After the announcement of Lu Bu's meritocracy was posted, there were many people who watched the excitement, but there were not many people who really recommended themselves. The reason for this is nothing more than because the position of envoy is not a good position. Besides, in this era of war and chaos, I have to go to Chang'an as an envoy, and it is not certain whether I can come back. Moreover, Lu Bu was just posting this announcement in Jinyang City, and many children of the poor family might not know about it. Moreover, Lu Bu has never even said anything about remuneration and rewards, and for various reasons, it will lead to the result of no one.

For two days in a row, there were very few self-recommended people, and Lu Bu was not quite satisfied. When Lu Bu was about to pass the announcement to the counties and counties of the state, he didn't believe it, there was no one who could serve as the envoy to Chang'an!

But just as Lu Bu was about to spread the announcement to the states and counties, he suddenly heard the news and found a candidate for the envoy.

It was Li Ru who was responsible for selecting those who recommended themselves, and even Li Ru felt that he could, so naturally he was not far behind, but Lu Bu still summoned him and observed it in person.

To Lu Bu's surprise, this person was extremely young, probably only about twenty years old, and his appearance was not very handsome, but average. He was also dressed in burlap clothes worn by civilians. The first impression was not very good for Lu Bu, but what impressed Lu Bu was that no matter how this young man was dressed, the ordinary wooden crown was worn on his head, but it was extremely neatly combed. It's kind of different from ordinary people.

"Hanoi Wang Xiang, the word Xibo?"

Lu Bu was holding a scroll of bamboo slips, which contained a few sentences of introduction to Wang Xiang.

"Exactly."

Wang Xiang replied.

Lu Bu put down the bamboo slip and looked at Wang Xiang, "When I was young, my family was poor, and I was a shepherd, but I loved to read, so I had a little talent to learn....."

Wang Xiang lowered his head, his background was very low, so he also had some inferiority complex in his character. He thinks he has some talent, but no one will look down on him as a shepherd. Only Yang Jun appreciated him and bought a house for him to marry. But today, he did not mention Yang Jun's name in the newspaper. Because he knows that Yang Jun is quite famous, if he reports Yang Jun, I am afraid that he will not be appreciated by Lu Bu with his own ability. So he was also gambling, thinking that Wen Hou, who was born as a martial artist in Bian County, would not mind his humble status.

"Coming from a humble background, that doesn't mean anything."

Maybe it was Lu Bu who saw Wang Xiang's embarrassment, and said slightly, "In the past, Chen Sheng once said that the prince and the prince would have a kind of Xiangning? I'm only a martial artist in a border county, but now I'm also in charge of this state! ”

"Wen Hou killed Dong Thief and took charge of the state, which is the will of the people."

Wang Xiang said.

Lu Bu laughed, turned to look at Li Ru who was watching quietly, "Wen You has found a great talent for me!" ”

After speaking, Lu Bu looked at Wang Xiang again: "Uncle Xi, do you know my duty to let you envoy to Chang'an this time?" ”

Before Wang Xiang could answer, Lu Bu said to himself, "Although Dong Zhuo is dead, his subordinates Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are now in charge of the government. I want to reconcile with the book and worship the Son of Heaven, so that Li Dao, Guo Yan and others will not raise troops to invade my city. This trip to Chang'an, the danger is unpredictable, do you dare to go, you may complete the mission? ”

"Those who are confidants die, even if they go to the soup and the fire, they will not give up!"

Wang Xiang said in a resolute tone.

Just this sentence made Lu Bu nod again and again, and he had already recognized Wang Xiang's ability in his heart.

So Lu Bu appointed Wang Xiang as an envoy and went to Chang'an to meet Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and brought some tribute. Lu Bu believed that Wang Xiang would accomplish this task well.

After Wang Xiang left, Li Ru on the side spoke: "In order to find an envoy, the lord actually posted a list to recruit talents. Regardless of whether you are high or low, the meritocracy can be said to make many poor children excited. ”

"How's the movement of those families?"

"The lord posted the list to recruit talents, just to test the reaction of those families?"

Li Ru was slightly surprised.

Lu Bu nodded, "Now that I am in charge of this state, there are few capable people under my command. In the past, you told me that the recruitment order needs to be delayed a little longer. Now that I've got this merger, this recruitment order may be sent to the counties? ”

"I can't."

Li Ru replied, "The matter of recruiting talents can be slowed down." Now that the lord has just taken charge of the state, I am afraid that his prestige will be difficult to ........"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Bu directly interrupted, "Prestige? It's easy to hear! ”

Erection? He, Lu Bu, is the best at it. One hand radish and the other hand is the right thing, now let these children of the family recommend them as officials, the radish has been eaten by them, don't knock it with a stick, I really think Lu Bu's temper is very good.

"The Lord is Weiyi, but it is difficult to solve the troubles of these families! The Jinyang family has a private ministry. It is a big hidden danger for all families to have these private tribes! If they don't solve the problem, they can take advantage of the unpreparedness of the lord to raise troops and cause trouble and defeat, or they can retreat to Wubao and wait for help. ”

Li Ruyan said.

These questions, Lu Bu had to think carefully! At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, after Wang Mang usurped the throne, these families built Wubao camps one after another in order to protect themselves. It is also to raise up private troops and stick to Wu Fort. Although Wu Bao also helped many displaced people, escaped the scourge of war, and was not harassed by thieves. However, these Wubao camp walls and private tribes allowed the families of the late Han Dynasty to sit on the throne. Just like Wang, Guo and other wang clans, there may be more than 1,000 people in the private tribe of guys! It's equivalent to an army, and those smaller families have hundreds of people at most, and dozens at the few. I think that in Hanoi, those families and clans allied together 20,000 people!

And more importantly, these families also have many tenants, and they have food and money, and they can pull out a large army.

Back then, the mighty Yellow Turban Army was able to easily break through the county cities, but it was difficult to break through the Wu forts built by these families. Li Ru's suggestion is indeed what Lu Bu wants to think about now, these Wu Forts and private tribes of the big families have become a hidden danger for him to control and merge the state. What's more, these private subordinates have completely destroyed the conscription system since the Eastern Han Dynasty!

"Pass my military order and gather all the generals!"

After thinking carefully on the desk for a while, Lu Bu suddenly stood up and commanded.

He hung a sword from his weapon rack around his waist. Lu Bu's eyes were full of murderous aura. And next to Lu Bu, Li Ru smiled lightly. Lu Bu postponed recruiting talents and followed his advice first. Those big families are probably not so good this time.

After ordering the generals to gather, Lu Bu instructed the guards to inform Jia Xu to come, Lu Bu looked at Li Ru on the side, and said in a deep voice: "This time, I want to establish my authority, and I also want to solve the problem of the private parts of these families!" Wen You, you and Wen He are my trusted advisors, and there are still some details, I want to discuss with you two well, I hope you two can make up for the shortcomings! ”