Long Fei crossed the Yangtze River first, followed Zhao Yun's group to the outside of Wuling City, and then separated. The original arrangement for Long Fei and his party was to include Xu Chu, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu. But Dian Wei had to follow, and Long Fei had no choice.
Zhao Yun also smiled and said: "Wuling and Lingling are small counties. The prefect Jin Xuan and Liu Du have sent people to send us letters. It must be nothing serious. I think it is better to let Dian Wei follow my eldest brother, so I can rest assured."
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In this way, Long Fei's team expanded by one more person. He led 300 personal guards and galloped all the way. He never stayed in a town store unless necessary. For three days, he finally arrived at the border of Jingzhou. Beyond that was Cangzhou of Jiaozhou.
Wu County. In Linhe, Long Fei ordered him to rest, had a good meal, took a comfortable bath, put on a new set of clean clothes, and had a good sleep.
Early the next morning, all the honor guards with banners were unfolded, and everyone took on a new look. Then under the attention of the people of Linhe, they left Linhe City and headed towards Cangwu. The prefect of Cangwu was Shi Xie's third brother.
Shi Wei [note] received a report from the city gate guard, saying that a group of people came outside the north gate. The banners were fluttering and the ceremony was luxurious. It looked like the guard of honor was the general Zhennan.
Shi Wei was stunned: "General Zhennan? I have only heard of General Zhennan, never heard of General Zhennan. Who is he?"
Chang Shi hurriedly said: "Sir, I remembered that not long ago, the imperial court suddenly appointed Cao Cao as the general of Zhendong, Sun Quan as the general of Xinghan, and Long Fei seems to be the general of Zhennan. He has issued a proclamation. Does this mean that Long Fei is here?
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Shi Wei thought for a while and laughed: "What the elder brother said is absolutely right. Once Liu Biao died in Jingzhou, Long Fei and Liu Bei fought hard. Sure enough, it's time for us to take action. I didn't expect that even Long Fei came in person. Baby
We open the north gate and I want to welcome you in person!"
Drums sounded and colorful flags fluttered. Shi Wei, wearing official robes and hat, rode a white horse, with three thousand armored soldiers behind him majestic. He came out of the city and stood on both sides of the road. After three cannons were fired, Shi Wei was the first to dismount and stand by the road.
Seeing Long Fei approaching, Shi Wei hurriedly stepped forward to help Long Fei lead the horse. When Long Fei got off the wind, Shi Wei lifted his robe and led the Cangwu officials to kneel to the ground: "Prince Cangwu
Meet General Zhennan!"
One is here to negotiate peace, and the other is that Shi Wei has given him enough face. No matter how much he doesn't like it, he can't refute others' good intentions. Long Fei hurriedly helped Shi Wei up, and said with a smile: "You don't have to do it, Shi Wei."
So polite, judging from your age, you are my elder, so you are so generous to my nephew."
"General, you're welcome. The general is coming from afar. Come into the city quickly. I've prepared a banquet to welcome the general!"
Long Fei and Shi Wei entered the prefect's office hand in hand. A sumptuous banquet had been prepared in the lobby. Next to each seat was a young woman pouring wine and serving dishes for the guests. Shi Wei honored Long Fei and took his seat.
, Long Fei said a few polite words and took his seat. On the left were Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu, Long Fei's subordinates, and on the right were a group of officials from Cangwu Prefecture. Although I don't know their names, they all
He looked at it with a smile. Only the person at the bottom was not very happy.
The banquet was held in a warm and lively atmosphere. Everyone drank happily and talked about various classics. Long Fei was not very good at this aspect. Fortunately, Guo Jia was present. Whenever Long Fei couldn't answer the conversation, he would immediately pick up the classics.
Wei just buried his head in eating and didn't pay attention to what was happening in the scene. Xu Chu crossed his arms and scanned everyone in the lobby vigilantly. Xu Shu was very careful, scanning everyone's face, paying attention to the things hidden in the hall.
There is meaning behind their eyes.
The banquet lasted for an entire afternoon. At the beginning of the lanterns, everyone was somewhat tipsy. The middle-aged scribe sitting at the last seat suddenly stood up, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and said to Long Fei on the main seat: "General Long,
I heard that in order to save tens of thousands of people in Nanjun, you were willing to stop fighting and make peace with Liu Bei. Such benevolence and righteousness are rare in the world. All the princes in the world are striving for power. Only General Long has such benevolence. I give you a toast.
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Long Fei picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, and the man drank too. He wiped the wine stains on his beard with his sleeve: "General Long is so heroic. I want to ask General Long. The general is fighting Liu Bei in Jingzhou. Why did he suddenly...
When I arrived in Jiaozhou, I asked the general to inform me if I didn’t know what to do next.”
"Bold Liu Ba, I have already said that today we are just drinking and not talking about political affairs, why don't you sit down quickly!" Shi Wei also wanted to know, but he was not in a hurry, he wanted to wait for Long Fei to say it himself. Liu Ba asked
, although he glared angrily, his eyes glanced at Long Fei.
Long Fei waved his hands quickly: "Don't be angry, Governor. There is no need to make concessions like this during the banquet. Since this gentleman asked, I might as well say that I came to Jiaozhou to unite the two families. Jingzhou and Jiaozhou are neighbors. If we can
If we unite, we can divide the Han Dynasty in the south into two, and trap Sun Quan in the east and Liu Zhang in the west. If there is time, we can send troops to Jiaozhou to Yizhou, and we from Jingzhou can send troops to Yangzhou, and each country will have half. How big is this?
Good thing!"
Everyone was still imagining what it would be like to occupy a large territory in the future. Liu Ba laughed loudly: "General Long is so loud. I'm afraid that General Long will fight against each other at that time. Master Shixie, the governor of Jiaozhou, is no match for General Long."
"Sir, why do you think of me as such a villain?" Long Fei looked at the middle-aged man in the hall. He was not tall and had a good appearance. He was standing there steadily. At first glance, he looked like a well-behaved man. Long Fei said
: "Although I, Long Fei, have the ambition to annex the world, wouldn't it be faster if I had the help of the prefect Shi and Lord Shi Xie?"
Liu Ba shook his head: "What you said is true, but I heard that General Long caused great harm to the aristocratic families in Wancheng! We nobles do not dare to associate with General Long."
This sentence hit the point immediately and expressed the anxiety in the hearts of the nobles all over the world. They all saw how powerful Long Fei was, but the policies implemented by Long Fei frightened them. All land was confiscated, and the nobles did not receive any preferential treatment. There were no restrictions on the origin of officials.
These basic policies of valuing business and suppressing scholars scared the wealthy scholar families away. To this day, there are not many wealthy scholar families in Wancheng.
Long Fei looked at Liu Ba: "What's your name, sir? Can you tell me? Sir, you are very discerning. Long Fei is willing to have a good chat with you about this issue."
"Liu Ba, a lower official, is from Lingling, Jingzhou! Because General Long's army has arrived, we and other nobles have no one to rely on, so we fled to Cangwu for temporary refuge!" Liu Ba looked at Long Fei without any fear. Liu Ba was trying to escape the flames of war.
, Cang Wu came here not because of Long Fei, just to see Long Fei's reaction.
This Liu Ba is not an ordinary person. His grandfather Liu Yao was the governor of Cangwu, and his father Liu Xiang was the governor of Jiangxia and a general of the bandits. Liu Ba was already famous as a broadcaster when he was young. At the age of eighteen, he served as a county official in Jingzhou.
After Liu Biao came to Jingzhou, he recruited Liu Ba to work, but Liu Ba refused to accept the offer. Although Liu Ba came from a family of officials, he was very proficient in business and the theory of buying and selling a set of merchants. At that time, Liu Ba followed his father.
While serving in Jiangxia, the treasury was empty and Liu Xiang was helpless. Liu Ba only said one sentence and asked his father to sell all his belongings to the government. Within a few months, Jiangxia's treasury was full, which showed that Liu Ba was accurate in seeing things.
The highest level of government.
However, Liu Ba Yi Zhan himself was an official, and he was also known as a broadcaster. He looked down upon people like Long Fei who started from the bottom step by step, and believed that it was generals like Long Fei with heavy troops who were the source of the Han Dynasty's chaos. Every day
When he saw these people, Liu Ba had no good words to say.
Long Fei looked at Liu Ba: "May I ask, sir, is the world a world of nobles or a world of people?"
Liu Ba said: "The world belongs to Your Majesty! The nobles are His Majesty's right-hand men. Without the nobles, who will govern the world for Your Majesty?"
Long Fei nodded and asked: "If there are no common people, who should the nobles govern? Without common people, where will the food and clothing come from? Without common people, where will the army come from? Without common people, wouldn't it be a great family and your majesty's kingdom?"
Just a handful of dirt?"
Not to mention Liu Ba, this was the first time for people like Cang Wu to hear such a theory. It sounded uncomfortable at first, but after careful consideration, it seemed to make sense. Liu Ba said: "It is precisely because the people are ignorant that governance is needed.
, otherwise wouldn’t the world be in chaos? If there are no nobles, who will govern it?”
Long Fei looked at Liu Ba: "Sir, do you think our Wancheng is in chaos? Didn't you say that there will be no way for the scholars to survive after I finish?"
This sentence is called using Zi's spear to attack Zi's shield, and using Liu Ba's words to attack Liu Ba. Liu Ba was speechless when asked. Long Fei smiled at Liu Ba: "So the world belongs to the people of the world.
The people are the most important thing in the world. This is why I am willing to compromise with Liu Bei and save the tens of thousands of people in Nanjun. However, the big families honor their privileges above the people and get something for nothing. This is the biggest problem.
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Long Fei was a little excited as he spoke, and slowly stood up: "I think back then Zhang Jiao raised his arms and shouted, and hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world responded. The problem lies in this rich family, and the man has reached this point today.
, the people are not wrong, and your Majesty is not wrong either. The fault lies in the hands of those who think they are aristocratic families."
The whole place was silent, and the officials were sweating coldly. The waiters and servants standing behind them were excited to hear this, and some even had tears in their eyes. No one had ever said a word for them, and they didn't expect that this high official thought that they
He is the ruler of the world. They all smiled at Long Fei. Liu Ba stood blankly, not knowing why he wanted to cry.
Shi Wei quickly smiled and said: "Hahaha, General Long's words today are thought-provoking and well said. After all, he is a great general. He is really different from the petty officials in this barbaric land like us. Someone, come and prepare a first-class guest room for General Long.
, it’s getting late today, I will personally send the general to Jiaozhi tomorrow.”
The banquet broke up soon. Long Fei and others were taken down to rest. Shi Wei did not sleep. He returned to his bedroom, pondered for a moment, and immediately wrote a long letter to his eldest brother Shi Xie. In the letter, Long Fei
All the circumstances were introduced, and four words were added at the end: Be careful with this person.
Note: Shi Wei: Shi Xie has three younger brothers, Shi Yi, Shi Wei, and Shi Wu. The 洧 character for the third Shi Wei was originally written as left, yellow, and right. According to rumors, it was pronounced wei. After looking through it for a long time, I looked it up in the dictionary and still found it.
If it doesn't come out, I can only use this word instead.