Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 282 The Controversy Between Shu and Wei (1)
Shu Wei in the rear

Although the city of Chengdu in the Kingdom of Shu has entered the midsummer season early, it is not like the Guanzhong area, which is always warm and cool like spring, cool and pleasant.This place is far away from the brutality and bloody on the front battlefield, and the endless plain villages in the outskirts, filled with a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, it seems that it has not been affected by the war in any way.

In fact, this is just a charming appearance of tranquility and stability covering up and down the Shu Kingdom.Now that the war has broken out, it will inevitably affect the production and life of the people.Leaving aside those farmers and women who were busy plowing day and night to prepare food and weave cloth for the soldiers in the front, even officials big and small in the Kingdom of Shu also lived a hard life of clear soup and cabbage.The imperial court stipulated that each official and his family members could only receive eight or two rice or wheat noodles for cooking each day, and at the same time solve the problem of dishes by themselves.The saved rice and noodles were all sent to the front line for the soldiers to eat.Such a difficult life is naturally very difficult for Shu officials.But for the rejuvenation of the Shu Han, the subjects of the ruling and opposition parties gritted their teeth and survived.With Prime Minister Zhuge in command of the three armies and commanding the authority of the Quartet, all the relatives in his family can only provide about six taels of food per person per day, which is less than the quota of ordinary people-this makes all the subjects of the world feel unconvinced. oral?

The days of Li Yan and his family members who were entrusted to Gu Ci Fu by Gu Ming and Shang Shuling of the Kingdom of Shu and his family did not live as rough and hard as the relatives of Prime Minister Zhuge.This is mainly because he built a ten-acre fish pond in his mansion.He raised a lot of turtles, turtles, carp and crucian carp in the pond, which can be watched and entertained, and can also be used for stewing and eating. This is quite different from the embarrassment of others living with vegetables, radishes and brown rice.

On this day, the sky was clear, and the fish pond was shining like a piece of flawless jasper, reflecting the floating clouds in the sky, the sky was clear and clear, and it was really beautiful.Shang Shu Ling Li Yan was sitting on a big rock by the pool at this moment, his eyes were half-closed, he was holding a long and thin green bamboo fishing rod in his hand, and a sliver of silver fishing line was hanging straight into the middle of the pool. , as if frozen in this large piece of green ice-like fish pond water, motionless.

Suddenly a breeze passed by slowly, and a layer of sparkling waves appeared on the surface of the pool.Li Yan clasped the five fingers of his right hand holding the fishing rod, and was about to lift the rod to fish, but saw a servant coming over with his hand down, and whispered behind him: "My lord, Mr. Huang from the palace is asking to see you outside the mansion."

Li Yan's right hand, which was about to lift the pole and draw the silk, suddenly affirmed, and he didn't answer, just sat quietly on the boulder, as if he had heard the report to the servant, but it seemed that he hadn't heard anything.The servant didn't dare to say much, he held his breath with his hands down, stood in awe, and waited quietly for Li Yan's instructions.

After a long while, Li Yan seemed to be reluctantly sighing, without turning his head, he said slowly, "I invite Mr. Huang to meet you."

The "Eunuch Huang" mentioned by the servant is Huang Hao, the most trusted confidant eunuch around the emperor Liu Chan.Li Yan knew that he and Liu Chan were playmates who had played and played together since they were young, and the two were almost like brothers, their relationship was very close.Moreover, Li Yan had also dealt with Huang Hao several times in the palace, and felt that this young eunuch, who was about the same age as the emperor, was quick-witted, intelligent, witty, and eloquent, so he should not be taken lightly.Therefore, out of prudent self-protection considerations, Li Yan had to pay enough attention to this little eunuch from the fourth rank.Let him enter the mansion today to meet him in order to meet him, and he is not only approachable, but also respectful.

After the servant went away in response to the sound, Li Yan turned around and glanced at the servant's back.His face gradually became serious, as if he had fallen into deep, deep thoughts.As the saying goes: "If you have nothing to do, don't go to the Palace of Three Treasures." What is the intention of this Huang Hao, who dares to leave the palace and come to our residence?Eunuchs go out of the palace to meet ministers privately, this is very inconsistent with the etiquette system of our Han Dynasty!Could it be that he brought some orders from the emperor to come over to discuss with me... Li Yan was already full of thoughts at this moment, but the expression on his face was still extremely solemn, without any disturbance.

Not long after, he heard the footsteps "Duk Tuk" approaching from far away, coming directly behind him and stopping.Li Yan knew who it was, but he didn't look back.After a long while, a slightly shrill voice finally sounded slowly from the back of his head: "Master Shang Shuling is so elegant! Huang Hao is so polite."

Li Yan pretended to be surprised when he heard this, put down his fishing rod hastily, turned around, and saw Huang Hao, who was dressed in a blue robe and had a delicate face, standing behind him bowing, he couldn't help shouting: "Oh! Oh! I don't know why Mr. Huang I have already come to the humble house in person, I am rude!" At the same time, he turned his head and scolded the servant standing beside him, saying: "Just now, Eunuch Huang walked behind me, but you didn't know how to remind me to let me be rude to you. Your honored guest, you should be punished!"

The servants fell to their knees one after another, trembling and terrified.

Huang Hao's face was very calm, but there was a vague smile on his lips, and after Li Yan finished his anger and lectured, he said unhurriedly: "Huang is just a eunuch, lowly Like a dog, it’s hard to say who you want to respect or not! Shang Shu ordered the adults not to reprimand them anymore, it was Huang who told them not to inform you. Shang Shu ordered the adults to look up to Huang so much, Huang felt a little ashamed .”

While apologizing, Li Yan ordered his servants to bring Huang Hao a red sandalwood chair and sit down.Then, he himself went back to the pool to fish and stood there, and said leisurely: "Eunuch Huang, today we are going to be more casual, without any formalities. May I ask what you are doing in my residence at this moment?"

Huang Hao didn't answer, his eyes rolled around, looked around at the servants of the Li family, coughed lightly, and stopped talking.When Li Yan saw this, he felt sorry, and waved his left hand, making all the servants retreat.

Huang Hao saw that the servants had gone far away, so he smiled slightly and said: "What important matter can a mere eunuch come to Shang Shuling for something? It's just following His Majesty's order and coming to ask Shang Shuling for money. Just go back and honor His Majesty with a few meat dishes that you can swallow!"

"Oh? Is the food expenses in the palace in a hurry?" Li Yan was taken aback.

"That's not true! It's just that Prime Minister Zhuge taught His Majesty every day to 'cultivate one's morality by being quiet, cultivate virtue by being thrifty, and shepherd oneself by being humble'. As a result, His Majesty lived on vegetables, tofu, and white rice at a young age, and was so skinny... ..." Huang Hao said with tears in his eyes, and couldn't help wiping the corners of his eyes with the sleeve of his robe, "Huang couldn't bear it, so he tried hard to persuade His Majesty to allow him to run away secretly at the risk of being impeached by the censor. Go to Lord Shang Shuling and beg for some meat for His Majesty to go back to replenish your body..."

"This... the various expenditure plans in the palace were made by Prime Minister Zhuge!" Li Yan seemed a little troubled, "He is the chief minister of Gu Ming, and many things have to be decided by him... If this seat is bad If you break his rules, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to explain to him..."

"Yes! Yes! Prime Minister Zhuge is Gu Ming's first assistant minister, and Lord Shang Shuling is Gu Ming's second assistant minister—it's rare for you to respect him so much!" Huang Hao said with a slight smile after hearing this, "It's just that you give him humility everywhere, but he doesn't necessarily take your painstaking efforts to help you through the difficult times... He is also the Minister of Gu Ming, but he can run the government independently, However, he single-handedly stopped Shang Shuling from setting up a government office, and placed Shang Shuling in a favored position—this made us outsiders see it, and also felt that Shang Shuling's lord felt cold!"

After hearing these words, Li Yan didn't make a sound for a while, but his right hand holding the fishing rod trembled a few times, and the fishing line swung a few times, immediately forming layers of ripples on the surface of the mirror-like pool.To be honest, Huang Hao's words really hit the "sore spot" in his heart.Ever since the first emperor Tuogu in Baidi City, although Zhuge Liang and himself were the ministers of Gu Ming and assistant government, he has always suppressed himself everywhere: at first, he assigned himself to fight against Wu in the Xiajiang area in the east of Shu, and refused to let him go. He returned to the center of power in Chengdu by himself, and later transferred himself to the imperial court to take up the post of Shang Shuling, only in charge of military supply and logistics affairs, and did not allow himself to participate in the core decision-making process of military and state affairs—just like this Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang was only in charge of him. Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Jiang Wei and other cronies and ministers under his command closed their doors to discuss in the "small circle" and never communicated with himself in advance.Moreover, Zhuge Liang has always been pretentious, arbitrarily arbitrary, giving orders, and he is transferred around, never respecting himself, and he plausibly said that "the palace and the mansion are all one" and "the prime minister's mansion represents the imperial court", and no other elders are needed The important ministers also set up the government to manage affairs, so as to avoid the excessive establishment of institutions and the spread of politics.Thinking of this, Li Yan was furious.But at this moment, how dare he show his face to let outsiders see it?He didn't say a word, and stood quietly, letting the resentment in his chest slowly subside.At the same time, his heart skipped a beat: This Huang Hao dared to come secretly to sow discord among the two ministers who were in charge of the government today. I really don't know what he intends to do?He couldn't help but look terrified, on the surface he still pretended to be nonchalant, but pricked up his ears to observe coldly, waiting for changes.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Huang Hao said to himself: "Huang heard the news from the Wei State that the false emperor Cao Rui was building a palace and sending people around to search for treasures. What was eaten was ivory chopsticks from Jiaozhou of Eastern Wu, what was eaten was whale meat from the Liaodong sea area, and what was brought into the palace was a beautiful girl from Jingyang and Yangzhou... That emperor must have a good taste! How can it be like our majesty—— —Although you are the son of heaven, the food, clothing and sleeping place are as cheap as ordinary people!"

Hearing this, Li Yan stretched out his left hand and lifted the long beard on his chest, and couldn't help coughing.Huang Hao immediately realized that his words were out of line for a moment, so he changed his words and said: "Oh! Huang deserves to be slapped! He deserves to be slapped! Our Majesty humbles his palace, saves his food and clothing, cares about the world, works hard to govern, and does not treat the people How can Cao Rui, that obscene and obscene king, be able to compare with the strength of his service?” He slapped himself a few times, and said, “Although your Majesty is a saint, you can humble yourself, Frugality in everything, the suffering of rough food and clothing all day long - this is really unbearable in the eyes of us as courtiers! Huang has no other thoughts in his heart, but he only wants to serve His Majesty well. Please Shangshu Ling adults to allow Huang to bring some meat dishes back to honor His Majesty!"

But Li Yan was still hanging fishing without saying a word, only stretched his head to look at the surface of the pool, standing still.Seeing that he didn't seem to be listening to what he was saying, Huang Hao felt that he was making fun of himself, so his face darkened.Suddenly, Li Yan raised his fishing rod, and a carp burst out of the water with a "squeak", and drew a golden arc in the air. With a "snap", it was thrown ashore by the fishing line and landed on Huang Hao. On the ground next to his feet, he was alive and kicking.

(End of this chapter)