"Oh?"

Cai Mao was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly urged: "Come and listen." ”

Because the doors and windows of the study were closed, the charcoal fire made people dizzy, Kuai Yue got up and walked to the window, gently pushed it open to reveal a small gap, and let the cold air cool himself.

After taking a few sips of cold air, Kuai Yue turned to Cai Mao and said: "Liu Ye and the lord are both clan relatives, and there should have been more exchanges between the clan relatives, and besides, this person is the same age as the eldest prince, and the hobbies and interests of the same age are similar, so the lord should be happy to see the eldest prince in contact with him."

"Use Liu Qi to contain it."

Cai Mao was a little hesitant, he and Cai's already planned to help Liu Cong, if Liu Qi got Liu Ye's help, it would be difficult to say about the future, after all, Liu Ye could play Cao Cao around, and he was worried that he was not Liu Ye's opponent.

Seeing that Cai Mao was noncommittal, Kuai Yue added: "Liu Ye made old friends in Jingzhou for no reason, and he could only make a fuss through his clan status, and the lord could also ask him to be his staff, but I was worried that if Liu Ye was doing things in the state pastor's mansion, he would secretly provide convenience to Liu Bei, so the eldest prince is the best entry point." ”

In the letter, Cao Cao talked about Liu Bei's harm, persuaded Cai Mao to make noise about his threat in Liu Biao, and could not give Liu Bei a place to live.

But this letter came a little later, if it was according to the original historical process, Liu Beiguang spent several years in Xiangyang, until Cao Cao eliminated Yuan Shao and unified the north, Liu Biao let Liu Bei go to Xinye to station, lost several years of development opportunities.

In this historical plane, Liu Bei had Liu Ye's help, and when he arrived in Jingzhou, he picked up the 'three-plate axe', and in less than two months, he got Wancheng and Xi'e, and also gave Guan Yu a lieutenant in the north of Nanyang, and soon had the right to be the master.

Seeing that the wood was already in the boat, Cai Mao agreed to Kuai Yue's plan, using Liu Qi to trap Liu Ye in Xiangyang and artificially isolate him from Liu Bei.

As for Cai Mao, she is worried that Liu Qi and Liu Ye will be friendly and will threaten her support for Liu Cong, but now she can only see the tricks and slowly figure it out, Liu Cong is only six or seven years old now, and she can marry the daughter of the Cai family at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and there are still seven or eight years before now, so it is still important to deal with the matter in front of her.

The officials in Xiangyang knew that Cai Mao and Liu Bei were not on good terms, and Kuai Yue and Cai Mao were very close, so they entrusted Han Song, who was not driving, to suggest to Liu Biao.

Parents hope that their children will become talents, Liu Biao listened to Han Song's suggestion and readily agreed, he knew that Liu Qi was not worthy of the name of being promoted to Maocai, and he hoped that Liu Ye could positively influence Liu Qi.

So at the end of the year, Liu Biao, in the name of Liu Qi, sent an envoy to Wancheng to invite Liu Ye and invite him to Xiangyang for the New Year.

Liu Bei was greatly surprised when he heard this, because he originally planned to go to Xiangyang in the name of New Year's greetings from Liu Ye's plan, and by the way to look for young talents, but he didn't expect Liu Biao to be a guest.

Under the fence, in the face of Liu Biao's invitation, Liu Bei had little right to refuse, so he asked Jian Yong to entertain the visitors, and he hurriedly found Liu Ye.

Liu Ye read the letter, and said with a smile: "It seems that someone doesn't want me to give advice to the envoy, so they use Liu Qi's name to trap me in Xiangyang, so even if the envoy has a place to live, he still can't take it lightly." ”

"It must be Cai Kuai's plan."

Liu Bei frowned, clenched his fists tightly, and muttered to himself in a deep voice: "I don't understand why they are so hostile." ”

Liu Ye shook his head and quipped: "If you are afraid of Cao Cao, how dare these people take it lightly?" Moreover, they were born in the Jingxiang Hao clan and had their own interests, perhaps the king brought tens of thousands of people, which affected their interests. ”

Liu Bei asked puzzledly: "Brother Jingsheng asked me to garrison Wancheng, which is equivalent to replacing Zhang Xiu's position, it should be harmless to Jingzhou Baili, what interests can it affect them?" Could it be that Wancheng and Xi'e have their land? ”

Liu Ye was noncommittal, and asked rhetorically: "It is said that Cai Mao is so opposed, Kuai Yue is in collusion with him, and the first two wealthy families in Jingzhou are like this, but Liu Jingsheng still chooses to accept it, what does Jun think is the reason?" ”

"It's not because of the edict of the clothes belt, and the fact that I raise the eldest son Maocai"

Liu Bei's voice became smaller and smaller at the end, he knew that Liu Ye would not ask such a simple question, so he was not sure about his answer.

Sure enough, Liu Ye had a novel answer: "What we do can be summarized as external factors, if there is no internal cause support, Liu Jingsheng will never be so refreshing." ”

"Internal cause?" Liu Bei posed for knowledge.

Liu Ye bowed slightly, and replied: "Liu Jingsheng rode into Jingzhou alone in the past, relying on the help of Cai Mao, Kuai Yue brothers and other people and families, and finally gained a firm foothold in Jingzhou. ”

"I see."

Liu Bei suddenly realized, and then asked: "Cai Mao looks at me as a thorn in my eye, Liu Jingsheng treats me as a pawn, this time they calculated on Mr., how to deal with it?" ”

Liu Ye said: "It's better to plan the plan, if Liu Biao is really trapped in Xiangyang, so that Jun will use this as an excuse to complain to Liu Biao about his hardships and search for talents." ”

"Let Ziyang fall into Xiangyang, I don't worry." Liu Bei decisively shook his head and refused.

Liu Ye said with a smile: "If you can't rest assured, then we will go together, anyway, it is not the first time, as long as General Guan acts according to the plan, Wancheng will have no problem." ”

"It's fine." Liu Bei nodded: "I'll go to pay New Year's greetings together, I believe Liu Jingsheng has nothing to say." ”

Erliu made a plan and followed the envoy back to Xiangyang.

Cai Mao saw that Liu Bei also followed, and found Kuai Yue again to ask for countermeasures, and Kuai Yue suggested pushing the boat down the river and letting Liu Biao leave Liu Bei in Xiangyang, so that Wancheng and Xi'e were leaderless, and Liu Bei's forces were instantly divided and disintegrated.

Liu Bei's dedication to the edict and the promotion of Liu Qi as Maocai, these two things made Liu Biao not excited for too long, because any pleasure is time-sensitive, especially after something is in hand, the mentality that should be taken will occupy rationality.

Not long after Liu Biao got the pleasure, he became jealous of Liu Bei again, so he gladly accepted Kuai Yue's suggestion and used a dry reason to keep him in Xiangyang to divide his contact with Guan Yu and others.

On the day when Liu Bei and Liu Ye were guests at the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Liu Biao set up a family banquet to welcome him, and he not only called Liu Qi to accompany him, but even called the six-year-old Liu Cong out.

Cai Mao thought that the son was close to Liu Ye and could not let the eldest son take the lead, so he instigated the Cai family to bring Liu Cong with him, which had the effect of fishing in troubled waters.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Biao saw that he had almost greeted each other, and began to pave the way for the jargon technique of keeping people.

"Xuande, there are fewer people in Wancheng and Xi'e counties, Yun Chang should be in charge, right?"

Liu Bei deliberately said modestly: "Yun Chang is familiar with military strategy, and if he is slowly familiar with government affairs, it should not be a big problem, but there are no capable officials under his jurisdiction, so he can only govern so-so, and please don't blame my brother." ”

"So-so is enough."

Liu Biao nodded happily: "It's good that Yunchang knows military strategy, Wancheng and Xi'e border the area controlled by Cao Cao, as long as you don't lose your land and land, you will have a merit to Jingzhou, I am very optimistic about Guan Yunchang." ”

(End of chapter)