Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi died quite aggrieved.

Zhang Zhizi Ziyi, born in Yingchuan, the largest talent base of the Han Empire, although his name is not as famous as those of his contemporaries, but on the whole, he is still a well-educated person, and he also has some ambitions to govern the country and secure the country. Zhang Zhi was very happy to be able to serve as the Taishou of Nanyang and serve as the shepherd of the empire, and felt that his ambitions would eventually have a chance to show, but he didn't expect that he was killed by Sun Jian before he even sat on the position of Taishou.

Originally, in history, Zhang Zhi was also killed by Sun Jian. At that time, Sun Jian was going to participate in the alliance of the Kwantung princes, and when he passed by Nanyang, Sun Jian asked Zhang Shi to supply him with military rations. But Zhang Shi thought that everyone was not subordinate to each other, and you Sun Jian were not my son, so why did you give you something for nothing, so he refused Sun Jian's request.

Unexpectedly, Sun Jian was not angry at Zhang Zhi's refusal on the surface, and visited Zhang Zhi with cow wine as a gift. This courtesy is still a traditional virtue of the Chinese, and when Zhang Jian saw that Sun Jian was so polite, he was embarrassed not to return the courtesy, and the next day he went to visit Sun Jian's camp. It's just that Zhang Zhi went into the mouth of the tiger, and was beheaded by Sun Jian on the grounds of obstructing the righteous army from seeking Dong.

Although there is no Dong Zhuo's chaotic government and the Kwantung princes to discuss the affairs of the board of directors in this life, Zhang Zhi still cannot escape Sun Jian's butcher's knife. It's just that the process is a little more direct than the original history. Sun Jian led his troops to directly attack Wanxian County, the county of Nanyang, at night, and Yuan Shu secretly put Sun Jian into the city in the original department of Wanxian, and soon surrounded Zhang Shi's Taishou Mansion.

Zhang Shi had no soldiers or horses, and before he could react, he was chopped into meat by the soldiers who rushed in. The other soldiers and horses in Nanyang either deliberately did not go to the rescue because they were Yuan Shu's old subordinates, or they were afraid of Sun Jian's ferocity and did not dare to come forward. Only the lord Bo ** stepped forward and gathered more than ten servants to resist angrily.

** is just a civilian official, and the dozen or so servants under him are just ordinary people, and their end against the regular army under Sun Jian can only be a dead end.

**In fact, he is not very familiar with Zhang Shi, who has just arrived, and Sun Jian killed two local officials in a row, and the whole Jingzhou was terrified of the fierce name. Faced with the result of ten deaths, ** still chose to fight desperately. Although this era is full of celebrities and stars, everyone has left a heavy mark in history. Compared with them, the name of ** is fleeting like a meteor in history, but he has a noble quality that those famous ministers and generals of this era do not necessarily have - not afraid of violence.

He was a brave man.

Seeing Zhang Shi and ** fall under his butcher's knife one after another, Sun Jian didn't feel anything about it. In his eyes, these two people are just pebbles in the way of his success, just kick them away. The famous man of that family had promised him a path to power, and he believed that through this man, he could finally embark on this path of power, and establish an equally illustrious family with incomparable rights. Anyone who stands in the way of his power, he will ruthlessly kill them!

It wasn't until many years later that Sun Jian realized that the things he believed in had become a dream. At that time, he was fortunate to become the first batch of Han people to come into contact with the teachings of Christianity by chance, and one of the words touched him deeply, and he reflected on what he had done in the rest of his life, and in order to alleviate his guilt, he also specially rebuilt the tombs of Wang Rui, Zhang Shi and others. 、

It's just that it was too late by then, and Sun Jian's ending finally reflected the doctrine he saw:

Murderers are always killed. (Note 1)

After the news of Zhang Jian's attack and death reached the capital, the whole court was extremely angry at Sun Jian's behavior.

Zhang Zhi had just come to Luoyang, and he was unfamiliar with the place, how could he collude with local thieves to rebel. Besides, even if there is really collusion, it will be handled by the imperial court, and it will not be Sun Jian's turn to take care of it. When he killed Wang Rui last time, Sun Jian could still be said to have been deceived by a fake article, but this time killing Zhang Jian was really an out-and-out murder of the minister, which was tantamount to rebellion.

However, none of them are stupid, and everyone can see that Sun Jian's actions must have been instructed by Yuan Shu behind them. Because of this, everyone directly pointed the finger of anger at the Yuan family.

After the news reached Chang'an, Liu Wei was even more shocked and angry. He didn't expect Yuan Shu to be so arrogant and bold, not only openly resisting the imperial edict, but also instructing Sun Jian to kill the minister without permission, and his exposed wolf ambition has been revealed. Liu Wei angrily smashed the crystal glass cup newly made by Jincun, and scolded loudly: "The heart of Yuan Highway is known to passers-by. If this thief is not removed, I will suffer sooner or later! ”

Zhang Shi's killing further exacerbated the chaos in Jingzhou, and Liu Wei began to worry that Yuan Shu's next move would be to gain power in the nine counties of Jingxiang. When the strength increases, it will be even more difficult to get rid of it.

However, just when Liu Wei was worried about this, a person next to him came over and told him that there was no need to worry about it. Yuan Shu actually got nothing by killing Zhang Shi, and in the end he could only be cocooned and bound himself.

The person who said this was Jia Xu, who had just come to Liu Wei's side not long ago.

After leaving Li Dao and Guo Yan, Jia Xu, under the protection of Wei Gen, chose to go south and then turn back to the east to Chang'an. After starting to meet Liu Bian, Jia Xu was angry at Liu Bian's despicable behavior of kidnapping people and blackmailing, so he stubbornly refused to join Liu Bian. Although it is said that when Liu Wei summoned Cao Cao and others to a meeting to deal with important military and political matters, he would call Jia Xu. But this old brother just hid aside every day and kept silent, and a Jia Xu came into the Han camp without saying a word.

Liu Wei was extremely generous to Jia Xu's behavior, not only letting him do what he did, but also sending money and food to Jia Xu's family every month. In fact, Liu Wei knew in his heart that it was impossible for a person like Jia Xu who knew how to protect himself to really do it against himself. I just need to wait patiently, and Jia Xu will naturally join him.

Sure enough, after a few days of temper, Jia Xu obediently attached himself to Liu Bian's side, and took the initiative to find Liu Bian, expressing his willingness to serve the imperial court to atone for the crime of instigating Li Dao and Guo Yan's rebellion. Jia Xu also thought very clearly in his heart, he now has no way but to stay by Liu Wei's side, just lose his temper and show his dignity, if he really works hard with Liu Wei for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that this black-hearted little emperor will not be angry and kill himself with a knife.

Transferring Yuan Shu from Nanyang and serving as Runan was Jia Xu's idea. After Sun Jian killed Zhang Shi again, in the face of the deterioration of the Jingzhou problem again, Jia Xu thought that things were not as bad as Liu Wei imagined.

"Why does Wen He think so?" Liu Wei asked incomprehensibly at Jia Xu's confidence.

In the Shiqu Pavilion, Jia Xu was kneeling opposite Liu Bian, and in the case between the two, Liu Biao had a cup of tea in front of him, but Jia Xu had a glass of wine in front of him.

After Jia Xu came to Liu Bian's side, Liu Bian's surprise was that in addition to his burly appearance that did not look like a scribe, Jia Xu was different from other scholars, he didn't like to drink tea, but he was very interested in wine, especially Liu Bian's red fire, although his alcohol consumption was not good, but Jia Xu would rather drink it one sip at a time, and he didn't have any interest in tea at all.

After knowing his hobby, Liu Wei immediately sent a lot of red fire to Jia Xu's home, and allowed Jia Xu to drink in front of him when he talked to him. This made Jia Xu really moved.

Listening to Liu Wei's question at this time, Jia Xu took a sip of wine and said confidently: "Although Yuan Shu is arrogant and domineering, he still does not have the ability to confront the imperial court, otherwise he would not have designed many ways to kill Wang Rui, Zhang Shi and others under the pretense of others, creating chaos and fishing in troubled waters." Therefore, Yuan Shu must not dare to openly lead Jingzhou. ”

Jia Xu's words, Liu Wei knew in his heart that no matter how rampant Yuan Shu was, he would need an appointment from the imperial court to really occupy Jingzhou. Because there's a question of name involved.

At this time, the relationship between the local princes and the central court of the Han Dynasty was very delicate, and the court had no way to take the local princes for the time being, and the local princes did not have the strength to replace the imperial court, so as long as the imperial court did not take power from the local government, the local government would not rebel against the imperial court, and the others would remain the same. Everyone sticks to their own bottom line, develops independently, and waits until the last moment to fight to the death.

It is precisely because the local princes still obey the orders of the imperial court on the surface that they attach special importance to such things as fame. If Yuan Shu did not have the title given by the imperial court and led Jingzhou by himself, it could only be regarded as illegal in the eyes of others, and would only give others a reason to attack him, so Yuan Shu would go to great lengths to pass Yuan Kui's activities in the court so that he could justifiably lead the nine counties of Jingxiang. Therefore, as long as the imperial court resolutely disagrees with Yuan Shu to serve as the pastor of Jingzhou, then Yuan Shu can only sigh at this.

Jia Xu continued: "At this time, the people of Jingzhou are in turmoil, just because Jingzhou has no owner. If Your Majesty wants to solve the Jingzhou problem, the key lies in whether Liu Biao can safely enter Jingzhou. Once Jingzhou has a lord, the people are determined, and the rebellion of the sect thieves is only a problem of scabies. ”

Liu Wei nodded yes and said, "I have sent someone to secretly protect Liu Biao's entry into Jingzhou, and news will come in a few days." ”

Liu Wei then thought about it and asked: "The problem in Jingzhou is easy to solve, but Yuan Shu is arrogant and unreasonable, and instructed Sun Jian to kill two ministers in a row, what is the way to deal with this matter?" ”

Jia Xumo held the smooth glass, stared thoughtfully at the red fire in the cup, and said lightly: "Yuan Shu has been entrenched in Nanyang for a long time, and Runan is the township of the Yuan family, which has helped it a lot, and its power has been established, and it is difficult for the imperial court to kill it for a while." However, Yuan Shu was ambitious, talented, arrogant and unwise, and it can be seen from his order that Sun Jian killed Zhang Zhi that he was extremely stupid, and the imperial court did not need to worry too much about him. ”

Liu Wei asked curiously: "How does Wen He think that Yuan Shu is stupid in this matter?" ”

Jia Xu sneered and replied: "Yuan Shu killing Wang Rui is still a plot against Jingzhou, but killing Zhang Shu has no benefit, Yuan Shu has been running Nanyang for a long time, and he is fully capable of squeezing out Zhang Zhi through his henchmen, but he chose the simple and stupid method of secretly instructing Sun Jian to attack and kill, which shows that he didn't think about the consequences of killing Zhang Zhi at all, and it was just to vent his anger." The relationship between Yuan Shu and Sun Jian is well known, and everyone in the world can guess that Sun Jian killed Zhang Zhi because he was instructed by Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu's unwisdom lies in the fact that if he dares to attack Zhang Jian in person, it can also make the people of the world feel that he has the strength to dare to confront the imperial court, and they have expectations for him. But he chose to secretly instruct Sun Jian to do this, which can only make people think that he has a rebellious heart, but he has no courage to rebel, and he just exposes his shortcomings. ”

Jia Xu then persuaded: "Now that Your Majesty is using troops in Xiliang, the focus is on the Qiang Chaos, if you crusade against Yuan Shu again, I am afraid that the battle between the two ends will be difficult to maintain, and it is easy to give Xiao Xiao a chance." Therefore, His Majesty's suggestion to deal with Yuan Shu and Sun Jian should only punish the culprit, not ask the mastermind. ”

Jia Xu's meaning is actually what Liu Wei thinks in his heart. Although Zhang Shi was killed at the instigation of Yuan Shu, after all, he only secretly instructed Sun Jian to do it, and he himself did not take any action. Even if the Han did not suspect the crime, Liu Wei would not be able to easily attack Yuan Shu. This will arouse the suspicion of other princes and easily cause trouble. Therefore, the handling of the Jingzhou incident can only be to ask Sun Jian for the crime alone.

Although on the Jingzhou issue, Liu Wei still had no way to deal with Yuan Shu for the time being, Jia Xu gave him another piece of advice, saying: "Although Yuan Shu cannot be blamed, His Majesty can use this matter to make a big fuss in the court." ”

Liu Wei's eyes lit up.

"You mean ......"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "The Yuan clan has been a party in the imperial court for many years, and there are many henchmen, and Your Majesty can strike at it through this matter!" ”

Liu Wei nodded, and asked again: "What is Wen Heke's method?" ”

Jia Xu said three words in Liu Wei's ear, and Liu Wei couldn't help laughing after hearing it, and even called out Dashan.

Jia Xu's words made Liu Bian, who was still worried just now, quickly turn his worries into joy, and Liu Bian became more and more appreciative of his clever strategy.

When intriguing with an old and cunning powerful minister like Yuan Kui, Liu Wei often has the feeling of being powerless and controlled by others, and the appearance of Jia Xu can make up for Liu Wei's shortcomings.

Among his subordinates, although Cao Cao is an all-rounder, Liu Wei has always been wary of him and cannot be taken as a confidant. And Xun Yu is a square person, Xun Yu is good at military affairs, although others have their own talents, they are not deeply influenced by Confucianism, or they are from a big family and have family interests. Only Jia Xu was not only born in the Xiliang family, which was despised by everyone in the Central Plains, but his ability was also proficient in the way of power and strategy that Liu Wei needed, so Liu Wei had the idea of letting Jia Xu join his big plan.

Today, only Jiang Qi and Wei Yi know about Liu Wei's big plan. Although the two of them are loyal to Liu Wei, they still have a certain distance from their abilities compared with those wise men and ministers of this era, and they still need to continue to grow. And if Jia Xu, who was famous in the Three Kingdoms era, joins them, it will be a great help to Liu Wei's grand plan and the political reforms that will follow.

However, because what Liu Wei did was too important, he still needed more time to plan and investigate Jia Xu, and Liu Wei was not in a hurry, but first followed Jia Xu's words and began to counterattack the Yuan family.

Note 1: Willing to come out of Matthew 26: Whoever wields a sword will die by the sword. After Christianity was introduced to China in the fourth year of Guangxi, many of the gospels were translated closer to the Han culture in order to make it easier for the Han people to accept them when translating.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)