Chapter 237 New Changes

South of Xiangyang City, in front of Liu Qi's tomb.

Liu Feng was on one knee, and a glass of water and wine in his hand was poured in front of the tombstone, with a little sadness in his expression.

"Brother, I didn't have time to see you for the last time. This glass of water and wine should be regarded as my gratitude to you."

The wine fell to the ground and soon immersed in the dry soil.

All kinds of old things came to my mind. I remembered that when I was at the insti of Liu Qi's encouragement, I wandered with him in the flowers and drank a lot. On my sad face, I couldn't help but have a smile.

"Wine hurts your body, brother. You have to take it easy when you get there."

Liu Feng actually joked about the tombstone. At this moment, his mood was not as sad as before.

In the end, a person dies. Although Liu Qi suffered in the first half of his life, at least he read countless beautiful things. A few years before his death, he made a great career with himself. There is no doubt that he left his name in history.

From another perspective, Liu Qi is also dead and unshakable.

People can't come back to life after death. Those who are alive should know how to cherish the present.

Liu Feng is not a sentimental person. After the initial sadness, he soon regained optimism and positivity.

While talking to himself in front of Liu Qi's tomb, a ride rushed from Xiangyang City.

"Lord, Yizhou Dong Zhizhong urgent report."

Liu Feng had just returned to Jingzhou for less than half a month, and Dong He's urgent report arrived, and Liu Feng's expression suddenly became alert.

After folding the urgent report, a trace of surprise suddenly flashed in Liu Feng's eyes.

After sinking for a moment, he immediately turned over the horse.

"Fal back to the city."

An hour later, in the council hall of Xiangyang Chengzhou Mufu, Pang Tong, Liu Ba, Kyu Liang and other important ministers of Jing Xiang came together.

Liu Fenghuan looked at everyone, took a deep breath, and said loudly, "Guys, I just received an urgent report from Yizhou. If the information is correct, Liu Bei has seized Hanzhong."

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar in the hall.

Even if it is such a resourceful thing as Pang Tong, he still feels that what Liu Feng said is incredible at this moment.

Liu Feng then showed Dong He's letter to everyone, which explained in detail the cause and effect of Liu Bei's stealing Hanzhong. After everyone read it, they suddenly realized it.

"When Liu Bei first entered Shu, Liu Zhang also met with him in person. At that time, Liu Bei had the opportunity to capture Liu Zhang and seize Yizhou without blood. However, at that time, Liu Bei was hindered by the name of benevolence and righteousness, and his people were not attached, so he did not dare to act rashly. Now he can't wait to steal Hanzhong by this means. It seems that he is really in a hurry.

Pang Tong's evaluation completely exposed Liu Bei's real name.

Liu Ba nodded repeatedly: "Your lord, Liu Bei seized Hanzhong by this shameless means, and the locals will inevitably complain. If they don't take advantage of this opportunity, they will immediately send troops to attack Hanzhong, and take advantage of the unstable foothold, they will lift one of them to shovel down."

As if Liu Bei was a resentful couple in his previous life, Liu Ba's hatred for Liu Bei can be said to be "unscattered". Once there is a time, he will encourage Liu Feng to start a war against Liu Bei.

"At present, because of the pastoral side of Dezhou, Jingzhou's hearts are shocked, and the soldiers are tired, and the people's livelihood is withered. Even if there is a chance, I don't think it's appropriate to fight again."

It is the person who raised the objection is Kyu Liang.

At this time, Liu Feng turned his eyes to Pang Tong. From the perspective of the overall situation, he still relied on the chief adviser the most.

Pang Tong seemed to have been confident for a long time. He just waited for Liu Feng to ask. At the moment, he said, "I agree with the words in Kuizhi. Jingzhou is the root of the lord. The foundation is unstable, and there is no need to talk about anything else. I think what the Lord needs to do most now is to express it to the court as soon as possible and announce the succession to the position of herdsman of Jingzhou, so as to appease the hearts of Jingxiang people.

In Liu Feng's original plan, he intended to wait for Liu Qi to inherit the position of herdsman after his death, but he accidentally got Yizhou, which forced him to take the position of herdsman of Yizhou first. At present, it seems a little inappropriate to take the position of Jingzhou herdsman again.

"Is there a truth that one person leads the herdsman of the two states alone? If the lord leads the herdsman of Jingzhou, who should be asked to do this Yizhou herdsman?"

Sure enough, Liu Ba soon saw the inappropriateness in it.

Pang Tong said lightly, "This is simple. In Yizhou, there is no longer a state herdsman. The lord only needs to appoint a trusted person to go to Xichuan to serve as the governor of Yizhou."

Although the governor and the state herdsman both lead the affairs of one state, their power and status are very different. Among them, the assassins are full-time in government affairs and lead part of the military power, while the state herdsman can hold the power of a state's military and prison.

Although Liu Feng plans to change the position of Jingzhou herdsman in private, he is not sure to let anyone serve as Yizhou herdsman. Now Pang Tong mentioned that he will change the state herdsman to assassinate, which is undoubtedly in Liu Feng's mind.

"Shi Yuan's words are reasonable, but I don't know if Shi Yuan has a suitable candidate to serve as the governor of Yizhou?" Liu Feng asked happily.

Pang Tong turned his eyes to Liu Ba beside him and said with a smile, "The most suitable candidate is in front of us. Why does the lord need to ask me?"

He wants to recommend Liu Ba to be the governor of Nayizhou.

Liu Feng was stunned for a moment and immediately understood Pang Tong's intention.

Liu Ba is a meritorious minister who followed his army, and his political and people's talents. Even Pang Tong is ashamed of himself. Liu Ba is the best choice to serve as the leader of Yizhou, who has just experienced the war for a long time.

What's more, Liu Ba has always been not very enthusiastic about attacking Cao Wei in the north, but he is very active in dealing with Liu Bei. Isn't it just right to transfer him to Yizhou and be a neighbor with Liu Bei, who has just got Hanzhong?

However, Liu Feng also realized his other intention from Pang Tong's recommendation.

Liu Ba does have three public talents, but he has always been arrogant. Previously, there was a secret dispute with Pang Tong. Now Liu Feng has joined a great talent like Kuai Liang and divided a considerable part of Liu Ba's administrative power. Liu Ba has complained about this in private.

If Liu Ba is sent to Yizhou, on the one hand, he can fully display his talents, and on the other hand, he can avoid fighting for power with Pang Kai.

The four families of Cai Panghuang in Jingzhou are closely related. Speaking of which, there is still an in-law relationship between Pang Tong and Kiao Liang. With this relationship, and because of the reason why he later surrendered to Liu Feng, he naturally dared not coveted Pang Tong's first position as a literary minister.

Pang Tong's calculation is really shrewd.

After figuring out this section, Liu Feng smiled in his heart and said, "Thanks to Shi Yuan's reminder, yes, Zichu is the most suitable candidate."

Liu Ba didn't think so deeply. Naturally, he felt surprised and happy that Pang Tong recommended him to be a stab in Yizhou.

That's the governor of a state. There are only 13 governors in the Han Dynasty. It will undoubtedly be a great honor for Liu Ba to take such a high position at this age.

What's more, the new and broad stage in Yizhou, if you are in charge as an assassin, you will no longer be hindered by Pang Tong and Kui Liang, and you can use your talents to your heart's content.

Isn't all this what I dream of?

For a moment, Liu Ba couldn't hide his surprise, but he was busy making a humble refusal.

"In Yizhou, except for Zichu, I really don't worry about leaving it to others to take care of. At present, the overall situation is the most important. Zichu, don't be more humble. You have to go to Yizhou this time."

Liu Feng's words were decisive, and Liu Ba was not allowed to refuse.

Seeing this, Liu Ba did not do too much unnecessary politeness and said happily, "Since the Lord trusts me, Liu Ba so much, I have to do my best to govern Yizhou for the Lord."

After finalizing the decision, Liu Fengsui, with the support of Jing Xiang's ministers, officially inherited the position of pastoralism in Jingzhou before Liu Biao and Liu Qi's father and son.

Soon after, Liu Ba was officially appointed as the governor of Yizhou and went to Chengdu to take office.

After Liu Feng inherited Jingzhou Mu, he once again made an adjustment to the personnel of the two states.

Meng Da, who was meritorious in Shu, was awarded the title of General of Pingnan and the governor of Wuling.

Because Liu Feng considered that Meng Da's surname was repeated and could not be reused, but also considering that he had great achievements, he did not have to be afraid of chill people's hearts if he abandoned it, so he was awarded the title of General Pingnan, who was above the miscellaneous general, and let him serve as the governor of Wuling. He was not afraid of making trouble under his own eyes.

He promoted Ma Liang to General Xingye and still served as the governor of Nanjun County. Chen was promoted to the backbone general and commanded the army to guard the public security. Liu Bi was promoted to General Anhan, and he was still the governor of Changsha.

Because of the previous contribution of Xiangyang against Cao's army, Wei Yan was promoted to the general of Zhenbei and stationed in Fancheng.

Jiang Wan, who surrendered from Wu County, was appointed by Liu Fengzheng to be in charge of Jingzhou's money and grain.

Kao Liang was promoted to General Xinghan, led the governor of Nanyang, and participated in the affairs of the former general's office.

As for Pang Tong, the first counselor, he was promoted to the general of the military division, and also stayed in the history of the governor's office.

Liu Ba, who has already served as the governor of Yizhou, participated in the affairs of the former general's office together with Kiao Liang.

Because Liu Feng is a former general and has the power to open the government, he can open an exclusive shogunate.

His shogunate official of the former general's mansion is like the emperor's inner court. Although Pang Tong's military position is not as good as Wei Yan's, his real power is far greater than Wei Yan's because he is in charge of the former general's mansion.

The rest of the Kai Liang and Liu Ba all have the titles of former generals. In fact, they also have more power than officials at the same level.

At the same time, Huang Zhong, who stayed in Zitong in the town, was promoted to generals in Zhenxi, and the rest of the Shu generals such as Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Ma Zhong, Zhang Yi and Zhang Yi were promoted to miscellaneous generals.

In order to ensure the control of the generals of Yizhou, while Liu Ba became the governor of Yizhou, he ordered all the generals in Shu to send their children to Xiangyang.

Just as Liu Feng seized the time to restore the economy of Jingyi's two states and appease the hearts of the people, Liu Bei was not idle.

Although this uncle of the Han Dynasty seized Hanzhong by despicable means, the people of Hanzhong were gentle and obedient under the influence of the Wudou Rice Sect for many years. Therefore, there was not many resistance in all parts of Hanzhong. Liu Bei actually collected the hearts of Hanzhong people at an alarming speed.

Turning danger into safety, Liu Bei's ambition expanded again. On the one hand, he strengthened the defense force in the south against Yizhou, and on the other hand, he sent people deep into Longyou to use Ma Chao's reputation to connect Qiang people. All signs showed that Liu Bei was ready to move in the Guanlong area.

At the end of winter and the spring solstice, the time enters the second year.

An intelligence from Xu Du was sent to Xiangyang: 150,000 Cao troops have been sent from Xu Du and are marching all the way to Guanzhong.

Cao Jian is finally going to fight against Liu Bei.

(to be continued)