After successfully receiving Jiang Qi, Liu Wei dispatched a relationship to transfer Jiang Qi and other ten people to his side to become guards. There are not many twists and turns in this matter, there are not many of them, and they will not attract attention, plus Liu Weiken spends money, and Wei Yi will come forward to solve it.

And it is a bit brain-consuming to settle Yuan Shu. If Liu Wei came forward, Yuan Shu would definitely not pursue Jiang Qi and others because of his identity as the prince, but this also made Liu Wei prematurely exposed to everyone, which was very inconsistent with his plan to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

In the end, Liu Wei decided to settle the matter with money. He didn't believe that millions of dollars were thrown out, Yuan Shu was not moved at all, and he would bite Jiang Qi endlessly.

He prepared the four remaining glasses in the palace, and Wei Yi came forward to send them to Yuan Shu to intercede for Jiang Qi. In his opinion, these things are not worth a penny, and he wants as much as he wants, but it is difficult to buy them outside, and he doesn't believe that Yuan Shu will not be tempted.

While waiting for Wei Yi to return, Liu Wei received another news: Guanhu, a native of Lingling, claimed to be "General Pingtian", and half of Jing and Zhou had fallen.

Liu Wei thought of the way Emperor Han Ling rushed to the Mingguang Hall yesterday.

Regarding this matter, Liu Wei did not fully believe that the Lingling rebellion may be true, but it is not necessarily true that most of Jingzhou has been conquered. Let's not say that I haven't heard of this in history, and this kind of rebellion happens from time to time in today's Han Empire, everyone has spread ten, ten and hundreds of rumors to the palace has been exaggerated beyond recognition, the number of rebels may have changed from a few hundred to tens of thousands, and occupying one or two county towns may become a sweep across the country, and all kinds of rumors are always made in the palace panic.

For the solution of these rumors, most of them were caused by Empress He to kill a few palace maids Huangmen, or by Zhi Jinwu to arrest a few ordinary people who were talking about it publicly. But this only makes people not talk about it on the surface, and they are still panicked inside.

This led to the idea of intelligence gathering and political propaganda. Intelligence gathering and public opinion control is something that almost every dynasty and every generation will do, and its history can be traced back to the time of King Zhou Li, who sent Wei Wu to monitor every move of the countrymen, and once found that anyone spoke against him, he was immediately executed. This caused the people of the country to dare not speak, and it was also an allusion to the fact that the mouth of the people was more important than the defense of Sichuan.

Of course, Liu Bian, who comes from the future, understands that the problem cannot be solved by suppression alone, and that a good public opinion guidance can establish the correct thinking of the people and increase the cohesion of the people, and one of the most important means of this is the newspaper.

Liu Bian's idea of running a newspaper is not a day or two, paper is not a problem, there is no ink for the time being, and ink can be used temporarily, the most important thing is movable type. He only remembered that the movable type was made of cement, but how the cement was made was a bit vague, and it should have required animal fat or some sticky substance.

Liu Wei decided that even if movable type printing could not be invented for the time being, engraving could be done, and it would take more manpower and material resources at that time.

It is easy to establish an intelligence organization, and I have seen so many spy war movies and books in my previous life, so there is no problem in making a decent intelligence organization. However, the newspaper and the intelligence department will eventually have to find someone to be responsible, but Liu Wei is now the only one available by his side.

This made Liu Wei a little secretly worried about whether Wei Yi's power was too big, and now many things had to be done by Wei Yi, and he had become more and more dependent on him, and it was this excessive sense of dependence that made him doubt Wei Yi's loyalty.

Wei Yi is different from Jiang Qi, Jiang Qi was born in poverty, his family was in a disaster, and his parents died before he fled to Luoyang to join his uncle. The uncle had no children under his knees, regarded him as his own, and spent money to buy him an official position as the captain of the guard. Now my uncle has passed away. It can be said that the bitterness and hatred are deep, the roots are red, and the seedlings are positive, and it is very revolutionary. After reading Liu Wei's "big plan", he naturally gladly joined the revolutionary torrent of overthrowing the landlords. In addition, he is loyal and has a die-hard character unique to military generals in this era, and of course he is dead set on Liu Wei.

Wei Yi was born in a family of officials, and was influenced by Confucianism and the concept of scholars since he was a child, and it was only when he was finally persecuted by dark political forces that he was forced to embark on the revolutionary road. What Liu Wei did was a game-changer, and of course, the loyalty of his cronies was very high, especially in those key departments. Liu Wei pondered whether to find an opportunity to knock Wei Yi again.

While thinking about it, Wei Yi returned to the palace and brought back a piece of news that surprised Liu Wei!

Originally, when Wei Yi visited Yuan Shu, he had prepared a lot of words of flattery and apology after giving gifts. As a result, when Yuan Shu heard that Wei Yi was here for Jiang Qi's matter, not only did he not accept Wei Yi's gift, but he also admitted his mistake and apologized to Wei Yi. During this time, he was polite and polite, and he couldn't see the domineering appearance of the children of the official eunuchs. In the end, Wei Yi actually described Yuan Shu as a corporal with a broken section and an extraordinary bearing to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei was stunned, is this still the ghost Yuan Highway in the road? Could there be any problems with this?

"Are you sure it's Yuan Shu you're seeing?" Liu argued.

Wei Yi was stunned for a moment, thought about it and said, "This, there shouldn't be a fake, right?" ”

Liu Wei thought about it, it was impossible for Yuan Shu to find someone to replace him to see Wei Yi for some reason. But what is the conspiracy for him to become so eloquent? Is it because he wants to let his guard down against him, or is he too "aggressive" lately and has already attracted the attention of others?

In fact, Liu Wei thought too much, the reason why Yuan Shu suddenly changed his mind and became so tolerant and generous was not because there was any conspiracy, the real reason was that he was a very ambitious person.

It is precisely because of Yuan Shu's ambition for power that he longs for the attachment of the family and the refuge of talented people. However, he has a bad reputation in Luoyang City, and few people will attach themselves to him. On the contrary, his elder brother Yuan Shao was a corporal, made friends and friends, and heroes from all walks of life came to attach him. This made Yuan Shu jealous and crazy, and finally made up his mind to change the style of eunuchs in the past and learn from Corporal Yuan Shao Lixian.

At this time, Wei Yi came to speak for Jiang Qi, and Wei Yi was quite famous among Shilin because of the new paper. In order to win the hearts of scholars and show that he was humble, Yuan Shu did not hold Jiang Qi accountable for beating him, and generously admitted his mistakes.

The reason for this was that Liu Wei didn't understand it at first, and nervously summoned Wei Yi and Jiang Qi to discuss it for a long time, but they didn't come up with a reason.

It wasn't until later that Liu Wei gradually understood the reason, and after laughing at himself for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh:

It's no wonder that those other people who travel through the crowd can't wait to accept those historical cattle as little brothers as soon as they arrive at the place, and if something goes wrong, someone can really solve their doubts, which is like being stuffy at home and guessing blindly.

After understanding Yuan Shu's thoughts, Liu Wei sighed that "those careerists of this era have finally begun to move", and decided to speed up the pace of his growth.

Although his identity and low-key attitude are destined for him to be unable to recruit troops in a big way, it is still possible to pass on some of the knowledge he learned in his previous life to Wei Yi, Jiang Qi and others, and improve the ability of the existing personnel.

Although Liu Wei did not go to college in his previous life, and he was not a military fan, a history fan, or anything, he was a fan of novels, and he liked to read some time-traveling novels. I didn't expect that before I could write, I would really cross over.

Those materials were still in his mind, and for fear of forgetting them, he began to write them down whenever he had time. Although some things are still in theory, Liu Wei has time to put these theories into practice.

He opened his own workshop in his dormitory, (in fact, a blacksmith's workshop and a carpenter's workshop.) Specializing in the availability of this modern knowledge, glass and paper were studied in this way. However, this also gave him a reputation for making the scholars and doctors in the court shake their heads, and he didn't like to read. Liu Wei sometimes wondered if history would also write him as a carpenter emperor after he ascended the throne.

For the modern knowledge of Professor Wei Yi, Liu Wei is not ready to talk about too advanced scientific principles. The summaries of military theories, military wars, and some political events in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign history, as well as the stories of some political events, and the "Thick Black Studies" were all passed on to Wei Yi and Jiang Qi. While teaching others, I have also improved a lot.

Time flies, and the white horse flies. In the blink of an eye, Luoyang has entered the late autumn season. The dragon garden is already full of maple leaves, and it is crimson.

In order to hide from people's eyes, Liu Wei has been discussing things with Wei Yi and them in the Dragon Garden under the pretense of play, and imparting knowledge. (The dormitory where Liu Wei lives is on the edge of the Changqiu Palace, which is easy to attract attention.) ）

After imparting knowledge on this day, Liu Wei suddenly proposed to go out of the palace.

Originally, Liu Wei was young and was in the stage of studying in Mongolia, so it was impossible to leave the palace easily. However, Empress He has always been arrogant and indulgent to her, and Liu Hong, Emperor of Han Ling, only cares about her own fun and does not care about the education of the prince at all. Liu Wei, who had no one to care about, only had to throw money to bribe the guards, and he didn't need any disguise at all, and walked out of the Suzaku Gate generously.

Although Liu Wei didn't care about it, Jiang Qi was still very nervous about his safety. called the ten guards who came over with Jiang Qi, and the group left the palace in a mighty way.

After leaving the palace, Liu Wei suddenly proposed to Wei Yi that he wanted to go to his house to have a look, Wei Yi was stunned for a moment, and immediately agreed to lead the way in front of his head.

Wei Yi's family has only one old mother, and the family is backward and lives in a slum on the outskirts of the city. Later, Wei Yi became Shang Fangcheng and opened a paper mill, so he bought a house near the gold market and placed his mother there.

The gold market is the largest commercial area in Luoyang, and it is usually full of people, lively and lively, and the people buying and selling are crowded. Unfortunately, Liu Wei and his party encountered a drizzle after they came out, although there were also traders who came out to set up stalls to shout for their livelihood, but unfortunately there were few responders, and most of the pedestrians hurried by, with no intention of staying. The streets stand out as deserted and desolate.

Wei Yi led Liu Wei and his party to walk east and west for a long time, but they never reached his house. General Jiang Qi's temperament was relatively dry, and he was really impatient to leave, so he shouted: "I said Wei Shangfang, we have all come out at the right time, why haven't we arrived at your house yet." How far away is where you live? ”

Liu Wei also saw the problem, Wei Yi seemed to be taking them around in circles, so he asked unhappily: "Wei Shangfang, how long will it take to get to your house?" ”

"It's coming soon, it's coming soon." Wei Yi said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He stood at a fork in the road, his face hesitant, as if he was having trouble deciding which way to go.

Liu Wei was angry with him, and sarcastically said: "Zhongxian won't even be unable to find his own home, right?" ”

Jiang Qi and a few other guards laughed, and Wei Yi also laughed bitterly. Liu Wei couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at Wei Yi's embarrassed expression.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is indeed a little unable to find it." Wei Yi said with a shy face.

Everyone was stunned.

Liu Wei was very strange, how could a dignified Shang Fangcheng not even find his own home? Under the question, Wei Yi told the truth, and Liu Wei couldn't help but be moved.

It turned out that since Wei Yi was promoted to Shang Fangcheng, not only was he very busy running the paper mill, but Liu Wei also asked him to come forward for anything, so after moving his family here, except for the day of the move and after returning from the doctor's treatment to his mother twice, he never came back, and his food and accommodation were either in the palace or the paper mill.

After listening to Wei Yi's explanation, Liu Bian's face was feverish. Originally, he proposed to go to Wei Yi's house, because he was not worried about Wei Yi's loyalty to him, and wanted to knock him. Hearing that he is so tenacious and hard-working, and loyal to himself, Liu Wei feels that he seems to be a bit of a villain.

Liu Wei was moved, but he didn't say much, Wei Yi took them around a few more times, and finally came to the door of Wei Yi's house.

When Wei Yi's house walked in, it was a small courtyard, and inside was a two-entry brick house. Seeing Liu Wei and them walk in, a middle-aged couple greeted them.

Liu Wei thought that these two people were servants of Wei Yi's family, but when he asked, he knew that the two were Wei Yi's neighbors, and they usually came over to help take care of Wei Yi's sick mother.

Liu Wei was moved again and asked why Wei Yi didn't buy some servants to take care of the family.

Wei Yi replied honestly: "Your Highness wants to do great things, but the beginning is hard, and the ministers always see His Highness forgetting to sleep and eat, and he is exhausted. As a subordinate of His Royal Highness, how can he enjoy wealth and slack? ”

Liu Wei was silent and followed Wei Yi into the inner hall to meet Wei Yi's mother on the sickbed. When the old lady saw the prince coming, she just wanted to get up and see it, but she was held down by Liu Wei and insisted on seeing her as a nephew.

The neighbor brought in the boiled medicine, and Liu Wei even took the medicine bowl, knelt on the edge of the bed and fed Wei Yi's mother the medicine one by one.

Now it was Wei Yi's turn to be moved, his eyes were flushed, and he thanked him for his kindness, but Liu Wei waved his hand and shook his head and said: "Zhongxian is loyal to me, and he has lived so poorly, and I have done it!" ”

Wei Yi wept and said in tears: "If it weren't for His Royal Highness Shihou to rescue him in the Haolong Garden that day, the minister would have been dead for a long time, and if he wanted to come like that, his mother would not be able to live alone." His Royal Highness has the grace of regeneration for the ministers and other families, and the ministers have long been content with such a life. ”

Liu Wei waved his hand to signal Wei Yi that there was no need to say more, waited for Wei's mother to lie down after drinking the medicine, and walked to the courtyard with Wei Yi.

"With my own strength, even if I can change the fate of the Zhongxian family, how can I change the fate of thousands of families in the world. Let the old have support, the young can be educated, the cultivator can have his land, the homeowner can have his house, the worker can have his salary, the businessman can have his benefit, the weak can have his help, and the sick can have his doctor! ”

Liu Wei's words are taken from Mencius's "Chapters and Verses of King Hui of Liang", but they are the program of action and the ultimate goal of his "grand plan". Wei Yi read poetry and books, and read Liu Wei's big plan, why didn't he understand what he meant.

It's just that what Liu Wei did completely subverted the Confucian way that Wei Yi had learned in the past, and the equal emphasis on commerce and agriculture alone made him feel quite entangled. These days, I have done my best for Liu Wei, and I am only in the mood of knowing how to repay my kindness. Hearing Liu Wei's emotion this time, my heart couldn't help but fluctuate, aren't the readers of their generation dreaming of a Datong society where they are not only their relatives and their sons?

Although the paths are different, they have the same end.

Jiang Qi on the side was originally from a farmer's family, but he did not have any resistance to Liu Wei's "big plan" in his heart. The phrase "the cultivator has his field" alone can already make him enthusiastic and desperately effective.

In this era, what could be more persistent for farmers than the land?

Jiang Qi took the lead in kneeling down, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Your Highness cares about all the people, it is really the blessing of my Han Dynasty, and my subordinates are willing to cut through all obstacles for Your Highness, go to the soup and fire, and do nothing!" ”

As soon as Jiang Qi knelt down, the other guards behind him also knelt down. Although they hadn't seen Liu Bian's "big plan", they didn't know what Liu Bian would take them to. However, the morality of the people's hearts in this era is pure, and the morality of reciprocating the grace of a little water still occupies the initiative of people's thoughts. Seeing that Jiang Qi was the first to express his determination, he also said in unison: "I waited for His Highness to go to the soup and fire, and I will not give up!" “

The sonorous and powerful voices of Jiang Qi and others shook Wei Yi's heartstrings, and the inherent concepts were like dusty clay bottles cracking little by little, crumbling and shattering.

Without more words, Wei Yi solemnly knelt down in front of Liu Bian, word by word, like a golden stone: "Minister, I am willing to use my dull body to assist His Highness to show the ambition of Lingyun, and I will not regret my death!" ”

Liu Wei's eyes were red, and he helped Wei Yi and Jiang Qi up, holding Wei Yi's hand on one side and Jiang Qi's hand on the other, feeling the excitement and trembling on their bodies, their hearts were surging and indescribable.

Wei Yi and Jiang Qi also felt Liu Wei's mood, and the three of them stood silently, as if they were making a mysterious and solemn oath to work together to seek peace and well-being for the common people in the world.

Looking at the excited look in Wei Yi and Jiang Qi's eyes, Liu Bian's heart suddenly swelled with a trace of waves and ups and downs. Is this considered buying people's hearts? Originally, the purpose of coming to Wei Yi's house was to invite people's hearts, but when he saw Wei Yi's actions, he was ashamed of himself and dispelled his thoughts, but unconsciously the final result still achieved the original purpose.

Have you begun to be like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who are heroes in history, wearing a mask of hypocrisy, playing with people's hearts in the palm of their hands, and making true feelings a luxury.

Before I came here, I was just an ordinary person, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Never thought about who to take advantage of, who to deceive.

Reborn in this era, in order to change his fate, Liu Wei discarded many things from his previous life, including those beautiful existences.

Perhaps, those who try to change history will also be gradually changed by history.

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After leaving Wei Yi's house, Liu Wei saw that it was still early, so he decided to go to the medicine house of Taoist Shi Ziyi.

Wei Yi wanted to follow, but was stopped by Liu Wei and forcibly gave him a day off to take good care of his mother at home.

Liu Wei ordered someone to take the carriage out of the palace, and all the large and small gifts sold on the road were unloaded to Wei Yi's house. In his words, it has never been a habit to come empty-handed.

Wei Yi knew his character, so he thanked him and accepted it.

The group said goodbye to Wei Yi, flew on their horses and galloped towards Shi Ziyi's medicine house in the eastern suburbs.

As soon as Liu Wei and his entourage went out of the East Gate, they saw a group of people blocking the dirt road from a distance, all of them angry horses and fresh clothes, and at a glance it was the family momentum of Luoyang City.

The two people led by him are saying goodbye to one person, looking at the dress of the son of the family, but looking at the age of nearly the prime of life, they are already out of office.

Because these people were blocked in the road, Liu Wei and the others had to slow down their horses and prepare to bypass them.

At this time, Jiang Qi suddenly pointed to a brocade-clothed young man in this group of people and whispered, "Your Highness, this person is Yuan Shu. ”

Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, thinking that after he came to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for the Lingdi He Empress He Jin, these people who were related to each other, those powerful historical cattle had never seen it. Curious, he stopped his horse on the side of the road and raised his eyes to check.

Yuan Shu's face is thin, his skin has a kind of indulgent wine-colored dullness, and he always puts on an empty face when he stands on the horse, with the pride and reserve unique to the son of a family.

On the contrary, the person standing next to him was much more modest, his white face looked handsome and chic, and his figure was taller and more powerful than Yuan Shu, and his eyebrows were quite similar to Yuan Shu.

Jiang Qi also saw the similarity between the two, and whispered in Liu Wei's ear: "Your Highness, the one next to Yuan Shu is quite similar to him, could it be that the son of the Yuan family who is a concubine, the tiger Ben Zhonglang will Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu?" ”

Liu Wei nodded, he had met Yuan Shao once by chance. Now it seems that he is more heroic, humble and polite; In contrast, Yuan Shu is obscene, arrogant, and a gentleman's second ancestor.

Liu Wei couldn't help but whisper: "The south orange and the north orange, the leaves are similar, and the taste is different." Two brothers who also live together, why is there such a big gap in life! ”

Jiang Qi didn't hear what Liu Wei said clearly, but felt that the accent of the last sentence was very strange. However, he always likes to talk to himself and say strange things, so he is not surprised, but asks Liu Wei curiously: "I don't know who the two brothers of the Yuan family sent to each other?" ”

Liu Wei also felt curious, the status of the two Yuan brothers was not low, and the status of the people who could send them together would not be low.

Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard Yuan Shao say loudly: "Brother Mengde, I have traveled thousands of miles, I don't know when I will see you again, I hope Mengde will cherish it all the way, don't forget the friendship between you and me!" ”

Hearing what Yuan Shao said, Liu Wei was suddenly shocked in his heart - it turned out to be him!

The traitor of the troubled times, the good minister who rules the world; the northern overlord who controls the dynasty and coerces the Son of Heaven to order the princes; a generation of geniuses who are politicians, military strategists, and writers; A historical bull who has been crowned with countless honors and halos by later generations.

"Cao Cao!" Liu Wei couldn't help but whisper.

Jiang Qi heard what Liu Wei said, and asked curiously, "Your Highness knows about this person?" ”

Liu Wei smiled bitterly. How can he not know who Cao Cao is, not to mention the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or other film and television works that introduce him, in the novels that travel through the Three Kingdoms, everyone who crosses the Three Kingdoms takes Cao Cao as the final boss. (Except for those who regenerate him, or become his subordinate.) After Liu Wei arrived, he also thought about sending someone to kill Cao Cao before he became a powerful man. Now when I first saw it, I was nervous, surprised, excited, and a little afraid.

Now that he knew that the person was Cao Cao, Liu Wei couldn't help but look at his appearance. Influenced by some later literary works, Liu Bian's impression of Cao Cao has always been the image of a white-faced traitor: with a yin vulture expression, a round face and thin eyes; His eyes were sensitive, and he sneered from time to time.

But Cao Cao's skin in front of him is not white, but he is very short, with dark skin, a high nose and a square mouth, and bright eyes. The age also seems to have just passed the age of standing, and he has not only the unfading vigor of youth, but also the maturity and stability of the world.

At this time, Cao Cao couldn't stand the darkness of the government, so he resigned from the official position of Yilang under the pretext of illness, and prepared to return to his hometown to live in seclusion and watch the world quietly.

The Yuan brothers frolicked with Cao Cao when they were young, and they were finally friends. Knowing that he had returned to his hometown and lived in seclusion, he led his servants out of the city to see him off.

After the three of them said goodbye one by one, the Yuan brothers returned to the city with a large group of men and servants. On the contrary, Cao Cao was a man and a horse, and a servant beside him drove with soft luggage and slowly marched on the dirt road to Qiao County.

Seeing that the three of them were separated, Liu Wei's heart moved, so he urged Ma Wei to go to Cao Cao.