Han Xiang

Chapter 460
"My lord, although Liu Xuande has the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, the words of the common people will not be groundless. The eldest son is kind and modest. It is hard to say that he is not controlled by him. You have to be on guard."

"When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden?"

Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue coldly, and said solemnly: "If Qi'er didn't have Xuande's help, let alone win Handong and sit firmly in the county guard, I'm afraid I'll stay in Xiangyang to enjoy myself now? How can I, Liu Biao, avenge my revenge? Besides, Xuande De has great ambitions, we are all clansmen of the Han Dynasty, we have the mission of saving the country, there is nothing wrong with him worshiping the military adviser, and please ask Kong Ming to ask me before, don't worry if he is different, he will not seek me in Jingzhou."

Seeing Liu Biao's righteous words, Kuai Yue rolled his eyes and threw out a 'Wang Bo'.

"My lord is in good health, so we naturally won't worry about it, but you have been looking bad recently. There are always times when you are old and weak. Who will check and balance Liu Bei at that time? Don't forget Xuzhou back then. Tao Qian handed Xuzhou over to him. Those two sons."

Liu Biao couldn't help being startled when he heard this. Although Jingzhou was not as difficult as Xuzhou at that time, the situation was very similar. The two prefectures were also places where the Fourth World War was fought, and both the father was old and the son was weak.

Before Tao Qian's death, Xuzhou was in dire straits. He wanted to abandon Xuzhou and flee back to Danyang many times. His two sons were mediocre and couldn't do anything. Not to mention they couldn't deal with the mighty Cao Cao.

At that time, Xuzhou had internal and external troubles. Tao Qian excused that his two sons were not suitable to be officials, so he handed over Xuzhou to Liu Bei, and asked the other party to take care of the two sons on his behalf.

When Liu Bei entered Xuzhou, the situation was complicated. In addition to the local gentry who supported him, there were also the old Danyang tribe headed by Cao Bao, and the Taishan generals headed by Zang Ba. Outside, Yuan Shu even took advantage of the chaos to occupy Guangling County, and later welcomed troops. Defeated and voted for Lu Bu's army.

It can be said that the chaos is like porridge.

The forces of several parties are intertwined, especially the powerful local gentry in Xuzhou, and the people from Danyang brought by Tao Qian have sharp conflicts due to conflicts of interest.

Tao Qian ceded Xuzhou to Liu Bei, and the Danyang people under his command lost their political backing. In order to safeguard their vested interests, they secretly contacted Tao merchants and Tao Ying several times, hoping that they would carry the Tao family banner again.

Liu Bei didn't say anything when he got the information, and he didn't want to deal with Tao Qian's old troops bloodily.

In view of the fact that something happened sooner or later when the Tao brothers stayed in Xuzhou, Liu Bei secretly sent the two brothers to Qingzhou, to the territory of Yuan Shao, the first prince at that time, and asked Mi Zhu to fund a large sum of money so that the pottery merchants and Tao Ying would be anonymous. rich man.

Although Liu Bei solved the problem, he offended the people of Danyang. They mistakenly thought that the Tao brothers were killed, which made the people of Danyang lose hope.

Tao Qian died, and his son was sent out of the whirlpool.

It was originally a good thing, but Cao Bao and others held grudges and gnawed at him, and framed Liu Bei in Xuzhou for murdering Ertao.

It's a pity that Liu Bei's name of benevolence and righteousness is outside, including Lu Bu, he doesn't believe the rumors, and this matter gradually no one mentions it anymore, but there are always good people secretly spreading rumors, so that there are rumors in Jingzhou.

Liu Bei didn't explain to everyone as Xianglin's wife did, nor did he seek out the reclusive Ertao to testify.

Because he knows that facts speak louder than words, and entanglement with a villain will also become a villain.

Now that Kuai Yue brought up Ertao to talk about something, Liu Biao instinctively made an association.

But Liu Biao is different from Tao Qian. He rode into Jingzhou alone with the imperial edict, and did not have any relatives or friends to follow him. Jingzhou has been able to maintain stability, and because Liu Biao is willing to give up his interests, the local tycoons are willing to support him.

Jingzhou's internal structure is far more stable than Xuzhou's.

Now the Haoqiang family in Jingzhou dominates, and Liu Biao has also integrated into it by marrying the Cai family. He was not worried that the descendants would not be relied on, but in the past two years, the Cai family has often spoken ill of Liu Qi, but they have shown closeness to the second son Liu Cong, so they can't help it. Don't pay more attention to the eldest son.

Seeing Liu Bei and Liu Qi getting close, Liu Biao borrowed Liu Bei's strength to support him.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei made Liu Qi too high, which made Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others unhappy.

Liu Biao thought for a long time, figured out all kinds of joints, and also saw through Kuai Yue's intentions.

In the end, he intentionally expressed doubts, and asked with a retreat: "Since Yidu has this concern, what can be done to resolve it? Qi'er is acting under the imperial edict. If she goes too far, she must not do it!"

"Ah."

After hearing this, Kuai Yue was overjoyed, and immediately cupped his hands and replied: "Since the eldest son is the prefect of Hanzhong, the lord should support him in doing things, but we must be on guard against Liu Bei. We can no longer support soldiers, horses, food and grass, and we have to send troops from Jingzhou." official"

Liu Biao was originally a political veteran. He heard that Kuai Yuetu was a poor man, and he said to himself that you really know how to find a needle, and you still want to extend your hand to Hanzhong?
"Qi'er only regained half of Hanzhong, and the other half is still in Zhang Lu's hands. If Jingzhou doesn't give corresponding support, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to succeed."

Seeing that Liu Biao diverted the topic away, Kuai Yue also retreated and said: "In the past two years, there have been frequent wars in Jiangxia, people's livelihood in Jingnan also needs support, and natural disasters and plagues have occurred frequently in various places. The son takes Hanzhong"

"Then take it easy, take it easy, ahem."

Liu Biao responded hastily, and then coughed hastily.

Seeing this, Kuai Yue couldn't bring up the matter of dispatching officials anymore. The important posts in Jingzhou's counties had long been occupied by the children of various ethnic groups. If he wanted to settle young people like Pang Tong, he could only consider remote places.

However, there are a lot of vacancies in Liu Qi's county government. If people are not installed early to seize the places, the important positions in the county will be filled by Liu Bei's people.

However, Kuai Yue underestimated Liu Bei's ambitions.

After helping Liu Qi capture the four counties, the original officials hardly made any adjustments. Except for Liu Ye's meritorious service, the county officials were all selected from the local big families.

Due to the implementation of a relatively soft policy, Liu Qi received the support of the Shen family and other tycoons.

Liu Bei brought Zhuge Liang back to Xiangyang. Besides accompanying Liu Qi to announce the good news, they also had to move their family members to Xicheng.

When Zhuge Liang came out of his hut, he considered that Wancheng would be easily attacked by Cao's army, so he didn't take his family with him. Now that he has Xicheng, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers, he can take his family to his career with peace of mind.

He and Liu Beibing took his family members in two ways, and agreed to meet in Wudang and return to Xicheng.

In late September, Zhuge Liang waited for Liu Bei in Wudang.

Just met, Liu Bei called Zhuge Liang aside mysteriously, and asked in a low voice: "I heard that the military division has been married for several years, and it seems that there is no man and half woman?"

"The forehead is in the arms of the lord"

The eldest brother, Zhuge Jin, was exiled to Jiangdong, and the younger brother who went to Jingzhou with Zhuge Liang was still underage, so he assumed the responsibility of the elder brother as a father on his behalf, without thinking about raising children at all.

In addition, Huang Yueying's physical condition is not very good, and Zhuge Liang is not too keen on the affairs of the house, so the marriage has not been fruitful for several years.

After hearing this, Liu Bei turned around and took down a wooden box from the car, and handed it to Zhuge Liang with a smile: "This is a good thing developed by Yunqi, and it has the magical effect of helping pregnancy. Go back and let your wife try it."

"Ah good"

Zhuge Liang was taken aback when he heard that, he couldn't stop Liu Bei's enthusiasm, so he could only take it with a smile.

(End of this chapter)