The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 324 Don’t underestimate Liu Biao

Soon he saw Liu Biao, who was leaning on the couch with a sickly look on his face.

"Lord."

Yi Ji's eyes flickered, and he stepped forward and saluted.

"Uncle Ji, is there something wrong?"

Liu Biao asked slowly, looking weak, as if he was about to die.

"My lord, I see no seal of the General of the South or the governor of the state on the correspondence, so I came to inquire."

Yi Ji said quickly.

"How come there is someone in my Jingzhou who dares to impersonate my orders?" Liu Biao asked coldly.

"Naturally, no one dares to use the lord's name, but everything has its own rules, and there will be no order without rules." Yi Ji said solemnly.

"Well, what Ji Bo said makes sense. Then bring the documents that need to be printed and I will use the seal. Ah! I am already old and weak, and I can't even be lazy."

After hearing this, Liu Biao nodded and immediately agreed with the other party's words.

"Although you are ill, my lord, you will recover naturally as long as you rest assured." Yi Ji said quickly.

Although he hoped that Liu Biao would return to the west as soon as possible, he still had to do it for the sake of face.

After hearing this, Liu Biao just nodded lightly and didn't say anything.

Yi Ji quickly handed over the document and then stepped back.

The next day, the documents were sent back. Yi Ji took a look and found that there was no problem, so he felt relieved.

In Chang'an City, Qin Shou returned to his Prime Minister's Mansion, and Du Shiniang led the girls to pay him a visit.

There are also sons Qin Chengqian, Qin Chengji, Qin Chengwen and Qin Chengwu, who are respectively born to Du Shiniang, Cai Zhaoji, He Lin and Zou. Mi Zhen gave birth to a daughter Qin Rong, Lai Ying'er and Erqiao are still childless, but Liu Lanzhi is pregnant.

The hall is filled with beautiful women, which is a beautiful scene.

"Prime Minister, Mr. Jia Xu requests to see you." Just as everyone finished their meal, Yang Xiu walked in from outside. He had just been transferred to the Prime Minister's Mansion as the chief clerk.

From the position of Luoyang Magistrate to the Chief Clerk of the Prime Minister's Office, not only the salary and power increased a lot. After all, Luoyang is not the capital now, and the importance of Luoyang Magistrate is much smaller.

"Please ask Mr. Wenhe to go to the study to talk. Dezu, you come too."

Qin Shou knew that Jia Xu must have something important to tell him at this time. Sure enough, as soon as they entered the study, Jia Xu told him about Liu Qi's tribute.

"Two days ago, there was a report from Jingzhou that Liu Bei demoted Lady Gan and married Cai Mao. At this critical juncture, Liu Biao asked his son to pay tribute. I'm afraid he has other intentions!" Yang Xiu said, stroking his beard.

Jia Xu glanced at Yang Xiu and shook his head secretly. Yang Xiu hadn't changed his temper in all these years. He was so smart. Didn't the Prime Minister know the problem here?

However, he would not say these words. He was not Yang Xiu's father, so how could he instruct him? Qin Shou did not pay attention to these, but nodded and said, "Dezu is right. Liu Biao used to appoint people at random, either the Kuai brothers or Yi Ji. His son never showed up. This time, he asked his son to come, and at such a time, it must be curious!"

In Jingzhou, Cai Mao and others were in the game and did not notice these problems, but Qin Shou and others were outside the game and saw things more clearly. They felt that Liu Biao's move was inappropriate.

Qin Shou's eyes fell on Jia Xu. He should be able to see that this was a guy who was good at planning for himself.

Feeling Qin Shou's gaze, Jia Xu was not surprised. He thought for a moment before speaking, "My lord, I think Liu Biao seems to have discovered the plans of Liu Bei, Cai Mao and others. After all, Liu Biao rode alone into Jingzhou that year. Without any skills or abilities, how could he have controlled Jingzhou?"

Qin Shou chuckled after hearing this and said, "Wen He's speculation makes sense. Sometimes, even I underestimated Liu Biao, thinking that he was old and didn't take him seriously at all. Now it seems that this old man still has some tricks."

"But the thing is, although this man has some means, he is old after all. One of his two sons is mediocre and the other is young, so they cannot inherit Liu Biao's foundation. So facing this situation, Liu Biao is helpless." Jia Xu explained.

Qin Shou thought for a moment before saying, "Wenhe means that Liu Biao asked his son to seek refuge here?"

As soon as the words came out, even Qin Shou himself was surprised. He had never thought of this idea before. He thought that Liu Biao asked Liu Qi to pay tribute and meet the emperor in order to prepare for Liu Qi to control Jingzhou.

But according to Jia Xu, Liu Biao asked his son to come to the capital to seek refuge.

Liu Biao seemed to have given up Jingzhou.

"Jingzhou belongs to Liu Biao, but Jingzhou actually belongs to those aristocratic families. Back then, Liu Biao rode alone into Jingzhou and made an agreement with the aristocratic families in Jingzhou. The Cai, Huang, and Zhang families were in charge of military affairs, while the Kuai, Ma, Pang and others were in charge of politics. But now these people are optimistic about Liu Bei. This is so similar to the past." Jia Xu sighed.

Qin Shou seemed to see two lion kings fighting for supremacy, but the lionesses around the old lion king had betrayed the old lion king. They longed for a young lion king.

At this time, the old lion king had no choice but to send his young son away to keep him safe.

"Whoever said Liu Biao was a fool, then he was a fool."

Qin Shou said with a smile.

No matter what Liu Biao had in mind, he would not suffer any loss. Liu Biao asked his son to come to Chang'an to seek his protection. How could Qin Shou agree without some benefits?
"It's ridiculous that Liu Bei claimed to be a benevolent and righteous man, but he successively seized the foundations of Tao Qian and Liu Biao. Tsk tsk, these two people had taken him in, but later their foundations were seized by him? In the future, I'm afraid he will no longer have the face to call himself a benevolent and righteous person." Yang Xiu said disdainfully.

"Haha, Liu Bei himself is a hypocritical person, but he is hypocritical to the extreme. In the end, not only did he deceive the world, but even he himself thought he was a benevolent and righteous person." Qin Shou said disdainfully.

In later history, many people believed that Liu Bei was a hypocritical person, but it was just that his hypocrisy was admirable. For ordinary people, if they were hypocritical for several years or even more than ten years, it would be considered very powerful.

However, Liu Bei's hypocrisy and false benevolence and righteousness lasted his entire life, and even many people in the world did not see through it. How many people can be so hypocritical?

He clearly wanted to raise an army to seize Dongwu, but he did it under the banner of revenge for his brother. Look at this method, no one in the world could see it and they all said that Liu Bei was benevolent and righteous.

"If I cannot avenge my brother, what good is this vast kingdom of mine?"

Listen to what these words say, aren’t they touching?

Unfortunately, everything has changed now. With the support of the Jingzhou families, Liu Bei found a suitable opportunity to seize Jingzhou openly.

This is luck.

(End of this chapter)