"Oh, Shiyuan, you came just in time, I didn't expect you to come in, I knew the old man's boredom in his heart. Liu Biao said.

Pang Tong laughed, and he said, "Is there any good wine?"

"Yes, yes, yes, not only good wine, but also good meat!" Liu Biao said: "I don't know how to solve the boredom in my heart now?"

"Now, Duke Ming, like Emperor Ling, is because of his relatives' ......" Pang Tong's words came to an abrupt end, and the meaning of it had already made Liu Biao quite admired.

Thinking that the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty began, it began with the intervention of foreign relatives, under the double threat of internal and external troubles, the Eastern Han Dynasty court has been terminally ill, but the greed of the Emperor Ling has not been restrained, and even for the sake of pleasure more and more intensified looting of the people, Emperor Ling in order to build a palace and cast bronze people, ordered to increase the field endowment, and ordered Taiyuan, Hedong, Longxi counties to send timber, aragonite, etc. to the capital. When the timber transported by the local government arrived in Beijing, in order to collect money, the eunuchs made it difficult in every possible way during the acceptance, and even deliberately did not send it, resulting in the stranding of the timber, and the palace could not be built year after year. At the same time, local officials such as the assassin Shi and Taishou also took advantage of the fire to rob, making the people miserable.

Emperor Ling is very fond of eunuchs, especially close to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, Emperor Ling promoted these two to the rank of the permanent servant, and Jin Liehou, these two and Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang and others are called "ten permanent servants", they dominate the dynasty, the power of the world, Emperor Ling is even more obedient to them, and even often say: "Zhang Chang serves Zhang Rang is my father, Zhao Chang serves Zhao Zhong as my mother." ”

Relying on the emperor's favor, the eunuchs behaved even more recklessly, and the politics of the Eastern Han Dynasty can be described as extremely corrupt.

Isn't this the case with Liu Biao today? Now he doesn't have much real power, it's just an empty shelf, if it weren't for the fact that he is the authentic Han family, I'm afraid that the lord of Jingzhou would have already changed hands.

Thinking of this, Liu Biao sighed: "Yes, the old man has been cautious all his life, trembling, walking on thin ice, never thought that he would make a big mistake and let his relatives repeat it, sir...... Now I am also desperate, maybe it is better to keep it in the dark, at least I can live my life safely, but now, I don't have a few years to live, I am in my sixties......! The old man is really unwilling, looking at my great country, being seized by the person surnamed Cai!"

"Ming Gong, I have a way here, but I only say it, for fear that Ming Gong will blame!" Pang Tong said.

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"Okay! That's the thing, General Li Hugo Li is the general of the imperial court, and he should be the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Ming Gong can hold a feast, announce in public, let Li Hugo become the commander of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses, so that nominally Li Hugo has the seal of the general, and it is natural to bear this favor, and let Li Hugo and Cai Mao fight, when the time comes, Ming Gong can take the opportunity to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, and take the opportunity to help Liu Qi's son ascend to the throne, so that the power of Jingzhou is still on the heir of Ming Gong. Pang Tong said.

Liu Biao clapped his hands: "Yes, it just so happens that the old man is planning to have a birthday banquet for his 60th birthday recently!"

At this time, the two hit it off, and it can be regarded as surviving in danger.

As everyone knows, Li Hugo has already met with Liu Qi here, and Liu Qi said: "General, now the general has come up with a clever plan to let me retreat to Jiangxia, but my father held this feast this time, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid the Cai family will be bad for me. ”

"Gongzi is too worried, when the time comes, you Jiangxia will bring 30,000 troops, and I will lead 20,000 troops in Xinye, we will go to the banquet together, and the soldiers and horses will be stationed outside Jingzhou City, and it will be no problem to protect yourself at that time, and this birthday banquet is also extraordinary, I am afraid that the Ming Duke will establish the position of the prince!" Li Hugo said.

Liu Qi was stunned when he heard this, he said: "No, no, no, then I won't go, the position of the prince is a tricky position, this position is full of swords, I don't sit on it to destroy the body, rather than this, I might as well retreat to Jiangxia, at least I can be peaceful for a while!"

"Childe, you're too selfish in this idea, I'll be honest with you...... This Liu Cong is not your own brother. Li Hugo told Cai's stealing of people one by one, and Liu Qi was so angry that he almost couldn't hold it anymore and was about to rush out and fight with people!

"Damn, really...... It's really too deceitful, I didn't expect this Cai family to do such a thing that goes against women's morals, does my father know?"

"Yes. ”

"Then why did my father swallow his anger?"

"Your father is a wise man, if you directly offend your stepmother, wouldn't it be dangerous for your uncle Cai Mao to monopolize the military power?" Li Hugo said.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Qi was covered in sweat, and he sat on the chair with a calm face: "Then what should I do." ”

Li Hugo said in his heart that although Liu Qi is kind-hearted, but without a strategy, I am afraid it will be difficult to survive in this world, even if he inherits his father's position, I am afraid he will not be able to keep it for long, thinking of this, Li Hugo can't help but sigh.

In the past six months, Xinye Castle has been transformed, the original dilapidated city wall like a dirt slope, at this time has been reinforced and heightened, the inside is made of hardwood as the skeleton, the middle is rammed earth, and the outside is a green brick burned by fierce fire, so the three are one, and the city wall is already indestructible.

The city gate was completely demolished by Xun Yu, and a new city gate was replaced, the inside was hardwood, and the outside was wrapped with iron sheets.

In the center of Xinye City, there is also a huge granary, and the granary is heavily guarded, you must know that in the future war, oil is the blood of war, but in this era, food is blood.

Whether it is rice noodles eaten by people or forage eaten by horses, they are all quite well prepared.

Xun Yu's clever plan to exterminate the bandits everywhere, but also by the way to those who are willing to surrender to the bandits, for the bandits, this is not too good, I think the mountain dragon was like this, the mountain dragon was forced to go up the mountain to be a thief out of desperation, but after he knew that he could become an official army, he agreed without hesitation.

Being a thief is a helpless choice, and being a soldier can eat military rations, get military salaries, and if you are not careful, you can also establish meritorious deeds and go down in history, which is a bait that cannot be resisted by anyone.

Of course, Li Hugo treated them quite kindly, as long as they were willing to surrender, they were not guilty of what they had done before, but if they refused to surrender, they would be dismissed from farming and arranged land.

So at first, some people were reluctant to surrender, thinking that they were dead, but Li Hugo showed so much sincerity, so the bandits were willing to come.