Chapter 62 State and Family Affairs
Looking at the people who were frowning with their pen under the hall, He Bai was amused. This time the question was not only answered by ordinary intermediate officers and staff. Most of the questions were mostly from the war examples of the Three Kingdoms period between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty. If you want to answer them all or most of them, you can at least be at the national level. Even Zhuge Liang, who was just a fledgling, would be very troubled, let alone them.
He Bai's move also wanted to ask the ministers not to think that they don't know much about ancient culture, so they underestimated their boss. They wanted to let them know that they didn't have much knowledge on the surface, but the practical things in their hearts were beyond your imagination.
He Bai believes that as long as he can answer the first three calculations, astronomy and geography correctly, he will be a super qualified staff officer. After a period of experience in commanding troops, he will not be bad even if he is a military Sima. If he can answer the five questions well, he will be able to be competent even if he is the position of the Chief Commander. If he really has such a talent, He Bai will be so happy.
Time passed minute by minute, He Bai was closing his eyes and resting, thinking that there was less than ten months before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing. Should he take this Taiyuan County as the basis to seize the entire Bingzhou land? Or should he take this time to change the place to have more resources and a better development base, so that he can gain more opportunities in the competition for hegemony.
Bingzhou's advantages lies in its proximity to the origin of war horses and the vast majority of people who know how to fight against the people, as well as the dangers of mountains and rivers, which are easy to defend and have a high-level view. The disadvantages are that it has a population of only 660,000, as well as grain output with too low production capacity, and a major threat to the nearby nomadic peoples.
If you really seize Bingzhou for your business, you are afraid that you will not be able to send troops to dominate the world due to internal affairs in the next four or five years. Especially when you have not truly eliminated the Southern Xiongnu and Hetao Xianbei, you are afraid that you will be trapped in Bingzhou for the rest of your life and cannot move.
In other states, Youzhou is the world of Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Du. Because of Gongsun Linglong, He Bai did not want to face Gongsun Zan early. Liangzhou has Han Sui and Ma Teng, and the situation with Bingzhou is not considered. Yongzhou is Dong Zhuo's private land. There are too many soldiers and horses in the early stage, so it is difficult to fight with it. There is no need to say much about Jiaozhou.
Shu is good, but surrounded by mountains. The lessons from Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang told the world that entering Shu is like falling into a dead land and can only be settled in a corner. Yangzhou is also disturbed by mountains and rivers, and its economy is not good at this time. The deeds of the Sun family also show that Yangzhou is definitely not a good place at this time, and since ancient times, there have been very few forces that have defeated the north with the south.
In the Central Plains, Jizhou was Yuan Shao's goal. Moreover, with Yuan Shao's huge political reputation and connections, he could not compete with him in the early days. Cao Cao in Yanzhou was too strong, and He Bai was not sure about it when he was not sure.
Yuzhou is Yuan Shu's private land. In the early stage, Sun Jian, a fierce man, fought with him, and in the later stage, he had the reputation and help from Yuan's family, so he could fight. In Jingzhou, Liu Biao was a matter of asking Dong. Moreover, Liu Biao's ability was hard to say, some said he was strong, and some said he was weak. Cao Cao's evaluation of him was a dog guarding the house, but he could not capture too much land before Liu Biao's lifetime. It can be seen that this dog guarding the house should have the power of rabies when he protects his own family.
There is Tao Qian in Xuzhou, and his power is already solid, and it is difficult to seize it in urgent need. It seems that there is only one place in Qingzhou. Qingzhou is the old Qi country, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and is supported by the Yellow River and Mount Tai. It has a good defence, and it also has the benefits of fishing, salt and iron. It has a population of 3.7 million.
If you want to occupy Qingzhou, you need to be before the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was launched completely. Otherwise, after the Qingzhou Yellow Turban passes, Qingzhou will become a piece of idiot. It is a pity to eat it.
He Bai nodded secretly. It seemed that it was time to send someone to Luoyang to operate. Especially when the ten generals still had great power, he would get the position of prefect of a county in Qingzhou. It would be better to have Beihai Kingdom or Donglai County without any worries.
"Time is up..." A long-time servant of the Wang family shouted.
He Bai then woke up from his thoughts and looked up at the officials in the hall. He saw that all of them were ashamed, and they were dejected, losing their initial enthusiasm. Who else could be the only one?
Le Peng turned his head and looked at everyone. After rubbing the cold weather, the sweat beads still appeared on his forehead, he rose up, and bowed deeply, and said, "Master Duwei, your talent is extraordinary and rare in the world. The questions he asked were mostly knowledge that we had never learned in books. We were a little vague and had no choice but to answer them.Master Duwei wanted to call us as assistants, but we were afraid that we would not be able to do anything."
He Bai laughed in his heart, but he looked self-blame and said apologizing: "No, no, it's not that you are not knowledgeable, but I have too high requirements for you. The questions I asked are mostly about the thoughts of veterans in the court. I proposed at this time that it is really not fair for you who have no experience in politics and military affairs. So, you will give me the answers first, and I will hire you as professors first, with a monthly salary of 30 shi. You will help me with teaching. When I slowly examine your actual abilities, then make an offer, can I make an offer?"
Le Peng glanced at the officials, and they immediately stood up with an idea and bowed, "I'm going to pay homage to the Lord Duwei."
"Okay, okay, okay." He Bai couldn't help but smile happily. This trip not only gave him the peerless beauty, Xiao Diao Chan, but also obtained nineteen ancient high-knowledge talents. This trip was worth it.
He Bai took the answer sheet and waited slowly in the evening. He summoned the little Diao Chan who had been waiting in fear, and bid farewell to Wang Jing, the master of the Wang family. He led the guards and nineteen subordinate clerks to look at Jinyang together.
Le Peng rode on a bad horse, looking at He Bai, who was riding a horse with Xiao Diao Chan in front of the line, and sighed: "The Lord Duwei is so talented that he is helpless. At the age of twenty-three, he is at a higher position than 2,000 stones. It is not without cause."
Zhu Mian nodded and praised: "Indeed, if the Duwei is helped by his family, even if he is the position of the Three Duke in this life, it will be an easy task. Even if he is not helped by his family, it will be a general in the court in the future, but it may take longer."
Le Peng smiled and said, "I want to follow the Duwei from now on, but I don't know what Jingzhi thinks?"
Zhu Mian pondered for a while, and suddenly Zhan Yan smiled and said, "The Wang clan has too many people, and there are not a few young heroes. I don't have too outstanding talents. I am afraid I won't get anything after following Wang clan. It's better to follow the Duwei and gamble on a future."
"It's the extreme, the extreme. Brother Zengzhi," Le Peng turned his head and looked at Luo Pei again and asked, "What are you thinking about it?"
Luo Pei was still frowning, and when he saw Le Peng asking, he asked back: "Did he know the twenty difficult questions that Lord Duwei had asked? Or did he want to find available talents for him on this ground?"
Le Peng looked at Luo Pei strangely and asked, "Even if the Duwei Master does not know everything, he will know most of the things. Otherwise, how can he judge our talents? The Duwei Master originally used this to find talents, but my talent is a little ignorant and cannot answer them. What are the differences?"
Luo Pei shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, you don't understand. This matter... Alas, I'd better ask Lord Duwei personally. If it's really like me..." Luo Pei suddenly smiled and said, "Lord Duwei is really the wise ruler of my Luo Pei."
As soon as He Bai returned to the Jinyang City Duwei Mansion, he saw a servant who claimed to have come to Zhongshan Zhen to pay homage. He Bai asked, "Who are you from the Zhen family? Why are you here to come to my place?"
The servants paid a visit to the grandfather and said, "The villain is the son-in-law who is the son-in-law Zhen Ge of the Zhen family. The villain came here this time to report the good news for the son-in-law. Mrs. Anova, the son-in-law, gave birth to a young lady on August 15th, and there were also Mrs. Man and Mrs. Qi who gave birth to three young masters on September 17th, September 19th and September 23rd. When the villain came, Mrs. Gongsun also gave birth to a child, but Mrs. Anova asked for a letter to her, so she did not wait any longer."
He Bai couldn't help but be happy and worried when he heard this. He was happy that he was the father of four children after receiving the news. He was worried that Anova, as a wife and a wife, gave birth to a daughter, and three other concubines, gave birth to three kids. This is nothing in the future, but in this life, it will indeed trigger a future dispute between the legitimate and the illegitimate and illegitimate, and the big question of who will be the heir. However, it is still long, so I will find a way to do it in the future.
He Bai took the letter and opened it. It was written by Anova, who was a little literary. The letter read: Gongsun Zan knew that his sister Gongsun Linglong was abducted by He Bai, so he ordered his cousin Gongsun Fan to lead troops to the Zhen family in Zhongshan to ask for people. However, after seeing Gongsun Linglong with a big belly, Gongsun Fan was also embarrassed and ordered to force the person to rob him.
Gongsun Fan ordered people to repay Gongsun Zan. After Gongsun Zan learned about it, he was furious, but he had no other choice but to order Gongsun Fan to negotiate with He Bai. However, He Bai was far away in Taiyuan County, and the Taihang Mountains were cut off by the Black Mountain bandits. There were many inconveniences in the detour, so Gongsun Fan negotiated with Anova. Anova agreed and voluntarily gave up the position of his wife from then on, and gave the position of his wife to Gongsun Linglong. He asked He Bai to send someone to send Gongsun Linglong's betrothal gift to western Liaoning, thinking that he would make up for the loss of the sheep.
After seeing the letter, He Bai was furious about Gongsun Zan's domineeringness and Gongsun Fan's insidiousness and anger, and even more happy about Anova's generosity. With a wife like this, what does the husband say? Although He Bai was unhappy with Gongsun Zan's actions, he also knew that it was wrong to kidnap Gongsun Linglong first, and it was considered retribution at this time.
Moreover, in the future, Gongsun Zan's cooperation in Youzhou must be required. Gongsun Linglong is the wife, which has many benefits. It seems that this matter can only be like this. But this matter is too aggrieved Anova. She came to Han with her distance, which is already inconvenient. At this time, she had to make her wife a small position, which is too aggrieved. In the future, she will definitely make her life compensate.
Chapter completed!