Great Wei Nengchen

At dusk, Xiao Yi walked out of the Hall of Seven Truths. Li Ru's head was still on his neck, but was protected by his own soldiers, and he was placed in the camp outside the city!

If you don't kill this person, you can't put him back to Zhang Lu's side, so as not to cause trouble, it's best to put him under house arrest - use his talents, not his people!

"Report to Master Sima, an urgent report from Chengdu!"

"Oh, Liu Zhang got up from Chengdu, isn't this a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?"

Wu Zhi emerged from the darkness, and handed over a secret letter with both hands. It turned out that after Liu Bei entered Berkshire, he invited Liu Zhang to come to the alliance.

It is conceivable that Liu Zhang's trip to Huimeng this time will definitely come and go, the head may not fall to the ground, house arrest is inevitable, and the big piece of fat in Bashu will also fall into Liu Bei's hands.

It took a camel's effort for me to gnaw a bone, but others gobbled up the fat. This made Xiao Yi extremely upset, and decided to make trouble for the big-eared thief, and it would be best to choke him to death!

Soon, a double-encrypted order was quickly sent to Bashu, and sent to the lurking 'Trichogrammas', translated into eight words: destroy the alliance, assassinate Erliu!

Chapter 1515 The chicken flew into someone else's pot!

In the pre-Xia period, in the closed Southwest Basin, there were two small vassal states, the west was the Shu state, with its capital in Chengdu; In the ninth year of King Wen, General Sima wrongly attacked the southwest and included the two places in Qin's territory, so they were collectively called Bashu!

Jiangzhou is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, where it meets the Jialing River. Surrounded by the two rivers, it looks like a peninsula. The terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The surrounding land is fertile and rich in products. Its wealth is second only to Chengdu City, with a population of 10,000+!

After Liu Bei and his gang entered Yizhou, they stationed troops in Jiangzhou City. They also summoned local civil and military officials and forcibly took over the military and political power. They formed a trend of dividing the east and the west with Liu Zhang, and their ambitions were clearly revealed.

Jiangzhou Taishou Mansion - In the lobby, more than ten people including Liu Bei, Pang Tong, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Liu Feng, and Sun Gan are discussing important military affairs, and more than a hundred local officials are waiting outside the lobby, and most of them have brought generous gifts. , They are here to please the new master.

In the middle of the lobby, there is also a huge sand table, one foot long and eight feet wide, with undulating mountains, vertical and horizontal rivers, and towering city pools...the plank roads and piers are all marked, showing the entire terrain of Yizhou in the shape of exquisite beauty Incisively and vividly!

"Gathering sand to form hills, building blocks to form a city, shrinking mountains and rivers to a size, you can see the whole picture at a glance, what a wonderful thing!"

"How did this Yizhou sand table come about?"

"My lord, Nie Peng, the magistrate of Changshou county, presented it!"

"Call to the court!"

Liu Bei, Pang Tong and the others circled the sand table a few times, giving out admiration from time to time. Compared with ordinary cowhide maps, this sand table is a hundred times more visually appealing, and it is perfect for deploying troops. The rule of the people also has great uses.

I have heard people say before that there is a military sand table in Cao Ying, which can shrink a dragon into an inch and reach thousands of miles. up.

Unexpectedly, in Jiangzhou City, they actually saw the legendary sand table, which was presented by a small county magistrate, which aroused everyone's interest and wanted to inquire clearly!

"Changshou County Magistrate-Nie Peng, I have met Lord Liu Huangshu, and I have met all the generals!"

"Excuse me, please start, you are really a talent!"

A moment later, a young official came in, wearing a Jinxian crown, a Shu brocade robe, and a three-foot Qingfeng sword on his waist.

Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan this time was not only to compete for territory, but also to attract talents. Seeing such young talents, he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart.

Zhao Yun, on the other hand, followed closely behind him habitually, bowed his back slightly, and held the hilt of the Qingzhi sword with one hand. Whenever a stranger approached Liu Bei, he would react like this!

And this kind of good habit has saved Liu Bei seven or eight times. In addition to fighting these years, there have been successive assassins from Caoying, Jiangdong, and Baiyue, all of whom wanted to take Liu Bei's life. , Poisoned arrows, chiseled boats, startled horses... But none of them succeeded, but lost a lot of people!

So much so that all parties lamented: It is easy to cut off the river, but it is difficult to assassinate the big-eared thief. It is only because of the protection of the White Tiger King that it is difficult for the ghosts and monsters to get close, and Zhao Yun also won the title of "General Tiger's Might"!

"May I ask County Magistrate Nie, where did this sand table come from?"

"Reporting to Uncle Liu Huang, it was made by an official who traveled all over Yizhou and took three years!"

"You actually made the sand table, where did you learn the skills?"

"Zhengming Academy!"

Hearing that Nie Peng came from Zhengming Academy, everyone present was a little surprised, but it was not hostility, but envy, and there was a look of sudden realization. Only those who came from there would make this kind of sand table.

It turned out that since the establishment of Zhengming Academy, it has cultivated countless talents and penetrated into all walks of life, making the Caoying Group flourish and its strength constantly strengthened, which also aroused the vigilance of the princes.

If you want to set up a school to train talents, but you don't have such manpower, material resources, and financial resources, so the princes had an idea and thought of a way of 'borrowing chickens to lay eggs'.

It is to select some young talents, change their names and surnames, and send them to Zhengming Academy to study. After they have learned their skills, they will come back to serve the princes. They can also take this opportunity to steal some information about the Caoying Group.

In recent years, talented people from Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Yizhou have gone northward, successfully entered Zhengming Academy, and their academic performance is also good. They have also joined Confucianism, Law, Soldiers, Mohism... various sects, but there are also some unsatisfactory places.

After graduating, most of these students stayed in the north, willing to serve the Caoying Group, and very few returned to their hometowns, which made the princes very depressed. They wanted to borrow chickens to lay eggs, but they did not expect that the hatched chickens would Flew into someone's pot!

Because there are very few students returning to their hometowns, they are highly valued by the princes. They are promoted exceptionally and entrusted with important tasks. It turned decay into magic.

At the same time, Sun Qian pulled out a roster of Berkshire officials and handed it to Liu Bei with both hands. On it was the resume of the young county magistrate:

Nie Peng, courtesy name Wanli, native of Nanchuan County, Bajun, was born in the fifth year of Lingdi Guanghe (26 years old this year), from a poor family, his parents were lost in the war when he was young, he was raised by his uncle, and he has a younger brother and a younger sister!

This son was intelligent since he was a child, and had the ability to never forget his photographs. He was admired by the old Confucians in the countryside and allowed him to listen to lectures in his private school. At the age of 16, he moved the village with his literary talent. Too low to be filial and honest!

At the age of 20, Nie Peng traveled to the Central Plains to study. With a good foundation, he was successfully admitted to Zhengming University. He also studied Confucianism, Law, and Yin-Yang. He completed all studies in four years and graduated with honors !

Then he rejected the court's solicitation, and resolutely returned to his hometown of Bajun. While serving his uncle and raising younger siblings, he traveled around Yizhou, visited famous people and scholars, and became famous in Bashu for his talent. Finally, he got the attention of high-level officials and was awarded the county magistrate of longevity. office!

During his two years in office, he appeased thousands of refugees, reclaimed more than [-] acres of barren land, built roads, and organized caravans... The clean and capable celebrities are well known, but they have not been promoted to official positions!

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"It's such a pity that such an outstanding man, assuming the post of district magistrate, is like a galloping horse lying in a trough!

If you don't give up for thousands of miles, can you come to my uncle's tent and temporarily take the post of chief bookkeeper, assisting Mr. Gongyou and handling civil affairs in Berkshire? "

All wise masters must gather talents as their wings, so that they can achieve great things. Nie Peng has a clean resume and a strong character. Liu Bei suddenly loves talents and wants to recruit him.

For one thing, Nie Peng is a native of Berkshire, and he is smart and capable. With his help in handling local affairs, it can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and the pressure on military supplies is greatly relieved!

The second is to show the Bashu officials that Uncle Liu Huang is eager to seek talents and knows people well, which can play a role in winning people's hearts and attracting more talents to join him.

"Thank you, Uncle Liu Huang, for your appreciation. Although the magistrate of Changshou County is small, he is also an instrument of the country. He has the responsibility of herdsmen to guard the land. Without the order of the master of the state herdsman, the subordinate officials dare not leave their posts without authorization, so as to lose the integrity of the ministers!"

Unexpectedly, when faced with the opportunity to step up to the sky, Nie Peng bluntly declined, and during the conversation, he always claimed to be a subordinate, not a subordinate!

Unlike those officials in the hall, the moment they saw Liu Bei's face, they called out the lord and bowed to the ground, as for the original lord Liu Zhang, he had long since been thrown out of the sky.

"It makes sense! It makes sense! --Official positions are important assets of the state, how can they be conferred in private, my uncle is so busy with military and state affairs that he is dizzy, and neglected this point!

How about this, you are still the county magistrate of Changshou, helping Mr. Gongyou handle government affairs, raising food and grass, vehicles and horses for the army, my uncle will send a book to Liu Jiyu, explaining the details, all of which are for the country, so don’t want it for thousands of miles Backed off... Come on, drink! "

"No, I will obey the order of the emperor!"

Not only was Liu Bei not angry, but he was even happier. His two big ears were stirring back and forth. Talents are hard to come by, but loyal ministers are even rarer.

Nie Peng is a talent. Because he came from a poor family, he only served as a small county magistrate. He is an oppressed person in the Bashu Group, but he has no complaints at all, and still insists that Liu Zhang is the lord!

A person who is nostalgic for the old master will also be loyal to the new master. Liu Bei naturally takes a high look and wants to take it for his own use. The future is not under Ma Liang and Ma Di!