Chapter 637: Loyal Officials in Troubled Times
The strong wind whistled past, and the flag in the Xuzhou City Schoolyard broke.
Liu Bei, sitting in the city lord's mansion, received an envoy from Cao's army with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
The messenger wore a square scarf on his head and a Confucian uniform. His face was white and fair, neither tall nor short, and he looked very energetic.
"In Xia Xun, I have met Uncle Liu."
The messenger held his fists and saluted. As soon as he spoke, the whole hall was shocked!
"Xun!"
"Xuchang Order Xun!"
Liu Beiteng stood up, stared at the person in front of him with his eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Xuchang Lingxun, do you really think that Liu Bei does not have a sharp sword and dare not kill anyone?"
"Xun? You are the adviser of the treacherous thief Cao Cao. You dare to come here, so be brave." Guan Yu "touched his beard and raised his blushing face slightly, and he actually admired Xun reads in front of him;.
"Xun came here because he had known that Uncle Liu would not kill me." Xun said with a smile, letting go of his hands.
"Why?" Liu Bei frowned and asked, but his right hand was already holding the hilt of the sword.
"Because, Emperor Liu and Mr. Cao are both loyal ministers of my great Han Dynasty."
"A loyal minister of the Han Dynasty?" Zhang Fei laughed: "My elder brother is undoubtedly a loyal minister, but Cao Mengde's son is a loyal minister. He killed innocent people indiscriminately, and his corpse blocked the river. What kind of loyal minister is this!"
"Bang."
Xun hit his hands together, and looked at Liu Bei seriously and said, "Did Uncle Liu know where is the main focus of the loyal ministers in the world in the turmoil?"
"'Rampant' loyal ministers in the world?" Liu Bei said: "Of course, we should promote education and use the teachings of Confucius and Mencius to demand ourselves and abide by loyalty and righteousness..."
"The officials around the Emperor of Han, no matter where the Emperor falls, follow closely, and share the joys and sorrows. Can they be considered loyal ministers?" Xun chuckled and asked.
"Of course, Wang Lao Sikong is the person Liu Bei respects the most. His loyalty and righteousness are known to everyone in the world."
"Wang Lao Sikong is his own loyal minister, not my great Han!" Xun disagreed with this and shouted loudly: "Since he is a loyal minister, it can make my four hundred-year-old great Han Dynasty end!"
"Since he is a loyal minister, why... he only knows that the court is fighting for the people and forgets the sufferings of the people and the difficulties of the aristocratic families?"
"Since he is a loyal minister, why did no one stand up on the road to the 'in' difficulty, and encourage his clan members to serve the court and rescue the emperor?"
"Xun's opinion, these loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty only knew the ways of Confucius and Mencius for the sake of their reputation, only knew the subtle meaning of the emperor, and only knew that the emperor was noble and unspeakable. However, they forgot the world of the Han Dynasty, but they were also the ancestors and the ancestors of the emperor! They were not loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, but their own loyal ministers. They were just a group of greedy ministers who "confused" the emperor."
"You..." Liu Bei shook his body and stared at Xun without saying anything.
Zhang Fei 'touched' his chin and whispered: "I, Zhang Fei, think Mr. Xun's words make sense."
"Mr. Xun, then what should you do if you say "chaotic" the loyal ministers of the world?" Guan Yu asked reads;.
"The loyal ministers of the 'chaotic' world are the main focus on power. Without power, it is not enough to suppress the heroes and treacherous officials in the world!" Xun looked at Liu Bei and said, "And Cao Gong is this loyal minister of the 'chaotic' world who can take power!"
"Uncle Liu! Xun is here, please take on the burden of reviving the Han Dynasty. Don't look at the great Han Dynasty that has been glorious for four hundred years and sink into hell!"
"I still find it difficult to accept Cao Gong's massacre of the people in Xuzhou. If it is not a benevolent government, how can we support soldiers and how can we let the people rest."
"Uncle Liu, the people are people of a hundred families, not just those aristocratic families." Xun said: "The lord attacked the Qing and Xu continents, killing hundreds of thousands of people, but he survived millions."
"How can the people not be able to rest and recuperate with such a benevolent government?"
"Millions of living people?" Guan Yu asked with wide eyes: "What's going on?"
"It's so that the general will find out." Xun said softly: "There are 350,000 refugees in this Xuzhou area, and the Qingzhou area has 1.5 million refugees in the years of war. Including the great men who returned from the mountains and rivers who heard the news of my lord's distribution of grain and farming, in just a short time, Cao Gong has allocated two million people a living field so that they will not starve to death or freeze to death in winter."
"Hiss..." Hearing this, Liu Bei took a deep breath and said, "Where is the land needed for military farming...come from?"
"Of course, he is a dead person!" Xun said this, but sighed in his heart. This plan was not what he thought. Xun was taking the kingly path. He originally planned to open a farmland and forest farm in Xuchang, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to do it more thoroughly. A killing kills the noble family's "gate" either surrenders or flees from the Qing and Xu continents. These large clans left the ground but left them all to go to the mature fields. The refugees would not worry about not having any gains after getting the fields.
Dong!
Liu Bei untied the sword and 'passed' it to Xun.
"Well, since Mr. Cao is willing to treat the people well, why should I be pretentious?"
"But... I, Liu Bei, have a word first. My purpose is to revive the Han Dynasty. If Cao Gong "exposes" a little bit of usurpation, don't blame me for parting ways with Cao Gong."
"Uncle Liu, don't worry, reviving the Han Dynasty is my Xun's new year of life;!"
After being besieged by Cao Cao for five days, news came out that Xuchang ordered Xun to go to Xuzhou City in person and said that he had surrendered Liu Bei. Since then, Cao Cao not only obtained the population and supplies of the entire Xuzhou, but also had famous generals of Liu Bei, and his strength has greatly increased and he has already threatened the entire Central Plains.
After hearing the news, Lin Tian hurried to Luoyang Port and ordered all the flying scissors to be requisitioned and a large amount of supplies were transported from Luoyang to Puyang City.
Then, Lin Tian learned the new news that night that Lu Bu's army won the field battle under Chang'an City and defeated Dong Zhuo's army.
In this battle, Dong Zhuo's army was destroyed by 50,000 soldiers from Xiliang. Dong Zhuo himself was also captured by Lu Bu and was about to take him back to Luoyang in person.
"Where is Zhang Xiujun?" Lin Tianwen was thinking about Zhang Xiu, or that "chaotic" poisonous soldier Jia Xu.
"Zhang Xiu has been alienated by Dong Zhuo since defeating Ma Teng, and was also arranged to guard the food road during the decisive battle, so he was not defeated by Lu Bu's army. Now, he already knows that the situation is out and he must have fled to Xiliang."
"That's just not knowing." Lin Tian snorted coldly, stood up and went to Sima Yi's mansion.
Sima Yi was staying up late to read a book. When he heard Lin Tian coming in person, he quickly stood up to greet him. After hearing the news brought by Lin Tian, Sima Yi was surprised first, and then asked Lin Tian to bring all the briefings about the Chang'an area.
After a night, Sima Yi, whose eyes were red, followed Lin Tian to the Luoyang military camp.
An hour later, an order came from the military camp. Luoyang City was temporarily under the control of Chen Qun, and the city gate order was handed over to the already-revealed captain Chen Tai.
Then, 10,000 cavalrymen with Lu Qiling as the main general, Lin Tian as the Pupu and Wei Yan as the vanguard, ran out of Luoyang and killed to Chang'an City!
Lin Tian convinced Lu Qiling that there was only one reason, that is, the lord was in trouble!
Yes, the lord is in trouble. That man, the god of war among the Red Rabbit people in horses, is in trouble!
Dong Zhuo was captured and the Xiliang army was defeated. Everything was probably planned by the dangerous Jia Xu. The purpose of these calculations was probably to take off the head of a human man named the God of War!
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Chapter completed!