The matter of Xuzhou is really strange to say.

Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian has a fellow countryman, called Zhenrong, this person gathered hundreds of people and went to Xuzhou to seek refuge in Tao Qian.

Tao Qian also took care of this fellow, he appointed Zhenrong as the minister of Xiapi, and was responsible for transporting the grain of Guangling County, Xiapi County and Pengcheng County.

However, Zhenrong did not put this money and food into his own pocket, because Zhenrong was a person of faith.

It may be too much to say that the people of Xiapi are hungry, but it is certain that the people are miserable.

However, Zhu Rong made a big futu thing, and in the temple of Guangxing Futu in Xiapi County, he stored the people of Futu with gorgeous clothes and delicacies.

Not only that, but he also forced the people of Xiapi County to recite the Futu Sutra day and night, which caused monks, nuns, and Futu followers from nearby counties to move into Xiapi County, with more than 5,000 households before and after.

The cost of engaging in this floating slaughter alone must be calculated in units of 100 million.

Although Zhenrong believes in the teachings of Futu, he has no intention of being merciful at all, not only does not do good deeds, but robs everywhere, and kills life-saving benefactors.

This is actually not surprising, the Futu Sect was also the kind of "you refuse to believe in religion and refuse to die, which makes me very embarrassed!" "That kind of religion.

In fact, without this kind of momentum, no religion would have developed into a religion with great influence, but later it became a war scumbag, and it was "You refuse to believe in religion and refuse to die, which makes me very embarrassed!" In many places, religion has destroyed the whole family.

The Sect of Futu is actually born out of the Three Religions, or it can be said to be a variant of the Three Religions. It is really good to pay attention to a cycle of cause and effect, suffering in this life, and being rich in the next life, and using it to fool the people.

Therefore, although he was greedy for Tao Qian's money and food, Tao Qian also turned a blind eye and ignored it.

Speaking of the old stalk, there is a proverb that prophesies: "Those who represent the Han Dynasty, when Tu Gao also!" ”

This old stalk has been legendary in the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and it is said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once said this stalk in public. However, Liu Bei didn't believe it, he estimated that this matter was made up by someone later. If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really said it, it can only mean that Liu Yeboar's brain is flawed, and it is still a big one.

Literally, the meaning of this sentence is that the person who replaced the Han Dynasty should be related to "Tu Gao",

So what does "Tu Gao" mean, Yuan Shu's understanding is that this "Tu" is equivalent to "Paint" or "Road", which means "road". Yuan Shu's character "Shu" refers to "the road in the city" in ancient texts, and the relationship between his word "highway" and the road is more straightforward, which also shows that Yuan Shu's name and character are related.

In fact, Yuan Shu only understood half of it correctly.

According to Du Qiong's later statement, "Tu" refers to the soil, and the high soil barrier is the city wall or palace, and the original meaning of "Wei" is the palace. So "when the Tu Gao Wei also!" ”

There is also a person in Xuzhou who is very good at interpreting proverbs, his name is Que Xuan. He also understands it this way, the high earth barrier is the palace, and the palace is not the "palace".

And his surname is Que, so Que Xuan thinks that the "Tu Gao" of the contemporary Han is his own Que!

Que Xuan is a native of Xiapi in Xuzhou, and the Que family is also a wealthy family in Xiapi, and there are many people in his family, and there are thousands of child servants. This child servant is the standard of Haoqiang in this era, and there are not even a thousand child servants, you are embarrassed to call yourself Haoqiang, you can only say that it is a big family.

At the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were also people in the Que Xuan family involved, and now, their family can also be regarded as the remnants of the Yellow Turban.

Zhen Rong in the Xiapi Kingdom, the matter of Futu, widely collected exorbitant donations, and the Que Xuan family was particularly exploited because of the conflict with his religious beliefs.

Que Xuan resents Zhenrong, and it is also a bit of a "religious dispute", his family is originally from Huang Laozhong, and there are many Taiping Taoist believers who have survived in Xiapi County. Coupled with the disciples and disciples in his clan, Que Xuan gathered thousands of soldiers.

So, after Que Xuan gathered thousands of troops, he decisively proclaimed himself emperor! Decisively called the emperor! Claim the emperor!

Back then, Zhang Ju called himself the Son of Heaven, and he still had 300,000 soldiers and civilians under his command.

Que Xuan is good, if he gathers thousands of troops, he dares to be the emperor, and there is really no one.

But think about those cattle who dare to be emperors with more than a dozen people under them, seven or eight guns, in fact, Que Xuan is not so good, and it is not so strange.

However, what is even more strange is that Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, the feudal official of the Han Dynasty, has a household registration of one million and a hundred thousand foot riders, and he actually united with Que Xuan!

In the era of the late Han Dynasty, although the world was in turmoil, on the surface, everyone was still a courtier of the Han family, and they generally had to find an excuse before sending troops to fight.

And Tao Qian, as the pastor of Xuzhou, actually united with Que Xuan, who claimed to be the Son of Heaven!!

Although Liu Bei knew that Tao Qian later killed Que Xuan, but after all, he hadn't killed it yet, which was a good excuse, and Liu Bei could use this excuse to attack Xuzhou. It's as if Liu Bei can use the excuse of avenging Liu Yu to attack Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, this is a famous teacher.

"Come here, ask Xi Zhicai and Xun Wenruo to come to the state capital to meet." Liu Bei commanded in a low voice, and then raised his glass to the guests invited to this banquet and said, "Gentlemen, there are some things in the state, and a certain family will not accompany them. The princes will feast first today, and I will only use it in the future, and I will not let the pearls of the kings secretly vote. ”

After that, Liu Bei got up, and under the escort of Dian Wei, he returned to the state capital, and everyone got up to see each other off.

When Liu Bei arrived at the state pastor's mansion, after a while, Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu had already arrived.

handed over the information he had just received to the two of them, and after the two of them read it, they exchanged the information in their hands and read it again.

It was only then that Liu Bei asked: "Dare to ask the two Ming dukes, should I raise troops to the south, or send troops to the north?" ”

This question seems simple, but it is very important, and it can be said to determine the development direction of Liu Bei in the next few years, or even more than ten years.

To the north, it seems that only Gongsun Zan needs to be killed, but it also means bearing military pressure from the northern grasslands, which is something that the Han Dynasty could only do with the power of the whole country in its heyday.

To the south, it is not as simple as fighting Xuzhou, Liu Bei has already occupied Jizhou, if Xuzhou is defeated again, not only Yanzhou and Yuzhou will be under pressure, but also have to face Yuan Shu who is entrenched in the south.

"The lord is a soldier and sends it to Youzhou!" Xi Zhicai said immediately, almost without any hesitation.

And Xun Yu hesitated slightly, but also nodded in agreement, "It should indeed be sent to Youzhou." ”

Liu Bei asked, "What is the reason?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Tao Qian is already old, and Gongsun Zan is in the prime of life. ”

Liu Bei raised his eyebrows, he already understood, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he also understood that what the two said was reasonable.