Liu Bei and the ministers looked at each other and smiled, frustrated with their hands to increase their foreheads, and shouted: "Providence, providence!" ”

Lu Su asked strangely: "Everyone seems to be very happy to hear this news, do you know who the rebel is?" ”

Frustrated and Liu Bei smiled silently, Tian Chou saw that the expressions of the two suddenly understood: "Yuan Shu? Is it the Yuan Shu who seized Sun Jianyu's seal? ”

Frustrated and laughed, Liu Bei laughed and worried, after the resignation of Frustrated Shou and Tian Feng, there was a lack of people with the overall concept in the military division (military minister), Tian Chou handled things carefully, but his character determined that he could only be a housekeeper, and his ability to make overall arrangements was insufficient, and he was far from competent as the right military division.

However, the limitation of the term of office of officials is a necessary means for the central government to restrain the cultivation of power by local officials, and the resignation of Fu Shou and Tian Feng will usher in a new era of official governance, and the temporary inconvenience is also a price that must be paid.

Tian Chou didn't notice that Liu Bei's demeanor was different, and in Lu Su's consternation, he jumped up and asked urgently, "Where is he now?" I remember the great famine in Yuzhou at the end of last year, he was moving to Huainan, where is he now? ”

Xu Shu replied with a smile: "Coincidentally, in the spring of this year, he entered Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, just sandwiched between Lujiang County and Xuzhou. Tao Qian's health was not good, and he had not made a big move for several years, and Sun Ce was attacking Wang Lang, the Taishou of Huiji. Yuan Shu fled into Jiujiang, and the main city was set in Shouchun, where it happened to be a zone where the two sides did not care, so Yuan Shu was able to survive. ”

Liu Bei snickered proudly: "Shouchun, it is my liking for him to stay in Shouchun, Zitai (Tian Chou), hurry up and make a plan." I recommend that all cavalry be used for this battle, and all rangers and archers.

The south of the Yangtze River is hot, the war horses in the north may not be adaptable, and the soldiers are also prone to heat stroke when they fight in armor. I need three brigades of archers and three brigades of rangers (combat cavalry), plus two brigades of baggage transport cavalry, and a brigade of craftsmen to maintain and repair combat equipment.

In this way, the total combat strength is nine brigades, and the boy scouts of one brigade are added to make up the number of two divisions. Plus a division of the water army, such a force is enough. ”

Tian Chou pinched his fingers and calculated, and suggested: "It is also necessary to transfer a main army to Lianyungang in order to deter those with ulterior motives." No, Lianyungang is not good, but to the south, it is better to build a castle at the mouth of the Yangtze River and station a legion. It can protect our retreat by the way...... There was a dock in the Veterans' Club, and the Guards Division was transferred in the name of protecting the dock. ”

Tian Chou and Xu Shu discussed with each other, and then they summoned Zhou Yu again, pointing and gesturing on the map.

In later generations, there was a famous theory of enterprise management: "Brazilian fish effect" (often mistranslated as: catfish effect in China). The theory is that an old man made a living by fishing, and every time he returned from a trip to sea, he would transport his newly caught fish to the market and sell it. The old man made a sardine, a fish that could easily die in transit.

By the time other fishermen bring the fish to the market, most of the fish is dead, and the dead fish cannot be sold for a good price. However, the fish that the old man brought to the market were so fresh that people couldn't understand it. It was not until many years later that it was discovered that in addition to sardines, there was also a natural enemy that eats sardines - the vicious Brazilian fish.

It turns out that every time the old man transports sardines, in order to make the sardines in the fish box so that they do not die of hypoxia, they put a Brazilian pomfret in the fish box, and the sardines quickly flee when they see the arrival of natural enemies, and the escape of many fish makes the water in the box constantly stir, increasing the oxygen content in the water, and also increasing the survival of sardines**. Therefore, it is natural that the fish are still alive and well when they arrive at the market.

Liu Bei hoped that he was the Brazilian fish, maintaining a strong force, threatening the neighboring princes to maintain their vitality and survive through change. Sun Quan's intention to break away did not make Liu Bei angry, he was angry that without Qingzhou officials to maintain local power in Yangzhou and continuously send trading materials to Sun Ce, how could the Sun family lay down that land. And Sun Quan was not rewarded for his merits, in order to expel the Qingzhou officials and regress the political situation in Yangzhou to the slave society under the control of the powerful and powerful. This made Liu Bei intolerable, and Sun Quan had to be taught a lesson.

The so-called slave is a person who has no right to live, no right to dispose of property, and no freedom in life. Slave society is evolving, and for the freedom of life, the earliest slaves worked under the whip of the overseer and took over the supervision of the overseer. Later, the slave owners found this work too inefficient, so they restored some of the slaves' freedoms and changed them to "birth imprisonment".

Nativity is the establishment of a system of hukou that allows slaves to move freely in their place of birth, and when they step out of their place of birth, they must apply to local officials, who generally do not approve such requests. For those who stepped out of their birthplace in private, the early slave society adopted the method of fugitive slave hunting. As slavery evolved, it eventually became the "asylum system", through which slaves who left their place of birth were punished.

As for the right to dispose of property, at first the slave owner gave all the money to the slave owner, and later, the slave owner left only enough for the slave to survive, but the slave did not have the right to own property, at any time, the emperor or the emperor's appointed officials could rush into the slave's home, plunder all the slave's property, take the slave's wife and daughter for themselves, or forcibly demolish or occupy the slave's largest property, the house.

Liu Bei can tolerate the existence of his own ruling power of the Sun clan in the south, but according to the law, he does not allow the political situation in the south to retreat instead of advancing, and marching into the south is to show his threat of force, like the Brazilian fish entering the southern waters, forcing lazy fish to move. Whatever the political system, it must have a better system than slavery under the control of the wealthy clans.

Taking this opportunity, Liu Bei took the emperor's edict and read it carefully. Later, Liu Bei suddenly slammed the edict on the table, and the loud sound shocked everyone.

"The edict was not stamped with the prime minister's seal, and the edict was immediately rejected, and after the seal was added, it was passed back." Liu Bei said sharply.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and with a frustrated chuckle, they tried their best to resolve the embarrassing atmosphere: "The prime minister is responsible for the system, and this kind of edict should have gone through the hands of the prime minister. ”

As he spoke, Frustrated Shou picked up the edict from the table, flipped through it, and read it hastily. Frustrated Shou came to his senses: "After the letter, the emperor asked Qingzhou to pay tribute, and there were too many requests for carriages, horses, clothes, silk and satin, etc., it must be that Cao Cao was unwilling to seal it after seeing it, and wanted to stay out of it." ”

Liu Bei's face sank like water, slapped the table and said: "If you want us to send troops to fight, I haven't asked him for military expenses, but he dares to ask me for something." By the way, what about Shengping (Gao Tanglong), it was a military discussion just now, you can be silent, but now it's a literary matter, you have to express your opinion, you can say it. ”

In the shadows of the hall, Gao Tanglong and Yin Dong were napping, and when they heard Liu Bei's words, they asked blankly, "What?" ”

Frustrated Shou handed over the edict and explained, Gao Tanglong thought for a moment and replied: "Since the people have paid taxes, whether these tributes are paid or not is purely voluntary, and the saint's request is not good to refuse, so you can calculate the price and deduct it from this year's tax burden." ”

Liu Bei's face was solemn: "Soldiers, state affairs, tribute, and selfish desires, the two cannot be confused." Our tax burden is handed over to the state, not to individuals. Military spending is deducted from taxes, which is reasonable and legal. What the emperor wants, since he has already allocated him internal currency, let him pay for it himself, and the money is in place, I will hold a bidding meeting for him to procure, no money, no need to talk. It is impossible for me to deduct money from the national tax for his personal desires, which is to feed the officials and keep the government running, not to pay for his personal personal expenses. He dismissed the edict and replied like this. ”

Gao Tanglong stood up, straightened his clothes, and said solemnly: "My lord, Hugh's words of having no father and no king, and the ministers don't want to hear it. The tribute that the Son of Heaven asks for from his subordinates has been the same since ancient times, and the amount of tribute that we have deducted from the tax burden has already been overstepped, and if we ask the Son of Heaven to pay for it, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the people of the world to understand, and the lord will not bear the infamy of the world? ”

Gao Tanglong hinted in his words that the method of deducting taxes would be used to let the Prime Minister's Mansion come forward to limit the emperor's expenses, and Cao Cao would bear the infamy, while Liu Bei's plan would directly conflict with the imperial power and make the emperor's dignity lost, while Cao Cao would stand by and watch, and might even take the opportunity to incite public opinion in the world.

However, Liu Bei's plan was to finally establish the concept of "state", to separate the emperor's imperial power from the power of the state, and to let the people treat the government in the spirit of contract and the regime that they paid taxes to feed themselves, so the emperor must be stripped from the state power system.

Liu Bei must insist on this.

"Then, I take a step back, I will give the tribute that the emperor asks, but this money is not from the tax, I can pay this bill for the emperor in my own name, so that it not only satisfies the emperor's face, but also maintains the law of Qingzhou, how about it?" Liu Bei put on an attitude of pushing and making concessions, seeking a compromise.

Gao Tanglong was confused for a while, and replied casually: "The lord's willingness to pay for the royal family reflects the heart of respecting the king, and Long has no objections." ”

Gao Tanglong did not expect that Liu Bei would later publicize the emperor's behavior of Suogong, and came around to sponsor it, asking Qingzhou merchants to pay this amount with him, which made the emperor lose face even more. After Liu Bei, the emperor was a beggar - his act of asking for offerings forced Qingzhou merchants to give alms, and he thought of himself as a beggar.

At that time, Liu Bei had asked Gao Tanglong whether he would authorize the businessman with the title of 'royal family', which would make the businessman enthusiastically pay for it, and Gao Tanglong vetoed Liu Bei's delusion with an expressionless face.

"At the end of last year in Luoyang, after the sale of the 'royal family' authorization, Mrs. Mi also made a 'Liu Qingzhou special' authorization in Qingzhou, Mrs. Mi was in charge of the operation of the lord's property, and the ministers did not dare to interfere, but the lord's good wine, food, beautiful utensils, horses, and the name of the treasure island are known all over the world, and the result is that the 'royal family' is not as famous as the 'Liu Qingzhou special' reputation, and the businessmen who bought the title of 'royal family' last year have been complaining loudly that the lord wants to sell it again' The title of 'exclusive for the royal family' is estimated that not only will there be no gain, but many businessmen will come to claim it. ”

When Gao Tanglong said this at that time, he had a gloating expression, as if telling Liu Bei that the current situation couldn't help but make you pay for it, and you will definitely make you bleed this time.

However......

Everyone gossiped, Liu Bei beckoned the cook to present delicious food, and drank with the ministers all night.

In the Han Dynasty, when the wine was hot, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries liked to express their feelings with dance, this dance is similar to the current "Noh Dance" in Japan, "Noh Dance" is the dance born in the Han Dynasty, this dance needs to sing and chant poetry while dancing, it is night, Liu Bei is wandering, the officials also understand Liu Bei's thoughts, try their best to have fun, until late at night, the officials are happy to leave.

Liu Bei was still unsatisfied, holding a huge golden cup in his arms, full of wine, staggered to the backyard, and shouted drunkly: "Father, you have filled me with joy, just as a wine glass is filled with wine, thank you for your gifts, I am very happy today......

Liu Bei slanted to find a place to lie down, and in the dark shadow, a woman sneered resentfully: "The gentleman's joy and anger are invisible, look at you, a little is known all over the city, as the lord of the city, disturbing the people in the middle of the night, have you forgotten that there is still a law?" ”

Liu Bei found a flat grass, lay on the ground without any scruples, rested the huge golden cup on his chest, looked up at the starry sky, and spewed out a mouth full of wine.

"Poof——, good wine." Liu Bei burped loudly and muttered to himself: "A saint is also a human being, and the city lord is also a human being, I am just an ordinary person, an ordinary person with joy, happiness, suffering and sorrow." The people of Guangrao have been favored by me for more than ten years, and I will not be allowed to drink for a day? ”

In the shadows, Mrs. Mi walked out slowly and asked, "Are you going to drive me away?" I can tell you, I'm pregnant, I'm going to step out of the door of the Liu family, that's one corpse and two lives, it doesn't matter if I die, you have to lose one flesh and blood. ”

Liu Bei's eyes were drunk and hazy, and he asked: "You and I have lived for many years, respect each other like guests, my Liu Bei is a man who values love and righteousness, even if there are no children, our love is still there, how can I drive you out of the house?" ”

Mrs. Mi often breathed a sigh of relief, and asked uneasily: "The scholars of Qingzhou are all legendary, you once said to the emperor: The eldest husband has one wife and one concubine, and now that Miss Yan'er has entered the mansion, how do you plan to place her?" If I don't go, will she go? ”

Liu Bei tried hard to open his worried eyes, and said intermittently: "This...... Didn't think about it...... Wake up tomorrow and tell me again. ”

In the haze, I only listened to Mrs. Mi's persuasion: "In spring, the dew on the grass is very heavy, so let's go back to the room to rest." ”

Liu Bei waved his hand effortlessly and fell into a deep sleep.

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