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After pausing, Kuai Yue continued: "As for the aristocratic families and gentry in the Western Jin Dynasty, they had been surrendered by Li Li long ago and were afraid of killing them. As long as Li Li did not force them to the dead, they would not dare to rebel. △￠The Western Jin Dynasty should have a smooth implementation of the imperial examination and can win the support of most people. There will be no rebellion in its territory, and there will be no chaos.

This is my foolish opinion. Your Majesty will listen to it. How to decide depends on Your Majesty's decision." Kuai Yue knew very well that Liu Biao had prejudice against him, but he had such a temper. He said whatever he thought of and said whatever he said, and he was not listening to, and he would probably not be able to change his life.

Because he was upright and unspeakable, Liu Biao chose to grant Kuai Liang the prime minister instead of him, Kuai Yue.

Not only that, Liu Biao also had prejudice against Kuai Yue, believing that although he had strategy, his talent was still above his brother Kuai Liang, but he was not tough enough. He liked to rely on the strong and had no blood.

In addition, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao had close contacts and had a close relationship, which forced Liu Biao to treat him carefully.

If Kuai Yue is appointed as the prime minister and Cai Mao is appointed as the general, then once the two of them join forces, where will they place him Liu Biao?

Liu Biao was born into an imperial family, how could he not know that the way to control the inferior is the first priority to balance?

So the position of chief minister fell on Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue only received the position of a counselor, but he was actually a more formal staff member.

Although Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue are brothers, the two brothers have completely different temperaments and personalities. Kuai Liang has extraordinary knowledge and ambitions, so he will definitely do what he believes in; Kuai Yue is also talented and has an extraordinary talent. However, he is suspected of being in a strong position and has a weak position. This is Liu Biao's view of their brothers. This determines how he uses the Kuai brothers. As for whether this is correct, Liu Biao is actually unsure. He doesn't know if he will misunderstand it.

After Kuai Yue finished speaking, he sat down. Liu Biao leaned on the soft chair and squinted his eyes. His right hand fell on the edge of the table. His ring finger gently tapped the table, and he remained silent in thought.

"Your Majesty, I think every sentence that the counselors said is reasonable and have unique insights, which is very insightful." Just as Liu Biao closed his eyes and thought about it, Pang Tong spoke. He first affirmed that Kuai Yue's analysis was very reasonable. Then he continued: "In fact, before the imperial examinations appeared, we all believed that the method of recommending officials was mainly to be filial and honest, and the country was the only way to become an official. For more than 400 years of the Han Dynasty, we have been using this method to select officials. However, once the method of selecting officials in the imperial examinations was published, it was not difficult for us to see its irreplaceable superiority and tenacious vitality. It has become an inevitable trend to select officials by selecting officials by the imperial examinations. It is not an exaggeration to call it the general trend."

When Pang Tong said this, Liu Biao suddenly opened his eyes. His sharp eyes were staring at Pang Tong. His cold eyes were as sharp as a sharp sword, as if he was about to pass through Pang Tong's eyes and reach his heart to see what he was thinking in his mind. When was this time, why did he still speak for Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty.

It is obvious that what Liu Biao wants to hear most at this moment is not how powerful and wise Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty, but that he hopes to hear the mistakes and reveal flaws in the Western Jin Dynasty. How he grasped these flaws and gave Li Li a heavy blow to Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty, striking Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty, striking Li Li's arrogance.

This was Liu Biao's most direct and urgent thought. So he called out one by one and asked Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue to express their opinions one after another. Unfortunately, the Kuai brothers said nothing about Liu Biao's heart, which made him very dissatisfied. Originally, he thought that after listening to the Kuai brothers' words, Pang Tong would be able to guess his thoughts, and then follow his thoughts and say a few words in his mind, at least it would make him feel better. Unexpectedly, what Pang Tong said was exactly the same as the Kuai brothers. In an instant, Liu Biao was disappointed, his expression was dim, and his eyes stopped on Pang Tong's extremely ordinary face, so he turned his head back and listened to Pang Tong's explanation, while squinting his eyes and thinking.

Pang Tong clearly saw the disappointment on Liu Biao's face, but he continued unmovedly: "At the moment when the Western Jin Dynasty is fully implemented, it can be foreseeable that this move will definitely attract many Confucian scholars and literati and grass-roots martial artists from poverty to Chang'an to take the exam, and then select a large number of civil and military talents. In this way, in terms of attracting talents and recruiting military generals, the Western Jin Dynasty is undoubtedly ahead of us again and seize the opportunity. A large number of civil and military talents in our Southern Han Kingdom and Northern Wei will flock to the Western Jin Dynasty in the Western Jin Dynasty. Soon after, the Western Jin Dynasty will become more and more talented and stronger."

Pang Tong's words were equivalent to adding fuel to the fire. Liu Biao's brows were pounding, and the lines on his forehead were rising, and he was already on the verge of getting angry. Fortunately, Liu Biao was very well-educated, experienced, and cunning, so he endured the anger that had already reached his throat, endured it, and waited patiently for Pang Tong to finish his words.

The old man is nearly seventy years old. The ruthless years left marks on his forehead, and waves of wind and waves wrinkled his cheeks. More than ten years of chaos and conquests have tempered his mind and emotions all the time. To this day, he has no longer the anger of young people, no temper of thunder and furiousness, nor the anger of shouting and killing; what he has is the tenacity after being weathered, the tenacity and indomitableness after being baptized by war, and the wisdom and experience accumulated over half a century of years.

For older people, the most precious thing is not glory and wealth, but the open-minded mind that has been cultivated after vicissitudes, and the wisdom of life accumulated over decades. If there is no such gain, it will only be wasting time. Even if you live a hundred years, it will be useless. There is no essential difference between a life span of thirty years and a long life span of a hundred years.

Liu Biao's change in expression did not affect Pang Tong's explanation of his opinion, but seeing that he praised Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty and changed his tone suddenly, and he had a turnaround meaning: "At the moment the Western Jin Dynasty is preparing for the imperial examination in full swing, and the civil and military officials under Li Li almost turned their eyes and minds to Chang'an, focusing on the upcoming first scientific examination. This is a rare opportunity for our Southern Han Kingdom, one to seize the favorable fighter opportunity of Nanyang County in one fell swoop, and another to change the world pattern again. Therefore, the minister dared to advise that the day of the Chang'an imperial examination is when our Southern Han army conquered Nanyang County!"

As soon as these words were said, the side hall was silent without a trace of sound. The six people present could clearly hear their breathing, heavy and rapid, with a little excitement in surprise, and a little anxiety in excitement, worrying about gains and losses.

At this moment, Liu Biao, who was sitting on the dragon throne, suddenly opened his eyes, opened his eyebrows and smiled, and the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to have become lighter, and in an instant, it seemed that he had become ten years younger. At this time, Liu Biao looked at Pang Tong with a gentler look, shining on his body like the warm sunshine outside his classmates, making Pang Tong feel warm and comfortable in body and mind.

Pang Tong's reciprocity and revolving explanation made Liu Biao deeply feel that the young man in front of him who was not good-looking or even abominable, was indeed extraordinary. Although his appearance was not good-looking and was not liked by women, his strategy and wisdom could make up for everything. He was a hundred times more beautiful than his appearance and could be regarded as a hero among the people who had never met in a century.

For Liu Biao, judging people by appearance was his style ten years ago. At that time, most of the young people he could like were handsome and talented, but the facts proved that appearance and talent were not equal, or even counterproductive. Among the young people he selected, there were only a handful of them who could be very useful. Young people with high looks often have a high opinion of themselves, but they were not very good at it, so talented and talented were not matched at all. So in the past ten years, those who were available around Liu Biao were still the first people who followed Jingzhou to pacify.

Until he realized that the Han Dynasty was about to collapse, he finally made up his mind to change the consistent standards for selecting talents. So Xiangyang Gongcao Pang Tong naturally came into his sight. After a deep conversation, he promoted the ugly "Feng Chu" Pang Shiyuan. This was the first time in Liu Biao's life that he recruited such a mediocre young man, but although Pang Tong was not astonishing and even a little scary, he was a real young "talent".

After Pang Tong became an official, he presented Liu Biao with a "letter letter" and claimed that he could surrender 100,000 Jiangdong Army without any effort. As soon as this was said, the civil and military officials in Jingzhou, including Liu Biao, sneered at him and agreed that he was a big talk, and he was arrogant and said that he was arrogant. He did not believe that Pang Tong could do what he said, and doubts and ridicule were clearly presented to everyone's faces. In the end, Liu Biao adopted Pang Tong's strategy with a comforting heart of "let's try it out". After all, it is always good for young people to dare to think and do, and it is always good to dare to fight and fight, and it is worth encouraging. In addition, if there is nothing to do, you might as well try it. Once you are not doing anything, you can stop immediately if you hit a nail, and there is no big loss anyway.

It was precisely with the mentality of "they can be boosted but not let go", Liu Biao ordered that without mobilizing the army, all civil and military officials in Jingzhou would fully support Pang Tong's strategy of "planning Jiangdong". No one expected that Pang Tong would make a big fuss about the assassination of Sun Ce in Jiangdong, and behind him was full of support from Liu Biao. He used more than a thousand assassins and tens of thousands of Jingzhou navy to bluff, forcing Jiangdong's civil and military officials to bow down and surrender to Liu Biao's command.

Pang Tong made a great achievement in one fell swoop, and naturally sat on the position of chief military advisor, and was relied on by Liu Biao. For this reason, Liu Biao was secretly proud for a while, and was so excited that he performed extraordinaryly for two consecutive days. He showed his mighty power on the bed, making Cai's gentle as water. The almost crazy scream almost made Liu Biao's bones crisp. Finally, he tasted the beauty of fish and water joy for the first time on Cai.

Since then, Liu Biao's reliance on Pang Tong has been unconcealed. He promoted him from a minor official of Gongcao to a military advisor general, and after the establishment of the Southern Dynasties, he was appointed as the Nine Ministers, truly joining the core decision-making level.

Three years later, Pang Tong once again proved to Liu Biao that he did not let down Liu Biao's trust, that what he planned and wanted was completely in line with Liu Biao, and he unswervingly supported Liu Biao's use of troops in the Western Jin Dynasty.

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