In fact, Cui Zhouping still appreciates Liu Biao very much.

At the time of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Jingzhou could be described as a mess, and the state assassin and Nanyang Taishou were killed one after another.

It was under this circumstance that Liu Biao became the assassin of Jingzhou.

At this time, in Jingzhou, there was no place for Liu Biao, and no soldiers were Liu Biao's soldiers.

It can be said that Liu Biao is a bare-bones commander.

In the first year of the first peace, Wang Rong, the assassin of Jingzhou, was killed by Sun Jian, and Dong Zhuo sent Liu Biao to succeed him. Due to the prosperity of the Jiangnan sect at that time, Yuan Shutun was in Luyang, and he had all the people of Nanyang. Wu Rensu was the Taishou of Changsha, and Bei Yu was the magistrate of Huarong County, each of them according to the militia and hegemony in the local area, which made Liu Biao unable to take office directly. He then went to Jingzhou anonymously and celibately before he was appointed.

After Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he entered Yicheng on a single horse and conspired with Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, a native of Lu County, Yanzhong, and Cai Mao, a native of Xiangyang.

Kuai Yue suggested that Liu Biao send someone to lure the fifty-five thieves to the banquet, kill them all, and attack their subordinates together. Only the Jiangxia thieves Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng supported the crowd to defend Xiangyang, and Liu Biao sent Kuai Yue and Pang Ji to ride alone to surrender them. When the county magistrate of Jingzhou heard that Liu Biaowei was famous, most of them took off their seals and fled. At this point, Liu Biao controlled the seven counties of Jingzhou except Nanyang County, and managed the troops in Xiangyang to observe the changes of time.

After a lot of soldiers, he defeated Jingzhou, and Liu Biao was not unwise.

But wisdom is followed by mediocrity.

After sitting firmly in the country, Liu Biao exposed his weaknesses, short-sighted, suspicious, vain, and unenterprising.

In today's terms, it is a hot kang head for wives and children.

He first married the daughter of the Cai family of the Xiangyang clan as his stepfamily, and then appointed the Kuai brothers as the other family's George, and appointed Huang Zu as the Jiangxia Taishou to lead the naval army.

In this way, the military and political power in Jingzhou was divided between the Cai family, the Kuai family, and the Huang family.

Of course, these three are the solid backing for Liu Biao to pacify Jingzhou, and it is natural for Liu Biao to reuse them after he takes power.

After these three families gained the power of Jingzhou, they began to expand their own territory, meddling in local government affairs, and became veritable wealthy families.

The three families control the military and political power in Jingzhou, and it is basically impossible for others to come forward.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and in the process of the three families vying for power and profit, there are often contradictions, and the relationship is also relatively tense.

As a result of this, Jingzhou fell into a whirlpool of internal strife and was unable to forge ahead at all.

Liu Biao himself did not want to forge ahead and gave up many opportunities.

For example, when Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, he had to watch out for Ma Chao and Jizhou, so most of the troops he stayed behind were stationed in Luoyang and Xudu, and the hinterland of Yuzhou was very weak.

If Liu Biao sent a partial division to march into Yuzhou, he could completely take Runan into his pocket.

But Liu Biao just let the army hold on to Yiyang, and missed this great opportunity.

In addition, not long ago, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan died of illness and was succeeded by his youngest son Liu Zhang, and the political situation in Yizhou was turbulent and unstable.

This is if Liu Biao is willing to send troops to Bashu, he can easily take down the Badong region.

However, he only persuaded Shen Mi, Lou Fa, and Gan Ning to surrender in Yizhou, and did not send troops, and did not send further troops. So much so that Liu Zhang immediately reacted and sent a powerful general to guard Badong, cutting off the tentacles stretched out by Jingzhou.

If only that's it.

Liu Biao's mediocrity also lies in his attitude towards talents.

When the recruitment hall was set up, the surrounding talents came to invest one after another, all of which meant to serve Jingzhou.

But Liu Biao was nepotistic, and the power of Jingzhou was in the hands of the Huang family and the Cai family, and these talents could not be used, so they could only become victims of his fame and reputation.

Zhaoxian Hall is in charge of food and housing, and after entering, there must be no worries about food and clothing, but who is really capable, who is willing to spend a lifetime here?

Therefore, many talents have gone into hiding, and they would rather die than respond to Liu Biao's recruitment.

Cui Zhouping is also one of them, he is also a little dissatisfied with Liu Biao's mediocrity, and wanders around the Zhaoxian Pavilion all day long, not to go in but to make some like-minded friends.

"Brother Guo!"

Cui Zhouping suddenly said: "If you have great ambitions, never enter the Zhaoxian Pavilion, this is a bird cage, once you enter, there will be no future." ”

The Zhaoxian Hall is Liu Biao's means of fishing for fame, and he kept these celebrities in captivity, not to reuse them, but to convey to the outside world the illusion that Jingzhou attaches importance to talents.

He and Guo Jia hit it off at first sight, so he said what was in his heart.

I see!

Guo Jia nodded.

Liu Biao's mediocrity, he naturally knows it, otherwise Jingzhou would not have so many talents, but it has become the wedding dress of others.

It seems that his arrival did not change Liu Biao's stupidity.

"In that case, why is Brother Zhou Ping still lingering in Jingzhou?"

Guo Jia asked puzzled.

I?

Cui Zhouping raised his glass and drank it all again, laughing at himself: "There is a crane in the idle clouds, and there is nowhere to go." Had to nest here. ”

In fact, he also wanted to go out and vote for a master, but looking at the surrounding wars, it was really safer to stay in Jingzhou.

Besides, Cui Zhouping was also the overlord of one side at the beginning, and the official worshiped Xihe Taishou, and led the army to join Yuan Shao to fight against Dong Zhuo.

He and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu are all on an equal footing, and now how can he be embarrassed to wipe his face and go to them to apply for a job?

Guo Jia seemed to understand Cui Zhouping's distress, and said softly at the moment: "Brother Zhouping, you are a great talent today, and it is really a grievance to stay in Jingzhou, it is better to ......"

When he was just trying to persuade Cui Zhouping to go to Touyunzhou, there was a sudden shouting sound from below.

"Miss Tianxiang, I'm here today, you have to give face, and you have to give face if you don't."

A young scholar said crookedly while pulling a beautiful girl.

The beautiful girl seemed to have some alien feelings, just glared at him, and said, "You let me go, otherwise I will not be polite." ”

As he spoke, he tried to break free from Kuaitong's hand.

You are welcome?

Kuaitong laughed and said, "You're welcome, if you're not polite in bed, Young Master Ben likes it very much." ”

Then a lewd smile came on.

You scoundrel......

The girl named Tianxiang was furious, and reached out and poured a glass of wine on Kuaitong's face.

"This is Zuiyue Tower, you should be respectful!"

Bastard stuff!

Kuaitong was poured a face of wine, and he was furious.

"Toast and don't eat and drink, Tianxiang, today the young master put down the words, and tonight I will bring you to my house to warm the bed. You have to follow it, and you have to follow it if you don't. ”

As he spoke, he resisted Tianxiang.

"The young master is mighty!"

A bunch of dogs shouted loudly and beat gongs and drums.

Kuaitong was about to leave with Tianxiang on his shoulders, but at this moment, a man suddenly jumped down from the second floor, kicked Kuaitong to the ground, and reached out to snatch Tianxiang over.

(End of chapter)