Xuande

Chapter 647 This time, they went too far
There was a period of time before Liu Bei and Zhang Rang did not meet and talk, the two were busy with their own affairs, and just taking this opportunity, Liu Bei also wanted to have a good chat with Zhang Rang.

So the two met in the back garden of Zhang Rang's house, drinking and chatting.

The cook in Zhang Rang's house can't cook, but his skill in grilling is superb. The roasted meat is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, very delicious. Liu Bei likes to eat the mutton roasted by their cook very much.

It was the same today, while eating roast lamb, Liu Bei talked about it with Zhang Rang.

"Old Zhang, I don't know if you know something."

"Huh? You talk about it."

Zhang Rang drank some wine while eating roast lamb.

During this period of time, he was handling the appointment and dismissal of officials for Liu Bei at Shangshutai. Many positions needed to be arranged in Bingzhou and Youzhou. Liu Bei gave out a lot of lists, so Zhang Rang personally watched. During this period, he was still working hard. .

So Liu Bei suddenly asked him to eat barbecue, and he didn't understand this sentence before he said it out of nowhere.

"You look at it first."

Liu Bei reached out and took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, handed them to Zhang Rang, and continued to eat the mutton himself.

Zhang Rang put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped his hands, took the paper suspiciously, flipped through it for a while, and his expression changed.

"This...how could this be? Is this true?"

"You don't know? You don't have many spies in East Garden in Jizhou, and there are not so many of my people in Jizhou. My people know about it, don't you?"

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang and said with a sneer, "Old Zhang, the people under your command haven't had meat for a long time, so how can you do things quickly? Or are your eyes and ears covered? Can't see the real situation?"

The more Zhang Rang looked at the content on the paper, the more he felt that the situation was not good, and the more he felt that he had made some mistakes.

"Xuande, I... I really don't know these things. Julu County is indeed the person I arranged, and Anping Country and Bohai County... are also my acquaintances, but..."

"Don't let it go, I can know about this kind of thing but you don't, it means that someone under your command has been bribed!"

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I thought you were a very cautious person, how could you make such a low-level mistake? You don't even know if you were plotted against, how do you manage your subordinates? That is, no one wants to deal with you, if someone really wants to To deal with you, bribe the people around you to attack you, and you will not know how you died when you die!"

Zhang Rang put down the paper in his hand, with an uncertain expression on his face.

"The people I sent are all relatively reliable, and they are all from the old department that has been with me for a long time. How could they make such a mistake? If someone deceives me, then..."

"Check out the people around you, as well as the rest of the Ten Permanent Attendants, Zhao Zhong and the others. Don't always think that everything will be fine when the world is stable."

Liu Bei withdrew his information and said in a low voice: "This time, they went too far. They took [-]% to [-]% of the benefits, so they gave me [-]% to [-]%. If this is the case now, don't they want to steal things from me in the future?" ? Some people can't get used to it."

"Give me some time, and I will check the specific situation."

"I'll give you time, and you have to give me an explanation."

Liu Bei patted Zhang Rang on the shoulder: "Old Zhang, I promise to give you a lifetime of wealth, but you can't ruin my business, understand?"

Zhang Rang shuddered, pursed his lips, and nodded.

"I see."

Zhang Rang understands very well that although he has a special relationship with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei trusts and tolerates him enough, it doesn't mean that Liu Bei won't be angry if he is cheated, and it's his subordinates who cheated him.

If this happens for the first time, there will be the second or third time. If there are too many times, the ghost knows whether Liu Bei will take over the power of the ten permanent servants in a fit of anger. There is no place to cry!

He had to investigate this matter clearly. If someone really plotted against him, he would not show mercy—just like Liu Bei would not show mercy to him.

After Zhang Rang made the arrangement, Liu Bei held an internal meeting of the Ancient Literature School, recruited several Luoyang bigwigs from the Ancient Literature School, and presented what he had found in front of Lu Zhi. No concealment is made.

His attitude is also very clear.

"They take [-]% and give me [-]%. I can't speak. They take [-]% and give me [-]%. Talk to them about this matter, I have to give me some compensation.

I will not accept anyone who splits half with me. Forty or six points are my bottom line. I have won the current situation. How much role I have played?When am I?
Just because I'm not angry with everyone, doesn't mean I won't be angry. You all know how much I have paid. Without me, would we be where we are today?I don't have any hard requirements for you, that's because I trust you, but the current situation, I am very sad. "

This is the first time that Liu Bei has spoken so unceremoniously to the bigwigs of the ancient literature school, which surprised and dissatisfied some bigwigs.

They think that what Liu Bei said hurt everyone's feelings too much. We are a family together, so why should we divide each other?

It’s enough to give a little symbolically. Isn’t everyone’s support very good?

Do you really have to be so clear about the boundaries between each other?
In this regard, Liu Bei's attitude is still very clear.

"Without me, the ancient literature school may also be able to defeat the modern literature school, but it is definitely not now. The achievements I have made with all my life are not used by some people to rely on them. If they think that I will have nothing to do with it If there is no opinion, then it is a big mistake.

It's okay to be a domineering, but I need at least [-]%, they don't have to give it, but don't blame me for turning my face and denying others, Liu Xuande never breaks his promise, he does what he says, everyone, I want to try Liu Xuande's promise How powerful is it? "

This is a blatant threat. A group of bigwigs from the ancient literature school were shocked, angry and afraid of this. They all hoped that Lu Zhi could uphold justice and make Liu Bei not be so arrogant.

Zheng Tai almost stood up, pointed at his nose and scolded Liu Bei for being ungrateful.

But Lu Zhi's attitude towards this is almost the same as Liu Bei's, and Lu Zhi doesn't think that Liu Bei's achievements are relied on by some people to do whatever they want.

"I think what Xuande said makes sense. Mr. Zheng, Xuande was the one who conquered the North and the South, and Xuande was the one who risked his life across the grasslands. Without Xuande, would the ancient literature school really be able to win now? Rationality Nobody would think so, would they?
And Xuande wants these things, is it for his own enjoyment?Xuande lives a simple life. Everyone knows that almost all the property he got is used in the governance of the country. We have seen this with our own eyes. Do you have any dissatisfaction? "

Lu Zhi made it clear that he was on Liu Bei's side, which made Zheng Tai very dissatisfied, but he didn't know how to fight back against Liu Bei—if Liu Bei really did something.

The judicial system of the Han Dynasty and the Shangshutai, which has a great deterrent effect on the local area, are all within Liu Bei's sphere of influence. If Liu Bei joins the eunuch group to launch an attack on the ancient literature school, the interests of Jizhou will not be preserved at all and will be lost soon.

So on this night, Liu Bei and the bigwigs of the ancient literature school made an agreement. They can be domineering, but Liu Bei will get [-]% of the profits. If they want to fool Liu Bei, Liu Bei will let them have [-]%. To, but also upside down.

Which is more suitable, the upside down or the [-]% interest?
No one makes a wrong choice.

If anyone wants to, then looking at the example of the Jinwen School's tragic liquidation can understand what their end will be like.

(End of this chapter)