Chapter 63, Tian Kai and Li Xin

In the hall, Liu Taishou picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, frowned slightly and thought about Zu Zhao's words.

It's just that he has never encountered such a thing during his tenure and even in his life, and he has never heard of such an arrangement as Zu Zhao, which is really against common sense. He has always advocated peace and self-discipline. Even if it is not something that is not about himself, he must follow the rules and regulations, and no crossing the pool is allowed.

However, after all, he still respects virtuous people. On the one hand, it is due to his nature, and on the other hand, he also has to worry about his reputation as a "courtesy virtuous scribe". Although Zu Zhao is still young, he is at least a famous young talent on one side. Since the other party can raise this matter so seriously, he I have to listen to it.

Immediately, he put down the teacup, slowly nod his head, and asked, "Zu Zhao, if you have this idea, you might as well talk about it carefully and listen to it in this house. If it is really a good policy to protect the country and the people, the government will definitely promise.

Zu Zhao then revealed all his ideas. His plan was not complicated in the first place, but to continue to use the set of theft every winter. In addition, the most important thing is to get the name promised by the county government, and then he can naturally form private armed forces. In fact, it is not difficult to set up private armed forces nowadays. Not to mention that the powerful clans have raised their guests. Even local county governments sometimes lack arrests and soldiers, they are also served by the doormen of county magistrates and county lieutenants.

Even Zu Fan, who is a traveler, because Xu Wu County is not a rich county, and the county government does not have extra fees to arrange a deputy for it. Zu Fan's men are all supported by his ancestors, and they are just guests recruited by him personally.

There are not many gatekeepers raised in Zujiazhuang, mainly because of the prosperity of the ancestral family. With the strength of the ancestors, it is not a big problem to recruit 500 or 600 people in private. Whether it is armor or food and grass, it can be supplied adequately. It is just because of the large number of people who need to be recruited that there must be a reasonable reputation anyway.

In his plan, Zu Zhao specially emphasized that in the past, there was not much disadvantage in the number of people defending thieves and horses. The key is that the equipment is too backward. Except for a few doormen who have short knives to defend themselves, most people can only replace them with sticks and farm tools. After all, there are very few children of a family like Zu Zhao, especially those who have studied martial arts since childhood and dared to fight. Most of the thieves are surprised, while Hu Ma is good at riding and shooting, which is difficult for ordinary people to deal with.

After listening carefully to Zu Zhao's introduction, Liu Taishou fell into meditation again. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Zu Zhao, don't you want every family to be equipped with armor? According to the law, each county and county government has a arsenal, but in case of emergency, they can distribute the arsenal armor, arm the righteous, refuse thieves and recruit. But it is necessary to take back all the armor afterwards in case.

Zu Zhao sighed: "Your Excellency, the county arsenal system was still possible decades ago, but now it has long existed in name. In the counties of the Central Plains, the Hyogo has been in disrepair for a long time, and most of the armors in the warehouse have been damaged, and there is no new armor to fill. On our northern border, there are sometimes thieves and Hu people's invasion of the border. The armor of the arsenals of each county was quickly transferred by the officers and soldiers who went on each expedition, which was helpless.

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and continued in a more serious tone: "To this day, there are countless people with their own blades. Tibetan soldiers and the people are not something to be taboo about. What's more, as the late life said, although the armor is heavy, it can only have the effect of preventing problems before it happens.

Liu Taishou nodded slowly and said, "I understand... But there are still many things that need to be considered. After thinking twice, I will definitely give you an answer. Now you go to the county government to participate in the inspection, or do you want to focus on this matter first?

Zu Zhao did not have much hope. Anyway, his purpose was to say hello to Liu Taishou first. One day Liu Taishou will know the benefits. He bowed respectfully and answered, "It should be like this. It's time to make a late life."

He retreated from the main hall and was accompanied by officials from his own county government. The officials first took Zu Zhao and his entourage to an official post in the city, and the county government would bear all the food and accommodation during the inspection. In the afternoon, you can be led by officials to walk around the county. Before the evening, you have to rush back to the Taishou Mansion to attend the dinner of the Taishou Mansion.

Tonight's dinner is just an ordinary banquet, mainly to facilitate the acquaintance of local people. Generally speaking, the number of square people selected each year is uncertain, and they are selected according to the actual vacancy. Even if the county government fails to investigate, you can still work in the county government after returning to the county. However, this year, the county government is quite vacant, so those who can retain people to serve in the county government must be colleagues in the future, so there is a traditional custom of holding banquets one after another.

However, although the Taishou dinner is not a formal evaluation, the attendees are all county officials and local sages. One move during the banquet will still leave an impression on everyone.

Before evening, Zu Zhao still made some preparations, changed into clean clothes and dressed neatly.

The dinner is located in a hall in the north courtyard of Taishou Mansion. Since the day before yesterday, it has been specially decorated. Although there is nothing luxury to say, all kinds of tables and seats are neatly arranged, and the mats are arranged in different colors according to different seats. There are incense inside and outside, which continues to burn from time, highlighting the dignity and glory of Taishou Mansion. It has the style of a scholarly gathering.

After receiving the notice from Guanyi, Zu Zhao moved to the Taishou Mansion. Before the banquet officially began, he was taken to a small hall in the north courtyard to wait for a while. He arrived early and waited in the small hall for a while. The servants of the Taishou Mansion quickly attracted two guests one after another. These two guests are young people in their early 20s. Like him, they are Founders recommended by other counties this year.

The county magistrate who came with the second guest made a special introduction to Zu Zhao: "Mr. Zu, you are new today. These two are the square men in the two counties of Guangcheng who arrived at the county government yesterday. This is Li Xin, courtesy name Xianyan, who is a righteous man promoted to this year's brave Fangzhengke in Guangcheng County.

Zu Zhao took a look at Li Xin and saw that the other party was more than seven feet tall, half a head smaller than himself. He was strong and well-proportioned, his cheeks were cut, and his eyebrows were like a sword. At a glance, he was a righteous person. It's just that a thick cloth is too simple, with several patches on each sleeve, which shows that the family is very poor. It is almost difficult for poor families to raise men with the power of Kong Wu. Power also means a large amount of food. A tall and powerful man like Li Xin needs to eat at least three meals a day, and four or five people need to eat three meals. Nowadays, there are continuous droughts and the people are suffering. How can there be such a generous family?

Therefore, this surprised him. He couldn't help guessing that either Li Xin had recently fallen from his family or was a real natural wonder.

Li Xin was also cheerful. He smiled and hugged Zu Zhao and asked, "I heard of Mr. Zu's name, and I was very gratified to see him today. Nice to meet you!"

Zuzu Zhao politely said, "Brother Li's words are heavy, and I don't deserve it."

Juncheng turned to another person who was not tall or short, but had a very good figure, and introduced: "This is Tian Kai, a righteous man from Wuzhi County, with the name Zihui. It is also a brave and square subject.

Zu Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly. In his opinion, the young man named Tian Kai should be the oldest of the three. The other party was not surprised from beginning to end. There was neither any flattery nor any ease, so he let the Buddha have any interest in the things around him, and it seemed that it was lukewarm on the surface and more in the inner bottom. Or there is still some contempt for others.

The reason why he paid great attention to this person was not because the other party was not enthusiastic, but because he was likely to be Tian Kai, a general under Gongsun Zan in the future. After the break between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, he sent Tian Kai and Yuan Shao to attack. The two sides fought with their own armies for two years, but they were not right. It can be seen that Tian Kai still has some abilities.

Tian Kai just nodded slightly to Zu Zhao and didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Zu Zhao was still able to maintain etiquette, bowed his hands and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

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[Tian Kai (?-199), a subordinate of Gongsun Zan and the governor of Qingzhou. Tao Qian was attacked by Cao Cao, and Kai led Liu Bei to rescue him. In the second year of Chuping, Zan and Yuan Shao turned against each other and led the main force to attack Shao. They divided their troops into Pingqing and Yan. Shao and Kai fought for two years in a row. The soldiers were exhausted, the food was exhausted, and the people plundered each other, and there was no grass in the field. Later, Yuan Tan, the son of Yuan Shao, went to Qingzhou. Tian Kai was defeated in the battle with Yuan Tan and fled to Youzhou, and was killed in the Battle of Yijing.]