The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 763 Chapter 762 Zhang Yan's Countermeasures

It has been snowing heavily for two days and two nights, and the entire northern land is covered in a sheet of white snow. The streets of Pengcheng, which are covered in silver, have not become depressed due to the heavy snowfall, but appear unusually lively.

Today is the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and one day later, it will be New Year's Eve, which also indicates that the new year is coming.The people of Pengcheng are all busy buying new year's goods at the market, and the streets are crowded with people, looking like they are in full swing.

Ever since Zhang Yan found out that the civil and military ministers headed by Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao and others had secretly gathered together to conspire to put him on the throne, Zhang Yan has been keeping a low profile, as if nothing happened on the surface But in fact, Zhang Yan sent Mi Zhu, Mi Wei and his son to investigate the matter secretly, and gave Zhuge Liang a secret order to assist Mi Zhu, Mi Wei and his son in the investigation.After more than half a month of unannounced visits, one by one court officials were involved, and Mi Zhu reported all the results obtained to Zhang Yan in written form.

When Zhang Yan saw such a memorandum, he only frowned slightly, and he was no longer shocked at the beginning. For half a month, he has been secretly paying attention to this matter, almost every day. They can all know some news from Mi Zhu's mouth.

The memorandum he sees now is just a summary of Mi Zhu's past half a month, but when the names he used to follow him through life and death surfaced on the paper one by one, he still felt like It's like being hit by a boulder, it's so heavy.

The number and scope of people involved in this matter has exceeded his expectations. Yang Biao, Sima Zhi, Guoyuan, Bing Yuan, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Gu Yong, Dong Zhao, Kong Rong, Zhuge Jin, and Jiang Ji from the six departments of the three provinces Almost all the officials participated. In addition, Xu Chu, General of Wei, Xu Sheng, Commander of Jinyiwei, Zang Ba, General of Zhenbei and Governor of Jizhou, Lu Su, General of Zhennan and Governor of Yangzhou, Gao Shun, Governor of Bingzhou, and General Zhengdong Zhou Tai, Annan General Jiang Qin, Pingnan General Li Dian, etc. also participated.

It can be seen from this that almost all the high officials in the imperial court, the commander in chief in the army, or the local officials have great expectations for Zhang Yan to be the emperor.

Zhang Yan slowly put down the memorandum in his hand, sighed heavily, and couldn't help thinking about his reform policies after he came to power in the past few years. It's loud thunder and little rain.Moreover, it has only been three years since the reform, and it has already encountered serious setbacks.

Originally, Zhang Yan's reform had the intention of separating the three powers, but now it seems that the goal has not been achieved. When all officials encounter common interests, they will all form a group and unite to fight against it.

Although the purpose of these people was to change the dynasty and turn themselves into the founding fathers of the country, but one day after Bao Buqi encountered a similar thing, all of them combined together and abolished him as the emperor.

It seems that Zhang Yan underestimated his subordinates.Now Zhang Yan is thinking more about how to hold all the power in his own hands if he is really enthroned as emperor.

The selfishness of human nature and the defense of his own interests have given birth to Zhang Yan's strange thoughts. Now he gradually understands why China's feudal society lasted so long. stubborn and conservative thinking.

It is easy to kill a person, and it is also easy to establish a regime, but it is not so easy to change people's thinking.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?" Mi Zhu asked.

Zhang Yandao: "Since everyone expects me to be the emperor, then I will be the emperor. If I don't want to be the emperor, they will probably force me to submit with a knife on my neck. Instead of doing that, it's better to accept it as a matter of course. ...However, I want these people to understand that I am not a puppet in their hands, I want them to know that I am who I am, and no one can control me or threaten me."

Mi Zhu has been listening carefully to every word Zhang Yan said. He found that Zhang Yan's tone became more and more serious. He shot two terrifying eyes. He had never seen this kind of gaze, but he knew that Zhang Yan wanted to kill someone.

"Brother!"

When Mi Zhu heard Zhang Yan's call, he hurriedly responded, "Your Majesty is here, what are your orders?"

"Brother!" Zhang Yan walked to Mi Zhu's side, took out a few secret letters from his bosom, handed them to Mi Zhu himself, and said: "Now there is no one around me, I can only rely on my brother. Brother, please be sure to appoint a trusted person to deliver these letters, remember!"

Mi Zhu took these neatly stacked confidential letters, and after a quick glance, he saw the name written on the envelope, the word "Jia Xu", which was extraordinarily dazzling, caught his eyes, while the other letters But he didn't see it, he just held it in his hand, but he didn't dare to see who it was for.

"Your Highness wants to..." Mi Zhu can roughly guess Zhang Yan's thoughts. He has known this brother-in-law for not a year or two. Although he can't say what Zhang Yan is thinking about, he can guess 100% right. Nine is not far from ten, so he asked cautiously.

Zhang Yan just smiled, raised his hand and patted Mi Zhu's shoulder lightly, and said, "From today onwards, don't come to my place again, so as not to arouse suspicion, and when the time is right, I will send someone again You will be notified separately, and you will still be Marquis Tan by then!"

Mi Zhu didn't understand what Zhang Yan meant, but he didn't dare to ask further questions, so he left.

It was not until he got home that Mi Zhu looked at the names on the envelopes. Apart from Jia Xu, there were also the names of Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, and Zhang Hong. There were four letters in total.

Mi Zhu didn't open the letters, but called his confidants and asked them to go to different places to send out the four letters.

Two days later, the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Wude came as scheduled, and Pengcheng was decorated with lanterns and festoons, creating a New Year atmosphere.However, in the far southwest, there are two large armies preparing their troops.The Han army headed by chariot general Zhang Liao and Chen Bing were in the Dianchi area, confronting the Southwest Yi army headed by Meng Huo.

Thousands of miles of northern land is covered with snow, thousands of miles of ice, completely immersed in the new year and new atmosphere, but the two armies in the south of the colorful clouds are at war, and a big battle is about to begin...

(End of this chapter)