"What? Gan Ning? Gan Xingba? Are you really that Jinfan...hero Gan Xingba?"
"I am the one from Jinfan..."
In the Luyang County Temple, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was walking in the courtyard. The young emperor Liu Xiezheng was talking to an officer with bronze skin, fierce eyes, and a majestic posture, wearing a bright red Shu brocade robe. This officer was brought from Jingzhou by the Northern Army Lieutenant Commander Liu Qi, who wanted to join the Northern Army as a military commander.
The little emperor, who was walking in the yard and supervising the Yu Linshi and Huben Shi, were loading boxes of copper coins and Jiangling brocades into ox-drawn chariots and tying them securely. Seeing that Liu Qi wanted to recommend someone to be an official, he immediately decided to meet that person. officer. As soon as this officer, who was very distinguished in appearance and dress, heard his name, he was shocked.
This officer’s surname is actually Gan Mingning!
Gan Ning! Maybe he is the one with the highest strength among the twelve tiger ministers in Jiangdong!
Instead of following Huang Zu to guard Jiangxia, why did he follow Liu Qi to Luyang and join the Northern Army... Could this be the blessing of his ancestors and the prosperity of the Han Dynasty?
Liu Xie thought to himself: I already have Xu Huang and Huang Zhong, the two tiger generals named in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and now I have Gan Ning... Not to mention the clouds of tiger generals, they seem to be no better than Liu Beitun. It’s too late in Xinye.
At that time, Liu Bei said that he could not defeat Guan, Zhang, and Zhao, but now I cannot defeat Xu, Huang, and Gan! And I also have a little Zhuge... Thinking of this, Liu Xie glanced around him with the corner of his eye. Little Zhuge was now beside him, holding a halberd in his hand - his current official official position He is just a halberd-wielding doctor, and his daily job is to "rehearse the Heavenly Book" with the little emperor!
There are actually two versions of the "Three Volumes of the Book of Heaven" mastered by Liu Xie. The first version is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", and "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty"; the second version is more awesome, it is a real magic - the law of the natural world, They are "Mathematical Laws", "Physical Laws" and "Chemical Laws"! The first version of the Heavenly Book cannot be shared with Zhuge Liang, but the second version can.
However, Liu Xie did not train Zhuge Liang step by step. Instead, when he encountered any "rules" that Zhuge Liang needed to master in actual work, he taught him on the spot. Now what Liu Xie needs Zhuge Liang to understand is how to play with the trebuchet. In fact, Liu Xie himself doesn't understand it very well, so he can only study it with Zhuge Liang. During this process, Zhuge Liang had to be taught certain knowledge of mathematics and physics. Although this knowledge is not systematic and is not taught step by step, it cannot stand Zhuge Liang's high IQ of 140 to 50 years old. He can think about it, draw inferences from one instance, and have a photographic memory. So Zhuge Liang is making rapid progress now. He has mastered Arabic numerals, figured out the principle of leverage, and learned to use protractors, set squares, and compasses...
After looking away from the genius Zhuge Liang's face, the little emperor smiled and said to Gan Ning: "Xingba, is it too young for a hero like you to be a military commander?"
But isn't it? Jun Sima is just too young, so Gan Ning has met his soulmate!
He was born into a wealthy family in the Shu army. He did evil things when he was young and became a local tyrant. He was also nicknamed "Jinfan Thief". When I was in my twenties, I stopped being a thief and started studying. After reading some books, I entered an official career. When he joined the job, he was an accounting official, and soon he became the county magistrate of Shu County... He was the second-in-command in the county, and he was already quite a young man.
But Gan Ning had a dark heart, so after Liu Yan died and Liu Zhang first came to power, he rebelled in Jingzhou Biejia under the instigation of Liu He. However, he was defeated by Liu Zhang's Sima Zhao Wei and fled to Jingzhou with more than 800 people. Attached to Liu Biao. But Liu Biao did not reuse him as a "back-to-back Jinfan thief", and even refused to serve him as a county magistrate. This is... a loss!
Although he followed Liu Qi to Luyang this time and transferred to the Northern Army, Liu Qi only assigned him a "small" army commander. How could Gan Ning be satisfied with this? But he had nowhere to go for the time being, so he had to make do with it.
Unexpectedly, on the first day of joining the company, he met Ming, who wanted to promote him!
"Boyu, why not become a captain for Xingba!" Liu Xie said to Liu Qi with a smile, "Now there is only one captain of Shesheng among the five captains of the Northern Army. There are still four vacancies, so let's give him a job." Xingba, let’s become...an infantry colonel!”
Liu Qi glanced at Gan Ning, who had a surprised look on his face: "Xingba, thank you, the Tian family has reused you!"
The fifth lieutenant of the Northern Army may not sound like a big deal, but in fact it is a position "comparable to two thousand stones"! The highest official position in the Han Dynasty was Wan Shi, followed by "Zhen Er", "Zhong Er", "Er", and then "Bi Er".
And if the fifth lieutenant who is "more than two thousand stones" is released, he will be a local official at the county guard level!
Now Gan Ning was satisfied. He lifted up his brocade robe and knelt down in front of Liu Xie, shouting, "My lord, Gan Ning, kowtows to thank Heaven for his grace!"
Liu Xie smiled and helped Gan Ning up: "There is no need to be polite to Xingba. Now that the Han Dynasty is declining, I, the emperor, am short of major generals. I am lucky to have Xingba's assistance!"
Gan Ning was not polite to the little emperor. He stood up grandly, patted his chest and said: "Tianjia, I have eight hundred strong men under my command. They all came out of Yizhou with me. They are all heroes! As long as the Tianjia Let me continue to lead them, and I will lead these eight hundred warriors to kill anyone who dares to disrespect the Tian family from now on!"
This is a bit difficult!
Liu Xie had to deal with opponents like Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Ce. Gan Ning's 800 men couldn't take anyone's life...
"Hahaha, Tianjia, you have gained another good general. What a joy to congratulate you!"
Just when Liu Xie was thinking about the possibility of relying on Gan Ning to deal with Cao Cao, Cao Cao's voice came from behind him!
This really misses Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!
"General, you came just in time!" Liu Xie turned around, pointed at Gan Ning beside him and said to Cao Cao, who was walking quickly surrounded by several armored warriors, "This is Gan Xingba, a strong man from Shu County. I want him to be an infantry colonel. General, do you think that’s okay?”
"Tianjia's golden words, why not?" Cao Cao walked up to Liu Xie, bowed to Liu Xie first, and then said with a smile, "Now there are two of the five captains, and there are still three vacancies. I wonder if your majesty has any candidates?"
Liu Xie knew that Cao Cao was going to arrange for someone to enter the fifth school of the Northern Army!
"Huang Hansheng and Gan Xingba were both recommended by Liu Boyu. How about I arrange for one more, and the general recommends the remaining two?" Liu Xie asked Cao Cao with a smile.
"I wonder who the Tian family wants to use?" Cao Cao asked with a smile.
Liu Xiedao: "Hou Zhe, who was impeached by the general before, has changed his ways. Can he be made a captain?"
Hou Zhe, Tai Chong, and Feng Shuo all followed Liu Xie on the "Eastward Migration Road", and when Liu Xie was impeached by Cao Cao, Liu Xie came forward to defend them. They can definitely be regarded as the emperor's confidants. Now that the little emperor has some power, of course he must find a way to arrange it.
Among them, Tai Chong and Feng Shuo were both named Duhou of the Left and Right, and these two positions were in charge of swordsmen and halberds. The swordsmen and halberdiers were subordinate to the guards, and their main duties were to patrol the palace, and they were also responsible for arresting imperial prisoners. It's a bit like a factory guard!
According to the practice of the Han Dynasty, the armed forces of the guard system were personally controlled by the emperor or the regent queen mother, and generals generally could not intervene.
So Liu Xie just said hello to Cao Cao and appointed Tai Chong as the Left Duhou and Feng Shuo as the Right Duhou. He also selected 150 swordsmen and halberds from Yu Linshi and Huben Shi. Including the sixty-five wounded soldiers of the Baibo Army who had been treated by the little emperor.
However, the theory of the five schools of the Northern Army is that they are armed forces under the jurisdiction of the general. Liu Xie wanted to stuff people into them, but Cao Cao agreed.
Cao Cao nodded and said with a smile: "The emperor is the lord of the world, why can't he arrange a school captain? The important ministers of the Tian family also recommended two people, so I will recommend Shanyang Man Boning and Qiao Guo Wen Bogu as the school captains!" "
Liu Xie immediately analyzed in his mind that Man Boning should be Man Chong, and he was Cao Cao's confidant! And that Wen Bogu was a native of Qiao, a fellow countryman of Cao Cao, probably Wen Qin's father or uncle, and a direct descendant of the Cao family.
"Since these two people were recommended by the general, they must be qualified for the post of captains." Liu Xie smiled and said to Cao Cao, "General, I have asked Yang Dezu to write the prime ministers of the eleven counties of Yanzhou and Yuzhou. Appointment edict..."
As soon as Cao Cao heard this, he immediately understood that the little emperor was asking for a debt from him!
"Tianjia, the 30 million 5 bahts, 60,000 dendrobium wheat, and 500 cattle that I want to present to the court have been shipped to Luyang!"
"Okay, that's great!" Liu Xie said with a smile, "With the money and food provided by the general, plus the food and military supplies paid as tribute by Liu Jingzhou, I can finally return to Luoyang. Meng De, look at me. People have already loaded the belongings sent by Liu Boyu and Cai Degui into the truck... When your thirty million and five bahts, 60,000 dendrobium and five hundred cows are also loaded into the truck, we will go Luoyang!"
Cao Cao and Liu Xie also discussed the price of the eleven governors. At first, the little emperor wanted 200 million, but Cao Cao was only willing to give 50 million. After the discussion, the final result was that Cao Cao gave 30 million plus 60,000 hu of wheat and 500 cows that had just been harvested. Because the current price of grain and cattle are relatively high, these 60,000 hu of wheat and 800 cattle are worth hundreds of millions in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, right?
So the price Cao Cao actually paid was almost 130 million 5 baht. Of course, it is impossible for Cao Cao to do loss-making business if he is so smart. On the surface, it seemed that he gave Liu Xie 30 million and 5 baht, 60,000 dendrobium wheat and 500 cows, but in fact he dumped all the expenses of the imperial court and the construction expenses of Luoyang City.
According to the original plan, after Cao Cao's permission to move his chariot, Cao Cao would have to bear all the expenses of Liu Xie's court and the court officials. In addition, Cao Cao had to build a palace, an ancestral temple, etc. for Liu Xie in Xu County. All kinds of expenses added up, I don’t know how much it costs 130 million!
But now, the Emperor of Luoyi has to take responsibility for his own profits and losses!
As far as Cao Cao knows, the young emperor Liu Xie has also negotiated with Liu Qi these days for "righteousness money" for the governors of the six counties of Jingzhou (not counting Nanyang County) and Yuzhang County of Yangzhou. Among them, the governor of Nanjun gave it to Kuai Yue. The prefect of Jiangxia was given to Huang Zu, the prefect of Wuling was given to Liu Rui, the prefect of Changsha was given to Han Xuan, the prefect of Guiyang was granted the title of Zhao Fan, the prefect of Lingling was appointed Han Song, and the prefect of Yuzhang was Zhuge Liang's uncle Zhuge Xuan.
In addition, the young emperor also sold a hussar general to Liu Biao.
The governor of the above eight counties plus a hussar general "sold" a total of 100,000 Jingzhou rice, 2,000 Jingzhou cattle, 20,000 pieces of Jiangling silk, 5,000 Nanyang crossbows, 200,000 Nanyang feather arrows, 3,000 Set of black iron armor... they are not cheap! However, Liu Xie was still "a few hundred million points" away from his goal of becoming the "Emperor of Luoyi".
Cao Cao was naturally very clear about Liu Xie's resources, so he smiled and suggested: "Tianjia, Yuan Benchu has three state pastors, state governors, and more than 20 county guards and ministers. I have already calculated it." Yes, Yuan Benchu will give a total of more than 700 million! With this money, Tianjia will have enough capital to run Luoyang!"
"More than seven hundred million? Is it really that much?" When Liu Xie heard this number, his eyes burst into laughter. It's not that he is greedy for money, but it is really expensive to be the emperor of Luoyi! Without ten “small goals”, it’s really not enough money!
"It's true!" Cao Cao nodded, with a round face and a smile. He looked very reliable. "I and Liu Jingzhou both gave it to me. Why didn't Yuan Benchu give it to him? He didn't even think about where his fourth generation and three princes came from. of?"
Yes, "Master Cao" and "Master Liu" both gave it to them, how could "Master Yuan" not give it to them? If you don't give it, you won't be a loyal member of the Han Dynasty!
"It makes sense..." Liu Xie thought for a while, "Then who should I send to Yecheng to ask Yuan Benchu for money?"
Cao Cao said: "I suggest that Chunyu Situ Chijie be sent to Yecheng!"
"Okay!" Liu Xie nodded, "Let Chunyu Situ sell his official position with integrity!"
