Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 260 Ownership of Jiaozhou

What is not known is that Zhang Jin had an affair with Ou Jing's concubine. During a tryst, Ou Jing found out that Zhang Jin had no choice but to escape by jumping over the wall.

Zhang Jin who went back felt that Zhang Jin was disgraced and wanted to kill Qu Jing, so he invited Qu Jing under the pretext of hosting a banquet, in fact to kill him.

Somehow, the news leaked out, so Qu Jing decided to kill Zhang Jin. Anyway, everyone was fed up with Zhang Jin's anger, so he summoned his cronies, and on a dark and stormy night, Assassinate Zhang Jin who was out.

Zhang Jin's death did not cause any big disturbances, the murderer Qu Jing went back unharmed and continued to be his prefect, everything was calm, as if nothing had happened.

No one stood up to uphold justice for Jiaozhou Mu, even Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, who had been appointed to the court to change Jiaozhou governor to be the governor of Jiaozhou, ignored him. Death makes people applaud instead.

These have nothing to do with Li Song and others who are far away in Xuchang, and he doesn't care about these gossips, but now that Jiaozhou has no leader, something will inevitably go wrong.

"Okay! Everyone go down and prepare! Tomorrow, after inviting the emperor, we will send troops to the south." Li Song put the bamboo slips in his hand aside, stopped paying attention to this aspect, and announced the adjournment of the meeting to everyone.

"Wait a minute, Prime Minister!" Everyone bowed their hands and prepared to leave the hall. Even Li Song got up to leave, but Xu Maogong stopped him.

"Mr. Mao! Do you have anything else to do?" Li Song asked, and everyone looked at Mr. Xu, waiting for his words.

"Prime Minister! The death of Jiaozhou Shepherd Zhang Jin seems ordinary! But there is a big crisis hidden." Xu Maogong cupped his hands.

"Crisis? What's the crisis? Why didn't I see it?" Li Song wondered, and looked back at the crowd, "Did you see it?"

Everyone shook their heads, Li Song looked at Xu Maogong again, and Xu Maogong continued: "Once Zhang Jin dies, Jiaozhou will have no leader, and Jiaozhou and Jingzhou are close together, Liu Biao will definitely appoint his subordinates to take over Jiaozhou. In this way, Liu Biao will have no leader. Sitting in the land of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, the power has greatly increased."

"At that time, even if we win over the Cai family and the Kuai family, Liu Biao will still be able to check and balance them, and even continue to use troops to the north. At that time, everything we have done will fall short."

After Xu Maogong finished speaking, Li Song realized the seriousness of the matter, so no matter what, Liu Biao could not get Jiaozhou.

"In your opinion! What should we do about this matter? We also send people to take over Jiaozhou?" Li Song asked.

"I'm afraid this won't work. Jiaozhou is bordered by Jingzhou, Yizhou and Yangzhou. Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Quan in Jiangdong will not allow our people to go to Jiaozhou alive. As for Liu Zhang in Yizhou, we have no friendship on weekdays, let alone Shu Road. It's not easy to go."

"Even if Liu Zhang is willing to let us pass through, even if we get to Jiaozhou, it won't help with such a long detour! By then, Jiaozhou will probably already be under Liu Biao's control." Xu Maogong said.

If it is really as Xu Maogong said, the consequences will be very serious, and this is the result that Li Song does not want to see anyway.

"In this case, what should I do?" Li Song asked.

"Prime Minister!" Sima Yi didn't come and wanted to speak, but Jia Xu took the first step. In front of so many old people, what's the matter with Sima Yi, a young boy.

Li Song looked back at Jia Xu, and Jia Xu said, "Since we can't send someone there, why not choose one of the prefects in Jiaozhou to monitor the situation in the seven counties of Jiaozhou."

This candidate has to be carefully selected. Even if he is not close to the court, he must not be close to Liu Biao in Jingzhou. At the same time, the power must be strong, so that he can compete with Liu Biao.

"I don't know who Wenhe thinks is suitable?" Li Song asked after thinking about it.

"The Shi clan of Jiaozhou is the best choice, and Shi Xie is the best candidate. The prime minister can appoint Suinan Zhonglang general, and the governor of the seven counties of Jiaozhou will continue to serve as the prefect of Jiaozhi." Jia Xu said.

Only then did Li Song think of this person. Shi Xie was the prefect of Jiaozhi in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He and his brother served as the prefect of each county in Jiaozhou, and they were in charge of the government of the state.

To put it bluntly, Shi Xie is the native emperor of Jiaozhou. Although he is in charge of a state, he has no official appointment from the court.

Since Shi Xie is the most suitable candidate, let him play with Liu Biao. Li Song said: "Let's play together tomorrow and ask the emperor to seal Shi Xie, give him a seal, and let him monitor Liu Biao. If you have nothing else to say , it’s all gone.”

"No!" Everyone bowed their hands and responded, since these matters have been settled, they naturally have to leave.

Liu Biao knew about Zhang Jin's assassination by Qu Jing half a month earlier than Li Song, and made arrangements.

Half a month ago, Liu Biao was overjoyed when he learned that Zhang Jin had been killed!Hurriedly summoned civil and military staff to discuss the ownership of Jiaozhou.

"Now that Jiaozhou Shepherd Zhang Jin was killed by his subordinates, it is a good time for me to seize Jiaozhou. I decided to send someone to serve as Jiaozhou governor." Seeing that everyone was there, Liu Biao did not talk nonsense, and directly stated his goal.

All the gentry in Jingzhou were eager to try it, and Cai Mao, a member of the Cai clan, was the first to stand up and said: "My lord! Cai Mao is willing to devote himself to the Lord, and he will die! May the Lord be fair and establish Jiaozhou."

"My lord! I, Kuai Yue, would also like to make peace with the lord. Please let me be the governor of Jiaozhou." Kuai Yue hurriedly said, after all, being the governor of a state can expand the power of the family. Such benefits should not be let go. .

Seeing that other gentry also wanted to be the governor of Jiaozhou, Liu Biao naturally couldn't make these gentry bigger, so he stopped him and said, "Okay! I've already got a candidate for the post of governor of Jiaozhou, so don't fight any more. , so as not to hurt peace."

Cai Mao and the others looked at Liu Biao, waiting for him to announce the final result, hoping that the job of governor of Jiaozhou would fall into their hands.

"The governor of Jiaozhou will be Lai Gong. I hope that Lai Gong will not betray my trust in you, and I will send Wu Chen to lead the army." Liu Biao said, and everyone was stupefied after hearing this, even Lai Gong didn't dare Believe, all this is true.

"It's not too late! Lai Gong and Wu Chen, you two hurry up and get ready, and go to Jiaozhou immediately, so as not to have long nights and dreams, everyone else should leave!" As soon as Liu Biao finished speaking, everyone got up and left.

Liu Biao's move completely angered Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and other gentry, and the rift between them began to appear.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Song learned that Liu Biao had appointed Lai Gong as the governor of Jiaozhou, and Wu Chen led his troops to Jiaozhou to contribute to Liu Biao's capture of Jiaozhou.

(End of this chapter)