The Collection of The End

——AD 181——

In the first year of Guanghe, the rebellion in Liangzhou was put down, and Huangfu Song, the general who conquered the west, returned to the court. Emperor Ling was overjoyed to reward all his ministers, and many meritorious ministers were rewarded.

But if you are careful, it is easy to find that these "rewards" have almost no tangible property, and are all official positions or titles in name only. Some of the officials who originally guarded the wealthy places were even exchanged for some royal favors in the name of "promotion" The most important thing is that the person who was kicked out had to pay a "promotion" contribution.

Among them, only Dong Zhuo, the commander of the Northwest Rangers, is truly worthy of his name. No, he should now be called the "Liangzhou Governor" Dong Zhuo.

This is the only official position that although Emperor Ling is dissatisfied with, he has to pinch his nose to reward him and cannot ask for money.

Among these defeated Xiliang rebels, although their coach Han Sui was captured, they escaped with a "Mountain Elite Cavalry" led by two fierce generals, Ma Teng and Pang De. Therefore, although Liangzhou claims to have However, everyone knew that there were still hidden dangers, so no one was willing to take over this hot potato. Zhang Wen, who was originally the general who held the title of Zhenxi, used his connections in Luoyang to spend a lot of money to donate money. He can serve as "Taiwei" for half a year in order to return to Beijing.

"Xuande, is this really true? Then the 'San Gong' has to be a one or two years. How do you calculate half a year?"

Jizhou, Changshan County Post House, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zheng, who were about to return to Zhuojun and Liaodong, mentioned this matter, and Gongsun Zan asked curiously.

"Since the Xia Dynasty to this day, the twice-annual 'Sacrifice to Heaven' ceremony will be accompanied by an 'assessment' of the ministers. According to common sense, the three ministers and nine ministers do not need to participate. If they fail to participate, they will naturally be dismissed." Liu Bei shook his head.

"You mean Zhang Wen will take the initiative to participate?" Gongsun Zan seemed to find it quite incredible.

"If you want to continue doing it, you have to pay more and there are more people in line behind him."

"That's why the teacher only served as 'Shang Shu' and 'Zhonglang General' and refused to take up more civilian positions. It's because no matter what the military position is, one must be able to lead troops, and the decision cannot be made by the emperor?" Gongsun Zan said if he had something to say. Enlightenment.

Liu Bei nodded without further explanation.

"Speaking of official positions, there is no problem for me to return to Youzhou," Gongsun Zan continued: "Xuande, you can't be rewarded because you haven't been crowned. You can continue to study with the teacher. Why does the teacher insist on letting you return to Zhuojun?"

"...Brother Bogui, what do you think of the general trend of the world?" Liu Bei asked.

"...Uh, Xuande, don't imitate your teacher. This way of discussing issues is insensitive to my brother." Gongsun Zan waved his hands repeatedly.

"No, I really want to discuss this. To answer your question, you must answer this question first." Liu Bei said funny.

"Well, there are no outsiders here, so my brother said so," Gongsun Zan said with a slightly serious expression, "The day Wang Yue dies, the world will be in chaos."

"..." Liu Bei stared at Gongsun Zan without saying a word.

"This is what you asked me to say..." Gongsun Zan was stared at and felt a little scared.

"I'm just amazed at Brother Bogui's sensitivity." Liu Bei shook his head: "I think so too."

"It's like wild horses on the grassland. If a certain group is always led by the old horse of the previous generation, or even the previous generation, then when the old horse finally falls, the entire herd will collapse." Gongsun Zan said.

"So, I said, the teacher asked me to go back to Zhuojun, precisely because there..." "Who is it?" Liu Bei was mid-sentence. Guan Yu, who had been listening to his discussion with Gongsun Zan without interrupting, suddenly stood up and copied. He pointed the long knife at the corner of the living room.

A gentle and melodious young man's voice sounded, "I am offended by Zhao Zilong from Changshan."

Following the words and some strange friction sound, Liu Bei found that the entire living room "burned" away its "skin" in a manner like paper being burned. In an instant, it changed from a luxurious enough post house living room to a It seems like it has collapsed for decades,

"Ruins" covered with moss and dust.

While I was on guard, I saw a handsome young man walking in from the door of the "Ruins", with eyes like bright stars and eyebrows like sharp swords. He was wearing a short green cloth shirt, silver-white light armor, and a forehead protector with a posture like a phoenix. Behind him was a dark green cloak, silver water-patterned combat boots on his feet, and a green-tasseled silver spear in his hand.

"What a young hero! He is very suitable to lead my white horse as a follower!" Gongsun Zan blurted out.

Isn’t it true that your righteousness is only yourself? Liu Bei took the time to glance at him.

Guan Yu stared at the young man closely, maintaining a vigilant attitude.

"Thank you General Gongsun for the compliment, but I would also like to ask General Liu to explain his thoughts. I need to know for some purpose." The young man said politely.

"Some kind of purpose?" Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to ask back, but at this moment, he seemed to have figured out something and asked instead: "What is your relationship with 'Lin Hao'?"

Since both Gongsun Zan and Guan Yu were present, he pressed back the word "Bodhisattva" with difficulty.

"If I have to say it, it's my master, although she may not admit it." The young man responded with a smile.

"Haha, if that's the case, then I'll try to tell you something. Xi Qin has lost his deer..."

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Outside Dunqiu City, there is a military camp.

Due to his great contribution in quelling the rebellion in Liangzhou, Cao Cao was promoted from Dunqiu Ling to Jinan Prime Minister. This was a rare promotion to two levels in a row. The next higher up was the governor of a state. Therefore, although the people of Dunqiu were reluctant to give up, they did not Reasons prevented him from making progress, so he could only leave voluntarily when Cao Cao came to pick up his "family members".

In fact, Cao Cao originally wanted to stay for a while, and the people who came to visit the hard-working magistrate at first just wanted to express their gratitude. However, as more and more people came, the number of people who believed that Cao Cao was leaving soon became more and more. In the end, facing many "farewell" gifts, Cao Cao couldn't even say that he would not leave immediately and would stay for a while. Finally, he led his army to leave Dunqiu in a state of laughter and laughter. Location to re-camp.

"If my friend were here, I would not have misunderstood this." Cao Cao sighed in the big tent.

Xun Chen returned to Yingchuan after the Battle of Liangzhou, not because he was dissatisfied with Cao Cao. At least according to what he said, commanding a group of unparalleled generals was quite refreshing. However, at least when Cao Cao served as Jinan During the interview, he was unable to help.

Because the last Prime Minister of Jinan was Xun Chen's father, Xun Shuang, who served as Sikong in the DPRK. He didn't know whether he was optimistic about Cao Cao or not, but when he left office, he recommended Cao Cao as his successor, and even paid the promotion donation for him. .

If Xun Chen continued to follow Cao Cao, the emperor would inevitably think that Xun Shuang was in love with local power. No matter how greedy he was for money, as an emperor, he would never tolerate such a thing.

"Mr.

Yuan Shao's nominal father Yuan Feng was serving as Situ in the court at this time, so it was naturally impossible for him to "pretend to be ill". It was his biological father who "pretended to be ill". At the end of the Liangzhou War, he wrote a letter saying that he was seriously ill and hoped to see Yuan Shao. However, when Cao Cao accompanied Yuan Shao to visit, he found that the old man was in good health and there was nothing wrong with him. He obviously heard that Cao Cao was too involved with the Xun family at this time, and wanted Yuan Shao to temporarily separate from him so as to keep a distance. Yuan Shao could not and The father was angry, turned around and ran away.

"The only person who needs to avoid suspicion in this matter is Mr. Xun. The others are already deeply involved with Mengde, and it is useless to avoid them." Cai Wan, who guarded Dunqiu for Cao Cao during his expedition, was also in the tent. It can be said that he Her actual actions showed the Cai family's support for Cao Cao, but the Xiahou brothers and the newly recruited Zhang Jue had to avoid her suspicion and temporarily left the big tent.

As for Cai Yan...

"Hehe~ A Dian, run faster~" "Oh!"

——Sitting on Dian Wei's shoulders, he treated him like a big horse and ran around the tent.

Cai Zhenji showed a look that she couldn't bear to look at, got up and walked out: "I'm going to take Yan'er to rest. Meng De and Benchu ​​don't be busy too late."

"Well..." Yuan Shao looked at the letters brought by Cai Wan and almost filled Cao Cao's desk: "Can I... be of any help?"

"These are all the 'cheng's' that Dunqiu has accumulated over the past two years. They have to be sent back after they are processed." Cao Cao glanced at Yuan Shao, who was full of "What is this?" Helped."

"Okay, okay~" Yuan Shao did not refuse and followed Cai Wan directly out.

"Haha," after Yuan Shao and Cai Wan left, Cao Cao smiled lightly and picked up a booklet: "At first, I had no objection to the Yuan family assigning the credit that originally belonged to him to his younger brother Yuan Shu, but he pretended to be his biological father. I'm still worried about the disease, what do you think?"

"Hmm... you have a pure heart?" The "substitute" picked up a "Chen Qing" and looked at it: "It's about repairing bridges and roads again. Are the roads and bridges in Dunqiu so easy to damage?"

"Are you trying to accuse him of being stupid?" Cao Cao shook his head and suddenly looked at the corner of the tent: "Come out, that friend."

Hu—sand—

The big tent decayed and turned into ashes in an instant. Cao Cao and the "double" found themselves in an open space in a dense jungle. All other military tents and soldiers around them disappeared without a trace.

"I heard that General Cao was said to be 'a capable minister in times of trouble, a hero in troubled times'. Is this the truth?" A young general with a silver helmet appeared not far away, looking back and forth between Cao Cao and his "double".

"What's your relationship with 'Merlin'?" "Huh? Can you see me?" The two Cao Cao's reactions were different, but the same thing happened.

"..." The young general showed an expression of "Why is this a problem again?", but still responded honestly: "If it is 'Jiangzuo Meilin', then it is the master of the family - as for the other General Cao's The question, and the answer, is that I am not affected by any illusion."

"What do you want me to do, sir?" Cao Cao responded.

"I..." The young man hesitated: "I need to know the general's views on the general trend of the world, but it is not Master's request."

"This world?" Cao Cao completely ignored the words "not the master's request" and said casually: "Today the Han Dynasty has lost its land..."

There was a slightly strange expression on the young general's face.