After Liu Bei captured the four counties in Jingnan last year, he did not immediately replace the governor.
Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha, Zhao Fan, the governor of Guiyang, and Liu Du, the governor of Lingling, all surrendered to Liu Bei on their own initiative. To calm people's hearts, Liu Bei continued to let them serve as governors.
But Liu Bei also knew the nature of these weaklings, so he ordered Zhuge Liang to supervise the government affairs of the three counties and placed garrison generals in various places, which was equivalent to evacuating the real power of the three prefects.
As for Wuling County, it was under Liu Bei's personal control, and Jin Xuan, the former governor of Wuling, was also killed in battle, so there was no need to make other arrangements.
Among the three counties, Zhao Fan, the governor of Guiyang, was timid and sensible, so he gave up the position of governor to Zhao Yun. By marrying Zhao Yun, he embraced Liu Bei's group and kept his family, glory and wealth.
Although the governors of the other two counties were very dissatisfied with Liu Bei, they could not make trouble after being ignored.
After two years of hard work, Liu Bei's power gradually increased, so Liu Bei planned to replace these prefects and officially promote his own people.
Not only the two counties of Changsha and Lingling, but also Guiyang, Liu Bei did not intend to let Zhao Yun continue to be the prefect of Guiyang.
It's not that he is dissatisfied with Zhao Yun's management of the place, but Liu Bei doesn't want to waste Zhao Yun's talents. Rather than using Zhao Yun as a local governor, Liu Bei prefers to let Zhao Yun lead an army and act alone.
Therefore, the prefects of the three counties have to be replaced, and along with them, some county officials, such as county magistrate, postal governor, chief historian and other official positions.
Liu Bei now has more than two or three kittens in his bag.
Through the development of these two years, Jingnan has gradually stabilized.
Especially last year, that is, the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei, with the support of his civil and military generals, took the title of Jingzhou Shepherd by himself, and he had a rightful name.
Although he was appointed by himself, Cao Cao did not admit it at all and appointed a Jingzhou governor himself.
But the problem is that the Jingzhou governor appointed by Cao Cao did not even dare to go to Xiangyang and could only work in Nanyang. Liu Bei's power had already occupied the five counties of Jingzhou and Xiangyang.
Sun Quan next door was also very subtle. He neither admitted nor denied that Liu Bei, the shepherd of Jingzhou, handled the matter very vaguely.
But this was enough for Liu Bei to recruit outstanding talents from the Jingzhou local faction into official positions as a Jingzhou shepherd.
During this year, Liu Bei successively attracted some people from the Jingzhou gentry to join him through conquest and recruitment. Some people's abilities were considered quite outstanding by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.
For example, Hao Pu, Liao Li, Pan Jun, Xi Hong, Xi Zhen, Ma Liang, Xiang Lang and others.
Therefore, Liu Bei plans to promote three of these people to be governors, and also promote a group of officials from the Jingzhou native faction to increase the support of the Jingzhou native faction.
Liu Bei naturally has a very high standard in judging people, and the candidates he selected naturally have their own talents, and they are all people who have spent more than a year at the grassroots level in the three counties and are familiar with grassroots government affairs.
But at this time, the prefect was the person who oversaw the military and political affairs of a county, and could also be regarded as a frontier official. Liu Bei only had a few counties in total, so he had to think carefully about it.
Therefore, Liu Bei also wanted to hear the opinions of his four great counselors.
Especially the opinions of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.
Zhuge Liang is now Liu Bei's chief steward. He has extensive connections in Jingzhou and knows all of these people.
Pang Tong himself was born in the Pang family in Xiangyang, and he also knew the situation of the Jingzhou gentry very well. Moreover, Pang Tong was famous for criticizing people before he became an official in Liu Bei. It was perfect for him to give reference opinions.
As for Xu Shu and Zhang Xi, Liu Bei simply took care of their emotions and found them to make up the numbers.
If we have to say, although Xu Shu and Zhang Xi are from Yingchuan, they both defected to Liu Bei after he arrived in Xinye, so they can also be regarded as the Jingzhou faction.
However, the relationship between these two people within the Jingzhou faction is very average. After all, they are not as long as Zhuge Liang and his family in Jingzhou, and they do not have the local advantage of Pang Tong. Therefore, the two of them also know their situation and will not do anything about this kind of thing. Talk more.
Liu Bei only asked the two of them a few symbolic questions, and the rest was based on the suggestions of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. It was decided that the prefect of Changsha would be Liao Li, the prefect of Lingling would be Hao Pu, and the prefect of Guiyang would be Xiang Lang.
As for Xi Hong, Xi Zhen, Pan Jun, and Ma Liang, Liu Bei decided to stay with him as a team member of General Zuo's Mansion to help him handle his affairs.
Zhang Xi didn't say much at the meeting, but after the meeting, Zhang Xi found Zhuge Liang in private.
Now that Pan Jun has come out, where has Jiang Wan, Pan Jun's cousin, gone? !
Zhuge Liang doesn't intend to recommend such a talent as one of the Four Prime Ministers of Ji and Han in the future, Zhuge Liang's future designated heir? !
In response, Zhuge Liang just smiled bitterly, and then said, "Although Jiang Gongyan has great talents, he still needs to be refined and cannot be used lightly."
Zhang Xi suddenly didn't understand. With Jiang Wan's ability, what else did he need to hone? !
Later, Xu Shu told Zhang Xi the real reason.
Zhuge Liang actually had a good relationship with Jiang Wan, and he recommended Jiang Wan to Liu Bei and Pan Jun early on.
But after Liu Bei talked with the two people, he retained Pan Jun and did not hire Jiang Wan immediately.
The reason is that Liu Bei feels that although Jiang Wan is capable, he is too arrogant and does not bother to bend down to work at the grassroots level. Liu Bei doesn't like such a person very much.
Liu Bei has his own set of logic, and most likely, Liu Bei likes to appoint people with grassroots experience.
Even Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were responsible for grassroots government affairs under Liu Bei for a period of time. Of course, these two people really had no choice. At that time, Liu Bei was in Xinye County.
There was something special about Pang Tong. One was Zhang Xi's strong recommendation, and the other was Liu Bei valued the Pang family's connections behind Pang Tong, so he gave Pang Tong a high position from the beginning.
Otherwise, how could Liu Bei have so many local talents from Jingzhou defecting to him so quickly after he took over as pastor of Jingzhou.
But even so, Liu Bei also tried every means to make up for Pang Tong's grassroots work experience, and once asked Pang Tong to go to the local area. Even when Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang went to Jiangxia to check the resettlement work of the refugees, Pang Tong was left in charge of the government affairs of the three counties.
Under such circumstances, Jiang Wan had no experience in grassroots work and was rather arrogant. He wanted to be a high-ranking official in the county as soon as he came up. Liu Bei left him alone on the spot.
Once he heard that this was the reason, it was hard for Zhang Xi to say anything.
It's a matter of employing people, and it's also a matter of promotion. Liu Bei's approach is more agreeable to Zhang Xi.
Just because you are a famous scholar or a disciple of an aristocratic family, you cannot give high-ranking officials generous salaries as soon as you come up.
It is understandable that there are one or two exceptions that have to be made, but it would not be good if everyone was like this and blocked the upward path for children from poor families.
For example, Jin from the Sima family.
Zhang Xi and Xu Shu were both disciples from poor families, so they naturally supported Liu Bei's approach.
After taking care of these things, Zhang Xi has nothing special to do at Youjiang Estuary.
Zhang Xi is practical. Although he is a soldier of General Zuo, he is also the county magistrate of Jiangxia. He has to go back to handle Jiangxia's government affairs.
Therefore, after confirming that Liu Bei had nothing to discuss, Zhang Xi decided to pack up, say goodbye to Kou Feng, and return to Jiangxia.
Unfortunately, on the third day after Zhang Xi left, a man came from the north bank of the river, claiming to be Zhang Xi's "old friend" and came to seek refuge with Zhang Xi.
Zhang Xi has already left, so naturally he has not seen this "old friend".
But Kou Feng saw it.
Kou Feng has not yet lined up to report Changsha's military affairs to Liu Bei, so he still stays in the post.
As soon as Kou Feng heard that he was an "old friend" of his brother, he stepped forward to receive his brother's friend without hesitation.
It's just that this "old friend" made Kou Feng a little bit imaginative.
Sun Shangxiang finally got rid of the "pursuing troops" sent by Zhou Yu, crossed the river, and defected to Zhang Xi.
But when they arrived at Youjiangkou and inquired at Guanyi, they found out that Zhang Xi had returned to Jiangxia three days ago.
Sun Shangxiang was immediately anxious. If Zhang Xi was not around, who else could he go to? !
We can't turn east now and join our cousin Sun Bi in Yuzhang.
With Sun Ben's courage, knowing that he was running away from his marriage, he still had to tie him up, tie him up and send him back to Chaisang.
For a moment, Sun Shangxiang also lost his sense of proportion and didn't know what to do.
At this time, Kou Feng appeared.
Not only did the brother who claimed to be Zhang Xi entertain him very warmly, but he also asked about his relationship with Zhang Xi.
Sun Shangxiang couldn't explain it clearly. After all, this is the mouth of Youjiang River. I heard that Liu Bei is stationed here now. If his identity is exposed, wouldn't it be all over? !
So Sun Shangxiang only said that he was Zhang Xi's "old friend" and didn't say anything else. He seemed to be gritting his teeth and not letting go.
This momentum did not calm Erha, but instead caused Erha's mind to go astray again.
But in fact, this cannot be blamed on Kou Erha. It is actually Sun Shangxiang's current clothing that is very problematic.
Although, Sun Shangxiang learned the lesson of running away from home last time and learned to cross-dress. This time he went out wearing men's clothes and a men's hair style.
But in the end, I didn’t put any ash on my face.
As the little princess of Jiangdong, her fair skin, which had been raised in a pampered place since childhood, was completely exposed in front of Kou Feng without any cover.
In addition, Sun Shangxiang is indeed a beauty. Although she is not Xiao Qiao's delicate style and is more heroic, her facial features and temperament are still not out of the category of women.
Therefore, although Sun Shangxiang dressed as a man, in Kou Feng's eyes, this man was a bit "feminine".
This caused Kou Erha's mind to go astray again.
Kou Erha is Kou Erha after all.
He did not suspect that Sun Shangxiang was a woman disguised as a man. On the contrary, he only sighed in his heart - so his brother likes this? !
No wonder my brother blames me for spreading gossip. So my brother’s taste is so unique? !
(End of chapter)
