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In the lobby of the county government office, the captured Cao army chief Zhang Ji bowed to Liu Jing, "The humble minister Zhang Ji pays homage to His Highness the King of Han."

Zhang Ji was about fifty years old and from Fengyi, Guanzhong. He has been an official in Guanzhong. He is the chief secretary of Zhong Yao. He assisted Zhong Yao in governing Guanzhong and appeased Ma Teng, making a significant contribution to the restoration of Guanzhong's people's livelihood economy.

When the Han army conquered Guanzhong, Zhang and Zhong Yao evacuated Guanzhong together, and were appointed by Cao Cao as the chief secretary of Cao Hong's army, assisting Cao Hong in charge of military affairs.

After Jia Kui stopped Cao's army from plundering the city, Zhang Ji took the post of temporary garrison. The Han army broke Wancheng, and Zhang Ji had nowhere to escape and became a prisoner of the Han army.

Liu Jing hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Ji up and said sincerely: "Don't be too polite to Zhang. I sent someone to find the whereabouts of Mr. Zhang. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhang was in Nanyang. Liu Jing didn't know that Mr. Zhang was neglected Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Ji was stunned and wondered why Liu Jing valued himself so much. Liu Jing sighed slightly: "The ability to recover from destruction and decline in Guanzhong depends entirely on the achievements of Zhong Xiaowei and Zhang Changshi. Every time I inspect Guanzhong, I see dredged irrigation canals and see cultivated fertile fields, and I will treat the people who are left and right, and I will not forget the well digging. I will remember the achievements of Zhong Yao and Zhang Ji."

Zhang did not expect Liu Jing to value him so much. He was extremely moved and bowed again, "If Your Highness doesn't mind, Zhang is willing to work hard for Your Highness."

Liu Jing helped him up and said with a smile: "I know Mr. Zhang is reluctant to leave Guanzhong. Can Mr. Zhang be willing to take up the position of Jingzhao Yin?"

Zhang Ji was very happy. He had been governing Guanzhong for ten years and restored Guanzhong to the prosperous era of the Han Dynasty. How could he not be willing to have his lifelong dream? Zhang Ji was extremely excited, "I am willing to do it."

"You can ask Mr. Zhang to pack his luggage and go out to Guanzhong tomorrow to serve as the Jingzhao Yin."

At this time, Zhang Ji remembered something again and hurriedly said, "Report to Your Highness, Jia Kui was injured for stopping the robbery of the people. He was seriously injured. I hope Your Highness can forgive him."

Liu Jing smiled, "I have ordered the military doctor to heal his wounds. There is no big problem. I will recover after two months of care. When he stays free, I will never make things difficult for him."

"Thank you for your kindness"

At this time, Deng's father had already come out of prison and was relatively weak. Liu Jing visited their father and asked them to take good care of him. Then he came to Huang Mansion again. It was not because the Huang family made contributions in the Han army's capture of Wancheng this time, and because Huang Chengyan and Zhuge Liang's father-in-law had important value to Liu Jing.

The inner hall was having a lot of laughter. Liu Jing and Huang Chengyan couldn't help laughing when they were about that year.

"I really believe it when His Highness dressed up as Kong Ming to coax me and was willing to marry a daughter. Afterwards, Gong Kuai told me about this and I knew the truth. But then the dead were already done and it was too late to regret it. Kong Ming became my son-in-law. A few days ago, his daughter Yueying wrote a letter and mentioned the princess."

Huang Yueying had a personal relationship with Tao Zhan, but because of her husband's different positions, she finally went her separate ways. Liu Jing nodded and asked: "The princess often mentioned Yueying, I don't know how she is doing recently."

Huang Chengyan smiled bitterly: "She only gave birth to one daughter, and she had nothing to come out. She adopted Zhuge Qiaowei, the elder brother of Kong Ming two years ago. Last year, Kong Ming took a concubine and gave birth to another one, and named Zhan. Although she didn't give birth to herself, she was still very happy, and she could see it in the letter."

At this point, Huang Chengyan sighed and said, "When the little girl got married to Kong Ming, I think about it now, it seems that what I had just had yesterday is still vivid in my mind, but fifteen years have passed."

"It is true. I also realize that if I only recall a person, I will feel that time flies, but when I think of the things I have been born in the past ten years, I feel different. After having many things, time passes very slowly. It can be seen that I feel different about people and things."

"I was only over fifty years old back then, but now I am nearly seventy years old. I don't know what Kuai Gong said."

Liu Jing knew that Huang Chengyan referred to Kuai Yue. Kuai Liang died of illness five years ago. Kuai Yue was still there. Liu Jing smiled and said, "Kuai is seventy years old. He is now living in his ancestral land to seek Taoism and does not care about the world. However, the Kuai family has not declined. Kuai Qi served as Guangluqing, and Kuai Ye served as Shangyong Shou. I remember that there are several younger brothers from the Kuai family who are county magistrates and county magistrates. If the Huang family is overthrown, there cannot be only the old general Huang."

Liu Jing was very reserved and hinted that Huang Chengyan should see the situation clearly. How did Huang Chengyan not understand? Although he is a noble person, he has to consider the family. Liu Jing is willing to do this and is giving himself a chance. If Huang Chengyan still doesn't know the power, then he would be pedantic.

Huang Chengyan sighed and said, "I heard that your highness has only been under management of Guanzhong for two years. Guanzhong canals have been restored, and the land has been reclaimed, and gradually restored vitality. This is a sign of the revival of the Han Dynasty. You can see the revival of the Han Dynasty again in your lifetime, even if you die, you will have no regrets."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "It's not enough to just look at it. If Mr. Huang doesn't object, let the son be a book assistant in my account."

Huang Chengyan was overjoyed and quickly saluted, "Thank you for your kindness to return to the military camp from Huang's mansion. Liu Jing ordered people to find Ren Ping and others, reward them with great rewards, and each of them was given great achievements. He met with several surrendered generals of Cao's army and comforted them one by one.

However, Liu Jing was not blindly tolerant of Cao's army. He knew that Cao's soldiers had plundered Wancheng and killed people, and committed heinous crimes against Wancheng. If he did not give an explanation to the people of Wancheng, it would be difficult for him to gain the hearts of the people in Nanyang. This was also an opportunity for him. Cao's army destroyed his reputation, but gave him the opportunity to Liu Jing to bribe the hearts of the people.

Liu Jing immediately ordered the confiscation of money plundered by Cao's soldiers. Those who can distinguish the money will be returned to the victim. If they really cannot distinguish the victim's property, they will be used to compensate the families who were harmed by Cao's soldiers.

At the same time, Liu Jing ordered Cao's soldiers to expose each other, arrest more than a thousand murderers, and take them to the streets of Wancheng, so that the victims can come to identify them.

For a moment, Wancheng was in full swing, and tens of thousands of people took to the streets to find enemies who harmed them. Several people were beaten to death by angry people on the spot. The crowds on the streets were surging, and the crying sounded loudly. Many people were out of control and the scene was chaotic.

Liu Jing had no choice but to stop identifying, behead all the thousands of soldiers, and use their heads to commemorate the victims. Liu Jing's move completely won the hearts of the people in Wancheng and even the entire Nanyang County. Almost every household in Wancheng worships portraits of King Liu Jing of Han. Wancheng's brothers enthusiastically signed up for the army. In just a few days, tens of thousands of people were passed. Liu Jing ordered to recruit five thousand young and strong men from them to join the Jingzhou Army. At this point, Nanyang County officially became the northernmost county in Jingzhou.

However, the Han army did not completely occupy Nanyang County, and Ye County in the northwest was still in the hands of Cao's army. Cao's general Li Dian led 10,000 troops to defend Ye County. Five days later, Xiahou Dun personally led 20,000 troops to rescue Nanyang. At this time, Nanyang County had been occupied by the Han army. Xiahou Dun dared not act rashly, stationed troops in Ye County and watched the movements of the Han army.

Although Cao's army did not give up on Nanyang, for Liu Jing, it was only part of the battle of Hefei that he could not put too much energy into Nanyang County when he opened up the Nanxiang Pass.

Liu Jing immediately ordered Zhang Yi to lead 10,000 troops to reinforce Yiyang to strengthen his defense against Yiyang Pass. At the same time, he ordered Bing to lead 10,000 troops to station in Wancheng and confront Cao's army in Ye County.

After arranging the defense of the Western Front, Liu Jing immediately led an army of 50,000 to leave Wancheng, heading south to Xiangyang, and advance towards Hefei.

With the breaking of Nanyang on the western front, Jiangdong on the eastern front gradually broke through and thawed. The strength of Jiangdong's breaking of the deadlock came from Cao's army. Zhang Liao led ten thousand troops from Lishui to Wujun under the order of Cao Cao, and defeated ten thousand troops led by Zhu Heng, the general of the Eastern Wu in the battle of Yangxian.

Zhu Heng led thousands of remnants to retreat to Piling County, and happened to meet Sun Quan's army going south, so Zhu Heng surrendered to Sun Quan.

In mid-May, the Wanjun and Wan Cao's army led by Sun Quan met in Wu County. Sixty thousand Sun Cao's coalition forces surrounded Wu County. At this time, there were less than 20,000 troops in Wu County, commanded by Grand Sima Sun Yu.

There was no war in Wu County for a year. As the Sun-Cao coalition troops arrived at the city, the city suddenly fell into chaos. Every household began to stock up on vegetables and grab rice. The cellar became a hiding place. Prices soared, and the rice rose to a thousand coins. Gold and red gold were no longer visible. People in the city were panic. The Lu, Gu, and Zhang Dashi families, who had always been active, were immediately silent.

At this time, a carriage rushed over and stopped in front of the Gu Mansion gate. Zhang Wen got out of the carriage. The Gu Mansion Gate rushed into the house to report. After a moment, Gu Yong's Gu Ji quickly came out and bowed deeply, "Let Uncle Shi wait for a long time."

Zhang Wen waved his hand, "There is no need to be too polite at this time. Nephew, is your father at home?"

"At home, please follow me."

Zhang Wen didn't say much, followed Gu Ji and hurried to the mansion. In the inner hall, Gu Yongzheng and his brother Gu Hui were talking about the situation. Compared with the chaos in the city, the Gu brothers were very calm. In fact, he was not worried about any accidents. Whether Sun Quan or Cao Cao or Liu Jing, if he wanted to occupy Wu County, he would be inseparable from the support of the Wu County family.

Wujun and Jiangdong's loyalty, the Wujun family represented the Jiangdong family in some way. Of course, in recent years, due to the capital being moved, with the rise of the Xie family and Bu family in Danyang County in the officialdom of Jiangdong, the Wujun family has gradually been marginalized. For this reason, the Wujun family has resolutely supported Sun Ce's Sun Shao without hesitation.

However, the final result disappointed them. The Sun Shao they supported was just a puppet, and the real military and political power was monopolized by Sun Yu. This made Gu Yong and others dissatisfied with them and withdrew from the Wujun regime one after another to observe the changes in the situation.

"Second brother, don't worry. If Sun Quan wants to restore the former Jiangdong, he must treat the Wujun family with courtesy, otherwise Jiangdong County will no longer be united in one heart and virtue."

"But, there is also Cao's army"

"If Cao's army is here, there is no need to worry. Does Sun Quan want to indulge Cao's army in massacre? And he has to use the Cao army to deal with us. If this is true, the Gu family will really surrender to Liu Jing."

Although Gu Yong was appeaseing his brothers, he also knew in his heart that with Sun Quan's nature, he would definitely settle accounts with the Wujun family in the future. Even if the family would not be destroyed, it would probably be impossible for them to return to the officialdom.

At this moment, Gu Yong and Gu Ji hurried to the hall to salute, "Father, Uncle Zhang is here."

Zhang Wen came, and Gu Yong did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly stood up to greet him. At this time, Zhang Wen stepped forward and bowed, and said anxiously: "Brother Yuan Tan, something might be going on in the palace."

But Gu Yong was very calm and said lightly: "Hui Shu doesn't have to be nervous, please sit down and talk in detail."

At this time, Gu Hui also came forward to see Zhang Wen. The two brothers asked Zhang Wen to sit down and ordered the maid to serve tea. Zhang Wen also calmed down and sat down to drink the tea ceremony: "I just got the news that the eldest son set up a banquet in the Palace of King Wu and invited Sun Yu to go for a banquet. I'm afraid something big will happen in the palace."

The eldest son pointed out Sun Shao. Although Sun Shao was the chief leader, he was not as decisive as his father. He was also a scholar, indecisive and implicated by Sun Yu and became a puppet, which disappointed those who supported him.

Gu Yong was also disappointed with Sun Shao, so he resigned from his post while he was sick. At this time, Sun Cao's coalition forces besieged the city, and Sun Shao still had internal strife. This was obviously just to vent his personal anger. Gu Yong sneered: "It is still possible to violate the evil of God. People do evil, but they cannot survive. At this time, there is still internal strife. I have nothing to say."

Zhang Wen sighed, "But after all, General Bo Fu is the only one. If he has two shortcomings, how can we explain to General Bo Fu's spirit?" Gu Yong also shook his head, "This is a certain number. Even if Sun Yu can't kill him, he will not escape from Sun Quan. Brother Huishu should not consider the matters of the Sun family, think more about his family."

Zhang Wenxin calmed down, "Yuan Tan means that Sun Quan wants to attack the Wujun family."

"It's not going to be a move, but we will definitely try our best to weaken us. I will not hide it from Brother Huishu. I have decided to move the academy to Yuzhang and leave this place of non-sense first."

Zhang Wen nodded silently. The Lu family had secretly defected to Liu Jing, and the Gu family was preparing to move westward. It seemed that the Zhang family had to make some plans.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wen stood up and bowed and said, "Since that's the case, I don't care about the life or death of the Sun family. I will go back to my house first and summon the tribe members to consider the future of the Zhang family."

Zhang Wen said goodbye and left. The Gu brothers kept sending him out of the door. Gu Hui looked at Zhang Wen's carriage and then asked in a low voice: "Brother, what choice does the Zhang family have?"
Chapter completed!