Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 616 Top Strategist
In fact, the person Yan Xu wanted most was Jia Xu, who was known as the poisonous scholar of the Three Kingdoms. This man was born to work in the underworld, and it would be a loss if he was not given a single room.

If the underworld is dead, let him reincarnate into this world, and it will definitely be full.

It's just that this person and Liu Bei have a very bad compatibility. After all, one emphasizes benevolence, righteousness, and morality, while the other advocates harming heaven and not culture.

When Liu Bei asked for advice, Jia Xu said, "I have a thousand plans."

"Don't harm the harmony of nature."

"There are hundreds of other ways."

"Don't hurt anyone."

"There are ten more plans."

“We can’t let too many people die.”

"Then you're asking the wrong person."

Moreover, this person is not only vicious, but also a slacker. In the entire Three Kingdoms period, how many people could live to the end of their lives? How many could live to be over seventy years old?

However, we cannot blame Boss Cao for not exploiting his employees. He has come up with several schemes in his life, which not only cut off the Han Dynasty's national destiny in advance, but also sent several million people to accelerated reincarnation. If he had to work overtime every day, who could stand it?

What’s even more terrible is that Boss Cao has a ruthless man named Cheng Yu under his command.

Uncle Ba can only eat at a buffet at most, but this guy runs a food factory, and in order to ensure that the food is safe, he specifically chooses to eat with familiar folks.

If Jia Xu and Cheng Yu worked overtime, not only would there be no living people left, but even the dead could not be found.

Because of the compatibility issue, there is no point in bringing Jia Xu. By then Liu Bei would neither dare to adopt his strategy nor let him go. Would he be keeping him in vain?

And thinking that he would need this person to speed up the historical process, Yan Xu decided not to let anyone disturb him and turned his attention elsewhere.

However, neither Yan Xu nor Liu Bei had expected that an adviser would come to them on their own initiative, so even though the other party was very young, Liu Bei still received him carefully and without any impoliteness.

At this time, Liu Bei was not the Liu Paopao who was so poor that he had no place to stay. Not only was he hailed as one of the three best generals of the Han Dynasty, he was also the Sima of another department and the magistrate of Zhuo County, in charge of both military and political affairs. Therefore, his courtesy was more significant, at least the other party nodded secretly.

This man's surname was Chen, his name was Gong, and his courtesy name was Gongtai. He was upright and resourceful. When he was young, he made friends with many famous people in the country. He was one of the top strategists in the early period of the Three Kingdoms.

How capable is this man? If it weren't for Lu Bu's stubbornness, with his military power and Chen Gong's wisdom, they would have had a place in the world, and it might not be impossible for the Three Kingdoms to become Four Kingdoms.

Unfortunately, he couldn't resist his tendency to act up and ruined the good situation.

Chen Gong is the kind of person who is a bit morally obsessed, a bit persistent, and a bit twisted. Therefore, when he saw Cao Cao's true face, he parted ways without hesitation and continued to make things difficult for Boss Cao.

Although Lu Bu had many shortcomings, he was not hypocritical. Because of this, Chen Gong devoted himself to him and was even willing to die with him in front of the White Gate Tower.

How could such a person fall in love with Liu Bei?
Such are the benefits of fame and reputation.

In the war against the Yellow Turban Army, Lu Zhi seemed to have missed the greatest achievement, but he was framed by the eunuchs and wrongly imprisoned. Later, he was compared with Dong Zhuo, which proved his foresight and strategy. These increased his fame and reputation more than any great achievement.

As his disciple, Liu Bei perfectly proved that a good teacher can produce good students. Not only did he kill one of the three Zhangs, he was also hailed as one of the three best generals of the Han Dynasty. Naturally, he was no longer an unknown person.

Moreover, although Liu Bei was not good at domestic affairs, at least not now, he was kind-hearted and considerate of the people. Since he took office, he had reduced taxes and encouraged production. With a group of elite soldiers and generals under his command, the Yellow Turban bandits all avoided him, allowing Zhuo County to quickly restore stability and production. After all, the people have a strong self-healing ability, and as long as there are no natural disasters or man-made disasters, they will reproduce and thrive. After all, it is never God who causes the people to live in misery, but the master.

Now that Yan Xu is there to support God and Liu Bei is there to prevent man-made disasters, the people will naturally be able to recuperate quickly.

After hearing these, Chen Gong couldn't help but become curious. Before visiting Liu Bei, Chen Gong had actually been wandering around for two or three days. He came to visit only after confirming that it was not fake, otherwise he would have left long ago.

It has to be said that the two of them were very compatible. After a long conversation, although Chen Gong did not bow down to him, he was willing to stay and help Liu Bei improve internal affairs.

Liu Bei welcomed this with both hands. Although he had always had great ambitions, he could not change his nature as a poor student, so he hurriedly handed his class notes and the plan with his own corrections to Chen Gong.

Although Chen Gong was not a top expert in internal affairs, as a top strategist, he would not be bad in internal affairs. Therefore, he could see at a glance that although this plan was not perfect enough, it went straight to the essence of the matter. He suddenly became alert and hurriedly took the class notes made by Liu Bei and started to read them.

When he came to his senses again, the sky had become dark. Liu Bei had people light a circle of candles around for lighting, and placed screens to block the cold wind. He also prepared wine and food on the side. It has to be said that he was very thoughtful and paid attention to details. Even Chen Gong felt warm in his heart.

"Is this the work of Lu Zhonglang?" Chen Gong couldn't let go of the notebook in his hand, and then he found that it was made of some kind of white and tough paper, which made him even more curious.

"No, these are the key points I wrote down while listening to the teacher's lecture. What a coincidence, the teacher will give a lecture in three days." Liu Bei had already learned how to grasp the weak points of these intellectuals, so when Chen Gong said this, his eyes lit up. Now even if he chased him away, he would not leave.

However, after finishing the class, looking at Liu Bei's notes again, Chen Gong could hardly hide the contempt on his face. This is all you remember from the great scholar's lecture?
With the joining of Chen Gong, Zhuo County developed rapidly, Liu Bei was finally able to get out of it, and Yan Xu no longer needed to worry. This is the role that a top strategist can play.

Chen Gong did not do everything himself. No matter how smart he was or how fast he worked, his efficiency was limited by the speed of his movements and speech. Therefore, his real purpose was to make the best use of everything, put the right people in the right positions, let them give full play to their talents, and connect all people together to form an overall upward force.

Liu Bei's small force was initially formed. On the court side, after Liu Hong gained some advantages with the help of the great victory of Lu Zhi and other two people, he immediately made further efforts to try to further weaken the aristocratic families and deepen the imperial power. As a result, the reputation of the Ten Attendants became even worse.

There is no other way. The court officials are already closely tied to the aristocratic families. How can it be possible to weaken the aristocratic families by relying on civil and military officials? This is no different from asking oneself to cut one's own flesh. As long as the knife is not on their necks, don't expect them to really take action. Therefore, they can only rely on the eunuchs headed by the Ten Attendants.

Naturally, doing so would not earn him a good reputation, but Liu Hong had no other choice, because the Han Dynasty at that time selected officials through the system of recommendation, the system of conscription, the system of appointment by petition, the system of inheritance by sons, the system of wealth selection, and the Imperial College examination. None of these methods had anything to do with ordinary people, and one had to be at least a scholar to be eligible for selection.

In fact, ordinary people have almost no channels to access knowledge. Occasionally, people like Xu Shu are almost the top.

Moreover, Xu Shu was not a real commoner, because he was able to learn sword when he was young and had the conditions to study. Ordinary people could not even afford to buy a sword, let alone have enough food to eat.

When the entire court was monopolized by aristocratic families, if Liu Hong did not rely on eunuchs, could he rely on his external relatives?

If the relatives by marriage were reliable, Liu Hong would not have set up the Eight Commandants of the Western Garden, with the Little Eunuch Jian Shuo as the commander, in order to restrict the military power of General He Jin.

It can be said that from beginning to end, the only eunuchs Liu Hong could truly trust were these eunuchs. Even though Lu Zhi and the other two were loyal, they were loyal to the Han Dynasty and the emperor, not him, Liu Hong.

But Liu Hong was too impatient, or he noticed something. The Ten Attendants became more and more aggressive, which made Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun dissatisfied.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were not against the emperor taking power, nor were they against suppressing the aristocratic families. They could see that if the aristocratic families continued to expand, the Han Dynasty would be doomed.

What they opposed was that Liu Hong relied too much on eunuchs, granted too much power to the Ten Attendants, and took radical measures.

Even though they had not made any contributions at all, Liu Hong not only appointed Zhao Zhong and others as Generals of Chariots and Cavalry, but also appointed Zhang Rang and thirteen others as marquises.

This was simply making fun of the meritorious officials who were awarded titles for their military achievements, and was also a slap in the face of all court officials. No wonder the Ten Eunuchs were so unpopular.

What is even more deadly is that the emperor took the lead in breaking the rules and used the Ten Attendants as a sharp knife to cut the flesh and bleed the aristocratic families, so don't blame the other party for also breaking the rules.

The mere thought of the consequences made the two of them shudder.

As expected, not long after, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun of Yuyang rebelled, one proclaiming himself emperor and the other general.

Although it seemed like a joke, it was a very dangerous signal. You know, the Yellow Turban bandits have not been eliminated yet, and the Han Dynasty can no longer withstand any more twists and turns.

(End of this chapter)