Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"Xianghou, you, how could you do this?"

Yi Ji pointed a finger at Li Yi, his lips trembling, and wanted to say something, but it was probably because too many thoughts flooded his mind in a short period of time, and he got stuck for a while.

Yiji's reaction was within Li Yi's expectations. After all, Li Yi himself felt that that kind of request was too much, and it would be a ghost if Yiji wasn't excited.

But since Li Yi dared to speak like this, he naturally prepared the routine long ago, and he was not afraid of Yi Ji's anxiety at all.

"Hehe, Uncle Ji, be safe and don't be impatient."

Li Yi patted Yi Ji calmly and motioned him to sit down. Although Yi Ji was anxious and angry, after thinking about it, he sat down obediently, and was going to listen to Li Yi's next words first.

From Yi Ji's point of view, Li Yi's request was no different from a direct refusal. After all, Liu Biao was asked to give up his position as state shepherd in exchange for Li Yi's sending troops. What was Liu Biao trying to do?Rather than making such a fuss, it would be more enjoyable to just pack up and go to relatives in Yizhou.

Li Yi said calmly, "Uncle Ji must be thinking that what I said just now is nonsense, and there is no sincerity at all, right?"

Yi Ji kept silent with a dark face, apparently acquiescing to this point.

Li Yi smiled, and asked again: "Uncle Ji, have you ever thought that after Yuan Shu issued an appeal and revealed Liu Shijun's three major crimes, in fact, regardless of whether Jingzhou won or worshiped in this battle, Liu Shijun's The state shepherd has already come to an end."

"Uh, ah"

Yi Ji was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously let out a soft cry, and then opened his eyes wider and wider. Compared with the anger at Li Yi's greedy face at the beginning, his eyes were replaced by intense fear and helplessness.

Yi Ji himself is a relatively talented person, and he just didn't think about some problems before, but now Li Yi directly pointed them out, and he immediately figured out the reason.

Liu Biao’s initial governor of Jingzhou was given to him by Dong Zhuo in the name of the court. After all, Liu Biao's surname was Liu, so the court didn't want to do anything against Liu Biao for the time being. Instead, he let Liu Biao take the opportunity to take another step up and become the state shepherd.

According to this situation, as long as Liu Biao does things well, even if the government is stable in the future, it is unlikely that anyone will attack him. However, Li Yi came to Jingzhou, and then a series of things happened, no matter what the specific truth is, Liu Biao's reputation is ruined Yea, jealous of the virtuous and capable, can't tolerate even the juniors, and even hire assassins to assassinate colleagues

Later, when Yuan Shu came to fight, under Liu Biao's command, Jiang Xia lost in a row, and the whole Jingzhou was already in jeopardy.

All of these have reduced Liu Biao from the "Eight Horses" back then to a person who was incapable of writing and martial arts, and even his virtue was criticized by others. This has seriously hurt the face of the court.

For the sake of Jingzhou's overall situation, the court may not move Liu Biao for the time being, but after the matter is known, it will definitely be replaced.

Li Yidao broke this point, and Yi Ji seemed to be discouraged, sitting there slumped, without any energy.

Seeing this, Li Yi shook his head, and continued: "Although Liu Shijun, the state shepherd, is destined to be unable to be preserved, the specific process and the final result are still very important."

Yi Ji raised his head slightly, not understanding what difference there could be.

Li Yi said with a smile: "Whether Liu Shijun was captured by Yuan Shu in Xiangyang and kicked out of the state shepherd's position, or was ordered by the court to deprive his official uniform and seal, it is too ugly and humiliating on his face. To put it mildly, at Liu Shijun's age, if he encounters such embarrassing things when he is old, he might as well just die."

Yi Ji pursed his lips and remained silent. Indeed, Li Yi's words were harsh, but Yi Ji, who had long been acquainted with Liu Biao, knew very well that what Li Yi said was the truth, and that Liu Biao would probably choose to commit suicide.

Li Yi glanced at Yiji, with a wider smile on his face, and continued: "However, if Mr. Liu can take the initiative to plead guilty to the court before the situation in Jingzhou is completely irreversible, and bluntly say that he can't guard the side for the emperor, take the blame and sue the old man." , and at the same time appoint another talented person to be in charge of Jingzhou affairs, hehe, how do you think the imperial court will respond at that time?"

Yi Ji didn't answer, but he knew in his heart that with the current situation of the court, as long as Liu Biao admits that he is not, the court will definitely not embarrass him, but will comfort him and let him end with a decent end. In this way, it may be true for Liu Biao. nice

and many more!

Yi Ji shook his head violently, then raised his head, and looked at Li Yi with dissatisfaction. He was almost led into the ditch by Li Yi just now.

Indeed, if Liu Biao wants a happy ending, Li Yi is indeed talking about jumping the road, but who is Liu Biao? Although he has been a bit bleak recently, he is also a famous man in the world. It is absolutely impossible for Liu Biao to hand over Jingzhou just for the last bit of decency!

Li Yi felt a little regretful when he noticed the change in Yiji's momentum, but he didn't expect him to react so quickly.

But Li Yi didn't panic. He came to see Yiji today with absolute confidence.

I just heard Li Yi pretending to be emotional: "Uncle Ji, have you ever thought that what Li said just now, if the officials and aristocratic families of Jingzhou in Xiangyang spread the word, once they think that the disaster was caused by Liu Biao, alas, by then What should Liu Shijun do?"

After Li Yi finished speaking, Yiji's newly recovered expression became panicked again.

Yi Ji just came from Xiangyang, and he is very clear that many people in Xiangyang are already dissatisfied with Liu Biao, thinking that Liu Biao is too incompetent to preserve Jingzhou, if it is not because of Yuan Shu's great enemy, Jingzhou must have a backbone for the time being In the foreground, and the most prominent families in Jingzhou have all kept a low profile and silent during this period of time, it is impossible to say that there has been chaos in Xiangyang City.

Not only that, but Yi Ji also knew that there was news from Jingnan that a certain eunuch had publicly stated that Liu Biao had no virtue or talent and could not be the state shepherd, and told him to give up as soon as possible.

The road to Jingnan is far away, so forget it for the time being, but Nanyang is different, it is close to Xiangyang, if Li Yi also expresses his intention to let Liu Biao let the virtuous, plus those aristocratic families who are not clear to Li Yi at all, I'm afraid Liu Biao is really in danger.

Yiji sighed weakly, bowed his hands and said: "I also ask Marquis Xiang to leave some room for the envoy."

Li Yixu gave a support, signaled Yiji to stand up, and said: "I never thought of putting Liu Shijun to death. Now the predicament in Jingzhou cannot be solved by Liu Shijun, and although Li has a solution, but I am determined not to make wedding clothes for others, so Liu Shijun asked Xian to protect his family and get a good name, and Li worked hard to get Jingzhou, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

Yi Ji paused and asked, "Is there really a way for Marquis Xiang to defeat Yuan Shu?"

Li Yigao smiled inscrutably and said: "There is, of course, but it cannot be said."

Yiji was silent, his mind was in a mess now, and what Li Yi said was far beyond the scope of what he, an envoy, could discuss.

After a while, Yi Ji shook his head and said, "What the Marquis Xiang said is too embarrassing, I dare to ask, if the Marquis Xiang is in Liu Shijun's position, can I agree?"

Li Yi admitted decisively: "If it were Li, he would have to drag the entire Jingzhou and the invading mermaid to death. However, Mr. Liu may have the courage, but can he do it?"

Yi Ji couldn't answer. As the situation changed, there were only a few loyalists around Liu Biao. It was very difficult to fight Yuan Shu.

With a long sigh, Yi Ji smiled wryly and said: "Ji already understands the picture of the Marquis Xiang, but this matter is not what Ji can agree to, so I can only go to see the envoy again, but such repeated exchanges will waste too much time, Yuan Shu's side I am afraid"

Li Yi said disapprovingly: "What's the matter? Since the city of Xiangyang is strong and Yuan Shu is tired, it is not easy to quickly destroy the city. So, it will take a long time."

"This"

Yi Ji's tangled facial features were almost wrinkled together, he had nothing to say, but if he was asked to bring such a result back, he would feel ashamed to face Liu Biao.

Seeing Yiji's embarrassment became like this, Li Yi sighed, and said very understandingly: "Forget it, Uncle Ji is so embarrassing, I can't bear it in my heart, Li should just be a good person to the end, and give in again."

Yiji's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Yi expectantly, but he ignored Li Yi's self-proclaimed good man.

Li Yi pondered for a while, and said: "It's really difficult for Liu Shijun to give up the virtuous directly, and it's somewhat embarrassing. Why don't you let Liu Shijun and Jingzhou officials agree to allow Li to temporarily act as the governor of the state and take charge of the state? Regarding the Jingzhou military affairs, as long as Li can get Yuan Shu to retreat, he will officially recommend Li to the imperial court as Jingzhou shepherd, how about that?"

"This"

Yiji's mind suddenly became active.

Liu Biao verbally asked Li Yi to act as the governor of the state, which was not counted in the court. Although it greatly helped Li Yi's reputation, what Liu Biao paid was insignificant at all.

As long as Li Yi and Yuan Shu are allowed to face off, if they lose, it will be Li Yi's business, and Liu Biao will bear the burden of not knowing people one more time at most, and that will not matter.

On the contrary, if Li Yi really blocks Yuan Shu, although Li Yi's momentum will increase greatly, it will also be of great benefit to Liu Biao.

After Yuan Shu retired, whether Liu Biao resigned or broke the contract with Li Yi, there was a lot of room for maneuver in trying to stay in Jingzhou, because at that time the initiative lay with Liu Biao, not Li Yi, unless Li Yi dared to emulate Yuan Shu.

Yi Ji couldn't help feeling a little secretly happy. He didn't expect Li Yi to make such a big concession. He was afraid that Li Yi would regret it, so he hurriedly thanked him and said, "Xianghou's righteousness! I will keep it in my heart, as long as Xianghou can send troops, Liu Shijun will definitely live up to it in the future." Xianghou!"

Li Yi chuckled, and said, "Don't blame Li for being overwhelmed, this matter needs to be witnessed by Jingzhou officials, otherwise, Li can't be trusted."

Yi Ji replied decisively: "That's natural."

Regarding this point, Yi Ji didn't think there was anything inappropriate. Anyway, the aristocratic family was nothing but grass. As long as Liu Biao didn't fall, they wouldn't be able to support Li Yi openly.