Zhang Bao touched his nose with his right hand, adjusted his mood and asked, "Hehe, don't talk about it." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Is Mrs. info okay? What about Gongda? ”

Hearing this, Li Ru hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Thank you for your concern, Neiko and her family are in good health." Gongda took Zhang Liao and General Gao Shun to attack Bingzhou. Gongda did this in order to contain Yuan Shao, so that the lord would have enough strength to attack Xuzhou. ”

"Offensive and stated? Something happened in Xuzhou? Zhang Bao was puzzled when he heard this.

Li Ru was speechless when he heard this, he didn't expect Zhang Bao to know that something had happened in Xuzhou, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Lord, Lu Bu of Xuzhou took advantage of Yuan Shu's attack on Liu Bei and seized Liu Bei's Xiapi City, didn't you receive the news?" ”

Zhang Bao was immediately blindsided when he heard this, he smiled and shook his head: "It seems that I am indeed immature, I haven't even established an intelligence network, you have received such important information, but I don't know yet." ”

In fact, as soon as Zhang Bao walked on the front foot, Chen Gong received the news. It's just that the news of Chen Gong was told by Gao Ran's general. When Chen Gong heard this, he thought of Zhang Bao's plan and decided to resolutely implement the strategy of developing Qingzhou's internal strength and no longer expanding his territory. Because Chen Gong thought that Lu Bu and Liu Bei would still fight, this time was not the best time to fight in Xuzhou. And Cao Cao's envoy Cheng Yu was also sent away by Chen Gong with an excuse.

Seeing Zhang Bao's embarrassed look, Li Ru hurriedly said: "Lord, your subordinates can provide the intelligence network that your subordinates have to your lord." ”

Zhang Bao waved his hand when he heard this: "You can share it with Chen Gong, I don't need to know for the time being." ”

"Subordinates take orders!" Li Ru hugged his fists.

Zhang Bao then smiled: "How is the battle situation over there? ”

Li Ru's expression sank when he heard this: "Lord, the form is not optimistic, Yuan Shao actually gave up the encirclement and suppression of Gongsun Zhan, and personally led Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Liyi, and Chun Yuqiong four generals, and 80,000 soldiers and horses Yu Gongda fought in the area of Dingxiang in Xinxing County. The most important thing is that General Gao Shun's trapping camp met the opponent, and the Jizhou Xiandeng battalion led by Ko Yi on the opposite side was also an elite foot battle, and the cavalry led by Yan Liang and Wen Chou also stopped General Zhang Liao's cavalry. ”

Zhang Bao sneered when she heard this: "I know! It seems that Yuan Shao also knows the importance of merging states. Send someone to inform Xun You that it is enough to hold the four counties of Taiyuan, Leping, Xihe, and Shangdang in Bingzhou, as well as the two counties of Pingyang and Hedong in Sili. We won't fight with Yuan Shao for the time being. Chang'an has the land of nine counties, and it is not small. ”

"Subordinates receive orders! The lord asked him to sit inside, and his subordinates sent someone to give the order. Li Ru bowed and hugged his fists.

Zhang Bao nodded and walked into the Taishou Mansion, and the special combat team followed.

After a stick of incense, Li Ru found Zhang Bao in the study. Zhang Bao was reading a volume of Analects at this time, and when he saw Li Ru coming in, Zhang Bao smiled and said, "Wenyou, sit down." ”

"Thank you, my lord!" After Li Ru gave Zhang Bao a fist salute, he sat on the chair opposite Zhang Bao.

Zhang Bao smiled and said to Li Ru: "Wenyou, we haven't had a heart-to-heart for a long time. It's been more than a year since you joined our Qingzhou Army, I don't know if you have any good suggestions for our current situation? I'd like to hear your thoughts. ”

Li Ru bowed slightly when he heard this: "Lord, his subordinates do have some immature ideas, since the lord is interested, then his subordinates will talk about it casually."

First of all, the current military strength of our Qingzhou Army is also considered a strong existence among all the princes. Moreover, our generals' abilities and strategists are among the top existences. This is inseparable from the lord's ability to recognize people.

In the second place, our possessions are vast among the many princes. This is also the result of the struggle of the lord.

I don't know if the lord agrees with the views of his subordinates? ”

Zhang Bao smiled and nodded, "Wenyou, you're bringing me a high hat!" But I can feel from your words that we have a lot of shortcomings, because you only mentioned two advantages. Don't be embarrassed, just say whatever you have in mind. You have been following Dong Zhuo for many years, and you must have more experience than me. As long as you're right, I'll take it. ”

Zhang Bao mentioned Dong Zhuo, which made Li Ru feel slightly sad, but Li Ru was Li Ru after all, and his self-control was so strong, he quickly adjusted his mentality and said: "My lord, one of the biggest problems we are facing now is that we can't get the support of the family. Of all the princes today, we are at an absolute disadvantage.

Second, while we are strong on the surface, our foundation is not strong. Take Cao Cao, for example, who was supported by a local family in Yanzhou. He could have done it and left without leaving too many soldiers and horses for Xu Du, but we couldn't. Cao Cao practiced the rule of officials, while we adopted the rule of the military. The subordinates are worried that if we leave too few soldiers and horses in the base camp, we will face the danger of rebellion.

Again, Cao Cao implemented Tuntian in Xudu, so that it could be used for both soldiers and civilians. Not only did it consolidate the food reserves, but it also enabled the soldiers to survive even if they retired. But we kind of sit back and eat. Over the course of the year, we have been buying food from other sources to sustain this huge consumption. However, our internal supply is very limited, and the lord is unwilling to offend the rich family, and his subordinates are worried that in the long run, we will lose in our own hands.

Finally, our talent structure is unreasonable. On the surface, our army will be brave and strategic, but we lack the support of middle and upper class talents. If this continues, the subordinates are worried that the brothers will be exhausted. ”

Li Ru didn't say anything further when he said this, but stared at Zhang Bao's eyes. Zhang Bao smiled slightly when she saw this, and then nodded and said, "Wenyou, what you said is very reasonable." You have said the most important problem that we need to solve at the moment, and I accept all of them. I wonder if you have a good solution? ”

Li Ru frowned when he heard this: "Lord, these problems are easy to say, but they are even more difficult to solve. In fact, these problems have always plagued Dong Zhuo at that time. And the solution adopted by Dong Zhuo is to plunder, and keep plundering. But the lord did not support this approach, so his subordinates did not have good advice. ”

Zhang Bao nodded when she heard this. His evaluation of Cao Cao in his heart was once again a few points higher. Historically, these questions have plagued every prince. And the solutions to these problems are almost all thought of by Cao Cao. Even an experienced wise man like Li Ru was helpless about this, which showed how powerful Cao Cao's ability was.

Li Ru said that he had no choice, and Zhang Bao didn't doubt it, but nodded with a smile and said: "Wen You, I ordered Chen Gong to write a recruitment list, and it is estimated that it will be transmitted to Chang'an in the near future." Then you will take care of the work yourself. ”

"Recruiting list?" Li Ru was surprised.

Zhang Bao nodded, and told Li Ru the general content and implementation method of the recruitment list. Li Ru gasped when he heard this: "Hiss......!" Lord, this trick must have been figured out by you, this trick is ruthless enough! The subordinates can imagine how prosperous the talents of Qingzhou will be in the future. Chang'an's side will definitely work hard to publicize the strategy of the lord. ”

Zhang Bao nodded and continued: "I also have a commercial street strategy, this strategy is used to make money, you can operate like this in Chang'an." ……”

Zhang Bao then carefully explained his thoughts on the development of commercial streets in Chang'an to Li Ru. Hearing this, Li Ru was shocked again and said, "Lord, it's amazing!" In this way, don't we control the food and housing of 300,000 people in Chang'an? ”

Zhang Bao nodded when she heard this: "Wen You, if you want to do what I just said, it takes a lot of people to execute." You can also let those families do what you want, and we charge a reasonable tax from them. I believe that as long as there is money to be made, those families will definitely flock to it. ”

Li Ru nodded constantly when he heard this: "What the lord said is reasonable!" As long as we strengthen monitoring, those families can't afford to play any tricks. The only thing to note is: our monitors must be fair and impartial! ”

Zhang Bao nodded solemnly and said, "Yes." Regulators can be given certain kickbacks and benefits, but they are absolutely not allowed to be corrupt and pervert the law, otherwise they will be punished and punished in one case, and they will not be merciful! ”

"My subordinates understand!" Li Ru hugged his fists.

Zhang Bao continued to say to Li Ru: "Wenyou, I still have the gold and silver intercepted from Dong Zhuo here. I will leave you five bags of gold and two hundred thousand pounds of silver. You take part of it and use it to develop the bazaar, and you use the rest to buy grain. You don't have to do the Tuntian matter for the time being, and I'll talk about it the year after tomorrow. ”

Although Li Ruyan didn't understand why Zhang Bao made such an arrangement, he still held his fists and took his life. Zhang Bao then took out the gold and silver in front of Li Ru, and then ordered Li Ru to take someone to keep it.

Zhang Bao waited for Li Ru to finish packing up the gold and silver and got up and said, "Wen You, I don't know who else is left in Chang'an by the ministers of the court?" ”

Li Ru smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Back to the lord, since His Majesty was kidnapped by Cao Cao, most of the courtiers have gone to Xudu. Xun You didn't allow me to intercept it, because you once said that they would stay at will, and now General Zhu Jun is still left in Chang'an, and Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi have already become ancient. ”

Zhang Bao was speechless when he heard this, and he was silent for a moment before saying to Li Ru: "Wenyou, go!" Let's go to the grave of the two seniors together. ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhang Bao and Li Ru took the special combat team to the graves of Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song, and Zhang Bao ordered the special combat team to first clean up the weeds on the graves of the two, repair the graves of the two, and then put a pig's head in front of Lu Zhi's grave.

After lighting a stick of incense, Zhang Bao led everyone to kneel down together: "Lu Gong: Your little nephew failed to respect you during your lifetime!" This is the great regret of the little nephew in this life! The little nephew was too punctual in Donglai County at the beginning, and he went to visit the house in person, but he was unable to enter. After the little nephew got rid of Dong Zhuo, he didn't have time to visit again because of the Xuzhou incident. This has become the regret of the little nephew's life! Lu Gong, go well! The little nephew will definitely return the people of the world to a bright future, so that all the people of the Han Dynasty will have enough food and clothing. ”

After Zhang Bao finished speaking, he led everyone to perform ten kowtows together, and then got up and led everyone to Huangfu Song's grave.

Zhang Bao still put on the sacrifice, and then lit a stick of incense and knelt down and said: "The general has been a horse all his life and has made outstanding achievements!" He is loved by all the people of the world! The little nephew wanted to have a longer conversation with the general, but he got the news that the general had died. Since the general is gone, let's go in peace! There will be no chaos in the world! The people will not suffer either! ”

After Zhang Bao kowtowed again, he returned with everyone. Zhang Bao worshiped the two of them this time, and he didn't want to make a noise, but he was still discovered by someone with a heart and spread the matter.