On the fourth day of the fifth month, a group of more than 7,000 riders arrived near Xiangyang.

Kuai Yue, who heard the news early, led the officials of Jingzhou and the clans of various clans to welcome them 20 miles away.

"The governor of Jingzhou left Kuai Yue, and led 227 officials under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou and 78 leaders of the gentry. He also represented the scholars and people of the nine counties of Jingxiang to welcome the emperor to Xiangyang!" Kuai Yue lifted up his brocade robe, knelt on both knees, and respectfully bowed to his elder brother with his subordinate manners.

"Welcome the emperor to Xiangyang!" The officials, clan leader, and the soldiers of Jingzhou who were greeting each other, knelt on their knees almost at the same time, shouting with a thunderous sound.

Nearly 300 officials, clan leader, and two thousand soldiers knelt into a black crowd.

The eldest brother turned over and dismounted, walked to Kuai Yue a few steps, and stretched out his hands to help Kuai Yue up: "Please get up quickly, all the masters will ask you to get up. Such a great gift will ruin Liu Bei!"

After helping Kuai Yue up, the eldest brother held up Liu Pan, Han Song, Zhuge Liang and others who were in front.

"Uncle Thank you!" After shouting thank you, everyone stood up one after another.

"I respectfully invite the emperor to enter the city!" Kuai Yue bowed and bowed again and said.

"Can Yidu go with me?" the elder brother nodded and asked earnestly.

Kuai Yue was slightly stunned, then waved his hand and said, "Uncle, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority, how dare he exceed the rules!"

Not to mention that the eldest brother will become the lord of Jingzhou soon, but in his current status, the eldest brother is the emperor's uncle and is also appointed as the General of Zhengnan, which is indeed much more respectful than Kuai Yue.

The eldest brother invited Kuai Yue and Ma to enter the city at this moment, which was considered a great respect and kindness to him.

What a smart person, Kuai Yue, don’t you know the elder brother’s kindness?

"I regard the different degrees as my confidant, regardless of the superiority!" the eldest brother smiled gently and said, "The different degrees are deeply in the spirit of the heroic scholars of Jingchu. Why should I be so constrained today!"

"So, Uncle Xie treats me kindly!" When the elder brother said this, Kuai Yue no longer refused and bowed to salute again.

After a cup of tea, the huge team began to move towards Xiangyang City.

When they reached ten miles away from the city, the dark crowds filled the sides of the official road. When the people in Xiangyang City heard the news that "Uncle Liu was visiting Xiangyang", they all went out of the city to greet each other.

Ten miles long road. I'm afraid there will be no 100,000 people on both sides of the road, and the people will reach the peak.

The eldest brother who rode alongside Kuai Yue, wherever he went, the people on both sides of the road there immediately knelt down and shouted "Welcome to the Emperor's Uncle".

The eldest brother smiled gently, nodded frequently and raised his hand, asking the people to kneel down and get up.

Such a warm atmosphere even the ministers of Jingzhou who had lived in Jingzhou for more than ten years and had been shocked.

I rode together with Liu Pan. I followed my elder brother, and my energy was not released. I carefully paid attention to whether there were any abnormalities in the crowd next to the road. There were so many people next to the road, and once there was a slight abnormal movement, it might cause great chaos.

Some people with ill-hearted intentions may be assassinated in chaos. When they set out from Lujiang that day, my second brother repeatedly told me to ensure my elder brother's safety.

At the end of the team, more than 7,000 wind cavalry led by Zhao Yundi and moved slowly forward. The neat sound of horse hooves almost moved the earth, causing the people beside the road to be amazed.

In a sense, this can be regarded as showing off his martial arts and helping his elder brother.

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Last year, when I led my army to help Liu Qi quell the war in Jingzhou, I came to Xiangyang once. At that time, Xiangyang had just changed hands among many forces, killing and injuring tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. In order to avoid the war, more than half of the people in the city fled.

The city was in a bleak scene. During the days I stayed in Xiangyang, I didn’t see any shops opening in the street market.

But this time, the situation was completely different. The fleeing people have returned, and the city of Xiangyang, which has recovered and prosperous, is by no means comparable to any city in Yangzhou.

As the capital of Jingzhou, the richest in the Han Dynasty, Xiangyang had more than 300,000 people, and more than half of Yangzhou belonged to counties, and the number of people in the county was not as good as that of Xiangyang. Some counties even had half of their population.

The city in Xiangyang has obviously been renovated. The moat has even been widened by one third. The width is astonishingly eight feet, almost twice that of Lujiang and Shouchun. This moat is like this.

With the towering city walls nearly six meters high, it is difficult to reach the sky to break through Xiangyang from outside.

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State Council Office, Office of the Council

The original nearly 300 prefecture and county officials and clan leaders were only more than a hundred people with higher identities.

With the earnest request of all the Jingzhou officials present, the eldest brother sat on the seat of the provincial governor, which symbolized the highest power of Jingzhou.

Kuai Yue and Liu Pan held a seal and respectfully presented it to his elder brother: "Please accept the seal and ribbon of the governor of Jingzhou (General Zhennan)!"

The eldest brother stood up, took the two seals with a solemn expression, and placed them carefully on the table in front of him.

"Greetings to the lord!" The ministers and clan leaders of Jingzhou in the hall respectfully bowed their heads and gave three salutes to the elder brother.

After receiving the seal and receiving worship from the ministers, the eldest brother officially became the lord of Jingzhou.

"Please get up!" The elder brother raised his hand gently.

After everyone was settled, the elder brother said earnestly: "With all the great love of Jingxiang wise men, Liu Bei was really nervous when he was able to lead Jingzhou.

But after taking over his position, he took on his responsibility. Although Bei was not talented, he would do his best to make Jingzhou stable and prosperous at home, and not to let the enemy plunder and invade outside. I also ask you not to be foolish in Liu Bei, and help him carefully. I thank you here!"

After saying that, the eldest brother bowed his hands and bowed deeply to everyone in the hall.

"I wish to serve the lord!" Everyone in the hall bowed neatly and replied.

Immediately, Kuai Yue handed over all the household registration documents of the nine counties of Jingxiang to his elder brother, and completely completed the handover of power.

That night, Kuai Yue held a feast in the prefecture's palace, which not only welcomed the elder brother, but also celebrated the elder brother's leadership in Jingzhou.

During the banquet, Kuai Yue introduced the attending ministers of Jingzhou and the patriarchs of major clans to his elder brother one by one. The Zhuge Liang's letter mentioned that Liu Xian, who was fighting for the position of governor of the state with Liu Pan, did not attend the banquet unexpectedly but reasonably.

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After the banquet, it was already late at night.

After bidding farewell to the ministers in Jingzhou, the eldest brother deliberately left me, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong in the inner hall. Zhao Yun stayed in the Fengqi army because he was guarding against possible changes.

"Kongming, thank you for your hard work!" The eldest brother walked up to Zhuge Liang, patted him on the shoulder, and said nothing more. He expressed all the meaning with just one sentence "Thank you for your hard work".

"Do your best for the lord, it is Liang's duty!" Zhuge Liang did not look at himself and smiled gently and calmly.

"Kong Ming. This time you are full of popularity, which makes me envious!" Pang Tong pretended to be frustrated and said jokingly.

"Who told you that Ranji was there at that time?" Zhuge Liang replied with a chuckling.

Seeing them "breaking" with each other, my elder brother and I smiled knowingly.

After sitting down, the elder brother asked about the successors to take over Jingzhou.

"If the lord wants to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou in the shortest time, the most important thing is 'safe'!" Zhuge Liang said confidently.

"What is peace of mind?" asked the eldest brother.

"The so-called 'safety' refers to the four things that can calm the morale of the army, the people, the ministers of Jingzhou, and the clans of Jingxiang. If you have these four hearts, Jingzhou should be settled quickly." Zhuge Liang replied slowly.

"It is not difficult to calm the army. All the soldiers in the Jingzhou army have the intention to look up to the lord. In addition, if there is a general here, it can be safe. The general is so powerful that he has a lot of contact with the generals in the Jingzhou army.

If the general leads the 100,000 troops in Jingzhou, no one will have any objections.”

"It will be easier to calm the people's hearts!" Pang Tong smiled and continued Zhuge Liang's words. "The lord has been kind to the people of Jingxiang. In addition, the lord's benevolence and fame, just order each county to post a few quotations to win the hearts of the people."

"Yeah!" the elder brother nodded, "I intend to reduce the taxes of the four counties in Jingbei by half this year to comfort the suffering of war last year!"

"This is even better. Liang thanked the lord for the people of the four counties!" Zhuge Liang smiled with gratitude, "To calm the hearts of the ministers in Jingzhou. This is to implement reward strategies and give important tasks to those who have gained fame.

Among them, Kuai Yidu, Liu Gongquan, Huang Hansheng, Wen Zhongye and others should be the priority.”

"Kong Ming, what about Liu Xian?" The eldest brother suddenly thought of someone.

"Lord, Liu Xian is not within the scope of 'Safety'..." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "This person has a strong utilitarian spirit and is very eager to covet the position of the governor of the state. If this failed to compete for the throne, he would inevitably hold a grudge against the lord.

This conflict is difficult to resolve in a short period of time. But Liu Xian himself is very ambitious and talented. He is not enough to consider it. What needs to be paid attention to is his son Liu Hua.

"It's the one who wants to use blood to break Kong Ming's 'demonic technique'?" I asked curiously. Guan Ping was "bloody" in order to prevent the disaster by Zhuge Liang. My elder brother and I have heard of it.

"General, don't underestimate this person! In Liang's opinion, he probably deliberately used this incredible move to have another picture." Zhuge Liang's expression was very serious.

"Isn't it crazy?" I said in surprise.

"I'm afraid this is the case!" Zhuge Liang nodded. "Liu Hua is a man who is not talented and famous, and he is very scheming. If he fails to compete with his father for the throne, he will be afraid of being calculated by the lord. If he does this fake foolish plan, he can reduce others' vigilance.

And he can get things from it!”

"However, this is not a good thing!" Pang Tong twisted his short beard under his chin and said in a pondering manner, "It is not a safe plan for this father and son to stay in Jingzhou. Maybe he can use the trick to force them out of Jingzhou!"

Zhuge Liang smiled but didn't say anything. Obviously, he had this intention long ago.

"In the end, the heart of the Anjingxiang clan is mainly based on the recommendation of officials. The lord can select more promising people from the various clans in Jingxiang, so that these major clans can be bound behind the lord.

Of course, the talent announced to be released may not necessarily be in Jingzhou. It can be transferred to Yangzhou counties, or even Guangling County. At the same time, it can also be transferred from Yangzhou to Jingzhou for positions, but this must be implemented after the situation in Jingzhou is stable.

In the future, the tradition of officials serving in different places will be formed to prevent various clans from manipulating local government affairs. "Zhuge Liang continued.

"This 'safe and peace of mind' strategy is very wonderful!" The eldest brother agreed with Zhuge Liang's strategy without hesitation. "Third brother, Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, you three discuss detailed measures and implement them as soon as possible!"

"yes!"

"Lord, there is another thing that will be of great help to stabilize Jingzhou!" Zhuge Liang said with a fan.

"What's the matter?"
Chapter completed!