In early May of the fourth year of the Jian'an Era, after Liu Bei seized Jiangdong, he immediately began making a series of arrangements at a feverish pace.
In truth, Liu Bei had long since discussed his plans for Jiangdong with Qin Tian.
Since Qin Tian had previously proposed dividing the commanderies, after the reorganization, the four southern commanderies of Jiangdong became six commanderies.
They were Yuzhang, Luling, Danyang, Wu Commandery, Nanping, and Kuaiji Commandery.
According to Qin Tian's original plan, Lu Su would oversee Yuzhang, Taishi Ci would oversee Luling, and Zhuge Jin would oversee Nanping.
Of the remaining three commanderies, Liu Bei appointed Zhao Yun as Administrator of Kuaiji and Yu Fan as Administrator of Danyang.
As for the Administrator of Wu Commandery, Qin Tian would hold the post concurrently. Why concurrently?
Because Qin Tian had been appointed Grand Commander of Jiangdong, supervising the military affairs of Jiangdong's six commanderies.
Naturally, no one objected to Liu Bei's arrangements. On the contrary, all felt they were exceptionally proper.
After all, if one were to ask who among Old Liu's subordinates commanded the greatest respect, aside from Qin Tian, no one would dare claim first place.
Liu Bei's arrangements also made everyone see just how deeply he trusted Qin Tian.
For among Old Liu's territories, military and civil affairs were mostly handled separately. Only in Jiangdong and Runan was military and civil authority centralized.
Without absolute trust, he could never have gone that far.
Thus, even if some close retainers perceived hidden dangers, they did not dare utter a single word of criticism against Qin Tian before Liu Bei.
By the time this series of arrangements had been finalized, it was already mid-May. Lu Su, Taishi Ci, and the others departed one after another to assume their posts.
Liu Bei