What everyone is discussing now is a major matter, how to extend the control power of the Xuzhou government to the countryside again.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the laws of the Qin Dynasty were inherited, the imperial power was strong, and the huge ruling structure extended to the lowest level of the countryside.

As a result, the imperial court was able to control the largest population and wealth, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to support the wars one after another against the Xiongnu, the expansion of southern Guangdong, and the southwestern barbarians.

However, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the rise of powerful gentry, the imperial court gradually lost its control over the grassroots, and a large number of people were lost to the powerful. This caused the court to lose a lot of power and tax revenue.

Now Zheng Xiaoming wants to re-establish the government's control over the grassroots. There are some who are in favor and many who are against it. When the two sides are quarreling, Liu Bei comes to ask for a meeting. Naturally, he doesn't have a good face!

Zheng Xiaoming smiled easily and said: "I think this Liu Xuande is a bit interesting, he actually came to see me as a member of the Han clan!"

To put it bluntly, the status of the Han clan is worthless, there are too many of them! This status can scare ordinary people at the bottom, and it is a joke to these people here.

Among everyone present here are people from the Liu family of Tan County. The Liu family of Tan County is a descendant of Prince Gong of the East China Sea!

And Prince Gong of the East China Sea, Liu Qiang, was the eldest son born to Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and Queen Guo, and was once established as the prince!

It's a pity that Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and Queen Guanglie Yin Lihua were their true love. In the end, Queen Guo was deposed and Yin Lihua became the queen again. Then Prince Gong of the East China Sea Liu Qiang's position as crown prince was naturally gone!

In short, the Liu family of Tan County is a Miao descendant of the Han family with good roots. But wherever the Liu family of Tan County goes, will they show that they are a Han clan? No, they will just move out of the Liu family of Tan County.

's brand.

Because Tan County Liu’s brand itself is strong enough!

Only people who have no other ambitions and are very thick-skinned would use their identity as members of the Han clan to come in front of Zheng Xiaoming to deceive him.

I didn’t know that Zheng Xiaoming had served as a lieutenant in the feather forest and could see the emperor Liu Hong every day. Didn’t he know that the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Bian, the future prince, called himself his elder brother?

The more Zheng Xiaoming thought about it, the more interesting it became. The main reason was that the noise of these people here gave him a headache, so Zheng Xiaoming smiled and said: "Even if you don't give that Liu Xuande face, you still have to give the Han royal family some face. Since this person claims to be a member of the Han clan,

Then let’s meet each other, shall we?”

Now that Zheng Xiaoming has said this, everyone here has nothing to say, so they can only agree.

After a while, a small official went to invite Liu Bei and three others to come in.

Zheng Xiaoming originally wanted to meet Liu Bei and the others with a bit of joking, but when he saw the three men with his own eyes, he couldn't help but secretly praise: "What a... three strong men!"

But I saw three people walking towards them, all of them with majestic bodies, like iron towers. They all carried a fierce aura that only strong men in the army could have, which was quite common in Liangzhou.

Since returning to Kanto, we have rarely seen this kind of character... not even Taishi Ci!

Tai Shici has no experience in the military, that is, he has fought in a few small battles with Zheng Xiaoming as a subordinate.

In the original history, Taishi Ci had to escape misfortune and go to a chaotic place like Liaodong where he lived with barbarians and experience it for a few years before he truly became successful.

Now, at this time, I don’t have such an experience, it’s just a little bit worse after all!

Moreover, each of these three people has his own vision. The most impressive thing about the leader is that his hands are very long. To say that his hands are longer than his knees is an exaggeration, but it is definitely impressive.

Coupled with those majestic arms, one can tell at a glance that the kung fu on his arms must be very impressive.

However, when his warrior characteristics are so prominent, he also carries a gentle temperament and is not a pure martial artist, which is even more rare.

Behind Liu Bei, a red-faced man with long and narrow eyes seemed to be open and sometimes closed. Occasionally, a divine light flashed through the slits in his eyes, which made him look extremely majestic!

The last one is a leopard with a black face and eyes, and a strong body. At a glance, you can tell that he is a fierce general, but he is much worse than the previous two!

This sight made Zheng Xiaoming feel good about him. After being offered a seat, he asked with a smile: "Three of you are indeed magnificent, but have you had military experience?"

Liu Bei knelt down on the straw mat, and just now he raised his hands and said to Zheng Xiaoming: "I once followed the Northern Army Lieutenant Zou Hedu to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion!"

Zou Andu is Zou Jing. (The word is a nonsense! In the Han Dynasty, names were used to refer to oneself, and words were used by others to address you. Calling you by name directly would have the meaning of insult.

Liu Bei had been a subordinate of Zou Jing, so it was certainly impossible for him to directly call Zou Jing by his first name.)

Zou Jing was also a captain of the Northern Army in Luoyang, and he and Zheng Xiaoming were colleagues for a period of time.

But then Zou Jing stayed in Youzhou, and the two sides never had any dealings!

Zheng Xiaoming suddenly shouted, with a little surprise: "With three of them being so powerful, couldn't they have made some contribution? To win an official position?"

He has already seen that these three people seem to be white now.

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "It's true that he once made some minor contributions and was rewarded by the imperial court with the position of captain of Anxi County. However, later the imperial court dismissed the Yellow Turban heroes and whipped the county's postal governor in anger, so he took a group of people with him.

Escaped!"

When Zheng Xiaoming heard this, he suddenly understood.

The county lieutenant is a position responsible for the military affairs of a county. However, this position in inland counties is not permanent. That is, it is established when something goes wrong and will be abolished when something goes wrong.

Liu Bei's Anxi County Lieutenant must have been dismissed after not being in office for long!

Moreover, this matter also involves a higher-level matter, that is, the emperor and the Shi Changshi are not willing to allow those local nobles to become powerful... because those who helped the Han family pacify the Yellow Turbans were all powerful local nobles who had made meritorious deeds.

Most of them are like this!

Therefore, soon after the Yellow Turbans were annihilated, those who were promoted to officials due to their military merits were driven away by the court one after another.

Zheng Xiaoming himself had climbed into the ranks of his relatives and eunuchs, so not only was he not among the poorest, but he had been rising through the ranks.

On the contrary, Liu Xuande started to gain momentum around the same time as himself, and now he is actually a white man.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xiaoming felt sympathy and asked with a smile: "Has Xuande ever read a book?"

Liu Bei said politely: "I once studied with Bei Zhonglang General Lu Zigan in Fengshi Mountain for several years!"

Zheng Xiaoming smiled and said: "Xuande seems to be from Youzhou, right? It's not easy to travel all the way to Luoyang to follow Lu Shangshu and study the scriptures!" If you like me, I have a blessed field in your heart. Please collect it: (https://www.haimawx.com) Me
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