Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 259 The Death of Zhang Jin
"The prime minister can issue an imperial edict in the name of the Son of Heaven, granting the Cai family, the Kuai family and other big clans in Jingzhou. In this way, we can make good friends with these big clans, and maybe they can become the internal support of our army in the future." Xu Maogong said.

"Guang Luxun's plan is very good! In this way, regardless of whether the Cai family, the Kuai family and other Jingzhou clans accept the edict or not, Liu Biao's suspicion will also create a gap between them and make Jingzhou internally unstable."

"In this way, Liu Biao has to focus on stabilizing the interior. Naturally, he has no ability to take care of other places. If he joins forces with Liu Zhang in Yizhou and Zhang Jin in Jiaozhou to instigate Sun Quan in Jiangdong to harass Jingzhou from the outside, Liu Biao has no time to focus on it." With us, in this way, we can go north with peace of mind." Jia Xu agreed with Xu Maogong's words.

Li Song is also very satisfied with this plan. Jingzhou has a lot of powerful families and prosperous gentry, which is different from other places. The gentry in the north and south are also different. Most of the gentry in the north let their nephews become officials, and they have people in various positions.

In the southern gentry, father and son held positions for generations, and the family commanded the local military power from father to son. This was later the hereditary leadership system of Soochow, where the army was hereditary from one family to the next.

In the name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, these gentry will be granted the title, and they will readily agree. Li Songmen can tell what kind of piss these gentry are.

After all, this was to expand their family's power. When Liu Biao rode away from Jingzhou, he wanted to win over these big families and wipe out the clan thieves who were entrenched in Jingzhou at that time. Only then did Liu Biao secure his position as the lord of Jingzhou.

This naturally has the benefits of Liu Biao's promise. Liu Biao first took Cai Mao's second sister as his successor, tied the Cai family to his chariot, and then relied on the Cai family to do both soft and hard to the Kuai family, and took down the Kuai family to help Liu Biao Ping Jingzhou.

To put it bluntly, it is because the interests of the two parties are linked, and these gentry spared no effort to help Liu Biao stabilize Jingzhou. After Liu Biao settled Jingzhou, he immediately appointed Kuai Yue as the prefect of Zhangling, and the imperial court named him Marquis of Fanting. The Kuai family also had many rewards.

As for the Cai family of Liu Biao's wife, they got even more benefits. Cai Mao had successively served as the prefect of Jiangxia, Nanjun and other monarchs.

Even Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, was from a gentry family. When Liu Biao was the shepherd of Jingzhou, he used the power of the local wealthy family. In this way, a delicate balance was formed between the gentry and Liu Biao. Once this balance is broken, the consequences can be imagined. Know.

"Cai Mao and Kuai Yue are both pro-my court factions, and they have dissuaded Liu Biao many times, but the Jingzhou gentry Huang Zu is firmly against our faction. The power of the Huang family should not be underestimated. Cai Hao and Kuai Yue are easy to say. What should I do if the ancestors are obstructing it?" Li Song thought of this, and couldn't help asking his own doubts.

Since Huang Zu could rely on his clan's power to counterbalance Cai Mao's Cai clan and Kuaiyue's Kuai clan without falling into a disadvantage, he could see the leopard in the palm of his hand.

"Prime Minister! Huang Zu is nothing to worry about! It depends on how Master Situ Liu instigated Sun Quan. After all, Sun Jian died at the hands of Huang Zu. We only need to let Sun Quan compete with Huang Zu. Cai Mao only needs to sit on the sidelines and believe in Sun Quan. I will definitely be able to kill Huang Zu, and in this way, there will be no worries!" Sima Yi said.

This is a trick to kill with a borrowed knife. As for how to borrow it, it depends on how Liu Bowen uses the enmity between Sun Quan and Huang Zu to kill his father.

In this way, all the problems will be solved. Cai Hao and Kuai Yue are both pro-Li factions who are against him, so they will naturally accept the imperial edict without hesitation. In this way, the balance in Jingzhou will be broken, and Liu Biao must think Do whatever it takes to resolve this internal instability.

This created a gap between Liu Biao and the Jingzhou gentry, an irreparable rift, so that perhaps Liu Biao would revoke Cai Mao's right to command the navy and hand over the power of the navy to Huang Zu.

"This is the way to do this! First use force to frighten Liu Biao, and let him retreat in spite of difficulties! Then negotiate a peace with Liu Biao, and at the same time use the emperor's edict to seal Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others, and give Liu Biao eye drops."

"This Southern Expedition will be led by me personally. Zhang Xiu will lead the right army, Zhang He will lead the left army, Li Cunxiao will lead the front army as the vanguard, Pei Yuanqing, Yu Jin, and Gao Lan will follow me to lead the central army. Xu Huang, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao Leading the rear army, Da Sinonong Han Hao is in charge of food and grass, and will send troops to Nanyang County tomorrow," Li Song said.

With so many great generals around, Li Song was not afraid at all, so he decided to take command in person, and no one knew that the Southern Expedition was dangerous. The prime minister's trip to Nanyang was regarded as a tourist trip, so no one came out to dissuade him.

"No! I would like to follow the prime minister's order!" The people who were ordered hurriedly came out and greeted Li Song with fists.

After everything was arranged properly, when Li Song was about to announce the end of the meeting, a personal guard rushed in, knelt down on one knee in the hall and said, "Report to the Prime Minister! The Southern Express!"

After finishing speaking, he raised the bamboo slips in his hand above his head, Li Song and the others guessed whether Liu Biao from Jingzhou had done something, Li Song hurriedly asked Xu Chu to take the bamboo slips to look at.

Xu Chu stepped forward to take the bamboo slips, waved the guards to step back, the guards clasped their fists, turned around and left, Xu Chu returned to Li Song, and handed the bamboo slips to Li Song for viewing.

After Li Song looked at it, he frowned, and Xu Maogong hurriedly asked: "Prime Minister! But what happened to Jingzhou?"

"No, it was Jiaozhou Mu Zhangjin who was assassinated by his subordinate Cangwu County prefect Qu Jing." Li Song said, only then remembered that the historical Jiaozhou Mu Zhangjin was killed by Qu Jing in the eighth year of Jian'an.

As for how he was killed by his subordinates, Li Song and others also imagined it to some extent. Zhang Jin can be regarded as a wonderful flower. He gets along very well with various celebrities, but he just doesn't deal with Liu Biao. Relations with subordinates are bad.

Zhang Jin's subordinates have been dissatisfied with Zhang Jin for a long time. To put it bluntly, it is not a matter of a day or two to kill him, which leads to the reason why Zhang Jin will be assassinated by his subordinates in the end.

Generally speaking, Zhang Jin's diplomatic skills are good, but he is not suitable for managing his subordinates. Zhang Jin is good at talking, but his subordinates are not satisfactory.

"Zhang Jin has a good relationship with celebrities such as He Jin, Yuan Shao, Xu Jing, etc., but he has a problem with Liu Biao, one of the eight heroes. Therefore, during the successive years of fighting against Jingzhou, the relationship between Zhang Jin and his subordinates continued to deteriorate, resulting in The generals in Jiaozhou felt resentment towards Zhang Jin, which led to Zhang Jin's assassination." Jia Xu analyzed the cause of Zhang Jin's death.

After all, Zhang Jin is one of the important pawns to contain Liu Biao. Now that Zhang Jin is assassinated, it means that Liu Biao loses a layer of external pressure and at the same time gains an additional force to check and balance the internal strength. It is greatly beneficial to Liu Biao.

(End of this chapter)