Kuai Liang is a person who likes quietness. He is in poor health and is very picky about the living environment. When he heard that the Jiangxia Academy he was about to go to was Huang's Villa, known as the No. 1 villa in Jiangxia, he happily brought his wife and a few servants who had followed them for many years to come to Jiangxia to take office.

Except for the shadow of the Huang family being massacred in the villa, he was very satisfied with any other aspect of the academy. He lived in the quietest and most elegant courtyard, which was Huang Zu's main house. He had been cleaned up and settled in the past few days, and Kuai Liang began to enjoy the leisurely life here.

This morning, he wore a straw raincoat, a straw hat, a fishing rod and a fish basket, and followed a few local old farmers to the lake to catch ice fish. The so-called fishing ice fish is to dig a hole in the frozen lake and fish from the ice cave.

It was winter, and the price of fresh fish in the city was very expensive, so many farmers took advantage of the slack farming to fish at the lake and earn some money to prepare for the New Year. Kuai Liang came to the lake and fished with the farmers purely for interest and curiosity.

Although Kuai Liang was a senior official in Jingzhou, he had been away from office for many years, and was knowledgeable and generous, so he got along well with the old farmers who were fishing with him. Everyone knew that he had a noble status and specially helped him dig holes and put bait. In less than an hour, Kuai Liang caught more than a dozen crucian carp and carp about the longest, which made him feel very happy.

"Mr. Kuai has gained a good harvest!"

Kuai Liang suddenly heard Liu Jing's voice. When he turned around, Liu Jing appeared beside him at some point. He laughed, "I plan to cook a pot of tofu fish soup tonight. Do you have the interest to share it?"

"Thank you for your kindness, but it's better to have another day! I just came back from Xiakou, and there are too many things."

Kuai Liang knew that Liu Jing must have something important to come to him. In fact, he was nominally the head of Jiangxia Academy, but in fact he was Liu Jing's aide to help Liu Jing participate in some major decisions.

Kuai Liang asked Liu Jing to sit down, and then smiled faintly, "Is it someone from Xiangyang?"

Seeing that he suddenly guessed his purpose, Liu Jing couldn't help but admire him and smiled and said, "That's right!"

"Who is here?"

"Liu Biejia, is Kuai Gong familiar?"

"It turned out to be him, haha! How could I not be familiar with it? But this person is in your favor. His two sons, one is married to the Deng family in Nanyang, and the other is married to Pang Ji's daughter, and Pang Ji's wife is my sister."

"But he has a tough attitude and never lets go above the prefect of Jiangxia."

Kuai Liang smiled slightly, "I can only say that you don't know much about the provincial governor. The provincial governor's best move is to avoid the real and attack the virtual. If he refuses to give up on his position as a prefect, then what he really wants is definitely not the prefect, but to have other plans."

Liu Jing nodded. In fact, he also realized this. He must have the position of prefect. It is really unnecessary for Liu Xian to argue with him for the position of prefect. So what does Liu Biao really want?

"What does Kuai Gong think of the provincial governor as planning?"

Kuai Liang threw the fishing rod into the ice cave and pondered for a moment, saying: "For Jingzhou, the most important thing is the official appointment and removal power, taxes and the army. Among them, the appointment and removal of officials is just a form of going on for Jingzhou, and there is no meaning. They can't get a tax of one meter. The rest is the army. You can refer to the compromise reached by Huang Zu and the provincial governor, and you can probably understand the provincial governor's true intentions."

Liu Jing pondered for a while and said, "Kuang Kuai, there are two main points in the compromise reached by the provincial governor and Huang Zu. One is that the civil servants of Jiangxia must be appointed by Xiangyang, and the second is that the provincial governor has the right to mobilize the Jiangxia army, but I will not agree to these two points."

"This is the time and the other is the time! At the beginning, Huang Zu was at a disadvantage and had to agree to some harsh requirements of the provincial governor, but now you are different. You can give some concessions to the provincial governor in terms of face, such as the appointment of the civil servant of Jiangxia by Xiangyang, but you decide the list, etc.

Secondly, the Jiangxia army is still loyal to the provincial governor and will actively support the Xiangyang crisis, such as fighting against Cao's army to the south, and doing all these facial and moral matters. No one in the Jingzhou officialdom can blame the young master anymore."

Liu Jing secretly admired Jiang Wuwei's old man, and he thought very carefully and did not miss it. He asked again: "What is the real intention of the provincial governor?"

At this time, the fishing rod moved, and Kuai Liang quickly pulled up the fishing rod. A foot-long carp flew into the air from the ice cave. The golden dorsal fins shone in the sun. Kuai Liang was so excited that he shouted like a child, "Golden carp! It's a golden carp, I caught a golden carp!"

Several old farmers surrounded him and talked about it all over the place. Everyone looked envious and congratulated Kuai Liang one after another. Kuai Liang said to Liu Jing proudly: "This is the most famous golden carp in Jiangxia. It is extremely rare. It is only possible to catch it in the Yangtze River. I didn't expect that I caught it for the first time, which means I will have good luck next year."

Kuai Liang stroked his beard and laughed so much that he was so happy.

"Congratulations to Mr. Kuai!"

Seeing that Liu Jing's thoughts were interrupted at the critical moment, he had no choice but to smile bitterly and congratulate Kuai Liang on his luck.

Kuai Liang patted Liu Jing on the shoulder again and handed the golden carp to him, saying meaningfully: "The golden carp comes because of you. This is a metaphor for you, a metaphor for God's love for you. I will give this fish to you."

A soldier next to him was about to come forward to pick him up, but Liu Jing shook his head, walked quickly to the lake, raised his hand, and accurately threw the golden carp back into the ice cave. He turned around and smiled at Kuai Liang, and Kuai Liang also laughed and gave him a thumbs up.

Kuai Liang put away the fish basket and walked side by side with Liu Jing to the academy. While walking, he slowly said: "The real requirement of the provincial governor must be the army, but not the right to mobilize the army. If you agree to support the Xiangyang crisis, then this one will have no meaning to him. I think he will control the number of your army."

"Can he limit it?"

Liu Jing sneered and said, "I can train the militia and turn into an army at any time, or I secretly increase my troops, and he has no way of knowing what the meaning is?"

Kuai Liang also laughed, "There are loopholes to take advantage of in everything. This is called having instructions from the top and corresponding ones from the bottom. In fact, the top also understands that it is just asking the bottom to do superficial things. In fact, after all, what the provincial governor wants is just a face."

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At dusk, Liu Jing and Liu Xian reached a compromise. On the premise that Liu Jing became the prefect of Jiangxia, they reached a twenty-four agreements, the most important ones are the following.

1. Liu Jing unconditionally released 4,500 Jingzhou prisoners of war and returned home, and was not allowed to use any excuses or means to stop them.

2. The county officials in Jiangxia are appointed by the prefecture government, but the list of candidates is drafted by Jiangxia County, or after the prefecture government drafts, the Jiangxia County must agree.

3. The Jiangxia army is not allowed to create its own flags or establish its own military names, and must be consistent with the Jingzhou army.

4. The total number of Jiangxia troops shall not exceed 12,000, and the warships shall not exceed 500.

5. The Jingzhou navy on the Han River shall not block any merchant ships in Jiangxia.

6. Jiangxia naval warships can sail within Jingzhou, but the warships must not exceed 30, and the number of people must not exceed 500.

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That night, Liu Xian returned to Xiangyang overnight by boat. The twenty-four agreements reached must be approved by Liu Biao before they can take effect.

On the dock, Liu Xian thanked Liu Jing, who came to see him off, thanked him, "I thank you for your cooperation in the past two days, so I can complete the task first, and I am deeply grateful again!"

Liu Jing also bowed his fists and bowed, "Mr. Liu has been traveling around for days. Thank you for your hard work. I hope you can get good news as soon as possible. I wish Mr. Liu a safe journey."

Liu Xian nodded and asked with a smile: "Do you have anything you need to convey to the provincial governor?"

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "I hope he takes care of his health!"

"I will definitely tell you in time."

Speaking of this, Liu Xian hesitated and said, "I have heard that the young master is thirsty for a long time. I have a nephew named Zhou, and he is also a young talent. Now Xiangyang is doing my business for me. I would like to recommend it to the young master. I wonder if the young master can accommodate it."

Liu Xian reminded him immediately. During the Three Kingdoms era, there was a prodigy named Zhou Buyi who had a close relationship with Cao Chong and was later killed by Cao Cao. He didn't know much about this person, but for Liu Xian's sake, he also had to reuse this person first to win over Liu Xian.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu, for recommending the talent. You might as well invite him to study at Jiangxia Academy. I warmly welcome you."

Liu Xian agreed happily, bowed and smiled, "Young Master, I've said goodbye! Everyone has said goodbye!"

"Liu Biejia has a smooth journey! Take care!"

Amid the farewell of everyone, Liu Xian boarded the boat, and the big boat left the dock, and headed northwest under the bright red sunset.

Xu Shu kept looking at the ship and then smiled at everyone, "When will we change Sima to the prefect? ​​I think we have been waiting for a long time. Can we change it now?"

Everyone laughed, and Su Fei shouted the loudest, "It should be done, it should have been changed long ago. A country must have a monarch and a county must have a prefecture. From then on, Liu Sima will be changed to Liu's prefecture."

Liu Jing waved his hand and smiled, "Wait a little longer! Don't worry, wait for the provincial governor to approve it, so as not to be arrested."

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted in the distance: "Yuan Zhi!"

When Xu Shu turned around, he saw a boat not far away approaching the docking pier. Five or six scholars on the boat were waving to Xu Shu.

Everyone was a little surprised. Who are these people? Xu Shu laughed, "It seems that those who are impatient are here first!"

He quickly met him and said with a smile: "Brother Ziyuan is here in Jiangxia!"

A scholar in his thirties jumped off the boat, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and smiled, "We want to come to Jiangxia to find something to do. Can Yuanzhi introduce some ideas?"

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Aren't you recruiting Jiangxia Academy to study? Why don't you give it a try?"

"How could it be possible to pass the exam? Thousands of people signed up and only recruited more than a hundred people. It's not our turn. Xiangyang is not valued anyway, so I just came to Jiangxia to try my luck."

Everyone surrounded Xu Shu and begged him to introduce the way. At this time, Liu Jing slowly walked up and asked Xu Shu, "Are these your friends?"

At this time, the sky was not completely dark, and the sunset had gradually faded, but the light was bright and the vision was clear. The scholars recognized Liu Jing at once, and immediately silently took two steps back. They had a good relationship with Xu Shu, but they were a little afraid of Liu Jing.

Xu Shu nodded and smiled, "They are all children of northern gentry. Some of them brought their children to Xiangyang, while others followed their parents and lived in Xiangyang. They had been together for several years and had no future."

He pulled out the scholar in his thirties and introduced: "This is Cao Ziyuan of Yingchuan, the grandson of Cao Baifu, a great scholar in Yingchuan."

The scholar hurriedly bowed and said, "Little Minion, Cao Lin, Yingchuan, see Mr. Jing!"

With Cao Lin taking the lead, other scholars took turns to come forward to salute, "In the lower Chang'an Huang Yun, whose courtesy name is Minghan, see Mr. Jing!"

"In Chenliu Li Xun, whose courtesy name is Zisi, is willing to serve Prince Jing."

Several scholars came forward to greet each other, and Liu Jing also smiled and bowed back. At this time, the last young scholar came forward and bowed and said, "I have long admired Prince Jing's name, Dong Yun, and I came to Jiangxia to travel. I am so lucky to see Prince Jing."

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Chapter completed!