cite Han

Chapter 447
Liu Jing learned that Liu Cong moved Liu Biao's coffin out of the prefecture and placed it in the city of Beppu, so he immediately ordered the driver to turn around and head for Beppu.

Liu Biao was a lenient government, and the people were greatly benefited by him. When they heard that he died of illness, the scholars and people in Xiangyang all shed tears.

Seeing this, Liu Jing couldn't help sighing: "'A person lives for a lifetime, and the grass and trees fall for a lifetime.' Although Liu Shijun has no talent to dominate, he has the virtue of comforting the people, and the people love him. Now he died of illness, the city Lane mourns, like bereavement of a relative, Liu Shijun Ruoquan knows, enough to rest his eyes."

As soon as this remark came out, no matter whether it was Liu Jingzhi's ministers or Jingzhou officials, they were all stunned, no matter what their thoughts were, only Liu Jing could say this, and they had no choice but to remain silent.

In the end, Liu Jing had to ask the soldiers to open the way so that the car could pass smoothly.

Liu Cong was notified in advance, and waited in front of the gate of Befu to welcome Liu Jing with his cousin Zhang Yun, chief book Kuai Liang, Zhizhong Pang Ji and others.

Before Liu Jing's car stopped, Liu Cong bowed down and said, "Liu Cong, the man who has committed crimes, pays homage to the general."

"You have a filial piety, so don't be too polite, please hurry up." Liu Jing got out of the car, helped Liu Cong, and looked at each other quietly. The two had never met before, and Liu Biao, Liu Qi, father and son both had good looks and demeanor , Liu Cong is naturally not bad, but looks a little haggard.

Liu Jingwen comforted him and said: "With one step, the heart is high, the ambition is clean, honor and righteousness are underestimated, the whole army is ignored, the industry of thousands of miles is scorned, and the state is attached to it, so that Jingtu can be saved from catastrophe and the people can live in peace. , is not as good as the virtue of one step."

Liu Cong respectfully said: "Giving virtue to others is what the ancients valued. Jingbu is a big state, and non-virtuous people cannot live there. Cong is a man without virtue. He steals high positions and is always in fear. The general's talent and virtue are a hundred times greater than Cong's." , I am sincerely the Lord of Jingzhou."

Liu Jing patted Liu Cong's hand and said, "Now the Han Dynasty is in ruins, and the country is in trouble. We and the clan should work together to secure the country together."

These words came out of Liu Jing's mouth, and they were really not convincing at all. If Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son heard such shameless remarks, they would probably crawl out of the coffin in anger.

Liu Cong nodded again and again with a serious expression on his face.

Liu Jing said again: "It's a pity that Liu Bei is not trustworthy. Since his debut, he has always regarded himself as benevolent and righteous, but in fact he harbors different ambitions and is unwilling to be under others. He was in the army at the beginning, doing nothing, until he joined Gongsun Zan. However, he abandoned Gongsun Zan when he was in danger and turned to Tao Qian. After Tao Qian died, he won Xuzhou and lost it. He first surrendered to Lu Bu and then to the Cao family. After a while, he reverted to his old ways, surrendered and rebelled, and returned to Yuan Shao in the north , attached to Jingzhou in the south. Now it was broken by me, and he fled to Bashu. Such behavior is really like Yancen's."

Yancen was a rebel at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. Taking advantage of the chaos in the world, he gathered troops to attack prefectures and counties. He first surrendered to Gengshi, and then surrendered to Liu Jia. Went to Bashu, assisted Gongsun Shu, defeated the Han army several times during the period, and finally surrendered but was still wiped out by the Wu Han clan.

Liu Bei is a hero of the time, he has ruled the world for many years, and there have always been many praises and few detractors. Liu Jing compared Liu Bei to Yan Cen, which can be said to be full of malice.

But having said that, Liu Bei's life experience is indeed somewhat similar to Yan Cen's. Both of them have great ambitions, are brave and good at fighting, traveled most of the world, changed families many times, and even fled to Shu in the end.

Of course, the two of them only have some similarities in their experiences, so Liu Jing forcibly connecting the two together is unavoidably far-fetched.

Liu Cong was afraid that it would affect him, so he hastily explained to Liu Jing: "Liu Xuande heard that I wanted to join the general in the state, and he felt resentful. I didn't expect him to leave without saying goodbye, and when I received the news, he had already left the city and walked far away, so I couldn't catch up."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "I don't blame Zhongyu for this matter. It's normal for Zhongyu to be unable to react in time when it happened suddenly. I have already dispatched fine cavalry to chase him, so I definitely can't let him go to Shu, thinking it will be a future trouble."

Seeing that Liu Jing didn't blame him, Liu Cong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Liu Jing then looked at Kuai Liang and Pang Ji, and said: "The second king is the leader in Miannan, and the leader of Jingzhou. When I was young and studied in Xiangyang, I often heard that the second king is famous. Today Jingzhou is initially established, and a lot of waste is waiting for prosperity. I hope that the two kings will help each other."

The two looked at each other, Kuai Liang bowed and said, "I dare not become a general with such high praise for my humble talent. We have received the kindness of the first envoy, and we have decided to mourn for the first envoy for three years."

Liu Jing was stunned and speechless for a moment.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, mourning was relatively short. For example, Emperor Wen once ordered: "After the burial, the big red is worn for 36 days, the little red is worn for [-] days, and the mourning is worn for seven days. After the funeral, the clothes are removed on the [-]th."

However, with the rise of Confucianism, the three-year mourning system gradually emerged, but it has not yet become popular. When Wang Mang came to power, he began to advocate the three-year mourning system.

After Shizu Guangwu restored the Han Dynasty, although he often refused to tell Ning Zhidian, it was difficult to reverse the general trend, so that even the emperor and empress were mourned for three years.

Moreover, the objects of mourning are no longer limited to relatives. There are disciples who wear mourning for their teachers, those who are Xiaolian who wear mourning for their masters, and officials who wear mourning for senior officials. This trend even spread to the Hu people. It is not uncommon for senior officials to wear mourning.

It is reasonable for Kuai Liang and Pang Ji, as Liu Biao's confidantes, to wish to keep their filial piety for their lord for three years.However, in doing so, the two also reflected their unwillingness to work for Liu Jing from the side.

Liu Jing was not too surprised by this. When the city of Linxiang was destroyed, Huan Jie chose to hide himself and refused to submit to the north. If his brother Liu Pan had not died of illness, he must be the same as Huan Jie.

For the loss of these two talents, Liu Jing felt deeply regretful, but it was a done deal, so he could only sigh: "The second gentleman is righteous."

During the conversation, a large number of soldiers poured into Befu. Liu Jing then took Liu Cong's hand and walked into the gate. While looking around, he asked Liu Cong, "Zhongyu, the envoy is the Lord of Jingzhou, and his coffin should be displayed in the prefectural department. Inside, why did Zhongyu move the envoy's coffin to this place without authorization?"

Liu Cong naturally didn't dare to say in front of Liu Jing that he was avoiding him, and honestly admitted his mistake: "Cong didn't think carefully about this matter."

Liu Jingjing nodded and didn't hold on to it anymore. In the final analysis, this matter was all caused by him, and the reason why he asked knowingly was to show his attitude. If he didn't pay attention to this, wouldn't it mean that he acquiesced in this matter? ?

All the way to the mourning hall, Liu Jing led his soldiers and soldiers into the hall to pay homage to Liu Biao.

If you want to buy people's hearts, it is best to squeeze out a few tears at this time. However, Liu Jing has always been resolute. In this life, he only shed tears once when he learned that his brother Liu Pan died of illness. If he was asked to pretend to cry, he couldn't do it. arrive.

(End of this chapter)