Chapter 511: Self-defeating
Liu Biao went back to the study when he went to the toilet, and when he saw that his wife was also there, he couldn't help laughing: "What is Mrs. looking for me?" ”
Mrs. Cai smiled when she heard Yonghe, got up and said, "I'm afraid that my husband is tired, so I'm here to serve tea." Then he moved to Liu Biao's side and helped him sit down. There are many servants in Liu Biao's mansion for such work as sending tea, and Mrs. Cai came to deliver it, but it was the mood between husband and wife.
Liu Biao sat on the wide back chair, leaned his back back, and breathed a sigh of relief, the soft cushion woven of the fur on his buttocks made him extremely comfortable. He is about to reach the age of the sixtieth year, and his body bones are not as good as those in his prime, and these things that Liu Xuande made out in Qingzhou immediately made him like them after they were transmitted to Jingzhou. With a chair, who wants to sit on their knees. Now in Jingzhou, in addition to the school is still training students in the etiquette of sitting, even when the meeting is deliberating, it has also changed to chairs. Except for the extremely stubborn persuasion a few times, the rest of the civil and military ministers quickly fell in love with this new thing, just like Liu Biao, thus freeing their legs.
Liu Biao picked up the teacup and took a sip, and his stomach couldn't help but feel hot. The body also seems to be a little warmer. Then he smiled gently at Mrs. Cai and said, "Thank you for your hard work." Although Mrs. Cai was a helpless move for him to seek the help of the local heroes in Jingzhou after coming to Jingzhou, she was good-looking and deliberately served him, because her personality was not very good, but Liu Biao also endured it with one eye closed.
After Liu Biao finished speaking, he closed his eyes and thought about the war in Nanyang. Cai Mao went to Wancheng, and he had already guessed the situation of not being able to work. It's just that I didn't expect that the negativity was too much and made Wenpin dissatisfied. In this way, we still need to think of a way to appease the clerk. We can't let the situation in Nanyang get worse. At the very least, they have to hold out until their own reinforcements are free.
As for why Cai Mao is like this, Liu Biao knows this. As the leader of the local wealthy clan in Jingzhou, Cai Mao naturally doesn't care who the owner of Jingzhou is. As long as it does not harm the interests of the class he represents. Not only Cai Mao thinks so, but even other families also plan to do so.
The counties of Jingzhou are full of their powerful industries, and together with the war, they will always be affected. The longer he Liu Biao and Cao Cao fought, the more Cai Mao and them suffered. Therefore, extinguishing the war as soon as possible and electing a winner is what the local faction in Jingzhou has to do. It's just that judging from the current situation, Cai Mao and the others quickly bet on Cao Cao.
This made Liu Biao very angry, and of course he didn't think that he could win Cao Cao by fighting alone. There are a lot of factors that go into this. It's just that Liu Biao is still very angry at the collective centrifugation of the Jingzhou scholars. He knew why Cai Mao chose Cao Cao. Cai Mao's uncle is Zhang Wen, who was the third prince of the Han court.
But Zhang Wen was recommended by Cao Teng. Cao Teng was Cao Cao's grandfather, the only eunuch in history to be posthumously named emperor. There is a record in the biography of Cao Teng in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Teng has been working for more than 30 years and serving the four emperors. All of them are celebrities at home, such as Chen Liuyufang, Bian Shao, Nanyang Yangu, Zhang Wen, Hongnong Zhang Huan, Yingchuan Tangxidian, etc.
Cao Teng recommended Zhang Wen, and then Zhang Wen was promoted all the way in the political arena, and finally estimated that spending money to buy the position of the third prince went through the Cao family's door. In this way, the Zhang and Cao families naturally have close contacts. And the Cai family, as a local wealthy family in Jingzhou, will naturally not miss this opportunity. When they were very young, the Cai Mao brothers followed their uncle Zhang Wen in and out of Luoyang's high society. Cai Mao knew Cao Cao and had a friendship. "Xiangyang Old Records" said that it was "less loved by Wei Wu".
Since Liu Biao's relative is unreliable, why not change to a boss who has a good relationship with him to protect the family?
Cai Mao has this thought, and Liu Biao can understand it. After all, in this era of war and chaos, even a supreme like the Son of Heaven can only try to protect himself. What's more, the little one is Cai. But being able to understand does not mean being acceptable. For Cai Mao's emotionless and nostalgic betrayal, Liu Biao was also angry in his heart. Cai, you married your daughter to me, but the return I gave was not small, right? Allowing you to develop and expand the industry on your own, entrusting the political affairs of Jingzhou to almost all the hands of Yu Er and others, and even more obeying you, I moved the idea of changing the heir. What else do you want me to do?
As a result, at the critical moment in Jingzhou, you didn't think about how to serve the monarch, but you only planned for your family, thinking about hugging Cao Cao's thigh as soon as possible. Hmph, what am I Liu Jingsheng? Although Liu is old, he is not easy to bully!
was churning in his heart, and suddenly heard Mrs. Cai say: "Husband, my brother works for my husband, he is not afraid of hardships, he forgets his life, and he looks at Jingzhou, who can compare?" Now in Wancheng, but by the anger of the civil appointment, it is better to call my brother back, than to be aggrieved in front. ”
Mrs. Cai, this is retreating as advancing. She is a woman who doesn't understand military affairs, and she only thinks that except for her brother Cai Mao, who else in Jingzhou will go and dare to go to the front line to lead troops to fight. Since Wen Ping is dissatisfied with his brother, he will simply let his brother come back. There is a big enemy outside Jingzhou, and there is no family in front of him, how can the husband rest assured. The husband was definitely unwilling to let her brother come back, so in order to appease her and her brother, Na Wenpin had no choice but to be reprimanded by her husband. In this way, he let out a bad breath for his brother, so that Na Wenping knew that this Jingzhou was not something that he could say.
As soon as Liu Biao heard it, he knew that his wife had read Wen Ping's letter. I can't help but be angry in my heart, military secrets, why are you a woman messing around? This is instinctively guarding against the Cai family. I don't want to think about what was kept secret from Mrs. Cai when I used to mix oil in honey?
However, as soon as Mrs. Cai's words turned in Liu Biao's heart, Liu Biao couldn't help but have a new idea, so he said to Mrs. Cai in a harmonious voice: "It's still Mrs. Cai's thoughtfulness, and the front will be discordant, which is a taboo for soldiers." Deqi has worked hard for me in Jingzhou for many years, and he has really worked hard. Since this is the case, I followed my wife's words and asked Brother Deqi to return to Xiangyang so that he could rest for a while. Over there in Wancheng, I'll send someone else. ”
After hearing what Liu Biao said, Mrs. Cai couldn't help but be stunned. This, how is this wrong? Shouldn't he say this himself, so that the husband was born to comfort himself, and then said that he would scold Wen Ping fiercely, and finally give his brother a lot of money to appease? Why are you going to transfer my brother back?
Mrs. Cai's lips moved, and she wanted to say something more, but Liu Biao glanced at her and said with a smile: "Madam, this move for your husband is as you like?" ”
The husband in front of him is still as gentle as ever, but there are some places that seem to be suddenly wrong.
Liu Biao was also sneering in his heart. It wasn't for you to remind me, and the old man hadn't remembered it. If Cai Deqi is bent on joining Cao, when he is on the front line, he will directly lead his troops to surrender and rebel, then he can only be Cao Cao's prisoner. I, Liu Jingsheng, am also the queen of the clan, how can I be humiliated by the descendants of the eunuchs?
Cai Mao in front didn't know that she was about to be transferred back to Xiangyang because of her sister's words.