In the end, Liu Qi let go of Zhao Yan, Liu Wang, Ying Rong, Han Ji and many other well-known Confucian officials who had secret contacts with the Yuan family in Runan.

Liu Qi sent people to take the slips recording the evidence linking them with the Yuan family to the courtyard, and burned them all in front of everyone.

What was burning in the flames was not only the evidence of these sanctimonious Confucian scholars colluding with outsiders to plot Jingzhou, but also their faces, which were also burned clean by this fire.

The firelight reflected on each of their faces, making their expressions look uncertain in the firelight. Several people looked at the burning slips with different expressions, including sadness and sorrow. At a glance, they all could

Expressions that reflect human suffering.

It's no wonder that even if they are great scholars or celebrities, they usually have a high level of self-esteem and a strong sense of superiority, but under Liu Qi's operation of "repaying evil with kindness", they feel like they have been slapped in the ear, and they can't bear the shame and anger.

I have to thank Liu Qi again.

The contradiction in my heart is so huge that this is it.

But except for these few Confucian celebrities who were too famous and too virtuous, the rest of the people who were captured by Liu Ye and sent to the Dali Temple Office were all convicted.

Regarding how to deal with these people, Liu Qi's approach is also very straightforward...don't kill, expel them!

The entire clan is expelled from Jingzhou and can go wherever they like!

Since you think the Yuan family in Runan treats you better, then you should go and join Yuan Shao. The treasure land of Jingzhou will not leave you and other treacherous people here!

As soon as the order to expel these nobles from Jingzhou was issued, on normal days, they would have been strongly resisted by the local nobles in Jingzhou. Many people would go to Liu Qi to complain about these people, and Liu Qi's mansion would probably be packed with people.

But this time, the entire Xiangyang gentry group seemed to have discussed it, and no one stood up and said anything.

Because right now, in the entire Nan County, the public opinion against them is really too loud.

What is the most important thing for a scholar? His reputation and reputation.

Liu Qi is a person who has traveled through time from later generations. Naturally, he understands how important it is for a political system to control the direction of public opinion within a society and system.

What was Liu Qi's purpose in establishing the Guards Agency?

Not only does Zhang Yun and Xu Shu need to train guards for him, inquire about intelligence from all directions, and monitor many forces in Jingzhou... In that case, he can't afford to go to such trouble to set up a specialized agency and throw money into it every year, just like burning money.

Throw the same!

He also wanted guards to be stationed among the people to spread rumors for him.

Two days after Liu Qi burned the evidence recording the conspiracy of a group of great scholars with Yuan Shao in the official office, the people in Xiangyang City began to spread rumors about this incident.

Liu Wang, Ying Rong and others secretly colluded with the Yuan family, but General Liu Qi of Zhenxi cherished their talents and refused to pursue them. The matter was widely circulated among the people and became the talk of the people after dinner.

How the incident spread and who spread it, no one knows...but the important thing is that it did spread, and everyone knew about it.

Just as people were spreading word of mouth about this important event, the announcement signed by the State Animal Husbandry Department was also posted to the outside world, not just in Xiangyang, but in every county.

The content is that after a joint interrogation by the Dali Temple Office and the Metropolitan Police Office, thirty-one scholars who secretly communicated with the Yuan family were convicted and their clans were expelled from Jingzhou!

In the past, matters related to government cases or political affairs were rarely disclosed directly to the outside world. Generally, if they were to be announced, they were mostly related to tax payments, military conscription, and other matters related to the people of Guizhou. But this time

, Jingzhou Mufu began to break the routine and began to publicize the results of the rulings in the official offices to the public.

Of course, the screening of information released by the government office to the outside world is naturally screened by Liu Qi.

In Chinese history, official newspapers began to appear in the Tang Dynasty. They were copied and distributed to various places by Jinzouyuan and Jinzou officials who were stationed in Chang'an from various places and were responsible for submitting accounts and reporting news. However, they were limited to communication among officials.

Report.

As for the tabloids among the people, they began in the Northern Song Dynasty and became popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. They were illegally published unofficial newspapers, circulated among the people, and had irregular issues...

Liu Qi did not intend to open a tabloid in this era. The productivity in the troubled times was insufficient to support a large-scale newspaper. First of all, the quality of the paper and the printing method were not up to standard.

Moreover, retribution is a double-edged sword for those in power. If you are not careful, you can easily hurt yourself.

Therefore, he decided to do the next best thing and replace newspapers with public announcements and rumors. Although the effect was much worse, in this era of lagging information transmission, it could still achieve unexpected results.

For example, the rumors and announcements this time have completely established his image in the public eye.

As for the scholars who colluded with the Yuan family, their images were ugly to a certain extent.

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In this way, after Liu Biao handed over the power of Jingzhou to Liu Qi, several major events happened in succession, from plague control to the establishment of new official offices, to the Cai family's fight for the position of family father, etc. It can be said that one major event followed another.

event.

But with Liu Qi's efforts and the cooperation of his subordinates, everything began to develop in a good direction.

It was almost summer, and the plague in various places was gradually brought under control thanks to the hard work of Zhang Ji and a group of medical officers. Man Chong's supervision work in various places was also coming to an end. Xiangyang was also under Liu Qi's series of actions.

The chaos at the beginning gradually became calmer.

Although the beginning of AD 194 was chaotic, it has begun to develop in a good direction.

But during this period of time when Liu Qi was extremely busy, major events also occurred in several regimes in the west and north.

First, the Black Mountain Army invaded Wei County and broke into Yuan Shao's hinterland. Yuan Shao became angry and gathered troops to fight Chu Feiyan, severely damaging him. The Black Mountain Army had no choice but to retreat.

This battle completely laid the foundation for Yuan Shao to dominate Hebei. Talented people and major forces from all over the world rushed to join him.

The second place is Cao Cao in the Central Plains.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou to attack Zhang Miao, while Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei sent troops from the east to help Zhang Miao fight against Cao Cao, attacking from both sides.

Although Gongsun Zan was originally defeated by Yuan Shao, his foundation was there after all, and his reputation as the King of Cavalry in Youzhou was not in vain.

Plus Liu Bei...

Cao Cao was caught off guard at first and was attacked from two sides by Zhang Miao, Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and others. He suffered heavy losses and suffered several defeats in a row.

As one of the Eight Chefs, Zhang Miao was very famous in Yanzhou. The local aristocrats and nobles considered Cao Cao's previous forced grain requisitions and were dissatisfied with Cao Cao's behavior in governing Yanzhou, so they all turned to Zhang Miao. Miao, Cao Cao suffered several big losses in a row without any help, and his power was repeatedly frustrated.

At this time, Tao Qian of Xuzhou saw the situation in Yanzhou was in chaos and wanted to take a share of the pie, so he also raised his Danyang elite troops and entered Yanzhou.

But it is a pity that Cao Cao is still Cao Cao after all. Facing several major forces, he quickly established a firm foothold and then started to counterattack the opponent.

The gentry group in Yanzhou did not give Cao Cao face, so Cao Cao condescended to unite with the Li family of Chengfeng, and reached a political alliance with the Li family. Relying on the resources of the Li family, Cao Cao began to divide his troops to fight against several generals.

After several arduous and outstanding battles, Cao Cao gradually regained the advantage from Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Zhang Miao and others.

He defeated Liu, Gongsun, Zhang Jun and others in large numbers, and joined forces with Li Qian of the Li family to set up an ambush in Dongping, which severely defeated Tao Qian's Xuzhou army and severely damaged his vitality. Tao Qian fled back to Xuzhou in panic.

Cao Cao triumphed all the way in Yanzhou, but radical changes also occurred in Yizhou.

Liu Fan and he, who were released by Liu Qi and returned to Yizhou, petitioned Wang Yun of Luoyang to release Liu Dan back to Yizhou... As soon as the two brothers entered Yizhou, they had a head-on conflict with Liu Zhang.

There is no doubt that this conflict is over the successor Liu Yan.

Liu Fan believed that he was Liu Yan's eldest son, and because of his emotions and reasons, he naturally needed to inherit Liu Yan's legacy.

But Liu Zhang didn't see it that way.

How can you spit out the meat that's already in your mouth and return it to him? You can't even kiss your eldest brother!

The second son of the Liu family, Liu Dan, was married to Liu Fan in Luoyang, and the two had the closest relationship, so he took Liu Fan's side. There was an open confrontation in Yan's mourning hall.

The final result was that Liu Zhang, under the wrath of Lei Lei, did something that made the entire Shu people look at him...
Chapter completed!