Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 8 This is all Lu Meng’s conspiracy
  Although Guan Yu has the power to oversee all affairs in Jingzhou, Guan Yu's energy is limited after all, and most of his energy must be focused on military affairs. The rest of the power is delegated to the other civil and military officials in Jingzhou.

Nowadays, Pan Junzai, the governor of Zhongzhong, is in charge of all current internal affairs, while Mi Fangzai, the governor of Nanjun, is in charge of military supplies such as money, food, ordnance.

Pan Jun was a disciple of the great scholar Song Zhong, and was appreciated by the famous official Wang Can. He also had a reputation for being upright and upright in Jingzhou. Guan Yu was very relieved to have Pan Jun to coordinate the powerful nobles in Jingzhou.

Although Pan Jun's actions often made Guan Yu unhappy, Guan Yu was not a person who neglected public affairs for personal reasons, and he would not exempt Pan Jun from being a prisoner of Jingzhou just because of a bad personal relationship with Pan Jun.

The same goes for Mi Fang.

There was something wrong with Mi Fang's accounting. Guan Yu had suspected it for a long time and had warned Mi Fang privately.

However, Mi Fang felt that Guan Yu's reminder was meddling and doubting Mi Fang's loyalty to Liu Bei, so she criticized Guan Yu.

In addition, Mi Fang's account book was so watertight that even Liao Hua, the marching bookkeeper who was quite proficient in logarithm, could not see the problem.

Mi Fang, who was a businessman, wanted to cheat on the accounts, but Guan Yu really couldn't do anything about Mi Fang.

In addition, there is no more suitable person to take up the post of Nanjun Prefect except Mi Fang, so Guan Yu can only turn a blind eye.

After all, Guan Yu always believed that although Mi Fang was suspected of being corrupt, she would never betray Liu Bei.

If it were another governor of Nanjun, Guan Yu would not even dare to go out on an expedition.

For example, the former Lingling prefect Hao Pu and Liu Bei personally led an army of 50,000 to garrison the public security, but Hao Pu immediately surrendered.

If Hao Pu had not surrendered, Sun Quan would not have been in charge of how to divide the Xiang River.

When Zhuge Qiao saw Mi Fang's accounting vouchers, he secretly marveled at Mi Fang's ability to deceive.

If this was to be left to future generations, Mi Fang would also have to be a great figure in the accounting field.

After carefully thinking about Zhuge Qiao's thoughts, Guan Yu once again turned his attention to Zhuge Qiao, and his tone changed from cold at first to appreciation: "The eldest son of a military advisor is indeed not comparable to a common scholar."

"Since you are planning to alert the enemy, you must have someone to suspect. Is it Cao Ren from Xiangfan or Lu Meng from Lukou?"

Seeing that Guan Yu had jumped out of the well and began to examine the deep meaning behind this appearance, Zhuge Qiao also admired the prospective father-in-law in front of him even more.

"Cao Ren of Xiangfan is the target of the Lord's attack. Even if Cao Ren bribes the officials of Nanjun, for the Lord, it is just an easy way to quell the rebellion."

"To deal with Cao Ren, you don't need to scare him away, just crush him with the army and kill him."

"Lü Meng of Lukou is a cunning and cunning man, and has a track record of seizing three counties. He must have never forgotten Nanjun in his heart."

"In addition, General Zuo and Sun Quan have an open alliance. If you want to deal with Lu Meng, you cannot directly use troops at Lukou like you did in the Northern Expedition to Xiangfan."

"Therefore, the person my nephew suspects is Lu Meng from Lukou."

"The purpose of checking the accounts is just to deceive others, so that we can secretly find out the list of officials Lu Meng bribed in Nanjun."

Conviction requires evidence, suspicion only requires a list.

Guan Yu once again recalled Zhuge Qiao's conclusion just now.

No matter how deep Lu Meng hides, or how many deployments Lu Meng has in Nanjun, it is enough to just suspect that Lu Meng has other intentions!
  evidence?

That is what is needed when it comes to condemnation!

"My dear nephew, although your intentions are very good, there is not much time left for Guan at the moment. Guan must capture Xiangfan before the dry season." Guan Yu also changed his name for Zhuge Qiao. Guan Yu was initially scornful of Zhuge Qiao because he felt that Zhuge Qiao's performance was too poor and he was not worthy of being his son-in-law, so he didn't even bother to be polite.

But now, Zhuge Qiao's talent and knowledge are worthy of the title of the eldest son of a military advisor and general.

In Guan Yu's heart, Zhuge Liang was a talented man who truly understood current affairs, while most of the other scholars were lay scholars who did not understand current affairs.

Zhuge Qiao smiled and said, "You don't have to worry, sir. What my nephew wants to do does not conflict with what the prince wants to do."

"Whenever the ruler should attack Xiangfan, he should attack Xiangfan at that time."

"In the coming time, my nephew will contact the civil and military officials of Jiangling City in the name of auditing the accounts."

"General Anhan will also stay in Jiangling City to assist his nephew."

"In order not to arouse suspicion, Junhou must still remain contemptuous and reluctant towards my nephew. If necessary, Guan Xing can find an opportunity to beat me up."

Guan Yu's expression was slightly startled: "Is this too much?"

If Zhuge Qiao keeps hiding his clumsiness, Guan Yu might actually acquiesce to Guan Xing and beat Zhuge Qiao up.

But now that Guan Yu knows Zhuge Qiao's talents and has a good impression of Zhuge Qiao, his prospective son-in-law, how can he let Guan Xing beat Zhuge Qiao again?
  "My nephew, thank you for your concern. The bitter meat tactic can be used depending on the situation, but it is not mandatory." Zhuge Qiao raised his lips.

Guan Yu pondered for a moment and agreed to Zhuge Qiao's plan: "From now on, you will be Yuan Jian's deputy, assisting Yuan Jian in connecting with Mi Zifang. It was announced to the public that Guan suspected that there was something wrong with Mi Zifang's accounts, and asked you to be responsible for checking the accounts. .”

Having achieved his goal, Zhuge Qiao no longer stayed in the tent any longer. His face instantly turned pale, and he staggered out of the tent.

"This boy, his face changes so quickly." Guan Yu looked at Zhuge Qiao who was staggering away, and gently stroked his beautiful beard. Danfeng's eyes were filled with admiration for Zhuge Qiao, his prospective son-in-law.

Outside the account.

When Mi Zhu saw Zhuge Qiao coming out, he quickly approached and asked, "Ah Qiao, what did the Lord say?"

Zhuge Qiao's expression was a bit ugly: "The Lord said that there is a problem with Prefect Mi's accounts and asked me to be responsible for checking the accounts."

Mi Zhu's face changed greatly: "How could the Lord arrange it like this? I will go find the Lord right now."

If Zhuge Qiao is asked to check Mi Fang's account, isn't that setting Mi Fang up for conflict with Zhuge Qiao?
  Zhuge Qiao quickly grabbed Mi Zhu and pretended to say: "General Mi, you are testing me. If General Mi tries to persuade you again at this time, I'm afraid I will have to go back to Xichuan."

"General Lao Mi has a private chat with Governor Mi. Don't let Governor Mi mistakenly think that I am targeting him."

Mi Zhu didn't think too much about the flaws in Zhuge Qiao's words at this moment, and immediately agreed to Zhuge Qiao's request: "Don't worry, Ah Qiao, I will go and tell Zifang in detail when Zifang returns to Jiangling City."

Zhuge Qiao thanked Mi Zhu repeatedly.

There were many things that Zhuge Qiao could not tell Guan Yuming or Mi Zhuming.

Therefore, Zhuge Qiao was not prepared to change Guan Yu's original deployment, nor was he prepared to let Mi Zhu know too much.

When Guan Yu should attack Xiangfan, he should guard against Lu Meng; when Mi Zhu should see Mi Fang, he would see Mi Fang; when he should appease Wen and Wu, he should appease Wen and Wu.

But in his heart, Zhuge Qiao was thinking like a fox:
  The stage has been set up, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to watch the show!

　Please read it, gentlemen.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)