The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Who is in charge of the bank in Changsha County? Who introduced this Xu Gong?"

Although Xu Gong escaped, Liu Zheng didn't intend to just let it go.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Changsha County is in charge of the chief assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Xu You. This Xu Gong was also introduced by Mr. Xu You."

"I heard that Xu Gong is Lord Xu You's fellow villager. Xu Gong gave Xu You a lot of money and gained the trust of Master Xu You. Then Lord Xu You introduced Xu Gong to Changsha County to take charge of the bank affairs on his behalf. "

"Xu You!"

As soon as Yuan Zhou said who recommended Xu Gong, Liu Zheng's face immediately darkened.

Liu Zheng never thought that this person was actually recommended by Xu You, but he was right after all, Xu Gong was of the same family as Xu You. If Liu Zheng remembered correctly, this Xu Gong seemed to be from Yuzhou, and he was somewhat related to Xu You. kinship.

Xu You.

Liu Zheng was reluctant to believe that Xu You would do such a thing.

After all, speaking of it, Xu You was also the first adviser to follow Liu Zheng.

For Xu You, Liu Zheng still has some respect. After all, when he was in the Yellow Turban Army, Xu You gave him advice and made a lot of efforts. When he attacked Luoyang, Xu You was also standing outside Hulao Pass. Help him buy time.

It should be said that Liu Zheng did not despise Xu You now, and rewarded Xu You constantly. He knew that Xu You was rich, so he was never stingy with rewarding Xu You.

Besides power, the four senior assistant ministers in the cabinet have the highest status, known as the chief assistant, and their authority in some places is higher than that of Yuan Zhou, the prime minister.

For such treatment, there is absolutely no second under Liu Zheng's command.

But even so, something like this still happened.

Although this matter may not have anything to do with Xu You, but if there is a problem with the Xu Gong he recommended, there will be joint responsibilities to some extent, and the least is a crime of ignorance.

Liu Zheng, who had been silent for a long time, raised his head, glanced at Yuan Zhou, and asked a question after a long time.

"Does Xu You have anything to do with this matter?"

"It's not clear yet. After all, our people haven't found any connection between Mr. Xu You and this matter."

Seeing what Liu Zheng said, Yuan Zhou didn't dare to say for sure, and could only say that he hadn't found out yet.

"Check! Check it out for me! Zhang Kai, immediately send your Jin Yiwei to capture Xu Gong for me. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find him!"

Obviously, this matter made Liu Zheng very angry. If this matter is not investigated clearly, then Liu Zheng will not be able to sit still.

After all, it was originally just a small matter of losing money, but after Xu You was involved in this matter, the matter was far from a simple matter of losing money and a river demon farce.

Liu Zheng himself also understands that some unclean mouse droppings have been mixed into his team.

These mouse feces began to slowly corrupt his camp.

This is also unavoidable. After all, the crony selection method will start to have some disadvantages after the team gradually stabilizes.

Some people with unsophisticated minds often start power struggles and even become corrupt after the world gradually becomes peaceful, and gradually lose themselves.

The fall of every empire was not caused by external reasons, but by internal turmoil.

If Liu Zheng has not proclaimed himself emperor, many people will fight for a common goal and dedicate their strength.

But when Liu Zheng becomes emperor, those in high positions will not work hard to unify the world. They want to be content with the status quo, after all, they have already got what they want.

It is nothing more than a high-ranking official with a generous salary, and a wife and son.

Liu Zheng has already given them these things, and unifying the world is not of any benefit to them.

Except for a few ambitious and powerful people who want to gain meritorious service through war and continue to be promoted, some other civil servants have reached the pinnacle of their lives.

No matter how tall they are, they can't be taller, and Liu Zheng can't be expected to give them kings and ministers.

Liu Zheng had also thought about these things, thinking that there would be some traitors in his team, but he didn't expect that these things would happen so quickly.

Less than a year after he proclaimed himself emperor, some corrupt elements appeared.

So he must thoroughly investigate this matter, and build this dam before these ant nests have grown.

The Qianli Jiangti, which he built with great difficulty, cannot be allowed to collapse in an ant's nest.

Zhang Kai took the order to go down, and personally led people to track down Xu Gong's whereabouts.

Liu Zheng glanced at Yuan Zhou.

"Yuan Zhou, take a few more pictures of the smarter Jin Yiwei and keep an eye on Xu You. If he makes any changes, come and see me directly."

Yuan Zhou nodded solemnly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I understand."

853 Chapter Yu Ji

After Liu Zheng arranged for Yuan Zhou and Zhang Kai to continue to investigate this matter, he did not startle the snake for the time being, and carried out a large-scale cleansing of these people under his command.

One is that there is not enough evidence, and the other is that the people under his command more or less have some old friends. Liu Zheng still can't do things like killing donkeys, even if he finally finds out that they are really I did something that I'm sorry for myself.

Liu Zheng will not really kill them, at most he will be dismissed and investigated, and let them go home to retire in advance.

However, there is no real evidence yet, and Liu Zheng doesn't want to attack them in advance. He will carry out this big purge when he has enough evidence.

In the next few days, although Liu Zheng didn't show what he was about to do, there seemed to be a glimmer of gloom in the civil and military affairs of the whole court, and it seemed that they had received some rumors in private.

After all, Xu Gong's escape cannot be concealed, and some people involved behind the scenes must be worried.

Liu Zheng didn't care about it, and let the rumors ferment first.

At this moment, he is being pestered by the girl Lu Qiling.

Since the last time on the battlefield, Lu Qiling promised a girl named Lu Qiling to build a camp for women, Lu Qiling has been very caring.

The injuries on my body were still not healed, so I began to think about the construction of the women's camp.

After the injury got better, he simply went to recruit a few of his usual little sisters, friends who studied together in the military school, and jointly established the initial team of the Women's Battalion.

With these team members, Lu Qiling became more courageous.

He ran over to find Liu Zheng, and asked Liu Zheng to give them some powers, such as the power to recruit soldiers across the country. Since they want to form a women's group, it is naturally impossible to just a few of them, and some soldiers and horses are always needed.

However, Liu Zheng did not directly agree to this.

No, Liu Zheng wants to break his promise and is not going to set up a women's camp.

It's that Liu Zheng doesn't want Lu Qiling and the others to recruit troops from all over the country under the guise of setting up a women's camp.

One is that doing so will increase the awakening of women’s rights, which is not conducive to the rule of this era. Second, Liu Zheng’s original intention of establishing the Women’s Battalion is to build a special army. It's easy to be known about the existence of this army.

Then there is no need.

What Liu Zheng has to do is to recruit soldiers secretly, recruit some orphaned girls who were displaced by the war, and set up a women's camp.

The purpose of this women's battalion is not to go to the battlefield to fight, but more to become a Jinyiwei in the empire. After all, sometimes, Jinyiwei is a man, and there are still some restrictions, such as protecting the safety of the harem. Women may be better .

A team led by Lu Qiling, all female generals, defending the harem and protecting the safety of the palace also made Liu Zhenghui more at ease.

When Liu Zheng talked about this matter, Lu Qiling didn't have any objections. After all, as long as a women's camp could be established, she would be happy even if she didn't go to the battlefield.

Liu Zheng took Lu Qiling to the harem, and introduced his concubines to Lu Qiling one by one.

From today onwards, Lu Qiling officially joined the Women's Battalion in the city, obeying Zhang Muyu's orders, and was responsible for the safety of the entire harem, but most of the soldiers still needed to be selected slowly.

For this selection, Liu Zheng handed it over to Zhang Muyu and Lu Qiling, instead of letting Lu Qiling make the decision.

However, this girl Lu Qiling often goes back and forth to the harem, and her friendship with Mi Zhen is getting better and better.

Mi Zhen's age is about the same as Lu Qiling's, but unlike Lu Qiling's, Mi Zhen's family education has caused Mi Zhen to yearn for the same life as Lu Qiling, but Mi Zhen doesn't have the guts to follow Lu Qiling's path.

In the end, after seeing a strange woman like Lu Qiling, Mi Zhen had a good impression of Yue Lu Qiling, so they came and went like this, and the two became very good girlfriends.

Mi Zhen often stayed with Lu Qiling, and Lu Qiling also taught Mi Zhen some simple martial arts.

After Liu Zheng noticed this, he felt that if Mi Zhen was interested, he might as well ask Mi Zhen to follow Lu Qiling to rectify the women's camp.

Mi Zhen was really interested and excitedly agreed.

Liu Zheng also participated in the selection of some early women's camp personnel. After all, these people are responsible for protecting the safety of the harem. This is also an important thing for Liu Zheng, so it is also helpful for Liu Zheng to have a little snack. necessary.

After a few days of busy work on the Women's Camp, Yuan Zhou and Zhang Kai finally got news.

The two of them have been following Xu Gong's news for the past few days.

Finally, some clues were found.

Liu Zheng met Yuan Zhou and Zhang Kai in the study again.

"Yuan Zhou, Zhang Kai, how are things going?"

Liu Zheng knew that they must have a clue when they came to find him, otherwise they wouldn't have come back so soon, and they would have no face to see him when they came back.

"Your Majesty, there are already some clues about Xu Gong's news. Our careful investigation found that Xu Gong got on a boat to Wudi through his doorman Xu Zhao, and ran to Wudi. Our people went to Wudi. After investigating in the ground, it was found that he was hiding in a Taoist temple."

"Hiding in a Taoist temple? Huh?"

"Why didn't you just grab it back?"

When Liu Zheng heard Zhang Kai's answer, he had some doubts.

"Your Majesty, we only have some clues, but there is no conclusive evidence. There are many believers in this Taoist temple who go to arrest them without authorization. I am afraid that they will disturb those people. That's why I came back to ask Your Majesty whether to go directly to arrest them." .”

"What kind of Taoist temple, even you have some fears? You are the Jinyiwei appointed by me personally. You kill corrupt officials and thieves. You kill first and then play. This is the Jinyiwei. You are still afraid of a Taoist temple?"

Liu Zheng's expression suddenly became displeased.

Both Yuan Zhou and Zhang Kai felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly explained.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I dare not wait, but that this Taoist temple has a strong background and is quite famous in the local area. If we go directly to arrest people, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to Your Majesty's reputation."

"What kind of Taoism scares you so much, let's hear it."

"It's the Taoist temple called Langya Immortal Palace, which is located in Wudi. Its master is called Yu Ji. It is called a living god by the local people."

"Yu Ji!!!"

After Liu Zheng heard these words from Yuan Zhou's mouth, his face suddenly sank, and something was wrong with his whole face.

Chapter 854 Three Immortals at the End of Han Dynasty

Yu Ji.

When he heard this name, Liu Zheng's expression was indeed a little ugly.

It's not because I was intimidated by the name.

Rather, this person is indeed a relatively mysterious and controversial figure.

According to legend, there were three immortals at the end of the Han Dynasty.

One opened the prelude to the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, one cursed Sun Ce to death, and the other made fun of Cao Cao.

It is said that there is a fairy named Nanhua Laoxian.

He advocates taking the Tao as his mind and his heart is concerned with the world. He has the immortal art of Taiping Dunjia that can change fate against the sky. Zhang Jiao, who picks herbs in the mountains.

Later, Yu Ji gave more than one hundred volumes of Taiping Qing Lingdao to Yu Ji on the spring water of Quyang.

And in Mount Emei, he handed over the three volumes of Dunjia Tianshu to Zuo Ci.

After Zhang Jiao learned the essential techniques of Taiping, he launched the Yellow Turban Uprising, which almost overthrew the rule of the Han Dynasty.

Yu Ji, who has many congregants in Wu, is one of the representatives of Huang Laodao. However, Sun Ce ruled Wu at that time. Sun Ce thought that under his rule, Wu could not have such a bully existence, so he arrested Yu Ji and killed him. up.

Yu Ji cast a curse before his death, so that after Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's three disciples, he couldn't be cured, he couldn't recover, and finally died.

As for Zuo Ci, he is another master of Taoism.He was very powerful when he was young, and he once attended Cao Cao's banquet. Cao Cao looked around at all the guests with a smile and said: "Today's VIP gathering, there are almost all delicacies from mountains and seas. What is missing is the minced fish made from perch in the Songjiang River in Wu State."

Zuo Ci said, "It's easy to get." So he asked for a copper pan and filled it with water.Put bait on the bamboo pole and fish in the plate.After a while, a bass was caught.Cao Cao applauded enthusiastically, and everyone at the banquet was amazed.

Cao Cao said: "One fish cannot be eaten by all the guests at the banquet. It is better to have two." Zuo Ci cast another bait for fishing. very cute.Cao Cao went up to make it into minced fish and gave it to everyone at the banquet.

Cao Cao said: "Now we have got sea bass, but it's a pity that there is no ginger from the Kingdom of Shu as the condiment." Zuo Ci said: "It's easy." Cao Cao sent him to buy it nearby, and said: "I used to send people If you go to the Kingdom of Shu to buy brocade, you can order others to tell the person I have appointed to buy more Er Duan."

Zuo Ci left and came back after a while, got ginger, and said to Cao Cao: "I saw the person you sent in the Qi shop selling brocade, and I ordered him to buy more Er Duan."

After more than a year later, the person appointed by Cao Cao came back and bought two more brocades.Cao Cao asked him, and he said, "On a certain day in the past, I met a man in the shop, and he conveyed your order to me."

Cao Cao went out to play in the suburbs: more than 100 scholar-bureaucrats accompanied him.Zuo Ci brought a bottle of wine.A piece of dried meat, poured the wine bottle with his own hands, and toasted each official. All the officials were full and drunk.Cao Cao felt strange and sent someone to investigate the reason.

I visited the wine shop, and it turned out that all their wine and dried meat were lost yesterday.Cao Cao was furious and secretly planned to kill Zuo Ci.Once, Zuo Ci was at Cao Cao's banquet, and Cao Cao was about to arrest him, but he retreated into the wall and disappeared suddenly.

Cao Cao offered a reward for his capture.Someone saw him in the market, and when they were about to capture him, all the people in the market were exactly the same as Zuo Ci, and they didn't know which one was Zuo Ci.