"What is Shi Yuan's plan, come quickly!" Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

"Lord, now that the lord is a prince of the country, there are only 20,000 wives and a concubine in the room, but there are a few less. According to the meaning of the system, if this Mrs. Wu is accepted, it is just that Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Bu are the main room, and this Mrs. Wu is the side room, so it can calm the hearts of the Shu people. Moreover, the two ladies are both virtuous people, and the lord can state to him that they are powerful. Pang Tong smiled.

Liu Bei's three wives, Mrs. Mi is the sister of Mi Zhu, and when he just gained a foothold in Xuzhou, he got into contact with the scholars of Xuzhou through this political marriage; Later, in order to appease the subordinates of Jiangdong, he recruited the sister of the foot owl step trainer; As for Mrs. Gan, it was when Liu Bei lived in Xiaopei, and Chen Qun, the commander of Xiaopei County at that time, saw that he was in his thirties and had no wife, so he introduced one of his distant cousins to Liu Bei. However, Chen Qun's official position was humble at that time, but Liu Bei made it clear that he wanted to enter Xuzhou, so this Mrs. Gan was also a concubine.

It's just that now, first of all, this Mi Zhu and Chen Qun are both Xuzhou factions, Bu Fei was born in the land of Jianghuai, and the people of the Xuzhou faction also quickly got along. In this way, Liu Bei's three wives are all from Xuzhou background. Under such circumstances, the Xuzhou faction was able to be so favored under Liu Bei.

"What Shi Yuan said was not bad, but this Mrs. Wu was originally Liu Mao's wife, if I accept it, I am afraid that it will not be reasonable!" Liu Bei was a little worried about the impact of his actions.

"On his intimacy, how can Jin Wenzhi and Huai Yinghu be different?" Pang Tong said with a smile, and then said with a solemn face: "In this way, the heart of the people of Anshu will lay the foundation for the future to forge ahead in Guanlong." It's just that there is still one place where people's hearts are not at ease! ”

"What does Shiyuan mean?" Liu Bei seemed to have understood something, but he didn't say it.

Sure enough, Pang Tong spoke: "General Guan has been leading Jingxiang for nearly four years, but among the Jingxiang scholars, there are still some well-educated people who have been on the sidelines and watched, and they have never served the lord, and the lord still needs to have the heart of the Jingxiang people!" ”

Pang Tong's meaning is very clear, the people of Xuzhou have been following you for a long time, and we Jingzhou people have come later, and now the people of Yizhou have come to the front of us, and they don't come from behind. Although Liu Bei was a little displeased when he heard this, he still spoke: "I don't know what Shiyuan has to do?" ”

Sure enough, Pang Tong said: "Kong Ming has a sister, beautiful and virtuous. Those who taste and smell the appearance will be very expensive after this woman. There was a Xu Kuaiqi, and now Kuaiqi is dead, and his daughter is still widowed, and the king can accept him as a concubine. ”

Zhuge Liang, who was in Xichuan, never dreamed that Pang Tong would use his sister as a bargaining chip. In fact, although he knew that Pang Tong and others had been planning a political marriage in order to gain Liu Bei's further trust, he didn't expect to make a fuss about his widow sister.

When the Cai family and the Kuai family were in turmoil, more than 800 members of the two clans were all arrested by Liu Biao. Liu Bei had just taken over Jingxiang at that time, and it was not good to disobey Liu Biao's intentions, so he basically clicked these people. However, there are still some people who have not been killed, such as Kuai Qi's wife is Zhuge Liang's sister, and he pleaded with Guan Yu and took her home. Similarly, one of Cai Xun's wives, who is Ma Liang's cousin, was also taken back by him through intercession.

When Liu Bei heard Pang Tong's words, he suddenly had another headache. Just as he wanted to refute, Pang Tong had already explained the benefits of doing so: "The lord used to exterminate the Cai clan and the Kuai clan, these two clans have deep roots in Jingxiang, and many other clans are in-laws with them, so they just waited and watched. Kong Ming's sister is the widow of the Kuai family, if the lord can accept it, it is enough to make the people of Jingxiang feel at ease to serve the lord! Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult to calm the hearts of Jingxiang! ”

I see! Only then did Liu Bei remember Zhuge Liang's sister, and there was also the identity of the daughter-in-law of the Kuai family. It is said that Pang Tong's words are reasonable and can also convince Liu Bei. But what Pang Tong didn't know was that he didn't fully understand what kind of person his boss was.

Liu Bei is a successful politician, he may not be scheming, but he is good at winning people's hearts. At the same time, Liu Bei is also a person with more impulsive feelings, but he has strong self-control, and many times his mood and anger are invisible, so he can't bear it. However, this does not mean that he is a good person and can endure anything, otherwise he would not have such a happy act of whipping the post. Now the last few sentences of Pang Tong's words have a faint hint of threat, and Liu Bei is naturally very unhappy when he hears it.

It's not upset to be unhappy, but Liu Bei will definitely not attack Pang Tong. After thinking for a while, Liu Bei nodded and said: "What Shiyuan said is not unreasonable, or so, with the heart of Jingxiang and the Shu people." It's just that Kong Mingzhi's sister has already married, but I'm afraid that if I accept her, I can only be a concubine. ”

"This is nature, it's all up to the Lord!" Pang Tong also knew that with Zhuge Liang's sister's conditions, it was really unrealistic to want to be the wife of the main room, and it was already a more realistic goal to be a concubine. The two chatted for a while, and Liu Bei asked: "Shiyuan, other counties in Yizhou are still on their own, but this Ba County connects Jingxiang and Yizhou, which is the most important." Bo Tao and Kong Ming both want me to appoint Ba County Taishou, I don't know who you can choose? ”

Pang Tong thought for a while and said: "General Gan Ninggan is a native of Ba County, if he is appointed as the Taishou of Ba County, he will definitely be able to pacify the place." "His hand is to retreat again, Gan Ning is in charge of the water division, if he goes to serve as the Taishou of Ba County, the former deputy governor Su Fei has just passed away, who can be responsible for the water division, only let Pang Lin, who has just taken over the Yangzhou water division, take over. How could Liu Bei not be clear about the twists and turns in this, he thought about it for a moment and said: "Xingba is in charge of the water division, and he can't leave the land of Jingyang easily." The land of Ba County needs to be guarded by faithful and reliable men. I look at everyone, Ma Jichang was originally the governor of General Bo Taozuo's mansion. Now that Bo Tao is going to Xichuan, he should naturally go too, and he will serve as the Taishou of Bajun! ”

"The lord is wise!" Although he is not his younger brother, Ma Liang is also from Jingzhou, and this appointment makes Pang Tong quite satisfied. The two of them talked about other things, and Pang Tong took his leave. Liu Bei watched Pang Tong's figure disappear at the door, but his brows furrowed, and finally sighed lightly with regret.

Naturally, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng didn't know about all this, and now they are busy taking care of the huge mess of Yizhou in Chengdu. This mess is so big and rotten, especially in Jingzhou before. These days, Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang have almost split themselves in half.

Yizhou is known as the land of abundance, but after Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang had an in-depth understanding of the situation, they felt that this title was now a bit unworthy of the name. In the past, it was known as a million households, with a population of more than 7 million, but this includes the southern and central counties. Now it is estimated that the core area of Yizhou + Hanzhong will not exceed 600,000 households and 3 million people. Among them, the south of Zilushui in Nanzhong was occupied by the Nanban, and almost half of the land was not controlled by the Han people.

Moreover, Yizhou is full of gate valves, and the power of the major wealthy families is very large, but it is extremely xenophobic. Even after Liu Zhang's surrender, several counties incited the masses to rebel under the slogan of "Shu people rule Shu". Although the rebellion was quickly put down, it is enough to show that it is not easy for Yizhou to sit firmly. The children of these wealthy families are not as talented as those of the scholars in Jingxiang and Jiangdong, but many of them still hold important positions. In order to win the hearts of these people, Zhuge Liang had to propose to Liu Bei that the leaders of the Dongzhou faction, namely the traitors Fa Zheng and Meng Da, be temporarily transferred from this cusp. Unlike in history, this time Liu Bei's forces entered Sichuan, and Fa Zheng did not have much credit, but there was nothing wrong with hastily transferring him away. Of course, in order to weaken the influence of the local scholars, Liu Bei also adopted some methods in the past, such as setting up the Deyang Academy in Deyang to train scholars from poor families, and adopting the method of becoming officials in other places, and transferring Wang Lei and others to Jingzhou to serve. Coupled with Zhuge Liang, a master of adjusting relationships, all these problems have been solved one after another.

In addition, Yizhou's armaments are also quite dilapidated. Except for Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, there are almost no characters who are too good at it, such as Lei Tong and Yang Huai, who can only be regarded as two knives. Among the generals of Shu Han in history, except for Wang Ping, only Ma Zhong and Zhang Yi have begun to show their edge, and the rest such as Zhang Wei and others are still teenagers and have not yet become big weapons. As for the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the total number of Sichuan troops currently incorporated is 130,000. Except for the more than 20,000 people drowned by Lu Xun's poisonous scheme, the losses of the Yizhou army in this battle were not too much, and the total casualties were more than 40,000, but most of the living forces were preserved. However, the combat effectiveness of these Sichuan troops is really flattering.

"I intend to dismantle the 40,000 weak Sichuan army, together with the original more than 20,000 weak soldiers in Hanzhong, a total of more than 70,000 people, led by General Wu Ban, to go to the two counties of Qiqi and Yuejia to supplement the local construction corps and carry out military cantonment to build the place." On this day, the newly appointed Yizhou Mu Zhao Feng gathered everyone and announced his first big move after taking office. Discussing with him were Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xiu and other outsiders, as well as Huang Quan, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and other old people from Xichuan. After Liu Zhang himself surrendered, Zhang Ren and the others were no longer stubborn, and they all acquiesced to the fact that Xichuan had become under Liu Bei's rule.

"This move is very good, our Sichuan army has always lacked rectification, and if it is used in the battle array, it will inevitably be overwhelmed!" Zhang Ren nodded. As the No. 1 general in Sichuan, he also knows his own affairs. Originally, there were more than 200,000 troops in Xichuan + Hanzhong, but after Zhao Feng's disarmament, there were only 140,000 left. Considering that Yizhou has a population of about 2 million, this ratio should be more appropriate, and Zhao Feng does not plan to recruit more troops this year in order to reduce financial pressure.

"Although Juntun can solve the urgent need, what is needed most is to restore the pavilion system that has existed in name only, and rebuild the place, so as not to invade the Nanban again!" Zhuge Liang said slowly. Although Nanban's vitality has retreated to the south of Lushui after being seriously injured, once these people recover their vitality, there is a good chance that they will come back to make trouble. Therefore, the construction of these counties is also urgent.

"The lord has promised to transfer more than 100 graduates of Poyang Academy this year to help us build the place, and the princes can recommend some more Shuzhong heroes to help govern the Nanban." Zhao Feng consulted Huang Quan and Zhang Ren. The two recommended some candidates respectively, and after Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang Liangcai, they adopted them one by one. As for Nanban, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng felt that after their vitality was greatly damaged, they adopted the strategy of Jingnan and Jiangdong, adopted some corresponding policies of ethnic autonomy, sent people to set up official schools there, launched mutual markets, and gradually developed Nanzhong. Of course, if you want to see too obvious results, you don't have to think about it in a few years.

Zhao Feng himself was directly promoted from Hanzhong Taishou to Yizhou Mu, and Liu Bei's personnel appointment was not only expected, but also a little surprising to him. But at least it shows that Liu Bei still trusts him now. Even except for the Taishou of Ba County and Shu County, the appointment power of other civil and military official positions was handed over to Zhao Feng himself. Zhao Feng then appointed Yan Yan as the Taishou of Badong, Ma Tan as the Taishou of Danqu, Wang Lei as the Taishou of Hanjia, Zhao Yun as the Taishou of Hanzhong, Lu Xun as the Taishou of Guanghan, Zhang Ren as the Taishou of Brazil, Li Hui as the Taishou of Yuejia, Wang Ping as the Taishou of Zitong, Wang Lei as the Taishou of Hanjia, and some other historical celebrities of the Shu Han Dynasty such as Qin Mi, Yin Mo was also appointed to an official position by him. Now the purpose of everyone's busy surname is very clear, that is, before the next Northern Expedition, to accumulate enough manpower and material resources to enter Guanzhong. History has come full circle, and in the end, Zhao Feng still has to go out of Qishan with Zhuge Liang.

"Mr. Er, Mr. Xiangyang has a letter here!" On this day, Zhuge Liang was busy counting this year's taxes with Zhao Feng, but he saw one of his family members come to report. Zhuge Liang opened the letter and looked at it, and his brows immediately furrowed.

"Kong Ming, what's wrong?" Zhao Feng saw Zhuge Liang's brows tightened, and he hurriedly asked. Zhuge Liang sighed, and then spoke: "The lord intends to include his sister as a side room, and my brother specially wrote a letter to inform me." ”

"That's really congratulations to Kong Ming!" Zhao Feng said with a smile as he waved the rest of the idlers to wait. "Kong Ming, I'm afraid this matter is only Pang Shiyuan's idea!" After the rest of the people left, Zhao Feng touched his beard and guessed.

"That's right, I didn't expect the lord to agree!" Zhuge Liang was a little unbelievable. Although her sister is still good-looking, she is nearly thirty years old and is widowed at home, but she didn't expect Liu Bei to accept her.

"The lord has always been tolerant, even if Sister Ling is a side room, the lord will definitely treat her well!" Zhao Feng was half comforting. Although it is a political marriage, Zhuge Liang's sister can be regarded as having a home, which is better than being widowed for a lifetime. This is also in the Eastern Han Dynasty, where the atmosphere is still quite open, otherwise, how would Liu Bei, as the Duke of Qi, be willing to make two widows openly.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The lord is generous, I'm not worried that my sister will be wronged, but I'm just worried that Shiyuan is making waves like this, even if the lord doesn't say it, he doesn't like it in his heart." Once something happens in the future, Shi Yuan is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with himself! ”

"As the saying goes, the sins of heaven can be made up, but the sins of oneself cannot be lived, it depends on how he acts. However, the lord is a person who cherishes talents, and he may not know how to deal with Shiyuan. Zhao Feng thought for a while. At this moment, someone came to report, saying that Yizhou Don't drive Huang Quan to report urgently.

"Gongheng, why are you in such a hurry?" Looking at Huang Quan who trotted in, Zhao Feng also asked a little strangely, Huang Quan has always been a very stable person, why is he so excited now?

"General, Zhuge Military Division, the Southern Central Barbarian Department sent a messenger to ask to see the general!" Huang Quan said with an unbelievable expression. It's no wonder that Huang Quan was excited, the barbarians and the Han people in Nanzhong have always been incompatible, why did they suddenly send envoys now. Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, and ordered to bring in the future first.

"King Hanchang, meet General Zhao!" I didn't expect that the person who came was still a Confucian student. After signaling him to excuse himself, Zhao Feng asked in disbelief, "You said your name is Wang Yan?" ”

(To be continued)