Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 442
Compared with Liu Xie's previous life, the Han Dynasty paid more attention to the etiquette at the banquet, and the introduction to others was also very particular.Seniority, seniority, official position, prestige, etc., all have to be taken into consideration.As for Chen Deng, no matter his status, official position or reputation here in Xuzhou, he should never be ignored by Liu Bei.

In terms of background, he was the descendant of Chen Qiu, a famous minister who killed the great eunuch Wang Fu in the past, and served as a Taiwei, one of the three princes of the Han Dynasty.Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui, was also well-known in his early years. He was the Minister of Pei Guo and the parental official in Cao Cao's hometown.

Besides the official position, under Tao Qian's account, Chen Deng served as the Diannong school lieutenant in charge of farming.In terms of rank, it is equivalent to the director of agriculture in Xuzhou.However, it should be noted that agriculture in the Han Dynasty was definitely the basic industry of the national economy plus the leading industry, and farm work was the top priority of agriculture.The status of Chen Deng's director of agriculture is not a bit higher than that of Liu Xie's previous life.

With status and official position, the prestige will naturally follow.Moreover, Chen Deng himself is rarely famous for his talents, but he is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs.In addition, his character is bold and arrogant, and he is a man of sea and lake, which is well known in the east of Xuzhou.

Another point is that Chen Deng is also very optimistic about Liu Bei.And, still a very strong supporter.In history, Chen Deng later returned to Cao Cao. When chatting with others and commenting on celebrities in the world, he still admired Liu Bei very much: "Bowen is strong and memorized, Qiyi Zhuoluo, I respect Kong Wenju (Kong Rong); he is outstanding and has the strategy of being a king. I respect Liu Xuande."

Such a person who is not inferior to Mi Zhu regardless of background, official position, and reputation, how could Liu Bei, who is not ungrateful, miss the past?
Obviously, Liu Bei and Chen Deng may have had a discussion before, and they just didn't want Liu Xie to know about Chen Deng's existence.After all, according to the etiquette system, if someone like Chen Deng did not attend, he would not give Liu Xie face and would be beheaded.Therefore, he planned to just attend and not speak, to be a transparent person.

As for why he doesn't want to talk, the way to talk is very interesting... Liu Xie looked sideways at Chen Deng, who was sitting upright beside him, his lips seemed to be upturned, and from time to time he glanced at Liu Bei, who was chattering about introducing irrelevant people, Just staring at the jokes of Liu Bei and Chen Deng: Little boy, can't you pretend, then pretend, keep pretending... Let's see how long you can pretend.

Comrade Liu Bei is thin-skinned after all, and he can't see the depth of Liu Xie.However, from the fact that Liu Xie knew about Guan Yu in Chang'an, he deduced that Liu Xie had already seen his little trick nine out of ten. He added: "Your Majesty, this is our Xuzhou Yilong, Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong, who are very talented and extraordinary."

In the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven had little to do with the creature dragon, and there was no limit.Comparing a talented person with a dragon is just a good reputation, just like Crouching Dragon Zhuge.

Liu Xie nodded lightly, which means that I have already seen it.Then, pointing to a plate of fish soup on the desk, he asked Chen Deng, "Since Yuanlong is a potential dragon, why would he like to eat this fish soup?"

"I don't like it," Chen Deng said bluntly: "I like to eat raw fish."

"Will the raw fish be too fishy?"

"The man lives in troubled times, and he is not afraid of bloody blades, let alone this little fish!"

What Liu Xie was waiting for was Chen Deng's words. He held up a bottle of wine and said, "Excellent! There are such brave men in Xuzhou, how can they be afraid of Yuan Shu's traitor?!"

Naturally, there was very little response to this move.None of the people here are fools, and they can hear what Liu Xie is going to say next.Especially Liu Bei, his face suddenly became embarrassing, with an expression of "what's the matter what you're afraid of".But since Liu Xie opened his mouth, he could only bite the bullet and put it on the head, but he said a topic that made Liu Xie very tired: "Your Majesty, Yuan Ni's army is fierce now. Although Xuzhou has the emperor himself, there are still few soldiers. I implore Your Majesty to appoint Kong Beihai as Inspector of Qingzhou to help the army."

After Liu Bei became Xuzhou Mu, he had the power to recommend and appoint senior local cadres.Liu Xie didn't expect that this debut show using this power would come so fast and so violently that it was a bit overwhelming.

On the surface alone, Liu Bei's proposal is very good.After all, Kong Rong was famous all over the world after Confucius, and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, two careless people, each appointed their younger brother to be the governor of Qingzhou, but the Han Dynasty never gave a legitimate candidate.If Liu Xie agreed to Liu Bei's recommendation, then... that would be useless except to put a hat on Kong Rong.

The reason why Liu Xie did not appoint the governor of Qingzhou for a long time is because Qingzhou is not under the rule of the Han Dynasty at all.Liu Xie has deeply learned the lessons of the Han Dynasty in history, but he just doesn't want to make actions that will lose the prestige of the Han Dynasty again and again.

Why did the princes of all walks of life not treat the Han Dynasty as a dish in history?

Naturally, there was a reason why they wanted to embrace the world in their arms, but there was also a reason why the Han Dynasty obviously couldn't do it, and they kept sending three ministers to appease the Guandong, making people look at it as a joke.

Therefore, he still regards himself as orthodox in the face of the world, but treats every edict cautiously and cautiously in terms of strategy and tactics, which is what Liu Xie must grasp and handle.Among them, the subtle involvement is complicated and unclear, and the most test of Liu Xie's governance level.

What's more, Kong Rong's impression of Liu Xie has always been not good, regardless of history or the contact he traveled through today.Therefore, Liu Xie thought for a moment, and asked knowingly: "If I moved Kong Beihai to be the governor of Qingzhou, wouldn't it be a violation of etiquette for him to lead troops into Xuzhou to fight?"

"Your Majesty, heavy codes must be used in troubled times, and you must not stick to etiquette!" Chen Deng is really a person who can't stand loneliness. Hearing that Liu Xie found such a ridiculous reason, he couldn't help but sneered and said: "Nowadays, the hypocrites in the world are more likely than others. It’s all true, if Your Majesty still thinks that the great power of the Han Dynasty will overwhelm the world, how can there be Cao Mengde’s murder in Xuzhou?!”

Chen Deng spoke so bluntly that Liu Xie felt a little embarrassed, so he couldn't help but ask awkwardly, "Then what should we do as Yuan Long said?"

"Move Kong Beihai to be Qingzhou's governor, and specially order to lead troops into Xu Chi's aid. In this way, every more people will give more strength, and Xuzhou will be safe."

Liu Xie nodded lightly, he had already seen Liu Bei's careful thinking, and it was too technically content.By recommending Kong Rong, he can further strengthen the profound revolutionary friendship with Comrade Kong Rong.On the other hand, Kong Rong's place had already turned into a muddy pond. With the help of the imperial edict, he could step down the steps smoothly.

Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, had already beaten Kong Rong to the brink of defeat. Although Gongsun Zan's power was weakening day by day, he wanted to plunder before he left to supplement the loss of army supplies; , Wu Dun, Sun Guan and others made waves, Kong Rong was helpless.Therefore, if Liu Bei recommended him to land smoothly in this way, it would be impossible for him not to have a good impression of Liu Bei.

The only thing that got hurt was Liu Xie, who took advantage of him, and the prestige of the Han Dynasty would inevitably be ridiculed by the world.

However, are Liu Bei and Chen Deng really so naive?Facing Yuan Shu's [-] army, did he really think that Kong Rong's remnants and defeated generals could resist it?

But after waiting for a long time, when Liu Xie continued to pretend to be a fool and asked Liu Bei what else he wanted, Liu Bei and Chen Deng looked at each other and shook their heads tacitly.At the same time, all the people in the house fell into a mysterious silence, either looking left and right to talk about him, or looking at the delicious food on the table, as if they had never eaten such a good meal in their entire lives.

There was only one person who sneered and seemed to want to stand up and say something.But at this moment, Zhang Fei, who was behind Liu Bei, suddenly stared at the man fiercely, and the man suddenly saw that everyone present was coldly watching him, so he stopped doing anything, only his face The color of resentment and hatred became stronger.

That person, Liu Xie naturally remembered.Because his name matches him very well: his name is Cao Bao, and at the same time, he is really an idiot.

"Your Majesty, without delay, please issue an edict?" Seeing that Li Yan and Sima Yi behind Liu Xie did not speak this time, Liu Bei thought that the fire was almost over, so he boldly urged Liu Xie to speak.

But Liu Xie was not in a hurry, leaving Liu Bei with a very strange and disappointed look, and said slowly: "No hurry, the master has not yet appeared on the stage, why should the uncle be in a hurry to start the banquet?"

Liu Bei looked at the already singing and dancing lobby, and the almost messy cases, and thought to himself that the banquet was coming to an end, why would Liu Xie say such inexplicable words?But at this very moment, he raised his eyes and saw Liu Xie's gradually cooling face and the deep disappointment in his eyes, he was startled suddenly, as if he had been pierced by Liu Xie, he behaved a little at a loss: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Today, the Lord is the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, so why talk about others?"

"Isn't the emperor knowingly asking? Do you really regard me as the emperor in your heart?" After Liu Xie said this, he suddenly stood up from his seat and said angrily: "You, Liu Bei, are connected with Yuan Shao, a famous general in Hebei. Yan Liang and Ju Shou, the supervisor of the army, have led troops into Xuzhou, and they are going to knock on the door at this moment, do you really think I am a deaf and blind person?!"

As soon as the words were finished, a person hurried into the hall and whispered something to Liu Bei.When he raised his head again, Liu Bei suddenly turned pale, and bowed down in the tunnel, saying: "Your servant... is guilty!"

(End of this chapter)