"Brother Kuai Ran, your uncle really lives far away!" Liu Mang sat in the carriage and said to Kuai Ran.
"There's no choice. Uncle doesn't want to live with father, so he moved from the inner city to the outer city!" Kuai Ran shook his head and smiled bitterly. Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue had conflicts. The two brothers had been Liu Biao's brains from the start. Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang worked together to help Liu Biao conquer Jingzhou, making this rich land under his control. One had to know that Liu Biao's opponent was Wang Rui, who was the previous Provincial Governor of Jingzhou. This person was also a very capable person. If he was not killed by Sun Jian, Liu Biao would not have been able to take down Jingzhou.
Jingzhou Provincial Governor Wang Rui was killed by Sun Jian, and Dong Zhuo sent a letter to Liu Biao to take over. As Jiangnan was rife with bandits, Yuan Shu stayed in Luyang and had all the people in Nanyang under his command. Wu Rensu was the Changsha Provincial Governor, while Bei Yu was the Huarong County Head. As a result, Liu Biao could not take up the post directly. Thus, he went to Jingzhou anonymously and took up the post.
Liu Biao went to Jingzhou and went to Yi City alone. He worked with Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue from Yanzhong and Cai Mao from Xiangyang to come up with a strategy. Liu Biao asked, "The bandits are rife here, and the people are not willing to submit. Yuan Shu is causing trouble because of this. I hope to recruit soldiers here, but I'm afraid it will not be possible. What do you all think? " Kuai Liang said, "The reason why the people are not willing to submit is because of the lack of benevolence. The reason why the people are not willing to submit is because of the lack of righteousness. If the path of benevolence and righteousness works, the people will come and go. Why do we have to worry about the lack of people coming?" Liu Biao asked Kuai Yue. Kuai Yue said, "Those who rule peace use benevolence and righteousness. Those who rule chaos use tactics. The number of soldiers is not important, but the quality of the people. Yuan Shu was a courageous person, Su Dai and Bei Yu were both courageous martial artists, there was nothing to worry about. The leader of these bandits was greedy and violent, causing his subordinates to worry. I have a number of people under my command who are usually well-trained; if I send them out to make a show of profit, the leader of the thieves will definitely come. Let the ruler punish those who are unruly, and then appease the masses. The people of such a prefecture were all happy to stay and guard the prefecture. Knowing that the Envoy was a virtuous person, they would definitely help the elderly and the weak to come. Afterwards, he would gather the troops and attach them to him; in the south he would occupy Jiangling, and in the north he would guard Xiangyang. The eight counties of Jing Province could be decided by issuing a proclamation. Although Yuan Shu and the others are here, there is nothing they can do. "Liu Biao sighed and said," Zirou's opinion can be said to be Yong Ji's opinion. A deviant plan can be said to be a plan to commit crimes. " Then, he asked Kuai Yue to send people to invite the 55 thieves to the banquet and kill them all. Only the thieves of Jiang Xia, Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng were able to defend Xiangyang. Liu Biao then sent Kuai Yue and Pang Ji alone to persuade them to surrender. When the governors and county magistrates of Jingzhou heard of Liu Biao's name, most of them took off their seals and fled. At this point, Liu Biao controlled the other seven counties of Jingzhou other than Nanyang County. He took command of Xiangyang and observed the situation.
At this time, it was clear that the two brothers had different views. Kuai Liang was a little too stubborn; he believed that an open scheme was more useful than a deviant one. Once Kuai Liang decided on something, it was hard to change it. Just like Xu Shu in Liu Mang's hands, once he decided on something, he would follow it. Kuai Yue was different; he was able to accommodate and use whatever was useful to him! Back then, Kuai Yue's schemes allowed Liu Biao to play around with the various powers of Jingzhou. On the other hand, Kuai Liang used an open scheme to spread Liu Biao's benevolence and righteousness. For Liu Biao to have his current position, neither of them could leave the other.
This was not the biggest difference between the two of them. The biggest difference was Liu Biao's concealment of the flag.
Ten years ago, Liu Biao had already taken over Jingzhou and stabilized his position. It could be said that Liu Biao should have led his troops south and taken over the Yangtze River. Then, Liu Biao would have become the overlord of the south. At that time, Jiangdong was only filled with small bandits. Liu Biao had generals Huang Zu and Wen Pin, strategists Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, and soldiers who had fought against nobles several times.
Kuai Liang wanted to go south and was ready to go all out. However, in the end, Liu Biao did not make a move, which made Kuai Liang furious.
It turned out that Liu Biao's body was unwell and he no longer had the desire to make progress. After conquering Jingzhou, the comfortable life in Jingzhou made Liu Biao lose the desire to compete for hegemony and instead focused on enjoying himself. In addition, all kinds of flattering words were heard in Liu Biao's ears. The bandits in Jiangdong were also afraid of Jingzhou going south and also gave Liu Biao offerings. This made Liu Biao not want to go to war.
According to Kuai Liang, Liu Biao should be remonstrated with Kuai Liang to the death and make Liu Biao send troops to conquer the country.
Kuai Liang went to remonstrate with Liu Biao. Many of Liu Biao's generals also supported Kuai Liang and wanted Liu Biao to send troops. To these soldiers, only by fighting would they gain merit. However, there were some who were not willing to send troops. Those were the nobles. At that time, Liu Biao had signed an agreement with these nobles. Liu Biao guaranteed that their benefits would remain the same as when Wang Rui was around. However, they would have to provide provisions when Liu Biao sends troops.
Naturally, they weren't willing. The old nobles weren't willing, and the new nobles were also unwilling. This was because the bandits on both sides of the Yangtze River didn't only give Liu Biao offerings, they also gave offerings to the Cai Family. Naturally, Cai Mao wasn't willing. If these nobles were killed, who would give offerings to Cai Mao?
Now that it was a tie, he could only rely on his big brother. Kuai Yue was still very important to Liu Biao. As long as Kuai Yue said something, Liu Biao would change his mind.
How could his big brother not be on his side? Kuai Liang was already confident of victory and was prepared to be appointed as the Military Advisor by Liu Biao. However, something unexpected happened. His big brother didn't agree to go out and this made Kuai Liang dumbfounded. Was this still his brother? Could Kuai Yue not see that this was a good opportunity? The world was in chaos. The Central Plains and the northern nobles were paying attention to the crusade against Dong Zhuo. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take down the entire south bank of the Yangtze River. This way, even if the Central Plains had an overlord, they would be able to rule by the river.
However, Kuai Yue still resolutely opposed the idea of going out and this caused the two brothers to have a huge disagreement.
In a fit of anger, Kuai Liang moved out of the original Kuai Manor. In order to separate from his brother, he moved out of the inner city and lived in the outer city. However, it would take some time for them to travel to the outer city. Liu Mang's carriage couldn't speed up. After all, there were six ladies in the carriage. Therefore, it took a long time for them to reach the outer city.
"Brother Wang, sometimes I wonder if you really know my uncle!" Kuai Ran looked at Liu Mang and chuckled.
"What? Brother Kuai, are you doubting me? "Liu Mang looked at Kuai Ran and asked.
"Haha, I'm not doubting you. I, Kuai Ran, am such a person. If someone is good to me, I will naturally return the favor. It doesn't matter if you know my uncle or not. I will still recommend you!" Kuai Ran said to Liu Mang.
"Brother Kuai, since you say so, I won't hide it from you. I do know Mister Zi Rou." Kuai Ran thought that Liu Mang would say that he didn't know Kuai Liang and wanted him to recommend him. If that was the case, then Kuai Ran would have to say goodbye to Liu Mang. However, Liu Mang still said that he knew Kuai Liang. Kuai Ran's feelings were complicated.
He wanted to believe it. After all, it was hard to find a good friend in this world. Although he hadn't known Liu Mang for a long time, he was a good friend. However, he didn't believe it. If Liu Mang was lying to him, then Kuai Liang would feel very uncomfortable. I already said that I would recommend you.
"It's just that I don't know Mister Zi Rou! This time, I'm visiting Mister Zi Rou to strengthen our relationship! "
"Is that so?" Kuai Ran didn't believe it.
"Of course. If Brother Kuai doesn't believe me, then don't recommend me. If Mister Zi Rou and I don't know each other, then Brother Kuai can leave and we will be even!" Liu Mang said to Kuai Ran.
"Haha, of course I believe you!" Kuai Ran nodded when he heard Liu Mang's words. He was really afraid that Liu Mang was just using him. It would be best if that wasn't the case.
Just as the two fell silent, an angry roar came from outside the carriage. "Who is it? How dare you! "
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