Since Liu Jing was only serving as the prefect of Lingling on a trial basis and had only the qualifications to recruit county officials and serve as temporary county magistrate, but did not have the power to confer official positions, Zhuge Liang was currently only following him as a guest.
However, although Zhuge Liang does not have an official position at the moment, Liu Jing regards him as a partner and mastermind. He shares the same table when sitting and sleeps on the same bed. All matters, big or small, are passed through his hands without reservation.
This seems somewhat unbelievable to outsiders. You must know that Zhuge Liang was only in his twenties this year. He was still young and had no talent. How could he deserve such a special treatment? Even Lai Gong felt that Liu Jing was going too far.
However, Liu Jing did not change his original intention. No one in today's world knows better than him how high Zhuge Liang's talent is, including Zhuge Liang himself.
Historically, Zhuge Liang was in charge of the Shu Han Dynasty and made a northern expedition to the Central Plains. Although his ambitions and achievements were not fulfilled, he was still able to rank among the ten philosophers of the Martial Arts Temple.
The so-called Martial Temple is a temple built by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty during the Tang Dynasty to worship Jiang Ziya, the "Ancestor of Soldiers". The Ten Philosophers in the Martial Temple are ten people selected from famous generals in the past to accompany the worshippers.
During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, only Han Xin and Zhang Liang were selected. Among them, Zhang Liang was awarded Jiang Ziya's "Tai Gong's Art of War". At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, as well as the two Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, in the same four hundred years, the selected
Zhuge Liang is the only one.
From the Tang, Song, Yuan... to the Ming Dynasty when it was abolished, the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Temple changed many times in the past dynasties, but Zhuge Liang's status was always as stable as Mount Tai. He was highly respected by all dynasties.
As for Zhuge Liang's ability in governing the country, there is no need to elaborate. There is no one who can surpass him in the Three Kingdoms. He is said to be on par with Guan Zhong and Xiao He.
Zhuge Liang can be said to be one of the most outstanding talents in the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty.
Zhuge Liang did not know his future achievements, and he was flattered by Liu Jing's special treatment. Even though King Wen was courteous to Jiang Shang and Duke Huan was wise to Guan Zhong, it was nothing more than this. However, Zhuge Liang did not underestimate himself. When he was a boy, he dared to compare himself to Guan Zhong.
Le Yi, this shows that he is proud in his heart, Zhuge Liang secretly vowed to live up to Liu Jing's respect.
Liu Jingshen knew that Zhuge Liang was a workaholic. Even when he was in charge of the government of a country, he still liked to examine documents and books in person, sweating all day long, without any control, and eventually exhausted himself to death. Now Zhuge Liang has shown such signs, focusing on affairs and working tirelessly
.
Liu Jing wanted to change Zhuge Liang's habit of doing everything by himself, but unfortunately his persuasion was not successful. The reason is simple. He has two souls and a different energy than ordinary people. He only sleeps three hours a day, which is less than Zhuge Liang. When dealing with official duties, he also
If you are diligent and never slack off, how can you have any position to preach to Zhuge Liang?
Time flies, and more than ten days pass by in a blink of an eye. The fleet arrives at the intersection of the three rivers of Hunan, Lei, and Cheng, and Lingxian County is clearly visible.
At this moment, hundreds of people were waiting at the ferry on the west bank of the Xiang River to welcome Liu Jing's arrival. In addition to the Ling County magistrates headed by Shen Zheng, and the military generals headed by Liu Zong and Ma Zhou, Guiyang Prefect Huan
The Yi are also there.
The reason why Huan Yi became the governor of Guiyang was all due to Liu Jing. Moreover, the two had a close relationship and had cooperated for many years. They had already shared weal and woe. Therefore, when he received the news that Liu Jing was preparing to go south to Lingling to fight Zhang Jin, he was not at all worried.
Without hesitation, he immediately led three thousand soldiers from Guiyang County and rushed to Lingxian County to help in the battle.
Liu Jing disembarked from the boat and landed on the shore. He walked quickly to Huan Yi, pointed at Zhuge Liang and asked with a smile: "Sir, who do you think he is?"
Huan Yi took a closer look at Zhuge Liang's face and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Kong Ming?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and bowed: "I haven't seen you for several years. Brother Huan, how are you doing?"
Huan Yi quietly looked at Zhuge Liang, who was eight feet tall and majestic in appearance, and then sighed with emotion: "Unexpectedly, Kong Ming grew up like this."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Brother Huan's demeanor is even better than before."
This is true. Huan Yi used to live in the shadow of his elder brother Huan Jie. When he met Zhuge Liang, he was just a small official with a hundred stones. In recent years, things have changed. He first served as the order of Leiyang and became the governor of a county. Now he is even more...
When you become the king of a county, your style will naturally be different.
Huan Yi chatted with Zhuge Liang for a while, then turned his eyes back to Liu Jing and said: "Zhongda, the people in Guiyang, the land is far less than that of Changsha and Lingling. I am in charge of Guiyang for the first time, and the people are not attached to it, so I only brought him with me."
Here are three thousand county soldiers."
Liu Jing nodded and said: "The Lord is determined, three thousand people are enough."
To be honest, Liu Jing does not lack troops now. The combat effectiveness of Guiyang County soldiers is limited. For him, it has more symbolic meaning. After Changsha and Lingling, Guiyang also joined Liu Jing's team against Zhang Jin.
This means that Liu Jing is popular in the three counties of Jingnan, which is enough to compete with the emperor's edict in Zhang Jin's hands.
Of course, neither the people's hearts nor the edicts can influence the outcome. In the end, both sides have to go through the battlefield to decide the outcome.
Then Liu Jing introduced Xu Shu to Huan Yi.
Xu Shu looked at Huan Yi, who was about the same age as himself and had ascended to the position of prefect of a county before he was thirty, and it was difficult not to be touched in his heart.
At the same time, he was also full of expectations for the future. Although Liu Jing did not treat him as well as Zhuge Liang, he still treated him as a distinguished guest, participated in conspiracies, and even met his confidants.
Xu Shu believed that with his own talents, he would be able to become the prefect of Two Thousand Stones in the future. Of course, Xu Shu's ambitions did not end there. Like Zhuge Liang, he had the desire to revive the Han Dynasty and clarify the world. His ultimate goal was to assist
Liu Jing created a career as a king.
Liu Jing then walked towards Liu Zong and said solemnly: "Brother Cong, thank you for your hard work."
Liu Jing said this completely from the bottom of his heart. Not long after the Battle of Lingxian, he went north to Linxiang, leaving a mess for Liu Zong. In just over two months, Liu Zong lost more than ten kilograms.
His hard work is evident.
Liu Zong was majestic and laughed loudly: "If you are doing great things, how can you say it's hard work?"
"That's great, Brother Cong..." Liu Jing held up his hands in admiration after hearing this. Then he asked: "By the way, Brother Cong, has there been any news from Quanling recently?"
Liu Zong laughed and said: "In the past, Cai Hongchao secretly dug several tunnels in Quanling City. Taking advantage of the lull in the Jiaozhou Army's attack on the city, he recruited hundreds of brave men to die, sneaked out of the tunnels to attack, and almost defeated the Jiaozhou Army in one fell swoop. In the end, he beheaded several people.
He returned at level 100. After this battle, the morale of the Jiaozhou army declined, and Zhang Jin was also frightened. In the past few days, he had attacked the city several times, but ended in haste. Quanling can now be said to be as peaceful as Mount Tai."
Liu Jing also couldn't help but laugh. He received the battle report from Cai Sheng on the way south, and he was quite dumbfounded for a moment. He had known that Zhang Jin was not a man who knew soldiers, and his Jiaozhou soldiers were hardly elite. They could face Cai Sheng's hundreds of soldiers who dared to die.
The surprise attack was so ineffective and almost completely defeated, which was beyond his expectation.
If Cai Sheng had hundreds of thousands more people at his disposal, it might not have been his turn to play.