The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

"Ma Teng is loyal, but let him take good care of Ma Chao. As a general, it's not good to be overconfident and ignorant of the seriousness." Liu Tao said slowly, Ma Chao is really a brat.

Young and careless, when he grows up, he is all kinds of reckless. The main flaw is that strength is paramount, and he has no guard against conspiracy and tricks. He just doesn't know if there is a problem with his IQ.

Probably because Ma Teng has been fighting all the year round, so he doesn't have much time to discipline him.It may also be because Ma Chao has Qianghu blood, so he is used to recklessness.Or he was touted by Qianghu for a long time and drifted away. Needless to say, he was successfully praised and killed.

"Well, I will go back and report to the general." When the messenger heard the words, he could only say that he would relay the past.

"By the way, there is one more thing that needs to be relayed by you..." Liu Tao suddenly remembered the matter of Li Jue, and ordered immediately.

"Okay, I will report to the general when I go back. As long as Li Jue and Guo Si come to defect, I will definitely take it down and send it to the general." The messenger immediately replied.

"Just send it off, just capture and kill them, I don't want to see these two people." Liu Tao shook his head, "Speaking of which, it seems that I have never known your name, and from what I can see, you should not be an ordinary soldier .”

"To tell you the truth, the younger one's surname is Ma, and his first name is Zhi. He is Ma Teng's brother." Ma Zhi quickly introduced himself.Different from Ma Teng's branch, although they are also descended from Ma Yuan, they are descendants of Ma Yuan's grandson Ma Zun, and strictly speaking, they are from the fifth server with Ma Teng.

It's just that everyone is Fufeng Ma's family and has an ancestor, so in terms of seniority, he, a 20-year-old young man, is Ma Teng's younger brother.

Sure enough, Ma Teng entrusted the work of a messenger like this to his closest people.At the same time, if Ma Zhi came over, he would naturally be able to make decisions on some things, so that he would not need to ask Ma Teng for instructions on everything.

"Looking at your appearance, it seems that you have read books?" Liu Tao tried to ask.

"When I was young, I learned martial arts from my father, but I only learned some superficial aspects of my father. I read some miscellaneous books, and gained a little more knowledge. I can't be admitted to the elegant hall!" Ma Zhi said modestly.

"You should be a civil servant, not a military officer!" Liu Tao laughed.

"Indeed, the younger one is in the clan brother's army, and his job is to join the army." Ma Zhi admitted directly.

In fact, after Ma Teng had a formal background, he went back to his hometown, and of course he found a lot of people from his clan to help him.

In the past, he was a traitor, and when he came back shamelessly, his tribe would not ignore him.Now that he is in the clan of the Han Dynasty, under the command of Liu Tao, the general who conquered the North, then in addition, after all, he still attracted a group of clansmen to help, among them was Ma Zhi.

Some served as civilians, some served as military officers, and a few served as pro-military commanders.Of course, in addition to the Ma family, some families who married with the Ma family also sent people to join him.

Ma Teng continued to expand his territory and lacked officials to govern the area, so he made some arrangements.

Therefore, when Liu Tao said that he could only lead the army and not manage the government, Ma Zhi was a little embarrassed at first. After all, he had already appointed many officials.

As a matter of fact, I took the opportunity to tell the story.

"It's easy to say, it was already appointed, so I respect his decision and trust him. I will not assign some ignorant and unethical people to local officials. However, after he accepted General Anxi, the follow-up The appointed official position is invalid, and you need to accept the assessment of the governor to select the best, so you go back and pass the message to him!" Liu Tao thought for a while and replied.

"General Xie, after I go back, I will definitely pass it on to General Anxi." Ma Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly responded.

At this point, Liu Tao's goal has almost been completed, and there is no point in staying in Chang'an.

So I arranged the follow-up matters, and kept Hu Zhen and Fan Chou, and put them under Zhang Xi's command.Xu Rong and Duan Yan were sent to Guan Yu's command, and finally led the army northward.

Enter Hongnong from Jingzhaoyin, then cross the river into Hedong, and finally enter Shangdang.The Xiongnu parted ways with Liu Tao in Hedong, and the latter said that the reward would be sent to Xihe County by someone later.

In the end, it took five days to return to Jinyang.

"I'm back..." Liu Tao sighed, he knew very well that many things have changed since he came back here!

Chapter 478 Don't You Ask Me to Be King?

The news of Liu Tao's triumphant return naturally spread throughout Bingzhou, or in other words, since he joined the Shangdang, the news has already spread to the counties.

So after returning to Jinyang, just outside the city gate, the civil and military officials who stayed behind went out of the city for ten miles to respond.

Entering the city, a large number of people lined the road to greet them. Along the way, both Yang She and Dian Weike tensed up.

Going south to attack Dong Zhuo, breaking through the Hulao Pass, forcing Dong Zhuo to commit suicide, and at the same time the only one who continued to pursue, and almost defeated Sili... The most important point of all this is that it took about three months.

Is it possible to give him another four or five years, and the whole world can be conquered? !

With self-confidence, then enthusiasm and drive will naturally be there.Anyone who knows clearly knows that the stage for promotion and fortune has already opened, and how far they can go in the future depends entirely on their own ability.

In particular, Liu Tao has a characteristic of employing people, that is: he does not look at his background, but only uses his talents.

Aristocratic families may hate this, but for rich peasants, common people and poor families, they are full of hope.In particular, Bingzhou is different from other places. There are libraries where you can read books, colleges where you can study, and even night schools where you can get enlightenment or tutoring.

Common people and poor families can acquire knowledge by working during the day and studying at night. In three to five years, they can at least be regarded as "students".

"Is there nothing going on in Bingzhou while I'm away?" Liu Tao didn't go home immediately, but came to the yamen immediately to ask about the situation in Bingzhou in the past few months.

"Nothing unusual happened...even at the border, just started a border trade with Budugen a month ago, cooperated several times, and the attitude there was very good; during the period, the Ke Bineng Department did not show up at the border, and Wu Meng even complained There is no battle to fight." Xun Yu replied.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Liu Tao always feels that this person's attitude is somewhat resentful...

It seems that I didn't do anything to him, did I?Liu Tao was a little confused, so he couldn't help but ask, "Is there any trouble?"

"It's a big trouble..." Xun Yu sighed, "Officials are scarce, originally it was just Bingzhou. Now there are more Sizhous. Cao Cao wrote a letter a while ago, hoping to send some officials to assist him; at the same time, ten days ago, Ma Teng sent people over, hoping to send a new governor of Liangzhou and his subordinates to take office."

"Didn't I let Cao Cao arrange the officials?" Liu Tao was taken aback when he heard this, not quite understanding.

"Many of the children of the local aristocratic families resigned directly. Cao Cao went to negotiate, and the other party seemed to have an opinion on the lord. As for the local aristocratic families in Sizhou, according to the rules, they are not allowed to be local officials. It is best not to be an official in this state, so as not to use power for personal gain. .” Xun Yu said slowly.

Sure enough, after Cao Cao's identity as his subordinate was exposed, many who had originally planned to arrest Cao Cao chose to give up.

It is normal in this era to leave with a seal, and it has even become a means for a "celebrity" or "loyal man" to gain fame.This group of people dared to hang their seals and leave, just to gain the favor of the aristocratic family, and at the same time, they knew that they might lack officials.

Therefore, they hang the seal and are not in a hurry to leave. The purpose is to sell them for a price and see how much position I can give them.

"To put it simply, you are blackmailing me?" Liu Tao was really displeased with this kind of behavior.

"Yes, if these problems cannot be resolved, then the harm and loss caused will be more serious than the harm caused by compromise. That's the point." Xun Yu nodded and said, if not, he wouldn't have such a headache.

Liangzhou itself is fine, but for Mao, Sizhou is still occupied. Wouldn't it be good to wait two more years?

In addition, Ma Teng needed supplies to attack local states and counties, and Cao Cao also needed supplies to appease the people.The materials that can be mobilized in Bingzhou have been divided into two batches some time ago and sent to the two states, but they are only for emergency.

"Haha, other people want to occupy the world first, and then slowly manage it. How come I have to advance a little bit, govern a place, and then continue to advance?" Liu Tao laughed at himself.

Let’s just say that the Tang Dynasty was formally established in 618 A.D., and basically unified the world in 621 A.D., and it took 3 years before and after.Then in 626 A.D. the change of Xuanwu Gate, to 627 A.D. Zhenguan began, and until 649 A.D., it took 22 years to have the "rule of Zhenguan".

It takes 7 times more time to rule the world than to fight the world, which is supposed to be the norm.

As a result, he felt that it was not working. Why did he have to fight steadily, advance step by step, and manage while fighting?

Then I figured it out, the population problem.Now the big Han conservative still has a population of more than 4000 million, and this does not include servants and hidden households.This 4000 million population has been fought for decades, and in the early days of the Three Kingdoms' return to Jin, there were still 3500 million people.

There were nearly 5000 million people in the five years of Daye in the Sui Dynasty, and 1160 million people in the early years of Wude, which was only nine years.

Perhaps it was Emperor Sui Yang who dug the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the three expeditions to Korea that wiped out the population, or it may be that the world was in chaos, and too many people died in battles everywhere.

If the distribution of more than 1000 million people is carried out, it is basically possible for thousands of miles to be uninhabited.So as long as a few key passes, strongholds and capitals are laid down, the rest is to staking the land, which is naturally fast enough.

As far as he is here, although he experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion and rebellions in various places, Sili, Liangzhou and Jizhou were the most affected.The losses in other places are actually not that serious.