The Three Kingdoms: Starting as a county magistrate in Pingyuan, he rose to power and conquered the

The second year of the Chuping era. In this year, Cao Cao was appointed Prefect of Dongjun, Liu Bei had not yet arrived in Pingyuan County, and Sun Quan was still in Jiangdu. In this chaotic world, warlords vied for power, yet no one cared about the common people. Also in this year, Li Zhao, the magistrate of Pingyuan, opened granaries to relieve the people and widely recruited heroes from across the land. …Years later, the historian recorded: "Emperor Taizu had a technique called scattering beans to create soldiers. Initially, no one believed it, until I saw Emperor Taizong distributing beans to refugees, and the people's hearts turned to him, only then did I understand."