Lu Bu received Zhang Liao's report of the 800-li battle, and originally wanted to raise an army to the west to attack the Qiang people who threatened Longxi and Jincheng, but under the persuasion of Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Chen Gong and others, he dispelled this idea.

Since the northern expedition to Han Sui, the army of Bingzhou has been in the midst of conquest, if Lu Bu conquest Xiqiang again, it will cost the people and money, it may not be beneficial, if it is better to temporarily suspend the army, wait for the spring wheat to ripen, the army food is sufficient, you can figure it.

Lu Bu squinted his eyes and sat behind the handsome case, and the battle report in his hand was pinched by him with a "creak, creak" explosion, as if the person who slept with you in the middle of the night was grinding his teeth, which made people panic and panic after listening to it.

"A few military advisors, I want to send troops to the west to solve the disaster of the Qiang people in one fell swoop, what do you think?" Suddenly, Lu Bu casually threw the battle report on the table, leaned on the tiger skin felt blanket, and looked up at Jia Xu and the others to ask.

Although Lu Bu looks lazy now, those who know him know that this is probably a sign of anger, and whether Lu Bu is happy, sad, angry or happy, just look at his eyes and behavior.

Jia Xu shook his head lightly: "It's not suitable to fight!" ”

Lu Bujian raised his eyebrows, and kept tapping his fingers on the table: "Why?" Now that we have a large number of soldiers, we can quickly pacify Xiqiang within half a month! "Now he sits on four counties, and there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jincheng Ganning; There are 30,000 in Zhangliao, Longxi; There are 40,000 military horses in the Hanyang headquarters; There are 30,000 in the Wudu Weiyan, plus where Zhao Ang has 10,000 and the garrison of the county country, and now he has about 100,000 people with armor, more than when he first entered Xiliang.

In terms of generals, he has Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Yan Xing, Gan Ning and other generals, all of whom are generals and fierce generals who are ten or even hundreds. How can he not fight?

Jia Xu nodded undeniably: "Now the lord's account is like a cloud, and the armor is like rain, which is undeniable, but the more people there are, the more things they spend, and the food they eat in a day can make an ordinary family eat for decades, and the money for military salaries, armor, arrowheads, and building city walls is also an astronomical amount." Under the rule of the lord, there were many local officials who held two positions, they served as county commanders on the one hand, and county commanders or county lieutenants on the other, and many of them were overwhelmed, resigned and returned to their hometowns, and were in a state of anarchy, which showed that the lord could no longer go on the expedition. Even if you go on an expedition, you have to solve these problems. ”

Zheng Hun got up and seconded: "What Wenhe said is true, last time I went to picket the problem of a county official, and after entering the city, I found that there was no county order for this county, only the county Zuo and Wuguan Zhonglang, not to mention the townships under the management of the county order. Sifu, there is rank. There is not even a decent pavilion chief, all of them are some ruffians in the countryside, and after inquiring, I learned that this place has not had a county order for a year. ”

After Zheng Hun finished speaking, Chen Gong continued: "Last time, it was quite good for everyone Cai to put forward the suggestion of letting the displaced people reclaim wasteland, but there are some lazy displaced people who do not plough in spring or winter, and only ask others for it when the wheat is ripe. Maybe once or twice someone will give, but after more people will not give, these hungry and panicked homeless people began to gather in groups, into the mountains to do crimes, unable to prevent it. ”

Lu Bu had already sat up straight at this time. He didn't think about the question raised by Jia Xu at all, and rubbed his temples that were a little painful: "Since you have all raised the problem, then we will discuss together how to solve the problem and solve it one by one." ”

When the civil and military officers under the tent heard this, they nodded their heads in agreement, they can't fight consistently, although they can get the opportunity to get promoted for military merit by fighting, but if they suddenly run out of food and military salaries, it will be troublesome.

Lu Bu paused, turned his head to Jia Xu and said, "Military Master, you said that there are no officials in many places, didn't the four county Shilin send the disciples of the clan to come out?" ”

After Lu Bu recovered Longxi and Hanyang counties, the other party's rebellious Shilin, Lu Bu did not delve into it, as a condition of exchange, as long as they can pay the grain and grass on time, send the children of the clan to help Lu Bu govern the county, a little worse can serve as a wanderer, three elders, a sifu, a rank, a pavilion chief and other positions, a little more powerful can serve as a county order, county Cheng, county Zuo, Wuguan Zhonglang, etc., and a little more powerful can serve as Gong Cao, the main book, the post supervisor, etc.

At the beginning, the rebellion of Longxi Shilin, the reason for this is that Lu Bu is not a native of Xiliang, and he has not been in charge for a long time, although there is a history of Xiliang recruitment by the imperial court, but many families in the county still look down on him, but now after a series of suppression, conquest and support by Lu Bu, in addition to the newly captured Wudu in the four counties of Longxi, the Shilin of the other three counties has more and more confidence in Lu Bu, not only paying the grain and grass on time, but also willing to let their own children go out.

With the emergence of the children of the family, these Shilin gate lords are not stingy to take out the rich classics accumulated for generations, so in some rich areas, there are some Shilin gate valve family children are in the office, but in those barren and thieves swarmed areas, those pampered Shilin children are willing to go? Therefore, it has created a shortage of officials.

Jia Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The faction is a faction, but they are only willing to go to the rich areas, and they will pat their butts and leave after less than half a month in office in the barren areas, such as the township pavilions under the rule of Ayang, Chengji and other places, no one is willing to go." ”

Chen Gong said: "What we have to do now is to picket the officials, find out those who are corrupt and pervert the law, and only take money and do nothing, so that there are vacancies in the positions, and then issue an edict that those who go to the barren areas only need to work for one year, and if they do well, they will be promoted to work in the county or county, and if they do not do well, they will continue to work until they do well." Most of the current Shilin children have a lot of momentum, and with this reward and punishment system, maybe they will work harder. ”

Jia Xu's eyes lit up, and he nodded in agreement: "Gongtai's words are very good, what do you think?" ”

Cheng Yu stroked his beard and said: "What the public station said is a good way, but Xiliang has been a fierce folk since ancient times, and there are not many Shilin gate valves, so doing so is just a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to solve the urgent need for coal burning." ”

Cheng Yu's words hit the key point, so that Jia Xu and they had to shake their heads and sigh, although this Xiliang is nourished by Wei and Huang, but other places are still relatively barren, Shilin Gate Valve is gathered in the middle and lower reaches of the river, and other areas seem to be more convinced.

Jia Xu thought for a moment. His eyes suddenly sparkled, as if he could see a golden mountain in front of him: "My lord, have you forgotten someone?" ”

Lu Bu tilted his head and thought bitterly, there were only a few people in his account, who else could he forget?

Jia Xu saw that Lu Bu couldn't think of it, so he smiled: "Cai is a great Confucian in the world. When he was in Luoyang and Chang'an, he had run Taixue, as long as the lord could invite him, then the problem of talent could be solved. ”

Jia Xu's words were closed, Chen Gong and Cheng Yu hurriedly nodded: "As long as the lord spreads the news, it will be said that everyone Cai will open a school in Hanyang County and invite celebrities from all over the world to come to investigate. It will come like rain, like a crucian carp crossing the river! ”

Lu Brown laughed loudly and slapped the case suddenly: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have thought of this baby pimple even if I wanted to break the sky!" ”

"Lord, you still don't want to be happy too early, although you have four counties, but you have not yet been appointed by the imperial court, and you have no real name. Now Cao Cao has moved the Han Emperor east to Xu County. The lord also needs to send someone to communicate as soon as possible, so as to get the approval of the imperial court as soon as possible. We can implement the plan sooner. Cheng Yu still said unhappily.

"Cao Cao?" Lu Bu stroked his chin, a trace of imperceptible killing intent flashed in his eyes, Cao Cao still held the Son of Heaven in his hands in this life, and the trajectory of history was developing according to the previous life, but without his own participation, could Liu Bei still be the assassin of Xuzhou in peace. Thinking of Xuzhou, Lu Bu thought of Cao Ying, the concubine in his previous life, and Zang Ba, a strong general, but now that he is in Xiliang, he can't reach the whip.

"I didn't expect that Cao Cao, the lieutenant of the Northern Capital back then, has now become a commonplace. Xu Zhao once said that this person is a minister who rules the world and a hero in troubled times, which is true! Chen Gong smiled.

"No wonder the lord asked me to kill Cao Cao no matter what, now it seems that this Cao Cao is indeed a strong enemy!" When Gao Shun, who was getting darker and darker, heard the name Cao Cao, he immediately remembered that Lu Bu asked him to ambush Cao Cao in Bianshui, it seems that Lu Bu at that time already knew that Cao Cao was not a thing in the pool, and wanted to kill this strong enemy, but in the end, because of Lu Bu's impulsiveness, this plan fell through, and now it seems that it is really a pity.

"Don't worry about this Cao Cao for now, let's talk about the appointment first, while Xu Du is newly decided, the lord needs to send someone to envoy Xu Du Cai as soon as possible, otherwise it will be troublesome when Cao Cao comes back to his senses!" Cheng Yu heard everyone talking about Cao Cao, and immediately erased the topic and got down to business.

"Well, tomorrow I will write a letter of worship and send an envoy to Xudu!" Lu Bu also knew that this matter could not be delayed, otherwise if Cao Cao sent some irrelevant people to seize power, he would lose more than he would gain at that time.

Cheng Yu nodded with satisfaction, his eyes inadvertently saw Zhang Xiu beside Gao Shun, and his heart suddenly burst out, and shouted: "Lord, I have been busy with trivial matters recently, and I have forgotten the big things first, then Li Dao Guo Yan was defeated, Xu Rong, Zhang Ji, and Fan Choutun soldiers in Wancheng, if the lord sends someone to persuade them to come to Hanyang, then the lord will have tens of thousands of more soldiers and horses out of thin air." ”

Lu Bu got up suddenly, strode in front of Cheng Yu, and shouted: "Zhongde, Zhongde, why didn't you remind me earlier, I missed a big deal first!" In fact, he already had this idea, wait until Li Dao Guo Yan soldiers and horses, and then let Zhang Xiu persuade Zhang Ji, with Zhang Xiu's relationship, plus Xu Rong, they also have a little friendship with him, these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are not at their fingertips.

Everyone was also taken aback by Lu Bu's fierce action, isn't it just that there are more soldiers and horses to finish? Is it necessary to be so excited?

Seeing everyone's incomprehension, Lu Bu slowly explained: "Thousands of troops are easy to get, good generals are hard to find, Zhang Ji and Xu Rong are not idle, I am afraid of regret for life, Bo Jin, I want you to persuade Zhang Ji to vote, are you willing?" ”

Zhang Xiu's heart was full of joy, he only had such a relative as Zhang Ji in his life, and now he hadn't seen him for several years, he refused to go there, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "A certain wish to go!" ”

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, under the instruction of Lu Bu, he didn't wait for the end of the military discussion, so he ran out of the big tent in a hurry, preparing to go to Wancheng to persuade Zhang Ji and others to come to Hanyang. (To be continued......)