Liu Bei is now full of joy, after all, the people in the whole city are singing praises for him, which is a good thing.

Liu Bei realized that he has always insisted on showing people the image of benevolence and righteousness, and now it is finally the harvest season, and the people of Jingxiang have finally realized that he Liu Bei is the lord of Jingzhou, and he can bring beauty to the people of Jingxiang, bring peace and stability, and only he has the ability, at least more capable than Liu Biao, and has more personality charm.

Liu Bei believes that as long as he has the support of Jingxiang Wenwu and the support of the people, then the impeachment of Liu Biao will definitely succeed. Since Liu Biao became the lord of Jingzhou, although he has brought a certain amount of stability and prosperity to Jingzhou, compared with other power territories, there are many fewer wars, so that the people of Jingxiang can barely survive the day. However, Liu Biao's weak character makes Liu Biao really unsuitable for being the lord of troubled times, and in the troubled times of the mighty and powerful, Liu Biao will be destroyed by other forces sooner or later. Even if he is not destroyed by the New Han army, he will be destroyed by Cao Cao, and even some small princes dare to argue with Liu Biao. It seems that Liu Biao's original territory of power, the area south of Jiangxia, borders on Liu Miao's forces in Jiangdong, but Liu Biao has never been able to develop in Jiangdong and was stopped by others, and he had no way to defeat Liu Miao.

In general, Liu Bei thought that his opportunity had come, and he summoned Jingzhou Wenwu, who thought he had thrown himself into his hands, to discuss with them how to persuade Liu Biao to abdicate and give Jingzhou to him.

Perhaps, in the eyes of others, Liu Bei's current mentality is a bit ridiculous and a little unrealistic, because. There is no prince in this world who is willing to give up his identity and status to others.

However, if you look at it from Liu Bei's standpoint, it is not too ridiculous.

After all. The current Jingzhou-shaped shì is already placed here.

I believe that many people have already seen that Jingzhou is definitely a piece of fat in the eyes of others, and you don't take it from me. Sooner or later, there will be that day. Especially the civil and military ministers of Jingxiang, they are indeed a little trembling. There is no way, their Jingzhou army is cowardly. Everywhere is controlled by others. Since Liu Biao became the pastor of Jingzhou, Liu Yi has already established himself in Dongting Lake Xinzhou, and he is the naval army of the New Han Dynasty. It is much stronger than the Jingzhou naval army, and since losing the control of the waters of the Yangtze River, Liu Biao and his subordinates, few of them are at ease.

And then. In addition, he was repeatedly blackmailed by Liu Yi of the New Han Dynasty. Well, it's a good idea to say it's blackmail. In the name of borrowing, in the name of claims, how much grain was sent to the New Han Dynasty in vain? And in these matters, Liu Biao did not dare to disobey at all, and obediently offered what Liu Yi wanted. These, although, are also the reasons why the ministers of Jingzhou did not dare to fight against the New Han Dynasty. However, as the lord of Jingzhou. Liu Biao has an unshirkable responsibility.

Therefore, it is caused now, whether it is the army in Jingzhou, the ministers, or the people, they really lack a sense of stability for Liu Biao, whenever there is something in Jingzhou and is threatened, what everyone thinks of is not to fight against the threat, but to think about how to calm things down.

There are some things that can't be hidden for a while. What should come will always come.

This is not? Liu Biao was unwilling to surrender to others, wanted to grasp the last straw, and wanted to use the power of Cao Cao to deal with the New Han Dynasty. It's a pity that it backfired, Cao Cao lost a series of troops and generals, and he may not lead a large army to attack Wancheng again, and he did not dare to put his hope on Cao Cao's body again, only to withdraw his army and want to defend Xiangyang to the death, so that he can still enjoy the current qiē.

If the Xinhan Dynasty really wants to attack him with all its might, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of Xinhan troops in Wancheng, the naval army in Dongting Lake and Xinzhou can also dispatch 200,000 or 300,000 people. In this way, how can he Liu Biao deal with the New Han Army?

And at this critical moment, when the army of the New Han Army was about to attack his Jingzhou, Liu Biao, the main figure as the lord of Jingzhou, was actually sick, and he couldn't afford to be sick, so sick that he couldn't even handle the political affairs of Jingzhou, and he had to ask him Liu Bei to preside. Under such circumstances, Liu Biao's prestige among the people of Jingzhou and among the civil and military ministers of Jingzhou has definitely plummeted.

One, the lord of Jingzhou who makes everyone lose hope, and the other is the lord of Jingzhou who can bring hope to the people of Jingzhou, if he has won the support of the civil and military ministers of Jingzhou during the reign of Jingzhou, and the voice of the people supports, then Liu Bei thinks that he will replace Liu Biao and become the lord of Jingzhou, which is a matter of course.

The most important thing is that in the entire Jingzhou, no one can suppress the generals of the whole army like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Therefore, whether Liu Biao is the lord of Jingzhou or Liu Bei is the lord of Jingzhou, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei must be in Jingzhou. Liu Bei is the eldest brother of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and it is reasonable for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to only listen to Liu Bei. In this way, Liu Bei thought that he had mastered the lifeblood of Jingzhou, and with this, he could lobby some old ministers of Jingzhou to support him. Because, this is also for their own good, if they don't want to be panicked all day long, and worry about them being attacked by other forces all day long, it is best to change to a more powerful lord of Jingzhou, replaced by him Liu Bei, when the time comes, when he integrates the Jingzhou army, it will not be as simple as being threatened and attacked by the princes of other forces, Liu Bei believes that with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he will definitely be able to dominate one side and make contributions.

In Xiangyang City, rumors suddenly spread, and people everywhere publicized Liu Bei's good reputation, and early in the morning, many Jingzhou civil and military ministers who were kept in the dark also knew.

For those Jingzhou Wenwu who seemed to have thrown themselves into Liu Bei, they were also taken aback by this situation. Because, when he discussed with Liu Biao to invite Liu Bei to come to Xiangyang, it was already mentioned that if Liu Bei was in Xiangyang, he could keep to himself and be truly loyal to Liu Biao, then it would be up to Liu Bei, but if Liu Bei came with wolf ambitions, then he could take certain measures to make Liu Bei's bamboo basket empty, and some means to make Liu Bei ruined, and then make Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei brothers separate, so that Liu Biao could get the same effect of these two generals.

Of course. Although there was such a plan at that time, for many Jingzhou civil and military personnel. It's okay to let Liu Bei lose his reputation, but it is very difficult to figure out how to let Liu Bei be ruined to get Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's investment.

Therefore, many Jingzhou civil and military forces, they prefer to see that if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can lead the Jingzhou army to resist the attack of the New Han army, then they should not act rashly. lest the situation in Jingzhou get out of control. A qiē is mainly to stabilize the dìng, and it is not easy to make the people of Xiangyang panic.

Therefore, even Liu Bei was not at ease during this time. However, important advisers of Liu Biao, such as Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, did not propose how Liu Biao should deal with Liu Bei.

But now, something like this suddenly happened in Xiangyang. They all blew their minds.

Generally. Giving them all a sense of signs that something big is about to happen is definitely not a good thing for them.

There are two possibilities in this matter, no matter which one is possible, they are afraid that it will not be easy.

The first possibility is that Liu Biao asked people to promote Liu Bei and prepare to ruin Liu Bei's reputation. Such. Although they have known for a long time that there is such a possibility, but. Now Liu Biao wants to hide this from them, what does this mean? Why did Liu Biao hide from them to promote this? In particular, as soon as Liu Biao's two most henchmen, Cai Mao and Huang Zu, returned to Xiangyang, something like this happened immediately. What is the reason for this? Could it be that Liu Biao doesn't trust them, and wants to transfer back Cai Mao and Huang Zu, who are on the front line, to carry out this matter in the future?

Well, if it's really Liu Biao who doesn't trust them, it's a big bad thing. In any case, Liu Biao is still the lord of Jingzhou, and the military horses of Jingzhou are still only at the disposal of Liu Biao. If Liu Biao doesn't trust them, then they may not have a good time in the future.

In addition, the second possibility is the rumors that Liu Bei himself let people publish. If it was really Liu Bei who thought that his time was ripe and began to build momentum for himself to seize Liu Biao's Jingzhou, it would be tantamount to directly angering Liu Biao, and Liu Biao would never really give up the power of Jingzhou to Liu Bei. In this way, Liu Bei is in danger, and they, the ministers of Jingzhou who have recently pretended to have defected to Liu Bei, I am afraid that they will also draw a line with Liu Bei immediately, so as not to be implicated. It is foreseeable that once Liu Bei thinks he has a plan, once he really wants to force Liu Biao to give Jingzhou to him, then this is just a joke, they don't dare to seriously conspire with Liu Bei, then they really shoot themselves in the foot, and they don't know how they died. You know, now it seems that if it is planned by Liu Biao, there is already a possibility of not trusting them.

Many Jingzhou civil and military officials, the first thing they thought of was to go into the palace to see Liu Biao and ask Liu Biao if Liu Biao had asked Liu Biao to do this. However, they did not dare to ask Liu Biao for verification. Because if it was really planned by Liu Biao, wouldn't it seem a bit of a thief to verify it? Well, they didn't do it as thieves, but if Liu Biao thinks they are thieves, how can they tell the difference?

Or, Liu Biao really suspected that they were really doing a fake show with Liu Bei, and he was really indisputable about this. Of course, if Liu Biao trusts them, it is easy to say, but now, the matter is clear, if Liu Biao asks people to do it, then it is clear that they don't trust them enough. Such a big thing has already been carried out without a good plan with them.

There was no way to ask Liu Biao for verification, and they happened to receive Liu Bei's summons again, so they had to meet Liu Bei first.

They rushed to the hotel where Liu Bei stayed, and as soon as they arrived, they saw Liu Bei with a red face, and for a while, they could not see anything from Liu Bei's expression, so they had to see what Liu Bei said.

Liu Bei ordered someone to prepare a banquet and invited everyone to sit down.

Well, if you don't know, you really think that Liu Bei is the lord of Jingzhou, because, except for a few close ministers who have not been instructed by Liu Biao to move around with Liu Bei, sixty percent of the civil and military ministers in Jingzhou have come. In addition, there are some representatives of the scholar clan in Xiangyang.

There are dozens of people in the hall, and these are all famous people in Jingzhou.

I also have to say that under Liu Bei's flickering, many people who were originally difficult to gain Liu Biao's appreciation and appreciation, and who were not qualified to participate in the discussion when they discussed inviting Liu Bei, were really fooled by Liu Bei. They really want to take refuge in Liu Bei, and sincerely hope that Liu Bei can replace Liu Biao as the lord of Jingzhou, so that they can have a chance to come out. Revive their family.

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue are also here, they are the biggest undercover agents. But Liu Bei would really believe the words of this brother of the Kuai family, this is really a strange thing.

But Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers. They were all a little worried at the moment, and their interest was not too high. When they came to Liu Bei's mansion, they sat quietly under Liu Zheng's seat and never spoke.

It was those who threw themselves at Liu Bei, and they frequently patted Liu Bei on the back and said: "Uncle Huang, this is really what people want, now." Almost everyone in Xiangyang City praised Uncle Liu for his benevolence and righteousness, which is really gratifying. ”

"Hehe, everybody. What's so good about this? I, Liu Bei, came to Xiangyang, just to do my duty, and my brother Liu Jingsheng entrusted me to dare not be lazy. Strive to be the best you can be. Let the people of Jingxiang be satisfied. Guys, do you think that's the truth? Liu Bei had a smile on his face, but he seemed to be modest.

"What Uncle Huang said is very true, hey, now the big man, it is really difficult to find someone like Uncle Liu Huang, who thinks about the people wholeheartedly. If all the princes in the world are as benevolent and righteous as Uncle Liu, then why should we worry about the Han Dynasty? How can there be so many wars? Make the people miserable? ”

An old man with gray hair shook his head.

"Old life. In the name of benevolence and righteousness, I Liu Bei don't dare to take it. It's just that I Liu Bei thinks that standing in the world, I must put the Han Sheji in the first place, and then I can say anything else, I Liu Bei treats people sincerely, but it is just nature, and I don't want to deliberately fight for the name of benevolence and righteousness. Liu Bei still said a little humbly.

"Lord, I think, we might as well take advantage of the trend, I believe that with the words of all of us, we can let Liu Jingsheng abdicate and make way for Xian, so that the lord can really sit in Jingzhou, and under the situation of the people's will, only the lord you officially become the lord of Jingzhou, can you make the people of Jingzhou feel at ease. In this way, it will have many benefits for us to mobilize the forces of Jingzhou to deal with the New Han Army and keep our Jingzhou! ”

At this time, a middle-aged scribe stood up and said to Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei saw it, he was secretly happy in his heart, he needed someone to raise this question, and then he could take advantage of the situation to carry out the next step.

Well, this is also a famous celebrity in Jingxiang area, Liu Bei has not gained a little recently, at least, he fooled some historical celebrities into serving him.

This person is a native of Zhengyang County, Lingling County, and his surname is Liu Mingba. The beginning of the word.

Historically, he was a famous politician and economist during the Three Kingdoms period, and he had a talent since he was a child. If it is history, after Cao Cao seized Jingzhou, he surrendered to Cao Cao and was reused by Cao Cao, but soon, Cao Cao's Chibi army was defeated, and the four southern counties of Jingzhou were also obtained by Liu Bei, Liu Ba fled into Shu, until Liu Bei entered Xichuan, after Zhuge Liang's recommendation, he joined Liu Bei and was reused by Liu Bei.

But in this life, history has changed, Cao Cao has not captured Jingzhou now, but its four southern counties of Jingzhou are no longer the territory of Liu Biao's power, although, for the time being, the New Han Army has not completely captured the four southern counties of Jingzhou, Hengyang, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, these four counties, the New Han Army only captured Changsha and forced Lingling. Liu Ba saw that Lingling was about to fall into the hands of the New Han Army, and he felt that Liu Biao had recommended him several times that year, and felt that he owed Liu Biao a favor, so he rushed to Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and prepared to make plans to Liu Biao to see if he could help Liu Biao recapture Lingling, Changsha and other places. However, Liu Biao gave up the four counties of Jingzhou early, and after losing the power of the water, Liu Biao only wanted to ensure his safety in the western part of Jingzhou. and did not adopt Liu Ba's Jianyì. Therefore, Liu Ba was stranded in Xiangyang, and just happened to be touched by Liu Bei, and after a flicker, Liu Ba, who had never wanted to be a leader, voted for Liu Bei.

But at this time, Liu Ba, just set foot in the official career, he did not know the danger, he saw Liu Biao sitting in Jingzhou, no enterprising, and now he was forced by the new Han army to retreat in Xiangyang, even the original Jingzhou provincial government Jiangling has signs of giving up, which makes Liu Ba think that Liu Biao is indeed not suitable for the lord of Jingzhou anymore, if Liu Bei is replaced at this moment, or it can also bring a little peace to the Jingxiang area.

Therefore, he strongly hoped that Liu Bei could become the lord of Jingzhou.

"Zichu! What are you talking about? I, Liu Bei, only came to help my brother Liu Jingsheng preside over the overall situation of Jingzhou, not to seek to rob my brother's inheritance, so I must not say this again. To be loved by all of you, as well as the support of the people in Jingxiang area, I Liu Bei is already extremely honored, how can he think about it again? You can't say it, you can't say it......" Liu Bei shook his hand and glanced at Liu Badao with reproach.

"Lord, Jingzhou is a virtuous person living in it, Liu Biaoxi is sick in bed, can not preside over Jingzhou affairs, if this goes on for a long time, our Jingzhou army and the people of Jingzhou will be uneasy, turbulence, make our people's hearts float, in this way, how can our army be able to resist the New Han Army?" Liu Ba still had this look in his eyes, and he tried his best to persuade him.

"That's right! Lord, Dong also agrees with Mr. Liu Ba's opinion, and thinks that it is necessary to let you officially take charge of Jingzhou. Now, the two generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are in command of our Jingzhou army, and if the lord becomes the lord of Jingzhou, this will also be an encouragement to our whole army. ”

Another young scribe with a spirited face also stood up and chimed in.

"Mr. Dong He, this is not appropriate." Liu Bei still wanted to say and stopped, refusing to agree.

Dong He was also an important minister under Liu Bei in history, but he was also a courtier that Liu Bei only accepted after entering Xichuan. In this life, Liu Bei actually met them in advance.

Dong He was originally a native of Zhijiang, Nanjun, Jingzhou, but his ancestral home was in Ba County, and he moved his family to Xichuan before the Jingzhou Rebellion, where he was reused by Liu Zhang. Now, he met Liu Bei before he entered Shu.

Liu Ba and Dong He are actually good ministers, and Liu Bei is now meeting them in advance, which can actually be regarded as a kind of luck for Liu Bei. This should be Liu Bei's biggest gain during this time.

But unfortunately, the timing of meeting them now is obviously not right, or rather, Liu Bei's time to seek to seize Jingzhou is not right. Therefore, it is destined that they will not be of much help to Liu Bei.

"Lord, there is nothing wrong with it, as long as you agree, I will join Liu Biao and let Liu Biao abdicate and make way for Xian."

A group of people who sincerely took refuge in Liu Bei persuaded.

"Hmm......" Liu Bei wanted to pretend to agree, but he noticed that today's Kuai family brothers were too quiet, and after arriving here, they didn't say half a word, which made Liu Bei's heart suddenly, and he quickly turned to say: "Okay, this matter is all urgent, Jingzhou matter, I'm afraid there is nothing clearer than their Kuai family brothers." In my opinion, let's take a look at their opinions first. ”

"Mr. Kuai Liang and Mr. Kuai Yue, you see, what should I do about these? Is there a chance of success? For this Kuai family brothers, Liu Bei knew that they were all smart people, and when he asked like this, it was equivalent to asking them directly, what is the probability of success if they want to seize Liu Biao's Jingzhou?

I don't have the slightest chance......

But this sentence, the Kuai brothers would not say it.

Because, if it goes on all the time, it doesn't matter if he is saying good things about Liu Bei, but once the tone of the rumors changes, it turns to point out that he Liu Bei has Jingzhou who wants to take advantage of the danger of others and wants to seize Liu Biao, then it will make Liu Bei, who has a positive image in the minds of the people of Jingzhou, plummet all of a sudden, which will make Liu Bei not a person inside, and make Liu Bei unable to argue.

"This ......" Kuai Liang hesitated, he didn't dare to say that this might be Liu Biao's conspiracy, and of course, he couldn't make it clear to Liu Bei. He seemed to think seriously for a while, then shook his head and said: "Uncle Huang, it is not appropriate to be in a hurry for the time being, I think that the rumors in favor of the lord have just spread, and it will take a while to see if the people of Jingzhou have really returned to Uncle Liu, if that is really the case, what Uncle Liu has planned may succeed." ”

"Oh? What do you mean, just let me wait and see? Liu Bei asked.

"Well, that's all there is to it now. Now that there are such rumors in Xiangyang, we haven't figured out the situation yet, presumably, there will definitely be a lot of Liu Biao's eyes and ears in the city, and we should not get together now, once ...... Well, Uncle Huang should understand, right? Kuai Liang glanced at Liu Bei and said.

"Oops! I'm overjoyed for a while, yes, yes, yes, we're now, it's really not easy to get together for too long, I think, everyone is still scattered, Xeno, Zirou, Zichu and Mr. Dong He, you stay for a while. ”

Liu Bei woke up suddenly, at this moment, it is indeed not appropriate to stay with everyone for too long, so as not to attract Liu Biao's attention. (To be continued......)