After arriving in Nanzheng, Li Su rested for two or three days as usual. Anyway, he had a mansion in Nanzheng City, and there were people cleaning it all the time. Liu Bei did not bother him with official duties. At most, he came to chat with him every day and asked about the latest situation in Nanzhong. When he heard about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's military achievements, how to defeat the war elephant and vine armored soldiers with few enemies, Liu Bei also showed leisurely and fascinated praise.

Especially when I heard that Li Su was sick a few times, he didn't even drink Li Su. He met and chatted with each other every day and drank tea. He told Li Su that the food prepared was light duck, vegetables, and porridge. When it got better, add some freshwater fish. He should eat less cattle and sheep.

It was already the third day of June. After Liu Bei finished his important matters, he came to Li Su's Beppu to wander around. He remembered to ask about the long-term personnel arrangements in Nanzhong in the future and listen to Li Su's suggestions.

Only then did Li Su remember something that he forgot to explain two days ago, and casually mentioned to Liu Bei: "By the way, before leaving, I made an agreement with Chang Yun to raise an army at the end of July to counterattack Gao Yi, the king of Yueli, from Lushui, and let Yide feint attack on Moshui, the northern line, and lure the enemy to deploy defense twenty days in advance.

When I came back, I didn't stop at the jamb road for a long time, but I didn't explain it to Yide. I would like to forgive me for the unauthorized deployment of troops to agree on the subsequent battle and tell Yide."

Liu Bei waved his hand: "What's the matter? My brother is the governor of the South Central Region, and all decisions are definitely for the overall situation. Although Yide returned to the Taoist road, it is also appropriate to cooperate with Yun Chang's feint attack. Anyway, there will be more than a month left, so I will send a messenger to hold the order and tell Yide."

After talking about this, Li Su also lamented that the road to Shu was dangerously far away - he made an agreement with Guan Yu at the end of March to start a battle at the end of July. As a result, he returned from the Myanmar border to Hanzhong, and was sick and stopped. It was already early June. When Liu Bei's order came back, Zhang Fei almost started to take action.

Four months of advance volume can be wasted quietly in the messenger's return, which shows how slow the march is. However, it is precisely because of this that Gao Yi must have never imagined that there would be such a large military linkage in the world, and he could not even defend himself from this move if he wanted to break his head.

After arranging Gao Yi, Liu Bei asked: "I don't think my brother will have to go deep into the miasma in the future to exercise his power. The Governor's Office will be located in Zhuti, so the weather will be more comfortable. However, after the Yueli pacification this year, Yun Chang will definitely be transferred back to the north before the spring of next year. At that time, the lack of garrison in the South Central is entirely due to the court's reputation and the accumulated kindness, so I have to be careful. My brother thinks, who should be the best choice for the prefect of Jianning and Yueli?"

Li Su thought for a while: "Although Yueli is poor, it is bordered by Shu County and Jianwei. I want to use the surrendered general E Shu Shu County to become the commander, and let Xun You, the chief of Shu County, be the prefect of Yueli for two years, and let Yun Chang leave a little two or three thousand soldiers and horses in the local area for two or three years. If Gongda had indeed been able to appease the barbarians and manage the troops in an orderly manner, it would be easier to further reuse them. Other civil officials who had followed his brother for many years were convinced."

Li Su pays great attention to using people first and then to come. He will not directly parachuted to a high position just because Xun You has high intelligence. He must make meritorious service to give corresponding official positions.

Just assisting Li Su in governing Shu County, no matter how well it is, it is not a great achievement, but it is better than duty. Therefore, only by transferring the deputy position of Shu County to Yueli to become a full-time position, solving the complex work of "smothering the barbarians" and ensuring long-term stability, can we see the real ability.

It’s like the promotion of cadres in later generations, and the experience of assisting the construction of border areas is better than being an official in wealthy areas in the mainland.

When Liu Bei thought that this was indeed the case, he decided to let Xun You become the prefect of Yuezhi in August. Then he asked casually: "What about Jianning?"

Li Su thought about it for a while, but he was confused and had no candidates for him. So he asked someone to use it to the roster to sort out and screen it carefully. After comparing it for a while, he suggested:

"I think Gu Yuantan is good. He joined the official position at the age of 22 and was the magistrate of Hefei County before joining his mentor, Duke Cai. He has been in Ba County for two years now. When Chief Yun completely withdrew from Nanzhong at the end of the year, Yuantan has also worked in our army for three years. He should have been a deputy to a county.

Jianning is a poor area in the border area. A prefect there may not be a county deputy in a wealthy place. Those who are older, in poor health and cannot suffer, are reluctant to become the prefect of Jianning. Brother Yuan Tan is 25 years old, just right.

Moreover, I asked Mengchang and Zhurong clan and other major barbarians to send all the chiefs' sons and nephews to Jiangzhou to study with Yuan Tan. After studying for a year, Yuan Tan and them had established a teacher's honor and then went to Jianning to be the prefect. On the one hand, the princes' sons and nephews of the barbarians could be less running and study at their doorsteps, and on the other hand, it would be convenient for Yuan Tan to conquer the Nanman Haoshang."

This is also a person who is not qualified to be a prefect in terms of qualifications and age. He is only given the turn of a prefect because he is poor and remote, and his qualifications can be low-quality.

In addition, Gu Yong himself is a civil servant or has no family base and is an official from another place, so he doesn’t have any family base. This is why he doesn’t worry about Gu Yong forming a local force group.

All the sons of the Barbarian King were held in Gu Yong's hands and studied in Gu Yong's school. The school was protected by Liu Bei's small number of direct troops, which further made the Barbarian King dare not do anything. If anyone dared to rebel, all the sons would be executed by Gu Yong as hostages.

However, after Gu Yong left, Cai Yong had to change his teaching director in the "Southwest Imperial College" in Jiangzhou. Children of Han officials such as Mi Wei and Liu Bei's camp had to find another famous teacher to teach.

After arranging Xun You and Gu Yong, Li Su also summarized some experience: In the future, the prefect positions in poor southern areas can be generally used to give famous officials who are still young and have insufficient qualifications and have high intellectual and political values ​​in history as a transitional position to improve qualifications. In this way, the internal dissatisfaction caused by directly promoting new affiliated officials can also be avoided.

I have supported the elderly and young people and the side of the country but are poor. It is considered overtime. Three years of work experience is worth five years.

"This method is very good, so I will handle it according to my brother's arrangement. In this way, Nanzhong can be safe from long-term worries." Liu Bei thought about it repeatedly, thinking that this method was very safe and praised it.

Li Su sorted out his experience and was about to strike while the iron was hot to discuss long-term plans with Liu Bei, but unexpectedly, an emergency military situation interrupted his rhythm.

The two were chatting when they suddenly saw Fa Zheng, the county magistrate of Sanguan who should be stationed in Dasanguan, personally followed Lu Su into Li Su's Beppu. The matter seemed very urgent, and the guards outside did not stop him.

"Zijing, filial piety, why did you get to this?" Liu Bei immediately stood up from the bamboo mat and greeted him.

Lu Su sighed bluntly: "Lord, something big happened! Three days ago, he followed Chen Cangdao's detailed statement. Chang'an suddenly changed, saying that the emperor had not recovered from his long illness, and he felt that he had no blessings for the king and wanted to abdicate to Dong Zhuo! He also said that the emperor had ordered Situ Wang Yun to preside over the ceremony and built a Zen platform in Chang'an City. After Xiaozhi found out about this situation, he brought a fast horse to ride and came to report the news without stopping, crossing mountains and ridges for three days!"

Liu Bei looked at Fa Zheng with a confused look. Fa Zheng, who was only 18 years old, seemed not as weak as he later, but he ran for more than 300 miles of mountain roads in a row and was breathless. He didn't say a few words, but just pointed at Lu Su: "Brother Zijing said well, it was what I told him just now."

Liu Bei was so angry that he was stunned for several seconds before he suddenly slapped the table on the table, slapped a bamboo tea table in Li Su's living room: "How can Your Majesty be so dark and weak! The Han Dynasty has been in the hands of traitors for four hundred years! It is still a bloodthirsty dog ​​thief like Dong Zhuo who is a traitor who is trying to show off! Emperor Gaozu Guangwu, his descendants are unworthy!"

Of course, Liu Bei would not know that this was Wang Yun's plan, so he got the news from the current stage at the first time and made a judgment directly. Because he slapped the table too hard, a few bamboo thorns pierced into his hand, and blood continued to flow.

"Come on, clean the wound first and remove the bamboo thorns." Li Suwei was afraid of tetanus, so he quickly asked the maid from the mansion to come over to clean it. Fortunately, his bamboo coffee table was wiped and cleaned every day, so there should be no tetanus.

While bandaging, Li Su also told him to be careful to make the wound breathable, and do not rush to close the wound after the bamboo thorn is cleaned.

Liu Bei didn't understand medicine, and waved his bloody palms a little impatient: "A real man has been fighting for eight years, and he has never seen any injuries. What is a mere bamboo thorn? Boya, do you say a few words? If you are so decay today, how can you deal with it?

Huangfu Song dissuaded me to send troops to help the king, because I was a clan relative, and it was not suitable to enter the capital. But now the emperor has surrendered the thieves, so what else can I say? I want to call on the generals and immediately launch all the troops from Hanzhong to attack the thieves who usurped the Han Dynasty!

Alas, Boya, you misled me. Let me prepare for the army to be stationed in Chengdu and train in Nanzhong. I will be transferred back to Hanzhong when I go out to fight. I also said why I save food for Hanzhong. Now, I have a sudden change and it will take one or two more months to dispatch troops! Yun Chang couldn't arrive!"

"Love your lord, don't be impatient! When I ask about the situation clearly!" With outsiders present, Li Su would not call him Brother Liu Bei, but called him obediently. After comforting Liu Bei's emotions, Li Su immediately asked someone to pour Fa Zheng a cup of warm tea, and asked him to take a few sips before asking:

"Xiaozhi, don't be anxious, make it clear. It's been reported that the emperor wants to abdicate to Dong Zhuo. What day did it happen? Is Dong Zhe who has succeeded to the throne now?"

Fa Zheng thought for a while: "I received the report three days ago. The source of the news is my hometown, Mei County, and it should be two days earlier. That is, five days ago, on May 28th, after Dong Zhe got the news, he left Chang'an where Meiwu went to a great fanfare and rewarded the soldiers and soldiers around Meiwu, so the noise was very loud. It was spread to Chen Cang two days later and was sent back by our army."

Li Su touched his beard: "Dong Zhe is over 50 years old and should not be able to withstand the fatigue of being a stubborn and horse. It is estimated that he will take a bus for one or two hundred miles a day, which means he can reach Chang'an within two days. Today is the third day of the sixth month. If Dong Zhe really accepts the abdication, he should only take the position for one or two days."

Li Su said this, but of course he knew in his heart, "If Wang Yun succeeded, then Dong Zhuo must have been lit by the sky lantern for a day or two."

According to historical records, after Dong Zhe was killed, he lit a wick on his navel and burned oil. After three days of burning, the fat was not used up. The people of Chang'an were probably still celebrating and didn't care about other things.

Of course, history has also experienced so many butterfly effects, and all kinds of situations are possible, including the possibility that Dong Zhuo escaped sanctions.

Moreover, because of the existence of Liu Bei, the anti-Dong force, Liu Bei was much stronger than Liu Yan in the same period of history, so Dong Zhuo's defense deployment would definitely not be the same as when he died in history. Not to mention anything else, Chen Cang City, which was just guarding against Liu Bei's Northern Expedition route, had no heavy troops in history to defend, but now he has a general of the Central Army, plus the captain Fan Chou.

Therefore, even if Dong Zhe really dies, the reaction of the Xiliang Army will definitely be different from that of the same period in history, and the butterfly effect will be very severe.

Therefore, Li Su could only advise Liu Bei first: "My lord, don't worry. It's time to do this, and it's useless to be anxious. It's better to summon the generals and royal families in Nanzheng to explain the situation and make plans for a long time. It is definitely impossible to make a large-scale northern expedition, and we need to wait for the opportunity.

Now, at best, we can only send small troops to harass Dong Zhe, as a blow to the head of the thief, to show our determination to fight the thief. Moreover, because it is impossible to achieve success in one battle, we must also be careful to expose our army's strategy for the real Northern Expedition in the future."

Liu Bei's anger at the beginning also subsided, so he had to do so.
Chapter completed!