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That being the case, he had to send troops, even if it was symbolic.

However, this trip to the east is the first time to use troops in Shandong. Symbolic rescue will hurt morale and make people doubt the reality of the imperial court's revival.

If possible, of course, still have to play seriously.

It's just that the preparation is not enough now, and this battle is not easy to fight.

Liu Xie thought for a while, and said, "Will Yuan Shao be eager to fight when he sent troops to Xuzhou?"

"There should be. A decisive battle now is definitely more beneficial than a decisive battle in the future." Jia Xu thought for a while, and then said: "Yuan Benchu ​​should be approaching fifty, right? When you reach half a hundred, you will inevitably lack energy, and commanding a large army in battle is often incapable of doing what you want. Especially for a high-school kid like him who considers himself a celebrity and refuses to practice martial arts to strengthen his body. If he continues to have the habit of taking food and seeking immortality, after fifty, he will be in his twilight years, and it will be precarious."

Liu Xie couldn't help laughing. "Since that's the case, sir, let's get ready. The newcomers Liu Ziyang and Lu Zijing are both great talents, but they are eager to make achievements, so they may be a little more aggressive. You need to surrender to them, sir."

Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare. In front of His Majesty, no matter how fierce a wild horse is, it will become a fine horse."

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After Jia Xu left, Liu Xie immediately approached Cai Yan and asked if there was a system of guarding the city for three months.

As Lingshi, Cai Yan no longer takes care of the records of daily life notes after Liu Xie has more and more talents. He concentrates on academic research, and the chances of meeting Liu Xie are greatly reduced.

After receiving the oral order, she thought about it carefully and said that there seemed to be such a thing, but she was not sure.

When Cai Yong wrote related chronicles, she was still young and couldn't remember everything.Now there is no text at hand, so I can't be sure whether this article is a written system, a habit, or a decree determined in a certain imperial edict.

Theoretically speaking, as long as it is confirmed by official documents, it can be regarded as a system, not necessarily a system of legal provisions.

This is also the reason why the imperial court needs veterans who are familiar with the rules and regulations, and ordinary people can't remember them clearly.

Liu Xie then ordered someone to invite Zhou Zhong.

After Zhou Zhong returned to the imperial court, he was exempted from being a pastor in Yuzhou, and temporarily stayed in the line as Doctor Guanglu. Originally, it was only a vain title for the elderly, but now it has the practical significance of counselor.

Zhou Zhong confirmed Jia Xu's statement and made amendments.

The specific time is not three months, but one hundred days.It's not that I am innocent, but that my family members are not involved.Of course, if you don't implicate the family shoes, you have the responsibility not to hold the city guards themselves accountable, at least the crime is not to die, especially for ordinary soldiers.

Liu Xie asked Zhou Zhong a question: "Can Liu Xuande hold Pengcheng for a hundred days?"

Zhou Zhong said almost without thinking: "As long as he wants to keep it, he can definitely keep it for a hundred days."

"You are so confident?"

Zhou Zhong nodded solemnly. "Although Liu Xuande's reputation is not well-known, he is not valued by the noble family, but he is quite popular with the common people. The last time Yuan Benchu ​​went south, the whole journey was like a broken bamboo, and the rich families from all over the country responded, but the common people were not necessarily happy. Moreover, Yuan and Cao belonged to one body, and Cao Cao slaughtered the city. Yuan Shao will also be implicated, and will be hated by the common people. As long as Liu Xuande can obey His Majesty's edict and guard the city wholeheartedly, he will not worry about it for a hundred days."

Chapter 602 Weeping with joy

Zhou Zhong mentioned the bad influence of Cao Cao's massacre of the city, and Liu Xie had to pay attention to it.

Zhuge Liang mentioned it once before.

Now Cao Cao is no longer Yuan Shao's other department, but the Yanzhou Shepherd appointed by the imperial court, stationed in Chenliu and Yingchuan.With the army heading east, Cao Cao is of course one of the main strikers.

However, the massacre was bad in nature and had a great impact. This time, it was under the banner of reinforcing Pengcheng. It seemed out of place for Cao Cao to be in it, which had a significant impact on the justice of the court.In the event of another vicious incident, it will definitely be used by Yuan Shao to create public opinion.

With Bingliang as the main force of the imperial court, it is easy to arouse the resentment of the people in Shandong, so he has to be cautious.

"Your words are reasonable." Liu Xie first affirmed Zhou Zhong's opinion, and then asked another question. "Qing came from Guanzhong, what is your impression of the Xiliang generals stationed in Guanzhong? In Qing's opinion, who is worthy to be a general and lead troops eastward?"

Zhou Zhong was overjoyed.After talking for so long, the emperor finally agreed to send troops to Shandong.

But when he heard the emperor's question, he frowned again.

To be honest, he was not satisfied with any of the generals in Guanzhong.Among other things, the hometown of Liangzhou alone does not make people feel good.Xie Guang and Xia Yu are both Guo Bang's former troops, and Han Sui was also a rebel in the past, so it is not reasonable to ask them to lead the troops eastward.

Zhou Zhong thought for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty...why don't you do it yourself?"

Liu Xie secretly smiled in his heart, but his face remained calm, showing a hint of helplessness instead. "Why don't I want to do it myself. It's just that Liangzhou is initially settled, and the enlightenment has not yet been successful. If I leave, wouldn't all my previous efforts be wasted?"

"Cultivation can be entrusted to others." Zhou Zhong said unhurriedly: "Even if His Majesty values ​​Liangzhou and is not afraid of his hard work, he can entrust an experienced person to act according to the system set by His Majesty and not change it easily. Why do you have to experience it yourself."

Zhou Zhong raised his eyelids, stroked his beard, and smiled. "Could it be that His Majesty can't find anyone he can trust?"

Liu Xie also smiled, meeting Zhou Zhong's gaze. "Liangzhou's people are tough, easy to move and difficult to settle down, not like Shandong. Among other things, after Wei Duan resigned, even a qualified governor of Liangzhou can't be found now. How can I rest assured?"

Zhou Zhong was at a loss for words for a while.

He originally wanted to join Liu Xie's army, indicating that Liu Xie should trust the minister and not monopolize power. He should hand over Liangzhou to other people and lead the army on his own.But after listening to Liu Xie's question, he couldn't answer it.

Liangzhou governor is not easy to do.How Wei Duan left office, he knows a thing or two.The emperor obviously didn't want to set up the governor of Liangzhou so that Yang Xiu could do whatever he wanted. Who would want to be the governor of Liangzhou?

He didn't have the courage either.

It is really unreasonable to be exempted from being a pastor of Yuzhou just now, and now to recommend himself as the governor of Liangzhou.

Zhou Zhong blinked his eyelids, and said again: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what kind of person is a qualified governor of Liangzhou?"

"It's easy to say, Wen Neng can educate, and Wu Neng town can do it." Liu Xie raised a finger. "In the final analysis, it's just a word of benevolence."

Zhou Zhong raised his eyebrows lightly, his expression became serious.As a disciple of Confucianism, Zhou Zhong naturally attaches great importance to benevolence, but the word benevolence is very common and has many meanings.Not only Confucianism values ​​benevolence, but Mohism and Huang Lao all value benevolence. He doesn't know what the emperor means by benevolence.

Looking at what the Son of Heaven did, he seems to have more respect for Legalism than Confucianism.

"May I ask Your Majesty, is this benevolence... the benevolence that the Master said?"

"Yes, and more than that."

Zhou Zhong's face changed slightly, and after a moment of pondering, he got up and left the table, bowing solemnly to salute. "I am stupid, thinking that the benevolence that the master said is all-encompassing, and I don't know the rest. Dare to ask your majesty to elaborate."

Liu Xie sized Zhou Zhong up for a moment, frowning.

On the battlefield, Zhou Zhong's combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning.When he arrived at the court hall, when he mentioned the saint and the master, he was resurrected with full blood.

"Sit down, sir." Liu Xie waved his hands, his expression slightly cold. "I have no intention of arguing with Qing. When I defeated Li Jue, Guo Si, and Xianbei again, I did not rely on the words of the saints, but the soldiers used their lives and united as one."

Startled, Zhou Zhong raised his head and looked at Liu Xie.

He didn't expect Liu Huihui to speak so bluntly, without any cover-up, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

Is it a stern refutation, or a protest and blunt speech, or is it a good word to persuade and follow each other?

"Master also said that having a king in Yi and Di is not as good as having no king in Xia." Liu Xie snorted and laughed at himself: "In other words, although Liangzhou has an emperor, it is not as good as Shandong without a king. If this is the case, why should you bother?" It's a lot of trouble, so it doesn't matter if Shandong has no king for a long time."

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhou Zhong's forehead, and then condensed into bean-sized beads of sweat, which rolled down his cheeks.

He prostrated himself on the ground and bowed again, his head banging on the ground. "Your Majesty, the people of Shandong have heard of His Majesty's great victory, and they all look forward to it. They look forward to His Majesty's Eastern Expedition and relieve the people from the upside down. How can they have the heart of a king? I dare to ask Your Majesty to take back this statement, so as not to hurt the hearts of the people. "

"Really?" Liu Xie laughed twice. "It's been more than half a year since my great victory, why did I receive a congratulatory form from Shandong Prefecture and County." He raised his hand and patted a pile of memorials on the table. "Instead of asking for soldiers to summon Yuan Shao into the court, one after another, it is confusing. I would like to ask Qing to guess, what kind of people are they, who will defend Yuan Shao so much?"

Zhou Zhong didn't dare to speak anymore, he sweated layer after layer, soaking his clothes.

He heard the emperor's dissatisfaction, and even heard the emperor's killing intent.

He realizes a problem.Although the emperor in front of him is young, he is not a young master who has no power to restrain a chicken, but a master who has a hundred thousand and elites in his hand, and can make Lu Bu, Han Sui and others bow their heads and proclaim themselves ministers.If you really want to annoy him and send your troops to march eastward recklessly, the prefectures and counties in Shandong will surely face a catastrophe, and most of the governors, state shepherds, and county guards will die.

Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, there are not many counties in Shandong that really regard the court as the court.

"Okay, get up." Liu Xie sighed. "Qing is also a pastor of Yuzhou. You should know that it is not something ordinary people can do. You can't do it, and I can't do it. You have to read the scriptures and listen to the words of the sages, but what you should do Things have to be done, not just one copy of "Spring and Autumn" can bring order to the world."

Zhou Zhong got up, and just about to explain the names, Liu Xie said another sentence quietly. "Di Shan can't defend a barrier, and Xiang Xu can't retreat a single soldier. If anyone still thinks that knowing the scriptures can govern the country, you might as well think about Di Shan and Xiang Xu. I just defeated Xianbei in the west, and there is a shortage of people to guard the border. The more the better."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhong felt guilty.With a trembling of his arms and a soft knee, he fell to the ground with a "plop", grabbing the ground with his face.His nose was sore, and tears welled up involuntarily.

Liu Xie stepped forward to help Zhou Zhong up, seeing Zhou Zhong in tears, he couldn't help being surprised.

"My dear, this is..."

Zhou Zhong was so embarrassed that he stammered and said: "Hearing His Majesty's words, I suddenly realized that I was crying with joy, crying with joy."

Chapter 603 Changes With Time

Liu Xie ordered someone to fetch water, asked Zhou Zhong to wash his face, and sat down again.

Zhou Zhong adjusted his mood, and when he sat in front of Liu Xie again, his attitude was much more docile.

Liu Xie said frankly that he was not satisfied with the previous governors of Liangzhou.It can even be said bluntly that none of the governors of Liangzhou is qualified, including the famous Crouching Tiger Zhang Ze.

The good ones are just a combination of kindness and power, barely maintaining the stability of Liangzhou, while the bad ones are greedy for money and enriching their own pockets, regardless of whether Liangzhou is stable or not.

This is not only the case with the governor of Liangzhou, but also the prefect of the county.

There are only a handful of people who can really regard Liangzhou as a part of the Han Dynasty, treat both the Qiang people and the Han people as the subjects of the imperial court, and educate them attentively.

Yu Xu and Fu Xie were considered the best among them, but unfortunately, they all ended up dying poorly.

"It is a loss to the court and a shame to the minister that such a competent minister cannot be appointed as a minister." Liu Xie sneered, "In the future, history must be recorded."

Zhou Zhong shuddered, his face turned pale.

The emperor's words may be just angry, and I don't know how many famous ministers and generals will be affected.

He should have advised the emperor to be more cautious and not to be impulsive, but he didn't have enough courage, so he could only worry secretly.

Suddenly, he somewhat understood the state of mind of the Minister of Xiaowu Dynasty.

Meeting such a hero is definitely not a minister's blessing.Although Gongqing is enviable, it is doubtful whether he can die well.

The two talked for half an hour, but Zhou Zhong couldn't give a satisfactory answer to Liu Xie's question.He didn't know who was qualified to be the governor of Liangzhou, and he didn't know who, except the emperor, could command the Bingliang army to march eastward without ineffective control and causing a large number of innocent casualties.

An unprecedented sense of powerlessness arose in Zhou Zhong's heart.

Finally, Liu Xie asked, "Does your son intend to become an official?"

Zhou Zhong was stunned for a moment before he realized it. "If His Majesty Meng does not give up, I am willing to serve the court like a dog."

"Tell me about his resume."

Zhou Zhong didn't dare to neglect, and immediately gave a brief account of his son Zhou Fang's resume.

Liu Xie nodded after listening.Zhou Fang is a good knight-errant, so his martial arts should not be too bad.With the experience of fighting with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, he should still have the ability to command small-scale operations.

"I want to transfer Yan Xing back to Jincheng, and there is a lack of a general to sit in the West Sea. Will he suffer?"

Zhou Zhong hesitated, but he still gritted his teeth and handed over his hand to thank him.

The West Sea is too far away, and the Han and Qiang people live together, which is not an ideal starting point for an official career.It's just that the emperor wanted it, and he didn't dare to shirk it.

Xihai is the pilot area for the emperor to promote enlightenment. Even the queen's elder brother Fu Ya was sent there. Why doesn't his son go?Being able to serve in such an important place as soon as he became an official was due to the emperor's trust and respect for him, and he had to know how to praise him.

After bidding farewell to the emperor, Zhou Zhong returned the account and told Zhou Fang the news.

Zhou Fang was quite satisfied.With Zhou Zhong here for a few days, what he is most concerned about is whether he can become an official and what kind of starting point he can have.Being able to skip the stage of being a man and go directly to the outside world has exceeded his expectations.

As for suffering and so on, he didn't really care about it.

If you don't endure hardships now, do you want to be a dandy like Yuan Shu and wait until you are middle-aged to endure hardships?

Seeing this, Zhou Zhong felt even more disappointed.

The son is getting old and disobedient, and can't understand the painstaking efforts of the old father.

All he could do was to warn Zhou Fang again and again.You can communicate with Qiang people, but you are not allowed to accept Qiang women as concubines.

The Zhou family in Lujiang has a family, and there is no room for a fishy woman in the family.

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Liu Xie soon held a court meeting to discuss the matter of the Eastern Expedition.

Except for Jia Xu, Ma Teng, and Zhou Zhong who were relatively older, most of the participants were young and strong, and not many were over forty. Most of them were in their 30s and [-]s, full of vigor and high spirits.

Cai Yan, Ma Yunlu and others attended the meeting, sitting among a group of men, they were particularly conspicuous.

Opinions are more unified as to whether the emperor wants to conscript himself.Almost everyone recognized that such an important battle had to be commanded by the emperor himself, otherwise it would be inevitable for the generals to compete for success, and once the soldiers of Liangzhou lost control, they would inevitably cause innocent deaths and affect the legitimacy of the emperor to pacify the world.

There are many opinions on the candidate for the governor of Liangzhou.Some suggested that Wei Duan should be reinstated——Wei Duan has always been on the job, and there is nothing wrong with him. Some recommended Zhou Zhong, while others suggested choosing another suitable candidate.

After talking for a long time, I didn't find a recognized suitable candidate.

The reason is the same as what Liu Xie mentioned before, Liangzhou is different from other states, and the responsibility of enlightenment is very heavy.If there is no difference between Han and Qiang, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, Liangzhou will be a solid foundation for the imperial court.If it can't be done, the previous efforts of the emperor will be in vain, Liangzhou will once again become the source of rebellion, and the morale of the frontline may also be unstable as a result.

While arguing, Wang Yi timidly raised his hand.

In an instant, countless eyes looked at her, and countless people showed surprise.Several young people looked at Zhao Ang, who was sitting in the crowd, with teasing eyes and dancing eyebrows.

Although there is no clear relationship, it is not a secret that Zhao Ang is interested in Wang Yi. Many people regard Wang Yi as Zhao Ang's fiancée.

Zhao Ang was caught off guard, at a loss what to do, even more embarrassed than Wang Yi.

Although it has been a long time for women to join the army and become officials, most people still think that this is only caused by the emperor's advocacy. After all, women who can really join the army and become officials are a minority, and it is just an embellishment of the New Deal.

If Wang Yi wanted to speak at the court meeting, he would be overthinking his capabilities and would be considered rude.

Faced with countless gazes, Wang Yi's face flushed with embarrassment, and he wanted to let go several times, but he persisted.