Cheng Yu read it from beginning to end and shook his head: "It's really a little unacceptable, look at this, how much manure is appropriate for a nest of cabbage?" It's simply unorthodox. ”

Guo Jia smiled and looked at Cheng Yu: "Is Zhongde really thinking so in his heart?" If you can answer this question and understand the classics, isn't this a talent? ”

"Although these topics are pragmatic, as the saying goes, a gentleman is far from cooking, not to mention farming, who understands farming and the Four Books and Five Classics, where can such a person be found."

"I can." Guo Jia pointed to himself, and then pointed to Cheng Yu: "You can too, Wen Ruo and Gongda can too, the lord occupies the barren Yanzhou, and uses troops on all sides, there is a shortage of food and grass, we were in the field for the army, these things are involved, can't it be proved that a real ruler needs to understand this?"

What's more, how much manure is appropriate for a nest of cabbage This kind of question accounts for a very small proportion, and it is not necessary to answer it, these questions are scored, Zhongde, you calculate, the person who can get sixty points, will it be a person who has lost his name? ”

Cheng Yu looked at the bamboo slips again, and finally nodded, "Where do these questions come from?" ”

"Yizhou Liu Zhang."

"Liu Zhang?" Cheng Yu was taken aback, "Is it the title of the Four Imperial Examinations?" If this is the case, the four branches will inevitably be resisted, and they will not last long. ”

Guo Jia lazily sat back on the stone bench and sighed: "We may not be able to go long here, not necessarily in Yizhou, Liu Zhang has no external troubles, killed batch after batch, who dares to oppose the four imperial examinations, those Yizhou scholars can only submit unless they are willing to leave their hometowns, in fact, before today, I also think that Liu Zhang will not be able to go long, but a news came, which made me think that Yizhou may really be able to turn decay into magic." ”

"What's the news?"

"Liu Zhang captured Hanzhong, from the beginning of Jiameng Pass to the next Nanzheng, only nineteen days."

"Nineteen days?" Cheng Yu gasped, he also heard about the fall of Hanzhong, but he didn't notice that the time was so short.

"Nineteen days, put me in Liu Zhang's position, 40,000 troops, and Zhang Lu have a grudge against his mother, there is no response from the family, no matter what, it is impossible to capture Hanzhong in three months, Liu Zhang has not been screaming for six years, a blockbuster, there must be a master born in Yizhou, and it will be a big trouble for us in the future."

Guo Jia glanced at the bamboo slips on the stone table, all of which were engraved with the titles of the four imperial examinations, and sighed: "If Liu Zhang really allows Liu Zhang to carry out the four imperial examinations, land orders, and heavy agriculture and rejuvenating business, the prosperity of the two rivers is enough to follow the story of Emperor Qin and Gaozu back then, and sweep the world with the people of the two rivers, after Zhongde and Yuan Shao, let us face Liu Zhang's great enemy together." ”

Guo Jia held the bamboo slip tightly in his hand, and there was an inexplicable excitement in his heart, the last sentence was not so much to Cheng Yu, but to say it to himself.

The reason is that the opponent is too weak, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao, Guo Jia didn't pay attention to it at all, and then suddenly found that someone could surpass him, not only was he not afraid, but he seemed to have found a living target, he was inexplicably excited, and his eyes were shining.

In the ancestral hall of the Yang family in Hanzhong, a young man said indignantly to an old man: "Taigong, you have to take care of this matter, that Zhang Xiu was obviously killed by Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang, in order to appease the people of Hanzhong, actually stained my father's head, and did not allow my father to plead a sentence and killed him on the spot, and now his head is still hanging on the city gate, this revenge is not avenged, how can the Yang family gain a foothold." ”

Old lady Yang sighed: "Cong'er, no matter how powerful the Yang family is, how can it oppose the imperial court, now that the world is in turmoil, which wealthy family does not scatter their children in all directions, scatter branches and leaves, and I have not heard of anyone who is angry with the clan because one of the children died, and even because they serve their masters, the same clan still fights with each other, Cong'er, you have to look at it." ”

"But Taigong, Cong'er doesn't think that this is just my family's business, but the entire Yang family's business, Liu Zhang's murderous nature, the implementation of the four branches of the government, the land order, perverse actions sooner or later disaster to the entire Yang family, is the Taigong willing to see the Yang family's ancestral inheritance ruined?"

Old lady Yang was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Then try it, but we can't resist hard, if we fail, we can't let Liu Zhang catch our handle." ”

The first snow in winter, dripping for several days, can not reach the ankle, Liu Zhang braved the snow to inspect the reorganized troops, and said to Wei Yan, who accompanied him: "General Wei, these people will be handed over to you, at present, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are facing the Yellow River, the enemies in Hanzhong are only Ma Teng and Qiang people, you and Yan Pu must cooperate sincerely, seize the time to resume production, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains will take this road in the future, I don't want to transport too much grain from Xichuan here." ”

Liu Zhang didn't hear Wei Yan's reply for a long time, and looked back at Wei Yan: "What, is there any difficulty?" ”

Wei Yan hugged his fists and said: "What's so difficult about this, but there will be a request in the end, I hope the lord will be fulfilled." ”

"Say."

"Please remove the lord from his post as the last general of Hanzhong."

Liu Zhang frowned: "Why?" Not satisfied? This official can't seal you to a bigger official position. ”

"The last general will not dare." Wei Yan paused for a moment and said in a long voice: "Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou, Wei Yan can serve Hanzhong as a guard, and he feels the lord's strong grace, but Wei Yan knows that the target of the lord's next attack is Jingzhou, Hanzhong is peaceful, and the last general would rather be a pioneer than a general of Tuntian, and ask the lord to complete it." ”

"I see." Liu Zhang smiled, nodded and said: "That's fine, you have served in Jingzhou for many years, and you are more familiar with Jingzhou's personnel and geography, with you with the army, it should be much easier to conquer Jingzhou, so let's do it, General Wei will not serve for the time being, only retain the rank of general, and Hanzhong Taishou will be replaced by Wu Ban, what do you think?" ”

"Thank you, my lord."

Riding back to the city, Liu Zhang asked Fa Zhengdao: "Xiaozhi, how did those two things go?" ”

Fa Zheng shook his head: "It's not good, Shen Tan agreed to surrender, but he wants to be a mediocre taishou himself, and he doesn't accept any officials appointed by us except for paying taxes to us." ”

"Whimsical." Liu Zhang snorted lightly and said disdainfully: "A big flood in the Han River washed away thousands of soldiers and horses, why should Shen Tan bargain with this official, you repair another letter to him, four conditions, he and his younger brother Shen Yi must go to Chengdu to serve, important officials in Shangyong must be appointed by us, the Shen family must accept the four imperial examinations and land orders, and the Shangyong army must accept the Brazilian army to change the guard, if any one does not agree, our army will enter Shangyong and slaughter the city for three days." ”

"Slaughtering the city?" Fa Zheng was startled.

"The Shen family almost controls the entire Shangyong, and the people of Shangyong almost all rely on the Shen family to live, commerce, land, and officialdom are all controlled by the Shen family, if the Shen family resists, the entire Shangyong is an enemy city, why not slaughter?"

Liu Zhang smiled coldly: "Shangyong is located in the middle of nowhere, almost like a lonely city, and it is really a good place to slaughter the city." ”

In history, Liu Bei got the mediocrity, because he did not hit the Shen family, so he was repeatedly restrained by the mediocrity, it was easy to get, it was easier to lose, and he lost again and again, losing countless money, food, soldiers and horses, but Shen Tan was like a fish in water between Shu Han and Cao Wei, and he could belong to whoever he wanted, and in the end he had a good death.

The geographical location of Shangyong, if you are attached to it, it is the sister city of Hanzhong, if Yin Fengyang is violated, it is a time bomb that will explode at any time, Liu Zhang has already planned, taking advantage of the fact that there is no external threat in Yizhou, to smash this iron lump in one fell swoop.