When the Sangong records the affairs of the Shangshu, the Shangshu Ling automatically becomes the subordinate of the Sangong and obeys orders, and it is difficult for him to have any autonomy.
When Lu Zhi was the minister, Yang Ci repeatedly interfered with the affairs of the minister's office as a Taiwei official, causing many things that the ancient literature school wanted to accomplish not to be accomplished.
Of course, what Yang Ci wanted to accomplish was not accomplished because of the opposition of Yuan Wei and Lu Zhi.
The two sides started a tug-of-war for power within the Shangshutai, which was the hub of the world.
But this time, as Lu Zhi is about to leave office, there are no candidates for the new Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe. Although Sangong can lead the development of Shangshutai affairs, he still needs the help of some subordinates to get things done.
Therefore, the current situation can be seen as Liu Bei replacing Lu Zhi's position and becoming a trumpet Lu Zhi to handle affairs within the Shangshutai.
To be honest, this is a result that no one expected.
Even in the formal award ceremony, Liu Bei was only granted the title of Tinghou and a city for his military merits, and was also rewarded with gold, silver, silk cloth and some land. There was no mention of any new official position being given to him.
At that time, some people felt something was wrong.
Liu Bei is Lu Zhi's disciple. Even if there is no special treatment, he can still resume his normal job at Shangshutai, right?
Or should we just transfer him to a military position?
At that time, Emperor Liu Hong made no comment.
Liu Bei didn't seem worried. Instead, he was active, jumping up and down, and began to find jobs for his trusted subordinates who followed him through life and death.
Xu Xuan, the captain of the Northern Army's Tunqi Camp, admired Liu Bei's style of conduct in previous wars, liked his fairness and justice, and had contacts with him.
So after returning to Luoyang this time, Tunqi Camp became his first choice target.
Originally, Changshui Camp was the best choice, but unfortunately Cao Chi passed away last year. The Cao family's power in the army was in a state of being weak and unable to directly help.
But it is impossible to expect Liu Bei to let Cao go just like this.
The Cao family, who has strong financial resources, is one of the big dogs in his eyes, and it is impossible not to plunder the wool.
So Liu Bei first personally visited Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, the chief agricultural officer.
Cao Song was very happy about Liu Bei's visit, received Liu Bei personally, thanked Liu Bei for helping Cao Cao's family, and said that no matter what Liu Bei had to do, he could tell him, and as long as he could do it, he would help Liu Bei handle it.
Liu Bei felt that Cao Song actually had a direct aura about him, which was obviously different from the scholars and officials he came into contact with.
Most of the scholars and officials have exquisite thoughts. Unless they are close relatives or close friends, their speeches will be twisted and twisted. They will quote scriptures and cite text, and they will not explain what they are saying in any case. They have to make the interlocutors guess and make various guesses. Guess to death.
But Cao Song is different here.
He almost said to Liu Beiming, if you need anything, please come and ask me.
So Liu Bei did not beat around the bush and expressed his thoughts.
He wanted to get a job in Luoyang City for his subordinates who fought with him.
He got acquainted with Xu Xuan, the current Tunqi captain, in the previous war, and the two had contacts, so he hoped to use Cao Song's relationship to gain some benefits for the Tunqi camp so that he could stuff people inside.
Of course, Liu Bei assured that Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun were among the people in the group. In addition, only his two most trusted subordinates, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, would be stuffed in by him.
Cao Song looked Liu Bei up and down, praised him repeatedly, and then agreed that the matter would be on him. As long as Xu Xuan relented, he would immediately get the benefits.
After Liu Bei got Cao Song's promise, he made up his mind and prepared to leave. Cao Song refused and insisted on taking Liu Bei to have a meal with good wine and food to entertain Liu Bei.
After eating, Cao Song was drunk, so Cao Cao saw Liu Bei off.
"Father is also very happy, don't blame Xuande."
"Whatever happens, after all, I'm the one asking for help."
Liu Bei patted Cao Cao's arm: "I'll leave this matter to your father."
"Don't worry, Xuande."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "If you ask, we will definitely do this, but if you don't ask, we don't know how to repay your kindness. At that time, my father was happy about this matter for a long time, and all the resentment he had for many years was put aside. I'm very happy."
"I've already said it, so it doesn't matter what other people say. Why should this be like this between you and me?"
Liu Bei shook his head and smiled: "I know the importance of status, but I also know the principle of a good man with many helpers and a bad man with few helpers. To put it crudely, a fence has three stakes, and a hero has three gangs. I can't do it without anyone helping me. , what do you think?"
"That's interesting."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "In this case, I must be Xuande's gang. If Xuande needs it, I will do my best wherever I can!"
Liu Bei nodded.
What I want is your boy’s words!
Before leaving, Liu Bei suddenly remembered something.
"Speaking of which, does Ben Chu know about our affairs?"
"No, not even my family knows about it. I haven't told anyone about it."
Cao Cao immediately said: "Don't worry, Xuande, I won't make things difficult for you."
"It's not that important."
Liu Bei shook his head and said with a smile: "I just wonder if Benchu will feel that we are neglecting him after he finds out about this."
Yuan Shao?
Ignore him?
Does that guy care about me?
snort!
After comparing Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, Cao Cao resented Yuan Shao more than a little bit.
So when Liu Bei said this, Cao Cao almost rolled his eyes.
"Xuande, Benchu comes from a famous family. What has he never seen before? How could he care about such a thing? Besides, neither I nor you are his disciples and former officials of the Yuan family. He can't stretch out his hand yet." Until that long, we don’t need to worry about this kind of thing.”
Liu Bei understood what Cao Cao meant.
It seems that Cao Cao's dissatisfaction with Yuan Shao is not small and has been going on for a long time.
That's right, Yuan Shao couldn't give Cao Cao what he wanted. Maybe even if he could give it, he wouldn't want to give it. Yuan Shao never thought about Cao Cao changing his identity from the beginning.
Then don't blame Cao Mengde for following Liu Xuande closely.
What Liu Xuande can give, Yuan Benchu cannot give, it's that simple.
Originally, I'm sorry, I probably succeeded in breaking this corner.
Adhering to the idea that although the famous flower has its owner, I will loosen the soil, Liu Bei left the Cao Mansion with a hint of joking.
Speaking of which, as time goes by, Yuan Shao becomes less and less valuable to Liu Bei.
He and his group of friends want power but not power, and power but not influence. In the current environment of the dispute between ancient and ancient literature, the value of a group of wild talkers is really not much. Except for the name of the fourth generation and third prince, the most valuable It's Zhang Miao's money.
And the most interesting thing is that Yuan Shao has not successfully transferred from the line of the struggle between the party to the line of the struggle between modern and ancient literature, and has not adapted to the situation of the new era.
Facing a new political test, Yuan Shao is obviously an unqualified player.
Afterwards, Liu Bei visited Xu Xuan in person, had a drink with him, and told him what he needed and what he could give him in return.
Xu Xuan was of course very interested in this, and at the same time he was a little surprised that Liu Bei was able to gain access to the Cao family.
"Cao Song has a reputation for being greedy in the court. He is said to be a good money-maker. He is also quite harsh on us soldiers. I'm afraid it won't be easy for Xuande to follow his path, right?"
Liu Bei smiled.
"Don't be afraid that he is greedy, just be afraid that he is not greedy. Only those who are greedy can negotiate, but people who are not greedy cannot negotiate, right?"
Xu Xuan stared at Liu Bei for a while after hearing this, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Xuande is young, but he knows a lot. He is worthy of being a disciple of Confucianism. He has a bright future."
"I am over-flattered."
Liu Bei also laughed.
The deal was finally concluded.
(End of chapter)
