Inside the school house, in front of the gate.

Many school officials wore black strong suits and robes, and there were many discussions in front of the door, and Guo Jia also hurriedly returned from outside, and a handsome school affairs with tied hair and a sword in his hand immediately greeted him and hurriedly informed him of the incident.

"The rider has arrived in the inner courtyard and has come to see the old lady."

"Tsk," Guo Jia frowned, puzzled, "Why did you come here with all the fanfare, it was my mother and not his mother." ”

The school affairs bowed their heads and did not make evaluations, and they have been acting in the school affairs office over the years, mainly monitoring, investigating, entering the house to collect evidence, or coming to arrest rebels.

They rarely joke and laugh, and most of them have developed the same habits as Guo Jia, not smiling, and arrogant.

I believe in judgment and have a firm momentum, but the older batch of school officials have already become officials in the school office, and the force of these people is also trained by Xu Zhen.

Guo Jia knew that he couldn't ask anything here, so he immediately entered the gate, passed through the corridor next to the main hall, and entered the inner courtyard.

I happened to see Xu Zhen taking the old woman to bask in the sun in the courtyard, give her snacks, and chat by the way.

"I've seen a car ride." Guo Jia said loudly, this title changed, the old man was stunned, she didn't know much when she was a peasant woman in Yingshui before, but she followed Guo Jia to Xudu, and there were two people who were supported by Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, and most of the subordinates and guards would also talk about current affairs, so they also knew a little about the officials in the court.

Che ride, she remembers it a lot, anyway, it is a very powerful official position, which is different from the monarch and marquis that was called before, and the monarch and marquis are knighthoods, representing the dignity of status.

This rider has a lot of troops in his hands, right?

It seems that the cavalry of the world governs the world.

"Alas, the old body has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, it turns out that he is riding! The old body is terrified! ”

The old woman was suddenly surprised, and was about to prostrate on the ground, but was helped up by Xu Zhen, and said with a wry smile on her face: "Don't don't, don't be, the elders kneel down to give their lives, and the old lady will let me live longer." ”

"Eh, eh......"

The old lady got up slowly, but her hands were still a little trembling, it used to take a few months to get used to him as a prince, and now she has become a chariot general.

It's scared to death.

Why did such a high-ranking person come to see me, an old woman?

It can't always be filial piety...... Offended him, so you have to watch over him day and night, and threaten him at any time, right?

"Fengxiao, Fengxiao!"

"Yes, don't panic, you can call him Bowen."

"Berwen?"

"Yes, it's called Bowen," Xu Zhen asked someone to place the gift, explained a few more words, and then Zhuge Liang helped him and said some good things about Xu Zhen.

Xu Zhen's reputation is good, except that lust is a misunderstanding of him by the world, he is basically loved by the people, he is humble and benevolent, strict with himself, and he must learn every day.

After the old lady was a little calm and had a relieved smile on her face, Guo Jia pulled Xu Zhen away to the front yard, and the two talked quietly on the way along the way.

"What are you going to do?"

Guo Jia asked: "It's time to ride a car now, and the gifts you give are heavier and heavier every time, right?" ”

"I'm ten thousand households, what are you afraid of with your clean money?" Xu Zhen leaned back, widened his eyes slightly, and said: "Now it's not as good as back then, just that little money every year, and it has to be distributed to the soldiers in the army, and now the annual harvest is more than 10,000 gold, which is enough." ”

"That's not good, you came to visit like this, what do others say about me? If you are condemned as collusion, what is good? Now above the court, there are many people staring at you. ”

"What about you?"

Guo Jia pursed his lips, "I have a lot of people to watch, and I will report today's incident truthfully!" ”

"Bowen, this mother is over sixty years old, you can let her go."

"This is Xu Shu's mother, why can't you come to visit me if you can support me, besides, the old lady likes me very much, you had a good chat before you came."

Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, you kid......

You're overwhelmed!

Guo Jia immediately understood his intentions, Xu Zhen wanted Xu Shu.

is surnamed Xu, or this family.

It's a pity that now Xu Shu is in Youfang, and he doesn't know where to go.

"Xu Shu, I can't find where he is."

Xu Zhen smiled mysteriously, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I know, but don't worry, if Xu Shu can find it, it will only be used for internal affairs, and he will never be forced to participate in the military." ”

Guo Jia frowned, and immediately said coldly: "He is not good at military affairs and internal affairs, only he is superb in swordsmanship, and his talent is shallow, and he is not a Confucian scholar but a murderer who escaped from Ren Xia's side, Bowen will not recognize the wrong person, right?" ”

"Wrong is wrong, it doesn't matter."

Xu Zhen smiled indifferently, and as he spoke, he and Guo Jia had already walked out of the gate of the school mansion, and the civil and military forces behind him saluted and greeted each other before leaving.

……

In the evening, the news was truthfully sent from the school office to the prime minister's house, and in front of Cao Cao, a school affairs drew a scene of Xu Zhen and the old woman laughing and talking.

Cao Cao immediately slapped the case on the case.

"Humph! No wonder I called him to dinner, and he shirked something! ”

"It turned out that I went to see Bonghyo's mother!"

Cao Cao was sour for a moment, picked up the wooden card again to look at it carefully, and his eyes suddenly became empty.

"Strange, is there anything special about Bonghyo's mother? Why did Bowen visit him many times? ”

"Fengxiao and Bowen, when did the relationship become so familiar?"

Cao Cao muttered to himself, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai were not around at this time, only Xun Yu was there.

Xun Yu came up and said with emotion: "The car rider has always been more kind to his friends and elders, and some time ago, he also gave Mrs. Cao a special exquisite four-wheeled car, red sandalwood crutches, and tea, which are all high-quality tributes that can't be bought in Jizhou goods." ”

"Hehe, don't talk about tribute, the exquisite things that are paid tribute to the Son of Heaven are not specially made, and the car ride is also filial to the old lady."

Xun Yu said sincerely, and he can fully feel it over the years, since Xuzhou ordered Dian Wei to break into Mount Tai alone and save the old lady.

Although there was a misunderstanding at the beginning, the old lady did treat Bowen as his own son and nephew.

So Xu Zhen is also regarded as the elder of his own family.

"Hmph," Cao Cao snorted with a smile, quite disdainful, "He wants to govern Xudu for a year, and within this year, he can just discuss the situation in the world." ”

"Now that the north has been temporarily flattened, and Yongliang has a Bowen garrison, the next step is to listen to the south."

Cao Cao threw out a scroll of books, put it on the table, and beckoned Xun Yu to come and take a look.

Spreading out the book, Cao Cao tapped twice on the table, and said quite calmly: "This is the book sent by Xu Gong now, this Xu Gong is the person left to me by Bowen back then." ”

"Placed next to Sun Ce for surveillance, he has been handing me news all these years, I have specially checked it, no matter how big or small the news is, it is all true."

"This person will definitely be available."

Xun Yu finished reading the book, and suddenly looked happy, and said unexpectedly: "This is a good thing, in this way, we have also planted a solid wedge in Jiangdong." ”

"Indeed, it's a pity that there is no one in Jingzhou."

Cao Cao touched his beard, his expression looked a little pityful, "If Jingzhou also has it, it would be great, I can know the military strength and generals in Jingzhou now." ”

"Why don't you go and ask the rider?" Xun Yu only felt that maybe Xu Zhen had a way.

"What's the use of asking him, Xu Zhen is just a reckless person in the eyes of Jingzhou scholars."

Cao Cao suddenly smiled.

"Why?" Xun Yu asked strangely, "Even if he was born in Baiding, but "Farming Policy", "Discipline Table", "Conduct and Soldier Book", etc., these have been widely spread, and many Confucian scholars regard them as classics, especially "Farming Policy", which solved the problem of the placement of millions of Qingxu Yellow Turbans in those years, and implemented the military tun policy for the prime minister, so that there was later military rations. ”

"Every year, the army is full of grain and grass, and there is never a shortage of grain and grass in the war, and it is extremely convenient to dispatch grain and grass in the rear."

"How can it be judged as reckless by the Jingzhou scholars?"

This is incredible, how high is the literary style and strategy of the Jingzhou scholars? ! You can't be the only one in the world, you want Confucianism to die, and you are the only one, right?

Cao Cao smiled, took Xun Yu's hand, and said with a somewhat gloating smile: "It has nothing to do with these!" It was he who sold Cai Yong's 3,000 volumes of ancient books that year, and let Zhao Ji scatter all his family property in exchange for money and grain, so the Jingzhou scholars were greatly shocked, and after buying those ancient books, they regarded him as a mustard, a reckless man, and did not know Confucianism and Taoism! ”

"The article written by the Jingzhou scholar scolded Xu Zhen! Hahaha!! ”

Xun Yuhu looked at Cao Cao suspiciously several times, and he didn't understand why he was so happy.

This is also a means to slander his reputation, so that the local people will not fall in love with Xu Zhen, and it will naturally be difficult to change in the future.

In addition, a few officials who love the people extremely in their own territory can win the hearts of the people, so it seems that it is impossible to capture Jingzhou with a plan to attack the heart.

"Prime Minister, it's almost, laugh again...... I couldn't help it. ”

"Hahaha!!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, overjoyed.

The dignified general of the chariot cavalry, in Jingzhou, was even said to be born as a pig killer, he was not afraid of being reckless, and his love for the people and benevolence was only the appearance, it was nothing more than relying on the Cao soldiers to rise to the top, mainly to save Cao Song's life.

These words, Cao Cao occasionally received some rumors, he read them by himself on weekdays, and he didn't spread them, he secretly laughed at home, Xu Zhen estimated that he had been in the north, and after the three counties were removed, he had no news.

These rumors and articles scolding him may have only been heard a little, but they have not been seen with their own eyes.

"Then, let's take care of Jiangdong first, as for these rumors in Jingzhou...... Why don't you tell Berwen first? ”

Xun Yu smiled bitterly and nodded.

Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, "Well, it makes sense, in this case, maybe he will have a way to deal with Jingzhou." ”

"Let's go, let's go, I'll go and tell him in person, Wen Ruo will go with me."

Xun Yu's face fell, and he wanted to hold back, but the corners of his mouth twitched violently, and he laughed tremblingly, "Go." ”

……

Jingzhou, Nanyang County.

In addition to Wancheng, Liu Bei has almost won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people in Nanyang, recruited soldiers and horses, and personally cultivated the land.

Within a year or two, he quickly gained a great deal of popularity, and made the people everywhere attached to him, and recently he gradually became relaxed and happy.

In the courtyard, Liu Bei returned from Xiangyang and brought back a person in the main hall.

This person called himself Shan Fu, recommended by Sima Hui and others, and said that he was an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, good fencing when he was young, and a ranger everywhere, because he caused trouble in his hometown, so he fled.

Liu Bei secretly tried a few times, and found that his swordsmanship was not as good as this person at all, and he heard that he knew the general trend of the world very well, and knew the effect of Xu Zhen's many strategies, and he could also guess Xu Zhen's intentions.

At the same time, most of the wars in the north of the Yingshui generation can be predicted properly, and they also have their own views on the future of Jingzhou.

The most important thing is that Shan Fu knows the art of war, and he can set up formations, he has studied in Jingzhou over the years, learned a lot of formation books, and is not a fledgling Confucian student.

is a ranger who has really fought, and a Confucian military advisor who has turned into a Confucian military advisor, so he must have real talent and learning, and he will not be afraid to fight on the battlefield.

"Military division, the current situation is even more severe, we just received a military report, the Son of Heaven named Xu Zhen as a chariot and cavalry, leading the soldiers of Jizhou and Bingzhou, so so, the next person to go south is likely not Xu Zhen."

Xu Shu was dressed in a plain robe, wearing a square scarf, his face was cold, his body was lean, but there were many calluses on his hands, especially on the tiger's mouth, and his beard was thick and neat.

"Yes, over the years, I have patronized Xu Zhen's self-discipline, investigated Xu Zhen's use of troops, and thought about his internal policies, but I don't have a good understanding of other people, but even if it is not Xu Zhenlai, it should be a few famous generals of the Cao family."

"Or the Xiahou Yuanrang who has been guarding the East County."

"These generals have a very high status in the Cao family, after they settle down in the north, they are almost unified, let Xu Zhen guard outside the pass, Ma, Han and others dare not cross the border, yes, they will definitely let the Cao clan relatives come to take credit, if the Central Plains are unified in the future, it will be better to share the merit to many relatives of the Cao family and take power."

"As for Xu Zhen, his power should be to ride the chariot, and he will not be promoted to the rank of general again, unless it is a general of the Cao family, it is difficult to do it."

"And Cao Cao, after the southern expedition, will gradually advance the throne, first for the public, then for the king, and finally usurp the Han and stand on his own, at that time, no one in the world can object, and there is no need to be afraid of the White Horse Alliance, and at the same time, the people also get their favor and benevolence, naturally just slander and miss the first dynasty, and not chaos."

"The Son of Heaven, should eventually be Zen for the public, happy old age, this is a change of strategy, within more than ten years, Cao Cao will slowly control the world, the key to this is the southern expedition."

said something that made Liu Bei feel uncomfortable.

Especially that sentence, Xu Zhen is just a chariot rider in the end, who doesn't want to be a chariot general, but I didn't expect that the Taishou back then now has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, riding for the Han chariot.

Fortunately, in Jingzhou, with the help of many officials and celebrities, Xu Zhen's reputation has been suppressed, so as not to let his reputation spread far and wide in Jingzhou.

And not only Xu Zhen, but now even Cao Cao's every step is extremely solid.

In a few years, maybe the real fruit can be climbed, where is the Son of Heaven still the slightest bit of resistance.

Cao Cao is equivalent to using his own merits and connections step by step to replace all the inner pillars of the Han Dynasty with the pillars of his Cao family.

And I'm Liu Bei!

He also worked hard for Taishou in Nanyang, and there were only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, and there were very few horses, more than 1,000.

The only thing worth settling down in your heart is that you have tens of thousands of stones of food left.

"Next, the military advisor has to plan for me, how to resist Cao Cao, in my opinion, within a few years, he should march south."

Xu Shu blinked blankly, "No, there is only one opportunity, which will make Cao Cao send troops." ”

"What?"

"Liu Jingsheng died."

Xu Shu said firmly.

Liu Bei took a deep breath, this question is more complicated, he has come back from Xiangyang, he has already felt the tense atmosphere, after Liu Biao's death, I am afraid that many people will have to fight for the power of Jingzhou.

If it is fought for here, it will be much more complicated than in Xuzhou.

(End of chapter)