Chapter 795 Contact Xuzhou?

I learned from Duanmu Ruoyu's intelligence that after Chen Deng persuaded Liu Bei, Liu Bei still did not take office immediately.

And coincidentally, in order to take the career of the savior to the next level, Kong Rong, a great celebrity in Beihai, came to Xiaopei to persuade Liu Bei. Kong Rong has always spoken more directly, and this time is no exception. First of all, he pointed out that Yuan Shu is a very unreliable person. As for his awesome ancestors, they have long been dead. What do they still care about? Then, Kong Rong, as a university questioner, concluded from the perspective of heaven and man's induction: "Today's affairs, the people and the ability, heaven and the heaven do not take, and regret cannot be pursued."

Now that this is the case, Liu Bei will no longer refuse. He took office and became Xuzhou Mu.

Of course, in Ma Chao's opinion, Kong Rong could only scold Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei listened to it. As for what kind of natural and human induction. Liu Bei should be the left ear in and the right ear out. Maybe after listening to Kong Rong's persuasion, Liu Bei felt that he was too embarrassed by Chen Deng, just in time for Kong Rong's appearance, so he borrowed the donkey to go down the slope.

But anyway, Liu Bei finally took the position of Xuzhou Mu. After ten years of hard work, I finally survived!

Now Liu Bei is no longer a poor teenager selling straw shoes on the streets of Zhuo County, an aspiring young man who is not talented and has no way to serve the country, and is no longer a rootless duckweed in troubled times under the shelter of others. He has finally had his own territory and become a town of princes with great development prospects.

But Liu Bei knows that in such an era of the world, how long he can be a Xuzhou shepherd is still unknown.

Xuzhou is not a small place with only a few cities, but one of the 13 states in the country at that time, with jurisdiction over five counties (countries) and 62 counties in Donghai County, Guangling County, Langxie Country, Pengcheng Country and Xia Pi State. According to the census during the Shundi period of Han Dynasty (126-144), the total population was about 2.8 million. It is a real big place.

What is an upstart? Liu Bei is now.

But upstarts also have the difficulties of upstarts, that is, Liu Bei is worried that he could not keep this windfall: even Xuzhou Mu, who fell from the world, since he fell into his own hands, of course, he is unwilling to share it with others.

This is a common problem for vested interests.

Liu Bei can't avoid vulgarity, and what's worse is that Liu Bei really doesn't have many chips at this time. He has a thin foundation, shallow roots, and has no confidence to settle Xuzhou.

Let's talk about military strength first. At this time, Ma Chao knew about Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and Guan Hai. There seem to be many, and they are all outstanding and resourceful people. However, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici are only guests, and Guan Hai is a yellow scarf general, so they dare not use them much. Therefore, after ten years of living together, Liu Bei's direct line is still Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

And there are a lot of troops under them, which have really expanded to 50,000 troops. However, after excluding more than 2,000 soldiers and horses under Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, there were only more than 3,000 cavalry under Zhang Fei and 3,000 infantry under Guan Yu. Less than 7,000 could listen to Liu Bei's orders and rush up during the war. It is difficult for other Xuzhou troops to say that they sincerely support Boss Liu, which can only be regarded as a fooling meal. In peacetime, you pay me as a messenger, and the days will pass. At the critical moment, you have to make a big question mark.

Let's talk about the literary staff. Liu Bei's original literary minister was Jian Yong. When he was in Xiaopei, he selected Yuan Fule, Chen County, and Sun Qian, a native of Beihai, Qingzhou, when he took office in Xuzhou. Both of them were not familiar with the place and did not have much influence.

What Liu Bei can really rely on is Lu Zhu and Chen Deng.

Fuzhu, whose courtesy name Zizhong, is from Donghai, Xuzhou. His ancestors have been rich merchants for generations, which is quite rich. There are tens of thousands of slaves and servants in his family alone. When Tao Qian was in office, he served as the secretary-general of the Xuzhou government (don't drive). He had a certain reputation both among local bureaucratic groups and powerful landlords. Most importantly, Wei Zhu was very optimistic about Liu Bei. Later, he even let the imperial guard recommended by Cao Cao do not do it, and he unswervingly followed Liu Bei for his life.

Chen Deng, the character Yuanlong, is a native of Xia Pi. He has few talents and can be said to be a literary and martial arts all-talented. When Tao Qian was in office, Chen Deng served as the director of Xuzhou Agricultural Department (Lieutenant of Dian Agricultural School) in charge of Tuntian affairs. It should be noted that agriculture at that time was definitely the basic industry and leading industry of the national economy, and Tuntian was the top priority of agriculture. Chen Deng, the director of agriculture, was not a little higher than that of today's agricultural cadres. Chen Deng was also very optimistic about Liu Bei, so he tried his best to promote Liu Bei to take over as Xuzhou Mu. Two or three years later, Chen Deng returned to Cao as the governor of Guangling. When chatting with others and commenting on the world's celebrities, he still highly respected Liu Bei: "Bowen Qiangji, Qiyi Zhuoqi, I respect Kong Wenju (Kong Rong); outstanding posture, Wang Ba's strategy, I respect Liu Xuande."

Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei, a dignified feudal official, can only rely on this little capital.

The powerful landlords in various places in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were very powerful, and most of the local cadres were selected among them. They wanted money, money, people, and status, which was the backbone of society at that time. Foreign leaders must get their support if they want to gain a foothold. And if you want to get their support, it's not a matter of words. You need time and strategy to gradually operate. For example, today we will go to Li Zhuangzhuzhuang for a drink, and tomorrow we will go to Wang County magistrate's house for a meal. Only by strengthening exchanges can we establish a deep revolutionary friendship.

After all, it has only been half a year since Liu Bei took office in Xuzhou, and he hasn't had time to make many achievements and won many people's hearts. He is different from Ma Chao. He did not start his work in Yongzhou, where the foundation of the powerful landlord is not too deep, let alone Ma Chao's long-term stale. He can use his iron-blooded wrists to eliminate those who dare to oppose him. All he can do is contact those people first to get their support. However, even though Liu Bei has pretended to be humble, it can be inferred from intelligence that most of those powerful people still think that Liu Bei's foundation is too thin and the starting point is too low to regard him as a potential stock.

After all, coaxing the people who can't survive is not the same thing as attracting those rich people: the people only need a vague hope, and what they pay attention to is interests!

So although Xuzhou is big, the power that Liu Bei can master is very limited.

However, Ma Chao took a fancy to this point, after listening to all the information of Duanmu Ruoyu. Jing thought for a moment, and after pointing at the sand table simulation map, he bent down and whispered to Diao Chan, "Cemi, I have already thought about going to Xuzhou."

"Husband, what do you want?..." After all, Diao Chan's political vision was not good for Ma Chao. After hearing that Ma Chao was exploring all the information of Liu Bei, he solemnly made this decision. I can't help but wonder Ma Chao's original intention and ask, "Do you want to see that Liu Bei?"

"Yes, since Xuchang's Liu Xie has made moves, the Ma family naturally can't move." Speaking of this, Ma Chao motioned Duanmu Ruoyu and Diao Chan to look at the sand table simulation map and explain, "Today's big man is already complicated to an unspeakable situation. On the surface, there are currently two main camps in the Central Plains: one faction is Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Liu Biao; the other faction is Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and Sun Ce; and Liu Bei's Xuzhou is stuck at the juncture between the two factions. Therefore, he is very uncomfortable. But don't forget that there are also our Ma family besides these two factions!"

"Once our Ma family participates in Xuzhou, it can be imagined that the situation in Xuzhou will definitely be more complex and changeable." Ma Chao made sense. To be honest, Ma Jia rashly participated in the consequences of Xuzhou, and Ma Chao could not estimate it. But he knew that the Ma family only made a superficial alliance with Liu Bei, which was enough to make Liu Bei happy. But if Liu Bei really has the wind and grass, it is normal for the Ma family to be so far away and the whip is beyond his reach, which will not affect the overall situation of the Ma family.

In the process of planning the whole man, Ma Chao has made no progress except that he was forced to carry out the robbery of Nanyang and occupy Yingchuan during the disaster. At this moment, it is not useless to regard Liu Bei of Xuzhou as a signal to all princes.

At least, he wants to see the reaction of the two bosses, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Thus, he can make a future development plan for the Ma family.

What's more, Liu Bei's future development is unlimited. Doing an emotional investment in advance is not harmful to the Ma family.

Of course, in this way, Ma Chao can have a reasonable excuse to enter Xuzhou openly and explore the official hat chair of the Mi family...