"Lu You, a writer, historian, and poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. Although he was a literati, he always advocated the Northern Expedition and the recovery of territory. He was a respectable person."

Zhang Hua still admires patriotic poets like Lu You very much.

On the day when the king's army settled in the Central Plains, he did not forget to tell his husband about his family sacrifice...

Lying at night, listening to the wind and rain, the iron horse and the ice river come into my dreams...

Lu You thought about the Northern Expedition all his life, but just his integrity was better than many civil officials in the Southern Song Dynasty.

【Hero】: Lu You

【Level】: 25

[Commander]: 63  【Military power】: 48  【Intellect】: 82  【Politics】: 73

[First Talent]: Poet (spiritual talent, the city where they are located, the gathering of literati and poets, and culture is easier to develop. Educate all people, learn from the people, improve the moral level of the people, and make it easier for literati and civil officials to be born)

[Second Talent]: Patriotism (spiritual talent, unites people's hearts, and when wars against foreign races are launched, the decline in people's hearts decreases)

[Article]: Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty and one of the four great poets of Zhongxing.

Lu You's talent is somewhat similar to Zhuge Liang, which can reduce the impact of war on the people's hearts...

Frequent wars will lead to a decline in people's hearts. Lu You, Zhuge Liang and others will provide a guarantee, at least the people's hearts will not decline particularly well.

However, Lu You must play a role when launching a foreign war.

【Hero】: Fan Chengda

【Level】: 21

[Commander]: 68  【Military power】: 40  【Intellect】: 83  【Politics】: 85

[First Talent]: Poet (spiritual Talent)

[Second Talent]: Local internal affairs proficiency (internal affairs talent, when you become a local official, after a period of governance, you can quickly improve the economy, agriculture, and cultural prosperity of the governed area, enhance people's hearts and public security)

[Special Army]: Chengdu Prefecture Feishan Army (Fourth-level Army, Chengdu Prefecture Imprison Army, during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong Chunxi, Fan Chengda was appointed as the Sichuan Commander, taught 1,000 of them, called "Feishan Army", the characteristics of the army: "Mountain Battle")

[Article]: Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty and one of the four great poets of Zhongxing.

"Fan Chengda actually has a special army..."

When Zhang Hua saw Fan Chengda’s personal panel, there was a special military "Chengdu Prefecture Feishan Army", which was incredible.

These literati were born in troubled times and were not as simple as imagined. Each of them had their own special experiences.

Fan Chengda served as the Chief Political Affairs Officer, the Sichuan General, and the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall. He was already a high-ranking official of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was proficient in the entire local internal affairs and had some military skills.

Fan Chengda should be regarded as a representative template for civil officials of the Southern Song Dynasty. He has low military power, is proficient in internal affairs, and also knows some military affairs.

This Changan event recruited these literati and poets, which made Zhang Hua’s impression of these people renew.

What later generations care about is their identity as poets and poets, but for them, writing and writing is just an entertainment hobby, and their biggest interest is to govern internal affairs and worry about the country and the people.

There are also some literati who even want to lead troops to fight and pacify the world, such as Fan Zhongyan, Yu Yunwen, Yu Qian, Xin Qiji, etc.

【Hero】: Su Shi

【Level】: 20

[Commander]: 55  【Military power】: 37  【Intellect】: 85  【Politics】: 80

[First Talent]: Strong literary talent (spiritual talent, gain creative inspiration in a short time, create poetry, songs, calligraphy, painting)

[Second Talent]: Water Control (Internal Affairs Talent, Accelerate the speed and quality of water conservancy projects, and the water conservancy projects it builds have better irrigation, flood control, and canal transportation effects)

[Article]: Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Su Shi was also one of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty. He was good at controlling water, which was slightly beyond Zhang Hua's expectations.

Su Shi and Guo Shoujing were responsible for water conservancy matters of the Ministry of Industry, to build canals and dams, and to increase grain output.

Ouyang Xiu recommended Su Shi, and Su Shi also recommended Li Qingzhao. The talents recommended each other, providing Zhang Hua with many available talents.

Zhang Hua checked the hero panels of two talented women, Li Qingzhao and Yu Xuanji.

Talented women in ancient times were still very rare.

【Hero】: Li Qingzhao

【Level】: 11

[Commander]: 17  【Military power】: 15  【Intellect】: 81  【Politics】: 50

[Talent]: Female poet (spiritual talent, improves the prosperity of territorial culture, and makes it easier for female literati and civil servants to be born)

[Article]: Female poet of the Song Dynasty, representative of the graceful school.

...

【Hero】: Yu Xuanji

【Level】: 10

[Commander]: 10  【Military power】: 25  【Intellect】: 80  【Politics】: 39

[Talent]: Talented woman (spiritual talent, when learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and it also has an additional bonus to the prosperity of the territory's cultural heritage)

[Article]: Originally named Yu Youwei, one of the four major female poets of the Tang Dynasty.

...

Li Qingzhao and Yu Xuanji have good intelligence values, but because they are not qualified to embark on the career path because of their female identity, they are not qualified to embark on the political level, so their political value is not high.

Unless they are Wu Zetian, Xiao Chuo, Empress Lü, and Empress Feng, the powerful harems, have the opportunity to deal with political affairs.

Literary people such as Cao Xueqin, Ma Zhiyuan, Li Shangyin, and Mi Fu also have the talent to enhance the prosperity of the territory's cultural heritage.

In short, after Zhang Hua captured all these literati in one fell swoop, the cultural prosperity of the territory reached an unprecedented level. Moreover, Zhang Hua won a group of civil servants, and his reputation among literati could also be improved.

If you offend a literati, your reputation in later generations may be very bad, such as Qin Shihuang.

In addition, cultural influence is also very important. If culture is continuously exported to surrounding areas, it can be assimilated, reduce the number of troops garrisons, and thus reduce expenses.

This is difficult to achieve by force.

Although the Mongols once established the largest empire in the history of cold weapons, the Mongol Empire quickly became divided because it was just conquered by force.

Of course, conquest by force is still essential.

"After all these literati were caught, it is estimated that it will be difficult for famous officials to be born in the imperial examination, but military generals may be born."

Because Zhang Hua held a Chang'an event, he included a group of civil officials in advance, such as Lu You, Su Shi, and Fan Chengda. Therefore, the number of civil officials who could be born in the imperial examination was reduced, and the military examination was not affected.

"Sir, it's time to have lunch."

Li Qingzhao reminded Zhang Hua timidly that he had not fully adapted to his new identity.

After Su Shi entrusted Li Qingzhao to himself, Li Qingzhao and Liu Rushi took turns to be maids.

Zhang Hua is used to being served, but he doesn't feel anything.

Zhang Hua had a meal with Liang Hongyu, Sun Shangxiang, Xie Daoyun, Princess Yongmu, Princess Ningping and other girls, and Liang Hongyu's child was about to be born.

Lu Lingqi, who was in charge of the imperial guards in the harem, came to report: "Lord, Sister Mulan came to report secretly."

Zhang Hua took Mulan's secret letter.

Zhang Hua asked Mulan to supervise the military affairs of Shandong. Mulan always reported to Zhang Hua about the progress of the strategy of Shandong, so that Zhang Hua could understand the situation there in a timely manner.

"Peng Yue, one of the princes at the end of the Qin Dynasty, was actually occupied by Juyeze area, and Peng Yue also colluded with Zhu Wen's Liang State. Peng Yue was good at guerrilla tactics and continued to invade Zhuge Liang's grain team. So far, at least 800 grain trucks were destroyed by Peng Yue's continuous attack..."

"Wang Ping, Liao Hua, Meng Huo's Wudang Flying Army attacked Juye Town and was defeated by Liang's generals Ge Congzhou and Pang Shigu... According to Wang Ping's report, he and Meng Huo, Liao Hua, Budyao Chief, and four generals joined forces to tie Ge Congzhou. In this way, Ge Congzhou's military power is at least 90, and it may even be at the Wei Yan level, or Yang Ye level."

"It seems that the progress of conquering the Shandong countries is not going well. You cannot underestimate Zhu Wen's group. The Shandong countries check and balance each other, not as weak as imagined."

"But Lu has no famous generals, and its tactics are behind Liang. Liang has famous generals such as Wang Yanzhang, Li Si'an, Ge Congzhou, Pang Shigu, Liu Xiu, Wang Chongshi, etc. Why can't Liang destroy Lu? Lu's dealing with Liang and Chu can survive until now. Is it really because Confucius is in Lu, Liang and Chu dare not destroy Lu easily?"

"No, Fan Zeng of Chu should have no respect for Confucianism. Abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone was the matter of Emperor Wu of Han. For Fan Zeng, Confucius was not a saint. As for Zhu Wen, the Emperor Taizu of the Later Liang Dynasty, he was even a warlord of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. He should not care whether Confucius was in Lu. Liang and Chu could not destroy Lu, and Lu must have other trump cards."

Zhang Hua basically understood the situation there from Mulan's secret letter, and based on the strength of Liang State, he indirectly inferred the strength of Lu State.

Although there are no overlord-level princes in the Shandong countries, every prince who survives to this day has his own trump card.

"Send another reinforcement army to assist Zhuge Liang, so that Zhuge Liang can capture Peng Yue as soon as possible and pacify Liang State."

After receiving the secret report from Mulan, Zhang Hua decided to send reinforcements to speed up the progress of attacking the countries in Shandong.

Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was attacking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Zhang Hua must pacify the Shandong countries as soon as possible. Otherwise, in the future, Liu Xiu's Han army heads south, and Zhang Hua may face the pressure from the princes in Hebei, Shandong, Xuzhou, Huainan and other places.

As for how to solve the Peng Yue power entrenched in Juyeze, this is what Zhuge Liang, Li Ji and others have to consider.

If even Zhuge Liang and Li Ji could not capture Peng Yue alive, then there would be no better way for Zhang Hua.

Furthermore, sharing worries for the lord is the duty of the minister.

"Liu Bang is in Hanzhong, Peng Yue is in Juyeze, Ying Bu is in Runan, Fan Zeng is in Pengcheng, only Xiang Yu and Han Xin, and Zhang Liang has no whereabouts. Where did they go?"

Zhang Hua has seen all parties during the Chu-Han battle for hegemony, only Han Xin, Xiang Yu and Zhang Liang, three of whom represent the peak of commander, force and intelligence, and there is no trace yet.

Basically, these three people who defect to any force are enough to change the general trend of the world.

In Puzhou, Zhuge Liang's camp, Zhuge Liang and Li Ji were thinking about strategies to pacify Peng Yue's forces.
To be continued...