The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 91 Liu Qi succeeds Jingzhou Mu

Zhang Wu was already a very mature politician at this time. He knew what Kuai Yue meant, so he said: "How can I, as a subordinate, handle the Second Young Master and Mrs. Cai? Of course, after the Eldest Young Master succeeds Jingzhou Mu Let the eldest son deal with it, and I, as subordinates, just need to do my duty.” The subtext of this sentence is that although Liu Qi is still in power after he takes office, Zhang Wu still holds the power, but he will still abide by the official game. The rules will be carried out within the rules, will not rely on military power to do whatever they want, and will not take advantage of Cai Mao's affairs to implicate innocent people and kill them.

Kuai Yue understood what Zhang Wu meant, and felt relieved, as long as you abide by the rules, no matter who controls Jingzhou, it is inseparable from the support of the major families in Jingzhou. Even if you have millions of troops, you still have to eat, right?Gotta get dressed, right?Where does this food and clothing come from?It's not that they have to collect all kinds of taxes from the people of Jingzhou, and the hundreds of counties in Jingzhou have to be governed by the children of aristocratic families.This is how it is in this era. The aristocratic family monopolizes knowledge, so they can monopolize power.

So Kuai Yue, the representative of the aristocratic family, also said: "The lower officials will naturally do their part to maintain the stability and prosperity of Jingzhou."

Zhang Wu couldn't help cursing inwardly, he's really an old fox, hiding his words everywhere, which is implying that Jingzhou cannot do without their big families, otherwise it will not be stable and prosperous.

Zhang Wu asked Liu Bei again: "I don't know what the emperor's uncle wants?"

Liu Bei's current status is a bit special. He came to Jingzhou at the beginning. Normally, since Liu Biao accepted him, he should be Liu Biao's subordinate. But he is a relative of the Han family, and he is of the same clan as Liu Biao. He is usually called a brother. Liu Biao He didn't specifically seal him an official position, but gave him Xinye County as a place to settle down, just like Zhang Xiu back then, with a certain degree of autonomy.

Now that Liu Biao is dead, Liu Bei is actually free and can decide to stay or stay as he pleases, but Liu Bei has other thoughts.Originally, when Liu Bei came to defect to Jingzhou, he never had the idea of ​​occupying Jingzhou at all, because he didn't dare to think about it on anyone.Later, I didn’t know whether Liu Biao was trying to test Liu Bei or if he was telling the truth. He said a few words that moved Liu Bei’s heart. Later, he saw the incompetence of Liu Biao’s two sons, and then Zhuge Liang made a plan for him to take Jingzhou first, which made Liu Bei more or less. some ideas.

But now Liu Biao is dead, but Liu Qi is still there, and now all civil and military officials support Liu Qi, Liu Bei can't say no, this Jingzhou animal husbandry must be left to me, right?In the original book, when Liu Biao was about to die, he wanted to hand over Jingzhou to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei still refused to agree.

Therefore, Liu Bei said: "Oh! I didn't expect brother Jingsheng to die at the hands of traitors. Fortunately, General Zhang found out the truth and made the murderer punish him. Brother Jingsheng's spirit in heaven should also rest in peace. Liu Qi is brother Jingsheng's eldest son and should inherit Bei also has no objection to brother Jing Sheng's foundation."

Zhang Wu asked the others: "Who has any objections?" The big knife has been raised, and whoever has any objections will be cut down.

Jingzhou Biejia Liu Xian, Zhizhong Deng Yi and others responded together: "We have no objection."

Therefore, under Zhang Wu's support, Liu Qi succeeded Jingzhou Mu and Zhennan General as the lord of Jingzhou, and at the same time presented himself to the court.Everyone knows that the actual power is in the hands of Zhang Wu, because now Zhang Wu has controlled most of the Jingzhou navy and infantry, and firmly controls the military power.

Zhang Wu also begged Liu Bei to assist Liu Qi, and Wen Pin also said that Liu Biao also had a will to assist Liu Qi, but Liu Bei refused for a long time, and finally agreed with Liu Qi's cry, but he wanted to go back to Xinye to make arrangements, and actually wanted to ask Zhuge Liang's opinion.

Zhang Wu didn't want Liu Bei to run away, because if Liu Bei ran away, Zhuge Liang would run away with him, and a large number of treasures owned by Liu Bei's small gang would also run away.Although Liu Bei still has nowhere to go now, who knows if he would want to try other ways when he has no hope of occupying Jingzhou.

Not long after, Zhang Yun saw Gan Ning bring Jiangxia's navy to beg for it, surrendered voluntarily, and went to Xiangyang to meet Zhang Wu. Zhang Wu left Zhang Yun to serve in the general's residence in Zhennan. Since then, Zhang Wu has basically fully controlled the military power in Jingzhou.

Later, Liu Qi appointed Zhang Wu as the governor of Jingzhou and took charge of the military power in Jingzhou. From then on, the military leadership in Jingzhou changed from the Zhennan General's Mansion to the Governor's Mansion of Jingzhou, and the rest of the officials were rewarded.

As for Wenpin, who was relatively influential in the Jingzhou army, Zhang Wu asked him to continue to defend Jingbei and resist the invasion of the northern Cao army.Wenpin was a native of Nanyang and a native of Jingzhou, but he was not from a wealthy family. Because of Liu Biao's trust, he took part of the military power.Now that Liu Biao is dead, if Wenpin wants to keep his status and power, he can only continue to be loyal to Liu Qi. Although Liu Qi is a Jingzhou shepherd, he has no great talent and no ambition. It's like Emperor Xian was emptied by Cao Cao.

Wenpin still has real talents and learning, and he is not willing to give up the achievements he has made after years of hard work. After surrendering to Cao Cao in the original book, he was appointed as the prefect of Jiangxia by Cao Cao. He defeated the attacks of Guan Yu and Sun Quan many times. For ten years, he gave both kindness and power, and his reputation shocked the enemy's country, so that Sun Wu did not dare to invade.

A person like Wenpin, as long as you continue to appoint him and slowly convert him with kindness, he will work for you, so Zhang Wu does not ask Wenpin to directly rely on him now and be loyal to him. nowhere to go.

There was also a military general named Wang Wei. When Cai Mao planned to murder Liu Bei, he asked Wenpin and Wang Wei to set up another seat in the outer hall, intending to send Zhao Yun away.Although this Wang Wei is not very capable, he is more loyal, because he is also a civilian general promoted by Liu Biao.When Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, Wang Wei once offered Liu Cong a plan. He said that Cao Cao must be relaxed and unprepared when Liu Cong surrendered and Liu Bei fled. If he took the opportunity to attack Cao Cao, he might capture Cao Cao in one battle.Liu Cong, a coward, did not dare to adopt Wang Wei's strategy, and finally surrendered to Cao Cao.

Later, Cao Cao made Liu Cong the governor of Qingzhou and kept him away from Jingzhou. At that time, Liu Cong's former subordinates were unwilling to follow Liu Cong, only Wang Wei followed.Cao Cao ordered Yu Jin to kill Liu Cong's mother and son to avoid future troubles, but Wang Wei died in battle in anger.

This shows two points: first, this Wang Wei is a main combat faction and does not want to surrender to Cao Cao; second, Wang Wei is very loyal and would rather die than betray.This is exactly the person Zhang Wu needs now. It doesn't matter even if the ability is a little weak, the most important thing is to rest assured.Therefore, Zhang Wu also continued to reuse Wang Wei, and Wang Wei was also grateful for Zhang Wu's trust and reuse, and also had a lot of admiration for Zhang Wu, so he expressed his willingness to work for Zhang Wu.

(End of this chapter)