Liu Bei was very excited when he pacified Xichuan, but he was soon replaced by a lot of trivial matters, difficult things and difficult sorrows.

Xichuan is known as the country of Tianfu, with a very rich production and was originally relatively wealthy.

In recent years, although Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu of Hanzhong have been fighting each other in a small matter, they have not damaged the root cause.

However, the war with Liu Bei lasted for nearly three years, because both sides held back. Although the casualties were not considered heavy, the number of people mobilized hundreds of thousands of people was astronomical, and the food and grass consumed was almost astonishing, which consumed almost all the savings of Liu Zhang over the years.

Now Liu Bei controls Xichuan, and everything is in trouble and needs money and food everywhere. This time, when Xichuan is pacified, a large number of heroes emerge, and they need rewards.

Zhuge Liang roughly estimated that even if he included all the Xichuan official treasury and Liu Zhang's private property, it would be just enough for rewards, and the military's resources would be in trouble.

Zhuge Liang knew Liu Bei's difficulties, and Liu Zhang's shops and farms were still eager to come in handy, so he had to support Liu Zhang, so he suggested to Liu Bei:

"Now that Xichuan is pacified, it is difficult to accommodate two lords in one place. It just so happens that Liu Zhang's hometown is in Jingzhou, so the lord can send Liu Zhang to Jingzhou."

Liu Bei felt that doing this was a bit unkind. After all, Liu Zhang surrendered voluntarily, not because he was defeated and captured. He was also a royal family member. He didn't want to send someone else so quickly, so he said to Zhuge Liang:

"I just got Shu County now and still need to appease the people's hearts. I can't let Ji Yu go away."

Zhuge Liang knew in his heart that Liu Bei mainly wanted to calm down the hearts of the aristocratic families who followed Liu Zhang, but he had other plans and did the opposite, wanting to use thunder means to attack a group of powerful men and kill two birds with one stone.

Although Zhuge Liang did not need to make them sincerely submit, nor did he want them to go bankrupt, he also needed them to use money to express his sincerity in submitting.

If some families do not know the current situation and still hold Liu Zhang's thigh, they must not let money be ruined and disasters be avoided.

Only in this way can they be in awe and dare not fight against Liu Bei at will! So he said to Liu Bei:

"The reason why Liu Zhang lost the foundation left by his father was because he was too weak. If the lord was kind to the woman and was undecided in the face of things, he might not be able to last forever."

Liu Bei also knew in his heart that Liu Zhang was here, and even if his loyal family wanted to change to Liu Bei, he would be very concerned and could not ignore his face, which brought many uncertainties to Xichuan's stability, so he agreed with Zhuge Liang's suggestion.

Liu Bei took a time to set up a big banquet to see Liu Zhang off, asked Liu Zhang to pack up his property, and took General Zhenwei's seal and ribbon, and ordered the generals of the whole family to go to the Nanjun Public Security Bureau to rest and leave now.

After seeing Liu Zhang off, Liu Bei accepted Liu Zhang's property.

After all, it is the accumulation of wealth in the entire Xichuan land, and the amount is quite large. If it is a personal property, it can be said that it is rich enough to rival a country!

But if it is used in the entire Xichuan, even if it is not too much, Liu Bei is a person who is used to poverty. Although he is not stingy, now it is time to use money. It is inevitable that he will feel a little painful to give so much money to a group of heroes and surrendered generals.

Thinking of the fact that after the reward was completed, he became a pauper. Even the military supplies had to find another way. He had to tighten his belt and live a hard life. Liu Bei felt irritated and couldn't help but have the intention to reduce the reward.

Liu Bei was in charge of the governor of Yizhou and was immediately faced with a reward. He knew the severity and did not dare to blatantly cancel the reward, leaving a bad reputation, which made his subordinates disunited, but he did not want to make the treasury empty and stretched.

After thinking hard for a long time, Liu Bei decided to use the same trick again, and asked Zhang Fei to come over and sing a double act, and proposed a reward himself. As long as Zhang Fei raised an objection, he would save a lot of money for the national treasury.

Liu Bei is not a person who is dragging his mind, so he does it as soon as possible. He calls Zhang Fei over and puts it forward in a roundabout way. When he proposes a reward, he hopes that Zhang Fei will put forward an opinion against the reward.

Although Zhang Fei is used to singing double acts with Liu Bei, he is not blindly following. At least he must think it is reasonable!

Zhang Fei has his own principles and bottom line. When he heard that Liu Bei did not want to give him a reward, he could not do such a thing as destroying bridges across the river.

Zhang Fei is a leader of the army. Do he know that these rewards were exchanged for their lives by the soldiers. He was unwilling to do so. Besides, he was not a corrupt person and abused the law. The cost of the family was also very nervous. He was still waiting for the reward and showed his face in front of Xiahou Juan!

Zhang Fei heard what Liu Bei meant, but pretended not to know and often led to the topic. When Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei was not up to the point, he had no choice but to let him go back.

Liu Bei still had a headache about this reward!

Although many officials were added after pacifying Xichuan, there was still a situation where there were too many monks and too little porridge.

Since Ma Su went to Xiliang, he has made a lot of contributions!

If we only talk about the merits, Ma Su is still above military advisor Zhuge Liang, but because he is young and experienced, he is difficult to convince the public in a high position. Some of the merits cannot be stigmatized and cannot be presented to the public. The reward given to him this time cannot be too high.

Liu Bei accepted a group of surrendered generals from Shu. Now the army is full of talents. He is determined to train Ma Su in all aspects and decided to let him go to local politics.

After discussing with Zhuge Liang, he decided to let Ma Su serve as the magistrate of Mianzhu County as an employee of Yizhou.

This position is undoubtedly a bit low compared to Ma Su's ability and contributions. Therefore, Liu Bei wanted to call Ma Su over to talk so that he could know what he wanted and not have any grudges.

So, Liu Bei asked his confidant guard to invite Ma Su over. He first encouraged Ma Su, and then he also brought out his difficulties, indicating that this time he was asked to give him Ma Su a reward for his merits, but rather that he wanted to train him.

Of course, Ma Su knew that his age and qualifications were not enough, and the contribution he had made in Xiliang this time was a bit unfavorable.

Liu Bei was undoubtedly a kind of trust and cultivation to hand over the barrier of Chengdu Mianzhu to himself for his governance, and he expressed his satisfaction.

Liu Bei was very happy and took the initiative to propose that in view of Ma Su's great contribution this time, he decided to promote his brother Ma Liang to the head of the civil servants in Jingzhou and assist Guan Yu in guarding Jingzhou.

Since Zhuge Liang left Jingzhou, Guan Yu has been arbitrary in military affairs, but Ma Liang has been taking care of government affairs.

Now that Liu Bei proposed to let Ma Liang take charge of Jingzhou's government affairs as a person engaged in Jingzhou, it is even more legitimate. His identity and grade have reached the same level, which is equivalent to entering Liu Bei's power center.

Of course, Ma Su knew that his four Ma Liangs were deeply relied upon by Guan Yu. As long as Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou, Ma Liang's status would be unshakable, but he still expressed his gratitude to Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei saw Ma Su like this, he couldn't help but be careful and wanted Ma Su to sing a double act with him.

Although Ma Su was young, he was not an easy person because of his experience in the dream world!

Liu Bei proposed around the bush, hoping that Ma Su would object when he proposed the reward.

Ma Su immediately realized that Liu Bei lacked financial resources and wanted to reduce the reward.

It was not that Ma Su did not want to act as Liu Bei's gunman, but that he did not want to cut off his wealth, which made the generals unhappy. Then he would not be able to bear it and he would not be able to save himself. Liu Bei would not be able to protect himself!
Chapter completed!