Wang Rui used to be the governor of Jingzhou. He got the position of Jingzhou before Liu Biao. When Liu Biao was canonized as the lord of Jingzhou, he didn't have the slightest power around him. The Jingzhou he entered alone was a business without money.
Among them, the three families contributed the most, that is, the three great families in Jingzhou, the Huang family, the Cai family and the Kuai family. The Huang family was in charge of the military, fighting in battle, with Huang Zu leading the charge.
The Cai family was in charge of the logistics supply. As long as Cai Mao was there, Liu Biao's soldiers and horses would never have been hungry at that time.
The last resourceful brain is the Kuai family, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, these two brothers are top-notch advisers, with such a combination, it is difficult for Liu Biao to win. The end result, of course, was that Liu Biao took over the nest, Wang Rui passed away, and Liu Biao became the lord of Jingzhou. Only then did the Jingzhou pastor come into being.
It is precisely because he knows this that Liu Bei thinks more about what he is going to do when the Cai family and the Kuai family invite him.
Will it be like Jingzhou back then? Although he lacks such a link as the Huang family, when Liu Bei entered Jingzhou, he was much stronger than Liu Biao back then. Liu Biao came here as a bachelor. Whether he can achieve success or not, he Liu Biao can also leave alone. Anyway, he doesn't lack anything.
The current Liu Bei came here with his belongings. He originally had more than 10,000 elite soldiers and horses in his hands. Although he did not expand his army because he was afraid of Huang She's too much defense, as long as he Liu Bei announced the expansion of the army, in a short time , 50,000 troops are still no problem. Plus the Cai family's 30,000 elite Jingzhou navy. There is also the support of the Kuai family.
Liu Bei couldn't even imagine it. A smile appeared on his face.
"Come on, go down and get ready, treat the envoy who came to deliver the letter well, and say that I will be invited to the dinner three days later!" Liu Bei said to his subordinates over there.
"My lord, what can the Cai family and the Kuai family get? Why did they do this?" Liao Hua still didn't understand that when the Cai family and the Kuai family assisted Liu Biao in capturing Jingzhou, they wanted to take advantage of Liu Biao's reputation. After all, Liu Biao has the reputation of the eight steeds, coupled with the will of Emperor Han, after winning Jingzhou, he rewarded the Cai family and the Kuai family generously, and finally let the Cai family and the Kuai family stabilize the position of this aristocratic family .
Now the Cai family and the Kuai family are already aristocratic families. Although Huang She is very wary of the Cai family and the Kuai family, it is useless to tear his face. He has no reason to help Liu Bei.
"No, as long as Huang She wants to secure his position as the lord of Jingzhou, he will never be able to be of the same mind as the Cai family and the Kuai family!" said Yi Ji beside him. Among Jingzhou, the Huang family and the Cai family's Kuai family. It may have been a heart before, because at that time they were grasshoppers on the same aunt.
They prosper and prosper and lose in an instant. If Wang Rui regained his strength, he would definitely not let them go.
Therefore, they wholeheartedly helped Liu Biao conquer the world. The three families can be regarded as close, but now, it is different, because the roles of the three parties have changed. After Liu Biao took Jingzhou, the Cai family and the Kuai family stood together, because The two of them had no military power, only logistics and planning. At that time, the Huang family was the largest.
The Cai family and the Kuai family formed an alliance to fight against the Huang family. The Huang family had no choice but to leave Xiangyang and go to Jiangxia.
Later, now, the Huang family once again became the dominant family, but Liu Zong was in the hands of Huang She. Huang She was the military adviser of Jingzhou in name, but in fact he was the master of Jingzhou.
"Then the Cai family and the Kuai family want to rely on the lord and help the lord?" Although Liao Hua understood a little bit, he was still a little confused.
"No!" Yi Ji shook his head, "To be exact, it's not the lord that they help, but themselves!" Huang She was able to control Jingzhou. Besides Huang's family's prestige in the army, Huang She was also in the hands of Huang She. There is a young son Liu Zong, if it is just the army, Cai Mao and Kuai would have ignored him a long time ago.
The Cai family and the Kuai family were not stupid either. After driving the Huang family out of Xiangyang, their direct line troops would definitely not use the original generals of the Huang family army.
Therefore, the 30,000 Jingzhou elite navy controlled by the Cai family is definitely in the hands of the Cai family, and these 30,000 troops are enough to compete with Huang She.
It's not Huang She's turn to be Jingzhou's military adviser, but Cai Mao has not moved for a long time, that's because the young master Liu Zong is still in Huang She's hands, no matter whether Huang She killed Liu Biao and usurped Jingzhou Mu As for the position, one thing is certain, that is, Liu Biao is dead, and besides the eldest son Liu Qi, the younger son Liu Zong is the one who integrated Liu Biao's position. Then there is only one little son left (Liu Pan also died in the hands of Huang She).
The Cai family and the Kuai family must be friends with Liu Bei because of the young son Liu Zong. In the past, the Huang family and the Cai family were evenly matched, and even the Cai family and the Kuai family were even stronger than the Huang family. If it weren’t for Huang She’s hands With Liu Zong as a bargaining chip, the Cai family and the Kuai family were ready to devour Huang She. But the two sides are also considered balanced, because everyone knows that a war between the two sides is not good for the water, because the details of the two sides are clear, once they fight, they will only lose.
It's different now, there is an extra Liu Bei, although Liu Bei is the weakest of the three families, he only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under him.
But this is the last straw behind the camel's back. Whoever Liu Bei favors will have an absolute advantage. Huang She is also out of this kind of thinking, which led Liu Bei to lure the wolf into the house. Huang She wanted to use Liu Bei to deal with the Cai family and the Kuai family, and now the Cai family and the Kuai family also wanted to use Liu Bei to deal with Huang She.
"Huh! A nest of snakes and rats, what kindness is there to worry about!" Liao Hua became angry immediately, feeling that both the Huang family and the Kuai family were treating them like monkeys. "My lord, we still have to kill this envoy sent by the Cai family and beat him out with sticks. If we want to use our lord, there is no way!"
Unlike Liao Hua's righteous indignation, Liu Bei's mouth did show a smile on the hi, the Cai family and the Kuai family are using him Liu Bei, so why isn't he using them.
Lord of Jingzhou. This location is just too tempting. The Cai family and the Kuai family wanted to compete with the Huang family for the young son Liu Zong, relying on the young son Liu Zong to control Jingzhou. He, Liu Bei, was thinking of using the Cai family and the Kuai family to deal with the Huang family. In the end, Liu Bei could put aside Liu Zong and be the master of Jingzhou himself.
"Go, why don't you go! Send my military order, the second general stays to guard Jiangling, and the rest will go with me!" Liu Bei didn't need to explain, and immediately went down to prepare with a smile.
This time the Cai family and the Kuai family invited Liu Bei as an excuse because the second elder of the Kuai family, Kuai Liang, was celebrating his fiftieth birthday.
For the ancients, thirty was called an old man, and forty was considered an advanced age. Fifty years old, that's really an old birthday person, so this time the Kuai family organized a special event. Anyone who can be named in the whole Jingzhou was invited, and Liu Bei was naturally among them.
What Liu Bei went to prepare was naturally a gift from Kuai Liang. This Liu Bei is also a person who loves talents. He also knows the great talents of the Kuai brothers. Even if he doesn’t know, he should have heard of them. Jingzhou. Liu Bei deliberately went to search for treasures in private. It was not easy to find a good wooden slip.
A few days passed quickly, and Liu Bei hurried all the way from Jiangling to the government of Nanyang County. That's quite a journey, even if the waterway leads all the way to the DPRK, Liu Bei and others still walked for two days, and they arrived at the place on the third day.
Red lanterns had been hung up outside the city wall early, and there was a joyful atmosphere in the whole city.
At the gate of Kuai's house, the hall is full of birds, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going to celebrate birthdays.
"This Kuai family is really the No. 1 person. How long has it been? The birthday party has already been lined up here!" Liao Hua couldn't help but sigh, the Kuai family's popularity is very good, they rushed for two days At this time, it was not noon or evening, but early in the morning. Liu Bei and others were not used to living in the cabin, so they got off the boat early and prepared to go to Kuai's house first.
Unexpectedly, it took a long morning, and the people who came to celebrate the birthday outside the door of Kuai's house were already crowded like this.
"Huh!" Liao Hua discovered something, that is, among the people who came to celebrate the birthday, there were not only the sons of noble families who wore silk and satin, but also ordinary people who wore plain clothes and linen.
This surprised Liao Hua. You must know that since ancient times, these common people have been at odds with the gentry lords, and the accumulation of the gentry's family property has been exploited from the common people.
In this way, the people and the gentry will not be very harmonious. I wish you would die early, so why would I wish you a birthday.
"General Liao Hua, you probably don't know anything about this!" Yi Ji stood aside and watched the crowd coming and going, and began to speak to Liao Hua, and there was a look of yearning and admiration on his face as he spoke. Inside, this birthday is Kuai Liang's birthday, if it were Kuai Yue's, there would not be so many people.
As I said before, this Kuai Liang used to have the nickname Kuai Wuqing, Kuai Leng-Blood, that is because when our Kuai Liang children's shoes were appointed to manage large and small cases in Xiangyang, he never bent the law for personal gain, and never cared about any gentry. Even if the children of the branch of the Kuai family commit a crime, they will be sentenced as they want. A large number of the children of the gentry in Xiangyang have suffered from our Master Kuai Liang. That's why he is called Kuai Liang Kuai cold-blooded, Kuai ruthless, but these ruthless and cold-blooded in the eyes of the gentry children, to those ordinary people that is warmth.
Because the common people have always been suffering, how could they take the initiative to cause trouble? They are too busy with their own fields and livelihoods. The only ones who can cause trouble are those sons of the gentry, who are full and bored , which one will tease the girl, which one will bully the honest man, and then eat some overlord's meal along the way.
When Kuai Liang governed these gentry children, it was equivalent to helping those common people. It can be said that under Kuai Liang's governance, the common people are really happy and happy in the army.
It's just a pity that Liu Biao couldn't bear the burden of those gentry who came to complain, and finally Kuai Liang was removed.
Even so, the people of Jingzhou still remember that Kuai Qingtian, those people all came all the way from Xiangyang, just to give Kuai Liang a birthday.
"Just for birthday celebration?" Liao Hua was also said to be stunned, "But don't those ordinary people and nobles distinguish each other?" Liao Hua saw that there was no one team of nobles in the front and one team of common people in the back. It was a normal thing to do. Birthday banquets are held according to qualifications. If your family is powerful and your status is high, then you stand in the front and enter the mansion earlier. If your qualifications and influence are weak, then you will be at the back. .
These ordinary people can be said to be the lowest and most basic of society, and they are much worse than those officials and nobles.
But Liao Hua saw that many of the gentry were ranked behind the common people.
"In this Kuai Qingtian's eyes, there is no distinction between high and low, only breaking the law and not breaking the law!" Yi Ji sighed, not following the rules.
This Kuai Liang is a representative of the Legalists, and he does everything according to the rules.
The emperor committed the same crime as the common people, and the common people had no sympathy when they touched the regulations. Naturally, this party is also a kind of rule, not in order of high or low, but in order of arrival.
"Hmph! It's just for show. What's the difference between those petty gentry and ordinary people? Our lord is a distinguished guest of his Kuai family. It's fine if we don't come out to greet you, but let us line up? Isn't this a joke! Wait a moment, lord." In a moment, I will let this Kuai family come out to meet the lord!" Liao Hua was also bitter before, and he joined the Yellow Turban Thieves from among the ordinary people who could not survive.
Later, he followed Zhang Jiao, Zhu Feiyan and others, but later this Zhu Feiyan went to Hebei, and this Liao Hua stayed in Yuzhou with Liu Pi. Later, Liu Bei fell in love with the leader of Liu Bei's personal guard, who replaced Chen Dao's previous position.
Logically speaking, Liao Hua was born in poverty, so he should be more tolerant to the common people, because he is more tolerant of himself than others. I have been like this before, I know your pain and I sympathize with you.
But Liao Hua was different. He was disgusted with his previous experience, and he casually showed his disdain for the common people.
This time, Yiji didn't speak. It is true that what Liu Bei held in his hands was different from those personal things. Those individuals came to celebrate their birthday spontaneously, but Liu Bei came here after receiving invitations, which were in the hands of those gentry who received invitations. It's just ordinary, but her Liu Bei's hands are gilded.
Naturally, you can go directly.
"Wait!" Liu Bei said suddenly, "We'd better wait!"
"(to be continued...)