Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 251 Night Chat

into the night.

Liu Zhang thought about Li Xiu's words of encouragement this morning, and naturally nine characters came to his mind: "Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king." '

Usually in the last years of a dynasty, the first to rebel and those who are more adventurous have no destiny and are just members of the mediocre generation in troubled times. For example, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang is the first to rise up. In the end, Dong Zhuo, who was jumping up and down, deposed the emperor without authorization and moved to the capital, and ended up being lit as a sky lantern. As for later generations, Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty and Gao Yingxiang, King Chuang in the late Ming Dynasty, are all clear examples.

Liu Zhang, who is familiar with history books and knows the lessons of history, will naturally not forget the nine-character mantra of Ming Taizu Zhu Chongba because of his greed for the throne. Moreover, the elders have also said that making a fortune in silence is the most correct choice.

"Humph." Liu Zhang snorted coldly. If he could not wait to claim the throne now, Yuan Shao of Hebei, Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Yuan Shu of Huainan, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and others would probably all focus their attention on Shu. He A Yizhou shepherd from Shu will definitely become the focus of the world's eyes. People will pay attention to his behavior all the time, and at the same time stretch out their legs or hands to hinder his actions.

After becoming the king, he will be the brightest among the heroes. This is not a good thing. Li Kang, a man of Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms, said in "Theory of Destiny": If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; It will be turbulent; if you do something higher than others, everyone will reject it.

The so-called lessons learned are not far away.

'Li Xiu. Liu Zhang read the name of the newly surrendered person. In addition to his own rejection of the title of king, the second was the newly surrendered person Li Xiu, but he was not qualified to be the first to persuade him to join. His identity was The thing is, his qualifications are not enough. There are rules for persuading people to join, and they must be based on seniority. It is not the turn of a new person to take the initiative.

……

Hanzhong was settled and Mengda surrendered. Now Mengda can sit and drink with Fa Zheng and enjoy himself.

"Xiaozhi, I heard that you slept with Ming Gong?" Meng Da accidentally let out a sentence, and there was a hint of envy for Fazheng in his eyes.

Fazheng smiled and said calmly: "We slept together. Duke Ming wanted to know something about the situation in Guanzhong, so he invited me to sit with him and chatted with me for a while at night."

"I'm really asleep!" Meng Da's eyes widened, and there was a trace of surprise on his face. The matter of sharing the same table was, on the one hand, between brothers, and on the other hand, between people who were very close to each other. However, Fazheng and Liu Zhang had known each other not long ago. He was treated like the same person at the same table, which showed that Liu Zhang valued Fa Zheng very much.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Xiaozhi, you are a blessed person!" Meng Da sighed, stroking his palms, with a hint of envy in his tone.

Fazheng's expression remained unchanged. He waved his hand and said, "It's not a big deal if you just slept for one night. Why should Zijing do this?"

Seeing Fazheng's posture, Meng Da sneered: "Is this just a matter of sleeping one night? Being able to sit at the same table with Ming Gong shows that Ming Gong treats you as a confidant and favors you very much... ...You can get a glimpse of it just from your official position. You are now holding the post of military council captain, and you have been authorized by Duke Ming to be in charge of military intelligence documents. However, Yang Bo, Li Xiu and others like me and others are just school captains. , Don’t be too disrespectful... If you keep acting like this and pretending not to care, don’t blame me for turning against you."

Meng Da had a bad look on his face, as if he was about to lose his temper. He was very unhappy with Fazheng's behavior of acting like a good boy even though he got an advantage. He wanted Fazheng to live a good life, but Fazheng couldn't live a good life either. This made him think A sense of gap.

When Fazheng saw Mengda's desire to act, he laughed several times, then picked up the wine bottle, poured a glass of wine into the empty wine glass in front of Mengda, and at the same time moved his palms downward to comfort Mengda: "Zijing , don’t get angry."

"How can this make people calm down? You are now a high-ranking captain of the military council, and you are in charge of secrets. You have received this favor as a newcomer. I don't know how many people outside are jealous of you... It's better for you to not take it to heart at all. It seems that these things are worthless." Mengda picked up the wine glass and drank deeply, using this glass of wine to express his admiration for Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng gave up his intention of provoking Meng Da and straightened his expression: "Ming Gong treats me with kindness and closeness. It can be called a special treatment. Few people are treated like this. Even Brother Zijing, don't you?" Say, I feel deeply about it too.”

"It's good to know. I'm afraid that you will get carried away and regard these as nothing. When the time comes, if a villain comes to Ming Gong and says that you are not a person who knows how to repay kindness, and once you are in a high position, you treat others as if they are nothing. You just I'm afraid I'm going to make a mess." Meng Da's tense expression relaxed. Although he was somewhat envious of Fazheng's status, he was more concerned about Fazheng. After all, he and Fazheng had been friends for many years. , and secondly, under Liu Zhang's account, he also had Fazheng as a close friend, a friend who knew everything about him. It was good for Fazheng to be respected by Liu Zhang, and the two could take care of each other.

"Brother Zijing's words, I have taken them to heart." Fazhong looked upright and solemnly bowed his hand to Mengda.

The two chatted over one cup after another. Meng Da's eyes flickered and he said casually: "From what Ming Gong said this morning, it seems that Ming Gong is interested in Guanzhong and has the idea of ​​sending troops to Guanzhong."

Fazheng nodded, put down his wine glass and analyzed: "Send troops from Shu. To the west are the high mountains. To the south, the Soyi people were pacified last year. To the east, Liu Jingzhou and Yizhou have formed an alliance. In addition to marching out from the north, There is no other way to go.”

"Although I am from Guanzhong, I feel that it is inappropriate to send troops to Guanzhong. As Ming Gong said this morning, Guanzhong has bones exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles, it is almost a piece of white land, and there is not much benefit from taking Guanzhong... It is better to go down the river to seek the land of Jingchu. Jingchu is also a place of great shape, and there are many household registrations. If you get the land, you can live in a beautiful place. If you get the household registration, you can enrich your family and the country. It will have hundreds of benefits and no harm. Compared with Guanzhong It's a lot better. We can take Jingxiang first and then consider taking Guanzhong later." Meng Da expressed his thoughts.

Fazheng sneered, pointed at Meng Da and said: "Brother Zijing, could it be that he didn't hear what I said before? Liu Jingzhou and Ming Gong have formed an alliance. If they send troops to Jingxiang, wouldn't they betray their alliance and serve the world?" Scorned and ridiculed.”

"It's just a covenant." Meng Da didn't care. After drinking a glass of wine, he said: "If we can exchange a covenant for the place of victory in Jingchu, it won't be a loss at all... And now we have this covenant. Now, Jingzhou must have not taken careful precautions against Yizhou..."

Having said this, Meng Da thought deeply for a moment. His eyes lit up due to his unconscious words before him. After a moment, he continued: "It happened to take advantage of the Jing soldiers' relaxation to sail the building boat down the river. I thought it was... The situation is overwhelming. I think we can easily capture Jingzhou." "Ming Gong is not a villain who betrays the alliance, and Ming Gong's current approach... This year will be over, or early next year, or after next summer's harvest. At that time, Duke Ming will definitely send troops to Guanzhong." Fazheng shook his head and rejected Meng Da's idea.

Meng Da looked thoughtful. After a while, he gave up thinking about what Fazheng said and asked Fazheng bluntly: "Xiaozhi, where do you start with this? How do you conclude that Ming will take Guanzhong first?"

A flash of light flashed in Fazheng's eyes: "Is this one? The words of Duke Ming this morning are clear evidence. The soldiers marched to Guanzhong to kill Li Que and Guo Si to avenge their father and brother and seek justice for the elders in Guanzhong. Secondly, if Duke Ming is If you intend to annex Jingxiang, you will send troops to hunt down Zhang Lu who fled to Shangyong, and seize all the land of Xicheng, Shangyong, and Fangling. Fangling is very close to Xiangyang. With Fangling, you can conquer Jingxiang. But Duke Ming did not send troops to hunt down Zhang Lu, and he did not show much interest in Fangling, which means that Duke Ming had no interest in Jingxiang."

Meng Da frowned and retorted: "Ming Gong gave up the pursuit of Zhang Lu, not because Zhang Lu took away all the ships in Hanzhong, and those that could not be taken away were burned and sunk, leaving no ships. It is inconvenient to go down the Han River to Shangyong. Secondly, Ming Gong did not want to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and let Zhang Lu, Shangyong Shen family, and Fangling Cai Mao kill each other, and then wait for them to lose and then sit back and reap the benefits. Is it profitable?"

"Without the boats, there are still mountain roads. Although the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to navigate, there are Qingqiang soldiers under Ming Gong's account. These barbarians are good at crossing mountains... Moreover, Wu Yi, the general of Zhonglang, was blocked in the rice warehouse. Dao, he was able to enter Hanzhong only after Hanzhong was settled, and he did not make much credit. Now he is holding back a lot of depression, thinking about serving Ming Gong. I think as long as Ming Gong nods, Wu Yi will It will run towards Shangyong like a mad dog." Fazheng explained one by one.

"As for sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, the starting point is good, but the exchange of information takes time, and it is easy to miss the opportunity. One disadvantage is that one of Zhang Lu, Shen, and Cai Maozhong controls the overall situation, and others do not have the opportunity to intervene. "

Meng Da nodded, seeming to agree with Fazheng's words, but he still hesitated: "But Guanzhong is too dilapidated, and in Liangzhou to the west of Guanzhong, there are more than a dozen traitors such as Han Sui, Ma Teng, and Song Jian. On the one hand, the situation is very messy, plus the Qiang and Hu are rampant in Liangzhou, and the three auxiliaries are invaded from time to time, so we know that Guanliang is not a good place."

"Guan Liang is not a good place." Fazheng repeated Meng Da's words. He was very moved by Meng Da's comment. He sighed and said: "Because of this, as a member of the clan, Ming Gong became an important minister. If we can conquer Guanliang, bring peace to the elders in Guanzhong, and put an end to the long-standing Qiang disaster in Liangzhou, then all the popularity of the world will be attributed to Duke Ming..."

At this point, Fazheng did not continue. Although he did not finish what he said, those who understand will naturally understand that in this world, who else can be the one who is expected to return to the country, other than the Lord of the State?

Although the Han family still had a real emperor, Liu Xie, Fazheng did not take Liu Xie seriously. In his eyes, the one who could be the master of the country was Liu Zhang.

Meng Da persuaded Fa Zheng with some words, and he agreed: "If Ming Gong really cares about Guanzhong and wants to take Guanzhong first, then it will be a great thing for us and the Guanzhong refugees to return to their homeland as soon as possible."

……

Fazheng and Meng Da were drinking here at night, and Wu Yi was also drinking on the other side. He invited Xu Meng and Xi Su to drink together.

The atmosphere of the banquet here was not as harmonious as Fazheng and Mengda's, nor as lively as Fazheng and Mengda's conversation. Wu Yi, Xu Meng and Xisu just drank in silence and occasionally chatted unexpectedly.

There was a ball of depression tumbling in Wu Yi's heart. The Battle of Hanzhong was over. Liu Zhang had no idea of ​​chasing Zhang Lu who had fled to Shangyong. There was no big war now. The situation was stable and tense. It was just a few places on a daily basis. He was free from the trivial matters of management.

But Wu Yi was someone who couldn't take any time off, especially when he saw that Gan Ning was promoted to assist Hanzhong Lang Jiang because of his merits in the first occupation of Dingjun Mountain, and Huang Quan actually surrendered the old and new Yangping Pass, as well as the merits of planning. He was promoted to the prefect of Hanzhong when he was less than 30 years old. However, the thief Du Yi who was blocked by Micang Road in front of him did not have much meritorious service, and the commendation was not generous.

"Harmful."

As soon as he thought about this, Wu Yi felt that the taste of the wine in his mouth was getting weaker and weaker, and there was no taste of wine at all. He couldn't help but sigh.

Hearing Wu Yi's heavy sigh, Xu Meng and Xi Su raised their heads and glanced at Wu Yi. However, seeing that Wu Yi was thinking deeply, they did not dare to disturb him and just lowered their heads to drink.

Xu Meng and Xi Su knew the troubles in Wu Yi's heart. They also had troubles in their hearts, especially Xu Meng. After he entered Hanzhong, he saw Gan Ning. Gan Ning laughed at him and said: "Ziyu, how did you get here?" So late! Here Gan Ning laughed at him for being blocked on Micang Road and unable to enter Hanzhong for a long time. It was thanks to Gan Ning's blessing that he was able to enter Hanzhong.

'Eh. Thinking of Gan Ning's words, Xu Meng suddenly felt that his mouth was tasteless. No matter how good the drink was, it was just like boiled water, tasteless and bland when it entered his throat.

Xi Su is relieved here, just drinking glass of wine. He is a courageous person, and he is also an open-minded person. If he did not make a meritorious service this time, then he will wait until next time to make a meritorious service. The world is uncertain, and Liu Zhang can't do it. According to the land of Yizhou, there are many opportunities, so there is no need to rush.

Wu Yi was not only thinking about himself, but also thinking about the people of Dongzhou. Although after Liu Zhang's mediation and mixing sand with each other, there was no big gap between Dongzhou soldiers and Shu soldiers, but Dongzhou soldiers There is still a lot of secret competition between the scholars of the state and the scholars of Shu, but it is not exposed openly.

Now the Shu people like Huang Quan and Gan Ning have made great achievements, but their Dongzhou scholars have not performed well. Wu Yi is worried that in the long run, the Shu scholars will overwhelm the Dongzhou scholars. Being a scholar is not a good thing.

Friendship with the same state, friendship with the same county, and affection from the same county and fellow villagers are all extremely close relationships. As the saying goes, when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, tears will flow from his eyes. Scholars from Shu are in high positions, so naturally they will be more or less biased towards Shu. People, when the time comes, there will be fewer opportunities for Dongzhou scholars to come forward.

After Wu Yi thought about it for a moment, he made a decision. He planned to ask Liu Zhang in the future to see if he could find something to do and make some contribution. (End of chapter)

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