Chapter 1377: New Beihai Governor Li Jing
The four-year-old Kong Rong was certainly not stupid. The reason why he stayed away from the imperial court and requested to be an official in the imperial court was because the situation in Qingzhou was out of control.
To be honest, Kong Rong now regrets very much, sitting back and watching Huang Chao annex the plains. Later, because he was afraid of Huang Chao, he did not send troops to help Liu Bei.
When Liu Bei was here, Kong Rong and Liu Bei supported each other. With the two parties joining forces, they were not too afraid of Huang Chao.
But after Liu Bei was forced out of Qingzhou, Kong Rong was completely isolated and helpless in Qingzhou. He wanted to form an alliance with Liangshan but was embarrassed, and Yuan Shao was eager to annex his power.
If Beihai was strong enough, he wouldn't be afraid of Huang Chao's threat.
Beihai is the largest county in Qingzhou, with eighteen counties. It is the best part of Qingzhou. It can be said that it is neither short of food nor money.
Kong Rong was sitting on such a treasure land, but the combat effectiveness of his army was not even comparable to that of Liangshan. The only general in the army who could fight was Tai Shici, who was the weakest among the major princes in Qingzhou.
Kong Rong's strength is not strong, but he occupies the most elite Beihai County in Qingzhou. This is like a child showing up in a bandit's den with gold in his arms. Only a child who can keep the gold surrounded by wolves is a ghost.
In the eyes of other princes in Qingzhou, Kong Rong, who is the weakest but has a large territory, is simply a piece of meat. As long as the time comes, he can eat whatever he wants on this piece of meat on the chopping board.
After all, Kong Rong was a prince, so naturally he was not willing to let the mermaid be eaten like this, but he couldn't keep his back at all.
When Kong Rong was in a dilemma, Tao Qiansan asked Xuzhou to leave the mess to Liu Bei, and then he got out and retired. This gave Kong Rong a great inspiration.
He could also learn from Tao Qian and let Beihai out. After all, facing Huang Chao and other wolves, he couldn't hold Beihai anyway, so he might as well let Beihai out as soon as possible and retire successfully.
As for the candidate to take over Beihai, Kong Rong went back and forth and finally chose Qin Hao. Who told him that Kong Rong was a Han official, and the Luoyang court represented by Qin Hao was orthodox to the Han Dynasty.
But besides Qin Hao, Kong Rong had no other choice. After all, there were only a few princes around him.
Huang Chao, defeating the enemy;
Song Jiang, a bandit;
Yuan Shao, ambitious;
Liu Bei, too busy to take care of himself;
So after picking and choosing, only Qin Hao, who had just defeated Yuan Meng, signed the Jinyang Treaty, and had a higher reputation, was the most suitable.
When Qin Hao learned that Kong Rong took the initiative to transfer to the court and handed over a county in Beihai to him, he was naturally overjoyed.
Although after several Qingzhou wars, Beihai County was also captured by Huang Chao, there are still ten counties, hundreds of thousands of people and a total force of more than 30,000. This is already a big force. Powerful.
To be honest, Qin Hao didn't take Kong Rong's family fortune seriously at all. What he really cared about was to take this opportunity to reach out to Qingzhou to lay a good foundation for the unification of Hebei in the future.
"Lord, Kong Rong took the initiative to give up Beihai and consolidated it as a good opportunity for our army to enter Qingzhou. From now on, Beihai will be our army's nail in Qingzhou. The future campaign in Hebei will definitely yield miraculous results." Liu Bowen said with excitement.
Qin Hao nodded in agreement, and then asked with a smile: "Kong Rong was very anxious when he spoke. It seems that he can't wait to join the court. Military advisor, do you think who should give the post of Beihai Prefect?" Come to take charge?"
“Although the foundation of Beihai today is not bad, it has been reduced to a place of four battles, with Huangchao in the south, Yuan Shao in the north, and Liangshan in the west, and there are no reinforcements around.
Under such difficulties, political strategy is already secondary to the candidates who are qualified to serve as the governor of Beihai. Anyone without military skills cannot take on this important task. "
Liu Bowen did not directly recommend candidates, but stated the necessary conditions for serving as the governor of Beihai. As soon as he said this, Qin Hao already had a suitable candidate in mind.
"Li Jing made great contributions in the Battle of Hetao, and Governor Bai Qi also highly praised him. I think he should be qualified to be the governor of Beihai even if he is surrounded by enemies on all sides." Qin Hao said with a smile.
After Liu Bowen recalled the memories about Li Jing in his mind, he also smiled and said: "My lord is wise, Li Jing is a man who is both civil and military, calm and prudent, and has just made great achievements, so he is the best choice for the governor of Beihai. But..."
"But what?" Qin Hao asked.
"But I heard that Li Jing is preparing to get married and has just been married. Isn't it a little too unkind to separate them as husband and wife to carry out such an arduous task?"
"Li Jing is getting married?"
Qin Hao looked surprised and quickly asked with a smile: "Which family did he marry?"
"I heard that he was a general of the Detachment of Women, and his performance in the Battle of Hetao was equally impressive. It seems to be called..."
"Yin Shiniang."
"That's right. Huh? Master, does he know about this girl?"
Of course Qin Hao knew, after all, he personally participated in Yin Shiniang's battle to become famous.
As soon as he heard that Li Jing was getting married, Qin Hao subconsciously thought of two women. One was Zhang Chuchen, the red-flecked girl who was one of the Three Fengchen Heroes with Li Jing, and the other was Yin Shiniang, Nezha's biological mother.
Among the two women, Qin Hao felt that Yin Shiniang was more likely. After all, Zhang Chuchen didn’t know where he was, but Yin Shiniang was among the women’s army and had a chance to contact Li Jing. As a result, the person Li Jing wanted to marry was It’s really Yin Shiniang.
"This is a good thing, Jiang. Go tell Madam and let her receive a generous gift for me as a wedding gift to Li Jing." Qin Hao said with a smile.
"No, but my lord, which lady is she?"
"Mrs. Mu, she is one of the founders of the Niangzi Army. Yin Shiniang, whom Li Jing married, is also a general of the Niangzi Army. It is most suitable for Guiying to go."
"Subordinates take orders."
After Jiang left, Qin Hao looked at Liu Bowen and said, "What the military advisor just said makes sense. It's really not good for Li Jing to separate as soon as he gets married. How about this? I specially need Li Jing to take his wife to take office. What does the military advisor think?"
"My lord has such trust in him, I think Li Jing will burst into tears with gratitude."
Liu Bowen said with a smile, having a new understanding of his lord's method of bribery.
In ancient wars, in order to prevent the leading general from rebelling, family members were not allowed, and their family members had to stay behind to serve as hostages until the general returned in victory before the family could be reunited.
Qin Hao allowed Li Jing to bring his family to take office. This was naturally a sign of trust in him, but it also broke this unspoken rule. Anyone would be touched.
Of course, Qin Hao couldn't let Li Jing take office alone, so after selecting the candidate for the prefect, he immediately drafted other candidates.
The final list of those who went to Beihai with Li Jing is as follows:
The five generals are: Ran Min, Jin Tai, Qin Ming, Lin Chong, and Qin Huaiyu.
The two civil servants are: Fu Nian and Fu Su.
