Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms

"Then what is the situation in Guishuang now?" Liu Bei said cautiously. After all, it is his second brother who is currently stationed in the south of Guishuang, and he is also the general he relies on most.

"It's still under control, but our military strength is completely at a disadvantage." Chen Xi said with a sigh.

It's not because the Han Dynasty is not strong enough, it's purely because the Han Dynasty blocks the door of other people's houses to fight others, so that there are some problems in the distribution of troops, which leads to the overall situation not looking very good, but if we really want to say, the general situation Still pretty solid.

"I remember that there should be more than 60,000 soldiers in Yunchang's place now." Liu Bei said with a little thought after thinking about the last report.

"Well, and they are all elite soldiers. Most of the generals under him are brave and brave. Except for our headquarters, Ji Ling and Zhang Ren's subordinates are now first-class elites." Chen Xi nodded and said, the current situation is fine. , and as the war continues, the average quality of soldiers is gradually increasing.

"There are more than 30,000 scholars and scholars in the back." Liu Beixu tapped on the table, his expression was a little dignified. The elite soldiers approaching 100,000 sounded very powerful, but if 100,000 elite soldiers were put on the current battlefield, even if Chen Xi didn't Said that Liu Bei also knew that there was no reaction at all when he threw it in.

"How long will it take if we want to increase our troops?" Liu Bei frowned and asked, Liu Bei now thinks that the battle of empires is too exhausting, the potential and strength of both sides will be dug out, and then become Much stronger than ever.

"The second batch of relocated people will definitely arrive within three months. It is estimated that Guishuang will start there by then, and Zhong Yuanchang will almost arrive there." Chen Xi estimated the time and said, "Say Don't allow Yide and Zilong to catch up."

"In that case, Wenru should be able to free up his hands, and the problem shouldn't be too big." Liu Bei nodded. He was very assured of Guan Yu's ability, but what Liu Bei was more worried about was that Guan Yu would be tricked by the other party, and when Zhong Yao In the past, Liu Bei took over Li You's affairs, and with Li You's ability, Liu Bei was still very relieved.

Although Liu Bei occasionally feels that Li You's style of doing things is a bit too sad, but he has to admit that the way of handling things is very efficient and basically will not cause future troubles, so Liu Bei will let it go later, as long as he doesn't do too much , Liu Bei will not speak.

However, after being under Liu Bei's command, Li You didn't seem to have done anything too extreme. If he hadn't accidentally known the other party's true identity, Liu Bei might not have thought about the other person.

"Speaking of which, I'd like to ask you a question." Liu Bei hesitated, embarrassed, maybe he also felt that he shouldn't ask this question.

"What's the question?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"It's like this..." Liu Bei said four words, then cut off after a while, "Forget it, forget it, it's better not to ask, some things are boring if you open them."

"What's the matter, you're still so mysterious." Chen Xi looked at Liu Bei curiously. Whenever Liu Bei speaks, he learns to tease people's interest. This is not a good thing.

"Forget it, forget it, change the subject." Liu Bei waved his hand, thinking it's better not to pursue the matter, and just pretend that what happened back then was done by another person.

"I'm very interested in the last topic!" Chen Xi said angrily, "Let's listen to it and see what topic can make you so cautious, Mr. Xuande."

Liu Bei sighed, then scratched his long hair, "Okay, I'll just tell you, but don't spread the word, how do you think the annals will record scholars?"

"..." Chen Xi froze for a moment, then nodded silently. This question, Li You said before, Chen Xi asked Li You when he was curious, and said that you are not afraid of history books nailing you to the pillar of shame. Li You's answer is that the two identities have been separated, and at a certain point, they will completely become two identities.

Chen Xi didn't understand it before, but when Li You came to meet all the civil and military officials in Nanyang, Chen Xi understood. Indeed, the identities have been split and become two people.

"Wenru is Wenru." Chen Xi sighed softly, "This era can't avoid Xuande Gong, so when recording, it will be whitewashed. The problem of Wenru has been completely solved in Nanyang. The two parts, after all, that person had already evaporated during the Chang'an Rebellion, and never appeared later."

In fact, Chen Xi estimated that Guan Yu and Li You's records should still be the same as in history. They did everything they needed to do, and then they disappeared. In addition, the timing of the two people just matched.

But there will be another thing involved here. When writing Li Ru, I will mention Dong Zhuo's part, and when writing Li You, it will be a standard biography. Everything that should be described will be described, and the only hidden part will also be written. It is the problem of two identities, but this problem is not hidden for Li You, but for Liu Bei.

At that time, there will inevitably be allusions to Liu Bei knowing his identity, and Li You said with a smile about this matter, as well as records implying identity, which is true and which is false, and everything that should be recorded, and time can be held, but Whether you can understand it or not is not a problem for the historian.

What historians have to do is to record what happened during their lifetime. It is enough that someone can understand the hidden places. It is not necessary for everyone to understand.

"I see." Liu Bei nodded, and he didn't want to pursue this matter, but after being hit by Xun Yue as the recorder, Liu Bei thought that he should be more careful.

"Don't worry, that guy is impeccable in his work. Unless we fail, he will definitely have a way to get out of the history books." Chen Xi said with a light smile, and Liu Bei also nodded. He is still convinced of Li You's ability .

"The next thing is to look at the second brother. The domestic side must have us in charge for a long time, otherwise it will be easy to cause people's instability." Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi and said. There were some small-scale disturbances, which is why Man Chong has not been in Chang'an. There are many illegal incidents, which have forced Man Chong to crack down hard.

"There is no big problem in the current situation." Liu Bei asked again, and Chen Xi nodded. There are quite vacancies in the bureaucratic system, and filling jobs has become a big problem. The merger resulted in some regulation, and now Man Chong is dealing with these things.

"It's still under control. It's not a big problem. Just win a batch. What's more, it's different from the time when we had a big gap. Now we can transfer to the army, and it's time to demand morality." Chen Xi looked calm. Open your mouth and say.

It seems that the transfer of military positions is a kind of position transfer that only appeared in later generations. In fact, this stuff is a variant of military merit in a popular way.

In the early pre-Qin military merit system, in fact, every title, except Liehou and Guanneihou, corresponds to an official position, and Liehou and Guanneihou are considered to be detached from the official position system, and they respect the system of titles. The other eighteen ranks of titles have corresponding official position.

Therefore, the so-called military transfer is, you are this title, I will see what the corresponding official position is, and then plug you in, it is so simple and rude.

This is also the reason why the grassroots management was very good in the Qin Dynasty. It was because a large number of middle and low-level titles were transferred to officials. Although the level of management of this group of people may not be comparable to that of professionals, the kind For the obedience to orders, it is easy for them to be one from top to bottom.

Even if there are some scum among them, most of them are people from the same path. Therefore, after taking over, they are very good at controlling the grassroots of the country. The same flaw is that they do what the above says. Anyway, if something goes wrong, it is not their own. pot……

Chen Xi also turned into this pit in the end, there was no way, the gap in the officials was too big, so he had to come up with the middle and lower level generals, fortunately, Liu Bei was there, so Chen Xi wasn't too worried about this, even if there were some scum in it , as long as Liu Bei sits in charge, the vast majority of people will not be corrupted.

"By the way, when the time comes, Mr. Xuande, go and select a group of suitable generals and transfer officials. Remember to treat them to a meal or something after you pick them out, and then let them do a good job." Chen Xi casually gave Liu Bei a few words, Liu Bei Rolling his eyes, he is more familiar with this than Chen Xi.

You must know that Liu Bei used this method to win over many poor students when he was in Mount Tai in the early years. When the Yellow Turban came out of Qingzhou, none of the officials from the counties on the border of Mount Tai could run away. arrival.

Although there were some corrupt ones later, Chen Xi once saw a corrupted person because of corruption and bribery, and Liu Bei personally hosted a banquet back then, so when Liu Bei accidentally saw something, he had an impression of that person, after all, the other party was sent to the county by himself When the order was ordered, he invited a meal, and after repelling the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, Liu Bei invited those officials who would not retreat under the pressure of the Yellow Turbans.

Therefore, he still had some impressions of this guy, so he went to have a look. Chen Xi remembered very clearly that the other party burst into tears after seeing Liu Bei.

Especially when he was sure that Liu Bei knew him, and he came here because he saw his case, he confessed his crime directly, even told the things that Man Chong hadn't dug up, and finally wrote a blood letter to him when he went to the execution ground. Liu Bei said that he had failed Liu Bei's love.

This is also an important reason why Liu Bei must sit in the Han Dynasty. In Liu Bei's day, even if there is a problem with the supervision of the country's bureaucratic system, it can be maintained by conscience.