The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 241 Chapter 240

Liu Qi bowed respectfully to Yi Ji: "Sir, I'm reading a book recently, and there's a paragraph in it that I don't quite understand. I wonder if you can enlighten me a little bit?"

Yi Ji looked around, but saw that the servants around him were all staring at him, probably someone arranged by Cai Mao, so he nodded and said, "Since Eldest Young Master needs help, how can Uncle Ji not come to help?"

"Sir, please go to my study. I can't remember that paragraph of words. It's all written in the book. I hope you can give me your advice."

"must."

Liu Qi and Yi Ji, one behind the other, quickly left the gate of the mansion and went to Liu Qi's study.

After returning to the study, Liu Qi poked his head around, but didn't see anyone coming, so he closed the door of the study.

"My lord, is there something wrong?" Yiji asked hastily.

Liu Qi nodded and said: "Yesterday my father took me to his birthday, and Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others were extremely displeased. Today, the family member of Cai Mao's mansion whom I bribed came a voice, saying that Cai Mao will attack me in the near future. Sir, I don't know how to deal with it, please teach me, sir!"

In fact, Yiji and Liu Qi have known each other for a long time. Yiji is in his 30s and a fellow villager of Liu Biao. Talking about Cai's evil deeds deeply envied Cai.

Therefore, the Cai family squeezed Yiji together, slandered Yiji even more, and begged Liu Biao to kill Yiji.But Liu Biao remembered his old love and didn't kill him, but gave Yiji a vain job, and he never called Yiji again.

Yiji lost his backer, and he didn't openly oppose Cai, so he simply stayed behind closed doors, and Cai also had nothing to do with him.

However, Liu Qi admired Yiji very much, and often visited Yiji at night, and became friends with him, and asked Yiji for advice if he had anything to do.

Yi Ji already knew about Cai's secret wooing of civil and military officials, and also knew that it was aimed at Liu Qi. After Liu Qi and Yi Ji became best friends, in order to hold Liu Qi's position, Yi Ji repeatedly offered advice to Liu Qi.

Yi Ji told Liu Qi that Huang Zu and Cai Mao were at odds, so he asked Liu Qi to take the initiative to befriend Huang She, Huang Zu's son. If this happened, Cai Mao would have concerns, so he was reluctant to do so.

Now, Cai Mao is going to attack Liu Qi again. Yi Ji doesn't know exactly how to do it, but Yi Ji knows that once Cai Mao makes a move, he will definitely use thunderous means. Liu Qi is young and pampered. For Cai Mao This kind of old and cunning person is always powerless.What's more, Xiangyang and Jiangling are all within the Cai family's sphere of influence, especially Xiangyang, which is Cai Mao's eyeliner. Liu Qi is weak alone, and he is not strong enough to fight against him.

"My lord, in Xiangyang City, everyone is Cai Mao's eyes, ears and eyeliner. If you stay in Xiangyang City, you will be harmed by Cai Mao sooner or later. The lord's birthday was yesterday, and the eldest son was also there. You should have seen Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei, right?" ?” Yiji thought for a moment, then said.

Liu Qi nodded and said, "See you."

Yi Ji asked: "What do you think of Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei?"

Liu Qi said: "Zhang Xiu is very powerful and looks like a general, Liu Bei doesn't seem to be that good..."

Yi Ji laughed and said, "Young Master is still too young to see what kind of person Liu Bei is, so it's fine. However, Zhang Xiu is indeed as powerful as the Young Master said, with the air of a general. However, Zhang Xiu is also limited to this, similar to Huang Zu, the eldest son can go to Nanyang in person to make friends with Zhang Xiu, if he can become a best friend, he can become the eldest son's reliance outside in the future, so Cai Mao is even more afraid Move the big boy."

Liu Qi nodded and said: "I remember what you said, I will go to Nanyang today to see Zhang Xiu. Sir, you just said that I didn't see Liu Bei. This Liu Bei looks like a piece of wood. Am I wrong?"

Yiji laughed and said, "My lord, Liu Bei was the one who put down Zhang Xian's rebellion. Do you think such a person would be a simple person? Liu Bei's mood is not visible, and the city is very deep. This person is quite In my opinion, there are great talents and general plans, far more powerful than Huang Zu, Zhang Xiu and others. Eldest son, if you really want to fight against the Cai family, you must find someone you can rely on. Liu Bei is also a member of the Han family, and he is very grateful For the sake of the lord, if you go to visit Jingnan and tell him about your situation, he will definitely lend a helping hand to you. Moreover, the lord has already sent me to Jingnan to assist Liu Bei. If the eldest son When I come to Jingnan, I will also assist from the side."

"Sir, I'm going to Jingnan? After that, won't anyone talk to me in Xiangyang City? Sir, why do you have the heart to leave me alone?" Liu Qi's eyes became moist as he spoke.

Yi Ji said: "Eldest Prince, don't be sad. I went to Jingnan for a purpose. Liu Bei is very talented. I went to help him. In fact, I was helping the Eldest Prince. Huang Zu and Zhang Xiu are all brave and foolish. Only Liu Bei, who is versatile in both civil and military affairs, can entrust important matters to you. My lord, you are familiar with historical records, so you should know the reason why Chong Er lives outside, right?"

Liu Qi thought for a while, then suddenly realized, and bowed respectfully to Yiji: "Thank you for your teaching, sir, thank you for your teaching, I know what to do. I will ask my father for orders to find a prefect Dangdang..."

"No, don't be the prefect, but the county magistrate!" Yi Ji immediately interrupted Liu Qi.

"Being the county magistrate?"

"Yes, the smaller the official position, the more Cai Mao will be inattentive to you, do you understand?"

Liu Qi immediately nodded and said, "I understand."

The two discussed for a long time, and Yiji suggested that Liu Qi apply for the appointment of the new field order, and establish a good relationship with Zhang Xiu first. As for Liu Bei, Yiji will do it for him, and then Liu Qi can go to Jingnan in person.

Liu Qi listened to Yiji's suggestion, separated from Yiji, went to Liu Biao by himself, and asked Liu Biao for the post of Xinye Ling.

At first, Liu Biao did not agree with Liu Qi becoming the county magistrate, and he wanted to keep Liu Qi by his side so that Liu Qi could take over his position in the future and learn from him.

Liu Qi repeated what Yi Ji said, basically saying that he had to start from the grassroots level, first understand the sufferings of the people in a county, and then know what the people need, and then become the prefect or state shepherd.

After hearing this, Liu Biao felt emotional and said, "My son has grown up!"

Therefore, Liu Biao agreed to Liu Qi's request, appointed Liu Qi as the county magistrate of Xinye County, and appointed the general Wang Wei as the county lieutenant of Xinye to protect Liu Qi.In addition, they also specially sent someone to notify Nanyang prefect Zhang Xiu to let Zhang Xiu take care of his son.

When Liu Qi was appointed, he packed up his things and went to Xinye with Wang Wei to take up his post.And Yiji had already packed his luggage, hired a carriage, and moved his family to Jingnan.

After Liu Bei returned to Jingnan, Wen Youyi, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang, Pan Jun, Liu Min and others assisted, and Wu Guanyu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Chen Dao and other loyal and brave men officially began to govern the four counties in Jingnan .

The barbarians in the four prefectures of Jingnan live together, and governance is difficult. Jiang Wan, Pan Jun, and Liu Min are all locals and are familiar with the customs and customs of Jingnan. Therefore, they suggested that the barbarians should be governed separately. On the one hand, they should appease the barbarians and give them official positions. , Let the barbarians govern the barbarians, and make an agreement with the barbarians to live in peace with the Han people, and treat them equally without any discrimination.

For this reason, Liu Bei personally went to Wuling. Accompanied by Guan Yu, the prefect of Wuling, he met Sha Moke, the barbarian king of Wuxi, and appointed Sha Moke as the long history of Wuling County. Mo Ke agreed to Liu Bei's recruitment and took up the post of chief historian of Wuling County, and made a three-law agreement with Liu Bei that the barbarian and Han people would not invade each other and live in peace.

In addition, Shamoke accepted Liu Bei's request and recruited [-] elite barbarians to join the army, led by Guan Yu.

After Liu Bei dealt with the relationship with the barbarians, he asked Chen Dao to go to Lingling to serve as the chief historian of Lingling, and asked Chen Dao to recruit and train the army locally.

Ma Liang was sent to Guiyang to serve as a counselor to Huang Zhong, the prefect of Guiyang, while Liu Bei himself, Zhang Fei, and Yiji stationed in Changsha.

Liu Bei also officially began to govern the four counties in southern Jing, a thriving scene.

……

It's already October weather, and the sky has been gloomy for several days in a row. The sky over Pengcheng is always covered with overcast clouds. It looks like it's going to snow soon.

Since Zhang Yan put down the Yuan Shu Rebellion in Huainan, his reputation has increased a lot, and he has no opponents in the Central Plains, and they are all in his pocket.

Recently, Zhang Yan received news from Hebei that Yuan Shao was ready to attack Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan is already meat on the chopping board, and will be eliminated by Yuan Shao sooner or later.Although this was the last thing Zhang Yan wanted to see, there was nothing he could do. It would be futile to support Gongsun Zan now.

In the days when there is no war, the land of the Central Plains is so peaceful, but for the officials below Zhang Yan, they are indeed the busiest. Civil and military officials are busy with matters within their scope of authority, and the daily official documents are also published as scheduled. The documents were all gathered in Zhang Yan's mansion. He holds the positions of Taiwei and General, and he is extremely busy with all the military and political powers.

But fortunately, he has many aides. These aides are talented for a while, and they are also masters in handling government affairs, so he doesn't have to worry at all. The aides have already come up with a solution.All he has to do is to go through the final procedure on the official document, which is approval.

Emperor Liu Xie may feel that going to court is boring, and he is tired of dealing with Zhang Yan's opinions every day, so he simply doesn't care, leaving everything to Zhang Yan to handle, and he hides in the harem to enjoy the happiness.

Zhang Yan understood that this was the emperor Liu Xie's method of advancing by retreating. The more power he was given, the easier it would be for people to be confused, get carried away, and be exposed.

Although Zhang Yan is not a saint, he can see through the mysteries in it, otherwise, his history books would be in vain.

Therefore, Zhang Yan can also carry out drastic reforms.

The reform first started with the army. In view of the fact that there are many names of miscellaneous generals, and the scope of power is not clear, it is not clear who belongs to whom, so Zhang Yan began to reform according to his own ideas, classifying ranks, formulating subordinate policy.

For this reason, Zhang Yan had to gather all his staff together to discuss whether his reform plan was feasible.

(End of this chapter)