Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 678
"Yingchuan, Guo Jia, I have met Lord Xuande!" Guo Jia smiled after seeing Liu Bei and his party in the main hall of the government office in Jiangling.

"Guo Fengxiao in Yingchuan is also a generation with a lot of shade from his ancestors. He was also a minister of the great Han in the past. It is ridiculous to help the tyrant when he doesn't want to!" Seeing Guo Jia, although Meng Jian has decided to form an alliance with Chu Nan, he still can't help but sneer. He looked down on those scholars who defected to Chu Nan.

But it is a pity that in today's world, there are more and more gentry who are defecting to Chu Nan. The words of not fearing power seem a bit ridiculous now.

"The deeds of heaven are permanent. It does not exist for Yao or perish for Jie. Gongwei is also a well-educated person. You should know that the world does not exist for one family and one surname. Otherwise, if you follow the principle of Gongwei, the great Han who made great contributions to the founding of the country will have many achievements." For treason." Guo Jia smiled.

"Qin's tyrannical government has caused people in the world to live in poverty. Even though the first emperor has made great contributions to the world, it is natural for Qin to perish." Meng Jian snorted coldly.

"What Gongwei said is unfair. Before my lord became an official, there were thousands of miles of uninhabited people in Guanzhong, and the bones were exposed in the wild. Years of military disasters in the Central Plains caused plagues to rampant. In addition, locust plagues are everywhere. What is the difference between what Gongwei said and the people's livelihood?" Guo Jia clapped his hands and said with a smile: "By the way, Gongwei is a scholar, and his ancestors have a shadow, probably like Yuan Shu, who doesn't know the suffering of the people, so he only sees my lord slaughtering scholars, but he can't see the people of the world. Live because of my lord, don't see the people's livelihood in the Central Plains prosper because of my lord!"

Meng Jian looked at Guo Jia, and suddenly said: "Maybe he has contributed to the people, but to me, he has the hatred of exterminating the clan!"

Guo Jia nodded and said: "Depending on the new law, my lord has no intention of targeting public authority, but if you don't do so, the new law will be disadvantageous."

Chu Nan's approach may be radical, and it is indeed unreasonable in the implementation of the new law, but from another perspective, if Chu Nan chooses a softer method, it will not be possible to ensure that the grassroots are firmly in the hands, and the local wealthy families are in the prosperous age. The best partner to assist the imperial court in governing the region, but in troubled times, these local wealthy families who occupy the grassroots voice are the biggest obstacle to the New Deal.

Because the New Deal was meant to fight for their interests, during the implementation of the New Deal in South Chu, the local wealthy families in the past were almost uprooted, especially Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou, which were the most prosperous places in the Central Plains.

The current facts also prove that Chu Nan's original approach was correct. It was precisely when Chu Nan eradicated these local forces that Chu Nan's government orders could be issued to the local areas.

Of course, the biggest problem with the New Deal is that it has increased the cost of governance. Originally, only a few thousand people could be in power, but now there are more than [-] grassroots officials in all parts of Kyushu. , if all these are included, the number of officials in Chu Nan alone is close to [-], and there will be more after the world is settled.

If Chu Nan hadn't eradicated these grassroots forces, then the current management of the grassroots would be local tyrants, and the New Deal would be useless.

As for this process, families like the Meng family who were wiped out may not all have serious crimes, but for Xinzheng, their existence itself is a crime!
And this is why Chu Nan was criticized by the scholars all over the world. He killed too hard, and many times he did not ask right or wrong, and directly dealt with it brutally. The result was that most of the scholars were forced to survive and bowed their heads to Chu Nan. , there are also some staunch ones, or those like Meng Jian who are the only one left in the family, who desperately stand on the opposite side of Chu Nan, wanting to fight to the death with the other party.

If it weren't for this incident in the heavenly court, there is a high probability that Meng Jian will fight to the death with Liu Bei to the end.

"That's right." Meng Jian said with a miserable smile, "He holds great power and overlooks the world, so why would he care about me, an ant?"

"Mr. Feng Xiao is not here just to provoke you." Zhuge Liang looked at Guo Jia and asked with a smile.

"This gentleman is..." Guo Jia looked at Zhuge Liang with some doubts. According to the information from Chu Nan, he knew all the people around Liu Bei, but there was no record of this person.

"Langya Zhuge Liang, Fuer, a mountain and a wild village, is worthless." Zhuge Liang laughed.

"I have heard that Mr. Shui Jing said that the crouching dragon and phoenix chicks can be safe in the world, and the crouching dragon is also called Zhuge Liang." Guo Jia looked at Zhuge Liang and smiled.

"Mr. Shui Jing has a good reputation, but he should be my subordinate!" Zhuge Liang laughed.

"I'm sorry, my lord once encountered a strange door blocking the way in Longzhong, and thought about visiting, but unfortunately, Yu Qimen is only a rough proficiency, and I can't break through the formation. I am ashamed. The master's attainments above the Qimen are really impressive. Admiration!" Guo Jiasu said with a smile, "Mr. I don't want to be an official under Xuande's account."

"Mr. Xuande has some kindness for me. I came out of the mountain this time to help Mr. Xuande overcome the calamity, but he did not become an official." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said.

"It's no wonder that Duke Xuande was able to return from Zhongshan, so it was because of the help of Mr. Guo Jia nodded, looked at Liu Bei, then at Meng Jian and said, "So, Duke Xuande should already know what Sun Quan did. "

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Since the master is here today, Bei also has something to ask."

"Mr. Xuande, please speak." Guo Jia clasped his fists and said.

"It's said in the battle between man and heaven, but it's true?" Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

"Ninety percent is true." Guo Jia nodded and said: "The battlefield outside the sky, I personally followed the prime minister's experience, and this technique of training Qi was also obtained from the first emperor, and because of this, the gap between our two armies can be completely widened, otherwise The Battle of Xiangfan will not go smoothly this time."

Although Chu Nan is powerful, if he hadn't made the trip to Tianwai, the gap between Chu Nan's army and Jingzhou's army would not be as big as it is now. With Liu Bei occupying a favorable location, it would be impossible to advance as he is now.

"As for the history of the struggle between heaven and man, the Prime Minister knows it from the Xuanyuan Secret Realm." Guo Jia roughly explained the matter of Xuanyuan Secret Realm. At that time, there were many people who experienced this secret realm. Now there are various versions circulating in the world. Guo Jia knew about it through the narration of Chu Nan and others.

Later, Chu Nan prepared to launch a battle between heaven and man, consulted a large number of palace materials, and combined with the secrets of various places, and finally connected them together to form a complete context. Some of them are fictitious because of their age and are difficult to consult. , but most of them are well-founded.

"But there is one thing I don't understand. Since Xuan De'an has returned, why is Sun Quan still able to open the gate of heaven?" Guo Jia asked puzzled.

"Most half of the dragon energy has been taken away from Duke Xuande's body, and the rest has dissipated now. In addition, there were also members of the Cao family who accompanied Xuande Duke to Zhongshan. The Cao family brothers should still have a dragon energy on them. " Zhuge Liang explained.

"The Cao family?" Guo Jia's eyes were complicated: "Then they..."

"Since the gate of heaven is opened, I'm afraid there will be more bad luck than good luck." Zhuge Liang sighed.

What the other party wants is dragon energy, and once a person with dragon energy is prepared to deprive him of dragon energy, even if he does not die, his skin will peel off, and even if he does not die, Zhuge Liang can't think of any reason why Jiangdong would keep the four brothers. It's a pity His abilities are limited, and being able to rescue Liu Bei and Chen Dao is already the limit, and if he saves the Cao brothers, Jiang Dong will not give up.

Zhuge Liang didn't have the confidence to fight against the Jiangdong navy on the river.

Guo Jia nodded, a little disappointed, he didn't expect that the Cao family didn't even leave a trace of incense in the end.

"Xuande Gong." Guo Jia looked at Liu Bei, clasped his fists and said, "Before coming down here, the prime minister said to me that in Xuzhou in the old days, the prime minister really wanted to vote for Xuande Gong. , the prime minister is still willing to choose Xuande Gong. My lord also regrets the death of General Zhang, but on the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes. Once again to seek the destiny of my human race, my lord really hopes to fight side by side with Xuande Gong instead of fighting to the death on the battlefield. I hope that Xuande Gong will be the common people of the world and the plan of my human race for thousands of years. I can abandon the previous prejudices between the two sides and fight together Heaven!"

Liu Bei's eyes were complicated when he heard the words, and he would occasionally think, if Chu Nan came to cast his vote back then, and he could see it in time, would the power of Chu Nan today be his own?
Unfortunately, time cannot be turned back.

"Mr. Feng Xiao is not worried about Duke Xuande cooperating with Heavenly Court?" Zhuge Liang asked with a smile.

Guo Jia shook his head: "The Prime Minister said that Duke Xuande has benevolence and righteousness in his heart. Even if he hates him, he will definitely not make a wrong choice in front of this big right and wrong."

The death of Zhang Fei was regrettable to Liu Bei, and there were enough reasons to hate Chu Nan, but as Guo Jia said, on the battlefield, life and death depend on fate, there is no reason why you can only kill and others can't kill you, in troubled times, like this He suffered too much pain, at least Chu Nan had always done things in an upright manner, and had never stabbed an ally in the back.

Of course, Chu Nan has no allies, and Yuan Tan is half of them, but Chu Nan is also good to Yuan Tan, and now Yuan Tan is the only bloodline left in the world, and he is still listed in the Jiuqing. Although he has no power, he is still considered The face of the Yuan family was preserved.

From this point of view, Chu Nan is much more kind than Sun Quan.

Liu Bei nodded with complicated eyes, and said with a long sigh, "Bei has something to ask for!"

"Mr. Xuande, please tell me." Guo Jia bowed with a serious expression.

"The enmity between Bei and Chu Nan, and the enmity between Gongwei and him, will never end." Liu Bei took a deep breath, looked at Guo Jia and said.

Guo Jia's heart sank, he nodded and did not speak, waiting for the next article.

"However, as Feng Xiao said, this attack on the sky is where righteousness lies. If the prime minister is willing to let my second brother and them return, I am willing to join the prime minister in attacking Jiangdong. The second younger brother and Gongwei are willing to accompany those who leave to meet the enemy outside the sky, and since they cannot rejuvenate the Han family, they will go to the outer sky to protect the common people on behalf of the Han family, I wonder if the Prime Minister will agree?" Liu Bei said solemnly.

"Grand Xuande, Gao Yi, I will inform the prime minister about this matter, and I don't think the prime minister will refuse!" Guo Jia clasped his fists.

"Okay!" Liu Bei said: "As long as the Prime Minister is willing to agree and trust me, I am willing to help the Prime Minister defeat the enemy!"

It is now impossible for Jingzhou to protect itself. No matter which option he chooses, it is not what Liu Bei wants, but for Liu Bei right now, there are only these two options, and he must choose one. Liu Bei prefers Chu Nan.

"I'll get up now and go talk to Prime Minister Yu!" Guo Jia got up and said goodbye to Liu Bei.

"Walk slowly!"

(End of this chapter)