In the end, Liu Mang decided to leave the position of prefect of Xinye to Liu Qi, Liu Biao’s eldest son. Anyway, Liu Qi was also someone who helped him. When he first arrived in Jingzhou, Liu Mang could say that his first ally was Liu Qi, the eldest son of Jingzhou. It's just that Liu Qi's strength is really low, so he can only rely on Liu Mang. In order to gain Madam Cai's trust, Liu Mang even sold Liu Qi, making him withdraw from competing with his younger brother for the position of Lord of Jingzhou.
If Liu Wei accepts Xinye, then the current Xinye prefect will be transferred away, and the current Xinye prefect is Liu Qi, and the other generals and civil servants in Xinye don't care. Ma Zai will not worry about not having an official position, but Liu Qi is different. Once Xinye belongs to Yangzhou, then Liu Qi really has no place to go. Originally, the Cai family and the Kuai family united to kick Liu Qi out, so that Liu Qi would stay in Jingzhou. In the center, there are a total of four places in Jingzhou that are border areas. Jiangxia is in the east. Jiangxia is now at war. It is impossible for Liu Qi to go anywhere. Changsha in the south is now the territory of the Huang family. Where to put it, and who to listen to is still a problem. Who wants to be the emperor when he is the emperor.
As for Nanyang County, the Zhang family was waiting for the opportunity of Nanyang County to transform themselves from a noble family into an aristocratic family. How could it be possible to let Liu Qi go there, so once Xinye was given to Yangzhou, Liu Qi would be resigned.
In other words, Liu Qi and himself are somewhat friendly, Liu Qi is honest and honest, Liu Mang can't go too far.
"My lord, let Mr. Liu Qi continue to serve as the prefect of Xinye. Will this Liu Biao agree!" Jia Xu asked suspiciously. You must know that Liu Qi is Liu Biao's son. After all, he is also a member of the heir. Now that his son is going to Yangzhou to be a prefect, Liu Biao may not be willing to be his subordinate. After all, he belongs to the family.
"Liu Biao will agree!" Liu Mang said with a smile, Liu Biao was unwilling, but the Jingzhou gentry would agree, especially the Cai family and the Kuai family, who might be eager to let this young master Liu Qi leave Jingzhou. Now that Liu Mang gave them a chance, they wouldn't be able to grasp it.
"What is needed now is Brother Liu Qi's agreement or not." Liu Mang said to Jia Xu, it depends on Liu Qi's intentions, if Liu Qi is not willing, no matter how much Liu Mang appoints, it will be useless "pen, ink, paper and inkstone! I Come and write a letter to brother Liu Qi, Wen and you will send it to Xinye as soon as possible."
Soon Liu Mang wrote a letter, taught it to Jia Xu, and Jia Xu sent someone to Xinye.
Liu Qi got Liu Mang's letter and couldn't help but read it. All the words on it were the expression of Liu Mang's true feelings for Liu Qi. Liu Qi is an honest person, and he has no ambitions. Even if he has ambitions, he can't realize them. Liu Qi learns more about self-protection, and he also wants to do something for the people. Therefore, the people in Xinye are still doing well. Liu Wei has no reason to let go of such a talent in governance. In the past, Liu Mang told Liu Qi everything in his letters. Once he chose to stay and join the Yangzhou Army, then Liu Qi would really have no chance to be the Lord of Jingzhou, and the gentry of Jingzhou would not support another prince. The people under his command can be said to be completely out of the Jingzhou officialdom.
And Liu Mang also said that even if Liu Qi chooses to leave, the position of the lord of Jingzhou is not destined for him. His second brother in Jingzhou has the support of the Cai family and the Kuai family, so Liu Qi has no chance of winning. He would not choose Liu Qi either. Although the Huang family did not agree with the Cai family, it was used by Liu Biao to check and balance the Cai family. In the end, it would be left to his second brother Liu Zong. After Liu Zong ascended the throne, he used it to check and balance Cai Family makes the Cai family not the only one. If Liu Qi wants to go back blindly, there will be no second way for Liu Qi, only a dead end.
It was Liu Mang who managed to convince Mrs. Cai to bypass Liu Qi. If Liu Qi went back again, Liu Mang really couldn't keep Liu Qi. He couldn't choose to go to war with Jingzhou just because of Liu Qi.
"Master, the frame is ready! Madam asked me to come and ask the master when we are leaving!" The butler walked in and asked Liu Qi respectfully. Their master was originally the prefect of Xinye, but now Xinye It is about to belong to Yangzhou, and the position of the prefect of my master has to be completed. Without the position of prefect, it is natural to need to move out of this prefect's mansion and return to Jingzhou.
The butler has not been in Liu Qi's house for a day or two, and his master can take care of himself a little in Xinye. If he returns to Xiangyang, he will return to that kind of deep-rooted state, so be careful everywhere, otherwise you will never be able to take care of yourself. If you get caught, you will have a good life.
"Ma Dong, do you think it's better for me to stay in Xinye or go back to Xiangyang!" Liu Qi was a little uncertain and asked the butler next to him.
The housekeeper replied without saying a word, "Of course it's in Xinye." After finishing speaking, he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue. As a servant, how could he intervene in the master's decision? "Everything is up to the master."
But Liu Qi didn't blame this Ma Dong, "Do you think it's Xinye too?" Liu Qi was really helpless, with a wry smile on his face, anyway, Jingzhou is also his home, but this home has never been there. Give Liu Qi warmth, and when Liu Qi returns to Xiangyang, he naturally knows that he will be monitored again, and his every move will be under the watchful eyes of the Cai family, and he has not seen him, the eldest son of Jingzhou, for more than a year Father.
Returning to Jingzhou is the end of being under house arrest, but in Xinye, you can move around freely. After thinking about it, Liu Qi nodded and made a decision, "Ma Dong, let the boatman go back!"
"Master?" Ma Dong didn't understand, what's wrong with this master, this thing has already been loaded, and he is about to leave Xinye and go back to Xiangyang by boat, so why isn't the master leaving
"Your master is not leaving!" Sure enough, under Ma Dong's guess, his master Liu Qi did not leave.
"Master, aren't you leaving?" Ma Dong was taken aback for a moment, and then he became a little happy, and if he didn't leave, he would not leave. Anyway, going back to Xiangyang would be a pain, so why not stay in Xinye, anyway, Liu Qi has some spare money over the years, It is still possible to use this money to become a rich man in Xinye. "My lord, I will inform the boat owners. By the way. Find out which property is for sale in Xinye." Xinye belongs to Yangzhou. Naturally, the gentry from Jingzhou are about to migrate, and the prices of the properties they left behind are not high, and they are all ready to sell off. "This time, I must change to a bigger house."
"Change the house?" Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, but then he reacted and said with a smile, "There is no need to change this house. This prefect's mansion is very good." Liu Qi still has some feelings for this Xinye prefect's mansion.
"Yeah, this prefect's mansion is very good!" Ma Dong also nodded. He has lived here for so many years, and it would be a lie if he has no feelings, but he still has to move.
"Why move!"
"My lord, the new prefect wants to live here." This prefect's mansion is not a private property. Ma Dong is euphemistically reminding his master that the prefect of Xinye will be replaced by an official from Yangzhou.
"Haha, yes. The new prefect is going to live in this prefect's mansion. Ma Dong, why don't you put down the things on the frame, or how can you sleep at night? Your master can still I have to work."
"Ah?" Ma Dong pointed at Liu Qi and was speechless. "Master, are you the prefect of Xinye?"
"What's the matter? Doesn't it look like it? It was in the past, it is still in the present, and I don't know in the future."
"But, but!" Ma Dong wanted to say, the current prefect of Xinye is an official of Yangzhou. Master, you are the eldest son of Jingzhou, you are completely different from the two departments.
"I am your master. Now I am going to write a letter to Master Jingzhou Mu." Speaking of Jingzhou Mu, Liu Qi couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. His son can no longer be a filial piety under his father's command, but he wants to be an official under the command of other princes. Kind of ironic.
"Master!" Ma Dong is not a fool, otherwise he would not be Liu Qi's housekeeper. Anyway, Liu Qi is also the prefect of one party now. Ma Dong can naturally see that the bleakness on his master's face can be felt by Ma Dong. Whether it is the reason of Cai's family or Liu Biao's own family, the master of his family wants to be filial, but he is rejected again and again.
Parents are not far away, you think Liu Qi is willing to stay in Xinye as an official, it's just that the situation is pressing.
"My lord, will you be an official of Yangzhou from now on?" Ma Dong still wanted to persuade his own lord, who is also the heir of Jingzhou. But once you join Yangzhou, you will have no chance of succession.
"What's wrong with Yangzhou! Isn't Yangzhou also owned by this big man?" Liu Qi also figured it out, since his father doesn't like him, why should he go back to add to the discomfort, so let's stay in Xinye, Your Highness the King of Shu
Liu Qi looked at the letters on the table, and thought of that person again. He, Liu Qi, and Shu Wang Liu Mang are not considered close friends, but just had a long conversation, and the vigorous vitality of Yangzhou, the king of Shu, Liu Qi It can still be seen that one of the necessary places for business exchanges between Jingzhou and Yangzhou is Xinye, not only for the trade of grain and grass, Liu Qi also saw that many scholars from Jingzhou are also moving towards Yangzhou, and even many The businessman actually sold his foundation in Jingzhou and went to Yangzhou. Liu Qi saw it but didn't say anything. Liu Qi now has a feeling that he wants to do a good job under the command of Yangzhou like those businessmen and scholars. Here comes the cause.
"Father, Jingzhou! Let me show you, without Jingzhou, I, Liu Qi, can still make a career! Sooner or later, the position of Jingzhou pastor will be mine." Liu Qi had a fighting spirit in his heart, and he thought of Liu Mang. As far as he was concerned, if Jingzhou was under Yangzhou's command, then the position of Jingzhou Mu belonged to Liu Qi.
"Then I'll go down and clean up the master." Ma Dong looked at his master, he hadn't seen him like this for a long time, I don't know if it's a good thing to join Yangzhou, but it's not a bad thing, is it
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"Moran isn't coming back?" Liu Biao asked sadly looking at the letter sent from Xinye in his hand.
Cai Hao and the others below did not say anything immediately. This silently said the words of Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi.
Nanyang County is now, and it has begun to withdraw its troops from Xinye. It is ready to switch defenses with Liu Mang's Yangzhou Army. Who would have thought that the prefect of Xinye would stay and would not come.
If it was someone else, it might not cause such a big reaction, but this prefect of Xinye also has another identity, that is, Liu Qi, the eldest son of Jingzhou. Cai Mao smiled in his heart, this His Highness King of Shu is really interesting. Xinye was exchanged for Nanyang County. In Cai Mao's view, this is a profit. Because Nanyang County can make his younger brother Zhang's family change from a noble family to an aristocratic family. In this case, the three alliances of the Zhang family, the Cai family, and the Kuai family in Jingzhou basically control the right to speak in the seventh floor of Jingzhou. I did not expect this His Highness the King of Shu It was such a gift.
Liu Qi can't come back to Jingzhou, so now there is only one heir left in Jingzhou, that is his nephew Liu Zong, the position of the Lord of Jingzhou can be regarded as a certainty, but Cai Mao can't just laugh right now Speak out, because Liu Biao has already shown a feeling of licking the calf. If you laugh at this time, you are looking for a draw.
"My lord, Mr. Liu Qi has already reached his thirties, maybe Mr. Liu Qi wants to make a career for the lord to see!" Someone beside him comforted Liu Biao.
"Yeah, it's already 30 years old!" Liu Biao's eyes also revealed his feelings for the eldest son. Liu Zong was only born a few years ago, but this eldest son has been with Liu Biao for most of his life. How could he have no feelings for him.
Seeing Liu Biao's deep affection, Cai Mao couldn't help but thank Shu King Liu Mang, and he was going to call Liu Mang to the banquet after this time. This lord still has deep feelings for this eldest son. If Liu Qi is still in Jingzhou, maybe Liu Biao will finally have a father-son love saint. It would be a joke to teach Liu Qi the master of Jingzhou. But now the threat is much smaller.
"My lord, isn't Mr. Liu Qi in Yangzhou the same as me in Jingzhou? We are allies with His Royal Highness the King of Shu. If the lord misses Mr. Liu Qi, you only need a letter, and Mr. Liu Qi will come back! Under the command of the lord, no matter what, Mr. Liu Qi I won’t let go of it.” Cai Mao stepped forward and said to Liu, now Cai Mao is boasting that Liu Qi is like a filial son, anyway, Liu Qi is no threat to him, and it doesn’t matter if he praises him more .
"Yes!" Liu Biao was also sentimental. When he was young, Liu Biao was not a shepherd of Jingzhou at that time. At that time, Liu Qi said that he would be a high-ranking official and be taller than his father. If he wanted to be filial to his father, Liu Biao's eyes would turn red. up.
"I'm afraid that's not the case!" A harsh voice came from the side where father and son were about to love each other.
"It's him again?" A group of civil and military personnel saw the person who made the noise. Isn't this Huang She, the eldest son of the Huang family
"My lord, you are old, so be careful not to listen to slander." Huang She's words basically showed his ending. Liu said he was old, but the older people are, the less they like to hear people say I am old, you are saying that I am old and useless.
Liu Biao's face had darkened, but Huang She didn't see it, and continued to speak, "My lord, this Yangzhou is a wolf with ambition, and he left Mr. Liu Qi, maybe it was not what Mr. Liu Qi wanted at all, and he, the king of Shu, Liu Qi Mang just wants to imitate the lord, and wants to keep the proton."
"Pfft!" The civil and military people below almost spit out a mouthful of blood. Whose servant is this Huang She? Even though Jingzhou left Shu Wang Liu Mang and did not let Liu Mang go back, it is true to stay Liu Mang was taken as a hostage, but this could only be said in secret, on the surface it was saying that His Royal Highness the King of Shu would be kept as a guest.
However, this Huang She was not wrong. If Liu Qi was really kept intentionally, then it might really be that Yangzhou was planning to keep the hostage.
If this is the case, Cai Mao is also happy. Liu Qi's death is in Cai Mao's best interest, but Cai Mao still stood up, "Writer Huang, the Lord's punishment for you last time was not enough, right! This time you are talking wildly again?" After all, Liu Mang is also Cai Mao's ally, so naturally Cai Mao will stand up and speak well for Liu Mang.
"Am I wrong! Master Cai, I'm afraid that some people wish that Mr. Liu Qi would not come back!" Huang She knew that Cai Mao would help Liu Mang, so he became rude to Cai Mao.
"You!" Cai Mao pointed at Huang She and was speechless. Cai Mao was not good at arguing. It was a fact that he supported Liu Zong. After all, of course his uncle supported his nephew. ah.
"My lord, Mao's loyalty to my lord can be learned from the sun and the moon." Cai Mao simply stopped arguing and knelt down in front of Liu Biao.
"Hmph, Junshi Cai, am I wrong?" Huang She got up triumphantly, and was very happy to see Cai Mao kneeling in front of Liu Bian in fear.
"Shut up!" Liu Biao on the stage suddenly became angry, and directly smashed the letter in his hand on Huang She's face below.
"My lord?" Huang She was stunned.
"Huang She, let me tell you, if it wasn't for the sake of your father Huang Zu's face, I would have taken you and dragged you out and beheaded now." Liu Biao burst into anger. He was here with a licking feeling, abruptly. He was turned into a fratricide by Huang She, do you think Liu Biao would like to see it. The two sons of Yuan Shao's family killed each other there, and Liu Biao was already feeling very uncomfortable.
"My lord, here I am." Huang She also knelt down, looking at Liu Biao, he still wanted to argue.
"Open your dog eyes and take a good look at that letter!" Liu Biao pointed to the letter below and said to Huang She, Huang She picked up the letter and read it, and only after reading did he realize where he was wrong.
How could this be coercion from Yangzhou? It was entirely Liu Qi's own volition. The Yangzhou army hadn't arrived in Xinye yet, and the present Xinye was just the retreat of the Jingzhou army.
Where did the coercion come from? This is entirely Liu Qi's willingness to stay in this Yangzhou, and he wrote on the letter, telling his father not to worry about it, and he will make a good career in His Royal Highness Shu Wang for his father to see.
But when it came to Huang She's mouth, there was a conspiracy, Huang She was thinking too much, Liu Biao could only give Huang She face.
"My lord, forgive my sins, my lord, forgive my sins!" Huang She knew that he was completely irrelevant, and also knew that he was wrong and knelt down.
"Someone come and drag this person down and put him in a prison!" It was impossible to kill Huang She, but it was still possible to put Huang She in a prison and suffer well.
"My lord, my lord!" He was taken off amidst Huang She's miserable cry, but no one would sympathize with him.
"My lord, why don't you reply to the eldest son!" Cai Mao next to him deserves to be flattering, and Liu Biao is very guilty of facing his eldest son. Writing a letter here can express his guilt and also have the righteousness of father and son. .
"I want to go back, I want to go back!" Liu Biao picked up the pen and ink, it doesn't matter if you don't write it, this writing is thousands of words, all of which are a father's love for his son, Liu Biao almost wants to let it go Liu Qi is back, and I haven't seen him for some years, but fortunately Liu Qi is no longer in Yangzhou, otherwise Cai Mao's vigilance would have increased.
His Royal Highness the King of Shu is really a good person. Helping him, the Cai family, can be regarded as removing the last stumbling block.
Thinking of this, Cai Mao's gratitude to Liu Mang became more and more profound. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!