Chapter 63 9. Why should we be high-spirited?

Lu Bu robbed Cao Cao's territory, so Cao Cao, who was fighting with Liu Bei, had to come back in a hurry, and Liu Bei took advantage of it.This is equivalent to Liu Bei defeating Cao Cao, at least, the two sides are also a tie. At the critical point, Tao Qian happened to be dying of illness. Before he died, he said: "It seems that this Xuzhou can only be handed over to Liu Bei. If Liu Bei is not here, I am afraid that everyone will be killed by Cao Cao." Tao Qian's last words are equivalent to an appointment.At that time, the imperial court had been abolished, and the appointment of officials was all done by the old officials themselves. As long as it was on your territory, you could appoint whoever you wanted, and the imperial court had nothing to do with it.So after Tao Qian's death, Xuzhou officials came to Liu Bei and said, "Liu Bei, our boss gave orders before he died, saying that Xuzhou should be handed over to you. You are Xuzhou Mu now."

Liu Bei said: "That's great, give me the seal quickly... No, what I mean is, how can I, Liu Bei, dare to be Xuzhou Shepherd, please find another talented person." The officials said: "Sir, you are not short-sighted, right? If you don't do such a good thing, if you don't do it, we will go back." Liu Bei: "It's fine to go back... I nominate Yuan Shu as Xuzhou Mu." Kong Rong, who made pears at the time, was also there, so he asked Liu Bei, "Xiao Liu, why do you recommend Yuan Shu?" Liu Bei: "Isn't that obvious? Yuan Shu is not here... No, I mean that the Yuan family's ministers have been prime ministers for generations. This Xuzhou Mu should let Yuan Shu do it... if he really wants to."

Kong Rong said: "Xiao Liu, let me make it clear to you. This Xuzhou is not a pear. You have to give up eating pears. Why do you give up? Because big pears are hard to eat, and small pears are fast. , you haven’t finished eating one big pear, but others have already eaten three small pears. So we pay attention to a pear, because you eat more pears... You see, I’m telling the truth anyway. That’s it. Come on, Xiao Liu, then Yuan Shu, he really wants to die, if you really say give it up to him, he will never be polite to you, you can decide on your own." "Three Kingdoms Shu Shu II Biography of the First Lord" said that after Kong Rong's persuasion, Liu Bei accepted the post of Xuzhou Mu.But judging from other sources, the situation is obviously a bit different.

The difference is that Yuan Shu actually spoke at this time. Yuan Shu's speech was: "Since the year of Shu's birth, I have never heard of Liu Bei in the world." Yuan Shu meant to say: "Who is Liu Bei? Which is Liu Bei? What is Liu Bei? I don't know where the street gangsters come from. Hearing that he actually had the nerve to make a fuss with us, did you make a mistake?" Yuan Shu's speech was actually written in a letter he wrote to Lu Bu.But the meaning of this is obvious. In the basket of heroes under heaven, there is no dish like Liu Bei at all. Obviously, Xuzhou at that time was also undercurrents and ups and downs. Some supported Liu Bei, and some were eager for Yuan Shu to lead everyone.At first Liu Bei wanted to show enough integrity, but when he found out Yuan Shu's desire for Xuzhou, he hurriedly sat down on Xuzhou Mu's seat and refused to move away.

At this time, Yuan Shu was bullying a weirdo named Ma Rixun, so he couldn't care less about arguing with Liu Bei for the time being.