In December of the first year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei convened various strategists and generals for the first time after entering Xuzhou to discuss matters. Tian Fan also appeared in front of everyone for the first time as Liu Bei's strategist.

After Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Chen Qi, Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, Cao Bao and other major officials of Xuzhou took their seats, Liu Bei stood up and saluted everyone and said: "Beimeng Tao made the king wrong to love, and was able to enter Xuzhou, I am very afraid, you are all the pillars of Xuzhou, thank you for not giving up, Bei, thank you!" ”

Chen Jue stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Make the king humble, make the king benevolent, the world admires, Xuzhou can be made by the king, Xuzhou is a great luck, Xuzhou is a great luck, Xuzhou is a great luck, we are a great luck!" Chen Deng and Cao Bao nodded repeatedly.

Tian Fan said: "Lord, let's talk about things, don't push around!" Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, and Mi Fang echoed. Chen Qun and Guan Yu stayed behind in Xiaopei and did not come.

It can be seen from the title that among the people present, Chen Qi, Chen Deng, and Cao Bao only recognized Liu Bei as Xuzhou Mu and a superior; And Tian Fan and others recognized Liu Bei as the main father! Although this title sounds similar, the actual difference is quite large, especially the patriarchs of wealthy families like Chen Qi and Cao Bao, their influence in Xuzhou is quite large, if they don't obey Liu Bei's dispatch, Liu Bei really can't do anything to them! At the same time, there are a large number of small families in Xuzhou who will act according to their eyes. What's more, Cao Bao holds most of the military power in Xuzhou, and the most elite Danyang soldiers in the Xuzhou army are completely under his control.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "I invite everyone to come today to discuss what we should do next!" Bei has just entered Xuzhou, and I am not familiar with the situation, please talk about it first! ”

Jian Yong said: "Lord, I think we still have to recruit talents!" Mi Zhu nodded in agreement.

Chen Deng said: "Envoy, I think we must first set an example to stabilize the people, and then accumulate grain and grass, train soldiers, and cultivate armored soldiers to prepare for war!" Chen Qi nodded in agreement.

Zhang Fei roared: "I think it's time to fight!" The two generals, Cao Bao and Mi Fang, nodded in agreement.

Only Tian Fan didn't speak, and Liu Bei asked, "Master Tian, what do you have in mind?" ”

Everyone is also strange, yes, this kid has a lot of ideas, this year's three ideas he came up with, two of them made Xuzhou avoid a catastrophe, and one made everyone here make a fortune! This kid's suggestion should be taken seriously!

Tian Fan saluted first, and then said to Liu Bei: "Lord, everyone thinks that what everyone said is right!" But that's not the most important thing right now! ”

Everyone was surprised, and Liu Bei asked, "Oh? If you have any ideas, please hurry! Jian Yong and Tian Fan both recommended each other as military advisors, so Liu Bei ordered both of them to be military advisors, Jian Yong was the left military division, and Tian Fan was the right military division.

Tian Fan replied: "My lord, what we have to do now is to determine the overall plan for the future!" ”

Liu Bei said: "Oh? The overall plan? Strategist, please! ”

Tian Fan continued: "Lord, I give the lord nine words - occupy the righteousness, build a high wall, and accumulate grain!" ”

These nine words have a source, the world was in turmoil at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and Li Shanchang's idea to Zhu Yuanzhang was to "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king", Tian Fan's nine words are basically the same as the nine words. The difference is that Zhu Yuanzhang's situation at that time was even harsher, and he had to try not to let Yuan Ting notice, so he had to make himself invisible. Thinking about it carefully, the Yuan Court was also at that time, as long as you don't become a king and build a country, even if you occupy half of the country, he doesn't care about you. This is also the origin of Li Shanchang's three words "slow to become king".

And Liu Bei's situation is slightly different, he hopes to be recognized and noticed by the whole world, so he must correct his name first, which is the origin of the three words "occupy the righteousness"!

Looking at everyone's reactions, Tian Fan continued: "The so-called righteousness is righteousness! The lord's current status as a state pastor was recommended by Tao Yuanjun, but the imperial court has not yet recognized it. So, let's get the name right first! Don't let the people of the world think that the lord is seizing other people's states and counties! ”…,

Everyone nodded in agreement, this is indeed the case, Tao Qian said that Liu Bei was the pastor of Xuzhou, but the court did not reply. The so-called human words are terrible, if you don't correct this name, let the world misunderstand, this is definitely not a good thing!

Tian Fan continued: "In addition, your personal identity also needs to be known to the world!" Seeing that everyone looked at him puzzled, Tian Fan said: "The lord is a member of the Han family, after King Jing of Zhongshan, according to the generation, the lord is the uncle of today's son!" Now the first thing we need to do is to let the world know this! ”

Liu Bei looked at this military advisor in amazement, a little strange how did he know this? You must know that Liu Bei likes to say that after he is King Jing of Zhongshan, he is a relative of the Han family, but he has never said to others that he is the uncle of the Han Emperor!

Chen Deng and Chen Qi looked at Liu Bei a little differently, after all, this is the emperor uncle of the Han Dynasty! They can not hang Liu Bei's identity as a pastor in Xuzhou, but they can't help but hang Liu Bei's identity as an uncle of the Han Dynasty. This identity is orthodox! Although the world is in turmoil, orthodoxy is still very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

Tian Fan continued: "As long as the identity of the lord is recognized by the imperial court, the lord will definitely be able to recruit famous people from all over the world, and he can also make the people under his rule feel at ease!" Even in the future, the expedition will be smoother! ”

Everyone nodded in approval, and Jian Yong said: "What Boguang said is very reasonable, lord, the most important thing now is this name!" ”

Everyone chimed in: "Yes, this name is very important!" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "What the military advisor said is very reasonable, but how should this matter be operated?" ”

Tian Fan said: "My lord, send a man who can speak well to Chang'an, and it can be done!" ”

Liu Bei said: "But Your Majesty is in the hands of Li Dao Guo Yan, and the decree does not leave the palace, how can we get these two to admit it?" ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Without him, it's just yellow and white!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

Liu Bei also nodded and said, "Who does the military advisor think should be sent?" ”

Tian Fan said: "Mr. Xianhe is good at witty arguments, and he can take on this great responsibility!" ”

Jian Yong also said: "Lord, Yong is willing to go!" ”

Tian Fan said again: "Don't forget to bring some burning knives when Mr. Xianhe goes, Li Dao and Guo Yan are all from Liangzhou, and they will like spirits!" And the two of them are all sergeants, both of whom are from Xiliang, and they must also like the bitter cold land of Xiliang! When they get addicted to drinking, hehe, it's gone, if they want to drink it again, they will come to Xuzhou to buy it! ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Cao Bao said: "Good Boguang, you don't forget your business at any time!" ”

Tian Fan looked at Liu Bei and found that Liu Bei was looking at him with a smile, so he continued with reassurance: "General Cao, what you said is too much. This is not my own business, everyone here is involved! ”

Cao Bao laughed and said, "Okay, you are reasonable!" ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "The military advisor is a great talent, the money earned from the liquor is very good for me to equip the army!" "Truth be told, even though the spirits business has only just begun, the profits are already considerable. And it can be expected that its profits will also get higher and higher!

Zhang Fei roared: "What a talent, Tian Junshi is obviously a stingy ghost!" Half of my monthly income is spent on wine! After that, he said to Tian Fan with a shy face: "Strategist, can you do me a favor?" ”

Tian Fan didn't look at him and said, "Don't help!" You say I'm stingy, how can I help you? Hehe, you don't have to say that I know what you want to do, don't you just want to buy some cheap wine? I'm telling you, no way! In a word, he suffocated everything Zhang Fei wanted to say, and made him blush! When everyone saw Zhang Fei's embarrassment, they laughed even more!

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Okay, don't go off-topic!" Master Tian, please keep talking! ”

Tian Fan bowed slightly to Liu Bei and said, "Yes, lord." Now let's talk about building high walls. My lord, my Xuzhou's current military strength is far from enough, not to mention compared with Yuan Benchu, even compared with Cao Mengde and Yuan Highway, we also have a great disadvantage. So, we can't take the initiative in the near future! Therefore, I am the Lord - to build a high wall! This high wall is not just a simple construction of the wall, we must not only continue to strengthen the various cities, but also train the armor and troops. In a word, sharpen your minions and fight them when necessary! ”…,

Hearing Tian Fan say this, Zhang Fei was a little unhappy, and shouted: "Big brother, if we follow what Tian Junshi said, then wouldn't we become turtles with shrunken heads?" If you don't fight, how boring is that? ”

Liu Bei reprimanded: "Third brother, what Tian Junshi said is extremely true, don't talk nonsense!" He turned to Tian Fan and said, "Military advisor, my third brother is a rough man, don't worry about him!" ”

Tian Fan shook his head and replied, "Lord, in fact, what General Zhang said is very right! We're just going to make a shrunken turtle first! When we have enough strength, we will be out of the box! Hehe, that's a bit ugly to say, in other words! You've all seen poisonous snakes, right? Before a viper bites, the first thing it does is coil its body, curl up in a ball, and withdraw its fangs in order to build up its strength! Once the time comes, it will attack with lightning speed! …… We are just going to be poisonous snakes! Zhang Fei was very happy to hear it, thinking that this Tian Fan is really talented, obviously he is a shrinking turtle, he can say so many truths!

Jian Yong nodded again and again, and said: "What Master Tian said is extremely true, when we don't have enough strength, we will be sent to death if we go out!" It's better not to move, and the so-called movement is better than still. Wouldn't it be nice to retract your minions, on the one hand, to grow stronger, and on the other hand, to watch others fight for your life? "Anyway, hehe. The crowd felt more reasonable.

Tian Fan continued: "The third sentence is to accumulate grain. What we need to do is not only to accumulate food, but also to accumulate strength! We also need to train soldiers, improve their combat effectiveness and morale, we must accumulate weapons and armor, we must accumulate money, and we must reserve talents! There is a saying that 'those who win the hearts of the people win the world', and talent is the most important thing at all times! In a word, we must accumulate everything that will lay the foundation for our future victories! ”

After Tian Fan said that, everyone was speechless for a long time!

Jian Yong stood up with a little shame, bowed to Tian Fanshen, and said, "Master Tian, I used to think that you were inferior to me, but now it seems that Yongshi is wrong. These nine words can be said to be a nine-character mantra! As long as the lord does what Tian Junshi said, he will achieve great things! Mr. Tian, please bow to Jian Yong! ”

Tian Fan hurriedly hurried a few steps, helped him up, and said, "Mr. Xianhe is polite, you are unparalleled in your eloquence, I am really inferior to you." I just happened to think of these words, don't praise sir, I'm ashamed! ”

Chen Deng, Mi Zhu, Chen Qi and others also praised Tian Fan's nine-character mantra. Chen Deng and Chen Qi glanced at each other, then at Liu Bei, and then at Tian Fan. Through the locust plague incident some time ago, they thought that Tian Fan was talented in agricultural and commercial affairs, but they didn't think that he could be a qualified strategist, but they didn't expect Tian Fan to come up with such a clever idea today. This kind of strategic idea can't be thought up by people who don't have great skills! And these nine words, it can be said that any force, as long as it can achieve these nine words, why worry about big things?

Jian Yong smiled and said to Liu Bei: "Lord, Yong please resign from the post of military division, Yongzhicai and Tian Junshi's talent are really different!" Living with Tian Junshi as a military division, Yong is ashamed! Liu Bei and Tian Fan persuaded for a while, but Jian Yongjian refused to resign, and was forced to be in a hurry and even threatened with death, and finally Liu Bei had to agree! Tian Fan is really annoyed now, this position of military advisor is really like a dog skin plaster and can't be shaken off?

Liu Bei gave Tian Fan a deep salute and said: "Mr. Tian, there can't be no military advisor in the army, Mr. Xianhe doesn't want to be this military advisor, so Mr. will do it!" Tian Fan nodded helplessly!

Liu Bei smiled happily and said, "Okay, I will announce a few appointments. Well, Jian Xian and Ren Beijia are engaged in it, Mi Zizhong is engaged in Zhizhong, and the two gentlemen assist me in handling the daily affairs of the state. Mr. Chen Yuanlong is still the captain of the agricultural school, Mr. Han Yu is transferred from Pei Xiang to Xia Pi Xiang, and Chen Wenchang is Pei Xiang. Zhang Yide, Guan Yunchang, and Cao Zhonghong are all lieutenants, and the others remain unchanged for the time being. What do you think? ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, there was no opinion, the position had not changed, and the position was happy. Since last year, when Cao Cao first came to attack Xuzhou, he fled again. Now Chen Qi has been promoted from Pei Xiang to Xia Pi Xiang, which can be regarded as a high promotion.