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Chapter 243

As soon as Liu Jing was mentioned, Liu Biao couldn't help but feel brooding in his heart. In order to attract Liu Jing, he worked hard and broke the convention. One step ahead.

Although Liu Jing wrote a gorgeous and earnest letter of apology afterwards, Liu Biao is also an outstanding person in troubled times.

However, even if Liu Biao sensed that something was wrong, he couldn't attack it, because Liu Jingxin gave a very good reason, Zhang Xian was his old master, and he was the first to call him Xiaolian.

In Liu Biao's eyes, Liu Jing is resourceful and far-sighted, and he is a talented person like Zhang Liang who plans strategies.

Missing such a talent, Liu Biao would of course feel unhappy, but he believed that Zhang Xian was definitely no match for him, and when he sent troops south to wipe out Zhang Xian and unify Jingnan, Liu Jing would naturally use it for him.

However, now it seems that he still underestimated Liu Jing. Although Cai Mao was careless and underestimated the enemy for a while, he had an invincible navy under his command, and Wu Ju was the leader, but he was still defeated by Liu Jing. It must be thought-provoking.

Fortunately, the commander in chief of the Jingzhou Army is Kuai Yue, a man of great wisdom, capable of shepherding guards and guarding the crowd, which is far from being comparable to Cai Mao. As long as he is in the army, Liu Biao can rest easy.

With Liu Xian's hard persuasion, Liu Biao took the opportunity to sit back on the main seat, and said with a cold snort, "I hope it will be as Shizong said."

At this time, in addition to Liu Xian, the chief bookkeeper Kuai Liang, Zhizhong Pang Ji and others in the room.

In the original Zhizhong, Deng Xi persuaded Liu Biao to serve the emperor wholeheartedly last year and cut off contact with Yuan Shao. Liu Biao refused to listen, and Deng Xi resigned from the post of Zhizhong in a fit of anger, citing his health as an excuse.When the Nanyang epidemic happened, Deng's clan was separated, so he took his whole family and went to Jiangdong to avoid living.

Pang Ji, who succeeded Deng Xizhi, was a son of the Pang family in Xiangyang. When Liu Biao first entered Jingzhou, Xiangyang was occupied by Jiangxia thieves Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng. Cai Hao, Pang Ji and others conspired together, and later Pang Ji and Kuai Yue rode into Xiangyang alone, successfully persuaded Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng to surrender, and made great contributions to Liu Biao.

Just as Liu Biao was about to speak again, he suddenly heard the eldest son Liu Qi begging to see him outside the door.

Liu Biao still valued this self-like and filial eldest son, but after seeing his flushed face, he felt a little displeased and asked, "Have you been drinking?"

Liu Qi replied honestly: "Yes. Today is the Shangsi Festival on March [-]rd. I hosted a banquet at home to entertain guests and friends..." Then he said a series of names, or scholars from the Central Plains.Or the heroes of Jingchu, there is no ordinary person.

Liu Biao's face paled when he heard this, as long as he had a legitimate reason, he would not object to Liu Qi's drinking, so he nodded slightly and said, "Take your seat."

"No." Liu Qi bowed and took his seat.

Liu Biao supported the desk in front of him with both hands, looked around the room, and said slowly: "Cai Degui suffered a great defeat this time, and lost his army. If there is no punishment, otherwise how can we improve the morale of the army?"

Liu Qi thought about it, and said: "Now that Junshi Cai has been in Changsha for a long time, it is difficult to take care of Nanjun. It is better to temporarily remove Junshi Cai from the position of prefect of Nanjun as a punishment. After he has committed crimes and performed meritorious service, Jingnan can be pacified, and then he will be restored to his original post."

There is no doubt that Liu Qi is stumbling Cai Mao, and the relationship between the two is not harmonious.The reason is that Cai Mao married his niece to his second brother Liu Cong. This kind of close relationship naturally made Cai Mao and his stepmother Cai regard Liu Cong as their own and treat him as an outsider.Although the two sides have not yet reached the point where fire and water are incompatible, they are becoming increasingly antagonistic and full of contradictions.

Liu Biao obviously hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yes."

All the officials in the hall are the leaders of the state, how can they not see the shadow of swords and swords here, but they have no intention of intervening in the dispute between Liu Qi and Cai Mao, so they all kept silent.

For a while, the room fell into silence, Kuai Liang coughed lightly, and said: "The land in the south of the Yangtze River is densely covered with water networks, and the boats and boats are more profitable than chariots and horses. Now the water army is not good in fighting, and nearly half of the boats have been damaged. There are thousands of dead people, and it is not enough to count on. The general should order the construction of warships, recruit soldiers, and revive the water army as soon as possible, otherwise the Xiangshui River will not be ours."

Liu Biao nodded and said, "What Zirou said makes sense, so let's do as you say."

There are five counties under his current rule. The water in Nanyang and Zhangling is shallow, which is not suitable for building ships, while Jiangxia has to guard against Jiangdong. Only Nanjun and Wuling can be used.

Pang Ji said: "The recruitment and construction of warships cannot be completed in a short period of time, and the army is formed in a hurry, and its combat power is quite worrying. In my opinion, it is better to temporarily dispatch the Jiangxia navy to go south to help Cai Degui and stabilize the situation. Until we rebuild the ship."

Kuai Liang expressed concern and said: "Jiangxia is the eastern gateway of Jingzhou. Now that Sun Bofu is sweeping Jiangdong, he has always had a grudge with us. If Jiangxia's navy is deployed and Jiangxia's defense is not secret, it will definitely attract Sun Bofu's covetousness." .”

Liu Biao shook his head and vetoed Pang Ji's opinion. Liu Jing's current strength was limited, at most he was suffering from scabies.In contrast, Sun Ce's threat is undoubtedly much greater. He is brave and good at fighting, similar to his father Sun Jian, and now has tens of thousands of armors under his command.This is an enemy that can threaten his own safety, so Jiang Xia's navy must not be mobilized.

Next, the aides put forward several opinions one after another, whether Liu Biao agreed or not, and the meeting was held from noon to sunset.

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Xiangyang, Chengnan, Xueguan.

In the Han Dynasty, there was Taixue in the "country", and there were no schools at the "state" level. Although the "junguo" had the name of a school, it was mostly in vain.

Liu Biao was a scholar of Confucianism. After he came to Jingzhou, thousands of scholars from Guanxi, Yan, and Henan returned home. Liu Biao comforted and helped them, and they all received full funds. Seeing that the imperial school was destroyed and there were no scholars, he opened a school in Jingzhou. This is the beginning of the "state" establishment of academic officials, especially in this troubled world, it is even more valuable.

The school officials are headed by Song Zhong who is engaged in the five professions, and there are also great Confucian scholars such as the old man Qi Wukai, who give lectures day and night. There are even many "warriors" who have received salary, and there are even many "warriors" who have been exempted from school, and scholars have passed away, and there are thousands of them.Although it is not as grand as the Taixue in the past, it is also the best in the world.

Song Zhong was dismissed as a student officer, and as soon as he got home, he saw Han Song waiting in the hall.

Han Song is also from Nanyang. He was eager to learn when he was young. Although he was poor, he did not change his morals.Later, Liu Biao forced him to think that the governor's department did not drive him, so he transferred to Zhennan General's Mansion to work as a Zhonglang.

Song Zhong took off his steps calmly, walked into the hall, stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Why is Degao so free to come to me today?"

Han Song got up and said, "I'm afraid Zhongzi doesn't know yet? Your disciple Liu Zhongda defeated Cai Degui on the Xiangshui not long ago."

The smile on Song Zhong's face froze immediately, and he said with a look of astonishment: "Do you really mean what De Gao said?"

Han Song nodded and said, "Of course it's true. Cai Degui lost almost half of his masters in this battle, and only five of his brother Kun died."

Song Zhong wondered: "Liu Zhongda is just a small county magistrate, how could Cai Degui's navy be defeated by him?"

Han Song said with emotion: "It is precisely because of thinking what ordinary people can't think and doing what ordinary people can't do that they are outstanding!"

Song Zhong couldn't help smiling bitterly and said, "Liu Zhongda hurt me too."

Han Song shook his head slowly and said, "Zhongzi's words are insincere."

Song Zhong couldn't help sighing: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop!"

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The news of Cai Mao's defeat spread throughout every corner of Xiangyang after a night of fermentation, which aroused great heated discussions among the people of Xiangyang.

After all, whether it is Cai Hao or Liu Jing, they are all well-known figures by the public.

Zhuge Liang got up early in the morning and just arrived at the gate of the school officer when he was blocked by Xu Shu, Cui Jun, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian.He has been in school for several years, and these four are his best friends.

Xu Shu was the first to ask: "Kong Ming, have you heard?"

Zhuge Liang showed a strange face when he heard the words, and nodded slightly. In fact, he knew it last night.

Over the years, he and Liu Jing have maintained close correspondence by letter, and they did not stop contact until the outbreak of the Jingzhou War in August last year.

Liu Jing talked about his actions in Ling County many times in his letters. To be honest, his strength did not exceed the scope of a county.

He didn't know what method Liu Jing used to gather enough strength to defeat the Jingzhou navy in a short period of time.

But one thing Zhuge Liang can be sure of is that Liu Jing has been preparing for the Jingzhou North-South War many years ago.The result of this battle may seem unimaginable to outsiders, but in Liu Jing's view, it may be a matter of course, right?

(End of this chapter)