Lin Mu put down the bamboo slip in his hand and saw that Liu Bei's armor was covered in blood and his face was covered with traces of wind and frost.
Lin Mu put down the bamboo slips in his hand, came to Liu Bei and helped Liu Bei up.
"It's done?"
Liu Bei handed the imperial edict in his hand to Lin Mu and made it clear.
"It's done!"
Liu Bei didn't even need to tell him what he was doing, Lin Mu could guess it.
At this time, even if you go to other states and counties to rob, it is impossible to rob much.
And with Liu Bei's character, he would never rob the Han people.
Therefore, there was only one place where he could get food, and that was the Qiang and Hu tribes.
Since the Qiang and Hu tribes brought troops to plunder the land of Sanfu, it was natural for Liu Bei to go to the Qiang and Hu tribes to plunder.
There is no reason for you Qiang and Hu tribes to come and plunder you every year. Why can’t I, a big man, rob you once?
We, the Han people, are born to suffer?
There is no such thing!
What's more, in this era, even the people of the Han family are not considered human beings in the eyes of the aristocratic family, let alone those Qiang and Hu people.
Although Liu Bei is benevolent, no matter how benevolent he is, he cannot be as benevolent as a barbarian.
So when Lin Mu raised this question, Liu Bei thought about it and figured out what to do.
"Is it enough?"
"enough!"
Lin Mu glanced at Liu Bei in surprise and nodded. It seemed that Liu Bei was not that pedantic person.
The world is actually like this. If the nobles eat one more bite, the common people will have to eat less. Now foreigners are coming to rob them.
Why Lin Mu has such a big prejudice against the nobles is because these nobles not only want to eat more, but also take away the food from the homes of the common people who are not full after feeding themselves.
There is actually no essential difference between these nobles and those Qiang random soldiers. The only difference may be that the Qiang random soldiers are more rough when eating people, while these nobles are more gentle when eating people.
Nowadays, the nobles do not have so much food, so let the foreigners eat less.
Liu Bei is a Han, not a barbarian.
Therefore, Liu Bei was concerned about whether the Han people had enough to eat, but whether the barbarians had enough to eat was none of his business.
"Well done, what positions do your two brothers hold now?"
Seeing Lin Mu saying that he did a good job, Liu Bei's face softened slightly.
"Your Majesty, Yun Chang and Yide are currently the horse archers in the army."
Official status is extremely important at this time. Although Liu Bei now holds the position of Guang Luxun, he can definitely grant official status to the two of them, but Liu Bei is afraid of giving others the power, so he has always kept Guan and Zhang in white status.
"Just let these two be by your side, and you can be a partial general."
Although the position of partial general is a military position, if calculated according to the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system that has not yet been born, this position is already fifth-grade, which is definitely not low.
The most important thing is that his two brothers are now officials, and they are personally entrusted by the emperor. No one can find anything wrong with them.
After Liu Bei heard this, he was overjoyed. If it weren't for being in front of Lin Mu, Liu Bei would have almost laughed out loud.
"My two brothers, thank you for your kindness!"
Lin Mu waved his hand, indicating that Liu Bei could leave. He also gave him the reward. Do you still want to stay here and wait for Lin Mu to treat him to dinner?
After Liu Bei paid homage to Lin Mu again, he walked out of the study.
The joy in my heart is beyond words.
I originally thought that it was just about grabbing a foreigner. Even if there was a reward, it would only be given to a captain or a general. I never thought that two partial generals would be awarded for this matter.
Lin Mu looked at Liu Bei's back as he walked out of the study and smiled.
Needless to say, Liu Bei's ability goes without saying, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not bad either.
If you leave these two generals alone, it's not like Lin Mu is mentally ill.
He lowered his head and continued to look at the bamboo slip in his hand. This was a tip from Yanzhou.
Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was killed by the Yellow Turbans during the war with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.
Now the counties and counties in Yanzhou have elected Cao Cao as the shepherd of Yanzhou, and they have sent letters to Luoyang to request Cao Cao's title.
Now it is Cao Cao who is leading the soldiers and horses from Yanzhou counties to fight the Yellow Turban Army.
Among the troops in Yanzhou's counties, apart from Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Cao Cao was the most powerful.
Now that Liu Dai is dead, it is impossible for the soldiers and horses of other counties to match the millions of Yellow Turban troops.
That is to say, Cao Cao, who has the support of Luoyang, Chang'an, Yingchuan... and other aristocratic families, can resist this Yellow Turban Army.
Although these aristocratic families were forced to leave because of the policies implemented by Lin Mu.
But that was just because they didn't want to really raise an army against Lin Mu. If they raised an army against the imperial court at this time, they would be rebels.
They are different from Han Sui, Lu Bu and others. One of them is a leader of a foreign race. Whether your emperor dies or not is none of my business? Can you still lead the army to Xiliang to fuck me?
One is that I am used to betrayal, and I occupy Chang'an and don't want to let go. What's more, can the imperial army come to Bingzhou to kill me?
From Bingzhou to the grassland, it is common for half a year to find no one. With the current ability of the imperial court, can it support such a big war?
Therefore, these two people can compete with the court without any scruples.
But these aristocratic families are different. These aristocratic families have lived in the Central Plains for a long time and cherish their reputation very much.
A great man governs his country with loyalty and filial piety. Don't worry about whether I am loyal in my heart or not. I just say that I am loyal.
But if being loyal can be regarded as a loyal minister, then no one in the entire Han Dynasty will be disloyal. Even Dong Zhuo can be regarded as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.
Boss Cao was about to dethrone the emperor in the later period. Wasn’t he also calling for loyalty to the Han Dynasty?
But what about reality?
Of course, there must have been some loyal ministers in the last years of the dynasty. The Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, and the remnants of the six kingdoms desperately wanted to restore the country, but what was the result?
Not to mention the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei had been shouting to support the Han Dynasty all his life, but what was the result?
Living in a remote place, he was unable to help the Han Dynasty until his death.
Among the many dynasties that followed, including the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, which one did not have a group of leftovers, old and young?
But did they succeed?
None of them succeeded!
How many years have we been shouting to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty? What is the restoration of the Ming Dynasty?
The same is true today. Everyone claims to be a loyal minister, but who doesn’t know what they are thinking?
Slogans are just slogans. If you really want to revive the Han Dynasty, you still have to look at the fists.
But now Cao Cao's ambitions seem to have begun to expand.
Lin Mu held the bamboo slip in his hand and after thinking for a while, he came up with an idea.
…………
In the Yanzhou camp, the guards who announced the decree handed it over to Cao Cao.
"Cao Yanzhou, please mount your horse."
After Cao Cao took one look at the imperial edict, his expression changed a little.
The emperor did grant Yanzhou to him, but one of the conditions was to let Cao Cao go to Luoyang to thank him.
"General, don't be in a hurry. The general has been here so hard, how can he leave like this? Come here! Invite the general to a banquet!"
As Cao Cao spoke, he asked his men to serve wine.
