Ji Han Liu Zhang

"Cao Mengde is indeed hateful."

In Jingzhou, Xiangyang, an angry voice was heard from the governor's mansion. The person who spoke was the current Jingzhou governor, Liu Biao. His words were angry and his expression was also indignant and resentful.

"Since Wang Mang was granted the title of Duke of Anhan, the title of Duke has never been bestowed, as such awards are considered taboo. In order to curry favor with Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde pretended to be the emperor and made Yuan Benchu ​​the Duke of Wei, which is really inappropriate."

When talking about the recent news from Xudu that the emperor appointed General Yuan Shao as Duke of Wei, Liu Biao's tone was quite unfriendly and he scolded Cao Cao, who was in charge of the government.

"Although Yuan Benchu ​​was the leader of the alliance, his achievements were only to pacify Gongsun Zan and eliminate the Black Mountain bandits. He did not accomplish any great feats that would be remembered by the world, so how could he be granted the title of Duke?"

Kuai Yue, who was sitting at the table, listened to Liu Biao's angry words with a calm expression. His mind was like a mirror, and he could see through Liu Biao's true thoughts hidden behind his angry expression.

Based on Kuai Yue's understanding of Liu Biao, he knew that Liu Biao was not dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's conferring of the title of Duke of Wei, but was dissatisfied with the fact that the person who was conferred the title of Duke was not himself.

Especially when the Grand Marshal Liu Zhang of Guanzhong was conferred the title of King of Qin, while his wise husband Liu Biao was only holding the official titles of General Zhennan and Governor of Jingzhou. At this time, the title of Duke of Wei was given to Yuan Shao, who was of a different surname. This immediately aroused Liu Biao's dissatisfaction.

However, Liu Biao's dissatisfaction was only directed at Cao Cao, who controlled the government. He did not say anything taboo or express any angry words to Emperor Liu Xie. He still had some sense of propriety.

"What you said is very true. Cao Cao used the emperor's order to pursue his own selfish interests. He is not a true gentleman." Although he knew Liu Biao's true thoughts, Kuai Yue echoed Liu Biao's words and kept his own guess in his heart.

"Ah." Liu Biao sighed, and said pessimistically: "If the government is controlled by people like Cao Mengde, and the country is governed by people like Cao Mengde, how can the world be at peace, and how can our Han Dynasty be revived?"

Liu Biao's tone was particularly heavy when he told this passage, and he expressed his absolute dissatisfaction with Cao Cao. At this time, Liu Zhang was made a king and Yuan Shao was made a duke, but he got nothing. How could he not be annoyed and depressed?

And you know, ever since Liu Biao pacified Jingchu and won the favor of the people, he has often regarded himself as King of the West, followed by Qi Huan and King of Jin, who are no different from him. But now he has fallen behind and can only look at the backs of others.

'I'm old.' After criticizing Cao Cao, Liu Biao suddenly lost his heroic spirit and sighed silently in his heart. As a person of the same generation as Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan, as of today, he is not as famous or powerful as Liu Zhang. In the end, it is because he is old and weak, and lacks mental strength.

If he were twenty years younger, his eldest son Liu Qi would be more heroic. Liu Biao looked at his eldest son Liu Qi who was sitting beside him. He saw that Liu Qi was handsome, gentle and refined, and could be called a man of outstanding talent. However, he was too much in literature and not enough in martial arts, so he could not take any measures to save the world and bring peace to the people.

Liu Qi listened to Liu Biao's indignant words, and he comforted his old father: "Father, Cao Mengde abused his power for personal gain and used his position to commit unjust acts. Sooner or later, he will be overthrown because of this. There is no need to be angry about it. If it hurts your body, it will be very harmful."

Is it true that those who do evil will eventually perish by themselves? When Liu Biao heard this, he sighed silently in his heart. Liu Qi's words were too idealistic. Even if Cao Cao was a rotten wall, he would not fall if no one pushed him. There were conditions for committing evil by oneself.

"I hope so." Liu Biao responded to Liu Qi casually. Putting aside the matter of Duke Wei that made him unhappy, Liu Biao and Kuai Yue discussed the recent news from Jiangdong, a news that gave Liu Biao infinite hope at the beginning but made him sigh at the end.

"Although Jiangdong is a humble place, it also has many righteous men. Xu Gong had three retainers, which are enough to comfort his spirit in heaven." Liu Biao praised the three retainers of Xu Gong who assassinated Sun Ce.

At the same time, he couldn't help but lament, "Those three heroes sacrificed their lives for justice, but they failed to kill Sun Ce. Otherwise, once Sun Ce was gone, his descendants would be young, Jiangdong would be without a master, and there would be chaos everywhere. I could take advantage of this opportunity to seize Jiangdong, take Jingyang, and completely control the Yangtze River."

There was one most important thought that Liu Biao did not say, which was that once Sun Ce died, the defense pressure in the east of Jingzhou would be greatly reduced. Regardless of whether he could take Jiangdong or not, he would not have to worry about the east and could live a peaceful life for a while.

You must know that ever since Sun Ce took control of the entire Jiangdong area, in order to avenge his father and plot against Jingchu, he had led his troops to attack Jingzhou many times. However, Huang Zu, who was guarding Jiangxia, was old and no match for Sun Ce. He was beaten by Sun Ce many times and barely escaped with his life. Many of his wives, concubines and children were captured by Sun Ce.

It was during these two years that Liu Biao could not help but feel a headache whenever he thought of Jiangdong. Jingchu, which had been peaceful for a long time, had recently been plagued by wars and disturbances because of this little tiger, Sun Ce.

"Please be at ease, my lord." Kuai Yue consoled him, "Sun Ce killed more than just Xu Gong, the heroes of Jiangdong. There must be many righteous men. Sun Ce will not be at peace."

"Yeah." Liu Biao nodded, as if he agreed with Kuai Yue's statement, but there was a perfunctory tone in his tone, which showed that he did not place his hopes on the illusory assassin.

"Huang Zu is old and not as brave as Sun Ce, so he was defeated by Sun Ce many times. I plan to transfer Huang Zu back from Jiangxia and replace him with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. What do you think?" Liu Biao asked Kuai Yue for his opinion.

It was a reasonable personnel change order, but Kuai Yue shook his head and spoke well of Huang Zu: "Although General Huang is old, his ambition remains high, so he keeps fighting despite repeated defeats. If General Huang is transferred back to Xiangyang, I'm afraid he will be unhappy and angry."

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"Besides, among all the generals of Jingchu, no one knows Sun Ce better than General Huang. Moreover, General Huang has guarded the important town of Jiangxia for many years, and he is very familiar with the people and geography."

"Besides, it is better to use people for mistakes than for merit. Now General Huang made a small mistake, but his post as governor of Jiangxia should not be dismissed. Instead, he should be allowed to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence, so that he can learn from his mistakes and then be brave."

"But considering that General Huang is old after all, he is not as good as Sun Ce. So we can send Liu Pan and Huang Zhong to help. Liu Pan is brave and Huang Zhong is fierce. With these two people by our side, Jiangdong's troops will not be in danger."

Liu Biao nodded repeatedly. After Kuai Yue stopped talking, he affirmed, "Kuai Qing is thoughtful and far-sighted, which I cannot match. If it were not for Kuai Qing, I would have made a big mistake."

After the agreement, Liu Biao ordered Liu Pan and Huang Zhong to go to Jiangxia, intending to build Jiangxia into a military fortress to resist the attack of Sun Ce from Jiangdong. (End of this chapter)