While feeling that Liu Xie is a scourge, Ma Chao actually has a trace of jealousy in his heart.

It was no one else he was jealous of, it was Liu Bei who received the Xuzhou pastor. Moreover, what made Ma Chao want to slap himself was that he Ma Chao had to bear at least half of the responsibility for this situation.

In the eyes of all outsiders in the Han Dynasty, the affairs of Yan and Xuzhou, whether Lu Bu is a person or himself, intentional or unintentional, in short, he has done Tao Qian a great favor and saved the people of Xuzhou whose lives are hanging by a thread.

Cao Cao, who came to Xuzhou to kill people, went back to fight with Lu Bu, and Kong Rong and Tian Kai, who came to help, should also go back and forth from where.

But then, everyone in the world knows that Liu Bei at this time, instead of leaving, he completely left the original boss Gongsun Zhan and began the process of working for the new boss Tao Qian.

Moreover, under Liu Bei's superb acting skills, everyone still thinks that Tao Qian, an old cadre who is over the age of sixties, admires Liu Bei, a young man who is righteous and brave, and Liu Bei is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Tao Qian respects him very much, and extends an olive branch to him several times, wanting to give the entire Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

Think about it, in such a dark and chaotic world, Cao Cao's return today does not mean that he will not come tomorrow, and Cao Cao's failure to come does not mean that others will not come. An old comrade like Tao Qian really can't do it anymore. Therefore, for the first time, let Xuzhou and Comrade Tao Qian stand in a very disadvantageous position.

Subsequently, Liu Bei was stationed in Xiaopei and did a very impressive job. And Tao Qian even gave 4,000 Danyang elite soldiers to Liu Bei, which made Liu Bei's strength grow by leaps and bounds, reaching a total of 15,000 foot cavalry.

Judging from such a superficial situation, the relationship between Tao Qian and Liu Bei is really like a honeymoon-like couple, which is enviable. But this kind of pediatric trick made Ma Chao see through it at a glance, these two fake couples are both honey-bellied swords: from a rough sweep of the sand table simulation map, you can see that Xiaopei, who belongs to Yuzhou, is like an iron arm between Yanzhou and Xuzhou. It can be seen that Tao Qian gave Liu Bei 4,000 Danyang elite soldiers, mainly so that Liu Bei could help him resist Cao Cao in Yanzhou. Of course, since he is a descendant soldier, he naturally has the role of monitoring and restraining Liu Bei at the same time.

Then, it was Tao Qian's failed move to cover up: he wrote to the imperial court.

Liu Bei came with his own team to change jobs, and as the new boss, Tao Qian needed to give him a suitable position. According to the practice of poaching talents, Liu Bei can only be given a higher position and better treatment. In view of the fact that Liu Bei was already a senior cadre at the county level before he changed jobs, Boss Tao recommended Liu Bei to the central government of Xuchang as the Taishou of Xiaopei County.

In Tao Qian's view, this recommendation, as in the past, is just a formality, and there is no reason for the central government not to approve it. What's more, at this time, it is already common for local powerful figures to appoint cadres at will, and to say hello is to give you Liu Xie's face.

But Tao Qian never imagined that the reputation of Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang had actually reached the ears of Liu Xie in Xuchang. What is even more unexpected is that Liu Xie would unexpectedly promote Liu Bei to Yuzhou Mu!

You must know that Liu Bei jumped ship this time and was upgraded from Pingyuan under Gongsun Zhan to Yuzhou Mu, which has crossed five levels. Although the official position at the end of the Han Dynasty has been fully injected, it is still too incredible for this matter to fall on Liu Bei.

As for whether Tao Qian was like Ma Chao later, he thought of Liu Xie's intentions. Ma Chao didn't care, because in Ma Chao's opinion, Tao Qian had already made a wrong step, a wrong step.

In this way, Liu Bei successfully jumped ship, became a pastor of Yuzhou, and entered the ranks of feudal officials. However, the funny thing is that at this time, he is not the only Yuzhou pastor in the world, in Anfeng County, Yuzhou, there is also a Yuzhou Mu Guo Gong appointed by Yuan Shu. Of course, compared with Liu Bei, the gold content of Guo Gong's Yuzhou Mu is really insufficient. Without the official authorization of the central government, it is a counterfeit and shoddy product.

But people also have an advantage over Liu Bei, that is, they have the wealthy Yuan Shu behind them to support them. This is a real ingredient, but it can be compared with all the mirrors of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was thirty-four years old this year, and he had been working hard in troubled times for ten years.

Tao Qian was sixty-three years old this year, and it has been six years since he came to Xuzhou.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was enough to live to be sixty-three years old. Finally, Comrade Tao Qian was critically old and sick, and he couldn't hold it anymore, so he needed to set a successor as soon as possible. In view of the fact that the two sons of the pottery merchant and Tao Ying are not successful, and they have not yet become a master when they are old, Tao Qian finally made a will.

"Is it really Liu Bei?" Hearing this, Ma Chao couldn't calm down. Because according to his conspiracy theory, he really couldn't figure out why Tao Qian made such a strange will in the end.

"It should be true." Duanmu Ruoyu replied affirmatively, looking at Ma Chao's still incredulous expression, he couldn't help but show evidence: "Although the strength of the shadow in Xuzhou is not large, such a major event as Tao Qian's will can still be heard." According to intelligence, when Tao Qian was critically ill at that time, Tao Qian's two sons and a cadre of civil and military personnel were also present. And Tao Qian took Don't Mi Zhu's hand and said a word. ”

"If it weren't for Liu Bei, you can't ......... Xuzhou" Ma Chao silently read this sentence: This sentence is clearly recorded in the history books, and it is impossible for Ma Chao not to know.

And then think about it, Tao Qian's will can't have any conspiracy: if Liu Bei became the pastor of Xuzhou is a double reed play to win over his future uncle Lu Zhu, the so-called Tao Qian's will is purely fraudulent, which inevitably takes Lu Zhu's ability too much. Under the circumstances at that time, without Tao Qian's will, it would be difficult for a government secretary general to convince the public;

Moreover, if it is just one side of Mi Zhu's words, it is easy to be exposed. In addition, Liu Bei is far away in Xiaopei, and it is impossible to coerce the Xuzhou cadres to obey by force. What's more, Tao Qian's descendant Danyang faction not only has soldiers in their hands, but also occupies important positions, if they really want to make trouble, Liu Bei will have to work hard to settle it.

Of course, Ma Chao thinks that Liu Bei's fictitious will has some basis, according to Ma Chao's life experience in this troubled world, a person can only grab something by himself, and no one wants to give his things to others for nothing. can be put on Liu Bei, and this basis has become a special situation.

But facts are facts, indisputable. Perhaps, the only explanation that can be made, Ma Chao thinks that Tao Qianren's words are also good, and for the sake of the people of Xuzhou, he really let go.

More perhaps, there is another possibility, that is, Tao Qian, an old rascal of political speculation, told the truth at the moment of death, and closed his eyes with a smile: Lao Tzu has been a hooligan all his life, and finally played such a hand, and history has to think that Lao Tzu is a good person.

Lao Tzu, fooled history! Who else is not convinced?!

Thinking about it, Ma Chao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. In the end, I can only feel that the world is so troubled, in addition to the entanglement of interests and contradictions, there is also an important reason that there are great differences between people, and everyone's ideas are not necessarily the same.

However, Ma Chao is not a selfless person after all, or it can be said that as an excellent prince, he is not selfless enough to watch Liu Bei catch the pie of a Xuzhou Mu in the world, and be indifferent and will give up congratulations.

Especially in this, there is also the factor that he acted as a promoter and hyped the name of Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang.

Therefore, it is forgivable to say that the sins of heaven are forgivable. You can't live if you do your own evil!

"Then everything is like this, Liu Bei naturally became the pastor of Xuzhou?" I couldn't tell what kind of regret, pity, and helpless complicated expression on his face, Ma Chao asked Duanmu Ruoyu again with extreme depression.

But to Ma Chao's surprise, Duanmu Ruoyu glanced at the information above, and then replied with a strange tone: "Liu Bei did not take office, but happily said two words to those Xuzhou civil and military officers: Don't do it!" ”

"I'll rub!" Ma Chaozhen couldn't help but blurt out these two extremely emotional words: Liu Bei's head was really kicked by a donkey!