Not to mention Liu Ba's happy and troubled life among the Wuxi Barbarians.

After Liu Bei and Chen Yuan returned to Lingling, they left Zhao Yun with some troops and headed straight for Guiyang.

The current governor of Guiyang, Lu Kangnai, is from the Lu family of Wu County.

As mentioned before, the Lu family in Wu County is one of the four surnames in Wuzhong and is very powerful.

However, in history, the Lu family of Wu County was once troubled by Sun Ce. The main reason was that Sun Ce was under the command of Yuan Shu at that time. Yuan Shu asked Lu Kang, who was then the official and prefect of Lujiang, for food, but he refused to give it. In the end, Sun Ce besieged the city of Lujiang and defeated it.

This battle not only caused Lu Kang's death from illness a few months later, but also caused heavy casualties to Lu Kang's branch.

Therefore, the Lu family of Wu County had a grudge against the Sun family, but in the end they had no choice but to work for the Sun family, which can be said to be tragic.

Lu Kang is quite a good person.

Not only is he capable, he is also upright and dares to speak out.

If possible, Chen Yuan wanted to conquer him and use him for Liu Bei.

What's more important is that Lu Kang's grandson is Lu Xun.

If I remember correctly, Lu Xun should have been born now, probably more than one year old.

This is another member of the genius class.

But Lu Kang, an old man, may not be easy to deal with.

This is a loyal supporter of the imperial court. To distinguish him from others, you must use the righteousness of the imperial court.

Fortunately, Liu Bei is now the herdsman of Jingzhou, so the problem should not be too big.

When Liu Bei led his troops to Guiyang County, Lu Kang also led his troops to greet him outside the city.

After some greetings, they entered Guiyang.

Lu Kang was very clear about Liu Bei's purpose of coming, which was to control Guiyang.

Lu Kang had no objection to Liu Bei's desire to control Guiyang.

As the shepherd of Jingzhou, Liu Bei was supposed to control the entire state.

Lu Kang was also willing to join Liu Bei, but there was one thing that Lu Kang brought up.

What's going on?

That was Lu Kang giving a warning to the emperor.

This is a form of advice.

The reason is because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty amassed money.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, state taxes were greatly reduced and the court was left with no money.

Moreover, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also wanted to cast bronze figures, so he imposed a large tax increase.

Historical records record: At that time, Emperor Ling wanted to cast bronze figures, but the state was short of supplies, so he issued an order to transfer people's fields and collect ten coins per acre. However, floods and droughts damaged the crops and made the people poor.

Naturally, Jingzhou also received such an imperial edict.

It was just that after Chen Yuan received it, he directly used the reason that the Yellow Turbans were raging in Nanyang and the Wuling barbarians in Jingnan were revolting, and he had no idea of ​​levying additional taxes.

Just kidding, if we add more taxes, Jingzhou might also be in trouble on the border.

What's more, there are so-called clan thieves now.

When the time comes, a state will be corrupted and it will not be able to survive.

Therefore, Chen Yuan directly regarded this edict to increase taxes as nonsense.

Chen Yuan ignored the edict, but Lu Kang did not.

Not only did the old man Lu Kang not ignore it, but he also mentioned it.

"I have heard that the most important thing in governing the world is to care for the people. To save the corvee and light the tax, to calm the world, to eliminate troubles and make appointments, to respect simplicity, so all the surnames follow the changes, and the spiritual things should be virtuous. In the last days, the ruler is declining, extravagant and extravagant, making unreasonable things, and making mistakes.

First, labor was cut off from below in order to follow the desires of the people, so the people groaned, and the yin and yang were moved. Your majesty's holy virtues are inherited from the sky, and they will be prosperous. However, when you died, you were ordered to collect money from the land and cast it into a bronze figure. You read it in melancholy and mourned.

The mind has lost its way. The husband paid taxes on the eleventh day, and Zhou called it thorough. The thorough means that it is clear, and it means that its laws can be implemented throughout the ages. Therefore, Lu declared taxes on acres, and natural disasters occurred on his own; Ai Gong increased taxes, but Confucius did not do it. Is this right?

There are bronze men who gather and seize the people's property to build a useless camp; they donate their holy precepts and follow the law of the fallen king! It is said: "The emperor must write down the letter, but if the letter is not legal, what will future generations say?" Your Majesty should pay attention to the inspection and correct it.

Be kind and prevent the resentment of the people."

Lu Kang told Liu Bei and Chen Yuanyi about this matter, including everything he mentioned above.

At first, Chen Yuan felt very calm when he heard Lu Kang said that he had been put on a memorial list because of the edict to increase taxes.

But when he heard the content, Chen Yuan's face turned dark.

This old man is swearing.

He just pointed at Emperor Ling of Han's nose and called him a foolish king.

Something is definitely going to happen.

At this time, Chen Yuan remembered that this old man was dismissed from office because of this incident. It was not until bandits broke out in Lujiang that he was re-appointed as the governor of Lujiang to quell the banditry. He finally died in the post of governor of Lujiang.

Chen Yuan felt a little headache.

The question now is not whether to hire Lu Kang or not. The question now is that Lu Kang is nominally a subordinate of Jingzhou Mu. Lu Kang's performance will definitely make the emperor doubt Liu Bei's thoughts.

Why, you just became Jingzhou Mu and you want to go against me?

Are you so impatient?

This is very detrimental to Liu Bei.

If the emperor is really angry because of this matter, it is very likely that Liu Bei's official position will be adjusted.

No matter where you adjust, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

Moreover, the matter of Cao Yin also needs to be dealt with. He is the adopted son of Zhang Rang, the Cao family of Qiao County.

If Zhang Rang was not given an explanation and he was allowed to slander him in front of the emperor, coupled with Lu Kang's appearance, Liu Bei's situation would be very bad.

Liu Bei didn't think too much. Not only was he not angry, but he bowed to Lu Kang and said, "Gong Lu is really an example for our officials in Jingzhou. He is unparalleled in righteousness and righteousness, and I deeply admire him."

When Lu Kang saw that Liu Bei agreed with him, he immediately became happy: "It is really a blessing for Jingzhou to make you understand the righteousness deeply."

The two complimented each other, and it seemed that Lu Kang would serve Liu Bei.

When Chen Yuan saw this scene, he sighed in his heart.

That's all, that's all.

It seems like it will cost more.

"Mr. Lu, when will your memorial be delivered?"

Lu Kang pondered for a while: "We have been walking for more than ten days, and we should have passed Hulao by now."

Come on, if you want to stop the memorial, you can't, and Chen Yuan doesn't dare to stop it.

The memorials submitted to the prefectural offices in various places were transmitted through the imperial court's special channels, and intercepting the memorials was regarded as rebellion.

Taishi Ci had to avoid harming Liaodong even if he made a side kick, let alone intercept it directly.

Since it can't be intercepted, it can only be resolved.

Spend money.

Fortunately, Liu Bei is really not short of money now. After Nanyang and his party killed the Nanyang Yellow Turbans, Liu Bei made a fortune. Now all the money is in Xiangyang's treasury.

As long as Zhang Rang can be fed, it won't be a big problem.

Because in history, it was also because of the eunuch's deliberate misinterpretation that the emperor became furious and wanted to punish Lu Kang.

Even so, later Liu Daidian, the imperial censor, examined the matter and explained it, so that he was exempted from returning to the fields.

There was no punishment, just dismissal from office.

Now as long as Zhang Rang doesn't talk nonsense and Liu Dai explains, Lu Kang will probably be safe.

You still need to talk to Liu Bei about this.

After the two of them finished boasting, Chen Yuan took Liu Bei to a secluded place.

When I told Liu Bei about the matter, Liu Bei couldn't help but get angry: "Eunuchs are really traitors who bring harm to the country."

Fortunately, Liu Bei had matured, and after scolding him a few words, he was not dissatisfied with Chen Yuan's method of bribing the eunuch.

Chen Yuan wrote a letter and enveloped it with what happened and what needed to be done.

Liu Bei wrote a warrant, and then called Huang Gai over, asking him to quickly go to Xiangyang with the warrant and Chen Yuan's letter to collect a thousand gold coins, and then go straight to Luoyang to find Jian Yong.

Ask him to hand over all Chen Yuan's letters and money to Jian Yong, and then stay in Luoyang to listen to Jian Yong's instructions.

After all, Huang Gai also worked in Luoyang, so there are some channels that may be able to help Jian Yong.

The matter was urgent. After Huang Gai took the things, he took off directly into the sky and flew to Xiangyang without stopping.

Chen Yuan looked at Huang Gai disappearing into the horizon, hoping that everything would be in time.

After Huang Gai left, Liu Bei directly said to Lu Kang: "Mr. Lu is very old, Guiyang is a remote place, and it is not good for Mr. Lu's health. Therefore, I would like to ask Mr. Lu to be appointed as the prefect of Jiangxia. What do you think of Mr. Lu?"
To be continued...