Chapter 103: Struggle for power and strategy, Hebei righteous man Jushu

Author: Shenwen Benshen

Chapter 103: Struggle for power and strategy, Hebei righteous man Jushu

It is not difficult for a resourceful man like Feng Ji to speculate on the existing hidden dangers in Qingzhou.

Qingzhou alone cannot accommodate hundreds of thousands of hungry people.

This is not to provide food for hundreds of thousands of hungry people for two or three months, but to provide food for these hundreds of thousands of hungry people from this winter to next autumn.

And this is just an ideal state.

If next year's harvest is unsatisfactory, Qingzhou's food shortage will continue into the third or even fourth year.

Although he didn't understand why Liu Bei insisted on resettling these hundreds of thousands of hungry people, in Feng Ji's eyes, Liu Bei's behavior was tantamount to digging his own grave.

If your appetite is too small, you will starve yourself to death if you just eat indiscriminately.

Fengji's plan immediately made Yuan Shao think about it.

Liu Bei could not resettle hundreds of thousands of hungry people, but Yuan Shao could.

With the title of Fourth Generation and Three Dukes and the leader of the alliance against Dong, all it takes is one word from Yuan Shao, and the wealthy families in Jizhou who have grain will rush to transport the grain to Qingzhou!

The wealthy family weighed their interests and thought that just by transporting some grain, they could get Yuan Shao's favor, which was almost a sure profit.

"Yuan Tu's plan is very clever!" Yuan Shao pawed his hands and thought: "It's just that the situation in Qingzhou is different from that in Yuzhou. It requires a man of high moral integrity and hard work to be able to do it."

"Otherwise, when we arrive in Qingzhou, the counties will not obey and the Yellow Turbans will appear again. Not only will we lose our reputation, but it will also make the people of Qingzhou resentful towards me."

"Ziyuan, is there anyone in Yuan Tu who can be recommended?"

Yuan Shao is not a stupid person.

The person sent to Qingzhou must not only be able to govern the people with literature and the army with military force, but also must be strong and strong. He will not forget Yuan Shao as his recommender just because he became the governor of Qingzhou.

Otherwise, it would be like making a grudge against Liu Bei and making wedding clothes for others.

Fengji thought for a moment and said: "Zang Ziyuan of Guangling County has always been a man of integrity, good at civil affairs, and good at military affairs. When the Jujube Alliance formed an alliance, he also took the initiative to give up his position as the leader of the alliance to Duke Ming."

"Regardless of talent, fame, and integrity, he can be called a hero of the world."

"I heard that Zang Ziyuan is still in Chenliu, so Ming Gong can declare that he is the governor of Qingzhou. At the same time, he sent a message to Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang County, and Yuan Xu, the governor of Jiyin County, to prepare money and food to accompany Zang Ziyuan to Qingzhou!

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"Ming Gong can also send a message to all counties and counties in Jizhou to support Zang Ziyuan in governing Qingzhou."

Yuan Shao said happily: "If a man of Ziyuan's integrity can serve as the governor of Qingzhou, it will be a blessing to Qingzhou!"

Just when Yuan Shao was preparing a memorial as the leader of the alliance and was about to send people to Chenliu to inform Zang Hong, a message suddenly arrived in Bohai County.

When the Bohai County Magistrate read the letter, he was so shocked that he almost lost his soul and hurriedly came to the Yamen Office to see Yuan Shao.

"Your Majesty, a message from the governor of Qingzhou has arrived!"

Yuan Shao was stunned.

Another message?

Does Liu Bei really think of himself as the governor of Qingzhou?

After reading the message, Yuan Shao sat up in shock and his tone became angry: "Liu Bei, how dare you be so arrogant!"

Xu You and Feng Ji didn't understand the situation and quickly asked the reason.

Yuan Shao shook off the message, his anger still unabated: "You can see for yourselves! Liu Bei, I am sorry that I called on the wealthy people in Jizhou to traffic grain and rice into Qingzhou. You are an ungrateful man. Shame on you! Shame on you!"

Xu You and Feng Ji picked up the proclamation, and the county magistrate wisely withdrew from the office.

Seeing the content of the memorandum, even though Xu You and Feng Ji were cautious about their own strategies, they were also shocked by the content of the memorandum.

The epilogue has been polished and the rhetoric is gorgeous, making it one of the best articles in the world.

But the core content is more amazing than the rhetoric.

The general idea is: if the people in Qingzhou are hungry, if no relief is provided, they will look for food everywhere like tigers. They may go to Jizhou, they may go to Yanzhou, they may go to Xuzhou.

In order to prevent hungry people from fleeing like tigers to the three states of Ji, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, Liu Bei called on the state herdsmen, governors, prefects, and ministers of Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou to donate money and grain to help save the people.

At the end of the statement, it was also emphasized that there were 500,000 hungry people in Qingzhou, and the food stored in Qingzhou was only enough for one month. If Qingzhou was short of food due to cold weather and inconvenient transportation of food, it would not be possible to continue to provide relief to the hungry people.

In order to keep the hungry people alive, Liu Bei could only call on the hungry people to go to the prefectures and counties where there was money and food to eat.

A lot of fancy words are used, but the real purpose is only one.

Liu Bei needs a lot of money and food, but he is not going to spend money to buy it this time.

"Gathering hungry people into tigers to blackmail Ji, Yan, Xu Sanzhou, what a vicious plan, who is planning it for Liu Bei?" Feng Ji couldn't help but exclaimed.

Feng Jigang gave Yuan Shao a plan to seize Qingzhou.

In the end, Liu Bei was one step ahead and directly used this vicious trick to blackmail Yuan Shao.

It was as if someone directly stepped on Feng Ji on the ground, and then told Feng Ji condescendingly: Don't use such trivial tricks to embarrass people.

This made Fengji feel very embarrassed.

The plan has already been declared over before it even begins.

Let Zang Hong become the governor of Qingzhou?

With Liu Bei's tough attitude, it would be in vain if he went there.

Feng Ji can almost imagine that when Zang Hong arrived in Qingzhou after delivering grain, Liu Bei would directly praise Zang Hong and then thank Zang Hong for sending the grain.

As for the delivery of Qingzhou?

It would be considered a courtesy for Liu Bei not to expel Zang Hong.

Xu You spoke quietly: "Since Liu Bei's last message, I sent people to Qingzhou to investigate."

"This Liu Bei is a disciple of Lu Zhi. He was originally a mat weaver and shoe seller in Zhuo County. He made some small achievements and was appointed as the county captain of Gaotang County under the appreciation of Pingyuan Prime Minister Chen Ji."

"Because he had merit in reporting the previous Gaotang Ling's affair with the Yellow Turban thief, he was promoted to Gaotang Ling."

"Not long after, Pingyuan Prime Minister Chen Ji complained of illness and asked Liu Bei to try to serve as Pingyuan Prime Minister. During this period, Liu Bei was appreciated by Pingyuan King, and Pingyuan King betrothed his niece to Liu Bei."

"After the autumn harvest, the Yellow Turbans reappeared in the counties and counties of Qingzhou. Liu Bei first defeated the Yellow Turbans of Pingyuan Kingdom and beheaded the leader of the thieves, Sima Wei; then he rescued Beihai Kingdom and beheaded the thief Zhang Rao; then Jiao He died, and Liu Bei was recommended as the governor of Qingzhou."

"From a small Gaotang county captain to the governor of Qingzhou, it took less than half a year to get promoted. The speed of promotion is amazing!"

"I have carefully studied the civil and military officials around Liu Bei. The only person who can plan this plan for Liu Bei is the son of Duke Kangcheng of Beihai, now Qingzhou Biejia Zheng Ping."

Yuan Shao was surprised: "Kang Chenggong is a famous official in the country and is known for his integrity and talent. How could his son use such a vicious trick?"

Xu You shook his head: "At first, this plan seemed vicious, but in fact it was not."

"Liu Bei broke the Yellow Turban and gathered the hungry people, seeking fame, but this fame was too great for Liu Bei to bear alone. Therefore, Liu Bei sent a message to all the states and counties, hoping to gather everyone's strength to share the fame of Qingzhou for saving the people."

"But Liu Bei was worried that his reputation was not enough, so he did the opposite and used this strategy to blackmail the states."

"Given the current situation in Jizhou, replacing Han Fu would inevitably lead to loss of reputation. Therefore, Benchu ​​needs a lot of fame to make up for the damage to his reputation."

"This is exactly what Yuan Tu planned to do with Qingzhou."

"It's a pity that Liu Bei has capable people under his command, who preemptively cut off the opportunity to plot Qingzhou."

"If we continue to plot against Qingzhou, we will not only create resentment against Liu Bei, but may also lead to an alliance between Liu Bei and Han Fu."

Yuan Shao's anger gradually dissipated.

Although Fengji's strategy was good, it failed to seize the opportunity.

If he continues to target Liu Bei and allows Liu Bei to form an alliance with Han Fu, it will become more difficult for Yuan Shao to plot Jizhou again.

"I respect Mr. Kang Cheng very much!"

"Since it is Kang Chenggong's son who is advising Liu Bei, I have to show some respect."

Yuan Shao found a step.

Zheng Xuan is so famous!

After the party's ban was lifted, the powerful officials in the court heard about Zheng Xuan's name and rushed to invite Zheng Xuan to serve as an official.

The first person to conquer Zheng Xuan was General He Jin. Due to the pressure from state and county officials, Zheng Xuan had to go to Luoyang to meet He Jin.

In order to show respect, He Jin held a banquet in honor of Zheng Xuan, but Zheng Xuan refused to wear court clothes in order to maintain the integrity of a famous official and only wore casual clothes when he met He Jin.

He Jin would have killed anyone else for such a rude move.

But instead of blaming him, He Jin treated him with courtesy.

Seeing that He Jin could not be disgusted by such rudeness, Zheng Xuan had no choice but to escape from Luoyang overnight.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, the Sansi Prefecture twice conquered Zheng Xuan, but Zheng Xuan rejected them both times.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, 14 people including Zheng Xuan, Xun Shuang, Shen Tupan, Xiang Kai, Han Rong, and Chen Ji were recruited as doctors, but Zheng Xuan did not go because his father died.

Yuan Wei wanted to recommend Zheng Xuan as his minister, but Zheng Xuan refused on the grounds of mourning.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, Dong Zhuo deposed the young emperor, and the ministers recommended Zheng Xuan as the prime minister of Zhao Wangqian, but Zheng Xuan rejected it.
To be continued...