When the news of Cao Cao's southward movement arrived, everyone was immediately shocked, and everyone was in danger; The quality of Cao Cao's army has been heard in Xiangyang City, and there is a black history of slaughtering the city, and there is a great intention to move away from Xiangyang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

No one knew that this was Xun Gang's plan, even if he was as witty as Kuai Liang and others, he wouldn't say it if he knew; Because he is a Cao faction, whether it is the governor of Nanyang or Cao Cao himself, he will surrender.

However, some people paid attention to the persuasion of "Cao Cao" to surrender, and if Jingzhou surrendered, everyone would still be in their original positions, and immediately suppressed many bureaucrats who wanted to resist. For them, as long as they can keep their official positions, what difference does it make to whom they work?

Besides, Cao Cao is the most capable person to dominate the world now, surrendering to his camp, that is to contribute to the unification of the world!

But this is all for later, because this condition is not a good thing for Mrs. Cai; Now Jingzhou has no owner, which means that if Cao Cao intends to appoint Liu Qi as the assassin of Jingzhou, then this surrender will not benefit him.

Therefore, Mrs. Cai announced in public that if Liu Cong was not allowed to inherit Liu Biao's title, she would never surrender to Cao Cao!

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, some people scolded Mrs. Cai for being selfish, and some people felt that she was reasonable; But in any case, Mrs. Cai's words were really taken seriously by everyone. In desperation, the Huang family and the Pang family chose to compromise, but in order to prevent Liu Qi from being harmed by Mrs. Cai, they secretly sent Liu Qi to Jiangxia Huangzu.

Because of the compromise between the Huang family and the Pang family, Liu Cong eventually became the assassin of Jingzhou, but because Liu Cong was young, Mrs. Cai was acting as an agent for the state and county affairs. However, everyone also knows that Jingzhou, which Mrs. Cai represents, has no days to live.

Sure enough, half a month later, Xun Gang led 20,000 soldiers and horses from Nanyang to the south, under the banner of Cao Cao, with a number of 200,000, and came towards Xinye. Mrs. Cai hurriedly ordered Song Zhong to deliver the surrender letter, asking Xun Gang to keep Liu Cong's position as the assassin of Jingzhou according to the previous agreement.

But Xun Gang looked at this surrender letter, but handed it to everyone, and sneered: "This Mrs. Cai is so naïve!" Liu Cong is only a teenager, and he wants to occupy the position of Jingzhou's assassin history, which is really ridiculous! ”

Everyone said yes, but in their hearts, they thought: Aren't you only a teenager? Besides, you became the governor of the state and county at the age of four, and you are not allowed to be the assassin of Jingzhou?

Cao Ren came out and asked: "Governor, now that Mrs. Cai has handed over the letter of surrender, can I order someone to report to Duke Wei?" ”

"It's natural, and the other ...... You asked the envoy to say to the Duke of Wei: 'Liu Cong is young and surrendered without a fight, but the Cai family is deeply rooted in Jingzhou and cannot stay for a long time. ”

Cao Ren will understand, because this is also inevitable, after all, Xun Gang boasted about Haikou and promised the people in Jingzhou that his official position is still the same, so it is impossible to break his promise, right? But Mrs. Cai has a lot of power in Jingzhou, and if she is allowed to stay in Jingzhou, she will inevitably become Cao Cao's henchman, so it is better to let him go far.

Let's say that Xun Gang took Xiangyang, but failed to subdue Nanjun and Jiangxia counties, and Jingnan has nothing to do with him. However, Huang Zu in Jiangxia heard that Xiangyang had surrendered, and immediately became furious, and immediately supported Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi to serve as Jiangxia Taishou, and named him Jingzhou Mu, although it has not been certified by the imperial court, but in this era, what is the use of the imperial court's words?

After hearing that Xiangyang surrendered, Huang Zu supported Liu Qi as the pastor of Jingzhou, and it was difficult to settle down, so he chose neutrality and planned to wait and see for a while.

Xun Gang came to Xiangyang from the army, and Liu Cong, Mrs. Cai, and officials from Jingzhou went out of the city to greet him. Mrs. Cai presented the Jingzhou household registration book and the seal of Taishou; Xun Gang politely refused: "Madame Hugh wants to see outside, Duke Wei said a word, naturally Jiuding." Please accept the seal of this state and county first, and wait for the official appointment edict of the imperial court in the coming day to be delivered, which will be useful for yourself. ”

Mrs. Cai was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Wanfu, and the rest of the people introduced Xun Gang into Xiangyang City, and set up a banquet to entertain them, only to learn later that this was Xun Gang's strategy, Cao Cao did not come at all, although it was a pity, but both came and was safe, and everyone did not complain about anything, a one-day banquet, and dispersed.

Five days later, an edict and Cao Cao's secret letter came from Xudu. It turned out that Cao Cao greatly appreciated Xun Gang's vigorous and resolute behavior, and took this opportunity to seal Xun Gang as the assassin of Jingzhou, and had full authority to supervise Jingzhou affairs, and commanded all Jingzhou territories, including Nanyang before.

Of course, having said that, the only places Xun Gang really mastered were Xiangyang and Nanyang, the two counties of Jingbei, and the four counties of Jingnan were still in the hands of others. Cao Cao's meaning was completely to let Xun Gang be a coolie for himself, and let him take Jingzhou for himself.

But Xun Gang didn't eat this set at all, and if he took Jingzhou Quan, his position would not be guaranteed; If you don't take this opportunity to develop your own power, it will really be too late to regret it!

And that edict, naturally Cao Cao issued an edict in the name of the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao cousin Liu Cong as the counselor, Qingzhou Assassin History, ordered him to lead his family to Xudu to be ordered, and then went to Qingzhou to take up his post. Only then did Mrs. Cai know that she had fallen into Xun Gang's dadang, but it was too late, she was no longer the master of Jingzhou, and everyone in the Shi clan would never help her resist Cao Cao for their own considerations, even the Cai family itself.

Now she is not the heir of the Cai family, but Liu Cong's mother.

But fortunately, Cao Cao knew that these two were not ambitious, there was no threat, and he would not kill the two, which may be considered a blessing in misfortune.

In the summer of the eighth year of Jian'an, in the first month of Xun Gang's takeover of Xiangyang, Cao Cao's series of policies and many of his own innovative ideas were released, Xiangyang was peaceful, and everyone saw that there was no war, and they lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Today's Yuzhou has long been rampant with paper money, and because of this, it has led to convenient transactions and prosperous commerce. Xun Gang also took advantage of the experience of the Chen Liu's period to push paper money and other policies into Xiangyang, which was quite popular with the scholars, and there were countless refugemen. I'm afraid that it won't be long before the turmoil of paper money will gradually spread to the entire Jingzhou.

At this time, Xun Gang had no intention of attacking Jiangxia and Nanjun for the time being, because he knew that Nanjun Wenpin was still waiting, and if he attacked by himself, he would inevitably let him stand with Liu Qi. Therefore, Xun Gang chose the Huairou policy, and ordered the messenger to know the benefits, and within March, the civil appointment will inevitably come down.

And Jiang Xia can only attack.

However, this matter is not in a hurry, Sun Ce is newly defeated, and there will probably be no movement within half a year, giving Xun Gang a lot of time. At present, Xun Gang's main goal is to develop the economy and agriculture, the other is to sort out Jingzhou's household registration and adjust the conscription policy, and the last is to absorb talent.

As we all know, Xiangyang is a place of refuge for the people of the world, and it is precisely because of this that many good talents have appeared here; Whether it is Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong, Sima Hui, Huang Chengyan, etc., although they come from all over the world, it is undeniable that they all made their fortunes in Jingzhou.

So Xun Gang recruited Kuai Liang, Han Song and others to ask what good talents there were in Jingzhou; But I never expected that these guys only knew about infighting all day long, and they could only name the outstanding young people in the major families! But this is understandable, after all, the young people of the big family are indeed the living force of the major families, but what Xun Gang wants is a cold man from the bottom!

If you recruit the heirs of the scholar family, you will inevitably wander between yourself and Cao Cao in the future; Only by promoting the children of the poor can we train them to serve themselves.

But if the Jingzhou clan is not stable, Xun Gang himself will not be happy, and he will completely understand.

Hearing that Pang Degong of the Pang family was the head of all the sages in Jingzhou, Xun Gang invited Pang Degong to come to see him, but Pang Degong did not give face at all and refused Xun Gang's request; When Xun Gang planned to visit in person, Chen Zhi, who went to invite Pang Degong, brought back a sentence from Pang Degong: "The general's ambition, Shang Chang (Degongzi) does not dare to compliment, it is better to idle the clouds and wild cranes, collect medicine in the mountains, and hope that the general will not come." ”

It turned out that Pang Degong had already seen through Xun Gang's ambitions, and was afraid that he would not be able to protect his later years, so he refused to ask for a meeting, and in desperation, Xun Gang planned to summon Huang Chengyan of the Huang family. But I didn't expect Huang Chengyan and Pang Degong to be all the way, and they didn't give Xun Gang face at all, but they actually said that they were only thin and thin, and asked Xun Gang to go directly to Sima Hui.

I'll go, don't I know Sima Hui? Do you still need to talk about it?

Xun Gang, who ran into walls everywhere, finally found the Ma family, that is, Ma Liang's Ma family. This Ma family is very powerful, the first three don't come (because it's no longer possible to test, now only Ma Liang and Ma Jian are recorded, so they don't write), only let the fourth Ma Liang and the fifth Ma Jian come to visit...... Well, this is enough to give Xun Gang face.

Xun Gang naturally knows the allusion of "Ma's five constants, white eyebrows are the best", so he is quite fond of Ma Liang. But as for Ma Tan...... Everyone knows that he lost the street pavilion, talked on paper, and deliberately distanced himself. However, when Ma Jian pacified Nanzhong, he also put forward the strategy of "attacking the heart as the top and attacking the city as the bottom", that is to say, Ma Tan read a lot of books and had an outstanding sense of strategy, but he only led the troops...... Hehe.

Therefore, Xun Gang appointed Ma Jian as the lieutenant general of the Left Army to give advice for himself, and made Ma Liang the chief of staff, which is equivalent to his chief of staff.

Ma Liang recommended Xiang Lang and Xiang Pet two brothers, Xun Gang appointed Xiang Lang as the main bookkeeper, Xiang Pet as the tooth keeper, and recruited Li Yan, who was the county official, and the number of his subordinates increased greatly.

Finally, when everyone in the Shi clan was finally unavailable, Xun Gang's eyes were on the head of Sima Hui, the sage teacher of Jingzhou.