiar with the marine climate, and there is no shortage of seagoing boat technology among the people, and more importantly, Xuzhou almost fully supports this matter...... Therefore, this army formed an army very quickly, and it is quite famous over the years, especially in the last half a year, after the large-scale launch of ships into an army, they also had a large-scale confrontation with the Qingzhou Navy on the coastline of the East China Sea, and only lost three ships, and the Qingzhou Navy also sank two, and this time it will be considered to be the same thing as the lifeblood of Xuzhou.

At that time, Liu Bei didn't calm down for a while, and after Guo Jia couldn't help but go to see Tao Qian and his henchman Guangling Taishou Zhao Yu, he immediately understood that Tao Qian had already entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei, otherwise he would not have handed over the command of the elite naval army like Xuzhou's liferoot in advance.

But think about it, Tao Qian and Liu Bei are not only relatives, but more importantly, Tao Qian's hometown Danyang is now under Liu Bei's rule, and since Tao Gongzu has decided not to let his two sons get involved in politics and is ready to return to his hometown to enjoy peace, then from any point of view, he has no reason not to leave Xuzhou to Liu Bei!

As for pretending to be like this at that time, I am afraid that he also knew that the undercurrent under his rule was turbulent, and everyone had their own thoughts and wanted to stabilize this group of goods first.

I didn't expect that the two stunned people would spread rumors!

Even here in Gongsun Xun, he can't help but think about it, in another time and space, although Tao Qian died early, but in the end, his sudden death was directly related to Cao Cao's invasion of Xuzhou and large-scale killing, so he suddenly became seriously ill after the Son of Heaven tied his hair, is he really terminally ill? As Hua Tuo said, has he been earnestly entrusted by the patients themselves?

But no matter what, after the Son of Heaven tied his hair, people with a heart understood that the overall situation in the world had changed, and the previous balance was destined to be broken, Tao Gongzu was able to take a high-ranking nobleman, and the whole family returned to his hometown safely and prosperously, and enjoyed his old age in peace, which can be regarded as an alternative good ending.

I only think of his people who have been in the eyes for half his life, strong for decades, and scolded the three princes and his subordinates for the celebrities, but in his old age, he was inevitably short of heroic breath, which is embarrassing.

"But what else is there?" Gongsun Xun, who was sitting behind the case in the hall, continued to ask casually while thinking about it in his head.

"There are still a few small things for General Wei to decide." Lu Su said that, under the attention of the surrounding ministers, he took out a small paper bag from his arms and handed it to a subordinate officer next to him to forward it on his behalf.

Gongsun Xun took the paper bag from the officer's hand, opened it and saw that it was a pile of cloth stamps, grain stamps, cargo stamps, silver stamps and other things issued by the Amway, so he couldn't help laughing: "What does Zijing mean?" ”

"Please General Wei to stop the circulation of this item in the Central Plains." Lu Su earnestly represented. "Just a piece of paper, Aneng can buy and exchange physical ......"

"Has the Amway ever been allowed to exchange the physical goods back?" Gongsun Xun interrupted the other party and asked directly.

"That's not ......," Lu Su replied helplessly.

"In that case, we have to be reasonable, right?" Gongsun Xun asked with a smile. "Why should I not allow this to flow, and why should you not allow it? Because the business name of your concubine Mi in Liu Yuzhou can't compete with Amway? He has no credibility in his own family, so he wants to use your Liu Yuzhou's power to do such a despicable thing? Besides, as far as I know, the Mi family also learned from this who issued salt tickets and tea tickets, and if you ban this, should you also ban them? ”

Lu Su was silent for a while.

In other words, Lu Zijing is recognized as an honest person, this is not to say that he is incompetent and blindly forbearing, on the contrary, it is because he is an introverted character, he understands the overall situation in his heart, distinguishes the priorities, and knows the fundamental position behind the matter, so he is unwilling to fight for some superficial things or make useless arguments.

It's like this thing...... Lu Su knew very well in his heart that the reason for this trip was that he was worried that once the north and south went to war, the Central Plains would be taken advantage of by Hebei with the Amway; From the perspective of Liu Bei's group, just as Gongsun Xun broke through, it was the demand of the Mi family, which was attached to Liu Bei's 'counterfeit Amway', and from the perspective of Liu Bei and Lu Su, in fact, they wanted to use these small things to further test Gongsun Xun's attitude towards the war.

How so?

The Taishan area in the east of Yanzhou was forcibly taken away by Gongsun Xun that year, the Cangting area of the Yellow River was forcibly taken away, and now Langya has also been taken away by him...... At this time, the topic of total war between the North and the South must be seriously considered, and the rest is not enough.

"That's what General Wei said." After a little thought, Lu Zijing calmly responded. "The Amway and the Mi family's Donghai are both ordinary business names under the rule of the Han Dynasty, how can we people in politics be unreasonable and do unjust things? This matter is indeed a bit abrupt, Rong Chen returned to Shouchun and discussed it with my family Ming Gong in detail. ”

"Good." Gongsun Xun nodded slowly. "Anything else?"

"One more thing." Lu Su hesitated slightly. "Yecheng University has many famous Confucian scholars and outstanding teaching, and although Huainan has also had Shouchun University in recent years, it is only a place for debate, and the so-called scientific examination system is only established after the examination to determine the position, which is basically in name only...... That is, after the Central Plains was completely stabilized in the past two years, some young scholars with bundled hair came to Huainan and Wudi, and they became a little larger. ”

Gongsun Xun frowned slightly.

"Don't hide it from General Wei, my family Liu Yuzhou wants to ask General Wei to allow us to invite some famous Confucian scholars from Yecheng University to go south and teach a little." Seeing the other party's expression, Lu Su simply said bluntly.

"Yes." Unexpectedly, Gongsun Xun actually agreed. "But there are a couple of conditions...... First, the invited lecturers shall not exceed the number of eleven lecturers of the University under the Yexia University, and more than one is allowed; Second, you must ensure that they are fed, lodging, safe, and treated freely, and that they do not go back forever...... Finally, don't say that the north can go south, in my opinion, this kind of thing should be regardless of the north and south, east and west, and the talents of Huainan and Wu can also go north. ”

Lu Su struggled to squeeze out a smile.

"Zijing, don't pretend to be stupid." Gongsun Xun sneered when he saw this. "I still remember that you Huainan has a name Jiang Gan Jiang Ziyi, and two young people from Nanyang and Yingchuan, one is called Meng Jian, and the other is called Shi Tao...... I was very happy when they entered the school, and said that Jiang Gan has come to this point, so there will be a group of heroes in the future, and the result? In addition to the first year, there were fewer and fewer young talents who sought to be admitted to the discipline in the future, and when I inquired, I learned that Liu Xuande and Cao Mengde, two shameless people, actually set up barriers at the key points of traffic under the autonomy, is this what people do? I've written to me many times to scold Shameless, and both of them are just as stupid as you are...... And you actually have the face to borrow a lecturer today, but I actually opened my mouth to agree...... Scold! ”

"General Wei has the world in mind!" Lu Su bowed his head earnestly, still pretending to be stupid. "But as far as the ministers are concerned, there are enough talents in Yexia, and Cao Fenwu and my family Liu Yuzhou are not just selfish...... Many poor scholars are either poor or have concerns at home, and they can't go far away. ”

"Whatever you want!" Gongsun Xun seemed to be smiling. "Let's see how long they last! Anything else? ”

Lu Su's heart jumped suddenly, but he immediately raised his head and regained his composure: "There are two other personal matters, one is to give gifts to Mrs. Gongsun on behalf of my family Liu Yuzhou to chat about filial piety; The other is my family, Liu Yuzhou, who asked me to go north to Zhuo County to sacrifice his ancestors. ”

"Something that makes sense." Gongsun Xun looked at Lu Su and said disapprerovitically. "Feel free to ...... And don't bother the two masters, it's okay if you hang out in Yecheng, or go north to Zhuojun, you don't have to report to me again, you will directly look for Fengxiao later, and I will leave after I am busy with one thing. ”

"Where is General Wei going?" Lu Su was stunned for a moment.

"The Son of Heaven binds his hair, and there are thousands of threads!" Gongsun Xun said as he got up and spared Lu Su and Chen Deng and walked out, and several important ministers who had been silent also followed. "As one of the auxiliary ministers, the governor of Kyushu, the military and political personnel, I always have to go to Chang'an...... Otherwise, wouldn't he be scolded as a Han Chen but actually a thief? ”

Lu Su was stunned on the spot.

After a long time, he and Chen Deng came back to their senses, and then followed the righteous officer who was waiting on the side to go out to find Guo Jia.

Of course, when he walked out of the door, Lu Su hurriedly saluted the officer with a face: "If you have a hard time, dare to ask your name?" ”

The young officer who had begun to grow his beard bowed slightly, and his posture was calm, but it seemed to be everyone's demeanor: "Hongnong Huayin Yang Xiu Yang Dezu, don't dare to bother the envoy to ask......"

Lu Su and Chen Deng were stunned again.

After a long time, Chen Deng hurriedly surrendered his hand: "It turned out that after the world friendship, the contemptible people went down to Chen Deng Chen Yuanlong and saw Dezu!" ”

"Brother Yunlong is invited, we are naturally world friends." Yang Xiu returned the salute with a smile, and then motioned for the two of them to follow him to the depths of the mansion to find Guo Jia.

The three of them walked back and forth, but Chen Deng couldn't help but continue to talk: "What is Dezu's current position, why didn't you see Dezu on the Tongque Platform the night before yesterday?" ”

"Brother Yuanlong, these two questions are asked together." Yang Xiu replied as he walked on the side. "I was crowned this year, I just left from Yizhong, and I am going to Pingguo in Liaodong to serve as Pingguo Ling, and the day before yesterday I happened to take leave to say goodbye to my friends in private, but I just missed the rise and fall of the world of my Jiawei general! Pity! Pity! And you don't know that as soon as this statement comes out, there will be another debate in the university, and Cai Bojiao will be hung again...... Anyway, I'm going to miss another good show......"

Chen Deng was full of words and wanted to ask, but he didn't know where to start, let alone whether to ask.

"Brother Yuanlong wants to ask me, as a son of the Yang family, why don't I go to Chang'an to repay the old favor of the Han family at this critical time? Or do you want to ask General Wei if he was jealous of sending me to Liaodong at this time? Yang Xiu seemed to see the other party's thoughts, so his mouth was amazing.

Chen Dengden was speechless.

"Yuanlong doesn't have to care." Yang Dezu was still smiling, as if he didn't care. "This kind of topic is taboo for others, but for the children of the public clan like us, it can't be avoided, so why hide it? And when it's my turn, I don't have to worry about having more debts......"

"That's right, that's ......"

"My family is counted from my great-grandfather, and my father has been the fourth generation and the third duke, which can be said to be extremely influenced by Hann." Yang Xiu sighed slowly. "However, my great-grandfather died for the Han family and died by drinking. My grandfather was the emperor's teacher, and he couldn't stop the emperor from harming the country...... In fact, everyone in the world knows that he, like Liu Gong and Qiao Gong, who died one after another, is quite a bit of pushing the boat down the river and taking his life to repay the favor of the Han family, and he is also a little shameless to see the people of the world, and he is suspected of being forced to death by Emperor Ling's misdeeds. Brother Yuanlong, you said it yourself, the fourth world and the third duke, are you just kind, but not hateful? ”

"Of course I know this kind of thing." Chen Deng replied earnestly. "Although my family is not as fierce as your family, it is also the grace of several generations on the one hand, and the tyranny of the Spirit Emperor's only husband on the other. But ......"

"But the entanglement of grievances is like this, and it has some meaning of one and two, and it is difficult to give up, right?"

"That's exactly what it means."

"So my father opened his eyes for the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, and General Wei also sent me to Pingguo as the king of Qipin County." Yang Xiu finally stopped and turned around. "Yuanlong thought that I was going to Pingguo for a long time, but it was the same as a distribution...... This is true, but thinking about it the other way, why can't it be that my general knows that I am embarrassed and protects me? This kind of thing is like the relationship between the two of us and the Han family, where is what is the grievance and what is the grievance, what is right and what is wrong? The kindness of the Han family seems to be awe-inspiring, but is there no reason for my general's theory of the world and the country, each according to his own heart! ”

"The point is what Dezu thinks?" Chen Deng became more and more anxious. "Where do you come from?"

Yang Xiu glanced at Chen Deng like a fool, and directly stopped communicating and continued to lead the way, and Chen Deng also suddenly realized under Lu Su's sideways gaze...... I'm really stupid, do you still need to ask?!

However, after waking up, Chen Deng also felt more and more confused in his heart...... Pity a heroic hero who is in the lake and sea in the three acres of land in Xuzhou, but when he goes outside, he is like a countryman who has entered the city for the first time, and he can't even figure out the direction.

Lu Su went to find Guo Jia and didn't mention it, whether he went to Zhuojun to worship Liu Bei's ancestors or take the opportunity to explore war preparations, he didn't say, only said that on the other side, the last major thing Gongsun Xun did before leaving was actually a large-scale adjustment of his righteousness...... This was something that had been prepared in the first place, otherwise Wang Ling and Jiang Gan, the young grassroots bureaucrats who had excellent assessments, and some outstanding Yexia University students would not have appeared on the Tongque Platform that day.

In fact, according to Gongsun Xun's idea, the most outstanding talent resume should be Shu Fa admitted to the university, the weak crown passed the shooting science examination, graduated and went out to be a low-level pro-people official for two or three years, and then the outstanding re-entry servants were close servants, so that when they were twenty-five or six years old, they could be thrown into the bureaucracy with confidence and let them grow savagely.

However, the matter is urgent, the university, the system of righteousness and obedience are not perfect, and now after all, it is still a troubled era when the world is divided into several parts, don't think that Hebei Antai has been completely peaceful for two years, the locality, the border, and the rest of the places, the chaos is still in chaos, and in this case, it is obviously not realistic to completely institutionalize the construction of talents......

Just like Jiang Gan, Meng Jian, and Shi Tao's group of people, the university had just been established at that time, and the age gap between the people who came was huge, and it could even be said that they were generally older, such as Jiang Gan, the kind of people who had just been crowned were already young people, and they were basically successful in their studies at home, and they came to be officials, so they only trained for one year, and they were allowed to take the exam to calm people's hearts.

Correspondingly, in the second year, it was the other way around, Zhuge Liang, Liu Zhen, Guo Huai and others came one after another, and their grades were excellent, but they were generally not yet at the age of binding their hair, no matter how they were, it was impossible to really let them take the graduation exam immediately.

So on the other hand, Jia Kui, Yang Xiu, Fa Zheng, Meng Da, and Liu Zhang were righteous from the beginning, and they participated in many wars in Yizhong, and they have a universal family history, so it's not appropriate for you to let them study again.

In addition, there are people like Wang Ling, he took a typical old way, a few years ago after the success of Dong Cheng, he returned to Taiyuan, starting from the county officials, when the weak crown was recommended by Taiyuan Tai Shou Lin, out of the official for the county order, but this kind of talent you can't just because he is not righteous and never a college student to throw people out, right?

Even if he is Wang Yun's own nephew!

Moreover, there are special cases here, just like Ma Chao...... Ma Chao was sent as a hostage, and he was a little young at the time, so he was sent to Aunt Gongsun in Changping with Wang Cang. Later, Wang Cang, like Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Wen Hui, took the entrance exam, successfully entered the university, obtained the status of a college student, and has always had excellent grades.

But what about Ma Chao?

Ma Chao didn't go to school at all, he mixed in Changping for two years, and then came to Yecheng to mix, Yexia University is actually a typical wide entry and strict exit, and there is really no foundation and no fear of not being able to get in, because theoretically it allows anyone to follow for free, not college students or people who can't pass the exam can follow along, and then go to the exam...... But Ma Chao couldn't learn alive or dead, and he didn't want to take the test, but secretly trusted Pang De's favor and entered the righteous obedience, but it may be that this guy grew up in the frontier when he was a child and was used to seeing life and death, so the ruthlessness of his body when he was a teenager was revealed!

He is the one who causes trouble every time, and he draws a knife at every turn...... If it weren't for Pang De and Zhang Ji to protect him, he wouldn't be able to mix in Yicong.

But you can't just leave this guy alone, right? Anyway, this is also Ma Teng's eldest son, and this is also Ma Chao!

So this guy has been fighting in righteousness, and this year he was forcibly crowned at the age of nineteen, and Gongsun Xun personally gave him the name Meng Qi, and Jia Kui, Yang Xiu, Fa Zheng, Meng Da, and Liu Zhang, these people successfully changed jobs...... Among them, Jia Kui, Yang Xiu, and Liu Zhang went to be magistrates, Fa Zheng and Meng Da went to the army, and Ma Chao was sent by Gongsun Xun to be a Qu commander under Zhao Yun, the commander of the cavalry...... Provincial eyesore.

All in all, Gongsun Xun really needed to replenish Yicong's blood, and in the end he selected a large number of people, as many as 600 people, to maintain the current scale of Baima Yi's 3,000 - from the successful graduation of college students in Yexia to the sons and daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles in Hebei Kyushu, from hostages in Liangzhou, Yizhou, and Jiaozhou to the sons of good families who came from their own recommendations, from the brothers and nephews of generals and soldiers who died in battle to the outstanding young bureaucrats who have already served on either side, and so on.

As for a few of the outstanding and well-known ones, they are Jiang Gan, Meng Jian, Wen Hui, Wang Ling, Xu Gan, Xu Miao, and Shi Kuang...... Wang Cang is really powerless, and Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang are young, the key is that Gongsun Xun and Yang Xiu are placed in Pingguo protectively, these two smart young people, or don't take them to Chang'an, lest they peep into something, so that the three views are confused.

There is only one Wang Ling, Gongsun Xun thought about it for a long time, and finally acted according to the rules, so as not to chill people's hearts.

Everything is in order, in mid-July, General Wei Gongsun Xun is still with Changshi Lu Fan, engaged in the trial, Lou Gui, Sima Han Dang as the guard, only led part of the subordinates, and then still with Han Hao as the central protector, with Zhang Ji and Pang De as the second civil and military guards of Baima Yicong, and then with the partial general Zhang Liao and the cavalry captain Zhao Yun as the subordinates, each leading 3,000 cavalry, plus the guard of honor and various subordinate officials, a total of nearly 10,000 cavalry, with the Yellow River as the main road, and went to Chang'an.

However, when the guard of honor had just passed through Hanoi and was about to cross the river from Mengjin to Henan and march west along Henan, in front of Sizhou Mu, Zhennan General Cheng Pu and Hanoi Taishou, someone suddenly blocked the road at the ferry and shouted injustice...... When encountering this kind of thing, the two of them were suspicious, how dare they stop it, so they let this powerless old man with the crown of virtue all the way to Gongsun Xun.

However, the old man came to Gongsun Xun and bowed down, but he didn't mention any grievances, but persuaded General Gongsun Xun to return to the Son of Heaven in public.

According to his meaning, only in this way can General Wei become the sage of the Duke of Zhou, and the Yan and Han Dynasty can also restore the glorious and prosperous era, otherwise the Han family will not exist, and General Wei will also have a big disaster.

Gongsun Xun didn't bother to pay attention, and didn't even ask the other party's name, so he directly ordered this person to be sent home and handed over to his son Haosheng to raise.

—————I'm too lazy to bother with the dividing line—————

"In the fifth year of Jian'an, the Taizu of this dynasty crossed Henan, and there was a hermit in Hanoi who was in charge of the road: 'Since Gaozu beheaded the white snake, for 400 years, although the world is disputed, although the society is in danger, but the Quartet still admires the virtue of the Han family, which is really the bell of the mandate of heaven! And General Wei crusaded against Dong Zhuo and swept Hebei, although the soldiers were full of food, but the people's hearts were still not attached. Therefore, if General Wei can return to the great government of the Son of Heaven, he can become the sage of the Duke of Zhou, and return the glory of the Yan Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Liu Yan, and Liu Biao will also feel the virtue of the general, and they have unloaded their armor to surrender. Taizu smiled and said: "When Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling were in the past, the Han dynasty declined, the eunuchs caused trouble, the country was in turmoil, and the Quartet was disturbed. On the so-called temple, rotten wood is the official; Between the palaces and majestys, birds and beasts eat Lu. So that the wolf-hearted dogs, the turbulent dynasty, the servants and servants, have been in power, so that the community has become a ruin, and the common people have suffered from misery! The Yellow Turbans first rebelled in the thirty-two counties, and then Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others rose one after another, destroying the Han family, separating places, plundering excessively, and brutalizing people. But no? The hermit said: "This solid truth is also, the evil of Huan Ling, the violence of Dong Yuan, everyone knows it, but today Zifang has tied his hair, has been in a big position for many years, and has not lost his morality, and is smart and studious." Taizu laughed again: "This is not the intention, now I see the foot and talk eloquently, and the year is long, I want to ask the foot, when Huan Ling Dong Yuan was at that time, where did the foot live?" The hermit was ashamed and departed. —"Shilin Miscellaneous". Yan. Recorded by Anonymous