Liu Qi bowed respectfully to Yi Yuan and said: "Sir, I have been reading recently, and there is a passage in which I don't understand very well, I don't know if Mr. can teach me a thing or two?" ”

Yi Yuan looked around, but saw that the surrounding family members were staring at him, it should be someone arranged by Cai Mao, so he nodded and said, "Since the eldest prince needs help, can Ji Boyan come to help?" ”

"Sir, please come to my study, I can't remember that paragraph, it's all written in the book, and I hope that Mr. can give me advice."

"Definitely."

Liu Qi and Yi Yuan quickly left the gate of the house and went to Liu Qi's study.

After returning to the study, Liu Qi poked his head around, but did not see anyone coming, so he closed the door of the study.

"Eldest son, is there something wrong?" Yi asked hurriedly.

Liu Qi nodded and said: "Yesterday, my father took me to attend his birthday, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others were extremely displeased. Sir, I don't know how to deal with it, please sir teach me! ”

In fact, Yi and Liu Qi have known each other for a long time, Yi is in his thirties, and he is a fellow villager of Liu Biao, when he came to vote for Liu Biao, he was very important for a while, but because he couldn't get used to Cai's behavior, he often said Cai's evil deeds in front of Liu Biao, which was deeply hated by Cai.

As a result, the Cai family squeezed out the Yi nationality together, slandered the Yi nationality even more, and begged Liu Biao to kill the Yi nationality. But Liu Biao remembered the old relationship and did not kill him, but gave Yi a false position, and he was no longer summoned from now on.

Yi has lost his backer, and he is not openly against the Cai family. Just shut the door and don't go out. Cai's didn't have a problem with him.

But. Liu Qi admires the Iraqi nationality very much, and often visits the Iraqi nationality at night, and becomes a year-old friend with him.

Cai's secret wooing of civil and military officials was already known to the Yi nationality, and he also knew that this matter was aimed at Liu Qi, and Liu Qi and the Yi nationality became close friends. In order to hold Liu Qi's status, Yi nationality repeatedly offered advice to Liu Qi.

Yi told Liu Qi that Huang Zu and Cai Mao were not in harmony, so he asked Liu Qi to take the initiative to make friends with Huang Zu's son Huang Jie, so Cai Mao would have some concerns, so he has been reluctant to start.

Now, Cai Mao is going to attack Liu Qi again, and how to do it is unknown. But Yi knew that once Cai Mao made a move. will inevitably use thunderous means, Liu Qi is young, and he is a pampered master, and he is always powerless for an old and cunning person like Cai Mao. Moreover, the area of Xiangyang and Jiangling is all Cai's shili range, especially Xiangyang, which is Cai Mao's eyeliner, and Liu Qi's people are weak and not enough to fight against it.

"The eldest son, in Xiangyang City, it is Cai Mao's ears, eyes and eyeliner, if you stay in Xiangyang City any longer, you will be harmed by Cai Mao sooner or later. Yesterday's father-in-law's birthday, the eldest prince was also present, should have seen Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei, right? Yi thought for a moment before he said.

Liu Qi nodded and said, "See." ”

Yi asked: "What does the eldest prince think, what about Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei?" ”

Liu Qi said: "Zhang Xiu is powerful and extraordinary, quite a general, Liu Bei doesn't seem to be very good......"

Yi Ji said with a smile: "The eldest prince is still too young to see what kind of person Liu Bei is, and it's nothing." However, Zhang Xiu is indeed as the eldest prince said, mighty and extraordinary, quite a general. However, Zhang Xiu is also limited to this, similar to Huang Zu, the eldest prince can go to Nanyang in person and make friends with Zhang Xiu, if he can become a close friend, then he can become the eldest prince's reliance outside, so that Cai Mao is even more afraid to touch the eldest prince. ”

Liu Qi nodded and said, "I remember what Mr. said, I will go to Nanyang today to see Zhang Xiu." Sir, you just said that I didn't look at Liu Bei, this Liu Bei looks like a piece of wood, am I wrong? ”

Yi Yuan said with a smile: "Eldest prince, Liu Bei is the one who quelled Zhang Xian's rebellion, such a person, do you think he will be a simple character?" Liu Bei's mood is invisible, the city is very deep, and this person is also quite eloquent, in my opinion, far more powerful than Huang Zu, Zhang Xiu and others. The eldest prince, if you really want to fight against the Cai family, you must find someone to rely on, Liu Bei is also a member of the Han family, and he is very grateful to the lord for taking him in, if you go to Jingnan to visit and tell him about your situation, he will definitely lend a helping hand to you. Moreover, the lord has also sent me to Jingnan to assist Liu Bei, and if the eldest prince comes to Jingnan, I will also assist from the side. ”

"Mr. is going to Jingnan? Won't there be no one to speak to me in Xiangyang City after that? Sir, how can you bear to leave me alone? Liu Qi said as he spoke, his eyes moistened.

Yi said: "The eldest prince doesn't have to be sad, I went to Jingnan, it is also purposeful, Liu Bei is very eloquent, I go to help him, in fact, I am helping the eldest prince, Huang Zu and Zhang Xiu's generation, they are all brave and unscrupulous people, only Liu Bei is all-round in civil and military affairs, and can be entrusted with big things." Eldest son, you are familiar with historical records, you should know the truth of living outside the ear, right? ”

Liu Qi thought for a moment, and immediately came to his senses, and bowed respectfully to Yi Ji: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, thank you for your advice, I know what to do." I'm going to ask my father for a ......."

"No, don't be too guarded, be a county commander!" Yi immediately interrupted Liu Qi's words.

"When the prefectural order?"

"Yes, the smaller the official position, the more Cai Mao neglects to guard against you, do you understand?"

Liu Qi immediately nodded and said, "I understand." ”

The two discussed for a long time, and the Yi suggested that Liu Qi apply to be the new Ye Ling, and have a good relationship with Zhang Xiu first, as for Liu Bei, the Yi nationality will do it for him, and Liu Qi can go to Jingnan in person in the future.

Liu Qi listened to the advice of the Yi nationality, separated from the Yi nationality, went to Liu Biao by himself, and asked Liu Biao for the position of Xinye Ling.

At first, Liu Biao did not agree with Liu Qi to be the county magistrate, and wanted to keep Liu Qi by his side, so that Liu Qi could take over his position in the future and learn from him.

Liu Qi repeated it according to what Yi said, which roughly means that he must start from the grassroots level, first understand the suffering of the people in a county, and then know what the people need, and then become a taishou and a state pastor.

After Liu Biao heard this, he had some emotion and said: "My son has grown up!" ”

Therefore, Liu Biao agreed to Liu Qi's request, appointed Liu Qi as the county commander of Xinye County, and appointed Wang Wei, a general, as the county lieutenant of Xinye, and his entourage protected Liu Qi. In addition, he also sent someone to inform Nanyang Taishou Zhang Xiu and asked Zhang Xiu to take care of his son.

When Liu Qi was appointed, he packed up his finesse and went to Xinye with Wang Wei to take up his post. And the Yi nationality has already packed up his luggage, hired a carriage, and moved his family to Jingnan.

After Liu Bei returned to Jingnan, Wen Youyi, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang, Pan Jun, Liu Min and others helped him, and Wu Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Chen Zhi and other loyal and brave people officially began to govern the four counties of Jingnan.

Jiang Wan, Pan Jun, and Liu Min are all locals and are familiar with the customs and folklore of Jingnan, so they suggested that the barbarians should govern separately, on the one hand, to appease the barbarians, and give the barbarians official positions, so that the barbarians can govern the barbarians, and make three chapters of the law with the barbarians, and live in peace with the Han people, and treat them equally, without any discrimination.

For this reason, Liu Bei personally went to Wuling, accompanied by Guan Yu, the Taishou of Wuling, met with Shamoke, the king of Wuxi, appointed Shamoke as the chief history of Wuling County, and explained his intentions, after some conversation, the barbarian king Shamoke agreed to Liu Bei's call, as the chief of Wuling County, and with Liu Bei about three chapters of the law, the barbarian and Han people did not invade each other, and lived in peace.

In addition, Shamoke accepted Liu Bei's request to recruit 3,000 elite barbarians to enlist in the army, which was led by Guan Yu.

After Liu Bei dealt with the relationship with the barbarians, he asked Chen Zhi to rush to Lingling to serve as the chief of Lingling, and instructed Chen Zhi to recruit troops and horses locally and train the army.

Ma Liang was sent to Guiyang to serve as a adviser to Guiyang Taishou Huang Zhong, and Liu Bei himself and Zhang Fei and the Iraqi garrison in Changsha.

Liu Bei also officially began to govern the four counties of Jingnan, and it was a thriving scene.

……

It's been October weather, for several days, the sky is gloomy, the sky over Pengcheng, is always overcast, it looks like it's about to snow.

Since Zhang Yan put down the Yuan Shu Rebellion in Huainan, his reputation has increased a lot, and there are no opponents in the Central Plains, and all of them are in his pocket.

Recently, Zhang Yan received news from Hebei that Yuan Shao was about to make a move and was preparing to attack Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Zhan is already meat on the chopping board, and sooner or later he will be eliminated by Yuan Shao. Although this is the last thing Zhang Yan wants to see, he is helpless, and it is in vain to support Gongsun Zan now.

In the days when there was no war, the Central Plains was so calm, but for the officials below Zhang Yan, it was indeed the busiest, the civil and military officials were busy with the things within their authority, and the daily official documents were also played as promised, and all the documents were gathered in Zhang Yan's mansion.

But fortunately, he has many staff, these staff are all momentary talents, and they are also experts in handling government affairs, so he doesn't have to worry at all, and the staff have already come up with a solution. All he has to do is to be self-conscious in the official documents, and that is to approve.

Liu Xie, the son of heaven, may feel that the court is boring, and he is tired of dealing with Zhang Yan's opinions every day, so he simply doesn't care, and leaves everything to Zhang Yan to deal with, and he hides in the harem to enjoy the blessings.

Zhang Yan understands that this is the method of Liu Xie, the son of heaven, to retreat as advance, and the greater the power given to him, the easier it is for people to be confused, the easier it is to get carried away, and the easier it is to be exposed.

Although Zhang Yan is not a saint, he can also see through the mystery, otherwise, his history books will be read in vain.

As a result, Zhang Yan was also able to carry out drastic reforms.

In view of the fact that there are many names of miscellaneous generals, and the terms of reference are not clear, and it is not clear who belongs to whom, Zhang Yan began to reform according to his own will, dividing grades and formulating subordinate policies.

For this reason, Zhang Yan had to gather all his staff together to discuss it and see if his reform plan was feasible. (To be continued......)