Cheng Yu read it from beginning to end and shook his head: "It's really hard to accept. Look at this, how much manure water is appropriate for a nest of cabbage? It's simply unseemly."
Guo Jia smiled brightly and looked at Cheng Yu: "Is Zhongde really thinking like this? If he can answer this question and understand the classics of various scholars, wouldn't he be a talent?"
"Although these topics are pragmatic, as the saying goes, a gentleman is better than a cook, let alone farming. He understands both farming and the Four Books and Five Classics. Where can I find such a person?"
"I can do it." Guo Jia pointed to himself and then to Cheng Yu: "You can do it, Wen Ruo, and Gongda can do it. My lord occupies the barren Yanzhou and has troops on all sides. There is a lack of food and grass. When we were stationed for the army, all these things happened.
If it is involved, doesn’t it prove that a truly capable minister needs to understand these things?
What's more, the proportion of questions like "How much manure water is suitable for a nest of cabbage" is very small. It is not necessary to answer it. These questions are all scored. Zhongde, do you think the person who can get 60 points will be
A person who lives up to his reputation?"
Cheng Yu read the bamboo slips again and finally nodded, "Where do these questions come from?"
"Yizhou Liu Zhang."
"Liu Zhang?" Cheng Yu was startled, "Is it a question about the Four Imperial Examinations? If so, the Four Imperial Examinations will inevitably be boycotted and will not last long."
Guo Jia lazily sat back on the stone bench and sighed: "It may not last long here, but it is not necessarily the case in Yizhou. Liu Zhang has no foreign invasion and has killed batch after batch. Who dares to oppose the four imperial examinations?"
Officials, unless those Yizhou scholars are willing to leave their hometown, they have no choice but to submit. In fact, before today, I didn't think Liu Zhang would be able to leave for long, but a piece of news came that made me think that Yizhou might really be able to turn decay into magic."
"what news?"
"Liu Zhang captured Hanzhong. It only took nineteen days from the time he left Jiameng Pass to the time he went to Nanzheng."
"Nineteen days?" Cheng Yu took a breath. He also heard about the fall of Hanzhong, but he didn't notice that the time was so short.
"Nineteen days ago, put me in Liu Zhang's position. I have an army of 40,000. I have a grudge against Zhang Lu for killing his mother. There is no response from the family. It is impossible to capture Hanzhong in three months anyway. Liu Zhang has been silent for six years and became a blockbuster.
There must be a master born in Yizhou, who will be a serious problem for us in the future."
Guo Jia glanced at the bamboo slips on the stone table, which were all engraved with the titles of the Four Imperial Examinations, and sighed: "If Liu Zhang is really allowed to carry out the Four Imperial Examinations, the Land Order, and the emphasis on agriculture and commerce, the prosperity of both Sichuan and Sichuan will be enough."
We can follow the story of Emperor Qin and Emperor Gaozu, who swept the world with the people of the two Sichuan provinces. After Zhongde and Yuan Shao, let us face the great enemy Liu Zhang together."
Guo Jia held the bamboo slip tightly in his hand and felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart. The last words were not meant for Cheng Yu, but for himself. After playing Zhicai, he was recommended by Xun Yu as the chief counselor of Cao camp.
, but he kept on fussing over Cao Cao.
The reason was that their opponents were too weak. Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Guo Jia didn't pay attention at all. At this moment, they suddenly discovered that there were people who could surpass themselves. Not only were they not afraid, but they seemed to have found a living goal. They were inexplicably excited.
, the eyes are shining.
At the Yang Family Ancestral Hall in Hanzhong, a young man said indignantly to an old man: "Grandpa, you have to take care of this matter. Zhang Xiu was obviously killed by Zhang Lu. In order to appease the people of Hanzhong, Liu Zhang actually blamed my father.
My father was killed on the spot even if he didn't even allow him to defend himself, and now his head is still hanging on the city gate. If this revenge is not avenged, how can the Yang family stand?"
Old Grandpa Yang sighed: "Cong'er, no matter how powerful the Yang family is, how can they oppose the imperial court? Now the world is in turmoil. Which wealthy family has not spread their children everywhere and scattered their branches and leaves? I have never heard of anyone because of one of them.
When a disciple dies, the whole family will start to fight each other, even because they serve their master and they are members of the same clan, they will fight each other. Cong'er, you have to be more open-minded."
"But Taigong, Cong'er doesn't think that this is only a matter for my family, but for the entire Yang family. Liu Zhang is cruel and cruel. He implemented the Four Imperial Examinations and the Land Order. His perverse actions will sooner or later bring disaster to the entire Yang family. Is it possible that Taigong wants to see the Yang family
Is the ancestral inheritance destroyed in one fell swoop?"
Old Mrs. Yang was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Then let's try it, but we can't resist forcefully. If we fail, we can't let Liu Zhang catch us."
The first snow of winter had been falling for several days, and it was already up to the ankles. Liu Zhang braved the snow to inspect the reorganized surrender troops, and said to Wei Yan who was accompanying him: "General Wei, I will leave these people to you. At present,
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are confronting the Yellow River. The only enemies in Hanzhong are Ma Teng and the Qiang people. You and Yan Pu must cooperate sincerely and seize the time to restore production. The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains will definitely take this route in the future. I don’t want to transport too much food here from Xichuan."
Liu Zhang didn't hear Wei Yan's reply for a long time, so he turned back and looked at Wei Yan: "What, are you having any difficulties?"
Wei Yan cupped his fists and said, "What's so difficult about this? But at the end of the day, I have a request. I hope my lord will grant it."
"explain."
"Please, my lord, remove the last general from his position as the prefect of Hanzhong."
Liu Zhang frowned: "Why? Are you not satisfied? I can't give you a bigger official position."
"The general will not dare." Wei Yan paused and said in a long voice: "Hanzhong is the gateway to Yizhou. Wei Yan can serve as the prefect of Hanzhong, and he deeply feels the lord's kindness. However, Wei Yan knows that the target of the lord's next attack is Jingzhou and Hanzhong.
If there is peace and nothing happens, I would rather be a vanguard than a general in the field. I would like to ask my lord to fulfill my wish."
"I see." Liu Zhang smiled, nodded and said, "That's good. You have served in Jingzhou for many years and are familiar with Jingzhou's personnel and geography. With you accompanying the army, it will be much easier to conquer Jingzhou. So be it, General Wei will temporarily
What do you think about not holding any office, only retaining the rank of general, and Wu Ban taking over as the prefect of Hanzhong?"
"Thank you so much, my lord."
Riding back to the city, Liu Zhang asked Fa Zhengdao: "Xiao Zhi, how did you handle those two things?"
Fa Zheng shook his head: "It's not good. Shen Dan agreed to surrender, but he wants to be the governor of Yong himself. He will not accept any officials appointed by us except paying taxes to us."
"Whimsical." Liu Zhang scolded lightly and said disdainfully: "A flood in the Han River washed away thousands of his troops. Why should Shen Dan bargain with me? You can write another letter and give it to him. On four conditions, he will
and his younger brother Shen Yi must go to serve in Chengdu. Important officials in Shangyong must be appointed by us. The Shen family must accept the four imperial examinations and land orders. Shangyong’s army must accept the Brazilian army’s defense change. If any of them are not agreed to, our army will join Shangyong.
, massacred the city for three days.”
"Massacre the city?" Fazheng was suddenly startled.
"The Shen family almost controls the entire Shangyong. The people in Shangyong almost rely on the Shen family for their livelihood. Business, land, and officialdom are all controlled by the Shen family. If the Shen family resists, the entire Shangyong will be an enemy city. What will happen if they are not massacred?"
Liu Zhang smiled coldly: "Shangyong is located in a remote place, almost like an isolated city. It is really a good place to massacre a city."
In history, Liu Bei won Shangyong because he did not attack the Shen family, so he was repeatedly restrained by Shangyong. It was easy to gain and even easier to lose. He also lost time and time again, losing countless money, food, soldiers and horses. However, Shen Dan was defeated by Shu Han and Cao Wei.
You are like a fish in water, you can surrender to whomever you want, and you will have a good death in the end.
Shangyong's geographical location, if you surrender wholeheartedly, it will be the sister city of Hanzhong. If it goes against the will, it will be a time bomb that will explode at any time. Liu Zhang had already planned to smash this iron city in one fell swoop while Yizhou had no external threats.