The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 447 Liu Biao's Death (Second Change)

Zhuge Liang’s words sound simple, but in fact they are difficult to implement. Everyone knows that you need kindness to comfort others, but the question is how to do it with genuine affection, so that people are inexplicably moved, without being artificial?
These things may be difficult for others, but for Liu Bei, they are extremely easy.

Uncle Liu Huang started his army by relying on empty-handed white wolves, buying people's hearts and messing with the world.

After pondering carefully for a while, Liu Bei stroked his beard and nodded and said: "Bei understands, well, just follow the advice of the military adviser, and send Chen to arrive quickly, and the second general Wei Yan will take pictures of all the passes along the way, so I can make arrangements. Let Zhuo Maliang and Yiji do the reception arrangement in Xiangyang City, and you must not wrong that Mr. Zhang from Yizhou..."

Before Liu Bei finished speaking, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the door, followed by a burst of mourning and howling.

Liu Bei couldn't help but tremble in his heart. Although the cry was far away, he had sharp ears and eyes, and could vaguely tell who the crying owner belonged to.

If nothing unexpected happened, the cries should be from his two nephews, Liu Qi and Liu Cong!
Liu Bei panicked.

In today's world, what would make these two brothers cry together?

Maybe, just that one thing...

Thinking of this, Liu Bei couldn't help feeling dizzy for a while.

When I was young, I saw two young juniors, Liu Qi and Liu Cong, wearing white hangings on their shoulders, wearing filial piety clothes, with tears on their faces, stumbling in together, seeing Liu Bei, without saying a word, they knelt down together with a 'plop'.

"uncle!"

Liu Bei stood up tremblingly, raised his arms and said, "You two nephews, what are you doing... Get up, get up!"

Liu Qi and Liu Cong didn't get up, they just cried bitterly.

When I was young, Liu Qi shook his head heavily with tears on his face, and said with a sob: "Uncle, at three o'clock last night, my father passed away due to a serious illness! Before he left, he specially left a last word with my brother, telling us to take care of him." Take the word to uncle..."

Liu Bei trembled and said, "Brother Jing Sheng, what did he say?"

"My father said that from now on, the nine counties of Jingxiang will be entrusted to my uncle! I also hope that my uncle will take care of the brotherhood, treat the old ministers well, and treat the people well, so my father will die with peace in his eyes!"

Liu Bei's tears flowed down immediately.

He got up and left the table, walked to the two nephews, put his arms around them and began to cry bitterly.

Liu Bei is not a cat crying for a mouse, his feelings for Liu Biao are from the bottom of his heart, and for Liu Biao's death, Liu Bei feels in his heart that he would rather die.

Liu Bei wandered half his life. When he was most difficult, it was Liu Biao who took him in and taught him with respect as an elder brother. In all honesty, Liu Bei learned a lot from Liu Biao. In getting along, Liu Bei was infected invisibly.

If there is really a person in this world worthy of Liu Bei's respect and admiration, then this person is undoubtedly Liu Biao.

A person like his father and brother passed away, how could Liu Bei not cry?
Zhuge Liang was also in a bad mood. He stood up and supported the two sons on behalf of Liu Bei, and said with emotion: "Liu Jingzhou passed away, the great man lost a man, and the country lost an arm... The two sons are sad, please go back to the mansion to pay the festival The funeral, Liu Jingzhou's funeral, naturally we will take care of it."

Liu Qi and Liu Cong wept and bowed together: "Thank you Uncle, thank you Mr. Zhuge."

After some good words of comfort, Zhuge Liang sent the two sons away, and when he came back, he saw Liu Bei who was heartbroken, and Kong Ming couldn't help feeling deeply sad.

"My lord, please give me your condolences. Liu Jingzhou is terminally ill, and his body has been in danger many times. It is not easy to survive until today."

Liu Bei cried and said: "Bei also knows what the military adviser said, but brother Jing Sheng treated me very well, just like a father and brother. He is dying today, and Bei will have to break his heart with pain!"

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Now the imperial court has conferred the title of lord as Hussar General to lead Jingzhou pastor... My lord took over the military and political power of Jingzhou, which is justified, but Liang still has one doubt, that is, since lord has officially won Jingzhou As for authority, what should Liu Qi and Liu Cong do...?"

Liu Bei raised his red eye circles from crying, looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "According to the advice of the military advisor, what should we do?"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and said: "The eldest son Liu Qi has a honest personality, pure and kind nature, and he has always respected the lord. It is understandable that the lord protects the eldest son Liu for Liu Jingsheng. The problem lies with Liu Cong..."

After being silent for a while, Zhuge Liang sighed and said, "Behind him, there are relatives of the Cai family standing."

Liu Bei sighed: "Cai Mao is dead, Cai's relatives, there is nothing to worry about..."

Zhuge Liang denied: "Otherwise, Cai Mao is dead, and all the power is now in the hands of the lord. The sky in Jingzhou has changed... But after all, Cai Mao's family has deep roots in Jingzhou. I will never get up again, rise and fall have their own way, human affairs are impermanent, and you have a clear mind, while suppressing the Cai family's influence in Jingzhou, the lord must not leave any chance for them to counterattack, so as not to leave future troubles."

Liu Bei frowned deeply: "What does the military division mean?"

"Liu Cong is one of the opportunities for the Cai family to change in the future. My lord, you must investigate carefully. Please make up your mind early."

The words Kong Ming made up his mind earlier made Liu Bei's heart tremble, and beads of sweat dripped down his forehead unknowingly.

"Brother Jing Sheng treated me well. He is dead now. How can Bei harm his son? This matter is absolutely unacceptable... How about it? If we garrison the troops, we can send Liu Cong there to be kept in captivity, and send troops to monitor him, so as not to allow him to come into contact with the Cai family, wouldn’t it be all right?”

Zhuge Liang wanted to persuade him when he heard the words, but after careful consideration, he decided to give up.

"If my lord insists on this, Liang won't force it. It's just that you need to be more careful with Liu Cong."

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Liu Biao, as the general of Zhennan in the imperial court, was also a prince of one party. His death naturally attracted the attention of the princes of all parties.

Because of his good use of the pigeon whistle, Yuan Shang from Hebei was the first to get the news as quickly as possible.

"Liu Biao is dead, and Liu Cong was demoted to the public security office..."

While Yuan Shang gently pinched the battle report message, deep thoughts arose in his heart.

"Where is this police station?"

Tian Feng sat on the soft couch beside him, fiddling with an exquisite teacup in his hand, and replied while studying: "The public security is Chanling County, which is in the danger of a natural moat. It is the hub of the north-south post road. Connecting Han to Shanghai and connecting Ba and Shu to the west, it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, echoing Jiangxia in the distance.”

Yuan Shang stroked his chin and thought carefully: "It's very close to Jiangxia? Isn't that where Li Song lives now?"

At the beginning, Yuan Shang left Jiangxia, Jingzhou with Gan Ning. Before leaving, he gave Li Song his great contribution to repelling Soochow, and asked Hu Ren, the spy leader in Jiangxia, to return Li Song's mother and secretly assist him.

Li Song came from an ordinary background and had no relationship with the Jingzhou family. His status was considered innocent, but he had made several meritorious deeds and won the hearts and minds of Jiang Xia's army and people.

After Huang Zu's death, Liu Bei took the opportunity to send people to Jiangxia to garrison, and personally summoned Li Song. He felt that this person was born innocent, had no connection with a wealthy family, and was a native of Jiangxia. All good.

Of course, the most important point is that Liu Bei saw that Li Song was average in talent and easy to control!

After thinking about it, Liu Bei finally appointed Li Song, a native of Jiangxia, as the prefect of Jiangxia to appease the people, but he still sent Mr. Shui Jing, Sima Hui's congregation Xianglang, to assist him and take charge of monitoring.

Of course, Liu Bei never dreamed that this unattractive Li Song would have an affair with Yuan Shang.

Although Li Song was also forced.

Tian Feng still lowered his head. He glanced sideways at Yuan Shang and muttered, "What? You are not satisfied with placing such a nail like Li Song in the hinterland of Jingzhou. Now you are paying attention to Liu Cong again?"

Yuan Shang shrugged his shoulders and said, "You haven't seen that Li Song, he's not courageous, he can't accomplish much, after what happened to his mother, he didn't dare to betray me, but he also didn't dare to betray Liu Bei, unless He will be able to take action only when my soldiers are pressing down on the border and victory is in sight, otherwise, he will not be able to count on him for anything else."

Tian Feng thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Even so, you want to use Liu Cong and the Cai family. After all, this matter sounds too far-fetched. No matter how Liu Bei suppresses the Cai family in Jingzhou, the Cai family is still related to Zhuge Liang! Cai Mao himself It's Zhuge Liang's wife and uncle, as the saying goes, no matter how much trouble is in the family's nest, it's their own business, you, an outsider from Hebei, can't get in the way... It's like in our Hebei, there are many families fighting in the nest, But apart from the fact that the lord passed away many years ago and you and Yuan Tan fought for the throne, you have never let outsiders take advantage of you."

Yuan Shang thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, the situation in Jingzhou is different from ours in Hebei. The landlords in Hebei are powerful, such as your Tian, ​​Pang, Ju, Guo, Xun, Xin and other prominent families, although they usually look at each other. It is not pleasing to the eye, and there are endless fights, but under the unified call of my Yuan family, especially after I formulated the policy of fines for quarrels, the cohesion is still relatively strong... But Jingzhou is different, Cai, Kuai, Xi, Pang, Yang Shi, Ma, and Xiang are all local natives, but Liu Bei is an upstart from outside. When Liu Bei was there, he might not dare to be shy under his prestige, and some disadvantages could not be seen for a while, but once he left ..."

Tian Feng was a little puzzled when he heard this.

"Liu Bei left Jingzhou? Where can he go?"

Yuan Shang smiled and said: "I heard that Yizhou don't drive Zhang Song out of Shu and enter Jingzhou. If my prediction is correct, Liu Bei's mind should be flying to Xichuan now!"

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(End of this chapter)