In June of the second year of Zhongping, Sikong Zhang Wen was awarded the general of the Che Cavalry and the Fake Festival, and with Yuan Peng, the executive of Jinwu, as the deputy general, the three armies went to Liangzhou to ask for Beigong Boyu.

Among Zhang Wen's army, there was Sima Xu Rong, who was under Liu Jian in the past, who was recommended as Sima who fought with the army and went out with Zhang Wen.

Today, the weather is sunny and sunny,

In the back garden of Liu's mansion, a competition is going on.

Zhao Yun held a long sword and opposed Liu Jian with a sword.

The two of them confronted each other with their long swords for a long time, and suddenly they both moved, and at the same time launched an attack on each other.

The two long swords clashed in mid-air, making a crisp sound, and then, I saw Liu Jian's long sword go straight to the cover door in front of Zhao Yun and take an offensive, while Zhao Yun was defending with a sword and taking a defensive position.

In the backyard, the sound of iron swords clanging, although there is no momentum of Jin Ge Iron Horse, but it shows the heroic spirit of the autumn wind sweeping the leaves!

After fighting no less than forty moves in a row, the two stopped and retreated.

"Hahaha!"

Liu Jian laughed happily and said, "Alas, it's not okay if you're not convinced, Zilong is young, he has such swordsmanship, he only defends and doesn't attack, he can be on par with me, I have been practicing swords for ten years, but compared with Zilong, after all, I still feel that I am not good at learning...... Defeated, defeated!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun hurriedly saluted and said, "Enjun must not say that, Enjun's swordsmanship is excellent, Zhao Yun does not dare to look up at Enjun's back!"

"How did you stay under my hands for a few days and learn to tout? Haha, how have you recently studied the "Art of War" that you copied?"

Zhao Yun hurriedly said, "I've read the third article now."

"Read it carefully, it is the true book of my grandson given to me by Sun Jian of Wu County, it contains a lot of military wonders, your martial arts are indeed first-class, but if you only have martial arts, you will only be a brave husband in the end, the husband was born in the world, if you want to build a career with military merits, you should be the enemy of Xi ten thousand!"

Zhao Yun arched his hand and said, "Remember Enjun's teachings, Yun will definitely study hard in the future and live up to Enjun's high expectations."

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction: "You and Xiahou Lan are both handsome juniors, so the art of war can be studied together!"

"Thank you!"

The Art of War was given to Zhao Yun by Liu Jian, and when Liu Jian didn't speak, Zhao Yun was not looked at by anyone, even his closest friend Xia Houlan.

But now that Liu Jian has agreed that Zhao Yun can continue to study with Xiahoulan, then Zhao Yun no longer needs to have scruples.

Then, Liu Jian walked to the open space next to him, sat on the ground and rested, while Zhao Yun stood beside him.

When he was young, he suddenly heard Zhao Yun ask, "Enjun, Xu Sima was recommended by Enjun to go to Liangzhou to beg for thieves?"

Liu Jian nodded and said, "Yes, I recommended him to Zhang Wen and asked him to go to Liangzhou with Zhang Wen."

Zhao Yun said with some puzzlement: "Now Your Majesty has the intention of establishing Enjun as a pastor, and I want to go to the local place to serve in the near future, I heard that Xu Sima is good at using soldiers, and he will go to the place the next day, like Xu Sima and other outstanding people, it must be of great use, why does Enjun recommend Xu Sima to the army of the crusade against the traitors in Xiliang at this time?"

Liu Jian smiled lightly and said, "At the beginning, I promoted Xu Rong to the Luoyang Yue Cavalry Camp, discussed all matters in Liangzhou with him, and promised him that if there was a rebellion in Liangzhou the next day, I would recommend him to Liangzhou to make contributions!"

"Previously, His Majesty requisitioned Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo to go to Xiliang to beg for thieves, Xu Rong had the heart to go, but I didn't allow him at that time, this time Zhang Wen recruited troops to Dingxizhou, if I stop Xu Rong again, I am afraid that there will be a gap between them, Xu Mengtong was born in the rich gate of Liaodong, and his heart is quite high, since he wants to go to Liangzhou, let him go." ….

Zhao Yun nodded abruptly and said, "It's a pity, Yun Shang wants to ask Xu Sima for advice on the tactics of the camp and platoon, so I'm afraid there will be no chance."

"There's really no chance right now." Liu Jian stood up, patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "But there will be later."

Xu Rong was born in Xuansu County, although it is a border area, but his family is quite famous in the local area, and there are many apprentices in the family.

And Xu Rong's hometown is further northeast is Goguryeo, Goguryeo "its human nature is fierce, strong, Xi fights, good money", the Xu family has lived in the border county for generations, helping the local Taishou to conquer Gao

Juli also made his clan quite well-known in this county, and there were many military figures, so Xu Rong was quite high-minded.

He is bent on relying on his military exploits to come out of the border county and move to a bigger stage.

And Liu Jian transferred Xu Rong to the Beijing Division and entrusted Sima to him, but unconsciously, Xu Rong was a little careless.

Some border county heroes will have this problem.

If they are not reused, they will complain about their origins, feel that they can't get out of the position because of their origins, and hate that no one is willing to give them a chance.

But once they get the opportunity, they will feel that they are talented and capable, and they feel that no one can leave him, and they yearn for a bigger stage with dissatisfaction.

Xu Rong has always wanted to go to Liangzhou to fight and establish greater feats, which Liu Jian knows very well in his heart.

This is indeed what Liu Jian promised Xu Rong when he first entered the Yue cavalry camp.

And this idea, Xu Rong has not changed so far.

Liu Jian couldn't stop Xu Rong from realizing his dream.

People want to realize their dreams, and you are in the way, and the good friendship established between them may suffer from great difficulties because of this.

Since he wants to go to Liangzhou to make contributions, let him go.

It's time for Xu Rong to see what the world of the Central Plains is.

Not everyone can promote you to the Yueqi battalion as the second-in-command from the massive number of military achievements of the Han Dynasty.

Not everyone in the Han Dynasty is willing to discern pearls.

Zhang Wen, a native of Nanyang County, who was born in the hometown of Guangwu, will let Xu Rong understand this truth.

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In response to the matter of establishing a pastor, Liu Hong raised it to the ministers in the court meeting, but it did not cause an uproar in the court.

After all, the people who want to promote the establishment of pastoral care are not only Liu Yan and Liu Jian, but the ministers have actually been secretly arranging for this matter.

Although Liu Hong's proposed candidates for pastoral guards are only Liu Yan and Liu Jian, there is no objection from the people in the DPRK and China.

It doesn't matter, as long as the emperor can open this opening, it really doesn't matter.

The emperor is about to die, his son is not more important, as soon as Liu Hong dies, in the future, the court will discuss who will be the shepherd, how can he still manage it?

The matter of the pastoral is basically settled.

However, because there was a precedent to follow, after some deliberation by the Manchu Dynasty, Liu Hong did not grant these two newly established shepherds the right to completely control a state.

Liu Yan was appointed as the "Pastor of Nanyizhou".

The area under its jurisdiction is where the Chengdu Plain is located, and it is also the richest place in Yizhou, that is, the vast area southwest of Fushui, that is, Guanghan County, Shu County, Qianwei County, Shu County and other places. ….

Liu Jian was appointed as the "Pastor of Southern Jizhou".

The area under its jurisdiction is north of the Yellow River and south of Julu.

That is, Wei County, Zhao State, Qinghe, and Julu.

Wei County has 120,000 households, 690,000 mouths, 100,000 Julu households, 600,000 mouths, 120,000 Qinghe households, 760,000 mouths, 30,000 Zhao Guo households, and 180,000 mouths.

This doesn't matter to Liu Jian.

Anyway, he has already seized the opportunity, as long as he is allowed to establish a foothold in Yecheng now, the other half of Jizhou will be his at any time.

After Liu Jian takes office, he will have 370,000 households under his jurisdiction, with a population of more than 2 million.

However, although the matter of the pastoral was decided, it was not immediately appointed, and it was necessary to wait for Shang Shutai to draw up the process of the state pastor before sending it to the locality.

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Yuan Ji on the house.

"Uncle Jian, play with me!"

In the back garden, the aisle was still unstable, and the articulate little Yuan pet followed Liu Jian upside down, tugging at the hem of his dress, stumbling from time to time, but still kept chasing, laughing and giggling all the time chasing Liu Jian.

Yuan Ji seemed to be a little depressed, he really didn't understand why Liu Jian was so fond of his son.

Liu Jian is also patient, and was chased by a five-year-old baby behind his buttocks

, not too tired, he patiently played with the child, until Yuan Pet was tired of running, and he still held the child in his arms.

Xiao Yuanpet reached out and pinched Liu Jian's nose, and his giggles became louder.

"Okay, okay, come on, take Childe back for a nap." Yuan Ji instructed the maidservant.

Xiao Yuan Pet didn't seem to want to be separated from Liu Jian, so he wanted to play with him, and after the maid took Yuan Pet away, Liu Jian seemed to be able to vaguely hear his cry coming from not far away.

"It's a lovely tightness." Liu Jian clapped his hands and said, "Brother Yuan's child and I seem to be very close to each other."

Yuan Ji smashed his mouth and sighed: "It's a pity, no matter how fate you have, it's useless, you have to leave, this kid wants to play with you in the future, I'm afraid there will be no chance!"

Liu Jian listened to Yuan Ji's words, and seemed to be quite lonely.

"The prince doesn't want me to go?"

"Can I stop you?" Yuan Ji looked at Liu Jian: "From now on, you will sit alone, and the military and political affairs of the four counties will be in your hands!" I'm afraid that your heart is long gone."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "What the prince said is that Jian is in Jizhou, not only to govern the four counties for the imperial court, but also to protect one side for the prince."

"Is this still for me?"

"Of course, if there is no prince, there will be no Liu Jian today, and if the prince is in one day, Liu Jian will keep one day for the prince."

"What if I'm gone?"

"Hahaha, how is that possible!"

The two joked a few words, and then suddenly saw Yuan Ji's face darkened, and said: "Now that the precedent of pastoral guarding has been opened, I am afraid that in a few years, you old friends who accompany me in Beijing will all go to the local states and counties...... Alas, gone, all gone! It's just that I can't leave Luoyang."

After that, Yuan Ji looked at Liu Jian and said, "To be honest, Deran, Yuan is reluctant to give up in his heart, and he envy you!" ….

Liu Jian arched his hand and said: "The prince's words are wrong, the prince is the main, sitting in the capital division, and controlling the overall situation, like Yuan Benchu, Yuan Highway, Yuan Yida, Yuan Renda, Yuan Zhengfu, Yuan Boye and others, as well as me and Cao Mengde, are all the barriers of the prince, why should the prince envy us?"

Yuan Ji smiled, and suddenly said: "Speaking of which, the original and the highway have already expressed their stance with me before, and they all have the intention of going out to take up their posts in the future, I told them that I want them to accumulate some more qualifications in Beijing, and then choose the opportunity to go to the place."

Liu Jian said: "The prince is very true, it is best for them to experience a few years of training in the capital."

Yuan Ji asked: "De Ran, I won't tell you, among the people of the same generation as me, the Yuan family has the most strategic ability and is also my brother of the same root, which can be described as the pillar of the Yuan family, and others are okay to say, if one day, the Yuan family needs to let them go out of Beijing, where do you say it is best for them to go to make contributions?"

Liu Jian said with a smile: "This is a family matter of the prince, but it is inconvenient for me to participate."

"Hey, it's okay to talk about it! You and I are like family! Say whatever you want."

Liu Jian didn't rush to give Yuan Ji his opinion, he just asked, "Then dare to ask the prince, according to the prince's wishes, how should the two of them be settled?"

Yuan Ji said casually: "One in the south, one in the north, occupy the corners, and the stars are scattered! What do you think?"

Liu Jian said: "Yuan Gong's method is deeply in line with the way of chess."

Yuan Ji still knows Liu Jian well.

He could see a little clue from Liu Jian's expression.

"The way to play a chess game? It's just not the way to do it?"

Liu Jian waved his hand and said, "I didn't say that, you misunderstood me!"

Yuan Ji pulled Liu Jian over with a smile and said with a smile: "You, don't pretend to be in front of me! If you have anything to say, just say it to me, do I look like one of those who don't listen to advice?"

Liu Jian shook his head at first, not wanting to get involved in the affairs of the Yuan family, but the more Liu Jian was like this, Yuan Ji wanted to ask.

In the end, Liu Jian "seemed" couldn't resist Yuan Ji, and finally spoke:

"In the chess game, there are many stars, just to surround the opponent, no

Knowing the monarch and the marquis are densely scattered, why? Who is your opponent?"

Yuan Ji was stunned when he heard this.

In fact, if you want to say, who is the specific opponent in Yuan Ji's heart, he really can't say?

Does the Yuan family have an opponent?

At least not in Yuan Ji's opinion.

If it is pushed back for another seven or eight years, the situation of the competition between the heroes and the deer will gradually become clear, and the disobedience of the Yuan family may begin to take root, and they will pay more attention to the local troops, grain and grass, ordnance, power, and population, in order to dominate the world and replace the Han family.

But now, Yuan Ji didn't think about it at all.

In his opinion, releasing Yuan Shao and other younger brothers is just to increase the weight of the Yuan family in the political structure of the Han Dynasty, which can make the family more prosperous and powerful, nothing more.

As for dividing the world and occupying one side to dominate, he didn't think about it.

If he could have thought of it, he would have been the first to run out!

Yuan Ji said, "There is no opponent, my move is just to revitalize the Yuan clan, that's all."

Liu Jian said: "Since it is to revitalize the family, then we must first stick to the foundation, and then slowly draw outside, and the foundation of the Yuan family is in Runan, so we must be cautious in the land of Runan, after all, in this world, although the gate of valve reading is the first of the Yuan family, there is no shortage of other valve reading gates, and they want to replace the position of the Yuan family, like the Guanxi Shimen, the influence of the Hongnong Yang family is above the Yuan family."

Yuan Ji smiled and said, "Yes, it is precisely because of this that I want to let the primordial and highway, one north and one south, preside over both sides, and the person who presides over the south can guard the south of the country and maintain the prestige of the foundation of this sect."

"But has Yuan Gong ever thought about it, most of the Yuan family's resources are in the family, if only one person is sent there, can Yuan Gong really feel at ease?"

Yuan Ji was stunned when he heard this.

"Liu Junlang is the uncle of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven established the state pastor, and he is still divided into land and ruled, how can the important land of the family be given to one person?"

"In the future, if one of the two of them can be in the west of Ruying, and the other can be in the east of Ruying, they can work together to protect the foundation of the prince and the prince, and they can not only take care of each other, but also supervise and monitor each other...... As for the northern prefectures and counties, if the prince intends to expand the influence of the Yuan family, he can use Yida, Renda, Zhengfu, Boye and others, although their ability is far less than the original highway, but it is enough."

When Yuan Ji heard this, he was thoughtful.

"The land of Ruying is like the Crouching Tiger of the Yuan family, while Nanyang in Jingchu and Huainan in Yangzhou are regarded as the claws of the tiger, and if there are two claws to protect the tiger's head, the Yuan clan can be safe!"

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