Big Ear Thief Selling Straw Sandals

Quotations from Yang Xiu: The court is like a sieve.

Somehow, the rumor spread that Liu Bei had no intention of staying in power for a long time.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the public, with mixed praise and criticism.

"Have you heard? The emperor is retiring!"

"Nonsense, all I hear is that we have to do it again."

"Even if he is re-elected, it will only last four years. It won't be long! Are you saying this is true?"

"It's hard to say this kind of thing, but there is no smoke without fire, and there is a big mystery in it!"

"What's the mystery? Tell me!"

"Oh, let's talk about it next time we meet. I have to rush after finishing this drink..."

"It's so early in the morning, why are you panicking? Waiter, give this big brother another bowl, and it's mine!"

"Hey, how can I be embarrassed to ask my brother to spend money on me?"

"Haha, it's okay!"

"Squeak~, oh, what a good wine!"

"Brother, could you please tell me more about what the mystery is?"

"Oh, actually it's nothing, but think about it, the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister is responsible for the whole country, two people are inferior to ten thousand people, who wouldn't be jealous? Think about it again, who is beneficial to this news?"

"Oh, brother in the palace? Or Taifu?"

"Hey, you said this, I didn't. But no matter who he is, the key is that when this position is vacant, someone has to fill it. So, whoever advocates vigorously will be the one."

"Brother is awesome! If we really change the person, will the future direction change?"

"It will definitely have to change, but I guess it will be difficult to make a big change. Local changes will definitely be inevitable. After all, who can be richer and more powerful than the emperor's uncle?"

"It makes sense, it makes sense! Then when the emperor retires, he will really go back to his hometown to retire? Aren't you afraid that someone will deal with him?"

"You don't understand anything! The emperor's uncle is both civil and military and rides a black tiger. How can he be an ordinary person? Since he dares to retreat, he is not afraid, right?"

In fact, private discussion does represent the views of the vast majority of people.

Liu Bei is rich, has brothers and adopted sons, powerful in-laws, and what’s even more frightening is that he also has an unpredictable and innovative monster like the Academy of Sciences!

Even the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince, had never thought of facing a direct challenge, let alone other small fish and shrimps.

Yuan Ji is a few years older than Liu Bei, so there is no problem in waiting for another four years to take over smoothly.

Empress Dowager He once taught her son: Anyone who goes against the emperor's uncle will have a bad end.

This is still valid today and has become the consensus of both the government and the opposition.

After all, if you can even build warships, artillery, machine guns, and hot air balloons, why should you compare with others?
Fortunately, this great god who pressed down on the heads of the king and his ministers is finally leaving. Not to mention the thousands of umbrellas that have been entangled with them, even the stars and the moon have sent people to pick them.

The fragrance of osmanthus and the refreshing golden breeze.

Ma Chao, Jin Hua, their concubine and their two sons made a special trip from Longxi to Dongdu to celebrate the Reunion Festival.

Seeing Cai Yan, the five members of the Ma family immediately knelt down.

"My son has sent his greetings to his mother!" Ma Chao kowtowed three times respectfully.

Cai Yan was pregnant again, her belly was bulging, and her smile was full of holy light.

"Everyone, get up! How many years have passed since it was just a joke, but you kid still takes it seriously!"

"If my mother didn't give me food and clothing, how would my son be today? The two elders can take it as a joke, but the son must never forget his roots."

"You are just stubborn!"

Ma Chao smiled innocently and said nothing.

After looking at his adopted son's family, Cai Yan waved and gave a small gold ingot to Ma Chao, Zhang's eldest son, Ma Ming, and a gold lock to his concubine's second son, Ma Yue, who was under one year old, before smiling and mentioning Ma Chao.

"You, you, you were the most stubborn among the three brothers! Now, you are also the father. You have to think more about things and don't make mistakes again."

Ma Chao immediately realized that he had been stabbed to his adoptive father's house for going shirtless to fight against bandits in Longxi.

"My mother's lesson is that my son promises not to be a fool in the future. Ah, where are Yifei, Xiaochan and the others?"

Cai Yan, who was originally cheerful, suddenly frowned and sighed: "You don't know, these children are much harder to manage now than when I was a child! They are all weird and clever people who don't know where they learned it from, and they have no home all day long. I can’t hit but can’t hit, and I can’t scold but can’t scold, I’m really angry to death!”

"Haha! Look what my mother said, Xiaochan is a boy, if he is naughty he will be successful! Yifei is a big girl, she will do things in a measured way."

"Forget it! Ignore these two debt collectors! Let's go and eat first."

Cai Yan had someone prepare a family banquet, and Diao Chan came out with her two daughters, Yang and Liu, to accompany them.

Ma Chao is now the prefect of Longxi with a salary of two thousand shi, so he cannot really treat him as a junior.

"My son has sent his regards to his aunt!"

Ma Chao was very polite and led his family members to kowtow again.

"Get up! We're all a family, why are we so exposed?"

Liu Yiliu was very calm, but Liu Yiyang looked at the two children of Ma Chao's family, giggled, raised his face and asked his mother: "Mom, who are they?"

Diao Chan said: "This big brother's surname is Ma Chao, he is a great hero!"

Then he pointed at Ma Ming and Ma Yue and said, "They are the sons of brother Ma Chao. In terms of seniority, you are their little aunt."

Jinhua and her concubine were not stupid, so they hurriedly brought their son over to meet their little aunt. They must be fawning over this most beautiful second supporter in the world.

When the food was served, considering the large number of children, a separate small table was opened.

The willows and willows are taken care of by the maid, and the horses and horses are taken care of by the concubine.

At the main table, there were only Cai Yan, Diao Chan and Ma Chao Jinhua and his wife.

During the dinner, Jin Hua hesitated to speak several times, but Ma Chao stopped her with his eyes and small movements.

Diao Chan was quite puzzled, but Cai Yan seemed as if she hadn't seen him before.

After dinner, all the children were resting in the garden to eat. Cai Yan called Ma Chao aside alone.

"What can't you say at home?"

Ma Chao couldn't help but glance at his wife secretly.

Cai Yan snorted and asked: "What do you think your wife is doing? Do you want to show off your authority? Why can't you imitate your adoptive father when it comes to women? If you still regard me as your elder, tell me, is it Jinhua's fault or yours?" "

"It's my son's fault!" Thinking about his adoptive father's attitude towards the back house, Ma Chao decisively admitted his mistake, dissipated his anger, and explained the reason with some helplessness.

He heard about the change of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and his first judgment was that someone was making trouble and fishing in troubled waters, and it was an obvious conspiracy against his adoptive father Liu Bei.

Therefore, he planned to launch a military operation to scare the monsters.

Of course, Liangzhou couldn't cause trouble inside, so he set his sights on Baima Qiang in the southwest.

There are three thousand county soldiers in Longxi, one Shuiyong-style cannon, machine gun and musketry cavalry, and [-] reserve troops. They can be drawn out to fight at any time. They are known as "Wolf Warriors" in Liangzhou.

According to the plan drawn up by the combat staff, the main force of the Baima Qiang will be annihilated within half a month, and the ground will be pacified in three months.

But Jinhua had also served in the army and knew Ma Chao's temperament better. Once on the battlefield, he would definitely take the lead. It was scary to think about it.

Therefore, this time God gave her a chance to find an elder who could control her husband.

After listening to Ma Chao's story, Cai Yan became angry.

"You, you are so stupid! Forget it, I can't blame you, just wait until the Prime Minister comes back!"

Four-year-old Ma Ming, who has always followed his father as a role model, got angry when he saw that his father could not hold his head up after being scolded by his eldest mother.

"Don't talk about my father!" Ma Chao's head was full of black lines. He never expected that his son's ability to cheat on his father at such a young age turned out to be top-notch!
The son suddenly jumped out to refute the Prime Minister's wife. Jin Hua was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly hugged her son to cover the troublesome little mouth and apologized repeatedly.

"My dear mother, my daughter-in-law has failed to discipline her well. Please forgive me!"

Cai Yan smiled instead of being angry, and waved to Ma Ming: "Jinhua, let him go! I want to see if your Ma family and his son are heroes or bears?"

Jinhua had no choice but to let go of her son.

When Ma Ming gave birth to a calf, he yelled blankly: "Be born and die immediately, it is the life of the Ma family man! My father and I are not afraid of death, not a bear!"

"Then you're both dead and you're going to have a fart right away?"

Now, the whole audience was shocked!
The Prime Minister's wife, who is well-versed in poetry and books, is gentle and elegant, and is known throughout the country for her virtues and virtues, actually quarrels with a childish child indiscriminately?
Ma Ming rubbed his little head and thought for a long time, then suddenly pointed at Ma Yue and said: "Isn't there still A Yue? Let him live!"

Cai Yan asked, "What if Ah Yue doesn't want to give birth?"

Ma Ming answered without hesitation: "If A Yue disobeys me, let my mother spank me, and then I will behave!"

Cai Yan smiled slyly and said, "If your son doesn't listen to his mother, he will be spanked, right?"

"Well, my father said, you must listen to your mother."

"Then your father calls me mother, and if he doesn't listen to me and is going to be a fool, should he be spanked?"

"This……"

On one side is my father, on the other side my father’s mother, obedient or disobedient, it’s so hard to choose!
Ma Ming couldn't turn his head and immediately went offline. He could only look at his father subconsciously.

Poor Jin Machao, the majestic northwest warrior wolf, a tall and indomitable man, was tricked by his son to the point of being spanked, and he wished he could find a hole in the ground immediately.

At this moment of silence, a clear voice said seriously: "My father is mainly responsible for the faults of my children. Therefore, if the eldest brother is stupid, he wants to spank my father!"

"Sneeze, sneeze!" A certain Prime Minister who was working in the government office and was cheated by his daughter without knowing it sneezed twice inexplicably.

An embarrassment was laughed off by Liu Yiliu's magical turn.

In the evening, Liu Bei returned home from duty.

In the study, Liu Bei patted Ma Chao on the shoulder when he saw that the little brat he used to be was now growing a beard.

"Don't worry, your mother also means well. In addition, the change of leadership is not what you think. Let's talk about it later. Of course, there are some things that you have to do when you say it. Otherwise, how will you lead the army in the future? Baima Qiang, Just sweep it!"

"My son knows it, thank you father for allowing it!"

"But you can't go into battle! This is not a military order, just my request. In an army and a country, everyone has their own responsibilities, do you understand?"

Ma Chao was convinced and nodded immediately: "Father, I understand. If a general loses an order, he will die. For the sake of my brothers, I cannot die."

"Well, people will inevitably die in a war. Once the general is gone, the entire army is likely to be destroyed. My parents have raised me for more than ten years, and if they lose everything in one battle, what are you going to pay for it?"

Liu Bei added: "As the leader of an army, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. I will never finish learning in a lifetime."

Ma Chao felt the list on his shoulders was heavy. He thought about it and asked tentatively: "If my father is the commander-in-chief, how can we fight this battle more safely?"

Liu Bei pointed to the scroll jar next to the desk. Ma Chao understood it and took out the military map with the label of Liangzhou and spread it on the desk.

Baima Qiang is located southwest of Longxi, Hanyang and Wudu.

Liu Bei said: "War is business. My business is big not because I am talented, but because I share the profits. In this way, the partners who work with me will think it is profitable, and they will naturally be dedicated to doing things. As time goes by, Naturally I make more than others."

Ma Chao suddenly understood and said, "What do you mean by my father, to unite with the military capital of Hanyang to send troops together to achieve my goal?"

"One person fighting alone is powerful, but if you fight three against one, the losses will be much smaller, and the chance of total annihilation will be much greater, or even defeat without a fight."

Ma Chao nodded excitedly, that was what he had calculated.

The benefits are many and the losses are small. No wonder the adoptive father is invincible and has learned!
At this time, perhaps to increase the difficulty, or perhaps to test Liu Bei's bottom line, Ma Chao then asked: "Father, what if we send the Qiang away?"

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "If we don't succeed for the time being, we will lose."

Hey, if you say this, why will you fail?

"Father, is there anything in this?"

"Faqiang is located on a plateau, and the climate conditions are completely different from those in the plains. Your soldiers have not received plateau training and rushed into battle. They have no chance at all. Once you have scanned Baimaqiang and let your men train a few times, you will understand."

Ma Chao, who didn't know what altitude sickness was, could only give up the idea of ​​getting sick.

Liu Bei continued: "Xiao Xiu has probably arrived in the Mediterranean. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be back at the end of the year."

Ma Chao nodded. No one could match his adoptive father's thoughtfulness.

Matthew was transferred to the United Fleet and became the backbone of the navy.

Ma Dai joined the Northern Army and became the Zhongyang Army, and was completing his qualifications.

As for himself, he is cultivating strength in Longxi in a down-to-earth manner.

According to the plan, within ten years, he will become the boss of Liangzhou and take charge.

It’s not okay to be the boss of Liangzhou without anyone to help you.Therefore, the group fight tactic just now may be a pun intended by the adoptive father.

Finally, let’s talk about the change of leadership.

"In four years, I will leave. Don't think too much. You must use your brain more when encountering problems. If you do it again, I will spank you!"

"Haha!" Ma Chao couldn't hold back and laughed like a pig: "Dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix, my brothers and sisters are really extraordinary!"

"Forget it, I know you don't have your fingers in the water. You hang out in the military camp all day long. You can't tell the difference between good guys and bad guys... Just take it easy."

Ma Chao frowned at his adoptive father's warning and said hesitantly: "What do you mean, father, that there is someone else's hidden stake around me?"

"How new! If you ask around, which governor doesn't have an informant from the inner guard? Besides, Liangzhou turns out to be the home base of the Rumor Division."

Ma Chao suddenly blushed. He was from the special forces. He was a spy who assassinated and beheaded Men Qing. Now someone actually dares to disturb Tai Sui. Are you impatient?

"Look at yourself in the mirror and see how you look! Be anxious whenever you say it, and act on it immediately. If this continues, you will have no choice but to retire in Longxi."

"What are you afraid of when there is a hidden stake? Can't you just use the trick? Keep an eye on the other party, and when the critical moment comes, give him a hard blow."

Ma Chao was thoughtful.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated everywhere.

Liu Bingkun, Sun Xia, and Sun Guo also came to the Prime Minister's Office with their families.

Jinyiwei recently received news that with the rapid expansion of Cao's army's power, there was a faint sound of discord in Bashu.

"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, except one male and one female."

Sun Xia joked with a smile.

Sun Guo glanced at Liu Bingkun and said without revealing any trace: "Jiangdong's firearms technology has skyrocketed. Maybe it will catch up with ours in a few years."

In front of Ma Chao's eyes, the figures of two young handsome men immediately appeared.

The little bully was okay, but the commander of the secret reconnaissance guards was Zhou Yu. Not only was he handsome, he was proficient in playing and singing, and he was also very versatile in intelligence work. Even Liu Bingkun had nothing to do with him.

In particular, Zhou Yu caught Yong Jun Ke's efforts to pluck wool, causing Liu Bingkun's hair to become thinner and thinner.

Liu Bingkun became a monk halfway and took over Liu Neng's position as the boss. However, if this industry wants to improve its business level, it really requires talent, and he is still not interested.

Therefore, Jinyiwei has also become a shortcoming in the Yongjun system and is often the object of ridicule.

Finally, Zhao Yun and Zhang Mei arrived hand in hand, and a grand reunion banquet began at the Prime Minister's Office.

Today's staple food is a new delicacy called "Pizza Hut Pizza", which has become a popular choice that everyone is trying.

The Prime Minister likes food, that’s for sure!
Hey, does it taste like an ordinary meat pie?

Uncle Liu Huang: You know nothing, what I eat is not pie at all, but feelings!feelings!Still feelings! (End of chapter)