(The last chapter was checked in a hurry, and Zhang Lu was mistakenly written as Liu Zhang in several places, which affected everyone's reading. Yanzi would like to apologize)
South of Xiangyang City, in front of Liu Qi¡¯s tomb.
Liu Feng stood on one knee and poured a glass of water and wine in front of the tombstone. There was a hint of sadness in his expression.
"Brother, I didn't have time to see you for the last time, so this glass of water and wine should be regarded as my apology to you."
The wine fell to the ground and soon soaked into the dry soil.
All kinds of old things come to mind, and when I think of the days when Liu Qi and I were instigated by Liu Qi to roam around in the flowers and have a good time, a smile can't help but appear on the sad face.
"Drinking is harmful to your health, brother, you have to take it easy when you get there."
Liu Feng actually made a joke at the tombstone. At this moment, his mood was no longer as sad as before.
Everyone has to die eventually. Although Liu Qi had a hard life in the first half of his life, he had many beautiful things. In the few years before his death, he did a lot of great things with great vigor. There is no doubt that he will leave his name in history.
From another perspective, Liu Qi is considered dead and unshakable.
People cannot be resurrected after death, and those who are alive should know how to cherish the present.
Liu Feng is not the kind of sentimental person. After the initial sadness, he quickly returned to optimism and positivity.
While he was talking to himself in front of Liu Qi's tomb, a horse came galloping from Xiangyang City.
"My lord, there is an urgent report from Dongzhi in Yizhou."
Liu Feng had just returned to Jingzhou less than half a month ago. Dong He's urgent report arrived, and Liu Feng's expression suddenly became alert.
When he opened the urgent letter and took a look, Liu Feng's eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of surprise.
After sinking for a moment, he immediately got on his horse.
"Back to the city."
An hour later, in the meeting hall of Xiangyang Chengzhou Mufu, Pang Tong, Liu Ba, Kuai Liang and other important officials from Jing and Xiang arrived.
Liu Fenghuan glanced at everyone, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Everyone, I just received an urgent report from Yizhou. If the information is correct, Liu Bei has already captured Hanzhong."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall.
Even someone as resourceful as Pang Tong still felt that what Liu Feng said was unbelievable at this moment.
Liu Feng then showed Dong He's letter to everyone. The letter explained in detail the causes and consequences of Liu Bei's theft of Hanzhong. After everyone read it, they suddenly understood.
"When Liu Bei first entered Shu, Liu Zhang met with him in person. At that time, Liu Bei had the opportunity to capture Liu Zhang and capture Yizhou without bloodshed. However, at that time, Liu Bei was not convinced by the name of benevolence and righteousness, so he did not dare to act rashly. Now he But he was so impatient and used this trick to steal Hanzhong, it seems that he was really anxious."
Pang Tong's comments completely exposed Liu Bei's true nature.
Liu Ba nodded repeatedly: "My lord, Liu Bei used this shameless method to seize Hanzhong, and the local people will definitely be dissatisfied. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to immediately send troops to attack Hanzhong, and take advantage of its unstable foothold to defeat him in one fell swoop."
As if Liu Bei and Liu Bei were enemies in the previous life, Liu Ba's hatred for Liu Bei can be described as "haunting". Once there is an opportunity, he will definitely encourage Liu Feng to go to war with Liu Bei.
"At present, the people of Jingzhou are shaken due to the death of the Dezhou Mu Fang, and the war is over. The soldiers are exhausted, and the people's livelihood is in ruins. Even if there is a chance, I think it is not appropriate to start another war."
The person who raised the objection was none other than Kuai Liang.
At this time, Liu Feng turned his attention to Pang Tong. In terms of the overall situation, he still relied on this chief adviser the most.
Pang Tong seemed to have already made up his mind. He was just waiting for Liu Feng to ask, and then he stroked his beard and said: "I agree more with Kuai Zhizhong's words. Jingzhou is the foundation of the lord, and the foundation is unstable. There is no need to talk about other things. I thought What my lord needs to do most now is to report to the court as soon as possible and announce that he will inherit the position of Jingzhou Mu, in order to appease the hearts of the people of Jingxiang."
Liu Feng's original plan was to inherit Liu Qi's position as prefectural shepherd after his death, but the unexpected acquisition of Yizhou forced him to take up the post of Yizhou shepherd first. It seems a bit inappropriate to hold the position of Jingzhou Mu again at the moment.
"How can one person be responsible for the pastoral care of two states? If the Lord is leading the pastoral care of Jingzhou, then who should be the pastor of Yizhou?"
Sure enough, Liu Ba quickly saw something wrong with it.
Pang Tong said calmly: "This is simple. Yizhou no longer has a state pastor. The lord only needs to appoint a trusted person to go to Xichuan to serve as the governor of Yizhou."
?Although both the governor and the governor are in charge of the affairs of a state, their powers and status are quite different. The governor is dedicated to government affairs and also has some military power, while the governor can hold all the power of a state's military and political affairs. .
Although Liu Feng planned to change the post of Jingzhou Mu to the post of Mu, he was actually worried about letting anyone take the post of Yizhou Mu. Now that Pang Tong mentioned changing the post of Jingzhou Mu to the Governor, it was undoubtedly in line with Liu Feng's thoughts.
"Shi Yuan's words are reasonable, but I wonder if Shi Yuan has a suitable candidate to serve as the governor of Yizhou?" Liu Feng asked happily.
Pang Tong turned his gaze to Liu Ba beside him, and said with a smile: "The most suitable candidate is right in front of me, why does my lord need to ask me."
He wanted to recommend Liu Ba to be the governor of Nayizhou.
Liu Feng was stunned for a moment, and then he understood Pang Tong's intention.
Liu Ba was a minister of Yuan Gong who followed him in raising troops, and his talent in governing and governing the people put even Pang Tong to shame. Liu Ba, who had not been in Xinde for a long time and had just experienced the war, was the leader of Yizhou. The best candidate.
What¡¯s more, Liu Ba has never been too enthusiastic about attacking Cao Cao in the north, but he is very active in dealing with Liu Bei. Wouldn¡¯t it be just right to transfer him to Yizhou to be a neighbor of Liu Bei, who had just obtained Hanzhong.
However, Liu Feng also sensed another intention of Pang Tong from his recommendation.
Liu Ba did have the talents of the Three Dukes, but he had always been arrogant. He had secretly argued with Pang Tong before. Now Liu Feng has a great talent like Kuai Liang under his command, which has taken away a considerable part of Liu Ba's administrative power. Liu Basi had already complained about this.
If Liu Ba is sent to Yizhou, on the one hand, he can fully display his talents, and on the other hand, he can avoid the power struggle with Pang Kuai.
The four major families of Kuai, Cai, Pang, and Huang in Jingzhou are closely related. It is said that Pang Tong and Kuai Liang are related by marriage. With this relationship, and because Kuai Liang later submitted to Liu Feng, he was very important to Pang Tong's civil servants. Naturally, I don¡¯t dare to covet the top position in the slightest.
Pang Tong was really smart in his calculation.
After figuring this out, Liu Feng smiled secretly in his heart and said, "Thanks to Shi Yuan for reminding me, yes, Zichu is the most suitable candidate."
Liu Ba didn¡¯t think that deeply, so he was naturally surprised and delighted that Pang Tong recommended him to be the assassin of Yizhou.
That is the governor of a state. There are only 13 governors in total among the thirteen states in the Han Dynasty. It will undoubtedly be a great honor for Liu Ba to assume such a high position at such a young age.
What's more, Yizhou's new and vast stage, if he is in charge of it as the governor, he will no longer be hindered by the likes of Pang Tong and Kuai Liang, and can fully display his talents.
Isn¡¯t this all what I dreamed of?
For a moment, Liu Ba could not hide his surprise, but he was busy making humble excuses.
"In Yizhou, apart from Zichu, I really don't trust anyone else to take care of it. The overall situation is more important now. Zichu, please stop being humble. You must go to Yizhou this time."
Liu Feng spoke resolutely and did not allow Liu Ba to refuse.
Seeing this, Liu Ba stopped making too many unnecessary polite remarks and said happily: "Since the lord trusts me Liu Ba so much, then I can only do my best to govern Yizhou for the lord."
After finalizing the decision-making plan, a few days later, Liu Fengsui, with the support of Jingxiang ministers, formally inherited the position of Jingzhou Mu in the presence of Liu Biao and Liu Qi and his son.
Soon after, Liu Ba was officially appointed as the governor of Yizhou and went to Chengdu to take up his post.
After Liu Feng succeeded Jingzhou Mu, he once again made an adjustment to the personnel in the two states.
Mengda, who had made great contributions to the conquest of Shu, was granted the title of General Pingnan and the Grand Administrator of Wuling.
Because Liu Feng considered that Meng Da had a repetitive personality and could not be reused, but also considered that he had great merits and would be afraid of losing people if he were to abandon him, he named him General Pingnan, above General Miscellaneous, and gave him the title of General Pingnan. He serves as the prefect of Wuling, and he is not afraid of causing trouble if he stays under his nose.
Ma Liang was promoted to general Xingye and still the governor of Nanjun. Chen Dao was promoted to the rank of backbone general, commanding troops to guard the public security. Liu Bi was promoted to general of Anhan and still the governor of Changsha.
Because of Wei Yan¡¯s previous achievements in resisting Cao¡¯s army in Xiangyang, he was promoted to the general of Zhenbei and garrisoned in Fancheng.
Jiang Wan, who surrendered from Wu County, was appointed by Liu Feng as Book Cao, in charge of Jingzhou's money and grain affairs.
Kuai Liang was promoted to General of the Xinghan Dynasty, led the governor of Nanyang from afar, and participated in the affairs of the former general's office.
As for the first counselor Pang Tong, he was promoted to the rank of military advisor general, and also served as the governor of the palace, and was responsible for the affairs of the former general's palace.
Liu Ba, who had already been appointed as the governor of Yizhou, participated in the affairs of the former general's office together with Kuai Liang.
Because Liu Feng claimed to be a former general and had the power to open a mansion, he could open an exclusive?Shogunate.
He, the shogunate subordinate to the former general's palace, is like the emperor's inner dynasty. For example, although Pang Tong's military position is not as good as that of Wei Yan, because he is in charge of the affairs of the former general's palace, his real power is much greater than that of Wei Yan.
The rest, Kuai Liang and Liu Ba, all have the title of participating in the affairs of the former general's office, and their actual power is also greater than that of officials at the same level.
At the same time, Huang Zhong, who stayed in Zitong, was promoted to the general of Zhenxi, and the other Shu generals such as Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Ma Zhong, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi were all promoted to generals of miscellaneous titles.
In order to ensure control over the generals in Yizhou, when Liu Ba took office as the governor of Yizhou, he ordered all the generals in Shu to send their sons and heirs to Xiangyang as hostages.
Just when Liu Feng was seizing the time to restore the economy of Jingyi and appease the people, Liu Bei was not idle either.
Although this great uncle of the Han Dynasty used despicable means to capture Hanzhong without any blood, the people of Hanzhong were gentle and obedient under the influence of the Five Dou Rice Cult for many years. Therefore, there was not much resistance in various parts of Hanzhong. Liu Bei actually used his astonishing The speed captured the hearts of Hanzhong.
After turning the corner, Liu Bei's ambitions expanded again. While strengthening the defense force in the south against Yizhou, he sent people deep into Longyou and used Ma Chao's reputation to connect with the Qiang people. There are various signs that Liu Bei has made plans for the Guanlong area. heart of.
At the end of winter, time enters the second year.
A piece of information from Xudu arrived in Xiangyang: 150,000 Cao troops had left Xudu and were heading towards Guanzhong.
Cao Cao is finally going to take action against Liu Bei. .