At this time, I saw Liu Bei helping everyone up, and suddenly his big ears moved vigilantly, and he said angrily to Gao Ping: "Ziqing"

Gao Ping heard the voice and bowed: "What's the matter with the lord?" ”

"I have clearly ordered that no one should harm the two sons, I know that the third brother is reckless, I can't help but provoke you, if Ziqing orders Yide to kill the two sons, I will be punished by military law"

Gao Ping said in a low voice: "But my lord, if this good opportunity is lost, it will be too late to regret it."

"I know Ziqing's intentions, but I am grateful for Tao Gong's kindness, and I really can't bear to harm his descendants," Liu Bei sighed lightly.

Gao Ping sighed and didn't ask anymore, big ears are good!

Tao Shang, Cao Bao, Tao Ying, Zhao Yu and others quietly left Xuzhou a few days after the mutiny, Chen Qi returned home to recuperate on the grounds of old age, and ordered his son Chen Deng to assist Liu Bei as the new patriarch of the Chen family.

In the fifth year of the early Han Dynasty, in the winter of 194 AD, with the strong support of Chen and Mi, Liu Bei went to the imperial court to lead Xuzhou Mu, with Mi Zhu as the other driver, Sun Qian as the ruler, Chen Deng as the main book, Jian Yong as the Gong Cao, Chen Qun as the Pengcheng Taishou, with Mi Zhu as the head, in charge of government affairs. At the same time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were in charge of military affairs as deputy generals, and Gao Ping was appointed as the military advisor, Sima Counselor of other departments was in charge of military affairs, Mi Fang was responsible for the defense of Xuzhou City as the captain of the city gate, Zhou Cang was the captain of the military guard in charge of the Feilong Guard Battalion, and He Man was responsible for assisting Zhou Cang as the captain.

Xuzhou has three kingdoms and two counties, with a population of nearly three million, which is already an astronomical number in the late Eastern Han Dynasty when the population declined sharply, among which Langya is far away from Xuzhou in the northeast of Xuzhou and close to Mount Tai, and the thieves of Mount Tai are rampant in the county, and they have existed in name only; Guangling County is in the southernmost part of Xuzhou, close to Huainan and Jiangdong, Zhao Yu and others have already secretly communicated with Yuan Shu, Tao Qian felt that he was beyond the reach of the whip, and the Zhao family was deeply rooted in Guangling, so he turned a blind eye to it; The East China Sea is the territory of the Cao family, and the Cao family has huge connections and influence in the East China Sea; Xiapi is the center of the Chen family, and the Chen father and son can be said to respond to each other in Xiapi; Only Pengcheng is relatively smaller. In other words, although Liu Bei has obtained Xuzhou on the surface, in fact, only Pengcheng County can really be in his hands! In fact, in history, Liu Bei's Xuzhou was only Pengcheng and Xiapi two counties, and the other counties were not in his control, otherwise Cao Cao only broke Xuzhou, Xiaopei, and Xiapi Liu Bei was defeated, and other cities did not see his attack.

For the Tao brothers, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers had suggested that Liu Bei should not let him leave Xuzhou, and should be strictly prevented, if necessary, he may find an opportunity to get rid of it, Liu Bei resolutely refused, and Gao Ping was also there, Mi Zhu asked Gao Ping for help with his eyes, Gao Ping smiled and said nothing. Gao Ping knows very well in his heart that the Mi family is the richest man in Xuzhou and the most powerful one in the Xuzhou clan, and now the Mi family and the Chen family have been tied to Liu Bei's chariot, and Xuzhou also has big clans like the Cao family and the Zhao family, at this time, if the Tao brothers can take advantage of the Tao brothers, the power of the Cao and Zhao families will be eliminated from Xuzhou It is a good opportunity, and the power of the Chen family is not large, and Xuzhou will be the dominant family of his Mi family, and Gao Ping knows that Liu Bei will marry Mi Zhu's sister soon, so as to deepen the relationship between the Mi family and Liu Beijun. And historically, Mi Zhu's loyalty to Liu Bei is also undoubted, but if the Mi family really eliminates other forces, whether the Mi family can still support Liu Bei as always, there is a big variable in this, and with the expansion of family interests, the Mi family may not appear careerists, and then Liu Bei's identity as an outsider is likely to be replaced by the Mi family, but eliminating the forces of Cao and Zhao is a top priority, but just killing Cao Bao and Zhao Yu cannot solve the fundamental problem. The Zhao family can completely establish the head of the family again, and only by completely eradicating the two forces, and then slowly weakening the forces of the Mi and Chen families, can Liu Bei win Xuzhou in the real sense.

After learning that the Tao brothers had escaped from Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others anxiously persuaded Liu Bei to make a decision quickly, and Zhang Bang wanted several people, otherwise he would suffer from it.

Xuzhou, among the government offices

Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Chen Deng, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Chen Qun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gao Ping, and Zhou Cang were all there, Liu Bei frowned tightly and did not say a word.

"The lord must not hesitate" Sun Qian, who was dressed in brown cedar, said: "Cao Bao and Zhao Yu have quite a lot of power in the local area, if they are not eliminated early, there will be trouble"

"The Cao and Zhao families are originally surnamed Xuzhou, if they use the name of the two sons to make trouble, I am afraid it will be unfavorable to the lord," Mi Zhu also said worriedly.

"Big brother, I'm willing to take someone out of the city immediately to capture these birdmen," Zhang Fei shouted with his arms raised.

"Third brother" Guan Yu grabbed Zhang Fei and said: "Let's listen to how the eldest brother discusses" Zhang Fei looked at Gao Ping angrily and said: "Gao boy, you have the most ghost ideas, what do you say?" ”

Gao Ping looked at Zhang Fei helplessly, why do you always call me a kid, am I very young?

"Lord, I think that everything has its two sides" Gao Ping smiled and said: "The so-called blessings and misfortunes lurk, and misfortunes and blessings rely on"

"Oh! Ziqing said in detail, "Liu Bei said with a slight joy.

"The day before yesterday, although the lord obeyed the orders of the Duke of Tao and took charge of Xuzhou, but among the five counties of Xuzhou, the lord can actually control only Pengcheng and Xiapi two counties, Langya has thieves and thieves to make trouble, although the East China Sea and Guangling are passed down, but it is only a superficial belonging, and now the two sons have fled, I expect that they will enter the two counties of Donghai and Guangling, or raise troops to attack, or divide the land for autonomy......"

"In this way, Xuzhou is in danger!" Mi Zhu exclaimed.

"Fei also" Gao Ping waved his hand and said: "Ping Shicai once said that between the blessing and the bad, if the Tao brothers say so, the Lord Justice can be obedient and rebellious, one completely recovers the two counties, and the other is bound to uproot the Cao and Zhao forces, and forever eliminate the troubles" In Gao Ping's view, if you want to get a stable Xuzhou, you must first solve the two counties that do not obey the order, and you can't raise troops for no reason, if the Tao brothers make a rebellion, it is a good opportunity, and the second is the huge clan power of Xuzhou, and the two families of Cao and Zhao can also deter Mi and Zhao at the same time. The Chen family, this is a knock on the mountain and a tiger.

"Wouldn't this plunge the people of Xuzhou into dire straits," Liu Bei sighed lightly.

Chen Deng chuckled and said: "The lord is tolerant, Cao Bao and Zhao Yu are all ruthless and vicious, and they should go all out to instigate the two sons to be enemies with the lord, and they will be rampant in the two counties, and the lord will fight for righteousness, which is a move to save the people."

'Alas!' Liu Bei sighed and said: "After all, after the deceased, when Tao Fujun was alive, he was very courteous, and now Tao Gong's bones are not cold, how can Bei take his descendants to open the knife, since one of the two sons went to the East China Sea and the other went to Guangling, then let the two of them be the two county guards, and Liu Bei is worthy of Tao Gong's kindness." ”

Hearing this, everyone persuaded one after another, especially Chen Dengyan's move was really a tiger. However, Liu Bei insisted on having people issue warrants to go to the two counties to appoint Tao Qian's second son as the Taishou.