Xiangyang, within the Pastoral Bureau.

Liu Biao sat high in the hall, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand. His forehead, which had deep wrinkles, was wrinkled tightly at this moment, as if he was thinking about something important.

Below him was a middle-aged man about forty years old. He looked elegant and had a similar bookish spirit as later generations. He stroked his beard, looked up at the beam of the house, and looked thoughtful.

Both of them are thinking about the same thing at this moment.

When I was young, I saw Liu Biao put down the bamboo slips in his hand.

That was a letter written to him by King Chen, Liu Chong, informing Liu Biao and Jia Long of the current situation in Fang County.

He sighed slowly: "I originally wanted Jia Long to occupy Shangyong, Xicheng Zhuxian, and lay down his feet. Who would have thought that he wanted to capture the entire Hanzhong area? He really had a great ambition."

"Hehe, but it was expected." The middle-aged man replied with a smile.

The middle-aged man below is Liu Biao's cousin, also a member of the Liu clan in Shanyang. He is now a Bian Jiao of Jingzhou and serves as Liu Biao's deputy.

Since Zhang Xian was destroyed and Jingnan was subdued by Liu Qi and divided into seven counties, Liu Biao began to deploy the members of the Liu clan in Shanyang in Nanjun, using it as an helper.

Now Cai Mao led his army northward, Liu Qi led his army to fight eastward, and there were not many soldiers and horses in the Nanjun, so Liu Biao used these soldiers and generals to dispatch food and fodder for all parties.

Now that he would like to send troops to Shangyong to monitor Jia Long, the soldiers and generals in Jingzhou would be short of their limits.

If something really happens behind you, Liu Biao will not be able to hold on, so he must not...

Liu He is a wise man among the Liu family in Shanyang and Liu Biao's generation. He is famous for his meticulous thoughts and deceitful ways. However, he is indeed very kind to the members of the Liu family in Shanyang.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Biao appointed him as the deputy to the governor of Jingzhou and to be his confidant.

Liu Biao only told Jia Long about it now.

After thinking carefully for a while, Liu He said, "Brother, don't worry. Jia Long is the leader of a great tycoon in Shu and a famous general in Yizhou. It is a common sense that he was arrogant and arrogant. When he first joined Jingzhou, he was forced by the situation. Now he wants to establish his own business, which is reasonable. Who wants to recognize him for the rest of his life? At present, Nanyang County and Runan County are in urgent need of war. Even if Jia Long is a good thing in Hanzhong, it is not a bad thing for us. It is just a reduction in control of him... Moreover, in my opinion, the brother has Liu Fan in his hands. Even if Jia Long can fully comply with the state of Hanzhong, he still needs his brother's support to be justified. Now, you can let Jia Long let go of his actions in Hanzhong first. After the matter between him and the two Yuans is settled, it will not be too late to make a decision."

Liu Biao narrowed his eyes and thought carefully: "This statement is very reasonable... the current situation can only be like this."

Liu He smiled and said, "Besides, if your brother intends to earn money from Yizhou, he doesn't have to rely on Jialong. Yizhou is vast and has a wealth of talents, and is the land of the Heavenly Palace. If you want to enter Yizhou, there are really many people who can use it."

When Liu Biao heard that Liu He seemed to have something in his words, he asked, "What are the tricks for me, brother?"

Liu He took a step forward and said to Liu Biao quietly: "In fact, my younger brother has been secretly sending people to inquire everywhere for the counties of Yizhou... It is said that after Wu Ban, Wu Lan and Lei Tong were released back to Yizhou, these three Dongzhou scholars were secretly suppressed by Liu Yan. After Yan Yan surrendered to Jia Long, Yan Yong, the commander of Jiangguan, immediately sent someone to write a letter to Liu Yan, saying that he had cut off relations with Yan Yan and expelled him from his clan, and said that he would not move the tribe members of Ba County, and begged Liu Yan to rest assured."

Liu Biao said lightly: "Yes, these two things are also known to brothers. When Boyu let Wu Ban and Wu Lan return to Shu, he left his head Lei Yu, Wu Bo and Wu Yi in Xiangyang to provoke the relationship between the three Dongzhou gentry and Liu Yan. The three families were suppressed by Liu Yan, which was expected... As for Yan Yong, Boyu should have told Yan Yan to let Yan Yong move his family in Ba County to Jiangguan. However, he heard that Yan Yong did not care about his brotherhood, but instead expressed his loyalty to Liu Junlang. He would rather break off his brotherly relationship with Yan Yan than betray Liu Yan. He was a loyal and righteous man."

Liu He smiled and said, "Brother thought Yan Yong too well, but in my opinion, it would not be...Boyu proposed to Yan Yan the strategy of transferring the people of Ba County to Yan Yan. Although it was for the Yan family, this method was too risky for Yan Yong. Even if Ba County was located in Jiangguan and was very close, the Yan family lived in Ba County for generations. Letting them give up their industry and move their family from Ba County was actually cut off their foundation. As the head of the Yan family, Yan Yong was naturally different in his mind.

For others, he would not do such things until the last moment... Therefore, he would rather cut off his relationship with Yan Yan than cut off the Yan family's roots in Ba County... Yan Yong guarded the Jiangguan area and had many elite soldiers and generals. He guarded the key points of Jingzhou to Shuzhong. For Liu Yan was a general who was released from the outside. Before Liu Yan was sure to capture him, he could not offend him harshly. Therefore, both of them were at peace for the time being, but it was not Yan Yong's loyalty and righteousness."

Liu Biao suddenly realized when he heard this.

He nodded slowly and expressed his agreement... But suddenly, he seemed to think of something again, so he asked Liu He: "Why are you talking about these things to me?"

But Liu He bowed to Liu Biaochang and said, "I have a plan to cause chaos in the Sichuan Province and make many forces that are suspicious of each other's enemy take advantage of the momentum."

"Oh?" Liu Biao was so excited when he heard this: "Would you like to hear it carefully?"

Liu He smiled and said, "Actually, this plan is very simple. Since I came to Jingchu, I have been sending people to secretly contact an old friend in Shuzhong. When I was young, Guan Li went to Shuzhong after studying. I met this person and had a strong relationship with each other. Now I heard that this person has not been smooth in Shuzhong, so I want to deliberately instigate him to rebel."

Liu Biao hurriedly said, "Who is the one who is the one whom I am referring to?"

Liu He hurriedly said: "This person's name is Lou Fa, and he is the head of the gate of Shu County. He is also from a local tyrant family."

"Lou Fa?" Liu Biao muttered silently, shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of this person, and I just instigated a pavilion leader who was guarding the princess of Shu, so it may not be able to achieve a great climate."

Liu He was patient and Liu Biao explained: "My brother doesn't know that in Shu County, there are not only the heads of this palace gate, but also the heads of Shu County, Gan Ning, and the subordinates of the thief Cao Shenmi."

"The county magistrate of Shu County... also wants to rebel against Li Yan?" Liu Biao suddenly became energetic when he heard this, and showed a gossipy expression on his face, saying, "Let me tell me in detail."

Liu He cleared his throat and explained in detail to Liu Biao.

It turned out that since the rebellion of Jianwei County Ren Qi and Yizhou local tyrants in Jianwei County, Liu Yan temporarily stopped attacking the local tyrants in Guanghan Army, Shu County, Ba County and other places, and changed his position to appease him.

Even though Yan Yan, a rebellious rich family, was born, Liu Yan did not take the opportunity to attack him. Instead, he sent people to express kindness to comfort Yan Yong's virtues in order to appease the hearts of the local tyrants in Yizhou and prevent Ren Qi's power from growing.

I have to say that Liu Yan's strategy is indeed correct.

The local tyrants in Shu who had resented Liu Yan in Guanghan County and Shu County were at ease because of his comfort and compromise and did not join Ren Qi's rebellious camp for the time being.

But at this time, Liu Yan fell into Jingzhou because his eldest son Liu Fan fell into the country, his second son Liu Dan was controlled by Dong Zhuo, and his third son Liu Mao died. His worries became ill and he became ill.

At that time, it was the critical moment when Ren Qi led his troops to fight against the Qingqiang army of the Dongzhou soldiers. During this extraordinary period, the county magistrate of Shu County was replaced by Liu Yan because of his close friendship with Jia Long in the past. The position of the county magistrate of Shu County was empty, and the situation in Yizhou gradually changed...

In order to ensure the stability of the territory and to encourage the military and civilians to be united in foreign affairs, Liu Yan sent his youngest son Liu Zhang as the county magistrate of Shu County to take charge of Shu.

For Liu Yan, only his own son can be reliable.

There is nothing wrong with this,

However, Liu Yan, who was sick, ignored a very important issue.

That is Liu Zhang's origin and age.

As a relative of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yan studied under Hu Guang and taught in Yangchengshan for seven years. He was a real upper class celebrity. His reputation was resounding in the Han Dynasty's gentry circle, not under Zhang Jian and others.

As his son, Liu Zhang has been imitating the behavioral rules of "the kind of famous scholars" since childhood.

As the "second generation of famous people", Liu Zhang naturally looked down on ordinary powerful people and poor families from the bottom of his heart. In addition, he is still young, and he must be as cunning as Liu Yan's in dealing with people and things, and many things are still superficial.

Therefore, it is easy to offend people.

After Liu Zhang arrived in Shu County, the first person to offend was Gan Ning, the governor of Shu County.

He wanted to replace Gan Ning from the position of Shu County County Magistrate. After all, for him, the county magistrate was the second leader except him, and he could be said to be his close partner.

A decent person must be appointed.

But it is no wonder that Liu Zhang had such a thought, because for a famous scholar like Liu Zhang, Gan Ning's resume was really not very good, and his behavior also made Liu Zhang disgusted.

Gan Ning called himself the descendant of Gan Mao, the prime minister of Qin during the Warring States Period. No one knew whether it was true or not. However, even if it was true, there was nothing to be awesome. No matter how big the officials in the previous dynasty were, they would be worse than those in this dynasty.

The Ganning family was a great tyrant in Shu County. They had a lot of land, grain and fodder, and many of them had households, but they were not from the classics.

Gan Ning was a person who was dissolute since childhood. Relying on his family's power, he often acted rampant in Shu County, which was the kind that everyone was disgusted with.

Originally, it was a good choice for a rich child who could inherit the family business and let go of the hawks and dogs. However, Gan Ning was so wild. He liked new things very much. Just making a knight-like move is not enough to show his ability in his opinion, so he simply played a big game.

As a wealthy family in Shu County, Ganning was entangled with the flirty young men in the area. They served as leaders in groups, carrying bows and feathers, with bird feathers on their heads, wearing bells, killing people, hiding and hiding their lives, and even indulging their hands to rob the property of those who don’t like them, and even harming officials and officials...

A very powerful figure turned himself into a pure local gangster.

As a powerful man, if you have land and land, you will not engage in mergers and strengthen the industry of a large family, but instead will rob you.

How unreasonable this person is.

Moreover, every time Gan Ning robs the Tao, he still has to make a lot of controversy, and everyone knows it, for fear that others will not know that it is Gan Ning's Taoist.

He was wearing brocade clothes and a silver bell around his waist. Wherever he got, there was a crisp sound of "ding bells and ding bells".

Gan Ning was even called the "Jinfan Thief" by the people of Shu County because of this.

Later, after Gan Ning reached the age of 20, he didn't know whether it was because of the family's persecution or whether he really had the desire to repent, so he suddenly repented, gave up his career in the calamity, and started his career in the officialdom.

Otherwise, the society was dark in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. A robber who killed and robbed people changed his career if he wanted to change his career, and he would become a gangster in the future, and a civil servant. As long as the family had power, everything would be his.

The Gan family of Shu County was quite rich in the local area. They bribed the county magistrate of Shu County at that time and obtained the position of Shu County as a planner for Ganning, giving Ganning the opportunity to go to Luoyang to make plans. In this way, Ganning could take advantage of the opportunity to go to Luoyang to find ways to exercise bribes and show their talents in order to serve in the local area.

After a few moments, the Gan family finally pushed Gan Ning to the position of the magistrate of Shu County, which was 600 stones.

For the position of deputy commander of the county magistrate of 600 stone, the Gan family has put too much hard work and effort into it.

In this era of valued reputation, the difficulties and efforts of an underworld gangster who was scattered in the world were absolutely unthinkable to transform into a deputy provincial cadre.

But now, after Liu Zhang became the governor of Shu County, he actually wanted to replace Gan Ning!

He just took office and nothing happened, so he wanted to change Gan Ning? It was because he hated Gan Ning's previous gangster resume.

The Gan family has paid so much, but it is necessary to change it because of this?

How can you tolerate a dog-tempered person like Gan Ning?

But this is really no wonder Liu Zhang. As a famous scholar, he was a clan relative and asked him to use a person like Gan Ning who had a huge stain on his body as his deputy... For Liu Zhang, who had a psychological cleanliness, it was really more uncomfortable than killing him.

Although Gan Ning is too powerful in Shu County, as far as Liu Zhang is concerned, he has decided to change the county magistrate.

Shen Mi and Lou Fa, who were friends with Gan Ning, have also been put on the blacklist of about to be fired by Liu Zhang, and are about to be implemented.

But at this juncture, Jia Long welcomed tens of thousands of soldiers from King Chen in Fangling, and his power increased greatly. Liu Yan's health was not good and he was repeatedly sick. Now he was worried about internal and external troubles and was in a state of turmoil all day long. How could he have the extra energy to care about the personnel systems of Shu County?

Therefore, the relationship between Gan Ning, Lou Fa, Shen Mi and Liu Zhang has reached an extremely bad level.

It’s just that these three people are all great men in Shu County and control many government affairs in Shu County. It wouldn’t be so easy to replace them at once.

Therefore, the matter between Shu County is now stalemate.

But this incident gave Liu He a good opportunity to secretly instigate Gan Ning and others.

After listening to Liu He's narration, Liu Biao thought for a while and nodded with satisfaction, and said, "This is feasible! Now Ren Qi is treason, Jia Long and Wang Shu are attacking Hanzhong, and Liu Junlang is attacking Hanzhong. If there is another disaster in Shu County, then the great heroes in Shu who have gaps with Yan Yong, Wu family, Lei family and Liu Yan will have a different ambitions. At that time, someone will send people to recruit these families, take Jiangguan as the front line, attack Yizhou, and gain a foothold, but Jia Long may not be supplemented."

After Liu Biao finished speaking, he seemed a little excited. He stood up and began to circle around the hall.

Liu He smiled and said, "That's exactly what it means."

When he was young, he saw Liu Biao suddenly stopping and nodding confidently, saying, "Since that's the case, then my brother will take charge of this matter and find a way to instigate the county magistrate of Shu County Gan Ning... As long as Gan Ning is willing to rebel, everything else is easy to say, and he can agree to any conditions."

Liu He bowed like Liu Biao and said, "Don't worry, brother, go do this immediately!"
To be continued...