Chapter Ninety-Three: "The Interview"

In Jicheng, the eldest prince had already settled Liu Fang, who had come to serve, in the state pastor's mansion, and was chatting happily with this family at this time.

Although Liu He's previous life was a normal student who graduated from the Department of History, he didn't have any information about Liu Fang's character in his head, so while he gladly accepted this family's service, he was also testing the other party's ability without a trace.

In Liu He's view, although Lao Luo has made a lot of Zhang Guan Li Dai in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, most of the characters who can appear in his novels are not unknown people, and there are many very powerful characters who have not appeared in his novels, such as Wang Yue, Zao Yi and so on.

Liu He didn't know if this Liu Fang was Lao Luo's "fish that slipped through the net", so he pulled Li Yan together to conduct an "interview" with Liu Fang. If this Liu Fang really has the ability, Liu He will naturally entrust him with a heavy responsibility, if he just comes to cheat and cheat under the banner of the same clan, Liu Fang will not mind sending him to Chang'an to accompany the little emperor to be abused.

"I heard Zilong say that Mr. Ziqi is the descendant of Queen Guangyang Shun, I don't know how many generations he has been ranked in the family tree?" Liu He asked casually.

Liu Fang sat down and replied seriously: "Although Fang and Gongzi belong to one branch, they have also carefully looked at the genealogy, if they are ranked down from the ancestor Guangyang Shunwang, it is exactly the same as the generation of the ancestor of the son of the East China Sea Gong King. ”

Liu He was a little dizzy when he heard this, and was wondering whether Liu Fang was saying that King Guangyang and King Donghai were the same generation, or that he was the same generation as himself, but Li Yan on the side interjected: "Mr. Ziqi said this, but he happened to be the same generation as my son-in-law. ”

The "Hu Cao Li", who is in charge of the population, said so, it seems that Liu He and Liu Fang are really the same generation of the old Liu family.

"I don't know how much you want to abandon Gui Geng?"

"It's been wasted twenty and two." Liu Fang said humbly.

Liu He snapped his fingers and summed it up, and then said happily: "Count it out, Captain Chengbi is twenty-seven years old this year, Captain Minghui is twenty-five years old this year, Zilong is twenty-four years old this year, Zitai is twenty-three years old, Zhengfang and Ziqi are both twenty-two years old, I will be twenty years old after the New Year, our team is really worthy of the name of the Young Zhuang faction!" ”

When Li Yan and Liu Fang heard this, they were stunned at the same time, and they paid enough attention to the word "Shaozhuang faction" that suddenly popped up in the mouth of the eldest prince.

Although "Shaozhuang faction" is a new word, it is easy to understand the meaning of what Liu He said, the key is that the eldest prince also said "our team" before saying these three words.

What do you mean by "our team"? I want to go on my own!

After some idle talking, Liu He naturally narrowed the psychological distance with Liu Fang, and then he said: "Brother Ziqi, what do you think of the current situation in Youzhou?" ”

Liu Anxin thought that he finally got to the point, so he said: "I am sparse and shallow, only some crude thoughts, after saying it, please don't laugh at Gongzi and Mr. Zhengfang." ”

Liu He thought to himself: It's tiring to talk to a scribe, obviously they all want to show off their talents, but they have to pretend to be humble and gentlemanly, so they have to be humble, isn't it a waste of time!

After the politeness was over, Liu He Zhengse said: "I think that the situation in Youzhou can have today, and it is inseparable from the various good deeds since Lord Taifu took power, but if it continues like this, I am afraid that this situation will be unsustainable, and Gongzi and Lord Taifu are also in danger of having nowhere to go in Youzhou!" ”

Liu Fang's words were really powerful, and he even bluntly said that Liu Yu and Liu He were in danger of having nowhere to go in Youzhou in the future. If it were someone else, it was estimated that he would immediately turn his face with Liu Fang, but Liu He nodded solemnly, and motioned Liu Fang to continue with his eyes.

Liu He's heart is like a mirror, what Liu Fang said just now is not wrong at all, if he doesn't help his father make major changes in Youzhou, his father's fate in the future will be to be pit alive by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, as for his "second ancestor", the end is naturally not much better.

Liu Fang saw that Liu He could accept it humbly when he said such fierce words, and he was immediately encouraged, and he no longer had any scruples in his heart, and continued to say bluntly: "I think that Youzhou currently has 'three troubles', one is the border trouble, the second is the soldier's trouble, and the third is the proud disaster. The so-called border patients are the nomadic tribes in the north; The so-called soldier patient is Gongsun Zhan, who supports the army and is self-respecting; The so-called wealthy patients are the wealthy families who annex the people's land in various places! One of these three patients is enough to mess with Youzhou, but now it is both, once it is not handled properly, the result is unimaginable! ”

Regarding the "three troubles" mentioned by Liu Fang, Liu He and Li Yan have often mentioned it recently, and they don't think it's unusual, they both want to hear what kind of solutions Liu Fang can propose later, which is where he really shows his ability.

Li Yan frowned and asked, "What Mr. Ziqi said is true, I don't know how to solve these three troubles?" ”

Liu Fang seemed to have thought deeply, and he said without hesitation: "The top priority at the moment is naturally to focus on the war in the north, but we must not ignore the increasingly severe phenomenon of the annexation of civilian land by the wealthy clans in various places, and at the same time pay close attention to Gongsun Zhan's use of troops in Qingzhou." In the next thought, he quickly sent people to Qingzhou to contact Kong Rong in Beihai, and asked him to send troops to confront Gongsun Zhan and delay the return of Gongsun Zhan's army. At the same time, he should also get in touch with Cao Mengde of Yanzhou, let him send troops to Qingzhou, and assist Kong Rong in holding Qingzhou. ”

"What does Zi abandon brother means to resist the north, drag Gongsun Zhan, and then calm the people's grievances within Youzhou?" Liu He asked.

Liu Fang nodded and said, "That's roughly what it means." If he can quickly pacify the border troubles in the north, Lord Taifu can take advantage of Gongsun Chan's southward journey to seize the time to prepare, and when Gongsun Chan returns to Liaoxi, he will eradicate it in one fell swoop while his soldiers and horses are tired! ”

Liu He thought to himself that he really couldn't see that Liu Fang was actually a ruthless person, his appearance was weak and weak, but he wanted to put Gongsun Chan to death when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth, and he didn't know how Gongsun Chan provoked him in the first place. However, Liu Fang's attitude and insight are right for Liu He's appetite, in Liu He's opinion, as long as he is willing to help himself and his father deal with Gongsun Zhan, he is a good comrade who can be united!

"Zhengfang, Ziqi will work with you to give me advice in the future, with the assistance of the two of you, we will be able to stabilize the situation in Youzhou, calm the border troubles, eliminate internal troubles, and cut off the soldiers!"

"If you can't let go, you are willing to saddle the horse before and after the son!"

An "interview" is over, and both the supervisor and the candidate are satisfied, and everyone is happy.

Liu He instructed Yan Laosi, the guard outside the door: "Inform the kitchen to hurry up and prepare, my son will set up a banquet for his son and brother in the mansion today to catch the wind and wash the dust!" Zhengfang, you now go and invite Zhao Beijia and Qi Zhizhong to the banquet. ”

In the evening of that day, Zhao Gai and Qi Zhou came by car to participate in the banquet of the eldest prince. When they got out of the carriage, they unexpectedly found a drunken young man in front of the gate of the mansion spilling noise at the guards guarding the door.

"You little soldiers, how dare you stop me outside the house, I am the son of the Xu family in the city, today I heard that someone in Yongnu received the notice of Naxian, and was invited into the house by the son, so I came to learn one or two, and see how people dare to call themselves sages!"

Zhao Cai frowned, and said to Qi Zhou: "Isn't this the prodigal son of the Xu family in the south of the city?" ”

Qi Zhou nodded with a wry smile and replied, "It is that Xu Jingshan who is addicted to alcohol!" I don't know how many pots he drank today, but now he came to spill with the strength of wine, what a bold act! ”

"Adults are simple and thrifty, and the most unseemly and prodigal person is the most unseemly, this Xu Miao can't get rid of his addiction to alcohol, and he deserves not to be taken seriously." Zhao Cai's face hated iron but not steel.

Qi Zhou explained with a smile: "I heard that this Xu Miao is also a talented person, but he is too greedy for the things in the cup, so he is not liked by Master Taifu, because he has never been appointed. A few days ago, the Xu family generously funded a lot of grain, grass and military funds for the son, and the patriarch of the Xu family was fortunate to review the soldiers' drills on the same stage with us. ”

Zhao Gai and Qi Zhou chatted with Xu Miao as they walked towards the mansion.

Xu Miao, who had been dragged aside by several guards, suddenly saw Zhao Cai and Qi Zhou, so he shouted: "Don't drive Zhao to save me!" Qi Zhizhong save me! ”

Zhao Cai and Qi Zhou were sweating at that time, and they couldn't wait to have a few more legs on their bodies, so they hurriedly approached the mansion and never saw this wine Mengzi again.

Xu Miao had already spoken, and Zhao Cai and Qi Zhou were in the way, so they had to stop and come this way.

"Young Master Xu, why don't you drink at home well, but you come to the gate of the state pastor to make trouble?" Zhao said with a dark face.

"Don't drive Zhao, misunderstand the kid! I came here today, not to make trouble, but to meet the eldest prince and personally compete with Liu Fang, who came from Nayongnu! Xu Miao hurriedly explained.

"Since you're here to meet the eldest prince, why do you have to drink so badly!" Qi Zhou asked.

Xu Miao drunkenly argued and said: "The difference between Qi Zhizhong's words! Sake is a saint, and turbid wine is a sage. When I came today, I had friends with saints and sages, and now I am a saint, how can adults say that I am out of shape! ”

Looking at Xu Miao, who was babbling nonsense, Zhao Cai's heart was on fire, so he said to the family behind him: "A few of you carry Xu Gongzi to my car, immediately send him back to Xu's house in the south of the city, don't let him make trouble again!" ”

The family members were about to move, but they heard someone at the door of the mansion say: "Why bother to work Zhao Beijia personally inquire about this matter, those who can come to the door are guests, so let this Xu Gongzi come in!" ”

The person who said this was none other than the eldest prince Liu He. Just before Zhao Cai and Qi Zhou's carriage came to the front of the house, a doorman rushed to the West Courtyard to report, Liu He Wenyan came out to greet him, and just saw the conversation between Xu Miao and Zhao Cai and Qi Zhou.

When Xu Miao heard Liu He speak, he put Zhao Gai and Qi Zhou aside, and walked straight towards Liu He. Seeing this, Shi A, who was guarding Liu He's side, touched the hilt of the sword on his waist with his right hand, as long as this Xu Miao dared to approach again, he would use his sword to split people.

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