Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Seeing this, Tao Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Today he brought the potter with him just to let the potter show his face, and hope that Li Yi can take care of it. Now it seems that Li Yi is not completely heartless. If you die by yourself, you will be able to keep your peace and wealth for the rest of your life.

After waving at the pottery merchant, Tao Qian said, "Go down, I have something to discuss with the Marquis Xiang."

The pottery merchant nodded in agreement, but looked at Li Yi, still a little uneasy, until Tao Qian stared, and then got out of the carriage a little bit slowly.

Tao Qian smiled wryly at Li Yi: "The dog is so dull, it made the Marquis of Xiang laugh."

Li Yi shook his head with a smile and said: "Your envoy is wrong. In troubled times, few people can be alone, and your son is one of them."

Tao Qian was startled, then sighed, "Thank you, Marquis Xiang!"

Although Li Yi's words gave his son more protection, thinking that the root cause was that his son was too incompetent to threaten Li Yiding at all, this really made Tao Qian feel sad.

Li Yi didn't come to attack Tao Qian today. Seeing that he was in a bad mood, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for the incident in Xuzhou this time. Li Yifei is an unrighteous person. If you have any requests, just ask. If Li can do it, there is no other way.”

Li Yi said it politely and sincerely, but Tao Qian shook his head. Li Yi had just agreed to what he wanted. As for himself, an old man half buried in the earth, what more could he ask for?

As for Xuzhou itself, such as being kind to the people, Tao Qian felt that everything he said was superfluous. In terms of being kind to the people, Li Yi did a better job than him.

Tao Qian was silent for a while, and didn't ask for anything. He just took out a booklet from the side and said, "This is the account book of the land and people in 62 counties of Xuzhou's five counties. Please accept it, Marquis Xiang."

Li Yi stretched out his hands to take it solemnly, and then heard Tao Qian whisper: "Ashamed, this is the account book five years ago. Later, wars broke out frequently, many people were killed and injured, and many fields were abandoned. This account book has been lost. Accurate, I can only let Marquis Xiang worry a lot later."

Li Yi nodded. These account books are actually of limited use to him. What's more, the significance they represent is not ordinary.

"Other books and accounts, as well as contacts in recent years, I have ordered people to seal them up in the treasury, guarded by soldiers, and the Marquis of Xiang can receive them after he enters the city and shows his seal."

As Tao Qian said, he brought another seal to Li Yi. Li Yi knew that this was Xuzhou Mu's great seal.

"Thank you envoy."

Li Yi took Xuzhou's big seal, paused for a while, and then lightly put it beside him.

Li Yi felt a little weird. He thought he should be very excited, after all, he took over the whole Xuzhou, but in fact, he found that he didn't feel much.

It's just that Li Yi didn't feel it, but it didn't mean Tao Qian didn't feel it. After handing over the big seal, Tao Qian slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of old tears quietly appeared on his face.

Li Yi was a little taken aback, he didn't expect Tao Qian to cry.

Li Yi wanted to persuade, but hesitated for a while but didn't speak, because he didn't know why Tao Qian was crying,

In fact, even Tao Qian himself didn't understand.

Power, fame, or loyalty to the great man, or even the humiliation of being forced to surrender to Li Yi, Tao Qian has these things, but they are not weak, otherwise he would not be able to hand over the Xuzhou Great Seal easily.

But Tao Qian felt unspeakably uncomfortable.

At such a young age, after experiencing countless winds and rains, his heart should have been rock-solid, but his tears could not be stopped no matter what.

Originally, Li Yi didn't intend to persuade him, but seeing Tao Qian bursting into tears, he was afraid that he would cry out for good or bad, so he could only call softly: "Why is Tao Shijun so sad?"

Chapter 701 Vice President

Half of this question was for outsiders to see, and the rest was Li Yi's own doubts.

Tao Qian's crying was naturally seen by the surrounding officials and attendants, but no one laughed at Tao Qian. Although they didn't understand the reason for Tao Qian's tears, Tao Qian's life was really hard in recent years. In addition, although Tao Qian was not likable, he was not a bad person, so many people felt some sympathy for Tao Qian.

Kuai Yue originally wanted everyone to avoid him. After all, Tao Qian would not be ashamed if there were so many people watching. It must fall on Li Yi's head, so Kuai Yue hinted that everyone should not deliberately avoid it, as a witness to Li Yi.

Tao Qian cried for a while, and then stopped for a while, wiping the corners of his eyes with his sleeves. Seeing this, Li Yi hurriedly handed the handkerchief in his sleeve to Tao Qian.

Although the relationship between the two parties is average, an old man is crying, and the big reason is because of himself, and Li Yi is not completely heartless.

"Thank you, Marquis Xiang."

Choked up and said something, then wiped his face again, Tao Qian said bitterly: "Let Xianghou laugh."

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Those who never cry are mostly ruthless and ungrateful, so why laugh at it?"

Tao Qian pursed his lips, and said after a long while: "Hsianghou's opinion is really different, alas, this old man is really old."

Li Yi didn't answer this time, Tao Qian is indeed old, if it wasn't for his participation, Tao Qian should have died of illness two years ago, and Tao Qian should actually thank him for being able to live till now.

Tao Qian said softly: "I was crying just now, I really couldn't help myself, but I didn't know why, but I didn't know until just now, this old man is not reconciled."

"Not reconciled?"

Li Yi frowned, he didn't quite understand what he said, he believed that Tao Qian's reluctance was not aimed at Xuzhou, so why is Tao Qian?

Tao Qian did not respond to Li Yi's question, and said to himself: "The old man has governed Xuzhou for eight years, and he can be regarded as conscientious when he asks himself. He opened up wasteland, cracked down on bandits, and governed officials seriously, but"

"Ugh!"

With a sigh, Tao Qian said with a sad face: "opening up wasteland and farming, there used to be countless living people, and this is the most proud thing in my life. When Cao Ran came, thousands of fertile fields returned to the wilderness, and hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered. I can't help it!"

"There is also the fight against bandits. Although it was effective at the beginning, Zang Ba was later separated from Langya. The disaster was even worse than that of bandits. In the end, officials ruled."

Tao Qian paused, looked at Li Yi and asked, "Did Ruo Rong die at the hands of Marquis Xiang?"

Li Yi nodded. Although this matter was done in secret at the beginning, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. In addition, Chen Deng and Mi Zhu had a large-scale food delivery for a long time. Tao Qian discovered the clue, and then It is quite normal to find out that you really want to.

Tao Qian's expression was a little distorted, and just when Li Yi thought he was about to explode, he heard Tao Qian gritted his teeth and said: "When I send troops to fight bandits, I always ask for food from the aristocratic families in the city. If there is enough food, even if I lose to Cao Cao , It will not be a complete defeat. However, Xianghou just got Ruo Rong's private possession and took down Yangzhou. So how much grain does Ruo Rong have? 50, a million? Haha, this is the old man's administration, the administration of officials, under his nose You can’t see anything, Xianghou, tell me, is this old man blind?”

Li Yi's expression was a little unnatural. In his opinion, even if Tao Qian reused a villain who can only flatter, Tao Qian's brain was broken. The scourge is far beyond ordinary corrupt officials. Li Yi still can't understand what Tao Qian thought at that time.

Seeing that Li Yi did not speak, Tao Qian only regarded him as acquiescing, and said very sadly: "Xianghou was in Nanyang for one year, and the people of Nanyang set up a monument for Xianghou, and when Xianghou fought in Xuzhou, countless Xuzhou people lived The family provided the rank of longevity for the Marquis of Xiang, and countless Xuzhou aristocratic families competed to serve for the Marquis of Xiang, hehe, how many people could he take away in Xuzhou if the Marquis of Xiang entered Yangzhou when he opened his mouth?"

Li Yi rubbed his nose and was embarrassed to answer. At that time, he was fully capable of directly overtaking Tao Qian and entering Xuzhou forcefully, but the impact of doing so was too bad, and there were a lot of follow-up questions. Li Yi decided to leave Xuzhou alone for the time being. .

Facts have proved that Li Yi's original choice was correct. He gave up Xuzhou that was beaten to pieces, but Tao Qian gave him a stabilized Xuzhou today.

Tao Qian closed his eyes and looked up at the sky, the corners of his eyes suddenly became moist again, he turned his head to look at the people around him, and murmured: "What did the old man do wrong? In the eyes of Xuzhou people, the old man is an incompetent idiot. Cao Cao turned out to be self-defeating and brought disaster to Xuzhou, Lord Xiang, do you know that the old man is hated by people and ghosts in Xuzhou now!"

As he spoke, Tao Qian's tears fell again.

Li Yi sighed softly, but still did not comfort Tao Qian.

Tao Qian's current appearance is indeed very pitiful, but it is not worthy of pity, because although Tao Qian is not bad-hearted, he has too many shortcomings. I won't talk about Cao Cao's matter, and the most typical one is that of Zhang Zhao. Tao Qian put him in prison if he didn't become an official, so that everyone in Xuzhou knew that he was narrow-minded and ruined his reputation. It was at that time that Wang Lang and Zhao Yu completely separated from Tao Qian. Mi Zhu rescued Zhang Zhao and gained a lot of money. People's secret help.

After crying by himself for a while, Tao Qian exhaled a few deep breaths and said, "The Marquis Xiang is also laughing at the old man in his heart, right?"

Li Yi shook his head and said: "No, there are some things that Shijun did not do very well, but Shijun's heart is kind, and it is for the people. In the whole world, only Yizhou Liu Zhang can compare with Shijun. It's a pity, Shijun lives in a chaotic world, and in a chaotic world, there must be thunderous means first, and then there will be peace for the people."

Tao Qian's lips moved, as if he was thinking about Li Yi's words. After a while, Tao Qian nodded and said, "What the Marquis Xiang said is true, the old man has been taught."

Tao Qian wanted to salute Li Yi, but Li Yi supported Tao Qian one step ahead of time, and refused to accept Tao Qian's salute.

Tao Qian didn't force him, and continued: "I understand that today's situation, although it was the Marquis of Xiang, was the result of my own incompetence. Even if there is no Marquis Xiang, hehe, without Marquis Xiang, the old man is probably the soul of Cao Cao's sword, so, The old man does not blame the Marquis Xiang, but is grateful for the kindness of the Marquis Xiang, but the old man is really unwilling, the old man is devoted to the public, and never dares to seek any personal gain. It’s nothing, and even now, no one is willing to be by my side, this old man feels uncomfortable!"