"Lord, although these aristocratic families are in some trouble, what will happen to Jingzhou in the future still depends on the top aristocratic families in Jingzhou. These aristocratic families are the ones that can influence the lord. Although these aristocratic families control some real power, they themselves
His power is not large, and he has been within the control of Liu Jingzhou for these years. On the contrary, it is unknown how much the top families in Jingzhou feel they belong to Jingzhou."
Jia Xu on the side suddenly bowed and said, in his opinion, it is much better to leave these matters to these mid-sized aristocratic families than to leave them in the hands of these top aristocratic families. Compared with the mid-sized aristocratic families, these top aristocratic families are far more difficult to deal with than imagined.
Much.
Medium-sized aristocratic families are easily controlled and more likely to succumb in the face of strength. However, the forces behind these top aristocratic families are complex, and it is a bit weak to subdue them with strength. Moreover, these top aristocratic families often know how to protect themselves better.
"There are only a few top aristocratic families in Jingzhou, but their families have been married to each other for several generations and their influence is spread throughout Jingzhou. It can be said that they are the common representatives of the entire Jingzhou aristocratic families. It is a bit troublesome to deal with them. The most important thing is that these aristocratic families are more or less related to each other.
The lord has some connections, and have they made any mistakes? It is unfair to deal with them. I think with the lord's current power, they will choose to support the lord. As long as the lord handles it properly, it may not be possible to combine these aristocratic families with those in Jingzhou.
The ups and downs are tied together, and when the time comes for honor or disgrace, they will naturally work hard to plan for the Lord."
Zhuge Liang frowned and said, speaking of the top aristocratic families in Jingzhou, there are only a few, the Huang clan, the extinct Cai clan, the Kuai clan, the Pang clan, and the Dead Horse clan. These big clans are all related to Liu Qi.
They have connections, and most of them already support Liu Qi, so it would be inappropriate to deal with them at this time.
"We will wait until the grand meeting to discuss this matter. These aristocratic families have already made their decisions. There is no point in us speculating here at this time. I don't think they will watch Jingzhou decline."
Liu Qi shook his head. These aristocratic families would be affected to some extent by the decline of Jingzhou. No one could predict the changes in the world. His meeting with the heads of these aristocratic families this time was just to shock them and reduce some resistance to the future development of Jingzhou.
Zhuge Liang and the two didn't say anything. In fact, these troubles were all assumed by them for Liu Qi. Whether these aristocratic families will hinder Liu Qi's orders remains to be seen.
"I guess Song Zhongzi and others should have arrived by now." Liu Qi looked outside the study and murmured.
"Your Majesty, Song Zhongzi and other family members are asking for an audience." At this moment, a voice came in from outside the door.
"Let them come in." Liu Qi couldn't help but smile. It can be said that Song Zhongzi and others have successfully completed their mission.
"I have met my lord."
Not long after, they saw Song Zhongzi, Ma Su, and Xin Chang walking in quickly. At this time, the three of them looked exhausted, and they were also excited to see Liu Qi.
"Yes, you three are my great heroes in Jingzhou." Liu Qi smiled and said.
"My lord is so ridiculous. This success is all due to the wit of the two of them, which forced Cao Cao to issue an edict to agree to my lord's conditions as soon as possible." Song Zhongzi pointed at Ma Di and bowed.
"Haha, the two of them are certainly meritorious, but without your help, the two of them alone may not be enough to make Cao Cao give in. These two are brats, so it would be good if they didn't annoy Cao Cao." Liu Qi looked at it.
He already knew everything about Ma Su and Ma Su. Their actions seemed a bit reckless, but they hit Cao Cao's weakness.
"Okay, you'd better tell me what you gained from going to Xudu first, and you two will stand aside and listen," Liu Qi said.
"Nuo." The three of them accepted the order. Song Zhongzi sat down below Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu, while Ma Di and Xin Chang stood behind them.
"My lord, this time I went to Xudu. Although my lord's strength made Cao Cao a little afraid and he had to agree to my lord's request, the situation in the entire Xudu was also much more complicated. His subordinates had ordered people to secretly inquire about it. Recently, the entire Xudu was full of chaos.
Rumors are spreading that many officials in Xudu have secretly taken refuge with Yuan Shao, and even the soldiers in the army are somewhat unstable. I think it will not be easy for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao."
Although Song Zhongzi had some doubts about Liu Qi's statement that Cao Cao would defeat Yuan Shao, it was difficult to refute it at this time.
"It's nothing. Yuan Shao's power is much stronger than Cao Cao. It's not surprising that Xu You reacted like this." Historically, Cao Cao didn't even look at the officials who secretly surrendered to Yuan Shao and burned them all.
The officials secretly defected to Yuan Shao, knowing that if there were only one or two Cao Cao, they would never let them go.
"My lord, this time I went to Xuduna Kingdom. Zhang Fuwan secretly ordered his son to come to Jingzhou to ask for an audience with the lord. At this time, Fu Zun has been arranged by his subordinates in the motorcade to hide from others."
Song Zhongzi cupped his hands and said.
"Oh, Fu Wan's son?" Liu Qi was a little surprised. The emperor Liu Xie still hasn't given up yet. Fu Wan sent people to Jingzhou, so how could Liu Xie not know about it.
"In that case, it doesn't hurt to meet." Liu Qi pondered for a moment and looked at Ma Di and said: "You two are not bad at all. In a few days, I will ask Kong Ming to arrange things for you two, and learn from Pang Degong while handling the matter."
"Thank you, Lord." Both of them were only in their teens. Although they were both a bit mature, they also felt that studying was a bit boring.
Then Liu Qi asked everyone to leave, and he was the only one left in the study.
Not long after, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old stepped in, exuding nobility. Seeing Liu Qi, the young man first took a look, then bowed and saluted: "I've met Brother Shi."
"You don't need to be polite. I don't know why the emperor ordered you to come to Jingzhou?" Liu Qi didn't have a good impression of Liu Xie. Although the matter was not clear yet, the death of his mother was definitely related to Liu Xie.
Fuzun was stunned by Liu Qi's words. The anger in Fuzun's eyes flashed away. His sister was from a wealthy family and was a queen. She was flattered by people everywhere. Although the person in front of him called his father the abbot of the country, there was clearly no trace of his words.
However, thinking of the explanation between his sister and his father before leaving, Fu Zun took a deep breath and took out a piece of brocade cloth from his arms and handed it to Liu Qi: "This is my father's handwriting. I would like to ask Brother Shi to read it."
Liu Qi glanced at the brocade cloth in his hand with some surprise, guessing what was written on the brocade cloth. But then he shook his head. This Fu Wan was nothing more than acting as a lobbyist for Liu Xie, persuading him to support the emperor, and casually opened the brocade cloth in his hand.
After just a few glances at the brocade cloth, Liu Qi's eyes were full of anger. After reading the contents on the brocade cloth, Liu Qi glanced at Fu Zun coldly with a gloomy face, and his voice also revealed a bone-chilling chill.
"Fu Wan made a good plan this time. He sent you to Jingzhou because he was sure I wouldn't kill you, and because he wanted to leave a bloodline for the Fu family."
Hearing that Liu Qi actually called his father by his first name, Fu Zun finally couldn't help but said angrily: "Brother, please respect yourself."
"Respect yourself, haha, after Fu Zun, I'm afraid your father won't think that you are a sheep entering the tiger's mouth this time." Liu Qi looked at Fuzun coldly, ignoring Fuzun and shouted to the door: "Come here, take this
Take him away and keep him under strict guard."
"No." Immediately, two flying tiger guards rushed in and captured Fu Zun.
"Liu Qi, how dare you." Fu Zun's expression changed drastically. He never expected that Liu Qi would be so bold.
With a cold snort, Liu Qi ignored Fu Zun. The matter of his mother's assassination had always been a blur. He only knew that the incident was vaguely related to Liu Xie, but now he knew that Fu Wan was behind the incident.
.
It was Fu Wan who secretly colluded with Yuan Shu to assassinate his mother.
"Hmph, I'm afraid Liu Xie has something to do with it, otherwise my father would never be so disheartened." The brocade cloth explained the whole story, and finally said that as long as he supports the emperor, the Fu family will be the same in the future.
Let him handle it.
However, although Liu Xie was not mentioned on the brocade cloth, Liu Qi knew that the matter was not that simple. Even if Liu Xie was not involved in this matter, he should still know about it.
Fu Wan said that he was allowed to deal with the Fu clan as he pleased, but that was an understatement. If he really helped the emperor control the power, how could Liu Xie allow him to deal with the Fu clan? This is what Fu Wan said on the brocade cloth.
The purpose of falling randomly is not to let him support the emperor and save Fu Zun's life.
First, he lowered his attitude and handed the Fu clan into the hands of Liu Qi, and then said some great reasons to ask him not to deal with Fu Zun for the time being. If it were Liu Biao, he might actually agree to Fu Zun, but he just doesn't care about these reputations.
If Fu Wan wanted to use this to make him hesitate, wouldn't he be seeking death?
Although Fu Wan kept saying that he would exchange the lives of the Fu clan with him, Liu Qi knew that the Fu clan was now in jeopardy and would be exterminated by Cao Cao in a few years, so he used these empty promises in exchange for him.
Do you think he is stupid?
"Neither the Fu clan nor Liu Xie are good people. Sooner or later, I will come to Xudu in person to ask about this matter." Liu Qi clenched his fists and said fiercely. The Fu clan will naturally not let it go, but Liu Xie will not let him go.
He didn't know how much he was involved in, and Liu Xie didn't make any comments afterwards. He obviously wanted to protect the Fu clan, and he deserved death for this alone.
After he was reborn, this matter seemed to have become a demonic obstacle for him. It would not take long for this matter to flash through his mind, and even he himself could not control it.
"It's time to pay homage to my mother." Liu Qi's heart moved when he thought that his mother's tomb, as mentioned by Uncle Zhang, had been moved to Xiangyang by his father.
Not many people knew about Fuzun's imprisonment, not even Song Zhongzi. Although he was a little confused about Fuzun's disappearance, Song Zhongzi never thought that Liu Qi would be harmful to Fuzun. In his opinion, Fuzun
He was also related to the Liu family, but he didn't know that Liu Qi and Fu Wan were already life-or-death enemies.