Chapter 4 Section 9 Change

On Gao Tangjin, Liu Bei led the generals to see the teacher Lu Zhi, and when the power was handed over to Jiao He, the important ministers Fu Zhu, Gao Tanglong, Xu Shu, and the generals Guan Yu, Tai Shici, Guan Hai, etc., all appeared in the queue.

In the cold wind of September (lunar calendar), Liu Bei held a cup of hot tea in both hands and respectfully presented it to Lu Zhi with both hands.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and the years have carved deep marks on Lu Zhi's face. Coupled with Lu Zhi's defeat in the government, haggardness, despair, sadness, and sorrow enveloped the white-haired old man, and the ideals of his lifelong struggle were disillusioned, making the old man fall into the abyss of sluggishness.

On the other hand, Liu Bei, the years seem to have bypassed him, the five years of conquest, and the five years of patrolling around and sleeping in the open, have not carved any traces on his face. It's still so arrogant and arrogant five years ago, but now all this is deliberately disguised in respect.

Liu Bei held the tea, he hadn't seen Lu Zhi's action for a long time, and sighed deeply in his heart.

According to historical records, after Lu Zhi escaped from Luoyang, he was discouraged due to his disillusionment, and his family property remained in Luoyang when he fled, so he died in poverty in just one year. At that time, Lu Zhi was still Yuan Shao's strategist, but after his death, his son Lu Yu could only sweep him with a broken sheet and bury him. If it weren't for Lu Yu's later official positions such as Sikong, Guanglu Doctor, Shizhong, and Marquis Rongcheng, it is estimated that his name would only be briefly mentioned in history.

Liu Bei raised the tea bowl again and said loudly: "Teacher, if God is destined to let the devil rule this world, then let us resist!"

If Heaven allows us to survive in the darkness by handouts, then let us break the world and let the light come again! The disciple has made up his mind, and we master and apprentice work together to bring light back to the earth. ”

Lu Zhi's dull eyes gradually focused, his eyes were fixed on Liu Bei, and he said, "Xuande, how do you understand this?" ”

Liu Bei took a step forward, handed the tea bowl to Lu Zhi, and said: "The Han government has been erosive so far, and there is a reason for it, and the combination of all evils has led to the people of the world and the people are not happy.

For the above, Emperor Huan's wives and concubines were as many as five or six thousand, and the others who served in the palace were even more than that. These people are all supported by the people of the world, and they are arrogant* and unsightly.

Emperor Ling, greed is better than Emperor Huan. There is a price for each product. If the person who bought the official position could not come up with the money at that time, he could still take a credit and pay twice as much after he took office. Local officials take money to buy officials, and after they take office, corruption becomes commonplace, and officials are not their own people, and the government is bribed.

In addition, the power of the powerful has swelled dramatically, and the big families, local tycoons, and wealthy merchants have all occupied the land, enslaved the peasants, extorted money, and resorted to extravagance. The people could not bear the exploitation, they went bankrupt and fled, starving and cold, and there was no way to survive. It's just that the rebels are getting worse day by day.

All these are the disadvantages of the imperial court. For the happiness of all the people in the world, this government has reached a juncture that must be changed. Change is life, and change is death.

And change, all top-down changes, although vigorous and resolute, are all tinkering and useless. Bottom-up change, while slow, has been earth-shattering.

I am a relative of the Han family, and the Han government is so rotten, I am very worried. For many years, I have been experimenting with the new policy in Qingzhou, hoping to mobilize the people from the bottom up and find a way to save the country.

The disciple has always believed that those in the world are not the private of one surname. The rise and fall of a surname, private; And the life and death of all peoples, the public. Although I am a relative of the Han family, if all the people of China can prosper, I don't have to care too much about the selfish interests of my surname Liu, between gains and losses.

One person's energy may be limited, and the country is so large that it is impossible to cure the country in all aspects by relying on the exhaustion of a few people. A person's intelligence may be limited, and even a great wise person cannot be right in everything, so the disciple thinks: What the Son of Heaven is may not be; What the Son of Heaven does not do may not be.

In order to allow more people to contribute their energy and intelligence to governing the country, and in order to make up for the lack of energy and thoughtfulness of those in higher positions, it is necessary to let lower-level officials also participate in governing the country. The disciple believes that it is necessary to strictly and clearly stipulate the authority of each level of officials, and within the authority to which they belong, the official has full power to dispose of it, and if others interfere, it is beyond their authority. And officials who exceed their own authority are also overstepping their authority.

For several years in charge of Qingzhou, the disciple devoted himself to establishing an order in which the rights and obligations of the people and officials were stipulated by law, as well as a code of conduct. Let the lower-level officials follow this code and govern the localities according to the law. In this way, the people and officials are in their places, just like a carriage, the parts on it are in their own places, play their own roles, the superior only needs to give the direction of the carriage, and the whole Qingzhou will move forward according to the fixed social order.

However, the supervision of officials has always been a big problem for disciples—even if they set up a minority, such as one or two overseers, who will ensure that the overseers do not favor favoritism and do not bend the law? If there are too many supervisors, the financial pressure on the government will inevitably be too great?

After thinking about it, the disciple decided to spread a big net - let everyone consciously and voluntarily supervise the officials, and let everyone participate in the governance of the country. In this way, anyone who wants to pursue personal gain must obtain the consent of all the people under his rule, and if someone can really buy all the people under his rule, then his behavior is not just self-interest, we can do it by him.

This large network of supervision, which covers all the people, is the strategy of 'village elders discussing politics' implemented by the disciples in Qingzhou. Only by letting the lower feelings be conveyed, allowing the people to have a place to confide, and establishing a channel to convey the voices of the people, can the whole people participate in governing the country.

However, over the years, local officials have not paid much attention to the interference of the villagers, and even thought that they were disobedient to the people, and often sought revenge. The magistrates also did not attach much importance to the opinions of the village elders on their participation in politics. The teacher came, just right. With the prestige of a teacher, he served as the dean of the patriarchs, commanded the village elders in various places, participated in the handling of state affairs, and local officials who dared to disobey. In this way, the channels for the transmission of the situation will be unblocked, and the order of our Qingzhou can be truly established. ”

Lu Zhi frowned, Liu Bei's words, there were some remarks without a monarch, which made Lu Zhi very resistant. However, these words are all the play of Mencius's proposition that "the people are important, and the king is light". Seeing that the Han government seems to be unsupportable, and Liu Bei's governance in Qingzhou seems to be in a troubled world, opening up a new road.

In any case, Liu Bei is one of his protégés, and Liu Bei's achievements have also made him quite proud. Now that I am at the end of my rope, my ideals are disillusioned, and I have defected to my disciples, perhaps, trying my disciple's statecraft is also a kind of exploration - I will go up and down to seek, although I will die without regrets.

Without waiting for Lu Zhi to speak, Liu Bei hurriedly added: "Teacher, don't be in a hurry to agree first." Now that it is autumn farming, the teacher first looks around to see if the disciple has governed Qingzhou for five years, and this method has made the people of Qingzhou rich and happy. After the teacher has finished his tour of Qingzhou, he has become familiar with the villagers and officials and people from all over the country, and the disciples will come to listen to your teachings. ”

With the prestige of Lu Zhi, he went out to tour Qingzhou, and then hinted in advance that he would serve as the head of the Senate when he returned. Then, the local village elders will definitely talk to him, and when he comes back, he will have an understanding of Qingzhou's affairs, officials, and system, and it will be logical to serve as the president of the Senate.

Because he has the identity of Liu Bei's teacher, with Liu Bei's obedience to the teacher, the officials at all levels below will have scruples about the prestige of the Senate, and in this way, the Senate has established its status as the second most powerful institution outside the government. If in the future, Liu Bei asks the teacher for everything, and lets the policies be implemented after the discussion of the Senate, the Senate will naturally become the legislature. In the future, any changes can be enacted in the Senate, through quarrels and compromises. There is no longer a need to implement one's own claims and assert one's rights and interests through bloody violence and the overthrow of the regime.

With the strong intervention of the Senate, Qingzhou's governing power, legal power, legislative power, and the structure of the separation of powers can be perfected, and the most important thing is that all this is carried out under the banner of respecting the teacher, which will definitely make some Confucians envious, and thus reduce the resistance of the scholars. If the prestige of Lu can attract some squires and children of the family to participate in the discussion of politics and participate in the supervision of officials, once they get the benefits, then no one will object to relying on the rights and interests brought to them by this structure.

After some calculation, Liu Bei secretly smiled in his heart, made a respectful expression on the surface, supported Lu Zhi, and walked off the merchant ship.

"Report, Ande County, Pingyuan County, ordered Zhao Qian to come to ask for instructions, whether to meet or not, please publicize it." A guard bowed.

"Don't look at when, what big things can a small county order have, and it will come to disturb me at this time?" Liu Bei muttered with displeasure on his face.

Lu Zhi stopped with great interest and said, "Xuande, didn't you say that the officials of Qingzhou are in their own places?" You will deal with his business, and I will see your governance. ”

Liu Bei happily obeyed his order and reported to Zhao Qian, the commander of Ande County, Pingyuan County.

Thin, capable, and shrewd-faced, Zhao Qiangong walked through the attendant team and came to Liu Bei. Liu Bei split his head and asked: "An Deling Zhao Qian, aren't you responsible for relocating the remnants of the 70,000 yellow turbans that entered the country?" What are you here for? ”

Zhao Qian replied respectfully: "My lord, the lower officials came for the resettlement of the remnants of the 70,000 yellow turbans, and the resettlement money and grain allocated by Qingzhou were not enough. ”

Liu Bei paced around Zhao Qian, and Zhao Qian turned around, looking at Liu Bei with a smile on his face.

Liu Bei stared at Zhao Qian and asked, "Have you passed the Qingzhou official assessment?" ”

Without waiting for Zhao Qian to answer, he took a step forward and replied: "The plains are in turmoil, local officials are appointed, most of them have not passed the official assessment, Ande is a small county in the plains, and the yellow scarves are peeping around, and the officials we have assessed have not been appointed to Ande County." This person was recommended by the local village elders to serve as An Deling."

Liu Bei nodded, turned his head and asked Zhao Qian: "You are An Deling, and none of the officials under your command are talented, what's going on?" ”

Zhao Qian's face was covered with sweat, and he replied in a trembling voice: "My subordinates don't know what the lord means?" ”

Liu Bei's face was stern and said, "Let me ask you, 70,000 yellow scarves, how much grain and grass do you need to eat every day?" How many houses do you need to build to house them? Most of them are engaged in farming, how many tools do they need, how many people do they work, and how many positions do they need? Migrant workers and farmers, how many days after the government provides relief to them can they stand on their own feet? After becoming self-reliant, how much labor (including the training time of the village soldiers) do they have to do in order to repay the relief subsidies given by the government? ”

Zhao Qian was in a cold sweat, dizzy and unable to answer.

Liu Bei added: "The allocated money and grain, are repeatedly calculated by the Qingzhou Government Bureau, according to the capitation of the distribution, grain and grass, I know, 70,000 people, per person daily food 4 Izumo taels (400 grams), every ten Izumo taels for a big catty, a total of 2,800 catties of grain and grass per day, the allocated grain and grass for 3,000 catties per day." After 20 days, migrant workers, herders, and breeders will be placed in place. We have decreed that those who employ them should advance money and food to settle them down, and they will no longer need relief.

Farmers, after 20 days, the agricultural tools will also be in place, and I have ordered all localities to hire these people in advance for the construction of water conservancy, the construction of city walls, and the construction of roads, and to advance money and food. These people no longer need relief.

There are also some people who have combat experience and do not want to work or farm, and they will be recruited by caravan guard organizations, mercenary organizations, village security organizations, and local garrisons. They fight in exchange for pay, in exchange for their status, these people will be the first to be settled, and they will not need relief. You said that the money and grain allocated by the Qingzhou Government Office are not enough, let's talk about it, it is not enough there? ”

Zhao Qian promised, and it took a long time to speak: "According to the usual practice, the allocated money and grain are issued from official channels, and the handling personnel can take 20% as the handling fee. There is only one voucher for the money and grain allocated this time, and the specific money and grain are for us to withdraw from the local merchants. Ander had no food and needed to go to the merchants of the plains to collect it. The plains merchants were rude and unwilling to increase the original allocation by 20% as a handling fee. Therefore, after deducting 20% of the handling fees, the allocated grain and grass are far from enough to resettle the displaced people. ”

Liu Bei laughed evilly: "According to the usual practice, the handling personnel can take 20% of the allocated money and grain as the handling fee. Whose conventions? Isn't the government paying you officials just to let you do your own work? Why do you have to take a fee for everything you do? If that's the case, what do you do with your salary? What am I raising you officials for? What do the people want you officials to do? ”

Raising his head, Liu Bei smiled and said to Lu Zhi: "Teacher, I'm sorry to let you see the joke." However, this is a good indication that we need to strengthen the supervision of officials. I will entrust this important task to the teacher."

Lu Zhi nodded in agreement, and Liu Bei looked up and sighed: "This habit force is really hard to break." Shengping (Gao Tanglong), you go to Ande for a trip, investigate this matter thoroughly, and all the officials involved will be punished according to the law. ”

Gao Tanglong nodded in agreement, then pointed at Zhao Qian and ordered: "Imprison him and hand him over to Wang Sixing (Wang Lie)." ”

Liu Bei supported Lu Zhi by the hand, boarded the carriage and drove away.

In Linzi City, Jiao He has posted a notice to abolish Qingzhou's military control and restore the law of the Han Dynasty. This means that soldiers who fight abroad will no longer receive the rewards, meritorious treatment, titles and land promised according to Qingzhou's "Law of Rewards and Punishments for Military Merit". At the instigation of well-intentioned people, the 11th, 12th, and 13th Army Corps, which withdrew to Qingzhou after the conquest of Taishan County, immediately mutinied, and the soldiers besieged and assassinated Shifu. Gong Liang, the former butler of Gong Jing, the defender of Linzi City, stood by and watched, causing the mutiny soldiers to become more and more rampant.

In order to appease the mutinous soldiers, Jiao He urgently posted a notice to levy a special tax in the name of returning the Qingzhou agricultural tax subsidized by Liu Bei in the past few years, hoping to use this money to fight the mutinous soldiers. Unfortunately, this strategy was met with a head-on attack from Liubei.

Liu Bei posted a notice in his personal name, stating that he subsidized Qingzhou's agricultural tax in order to let the people of Qingzhou live in peace. The last sentence of the proclamation became a famous sentence for the people of Linzi City to resist Jiao He's tax collection: any money levied in Liu Bei's name needs to abide by a natural rule - Liu Bei's money, let Liu Bei collect it himself.

As a result, the soldiers who were not rewarded became more and more angry, and the mutinous soldiers immediately captured the Qingzhou Thorn Mansion. Subsequently, under the response of Gong Jing's eldest son, Gong Qing, Jiao He took refuge in the original Gong Jing official office. These mutinous soldiers originally belonged to Gong Jing's family, for the sake of the face of the old master, coupled with the interference of Gong Liang, the defender of Linzi City, the soldiers did not dare to attack Gong Qing's mansion. had no choice but to surround Gong Qing's mansion and roar outside the mansion.

For several days, Jiao He did not reply—he was locked in the mansion, and of course he could not reply to the soldiers' requests—and the angry soldiers could not bear it anymore, rushed into the Gong mansion, and surrounded Jiao He and others in the hall. However, in order to show respect for the late family master, the soldiers who entered the Gong Mansion unarmed their weapons.

The soldiers without weapons clenched their fists in the air, shouting around the hall, asking Jiao He to come out and explain, at this moment, even if Jiao He regretted it, but the crowd outside was excited, he didn't dare to go out, so he had to beg Gong Qing to find a way out for him and escape from Gong's mansion.

Gong Qing lay on the bench leisurely, at his feet, two maids hammered his legs for him, and a maid next to him held a tea bowl for him, from time to time, he lowered his head to take a sip of ginseng tea, and comforted Jiao He heartlessly: "It's okay, Ming Gong, they don't dare to rush into the lobby, with me, you can rest assured." ”

Jiao He replied irritably: "It doesn't matter, you said a few days ago that they didn't dare to enter your mansion, no, they came in." ”

Gong Qing touched his head embarrassedly and replied: "I said that they didn't dare to enter my mansion because there were lanterns given by Liu Xuande hanging on the door of my mansion, and these bastards would never dare to offend Xuande Gong." ”

Wang Xiu refuted angrily: "So, why did they come in again? ”

Gong Qing smiled and explained: "I'm sorry, I was about to tell you - this morning, my housekeeper said that the light was not on, and he needed to take it down and wipe it, who knows, as soon as he took off the light, the mutinous soldiers rushed in." ”

Wang Xiu was extremely angry, pointing at Gong Qing and trembling, speechless.

Gong Qing stretched his waist and continued: "Later, the housekeeper knew that he was in trouble, so he immediately hung the lamp at the door of the lobby. That's why I said, it's safest for us to stay in the lobby right now. ”

Jiao He was overjoyed, and even said: "If Liu Bei's lantern is so useful, why don't I take the lamp and walk out of this Gong Mansion, Shuzhi (Wang Xiu), what do you think?" ”

Wang Xiu immediately answered: "The lanterns are a pair, if he is really useful, the lord and I can each beat a lantern, highlight the Gong Mansion to find Liu Bei, and ask him to send troops to suppress the mob." ”

The faces of the people in the room were pale, and the crowd outside was outraging, and without the protection of lanterns, wouldn't the rest of the people be torn apart by the rebels?

Wang Xiu looked at Gong Qing and ordered, "Gonggong, please go outside and take off the lantern and hand it to me and the lord." ”

Gong Qing was stunned, and Wang Xiu ordered loudly again. Gong Qing immediately let out a shameful laugh, sat up straight, and said: "Fleeing with a lantern, leaving behind a room full of colleagues, and leaving me, a friend who has helped you for many days, Shuzhi (Wang Xiu), I now know why Liu Xuande doesn't look down on you, you are really useless." ”

Ignoring Wang Xiu, who was red-faced, Gong Qing pointed to the door and said: "You don't want to think about it, why can a lantern stop them, there are two sentences written by Liu Xuande himself on the lantern, the last sentence is: Gong Mansion Heavy Land; The next sentence is: Hugh has to rush. You hold the lamp in your hand and walk freely in my Gong Mansion, the rebels will never offend, but if you take half a step out of the Gong Mansion - what important place are you in the Gong Mansion? The rebels will soon kill you for stealing.

In Qingzhou, killing bandits is equivalent to military merit, that is, if the rebels don't kill you, the city guard army will also kill you. After killing you, the lantern will be hung back at the door of the mansion immediately. You have to have the courage to try to get out of my Gong Mansion with a lantern. There were tens of thousands of people in the city waiting to make a military feat to kill the bandits. For the sake of our stay together for many days, as soon as you go out, I will prepare a coffin for you. ”

Jiao He saw Gong Qing angry. Hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, Gong Qing lay back on the bench indignantly, and said unwillingly: "What are you, you also came to point fingers at me and tell you that Qingzhou was governed by my father." Xuande Gong was also respectful when he saw me, you dare to shout at me - believe it or not, I called the army outside in and killed you. ”

Seeing this, Yan Fei also hurriedly came to persuade him, Gong Qing angrily shouted at the rebels outside the door: "It's noisy, give me quiet." ”

The commotion outside the door died down.

Gong Qing glanced at Jiao He demonstratively, shook his legs proudly, and motioned for the maids to serve.

Immediately, Gong Qing jumped up and exclaimed, "No, no." My voice is not that powerful. If you can shut up these bastards, it must be someone who these little cubs are afraid of, and it must be Brother Xuande. Come on, open the door, and I'll go out and scold these little cubs. Hmph, you dare to make trouble around my house. ”

As soon as the door opened, Gong Qing rushed out, and Jiao He and the others immediately gathered around the door and peeked out.

Sure enough, Liu Bei's face was gloomy, and he walked into the Gong Mansion slowly. Everywhere they passed, the soldiers bowed their heads.

I don't know who shouted: "Salute-". The rebels in the palace responded in a panic and saluted Liu Bei in a mixed manner. Liu Bei's face became more and more gloomy.

Gong Qing jumped on his feet in the courtyard and scolded: "Rabbit cubs, dare to surround my mansion, I haven't slept well for a few days, you don't want to be my family slave for a few days, don't you even recognize me, the new head of the family?" Whoever takes the lead in making trouble, get out of here. ”

Liu Bei walked to Gong Qing's side and stopped, without saying a word. The soldiers began to tremble. Under the push and shove, several soldiers walked up to Gong Qing and knelt down to salute.

Gong Qing jumped forward and kicked several soldiers who took the lead in making trouble with his feet, scolding fiercely. Liu Bei had a gloomy face and stared at these soldiers viciously.

Seeing that the situation in the courtyard had been controlled, Jiao He and the others walked out of the lobby, with a series of flattering smiles, and saluted Liu Bei one after another.

Seeing that Gong Qing gradually calmed down, Liu Bei lightly returned the salute to Jiao He and the others, and then bowed his head and asked the few soldiers who knelt down: "The soldiers are trapped in the Shi Mansion, and they also surround the place where the late family master is recuperating, and roar in the courtyard, aren't you afraid that the law will be ruthless?" ”

Several soldiers pushed and shoved before one of the soldiers replied: "My lord, don't mention the law again, there has been a notice saying that the law of Qingzhou will be abolished and the law of the Han Dynasty will be restored." We fought abroad for half a year, and after returning to Qingzhou, not only did we not have a reward, but we also had to return the meritorious land we had allocated in the past to the government, how could this work."

The rest of the soldiers also said: "Yes, we are soldiers of the regular army of Qingzhou, and after the battle, there is no reward for merit, and there is no reward for merit, but our military salary is not paid." We asked the assassin for military salary, and the assassin said: The people contribute to the country and suppress bandits for the saints, and it is not the establishment of the imperial army, what kind of military salary do you want? Didn't I give you food? Don't you need money to eat? What do you say, my lord? ”

In this era, the soldiers are all lowly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Western Regions, the soldiers are composed of prisoners and criminals, after the yellow turban is raging, there is a shortage of young and strong labor in various places, and the soldiers are specially compiled into the military register, strictly guarded by the imperial court, and their children and grandchildren are all military in the era. Only in Qingzhou, the military is an honor, and it is a privileged class that enjoys tax cuts. When Jiao He first entered Qingzhou, he regarded the soldiers as pariahs, which would inevitably provoke public anger.

Liu Bei asked gloomily: "Who said that the law of Qingzhou was abolished, bring the proclamation?" ”

Gong Qing secretly pulled Jiao He and stopped him from speaking. The crowd is raging, and at this moment, you really can't provoke the mutineers, Jiao He will understand, and swallow what he wants to say into his stomach.

Liu Bei took the announcement handed over by a soldier, glanced at it, handed the announcement to the soldier with his backhand, and asked, "Whose seal is it, say." ”

The soldier snorted and replied, "The new Assassin Shi-sama." ”

Liu Bei kicked over the soldier and reprimanded angrily: "How did you inform you a few days ago, without my seal, you will do your own thing, and turn the sky upside down, you?" ”

Saying that, ignoring the embarrassed Jiao He, Liu Bei tore up the proclamation a few times, and shouted: "The Qingzhou law was established by me and Gong Zhoumu, and the abolition should also be abolished by us." Besides, the laws of Qingzhou have been approved by the village elders from all over the country, and without the review of the village elders, who dares to say that the laws of Qingzhou will be abolished? ”

Without waiting for Jiao He to express his position, Gong Qing hurriedly jumped out, kicked several mutinous leaders fiercely, and scolded: "Bastard, the Gong family's face has been disgraced to you, and it is a capital crime to commit chaos." Bastard, it's better for me to kick you to death than to judge Wang Lie. ”

"Pass on the punishment of the great priest (Wang Lie)", Liu Bei ordered: "For the sake of the late Gong Zhoumu, I **** your capital crime, according to the law, it will be changed to the punishment of mismatching." I established a city of Wanghai in Korea, and there was a shortage of soldiers in the city, so you will go to watch the city for me, and I will not be allowed to return to Qingzhou for the rest of my life.

According to the law, if you sin is not guilty of your wives and children, your wives and children are allowed to live freely in Qingzhou, and your military exploits will be registered and distributed by the military judges, and your wives and children may enjoy them. If you don't have a wife or children now, you can hand over your property to relatives and friends, or the veterans' service agency to manage it, and the government will issue you a certificate to allow your children to return to Qingzhou to inherit the property when they grow up. ”

Pulling Gong Qing, who was jumping violently, Liu Bei ordered: "Go back to the camp and wait for the military judge to deal with it." the registered military merit of the registered military merit; If you deserve to be punished, give you a few months to deal with the industry, and in the spring of next year, I will let Wanghai City come to pick you up. ”

Returning to the lobby, without waiting for Jiao He to open his mouth to reprimand Liu Bei, Gong Qing preemptively asked: "3 legions are stationed in Wanghai City, is it okay to have Izumo City in Wanghai City?" I have been frightened for the past few days, so it is better for you to give me a piece of land in Wanghai City, so that I may be frightened. ”

Liu Bei smiled and promised: "Okay, they are your former family members, and you have an industry in Wanghai City, so why don't you go to see them often and let them feel at ease?" ”

Gong Qing asked unwillingly: "Is Wanghai City good?" ”

Liu Bei replied: "Wanghai City sails eastward, not even half of the voyage to Qingzhou, there is a big island in the sea, the area of the island is larger than Qingzhou, there is a country on the island called the Wa Kingdom, and the inhabitants are not civilized. There are still many small islands near the big island, if you have a heart, I will give you a small island that is bigger than Qi Guojun, you grow food there, no one pays taxes, not to mention, there are many beautiful women on the island. ”

"Beauty, okay, I still have 20,000 farmers in Le'an, I will move them to the island to farm, and that's it." Gong Qing smiled happily: "I found that it is really a happy thing to squeeze you." Hahaha......"

Liu Bei categorically vetoed: "No, you can't remove the farmers in Le'an, these farmers are also my soldiers." In this way, the soldiers went out to fight, and more and more people were taken prisoner. In the past few years, the roads, city walls, and water conservancy repairs in Qingzhou have gradually been completed, and the rest of the work, the resettlement of displaced people is not enough, I will give you 20,000 prisoners, let you be resettled on the island, how about it? ”

Gong Qing thought about it for a while, nodded and said: "It's okay, the sea is vast, if you don't give the boat, they want to run there, I only need to send a few people to manage it, and I can let them work for me, it's very good." ”

Jiao He coughed and interrupted Liu Bei and Gong Qing, who were discussing the distribution of the spoils: "Xuande, this time the rebels are making trouble, if you don't kill them, how can you warn future generations?" Also, the whole world is not the king's land, you have discovered a big island overseas, why don't you let him naturalize the imperial court, and even distribute the land privately? ”

Liu Bei looked at Jiao He with a smile on his face, and asked: "Duke Ming, Qingzhou has frequent wars, and if you don't have the right to be the governor of the state, you can't govern the counties of Qingzhou." Ming Gong served as the assassin of Qingzhou, whether he wanted to go further and become the shepherd of Qingzhou. ”

Jiao He asked anxiously: "Xuande Gong, how do you say this?" ”

Liu Bei smiled indifferently, so he said to him left and right: "Duke Ming is frightened today, I will send someone to send you back to the post house first, Duke Ming will raise your spirit, and I will build another official residence for you when I turn back." ”

Saying that, Liu Bei sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that such a good state pastoral mansion is idle, Gong Gongzi, I will ask you when I go back, you want to give it to me." ”

Gong Qing glanced at Jiao He and replied, "If you choose the new state pastor, what if you give it to you?" ”

Jiao He returned to the post house, anxious, and rushed to Gong's mansion that night to discuss with Gong Qing. Under Gong Qing's threading of the needle, Jiao He and Liu Bei reached an agreement: Jiao He handed over the cause of the mutiny, Wang Xiu, who proposed to abolish the laws of Qingzhou, and Liu Bei united with Qingzhou officials to promote Jiao He to become the state pastor. However, the position of Qingzhou is still held by Liu Bei. In the future, Jiao He enjoyed the treatment of the state pastor, the affairs of the court were handled by Jiao He, and the security was protected by Liu Bei. As for the "trivial matters" in Qingzhou, they will be handled by Liu Bei.

In October, Liu Bei killed Wang Xiu in Qingzhou, quelled the mutiny, and then, the above table recommended Jiao He as the pastor of Qingzhou.

In the same month, Dong Zhuo appointed himself as a lieutenant, crowned his mother as Chi Yangjun, and overturned the case for Chen Fan and Dou Wu and other scholars who suffered from the disaster of the party. Investigate the grievances of the party, restore the title, send an envoy to pay tribute, and promote children and grandchildren. All the eunuchs' family property was confiscated in one piece. For a time, Dong Zhuo was evaluated very well at home. For this reason, Dong Zhuo crowned himself as the Marquis of Yi; After a few years, he was promoted to the country, and he did not tend to enter the court, praised and worshipped the name, and went to the palace with his sword.

At the end of October, Qingzhou crossed the Central Plains with difficulty and arrived in Luoyang. At the same time, Guo Tai and others in the Xihe Baibo Valley (Baibo Mutant Group) started an incident, and when the team advanced to Hedong (Xia County, Shanxi Province), the number of people who were coerced had reached 100,000, and Dong Zhuo sent his son-in-law Niu Fu to suppress it, and he went out of the city to send Niu Fu out of the city.

After bidding farewell to Niu Fu, when Dong Zhuo returned to the city, he saw the people worshipping their ancestors in the rural temple, and then assigned Lu Bu to surround the rural people, cut off the heads of all the men, drove the ox cart of the villagers, carried the captured women's property, tied the severed heads to the axle of the chariot, and beat the victory drum back to Luoyang. boasting that the thieves had won a great victory, so that the soldiers went beyond etiquette and shouted "Long live".

After entering the city, he saw that there were many wealthy families in Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo indulged in soldiers, broke into the homes of wealthy merchants and eunuchs, humiliated women, robbed property, and called this behavior "searching prisons", although the three princes of the imperial court were not spared from the disaster. Everyone in Luoyang panicked and felt precarious.

In an instant, it was the twilight of the year, and there was an edict in addition to the three era names of Guangxi, Zhaoning, and Yonghan, which were still called the sixth year of Zhongping. This is the fourth time in a year that the era name has been changed, and Izumo Castle, which is strict about measurement, is overwhelmed with complaints and complaints.

Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, who used to be the assassin of Yanzhou, couldn't stand Dong Zhuo's abolition and retrograde, and noticed that many heroes in the sea wanted to raise troops to fight against Dong Zhuo, but no one dared to raise the banner of righteousness first. Then he forged a secret letter from the three dukes, spread it to the prefectures and counties of the world, and called for a crusade against Dong Zhuo. Secret envoys from various states and counties came and went on the roads, recruiting troops one after another, and they were ready to move.

Dong Zhuo was reappointed as Jizhou Mu Han Fu, who was in office for a few months, and found out that Bohai was too guarded by Yuan Shao, recruiting troops day and night, and plotting to attack Dong Zhuo, considering that Bohai was subordinate to Jizhou, he just sent officials to supervise and restrain him, so that Yuan Shao could not act rashly, in order to repay Dong Zhuo's kindness.

As soon as he made up his mind, Han Fu received the letter from Qiao Mao, and he was full of suspicion, and he summoned Zhu Zhi and asked, "The three princes of the imperial court issued a message, should we help Dong Zhuo?" Or help Yuan Shao? ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Zihui, who was engaged in governance, stepped forward and replied: "Raise troops for the country, what about Yuan Dong?" ”

Han Fu was ashamed, and made a decision with a horizontal heart, and wrote to Yuan Shao to express his support for his army.

Yuan Shao got Han Fu's approval, and became more and more bold, so he sent envoys out to make the same move. Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, and Jizhou Mu Hanfu, agreed to the appointment. Yuan Shao's younger brother and general Yuan Shu, Shanyang guarded Yuan's legacy, that is, responded; There are also Yuzhou Assassin Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, all Fushu, willing to raise troops at the same time as Yuan Shao.

Changsha guarded Sun Jian, received the text, and immediately attacked and killed Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou appointed by Dong Zhuo, and raised troops to guide Yang; Zhang Yang, the former fake Sima of Xiyuan, returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers, went to the party in vain, received the paper, and immediately attacked the party, recruited thousands of soldiers, and marched into Hanoi.

Bao Xin, the former cavalry captain and now Taishan County, received the letter and immediately raised troops accordingly. Leaving his younger brother Bao Tao to stay in Mount Tai, he commanded 20,000 infantry, 700 cavalry, and more than 5,000 baggage, and advanced to Hanoi.

Cao Cao, the former lieutenant of the military academy, fled to Chenliu, scattered his family wealth to recruit, during which he received the help of Xiaolian Weizi, raised 5,000 soldiers, and when he heard that Yuan Shao had risen, he led his troops to Hanoi.

For a time, a total of 14 troops and horses in the Central Plains were advancing, and the targets were all directed to Hanoi.

On the New Year's Day of the seventh year of Zhongping, the imperial court issued an edict to change the name of the year here, which was called the first year of Chuping. Izumo City was furious- In a year, five years, how to measure time, years. The first year of Yonghan minus the five years of Zhongping, how many years have passed? How does such a chaotic method measure a longer age?

The Senate then put forward a motion asking Izumo Castle to use a uniform method to record time. After discussion by all parties, the Senate unanimously passed a motion to take the year of the establishment of the Han Dynasty (Western Han Dynasty) as the first year of the Han Dynasty, and so on, marking the year by decimal and number. In that year, it was the year 396 of the Han Dynasty (190 AD).

Three days after New Year's Day, three letters arrived in front of Liu Zhizhi: one was a document soliciting Dong Zhuo, and the other was an appointment document for Qingzhou Mu Jiaohe. Accompanying the appointment documents came a letter from Dong Zhuo asking for 10 carriages.

"10 carriages, a trivial matter, give it to him, calculate the price high, at least to offset 6% of this year's tax" Liu Bei casually threw Dong Zhuo's paperwork for the carriage to the ground, frowned and looked at Dong Weiwen, secretly calculating.