It was very common for Dingyou to become an official in the late Han Dynasty. Not only did the parents die for three years, but they also had to die for the time being when they were mourned by brothers and sisters.

When Ma Su's elder brother passed away, he wrote to Liu Bei to resign from his post, which was a very appropriate reason. Moreover, Liu Bei was dissatisfied with Ma Su's appointment as the magistrate of Chengdu County.

Liu Bei naturally would not stop him, so he quickly approved Ma Su Ding You, and used his confidant letter to assist Li Fu to take over as the magistrate of Chengdu County.

Although Ma Su lost his position as the magistrate of Chengdu County, Liu Bei rewarded a lot of money and cloth, which was a rare honor.

Because he learned earlier that his elder brother Liu Bochang had passed away, Ma Liang wrote a letter to resign from his post as Ding You, only one day later than Ma Su, and soon came to Liu Bei's hands.

Originally, Liu Bei did not want Ma Liang to resign from his post, Ding You, and wanted to use the last example to let Ma Su replace Ma Liang.

After all, Ma Liang's political achievements in Jingzhou are obvious to all, and Jingzhou is now in a wartime state, so Ma Liang's political strategy is needed to stabilize the situation.

However, after Ma Liang's resignation, there was also an official document from Guan Yu that agreed to Ma Liang's resignation.

As the highest commander of Jingzhou, Guan Yu not only approved Ma Liang's Ding You, but also allowed Wang Fu to replace Ma Liang's position and Pan Jun to replace Wang Fu's job.

It means that before Ma Liang officially left, Guan Yu had deprived Ma Liang of his position, and Jingzhou no longer had Ma Liang's place to stay!

Liu Bei was very surprised. The information he received before, Ma Liang had outstanding achievements in Jingzhou and was also in harmony with Guan Yu. Why did this happen all of a sudden!

Although Liu Bei was suspicious, since Guan Yu had all arranged it, he couldn't resist his face.

The truth will definitely be known in a few days. Liu Bei did not want to worry about this matter and directly agreed with Guan Yu's opinion and asked Ma Liang to get rid of Ding You first.

Judging from this, even if Liu Bei disagreed with Ma Liang's Dingyou, he would definitely not be able to stay in Jingzhou.

Liu Bei was planning to find a place for Ma Liang in Chengdu and let Ma Liang recover after a while.

Although Liu Bei wanted to hide Ma Su, he did not want to neglect Ma Liang, as there was a risk that the Ma brothers would push Cao Cao or Sun Quan.

Because Ma Liang was about to leave, Pan Jun, who was originally in charge of Jiangling's defense, had to replace Ma Liang to manage the government affairs in Jingzhou, and the entire Jiangling's defense work was handed back to Mi Fang.

Guan Yu was in Jingzhou and was very prosperous. He was very kind and trustworthy among the people, supported by the military and civilians, and was like a prince.

On weekdays, Guan Yu always makes decisions about Jingzhou and rarely takes the initiative to write a letter to Liu Bei.

Even the decrees issued by Liu Bei may not work in Jingzhou.

Last time Liu Bei sent Zhuge Jin the official document to return Jingnan, but Guan Yu flatly refused, of course not just to protect Jingzhou for Liu Bei.

Although there was a reason for this, Guan Yu had already gained a foothold in Jingzhou and had his own confidence.

Therefore, Guan Yu took the opportunity to test Liu Bei's bottom line and showed his right to speak on the Jingzhou issue.

Although Liu Bei agreed to Guan Yu's behavior, there was also a gap in his heart.

Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Yi Ji, Liu Ba, Li Yan and others to jointly formulate the "Shu Ke" to be implemented very smoothly in Xichuan and achieved significant results.

Liu Bei ordered the implementation of "Shu Ke" in Jingzhou, but was coldly treated by Guan Yu.

Because "Shu Ke" promotes Zhuge Liang's proposition of "ruling Shu by law", although the law enforcement is severe, it is fair and fair, and the people have no complaints.

At that time, the greatest right and way of establishing gratitude was to hear cases and create unjust, false and wrong cases, which was not new, so there was a saying that "destroy the county magistrate of the family".

If there is a law to follow, the rights and gratitude of the officials themselves will be greatly restricted.

Guan Yu has been guarding Jingzhou for a long time and regards Jingzhou as his own land, and is committed to promoting his kindness among the people.

The implementation of "Shu Ke" is obviously contrary to Guan Yu's behavior of "expressing gratitude and trust" in Jingzhou, and is therefore left to the shelves.

"Shu Ke" is Zhuge Liang's hard work. He was very concerned about the implementation in Jingzhou. After hearing that "Shu Ke" did not have any reward for its implementation, he did not dare to openly force Guan Yu. He once sent a message to Ma Liang, hoping that he would spend more time on the implementation of "Shu Ke".

Ma Liang naturally did not dare to refuse Zhuge Liang's instructions, so he proposed to find several counties to pilot the "Shu Ke", but Guan Yu directly refused on the grounds that the time was not right.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang have always cooperated with each other. Ma Liang is committed to promoting "Shu Ke", which violated Guan Yu's authority, causing Guan Yu and Ma Liang to have a first disagreement, and also created a crack in their relationship.

This time Guan Yu's deployment to siege Fancheng was a long-lasting war, and there was no certainty of winning the war.

As the chief executive of Jingzhou, Ma Liang was responsible for the logistics supply of the army. He was naturally worried that the long-term war would drag down Jingzhou's economy, so it was normal for him to object.

Ma Liang's words were not offensive. Who knew that Guan Yu drove Ma Liang back without asking any questions and asked Wang Fu to replace Ma Liang's position in the army.

In fact, Guan Yu had the intention to replace Ma Liang when he did this.

But Ma Liang was a confidant appointed by Liu Bei himself. No matter how bold Guan Yu was, he would not dare to remove his post privately. He could only slowly deprive him of his rights and put him under vain.

Now that heaven follows people's wishes, Ma Liang actually raised the sorrow of Ding because of his elder brother's death, and he was right in the face of Guan Yu's thoughts.

Guan Yu's desire to take the entire Jingzhou into control has become his obsession, and Ma Liang's existence has become his obstacle.

In Jingbei, Guan Yu is attacking, and Jingnan can be captured according to Lu Meng's sneak attack, but Shangyong is at the hands of Liu Feng and Meng Da. It is definitely not possible to use force. Guan Yu cannot achieve it all according to Jingzhou's idea.

When Guan Yu besieged Fancheng, he was always worried about the threat from Wancheng. Because of his insufficient troops, he could only station troops in Xinye to defend. If he had tens of thousands of troops, he could also encircle Wancheng.

Jingzhou originally had 150,000 troops, plus the 30,000 bandits he had incorporated, Guan Yu's troops were almost as close as Liu Bei, who did not collect Xichuan back then.

Because of the establishment of the beacon tower, the threat from Jiangdong was minimized. It would not be difficult for Guan Yu to draw some troops from Jingzhou to besiege Wancheng.

But Guan Yu wanted to take the opportunity to include Shangyong in his control. The best way is to control Shangyong's army.

Therefore, Guan Yu took advantage of the opportunity of Ma Liang's letter to Ding You to write a letter to Liu Bei, hoping to get the support of Liu Feng and Meng Da's military strength.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu have been friends for many years and have a deep understanding of Guan Yu and know that he has great ambitions.

But because of Liu Bei's lack of strength, Guan Yu's troops were at most several thousand, which was really a bit insignificant.

After Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou, he enjoyed the benefits of rights and slowly revealed his ambitions.
Chapter completed!