Soldiers come to the world

Kuai Liang is a person who likes to be quiet, his health is not very good, and he is very picky about the living environment. When he heard that the Jiangxia Academy he will go to is the Huang's Villa, which is known as the No. [-] villa in Jiangxia, he happily took his old wife and several The servant who had followed them for many years came to Jiang Xia to take office.

Except for the shadow that the children of the Huang family were massacred in the villa, he was very satisfied with every other aspect of the academy. He lived in the quietest and most elegant courtyard. After settling down, Kuai Liang began to enjoy the leisurely life here.

Early this morning, he put on a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, took a fishing rod and a fishing basket, and followed a few local old farmers to the lake to fish for ice fish. in fishing.

It was winter, and the price of fresh fish in the city was very expensive, so many farmers took advantage of the slack to fish by the lake to earn a little money for the New Year, and Kuai Liang came to the lake purely for interest and curiosity. Go fishing with the farmers.

Although Kuai Liang was a high-ranking official in Jingzhou, he had been away for many years, and he was knowledgeable and generous. Therefore, he got along well with several old farmers who were fishing together. Then, Kuai Liang caught more than a dozen crucian carp and carp about a foot long, which made him feel good.

"Gong Kuai's harvest is good!"

Kuai Liang suddenly heard Liu Jing's voice, and when he turned around, Liu Jing appeared next to him at some point, he chuckled, "I'm going to make a pot of tofu and fish soup tonight, Mr. Jing, are you interested in sharing it?" ?”

"Thank you Duke Kuai for your kindness, but let's wait another day! I just came back from Xiakou, and there are too many things to do."

Kuai Liang knew that Liu Jing had come to find him for something important. In fact, he was the head of Jiangxia Academy in name, but in fact he was Liu Jing's staff, helping Liu Jing to make some important decisions.

Kuai Liang asked Liu Jing to sit down, and then smiled lightly, "Is someone from Xiangyang here?"

Seeing him, Liu Jing guessed his reason for coming all at once, and couldn't help admiring him, and said with a smile, "Exactly!"

"Who is here?"

"Liu Biejia, is Duke Kuai familiar?"

"It turned out to be him, haha! How could I not be familiar with him, but this person came to your advantage, one of his two sons married Nanyang Deng's wife, and the other married Pang Ji's daughter, and Pang Ji's wife is my sister."

"But he has a very tough attitude, and he has always refused to let go of Jiang Xia's prefect."

Kuai Liang smiled slightly, "It can only be said that you don't know much about Zhou Mu. Zhou Mu's best trick is to avoid the truth and attack the false. If he refuses to let go of his position as the prefect, then what he really wants is It is definitely not the prefect, but has other plans."

Liu Jing nodded. In fact, he also realized this point. He definitely wanted the post of prefect. It was really unnecessary for Liu Xian to argue with him for the post of prefect. So what does Liu Biao really want?

"What does Duke Kuai think Zhou Mu is planning?"

Kuai Liang threw the fishing rod into the ice cave, pondered for a moment and said: "For Jingzhou, the most important things in Jiangxia are the right to appoint and dismiss officials, taxes, and the army. They can't get a cent of the tax, and the rest is the army, you can refer to the compromise reached between Huang Zu and the state pastor, and you can probably understand the state pasture's true intentions."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Kuai, there are two main points in the compromise reached between Zhou Mu and Huang Zu. One is that Jiang Xia's civil officials must be appointed by Xiangyang, and the second is that Zhou Mu has the right to mobilize Jiang Xia's army. But these two points I won't agree."

"At this time, at that time! Back then, Huang Zu was at a disadvantage, so he had to agree to some harsh demands from the state shepherd, but now you are different, you can give some concessions to the state shepherd in terms of face, for example, Jiang Xia was appointed by Xiangyang, but the list It's up to you to decide etc.

Secondly, Jiangxia's army is still loyal to the state herdsman, and will actively support Xiangyang's crisis, such as fighting against Cao Jun's southward movement, etc. If these things are done in terms of face and morality, no one in Jingzhou official circles can blame the young master. "

Liu Jing secretly admired Jiang. As expected of being old and hot, Jiang thought very carefully and did not leak anything. He asked again: "Then Kuai Gong thinks, what is the real intention of Zhou Mu?"

At this time, when the fishing rod moved, Kuai Liang pulled up the fishing rod quickly, and saw a foot-long carp flying away from the ice hole, its golden dorsal fin gleaming in the sun, Kuai Liang was so excited that he shouted loudly like a child, "Golden carp! It's a golden carp, I caught a golden carp!"

Several old farmers around came forward and chattered, everyone's eyes showed envy, and they congratulated Kuai Liang one after another. Kuai Liang said to Liu Jing triumphantly: "This is the most famous golden carp in Jiangxia. It is extremely rare. It is only possible to catch it in the Yangtze River. I didn’t expect that I would catch it for the first time when I fished, which means that next year I will have a year of good luck.”

Kuai Liang stroked his beard and laughed happily.

"Congratulations, Duke Kuai!"

Liu Jing saw that his thoughts were interrupted at the critical moment, but he had no choice but to smile wryly and congratulate Kuai Liang on his luck.

Kuai Liang patted Liu Jing on the shoulder again, handed the golden carp to him, and said meaningfully: "The golden carp came because of you. This is a metaphor for you, a symbol of God's love for you. I will give you this fish."

A soldier next to him was about to come forward to pick it up, but Liu Jing shook his head, walked quickly to the front of the lake, raised his hand, and accurately threw the golden carp back into the ice cave. He turned his head and smiled at Kuai Liang, Kuai Liang also laughed and gave him a thumbs up.

Kuai Liang put away the fish basket, walked side by side with Liu Jing to the academy, and said slowly as he walked: "The real request of the state herdsman must be the army, but not necessarily the right to mobilize the army. If you agree to support the Xiangyang crisis , then this article is meaningless to him, I think he will control the number of your army."

"Can he restrain himself?"

Liu Jing sneered and said: "I can train the militia and turn it into an army at any time, or I secretly increase the number of troops, and he has no way of knowing. What's the point?"

Kuai Liang also laughed, "Everything has loopholes to take advantage of. This means that there is an order from the top, and there is a response from the bottom. In fact, the top understands it, but it is just asking the bottom to do the superficial things. In the end, what the state shepherd wants is It's just a face."

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At dusk, Liu Jing and Liu Xian reached a compromise. On the premise that Liu Jing was the prefect of Jiangxia, they reached 24 agreements, the most important of which are the following.

[-]. Liu Jing unconditionally released [-] Jingzhou prisoners of war to return home, and no excuses or means should be used to stop them.

[-]. County officials in Jiangxia are appointed by the state government, but the list of candidates is drawn up by Jiangxia County, or after the drafting by the state government, Jiangxia County must agree.

[-]. Jiangxia's army is not allowed to create its own flag, and it is not allowed to set up its own bugle. It must be consistent with the Jingzhou army.

1. The total number of Jiangxia troops shall not exceed [-], and the number of warships shall not exceed [-].

[-]. The Jingzhou navy on the Han River shall not block any merchant ships in Jiangxia.

500. The warships of the Jiangxia Navy can sail within Jingzhou, but the number of warships must not exceed [-] and the number of men shall not exceed [-].

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That night, Liu Xian returned to Xiangyang by boat overnight. The 24 agreements reached must be approved by Liu Biao before they can take effect.

On the pier, Liu Xian gratefully thanked Liu Jing who came to see him off, "Thank you Mr. Jing for your cooperation these two days, and I was able to complete the task first, thank you again!"

Liu Jing also clasped his fists in return, "Mr. Liu has been on the road for several days. It's been hard work. I hope to hear good news as soon as possible. I also wish Mr. Liu a safe journey."

Liu Xian nodded, then asked with a smile: "Young master, do you have anything to say to Zhou Mu?"

Liu Jing pondered for a while and said, "I hope he takes care of his health!"

"I'll make sure to tell you in time."

Speaking of this, Liu Xian hesitated and said: "I have heard for a long time that the young master is thirsty for talent. I have a nephew named Zhou Buyi, who is also a young talent. Now Xiangyang is working for me. I would like to recommend it to the young master. accommodate."

When Liu Xian reminded Liu Jing, Liu Jing immediately remembered that there was a prodigy Zhou Buyi in the Three Kingdoms period, who had a close relationship with Cao Chong and was later killed by Cao Cao. This person must be reused first to win over Liu Xian.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your recommendation. You might as well invite him to study in Jiangxia Academy. I warmly welcome him."

Liu Xian readily agreed, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "My lord, I'm taking my leave! Everyone is taking my leave!"

"Bon voyage, Liubie! Take care!"

Amid the farewell voices of the crowd, Liu Xian boarded the boat, and the big boat left the pier, heading northwest under the bright red sunset.

Xu Shu kept watching the ship go away, and then smiled to everyone: "When will we change the title of Sima to the prefect? ​​I think we have waited for a long time. Can we change it now?"

Everyone laughed, and Su Fei yelled the loudest, "It should be done, it should have been changed a long time ago, a country cannot live without a monarch, and a county cannot live without a prefect. From now on, Liu Sima will be changed to Liu prefect."

Liu Jing waved his hands and smiled: "Wait a little longer! Don't worry about it for a day or two, wait for the state pastor to approve it, so as not to be caught with excuses."

At this time, someone in the distance suddenly shouted: "Yuan Zhi!"

When Xu Shu turned his head, he saw a ship not far away was docking at the pier, and five or six scholars on board were waving to Xu Shu.

Everyone is a little strange, who are these people?Xu Shu laughed, "It seems that those who are impatient will come first!"

He hastily greeted him, and said with a smile, "Brother Ziyuan, why did you come to Jiangxia!"

A 30-year-old scholar jumped off the boat, hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile, "We want to come to Jiangxia to find something to do, can Yuan Zhi introduce some connections?"

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Aren't you recruiting for Jiangxia Academy? Why don't you give it a try?"

"How could it be possible to pass the exam? Thousands of people signed up, but only a few hundred people were recruited. It's not our turn. Anyway, they are not taken seriously in Xiangyang. We simply come to Jiangxia to try our luck."

Everyone gathered around Xu Shu, begging him to introduce him. At this time, Liu Jing slowly came up and asked Xu Shu, "Are these your friends?"

At this time, the sky was not completely dark, and the sunset had gradually faded, but the light was dim and the vision was clear. All the scholars recognized Liu Jing at once, and immediately fell silent, and they all took two steps back quietly. Fear of Liu Jing.

Xu Shu nodded and said with a smile: "They are all the sons of northern gentry, some dragged their sons and brought their daughters to Xiangyang, some came with their parents and lived in Xiangyang together for several years without any future."

He pulled out the scholar in his thirties and introduced him: "This is Yingchuan Cao Ziyuan, the grandson of Yingchuan Confucian Cao Baifu."

The scholar hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Young man Yingchuan Cao Lin, see Mr. Jing!"

Cao Lin took the lead, and the other scholars took turns to salute, "I am Huang Yun in Chang'an, whose name is Ming Han, see Mr. Jing!"

"My servant, Chenliu Li Xun, named Zisi, is willing to work for Mr. Jing."

Several scholars stepped forward to salute one by one, and Liu Jing also smiled and bowed his hands back. At this time, the last young scholar stepped forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have admired the name of Mr. Jing for a long time. I am in Xiaba Shu Dong Yun, and I am here to travel in Jiangxia. It is a great fortune to meet Mr. Jing."