Xuande

Chapter 242

In the previous battle of Liangzhou, Guan Yu and others made a lot of contributions, received a lot of rewards, and possessed a certain basic position.

On top of this, arrange for them to wipe out the rebellious soldiers in Liangzhou and gain the military merits of stabilizing the place. In this way, it will not be too abrupt for them to be the prefect of the county.

Guan Yu had a great contribution to beheading the general in battle, and for this contribution, he was named Dutinghou. Although he was only the last title in the rank of Liehou, he had entered the rank of Liehou anyway.

In addition, Dong Huang was named Dutinghou because of his bravery in battle. Together with Guan Yu, he became the only two generals under Liu Bei who entered the rank of lieutenant.

Although Zhang Fei, Zhen Yan, Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun also fought bravely, they lacked more direct military exploits. Relying on Liu Bei's relationship, they were awarded the title of Marquis of Guannei by Zhang Wenbiao's military exploits.

They have such conditions, and after a little operation, it is not difficult at all.

And to go further west, there are Wuwei County, Zhangye County, Jiuquan County, Dunhuang County, four counties, and two vassal states of Zhangye and Zhangye Juyan.

These places are sparsely populated. Although they were not the places where the rebellion broke out directly, many officials from all over the place fled from bandits or abandoned their officials during the chaos.

Liu Bei intends to impeach them one by one, depose them, question them, and replace them with someone he can trust when the situation stabilizes and the investigation is clear.

Liu Bei shook his head.

In his plan, he intends to recruit some warriors from the land of three rivers and surrounding areas who are willing to follow him to Liangzhou, and the number of them must not be less than 3.

Cao Song and Cao Cao were overjoyed.

If he is willing to come, Liu Bei will definitely use the trick to make him his confidant.

"You're joking. I know Meng De's talent. It's my good fortune to ask Meng De to help me manage Liangzhou. It is my long-standing goal to work hand in hand with Meng De to achieve great things. wish!"

Liu Bei smiled and saluted Cao Song.

"Xuande, it's really rare for Meng De to have a friend like you. I don't know if the ancestors appeared to bless him. In the future, Meng De will rely on you a lot."

If they choose not to go to Liangzhou because they are worried about these things and that they will not be able to reunite with their families from now on, Liu Bei is willing to accept it.

"This……"

Afterwards, Liu Bei held a meeting of the Ministry of General Affairs. At the meeting, he clearly stated that he wanted to take all of you to Liangzhou to handle real official affairs, and wanted to arrange positions for them within their ability, and ensure that everyone could have proper position.

But, it's very clear, if you don't follow me, you will no longer be a member of the Ministry of General Affairs. In the future, their path will depend on themselves, which is a matter of course.

He remembered that Cao Cao had experience as an official in the outside world, and Liu Bei had no doubts about Cao Cao's administrative ability. He thought that if he wanted to fully grasp the place this time, Cao Cao could not simply let it go.

As a Youzhou native who was appointed by the Luoyang court to parachute to Liangzhou as the governor of the state, if he didn't have enough force to deter him, he might not even have a secure foothold at the beginning.

In the end, all 370 members of the Ministry of General Affairs chose to follow Liu Bei to Liangzhou. Even Zheng Xuan's disciples, Guoyuan and Sun Qian, also decided to follow Liu Bei to Liangzhou to take up positions and handle affairs.

Liu Hong looked at Liu Bei with a smile.

However, considering that he still lacks trustworthy capable subordinates, Liu Bei remembered that he was undergoing training under Lu Zhi's command.

So Liu Bei wrote a letter to Lu Zhi, wanting to discuss with Lu Zhi about Zhaozhao, and then ask for his personal opinion, to see if he would like to come to Liangzhou.

Cao Cao has not made any achievements in these years, and it is quite difficult to change his job. Now Liu Bei has the idea of ​​pulling him out of the Luoyang whirlpool, which is also a career path for Cao Cao. breakthrough.

So Liu Bei met with Cao Cao in private and asked Cao Cao if he had the idea of ​​serving as the prefect in the desolate Liangzhou.

With an army, I, the Liangzhou pastor, can count on my words. At present, the counties in Liangzhou have just experienced wars, and the counties are dilapidated, with serious losses of troops. I don't want to trouble your majesty and the court too much. Liangzhou is really unable to support the needs of the army. . "

"Meng De, if I cared about your post-eunuch status, why did I decide to accept your son as my disciple? You should know, I don't care about that."

Satisfied with this, Liu Bei praised them, and then gave them a special bonus.

Can this kind of military affairs be dealt with with a bargaining attitude?
Liu Bei found that he seemed to have underestimated Liu Hong's bottom line as a stingy and greedy person.

"Xuande, I... I am a post-eunuch, if you publicly declare me as the prefect, I'm afraid it will cause some criticism?"

This is the bad place.

In addition, Liu Yong, Liu Sheng, and Liu Bei who had experienced under Lu Zhi's command also wanted to call them back to enrich the military strength of their relatives under his command and build their own power moat.

On this issue, Liu Hong's stingy nature broke out once again, and he felt that he could bargain with Liu Bei to minimize the price the court had to pay, and let Liu Bei take as much "social responsibility" as possible.

"Your Majesty, I don't have a lot of family property. Even if I go bankrupt, I can't get much money. Let's raise money by myself. With the help of elders and friends, how can I afford the money and goods spent by the [-] troops for their daily and military campaigns?" ?These all need court support.

"I understand, I understand. Of course the imperial court supports you, but well, there may be a part of this amount that you need to figure out a way for yourself. You also have to be considerate of the imperial court's difficulties."

According to Lu Zhi's excellent evaluation of him, Liu Bei believed that Yanzhao would definitely meet his needs.

Relying on the aftermath of this wave of war, Liu Bei is very confident that he will turn Liangzhou into a place where he can fully count on his words within a year or two.

For Liu Bei's request, Liu Hong is not opposed to Liu Bei's recruitment of soldiers and horses to form an army. The key to the problem is how much money and supplies the army needs from the court, and how much Liu Bei can reduce the burden on the court by relying on self-financing. .

"I only look at you, not others. As long as you are willing, I don't care what others think."

I gave you the official position, I gave you the name, I gave you the permission, and it would be inappropriate to ask me for money.

Looking at Liu Bei's sincere eyes, Cao Cao really didn't know what reason to reject him.

After the discussion, Cao Song sent Liu Bei off in person.

Cao Cao was very happy and decided to agree to Liu Bei, and found Cao Song together with Liu Bei.

Right Xuande?

Of course, Liangzhou is bitterly cold, turbulent, and dangerous. It is not as comfortable and safe as Luoyang's life, nor is it as good as Luoyang's living conditions.

Therefore, he needs to recruit an army in the land of three rivers to take to Liangzhou as his foundation, so that he can carry out a comprehensive rectification of Liangzhou.

In the next few days, regardless of the ups and downs in Luoyang City caused by Yang Ci's death, Liu Bei took advantage of this stall to enter the palace again, and discussed with Liu Hong and Zhang Rang that he would recruit troops, train troops and build an army after he served as Liangzhou shepherd. things.

In this matter, Liu Hong actually took out the posture of a businessman bargaining, and took out the experience he had accumulated in the West Garden, and he wanted to bargain with Liu Bei.

"But……"

Cao Cao was quite surprised by this.

The advantages and disadvantages are laid out together, and everyone is allowed to make a choice.

Moreover, in the current situation, the Cao family has to behave with their tails between their legs, in order not to become the target of public criticism in the dispute between modern and ancient Chinese and scholars, and it is difficult to operate a central position for Cao Cao.

"Xuande, it's not that I don't want to pay, it's because the two major wars have emptied the national treasury, and now there's not much money in the national treasury, even if you scrape the ground, it's hard to get what you want part, so in terms of military spending, you may have to figure out something yourself."

Cao Song was also very happy, so the three of them discussed and decided on Liu Bei's plan to recommend Cao Cao as the prefect of Wuwei County after Liu Bei gained a firm foothold in Liangzhou.

Liu Bei looked at Liu Hong with bitterness.

Then, Liu Bei put his abacus on Cao Cao's head again.

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If there is, they can work together in the court to make Cao Cao transfer from his current status as Yilang to prefect.

PS: Yesterday, I was not happy playing the script. I was shown my IQ. I felt so tired. It was raining when I went home, and I didn’t bring an umbrella.

On a rainy day, cold iron, on the eve of Valentine's Day, I walked alone on the street, the neon lights all over the street lost their color in my eyes, I was like a dog whose leg was broken in the pouring rain, miserable .

So just add one more chapter.

I also want a lot of monthly tickets and recommended tickets to warm my frozen heart.

(End of this chapter)