The palm of his hand rubbed against the teacup, feeling the heat coming from the teacup, and the fingers that had been a little stiff seemed to become softer. Yan Shao doesn't like to drink tea, nor does he like to drink, which seems somewhat heretical in this era, and now he is holding a teacup, but he is just using him as a warm water bag to use one by one, although the tea leaves in the teacup are enough for ordinary people for a day.

The council hall of the governor's mansion is actually not very comfortable, not only is the chair not used to sitting, but in order to show diligence and love for the people, only a few braziers are lit in the hall, which will raise the temperature in the room. Usually forget it, now is the coldest time of the year, not to mention Yan Shao, even the other generals can't stand it.

Everyone in the chamber wore thick clothes, as if they could freeze to death if they wore one less layer. Some people even complained, why be so stingy, can't you just get a few more braziers. In fact, this is also a helpless thing, after Yan Shao's governance in recent years, in this troubled world, Qingzhou can be regarded as a happy land. But no matter how happy you are, many things are difficult to change in a short period of time.

Full, barely enough to feed the people, but warm

In such a cold winter, in addition to some large families, how many people dare to say that they live warmly?

Originally, Yan Shao was just an ordinary big family, a child of a family, naturally how comfortable he was, and he didn't need to care about other people's opinions. But now it is not possible, he is the state pastor of Qingzhou, and he is an example for the people of Qingzhou, so naturally he cannot be extravagant and wasteful, not only can he not be extravagant and wasteful, but he must also be frugal in all aspects.

Not to mention anything else, you must know that there is a contemporary Confucian living in Qingzhou, Zheng Xuan.

When Zheng Xuan originally lived in Qingzhou, Yan Shao was still very happy, after all, there was such a great Confucian living in the territory. Well, maybe in the eyes of many people, a great Confucian like Zheng Xuan is actually useless, and may not even be as useful as a second-rate strategist or general. After all, a great Confucian like Zheng Xuan can only quote scriptures, and it is useless to lead the army to fight.

In fact, this is that those people are short-sighted.

Yes, when it comes to the ability to lead and fight, Zheng Xuan may not even be able to compare with Zhou Cang or even Pei Yuanshao, this great Confucian in the world, may have good swordsmanship when he was young (the ancient literati were still very good at fencing, Li Bai once claimed to be the second in the world in his swordsmanship, this situation knows that the Song Dynasty has changed greatly) But if you want to talk about commanding troops, he may not have been on the battlefield in his life

But to achieve hegemony, do they all rely on martial arts?

If that's the case, Xiang Yu fought the most powerfully, why was it Liu Bang who sat in the world in the end, and Xiang Yu, who was known as the overlord, killed himself in Wujiang?

There are clouds in the book of war, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the same is true for the achievement of hegemony, without a good enough foundation, even if it can fight again, it is useless.

As a person from later generations, Yan Shao naturally knows this very well.

Not to mention anything else, Japan or Germany in World War II were good at fighting, especially the soldiers of these countries. Japan's army is rubbish, but at least its navy is first-class, and Germany's navy is the strongest.

But it was the United States, which had the last laugh, that had a poor army and navy

Yes, the US military is indeed not very strong, and before the start of the war, the strength of the whole country was not even one-tenth of that of Japan and Germany. However, the United States had the strongest industrial capacity at that time, so after the outbreak of the war, it only took a little time to prepare for it, and it proved to the world that the explosive flow was powerful.

It doesn't matter if I don't know how to fight, I can crush you to death with the soldiers and horses in my hand.

Zheng Xuan's role is the same, maybe Zheng Xuan is not good at leading troops to fight, maybe Zheng Xuan is not good at strategy, it is impossible to use any strategy that can turn the tide, and it is even impossible to help Yan Shao plan a strategy.

But

Don't forget, he was the most famous educator of his time

There are many of his disciples, several times all over the country, see in the "Zheng Zhi", "Zheng Ji" and historical biographers, the famous ones are Hanoi Zhao Shang, Qinghe Cui Yan, Qinghe Wang Jing, Le An Guoyuan, Le An Ren Yi, Beihai Zhang Yi, Lu Guo Liu Yan, Runan Cheng Bing, Beihai Sun Qian, Shanyang Xi Xi, Nanyang Xu Ci and so on.

None of these people may be good at scheming, but when it comes to governing states and counties, they are all first-class good hands. With these people, Yan Shao can govern the state and county more easily, and the current background of Qingzhou is also because of them.

For Yan Shao, Zheng Xuan's role is an educational machine, maybe not every one of his students can become talents, but at least after teaching, it is always possible to be a local official, right?

In the huge Qingzhou, it is still very easy to accommodate those students of Zheng Xuan. What's more, the territory owned by Yan Shao will never be limited to Qingzhou. When Yan Shao goes north to Jizhou in the future, he will need a large number of people to help him govern the newly conquered prefectures and counties.

This is also why Zheng Xuan obviously looks useless, but Yan Shao still attaches great importance to him.

On weekdays, when he treats Zheng Xuan, he also shows great courtesy and attention, after all, people are also very important to themselves. What's more, Zheng Xuan is still a great Confucian in the world, and his reputation is very heavy, which is not comparable to Yan Shao.

It's a pity that Yan Shao soon regretted it, because Zheng Xuan had a problem that all Confucians in this era have, that is, when he encounters something he doesn't like, he must say a few words.

Usually forget it, Yan Shao is not the kind of violent monarch, except for being lazy, there is nothing to criticize. But Zheng Xuan really didn't like the kind of luxury behavior that was popular among the families, once Zheng Xuan came to visit the state pastor's mansion, and happened to see Yan Shao's state pastor's mansion dressed up a little more extravagant, so he talked there for a full day, but Yan Shao listened to it.

There's no way, who let several of his subordinates, such as Cui Yan and Guoyuan, etc., all be taught by Zheng Xuan? And Yan Shao also looked forward to Zheng Xuan being able to teach more similar talents.

So even if Zheng Xuan is leaning on the old and selling the old, Yan Shao also listens, and the after-effect of listening is the image project, which is the largest face project of the Qingzhou Army, which is the thrifty project of the State Pastoral Mansion, in order to play a thrifty leading role, many things in the State Pastoral Mansion have been cut off, and the rest are barely enough to reach the level line, which can be said to be miserable these days.

But no matter how bitter it is

It's also better than staying in your own home

During the time he returned to Linzi, Yan Shao had always been embarrassed.

On the one hand, there is the admiring and helpless gaze of the subordinates, and on the other hand, the cold attitude of the wives and concubines at home.

In fact, if Yan Shao had found a woman to come back, they would not have such a big reaction, after all, they also came like this. The key is that Mi Zhen's identity is too embarrassing, and she escaped from marriage

Every time they think of this, they also hate Yan Shao in the process of admiring him.

However, for Mi Zhen, they are very distressed.

It is easy for women to understand women, especially when love is still involved in this matter. In addition, along the way, Mi Zhen has suffered a lot, and she looks pitiful, which naturally makes these women's maternal love overflow, even Lu Yan'er, who has the strongest utilitarian heart, not to mention others.

For a while, Yan Shao was very scolded in his courtyard, and his mentality was very good, especially after seeing Mi Zhen being accepted.

"The Lord"

Looking at Yan Shao's wry smile and happy expression, Zhao Yun and the other people glanced at each other, and they were a little confused.

To be reasonable, Zhao Yun really gloated a little about Yan Shao's current situation. After all, when he was with Ma Yunlu before, Yan Shao mocked something beside him.

"Zilong, what's wrong?" Hearing Zhao Yun's words, Yan Shao looked back at him as if he had just come back to his senses.

"Well, should we send an envoy to Xuzhou first? After all, Miss Mi said that she had left a letter saying that she was coming to Qingzhou, "In fact, what Zhao Yun wanted to say was the measures to deal with it."

If Mi Zhen didn't say anything when she ran away from marriage, and didn't even say where she was going, then the problem would be much easier to solve, even if Xuzhou suspected that they did it, as long as they didn't admit it, there would be no problem.

You say I did it? Then please come up with evidence, otherwise I will never admit it.

Although he did this, he was somewhat sorry for Liu Bei, but he was worried about eating the king's Lu and sharing his worries for the king, and now Zhao Yun was eating Yan Shao's Yulu, so he naturally had to think more about Yan Shao.

And after so many years in Qingzhou, Zhao Yun also knows what the strength of Qingzhou is, with the power of Xuzhou alone, no matter how powerful Liu Bei and his two sworn brothers are, they will not be Qingzhou's opponents.

At least he felt that he and Huang Zhong shot at the same time, even if he couldn't easily defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it would be okay to have a stalemate. What's more, on the battlefield, it is not only the courage of the horseman, but also the strategy and command ability that the generals pay more attention to.

As a martial artist, Zhao Yun admits the bravery of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but as a general, he has not seen the ability of these two people, in fact, at least in the early stage of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are still just brave, especially Zhang Fei, basically his brain is a tendon, until after the Battle of Chibi, perhaps because of the relationship between Zhuge Liang and the side, the two of them seem to have opened their minds, one flooded the Seventh Army, the mighty Huaxia, and the other attacked Sichuan, and made a lot of contributions.

But at least for now, both of them are still only a puppet.

What's more, the fierce generals of the Qingzhou Army are like clouds, in addition to him and Huang Zhong, there are also two generals, Tai Shici and Gan Ning, and others such as Sun Guan, Guan Hai, Wu Anguo, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, etc., are also not to be underestimated, not to mention that Yan Shao's command has two new tiger generals, Zang Ba and Xu Huang.

Although the former's martial arts can only be regarded as improvised, he is a general, but the latter really has the demeanor of a general.

In contrast, Liu Bei's account is still closed in addition to Guan Zhang

In history, Liu Bei will lose Xuzhou, which is not unrelated to the lack of soldiers under his command. In fact, strictly speaking, it is enough to have two generals, the key is that Liu Bei has no other generals who can be called apart from these two, let alone a general, even if the level is slightly better.

This is his fatal flaw

Zhao Yun believed that Liu Bei was also very aware of this, so after being humiliated again, he would also focus on the overall situation.

After all, the most important thing at the moment is to support the Han family, and personal grievances should be put aside for the time being.

From which point of view, this time Yan Shao took advantage, and Liu Bei suffered a loss, Yan Shao should send someone to Xuzhou first to explain the situation, and apologize if necessary, so that some of Liu Bei's face can be saved, and the relationship between the two families can barely be maintained.

But when Mi Zhen left, she clearly wrote in the letter where she was going and who she fled to, so that Yan Shao didn't have to rely on it even if he wanted to

In Zhao Yun's impression, Liu Bei's temper is very good, but even if Liu Bei's temper is good, he is also the lord of a state. His fiancée ran away from marriage on the day of the wedding and went to her sweetheart, such a thing can't stand any man, not to mention that as the lord of a state, he needs to think about it more.

If this matter is left unattended and spread, his reputation as a state pastor will basically be ruined.

No matter what Liu Bei's inner thoughts were, he had to react.

Even if this reaction is not necessarily good.

But Yan Shao listened to his words, but he showed a sudden expression.

"You're right, Zhen'er ran all the way from Xuzhou, Zizhong and they must be very worried, so I will send someone to Xuzhou to report their safety"

Zhao Yun's heart was firm, and he couldn't help but show a speechless expression at this time.

He obviously asked Yan Shao to go to Xuzhou to talk, apologize, or reach some agreements in private, he always wanted to ease the relationship between the two families, who would have thought that Yan Shao didn't think about it in that direction at all.

So far, he didn't think about letting Yan Shao send people back, but if he didn't react at all

Zhao Yun was distressed there, but in the direction outside the door, he saw two middle-aged figures, one was If, and the other was Li Ru.

saw the two of them walk in the door and bow to Yan Shao.

"My lord."

"Why are the two gentlemen here?"

Seeing that it was the two of them who arrived, Yan Shao hurriedly got up.

Jia Xu smiled. "The two of us have heard about the recent events, and we have come to congratulate the lord."

"Mr. two, don't laugh at Yan Shao" It was rare, Yan Shao showed an embarrassed look.

How could he not know the meaning of Zhao Yun's words? But asking him to send someone to Xuzhou to apologize was something he was unwilling to do. Will sit in the governor's mansion, on the one hand, to avoid the troubles at home, and on the other hand, why not think of a way?

To be reasonable, for the sake of his children's personal feelings, regardless of the great cause, Yan Shao also knows that it is inappropriate to do this, but as an ordinary person from later generations, it is impossible for Yan Shao to be like the people of this era, completely ignoring personal feelings for the sake of the so-called great cause, and even saying such things as 'a piece of the pie'.

Knowing that it was time for his two strategists to discuss, Yan Shao was embarrassed to come to the door

At this time, the arrival of the two made Yan Shao overjoyed.

As if seeing Yan Shao's thoughts, Li Ru and Jia Xu glanced at each other, looked at each other and smiled.

"I'm waiting here to relieve the worries of the lord."