Now that there is a court, it is just Cao Cao's words, and the princes everywhere have long stopped taking the court seriously. In the land of Jingzhou, it is naturally Liu Biao who has the final say, and now it is Liu Cong who can represent Liu Biao in Zigui.

What's more, Li Yan's performance during this period of time is enough to convince the public.

Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, but then he eased up, he was a military general in the end, and if Liu Cong made him a county commander, it would be a bit unbearable. Since you're not good at it, it doesn't matter if you change someone else. And Wei Yan can also see that Liu Cong seems to have other plans, otherwise he should be the county commander himself.

But Li Yan couldn't help it: "Lord Duwei, the grass people ......"

"Needless to say, you are just acting as the county magistrate temporarily, if you don't handle it well, your father will change people at any time."

"No!"

Liu Cong is not capricious, just kidding, if Li Yan can't do a county order well, then I'm really sorry for his name, Liu Cong clearly remembers that when Cao Cao went south, Li Yan was the county commander of Zigui, but he did not surrender to Cao Cao like Wen Ping, but went into exile in Shu, first Liu Zhang, and then from Liu Bei, the official to the Shangshu order, and was crowned as the protector of the central capital, the hussar general, and the marquis of the capital. can be regarded as one of the important ministers of Shu Han.

Liu Cong saw that everyone had no opinions, and then saw that although Li Yan was a little restrained at first, he quickly calmed down again, and knew that his decision was right, so he smiled and said to everyone: "Zigui has just experienced the war, and I ask you to perform your duties immediately." I'll come back to you when there's something. ”

"No!"

A cadre is originally a petty official, and it doesn't matter much to them who Liu Cong appoints as the county commander, and it is true to do his duty to leave a good impression on Lord Duwei and the new county commander.

After everyone left, Li Yan stayed and knelt on the ground: "Li Yan greets the lord!" ”

"Don't be polite, get up and talk." Li Yan knelt down like this, Liu Cong was still a little uncomfortable, it was obvious that this ancient person was such a principle, he was also a courtier of Emperor Han Xian, but the lord was not necessarily Emperor Han Xian.

This Li Yan is called the lord of Liu Cong, which is to assign his identity to Liu Cong's retainers, which is loyalty from the heart, compared to Gan Ning and Wei Yan. Gan Ning and Wei Yan are still Liu Biao's courtiers after all, and now they are just Liu Cong's subordinates, and one day they will make great contributions, maybe their official positions will be greater than Liu Cong's.

But the retainers are different, and the official position can only be won by the lord.

Li Yan is the first retainer of Liu Cong to cross over, Liu Cong is naturally happy, if he wants to do his own thing, he still has to change the name of Gan Ning and others in the future, by the way, Huang Quan, Huang Quan should be equivalent to the actual retainer.

Liu Cong did not forget to politely help Li Yan up while YY: "Brother Zhengfang, if there is chaos today, you and I will plan for Li Min, and you will have to work hard in the future, so you and I don't have to be too polite." ”

"Thank you, lord!"

"You go down and get busy first, I'll rest for a while, and after Huang Quan and the others come back, you can call me again."

"No!" Although Li Yan pretended to be high, but since leading the troops to occupy Zigui and stationed in Zigui, he was also nervous, and now Liu Cong is here, bringing a large army to Zigui and finally calming down, originally thought that he would retire after completing his merits, but he didn't expect Liu Cong to disregard his previous suspicions and promote himself to Zigui County Commander, Li Yan secretly made up his mind in his heart to govern Zigui well, and there will be no more collusion between inside and outside the office.

Li Yan was ordered to go out, and Liu Cong called a team of personal soldiers who followed him first to send out the letter he wrote to Xiangyang, and then Liu Cong sat in the huge county government and couldn't help but be in a daze.

Thinking back to what happened in the past, it is impossible to return to the harmonious afterlife, if Cao Cao is allowed to annex Jingzhou, it is inevitable that there will be decades of war, and his and his family's lives are also worried. Since he was born in a soldier, he can't waste it, not to mention that he still has the golden finger of predicting history and discerning talents, and he will definitely be able to change, even if he will inevitably be annexed in the end, he must find a way to protect the people around him.

The survival rate of one-seventh of the population, think about the turmoil of the late Han Dynasty in the past fifty years, only one-seventh of the population of China can survive. It's scary to think about.

stabilized his mood, and Liu Cong began to plan.

Maybe it's Liu Biao's elegance that makes people with different intentions in Jingzhou think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, it seems that this Nanjun Taishou doesn't regard Liu Biao as the lord very much, but Yang Fengyin violation, if memory serves, the four counties of Jingnan except Changsha Taishou Han Xuan is more loyal to the Han court, Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan, Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan and Lingling Taishou Liu Du all have ghosts in their hearts, when Liu Bei's army came, they fell with the wind and did not resist.

In the future, Cao Cao's southern expedition should not be delusional, hoping that these people can resist stubbornly with him, and it will be fortunate that they can not cause chaos.

It is now ten years of Jian'an, and there are still three years before Cao Cao marched south, if he is fully prepared, it is not that he can't fight, and Liu Biao doesn't want to fight in history, but he can't be ruthless, and he doesn't want to use force. Or because of his own lack of strength, and Jingzhou's talents have not been discovered.

Cao Cao occupies Henan and Hebei, which is an economically densely populated place in China, and the entire state of Jingzhou adds up to only 1.45 million households, including Nanyang County, in fact, more than half of Nanyang County is in Cao Cao's hands, so that Jingzhou has only four or five million people in its heyday. Not in a quarter of Cao Cao's hurry, even Sun Quan has nearly a million households in Yangzhou.

Population determines the source of troops and taxes, to a large extent determines a country's economic strength, the reason why Liu Biao lost, or Liu Cong surrendered at that time, was completely due to strength, and it was a helpless move to not be able to compete with Cao Cao.

As a result, Liu Bei chose to be cheap, speaking of Liu Bei, Liu Cong remembered that at this time, his cousin-in-law Zhuge Liang should still be living in seclusion in Longzhong, and Pang Tong did not follow Liu Bei. If you want to do something in Jingzhou, you must drive Liu Bei out as soon as possible, at least you must take serious precautions.

There are generals Gan Ning and Wei Yan on his side, and in history, Gan Ning voted for Sun Quan because he was excluded, and he will definitely not be in this life. plus Wen Ping, Huang Zhong, Li Yan,

The civil officials include Pang Tong, Ma Liang, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Liu Ba and others, all of whom are capable ministers.

There are still a lot of talents in Jingzhou, but you have to improve your reputation first, and then tap talents first.

There is also military training, although Liu Biao has the heart to spy on the world, but he is unwilling to take action, and he wants to occupy Yizhou is only a rebellion against the three generals, in this turbulent era, prestige is important, but strength is more decisive.

You have to hurry up and train the troops, and you can't let Liu Biao resist too much, otherwise your position as an heir will not be guaranteed. Moreover, the training must be in their own hands, so that Cao Cao will not be held hostage by Cai Mao and others when he marches south in the future.

Liu Cong sat in the county office until dinner, and everyone thought he was sleepy and didn't come to bother him. It wasn't until dinner time that Li Yan came to invite Liu Cong. Gan Ning, Huang Quan and others have already returned to Zigui.

Liu Cong beckoned Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Huang Quan and others to sit over and dine together.

Huang Quan heard Gan Ning say that Li Yan had made a county order on the road, and his heart was inevitably itchy, this time when he went out, Gan Ning and Wei Yan had actually risen by one level, and even Li Yan was promoted later, leaving him, the henchman of the second son.

During the banquet, Li Yan opened his mouth and closed his mouth, Huang Quan first wondered, and then he was not called Lord Duwei, nor was he called Gongzi, and followed Li Yan to call the lord.

In this way, it is inevitable that Gan Ning and Wei Yan will be a little embarrassed, after all, Li Yan is a newcomer, he knows that Liu Cong does not know Liu Biao, and Liu Cong has the grace of knowing him. Huang Quan, this kid has always been Liu Cong's confidant, and his name is the same.

After all, Wei Yan and Gan Ning were officers appointed by Liu Biao, even if they had the intention to call the lord, they were afraid that Liu Cong would not accept it. Especially Gan Ning, who has a history of Jiang * banditry, is not welcomed in Xiangyang City.

Although Liu Cong treats himself well, this is a march and war outside, once he returns to Xiangyang, Liu Biao has the final say, and even Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others have more say than Liu Cong.

Of course, Liu Cong wished that Gan Ning and Wei Yan would call him his father-in-law, but it was always not good to blatantly dig into his father's corner, so he just looked at the two with a smile.

After dinner, Liu Cong assigned tasks to everyone.

"Captain Bendu will give you three days, Li Yan, you must appease the people in the county, you take care of it first, and the day after tomorrow I will give you a day to lead me to visit the major families in the county. On behalf of my father, I would like to apologize to the people of Zigui.

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