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Chapter 251

In the first month, General Dong Cheng, General Pian, Wang Fu, Yueqi School Wei Zhongji, Yilang Wu Shuo, etc. received a secret edict from the emperor's belt to plot Cao Cao's death. They were all killed by Cao Cao.

At the end of the first month, after several days of waiting, Liu Jing received a reply from Liu Ba, and learned that he had successfully persuaded the county officials to support him as Lingling prefect.

After Liu Ba sent the letter, he immediately led the officials of the county government to take a boat to the border of Lingling County to wait for Liu Jing. He expected to arrive tomorrow.

Liu Jing couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. With his current strength, he was indeed capable of annexing Lingling, but there were many things that could not be solved by strength alone.In today's current situation, using strength is tantamount to cutting oneself off from others.

Liu Jing had already made preparations to go south, so as soon as Lingling got a reply, he led his army south that day without any delay.

Because of the intention to show off their military strength to the officials and people in Lingling this time, hundreds of warships under the command of Liu Zong and Wang Qiang went south with Liu Jing. Look sideways for it.

Three days later, Liu Jing's fleet sailed into the boundary of Lingling in mighty force, and the more than ten officials of Lingling County who were waiting on the shore, from Liu Ba down, were all greatly shocked.I thought Liu Jing was able to defeat the Jingzhou navy, but now it seems that it is not a fluke.

Among the officials in Lingling, not many people had met Liu Jing, only two or three people including Jiang Wan. When they saw him today, they found that he was much younger than everyone imagined.This is not surprising. Liu Jing became famous at a young age, and before he reached the weak crown, he had already written Jingzhou, known as the "Crown of Nanzhou Scholars." This year, he is only 22 years old. At this age, he should be the youngest among the people present.

However, although Liu Jing is young, he has a dignified appearance and great clothes. In addition to his reputation and achievements, no one dares to underestimate him, and everyone respects him in their hearts.

Surrounded by armored soldiers and cavalry, Liu Jing approached slowly. Liu Ba was about to lead the officials in Lingling to salute, but Liu Jing asked first, "Is this Liu Junzi Chu?"

Liu Ba, with a thin face and refined temperament, nodded slightly, and said, "Reporting to the Lord, I am Liu Zichu."

Liu Jing immediately took Liu Ba's hand enthusiastically, and said: "Your Majesty and I have been writing and talking back and forth for more than a year. We share similar interests and see the same thing. It can be said that we have been friends for a long time. Today I finally have the opportunity to meet, and I am very happy." .”

Liu Ba said humbly: "Your Majesty praised it highly. Compared with Your Majesty, I am just a mediocre person."

Liu Jing shook his head and said: "If Zichu was a mediocre person, there would be no enlightened people in the world." Then he sighed: "In the past, Zichu tried his best to help the grain and grain many times, so that the soldiers and exiled people in Ling County would not be hungry. And this time when everyone in Lingling was suspicious, it was Zichu who stood up and persuaded the officials to serve me as master...I don’t know how to repay Zichu’s love."

Liu Ba sternly said: "Helping the lord is for the sake of the public, not a personal relationship. How can I ask for repayment?"

Although the two of them had a lot to say, this was not a place for them to talk openly. The two stopped talking for a while, and Liu Ba introduced Liu Jing's colleagues one by one.

The three major officials in Lingling County, Gongcao Taozhang, Wuguan Lida, and Duyou Huangcheng, all of them were from the Lingling clan. Young people who are not yet full.Of course, this young man is much older than Liu Jing.

Hearing that his surname was Huang, Liu Jing asked curiously, "Do you know Huang Gai, Huang Gongfu?" He surrendered, and then attacked with fireboats, defeated Cao's army, and shattered Cao Cao's ambition to rule the world in one fell swoop.

Huang Cheng slowly shook his head and said, "I am from the Huang family in Chong'an, and I don't know Huang Gongfu."

Gongcao Taozhang happened to work with Huang Gai and was quite familiar with him, so he said: "Huang Gongfu's family originally lived in Nanyang, and moved to Lingling when his grandfather was born. He has lofty ambitions in his heart. Although he is poor, he is not different from the common people. He often spends his salary reading scriptures and learning the art of war. As a result, he gradually becomes famous. Mansion, and finally followed Marquis Wucheng to attack Dong Zhuo in the north. Now I heard that Marquis Wucheng’s eldest son, Sun Bofu, ran across Jiangdong, and I don’t know if Huang Gongfu is serving under his command.”

Liu Jing nodded slightly. In this way, Huang Gai's experience is more similar to his, it can be regarded as a low-profile version of him.At least Liu Jing's family is not so poor that they cut firewood to make ends meet.

Although Huang Gai was young and poor, he had scriptures and art of war in his family. In this age when books were extremely precious, as long as he was not willing to be depraved, he would surely be able to rise to the top.

Next, Liu Jing's eyes fell on Jiang Wan, who was handsome and dignified, and said with a smile, "I'll leave you for half a year, will Gongyan come here all right?"

Jiang Wan respectfully said, "Everything is well, I have Mr. Lao's thoughts in mind."

Liu Jing smiled and nodded. In the past half a year, he had also written a few letters to Jiang Wan, but since the latter was only a secretary at present, he could not be counted as the core of Lingling.Therefore, Liu Jing and him lost a lot of common topics, and they talked mostly about private matters, unlike Liu Ba, who was both public and private, and had endless things to talk about.And when it comes to intimacy, it is naturally not as good as Liu Ba.

At this time the sun had just risen to the mid-heaven, and after exchanging pleasantries, Liu Jing invited Liu Ba and others to board the ship he was looking at, and set off again to Zhiquanling in Lingling County.

Two days later, when the fleet entered the boundary of Quanling, the people on both sides of the Xiangshui River gradually became denser. Now it was the end of the first lunar month, and spring farming in Jingnan area was about to begin. Liu Jing, Liu Ba, and Jiang Wan were sitting on the third floor of the boat. In the noble room, Liu Jing asked Jiang Wan beside him while looking at the scenery outside the window: "Gongyan, how is Quyuanli doing this year?"

When Jiang Wan met Liu Jing last spring, he proposed to bring Quyuanli back to Lingling and pass it on to the common people. However, spring plowing had already started in Lingling at that time. It was still a step too late, and it didn't have much impact.

Jiang Wan said: "This matter is specifically responsible for Gang Ji, let Gang Ji talk about it."

"Quyuanli is really a tool that benefits the people." Liu Ba couldn't remember how many times he had said this sentence, and then said: "According to the previous suggestion of the Fujun, we made a batch of Quyuanli early, free of charge. The distribution to the registered households of the Qimin family in Quanling has aroused great discussion among the people of Quanling."

Liu Jingjing nodded. Relying on free distribution by the county government is definitely not a long-term solution, it is just to achieve the effect of attracting attention.At that time, as long as the common people see the beauty of Quyuanli, they will definitely follow suit.

Liu Jing's fleet filled the river without seeing its head and tail. Its scale was shocking, and the people in Quanling who were watching couldn't help being amazed.Never since they could remember had they seen such a magnificent fleet.

The fleet docked at the northern ferry of Quanling City. At this time, the area between Hunan and Shenshui Rivers was full of ladies and common people. People were all eagerly looking forward to it. Compared with the officials of Guiyang County, the people of Quanling had a more enthusiastic attitude towards Liu Jing.

Lingling is close to Changsha, only a few hundred miles away from Ling County. Everyone knows some rumors about Liu Jing. It is said that he is a benevolent gentleman who loves the people like a son and governs well. Such a person becomes the prefect of Lingling , they are of course welcome.

Surrounded by Liu Ba and other officials of Lingling, Liu Jing entered Quanling, surrounded by the people of Quanling.

Inside the moat of Quanling, there is a circle of wooden fences, which serve as the city wall. As the outside world said, "weaving wood to make a city."

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Guiyang, Leiyang, county temples.

The 16-year-old Liu He has grown to nearly six feet and eight inches. This height has almost reached the average level of men in southern Jing. He is wearing a lun scarf, an official robe, and a long sword. Holding the documents in his arms, he knocked on the door of the room where he was sitting.

After he joined Huan Yi's school last year, he didn't want to be a Confucian student who only knew how to study, so he asked himself to be an official of the school. Huan Yi was not a pure Confucian at first, so he admired his pragmatic character and agreed to him. requirements.

From then on, Liu He worked during the day and studied at night, while Xiu Mu studied "Zuo Zhuan" from Huan Yi. After more than half a year, he lived a very fulfilling life.

"Come in..." Huan Yi's voice came from the toilet.

Liu He pushed the door open, and said to Huan Yi calmly, "Ming court, this is today's official document."

Huan Yi smiled and said, "Let's put it on the case." Huan Yi was very satisfied with Liu He as a disciple. Although he did not have Liu Jing's astonishing talent, he was by no means mediocre.Huan Yi believed that he was a piece of unpretentious jade in the rough, as long as he was carefully polished, he would eventually be able to bloom with dazzling brilliance.

Huan Yi said again: "By the way, Wen Yi, how did you think about the previous matter?"

A few days ago, he and Liu Jing were appointed by Zhang Xian as the prefect of Guiyang and the prefect of Lingling respectively.

In troubled times, the prefect of a county already has the power to appoint the county magistrate at will. As the saying goes, "brothers fight tigers, and fathers and sons fight in battle." Huan Yi asked Liu He if he intended to return to Ling County.

Of course, Liu He was more inclined to go back, but he couldn't decide this matter himself, so he replied: "I haven't decided yet in my heart. Recently, I wrote a letter to my brother to ask for his opinion."

Huan Yi naturally understood his disciple's intentions, nodded and said: "You are like Zhongda, you are fond of reading, you don't seek deep understanding, as long as you know the general meaning. If you stay with me, you won't learn anything. Why don't you go back to Zhongda?" It is said that Sun Zhongmou, the second son of Marquis Wucheng, was promoted to Xiaolian at the age of 15 and became the head of a county.

Liu He's expression moved, but Huan Yi's words hit his heart.

While the two were talking, a dusty official appeared outside. Seeing him, Huan Yi immediately stopped speaking, got up and asked, "What's the answer from the Guiyang County government?" This person is his clan, He was ordered to go to Guiyang County to govern Chen County to test the attitude of the county officials towards him.

Liu He stepped back calmly.

"They refused." The Huan Yi said indignantly.Then he took out a reply letter from Guiyang County Mansion from his bosom and handed it to Huan Yi.

Huan Yi was a little disappointed when he heard the words, but this was expected. He had neither Liu Jing's reputation nor Liu Jing's army. It's no wonder that the officials of Guiyang County accepted him.

Huan Yi opened the letterhead and read it word by word. The words on the letter were very polite.

After all, in the eyes of the officials of Guiyang County, Huan Yi and Liu Jing had a close relationship. Liu Jing had backed Huan Yi and sent troops to expel the Leiyang Order.Who knows whether Liu Jing will send troops to Guiyang again for him, so even if he refuses, his wording is extremely cautious, and the reason is that the people don't want to, not them.

Huan Yi put the letter aside, it seems that with his own strength, it is basically difficult to change the status quo, and Liu Jing needs to help.

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Linxiang, the county government.

"Cough cough...cough cough..." Liu Pan leaned against the head of the bed wearily, his face was pale, but his lips were extremely red, and every time he coughed, there was a smear of blood.

Huan Jie hurried to Liu Pan's official residence, just in time to see the dazzling bright red on his handkerchief, he was shocked and said, "Yuanlong..."

Liu Pan hurriedly stuffed the handkerchief under the pillow, and said, "Bo Xu, Linxiang is in danger now, why did you come to see me again? Cough cough..." This time, because there was no handkerchief to cover it, the blood sprayed directly on the lapel .

Huan Jie couldn't help feeling cold, and immediately knew that Liu Pan might be in danger. He came to the side of the bed and said sadly: "Yuanlong, the lord of the first mansion has just left, and the lord of the new mansion has not yet established his grace. The army besieged all night, and the danger is at stake, you are the hope of Linxiang, at this time, you must not miss anything."

Liu Pan pulled the corner of his mouth and said: "I have been seen by Dr. Zhang Zhongjing, who is the doctor, and I have also taken some decoctions. Unfortunately, it has no effect. The time is running out. Later, Dr. Zhang Zhongjing provided several prescriptions. , but there is a shortage of medicines in Linxiang, if I continue to take them, it will be just a waste, it is better to leave them for those who need them.”

Huan Jie said, "Why didn't Zhang Zhongjing tell me?"

"Ahem..." Liu Pan said, "I told him not to tell others."

Huan Jie lamented, "Yuan Long, if you have any problems, how can I support you alone?"

Liu Pan sighed, coughed and said, "Actually, you also know that after the death of Mr. Zhang Fu, Linxiang can no longer hold on."

Huan Jie suddenly fell silent. Zhang Xian was the backbone of Linxiang. With his death, everyone in Linxiang, from the soldiers to the common people, had their hearts fluttering and could not be at ease.Even if Zhang Yi has performed well since he took over as the prefect of Changsha, it is useless. He lacks the prestige of his father and cannot suppress the current situation at all.

There are only two endings for Linxiang in the future, one is being captured by the Jingzhou Army, the other is Linxiang soldiers open the city gate and surrender, there is no third ending.

However, there are some things that you know you can't do, and Huan Jie is like this, so why not Liu Pan?

If he had listened to Liu Jing's persuasion and left Linxiang, perhaps he would not have had such a bad day, but Liu Pan refused without hesitation.

Up to now, Liu Pan still has no regrets. A real man does something and doesn't do something. In his heart, fame is more important than life and death. A mere death is nothing.

A few days later, Liu Pan vomited blood and died in the official house.

(End of this chapter)