Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

The two exchanged a few words back and forth. Zhang Fei was in a daze, and hurriedly asked: "Aren't you talking about the veterans of the fallen army? Where are you talking about? Gao Boping's soldiers are so powerful, except for some wounded and disabled soldiers. Why is Ziyu willing to let uninjured veterans come down from the battlefield?"

Lan Tian shook his head and sighed: "Most of the older soldiers in the army who fell into the battle joined Xinye in their prime of life. Many of them have passed the age of knowing their fate, and they also have wives and children at home. There is no need to die in battle or be seriously injured. Only then can we leave the barracks, that would be a bit cruel."

"War is cruel. Veterans follow the command and understand the battle, and it is always easier to use it..." Zhang Fei still didn't understand.

Liu Bei added: "Gao Boping is good at training soldiers, and it's not bad for recruits to train for a few months."

Lan Tian pointed to the colorful flowers in the garden as an analogy, "It is natural for all things to change and flourish. If an army wants to maintain its combat power forever, in addition to not fearing life and death, and strict training, weed out the old ones." The weak, the sick and the disabled are the best way."

"The entrapment army is only [-] in size. It is understandable to strive for perfection, but I can't control so much. If you win, you will be rewarded, and if you lose your head, you will lose your head. When there is no battle to fight like now, you just stand guard and guard the border. It is easier for soldiers to eat food than to cultivate land." Zhang Fei disagreed.

Lan Tian shook his head lightly, "The entrapment army is different. Their armor is sophisticated and expensive. Even if there is no battle outside, they will maintain daily training. In fact, the wounded are not wounded on the battlefield, but the pain caused by high-intensity training, but the soldiers still practice without training. No regrets, Gao Boping once told the soldiers in the battle that if you want to not bleed on the battlefield, you have to sweat more during training. Only by practicing the ability to kill the enemy can you protect the homeland behind you and save your wife and children from the misery of the war ..."

"Gao Boping is a good general..." Liu Bei nodded and sighed.

"Most of the veterans in the battle are illiterate, right? Can they hold knives and guns in the camp, but can they hold a pen in the yamen? If you want to go to the battlefield with me to kill the enemy, I will never despise them for being old." Zhang Fei joked.

Lan Tian explained in a deep voice: "The veterans who fell into the battle climbed out of the mountains of corpses and blood. Most of them were assigned to various counties, counties, and townships to be responsible for prisons, public security, etc. Judging from the feedback in the past few months, they They all performed very well, the law and order case in Jiaozhou is very good now, and the tough folk customs have been curbed in one fell swoop."

"Ziyu asked the veterans to catch gangsters and thieves? Isn't that as easy as hunting wild dogs? It's like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer." Zhang Fei shook his head.

"Hearing what Ziyu said, Gu felt that it was just right. Maybe this is calling people to make the best use of their talents? Ziyu arranged all the retired veterans in the Xing prison yamen?" Liu Bei asked again.

Lan Tian shook his head and replied: "Not all of them are like this. Some of them are sent home with pensions, some are arranged to teach in the martial arts hall, or go to various yamen as guards. In short, they will never go to the battlefield again."

Liu Bei nodded slightly, "Lecture on Martial Arts Hall...Suddenly reminded Gu of the days in Guiyang, when Ziyu was still in the Linwu village, all kinds of innovations were made one after another, the sand table was really shocking, Yide learned guerrilla tactics in the lecture hall, but it is a pity that the teaching time of the lecture hall is not fixed, so more generals can't learn the essence of it, I heard that it is now specially used to train recruits?"

"Jiaozhou has recruited fewer soldiers in recent years, and because there are more people doing business in Guangzhou City, more veterans from the martial arts hall are in charge of public security in the city." Lan Tian explained.

"That's really a pity... In fact, the martial arts hall should continue..." Liu Bei felt sorry.

Lan Tian smiled and suggested: "In fact, I have always had an idea. On the basis of the existing martial arts lecture hall, it will be upgraded into a large-scale military academy like the Guangzhou Academy and Guangzhou Medical College, specializing in training military officers needed by the country."

"Ziyu, aren't you addicted to running a school? Running a full-time medical school is enough to break the sky, and can military officers be trained in batches from outside the battlefield?" Zhang Fei asked.

Liu Bei was noncommittal, and continued to ask: "Ziyu, please go on, the doctors of the medical school have medical classics, the students of the Guangzhou Academy have classics and history, what do the children of the military academy learn?"

Lan Tian stroked his beard and replied: "Sun Tzu's Art of War, Three Strategies, Six Secret Teachings, and Wei Liaozi sent to me by Chen Gong and other military books."

"Do you want Confucian scholars to call them the art of war? After learning these, can you go into battle and become a general? Will it be too child's play and talk about soldiers on paper?" Zhang Fei frowned and questioned.

Lan Tian shook his head slightly, "The veterans of the trapped army are teaching, and the children are still like recruits. They will receive the training of these veterans when they enter the camp. They will learn all about killing skills, sand table simulation, actual combat drills, military art explanation and application within a few years. .

Soldiers who have graduated from the Military Academy have better personal combat ability than recruits. Obedience to orders and discipline are the basic requirements. They can read and write, read pictures, and set up sand tables in combat, so it is no problem to come out to be the leader of the fire and the leader of the team. "

After listening to Liu Bei, he said solemnly: "Gu is suddenly very interested. If Gao Boping is the chief sacrificial wine in the military academy, wouldn't there be a steady stream of low-level officers? But General Gao only listens to Ziyu's orders. You must make it happen."

Unexpectedly, Lan Tian shook his head slightly, "I think Gao Boping is not qualified for the grand sacrificial wine of the Military Academy."

6 Chapter Ninety

"Gao Boping is not qualified?" Zhang Fei exclaimed.

Liu Bei and Lai Gong next to him were also surprised. Although Gao Shun did not have such a dazzling record as Guan Zhang, he was undoubtedly a top-notch figure in leading troops.

"Who can take it?" Liu Bei was also aroused.

Lan Tian stood up from the table, looked at the distant scenery outside the window, and said thoughtfully: "The military academy is not like an ordinary school. It is a place to train officers. It has the energy to disturb the universe and shake the world. To be outstanding, you also need to be extremely loyal to the country, otherwise it is like raising a tiger."

Zhang Fei was instantly relieved after hearing this. He poured himself a glass of wine and joked to himself: "Tsk tsk, who did I think it was? Ziyu just said that he is not good enough? He is pretending to be profound here..."

"What is Ziyu thinking?" Liu Bei asked.

If Lan Tian wanted to be the high priest of the college, there was no need to go around such a big circle, but this kind of position with powerful military power was easily feared by the monarch, and if he felt disobedient, he could immediately sever the regime.

Lan Tian originally planned to write a letter to tell Liu Bei what he thought, but now he came to Chengdu on the way, and it would be more effective to say it in person, and it would appear that he was more frank.

"Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty to stand on his own. My brother-in-law is now the king of Hanzhong, and he will inherit the great rule in the future. It is inevitable that the military academy will be criticized. I suggest that you or the future prince should be in charge of the academy's grand altar wine, so that the children who come out of the military academy , don’t you become the disciples of the emperor? Then arrange the students into various armies, and the king will control the entire army in disguise.”

"Wonderful, my minister seconded the proposal." Lai Gong hurriedly got up to congratulate.

"Although I don't understand, what Ziyu said must be right. Brother, you will come to be the grand sacrificial wine, hahaha." Zhang Fei laughed heartlessly.

The emperor's disciple is a new word for Liu Bei, because the imperial examination is only available after the promotion of the imperial examination.

Liu Bei nodded when he heard it, and couldn't help but sigh when he looked at Lantian: "Ziyu's talent is immeasurable, so Gu will be the chief priest of the Military Academy, but where is the academy actually located? It's General Gao who trains troops to make Gu feel at ease, but he I have to be busy with military affairs every day..."

"I suggest that the academy be temporarily set up in Guangzhou. Although Boping is responsible for the military affairs of the battalion, there are still some veterans who have not been placed in the army. Lu Tie and others in the original lecture hall can also serve as instructors. When the world is settled in the future, the king will send Just move the school." Lan Tian replied.

Liu Bei nodded slightly, "Youziyu Ganggu seems to be all right, but the official position of offering wine is too often, and it is in charge of the five classics education of the officials' children, which is contrary to the original intention of the military academy. Since it is to select officers for the military camp, it is better to select the officers in the camp. According to the organizational system, the head of the academy is the general, the deputy general is the general, and the rest are general Zhonglang and Sima..."

"I think it will work." Lai Gong nodded in agreement.

Lan Tian frowned and replied: "Because of the complicated job titles, there are imperial schools in the imperial court, government schools in the local area, and private schools in the folk, and the situation of the academies and Mongolian schools in Jiaozhou is different. The college has sorted out the rules and regulations in a unified way, and this is roughly the idea at present."

As Lan Tian spoke, he asked the waiter to bring a pen and paper, and then used a brush to draw the organization chart in front of everyone.

The position of the head of the school or the academy's sacrificial wine at the top is uniformly replaced by the Zhiyuan and the Deputy Zhiyuan. The person in charge of the departmental affairs is the Supervisory Academy, which governs the two departments of teaching and management.

The teaching department consists of teaching (lecturer), hall recording (recording teaching situation); the management department consists of Zhixue (management of students), Zhangdeyebo (moral inspection), money and food officer (cashier), Zhangshu (management of books) , Book office (management documents, files, files).

Lan Tian explained while drawing and writing, and then the organizational chart of Jiaozhou's unified college was slowly outlined.

After writing, Zhang Fei frowned: "Zhiyuan's text is crepe and soft, which doesn't match the word military. It doesn't sound mighty at all."

"Yu Zhongxiang is based on the current situation of the academy, and discussed with dozens of people from Quanli Cao. The military academy can be changed on this basis. The Zhiyuan can be the Zhiyuan General, and the Supervisory Academy can be the Supervisory Academy General .” Lan Tian responded with a smile.

"General Zhiyuan? That's about the same." Zhang Fei nodded.

Looking at the strange organizational chart, Liu Bei nodded affirmatively: "The officials of Jiaozhou Licao are still very hardworking. Ziyu's idea of ​​establishing a military academy is very good. He is the general of Nazhiyuan alone. It's just that the general of the Supervisory Academy has to find some officials. .”

Lan Tian replied: "I will temporarily let Gao Boping serve as the general of the Supervisory Academy, and then adjust when there is a suitable candidate for the king."

"Gao Boping is very suitable. Let him be the general of the Supervisory Academy all the time. When will the military academy teach? Are there any conditions for recruiting students? I asked Xingguo (Zhang Bao) to study for two years." Zhang Fei was very excited excited.

"Uh... the instructors in the Martial Arts Hall are ready-made, and the lectures can be carried out after the construction of the venue. My original intention is to recruit students from the Meng Academy. After all, the Military Academy needs to train junior officers, learn the art of war, and learn children who can read and write. He is the best candidate." Lan Tian explained.

Zhang Fei frowned, "Those children who finished the Analects of Confucius and Thousand-Character Essay in your Mentorship School are only twelve or thirteen years old, and Xingguo seems to be a bit older..."

Zhang Bao is nearly [-] years old now, he is already married and is about to become a father, and he is more than a star and a half older.

Lan Tian smiled after hearing this: "After Xingguo (Zhang Bao) is the general, the military academy can certainly make an exception to enroll, but it's best to hide your identity and enroll in it, so that you can concentrate on it and not be fettered by the status of your parents."

"Ziyu is very interesting. Write to me as soon as you finish building the college, and send Xingguo to you when the time comes." Zhang Fei patted Lantian on the shoulder to himself.

Lai Gong spoke up and asked: "I remember that the children who study in Meng Xuetang will choose to enter Guangzhou Academy or Guangzhou Medical College to continue their studies after passing the assessment. People? Who would study military affairs if they can become an official?"

"It's not bad to add a choice for children. Everyone is different in height, short, fat, and thin. You can't send everyone to be an official, right? You can't afford to pay the state's taxes. Children who graduate from a military academy can also make meritorious deeds." The battlefield wins honor and wealth." Lan Tian explained with a smile.

"I didn't expect that the Li Cao founded by my husband would be such an important yamen in Jiaozhou." After hearing this, Lai Gong sighed incomparably. In charge of the selection of students and future military and government officials, the Li Cao of Jiaozhou seems to have more real power than his Taichang.

Liu Bei asked: "Then Yu Zhongxiang was originally promoted as a talented person in Yangzhou, but was later captured by Ziyu and taken to Guangzhou as an official. It seems that you have used it very well. I heard that this person is not liked by Sun Quan. Let him take such a powerful position. It is Ziyu who is so courageous..."

"Your Majesty, please don't say that. How could Yu Fan come back from captivity? If this word reaches Sun Quan's ears, he will hate me even more." Lan Tian shook his head and smiled wryly.

Chapter 691 Throwing Stones to Ask Lan Ziyu

"Ziyu made Jiangdong so miserable, do you expect Sun Quan not to hold grudges? I'm afraid that Liangzi will never be able to get rid of it in this lifetime, and that blue-eyed girl's hatred is deeper than the sea, and in the end it's just incompetent and furious."

Zhang Fei ruthlessly told the truth, Liu Bei couldn't help but glared at him, and then helped Lan Tian out of the siege: "Although the political alliance is fragile, it cannot be torn openly. At least we must stand up for righteousness."

Lan Tian smiled and echoed: "Now the world has become a three-legged confrontation. If any one side wants to fight against the other two at the same time, there is no absolute chance of winning. Jiangdong is now the most disadvantaged among the three. It can be used as a help but not a plan. We don't expect Sun Quan to be able to win." To contain Cao Pi, at least not to cause trouble during the Northern Expedition, so the superficial skills must still be done well."

"Uh...Although Yu Fan was not taken back by Ziyu himself, but Lan Boyang took full command of the battle in Nanye County. I am afraid that Sun Quan will not treat what you father and son did differently..."

What Zhang Fei said was very clear, no matter who did it, Lan Tian father and son, Sun Quan would put the account in Lan Tian's name.

Lan Tian sternly said: "Yide probably doesn't have the habit of reading newspapers. The Lingnan News has made this very clear. There is a group of bandits entrenched around Luling and Guiyang. The leader Wang Jin led the bandits into Nanye, Ganxian and other places. By the way, he kidnapped the newly appointed county magistrate Yu Fan’s family and extorted money from the Luling prefect. Jiang Dong didn’t care about Yu Fan because he ran out of money in exchange for prisoners of war..."

"Uh...then Lan Boyang..." Zhang Feixin said, good guy, you are really good at telling nonsense.

"The bandit king Jin Kou was in chaos in Guiyang. Boyang was ordered to lead the army to suppress the bandits. By accident, he got Yu Fan and his family, so he took him back to Guangzhou for resettlement. I didn't force him to become an official. It was Yu Zhongxiang who took the initiative to apply for a job at the Guangzhou Academy." Lan Tian Smile lightly.

Zhang Fei's eyes were wide open like a bull's-eye. You are the best at confounding black and white. He shook his head and asked, "What about Bandit King Jin? He didn't fall into Jiang Dong's hands, right? Otherwise, the matter would not be clear."

"This man is very cunning. When Bo Yang was suppressing the bandits, he left his baggage and fled into the mountains. There has been no news of him until now."

"Also... What a coincidence..."

Zhang Fei couldn't help but feel bitter for Sun Quan, do you know what kind of opponent he provoked?

Lai Gong next to him knew Lantian better. A cunning bandit like Wang Jin would naturally be 'uncatchable' easily. Maybe this fellow would go to Luling to seek revenge sometime later.

"Being able to be promoted as a talented person shows that Yu Fan has extraordinary talents and learning, but his human nature is very unconventional, and he likes to offend others. Ziyu appointed him as the head of Li Cao, and he may find trouble in the future." Liu Bei shook his head and sighed.

"Gentlemen are harmonious but different, and villains are homogeneous but not harmonious. Jiaozhou is the time for employing people. Yu Zhongxiang has rich experience in administration, is good at using spears, is proficient in the "Book of Changes" and has good medical skills. He is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. Sun Quan's likes and dislikes, and miss such a talent?"

"Ziyu appoints people on their merits, so Gu admires her..."

"Jiaozhou is originally located in a remote village, and its reputation of smog and barbarism spreads all over the world. Talented people in the world avoid it, and the ministers are also clever women who can't cook without rice. The newly established Liucao Yamen is basically in charge of other government offices. I'm going to take over Rinan County, and the number of available people in Jiaozhou will be reduced, so can your majesty send me some from Shuzhong?" Lan Tian complained to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was startled when he heard that, and asked in bewilderment, "Who does Ziyu want?"

"I think that Sima Fei Gongju (Fei Shi) in the front of Yizhou is quite talented. I wonder if the king is willing to give up his love?" Lan Tian asked meaningfully.

Zhang Fei and Lai Gong were very surprised when they heard this. They are close ministers trusted by Liu Bei, and they both knew that Fei Shi's direct remonstrance a few days ago made Liu Bei dissatisfied, because Fei Shi showed a strong attitude on the issue of proclaiming himself emperor. be opposed to.

Now that the postponement of proclaiming emperor has reached a consensus with the officials, Liu Beizheng doesn't know how to deal with Fei Shi. If he is transferred or demoted rashly, it will be easy to be called narrow-minded by the outside world, but he feels an eyesore if he stays around.

On the surface, Lantian was serving important people in Jiaozhou, but in fact he was helping Liu Bei to solve problems. Zhang Fei and Lai Gongxin said that they deserved it.

Zhang Fei just nodded in shock, but Lai Gong secretly remembered this trick, thinking that it should be useful in the future, isn't it more effective than flattering someone and saying a few nice words?

"Since it was Ziyu who spoke, of course Gu wants to fulfill you and Jiaozhou. Tomorrow I will let the prime minister make arrangements, and I will let Gongju (Fei Shi) return with Ziyu on the same boat." Liu Bei did not disappoint Lantian's wishes, and agreed with him. .

"That's great. Also, has the prefect of Xiahou written to you? In recent months, I have appointed him to serve as the head of Xingcao. His health seems to be a little bit unbearable. It should be because of his busy work and frequent travels."

Lan Tian then moved the topic to Xiahou Qi, who had been to Jiaozhou at the same time as Yuan Chen and Lan Tian for several years. I don't know if Liu Bei would remember the old friendship and transfer the two old ministers back to Yizhou to "enjoy blessings".

Liu Bei was very surprised to hear that these two people often wrote letters to him, but they did not express their dissatisfaction or their request to be transferred to Yizhou.

Why did Lan Tian say that suddenly?Could it be that Xiahou Qi was being disrespectful over there?

"Ziyu, what do you mean? Xiahou Qi is disobedient?" Liu Bei frowned.

Lan Tian shook his head, "No, the prefect of Xiahou was exhausted with several jobs. He came to me to tell me that the complaint was over, so he asked Xu Shuang to take over the post of Chief Criminal Cao. He was thinking of reporting to the king."

"Ziyu, you are the shepherd of Jiaozhou. You can take full control of Jiaozhou affairs. Whether it is the former Xia Houqi, Yuan Wei, or the upcoming Fei Shi, you don't need to ask me for instructions." Liu Bei expressed absolute trust in Lantian.

"Cang Wu and Yu Lin are stable in governance, and the two eunuchs appointed by the king are dedicated to their duties, so they will remain as they are and will not be changed. I will slowly look for talents for the vacancies in Liu Cao Yamen..."

Liu Bei nodded slightly after hearing this. He once wrote to Xia Houqi and Yuan Wei, asking them how they felt about being officials in Jiaozhou, and also euphemistically suggested that they could send someone to replace them, but they both agreed to stay in Jiaozhou to serve as officials. official.

Maybe it's because they have adapted to Lantian's management model, or maybe the family members have adapted to the climate in Lingnan. The main reason is that the officialdom in Jiaozhou is relatively simple.

In Jingzhou, they would be suppressed by Guan Yu and the gentry of Jingzhou, and in Yizhou, they would be involved in the secret struggle of several factions. Xia Houqi and Yuan Wei felt that Jiaozhou was a paradise.

Lan Tian asked Liu Bei to take Fei Shi, not simply because he wanted to save him from the siege, but because he was throwing stones at him to find a way of hope for the local gentry in Yizhou.

Instead of the Yizhou gentry in Yizhou with the Jingzhou faction, Yuancong faction, and Dongzhou faction, Jiaozhou is a good place to escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

If Fei Shi can do well in Jiaozhou, the children of the gentry who stay in Yizhou are likely to continue. After all, no one wants to really empty Laolinquan.

Chapter 692 I don't want to be in power and cause trouble

Taking advantage of Liu Bei's presence, Lan Tian taught out the right to name the Military Academy, and Liu Bei immediately named it Huben Wutang.

Liu Bei asked Lantian to return to Guangzhou to prepare for the construction immediately. After the completion, even if he, the Zhiyuan general, could not be present to congratulate in person, he would send an envoy to convey his greetings and show his importance to Huben Wutang.

Huben Wutang intends to train military officers, and has strict requirements on the physical fitness of military students. Liu Bei is worried that there will be insufficient students when it opens, which will cause embarrassment that there will be more teachers and fewer military students. He suggests that young people should be selected in the army to fill up.

After listening to Liu Bei's suggestion, Lan Tian smiled and said nothing, not to mention that Zhang Fei wanted to let his son go to school, Xiangyang Lan Ji still had 500 people under his command, and they were all descendants of generals. He believed that Guan Yu would not refuse.

Everyone chatted until dusk without knowing it, and the maids brought the prepared meals to the flower hall for everyone to eat.

Zhang Fei took Liu Bei to drink happily because the army rations were available, and finally got drunk and blurred.

Lan Tian controlled his drinking, and finally bid farewell to Liu Bei in a very sober state, followed by Tai Chang Lai Gong and walked out of the palace.

The residence Liu Bei prepared for Lantian was next to the palace, so after leaving the palace, Lantian bid farewell to Lai Gong.

Unexpectedly, Lai Gong returned the gift and said: "Mr. has been very busy with welcoming and seeing off these few days. Taking advantage of the twilight in the sky, I want to go to your other courtyard to drink a glass of water to sober up, and talk to Mr. about Boyang's marriage by the way."

"Uh...then let's go." Lan Tian was startled at first, then nodded to let Gao Yuan open the way.

Just now at the banquet in the flower hall, Lai Gong knew how to be an accompanying guest. Although he said a lot of auspicious words, the wine in the glass was better controlled than Lan Tian, ​​and it was impossible for him to say that he was drunk. Besides, Lan Yuan's marriage process had already been completed. Everything is finalized, and there will be no other changes. Lai Gong clearly has something to say about this move.

It was getting dark, Lu Lingqi came back from the palace and went to rest in the bedroom in the backyard, the hall in the front yard was empty.

Lan Tian and Lai Gong entered the room and sat down opposite each other. Gao Yuan immediately ordered two glasses of white water to be served, and then went outside the door to be vigilant.

"Deshun seems to have something to say?" Lan Tian cut to the chase.