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After more than two years of hardship, Xiangyang City finally restored its dignity and status. Xiangyang City officially became the prefecture of Jingzhou ten days ago. Liu Jing appointed Su Fei as the governor of Jiangxia, ending the seven-year political center of Jiangxia County and began to turn into Jingzhou's largest commercial center.

At night, drizzle fell on the sky, making the hot summer night feel a little cooler. In front of Jia Xu's mansion, Wei Yan was paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

The concierge asked to report to his master several times, but he stopped him. He was very confused and didn't know whether he should come to visit Jia Xu.

Because Wei Yan was promoted to the position of deputy captain because of his contribution to the strict guard of Xiazhi County, he was promoted to the position of deputy captain. This was a kind of Liu Jing's grace. He was first demoted for his crime, then promoted for his merits, and reused it. Finally, Wei Yan was obeyed and did not dare to bargain with Liu Jing like at the time of Chibi.

Wei Yan knew at this time that Jingzhou's next strategy would be the Western Expedition. How to gain a place in the Western Expedition was a top priority for him.

He longed to be able to make meritorious and be awarded the title of General of the Central Army like Zhao Yun, and even be promoted to General of the General like Huang Zhong.

But now he dared not ask Liu Jing to participate in the Western Expedition directly. Wei Yan would also express his wish tactfully. He wanted to find someone to help him plead with Liu Jing.

Wei Yan couldn't help looking at Jia Xu's door. He knew who he should look for. Jia Xu was Liu Jing's most trusted planner. If Jia Xu was willing to recommend him in front of Liu Jing, then he would definitely have the opportunity to participate in the Western Expedition.

In the past, Wei Yan looked down on these ministers and advisers, but after Zhou Buyi's plan in Xiazhi County last time, Wei Yan had completely changed his prejudice against advisers, and he gradually understood the close relationship between generals, commanders and planners.

At this time, the concierge whispered: "General Wei, the master's carriage is out."

Wei Yan was stunned. Is Jia Xu going out? The gate of Jia Mansion opened. A carriage drove out of the door. Wei Yan could no longer help but seek merit in his heart. He hurried forward and bowed to the carriage, "I am not good at the military advisor."

The carriage stopped beside Wei Yan, the curtain was opened, revealing Jia Xu's smiling face, "Why is General Wei here?"

Wei Yan said a little timidly: "I originally wanted to visit the military advisor. If the military advisor has something to do, Wei Yan will come to visit again another day."

"I'm sorry, I just received a notice from the provincial governor asking me to go to the official residence to discuss military information, and I was rude to General Wei."

"I dare not come here uninvitedly, and come to visit the military advisor another day."

Wei Yan bowed and was about to leave, but Jia Xu looked at him for a moment and smiled faintly, "Congratulations to General Wei for his merits and promotion"

Wei Yan understood that Jia Xu was going to talk to him. He stopped and said with shame: "This time in the battle against Jiangdong, Wei Yan finally understood the way of the ministers. Thinking about his arbitrary behavior in the past, Wei Yan felt ashamed."

Jia Xu knew Wei Yan's mind changes very well. He smiled and said, "The ancients often said benevolence, virtue, righteousness and etiquette, which has a deep meaning. Simply put, benevolence is the act of the monarch, and benevolence is the responsibility of the monarch, and benevolence is the foundation of governing the country; virtue is the act of the common people, with good intentions, and the people live with virtue, which is the source of stability of a country; righteousness is the act of the official general, grateful for the grace of the superiors, serving the country, striving for progress, and striving for strength, which is the source of vitality of a country; and etiquette is the rule, order, the superiors and subordinates are in order, and the people are in accordance with etiquette, so that the people will not be chaotic, the officials will not be rebellious, and the world will be peaceful."

Speaking of this, Jia Xu said earnestly to Wei Yan: "General Wei is a powerful general in Jingzhou, and is highly valued by the governor of the state. He is known for his righteousness in Jingzhou. However, I think it is not enough to have righteousness alone. He must also understand etiquette, know the superiority and inferiority of the superiority, the difference between high and low, and the way of the ruler and minister. Only in this way can General Wei know what he should do and what he should not do, and can he move up step by step."

Seeing that Wei Yan had some insight, Jia Xu continued with a smile: "In fact, it is not scary to be a vice-camp. What is scary is to always be a vice-camp. The governor of the state ordered the general to guard Chaisang with his own profound meaning. If General Wei could defend Chaisang at that time and force Sun Quan to enter the Jingzhou to fight, when Sun Quan was defeated, Chaisang would have banned the ban, General Wei would be able to capture Sun Quan alive and make unparalleled contributions. Perhaps he would no longer be the vice-camp."

Wei Yan felt very moved. If he had known that he had made a mistake before, Jia Xu's words now made him know what he was wrong in theory, which made him feel a sudden sense of enlightenment.

He has been regarded as a thorn in the army until now. He never felt that he was wrong. He thought that his superiors made things difficult for him and made him lose his talent. Liu Jing's emphasis on him made him grateful, but he did not change his outlook on life and still did his own thing.

It was not until today that Jia Xu's earnest persuasion that Wei Yan finally knew the root of his repeated setbacks over the past decade. He only gave notes in his life, did not know etiquette, offended his superiors everywhere, offended his superiors, and even bargained with Liu Jing.

Thinking of this, Wei Yan couldn't help but sweat all over. He was frightened and grateful in his heart. He knew very well that if he did not change his personality flaw, he would become a rebel minister in the future and would not be buried in death.

He knelt respectfully in the mud and water, leaned over and bowed to Jia Xu and said, "Your Majesty's words made Wei Yansheng read ten years. If Wei Yan has a good end in the future, it will be all given to you by you today. Wei Yan will remember your great kindness in your heart."

"The general doesn't have to give this gift, please get up quickly."

Jia Xu quickly asked Wei Yan to get up, stroked his beard and smiled, "This is actually the water has come to an end. I just woke General Wei up at the right time. Don't fight deliberately. Don't fight, you are fighting, and you are not doing anything. You must believe in the decision of the governor of the state. It has a deep meaning to arrange General Wei in which position. As long as you do your best to do your job well, your glory and dignity will never leave you."

Wei Yan nodded silently. He really understood this time. Tonight he was still thinking about currying favor with Jia Xu and fighting for the opportunity to the Western Expedition. Now he no longer had this idea, just like when he complained that Liu Jing arranged for him to go to Chaisang, but in a few months, a war with Jiangdong broke out, causing him to miss the opportunity.

He sighed in his heart, "Wei Yan understands it."

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Liu Jing's mansion in Jingzhou is still the former Liu Biaozhou Prime Minister's residence. He has no taboos. Almost all the buildings remain the same. Even the small red building where Mrs. Cai lived was not demolished, but it was temporarily uninhabited, the courtyard gate was closed and sealed as it was.

At this time, Jia Xu's carriage rushed towards the east and slowly stopped in front of the gate of the provincial governor's mansion. A follower helped Jia Xu out of the carriage. Dong Yun, who was waiting at the door, quickly took an umbrella to greet him.

Jia Xu looked at both sides of the gate and had already parked several carriages, and then smiled and said, "Am I late?"

"Everyone is here, just waiting for the military advisor."

Jia Xu nodded and followed Dong Yun to the study outside the east courtyard of the mansion.

This external study room was also the study room where Liu Biao met with important officials in the past. Now it has become Liu Jing’s office in the mansion. The layout of the study room is no different from that in the past, except that there are a few more calligraphy and paintings on the wall and several sand tables are placed in the next room.

The room was brightly lit, and Xu Shu, Kuai Liang, Jiang Wan, Liao Li, Zhou Buyi and other counselors had arrived first, just waiting for Jia Xu to arrive.

Xu Shuzheng and Kuai Liang sat aside and chatted. Kuai Liang was still the head of Jiangxia Academy. Due to the westward migration of the Military and Political Center, Jiangxia Academy will also be moved back to Xiangyang and will be renamed Jingzhou Academy, which will become the largest official academy in Jingzhou.

Kuai Liang came to Xiangyang first to determine the relocation of the academy. He came to find Liu Jing tonight and happened to meet Liu Jing to convene an important military and political consultation, and he was also invited to participate in the consultation.

At this time, Dong Yun took Jia Xu in, and everyone stood up to salute. Jia Xu smiled apologetically and said, "I'm late, let everyone wait for a long time."

But he didn't see Liu Jing and asked, "Has the lord been here yet?"

"I'm here"

Liu Jing walked in from outside and smiled at Jia Xu and said, "The military advisor is not the last one, I am the last one."

Jia Xu smiled bitterly and said, "The lord said this, which made Jia Xu even more ashamed."

Liu Jing smiled and waved his hand, "I'll invite you to temporarily in the evening. There is something important to discuss with you. Please sit down."

Everyone sat down one after another, and Liu Jing also returned to his seat to sit down, and then said to everyone: "There are two things, one is the affairs of Jiangdong, and the second is the affairs of Bashu. Two important news are sent at the same time. Let's talk about Jiangdong first. If Jiangdong is unstable, the Bashu strategy cannot be implemented."

Liu Jing took out a letter of intelligence and handed it to Jia Xu, asking him to circulate it with everyone, and said: "This is an emergency intelligence sent from Jingkou. The situation in Jiangdong is a little bad. Sun Ben held a clan meeting in the Sun Clan Ancestral Hall and accused Sun Quan of the failure of the Western Expedition in person. Zhu Zhi, the elder of Jiangdong, publicly expressed his doubts in support of Sun Ben. Sun Lang went to Kuaiji and got He Qi's army. Kuaiji guard Lu Fan abandoned his official position and fled back to Jingkou. Now Kuaiji County is under control. Jiangdong sees an imminent civil strife."

The room was silent. At this time, Xu Shu pondered for a moment and said, "If there is civil strife or division in Jiangdong, it may be our chance, and maybe we can take Jiangdong first."

Liu Jing shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Sun Ben's brother Sun Fu was forced to death by Sun Quan because of his affair with Cao Cao. I always think that the person who really affair with Cao Cao was Sun Ben. He and Cao Cao were relatives. This time, while Sun Ben condemned Sun Quan in the family temple, Zhang Liao led 80,000 troops to Hefei and pointed at Jiangdong. This is by no means a coincidence. It is obvious that Cao Cao secretly supports Sun Ben. If there is an internal turmoil in Jiangdong, it is not us, but Cao Cao."

At this time, Jiang Wan interfered: "Can we consider using Ma Chao to restrain Cao Cao and make him unable to interfere in Jiangdong?"

"inappropriate"

Jia Xu disagreed with Jiang Wan's suggestion, "Ma Chao is an important chess for us, the key to our westward expedition to Bashu and Hanzhong. We cannot be used too early. More importantly, Cao Cao used the heaven to command the princes. He could use the name of heaven to pacify the rebellion of Jiangdong, but we could not easily send troops to Jiangdong. Besides, the people of Jingwu will not accept us, but will become more chaotic, causing us to fall into the quagmire of Jiangdong. I must not act rashly in Jiangdong."

Jia Xu's suggestion reached Liu Jing's heart, and Liu Jing nodded and said to everyone: "I am the same as I am. Supporting Sun Quan and stabilizing Jiangdong is our current interests."
Chapter completed!