Chapter 37: The Remaining

Finally settled down on Zhang Fei, I couldn't help but thank Mr. Kong Ming. Some people often say that Kong Ming doesn't know how to recognize people, but he was extremely accurate in seeing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, even more accurate than his father.

However, even though I asked Zhang Fei to guard Yizhou, I still accepted the lesson of Guan Yu losing Jingzhou and did not hand over the power to Zhang Fei alone. Officials above the prefect of the Han Dynasty had too much power and could even choose subordinates by themselves, which formed a large and small faction. I had already made up my mind to change this situation. Although I was not very effective at the moment, I separated the military and political affairs a little. At this time, the highest military and administrative chief executive of Yizhou was the governor of Yizhou, and was still served by his father. After his death in history, Kong Ming was appointed as the director of his country.

So, I can just not let Zhang Fei contact the political affairs, but only let him govern the military and horses of Yizhou, and not give him real positions in the political circle. The political affairs are all under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou and Guan Yu. Zhang Fei naturally wants to give them face, and there will be no misunderstanding that the two of them delay military affairs, do not attack the Eastern Wu, and do not avenge Guan Yu. These two people are old and honest, and together with the Grand Tutor Xu Jing, Shangshu Ling Fa Zheng, the Scholar Qin Mi and others, they will never let Zhang Fei be.

From another perspective, Zhang Fei's command of Yizhou is more important to cheer up Zhang Fei up, thinking that his second uncle's morality of revenge suppressed him and prevented him from indulging himself. In fact, most of the dangers I mentioned to Zhang Fei were false. I understand, and he also understood--the natural dangers of the two rivers. As long as Sun Quan was not stupid, he would not take the initiative to enter Sichuan. On the north bank of the Yangtze River, nearly 200,000 elite troops of Cao's army were staring at him. Moreover, Jingzhou was decided at the beginning, how could a person who was so cautious could easily move troops? As for him to send troops to the north, it was not impossible. After all, I have seen this opportunity of Cao Cao's death, and he is even more unlikely to not be able to see it. But will Lu Mengxinshen have this determination?

Zhuge Qiao and Xiao Wang Jun also stayed in Yizhou, and specially sent Wang Jun to Zhang Fei's mansion. He met Zhang Bao there, and the two of them played very well. Zhang Bao was one year younger than me, and his martial arts skills were already excellent, and Wang Jun was not his opponent. But Wang Jun was very smart, and if the two fought, Zhang Bao would not take advantage. Of course, I asked Wang Jun to go to Zhang Fei's mansion to play with Zhang Bao, but mainly gave him two responsibilities. One was to supervise Zhang Fei's drinking and fighting with Zhang Bao.

Zhang Fei must have been annoyed by the fact that people are supervising others, but now he is two children. He is most angry and should not have any problems. Another task is to protect Zhang Fei. For this reason, I specially pulled a group of guards in the palace to be led by Wang Jun. I secretly asked Wang Jun to be especially careful about Fan Jiang and Zhang Da. Guan Yu is dead, and I don’t want Zhang Fei to die at the hands of a villain as unknown as in history.

As for Zhuge Qiao, he had to deal with Liu Shengzhi and others' aftermath, try to comfort their family and not cause any major trouble. I was actually reluctant to part with Zhuge Qiao. During the Northern Expedition, I originally hoped that he could play an important role. But at this moment, out of wary of Liu Shengzhi and his wife, I still kept him. His other task was to help me convey the news about Yizhou at any time as a witness.

In terms of diplomacy, it was also actively developing at this time. Due to the loss of Jingzhou, many generals' families were lost. I sent Deng Zhi to Dongwu to negotiate how to get back these people. On the one hand, I appeased the hearts of the generals, and on the other hand, I reassured the Eastern Wu that we would not attack, and focused on the military focus on the north. Deng Zhiguo was a great talent, and this matter was handled very well, and I had to reply to the news. I thought that Zhao Lei, who died in Maicheng, was still alive. He exchanged his life for his own life, but wanted to redeem him. The Eastern Wu demanded
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