The mighty river runs through the plains of northern Qingzhou and then flows into the Bohai Sea.

Liu Bei's army quickly defeated several remnants of the army on the north bank of the Great River, and then crossed the river to the south, and in the south of the Great River were two extremely important counties of Qingzhou.

The Kingdom of Le'an and the Kingdom of Jinan.

Under the general trend of reducing the kingdom in the Later Han Dynasty, Qingzhou was an exception, and the kingdom, principality, and marquis of Qingzhou occupied most of the land in Qingzhou.

In addition to the two kingdoms on the south bank of the Great River, there are also the kingdoms of Jiaodong, Beihai, Jibei, and Jidong, as well as the princely states of Qi and Luhou.

Although the Yinghou State was mainly active in Yanzhou, its administrative division was also in Qingzhou, and it was also the choke point of the Surabaya tributary.

Although Liu Beijun is a typical wandering army, his strength is quite extraordinary.

When he was in Zhuo County, local wealthy businessmen Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang funded him because they admired him.

After he and Gongsun Zhan separated, after Liu Bei left Zhuo County, the two big merchants financed him a large sum of gold and silver horses.

When he entered the capital of the Kingdom of Jinan, the soldiers and horses under his command had reached more than 3,000 people, most of whom were recruited from Youzhou all the way to be good at riding and archery.

In terms of generals, Liu Bei's own force is also very strong, and in battles of less than 10,000 people, Liu Bei's sense of smell is extremely keen, and he can always make the most appropriate response.

On the Wenchen side, there is Jian Yong, who is quite talented, and is now Liu Bei's only adviser.

When passing through Zhuo County, Liu Bei also rescued his fellow sect Liu Yan, who was a celebrity.

Although the text is not successful, the role of celebrities is not here. Liu Yan can bring a lot of invisible value to Liu Bei through his social circle and bragging ability, and Liu Bei is very important to his fellow clansman.

Compared with the wealth of military generals, Liu Bei himself also knows that his Wenchen is too shabby, but there is no way, he is from a poor family, he is still a warrior from a border county, and he does not have his own basic plate, these three reasons cause him to be unavailable.

The reason why he tirelessly wanted to enter Qingxu was to gain the support of the scholars in these two places, not only to get the mastermind, but mainly to get a large number of middle and low-level officials, so that his power could be completely stabilized.

For example, seventy percent of today's literate people are from the scholar family, and thirty percent are from poor families, as for the common people, they naturally have literacy, such as Li Ru, but in terms of probability, it is zero!

After entering the Kingdom of Jinan, Liu Bei began to recruit troops again.

This is not really to recruit troops, but to make a gesture and tell the warriors of Jinan that I am Liu Bei here.

Are you going to cooperate, or are you going to fight?

He is no longer the nameless minion he was at the beginning, even if he does not occupy the prestige of the entire Qingxu, but it is always no problem to be a county prince or the minister of state.

After all, after the battle with Zhang Jiao, Liu Xuande's reputation spread in the Central Plains, not to mention those well-informed scholars.

If you don't even give Liu Bei this face, it will be a naked humiliation.

Qingzhou Shi clan is not as prosperous as Hebei, Ruying, Sanhe and other places, but Qi Di has been heavy on business since Guan Zhong, and here is the key to communicating between the north and the south.

These wealthy businessmen are still very sensible, and as soon as Liu Bei entered Jinan Middle School, a local businessman invited him to participate in the banquet.

Liu Bei Junzhong.

Several people sat in the account, with invitations in front of them, with fiery colors in their eyes, Liu Bei sighed: "After so many years, I finally have this kind of treatment.

In the middle of nine deaths, it is really difficult to seek this!" Everyone has honor on their faces, what kind of treatment?

The treatment of being able to walk the world with prestige, Luo's son won't say much, everyone who understands understands it, if Luo's son comes to visit now, Liu Bei will immediately greet him.

For example, Yuan Shao, the general of the defeated army in front of Zhang Jiao's formation, and the dog who lost his family in Dong Zhuo's mouth, but he was able to be welcomed to Jizhou by the Hebei Shi clan when he had nothing, and he was the fourth

The family prestige of the third prince of the world and the personal reputation of the world's handsome Yuan Benchu are caused.

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Xuande Gong is a hero in the world, the second general, the third general, and General Zhao are all brave generals that are rare in history, but they are all under your command.

You are a dragon with a strong head, and you will turn into a real dragon when you encounter a storm.

If they look down on you, aren't they themselves not looking for a long time?"

There are some things that Guan Yu and these people are not suitable to say, but Liu Yan seems very appropriate and sincere when he says it, Liu Bei smiled and only waved his hand but did not say anything more.

Just pointed to the invitation on the table and said, "Yun Changwei is in charge of the army in charge of the army for my brother, this is the foundation of our existence.

Yide and Zilong are guarded by their entourage, and the heart of defense is indispensable, with the two of you guarding, no one must be able to stop them."

Guan Yu's heart was hot, Liu Bei was able to hand over the army he was living in, this was the supreme trust, he clenched his fists tightly and said heavily: "Don't worry, eldest brother, my brother will definitely guard the military camp and never give anyone a chance."

Zhang Fei was very excited when he heard that Liu Bei let him be guarded by his body, and his hair immediately stood high, and Zhao Yun was the same, he knew that he had completely entered Liu Bei's innermost circle, and he could even be compared with his two sworn brothers.

Even if someone else joins Liu Bei's forces in the future, it will not be comparable to his own status.

Liu Bei turned his gaze to Jian Yong and Liu Yan again, and said in a deep voice, "Wei Shuo, you are a famous scholar in the Central Plains, so you will go to the banquet with me, and Xianhe will stay in the army with Yun Chang."

"Whoa!"

The two of them made a statement together, and after making a distinction, Guan Yu and Jian Yong stayed in the barracks, and Liu Bei took Zhang Fei and the three to the banquet.

There are no big scholars in Jinan, which means that there is no such world-famous scholar family.

For example, the Xun family, the Chen family, the Zhong family, etc. in Yingchuan, and the Yuan family in Runan, these families are all scholars who have produced more than one three princes and nine kings, and even the Yuan family, the top scholar family of the fourth generation and three princes.

There is no such scholar clan in Jinan, since the establishment of the Later Han Dynasty, for a hundred years, the scholar clan of Jinan has always been in the state and county, and even many of them are not recognized by those scholar circles at all, and they are still called by powerful businessmen.

It sounds low-level, but if you ignore the power that these people have, it will be ridiculous.

Zhang Fei can only be regarded as governing some insignificant industries in Zhuo County, and even a butcher who is not a strong man can recruit hundreds of villagers to Liu Bei.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang are just horse dealers, but they can support Liu Bei three times and twice, enough to support thousands of people's grain, grass and war horses, and can also recruit village warriors for him to regain their strength, which shows the great energy of these merchants.

The host of this banquet Liu Bei's family is surnamed Huang, who has lived in the Kingdom of Jinan for generations.

Liu Bei took a few people and some soldiers to the outside of the manor where the invitation was written, and was immediately shocked by the luxury of the manor.

Liu Bei whispered to a few people: "It's just a local tyrant in the county, but he has such assets, it seems that he has a good way of governing his family and doing business, if he can help our army, it will definitely be a huge help."

In front of the manor, an old man who looked like an old housekeeper greeted him and smiled humbly, "But Xuande Gong is in person?"

Liu Bei knew at a glance that the housekeepers of the Huang Mansion here, and the ones who could serve as housekeepers were usually the real henchmen of the head of the family, and he hugged his fists and said, "It's Liu Bei, the old man's surname?"

The housekeeper bowed and said, "Duke Xuande has tormented me, I have been gifted with the surname Huang by the lord of the family, and I am here to wait for Duke Xuande to enter the mansion, the banquet in the house has been prepared, and I ask Duke Xuande to go with me."

So the group followed the housekeeper into the house, after entering the mansion, it was a pavilion, carved beams and paintings, everyone entered the main courtyard, and saw a rather rich middle-aged man waiting for everyone.

Seeing the housekeeper with Liu Bei and his party, the person in front of him had two ears and shoulders, his hands were over his knees, his face was like a crown of jade, and if his lips were greased, he only felt that his face was generous and heroic.

Liu Bei felt that the person in front of him seemed to have a hint of female cunning, which made him feel a little unhappy.

Liu Bei is still more optimistic

Looks, but he didn't show it, trying not to miss out on talent for these reasons.

The two warmly greeted each other, and the head of the Huang family welcomed Liu Bei into the house, which was a place that often greeted and sent guests, very large, with seats on both sides, and behind the seats, there were rows of musicians, and the scene was quite large.

Liu Bei frowned slightly when he walked in, because there were not many people in this hall, in other words, there were many people in Jinan who did not come.

The head of the Huang family is a good person, and Liu Bei's flashing emotions were all captured by him, and he pretended to sigh and said, "Although the country is small, there are many bandits.

Today, many families were invited to a banquet, but most of them excused themselves with suppression." Bandits?

Liu Bei scoffed, what kind of bandits need these powerful family masters of the warrior clan to play by themselves?

These warriors have their own armed groups, and Liu Bei was the person in charge of the security of the county in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, and he didn't believe that there was no such person in Jinan.

But it was an intuition that told Liu Bei that things were not as simple as the head of the Huang family in front of him said.

After a simple interlude, Liu Bei sat down in the seat, and as the maids and musicians and dancers took turns to fight, the atmosphere in the banquet suddenly became warm.

Liu Bei is good at wine, good clothes, and likes dogs and horses, but he doesn't have any special pursuit of beauty, and now the head of the Huang family has made a lot of money.

Under the prosperity of the voice, Liu Bei, who has been working hard in the past few years, suddenly became a little addicted, and poured a cup of wine into his stomach.

After three rounds of drinking, the head of the Huang family raised his glass and smiled: "Xuande Gong, in this Jinan country, there are some things that I still need to ask for your help......

Liu Bei was drunkenly supported by Zhang Fei on the horse, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun looked at him left and right, to prevent him from falling, and entered the barracks all the way, Guan Yu didn't expect to come back overnight, and Liu Bei was still drunk, and hurriedly asked, "How could the eldest brother come back drunk?"

Zhang Fei was about to argue, he felt that his eldest brother didn't drink much, and he didn't know why he got drunk.

Then I saw Liu Bei sit up suddenly, his eyes were clear, where was there the slightest drunken appearance, everyone around was startled, and when he came back to his senses, his heart tightened, he was not a fool, Liu Bei pretended to be drunk, then something must have happened.

Liu Bei didn't talk nonsense, jumped off his horse and walked to the camp, saying as he walked, "This Huang family is wrong."

After Liu Bei's account, Guan Yu and Jian Yong learned that at the banquet, there was no agreement on cooperation between the head of the Huang family and Liu Bei, but an agreement to suppress bandits.

The Huang family paid the money, and Liu Bei sent troops to eliminate the bandits in Jinan and the surrounding areas together, and the Huang family directly gave Liu Bei a list.

Hearing this, Guan Yu asked with some curiosity, "Big brother, isn't this what you should do after cooperation?"

Ensuring the safety of the nobles is a fixed task for the warlords who cooperate with them, after all, it would be a joke if these nobles could not even protect their own homes.

Guan Yu was born in a poor family and didn't understand this, but Jian Yong was born in Haoqiang, he knew this too well, and immediately said, "It is impossible for there to be no bandits in this Jinan country.

If this is the case, then this city has already been breached, and these wealthy families are corpses.

How can we still need the lord to suppress the bandits?"

The main bandits in Qingzhou are in the direction of Linzi, which is the richest area in Qingzhou, and there are not many bandits in the northern part of Qingzhou.

At this time, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both understood, Zhang Fei's violent temper suddenly became angry, and he was about to stab the head of the Huang family to death when he lifted the Zhangba snake spear, "Is this dog thief trying to trap us?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, but there must be something wrong.

When we first arrived, we had to be careful and find out what was going on, otherwise we could easily fall into the pit.

After dawn tomorrow, Weishuo, I don't know if you have any friends in Jinan, if you can find out some news, it will be great."

Liu Yan twisted his beard lightly and said, "Don't worry, Xuande Gong, this matter will be handed over to Yan."

What he Liu Yan can't do is that he has a big reputation, many friends, and someone treats him wherever he goes

Dine.

Following.

Liu Beijun was still stationed step by step, and he was well organized, while Liu Yan began to exude his celebrity charm.

Within a few days, Liu Yan was already familiar with the circle of celebrities and celebrities in Jinan, not to mention these celebrities, the news was absolutely well-informed.

"What? This Huang clan is ingenious? As a result, there are too many enemies, and those rebels want to kill him by name?"

Liu Bei asked with a surprised face, and several people around him also had ghost-like expressions, but they never expected it to be like this.

If the scholars in this world want to develop, they always have to have a little conscience.

But as long as it is within a reasonable range, and do not do those things that lose conscience, they generally have to get by, and even Rock's does not require these people to be too high.

Besides, the ordinary scholars don't dare to rob it for no reason.

Who knows when he will be killed by a vengeful man, or crucified by a crossbow from a hot-blooded young man.

According to the current social fashion, many people are more restrained, and they generally take advantage of the famine year to harvest land under the guise of trading.

It's not authentic, but it's a deal you're willing to make.

"This Huang clan can be evaluated by the county clan as a clever robbery, what the hell ......is this?"

What kind of beast is it?

This is what everyone wants to say in their hearts, and even the scholars can't stand it and don't want to be with it.

Liu Yan told everything he had learned about the head of the Huang family, and the more he listened to Liu Bei, the more shocked he became, Zhang Fei was dumbfounded, "How did this dog thief survive until now?"

This is not only Zhang Fei's question, but also the question of the rest of the people, according to his approach, he should have died a long time ago, the last one who was full of evil but stable as usual was the Ten Standing Attendants, that was because he had been staying in the palace.

No matter how fierce those folk righteous people are, it is impossible for them to enter the palace to kill the ten permanent servants, but there are too many relatives of the ten permanent servants who have been killed by vendettas.

Liu Yan smiled bitterly: "This Huang family master knows that it is not safe, he has always stayed in the manor and never went out, and he is willing to spend money, there are still many people who will protect him for money, and to exterminate those bandits who have enemies with him." Bandits!

Liu Bei and the others' faces darkened, and Guan Yu said angrily, "Does this dog thief treat the eldest brother as those outlaws who run for profit?"

Not only Guan Yu, but also people like Zhao Yun with a better temper became angry, and Zhang Fei shouted even louder, "Big brother, let me stab him to death with a spear!"

Liu Bei has a strong personality, so naturally he can't stand this kind of stimulation, and said angrily: "It's really too much of a bully, a generation that oppresses the people, and it is also worthy of drinking at the same table with me Liu Bei?

And they deceive me with those false words, is that not ruining my reputation and my morality?

Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?

Such a thief is listed in the county in a grand manner! Isn't the society of the Han Dynasty corrupted by these people?

If it weren't for these thieves, how could the people be living in hardship, and how could there be those million Taiping troops rising up?

If it weren't for these thieves, without the Taiping Army, how could the Mandate of Heaven of the Han Dynasty be lost?

If I can't kill this thief, I, Liu Bei, will be the descendant of the Liu family in vain, and I'm sorry for the people of the world to call me Xuande Gong!"

Liu Bei made up his mind to fight with this Huang clan, which was actually quite a risky move.

If it is a competition of force, then Liu Bei is naturally stronger than the Huang family, after all, the Huang family is not a big family like the Lu family that can even gather more than 10,000 soldiers, he is just a powerful person in a county.

Liu Bei has three or four thousand elite foot cavalry, which is the strongest army in Jinan, even if it is placed in the entire Qingzhou, as long as he recruits some auxiliary soldiers, it is also the top strength.

The reason why the risk is because the Huang family is a strong scholar after all, and it is very likely that the entire Jinan Kingdom and even the Qingzhou Shi clan will have a bad feeling towards Liu Bei.

Although the Huang clan has a bad reputation, and many scholars are very disgusted with him, this is a scholar clan after all

Haoqiang's internal affairs.

It is a very bad behavior for a warlord from outside to act against the local nobles, and the conservative leaders of the nobles will see this as a provocation.

Once the state and county scholars rejected Liu Bei, then his plan to entrench in Qingzhou would be completely bankrupt.

It is no exaggeration to say that in this era, it is 100% impossible without the support of the scholars, even Dong Zhuo has the support of the Liangzhou scholars, and Gongsun Zan has the support of the Youzhou scholars.

But even with such a dangerous choice, Liu Bei heard three voices without hesitation: "Okay!"

He looked at Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, only to hear the three of them shouting in unison: "I wish to follow the eldest brother (lord) and get rid of this thief!"

The so-called things gather by like, people by groups, and the three of Guan Zhang and Zhao, who can be mixed with Liu Bei since the end of the year because of their similar interests, are naturally the same type of people.

They were not surprised by Liu Bei's choice, and they supported it from the bottom of their hearts. Jian Yong and Liu Yan both knew Liu Bei well, and knew that the person in front of them was the way to truly implement benevolence and righteousness.

Knowing these things, Liu Bei will definitely do it, even if he loses all the current inheritance, he will not have the slightest hesitation.

No matter what they thought in their hearts, after expressing their opinions, the two followed suit to express their support.

Liu Bei saw that everyone did not hesitate to support his risky behavior, and he was quite moved and even choked up a little: "Everyone, it is a blessing to have you by your side.

Since this is the case, then we will eliminate this harm for the people of Jinan!"

Since we have set a plan to get rid of the Huang family and other heroes who are in the same stream as the Huang family, we must plan carefully.

As long as it is a matter of war, it cannot be taken lightly, even if it is a lion fighting a rabbit, you should use all your strength.

The emperor is not a good man, led the crowd out of the secluded into the green, three battles in one day, Qingzhou thieves were defeated, birds and beasts were scattered, the emperor led more than 3,000 fine horses to cross the river and the south, into the country of Jinan.

Jinan has a strong Huang family, known as the emperor's prestige, set up a banquet, with vocal music and dance to confuse Ji, the emperor first saw, the Huang family is weird, the fake drinking banquet is quite happy, several said: "The song is not stopped, the dance does not stop."

Huang thought that the emperor was drunk and left the table, so that Yan Feng heard, and the yellow evil was obtained, and it was difficult to write a book, and the emperor and the generals were close to each other, and the emperor threw the book on the ground, and said angrily: "This thief, if you don't kill it, it's not enough for the people to be angry, and if you don't kill it, it's not enough to show his evil deeds!"

A scholar came in and said: "The lord is angry, we have led the army from outside, and killed the county sergeant clan without permission, I am afraid that there will be no place to stand in the future, please think twice."

The emperor said angrily: "When I was young, I was determined to put an end to the injustices in the world and save the people who were suffering in the world.

Is this a lie?

If the people suffer like this, I will see it with my own eyes, and I will not draw a sharp sword, nor get rid of the evil thief, but dare to stand among the world with benevolence and righteousness?"

The emperor said that all the generals and ministers rushed to the crown, and told the soldiers, each holding a sword, leading the Huang family out of the house, the cloud has a strong bow, an arrow kills it, and the clan mansion is broken, the women and children are left, and the guilty are killed, and the three days are over.

The Huang clan was wiped out, and the six followers were exterminated, all of them had great evils, bloody massacres, and the country was shocked for a while.

Tilted slightly, the people of the country ate pot pulp to comfort them, and there were strong men who crossed the three counties and arrived overnight, crying and kneeling in the front of the army to say that they would return the favor with their lives.

In the country of Jinan, there are also those who lead the people to return to the emperor, and there are scholars in the country who run to the emperor, saying: "Make the king benevolent and righteous, we are respectful, and we are willing to be the subordinates."

The hustle and bustle in the army, until the county celebrities visited the country, the emperor collected the children of the county and the outlaw bandits, in order to exercise, 20,000 people, called "Qingzhou".

In March, the emperor moved south. ——"Ji Hanshu Xuanlie Benji"