After chatting about business, the atmosphere became much more relaxed. Liu Yi ordered people to appreciate fruits and vegetables, and while talking to Mi Zhu and Zhang Fei about things from all over the world.

"Is Zhou Gongjin dead?" Liu Yi looked at Mi Zhu in surprise, a little unbelievable. It seemed that the scene of Zhou Yu's three-angry scene did not happen. And although he had never seen him, both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had a very positive evaluation of Zhou Yu, and he was not as petty as in the Romance, and was pissed to death.

"Yes." Mi Zhu nodded and said, "It's also the Lord of Heaven! If Zhou Gongjin hadn't died of illness, Yizhou would probably have been obtained by Jiangdong!"

"Oh?" Liu Yi looked at Mi Zhu in confusion. What about Jingzhou between Jiangdong and Yizhou? Will Liu Bei let Jiangdong soldiers attack Yizhou without any hesitation?

If Yizhou was really taken down by Jiangdong, Jingzhou would be completely stuck between Sun Quan and Cao Cao, and there was no room for development at all. Just like Liu Bei got Yizhou and Sun Quan plotted against Jingzhou later, if Sun Quan got Yizhou, Liu Bei would probably not be indifferent.

"After the Battle of Red Cliff, our army won Nanjun, but in name it was still attached to Sun Quan. After the war, Zhou Yu sent officials to Nanjun to take office." Mi Zhu recalled what had happened over the past year and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Then Zhou Gongjin is a hero in the world. Both the lord and the military advisor said that he was elegant and magnificent, but for some reason he was aggressive towards our army."

When Liu Yi heard this, he kept silent. Elegance and grandeur was personal cultivation, but the problem of Jingzhou was a political problem. Yes, Jiangling was captured with the help of Liu Yi. But if Zhou Yu had not burned the Red Cliff and defeated Cao's army, Liu Bei would have so many troops and would not have the opportunity to attack Jiangling, let alone occupying Nanjun. Zhou Yu was stubborn on this issue. In Liu Yi's view, this was a political issue and had nothing to do with personal cultivation. Politics was the distribution and struggle for interests. If he didn't look at it from Liu Bei's perspective, Zhou Yu's approach was not wrong. He was fighting for benefits for Jiangdong and Nanjun was so large that people handed over to others. Liu Bei felt comfortable here, but Zhou Yu served Sun Quan. What did you think about Sun Quan?

This is the same as Zhuge Liang and Liu Yi's own plot to seize Jiangling for Liu Bei. Political issues should not be related to personal character. Seeing Zhang Fei being indignant, Liu Yi naturally would not explain this public-private issue to them at this time.

"Fortunately, there are people who are wise in the Jiangdong area, who advised Sun Quan to give up asking our army for Nanjun and instead attack Hefei." Mi Zhu said with a smile.

"Is Zhou Yu dead in Hefei?" Liu Yi said with a strange expression.

"No, Sun Quan personally led the troops to fight against Hefei, but Zhou Yu did not show up and claimed to be recuperating. I later learned that Sun Quan was fake in confrontation with Hefei. Zhou Yu secretly accumulated troops and horses. Taking advantage of Sun Quan's sight to attract Cao Liu, he secretly accumulated troops and horses and prepared to advance westward to attack Shu..."

"Wait!" Liu Yi suddenly stopped and looked at Mi Zhu and said, "Now Jiangling is in the hands of our army. How will he attack Shu? Moreover, Sun Quan should have many soldiers and horses in attacking Hefei. Where did Zhou Yu get his troops?"

If you want to make a detour to Jiaozhou, you have to pass Yunnan first, thousands of miles of barren mountains and wilderness, and places with dense miasma, even if you give 100,000 troops, if the ethnic minorities in Yunnan do not stop it, it would be good to be able to leave half of it when you arrive in Yizhou. More importantly, how to replenish food and grass? Is it air transported?

If transported from the Yangtze River, once Liu Bei blocked the Yangtze River, the troops that attacked Shu would be wiped out immediately.

Zhou Yu did have this plan in history, but that was under the premise that Jiangling was in Jiangdong's hands. Now the central part of the Yangtze River is Liu Bei's territory. Zhou Yu wouldn't be so stupid that he wanted to convince Liu Bei to give way to him to attack Yizhou, right?

"Jiangdong has convinced the Southern Barbarians to send troops together. At that time, Jiangdong will send a few elite troops, but the main forces are Jiaozhou and the Southern Barbarians." Mi Zhu smiled bitterly and said, "The Jiangdong general Gan Ning was originally a gentry in Shu. I heard that Jiangdong had secretly bribed many wealthy families in Shu as internal supporters and had the help of the Southern Barbarians. According to the military advisor, if Zhou Yu had not died of illness, he would have a very high possibility of capturing Yizhou."

Liu Yi felt a little chilled when he heard this. If Zhou Yu's plan was really successful, it would probably not be a situation where he would divide the world in the future, but a situation where he would divide the world in two parts. Sun Quan confronted Cao Cao in the north and south. As for Liu Bei, he was sandwiched between the two sides. If Zhou Yu took Xiangyang again, Liu Bei would have no other way except to turn against Sun Quan. Moreover, if it was Daoyizhou, would Zhou Yu allow Liu Bei to continue to occupy Jingzhou? I am afraid that before attacking Xiangyang, the biggest possibility would be to unite the east and west, so that Liu Bei would be taken over first.

Of course, Zhuge Liang would definitely not let Zhou Yu take over Yizhou so easily. Within Jiangdong, he might not be willing to let Zhou Yu take over Yizhou alone, but the opportunity has been lost. If he goes further, the situation will be very chaotic, and Liu Yi cannot determine what the future will be like.

Fortunately, Zhou Yu died at this time. Although Liu Yi was quite regretful about the fall of such a hero, Zhou Yu secretly wrote a letter to him last year, inviting him to go to Jiangdong. Anyway, Liu Yi had a good impression of Zhou Yu himself, but from his own standpoint, Liu Yi was very glad that Zhou Yu died at this critical moment.

The 14th and 15th years of Jian'an, for Liu Yi, in addition to pacifying the four counties, these two years were the calmest and most fulfilling ideas since he came to this era. He was engaged in construction and economic development in Changsha. In addition, there was no need to worry about military disasters or survival. He was frugal and fond of husband and wife, and now he had a lovely daughter. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a winner in life.

But if you look at the world, it seems calm, but in fact, except for Liu Bei who has been working hard to develop and consolidate his foundation, Cao Cao and Sun Quan have never stopped. Not to mention the outcome of the battle in Hefei, the secret planning and calculation have never stopped.

Cao Cao issued a order to seek talents to the world not long ago, and no longer sticking to virtue in recommending talents, as long as he has talent, he can recruit talents.

Some supportive and oppose Cao Cao's order to seek talents, but it is undeniable that with the release of this order to seek talents, many scholars who were unable to become a career due to character problems saw hope. According to Mi Zhu, many people in Jingzhou went to Cao Cao.

Among these people, there are even talents who have voted for Liu Bei but have not been officially reused.

"Hey, this is not a wise order?" Zhang Fei listened to Mi Zhuxu and couldn't help but complain: "I don't know who is gathered around Cao thief?"

Mi Zhu did not express much opinion on this, because Cao Cao's order to seek talents was not only aimed at the scholar class, but also based on his background, as long as he had talent, he could use it. To a certain extent, he had broken the view of the world. How much effort did the Mi family use to be promoted from a wealthy businessman to a scholar class?

Cao Cao's order to seek talents also means that if there is a wealthy business family like the Mi family, if they want to enter the official career, they will no longer have to be as difficult as before. If it weren't for the Mi family that had already had a foundation in Liu Bei, the Mi family would definitely be moved when facing such a thing ten years ago.

"People with high character may not be able to be good officials." Liu Yi smashed the walnut and threw it into his mouth. When he heard what Zhang Fei said, he couldn't help but smile: "The third general followed the emperor's uncle to fight south and north. He should have seen many people with noble virtues but who have been governed by the mess."

"It's a lot, but you can use both moral integrity and talent!" Zhang Fei nodded in agreement when he heard this, but then retorted.

"If you are governing the world, you should be like this. But now in a chaotic world, the king will be the minister, and the minister will also choose the king. How many people are there with both virtue and talent? Why should you use it for your own use? Have the third general thought about it?" Liu Yi asked with a smile.

"Uh..." Zhang Fei looked at Liu Yi: "No, if you don't, just grab it first, and then my brother came forward to scold me, and then I'll admit his mistake."

Liu Yi: “…”

It makes sense, this trick is terrible!

Liu Yi and Mi Zhu couldn't help laughing. At first glance, these words sounded a little stingy, but when you think about it carefully, it was really feasible.

"But how many people can you steal that?" Liu Yi laughed and thought for a while, "Not talking about Cao Cao, I said that the emperor's uncle now has a prefect, county magistrate, chief clerk, employed, and chief lieutenant. There are dozens of cities, county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates, and county magistrates. In addition, there are many talents like Kong Ming in the imperial uncle's mansion to provide advice for the emperor's uncle, and the generals in the army are not counted. Now the emperor's uncle has enough talents, but if he takes another county in the future, then there will be no rent."

"But no one can use it as long as they are talented, right?" Zhang Fei said dissatisfied.

"The talent can be used. As for his virtue, one can be used to restrict his conduct by law, and the other can be used first... and then demoted!" Liu Yi was a little hesitant at the end. In fact, he wanted to use it first and then kill it, but if he really said it, who would know that Liu Bei would kill him in the future and solve it himself?

"If you don't talk about this, the emperor's uncle naturally has his own way of employing people. This order of seeking talents has its pros and cons. I believe that the emperor and Kong Ming both have both rights and interests in their hearts. Besides, Cao Cao is now occupying the seven states and naturally lacks talents. We are only in the five counties now, so we don't need to consider this issue yet. We can slowly find a solution in the future." Liu Yi thought to himself.

In short, first promote printing technology. Perhaps when you really go to the Central Plains, you can implement the imperial examination, but you definitely can't do this by yourself. This is a confrontation with the scholar class. If you succeed, you may use it to vent your anger. If you fail, then the first person to die is yourself, and you have to find a scapegoat.

This matter is somewhat inauthentic, and Liu Yi is still hesitating whether he can carry it forward in his own hands?

He gave those words to Liu Bei before, but Liu Bei never replied, and he didn't know if he had forgotten or was stopped.
Chapter completed!