"Don't be nervous, if I wanted to kill you, I would have let people do it a long time ago, I won't wait until now, sit." Liu Xie looked at Kuai Qi, who was overly nervous in front of him, and said softly.

Kuaiqi belongs to the flowers in the greenhouse, and he has not experienced any hardships since he was born, and his life has already been planned and formulated for him by his father Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, and all he can do is to go step by step. It's a pity that halfway through, he suddenly wanted to try to take a different path by himself, and the price he paid was very heavy. was expelled from the house, which was like a catastrophe for Kuaiqi, who was born in a family, and the confusion about the future made Kuaiqi like a frightened bird, unable to withstand the slightest stimulation from the outside world.

Seeing today, Kuai Qi involuntarily knelt on the ground, and when he didn't see Liu Xie, Kuai Qi still had the courage to think about being right with Liu Xie, but when he saw the real person, Kuai Qi was scared, he was really scared, he had now lost the protection of the Kuai family, and the Kuai family avoided him like a plague god, if Liu Xie really wanted to take his life, no one would intercede for him.

"Grass people, don't dare." Kuaiqi replied with her head on the ground and in a trembling voice.

Liu Xie frowned slightly, just such a rat gall, how could he dare to partner with Liu Bei and want to seize Jiangling in the first place? Liu Xie doesn't like to watch people kneel, kneel to the sky and kneel to his parents, these three kneels are natural, as for kneeling on other occasions, Liu Xie doesn't think it is meaningful. And with Kuaiqi's cowardice, there is no sense of accomplishment when he kneels, but it makes people feel that they are bullying people.

"Get up and speak, it's cold on the ground." Liu Xiewen said.

"Grass people, don't dare."

"I told you to get up, do you dare to resist the decree?" Liu Xie was annoyed and threatened Kuaiqi.

Not to mention, this threat really worked, and the well-spoken Kuaiqi didn't listen, and he was obedient as soon as he was scared. Seeing Kuai Qi standing in front of him with his neck bent, Liu Xie said angrily: "Sitting and talking, standing shows that you are tall, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, yes, the grass people obey." Aki hurriedly sat down with her ass next to the edge of the stool.

Seeing this, Liu Xie didn't bother to let Kuai Qi sit down, reached out and poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and said to Kuai Qi slowly: "Kuai Qi, you are also a person who has read books, and you should also understand your current situation, if I want your life, you don't have to wait until now, as long as you give a hint to the Kuai family, your head will already fall to the ground." ”

"Yes, yes, the grass people understand, thank you for your magnanimity." Kui Qi said busily.

“…… I have no intention of killing you, because you are just a chess piece in the hands of others, instead of killing you, it is better to go directly to Liu Bei, who wants to play against me. But there's a question I've been wanting to ask you, I wonder if you might be able to answer my questions? ”

"Holy Lord, the grass people must know everything, and they must be endless."

"Well, I just want to ask you, why do you have a good life as a child of the family, but you have to follow the anti-thief to partner against me? It stands to reason that you are a child of the Kuai family, your Kuai family has already taken refuge in the imperial court, and waking up is not thin for your Kuai family, although you were only a county magistrate before, but you are still young, if you have qualifications, even if you can't enter the center of the court in the future, it is not impossible to achieve the position of county guard. What benefits did Liu Bei promise you? ”

Liu Xie's words suddenly frightened Kui Qi knelt on the ground again, "The grass people are ignorant, bewitched by Liu Bei, and have the trust of the imperial court......"

"Stop, don't say it, I don't want to hear your confession. Get up and talk to me, what benefits did Liu Bei promise you? Liu Xie interrupted Kui Qi's words.

Kuai Qi asked someone to help him up from the ground and sit on the stool, and Kuai Qi himself thought about it for a moment before saying to Liu Xie: "Back to the Sheng, Liu Bei promised the grass people, if he helps him seek Jiangling, after he takes charge of Jingxiang in the future, the Kuai family can go further." ”

"Further? Can he still crown you king? Liu Xie couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"This, this...... Yes. ”

"Huh...... Want to be crowned? It's up to you to be worthy? Although the Han Dynasty has an ancestral example that a foreign surname is not allowed to be crowned a king, there are always exceptions to everything, even if the court will really seal a king with a different surname in the future, it will not be your turn to be a king. Could it be that Liu Bei moved you with this promise? ”

"It's not all, the main reason why the grass people are willing to assist Liu Bei is that they are unwilling to accept the arrangement of the imperial court for me."

“…… Suspicious of small officials? Liu Xie asked tentatively when he heard this.

"That's true. Please also ask the Holy God to forgive the sin, the grass people were the next head of the Kuai family, but the official position of the grass people is only a county order, and the grass people are unwilling. After Kuaiqi found out that Liu Xie really just wanted to talk to him, her courage was slightly enlarged, at least she was no longer trembling when she spoke. And now that he is a cloth cloth, there is no need to have any scruples, and what he says is from his heart.

"Unwilling? Hehe...... It's not wrong to be unwilling, it means that you are still a little self-motivated, but you are getting the wrong direction of progress. If you want to be a high-ranking official, then show your real skills and engage in these crooked ways. Do you think that the children of the family are superior to others? Maybe it was like this before, but here I don't work. If you want to be a high-ranking official, then come up with practical results and give you a county to display your talents, but you yourself did not grasp this opportunity. Knowing Pang Shanmin, he also sat up from the county order like you, but he is not like you complaining, so after this year's assessment, his position will rise one up. ”

Of course, Kuaiqi knew Pang Shanmin, and the two were still related to each other, he married Zhuge Liang's eldest sister, and Pang Shanmin married Zhuge Liang's second sister. Kuai and Pang are both famous families in Jingxiang, but now the two people with almost the same starting point are in completely different situations.

"What are your plans for the future?" Liu Xie asked Kuai Qidao.

Hearing this, Kuai Qi smiled bitterly, "The saint said that he laughed, the grass people have been expelled from their homes now, and this Jingxiang can't stay anymore, and he is planning to take his wife to find another place to live." ”

"But you were a son-in-law before, and you are looking for another place to live, do you have the ability to make a living?" Liu Xie's question was very realistic, poking at Kuaiqi's lungs. Kuai Qi is also worried about this matter, he was originally a candidate for the next head of the Kuai family, and he didn't need to worry about his usual food and clothing, but now he was expelled from the house by the Kuai family, which means that he must support himself and his wife with his own hands. But he has been a rich idler for a long time, where will he have any skills to make a living.

Seeing that Kuaiqi was silent, Liu Xie smiled slightly, "Since you can't think of any means to make a living, it's better for me to show you the way." ”

“…… Holy Lord, please speak. ”

"You are a scholar, literate and hyphenated, although you were expelled from the house by the Kuai family this time, you have not lost your identity as a scholar. You must also know what the imperial examination of the imperial court is, you can take your place of origin to take the county examination first, as long as you get the status of Xiucai, then you will have income, and it should not be a problem to support you and your wife. After that, it's up to you to work hard. ”

"Thank you for your advice, but I'm afraid there is no place for grass people in this Jingxiang land."

"Hmm...... That's what you're talking about, but who made you hurt so many people this time. In this way, your wife originally lived in Langya County, Xuzhou, so you might as well settle your hometown in Langya County. Not many people know you there, you can start from scratch. ”

“…… Holy Lord, is it okay for the grass people to dare to ask a question? ”

"You ask."

“…… How does the Holy One take care of the grass people? ”

"Huh...... It seems that it makes sense to eat a trench and grow wise. Liu Xie smiled when he heard this, and said to Kuai Qi: "I won't tell you the reason first, and you will figure it out yourself in the future." ”

Liu Xie refused to say, and Kuai Qi didn't have the courage to ask, so he thanked Liu Xie again, took the coil that Liu Xie asked them to prepare for the couple, and went to Xuzhou in a carriage.

After Kuaiqi and his wife left, Cao Zhang, who served as Liu Xie's bodyguard, couldn't help but ask: "Shengshang, this Kuaiqi is just an abandoned son of a family, why do you take such care of him?" ”

"Guess." Liu Xie replied with a wicked smile. Angry, Cao Chang couldn't help but roll his eyes, and Cao Zhi on the side shook his head when he saw this and said, "Third brother, this is also in front of the saint, if my father sees you like this here, I have to smoke you." ”

"He's not there. Fourth, looking at your appearance, it seems that you have guessed the intention of the saint, tell my brother about it. Cao Zhang reached out and grabbed Cao Zhi's wrist and said with a smile.

"Third brother, just say it, don't pull and pull, okay? The younger brother is not as good as Longyang. ”

When Cao Zhang heard this, he immediately threw away Cao Zhi, and shouted angrily: "Your third brother and I don't have that special hobby." Tell me, why does the Holy One take care of Kuaiqi? ”

“…… Kuaiqi is just an idle chess piece laid out by the saint's hand, and it is of course the best if it can be useful in the future, and there is nothing to regret if it is not used. ”

“…… And who is the Holy One ready to calculate? ”

"Cao Zhang, speak well, what do you mean? It's as if I know how to calculate people all day long. Liu Xie shouted with some dissatisfaction when he heard this.

"Holy Lord, there are no outsiders right now."

"Cheng, you are no big or small with me, I have to sue your father when I go back."

"Don't, Holy Lord, can't the last general know that he is wrong?" Cao Zhangtian is not afraid of the ground, he is afraid that Lao Cao will stare and blow his beard, he is worried about Lao Cao from the bottom of his heart, as long as Liu Xie mentions Cao Cao, he will immediately admit it.

Liu Xie has been with Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi for a long time and is familiar with each other, and Liu Xie does not want to become a clay fetal god statue high up for people to worship. When there are no outsiders, Liu Xie talks very casually with the people close to him, and it is common for him to say a few words to each other.

Regarding Cao Zhi's speculation, Liu Xie neither admitted nor denied it, why should he take care of Kuaiqi? The answer is only understood by Liu Xie himself, but Cao Zhi has a sentence that is to the point, it is indeed a purpose to let Kuai Qi go to Langya County to settle down, it depends on whether someone in Xuzhou will fall for it.

……

Using the identity of the emperor to stabilize people's hearts has a remarkable effect. Before Liu Xie arrived in Xiangyang, the Jingxiang family made everyone in danger because of the Kuai family's affairs, and people were panicked. And Liu Bei and Sun Quan also took the opportunity to send people to spread rumors and secretly stir up trouble. But with Liu Xie's arrival in Xiangyang and the public pardon of the Kuai family, the hearts of the Jingxiang family quickly stabilized, and those who had bewitched the public before were also arrested and sent to Liu Xie to ask for merit.

For these people who are not of the same heart as themselves, Liu Xie does not need to be polite, with a wave of his hand, his head falls to the ground. The only pity is that Xiang Lang and Zhou Yi, the leaders of these fine works, can kill these two people, and if they can make Liu Bei and Sun Quan feel distressed for a while.

Come and don't be rude! Liu Xie has never been a silent character when he is beaten, since Sun Quan and Liu Bei secretly want to disturb the stability and unity within Jingxiang, then Liu Xie will naturally retaliate. Compared with Liu Xie's revenge, what Sun Quan and Liu Bei did before seemed a little petty.

Liu Xie did not send a killer, nor did he order to get rid of someone in Sun Liu's camp, but he sent a group of flying thieves, first stealing the official seal, and then using the stolen official seal to issue random orders in various places, some were forcibly requisitioned money and food, some were robbing men and women, and some were mobilizing troops and horses to change defenses......

Sun Quan's Jiangdong was almost a mess, no one knew whether the orders they received were true or false, and some of them robbed the money and grain from the people's homes into the warehouse only to know that they had robbed the wrong one, and the top boss didn't let them do it at all. This is still good, and some rob people, and the money and food are good to pay, but people are not good to pay back. In order to complete the tasks assigned by the boss, the subordinates worked very hard, and when they were resisted, they were directly suppressed...... For a while, the hearts of the people of Jiangdong were boiling, and the government's explanation was where they were willing to believe! Lost the official seal? What about liars!

The people are easy to fool, but at the same time they are the hardest to fool. It is easy to be fooled because the people have blind obedience, and the role of the government is to guide, the people believe in the words of the government, and what the government says is what it is, and it will not be questioned easily. But the people believe in their own eyes more, hearing is false, seeing is believing, once the people recognize something, it is not something that the government can easily change the people's views by saying a few beautiful words.

In the final analysis, it is actually the credibility of an official government, the people trust the official government, and the official government can naturally govern and harmonize, but if the official government loses its credibility and the people do not believe it, then the official government will not be far from collapse. There is no need for an official government that cannot be trusted by the people.

Liu Xie sent the flying thieves to steal the official seal and go crazy, which seemed to be nonsense, but in fact it was shaking Sun Quan's administrative foundation in Jiangdong. Once the trust of the people of Jiangdong is lost, the Soochow Group led by Sun Quan is like a sand castle on the beach, and there will be nothing left after a storm and waves.

Sun Quan did not realize this, which may also be a common problem of people in this era, who have not yet realized that the people have the power to change the world. In their eyes, the leader of society is the family, the famous family, not the mud legs they despise.

Even if the Yellow Turban Rebellion was huge, it still did not change the concept of these people, and they can only blame Mencius for saying that "it is not difficult to govern, and you must not offend the giant room", but they forgot that Lao Meng also said that "the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light".