Chapter 38: Rising Ambitions
Nanjun Taishou is Liu Cong's, and he also abducted Wenpin, which made Liu Qi stand in the hall a little panicked, and the next days are only afraid that they will be even more sad, and people who have such thoughts also include Yi and Kuaiyue.
So far, Liu Cong's trip to Xiangyang can be regarded as a complete victory, at least for Liu Qi. Although Cai Mao and the others didn't understand why Liu Cong ordered Wen Ping, but Wen Ping agreed, they vaguely felt a hint of crisis. Did you really underestimate this son-in-law?
In fact, in the eyes of many people, it is normal for Liu Cong to compete for the position of Nanjun Taishou, but they didn't expect the situation to be so one-sided. There are more good deeds who interpret the situation in the hall at that time and spread it widely in Xiangyang City, which is a later story.
After everyone dispersed, Wen Ping stayed behind: "Xiaguan see Lord Taishou." β
"Brother Zhongye, don't be so polite, I begged my father to transfer you to Nanjun and wronged you, if you are so polite, you really want to be ashamed of me."
"The second son judged the situation and sighed for his ability to control the situation. It's just that the hiring is unclear. The promotion of the second duke to any county governor should require people who are good at managing government affairs, such as those of Yi and Kuailiang. Why did Childe just order to hire this martial artist? β
In fact, not only Wenpin, calm down, Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others are afraid that they can't figure it out, why Liu Cong only needs Wenpin, is it just to show Wenpin's support for him, it is obviously not enough to explain. Wen Ping himself is even more puzzled, the battle of Jiangling, Liu Cong fought very beautifully, and now the war has subsided, there are Wang Wei, Huo Jun and other famous generals in Jiangling City.
In other words, it should be to ask Liu Biao for a few civil officials who are good at handling government affairs. Liu Cong looked at Wen Ping, and two words popped out from between his teeth: "Training!" β
"What? Could it be that the second son wants to train in Gangneung? Is this what the general meant? Seeing Liu Cong say this, Wen Ping's mind was even more quickly searching for the information in the hall just now, could it be that the father and son had already prepared, if so, even if he didn't say anything, Liu Biao would send him to Jiangling. In this way, I was fortunate to be decisive at the time!
"I haven't known my father yet, so I want to hear Brother Zhongye's thoughts first." Liu Cong saw that everyone had dispersed, and motioned for Wen Ping to sit down, ready for the two to have a good chat.
"What's the matter with Childe's military training?"
"Deal with Cao Cao!"
"Cao Cao?"
"Yes! Wu Ju's generation is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and when there is chaos today, only Cao Cao in the north can become a threat to Jingzhou. Although Jiangdong Sun Quan has repeatedly violated our border, it is nothing more than harassment. If I, Jingzhou, use the power of the whole state, whether it is Sun Quan or Zhou Yu, I can only take a small advantage on the water, fight a war of attrition, and fight a protracted war, and they will not be able to take advantage.
Yizhou Liu Zhang is even weaker and weaker. Cao Cao, on the other hand, has expelled Yuan Shu in just a few years, destroyed LΓΌ Bu, annexed Liu Bei, and now defeated Yuan Shao and unified the north sooner or later. The war in the north must be in the north, and Cao Cao must march south. If we don't prepare early, we'll have to wait for the time to go. β
"Childe is far-sighted, hire and serve! It's just that Cao Cao is not easy to deal with, and when it comes to training, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun should be more suitable than hiring? β
"Brother Zhongye doesn't know, if Jiangdong Sun Quan comes to attack, the civil and military officials in Xiangyang City will definitely have the same hatred. If Cao Cao had gone south, he was afraid that more than half of the army would surrender before it arrived. I think there are only a few people in Jingzhou who can stick to the territory with me, and Brother Zhongye, you are the head of them. Since I am preparing to train to resist Cao, then Brother Zhongye, you are naturally the first to bear the brunt, and it is also your responsibility! β
In this way, the employment is somewhat clear. It's just that the general ...... "Although Wen Ping is not as old as Cai Mao, he is resistant to Cao Cao in his heart, and wants to help Liu Biao keep Jingzhou safe, Liu Cong now proposes to train soldiers, and he naturally supports it." It's just that without Liu Biao's promise, Wen Ping is inevitably a little worried.
"I will slowly let my father accept it, and I will never sit back and watch the Cao thieves encroach on the Han Dynasty and rob the people of Jingzhou! Brother Zhongye, I have a great responsibility to go to Gangneung here, you settle down well, and we will leave soon. It is hoped that the training will be kept secret. β
"Hire understood!"
When Wen Ping walked out of the general's mansion, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he still underestimated the second son, and before today, he simply thought that the second son was hiding a little talent, but what he didn't expect was that he was fighting for Nanjun Taishou but to train troops to resist Cao Cao. You must know that these two sons are only twenty-one years old! Maybe Liu Biao and Cai Mao underestimated these two sons.
For resisting Cao Cao, Wen Ping actually has his own ideas, before Liu Bei came to the future, Wen Ping had been ordered to garrison the north, just to resist Cao Cao. Seeing that Liu Biao missed the opportunity, Cao Cao became bigger and bigger. Wen Ping was also anxious in his heart, and repeatedly persuaded Liu Biao to train troops in the interior and expand the troops. Liu Biao was not allowed in the end. First, the national strength is limited, and second, Liu Biao always believes that the world is still the world of the Han Dynasty.
So much so that after Liu Bei was stationed in Xinye, Wen Ping retreated to Fancheng, and when Cao Cao went north, Wen Ping even withdrew to Xiangyang, and finally it was time to show his body again. Looking at the aging Liu Biao and the ambitious Liu Cong. Wen Ping sighed that he was not wrong. It is rare that the second son also chose himself. Wen Ping secretly made up his mind that no matter how difficult it was, he must help the second son train more elite soldiers, and one day after the second son inherits the throne, Cao Cao will be able to resist if he comes.
On the other hand, Liu Cong knew that he couldn't hide the matter of training troops in Jiangling, so he had to instill it to Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others as soon as possible, so that they could accept it, even if they didn't support it, they wouldn't be obstructed and opposed by the people. Wenpin's statement at the court meeting today really made Liu Cong unexpected, and Liu Cong was ready to privately beg Liu Biao to transfer Wenpin to himself.
After seeing Wen Ping's statement, Liu Cong proposed it in person, and Wen Ping agreed, which made the officials in Xiangyang City unable to understand, but made Liu Cong tremble his majesty. The dust has settled on the battle for Taishou, and the civil appointment has also been successfully obtained. Liu Cong didn't expect the trip to Xiangyang to be surprisingly smooth. But there's more critical things to come. That is to recruit Zhuge Liang.
Thinking of Zhuge Liang, Liu Cong was inevitably a little excited, fortunately he didn't cross over in 207, if Zhuge Liang was pried away by Liu Bei, who would he cry to. This Zhuge Liang is also, he lost his father at an early age, or Liu Biao took in their uncle and nephew, and he himself married his own cousin (Huang Yueying is the daughter of Liu Biao's ex-wife's sister), it is said that this family can't be closer.
But this kid seems to be a bit arrogant, he doesn't work for Liu Biao, and he seems to be waiting for the price to sell, and finally follows Liu Bei. Maybe there is also Liu Biao's responsibility in this.
Since I came, I would never let this kind of thing happen!
Of course, Liu Cong also knows that masters have a frame and a temper. To put it nicely, there are ideals and ambitions. Maybe Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Biao's time was short, and his two sons had no future, as long as they lived in seclusion. Until Liu Bei looked at the thatched house. It's just that Liu Cong is also strange, this Zhuge Liang is also twenty-four this year, Huang Chengyan personally came to sell his daughter regardless of face, and Pang Degong let his son marry Zhuge Liang's sister in order to marry Zhuge Liang.
So Zhuge Liang's talent should be obvious to all, why didn't Liu Biao use him?
It seems that you have to start with the relationship between in-laws first, and get your cousin Huang Shuo and Huang Yueying first.
When Liu Cong returned home, several female dependents had already arrived, but Zhuge Liang really didn't come! Liu Cong was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, this is just the beginning, see where you kid is fleeing.
Cousin Huang Shuo got up to greet Liu Cong when he saw him come back, in fact, Liu Cong didn't know that this Huang Shuo was the same age as himself, he often played with the second son when he was young, and the relationship was good, and the eldest son Liu Qi was a little rusty because he was more than ten years older. Hearing that his cousin had returned from a victory, and that his brother-in-law Cai Lin had personally invited him, Huang Yueying naturally came.
Also getting up was Zhuge Liang's second sister, Pang Shanmin's wife. Liu Cong took a cursory look, the two daughters are both high-quality beauties, and Zhuge Liang is good-looking, and his sister will naturally not be bad. And Huang Yueying and herself are cousins, in the final analysis, they are still the same grandparents, unless there is a genetic mutation, it will be ugly. It seems that the world has a legend that Zhuge Liang's wife is extremely ugly, and it must be a Xiangyang woman who is out of jealousy and spreads falsehoods. Seeing Liu Cong coming back, Cai Lin beckoned the maids to prepare food.