At the end of June in Linxiang, it was very hot. Liu Jing ordered his servants to move out the mat and sit on the couch in the small bamboo forest in the backyard of the official residence. He also ordered someone to fetch a folding fan and lent it to Deng Zhi to fan him away from the heat.
Deng Zhi was no stranger to folding fans. When he was in his hometown, it was common for Deng You and his son to wear folding fans on their waists, and many of the Deng children imitated them.
Deng Zhi slowly unfolded the folding fan, and saw that the white silk fan was densely covered with words. Deng Zhi read softly: "Six kings are finished, and the four seas are one; Shushan Wu, A Fang comes out. It covers more than 300 miles, isolating the sky and the sun. .Lishan is built in the north and turns west, going straight to Xianyang..."
The full text of "Efang Gong Fu" has more than 500 words. After Deng Zhi read it word by word, he couldn't help but praise the verses: "Good poem, good poem... This poem is so strange and beautiful that it is complete. The last part is a lesson." It was very enjoyable to read it.”
Liu Jing smiled, "Afang Palace Fu" is a poem written by the poet Du Fu, and has been passed down for thousands of years. It is naturally a rare and good poem in the world.
Deng Zhi added: "In the past, the general sent Wang (Can) Zhongxuan's "Ode to Senshi Buyu" as a gift. All well-dressed people in the north and south of Xiangyang would praise it and copy it. This "Ode to Afang Palace" will definitely be compared with "Ode to Senshi Buyu" in the future. "Generally, it has become a famous poem that people rush to recite."
"This is just a self-entertainment work to express my feelings in my spare time." Liu Jing sighed: "Just like what is written in the poem, 'Future generations will grieve and ignore it, which will also make future generations grieve for future generations again.' People never learn from history, they only keep repeating history. Now the world is in chaos, even if it is a name, what good will it do to the world?"
Deng Zhi unconsciously fell into deep thought.
Liu Jing changed the topic and said: "Bo Miao came quite timely. If it had been a few days later, it would not have been easy to pass through Jiangling."
Deng Zhi was startled when he heard this and asked: "General, is it possible that he wants to raise troops recently?"
Liu Jing nodded and said: "Yes, in three days, I will send troops to regain Wuling and unify Jingnan. Although Liu Jingsheng is poor now, he will not sit idly by and will definitely send troops to assist. By then, the war will resume between the north and south of Jingzhou. , the Northern Army will most likely block the entire river."
Deng Zhi couldn't help but secretly thought, "It's a fluke." Fortunately, he was very determined to defect to Liu Jingzhi. If he had hesitated a little at that time, it would have been delayed for at least another year and a half...
Then Liu Jing asked about the situation in Yizhou.
Deng Zhi organized his words a little, and then said: "Although Liu Zhang relied on the Dongzhou soldiers to defeat the rebellion of Zhao Wei and the Yizhou people, the situation is still not optimistic. Li Yi was originally a general of Zhao Wei, but after killing Zhao Wei, he collected the rest. , the tiger occupies the eastern region, and has become the second Zhao Wei, which Liu Zhang cannot control."
"In addition, the reason why the Dongzhou soldiers worked together and fought desperately was not because of Liu Zhang's favor, but because they were afraid of the liquidation of the Yizhou people. Pang Xi, the leader of the Dongzhou soldiers and the governor of Brazil, was always close to the Liu family, but he also secretly Have different aspirations."
"Moreover, Zhang Lu was in the north and was separatist in Hanzhong. Liu Zhang sent troops to conquer several times, but he was defeated." After Deng Zhi said this, he paused and then continued: "It is difficult to be troubled internally and externally. Why? It's all because of Liu Zhang. Yongdian is the reason why the weapon is not owned by the person but is based on the land and the world is in trouble."
"Yizhou is a rich and powerful country with millions of households. It is a land of abundance. The reason why our great ancestor founded Hongji is the reason why our great ancestor founded Hongji. Today, both Dongzhou scholars and Yizhou people are thinking of the Ming Lord..."
Seeing that Liu Jing did not respond, Deng Zhi continued: "Generals have always wanted to revive the Han Dynasty and clarify the hearts of the world. Now that Cao Cao has defeated Yuan Shao in the north and is gaining more power, he will surely be arrogant or disloyal. The general must not No notice."
"According to my humble opinion, the general should take advantage of the fact that Cao Cao is focused on the north and has no time to look south, and send out the elite troops from Jingnan as soon as possible, cross the river to the north, capture Jiangling first, and then attack Xiangyang. The north of Hanmiang will definitely be swept away by the wind.
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"After the general unites Jingchu, he can send an army west out of Wu Gorge. Li Yi will surrender and the people of Heyizhou will sweep through Chengdu like the palm of his hand."
"At that time, the general will support Jing, benefit the territory of the two states, attack Zhang and Lu, capture Hanzhong, ally with Han (Sui) and Ma (Teng) in the north, and Yuan (Shao) and Sun (Quan) in the east, Qin Wang Xudu, and return to Luoyang
, then great things can be accomplished and the Han Dynasty can flourish."
"Bo Miao really has the style of his ancestors!" Liu Jing couldn't help but high-fived and praised.
In fact, Deng Zhi was not the first person to propose to him to take Yizhou from the west. The first person was Gan Ning, who was born in Yizhou and lived in Jingchu. He was driven out of Yizhou like a lost dog by Liu Zhang and Zhao Wei.
I want to fight back to my hometown.
However, Liu Jing was not very interested in Yizhou. Both Gan Ning and Deng Zhi underestimated Sun Quan. He was not a man who kept his peace. Once he captured Jingzhou and took Bashu from the west, Sun Quan would definitely stab Liu Jing in the back.
It is bound to fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides.
After all, Jingzhou is located in the upper reaches of Jiangdong, and its flow downstream is unstoppable. As long as Sun Quan cannot control Jingzhou, he will be in trouble.
On the contrary, if Liu Jing attacks Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Liu Zhang will most likely not intervene.
Therefore, Liu Jing's future strategy is to occupy Jing, attack Yang, Lianyi, and attack Cao Cao in the north.
If we can defeat Liu Biao, Sun Quan, Liu Jing and Cao Cao before the Yuan family is completely destroyed in 207 AD, otherwise...
"There are still six years left..." Liu Jing thought silently. After a while, he said again: "Yizhou is dangerous and the situation is stable. Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Jingchu talents like Bo Miao have fled to Shu.
There must be many."
Deng Zhi said: "Although there are many scholars in Jingchu, there are only a few who can be regarded as great talents. Only Nanyang Wanglian Wang Wenyi, Nanjun Dong and Dong Youzai are worthy of praise, and the rest are not worth mentioning." Wang Lian and Dong He are not the most talented people in Shu.
There are a few people from Jingzhou who are more famous than the two. However, Deng Zhi lived in Chengdu for several years, but was not valued by others, so he felt resentful in his heart.
"Wang Lian, Dong He..."
Liu Jing was quite unfamiliar with Wang Lian and Huo Jun, while Dong He was fairly familiar with him, mainly because he gave birth to a good son Dong Yun.
Liu Jing's biggest impression of Dong Yun was that Liu Chan, the empress of the Shu Han Dynasty, wanted to select folk beauties to enrich his harem, but Dong Yun said that "in ancient times, the emperor's number of concubines was only twelve, and now that the number of concubines is already there, it is not appropriate to increase the number."
reject.
The emperor wanted to take in several concubines, but he actually had to look at the faces of his ministers, and was rejected in the end. This was in sharp contrast to Huan and Lingshi, who had "thousands of concubines in the harem and spent hundreds of gold on food and clothing every day."
When Dong Yun was alive, Emperor Liu Chan was "suppressed" to a certain extent, not to mention the eunuch Huang Hao and his like. It was not until Dong Yun's death that the eunuch Huang Hao began to interfere in politics, and the Shu Han Dynasty would inevitably lead to the end of the country.
Liu Jing said slowly: "Like Wang Wenyi, Dong Youzai and others, they are all high-ranking scholars from Chu State. They live in Bashu and cannot be reused. It is a pity. When I take over Jingzhou in the future, I will invite them to return to Jingzhou and hope for great things together."
The two sat in the bamboo forest and chatted until sunset. Liu Jing then stayed in Deng Zhi's dormitory and slept with him.
The next day, Liu Jing took Deng Zhi as the Anyuan general and joined the army to participate in the military affairs of Jingnan.