After Liu Bei briefly encircled Tai Shici, he asked him to set off first and move to Poyang County to prepare for the follow-up attack on Zulang.

However, considering that the soldiers and horses that had just been withdrawn from the Dantu map needed to be repaired, and the newly recruited troops of Guan Yu on Yuzhang's side had not been trained.

And Zhuge Jin also needs time to find a better excuse to start a war with Zulang, so all things considered, it is unlikely that the fight will start again in more than a month-

Zhuge Jin made an excuse, not for Zu Lang, but for the Xu Du court. If the excuse is not good enough to fully show that Zulang wants to rebel, then the credit for destroying Zulang is not enough for Liu Bei to be officially promoted to Yangzhou pastor by the imperial court.

Fortunately, the beginning of March is indeed not suitable for the use of soldiers, and the busy spring farming season has not yet passed. Wait a few more months, and at the turn of spring and summer, when the agriculture is relatively slack, so as not to destroy production. When Zu Lang is almost finished, Liu Xuan's use value will come to an end, and he can go with peace of mind.

As for Yuan Shu's claim to be the emperor, it is obviously controlled by the rhythm of the Zhuge family now, and there has been a delay - in history, Yuan Shu was already about to be called emperor at this time. But last year's defeat by Liu Bei more or less had an impact on Yuan Shu's confidence.

And Lu Bulian Yuan and Cao Cao were defeated by Zhang Xiu and killed their eldest son and Dian Wei, these two "good news" are no different from the original time and space, and they are the benefits that Yuan Shu should have reaped.

Therefore, the current situation is one more negative, and the good is still the same, Yuan Shu has to wait for a little more good news in order to accumulate enough "arrogance value" and suppress the internal opposition to the emperor.

The Zhuge family has these two advantages in their hands that promote Yuan Shu's arrogance, and they can hold back for the time being, so they can cool down Yuan Shu a little, and then burn the last two handfuls of firewood at the most favorable time.

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The preparations on the side of Yuzhang Zhuge Jin, Guan Yu, and Tai Shici will not be pressed for the time being, and it will take more than a month to really use force anyway.

Let's say that on the side of Guangling County, after Liu Bei returned to Guangling City with Zhuge Liang, he immediately couldn't wait to carry out a lot of work.

Chen Qun and Mi Zhu had been waiting for a long time, and before Zhuge Jin left last year, they each drew a big pie and promised them a lot of things, so they waited for someone to cash it in.

So as soon as Zhuge Liang came, he was borrowed by these two people who begged Liu Bei in every possible way.

Liu Bei also knew that those things were more urgent, and he didn't stop them, but he just took care of Mi Zhu and Chen Qun to the point that Zhuge Liang was tired, and he had to let Zhuge Liang come back on time every day when it was dark. He himself might even find time to visit at night and ask for advice, and invite someone to have a meal by the way-

According to Liu Bei's original temper, the night visit must have invited someone to drink. But Zhuge Liang said that before this trip, the eldest brother took care of him, saying that before the year of the weak crown, he was not allowed to drink alcohol unless it was a ceremonial occasion, so as not to hurt his body.

Liu Bei still abides by Zhuge Jin's family motto, and if he doesn't let Ah Liang drink, he won't drink.

After Zhuge Liang was temporarily borrowed, Liu Bei was idle by himself for the past few days, and he didn't have any emotions to deal with other things, and he always felt that he had lost something.

When he was hesitating, he also realized that he couldn't waste time, so he sorted out his strengths and picked something meaningful to do-

After Liu Miao was placed, there was not only one Tai Shici, but also a few military horses, Qu Junhou, and a bunch of other talents.

Those martial talents followed Tai Shici to Poyang, but the civilian talents remained in Guangling.

Liu Bei decided to show his personality charm and get acquainted with this group of civil officials to see if he could pick out some available people.

On the third day after returning to Guangling, Liu Bei set up a banquet to entertain the group of officials under Liu Xuan's command, and also rewarded each of them with some satin money.

In just one meal, Liu Bei observed that the two most promising civil officials under Liu Miao's command were named Sun Wei and Shi Yi.

These two people are both from Beihai County, and they originally worked under Kong Rong.

Three years ago, when Liu Miao went south from Huaipu to take over as the pastor of Yangzhou, he recruited fellow villager Tai Shici from Kong Rong, and Sun Wei and Shi Yi followed Tai Shici south to seek official positions at that time.

Shiyi is a civil official who is more military and strategic, although he was a civil servant when he joined the office, but now under the command of Liu Xuan, the name is the captain.

Liu Bei chatted with him a few times, and knocked on the side of other colleagues, and learned that Shiyi was good at analyzing the military situation, and could see the intelligence that others could not notice from the subtleties, and he had also given Liu Miao advice many times. It's a pity that Liu Xuan's decision-making is not good, and he still fails repeatedly in the fight with Sun Ce.

But Liu Bei obviously does not rely on "historical achievements" to identify talents, he knows very well that sometimes defeat is the commander's lack of decision-making, and he cannot blame his intelligence analysis staff officers.

Shiyi has some ability, and he can't play it under Liu Xuan, but in the hands of a "master" like him, he may be able to stand out.

In addition to being Yi, another important talent, Sun Wei, has a higher status, he was originally Kong Rong's Gongcao, when he first came, he became Liu Xuan's chief bookkeeper, and later became the other driver of Yangzhou Mu, specializing in Liu Xuan's foreign affairs work, and his status was relatively noble.

Every time Liu Miao wanted to send someone to the imperial court to send an envoy to an official, or to ask for other resources, he asked Sun Wei to send an envoy.

Sun Wei is really good at this aspect, on the one hand, he is well versed in etiquette, and on the other hand, he knows how to deal with Beijing officials and ministers, and he can always ask for the official title that Liu Miao wants from the imperial court.

Liu Bei is not a traverser, so he doesn't know-

In the original history, Sun Quan later called the queen of Wu of Great Wei, and the first prime minister of Wu was appointed by this Sun Wei.

Of course, Sun Quan only used the signboard of Sun Wei, the "number one civil official under the former Yangzhou Mu Liu Xiang", to show that his Sun family's occupation of Jiangdong was fully accepted and supported by the forces appointed by the original Han Dynasty, and even Sun Wei recognized the lord on behalf of other "Liu Xiang's former ministers".

It's just that Sun Quan can't really trust and reuse Sun Wei, just using him as a mascot, just like Liu Bei taking Xu Jing as a mascot. Sun Wei didn't work for a few years, and only two or three years later, Sun Quan replaced Gu Yong as the second prime minister, and Gu Yong was the person Sun Quan really trusted.

However, Liu Bei didn't need to know about these later events, he just relied on his talent to know and use people, and he discovered Sun Wei's use.

He was keenly aware that letting Sun Wei go to Xuchang to do things was definitely better than Jian Yong.

Jian Yong is just eloquent, and at the same time, he is Liu Bei's fellow countryman, and he is easy to be trusted, but Jian Yong is not very good at dealing with the corrupt court ministers, how to do what he likes, and how to pay attention to the etiquette of the upper class.

Sun Qian is also much stronger than Jian Yong in this regard, after all, he has learned etiquette from a big man like Zheng Xuan.

But even Sun Qian is slightly inferior to Sun Qian in this aspect.

Therefore, Liu Bei immediately had a plan in his heart: if there is foreign affairs work in the future, anyone who goes to the Xudu Imperial Court to run things will be dominated by Sun Wei, and at most Jian Yong will be added to keep an eye on it, but it is still up to Sun Wei to show up.

And to envoy other princes and the two sides to discuss relations on an equal footing, they also let Jian Yong and Sun Gan go.

Especially for the princes who don't know much politeness and are also more earthy, such as Lu Bu, it is very suitable for Jian Yong to go. If Liu Biao's "name Bajun" is a very elegant prince, Sun Qian has to go first, and the two of them are vulgar and elegant.

After thinking about this way of employing people, Liu Bei immediately became keenly aware that there seemed to be one thing at the moment, and he could ask Sun Wei to help operate.

So, at this enveloping banquet, Liu Bei directly found an opportunity, pulled Sun Wei aside, and instructed in private:

"Brother Changxu, after Brother Zhengli was besieged in Dantu, he hasn't been in contact with the imperial court mission for more than half a year, right? The situation of thieves in Yangzhou has changed, and the imperial court does not know the recent situation, I am afraid that it is easy to chill the hearts of the thieves.

Now that Brother Zhengli has been freed from the predicament, recuperating in Hailing, and leading Poyang from afar, should he give a table to the court, stating why he can go to Poyang to gain another foothold, and how he will counterattack Zulang, and ask the court for a reward for helping him capture Yuzhang? ”

Sun Wei has been doing this all his life, of course, he is very sensitive to this, Liu Bei just started, he knew what Liu Bei was going to do.

However, Sun Wei is also an understanding person, after Liu Miao's illness and death in history, he can even vote for Sun Ce, let alone Liu Bei now? No matter what Liu Bei says, he should be the legal successor of Liu Xuan's resources.

And Liu Miao was sick like that, Sun Wei knew that it was impossible for him to leave Hailing County alive, and his physical condition might be that he would die directly on the way after a long distance.

So Sun Wei was full of spirits, eager to prove his worth to the new master, and took the initiative to help Liu Bei improve a few details:

"Envoy, this seal, I don't think I will mention the matter of Zhengli Gong's injury in Hailing County, just say that he has personally arrived in Yuzhang County and has been directly supported by the Zhuge family......

What do you think? More things are better than less, so as not to make it difficult for the imperial court. As for the wording of the seal, it is naturally the tone of Yangzhou Mu. ”

Sun Wei said, with Liu Bei's emotional intelligence, he had actually thought of it a long time ago, but Liu Bei was embarrassed to say it.

Sun Wei took the initiative to request, and Liu Bei also pushed the boat along the river.

So a few days later, a letter in the name of Liu Xuan, and it seemed to be written by Liu Xiang himself in Poyang County, Yuzhang County, was sent to Xudu by his other grandson.

Because of the time relationship and the lack of news, the Xudu court did not know that Liu Miao had been controlled by Liu Bei and was recuperating in Hailing County until long after receiving the seal.

Therefore, Cao Cao and Xun Yu really thought that this seal was written by Liu Miao himself when he transferred to Yuzhang County and tried to continue to resist Sun Ce. The purpose is also to commend the Zhuge family for taking back Yuzhang County from Zhenrong and establishing a new base for the great cause of Yangzhou Pingjiao, so as to encircle the Zhuge family to better contribute to the Pingjiao.

Cao Cao and Xun Yu were deceived, and they really can't blame their IQ problems, it's really Liu Bei's hand that is too deceptive-

Everyone knows that Sun Wei is Liu Xuan's special envoy, Yangzhou Don't drive, and the court ministers have been familiar with him in recent years.

Sun Wei came to deliver the watch, how could it not be what Liu Miao meant? Who would have thought that Liu Xuan's number one civil official would all vote for Liu Bei?

After Cao Cao got the watch, his first reaction was actually overjoyed, because he found that the Zhuge family really liked to "climb high branches" and was obsessed with fame and fortune.

No, last year, the Zhuge family climbed the high branch of Yangzhou Thorn History, and sought official progress for his family.

After actually occupying Yuzhang County this year and having a solid territory, he actually didn't look down on the high branches of the level of Thorn History, and turned to the high branches of Panzhou Mu.

As a result, the image of Zhuge family's uncle and nephew as "a big leader who overstepped the level in the officialdom" instantly jumped on the paper.

Cao Cao simply hoped that the Zhuge family would be such an official.

It's good to like to skip the level and tie up the big leader!

Because the biggest leader of the Han Dynasty is not his chariot general Cao Sikong?

If you want to be a big official, when the pastor of Panyang can't be satisfied, you have to come to work for him directly.

In order to encourage the Zhuge family to continue to climb the high branches, Cao Cao waved his pen and asked Xun Yu to give the Zhuge family the credit for actually pacifying Yuzhang County and destroying the traitor Zhenrong, and rewarded him.

Zhuge Xuan, the Yuzhang is too guarded, and he can't be sealed for the time being, so he gave him an additional marquis, the Marquis of Kaiyang Pavilion - Kaiyang County is the seat of Langya County, and this canonization also allows Zhuge Xuan to have a name in a certain county in Langya's hometown.

And Zhuge Jin, the captain of the Ping Thief, with the merit of destroying Zhenrong, added one level to the general of Pingyue Zhonglang, and directly named him Danyang Taishou, and sealed the capital Pavilion Marquis (there is no fief, and there are 200 households in the food town, which is considered the lowest level of liehou, only higher than the 100 households of Guanneihou).

He was ordered to continue to obey Liu Xuan's orders, attack the Zulang territory of the six counties in the south of Danyang from Yuzhang, and further deal with Sun Ce in the future.

Even Zhuge Jin's younger brother, Zhuge Liang, who was only seventeen years old, also nominally gained a lot of auxiliary credit in the Pingjirong Rebellion, and finally got an official position and could officially serve the imperial court.

Zhuge Liang was named Danyang County Cheng, with a rank of 600 stones, and had no other military position or title.

And because Guan Yu wanted to hide his exploits and couldn't let Cao Cao fully see the collusion between Liu Bei and the Zhuge family, Liu Yu didn't mention a word about Guan Yu in his seal, let alone Chen Zhi.

The only martial artist mentioned was only Gan Ning, a newcomer without the slightest hint of Liu Bei's camp. There is also a sentence in the table, saying that this person is a righteous man recruited by the Zhuge family from Jingzhou, and he once led troops in Yizhou.

The final result was that Gan Ning was officially crowned as the governor of Yuzhang County by the imperial court, and he had no other civil position or title.

This official position is actually the same as what Zhuge Jin promised him in private, and it has not been promoted. However, considering that this time it was changed to a direct will of the imperial court to seal it, there is still a big difference between the gold content and the private giving and receiving and self-expression.

Presumably, when Gan Ning gets the holy decree, he will definitely be more and more grateful to the Zhuge family - since he was at Liu Yan's place, he has been leading troops for several years, but he has never been officially canonized by the imperial court's decree. This alone is enough to prove that following the Zhuge family is definitely hugging the right thigh, and making contributions is just around the corner.

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Sun Wei worked in Xudu for a long time, and it took a month and a half to return to Guangling.

And when Liu Bei got the will brought back by Sun Wei, he also sincerely praised this talent for using it in the right place.

Sure enough, even if a person only understands the etiquette of the court and eats, drinks, and gives gifts between ministers, it is also useful, and it can work wonders if it is used in the right place.