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Chapter 466 Shooting Strategy

Deng Zhi bid farewell to Liu Jing, and under the escort of Liu Zong, went northward along the Feishui River. When passing through his hometown Xinye, Deng Zhi made a special trip back to the land of the Deng clan.

Since Cao Cao and Liu Biao have stopped fighting tit for tat in recent years, the situation in Xinye is barely stable, and the epidemic situation has eased. The members of the Deng clan who fled in all directions have returned to their hometowns, but the weather is not as good as Baiyi in the past.

The Deng family in Nanyang, from Taifu Deng Yu, has been an official for generations. It has been extremely prosperous and has become the leading wealthy family in the world. Unfortunately, it has declined after prosperity. After more than a hundred years of prosperity, it will inevitably decline after all.

Deng Zhi advised the family members to serve as assistants to Liu Zong, and they could also go south to join Liu Jing. With Deng Yuan's relationship, the Deng family in Nanyang will surely prosper again.

After Deng Zhi paid homage to the ancestral grave, under the escort of Liu Zong, he continued to go north until Jiyang County.

Jiyang County is located at the northernmost tip of Zhangling County, bordering on the boundary of Wan County in Cao Cao's jurisdiction. The current magistrate of Wan County is Liu Jing's friend Du Xi.

Before Du Xi was the magistrate of Xi'e County in Nanyang County, when he took office, Xi'e County was infested by Liu Biao outside and bandits inside. The people were scattered and the fields were barren.

Fortunately, not long after, Liu Jing rose up in Jingnan and wiped out Liu Biao's army going south. From then on, Liu Biao concentrated on the south and no longer invaded the north.

Without Liu Biao's restraint, Du Xi recruited strong men, quickly wiped out the bandits in the territory, and then persuaded agriculture and resumed production. Many people from all over the world came back. In two years, there were more than [-] families. Cao Cao sighed and moved to Wan County. make.

Not long after Deng Zhi's team entered the boundary of Wan County, Du Xi in the city received the news, and immediately rushed out of the city to greet him anxiously.

Although Liu Jing has kept the news tightly sealed, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Recently, Du Xi has heard a lot of news from the south. Some say that Liu Biao and Liu Bei repelled Liu Jing, and some say that Liu Jing has successfully captured Xiangyang... …

Du Xi was eager to know the answer. He heard that there was a car coming from the south, so he couldn't sit still.

When the convoy arrived at the city of Wan County, Deng Zhi got out of the carriage and saw an official with a high crown and fine clothes and a printed ribbon welcoming him at the gate of the city. He raised his voice and asked, "Is this Du Zixu from Yingchuan?"

Du Xiwen's heart moved when he heard the words, he nodded and said: "Exactly, dare to ask your step?"

Deng Zhi said calmly: "Deng Bomiao in Nanyang is the right Sima of General Anyuan. This time, he is specially ordered by the general to serve in Beijing as a tribute."

After confirming the conjecture in his heart, Du Xi was overjoyed and said, "So the rumors are true. Liu Zhongda has really captured Xiangyang?"

Deng Zhi nodded and said: "Since the general launched the Northern Expedition in March, he has been invincible and invincible. The Northern Army died and surrendered. Liu Biao died of illness. Liu Cong surrendered without a fight. The counties of Jingzhou, Huang Zu The rest of the generation will not wait for the wind to submit, and now the entire Jingzhou is owned by the general."

Du Xi was shocked when he heard that, the so-called Jingzhou surrender may not be the truth, but Liu Cong's surrender should be a fact when Liu Biao died of illness.

Liu Biao ruled the river and the Han Dynasty for more than ten years, Duke Cao did not dare to take him lightly, he regarded Liu Biao as his lifelong enemy, he never expected to be defeated in one battle against Liu Jing's attack, it is really unbelievable.

Deng Zhi then took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Du Xi, and said, "This is a letter from the general to your step."

Du Xi was not in a hurry to read the letter, and invited Deng Zhi to the county temple before opening the letter. He didn't want to be more shocked when he read it. It turned out that not only Liu Biao, but also Zhang Jin had died at the hands of Liu Jing recently.

In just half a year, Liu Jing wiped out Zhang Jin and Liu Biao, and annexed Jiaozhou and Jingzhou. Don't say he was shocked. Even after Cao Gong heard about it, he would have trouble sleeping and eating, right?
Du Xi was silent for a long time. When he returned to the north, Liu Jing was only a hundred stone officials in Changsha. gap.

Five years later, Du Xi was only moved from the magistrate of Xi'e County to the magistrate of Wan County, and his rank was increased by a few hundred stones. His official career was not as expected.

In contrast, Liu Jing transformed himself and became the master of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. The gap between the two is so big that it is almost incomparable.

However, for Liu Jing's achievements, Du Xi is not jealous, he is happy for his friend from the bottom of his heart, but he is also a little bit worried when he is happy.

Du Xi really knows Liu Jing very well. He has an extremely conceited temperament. When he was in the market in the past, he regarded the heroes of the world as nothing.

But he has the talent to match him, there are many people in the world with great aspirations and few talents, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu are just like him.Liu Jing is different. He is wise and martial, a little out of the world, and he uses soldiers like a god. He is the second best in Guangwu.

Both Liu Jing and Cao Gong are outstanding men in the world, and their ambitions are in the world. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. When they meet, how can they live in peace?
Liu Jing didn't know Du Xi's worries. He was in the general's mansion at the moment, receiving Song Zhong, Qi Wukai, and Sima Hui from Wuye.

Although the three of them are Liu Jing's subordinates, Song Zhong is Liu Jing's teacher, and Qi Wukai and Sima Hui are old men with good morals and elegant and noble scholars. They cannot be regarded by subordinates. burglary.

Song Zhong didn't wait to be seated, so he couldn't wait to say to Liu Jing: "All the questions for the archery exam have been drawn up, please take a look, general. If there is no problem, the exam can be started at any time."

Liu Jing took a thick stack of exam questions from Song Zhong, and said with a smile, "Thank you, sir."

Liu Jing believed that the probation system represented by Maocai and Xiaolian had become rigid up to now, and he intended to innovate the way of selecting scholars. Therefore, as soon as he entered Xiangyang, he inspected the school and publicly stated that he would open the first and second subjects and recruit hundreds of scholars. , Section A serves the prefecture and government, and Section B fills up the county and county, and is preparing to form a regular system, with an examination every two years.

This time, there are three rounds in total for opening a subject to select a scholar, namely posting scriptures, trying righteousness, and meeting.

The first and second rounds of posting scriptures and testing meanings mainly focus on the essentials of the Five Classics.

Professional matters should naturally be handed over to professional people. Liu Jing ordered Song Zhong, Qi Wukai, and Sima Hui to be responsible for drafting the examination questions. It took half a month, and now it is finally completed.

Song Zhong shook his head and said, "This is not the work of me alone. Qi Wu Guangming, Sima Decao, and even the school officials all worked hard, forgot to sleep and eat, and read the "Five Classics".

"It all depends on the efforts of Mr. and your lords." Liu Jing said again: "Since the exam questions have been set, it is natural that the sooner the exam starts, the better. Why not set it tomorrow."

One day when there was enough time to prepare, Song Zhong asked, "Will the general come to the examination room tomorrow?"

"The first round of posting scriptures is very important. If I show up in the examination room, I'm afraid it will distract the students and affect the examination." Liu Jing pointed to Zhuge Liang and Wang Can beside him, and said to Song Zhong: "Tomorrow I will Let Kong Ming and Zhongxuan go to the school on my behalf and inspect the examination room."

Song Zhong nodded. Zhuge Liang and Wang Can were both important officials under Liu Jing's command. Their presence in the examination room was enough to show Liu Jing's importance.

(End of this chapter)