The transfer order for Liu Bei and Xu Rong was quickly sent out.

In order to test Liu Bei, Emperor Ling wrote that he would go to Beijing immediately.

Calculate the day, the messenger's fast horse arrived in Qingzhou on September 13th, and Liu Bei's speed to arrive in the capital was definitely slower than the messenger. It would be great if he could arrive before September 20th. Moreover, he only brought a few people with him, and did not bring any soldiers or horses.

The imperial edict to Xu Rong, the commander of the Arctic Pass, was much faster. It could arrive on the eleventh day. In theory, Xu Rong could return to Beijing on the thirteenth day, and then he should follow Li Su back to Liaodong to hand over the work.

However, it will take time for Sili to hand over the defense work of the pass, so it is not a big problem to delay until September 20th.

After the decree to recall Liu Bei was issued, Emperor Ling had a whim in the past few days and asked Lu Zhi how to arrange Liu Bei's work. Only then did Lu Zhi slowly recommend the follow-up words to Emperor Ling.

In the end, Emperor Ling felt that it seemed good to ask Liu Bei to investigate the case of Zhang Lu's intercepting Han envoys and find out whether there was any indulgence by the royal family, so he agreed with the flow.

At this point, the first three steps Li Su and Lu Zhi discussed were basically realized, and they were just about to officially transfer Liu Bei to the prefect of Hanzhong in the future and leave Beijing to fight the thieves again.

This was the last step, and it was impossible to be impatient. However, the preparations before Linzhan were also transformed into reality step by step under Li Su's secret arrangement.

...

On September 20, when Liu Bei arrived in Beijing, because he happened to have a chance to meet the court discussion, Liu Bei could not even chat with Li Su in private. He almost went to the palace to go through the procedures when he arrived in the capital. After the court was dispersed, he went to Bi Guiyuan to meet the saint.

In the end, the court agreed to unanimously pass the election and changed Liu Bei, who had just been the prefect of Liaodong for three months, to become the Shaoqing of Zongzheng. Everyone knew that Liu Bei, the deputy chief of Zongzheng, was a bridge, and was specially handled for the Zhang Luni case, so no one objected to "Liu Bei was too young and lacked qualifications."

As for how to arrange the military in Liaodong after Liu Bei left, many people in the court argued a lot, and even General He Jin had some opinions on the personnel transfer of generals at the gathering meeting, but they were all rejected by the emperor.

The emperor had already decided to send Xu Rong to be the Liaodong Chief Commander, and had no intention of discussing with anyone.

It is said that after the gathering discussion, He Jin returned to the mansion and had no choice but to discuss with a group of confidants such as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other lieutenants, and felt that he would give up and stop arguing with the emperor.

No one else responded, but Yuan Shao's face was gloomy and terrible. In fact, when all the generals of the border were respectful, they reminded the emperor Liu Yu that Liu Bei was also suspected of separatist slander, and a small part of it was Yuan Shao who fanned He Jin first.

Of course, I also want to say a fair word to Yuan Shao here. At that time, he was definitely not the only one who reminded me. He was just a source of information from the General's Mansion. At the same time, there were people from Jian Shuo and the Shaofu Military Control Commission who had expressed similar concerns to Yuan Shao. Therefore, these words themselves cannot be considered insidious, and they are also fairly considering the court.

However, Yuan Shao's motivation for giving this eye drop was different from that of the Shaofu Shangshuo and even Jian Shuo. Yuan Shao had recently thought that if the central government could not stand in the world after the chaos, he would occupy the richest Jizhou in the country as a base, so he subconsciously did not want a strong neighbor in Youzhou to appear.

However, Yuan Shao did not actually have any impact on Liu Bei, and his small move this time was not known to outsiders. At best, this was just a spare tire in the Yuan family. If there were dates or no dates, the Yuan family mainly focused on trying to directly control the center of the court in the future.

This can only be blamed for the last half year before Emperor Ling's death. He Jin's words were not very effective, and Jian Shuo was only effective. Therefore, even if Yuan Shao asked He Jin to obey him very much, he would not cause any storm for the time being.

Yuan Shao's true lethality has to wait until Jian Shuo is executed and He Jin takes over the period of his power.

...

After Liu Bei met the saint and officially received the new appointment, he had time to meet Li Su privately and talk about Li Su's plan - the whole process was too hasty, so Liu Bei was still in a state of confusion. He relied on his loyalty to the court and his prestige in the court is still there, so he "resolutely implemented it even if he doesn't understand."

After the execution, I have time to listen to Li Su's analysis to relieve my confusion.

That night, Li Su came to Zongzheng's residence and had a secret talk with Liu Bei overnight.

The imperial court now has no major Zongzheng, so Zongzheng's mansion is temporarily used by Liu Bei, the young minister.

Liu Bei gave a drink to treat him, and after drinking two glasses, he grabbed Li Su and asked: "Brother, what happened in this Beijing? Why is everything so urgent?"

Li Su: "Brother, don't disturb me, let me tell you..."

Li Su roughly recounted the part of his plan that he could talk to Liu Bei at the moment. However, he had more plans for Mi Zhu and Xu Rong than when he talked to Lu Zhi.

It took Liu Bei a long time to digest it before he roughly understood what he should do.

Liu Bei had no clue about the case of Zhang Luzhan Hanzhong intercepting the angel, so he asked Li Su some questions about catching evidence.

But for people like Li Su who know the historical ending, "investigation of cases" is too easy, because Li Su can directly report the answers to what bad things Liu Yan and Zhang Lu did in history, and isn't it easy to turn things around because of the cause?

So Li Su didn't need to say too much, just mention a few points, such as checking whether Zhang Lu's mother had an improper relationship with Liu Yan before, whether Liu Yan had any other crimes that might be involved in remote control of Zhang Lu, and even when Liu Yan planned to be the governor of Yizhou, did he collude with the four families of Shu Confucian scholars...

Even when Li Su read the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" in his previous life, he knew that Shizhong Dong Fu and Liu Yan had said such a rebellious saying as "there is a sage in Yizhou." Therefore, the simplest way to investigate the case is to find a way to cheat Dong Fu, who is lying on the hospital bed, who is almost dying.

Dong Fu is still a servant. Although he is almost dying of illness, he has never retired and stayed in the capital. If he could take out even a little confession from Dong Fu, it would be enough for Liu Yan and Zhang Lu to drink a pot.

Li Su then sorted out some clues that he thought could be used, and provided all the parts that could explain the sources of information and the reasons that speculate to Liu Bei.

In this way, even if Liu Bei has never been a civil affairs officer and does not understand criminal investigation and verdict at all, he will definitely be able to do a proper job and have good political achievements in dealing with the collusion between Liu Yan and Zhang Lu.

Anyway, Liu Bei has not been working in Zongzheng's Mansion for a long time, so it would be enough if this major case was handled well.

As for how to deal with other daily management tasks in Zongzheng Mansion, Li Su also has experience - didn’t he be the “Princess Master” of Zongzheng Mansion who had been with Liu Yu for several months?

The reason why he could only be the princess's secretary at that time was not because Li Su was not capable of working, but on the one hand, he was not of sufficient rank and rank, and on the other hand, he was not surnamed Liu, so he could not manage the affairs of the royal family according to the laws of the court, and could only manage the affairs of the foreign relatives.

But Li Su got a lot of training in those months. Those Zong Zhengzheng, who had no ability in the establishment, handed over the specific work to Li Su, a capable temporary work. Li Su also found out how to manage the work content of these people and assess their KPIs.

It was enough for Liu Bei to teach these tips in detail in the middle of the night to resist for several months.

...

"Thanks to my brother who understands government affairs so well and knows Zong Zheng's affairs. Alas, it would be great if my brother could stay in the capital. He could also be 'managing' for his brother in the past few months, so he would not be hasty and chaotic."

After listening to Li Su's explanation, Liu Bei knew a lot, but he still felt sorry for not being able to be a hand-off manager.

But it’s good to be able to complete the task. Liu Bei is not a troublesome person. Knowing that time is precious, he hurriedly asked Li Su for more important questions.

He turned the topic into the future to discuss Zhang Lu's arrangements:

"Brother, since your Majesty may finally ask me to find out Zhang Lu's crime and attack him. I must have used Youzhou soldiers, right? The court could not send another army to me. How many Youzhou soldiers can I take to Hanzhong in the future?

How should Yu Tu be dispatched? How should he handle the military support in the past few months? How should he hand over the troops with the new Liaodong Chief Xu Rong? How many soldiers and horses should he hand over? I was completely unaware of these things when I first arrived."

Li Su gently shook the folding fan: "Don't worry, brother, I'm not a waste of money in the capital these days. I'm working hard for you every day. Let's start with the delivery of troops. If you want to challenge Zhang Lu, the court will definitely agree to lead the troops and horses to the headquarters.

Because the court had previously set up a rank of the brother's troops, but only 5,000 people, the extra ones were the brothers who raised their own food and grass in Liaodong, or relying on Mi Zhu to resell the spoils to raise the war. How could the court take back these surplus troops? At that time, we will deliver 5,000 troops to Xu Rong, even if they were new recruits, the court would make sense on the books."

Liu Bei thought about it and it was true that this is true.

A large part of his soldiers were non-staff members who ate the military pay he used to support the war. Why did the money be taken back if the court left the court!

It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei had to fight for years before. After Liaodong fought, he came to rob Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and eat because of the food being the enemy. Otherwise, he would not be seized and his finances would soon break the capital chain.

If you are raising 30,000 people at the peak, it will be 300 million yuan a year! Eating Qingzhou people for three months can save themselves 50 million yuan in grain purchases! (The army expenses are not only about eating and giving pocket money, but also about two-thirds of the military pay and rations)

"Since that's the case, it's okay. Five thousand prisoners of war were selected from Qingzhou soldiers, and a little discipline was practiced, and handed over to Xu Rong. For my brother, I followed my brother's guidance, and the elite personal army selected young and brave soldiers. And all the prisoners of war in Qingzhou soldiers who were over 25 years old were reserved for preparation.

These people are not bad in their physiques. Even if they are older, they can still fight if they slightly strengthen their military discipline. Xu Rong certainly wouldn't think we are using the old and the weak to make excuses."

These reserve troops are still good in the eyes of other warlords. However, Liu Bei and Li Su are mentally prepared to fight warlords all year round in the future, and to ensure the renewal of troops for the continuous combat capability of the troops.

With this calculation, Liu Bei could draw at least 20,000 people from the Youzhou army to Hanzhong. If the Qingzhou army was recruited a little more, it would be possible to raise 30,000. Originally, if Liaodong was used as a long-term base, it would not be so urgent to "plunder". But since Liaodong would only place autism first in the future, the farming results left here would not be able to be cash flow for the time being, which was equivalent to "sedutainment assets", so it would be better to take some more this time.

In addition, in terms of horses, Liu Bei has now expanded the cavalry to about 10,000, including 5,000 Han elite cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry, half of which are fought on horseback all year round, and half have just been trained for less than half a year.

The war horses are very rich. These 10,000 cavalry can usually be matched with 20,000 horses, and they can be replaced with two horses. Who would have made the rest of Youzhou have many horses? After destroying Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, he also slaughtered several Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes. Each tribe was able to earn more than 5,000 war horses after destroying each tribe.

Now that we have to make plans to transfer the base, we can scrape it and get 30,000 horses to ensure that 30,000 soldiers are one horse in the marching.

However, the quality of these 10,000 horses may be worse, and they are not considered "war horses". They can only be said to be able to ride people on the road. The 20,000 infantry riding horses will not directly transfer to cavalry, and their horseback combat capabilities have not been specially trained.

The final result is 30,000 people and 30,000 horses.

In terms of race and regional composition, these 30,000 people were about 10,000 local infantry in Youzhou, 5,000 Han cavalry in Youzhou, 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry, 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers, and 5,000 Danyang soldiers. In the final Qingzhou battle against the bandits, some of the captured prisoners were mainly those who were lost and captured when Tao Qian had just sent to fight against the Qingzhou army.

Then he was captured by Liu Bei again and returned. Anyway, with the original Danyang soldiers and Jiujiang soldiers, he could gather about 5,000 swords, shields and hammers for troops who were good at water warfare.

However, how to get these 30,000 people and 30,000 horses to Hanzhong became another problem in Liu Bei's mind.

From an economic perspective, the most cost-effective route to transport troops is of course to take the Yellow River water transportation.

But foreign soldiers cannot enter Luoyang, and they are even sensitive to entering the eight gates of Sili. Of course, Liu Bei knew this common sense, and he did not expect to land on a boat at Mengjin Ferry.

Fortunately, Li Su knew how to deal with this problem - it was also a fault that later generations Dong Zhuo provided Li Su with experience and provided the marching route of "how to get close to Luoyang without entering Luoyang".

Li Su told him bluntly: "Brother, don't worry, I have made plans these days and asked someone to say hello to Jian Shuo and clear the joints. During the months my brother's tenure as Zong Zheng Shaoqing, he temporarily transferred Yun Chang from the position of Liaodong Chief Commander to the "Hedong Chief Commander".

The reason is also ready-made. Now there are Fuluo robberies in Hedong and Baibo thieves are in chaos. At that time, Yun Chang can temporarily intimidate Fuluo and Baibo army and share the worries of the court.

Moreover, in this way, Yun Chang could lead his troops along the Yellow River. When arriving in the capital, do not land in Mengjin on the south bank, but go to Anyi Ferry on the north bank, and bypass Shaanxi Gorge to Hedong by land. For the first time, you don’t have to bring all your troops. You can go to Hedong one by one with 5,000 people.

In order to avoid the court from discovering that the scale of private soldiers raised by his brothers was so huge, and to prevent Hedong from now on being traitorous and chaotic, without food to support the army for a long time. Leave the main force in Qingzhou, which is rich in food, and eat more than two or three months of Qingzhou grain, which is just a matter of avoiding the labor of transshipment.

There are three benefits to this route: First, it avoids the suspicion of foreign troops entering Beijing, and does not land on the south bank of the Yellow River from beginning to end, and will not intimidate Luoyang or leave anyone's words.
Chapter completed!