Mi Han

Chapter 175
This man from Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi was Zhuge Liang who was the general of the army at that time and acted as the acting general of the Grand Sima's mansion.

After Liu Bei initially pacified the four counties in southern Jing, Zhuge Liang was the first to assume the post of military adviser Zhonglang.

Military division, the original meaning is to participate in the military.

So after Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, in fact, Zhuge Liang was regarded as a military adviser in Liu Bei's mind.

After all, at that time, Liu Bei's territory was only in Xinye, and there was no complicated government affairs to handle at all. Liu Bei's own talents were enough to handle Xinye's government affairs.

In August of the 13th year of Jian'an, Liu Biao died of illness, and his second son, Liu Cong, succeeded him as the shepherd of Jingzhou.

That year, Cao Cao had just unified the north. In order to unify the world, after learning the news of Liu Biao's death, he personally led an army of 20 to Jingchu.

When Liu Cong heard the news that Cao Cao was going south, he sent envoys to surrender to Cao Cao.

At that time Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to attack Liu Cong by surprise and take the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou, but Zhuge Liang's suggestion was not implemented because Liu Bei couldn't bear it.

In the same year, in order to resist Cao Cao's army, Zhuge Liang recommended himself to go to Chaisang to lobby Sun Quan and Liu Bei to form an alliance to resist Cao Cao.

During the lobbying process, Zhuge Liang cleverly grasped Sun Quan's psychology, and successfully persuaded Sun Quan to form an alliance with Liu Bei from the three aspects of politics, military affairs, and people's hearts, and sent troops together to resist Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi and returned to the north, it was Zhuge Liang who first suggested Liu Bei to replace part of Nanjun with part of Jiangxia County and Zhou Yu, so that Liu Bei could conquer the four counties in Jingnan.

Liu Bei was able to win the four counties in southern Jing, and Zhuge Liang made the greatest contribution.

Liu Bei was grateful for Zhuge Liang's merits, so he first created the post of military advisor Zhonglang and let Zhuge Liang take up the post. At the same time, he asked him to supervise the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha, responsible for adjusting taxes and enriching military resources.

From that year on, Zhuge Liang gradually became the de facto "Prime Minister" of Liu Bei's forces.

After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, Zhuge Liang was appointed by Liu Bei as a military division general, acting in charge of General Zuo's mansion.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, due to name problems, the princes from all over the country could not directly establish a new central court to command the counties and counties in their power.

Therefore, under the actual needs, the princes from all over the country adopted a standard method.

That is, after they have the qualifications to open a mansion, they will construct a shelf of the general shogunate, and use this shelf to replace the role of the central court in their own forces and rule the local counties and counties.

And Zhuge Liang, acting as Liu Bei's shogunate, also formally became the "Prime Minister" of Liu Bei's forces in name.

In the 24th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei claimed to be the Queen of Hanzhong, and at the same time he called himself the Great Sima.

It can be said that since many years ago, Zhuge Liang has been the undoubted second in command of Liu Bei's forces.

After Zhuge Liang ruled the land of Shu, in order to protect people's livelihood, he advocated severe punishment and harsh laws, and there were many big families who had resentment.

At that time, Fazheng quoted to Zhuge Liang the story of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty who abolished the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty after he entered Guanzhong, and made a three-chapter agreement, hoping that Zhuge Liang could govern with tolerance.

But Fazheng's proposal was rejected by Zhuge Liang. It can be seen that in Liu Bei's power, the decision-making power of policy, except Liu Bei, has always been in Zhuge Liang's hands.

Even after the establishment of the Kingdom of Hanzhong, Liu Bei set up the Shangshutai and took Fazheng as the Shangshu Order, this point has not changed.

Because today is the day when Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, returned from his expedition, so Zhuge Liang specially asked the officials to wear official uniforms to greet him today to show solemnity.

After the ancestors of the Han Dynasty recreated the Han Dynasty, they changed the five virtues of the Han Dynasty to fire virtues. Therefore, for nearly 200 years, the official uniforms of senior officials of the Han Dynasty have been red.

Zhuge Liang, who is eight feet long, wears a mountain crown, a blue brocade robe inside, and a dark red court dress outside.

Around his waist was a purple ribbon. One end of the purple ribbon was tied to the belt around his waist, and the other end covered the bag containing the golden seal.

The purple ribbon hangs down from the waist, swaying slightly in the wind, imperceptibly showing Zhuge Liang's status.

Zhuge Liang, who was originally outstanding in appearance, looked even more extraordinary under this attire.

Just as Zhuge Liang was standing by the side of the road with his eyes closed, waiting for King Liu Bei to appear, Xu Ci who was behind him stepped forward, came to him and said to him, "Kong Ming, Zhou Qun is coming today."

Xu Ci, courtesy name Rendu, was from Nanyang.

When Xu Ci studied under Liu Xi when he was young, he was proficient in Zhengxuan Confucian classics, and studied "Book of Changes", "Shangshu", "Analects of Confucius" and so on for many years.

During the Jian'an period, Xu Ci, Xu Jing and others came to Shu together.

After Liu Bei pacified the land of Shu, Yizhou experienced chaos and destruction, and the matter of learning was abandoned for a long time.

So Liu Bei collected legal codes and books, eliminated various theories, and appointed Xu Ci and Hu Qian as bachelors, and together with Meng Guang and Lai Min, they were in charge of classics and ancient books.

Liu Bei's original meaning was to hope that these four celebrities could work together to restore the literature in central Sichuan.

However, Xu Ci's character was narrow, and at the time when all kinds of industries were being created, academic discussions often aroused a lot of doubts.

So among those four people, Xu Ci and Hu Qian often fought each other for victory and attacked each other, arguing and slandering each other fiercely.

The books between the two never communicated with each other, and sometimes they would pick quarrels and fight to frighten each other.

As Liu Bei commented: Although Xu Ci has learned a lot, his morals are not good, and he is only a bachelor for a while.

Liu Bei knew Xu Ci's character, and Zhuge Liang knew it too.

After hearing Xu Ci's words, Zhuge Liang's eyes gradually opened, and then Zhuge Liang looked at Xu Ci.

Although Zhuge Liang's gaze was gentle, his eyes were as deep as water. Under such gaze, Xu Ci felt a little at a loss for a while.

Xu Ci felt as if all the secrets in his heart had been seen through.

After Zhuge Liang looked at Xu Ci, he said:
"Zhongzhi is sick today, so he didn't come here."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Xu Ci's face showed anxiety.

He thought Zhuge Liang had been deceived.

Xu Ci then said to Zhuge Liang: "A few days ago, Zhou Qun often appeared in various banquets, talking loudly, without showing any signs of illness."

"The date of the king's return, the general announced to all officials a few days ago."

"Zhou Qun doesn't get sick in the morning, he doesn't get sick in the evening, but today is the day to report his illness. Isn't the general puzzled?"

"I guess he must have resentment towards the king because of what happened last time, so he deliberately didn't come to greet him today."

After listening to Xu Ci's words, Zhuge Liang's face did not show anger, but remained as calm as water.

Zhuge Liang said to Xu Ci: "Mr. Xu is overwhelmed."

Facing Zhuge Liang's indifference, the anxious expression on Xu Ci's face became more and more anxious.

Today he will take the initiative to impeach Zhou Qun in front of Zhuge Liang for disrespecting Liu Bei. There are two reasons.

One reason is that Zhou Qun often opposed him in the past.

The second reason is that Zhou Qun used to rely on his reputation in Yizhou to criticize Zhuge Liang's policy.

For Zhuge Liang, Xu Ci sincerely respected him.

Therefore, after he found out that Zhou Qun was pretending to be sick today, he wanted to remind Zhuge Liang of this.

To harbor resentment and disrespect the king is a crime that can be great or small.

As long as Zhuge Liang makes good use of it, it will be enough to make Zhou Qun suffer.

You can even get rid of this fanatic who has been slandering the New Deal in the past.

Xu Ci felt that although his impeachment of Zhou Qun today was selfish, it was also beneficial to Zhuge Liang.

After all, Zhou Qun has a good reputation in Yizhou, and his slander in the past caused many obstacles to Zhuge Liang's administration.

He thought that Zhuge Liang would be happy after hearing his impeachment, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to look so indifferent.

But the bow did not turn back, maybe Zhuge Liang ignored his deep meaning.

Thinking of this, Xu Ci saw that there was no one else around, so he lowered his voice and said to Zhuge Liang: "Zhou Qun has ears!"

"In the past, he had a lot of dissatisfaction and slander against "Shu Ke", a legal code written by the general himself."

"Now that he dares to disrespect the king, the general shouldn't take it as a crime."

"One can face the truth and establish prestige."

"The second is to prevent bad rumors from reaching the king's ears in the future."

After Xu Ci finished speaking, she looked at Zhuge Liang expectantly, hoping that there would be a look of excitement on his face.

He has already spoken so clearly!
Unfortunately, Xu Ci was disappointed.

Zhuge Liang didn't show emotion on his face, but he frowned deeply after hearing Xu Ci's words.

A sigh appeared on Zhuge Liang's face, and he said to Xu Ci:
"Grand Xu, although Zhongzhi said today that he is ill and will welcome the king in the future, there is no evidence to prove it. He did this because of resentment."

"If you don't have a certificate, you can't be convicted of a crime. Law enforcement should be impartial. How can you judge a crime based on speculation?

What's more, what Xu Gong said about Zhou Qun's slander of the national law is even more fallacious.What I did when I formulated Shu Ke was to benefit the common people. "

"I am not a saint, and "Shu Ke" is not a sacred scripture, and there are some omissions and deficiencies, which are very common.

Zhong Zhi may be dissatisfied with "Shu Ke" out of selfishness, but I cannot convict him because of selfishness. "

"If what he says makes sense, I'll follow it. If it's crazy, I just laugh it off.

Whether "Shu Ke" is a law that harms and suffers the people, or a law that loves and supports the people, everyone has their own opinions. "

"Besides, the lord ordered me to stay in Chengdu, to protect the environment and the people. This is the lord's trust in me. Power is also a public weapon, and a minister should not use it indiscriminately, let alone use it to attack dissidents. The party will fight dissidents together!
What I said today, I don't want to hear it again in the future. "

At the end, Zhuge Liang's tone was already a little harsh.

Under Zhuge Liang's stern tone, Xu Ci couldn't help showing panic on his face.

He never thought that Zhuge Liang would be angry because of this.

Isn't there a rumor in Chengdu that Jingzhou and Yizhou scholars have always been incompatible?

How could Zhuge Liang still protect Zhou Qun?
But in fact, what Xu Ci didn't know was that what Zhuge Liang upheld was not Zhou Qun, but his political philosophy of governing justice and serving the country wholeheartedly.

Facing Zhuge Liang's reprimand, Xu Ci could only put away his small thoughts in the end, and backed away with a panicked expression on his face.

Xu Ci's flustered scene was witnessed by many ministers behind Zhuge Liang.

But they didn't know what Xu Ci said to Zhuge Liang, so they could only guess secretly.

It was just all kinds of guesses. After they saw the tall and tall figure in front of them, they all suppressed it one after another.

Just ten miles outside of Chengdu, the courtiers in Chengdu, who seemed to be wearing the same majestic robes, had more or less various calculations in their hearts.

There are only more than a hundred courtiers, and they are clearly divided into four factions.

If Zhuge Liang, who was dedicated to the public, did not sit in town, Chengdu City would be in chaos after Liu Bei left.

Not to mention the continuous supply of food, grass and troops for Liu Bei who is on an expedition.

Just after Xu Ci withdrew, a huge team of tens of thousands of people had already appeared in the sight of all the officials in Chengdu.

Seeing this scene, Zhuge Liang, who stood at the head of the ministers, had a smile on his face.

Your Majesty, here we are.

After the marching team like a long dragon appeared in the eyes of the ministers, the faces of the ministers were like Zhuge Liang, showing joy one after another.

Not long after, the huge royal team had arrived in front of Zhuge Liang.

Among the tens of thousands of people is Liu Bei's Wang Jia.

Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang personally led a hundred officials to meet him in the outskirts ten miles outside Chengdu today.

Therefore, when the forward in the team reported that Baiguan was not far away, Liu Bei ordered someone to remove the car door in front of him.

Not long after, when Liu Bei's figure clearly appeared in front of Zhuge Liang and all the officials, Zhuge Liang immediately led all the officials to pay respects to Liu Bei.

"I wait to congratulate the king on his triumphant return."

More than a hundred congratulatory voices resounded over the fields outside Chengdu.

Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang standing in front of all the officials at a glance. After Wang Jia stopped in front of the officials, Liu Bei got off Wang Jia and came to Zhuge Liang and helped him up.

After Liu Bei helped Zhuge Liang up, he held Zhuge Liang's hand and said, "Kong Ming has worked so hard for the past few months."

Facing Liu Bei's condolences, Zhuge Liang just bowed slightly and replied: "I am doing my duty, not hard work."

Although Zhuge Liang said so, Liu Bei would not be ignorant of Zhuge Liang's hard work.

When he led [-] troops to support Jingzhou, Yizhou hadn't recovered from the serious injury in the Battle of Hanzhong.

Later, under such circumstances, Zhuge Liang was able to continue to collect food and grass for him in the past few months. The hardships involved are beyond ordinary people's comprehension.

At this time, Mi Yang also came to Zhuge Liang.

In the team before, Mi Yang had been riding a horse to follow Liu Bei's Wang Jia.

So when Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang, Mi Yang also saw him.

Different from others, Mi Yang and Zhuge Liang have the name of master and apprentice, so he took the initiative to come to Zhuge Liang and perform the disciple's salute to him:
"Hello Ge Shi'an."

Zhuge Liang's ancestor was originally from the Ge family, a native of Langya counties, and moved to Yangdu.

Because there was a person with the surname Ge in Yangdu first, and people at that time called it Zhuge, because they thought it was a surname.

So if you want to show respect to Zhuge Liang, you can call him Duke Ge or Duke Zhuge.

Facing Mi Yang's salute, Zhuge Liang had a smile on his face.

He also misses this disciple.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said to Mi Yang, "Just come back."

After finishing speaking, Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Liu Bei, and asked Liu Bei to say: "The palace has been cleared from the palace, and the king is invited to enter the city."

Faced with Zhuge Liang's request, Liu Bei did not immediately agree.

He looked around among the courtiers present with a searching gaze.

Finally, Liu Bei turned his head to look at Mi Yang, and said to him, "You lead a team of elite cavalry into the city, go to Zhou Qun's mansion, and bring them out of the city to meet Gu."

Although Mi Yang didn't know why Liu Bei had this order suddenly, he immediately took the order and left after receiving the order.

And when Liu Bei said these words, Zhuge Liang's face changed slightly.

He remembered Changyu!

Zhuge Liang was about to dissuade him, but Liu Bei waved his hand to stop him.

With his hands behind his back, Liu Bei looked at the bowed officials in front of him, with a sharp light shining in his eyes.

He said to Zhuge Liang: "I have my own measure."

　There was a power outage, and the code on my mobile phone affected my speed.

　　What was supposed to be a maximum of 4 hours dragged on to almost 7 hours, and I fainted.

　　Continue to code words, there is another chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)