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Chapter 349 Seal Book

It was late November when Liu Jing led his army to Shi'an.

The reason why Liu Jing remembers Shi'an, that is, Guilin in later generations, is because the northeast of Shi'an County is the famous Lingqu.

This artificial canal dug by Qin Shihuang is still playing an important role in modern times and is one of the oldest canals in the world.

It is currently winter, and Lingling has entered the dry season, making it difficult for large ships to pass.Liu Zong left all the big boats in Xiangshui before, and Liu Jing did the same. He changed to take a light boat through Lingqu, entered Lishui, and finally arrived in Shi'an.

At this time, Liu Zong had chased Zhang Jin all the way into Yulin County, and occupied Tanzhong County in the north of Yulin County.

After Liu Zong rested in Tanzhong County for a few days, he continued to march south, Guilin, Zhongliu, and Zhibu Mountain in Yulin County.

Zhang Jin and Qu Jing fled desperately all the way, panicking like a bereaved dog, now there are only two or three thousand remnants of defeated soldiers around them, they dare not stop for a while, lest they be caught up by Liu Zong.

Prefect Yu Lin had died on the battlefield, so Zhang Jin led his army into Junzhibu Mountain in the name of Jiaozhou Mu, and immediately plundered all the grain in the warehouse, and then fled again.Zhang Jin's behavior really chilled the officials and people of Bushan, so when Liu Zong led his army to Bushan, they did not receive the slightest resistance.

After Liu Zong settled in Bushan, he stopped advancing, because although Yulin County has a vast area, most of it is barren land. The real core is Junzhi Bushan and the surrounding Alin, Zhongliu, Counties of Guilin.

Right now, apart from Alin, the rest of the counties, including the county seat of Bushan, have all fallen into the hands of Liu Zong. His priority now is to grasp the counties of Bushan as soon as possible. Lin County.

However, after Liu Jing came to Shi'an, in order to cooperate with Liu Zong's military operations in Yulin County, out of courtesy, of course there was no lack of warning, he wrote a letter to Cangwu prefect Shi Huang, and asked him to send it to Cangwu County. Widely believed.

In fact, Liu Jing was too worried. Maybe it was because he had been an official in the wild land of Jiaozhou for a long time, or maybe it was because he was getting older. In short, in recent years, Shi Huang's health has been deteriorating and he has been plagued by many diseases. This is why he did not respond to Zhang Jinbei's trip An important reason for calling.

Historically, Shi Huang died of illness three or four years later, and it was Wu Ju who succeeded him as the prefect. However, this situation will never happen. Wu Ju had already died at the hands of Liu Jing.

With Shi Huang's current physical condition, he has no time to care about foreign affairs at all, even if he wants to, it is more than he wants but not enough energy.

In mid-December, Shi Huang wrote back to Liu Jing, expressing that he had no intention of intervening in the dispute between him and Zhang Jin.

On the same day, a messenger from Linxiang came to Shi'an and reported to Liu Jing that Liu Yu had returned from Xudu.And the messenger also brought a letter from the emperor's seal.

Liu Jing summoned all the generals and ordered them to read out in public: "The land in the south of Jing, the mountains and rivers are far away, the favor is not announced, and the righteousness is blocked, knowing the traitor Liu Biao, sending troops to invade the southern land, the country is in trouble, and it is too late. Nan Gu. I heard that Liu Jing, the magistrate of Lingling County in Changsha, was the prefect of Lingling. He was loyal and filial. He worried about the country and forgot his family. He personally led the officials and righteous people in Jingnan. With Yinshou, he paid homage to General Anyuan, led the prefect of Lingling, Dong supervised the four counties in southern Jing, granted the title of Marquis of Changting in Han Dynasty, and five hundred households in the town..."

Liu Jing couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard the last one. Among the four, he cared the least about Han Changting Hou. Apart from being able to receive one hundred and eighty thousand yuan in taxes every year, there was no real benefit.

The prefect of Lingling is expected. He was originally promoted by Zhang Xian as the prefect of Lingling, and he actually controlled Lingling. In addition to the principle of avoiding the three mutual laws in the Han Dynasty, Liu Jing, as a native of Changsha County, could not be the prefect of Changsha. Cannot serve as the shepherd of Jingzhou.Lingling is second only to Changsha among the four counties in Jingnan, so Cao Cao naturally let him continue to serve as the prefect of Lingling.

What Liu Jing cares most about is General Anyuan and Dong Du Jingnan four counties.

The former gave him the right to lead the army, and the latter gave him the right to rule the four counties in Jingnan.

The last point is particularly important. It is important to know that although Sun Quan currently occupies the five counties in Jiangdong, his official position is only to be the general who seeks captives and the prefect of Kuaiji.In other words, the scope of his administrative power is limited to Kuaiji County, and he is not qualified to rule the other four counties in Jiangdong.

Due to the injustice of the name and the lack of prestige due to young age, Jiangdong heroes, Shanyue, and even Sun's children often dissatisfied with Sun Quan.Sun Quan succeeded to the throne for eight years, with constant internal worries. It was not until he won the world-renowned Battle of Chibi that he was able to secure his position as the Lord of Jiangdong.

Liu Jing avoided such troubles from the very beginning. If he did not have the status of Dong Du Jingnan four counties, he might end up in the same fate as Sun Quan. It will take a few years to integrate Jingnan alone. Competing in the Central Plains, the day lily is cold.

Cao Cao was rewarded so generously, of course, not without reason. Firstly, Liu Jing really helped Cao Cao in a critical moment, and firmly restrained Liu Biao's army, so that he could not worry about the south and concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao.

Second, Cao Cao hoped that Liu Jing could integrate the Jingnan forces and continue to fight Liu Biao, which made Liu Biao tired of dealing with civil strife and unable to look north.

The third is to show kindness and grace to please people from afar.Set up Liu Jing as an example, increase the influence of the court, and make the southern heroes return to their hearts.

Of course there are four, five, six, seven...but they are not as important as these three reasons.

In addition to rewarding Liu Jing generously, Cao Cao also recognized Huanyi's Guiyang prefect, and on Xun Yu's recommendation, he worshiped Liu Yu as Changsha prefect.Originally, the candidate recommended by Liu Jing was Lai Gong, but Liu Yu was too brilliant, once he entered Xudu, he was favored by Xun Yu, and even the emperor loved talents and tried to keep him.In the end, the prefect of Changsha changed from Lai Gong to Liu Yu.

Only in Wuling County, the prefect was Liu Rui from the imperial family. Although Liu Jing reported that he sent troops to help Liu Biao, invaded Jingnan, and helped the tyrant, he suggested that Liu Zong should replace him. Unfortunately, Cao Cao and Xun Yu did not agree with his suggestion.

"Congratulations, general, congratulations, general..." Both civil and military officials bowed down and congratulated Liu Jing.

Due to the lack of fame in the past, generals often called Liu Jing "Liu Jun"; Lingling County officials such as Liu Ba and Jiang Wan called Liu Jing "Fu Jun"; Huan Jie and other foreign officials called Liu Jing "Ling Ling". Mausoleum"; Liu Zong, Zhuge Liang and other clansmen and close friends directly called Liu Jingbiao "Zhongda".

Now, regardless of relatives and friends, they all changed their names to Liu Jing as "General".

"You don't need to be too polite." Liu Jing raised his right hand, motioning everyone to stand up, and then couldn't help expressing emotion: "Conferring a marquis and worshiping a general, honoring the ancestors, this husband's ambition is also. Today I can get what I want, not because of me alone , It all depends on the civil and military assistance of the princes."

"General Yingjie is peerless, and he deserves his name as a marquis and general..." Wen Wu paid homage.

(End of this chapter)