Jingzhou, Xiangyang. These few days, Xiangyang had been in a meeting. Because of the Yangzhou army's pressure, Xiangyang was in turmoil. Liu Biao had no choice but to drag his tired body to host the meeting in the morning.
"What matters do you all have?" Liu Biao asked the officials below. Basically, they were talking about commonplace things such as the people's livelihood and the matters between scholars. Although Liu Biao was irritated listening to them, he had no choice but to listen. This is because he wanted to stabilize the people's hearts. A lord who is diligent in presiding over matters would naturally make the people more convinced.
"Reporting to Milord, this general has something to report!" The officials at the side did not speak. Instead, it was the commander of Liu Biao's personal guards that spoke.
"Huang She?" Liu Biao looked at the young master of the Huang family who was kneeling in front of him. He said that he was always with Liu Biao. If there was anything, he could have just said it face to face. Why did he have to speak in the meeting hall?
"Speak!" Liu Biao did not stop Huang She from speaking.
"Milord, this general wants to impeach someone! This person is arrogant and domineering. He used the authority given to him by Milord to wantonly cause chaos. He even killed loyal people! " Before Huang She could speak, the officials of Jingzhou knew who he was talking about. To be able to make Huang She mobilize so many people, it had to be Liu Pan's second young master.
Sure enough, Huang She's next sentence was "This general impeaches the military advisor Commander Liu Pan, General Liu!" After saying that, Huang She glared at Liu Pan. His eyes were spitting fire.
However, Liu Pan did not care. He looked at Huang She and smiled.
"General Liu, oh General Liu, how much hatred do you have with Jiangling's Wu Family? You actually killed hundreds of Wu Family's people and burned them all to ashes!" Huang She stood up and looked at Liu Pan and asked loudly.
Huang She's words caused an uproar among the officials of Jing Province. Jiangling's Wu Clan? Hundreds of people were killed by Liu Pan? What kind of situation was this? They didn't know the reason, but when the Wu Clan was mentioned, Huo Huo knew about it. The Wu Clan's influence wasn't small. They were originally a noble family that had been accumulating power in Jiangling for several generations. Later on, the Huang Clan was connected to the Jing Province's aristocratic family. It can be said that the Wu Clan's influence had doubled. But today, they heard that the Jiangling Wu Clan had been destroyed? Looking at Huang She's appearance, it was Second Young Master Liu Pan who did it. What kind of situation was this?
"Jiangling's Wu Family?" Liu Biao didn't care much at first, but when he heard Huang She mention it, he remembered that the Wu family was the Wu family of Shiyang County's Magistrate Wu Lin. Was this a landowning household? How could they have been exterminated? Landowning households could be regarded as a stepping stone for Liu Biao's career. His achievements in Jing Province were inseparable from those landowning households.
"My son, what's going on?" Liu Biao frowned and asked.
"Father, have you forgotten? That Shiyang County's Magistrate Wu Lin came from Jiangling's Wu Clan. Because of Wu Lin, our Shiyang City was destroyed by the Yangzhou Army. It was this person who surrendered to the enemy! That's why father asked me to investigate this Jiangling's Wu Clan. "Liu Biao stepped forward and reported to Liu Biao.
"The Lord asked you to investigate the Jiangling's Wu Clan. Did he ask you to kill hundreds of people?" Huang She said angrily.
"No!" Liu Pan shook his head and said, "However, this Jiangling's Wu Clan, I didn't know about it. When I checked, I was shocked. The Wu Clan had a shipyard in Jiangling. Looking at the account book, there was a record of it being sold to Jiangdong. Father, please take a look!" Liu Pan took out an account book from his chest. It was obvious that he had prepared it in advance. This account book was not forged by Liu Pan. It was real.
"Sold ships to Jiangdong?" Liu Biao took the account book doubtfully. When he looked at it, he suddenly became angry. It was true that the Wu Clan had sold ships to Jiangdong. Although it was almost a year ago, it did exist. Moreover, it was a warship. A year ago, the Jiangdong Navy and the Jingzhou Navy were at war. Selling warships to the enemy was the same as funding the enemy.
When Huang Zu saw Liu Pan take out the account book, he knew that something bad was going to happen. Jiangdong and Jingzhou had trade routes, this was not a strange thing. After all, the two powers were both on the Yangtze River. Aside from war, they also had trade routes. Otherwise, the nobles would have nothing to eat. Selling ships was one of them. Of course, they would not sell large turreted ships. However, it was not necessarily the case for small boats. Not to mention the Wu Clan, even Jiang Xia's master, the Huang Clan, had sold salt and iron to Jiangdong. Which one of them had not done business with Jiangdong? It was just that they could not talk about it in public.
"Even so, you can't exterminate their entire family!" Huang She used the extermination of the Wu Clan as an excuse. "Today, it was the Jiangling Wu Clan. Perhaps tomorrow, it will be the Changsha Zhou Family. The day after that, it will be the Li Clan, Zhao Clan, and Xu Clan. In the end, it will be my Huang Clan, Kuai Clan, and Cai Clan!" Huang She sneered at Liu Pan.
Huang She's words greatly increased the hostility of Jing Province's civil and military officials toward Liu Pan. Most of them were nobles. Jiangling Wu family's death was inevitable. So when they looked at Liu Pan's face, they knew something was wrong.
Liu Pan shook his head and said to Liu Biao. "I originally wanted to capture them and send them to Xiangyang to convict my father. However, who would have thought that the Jiangling Wu Clan would betray my Jingzhou and seek refuge with Yangzhou. This child had no choice but to let my subordinates protect themselves." Liu Pan shook his head and said to Liu Biao.
"YOU FART!!!" Huang She was so ashamed and angry. Why would Jiangling Wu family join Yangzhou's Liu Mang? Huang She was the first to not believe it. The relationship between the Wu Clan and the Huang Clan was close. Even the Wu Clan's head, Wu Fan, wanted to marry his daughter to Huang She to strengthen the relationship between the two clans. The King of Shu, Liu Mang, naturally did not get along with the King Of Shu. How could the Wu Clan seek refuge with Liu Mang's Yangzhou?
"Haha, Father, this is the testimony of the Governor, Dong Zhi!" Liu Pan said as he handed over a letter. On the letter were the crimes of the Wu Clan written by Dong Zhi. There were all kinds of trivial matters. The purpose of the letter was to create a connection between the Wu Clan and Yangzhou. There were things like how many concubines Wu Fan had, how she was from Yangzhou's Shouchun, how the Wu Clan did business with Yangzhou, and so on.
"If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext!" Huang She angrily glared at Liu Pan. The Wu family was an arm of the Huang family, an arm of the Huang family. But now, this arm was cut off by Liu Pan. How can Huang She not be angry? Liu Pan was simply going too far.
"Haha!" Liu Pan did not refute. The truth was already in front of him. He had killed the Wu Clan and cut off his arm. What could he do about it?
"Reporting, Milord, Jiangling has sent an urgent report!"
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