The Jingzhou of today is not the Jingzhou of history.
Historically, the public security guard was Shiren and the Jiangling guard was Mi Fang. If either of them could hold on and wait for Guan Yu to return, Lü Meng would not be able to capture Jingzhou, and Guan Yu would not be able to leave Maicheng.
But now in Jingzhou, the public security guard is Wenpin, and the Jiangling guard should be Zhang Xi himself. In addition, there is Xu Shu in Jingnan to support him. Let alone Lu Meng, even if Zhou Yu comes in person, this Nanjun will not Good to chew.
Lu Meng is really capable, but Zhang Xi doesn't believe him if he is really better than Zhou Yu.
Xu Shu's words of relief made Zhang Xi feel at ease.
After that, Xu Shu returned to Wuling, continued to guard Wuling, and tried to divide and suppress the Wuling barbarians.
Guan Yu secretly ordered Wenpin to be on guard, but remained calm on the surface. At the same time, he wrote a letter of condolence to Sun Quan and expressed the friendship between the two sides.
Soon Sun Quan also wrote back, thanking Guan Yu for his kindness. Along with Sun Quan's letter, there was also a letter from Lu Meng, the new governor of Baqiu.
In the letter, Lu Meng expressed his admiration for Guan Yu, and said that he also worked his way up from the bottom of the army. Fortunately, he was appreciated by his lord, and only then left the town. He often felt like walking on thin ice. At the same time, he expressed his admiration for Guan Yu's guarding the side. The achievement expressed affirmation and envy, saying that he would follow Guan Yu as an example and serve his lord Gong Sun Quan to the best of his ability.
Lu Meng's letter seemed neither humble nor overbearing, but in fact it touched Guan Yu's heart in every way.
This is what the second master does.
Seeing Lu Meng say that he was born in the military and was looked down upon by others, Guan Yu thought of how he had followed Liu Bei in his early years and was often looked down upon by some wealthy families. At Hulao Pass, he was almost kicked out of the camp by Yuan Shao. go.
Seeing Lu Meng express his loyalty and gratitude to his lord Sun Quan, Guan Yu thought of the relationship between himself and his eldest brother Liu Bei. If it hadn't been for his eldest brother's trust over the years, how could Guan Yu have been able to guard one side.
Guan Yu was even more happy to see Lu Meng express his intention to follow his example.
Even the opponent's general recognized his achievements and became his "little fanboy". What could be more proud of than this? !
This letter made the second master very happy, but it also made Zhang Xi more wary of Lu Meng.
This Lu Meng is indeed a man who is good at attacking people's hearts. Just one letter made Guan Yu so happy. Zhang Xi can really understand why this man in history was able to lure Hao Pu, Shi Ren, and Mi Fang to surrender, and attack Jingzhou without any bloodshed.
Although Zhang Xi had thought a lot after Xu Shu's enlightenment, Zhang Xi still had no intention of underestimating the enemy as Lü Meng. He specifically told Fei Yi to strengthen the intelligence collection on Lü Meng and pay more attention to the mobilization of troops in the direction of Lukou. , and raise the priority to the highest level.
And then... well, that's all it can do, after all, the two sides haven't officially fallen out.
After the first month, time came to February, and it was time to arrange spring plowing.
After last year's autumn harvest, Zhang Xi asked officials in various counties to supervise the people's burning of straw. It snowed several times in winter. In theory, there should be no locust plague again.
However, Zhang Xi still did not dare to be careless, and sent the county's governor to the local area to continue to supervise local farming and prevent locust plagues.
At the same time, Zhang Xi also wrote a letter to Lu Meng, asking him to take good care of Changsha and other places so as not to cause trouble to Nanjun. Zhang Xi did not need to explain this matter. Lu Meng had already sent people to inquire about some of Zhang Xi's affairs last year. Measures to prevent and control migratory locusts have been promoted in the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang.
Last year's locust plague caused the greatest losses in Changsha County. Until now, Jianye has been required to provide food and grass to maintain the lives of the army and people.
The aristocratic families in Jiangdong would not go against Lu Meng on this matter. After all, they had already lost money and food income for a year, and they did not want to lose money again.
However, Lu Meng also wrote a special reply to Zhang Xi. This time it was different from Guan Yu's. Lu Meng thanked Zhang Xi for the reminder, and at the same time hoped that Zhang Xi would humbly ask Zhang Xi for the fact that it was not easy for the people to survive. Ask for experience in governing local areas.
If it were another person, you might think that Lu Meng is not only humble and studious, but also always puts the people first. But who is Zhang Xi, a dignified time traveler, and don't you know what you, Lu Meng, are up to? !
This is to lower everyone's wariness about him by saying nice things, and then stab him in the back in a convenient way.
After all, this is what this guy has done historically.
Many people only saw the stabbing of Lu Meng in the back and ignored the fact that this guy has been using his time to win people's hearts since a few years ago. Those who could not be bribed would do their best to do what they wanted. Lower their vigilance and capture Lu Meng's possibility in Jingzhou. It only took less than three months, but the preparation time for this product took several years.
Zhang Xi felt that this letter was not safe even if it was thrown away, so he burned it directly.
But what Zhang Xi did was to remind himself not to let down his guard at most, but Zhang Xi couldn't remind others every day that Lu Meng was uneasy and well-intentioned.
Recently, even Xizhen asked Zhang Xi if he had any grudges with Lu Meng in the past. Why did he feel that Zhang Xi was deliberately targeting Lu Meng? You see, even Zhang Xi’s auxiliary officers thought so. You can imagine Lu Meng’s schemes. How big is the effect.
Zhang Xi talked too much but no one listened, so he simply stopped talking for the time being and just made preparations silently.
By the end of March, spring plowing was completely over, and Zhang Xi began to inspect the military camps and inspect the military's combat readiness.
The result made Zhang Xi very satisfied, and there was no slack in the army. After all, this was what Guan Yu was focusing on, but Guan Yu's purpose was not to defend against Lu Meng, but because he wanted to go north to attack Xiangyang.
Well, forget it, let’s talk about it then.
Zhang Xi, who had no other choice for the time being, put the matter aside for the time being and continued to deal with government affairs.
After the spring plowing ended in March, Zhangxi's biggest government task was probably to mobilize corvee labor and ask the people to help build the Jiangling city wall.
As for this matter, there is no need for Zhang Xi to intervene at all, Xi Zhen can handle it steadily.
Deng Ai and Zhao Lei also helped with daily official duties, which made it easy.
Therefore, Zhang Xi agreed to Sima Hui's invitation and attended the opening ceremony of Yuelu Academy.
To put it simply, Sima Hui invited great scholars from Jingzhou, Runan, Luoyang, Jiangdong and other places to stay at Yuelu Academy for a month and discuss knowledge together.
Because of Sima Hui's great reputation, the scholars who came were all top scholars from all over the country, such as Song Zhong, the former Jingzhou scholar who was idle in Luoyang, Yu Fan who was exiled by Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Song Jun, a disciple of Zheng Xuan in Runan, and others.
Even Xu Jing, who was in Shu, came from Chengdu to attend this gathering.
Xu Jing's arrival, on the one hand, means that he has nothing to do in Chengdu, and on the other hand, it also represents the importance Liu Bei attaches to the emergence of such an academy under his jurisdiction.
Along with Xu Jing's arrival, there were also a large number of works by Shu great scholars, which were to be stored in the library of Yuelu Academy.
Of course, many of them are not heirlooms of major aristocratic families, but are just some newly written things by the great scholars in Shu based on their own understanding, which were originally used to gain fame.
Xu Jing brought so many books here, which naturally caused celebrities from other places to question the articles and works of the great Confucians in Shu.
In the past, due to factors such as inconvenient transportation and difficulty in carrying books, no one could see each other, and no one knew what you were writing behind closed doors at home.
Now, the great scholars in Shu have paper. This thing is much more convenient than bamboo slips and can carry a larger amount of information. But if you write hard, if everyone thinks it makes sense, then won't your reputation be in vain?
Therefore, the great scholars in Shu wrote many articles and works. In the past, they just pondered things in their hearts. Now they have written them down one after another, and then asked Xu Jing to bring them to Jingzhou to show off.
The scholars in other places didn't take it seriously at first, but when they saw that Xu Jing had brought the three major works, which were all in paper form, they all looked through them out of curiosity. Then they started to curse.
What is written here is all nonsense.
Among those who could attend the literary conference held by Sima Hui, there were only a few who were not great scholars of the time, and who did not have their own understanding of the classics of the sages. How could what you said be right? !
The words "Wen Wu is the first" are extremely suitable when placed in the current Yuelu Academy.
A great scholar from Shu lived in a remote place, but his cultural level was indeed not good enough. He actually dared to be brought to Jingzhou to be seen, and he even dared to put it in the library and have to criticize it.
This group of great scholars got excited one by one and asked Xu Jing to stay first. They did not leave for the time being. They read through the works of the great scholars of Shu one by one. They scolded the ones they saw that were outrageous, and they scolded the ones that made sense but disagreed with them. I specially write an article to criticize. Anyway, paper is cheap now, so I can write whatever I want. After I finish writing, I have to ask Xu Jing to go back and take it back.
When Zhang Xi came to attend the so-called opening ceremony, what he saw was a group of indignant old men and a busy young man with a look of helplessness.
There was no way, none of the great scholars in the room were under the age of forty. There was only this guy serving tea and water, who looked about the same age as Zhang Xi.
In addition, Zhang Xi couldn't understand two of the ten words spoken by these great scholars, so out of boredom, he started chatting with this young man of about the same age.
Then, Zhang Xi felt that he was very close to this person, so he asked about his origin.
The young man said that when he was studying in Runan in his early years, he became a teacher of Song Jun in Runan. This time he came to Jingzhou with Teacher Song Jun to meet the world. His surname was Wang, his given name was Ji, and his given name was Boyu.
Well, my name is Wang Ji, huh? ! Wang Ji? ! ! !
Dongnai Wangji? !
(End of chapter)
