The Three Kingdoms: If you don't have money to buy an official position, you can only be the em

Chapter 63: Peace has not yet been achieved, fellow Taoists still need to work hard!

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, although the imperial court was at its weakest, the country was not weak at that time. Whether it was Ma Teng of Xiliang, Lu Bu of Bingzhou, or Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, they all beat the foreign tribes to the point where they could not take care of themselves.

Even Liu Nai, and even his disappointing son, were able to defeat the Barbarian King into submission.

This was the Han Dynasty.

Anyone who commits a crime against a strong man is bound to die!

The saying of being a man is not just talk. People in this era are really tough and strong enough to deal with foreign countries. Especially in the Eastern Han Dynasty, from Liu Xiu to Liu Xie, even if they became puppets, they did not let foreign races take advantage of them.

The backbone of the Ming Dynasty and the toughness of the Han Dynasty are incomparable to the Tang, Song, Yuan and Qing dynasties.

Jiang Cheng was plotting to conquer the world, so naturally he couldn't just limit his sights to the Central Plains. He also needed to pay attention to the foreign tribes that had been eyeing him covetously - even though they seemed very honest throughout the Three Kingdoms period, they were actually always being educated.

Even Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to fight from Youzhou to Xiliang, and defeated them along the way.

It took Zhuge Liang seven attempts to capture Meng Huo before he was able to stabilize the Southern Barbarians and give the Shu Kingdom a stable rear base.

Therefore, Jiang Cheng also needed a general who was specifically responsible for foreign wars and could stand on his own, but who was also mediocre in civil wars and would not become a big problem.

And Gongsun Zan is just the right person.

In terms of the civil war, he was a weakling and none of the princes could defeat him.

But in foreign wars, no foreign race can win.

It’s just that Chinese is profound and extensive, and the same sentence can represent different meanings.

"My lord, rest assured. I will spread our Taiping Dao to Youzhou in the north and make Gongsun Zan our fellow Taoist!" Zhao Yun said solemnly.

After arriving at Taihang Mountain and seeing it with his own eyes, he finally understood what peace was.

The people live and work in peace and contentment, the elderly have someone to rely on and the young are well taken care of.

There is medical insurance when you are sick, paid maternity leave when you are pregnant, no tuition fees for children to go to school, and if you are good at the three sciences of immortality (science), martial arts and literature, you can take the imperial examinations and become a high-ranking official directly based on your ability.

The top scholar in liberal arts, exposing the county magistrate.

The top scorer in the military exam will become a general.

Once one succeeds in the realm of immortality, one will become a Heavenly Master. In theory, if one walks out of his own "path", he can directly become a "Purple Robe Heavenly Master" and enter the top level of the Taiping Dao in one fell swoop.

What place could be better than here?

"If Emperor Lingdi had opened the imperial examination system and appointed talented people, why would there be the Yellow Turbans? And why would I end up being a cook under Yuan Shao?" After Zhao Yun truly understood Jiang Cheng, his respect for him reached its peak.

Even Liu Bei, who was on his original trajectory, was far from achieving that.

He also truly found his ambition.

That is to make the beauty of Taihang Mountains the beauty of the whole world.

Let the paradise of Taihang Mountains become the heavenly kingdom of the entire world!
"Not only you, I'm going too. Winning over Gongsun Zan is only one part of the story. Building a 'Great Wall' in Youzhou to defend against foreign invaders and connecting it to Bingzhou is the top priority!" Jiang Cheng said.

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At the same time, on the other side, Gongsun Zan was fighting with Yuan Shao.

Compared to the original situation where there was no one around who could fight and he could easily occupy Jizhou and Bingzhou, Yuan Shao's development was now in a complete dilemma: most of Jizhou was occupied by the Taiping Dao, he could not reach out to Bingzhou, Qingzhou was experiencing the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Guan Hai had a million people under his command, and in the absence of Kong Rong, he had already proclaimed himself king.

Xuzhou is a place surrounded by enemies, with Cao Cao and Sun Jian both eyeing it, making it extremely difficult to snatch food from their mouths.

After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, the Northern Alliance quickly disintegrated.

Now Yuan Shao is in a dilemma.

If it weren't for the support of the Yuan family, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to do it now!

It was at this time that the minister Xu You made a suggestion: "My lord, in fact, to strengthen our strength, we don't have to focus on the Central Plains. The foreign tribes in the north have vast territories and few people, but they have many livestock, and the cattle and sheep can be well fed!"

This is not "Why not eat meat?" People eat grains and vegetables, and that is not the only thing.

In the cold northern regions, it is easy to grow grass but difficult to grow crops. There are many cattle and sheep, but few grains and vegetables. Many people grow up eating meat, and some even grow up without ever seeing grains or vegetables.

Cheese, milk tea, and meat, that's all.

"You mean, conquer the surrounding foreign tribes, make them pay tribute of cattle and sheep, and use them as military rations to recruit soldiers?" Yuan Shao's eyes lit up.

But then he shook his head and said, "But the problem is that the northern line has always belonged to Gongsun Zan."

"Then destroy Gongsun Zan!"

Soon, everyone made a plan.

He first invited Gongsun Zan to attack the rest of Jizhou together. After the battle, he took over all the territory and lured Gongsun Zan's brother Gongsun Yue to come and ask for it back.

Then he killed him directly to anger Gongsun Zan and make him lose his mind.

as predicted.

Gongsun Zan, who lacked counselors, was fooled and led his White Horse Volunteers to attack Yuan Shao in anger. However, Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to ambush Gongsun Zan in advance and gave him a ruthless blow.

The troops were scattered and most of the White Horse Volunteers were killed or wounded.

Even he himself was surrounded and in danger, and was about to die.

In fact, Gongsun Zan has always been a little bloated. When fighting the Yellow Turbans, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had nowhere to go, so they were under his command. With two powerful enemies in his hands, he was naturally invincible.

Later, Zhao Yun also served under him.

At his peak, with three tens of thousands of enemies and a strong army, it was really difficult for Yuan Shao to defeat him.

It was not until Liu Bei went to rescue Xuzhou and Zhao Yun followed to escort him, and there were no more strong generals under his command, that he was defeated and died at the hands of Yuan Shao.

But now, the three Liu Bei brothers are not here.

"Is today the day when I, Gongsun Zan, will die?" Gongsun Zan rode his horse to flee, but found that Yan Liang and Wen Chou's horses were faster and were about to catch up with him.

At the critical moment, a young general on a white horse and holding a silver spear came from a distance and arrived first.

One person blocked Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and even gained the upper hand.

"Zhao Yun?"

"Zhao Zilong?"

After learning that a ruthless person had come, even though it was just one person, the two stopped chasing him.

Help Gongsun Zan escape from danger successfully.

Looking up and down at Zhao Yun, who was now dressed as a general, he asked in confusion: "I heard that you followed Jiang Cheng to Taihang Mountain, why did you come here alone?"

This place is the border between Youzhou and Jizhou, a thousand miles away.

Normally, Zhao Yun shouldn't be here.

"You don't have any soldiers. Does that mean Jiang Cheng doesn't value you?" Thinking of this, Gongsun Zan smiled heartily and said, "Why don't you come to my place? Let's drink and eat meat together and fight against foreign tribes!"

Speaking of fighting foreign tribes, all his anger over Yuan Shao's conspiracy had disappeared.

This undoubtedly shows that Gongsun Zan has little interest in civil war.

He had no ambition to dominate the world, nor did he have the idea of ​​supporting an outstanding leader. He didn't even care about the change of the Central Plains. He just wanted to fight against foreign races.

This made Zhao Yun finally understand why Jiang Cheng valued Gongsun Zan so much.

Everyone has their place.

Guarding the border is Gongsun Zan's position, and Taiping Dao also needs a general who can guard the border!
(End of this chapter)