—181 A.D.——

"Zhou Li" cloud: east of the Central Plains, the soil dwells in Shaoyang, and its color is green, so it is called Qingzhou.

Qingzhou borders the Bohai Sea in the east, Xuzhou and Yanzhou in the south, and Jizhou and Youzhou in the northwest, with a total of six counties and 65 counties.

Jinan is located in the south of Qingzhou, under the jurisdiction of 14 counties, because it is located in the south of the ancient river "Jishui" and got its name, at this time it is the son of Liu Li, the king of Hexian, Liu Kang Fengguo.

"According to common sense, it is impossible for a feudal country to let outsiders be the prime minister, if you want to make an analogy, this position is like the prime minister of the imperial court, the shopkeeper of the merchants, or the head of the family, and generally arrange the person he trusts." On the carriage bound for Jinan, Cai Wan was pointing to a map of Qingzhou on a small table to give Cao Cao and Yuan Shao a general introduction to Jinan.

"Because Meng De was recommended by that Xun Qi (gun), so the lord of the country trusts him very much?" Yuan Shao guessed casually.

"Although the name of the 'Xun Eight Dragons' is big, it is nothing to the imperial relatives and relatives," Cai Wan shook his head and turned to Cao Cao: "Meng De, guess why?" ”

"Hmm...... Although there is a suspicion of boasting, the lord of the country may want to use my original 'power' to compete with other lords. Cao Operation, who had already learned the general information of Jinan through the "stand-in", reasoned carefully.

"Even if it doesn't hit, it's not far away." Cai Wan continued.

Right...... Wait a minute? Missed?

Cao Cao and the "stand-in" stared at Cai Wan together, thinking that she was just a slip of the tongue.

Qingzhou, as a state capital with fertile land, abundant products, good public security, and many scenic spots, was the favorite place of the Liu family in the past dynasties, and four of the six counties were feudal states, and the villages and towns under its jurisdiction were fragmented by smaller marquis states and fiefs.

Although those lords are also surnamed Liu, they are not harmonious, and often have conflicts over trivial things such as your farmer's farmer building a levee upstream to hold back water, or my family's hunter hunting and fishing across the boundary, and even gather people and horses to do it when it is intense, but in order not to reach the ears of the Son of Heaven, both sides often use blunt weapons that are not lethal, and the number of people is also controlled by not thousands, a group of people ping pong is very lively, and in the end there may not even be any seriously injured people, and it is nicknamed "village chief weapon fight" by the people. ”

In this "weapon fight", if the participants of one of the parties suddenly change to battle-hardened and murderous veterans......

"You only saw their small-scale conflicts, but you didn't see the real cause of these conflicts," Cai Wan shook his head, his hair ornament clanging: "These feudal lords want to hand over the feudal income to the emperor proportionally, although it is not called 'tax' - so, what he values is not your 5,000 soldiers, but the strength of you to build Dunqiu from a poor country to a rich town." ”

"......" Cao Cao's expression was even more strange.

Although she had her own contribution in the first half, in the second half of the journey, due to the expedition to Xiliang, the development of Dunqiu was completely handed over to Cai Wan, so Zhenji was in ...... Boast?

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Qingzhou, the Prime Minister's Mansion of Jinan.

Different from the official positions such as the county commander and the county guard, the frequency of transfer is very low at the level of the minister of state and the taishou, so they often merge their private residences with the state minister's office or the taishou office, work in the front and live in the back, and can save some guards.

Cao Cao's wife and concubines, Ding Yi and Bian Aya commanded the servants brought from Dunqiu to clean it up again, and on the evening of his arrival, the arrival banquet of the prime minister was held in the mansion, and Cao Cao met with officials in front of them, and they received the families of those officials in the back house.

When the new minister arrived, his subordinate officials came to see him, and Liu Kang, the lord of Jinan, of course, would not come to see him in person, but only sent a general manager to the scene, expressing his unconditional support for all Cao Cao's decisions.

But when the old manager had the opportunity to communicate with Cao Cao in private, he also vaguely proposed that he hoped that he could "make a few more Dunqiu" in the county seat under the jurisdiction of Jinan.

really made Zhenji right, and people didn't look down on the 5,000 soldiers and horses he brought...... Cao Cao sighed slightly and said that he would live up to the trust of the lord of the country.

"It's none of my business, and I don't know how to read minds," the "stand-in" cleared himself: "The lord himself doesn't talk about it at all, and his subordinates and other local officials speculate that the lord will treat you as a 'thug'." ”

"It's okay, this incident is a wake-up call for us," Cao Cao responded to the "stand-in" after sending the old manager away: "It's okay for you to scout specific things, but what if the other party doesn't tell the specific plan at all?" We can't expect everyone to be like Yoruo. ”

"Speaking of Youruo, alas, ......" "Stand-in" sighed deeply halfway through the words.

"We are short of civil servants." Cao Cao concluded.

At this time, under Cao Cao's command, the two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, as well as Dian Wei, who was called "evil come" by him, expected them to cut off the bandits around Jinan, but the political affairs could not help at all.

In addition, news came from his hometown of Qian County, and it seemed that the Cao family and the Xiahou family were very satisfied with Cao Cao's contributions in this battle, and were ready to send three more generals named Li Dian, Le Jin, and Cao Ren to support—these people did not look like civil officials when they heard their names.

As for Cai Wan and Cao Cao themselves, although they are qualified for relevant official positions, Jinan is not a small place such as Dunqiu, it has fourteen counties and townships under its jurisdiction, even if only one percent of the people question Cai Wan's gender issue, the number is enough to anger Zhenji, if she copies Konghou and beats those rumors, the situation will be even more unmanageable.

As for Yuan Shao...... The joke wasn't funny at all.

Then, only the Zhang Jue who had just been recruited in Xiliang was left.

In the second half of the Liangzhou War, his long-distance use of the "life and death talisman" saved Cao Cao's troops time to stop healing and guard the prisoners, and thus won the most military exploits.

From this point of view, he is at least smart enough, and smart people must not be too bad in handling political affairs.

Cao Cao walked back to the banquet hall and looked around, and it was easy to find Zhang Jue, he didn't like official uniforms, and had been wearing loose Taoist robes with all the signs and decorations removed, in a way, quite similar to the unequaled generals, at this time, he hid in the corner of the hall as if he didn't like to make noise, looking at the guests with no expression.

Of course, the Xiahou brothers, Dian Wei and the military generals of the Jinan Kingdom were the main forces responsible for the noise, but looking at the hall full of warriors with strong physique, strong martial arts, and heroic words and deeds, and there were no scribes with a crown and a lupine scarf, Cao Cao felt that his forehead began to hurt again.

"Speaking of which, the Guan Yu and Zhao Yun we want to recruit are all generals." The "stand-in" fell to the side.

"They...... It can also be called 'both civil and military'. Cao Cao sighed silently and walked towards Zhang Jue.

Specifically, how to say it? "At this time, there is no war, we need to develop and strengthen this Jinan country, I don't know what Zhang Zhi thinks?" "I have some business, technology and agriculture related tasks here, so let's pick one of them." No, no, no, this is really too reckless and direct, only Yuan Shao is suitable for doing this.

"I've seen the prime minister." "Gongzi Cao is well" "Mengde! We've had this drink! ”

Since Cao Cao was the host of this banquet, he was stopped from time to time when he walked in the hall, and when he finally finished coping with it and broke through the siege, he found that there was already a young man in front of Zhang Jue who had never seen him before, wearing a scribe's robe.

Cao Cao couldn't find a nearby place to sit down, and motioned to the "stand-in" to listen to it, after all, this is the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is impossible for the two sides to talk openly about any privacy, so Cao Cao did it without pressure.

The "stand-in" answered, and began to shuttle back and forth with Cao Cao around the two and relay their conversations, which were so fast that Cao Cao could hear their conversations almost without delay.

"Xiaosheng has seen Zhang Gongzi."

"Your Excellency?"

"Xiaosheng is a talented man, and he has an old relationship with the Xun family, but when he came to visit, he found that Uncle Shi had moved to the office, so he took the opportunity to ask for a glass of wine."

"Oh, so what do you think about the play?"

"Xiaosheng wants to ask-what does Zhang Gongzi think of Taiping Dao?"

Cao Cao's eyes widened slightly, and he sat up straight, this Zhang Jue had never made a move to burn talismans in front of people all the way, and every time he used the tea that had been prepared in the pot to cast the "life and death talisman", and deliberately misled that it was some kind of "Wushuang" that used water to hurt and heal, and those Taiping Taoist disciples who traveled with him would not take the initiative to leak secrets, so how did this Xi Zhicai see it?

"Taiping Dao, can reverse the Han people's view that 'Fu Shui is a deception', and its 'Fu Shui' has saved many people, which can be called immeasurable." Zhang Jue seemed to waver, but still responded in a decent manner.

"Oh...... So Xiao Sheng still wants to ask, how would the people of Taiping Dao feel if they learned that someone had transformed their things to treat and save people into things that killed and hurt people? ”

"You!" Even from a distance, Cao Cao could feel Zhang Jue's anger, and looking at his expression, he seemed to want to walk away, and he wanted to hear what else this young man knew.

"Xiao Sheng's last question, if the new Jinan Prime Minister learns that Zhang Gongzi has put his jurisdiction in the anger of Taiping Dao for his own selfishness, what will he think of Zhang Gongzi?"

"This ...... I'm not ......"

Seeing that Zhang Jue actually had the intention of retreating, Cao Cao couldn't continue to watch, he stood up, strode to the two of them, patted Zhang Jue on the shoulder and said, "On this big day, why do you put on such a sad look, Zhang Sheng?" ”

Without waiting for Zhang Jue to speak, Cao Cao continued: "But there is something wrong with your 'origin'? And rest assured, there is no trouble that I Cao Mengde can't handle. ”

"No, it's okay with my subordinates." Zhang Jue seemed to be relieved, but he refused to say it directly.

"This must be Cao Jinan," that drama Zhicai arched his hand: "In Xia Xun Chen's old friend Xi Zhicai, I want to ask Cao Gongzi for advice." ”

Great...... This kind of strategy of always asking questions to others must be a kind of "strategist characteristic", but it is quite complementary to Xun Chen's characteristic of "explaining all problems clearly", and this person must stay.

Cao Cao paused, revealing a confident smile: "Drama boy, excuse me." ”