It is not surprising that Liu Bei, 28, lacked sensitivity and vigilance for the central political struggle of the imperial court before.

Who made him too young? He had never been a Beijing official even for a day?

This also led to Liu Bei's overall governance experience throughout his life, compared with Cao Cao, who was always inferior to Cao Cao's. (But Liu Bei also has an advantage, that is, he is more down-to-earth and has endured hardships and knows what the bottom needs)

As the saying goes, "You must practice it yourself to know this matter." This kind of shortcomings must be experienced in person before you can make up. You cannot expect your counselor to listen to it by telling you what you should pay attention to. So even if Li Su advises you, you cannot do it for you.

We must be a good founding king, take root in the local area and work at the grassroots level, suffer hardships, and stand in the court to see the overall perspective. These three points should not be neglected, and the more comprehensive the knowledge, the better.

Fortunately, it's not too late now.

He was advised by Zhuge Gui and Li Su in succession; he was also splashed with dirty water by Jiao He. After being warned by Zheng Tai, the Fourth Baptism finally made Liu Bei correct his attitude and prepared to enter Beijing.

If you don’t want to be an official in Beijing for a long time, at least temporarily show your “no ambition and a dedicated country”, so that the court can investigate clearly and wait for the time.

With Li Su's operation, I believe I can be released from prison in a few months, not to return to the local area.

Liu Bei never found that he had become so cherished every day he stayed in the place, and wanted to do more before Li Su replied and arrange the local work properly.

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On the third day after Li Su followed Zheng Tai, Liu Bei personally took Zhang Fei with him, and rushed back to Buqishan, which was at the junction of Beihai County and Donglai County with a very attentive attitude.

Originally, Liu Bei was not so concerned about "recruiting talented people from all over the Beihai" and might not have done it himself. After all, these disciples of Zheng Xuan were not "big sages" like Zhuge Liang in later generations, and they were not worthy of being visited in person many times.

But time hastily, so I had to lower my posture.

The things that stay in the North Sea are not your own, so you must organize the possibility of "transferring fortune" at any time.

Buqi Mountain is located in the north of Jiaozhou Bay, which is the northwest of Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao in later generations. Liu Bei had sent troops here to protect it before, and also sent hundreds of stones of grain, vegetables, flesh and flesh, and a hundred pieces of cloth, which changed the fate of Zheng Xuan's disciples starving and dispersing because of the famine and incompetent horses.

The place where Zheng Xuan taught was a bamboo fence courtyard in a valley with simple houses. Liu Bei rode his horse to the courtyard gate and found someone to tell him: "General Du Liao, the Marquis of Xiangping Township, led the Liaodong prefect Liu Bei, and came to see the gentleman."

Zheng Xuan soon went out to greet him: "The idler in the mountains and fields is in vain and is not afraid to be the one who dares to take care of him. The general suppresses the bandits and saves the people and returns to peace. The people here have been praised for a long time."

Zheng Xuan also knew that Liu Bei had some taboos when he came to Qingzhou, so he called him "general" very well, highlighting the identity of the Liao general and downplaying the prefect of Liaodong.

Liu Bei quickly humbled: "Mr. Zheng and Master Lu received the same job as Ma Rong, and Master Lu, and Master Lu, how dare you receive this courtesy? Protecting the country and safeguarding the people, killing thieves for the country, and being the duty of generals, so what is the point of asking?"

Zhang Fei also quickly bowed behind his back and tried to make a few words.

It can be said that in the real "three visits to the cottage" in history, if Liu Bei had to bring a brother with him, he would probably choose to bring Zhang Fei, not Guan Yu. Who made Guan Yu's attitude towards famous scholars far more impatient than Zhang Fei?

If anyone really saw Zhuge Liang sleeping and want to burn the cottage, then Guan Yu would have to make this angry.

After Zheng Xuan was polite, he asked diligently: "I don't know what the general is coming."

After all, Liu Bei was just a "check" and had not written a letter to inform him before. Zheng Xuan still had to ask about the scene.

Liu Bei bowed: "I know that Zheng Gong is noble and ruthless, and he repeatedly resigned from the court to recruit him. Bei dared not disturb his official position and title. However, scholars must apply what they learn to do and contribute to the world and the people. How can loyal and upright people with strong spirits be alive under the forest and spring?

Since Mu defended Liaodong, he felt that after the war, the people's livelihood was declining and no one was good at ease. Therefore, he came to Zheng Gong's disciples to seek one or two high schools to plan for the people. If anyone is willing to become an official, he should make proper arrangements. Since he became the prefect of Liaodong this year, he can be selected as a filial and honest person, and only two of them are used so far. The remaining quotas for the recommendation have not been used up."

Now it is still the Lingdi Dynasty, and the last train of the inspection system is quite valuable.

Although Liu Bei had just become the prefect of Liaodong, he also held a vacancies for filial piety and honesty!

Especially Youzhou is a "promoted province for college entrance examination admission", which requires half the population reduction compared to Qingzhou, Jizhou. Every 100,000 people can be named as a filial and honest person. Liu Bei made some tricks and said that after Liaodong was pacified, there would be a population of 300,000 (actually more than 200,000), so he was preparing to name three people.

The previous two quotas were actually used up for Lu Su and Tian Chou respectively. After all, those old subordinates who followed him must always be treated preferentially in advance.

The Han Dynasty did not say that officials who were already working could not be filial and honest. A loyal and honest person like Lu Su was just because the orphan lost his parents since he was a child and his grandmother died later. It was difficult for no one to be filial to him. But Liu Bei felt that Lu Su was good at character, so he opposed the public and insisted on raising him.

It is probably only someone like Liu Bei who doesn't care about "maximizing interests". Because it is definitely not the most cost-effective to lift Lu Su, and after the lifting, there will be no more promotions to the number of rank stones. It is better to lift a white body to four hundred stones.

But who told Liu Bei to be loyal and true? He thought that Lu Su was a man who could do it, and that if he lost the number of stones, he would lose the number of stones.

This made Lu Su feel embarrassed at that time. He was grateful to Liu Bei and was almost loyal to him as his own father.

Tian Chou relied on Liu Bei's advice to secure the 400-stone county magistrate Gogurye, and his loyalty was overwhelming.

However, filial piety is not that attractive to the children of truly top-notch families - they have several channels to obtain filial piety and integrity, and they don’t have to rely on such disgraceful means as "immigrants", and they can get filial piety even if they stay in their original home.

So as soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, he saw Cui Yan, a son of Zheng Xuan's top prominent clan, with a cold face, only the other ones with a slightly cold background were slightly moved.

Zheng Xuan observed the disciples' reactions and smiled indifferently: "I once recommended my disciple Sun Qian as an official in Beihai County, and later became the magistrate of Xiami County. A few days ago, when Xiami City was broken, Sun Qian was also suffering from war disasters and was mostly rescued by the general.

The general is considered to be kind and destined to be a disciple of my school. As long as I am willing to become an official, I will never stop him."

It has been twenty days since Sun Qian was injured, but even if he is so seriously injured, he still cannot travel hundreds of miles even if he is able to get out of bed and walk around.

Before coming this time, Sun Qian wanted to volunteer to help Liu Bei lead the way to recommend him, but Liu Bei insisted on not letting him come and asked him to continue to recuperate. Zheng Xuan deliberately made this point and was also helping Liu Bei speak.

Zheng Tai also said that before Li Su went to Beijing to report his duties, Lu Zhi had already said a few good things to Liu Bei, which was to guarantee Liu Bei's loyalty. If you want to help Liu Bei, it would be better to find Lu Zhi.
Chapter completed!