In the meeting hall of the state governor's mansion, Sima Yi, the governor of the capital and the general of the military division, sat at the top, and the people below were full, and there were no empty seats in the entire hall.

Sima Yi looked around at the officials present and said loudly: "The reason why we are in such a hurry to summon everyone tonight is that there is something important to discuss. Deng Xi, together with more than 50 officials, gathered a crowd to rebel, claiming to avenge the dead brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, and took advantage of the emptiness of the state pastoral mansion to rush into the state pastoral mansion with people and kill the lord. Now that the lord is dead, the dragons of Jingzhou are leaderless, and they are in the midst of internal and external troubles, dare to ask your lords, do you have any good suggestions to let Jingzhou tide over this difficulty? ”

Everyone looked at each other, Liu Qi was accidentally killed, they were all very surprised, especially Liu Qi's personal guard team military Sima, who was even more uncomfortable, and took all the things about Liu Qi's accidental killing on himself, if he had left a little more troops to defend the state pastor's mansion, this situation would not have occurred.

Jun Sima was very guilty, and he committed suicide in fear of crime shortly after receiving the news of Liu Qi's death.

This is a real thing, and it is not that Sima Yi deliberately sent someone to assassinate him, because there is no need for him to assassinate a military Sima. This military Sima is Liu Qi's henchman, has been responsible for protecting Liu Qi, Liu Qi was accidentally killed, he can't escape the blame, even if others don't hold him accountable, he can't forgive himself, so he chose to follow Liu Qi with death, and he can be regarded as a loyal martyr.

After Sima Yi learned about this matter, he sent someone to bury this loyal and brave man, and also gave his family some pensions.

Everyone here has heard the news. They all admired what the military Sima did. But admiration is admiration. They don't have that kind of foolishness. As the so-called people who know the times are Junjie, they are all clear-eyed people, and they can all see that as soon as Liu Qi dies, Jingzhou will be leaderless, Sima Yi holds the power of the entire Jingzhou, even if someone chooses to support Liu Qi's son to inherit his father's business, but Liu Qi's son has just turned half a year old this year. What can you know?

Isn't the power to be held in Sima Yi's hands?

Not only that, most of these people are young talents promoted by Sima Yi, if it weren't for Sima Yi, they wouldn't know where Lu Dao would be now. Therefore, Sima Yi has the grace of knowing most of them.

For a period of time after Sima Yi's words fell, the hall was silent and quiet, but everyone's eyes were communicating with each other, and they were looking at each other. They will be able to see what others are thinking and respond to them. It can be said that these people's eyebrows and affection have been practiced to the point of perfection.

After a while, Guiyang Taishou Liu Xian took the lead and said: "In the past two months, Jingzhou has suffered bad news, and his subordinates are also worried. Although the lord is dead, it can't be said that the dragons have no leader, after all, the lord has a son who is just half a year old under his knees, and it is a matter of course that the father dies and the son succeeds. However, because the little boy is still very young and does not have the ability to deal with political affairs, in my opinion, the little prince still succeeds to the throne normally and becomes the new lord of Jingzhou, but in government affairs, he still has to rely more on the military advisor. ”

"Yes, yes, the lord trusted the military advisor very much when he was alive, although he didn't leave a word when he was dying, but his subordinates thought that even if the lord wanted to leave any last words, he would inevitably let the military advisor assist the little prince." The rest began to echo.

Liu Qi's son inherited Liu Qi's position, and then Sima Yi assisted him, these are all understandable things and logical.

However, Sima Yi rejected everyone's recommendation, and said loudly to everyone: "In the past two or three months, a lot of things have happened in Jingzhou, and these things have weakened Jingzhou's strength to a certain extent. Even if the little prince inherits the position of the lord, I will do my best to assist on the side, but the general trend of Jingzhou has gone, and it is impossible to restore the strength of the past. Besides, once Yan King Zhang Yan and Sun Quan heard the news of the death of the lord, they will inevitably lead a large army and take advantage of the weakness, and then Jingzhou will fall into many crises. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone had a sad face, and their mood was terrible, and they all felt that what Sima Yi said was also very reasonable.

Liu Xian asked: "Strategist, you have always been resourceful, don't you have any strategy that can resolve this crisis in Jingzhou?" ”

"Yes, yes, but I don't know if everyone will agree." Sima Yi said.

Liu Xiandao: "If the military division really has a good strategy to resolve the crisis facing Jingzhou, then it can save tens of thousands of people in Jingzhou from the suffering of war, and I believe that the people here will also vigorously support the military division." Strategist, if you have any good ideas, just say it quickly and let the big guys hear it. ”

"Yes, Strategist." The rest of the people chimed in.

Sima Yi nodded, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Actually, it is not difficult at all to resolve the crisis that Jingzhou is facing. No matter how we resist, it will definitely not eliminate their desire to seize Jingzhou, but will make Jingzhou completely fall into the quagmire of war. Since we know that this is an unwinnable battle, why do we still insist on fighting, and why can't we consider other factors and sacrifice Jingzhou to Lu? ”

"Dedicated to Jingzhou?" After everyone heard this, they were all stunned, but they didn't expect Sima Yi's thoughts to be the same as the dead brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.

When Sima Yi saw everyone's expressions, he hurriedly explained, listed the benefits of dedicating Jingzhou, and said that if you want to protect Jingzhou, this is the only way out.

Most of the people here were resourceful people, and they didn't feel strange at all that Sima Yi asked such a question, but they didn't expect that such words would come out of Sima Yi's mouth.

Liu Xiandao: "The strategy of the military division is a good strategy, after dedicating Jingzhou." It doesn't matter which party it is dedicated to. Both of them are going to be at war. will compete for Jingzhou. In this way, it is equivalent to indirectly provoking a war between Zhang Yan and Sun Quan, so the crisis in Jingzhou will naturally be resolved. At that time, it will be whether it is to surrender Zhang Yan or Sun Quan, in short, Jingzhou will still stand here unharmed, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. ”

After saying this, the rest of the people also savored it, and they all felt that Sima Yi's strategy was very good. But as for who Jingzhou is going to dedicate to whom. But everyone's hearts are not very clear.

Liu Xian was still more bold and reacted faster, and immediately asked Sima Yi: "Military advisor, should we dedicate Jingzhou to Zhang Yan, or to Sun Quan?" ”

"Zhang Yan! Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, has a huge force, strong soldiers and strong horses, and there are many talents under his hands, but after we dedicate Jingzhou to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan is bound to win Longwangshu. Further use Jingzhou as a springboard to conquer Jiangdong. So. Our army in Jingzhou can come in handy, we can train a navy for Zhang Yan, and the official positions of your officials will definitely remain unchanged, after all, Zhang Yan wants to borrow our strength to deal with Sun Quan, and if they ask for us, they will not treat us badly. However, if we dedicate Jingzhou to Sun Quan, Sun Quan has a feud with the lord, Sun Quan's father Sun Jian died in Jingzhou, Sun has always treated Jingzhou as an enemy, and Sun Quan has his own naval army, if Sun Quan gets Jingzhou, we will inevitably be expelled, and then we can only live a lifetime in the mountains doing nothing. Sima Yi said categorically.

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at each other, and then nodded slightly, and they all felt that what Sima Yi said was very reasonable.

At this time, Liu Xian asked, "Military advisor, how will the lord's family be settled?" ”

"You can rest assured, I heard that King Yan has always been generous and benevolent, and he will never coerce the lord's family. If he dares to do this, I dare to let him die in Xiangyang City! Sima Yi said categorically.

Everyone's doubts were dispelled, and they all agreed with Sima Yi's suggestion, and it seemed that they had no other way to go.

After everyone discussed, Sima Yi asked people to start signing a joint letter, on which a total of 146 officials signed. Immediately afterwards, Sima Yi sent Liu Xian as an envoy, and took the letter signed by 146 large and small officials in Jingzhou to Nanyang to meet Zhang Yan, the king of Yan.

In addition, Sima Yi also sent people with his letters to the garrisons of generals such as Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong, to inform them of the news of Liu Qi's killing, and let them temporarily put aside the matter at hand, secretly sneak back to Xiangyang, and temporarily hand over the army to his subordinates.

In fact, Sima Yi also killed two birds with one stone, he used Liu Qi's death to recall Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong, the four generals who held military power, to bring back them, on the one hand, to let them worship Liu Qi, and on the other hand, because Sima Yi did not trust them.

After all, Jingzhou is about to change hands, although Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong were brought up by him, but they are not confidants after all, and they have military power in their hands, in case they are unwilling to change hands and lead the army to make trouble, it will be more than worth the loss.

Therefore, Sima Yi asked the four of them to hand over the army to the deputy general to temporarily manage it, and the deputy generals of the four of them were all Sima Yi's eyeliner and Sima Yi's henchmen, so Sima Yi was the most relieved to hand over the army to them.

At the beginning, for this plan, Sima Yi learned of Zhou Yuncong's identity, so he decisively asked Zhou Yuncong to ask Zhang Yan for a hundred brocade guards, lurking in all corners of Jingzhou, after Sima Yi's precise arrangement for a period of time, these 100 brocade guards are almost filled with officials at all levels in Jingzhou, and many of them also hold important positions, so Sima Yi can control everything clearly, which is closely related to the efforts of Zhou Yuncong and other one hundred and one brocade guards.

Sima Yi's plan can be called perfect, the more he reaches the last moment, the more he dare not relax in the slightest, and he cannot relax until he succeeds in changing Jingzhou.

If Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Tong were willing to surrender to Zhang Yan with Sima Yi, Sima Yi would naturally not say anything, but if they did not agree, then they could only be forcibly locked up, and the province would cause some trouble for him.

After Sima Yi sent all the people out, his nerves have been tense, because there is still one step behind Jingzhou before Jingzhou changes hands, and this step is also the most dangerous, success or failure depends on this move.

However, Sima Yi's confidence is full, and he is also confident about the change of ownership of Jingzhou this time, but he doesn't know what Lu Dao is about, and he is still a little uneasy in his heart, but this trace of uneasiness is enough to affect his whole nerve, making him extra careful and careful about the entire plan.

After the meeting, Sima Yi came to the front of Liu Qi's mourning hall, Mrs. Wang was crying heartbroken, and had been carried into the house by the maid to rest, her son was still young, he didn't understand anything at all, and he was still nursing in the arms of the nurse.

In the mourning hall, there were just some servants and maidservants standing, but Sima Yi couldn't see the slightest sadness on their faces. People go to tea and cool, Liu Qi died, all of this was planned by Sima Yi, for this reason, Sima Yi's heart was also extremely uncomfortable, but in order to achieve a great cause, he could only do this.

Sima Yiping retired from everyone in the mourning hall, alone, kneeling quietly on a futon, without saying a word, just silently reciting "I'm sorry" many times in his heart, that's all. (To be continued......)