Ji Yuan had the same thought; he curled his lips and replied, "Yes."
"Liu Kun didn't agree to go to Jizhou with Gou Xi, did he?"
"Yes," Ji Yuan showed more delight as he spoke about this, "Once Liu Kun leaves, Jinyang won't be held. He can't let go of the people of Jinyang, so he refuses to go to Jizhou and insists on staying in Jinyang."
Zhao Hanzhang's lips curled, pleased, "I knew it."
Liu Kun is a very complicated person. He is loyal to the monarch and loves the country, cherishing the people, yet he is also jealous of the capable, likes pleasure, but regardless of his many shortcomings, he is indeed a person with sentimentality. He cannot let go of the Jin State, nor can he let go of Bingzhou and Jinyang.
Leaving Jinyang and going to Yun City to join Gou Xi, then becoming the Jizhou Governor, would indeed hold more prospects. But he also knows that once he leaves Jinyang, Jinyang would no longer be the Great Jin's Jinyang; it would become Liu Yuan's Jinyang.
