Sun Jian stared blankly as Liu Bei walked toward Guan Yu, and then the two of them walked out of the military tent together, and then disappeared.
It took him a while to react.
Was he perfunctory by Liu Bei?
Why does Liu Bei seem so reluctant to talk to him?
He hurriedly followed Liu Bei's back out of the military tent. He opened the curtain and saw that the camp was full of people coming and going to do errands. People around him were walking around. Everyone was in a hurry, as if they had endless things to do. matter.
And there was only him, standing there alone, as if he had nothing to do and nothing could be accomplished.
After Guan Yu was dragged away from the military tent by Liu Bei, he was very unhappy.
"Brother, what are you doing? Why are you still talking to Sun Wentai, a scoundrel like Sun Wentai? If you ask me, just beat him away with a stick. Why are you so polite to him?"
Liu Bei sighed and shook his head.
"Yun Chang, do you know that a tree without its bark will inevitably die, and a person without shame is invincible?"
"ah?"
Guan Yu was a little confused: "What... does this mean? It sounds reasonable, but..."
"Yun Chang, remember, as long as you don't feel embarrassed, others will be embarrassed."
Liu Bei patted Guan Yu on the shoulder and said helplessly: "I don't want to speak too clearly, leaving a little face for Sun Wentai and a little bit for Zhu Gong, and I don't want to make things too ugly.
But who would have thought that this guy was completely shameless. He had no clue what he had done to himself or who he had offended. He stood there and spoke with certainty, saying that he wanted to fight for me. I was speechless. "
"shameless!"
Guan Yu took a deep breath and said angrily: "Brother, do you want me to teach Sun Wentai a lesson? How can such a shameless person have the nerve to stand in front of you and make assumptions and bark?"
Liu Bei shook his head.
"Forget it, after all, he is the person Zhu Gong asked me to take care of. Although this person is really not very good, I don't want to make the relationship too tense and embarrass Zhu Gong."
"Just let him go like this?"
Guan Yu was dissatisfied and said: "He can stay in Luoyang only because his brother obtained a position for him. Not only does he have no gratitude, but he also betrays his brother. Such a shameless person should be punished! Brother and Why don't you find someone to strip him of his position and drive him back to Jiangdong?"
"Someone will teach him a lesson."
Liu Bei smiled and said slowly: "The so-called evil people will have their own trials and tribulations. After all, I am not a evil person. It's okay if I don't help him. If he continues to wander around Luoyang, he will definitely meet the person who is destined to punish him in life. people."
Liu Bei said this, but Guan Yu didn't say anything.
However, he also felt that as long as Liu Bei didn't help him, Sun Jian's path would definitely be difficult in Luoyang City, where powerful officials were everywhere and officials were inferior to dogs.
Unable to get any results, with a bit of confusion and a bit of embarrassment, Sun Jian returned to his camp and met Han Dang who was waiting anxiously.
"What did Liu Xuande say?"
Sun Jian looked at Han Dang, opened his mouth, and held back a sentence for a while.
"He said that I was from the southeast and could not adapt to the climate in the northwest, so he asked me to stay in Luoyang."
Cheng Pu, who stood aside indifferently, felt something in his heart. He just sighed and said nothing.
He had already expected this outcome for Sun Jian.
Liu Xuande was not a kind person. He was offended in this way and did not attack Sun Jian. He had done his best and was more generous than most bureaucrats.
Han Dang was shocked.
"No, Liu Xuande must have been unhappy because of what happened before! Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that! Why did you do that at that time? In the end, you didn't get anything, and you offended Liu Xuande! What should we do in the future? ?”
Sun Jian was complained by Han Dang, and his inner dissatisfaction also broke out.
"I'm not his protégé! Isn't it my own decision to do what I want to do? And when I take the Jiangdong disciples on an expedition, isn't it just to win military honors for everyone? Without military honors, those of us from the border areas can't win military honors. What is based on Luoyang? How dare you blame me?"
Han Dang realized that his tone was not right and quickly apologized to Sun Jian, but he still felt that Sun Jian had not done the right thing.
"You said that Mr. Zhu had a very high opinion of Liu Xuande before, and he also warned you that Liu Xuande is a person who can promote you. It is human nature to make contributions, but in a place like Luoyang, no one promotes you, no one takes care of you, and you deserve credit. No matter how big you are, you will still be ignored!"
Sun Jian was furious.
"Without him Liu Xuande, would I be trapped to death? Mr. Zhu, Mr. Xu, brought Mr. Zhu to talk to me! The one who can lead you to fame and wealth now is me! Not others! How dare you do it for others? Talk? Is this your loyalty?"
With this big hat covering his head, Han Dang didn't dare to say anything else. He could only bow his head and apologize to Sun Jian.
Cheng Pu said nothing from beginning to end.
But after leaving the military camp, Han Dang's depression still couldn't go away.
He was obviously thinking about Sun Jian, so why did Sun Jian say that to him?
Moreover, what Sun Jian did was indeed unreasonable. It was obviously his fault, but he thought it was someone else's fault?
He was dissatisfied with Sun Jian's behavior.
In the next few days, Liu Bei was still busy recruiting soldiers nervously, counting the soldier rosters, making name tags for the soldiers, and then informing Liu Hong of the recruitment progress at any time.
Almost ten days after recruiting troops, the army has recruited more than 25,000 people. They are being selected in full accordance with the rules he set before. Currently, there are still almost 20,000 people who have signed up to join the army. The selection will continue. Standard Enforcement will also be stricter.
During this period, Liu Bei gradually summoned his subordinate officials from the Prefecture and Mufu Mansion.
He took advantage of his authority as a state shepherd to recruit subordinate officials on his own, and made appropriate arrangements for his cronies who had been following him.
He appointed Han Hao as chief secretary, Jian Yong as chief secretary, Ruan Li as literary director, Zhen Yan as chief secretary, Yin Da and Sun Qian as assistant secretary, and Zhao Guo. Yuan served as the assistant to the meritorious officer.
He also summoned Guan Yu to serve as a soldier, Zhang Fei to serve as Wumeng, Dong Huang to serve as governor, Xiahou Yuan to serve as military governor, and Xiahou Miao to oversee the army.
Later, he presided over the selection and selected the top 20 talents from the annual assessment of the Ministry of General Affairs to serve as ministers and county clerks in the ten counties of Liangzhou. There was also a Xun or who was called by him to serve as an honorary minister. engage in.
These positions were almost arranged, and Xun Shuang promptly arranged for Xun or to visit Liu Bei.
To be honest, Xun was the kind of person who would never dislike him at first glance. No one would dislike a man with a smooth face, a gentle temperament, a gentle manner, and a sweet smell all over his body.
Liu Bei didn't know what the word "temperament" meant until he met Xun He. He had to admit that the Xun family's education for Xun He was very good.
When Xun came here, he first expressed his gratitude. He thanked Liu Bei for giving him the opportunity to go to Liangzhou and take up an official position with him.
This opportunity is very meaningful to Xun Yu now.
Liu Bei smiled and shook his head.
"Your uncle has told me what happened to you. Your situation is indeed not easy, and all of this is naturally not your fault, so I am willing to give you a chance. Thirty million dollars is indeed a lot, but I value talent much more than 30 million dollars.
Therefore, Xun Can, I give you this opportunity in the hope that you can prove to me that you are worthy of the opportunity I give you. When I evaluate a person, I will not judge him based on his reputation. Fame is something that is not important to high-ranking nobles. It doesn't matter, I believe in my own eyes. "
