Zhuge Gui's state of awakeness when writing his death statement is obviously a feature of returning to the light.

So it is not surprising that after the mind is over and the wisdom is exhausted, it is not surprising that he dies instantly.

Zhuge's brothers and sisters were all mentally prepared and cried and mourned when they saw this.

Zhuge Jin was the oldest and knew that he could not just cry. There were guests next to him. So after crying for a while, he held back his grief and discussed with Liu Bei: "General, Jin Zhi General was forced to lead his army to withdraw from Qingzhou after Wusu's death.

However, the local area has not been peaceful after all, and the defeated army has been stormed four times in this battle. Can you ask the general to give the army an excuse to delay the relocation of the people for half a month before leaving? If this can be done, it will be a public or private situation, and Jin can handle the funeral of his father as soon as possible."

After all, it was the filial piety and etiquette of the Han Dynasty that was too deceitful.

The Zhuge brothers died and his father was in a hurry to follow the power, but now it is not a state of direct siege of the rebels. If you don’t want to lose your word, you will stop the spirit for seven days and start the spirit again after the first seventh.

Think about it, the top wealthy families in the world are all doing seven or seven days to 49 days. Only doing the first seven is so simple that it cannot be more simple.

Seven days later, I had to carry the coffin to return south and go to my hometown Yangdu County, Langlangya for burial.

Fortunately, Langya County and Taishan County are bordering counties, and Yangdu County is already the northernmost border county in Langya County, so the journey is not too long.

Yangdu County is located in the middle of Yishui, above Linyi, and below Mengyin. It is a typical river valley county in the Yimeng mountainous area. From Fenggao, you have to pass through Pingyang, Mengyin and Feixian counties. You can walk slowly with a carriage and hold a coffin. It is still necessary to walk for three days. Including the funeral, it will take half a month before and after.

Liu Bei nodded after hearing this: "It will take time to gather the defeated troops of the bandits and appease the people, and it can still be delayed for half a month. My dear nephew can just go and take care of it."

Anyway, Liaodong County came to Qingzhou to "just eat" in order to save some food in Liaodong.

I helped my compatriots in Qingzhou to defeat so many Yellow Turban Army. What's wrong with eating half a month's meal here? Shouldn't I be convinced, and I'm happy to welcome the king's army with a pot of rice?

While taking care of his father's funeral, Zhuge Jin sent a reliable messenger from the county to send Zhuge Gui's letter to Luoyang early the next morning.

Because he had to pass the enemy-occupied area, Liu Bei specially sent Taishi Ci to play the bodyguard who delivered the letter - it was not because Taishi Ci was very good at martial arts, but because he is now in a low-level military position, so it is appropriate to do such a small thing.

Moreover, Taishi Ci had caused trouble and fleeing because of the slander lawsuit he helped the prefect of Donglai to submit a lawsuit with the governor of Qingzhou. Therefore, he was the most skilled in doing this and was the most familiar with the path.

"Don't worry, I will definitely send Zhuge Juncheng's letter to safely." Taishici promised with confidence, and carried three pots of bows and arrows with him, and then rode his horse away.

In addition to sending Taishi Ci to take Zhuge Gui's statement, Liu Bei himself also had to submit another statement.

However, according to the logic of the officialdom, his statement could not be submitted directly to Luoyang, because it would become a transcendent report. When he first started to attack Qingzhou, it was not appointed by the emperor or the general, but by Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou. Now that he has won a battle, there is no excuse to continue crossing the border, so of course he can only report to Liu Yu first, and then to the emperor and the general.

This order must not be wrong. Even if the distance between Taishan County and Ji County is farther than that between Luoyang. It is better to walk back more slowly than leave a handle.

Of course, this memorial was written by Li Su for Liu Bei, and then handed it to Zhao Yun, who had just led the rear army to send it back to Ji County. Zhao Yun had just settled from Liaodong to Qingzhou and wanted to go back to Youzhou again. But what can I do?

The complexity of doing business under the rules of the court can be seen.

After the work of the report was completed, Liu Bei stayed near Taishan County to carry out some work on talent collection, prisoners of war reorganization, and population migration.

Seven days later, Liu Bei reorganized thousands of prisoners of war and gradually migrated about 10,000 or 20,000 people who were defeated and fled on Mount Tai to the Beihai and Donglai.

Obviously, at this point, Liu Bei had completely figured it out - he helped the court to fight back Taishan County, but Taishan County would never belong to him, so the benefits of staying in Taishan County should be removed as much as possible.

Even according to Li Su's persuasion to him, Liu Bei believed that Beihai County would return it to the court. It was already the limit to the Donglai County, which was mainly connected to the inland rivers and water transportation.

The reason why Li Su thought so was that in history, Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liaodong, used troops several times in the Shandong Peninsula, but in the end, he found an excuse and had the strength to occupy it for a long time, was actually the only one Donglai County.

Because the war damage in the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou was not serious, the living young and strong soldiers were all incorporated by Zang Basun Guan and other forces, so Liu Bei got not much population in Taishan County.

The main thing is that the wives and children of the people who died in battle that day were not very labor force. However, these thousands of widows could at least give food and then distribute it to subjects who were good at serving in Liaodong or performing military farming and land reclamation in the future.

Of course, don’t think that giving widows who have no food to give food to others as wives as wives is disrespectful to women.

In troubled times, everyone does this. Mushou is willing to care about how many widows, widows, orphans there are. If you force a match, you will be considered to be "diligent and benevolent in politics", so don't be angry. Of course, it won't work in the future.

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It took Liu Bei seven days to rectify the prisoners of war and refugees, and Zhuge Jin handled his father's first seven mourning discussion. All the people who should come to pay their respects in Taishan County were hung up, so Zhuge's family took the coffin and set off back to their hometown in Langya.

After seeing off Zhuge's family and calculating the days, Liu Bei felt that if the court would react to Zhuge Gui's confession, the reply letter should be almost done. He asked Li Su to write the memorial to Liu Yu, because there were too many twists and turns, there would be a reply letter for at least half a month (the court had to reply to Liu Yu first, and Liu Yu would return to Liu Bei again)

However, this time he miscalculated.

Because just two days after Zhuge's family left, the ninth day after Zhuge Gui's written memorial, there was an urgent document from Luoyang who went straight to Taishan County and asked Liu Bei to announce the decree.

Liu Bei was shocked. He didn't expect the court to react so quickly, but he had no choice but to take Guan Zhang and Li Su to welcome the angels.

The visitor was the Secretary of Shangshu Zheng Tai. Liu Bei met him when he was in Luoyang last year. Zheng Tai was a colleague of Lu Zhi. His qualifications were a few years shorter than Lu Zhi. He was appointed as the Secretary of Shangshu two years later.

"I am the general of Liao, Liu Bei, the prefect of Liaodong, to pay homage to the angel!"

Zheng Tai's face was not very good, and his expression was stiff, but there was no question of reprimanding him. He just came to investigate on behalf of the court: "Liu Bei, the governor of Qingzhou Jiao He impeached you to have a respect for your own troops and invade other states. How should you explain this? Recently, there are many people in the court that they have discussed the attempts of border counties to separatist rule and disrespect the court. There are many people mentioning you, why are you so uncautious!"

I heard this tone and had room for maneuver, so I came over and criticized and criticized and gave Liu Bei a chance to explain.

Liu Bei quickly said from the heart: "Before going to the expedition, he asked the envoy Bo'an Gong to chase and kill the rebels who originated in Youzhou, but flew out of the Youzhou Prefecture. Before going to the expedition, he also asked the court's laws and regulations. When he was told that when His Majesty established the position of governor of the state, he had the right to cross the border to pursue the fleeing thieves.

This is an important difference between the powers of the provincial governor and the governor. I think the governor Jiao has never served as the governor of the state, nor has he understood the court rules that were newly established last year. In addition, the communication between documents is slow, so there is such a misunderstanding.

After Wu Su, the chief of Wuhuan Wusu tribe of Wuhuan, Youbeiping, was in power and stopped moving his troops to clear and gather the fleeing bandits. He then transferred them to the local area and retreated to the capital. The matter was also asked by Shangshu Zheng to investigate this matter. If you don’t believe it, you can ask the three local county magistrates and commanders in Taishan, Beihai and Donglai."

Zheng Tai also took a brief look at the local conditions of the military camp and Fenggao County, and then nodded: "So that's it. Seeing that you have stationed troops and horses, you have no move to move westward again. This statement is temporarily credible, and I will check it out in detail.

However, in order to show respect, when I return, you'd better follow the prefectures to Beijing and explain the misunderstandings. The same is true for governor Jiao. When the thief was serious, he was shirked from each other with the prefect of Donglai County, and the dispute between the general and the imperial court made a mess. Even if there was no prefect in Taishan County, the county magistrate Zhuge Gui and governor Jiao had several wars of documents.

If it weren't for the fact that the prince Zhuge's letter had arrived before I left the capital, Your Majesty and the General would have been more suspicious of General Liu. Liu Bei, you are a disciple of Zi Gan's brother. Although you don't like studying, you should have learned more taboos in the court. I know that you are loyal and kind-hearted, and you only want to eliminate thieves and serve the country, but you are too bold in doing things!"

In the last half of the sentence, I no longer need to talk to Liu Bei as an angel in the court, but instead I am accused of myself of being an elder and privately persuaded me.

Because Zheng Tai and Lu Zhi were colleagues, this posture was fine, so you could just call Liu Bei’s name.

From this we can see that the governor of Qingzhou Jiao He was not very famous in the court, and he was also famous for slandering people or taking credit for merit. It can be seen that the Yellow Turbans are making fierce on the territory, which is not unreasonable. Whether it is Liu Yu or Tao Qian, they are very good at encircling the Yellow Turbans. Local officials in Qingzhou cannot use spontaneous power from various places to suppress the rebellion. Obviously, an important reason is that the state and county are in conflict.

The governor and the prefect both plot against each other every day, how can we suppress the rebellion? If only one county’s prefect complains and disputes, it may be the prefect’s problem. If the three prefects all argue with the governor, then most of the governor is not a good thing.

Therefore, Jiao and the impeachment of Liu Bei were not a big problem, which led to a situation where you can pass the test with just a few words. If someone who has a good reputation and is known for his righteousness and frankness, it would not be so easy to pass the test.

Liu Bei also immediately listened: "Thank you for your teachings from Shangshu Zheng! Bei was young and ignorant, and refused to study hard. Since Master Lu became a teacher, he always served the country as an official, and he felt that he had not learned enough and regretted it. He would follow him at that time..."

Liu Bei's words were heartfelt, but Li Su was afraid of being caught when he heard this. He quickly secretly pulled Liu Bei from behind, but it was invisible from Zheng Tai's perspective.

Liu Bei understood it, so he slowed down his speech and seemed to have some difficulties.

Li Su hurriedly answered: "Shangshu Zheng, the battle has just ended here. The giant gangster Zang Ba of Qingzhou is only a few dozen miles away from our army. The Liao general needs to gather the army and return to avoid being taken advantage of by the bandits. If he is summoned to return to Beijing to report his duties at this time, it is probably not good for the army to change the commander in the last battle to restrain the army.

It would be better to give him ten days to gather the army and return to the east slowly, and try to break away from contact with the bandit army to avoid being attacked. As the chief minister of Liaodong, I am protected by the Wuhuan lieutenant, and I have a lot of knowledge about the mission of the General Du Liao. It would be better to follow the Secretary of the State to return to Beijing to report on his duties and explain the suspicion, and then the General Du Liao will come again."

Li Su tactfully expressed a concern: Liu Bei would listen to the court and withdraw his troops, but the rebels would not! The court could control Liu Bei but Zang Ba. What if Zang Ba counterattacked? Isn’t it like to deliver vegetables without a commander in the court army? You always have to allow you to completely break away from contact before leaving?

Zheng Tai obviously thought clearly about the pros and cons, and thought it made a lot of sense, so he gave Liu Bei a little grace for a while:

"Then I will take Li Zheng back to Beijing to explain first - Liu Bei, you must be cautious. Now the court is very afraid of the patriarchs in the border counties, and you are not the only one who has problems. You must be careful everywhere."

After saying that, Li Su first sent Zheng Tai down to rest respectfully, and then took the time to confess to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei lowered his voice anxiously and asked, "Boya, why did he stop me just now? Zang Ba did not dare to fight back against our army."

Li Su also responded in a whisper: "I'll go first. Brother Chen Ming's sincere enthusiasm for serving the country can enter the capital at any time. Wouldn't there be more room for maneuver than if he went directly to Beijing? And I could at least make a more suggestion for the court to take matters from it, and persuade the court to "in order to ensure that my brother enters the capital more simply", and give me some conditions to appease me.

If I go directly, the court will not need to be comforted, and the situation will probably be even more difficult at that time. As for Zang Ba's ready-made attacks, it will not be useless. Moreover, I can go first and find out who I am afraid of besides my brother in the court. Now, who are border generals Mu Shou who are suspected of having a self-respecting force, so that he can decide the next step."

Liu Bei sighed: "Why do you need to do this? I am loyal to the court, and the court will definitely not let me down. As for the transfer of official positions, I will be sent by the court. Bei is not convinced. However, since the matter has come to this point, I know that you have good intentions, so I will follow the plan."

Li Su was also thinking about this question at the beginning, but now he thought about it and began to deduce it quickly. After thinking for a while, he sighed with a slight touch:

"If the court is really afraid, even if the brother is successful, the court can still advance openly and secretly to resolve the crisis. If I promote my brother to the court as a minister, I am not very worried. At worst, I can be a good official in the capital and become a few months, and I will not seek to make achievements outside.

When the situation changes, it is still easy to put it back to the place, and you can probably go back to the prefectures and counties you once operated. In this way, my brother's resume shortcomings of "never been a Beijing official" can also be made up, which will also be beneficial for me to acquire talents from all walks of life in the future.

But I am afraid that the court will be afraid of it, and then rise openly and descend secretly, and find another border county in remote areas to adjust defense, which will be detrimental to the country."

Li Su felt that you would not be afraid of being a Beijing official for the time being.

Anyway, in seven or eight months, Emperor Ling of Han will die. Being an eight-month official in Beijing will at best lose the opportunity to expand the territory in eight months, and delay some time? On the contrary, the resume can be more comprehensive.

What I fear most is to promote you, and then be promoted to the provincial governor. That is to say, kill people without a knife, kill people without blood, and be destroyed directly. It is like after Cao Cao used a five-color stick to kill Jian Tu, the eunuchs were promoted sarcastically, and promoted Cao Cao from the northern Wei of Luoyang to Dunqiu Order.
Chapter completed!