As early as Xun Chen went north to Wuyuan, when Liu Chuang first decided on Liaodong, Zhuge Liang offered a 24-character policy: westward and secluded, south to Cao Cāo, west to Ma Teng, north to reject the Xiongnu, based on Hebei, seeking the Central Plains.

And the most crucial thing in these 24-character policy is to encroach on Yuan Shao's territory before Cao Cāo destroys Yuan Shao. Only in this way can Liu Chuang be able to compete with Cao Cāo and defeat Cao Cāo. However, these 24 words are easy to say, but it is not easy to do. Don't say anything else, just talk about this secluded place. Due to the limitations of the special location of Liaodong, it is very difficult to quickly occupy Youzhou.

In addition to the four counties in eastern Liaodong, Youzhou still has six counties.

Liaodong is located in the easternmost part of Youzhou, and it needs to be advanced step by step to capture Youzhou.

Liu Chuang's most important task now is to gain the support of the local heroes and scholars in Youzhou.

Without the approval of the Youzhou scholars, if you want to quickly capture the six counties of Youzhou, it will never be as simple as the original capture of the four counties of Liaodong.

"To march into Youzhou, you must first take the right Beiping."

Xu Shu said: "And the right Beiping must not be attacked, otherwise even if it is captured, the emperor's uncle will be greatly injured."

I heard that the right Beiping was too sparse and obedient, loyal to the Han family, and when he worked for Liu Yu, he was taken care of by Liu Yu. When the imperial uncle attacked Liaodong, Xian Yufu sat in Youbeiping and did not bring any trouble to the imperial uncle, and even stopped Karasuma reinforcements for the imperial uncle.

It can be seen that Xian Yufu has a good impression of the imperial uncle and is still loyal to the Han family.

Uncle Huang can make a person who can speak the Tao go to Youbeiping to persuade Xian Yufu to surrender...... If Xian Yufu can return, the door of Youzhou will be wide open. Xian Yufu is famous in Youzhou. will help the imperial uncle occupy Youzhou. If it is less than the supplement, it will be obedient. It is better than 100,000 strong soldiers. ”

Liu Chuang couldn't help but say to Xu Shu. Look the other way.

He has always felt that Xu Shu is not as good as Zhuge Liang in terms of ability.

Because in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are not many records of Xu Shu's exploits, far less prominent than Zhuge Liang.

The reason why Xu Shu was able to become famous in later generations was because of his identity as Zhuge Siyou, as well as Luo Guanzhong's praise for him in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". What Mr. Shan Fu, what broke Cao Ren's Eight Gate Golden Lock Array, and so on. But that's it. But most of them are fictional stories.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Chuang believes that Xu Shu has the ability, but he should be inferior to Zhuge Liang.

But now it seems that he was wrong!

Xu Shu's talent is by no means as simple as he imagined, just looking at his coping strategy, Liu Chuang feels that it is quite a bit of Xun You's taste.

"Who can go and lobby?"

Xu Shu thought about it for a while, and then replied, "Elk Zhu Moose Zizhong." It is the emperor's uncle's wife and brother, and he has a good relationship with Shi Tianyu, the chief of Youbeiping. Can be a messenger. But Mr. Elk's eloquence, I'm afraid it's hard to say that it's not enough. Even if Xian Yufu is loyal to the Han family, but now that Yuan Shao is powerful, it is not easy for him to make a decision. It takes Su Qin and Zhang Yi and others to go to make their hearts move, but Xu Shu doesn't know. ”

I don't know who you have the best population.

When Liu Chuang heard this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Thinking about it, it seems that there is indeed such a problem.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Zhuge Liang is unparalleled in his arguments and his tongue is Confucian...... But that's a fictional story after all.

Zhuge Liang's eloquence, Liu Chuang is generally known. It's good to be well-organized and witty, but it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that you are unique.

Zhuge Liang's talent lies not in his arguments, but in his planning and control of the overall situation.

In addition to Zhuge Liang, there are also Chen Qun and Chen Jiao, who are also eloquent people, but Liu Chuang always feels that these people are not suitable for going.

"Brother, why don't you let me go?"

Zhuge Jun suddenly spoke, startling Liu Chuang.

"Ziheng, you don't want to make trouble......"

"Brother, I'm not making trouble, I'm willing to go to the mound with Elk Changshi and lobby that Xian Yufu.

In the past year, I studied with Master Zheng in the academy and learned about Youzhou...... I have carefully studied this man, this man is an old-fashioned man, and if he wants to surrender, he must be suppressed in general righteousness, otherwise it is impossible to make him surrender.

I know that my brother thinks I'm young and worried that something will happen to me.

But Gan Luo was able to worship the prime minister at the age of twelve, and I am now eighteen, and I have followed my brother for many years without accomplishing an inch, and I really feel guilty in my heart. When the second brother was eighteen years old, he followed his brother to fight in the north and south. Why is it that I am eighteen years old, and I still can't share my brother's worries, because my brother thinks Ziheng is useless? ”

Zhuge Jun looked at Liu Chuang, and his words were extremely sincere.

Liu Chuang frowned slightly, looking at Zhuge Jun, he was also a little uncertain.

Speaking of which, he did underestimate Zhuge Jun a little. Although he knew that none of the three brothers in Zhuge was an idle person, because of Zhuge Liang's existence, Liu Chuang would inevitably be a little negligent to Zhuge unknowingly. He likes to take Zhuge Liang everywhere and likes to let Zhuge Liang participate in political affairs. But now that he thinks about it, every time he leaves with Zhuge Liang, Zhuge always looks at him with an extremely expectant gaze. That gaze, as if Zhuge Jun was looking at him now, with some begging.

In terms of age, Zhuge Jun is younger than Zhuge Liang, and he needs the care and care of others more.

But at this point, Liu Chuang was indeed a little negligent......

"Ziheng, are you really sure?"

"If it is said that it is not possible to surrender, Ziheng is willing to sacrifice his head."

Zhuge Jun's answer was categorical, which made Liu Chuang's heartstrings tremble.

He stepped forward, put his palm on Zhuge Jun's shoulder, and sighed softly after a while, "For four years, when I saw Ziheng for the first time, Ziheng was still hiding behind Erniang, and he didn't dare to look directly at me." In the past four years, I have always regarded Ziheng as a child, and I am really sorry for being a little negligent to you. ”

Zhuge Jun's body trembled, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden.

Liu Chuang's words made his nose a little sour.

If you talk about your feelings for Liu Chuang, Zhuge Jun may be far better than Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang initially had some doubts about Liu Chuang, and then slowly accepted Liu Chuang. But Zhuge is different, from the first time he saw Liu Chuang, Liu Chuang killed the assassin sent by Xiao Jian. Keep his family safe. Zhuge Jun became dependent on Liu Chuang.

Merely. He is young, and his courage is not as good as Zhuge Liangzu.

At that time, I didn't know how to thank Liu Chuang, so I had to hide behind Zhuge Ling.

followed Liu Chuang for four years, from Qingzhou to Liaodong...... Zhuge Jun watched the second brother become Liu Chuang's right-hand man step by step, and he inevitably felt inferior in his heart. It is precisely because of this that he studied and studied more diligently. What to expect. I just hope that one day will be able to help Liu Chuang like the second brother and become Liu Chuang's right-hand man...... Now, Liu Chuang's words made the resentment in his heart, which was not strong, disappear. He inhaled hard to avoid tears.

"Brother, Ziheng has grown up and wants to share his worries for his brother."

Liu Chuang looked at Zhuge Jun's still childish face, and suddenly smiled after a while. "In that case, please Ziheng treat me for a while."

"Brother......

"But you're going to Beiping. You still need to follow Zizhong's orders.

Be careful and don't act rashly. If Xian Yufu refuses to surrender, that's it...... It's great that I'll find another way, and he may not be able to stop me. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhuge Jun nodded vigorously, but he made up his mind in his heart.

This time, my brother asked me to go to Youbeiping, and I will do something good to live up to my brother's trust!

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At the moment, Liu Chuang kept Xu Shu and the three of them by his side and worshiped Xu Shu as the main book.

Shi Tao and Meng Jian are engaged in and are responsible for handling official documents for him. Subsequently, Liu Chuang summoned Lu Zhu and ordered him to take Zhuge Jun and go to Youbeiping together.

After dealing with this matter, Liu Chuang went to Lonely Bamboo City again.

Nanshan Academy was officially opened, and as one of the founders of Nanshan Academy, Liu Chuang naturally had to participate.

The Siku Quanshu compiled by Zheng Xuan and others, the sub-classics have come to an end.

Next, it's time to transcribe and rub it...... Zuobo's papermaking technology, after three years of improvement, has also tended to be perfected. But Liu Chuang found that he seemed to have overlooked one thing. Later generations often said that China had four major inventions. Now that papermaking has been perfected, what about printing? At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, people still relied on simple means such as transcription and rubbing.

This requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is also extremely laborious.

"Mr. Huang, I have an idea and want to ask Mr. for help."

Nanshan Academy opened, and Huang Chengyan naturally rushed back to celebrate.

After Liu Chuang completed the ceremony, he pulled Huang Chengyan aside and explained to him in detail the idea of movable type printing.

Originally, before the advent of movable type printing, there was the invention and creation of block printing. But now, since Liu Chuang can evolve to movable type printing in one step, why bother to design what engraving printing? After Huang Chengyan heard Liu Chuang's thoughts at first glance, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"If Meng Yan's idea is realized, it will be a great merit to be with the people who read the world."

Who is Huang Chengyan?

He is not the kind of corrupt and poor scholar of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty were extremely receptive to new things and were more innovative. Huang Chengyan was already extremely obsessed with mechanical arts, and when he heard Liu Chuang's idea, he immediately jumped to try. The principle of movable type printing is not too complicated.

Its principle is quite similar to the technique of rubbing, but how to improve its cāo method is Huang Chengyan's business.

"If Meng Yan agrees, I'll start working on it."

Huang Chengyan pondered for a moment and said: "At the end of the year at the latest, I will definitely settle this matter, but in this case, I am afraid that the dockyard side will ......."

When Liu Chuang heard this, he also had a headache.

If Huang Chengyan had invested all his jīng efforts in movable type printing, the dockyard would inevitably have been affected.

"Then Ma Jun, can you take on the heavy responsibility?"

Huang Chengyan smiled bitterly: "Ma Jun can be an assistant, but he must not be the one who is in charge."

He is stubborn, especially on some specific things, and is very stubborn. Moreover, he is not good at words, and it is easy to have conflicts with craftsmen. However, I would like to recommend one person, that Cui Jun Cui Zhouping. This person is a son of the Wang clan, although Kang Chenggong has been a fellow student with Meng Yan for many years, which is enough to deter the workshop. He is good at accepting other people's opinions, and he is also gentle and knows how to communicate with people.

Although he doesn't understand the affairs of this workshop, he has Ma Jun's assistance and is enough to take on important responsibilities. ”

Cui Zhouping!

Liu Chuang patted his forehead lightly and recognized Huang Chengyan's recommendation. In a certain way, Cui Zhouping is indeed suitable for this position. It's just that Cui Zhouping is also from a wealthy family after all, is he willing to work in the workshop? Liu Chuang looked at Huang Chengyan and hesitated.

"Is Cui Jun willing to take on this?"

Huang Chengyan smiled: "I will tell him about this matter, and I believe he will not refuse." ”

"If that's the case, then please, sir."

Liu Chuang thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "By the way, the kind of black powder that I talked about with Mr. before, Mr. has made progress?" ”

Huang Chengyan said: "This matter has always been presided over by me personally, and after Cui Jun takes over the workshop, I will still be in charge of this matter...... Meng Yan, the effect of this black powder is not ordinary. You have to think clearly, once the black powder is practiced, it will have a heavy impact on the current situation, and you must be cautious. ”

Of course, Liu Chuang knew that this gunpowder was important.

However, he also knew that the use of black powder was far from enough to change the pattern of warfare, unless someone could invent yellow powder.

But if he can hold the black powder in his hands, Liu Chuang believes that in the future, it will definitely become a big killer.

"Sir, don't worry, I know this matter in my heart.

However, this matter must be kept confidential and must not be known to anyone but you and me. ”

Huang Chengyan looked solemn, nodded vigorously and said, "I know about this!" ”

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At the end of May of the fifth year of Jian'an, under the auspices of Zheng Xuan, Liu Chuang married Cao Xian, the daughter of Cao Cāo, as his wife, and took Zhao Yun's sister Zhao Yan as his concubine.

Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Kong Rong, Xun Yue, Hu Zhao and other celebrities of the world all attended the wedding.

Although the wedding was not as fanfare and grand as when Liu Chuang got married in Beihai before. However, with so many celebrities participating, it did not weaken Cao Cāo's face.

At the beginning of June, Cao cāo asked for a decree to worship Liu Chuang as the general of the expedition to the north, and opened the palace with the three divisions.

Originally, the right to open the government could only be held by the three dukes or generals.

However, at the end of the Han Dynasty, this power had been liberalized, and as early as when Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, there was Li Dao who opened the government. This opening of the government means that Liu Chuang has the power to build his own government office. In other words, Liu Chuang's staff can also obtain an upright identity.

This is undoubtedly a great power for Liu Chuang.

Originally, he had gathered many talents under his command, but due to various reasons, he had not been able to give him canonization.

Now he can be canonized, and the cohesion of the tribe will be further strengthened, which is undoubtedly a great benefit for him for the time being.

After obtaining the right to open the government, Liu Chuang immediately appointed Zhuge Liang as the general of the expedition to the north to participate in the military.

Subsequently, Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Lu Zhu, Lu Fang and others were also matched with suitable positions one by one......

Yuan Shao was furious when he learned that Liu Chuang and Cao Cāo had married in Liyang, and that Cao Cāo had also named Liu Chuang as the general of the expedition to the north. He scolded Liu Chuang, thinking that Liu Chuang was a treacherous villain. If he hadn't been kind enough to take him in, would Liu Chuang have a foothold now?

However, it was useless.

After Liu Chuang was named the general of the expedition to the north, his prestige was even greater. (To be continued......)