We learned from the intelligence that after Chen Deng persuaded Liu Bei, Liu Bei still did not take office immediately.
It just so happened that in order to take the savior's career to a higher level, Kong Rong, a famous celebrity in Beihai, took the trouble to come to Xiaopei to persuade Liu Bei.
Kong Rong always spoke directly, and this time was no exception.
He first pointed out that Yuan Shu was a very unreliable person.
As for his outstanding ancestors, he had long since died.
He didn’t care what they did next.
Kong Rong used his great As a scholar, he made a conclusion from the perspective of the connection between heaven and man: "Today's events are not taken by the people but by God, and regrets cannot be pursued."
Now that he had talked about this, Liu Bei no longer refused, took up his post, and became the shepherd of Xuzhou.
Of course, in Ma Chao's view, Kong Rong only scolded Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei listened.
As for what heavenly beings are sensing.
Liu Bei should go in through the left ear and out through the right ear.
Maybe, after listening to Kong Rong's persuasion, Liu Bei felt that he was too embarrassed by Chen Deng, and just in time for Kong Rong's advancement, he borrowed the donkey from Poxia.
But no matter what, Liu Bei finally took the position of Xuzhou Mu.
After ten years of hard work, I finally got through it Now Liu Bei is no longer a poor boy selling straw sandals at a street stall in Zhuoxian County.
He is no longer an aspiring young man with no way to serve his country.
A town of princes has great prospects for development.
But Liu Bei knew that in such an era where the world was for the common good, it was still unknown how long he could be a Xuzhou shepherd.
Xuzhou was not a small place with only a few cities, but one of the thirteen states in the country at that time.
It governed a total of five counties and sixty-two counties: Donghai County, Guangling County, Langye Kingdom, Pengcheng Kingdom, and Xiapi Kingdom.
According to the Han Dynasty, According to the 126144 census during Emperor Shun's reign, the total population was approximately 2.8 million, making it a truly large place.
What does it mean to be a nouveau riche?
Liu Bei is now.
But the nouveau riche also has the difficulties of the nouveau riche, that is, Liu Bei is worried that he will not be able to keep this windfall: even Xuzhou Mu, who has fallen into the world, since it fell into his own hands, of course he is not willing to share it with others.
This is a common problem among those with vested interests.
Liu Bei is not exempt from the common deeds, and what's even worse is that Liu Bei really doesn't have much leverage at this time.
He has a weak foundation and shallow roots, and has little confidence to settle down in Xuzhou.
Let’s talk about military strength first.
Liu Bei's direct generals at this time, Ma Chao knew Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci, and Guan Hai.
There seem to be quite a few, and they are all people with outstanding military strength, courage and plan.
But Zhao Yun and Tai Shici were just guest generals, and Guan Hai was a Yellow Turban general, so they didn't dare to use them much.
Therefore, after ten years of messing around, Liu Bei's direct relatives are still Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
And the number of troops under his command was quite large, and it really expanded to 50,000 troops.
But in his hands, after excluding the more than 2,000 troops and horses under Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, there are only more than 3,000 cavalry under Zhang Fei and 3,000 infantry under Guan Yu, who can obey Liu Bei's orders and go up in battle.
Those who rush are less than 7,000.
It's hard to say that the other troops in Xuzhou truly support Boss Liu, they can only be considered as a side hustle.
In peacetime, you pay me as an errand, and the days go by.
Whether I can be relied upon at critical moments is a big question mark.
Let’s talk about civil servants and staff.
Liu Bei's original civil servants only had Jian Yong.
When he was in Xiaopei, he selected Yuan Huan from Fule in Chen County.
When he took office in Xuzhou, he selected Sun Qian from Beihai in Qingzhou.
Both of them were unfamiliar with the place in Xuzhou and had little knowledge.
Influence.
What Liu Bei can really rely on is Mi Zhu and Chen Deng.
Mi Zhu, named Zizhong, was from Donghai, Xuzhou.
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His ancestors had been wealthy businessmen for several generations.
He was quite wealthy, and his family had tens of thousands of servants and servants.
When Tao Qian was in office, Mi Zhu served as the Secretary-General of the Xuzhou Government.
He was well-known among both the local bureaucracy and powerful landlords.
The most important thing is that Mi Zhu was very optimistic about Liu Bei.
Later, he even ignored the governor recommended by Cao Cao and followed Liu Bei unswervingly throughout his life.
Chen Deng, whose courtesy name is Yuanlong, is a native of Xiapi.
He is rare in talent and can be said to be a versatile scholar in both civil and military affairs.
When Tao Qian was in office, Chen Deng served as Dian Nong Xiaowei, director of Xuzhou Agriculture Department, who was in charge of farming affairs.
It should be noted that agriculture at that time was definitely the basic industry and the leading industry of the national economy, and farming was the top priority of agriculture.
The status of Chen Deng, the Minister of Agriculture, was not a bit higher than that of today's agricultural cadres.
Chen Deng was also very optimistic about Liu Bei, so he tried his best to help Liu Bei take over as Xuzhou Mu.
Two or three years later, Chen Deng returned to Cao Cao and served as the prefect of Guangling.
When chatting with others and commenting on the famous people in the world, he still highly praised Liu Bei: "I have learned a lot and have a strong memory, and I admire Kong Wenju and Kong Rong.
I respect Liu Xuande."
The dignified feudal official Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei could only rely on this pitiful capital.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the powerful landowners in various places were very powerful, and most local cadres were selected from among them.
They wanted money, people, and status, and they were the backbone of society at that time.
If outside leaders want to gain a foothold, they must gain their support.
To gain their support is not just a matter of words, it requires time and strategy to operate step by step.
For example, if we go to the main village of Li Village for a drink today and have a meal at Magistrate Wang's house tomorrow, we can build a profound revolutionary friendship by strengthening our exchanges over and over again.
After all, it had only been half a year since Liu Bei took office in Xuzhou, and he had not had time to make many achievements or win over many people.
He was different from Ma Chao.
He did not start in Yongzhou where powerful landowners did not have deep roots.
He also did not have Ma Chao's long-term entrenchment.
He could use iron and blood to eliminate those powerful people who dared to oppose him.
All he could do was contact those people first and gain their support.
But even though Liu Bei has pretended to be humble, it can be inferred from the intelligence that most of the powerful people still think that Liu Bei's foundation is too weak and too low, and they do not regard him as a potential stock.
After all, coaxing the ordinary people of Li who cannot survive is not the same thing as winning over the powerful: the common people only need a vague hope, while the powerful are focused on interests.
Therefore, although Xuzhou is large, the power Liu Bei can control is very limited.
However, Ma Chao took a fancy to this, after listening to all the information about Duanmu Ruoyu.
After thinking quietly for a moment, he pointed on the sand table simulation map, then leaned over and whispered to Diao Chan: "Chan'er, I've already thought about going to Xuzhou."
"Husband, what do you want?"
After all, Diao Chan's political vision was inferior to Ma Chao's.
She made this decision solemnly after hearing that Ma Chao was trying to find out all the information about Liu Bei.
He couldn't help but wonder about Ma Chao's original intention and asked: "Does your husband want to meet that Liu Bei?"
"Yes, since Liu Xie of Xuchang has taken action, the Ma family cannot stand still."
At this point, Ma Chao motioned Duanmu Ruoyu and Diao Chan to look at the sand table simulation map, and explained: "Today's big men are already complicated.
It's an unspeakable situation.
At present, there are two main camps in the Central Plains: one is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao; the other is Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, and Sun Ce; and Liu Bei's Xuzhou is stuck at the intersection of the two factions, so he is very uncomfortable.
Don’t forget, besides these two factions, there is also our Ma family.”
"Once our Ma family participates in Xuzhou, it is conceivable that the situation in Xuzhou will be more complicated and changeable."
Ma Chao collected his thoughts.
To be honest, Ma Chao could not estimate the consequences of the Ma family's rash involvement in Xuzhou.
But he knew that the Ma family only made a superficial alliance with Liu Bei, which was enough to make Liu Bei happy.
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But if something really happened to Liu Bei, it would be normal for the Ma family to be so far away and out of reach, and it would not affect the overall situation of the Ma family.
In the process of strategizing the entire Han Dynasty, Ma Chao never made any progress except when he was forced to seize Nanyang and occupy Yingchuan during the disaster period.
At this moment, it is not without benefit to regard Liu Bei of Xuzhou as a signal to all the princes.
At least, he wanted to see the reactions of the two big guys, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
In this way, he can formulate the future development plan of the Ma family.
What's more, Liu Bei's future development is limitless.
It would do no harm to the Ma family to make an emotional investment in advance.
Of course, in this way, Ma Chao would have a reasonable excuse to enter Xuzhou openly and investigate the matter of the official hat and chair of the Mi family. s: Thank you very much for the rewards of Give Me a Smile, Give You a Toenail, Han Gu Gu, and Fat Sheep.
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