Wuhan, Han Palace.

"There is Bole, and then there is Maxima. Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have. Therefore, although there is a famous horse, it is only humiliated by the hands of slaves, and it is ...... to die between stables."

Liu Chan's loud chanting voice sounded in the courtyard in the early morning.

Liu Bei, dressed in civilian clothes, sat on the seat and asked, "The heir reads Huo Du's "Ma Shuo", I don't know how he feels?" ”

At the beginning of the year, Huo Jun presented a brown horse to Liu Bei as a gift, or as Zhang Cheng said, it seems to be common to see a brown horse for the first time, and then it is a five-hundred-mile horse, and it is a thousand-mile horse for further study.

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he saw that the brown horse was so peculiar. Huo Jun took the opportunity to present "Ma Shuo" to Liu Bei, and expressed his gratitude to Liu Bei in an alternative way, and promoted him to the market. At the same time, he also advised Liu Bei to select and appoint talents, and not to block the virtuous road.

Liu Bei read the full text of "Ma Said", and couldn't help but be happy. It was because of the strong enlightenment of "Ma Shuo" that Liu Chan read the article "Ma Shuo".

Liu Chan sat obediently at the opposite table and said: "Father, although Huo Du's "Ma Shuo" is only a hundred words, it is deafening, and the sons seem to see the feeling that Maxima laments his master. ”

After a pause, Liu Chan thought for a while and said: "Although Huo Du's "Ma Shuo" is talking about thousands of horses, it seems that he is not only talking about thousands of horses, but also about talents. ”

"Huh?"

"Can you elaborate?"

Liu Chan shook the silk and thought about it, and said: "The glue is lifted in the fish and salt, Guan Yiwu is lifted in the scholar, Uncle Sun Ao is lifted in the sea, and Baili Xi is lifted in the city." When the ancient Magi was at the end of his life, how different was he from Maxima? ”

"The glue was appreciated by King Wen of Zhou, and the king of anti-Ge was able to make a fortune; Xiaobai, the son of Guan Yi and my prime minister, dominates the princes, and is a world; Sun Shuao was fortunate to enter because of the king of Chuzhuang, and ruled the Chu State to dominate the Central Plains; Baili Xi was pulled out by Qin Mugong and was able to strengthen Qin and Wei Rongdi. ”

"Although the wise men have perseverance, but without the appreciation of the king, how can they be famous all over the world? This is the same as Maxima, without Bole is humiliated by the hands of slaves, and he dies between stables, not called Maxima! ”

Liu Bei was greatly relieved and said: "The prince remembers it, recognizing talents and appointing talents, and reusing them is the way of the monarch." Without the assistance of Huo, Ge, and Guan Zhujun, there would be no prosperity of the Han Kingdom. The prosperity of the country lies in the king, and the king and the minister are prosperous. ”

"The reason why the former Han Dynasty prospered was that he was a pro-virtuous minister and a far villain; The reason why the Later Han Dynasty fell into decline was that he was pro-villain and far virtuous. The prince wants to rejuvenate the Han family, but he can only adopt suggestions and adopt suggestions. ”

Liu Chan's green face showed a look of doubt, and said, "Dare to ask my father, how can you distinguish between Maxima and that virtuous minister?" ”

As he spoke, Liu Chan then asked: "As the saying goes, Huo Du was lifted by the king in the market, and Ge Jun was sent by the king between fishing and farming, how can my father know him?" ”

"This?"

was asked by Liu Chan, and Liu Bei made a difficult mistake.

Although he consulted the two of them about current affairs, he asked the two of them to go out of the mountain. But in reality, how do you feel that they appeared at the right time.

Market officials, do you rule less?

Fishermen and farmers, do you see less?

Why did you meet Huo Jun and Zhuge Liang?

"Ahem~"

Liu Bei coughed and said: "Knowing talents is like knowing horses, you have knowledge, if you know big things, you have to meet talents, talk deeply, consult the situation, you can know what they can do!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei touched Liu Chan's head and said, "Therefore, my father asked you to study the classics for the purpose of governing the country and knowing talents." ”

In Liu Bei's eyes, after he died of illness, Liu Chan succeeded to his position, and he was generally unable to lead troops to recruit in person like himself all year round. In this way, he believed that Liu Chan's ability to govern the country was important, so in addition to letting Liu Chan study the scriptures, he also asked Liu Chan to study books such as "Shenzi", "Han Feizi", "Guanzi" and "Liutao".

Today, I asked Liu Chan to read "Ma Shuo" to let him know that it is particularly important to be virtuous and capable in governing the country. Unexpectedly, Liu Chan is talented and smart, and he can understand the deep meaning behind "Ma Shuo" without explanation, which is really rare.

"No!"

Gai is because of the name of the slave, or because of the difference between sperm and egg, Liu Chan is more witty than in history.

After Liu Bei's godson, Wang Cang came and said, "King, the Central Plains is urgent!" ”

"What?"

Wang Cang sent the towel and said: "According to the scout, there was a turmoil in Xuchang, and the imperial physician Ling Jimoto, Shaofu Geng Ji, and Prime Minister Si Zhi Wei Huang led their families to raise righteousness, besieged and burned Xuchang City, and wanted to support the Son of Heaven to go south and take refuge in the king. ”

"Prime Minister Changshi Wang will send Tuntian soldiers to ask for it, and Tianming, Ji, Geng, and Wei rebellions were put down, and Xuchang was stable. Cao Cao was furious and recruited hundreds of officials from Xuchang to Yecheng, wanting to ask for guilt. ”

Liu Bei browsed the content on the scarf, frowned and said: "Ji, Geng, Wei and others were executed, now that the Xuchang rebellion has been quelled, Cao Cao recruited hundreds of officials from Xuchang to Yecheng, could it be that he was secretly hiding his intentions?" ”

As Liu Bei said, the four clans of Ji, Geng, Wei, and Jin were ordered by Cao Cao to exterminate the three clans because of their participation in the Xuchang rebellion. It can be said that the Xuchang rebellion has stopped, but Cao Cao does not seem to have the intention of stopping, but has the intention of expanding the attack area, which is quite puzzling.

"The king, do you want to invite Zhu Qing into the palace to discuss matters?" Wang Cang suggested.

"Yes!"

Liu Bei gained a little and said: "Recruit Zhongmiao, Kong Ming, Xiaozhi, Zichu and other important ministers to enter the palace, and Cao Cao is lonely or has he done something?" ”

"No!"

Under Wang Cang's orders, several attendants hurried out of the palace to convey Liu Bei's decree to everyone.

"My father has something important, so my son will retire first!"

Seeing this, Liu Chan held the silk and arched his hand and said.

"Wait!"

Liu Bei put his hand on Liu Chan's shoulder and asked, "How is your relationship with Ah Yi recently?" ”

Liu Chan raised his head and blinked his eyes, and said: "The relationship between Er and Ah Yi is irreversible, they often eat and live together, they are smart and kind, but they just don't talk much. ”

Liu Bei said with a smile: "In the future, you don't have to live in the palace forever, you can go out of the palace with your friends to hunt, or collect wind and people's livelihood." ”

"No!"

After Liu Bei told Liu Chan, the ministers of the board of directors also rushed to the garden pavilion.

"King!"

Several people greeted Liu Bei, and then sat down in the banquet.

Liu Bei beckoned his attendants to serve tea, and asked Wang Cang to tell everyone about the rebellion in Xuchang and Cao Cao's operation.

Holding the teacup, Liu Bei asked, "What do you think Cao Cao meant, or what are your intentions?" ”

Fa Zheng frowned and thought, and said: "Although the Xuchang rebellion is small, it will be settled overnight. But its influence is so wide that it is not trivial for states and counties to be known. Cao Cao recruited hundreds of officials to go north, with the intention of deterring the northerners, or killing the rebellious ministers to show his power. ”

"I'm afraid that it's not just that!" Liu Bei said.

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and said, "What does the king mean? ”

After hesitating for a while, Zhuge Liang replied to himself: "The king is afraid that Cao Cao will usurp the throne and become the emperor? ”

Liu Bei was undeniable and said: "It has been many years since Cao Cao was crowned King of Wei. Over the years, Cao Cao changed his tyrannical behavior and often practiced benevolent government in order to win the hearts of the people. Acting abnormally, there should be many other plans. ”

This world is different from history, in history, due to Sun Quan's containment and Liu Bei's fight in Hanzhong, Cao Cao fought all year round and did not dare to stop.

In this world, Han Sui was killed by Zhang Fei, Ma Chao was stolen by Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Cao took Longxi relatively easily. Then the battle of Hanzhong failed, and Xiahou Yuan was killed.

Due to the rise of Liu Bei, the division between the north and the south was formed in the past few years. Cao Cao Gai knew that the south was no longer possible, so he turned to internal rectification.

Due to the perennial wars in the interior, the people have many sufferings. Cao Cao issued a wide range of documents, so that the states and counties were not allowed to raise soldiers for no reason, and asked the local government to relieve the lonely and widowed people.

And last year, due to malaria, more than 100,000 people in Yecheng were killed, and nearly 20,000 soldiers died. Cao Cao also issued a rare edict to reduce taxes for the affected families as a sign of benevolence. Therefore, Cao Cao consolidated his rule like this, and it was difficult not to make Liu Bei think about it.

After all, everyone is a careerist, and they are all currently in the king's seat. Cao Cao had the idea of becoming the emperor, and Liu Bei naturally had it. However, unlike when Cao and Liu were crowned kings, Liu Bei could be the king first because of his surname Liu. Now because of his surname Liu, he can't take the lead in becoming the emperor.

Gai is either a monarch and has known each other for many years, so it is not surprising that Liu Bei can have such a guess.

"Watching Cao Cao's move to win the hearts of the people, and now he has recruited hundreds of officials from Xuchang to go north, and he may have the idea of being the emperor."

Zhuge Liang groaned for a while and said: "However, if Cao Cao usurped the throne, the world will be shaken." The only one who can succeed the unification of the Han family is the great king! ”

After a pause, Zhuge Liang said: "The king may take advantage of the Xuchang Rebellion to pay tribute to the dead Han ministers such as Ji, Jin, and Wei, and write an edict for the purpose of conquest of Cao Cao." In addition, the king should be vigilant about changes in the situation, and secretly make great efforts to fight for the Northern Expedition. ”

Liu Bei looked at the silent Huo Jun and asked, "I don't know what Zhong Miao is thinking?" ”

Huo Jun raised his head and smiled, and said, "The minister is thinking about the situation of the Tomb and the Mean!" ”

"If Cao Cao wants to usurp the throne and become emperor, he should think about his merits and make a name for himself."

Huo Jun looked around at everyone and said: "Mencius subdued Cao Cao and offered the three counties of Yong, Fangling, and Xicheng to him. Under Cao Cao's great joy, he would take a lot of tricks and surrender, and ordered Cao Ren to go west, wanting to go down to the three counties for merit. ”

"Therefore, let Mencius deceive the strategy, and make the prince seal and Zidu quickly. If Cao Cao really wants to usurp the throne and become emperor, this will greatly benefit our army. ”

Huo Jun is not like others, now he can be bent on confusing Cao Cao. If Cao Cao is really deceived in place, Cao Ren will advance lightly, and Xiangfan will have a lot to do.

Liu Bei said: "In this way, Jiaozhou should also order Zishan, Dinggong to go quickly, Pingyulin and Hepu two counties, and lure Shixie to send troops north. ”

"Exactly!"

Huo Jun said: "Now we should first use troops to Jiaoling, and then let Mencius surrender to Cao Cao. ”

"Good!"

Liu Bei stroked his beard and said: "As Kong Ming intended, Zhong Xuan wrote a memorial for the Guiyi ministers, and chose a lonely day to pay tribute to Guishan. ”

"The edict was issued, and the four counties of Haidong, including Nanhai, Cangwu, Hepu, and Gaoliang, were temporarily Guangzhou, and Buqi was appointed. Jiaozhi, Yulin, Jiuzhen and other Haixi counties are temporarily Jiaozhou, and Lu Dai is still in charge. Ordered Lu Dai and Buqi to divide the two counties of Yulin and Hepu. ”

"No!"

Lu Dai has served as the Taishou of Wu County for many years, and the effect of governing the county is extraordinary. Today, in order to conquer Jiaozhou, Huo Jun elected Lu Dai to Liu Bei, and Wu County Taishou was succeeded by Zhuge Jin.

As for the unpacking and transaction of Jiaozhou, Guangerzhou is mostly for the purpose of leveling the Jiaoling, and after the Jiaoling is settled, Guangzhou will most likely be abandoned.

(End of chapter)