With the withdrawal of Qiu Liju with the Wuhuan soldiers and horses besieging the city, the territory of Youzhou temporarily stabilized.

Liu Bei, who saved Gongsun Zhan, was not in a hurry to leave for a while, and together with Gongsun Zhan, he rushed to Jixian County to meet Liu Yu, a Youzhou pastor who was now dealing with political affairs there.

In Jixian County, although Liu Yu had served as a thorn in Youzhou before, he had been away for a long time, and when he governed Youzhou, Youzhou was not in chaos.

Now he has experienced the defeat of Saibei and the rebellion of Youzhou, and returned to Youzhou again, seeing the ruined scene of Youzhou today, even if he has always been good at political affairs, he is a little busy for a while.

On this day, Liu Bei and others arrived in Jixian County, rode into the city, and went to the official temple to visit Liu Yu.

At this time, the two had been here for half an hour, but they were just left in the lobby to wait, and they didn't see Liu Yu for a long time.

Liu Bei was so peaceful, and Gongsun Zhan was pacing back and forth in the house.

"Xuande, this Youzhou Mu is really a great official! Could it be that he wants to teach me a lesson because of my defeat this time, and he can't give us a disgrace first? That's what you don't see?" Gongsun Chan said angrily.

He is a violent person, especially for those characters whose identity is far beyond him, Liu Yu is a Wenchen, he didn't trigger it before, but he thought that Liu Yu saved his life this time.

This person and Liu Bei are both relatives of the Han family, and he can't brush Liu Bei's face in person, so he has been putting up with it without saying a word, but now that Liu Yu is drying them here, how can he endure it.

Seeing this, Liu Bei smiled and said: "Bo Jue thinks too much, you have been in Youzhou for a long time, don't you know what the situation is in Youzhou now?" You and I have come all the way, and you have seen a lot of people fleeing on the road. Now that Youzhou has experienced several wars and the people's livelihood is withering, Liu Youzhou's person must be busy dealing with people's livelihood matters now, compared with it, seeing you and me is naturally a trivial matter. ”

Gongsun Chan snorted coldly and stopped talking.

"I'm a step late, don't blame you two." Liu Yu hurried in from outside, and before he could get started, the voice of apology had arrived.

Liu Bei raised his eyes and saw that Liu Yu seemed to be still wearing the washed white gown he wore when he first met, and after a few years, his appearance has not changed much, but from the original sideburns with more white hair, to the current white sideburns.

The three of them greeted each other and sat down.

"When I first saw Xuande, I knew that Xuande would definitely have a great future in the future, and now in just a few years, Xuande has really done a lot of great things. can be regarded as a rare young talent in my Liu family, and He'er can be regarded as having some knowledge, but compared with you, it is unseemly. Liu Yu said with a smile.

Probably every parent likes to compare their children with others, even Liu Yu is not exempt from vulgarity.

Liu Yufu looked at Gongsun Zhan again and said with a smile: "The name of Gongsun Baima, even if I have not yet entered Youzhou, I have already heard of it, and now when I see it, it is better to meet than to be famous." Bo Jue is really a heroic man. ”

Although Fang Cai Gongsun Zhan said it powerfully, but now that he was praised by Liu Yu, a world-famous figure, he couldn't help but turn red for a while.

Just like a student with extremely poor grades, who has never been taken seriously, today he is suddenly praised by a gentleman who is known for his severity, and he is naturally extremely happy.

Liu Bei suddenly asked: "The state pastor came from Luoyang, I don't know what the situation in Luoyang is now?" But what's the big deal?"

Liu Yu exchanged a few more words with the two of them, and then sighed, "The two of you have been in other states for a long time, and you don't know the situation in Luoyang City now. Now that His Majesty has first ascended the throne, and he is still young, the general He Jin is in power, quite domineering, and he has abolished the Dong family before. ”

Liu Yu is a relative of the Han family, and has always been responsible for reviving the Han family, and now He Jin is in charge of the outer dynasty and He Hou is in charge of the inner dynasty, first abolishing the Dong family, and the family is dominant among the relatives, and then he has promoted scholars to important positions in the court, he is naturally not used to it.

When Emperor Ling was there, the eunuchs were of great use, and when the scholars were in power, he also wrote a book for those scholars who could not be used, but now that He Jin is in power, there are too many scholars, and the scholars are naturally happy, but a family is happy and a family is sad.

If the scholars rise up, the power of their Liu family will definitely fall.

Liu Bei also sighed in his heart, He Jin was powerful after all.

In the past, he also had a lot of intersections with He Jin when he was in Luoyang, and at that time, he also did some things and said some words, hoping that the future General He Da could take the right path, at least not be led by those scholars.

If He Jin does not die, will the people of the world suffer less in the future?

It's just that there have always been two sides to things, if He Jin doesn't die, then there will be a group of heroes in the future?

And once history goes in an unknowable direction, no one knows what will happen in the future.

Who knows whether He Jin will become another Huo Guang or another Wang Mang in the future?

No one knows.

Therefore, Liu Bei only made a slight attempt at that time, and if it was successful, He Jin would not die, whether it was to cover the world in the future, or to leave a stench for 10,000 years, it was his own choice.

And he, Liu Xuande, is also willing to bear the price of changing history.

If it doesn't work, then it's no wonder that he draws his sword in the future and fights for the world.

Liu Bei's mind flipped in his heart, but in fact, it was only a moment.

Gongsun Chan didn't have much thought about this, his mind is still more focused on Youzhou now, as for the land of Luoyang and the Central Plains, the mountains and rivers are far away, and he has never thought about it.

"Let's not talk about it." Liu Yu retracted his thoughts and said with a smile, "Now that most of the alien races in Youzhou have been appeased by me, I think there will be no more changes in the short term." Xuande and Bo Jue got up in Youzhou, do they know the situation here better than me, an outsider, and how do you think you should deal with the next incident in Youzhou?"

Gongsun Zhan was silent and turned his head to look at Liu Bei.

He is a party, so it is naturally difficult to speak.

Liu Bei laughed, "I thought that there were only two things that Liu Youzhou had to do now. One is to stabilize Youzhou, which is not necessary to say, if you want to come to the state pastor, you have your own way. The second is how to dispel the suspicions of the generals in Luoyang City. In the land of Sanhan, I don't know if the state pastor is interested?"

Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, groaned slightly, and said after a while: "In the land of Sanhan, the land is weak and the people are barren, and the people are fierce. But if you send a partial division, I am afraid that you may not be able to take this place. ”

Liu Bei nodded, "So I'm going to recommend Bo Jue to go." ”

Liu Yu was startled, and turned his head to look at Gongsun Zan on the side, "Do you want Bo Jue to go?"

"Now Youzhou is temporarily stable, there is no war, Bo Jue is good at conquest, staying here is not very useful, and the foreign races in Youzhou have always been afraid of him, the white horse general, if Bo Jue stays here, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the state pastor to govern Youzhou."

"As for the small land of Sanhan, it is actually not a big deal, and it is nothing more than to raise the prestige of our Han army."

He said in a deep voice: "It is true that the world does not benefit from soldiers, but sometimes, if you don't use soldiers, it is not enough to be strong."

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Liu Yu was silent.

Although he is good at political affairs, he is extremely disgusted with the affairs of soldiers, and when the soldiers move, they will affect the injured, and in the end they will just rule the people.

It's just that he has to admit that what Liu Bei said has some truth.

Now the Han Dynasty first had the defeat of the Saibei, and then the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Central Plains, and although the various tribes outside the Saiwai seem to be stable and tame, in fact, everyone knows that once the Han Dynasty has another big defeat, I am afraid that these foreign races will not hesitate to herd horses south.

Something needs to be done now to deter these frontier aliens.

He was silent for a long time, and did not immediately reject Liu Bei's suggestion, but said in a deep voice: "Xuande, let me think about it."

………………

A few days later, Liu Yu invited the two into the house again.

After the three of them sat down, Liu Yu smiled and said: "I have thought about what Xuande said that day, and I feel that what Xuande said is extremely reasonable. I should take this matter, Bo Jue can make some preparations now, and in a few more days, Youzhou will be more stable, and Bo Jue can set off. ”

Gongsun Zhan, who was sitting at the bottom, looked happy.

Originally, he was not interested in attacking the remote place of Sanhan, but he was persuaded by Liu Bei's words that day.

It turned out that Liu Bei had told him that day, although the land of Sanhan was tired and barren, but because of this, since the first Han Dynasty, there have been very few expeditions to this place, so the land of Sanhan can be regarded as a country of its own over the years. His trip was not to conquer the land, but to promote the prestige of the country.

Conquering a country, no matter which dynasty, is a great honor for the military attaché.

When he returns with honor, what will happen to the Gongsun family, who never put him in the eyes of his concubine in the past?

At that time, Gongsun Chan was naturally moved when he heard this, if there is no chaos today, he still has no ambition to compete for the world.

For the current Gongsun Zhan, the most desirable thing in his heart is nothing more than to let the Gongsun family see that this concubine who they looked down on back then is also a powerful person who can destroy a country.

Liu Bei nodded with a smile, Liu Yu promised to come down naturally, so as not to worry about the affairs of the Northeast in the future.

The reason why he tried his best was nothing more than to avoid the infighting between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu.

"Speaking of which, I want to recommend a person for the state pastor, this person has the talent to govern the world, if the state pastor is willing to use, it is not difficult to govern Youzhou."

Liu Yu was also interested when he heard this, "I don't know who Xuande is talking about?"

Liu Bei said with a smile: "Yingchuan, Xun Yu Xun Gongda."

The Xun family has been a famous family in the world for generations, and among the scholars, although Xun You's name is not as loud as Xun or Lai, people like Liu Yu who have been in close contact with Xun Shuang and other people have naturally heard of his name.

Hearing that Liu Bei recommended Xun You, Liu Yu immediately responded to the matter.

After the conversation with Liu Yu was over, Liu Bei set off with Gongsun Zan and others, preparing to leave for Zhuo County.

Now that Liu Yu is in charge of the overall situation in Youzhou, there will be no more wars in the short term, so he naturally wants to return to Qingzhou as soon as possible.

And Gongsun Zhan is now fine, just in the name of giving him a gift, to meet Liu's mother.

Ascend to worship the mother, brotherhood.

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After returning to Zhuo County, Liu Bei first visited Liu Yan according to the number of courtesies, and handed over the letter that Liu Cheng asked him to bring back to Liu Yan.

Later, Liu Yan took Liu Bei to the ancestral hall in Zhuo County to incense their ancestors.

Looking at the young but already a big man in front of him, Liu Yan naturally couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Although I am your elder, whether you are or Ah Quan, it seems that you have grown up all of a sudden, and now you are enough to be on your own." Your generation is much more prosperous than our generation, and it is always the descendants who are better than the predecessors. ”

Liu Bei looked at the middle-aged man with gray temples in front of him, but he suddenly remembered that he and Liu Cheng were stubborn and stubborn, and when they were rampant on the street, they would always be chased by Liu Yan with a broom.

If you don't think about it, these seem to be close at hand, but if you think about it deliberately, it turns out that it was many years ago.

Liu Yan didn't mention the clan to Liu Bei too much, but just stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Now that you young people are making contributions in front of you, we old guys can't hold you back, right?"

And at Liu Bei's house, Gongsun Zhan, who had met Liu's mother, also met the strategist that Liu Bei was going to introduce to him.

Gongsun Zhan looked at the unkempt scholar in front of him, and was shocked, he thought that the person Liu Bei introduced to him would also be a famous scholar like Xun You.

"You're Xi Zhong?"

Returning from the wine house, Xi Zhong, who still smelled of wine on his body, said with a smile: "It's Xi Zhicai."

………………

Pingyuan country, south of Pingyuan County, outside Gaotang City.

Guan Yu's garrison is here.

Now Pingyuan County is besieged by the Yellow Turban, even if Guan Yu has elite soldiers and horses, the gap in the number is too big.

Although he was sure of victory, if he rashly attacked and went head-to-head, it would inevitably cause too many casualties among his soldiers. In addition, they came in the starry night, and they also needed to rest for the time being.

"Ziyi, can you tell me about the situation of the yellow turban here."

In the big tent, there are only Guan Yu and Tai Shici.

"Now the main general of the Yellow Turban is named Guan Hai, and it is said that he is also a capable figure, but I didn't fight this person when I broke through that day."

Tai Shici frowned and recalled, "Although there are many people in these yellow scarves, and there are many brave people among them, in fact, most of them don't even have armor, and in terms of elite, they are not as good as the soldiers in ordinary counties." ”

Guan Yu had some plans in his heart, and raised his hand to touch the beard under his sideburns, "In this way, I have some plans." ”

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At this time, in the Yellow Turban camp in the Plains City, a stout man with a yellow turban on his head was arguing loudly with a black-faced man in the big tent.

The sergeants who had been around the tent were all transferred.

The stout man is Guan Hai, the leader of the current group of yellow turbans, and the black-faced man is Zhou Cang, who escaped from Guangzong City.

Guan Hai shouted, "Zhou Cang, do you think that holding the Nine Knots of the Great Sage and Good Master can order me to wait?"

Zhou Cang also did not show weakness, "Guan Hai, if you don't obey your orders, do you want to rebel against the great sage and good teacher!" ”