Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 489 483. Discussion
Compared with Luoyang, which appears quiet on the surface but is actually in chaos behind the scenes, Chengdu is truly calm.

Except for Liu Chan, everyone else was basically living a pretty good life, or even very well. Liu Chan was stared at by the white-haired Zhang Fei all day long. Although Liu Chan was now 20 years old and a well-dressed young man, he was instinctively afraid of Zhang Fei because of his previous psychological trauma.

He is not quite the same as Liu Chan in the original timeline, because Zhang Fei, under the persuasion of Feng Xi, has "advised" Liu Chan for several years. Today's Liu Chan is no longer an uneducated fat boy.

On the contrary, although Liu Chan's martial arts skills were not very good, he was still quite strong, and he had four abdominal muscles when he lifted up his clothes. He was not as good as his father, who was an emperor on horseback, but as a second-generation emperor, he was still pretty good.

As for his ability, there is no need to say more. Zhang Fei kept a close eye on him, and Empress Zhang also received orders from Zhang Fei. They could ignore other things, but if Liu Chan dared to indulge in pleasure, they would immediately inform Zhang Fei. Therefore, Liu Chan had forgotten his hobbies of walking the dog and fighting the cock for several years. Not to mention, if he didn't play for ten days or half a month, he might still have some thoughts in his heart, but if he didn't play for three to five years, he would really get used to it. Now Liu Chan doesn't have the same desire for those things as when he was a child.

Liu Chan now has a regular figure, no longer as naive as he was in his teens, and his expression has changed from panic and timidity to calmness with a bit of helplessness. It can be seen that although Zhang Fei's strict discipline is indeed a bit inhumane, it has indeed had a transformative effect on Liu Chan.

Liu Chan is now more than qualified to be the ruler of a country. Or maybe Liu Chan was not stupid, but his mind was not on state affairs but on eating, drinking and having fun. Now he has no limit on eating and drinking, but no fun at all, so Liu Chan can only be forced to learn things that he originally didn't want to see.

With the accumulation of time and his own talent, Liu Chan has really made some progress. When talking to Zhuge Liang, he can now keep up with Zhuge Liang's eccentric thinking and even draw inferences from one example. This makes Zhuge Liang very pleased. If Liu Chan is like this, the revival of the Han Dynasty is not just a dream.

Although Liu Chan was already twenty years old, and Zhuge Liang had also begun to slowly return the power over many matters to Liu Chan, and no longer made decisions himself, but left the decisions to Liu Chan, Liu Chan had already figured out some methods.

Liu Chan heard that Feng Xi was a hands-off boss in Jingzhou, and that many military affairs were basically handled by Xu Shu, Ma Su, Deng Ai, Zhang Nan and others. He himself formulated some major strategies and supervised the final results. Generally, he would not care about those trivial matters unless there were any problems.

Liu Chan agreed with this, so even though Zhuge Liang returned a lot of power, he immediately gave it away again. However, considering Zhuge Liang's health, he chose to let the ministers of various departments or relevant officials handle it, and then report the results to Zhuge Liang. Unless there was a problem, Liu Chan only needed to nod in agreement.

As for the problem with Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang's ability would naturally allow him to find the problem and ask the officials in charge to correct it, so it would not be brought to Liu Chan's hands.

Thanks to this model, Liu Chan is still relaxed and leisurely. Every day when he returns to the palace, he reads some books, listens to the news from his attendants, or reads the reports for entertainment.

Among them, Liu Chan liked to read Feng Xi's reports the most. Firstly, Feng Xi was now a powerful figure second only to Zhang Fei, and his battle reports were of extraordinary value. Secondly, Feng Xi was different from those civil officials. Every battle report he wrote was like a story, which made Liu Chan not bored when reading it, and he could even imagine the scene at that time.

"Do you have any important business today? If so, please report it as soon as possible. If not, please leave the court."

Now it is time for the morning court again. Liu Chan sits on the dragon throne with a solemn face. An imperial aura of majesty without even getting angry has already formed. It can be seen that Liu Chan has indeed learned a lot in the past few years.

"Your Majesty, there is urgent information coming from Jingzhou via carrier pigeon. It is a matter of great importance. I beg Your Majesty to make the decision."

When Zhuge Liang heard Liu Chan's words, he took a step forward without saying a word, bowed and took over the conversation.

When Liu Chan heard Zhuge Liang's words, his face suddenly twisted several times, and his facial features seemed to be folded together, but fortunately he immediately controlled himself and returned to his calm appearance. "Oh? The commander-in-chief actually has urgent military information? What went wrong again?"

Liu Chan had been tortured by Zhuge Liang's fast and slow sword-like way of submitting a report for a long time, and now he had learned to deal with it. Just wait for Zhuge Liang to tell you this rough information first.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is urgent intelligence from Luoyang."

Zhuge Liang's fast and slow swordsmanship is to answer every question, but only answer the part you ask. When Liu Chan asked where the problem was, Zhuge Liang told the truth, it was Luoyang. But what happened? That's another story.

"Luoyang... I remember that five years ago, the Grand Commander once boldly predicted that Cao Pi, the traitor who usurped the Han Dynasty, would die this year. Could this be the case?"

This is Liu Chan's skill. Just guess the big picture. If you guess right, it will be a surprise. If you guess wrong, Zhuge Liang will correct you, so as to avoid guessing from small to large step by step like squeezing toothpaste.

"Your Majesty is wise. The spies sent by the Grand Commander to Luoyang said that the important officials of Wei in Luoyang City are behaving strangely, and Cao Pi's descendants are also..."

Zhuge Liang informed Liu Chan and the ministers in the court of the intelligence that Feng Xi had collected previously.

"Prime Minister, this matter is a bit groundless, isn't it? There are only some unusual movements, but no real evidence. If this is Cao Wei's plan to lure the enemy, then we have fallen into the trap, right?"

Qiao Zhou stood out in opposition. The Yizhou faction was somewhat weakened now. Liu Badong died of illness after conquering Wu, and now Qin Mi was also bedridden. It was estimated that he would hardly survive this year. The Yizhou faction had no other people in high positions now, so they could only rely on Qiao Zhou to speak for the Yizhou faction in the court.

As for the others, they either did not have sufficient status or were just neutral and watching. They were not on the same path as Qiao Zhou and the others.

Those who were gradually promoted to positions in the court were people like Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, and Guo Youzhi, leaving less and less room for the Yizhou faction to call the shots.

"Master Qiao is wrong. Since the Grand Commander dared to send back an emergency letter, he must have confirmed the authenticity of the news. How can such a big thing be treated as a joke? If we continue to worry and delay the opportunity to fight, how can we defeat Cao Ni and revive the Han Dynasty?"

Faced with such insignificant resistance from Qiao Zhou, Zhuge Liang did not even need to say a word, as Shangshu Deng Zhi came forward to refute Qiao Zhou.

Although Deng Zhi held a civil position, he was a descendant of Deng Yu, a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a man of extraordinary martial arts and strategy, and had a keen eye for military affairs.

(End of this chapter)