A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 660: Visiting the Sages

(Cai Zhaoji) In March of the fifth year of Zhongping, the Governor of Liangzhou Geng Bi and the Governor of Bingzhou Zhang Yi were successively killed by the rebels. Liu Yan submitted a memorial to Emperor Ling of Han, saying that the country was in war and the authority of the governors was too weak. They could neither quell the rebellion nor expand the military on the spot. He should delegate power and change the governors to provincial governors.

Afterwards, the court adopted this suggestion and appointed Liu Yan as the governor of Yizhou, Taifu Huang Wan as the governor of Yuzhou, and Zongzheng Liu Yu as the governor of Youzhou.

Liu Yu had served as the governor of Youzhou for many years and was widely welcomed by the people in Youzhou. It is very appropriate for him to be the governor of Youzhou now.

However, Youzhou now has Lu Cheng, the Liaodong prefect who dominates Liaodong, and Gongsun Zan, the Beiping prefect, neither of whom is easy to manage. After Liu Yu took office, he was also quite troubled.

Just when Liu Yu was thinking about whether to send someone to call the governor of Liaodong or go to Liaodong himself, Lu Cheng was also preparing to go out for a walk.

Since arriving in Liaodong in the first year of Zhongping, Lu Cheng has been busy expanding his territory, developing his power, and stabilizing the local area, and has never had the opportunity to go out.

Now, all the surrounding forces have been destroyed, and there is no external threat for the time being. Liaodong's development has entered a new stage of rapid and stable development, and Lu Cheng finally has some free time.

Considering that Liaodong was in short supply of talent, and Lu Cheng was eager to move, he decided to go out and travel around and look for talent.

Of course, before leaving, Lu Cheng also had to arrange all the affairs in Liaodong properly to ensure that everything in Liaodong ran according to the trajectory he had set.

Zhao Yun and Tian Yu were left to garrison Xiangping, while Zhou Cang continued to garrison Lelang County and head towards Nan County (Silla and Baekje).

Taishi Ci was responsible for guarding Goguryeo, Zhang Liao and Liao Hua were responsible for guarding Buyeo, and Huang Zhong and Man Chong were responsible for guarding Changli City.

With the expanded 15 elite troops scattered everywhere, plus the intelligence network throughout Liaodong, and many generals guarding the four directions, even if Lu Cheng is not there, Liaodong will still be as stable as a rock.

Xiangping City, Cai Yong’s residence.

After Cai Zhaoji finished playing a piece of music, she looked at Lu Cheng expectantly: "Brother Lu, how is my performance on this piece of music? Have you made any progress?"

After nearly a year of living together, Miss Zhao Ji had long become Zhao Ji's younger sister, and Governor Lu had become Brother Lu.

With Lao Lu's charm and talent, isn't it easy for him to control a literary girl of sixteen or seventeen years old?

Lu Cheng nodded: "Not bad, not bad, Zhao Ji is indeed extremely talented in music. Compared to half a month ago, she has completely reached a new level. The most important thing is that she can hide her emotions in the sound of the piano, which is touching."

"It's not as good as what Brother Lu said. Compared to you, I'm still far behind."

"Take it slow. Improving your skills requires a gradual process."

At this point, Lu Cheng changed the subject and said, "It's a pity that I won't be able to hear Sister Zhaoji's piano music for a long time."

Cai Zhaoji was stunned when she heard this, and quickly looked at Lu Cheng: "Brother Lu, what do you mean?"

"When you are quiet, you want to move. I am ready to go out for a walk and see the world."

"Ah? Then...when will you be back?"

"At the shortest, three to five months; at the longest, seven to eight months. Perhaps it will be the end of the year."

"Are you going to be away for so long?" Cai Zhaoji felt melancholy when she thought about not being able to see each other for such a long time.

Seeing this, Lu Cheng smiled slightly and said, "Sister Zhaoji, are you reluctant to let me go?"

"I... didn't..." Cai Zhaoji was even more upset when she pretended not to care even though she was reluctant to leave. After a pause, she spoke again: "Can you not leave?"

"Of course not. Troubled times are coming, and I have to make some preparations in advance to protect myself and those who follow me and believe in me. I also have to protect my sister Zhaoji."

Hearing this, Cai Zhaoji was embarrassed and happy: "You are talking nonsense... I don't want... your protection."

"Is that so? I had originally planned to propose to Mr. Bojie when I came back this time. It seems that I was overthinking it."

"No...Are you really going to ask father for marriage?"

"If Sister Zhaoji doesn't want to, just pretend I never said anything."

"I didn't say I didn't want to..." After whispering this, Cai Zhaoji looked up and saw Lu Cheng looking at her with a smile, and her cheeks immediately blushed.

Lu Cheng reached out and held the other person's face, kissing her lightly: "Wait for me to come back."

Afterwards, Lu Cheng left in a graceful manner, leaving Cai Zhaoji staring at his departing back in a daze.

The next morning, Lu Cheng changed into casual clothes, tied a headband around his head, put a long sword on his waist, and took five or six followers with him. He walked straight out of Xiangping City and headed straight for the Central Plains.

After passing Tuhe City and crossing Liaoxi County, we entered Gongsun Zan's Youbeiping County.

Although Youbeiping County is not far from Liaodong, the situations on both sides are very different.

Although Gongsun Zan was somewhat brave, he was not good at governing the local area. He blindly expanded his military forces and allowed his soldiers to oppress the people. He fostered a group of arrogant soldiers and made the people under his rule miserable.

However, Gongsun Zan had a tough attitude towards foreigners and fought bravely, which earned him some reputation among the Han people on the border.

As Liu Yu took over as governor of Youzhou and adopted a conciliatory policy towards the Hu people outside the Great Wall, the conflict with Gongsun Zan would gradually intensify.

Of course, Lu Cheng was too lazy to pay attention to these things at this time. He did not stay in Beiping County for too long and went straight to Jizhou. (Distribution of counselors) Among the first-class counselors in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the most were distributed in Yuzhou, including Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Xu Shu and others.

The second is Qingzhou, which has Zhuge Liang brothers from Langya County, Chen Gong, Cheng Yu and others.

Jizhou also had people like Tian Feng and Ju Shou, who were considered the foundation for Yuan Shao's rise.

Xuzhou has Lu Xun, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others, who are the think tank of Eastern Wu.

The rest of the first-class advisers are relatively scattered, with one or two in each state.

Of course, these are the ones who can leave their names in history books. There are also many strategists who may be excellent in themselves, but they just don’t have the platform to display their talents.

Lu Cheng came from Liaodong and headed south. Naturally, he had to visit several places where counselors were relatively concentrated, such as Jizhou, Yingchuan County, Jingxiang and so on.

Of course, since we have to pass through Jizhou, we have to visit the famous people in Jizhou.

Jizhou, a place somewhere in Julu County.

Lu Cheng brought a few guards to the door of a house, nodded, and a guard immediately came forward and knocked on the door.

Soon, a boy walked out of the door. The guard bowed and said, "Hey boy, is this Mr. Tian Fengtian Yuanhao's home?"

"Yes, this is Mr. Yuan Hao's residence. Who are you? Why are you here?"

Lu Cheng stepped forward and said, "Please tell everyone that Liaodong Governor Lu Cheng, Lu Shouxin, is here to visit Mr. Yuan Hao."

The boy was startled when he heard this, then he bowed and said, "Please wait for a moment, I will go back and report to my master."

Soon, a man walked out of the door. He was a thin scholar in simple clothes. He looked at Lu Cheng standing outside the gate and bowed in a dignified manner: "Tian Feng greets the governor of Liaodong."

"Lu has met Mr. Yuan Hao."

"Grandmaster Lu, please."