As the economic and political center of Xuzhou, the scale of this city, although it is not as good as the former eastern capital Luoyang, it is stronger and more prosperous than most cities that Han Lie has seen.

Although Tao Qian gives people the image of an elegant literati temperament, but in fact, Tao Qian's status today is mostly earned by him with military exploits, in the early years he followed the cavalry general Huangfu Song Northern Expedition to Liangzhou Rebellion, and later followed Sikong Zhang Wen to join the army, all of which have repeatedly made military exploits.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, the Qingxu Yellow Turban Rebellion, the situation in Xuzhou was in danger, Tao Qian was once again in danger and appointed the post of Xuzhou Assassin History.

After pacifying the Yellow Turban, for the stability of Xuzhou, he immediately imposed sanctions on the Taishan Qunkou, thus suppressing the strength of the Taishan Qunkou, which had been a disaster for many years, in the narrow area of northern Xuzhou, thus ensuring the stability and prosperity of most areas of Xuzhou.

It can be said that Tao Qian's series of political measures can be seen that this person is clever and clear-headed, and he is far from the image of a cowardly and honest person described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

When he received the letter of worship from Han Lie outside the mansion, Tao Qian was stunned and said, "Come so fast, please." ”

Tao Qian originally thought that Han Lie would come to Tancheng to meet him after he settled in Licheng, but he didn't expect Han Lie to come much earlier than expected, which made him think that he received news from the secret agent the day before yesterday. According to the news sent back by the spies, Tao Qian already knew that Han Lie was forcibly relocating the people of Junan to Licheng, and he could understand Han Lie's behavior, but he still had some sympathy for his behavior of not reporting.

Although Han Lie gave a good impression, he didn't want Han Lie to become the second Zang Ba, now Zang Ba is in charge of the Yang, and he is against his own yang, and he can only turn a blind eye in order not to cause the war in Xuzhou, if there is another person who does not listen to orders, it will be inconsistent with his original intention.

The biggest reason why he accepted Han Lie's attachment was that Han Lie was a famous disciple and could be said to be his own person; Second, Han Lie is brave and good at governing the army, which is the general he lacks the most at the moment, and third, he is ready to use Han Lie to deal with Zang Ba, so as to completely eliminate the hidden danger in the north of Xuzhou.

But if Han Lie was restless, then he had no choice but to give it up, and then put the tiger in a cage and let it become his own ornamental object.

"Subordinate Han Lie, meet Ming Gong." Under the guidance of the Governor, Han Lie walked into the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion, stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and bowed to the Tao.

"Ziyang is here, give me a seat." Although Tao Qian is sixty years old, he is burly, with a square appearance, and he is in a high position, he has already developed an aura of non-anger and self-authority, and his eyes are bright, giving people a sense of old and strong.

"Xie Minggong gave me the seat." Han Lie bowed respectfully, knelt on the mat, straightened his upper body, bowed his head slightly to show respect, and said, "My subordinates came here this time to ask Duke Ming for their guilt. ”

"Oh, how did Ziyang come when he first came, what is the crime?" Tao Qian was still very satisfied with Han Lie's respectful attitude, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a slight smile.

"Don't hide from Ming Gong, his subordinates were ambushed by Chang Xuan in Junan, although they won the battle, but they paid thousands of casualties, because they were worried about the retaliation of Taishan Kou, so they privately recruited two thousand men and horses to supplement the troops, and secondly, they were greedy for the population of Junan, and they were also worried that after I led the army to leave, Taishan Qunkou would rob the people of Junan, so they forcibly moved the population to Licheng without asking for instructions, and they were cut off first and then played, and committed the crime of arbitrariness and solitude, and they could be sentenced to imprisonment according to the Han law, please punish Ming Gong."

Han Lie said that, and his entire body fell to the ground, quietly waiting for Tao Qian's disposal. For Tao Qian, Han Lie had already pondered in detail before he came, this person is loyal, pedantic and benevolent, the best way to deal with such a person is to express loyalty, tell more about his difficulties, dare to admit his mistakes, and try to show respect and benevolence as much as possible to win his trust and sympathy.

In fact, Han Lie's speculation on people's hearts, especially for Tao Qian, is very in place, in the face of the respectful and humble Han Lie, that look of fear and worry, the original bit of nostalgia in Tao Qian's heart is gone.

"Ziyang, why did you become rusty when you arrived in Xuzhou, please get up quickly, there are only you and me in the hall today, let's talk about personal relations, no matter what business." The smile on Tao Qian's face bloomed, he got up and walked in front of Han Lie, and stretched out his hand to help Han Lie, who knelt on the ground.

"Thank you, Shibo." Seeing the smile on Tao Qian's face, Han Lie knew in his heart that he had already passed the test, and when he stood still, he said: "The little nephew is here, and there are no good things to give to Shi Bo, I heard that Shi Bo likes famous books, and when he was in Donglai, the little nephew accidentally got a few volumes of the manuscript of "Guanzi", and dedicated it to Shi Bo to express his gratitude. ”

After that, Han Lie clapped his hands and said, "Dian Wei, don't send it yet." ”

Dian Wei, who had been waiting outside the lobby for a long time, immediately walked in with a brocade box, Han Lie opened the brocade box and said, "Please take a look." ”

"The virtuous nephew is too polite, sit, sit down and talk." The smile on Tao Qian's face suddenly became more cordial, Tao Qian, who has always liked book collection, has been looking forward to the manuscript "Guanzi" of the ancient sage Guan Zhong for a long time, you must know that the "Guanzi" in his current library is copied by later generations, although there are only a few fragments in front of him, but for Tao Qian, who loves books as much as his life, it is also a generous gift that cannot be sought.

"If only Shibo could like it." At Han Lie's signal, Dian Wei retreated silently.

The next narrative is naturally much easier, Tao Qian is also quite embarrassed about Han Fu's concession of Jizhou, and he also expressed his appreciation for Han Lie's righteous act of forming a righteous servant and coming to Qingzhou Xuzhou to crusade against the Yellow Turban.

"The virtuous nephew is far away, just stay in Tancheng for a few more days, tomorrow night, I will gather Xuzhou staff and celebrities to meet with you, which will also help you do things better." During the conversation between Han Lie and Tao Qian, there had been several waves of people asking for instructions, and it could be seen that Tao Qian was very busy, so after chatting with Han Lie for more than half an hour, Tao Qian got up and expressed his intention to send off the guest when he saw someone coming in again.

"Thank you Shibo for your support, the little nephew will retire." Han Lie stood up and bowed, and bowed slightly to the middle-aged scribe who entered, expressing his respect.

When Han Lie walked out of the hall, the middle-aged scribe then waved to Tao Qian on the throne and said, "Envoy, the gifts and documents for the imperial court have been prepared, please take a look." ”

Tao Qian took the document, looked at it slightly, and said: "Jingxing is doing things, I am still at ease, and attach Han Ziyang's name to the document, this son has made many meritorious contributions, at the time of the sour jujube alliance, Yuan Benchu was awarded the post of partial general in the name of the fake name, this time he belongs to my Xuzhou, which can be described as a tiger with wings to my Xuzhou, and I should also support him." ”

"Whoa." Tao Qian called Jingxing a scribe, surnamed Wang Minglang, the word Jingxing, is a famous person of the East China Sea wealthy family, currently engaged in Xuzhou Zhizhong, is the head of Tao Qian's account, it can be said that Tao Qian trusted.

"Envoy, as far as I know, Han Ziyang once assassinated Dong Zhuo, and now that Dong Zhuo is in control of the government, will it backfire if we praise him?" Although Wang Lang promised to make a promise, he was still a little reluctant to turn around, and this time he paid tribute to the imperial court, although it was said that it was for Tao Qian to express his loyalty to the Han family, but he had no selfish intentions.

Although Tao Qian trusts and reuses him, but for him who is arrogant, he is only a staff member after all, and more importantly, Tao Qian is over sixty years old, and Xuzhou is the place of four wars, but he is only in his early thirties, so he is unwilling to go on under Tao Qian's account.

Therefore, this time he paid tribute to the imperial court a large number of gifts, but he connected a group of famous people in Xuzhou to jointly contribute funds, the purpose of which was naturally to obtain the reward of the imperial court, so as to achieve his own goals.

Tao Qian didn't notice Wang Lang and the others' careful thinking, and thought that these people were loyal to the Han family like himself.

Although what Jing Xing said is not unreasonable, it is His Majesty the Han Dynasty who pays tribute, not Dong Zhuo, so why care what he thinks? If he really gets in the way and abandons our loyalty from thousands of miles away, who else in the world will pay tribute in the future? I expect that although Dong Zhuo hates Han Ziyang, he will definitely not refuse our loyalty at this time. Tao Qian has also considered this matter, although he will be confused and neglect small things, but such a big thing, he is like a mirror.

"What the envoy said is very true, it is a certain amount of worry." Wang Lang saw that Tao Qian had made up his mind, so he nodded and agreed.

The next day, at the banquet held by Tao Qian, Han Lie, a junior, officially stepped into the officialdom of Xuzhou, and also gave a famous non-commissioned officer in Xuzhou a preliminary understanding of him.

For the guests who gathered together, although Han Lie also stepped forward to greet him one by one, there were not many people who really left an impression on him, among them were several famous historical Xuzhou celebrities, who were remembered by him and included in the list of those who must be visited next.