Chapter 6 Advice for Liu Bei
If you want to say what Zhang Fei said, it is not completely wrong, if you meet a good emperor, just the credit of beheading the enemy, even if you can't seal the Taishou, you can naturally do it or don't drive it. It's not just a county lieutenant.
You must know that the Yellow Turban Army is all over the country, and there are only thirty-six Qu Shuai, each of whom is the existence of the town guard, the leader of the anti-thieves, the Qu Shuai of the Youzhou Yellow Turban Army, was killed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
When Liu Bei and the others heard this, they were immediately a little surprised, and at the same time they had a bad premonition in their hearts.
"Why is that?" Guan Yu began.
Gao Zhao didn't answer, just waved his hand and shook the folding fan, and asked Liu Bei again:
"Dare to ask Xuande, Xuande has connections in the court"
Liu Bei shook his head:
"Nope"
Gao Zhao continued to ask:
"That Xuande can send money, silver and jewelry to the imperial court"
"No, but Xiuping, can you stop fanning, don't you feel cold?"
Gao Zhao was a little embarrassed and put away the folding fan:
"Sorry, sorry"
"Neither connections nor money, then it is clear"
Guan Yu seemed to understand something, and was persuaded by Gao Zhao's words:
"Then the court won't turn a blind eye to the merits of our three brothers."
Gao Zhao slowly stood up and turned his back to the three of them:
"No, it's just that there is no way at the moment, Yun Chang, you must know that although His Majesty is on duty in the current court, in fact, His Majesty's body has already been hollowed out by wine, and he doesn't care about political affairs, and the actual person in charge is the Ten Standing Servants and the Great General He Jin."
"As soon as the court folds and folds, it must go through the hands of the ten permanent servants, if there is no benefit, the ten permanent servants will only blow the wind in front of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will be serious, Wang Yun is not an example, according to reliable sources, in the future, Your Majesty will be under Zhang Rang's suggestion, and even publicly bid to sell officials"
When Liu Bei and the others heard this, they got up one after another, they were angry, and unconsciously clenched their fists:
"The villain is in charge! The villain is in charge."
At the same time that Liu Bei's three brothers were angry, Liu Bei took the lead in reflecting:
"Then Xiuping, there is no other way?"
It can be seen that Liu Bei needs this official position very much, and the three brothers are all at the bottom of this era, if they become officials, they can achieve a class leap.
"Yes, there are four ways"
When Liu Bei heard this, he no longer had the previous calmness, and hurriedly grabbed Gao Zhao's hands and looked at Gao Zhao with burning eyes:
"Please also teach me Xiuping"
Gao Zhao said calmly:
"Xuande, do you know what this Yellow Turban Uprising portends?"
"What to portend"
Gao Zhao saw Liu Bei's anxiety, and he was not selling Guanzi:
"The Yellow Turban Rebellion heralded that the power of the world will no longer be concentrated in the royal family in the future, after the imperial court issued an order, the princes and landlords can independently recruit squires to fight against the Yellow Turban thieves, once the Yellow Turban thieves are destroyed, those princes and landlords who have soldiers and horses in their hands will still dismiss their subordinates, obviously not"
Liu Bei nodded in agreement, at present, there are still many righteous armies formed under his own command.
Gao Zhao continued:
"That's not it, this person, once he has soldiers in his hands, the ambition in his heart will gradually magnify, which will lead to chaos similar to the Warring States period, the princes will cut off the hegemony, and in addition to His Majesty's ignorance of political affairs, it will fuel the ambition in the hearts of the princes"
"So, I offer three strategies for Xuande, and there is a compromise method"
"Let's talk about the next policy first, the next strategy is, wait for the news of the imperial court, although Xuande your battle report has been handed in, but it was stopped by the ten permanent servants, they can stop it for a while, but they can't stop it for a lifetime, and after a few years, Xuande's reward will come down."
When Liu Bei heard the first strategy, he instantly became anxious:
"How Can I Wait for Years"
Gao Zhao calmly stopped Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who were about to speak:
"The three of them will listen to me first, and then talk about the middle strategy, Xuande can temporarily defect to one person and develop silently, you need to know, in troubled times, there are opportunities to make meritorious contributions everywhere, so that you can not only make meritorious contributions, but also use other people's money and food to support your own soldiers and horses, isn't it fragrant?"
"And then it's the best policy, since Xuande can't beat them, then join them, Xuande can buy an official position in the future, buy an official, it's not ashamed, you only need to spend some silver taels, and the official body will be there"
"There is also a compromise method, that is, to find the family to cooperate, pull investment, the family to pay, Xuande continues to recruit troops, training, after all, there are soldiers and horses in hand, you can use them at any time, wait for an opportunity, a time when the world is in chaos, then you can take advantage of the situation to raise troops"
After Gao Zhao finished speaking, he stopped speaking, giving a few people time to digest, Chen Zhi was also attentive, only Gao Yue was on the side, looking at Gao Zhao pointing out the country, looking at Gao Zhao with admiration, picking up a melon and fruit and biting it.
After a while, a few people reacted, Liu Bei was convinced of Gao Zhao's words, according to the current situation, it would be a matter of time before the world was in chaos.
Liu Bei got up, his eyes were burning, Gao Zhao was a little chilling, Gao Zhao was about to speak, Liu Bei suddenly made a big salute to Gao Zhao,
"Please help me, sir"
Gao Zhao had already thought that Liu Bei would worship him as a military advisor before he came, and even make this big gift, but he had already thought of a reason.
Gao Zhao hurriedly helped Liu Bei up:
"Xuande can't be like this, it's not that he doesn't want to, but at the moment, he still needs to take his sister to the grandfather in the south, his grandfather is old, he can't leave his homeland, he is alone, and he doesn't feel at ease."
Liu Bei refused to get up and continued to worship:
"Sir, if Liu Bei doesn't have a gentleman by his side, it's like losing the light in the night, and I wish to serve Mr. as a teacher for the rest of my life."
"Big Brother"
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and stared at Gao Zhao with some dissatisfaction.
Gao Zhao also noticed it, and said as if no one was around:
"Xuande, if you are like this, you are driving me away"
As he spoke, he was leaving.
Liu Bei's face was full of bitterness, and he also knew that now that he had no capital, not many people would follow him with nothing like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
"Well, since Mr. doesn't want to, then ask Mr. to stay in Yide's house for a while longer, so that he can be prepared to entertain Mr."
Gao Zhao nodded in agreement, and kept hurrying, but Gao Yue couldn't hold on.
A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and on this day, Gao Zhao was leaving.
During this time, Liu Bei almost lived in Zhang Fei's house, and if Gao Zhao hadn't kicked Liu Bei out of his room, Liu Bei would even have to share a bed with him.
Liu Bei consulted Gao Zhao a lot, from national policies to future planning, and even talked a lot about parents.
On this day, Liu Bei reluctantly watched Gao Zhao and the others leave, looking at the back of Gao Zhao leaving, Liu Bei whispered to himself:
"Second brother, third brother, what do you think of this little gentleman"
Guan Yu was the first to speak:
"Big is a great talent, but it's too good to pretend to be B"
Zhang Fei didn't care so much, and shouted loudly:
"I look at it like that, those strategies, don't you have soldiers in your hands, I also know, where does the money come from?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Fei's face turned cold:
"Big brother, since you can't use it for me, it's better to..."
As he spoke, he drew the knife in his hand.
Gao Zhao and Chen Zhi both felt the chill behind them, and they held their breath and continued to ride forward.
Liu Bei turned his head, pushed back Zhang Fei's knife that was not out of his body, and reproached:
"What nonsense do you say, Mr. naturally has a reason for Mr."
However, Liu Bei's words, Gao Zhao and Chen Zhi, who had gone away, did not hear it.
Liu Bei touched his chin:
"But didn't Mr. say to take care of his grandfather, Yun Chang, you pick two clever ones from the army, one goes to the south to find Mr. Grandfather, and the other follows them, after finding his grandfather, pay close attention, and when his grandfather dies, we will invite him again"