I am not in the position of Zen [Three Kingdoms]

When you are successful, you will always unconsciously gather all kinds of people around you, some for fame and some for profit.After returning to Bingzhou, as the governor of Yizhou, Lu Bu had no shortage of people around him.Among them, there was a yellow scarf leader named Hao Meng who brought more than a thousand middle-aged men from Hanoi County to vote.

At that time, Lu Bu was overjoyed, because this was not only a proof of his own charm, but also a proof that the power of Bingzhou and one state was the worst choice among the [-] states in the world. During the banquet, I had a happy chat with Hao Meng.

After drinking for three rounds, when he was excited, Lu Bu held Hao Meng's hand and said: "Brother worked so hard to come to Bingzhou, it is definitely a wise choice! I will definitely tell your majesty about your loyalty, and explain that the former yellow scarf thief As a last resort, you should be at ease, His Majesty has always encouraged you to turn your back and be right, and you will definitely not be treated badly." After all, even the captured Yellow Turban General Xu Huang was planning to reuse him.

However, the edict issued by the emperor was quite different from what he had expected.The imperial edict came down slower than usual, and Hao Meng was only assigned the position of a centurion, and specifically asked to disperse all the people he brought and distribute them to different places in Bingzhou.

It turned out that Liu Xie remembered that Hao Meng would betray Lu Bu in the novel, so naturally he would not entrust him with important tasks.After receiving Lu Bu's letter, seeing that he was in a good mood to take Hao Meng back, as if he could see his high spirits through the paper, he felt that it would not be appropriate to pour cold water on him immediately, so he gave Hao Meng a centurion's letter first. seat, and asked the supervisor to keep an eye on Hao Meng's movements.If it turns out that Hao Mengruo has a good heart, it won't be too late to promote her.If unfortunately he really followed the old path in the Romance, he would be executed on the spot.

However, Lu Bu's cowhide had already been blown out, and when he received the edict, he couldn't hold back his face, and felt very embarrassed.So he asked Ji's staff: "I made a promise to Hao Meng at the table that day, and he will never regret it when he comes to join me, Lu Bu, and he will be reused by the emperor." After finishing speaking, he sighed: "Now His Majesty has only arranged one for him. The little centurion even specifically told the people who brought him to scatter far away, what should we do?"

One of the aides asked: "My lord wants to write a letter to His Majesty again, asking him to give Hao Meng more trust, so why don't you break up the thousand people under him so rudely?"

Lu Bu nodded, with a trace of dissatisfaction in his tone: "At least leave some followers for him. This kind of guarded style doesn't look like Your Majesty. Your Majesty has always hired people without suspicion, and I don't know who is in the Ministry of War. Suggestion." Since he sincerely surrendered, then the mistakes of the past should be forgotten, this Hao Meng is a fierce general, and he is also the second general he strongly recommends after being happy.When recommending Le Jin for the first time, His Majesty directly entrusted Le Jin with a heavy responsibility, but this time the recommendation hit a wall, and he immediately felt annoyed.

One of the staff said: "My lord is right. This kind of small matter of employing people should be a suggestion made by the Ministry of War, and His Majesty just approved it. The Ministry of War is thousands of miles away from us. How can they understand what happened here? If Hao Hao is treated like this Meng, how can someone come to join us in the future?"

Another staff member hurriedly shook his head: "Don't question His Majesty's will at will. No matter who it is from the Ministry of War, this is an imperial edict approved by the emperor. Bargaining with Your Majesty for a yellow scarf thief, I am afraid that people will doubt the Lord's intentions out of thin air. , The gain outweighs the loss, my lord must not create a quarrel with His Majesty because of this."

Lu Bu said in a deep voice, "I'm just writing to discuss with His Majesty what to do with those who surrendered. I've acted aboveboard. Is there anything suspicious about it?"

One of the staff said softly: "My lord, the position of governor of Bingzhou is already envied. At this juncture, he is a person who has surrendered. What do the people in the court think?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows and snorted softly, apparently not paying attention: "What do they think?"

The staff sighed, and looked at Lu Bu: "Is there not enough people in this world who support their own troops?" Hao Meng and the thousands of elite soldiers and five hundred horses led by Hao Meng are not a small force.In the past, there were as many local officials who used this method to win people's hearts and compete with the imperial court as crucian carp crossing the river.After the new emperor came to the throne, he was obviously very afraid of this kind of thing, and few people dared to do it.

Seeing that the lord disagreed, the staff said again: "My lord used to be by the emperor's side, but now you are not with the emperor, and many things cannot be explained directly to the emperor. If there are villains around you who continue to slander, your position will be in danger, lord. "

Lu Bu frowned beautifully. For some reason, he felt that it was very harsh not to be around the emperor, so he waved his hand impatiently: "Forget it, you go and explain to Hao Meng, as long as he makes military exploits in the future, I will immediately The above form please seal it for him."

Since returning to Bingzhou, every time he came to a big city, someone would recommend himself to be the governor of Bingzhou.Lu Bu picked a few pleasing staff as his staff, but after the emperor comprehensively reformed the official positions, there were no ministers in the court who had the power to assign official positions, so these people had no official positions, only the salaries that Lu Bu gave them.

In the selection of talents for this exam, Lu Bu treated these staff members equally, and they did not receive any special treatment.

Lu Bu didn't ask them what they thought, because in the continuous indoctrination of the emperor, he felt that this was a matter of course.A man is indomitable, so he should use his talents and learning to create a world. It is not advisable to take shortcuts when fighting for relationships.And he, as No. 1 to ensure the fairness of the state exam.

After the exam, several staff members went to chat with Lu Bu one after another.

"Nowadays, the powers of governors in various places have been reduced. If this continues, the Lord's military power will also be distributed in the future. I hope the Lord will make a plan early."

"The post of governor is actually like a hot potato. Not only did it not bring you enough benefits, but it made you constrained by the Dali Temple and the Overwatch Council. It is not as comfortable as being a general."

"Yuan Shao of Jizhou was completely exhausted under the pincer attack of Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun and Gao Shun. With your famous reputation, attacking his tired army is like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves. Why didn't the emperor issue an edict for so long? What about sending troops?"

Several people had the same meaning, chatting with each other made Lu Bu feel irritable, he wanted to reprimand but felt that the other party seemed to be thinking out of himself, if he got angry, it would inevitably chill people's hearts, so he could only listen to their long-winded talk patiently.However, he didn't think about the reduction of official positions and powers. He tossed and turned on the mat at night, unable to sleep, thinking to himself:

"Anyway, within ten days, the results of the first round of examinations will come out, and the second round of written tests and interviews will be over in three days, and the results will be out in three days at most. There is no need for me to sit here after the selection of officials is over. Now, it would be better to take advantage of Yuan Shao's continuous battles and run out of soldiers and horses, and go to raid Jizhou."

Thinking of doing it, he immediately got up and wrote a letter to Liu Xie asking for a fight.

Liu Xie's reply came quickly: "Be safe and don't be impatient. Within three months of the end of the imperial examination, all states need you to sit in charge."

Lu Bu was depressed when he received the reply, and his staff asked about the result of the battle.He had no choice but to reply: "Your Majesty has his own arrangements, and I will settle the affairs of Bingzhou first."

Lu Bu did not expect that although the power of the aristocratic family in Bingzhou was far inferior to that of other states, in Taiyuan and Shangdang, which were close to the Central Plains, the aristocratic family was also a considerable force.

Now the Son of Heaven is setting up schools with great fanfare in the capitals of various states, widely publicizing the implementation of the imperial examination system in Bingzhou, selling cheap books in the thirteen states by using printing technology, and even distributing a large number of three-character scriptures suitable for literacy regardless of the cost. A sense of crisis, this is the root of cutting off the aristocratic family.

After Yuan Shao was the fourth generation and the third prince, he was the head of all the families and occupied Jizhou, a city with strong soldiers and horses.The aristocratic families with small thoughts in their hearts all contacted Yuan Shao secretly, wanting to find a way out. Among them, the big aristocratic families in Bingzhou Taiyuan and Shangdang, the Qi family and the Zhang family reached a consensus with Yuan Shao.

It was night, just after Lu Bu personally supervised the end of the imperial examination interview, he returned to the mansion exhausted and fell asleep.Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, he was awakened by the crisp sound of swords being killed.

He didn't even have time to put on his coat, grabbed Fang Tian's painting halberd in his hand, and rushed out wearing only thin cotton underwear, shouting in a low voice: "What's going on?"

The personal guard had just stabbed a man in black to death, and wiped the blood splattered on his face casually: "General, be careful! There is a surprise attack!"

Another guard whispered: "Listen to the footsteps, there are quite a few people."

"Bold thief," Lu Bu said without any fear, "Look at me letting him go and never return!"

After saying that, relying on his superb martial arts skills, he will go out without wearing armor.

"General, you should put it on!" A guard hurriedly took out Lu Bu's Mingguang armor from the room, and hung it on him.

Lu Bu put on his gloves and didn't bother to tidy them up. He said dissatisfiedly, "It will come soon, just your mother-in-law."

The personal guard smiled and said, "Be prepared."

However, as soon as Lu Bu was out of the door, suddenly a personal guard flew over and threw him down.

There was clearly no sound of arrows in the surrounding area, Lu Bu was angry: "What are you doing..."

Before he finished speaking, a thunderbolt exploded beside him, and the iron piece of the missile hit the guard who was lying on Lu Bu's body.

Lu Bu was shocked: "How could there be a thunderbolt!"

"General, go back quickly!" Another follower with keen ears heard the sound of lighting the fire, and hurriedly dragged Lu Bu up.

However, another thunderbolt exploded beside him, and Lu Bu watched the guards in front of him fall in front of him.

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang!" Lu Bu shouted eagerly.

The guard who fell in front of him was motionless, and wet liquid flowed out from under his body.

Lu Bu touched blood, but did not hear back.Lu Bu took a deep breath, and tentatively pushed the person on his back: "Gao Lu?"

The man was pushed and rolled to the ground without a sound.

Lu Bu looked back, all the guards who were standing just now had fallen down, there was no sound, only one person struggled and said: "General, the firearms depot... run..."

Lu Bu's fingers trembled slightly, he stretched out his hand, and gropingly closed the eyes of his personal guard Gaolu who threw him down.

Another bomb exploded around him.

Lu Bu rolled on the spot and quickly rolled to the left beside the door.